While the setting is modern Tokyo, in reality that's a city I've only visited briefly . Even though I occasionally travel to Japan I remain a tourist there, and thus, what I describe will remain a fantasy based on generic depictions from other works . Names for places in Japan (schools included) are created out of thin air, so don't bother trying to find them in real life . Don't worry, neither will I .
AdvertisementThe same isn't entirely true for Sweden, even though I'll never allow reality to stand in the way for the story . If a landmark monument was erected last year, but I need it in place ten years ago, rest assured it'll be eleven years old in my story .
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Anyway, I do, however, have a connection to Japan . 50% of me to be more exact . So I'm playing around with the Sweden I've known for my entire life, the lessons I've learned from my mother (that would be the 100% Japanese part who gave life to your scribe) and my own overall experience of life .
Have I based things on myself? Of course, and friends, and people I just found interesting . As the author I'll also embellish those parts I like, and hide those I'm too embarrassed to admit are part of me . And, obviously, whenever there's a positive trait I lack, I'll simply rewrite history and invent it as needed .
Even though both Swedes in the main cast have borrowed a lot of traits of mine and some from those close to me, the only real individual any character is resembling is myself . Last I checked that doesn't count as libel .
The story as such will, to a great degree, be based upon Swedish sensibilities . While I'm as subjective as anyone else, I'll make an attempt to balance what I find attractive with both cultures . In difference from the authors/editors/market-demands of the manga/anime I've read/watched I'm perfectly aware that Sweden isn't the centre of the universe . I'll use this, and twist it, to produce a broken glass through which I look at both Sweden and Japan .
My characters, however, can't be trusted .
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