Johnathan UngAn Analysis into the Declining Coolness of the Isekai GenrePart I: IntroductionDec 9, 2022Dec 9, 2022
Johnathan UngWhat Makes a Good Isekai?What makes a world that is completely different from our current one cool? Is it the feeling of liberation from society’s shackles that…Nov 29, 2022Nov 29, 2022
Johnathan UngPower Dynamic Through Gender within Stray Cat Rock: Sex HunterStray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter is a story about race and gender in Japan. It tells of a conflict that arises from two different street gangs…Nov 9, 2022Nov 9, 2022
Johnathan UngThe Fall of the Isekai GenreRe:Zero, Shield Hero, Slime hero, uh just Slime, what do they all have in common? They are all isekai series of course! Isekai? More like…Nov 1, 2022Nov 1, 2022
Johnathan UngFighting Games and The Art of TranslationAfter playing the original Street Fighter II on the SNES (emulated), I began to understand what made fighting games so addicting to its…Oct 25, 2022Oct 25, 2022
Johnathan UngRepresentation of Ainu within Golden KamuyAfter reading the first volume of the manga Golden Kamuy by Noda Satoru, it is quite simple figuring out who is supposed to be cool in the…Oct 18, 2022Oct 18, 2022
Johnathan UngThe Dilemma of Identity within JapanFollowing the end of the Second World War, Japan transitioned from a heterogenous population to a “homogenous” country. During WWII…Oct 11, 2022Oct 11, 2022
Johnathan UngCool within Japanese CinemaAfter watching the film Crazed Fruit directed by Kou Nakahira, it has become difficult to decide whether or not a character is cool or not…Oct 5, 2022Oct 5, 2022
Johnathan UngWhat Makes Music Cool?While watching the Cool Japan video, I found that there were many times where I could relate to the opinions of the speakers in the video…Sep 28, 2022Sep 28, 2022
