A Thousand Isekai, Part 3: Devouration, Revenge, Abject

Originally published May 2019

Commentary

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Stray Notes

  • In lieu of a stray notes, here is the discussion I had with KK (https://www.patreon.com/posts/brief-exchange-24641796), with the help of Kei from Otaku Deity double-checking my jank translation. You can find Kei’s channel here:

  • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLexudAymnkvwQ7HtRChY0A. He’s really helpful in composing questions that weren’t off-putting; I have a really jank composition.

Texts

  • 【インタビュー：読者プレゼントあり】本格リアルタイムRPG『リ・モンスター（Re:Monster）』。小説原作「金斬児狐」先生と開発ディレクターにインタビュー！ https://game.boom-app.com/entry/remonster-interview20160209. Boom Game Apps.

  • Aneko’s got a lot on Syosetu. These were the specific ones we focused on. Note: she kinda rambles about a lot of different things (mainly whatever game it is she’s playing):

    • https://mypage.syosetu.com/mypageblog/view/userid/172188/blogkey/672361/

    • https://mypage.syosetu.com/mypageblog/view/userid/172188/blogkey/589407/

    • https://mypage.syosetu.com/mypageblog/view/userid/172188/blogkey/2201485/

    • https://mypage.syosetu.com/mypageblog/view/userid/172188/blogkey/2201485/

    • To clarify: I know this was kinda a snafu a while back, but I *do not* know of Aneko’s gender, but realistically, it doesn’t matter. I choose ‘her’ cause it just seems to me to be the more reasonable choice, but ultimately I am not making any specific claims about Aneko’s gender.

  • Imagination After the Earthquake: Japan’s Otaku Culture in the 2010s. Ueno Tsunehiro. Translated by Jeffrey Guarneri. Verge: Studies in Global Asias 1, No. 1 (2015).

  • Galloway, Alexander. Gaming: Essays in Algorithmic Culture.

  • Erban, Brianna. "Keitai Shousetsu: A Study of Japan's Mobile Phone Fiction." https://sites.ualberta.ca/~berban/cell/cellwho.html

Media

  • These ones kinda all have spoilers:

    • Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou

    • Berserk of Gluttony

    • Death Note

    • Dungeon Seeker

    • Isekai Goumon Hime

    • Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi

    • Kumo Desu Ga, Nani Ka

    • Kuro no Maou

    • Monster no Goshujin-Sama

    • My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Brave’s

    • Nidome no Yuusha

    • Overlord

    • Re:Monster

    • Rising of the Shield Hero

    • Tensei Shitara Slime na Datta Ken

    • The Death Mage Who Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time

    • The Strongest Brave who Craves for Revenge

    • The World’s Best Assassin, Reincarnated in a Different World

    • Ubau Mono Ubawareru Mono

Audio

  • Audio by Skrullz

    • Fart log

    • Farter log

    • Wz god hands 3000

    • Poke knife wife

    • Given life or consumed clock

    • You once knew it but now its dead

    • Sao type beater

    • Overlorder

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