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   sakari@invalidissimo.hut.fi to cowpunk@koyagi.com   
   Re: Manga for an older reader   
   30 Sep 05 17:56:23   
   
   In article ,   
   Gilles Poitras   wrote:   
   >   
   >I really dislike fight manga and greatly enjoy Worst. There is a level   
   >of complexity to the characters and the gang alliances that I can only   
   >compare to traditional tales set during the 16th century wars. Sengoku   
   >jidai style war tales set in today's high schools makes for different   
   >reading. However it is a title not for everyone.   
      
   I don't know the cultural background - where you see war tales of a   
   certain style, I only see senseless, boring violence.   
      
   There is an odd conviction in many mangas that violence is OK if you   
   only you use your body - hands, arms, feet, elbows, knees, forehead,   
   etc. That is, if you are "unarmed". You may maim your opponent for   
   life, even kill him, but if you didn't use any weapons, it's all right.   
      
      
   Sakari Aaltonen   
      
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