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Anime/manga/game enthusiast on a quest to spread knowledge & appreciation. GER→JP anime translator. Wannabe Ghibli scholar. JRPGs/pixel art. 🇩🇪🇬🇧🇯🇵 he/him
May 20, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
If The Deer King (鹿の王) was a "medical fantasy mystery novel", Nahoko Uehashi’s Kōkun (香君) is a "agricultural fantasy mystery novel".

It’s about crops and fertilizers, famines and pests. It’s all fantasy, but firmly based on reality which is what makes it to fascinating. Image In Kōkun we have an empire that sustains its power by monopolizing a type of fertilizer. The vassal states grow crops that are very robust, but need the fertilizer – making them very dependent on the empire’s distribution.
Jun 21, 2020 11 tweets 4 min read
Game #10: Katana Zero #ShortGameJune

Fast-past, ultrastylish, ultraviolent neo-dystopian cosplay samurai slashers – the latest video game genre! But seriously, Katana Zero rocks! I didn’t expect to like it that much. Image I’m not a big fan of cryptic storytelling and Katana Zero is BIG on that. But the presentation is so well done that even I cared about the story towards the end. Image