Python, thou should'st be living at this hour!
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March of the Emperor
because in France March of the Penguins was titled La Marche de l'Empereur.
This has made my *month*. My month was already happy because Motohashi Keiko (yeah, Third Reich Motohashi Keiko, she of the excessively pretty men) has a weird tales supernatural series ongoing in Nemuki involving long-haired Chinese deities-of-some-description, red dragons, blond Japanese and an art style even more to my tastes than Beauty and the Beast. Yes the long-haired Chinese guy in a cheongsam/ qipao is a staple of manga, even if the thing hasn't been worn regularly in China itself since before this obasan was born. Why not? It's a sexy garment, but most of the period when it was worn guys shaved their heads in the ghastly Qing fashion. Japanese mangaka are merely compensating for that historical aesthetic injustce.
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March of the Emperor
because in France March of the Penguins was titled La Marche de l'Empereur.
This has made my *month*. My month was already happy because Motohashi Keiko (yeah, Third Reich Motohashi Keiko, she of the excessively pretty men) has a weird tales supernatural series ongoing in Nemuki involving long-haired Chinese deities-of-some-description, red dragons, blond Japanese and an art style even more to my tastes than Beauty and the Beast. Yes the long-haired Chinese guy in a cheongsam/ qipao is a staple of manga, even if the thing hasn't been worn regularly in China itself since before this obasan was born. Why not? It's a sexy garment, but most of the period when it was worn guys shaved their heads in the ghastly Qing fashion. Japanese mangaka are merely compensating for that historical aesthetic injustce.
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BTW, the Bleach books went out in two packages last Thursday; hope the earlier volumes arrive first.
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I suppose you could always declare that the Ming Dynasty never fell, and keep it at that.
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But yes, definitely: any Qing set piece needs to be AU with respect to hair- always everywhere without exception.
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deeply, DEEPLY disturbing. ^____^
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I like how they captured the look on the girl's face.
A lot of e mailing I will do today! I think
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Yeah! Go the panama and the scarves, and welcome back the hair.