OK, so I took a couple of pot shots at Pokemon. Now for another anime, this time Blood Plus. Check out the link to give an idea of what it is about. Since it shares the same universe as we do, sort of, it deserves a few shots too. Not a magazine full, just a few rounds.
My biggest question about the series is how does the young Saya will little or no exposure anything Japanese and even less of Okinawan culture, become fluent and literate enough in Japanese to blend in a high school? How would her guardian explain to school authorities why there are no transcripts or evidence of her previous education?
According to the Wikipedia Biography, Saya was born in 1833 on a French estate known as "the Zoo". Typical of her species, she hibernates for about 30 years between active states that last only two to three years. So far so good. In the story, most of her awake times were mostly in Europe other than being in Vietnam sometime during the mid to late 1960s. From Vietnam, she is taken to Okinawa under the care of George Miyagusuku (宮城ジョージ), one of the American soldiers. Back on Okinawa, George places her cocooned hibernating body in the Miyagusuku family kameko-baka (turtleback tomb) until she awakes sometime before the story begins about thirty years later.
More about George in the next post.
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