Tag: Light Novels
After Nasu: The consumption of myth as data
Our search for the Nasu copycats means it is time to expand the conversation beyond just him. We came looking for a genre, but what does that even mean?
The rise of Kinoko Nasu: A cultural autopsy
Fate/stay night and Kinoko Nasu feel like a whole genre on their own. But why aren’t there more Nasu copycats?
Who cares who killed X? You should.
Using shinhonkaku mysteries as a case study to expand on why genres matter for contemporary literature.
Posted in Literature
Genre, as Device
The dynamics and meaning of genre; Viktor Shklovsky, Kiyoshi Kasai, Genre X, and Hollywood.
Another did it better? Mystery, cross-genre pollination, and crafting the perfect twist
The next time you encounter a twist in a big network TV drama, ask yourself why this school-life horror called Another did it all so much better.
