Forum - View topicNEWS: Mariko Kikuchi Launches New Essay Manga About Children Born Into Religion
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cchigu
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Sounds interesting. Would love to read it if it shows a good critique of practicing religion in general.
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anpansparking
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I hope that it won't just be "Religion's bad," since there's certainly already plenty of that online, but will also examine the positives of being born into a religion.
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TheBeastAR
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Although I can't say I am expecting much, it would be nice if this manga did discuss the positive attributes and daily life of religion. As others have said there's a lot of 'religion is bad out there. And while those critiques are certainly valid, it's often shown in a very one sided manner in anime and manga. It's very rare in general nowadays to come across something on the subject of religion where faith is depicted in a more neutral and/or positive light.
Regardless, it will be interesting to read. It goes without saying the author will have to do her research to get anything more than a surface level depiction into her work. |
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NG_Chloe
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I'm curious what stance will be followed here. Will it be good, bad, gray, or varied
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SenpaiDuckie
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Honestly, I need this in my life
Religion is a hard topic to tackle ever since, as it usually creates conflict within people -- within society. I would love to read her take on this. Might as well read it in its original language. |
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taishou*
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I wonder if this is referring to cults as opposed to religion in general? I know they're much more of a big deal in Japan since there was a wave of new age cults in the latter half of the 20th century. Japan still has a cult problem and I feel like a lot of people's experience with religion is through that lens which is very different from a lot of westerners. |
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xxmsxx
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My thoughts exactly. Love to give a read and see if it discusses cults or more "main stream" religions. I have read a manga where some of the girls goes to a Christian school in Japan, but it wasn't the focus of the manga so it is hard to evaluate. |
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kotomikun
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Japanese people likely see much less of a difference between the two than us. After all, this book makes it sound like being "born into religion" is unusual and makes you significantly different from others, even though most people in Japan are technically Shinto or Buddhist... faiths that are so low-key compared to western ones that people seem to assume Japan is mostly atheist. And when "our" religions come up in anime, well, you often get stuff like Evangelion. |
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marshmallowpie
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I'd like to read it. I'd be curious to see how these stories compare to Tamosan's JW manga. They were really interesting and educational.
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P€|\||§_|\/|ast@
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Whatever attitude about religion the authors have, the premise of this anthology seems interesting. |
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RealMTL
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Yeah, I expect it to be mostly negative takes but that's just due to how people view religion in general these days. I'll still give it a shot because it seems interesting.
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