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- Title
How Characters Stand Out.
- Authors
HIROHITO, MIYAMOTO
- Abstract
The article examines the elements of individuality, autonomy or para-existence, variability, and complexity or multifaceted in the composition of manga that characters need to be equipped in order to "stand out." The author traces back these dynamics of contemporary manga characters to a specific set of relations between manga readers and characters that emerged in the 1920s. The era is noted to have paved the way for the production of characters with a sense of autonomous existence and life.
- Subjects
LITERARY characters; JAPANESE fantasy fiction; INDIVIDUALITY; AUTONOMY (Philosophy); DIFFERENCES
- Publication
Mechademia, 2011, Vol 6, p84
- ISSN
1934-2489
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/mec.2011.0023