I don't view your posts as an interruption of my "viewing schedule". It is interesting to hear about other cultures getting into RPG'ing and especially Pathfinder. One of our players was an English teacher in Japan for a while. Anyway thanks for letting us know about your game, and good luck on its continued success.
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Oh come now, don't start with those apologies; you're starting to pick up the Japanese politeness... ;)
Great to see the continuation! I'm really impressed that you actually DMed something in Japanese, that seems like such a frightening concept to me. And even writing out the stats for the Gnomish weapon in Japanese! Impressive.
It actually gives me an idea: maybe some of the people in my Japanese classes at university would be interested in trying something like this...? We all clamour for more opportunity to try out the language, and why not a situation where we're all just having fun anyway? I wonder if anyone but me is interested in gaming though...
On the topic of the weird personal pronoun usage, you tend to notice this kind of thing in the anime/manga/otaku fandoms as well, I've heard. It's not universal, but... well, even the word otaku is one of those weird almost tongue-in-cheek pronoun over-extensions as well. I think I recall reading that it's probably a little bit of strange struggling against the normal social order. After all, the geek subculture is probably one of the more outsiderish groupings even in the west, let alone in Japan, where social order is hard-wired into the language and... well, everything. I don't know. Real props to Era-san for ditching the baby for gaming though. ^_~
Did the winner of janken play the bard, or get to pass on it? Don't tell me bard hatred surpasses cultural borders?
I'll be waiting excitedly for your next updates! Ganbatte kudasai ne!
This is rad- and when Paizo folks begin work on their Asian-culture analogue Golarion materials- I hope they consult with you! You should write fir them! [YOU HEAR THAT, O GREAT ONES OF PAIZO?]
The scene at the steamy onsen with wily gnomes thieves is pretty much genius!
Reminds me of many trips to Japan with my dad when I was a kid. Onsens, temple, deer wandering everywhere on Miyajima- and the monkey who knocked me to the ground for my box of Pocky sticks on top of the little mountain at Miyajima! Bastard monkey!!!!
Mt. Misen! I just looked up Miyajima on Wikipedia, and had a total REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST audio/visual/olfactory smorgasbord of memories from 3 decades ago...
Btw, I *really* like how your adventure scenario conveyed a very nice 'Japanese-ness,' without any avalanche of chopsticks, geisha, ninjas and um...shoguns.
It reminds me of some piece by Borges where he says something like, "We can know the Koran truly is an Arabic work because never once is a camel mentioned."
Soo desu ne?
soo desu yo ne! arigato gozaimasu!
Thankyou very much for those replies, Marcus Ewert. My players also commented on the slightly oriental/slightly local style of the thing.
Doo itashimashite!
And seriously, I really really really think you should tap the Paizo folks, to let them know what you're up to...
You should be writing Pathfinder Scenarios (I think that's what they're called) at the VERY least...
Glad you like the Borges quote. Gotta love that guy, honto desu ne? (I know one or both of the o's in 'honto' is long- but my years of Nihongo o benkyo shimasu are looooong behind me...)
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Great to see more posts about your adventures in Japanese roleplaying faustusnotes, I had a lot of fun reading the last ones.
I’ve only had a chance to read your preparation entry so far, but I like it. Ah, Gygaxian Naturalism ... and outsiders translated as clients, gold! The Senior Partners indeed!
I look forward to reading the rest soon.