Drunken Monkey Posted September 1, 2003 Posted September 1, 2003 well, crouching tiger was just one book from a series and that character wasn't exactly the hero of the books but you're right, tragedy is kinda popular... part of this is because of the historical implications of tragic heroes in china. there aren't any real heroes or villains in them books. just people of different situations. but um, anime are japanese and the don't have the same culture... oh and just a little note. it seems that in the states, you use the term "asian" to describe everyone from that part of the world. however, we use asian to describe people of indian/pakistani/bengali etc etc origin. the chinese/japanese/thai etc etc are called "far eastern" or "oriental". post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
sano Posted September 1, 2003 Posted September 1, 2003 ok i can see that right now hey i'm far eastern. What up far eastern where your from? falcon kick!!!
Drunken Monkey Posted September 1, 2003 Posted September 1, 2003 what? is that supposed to make sense? post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
sano Posted September 1, 2003 Posted September 1, 2003 right it does not i am making fun of you. NOW WHO RULEZ!!! falcon kick!!!
Shorin Ryuu Posted September 1, 2003 Posted September 1, 2003 You're right, forgive me for my generalization (I'm actually a far eastern foreign area studies major and a political science major). I just used that term because most of the audience I was writing to would recognize it as such... I must disagree with you on one point though. The Japanese have a HUGE fascination with tragic heroes. For example, the Shinsengumi or the Taira clan, to name a couple. Martial Arts Blog:http://bujutsublogger.blogspot.com/
Drunken Monkey Posted September 1, 2003 Posted September 1, 2003 well, to be honest, i'm just some dumb chinese guy so i know more about the tragic chinese thing... but the japanese stories interest me. any sources i can read? post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
sano Posted September 1, 2003 Posted September 1, 2003 all funny give the man a silver dollar. falcon kick!!!
Drunken Monkey Posted September 1, 2003 Posted September 1, 2003 kids will be kids. i guess that i get for trying to talk to him like an adult. post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
sano Posted September 1, 2003 Posted September 1, 2003 no no not you too. all man like i said everday somebody makes it to my arch rival list and it is to many of them. you do not want to make my list so i will give you one more chance please do not blow it. THANK YOU falcon kick!!!
Shorin Ryuu Posted September 1, 2003 Posted September 1, 2003 I don't have any direct books or anything per se (other than history books), but I did look up on google.com and came up with this book review, that has some Japanese tragic heroes in it (the book is apparently all about it). http://www.gotterdammerung.org/books/reviews/n/nobility-of-failure.html I know that the Shinsengumi (a group of samurai who unsuccessfully resisted the Meiji Restoration in Japan) always enjoyed popularity among the Japanese, especially after the Rurouni Kenshin anime, which by the way, has a lot of historical fact in it (probably one of the most true-to-fact characters was Hajime Saito, a member of the Shinsengumi). The Taira clan was wiped out by the Minamoto clan during the Genpei war. Martial Arts Blog:http://bujutsublogger.blogspot.com/
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