Intro: My family and I have always loved the Nancy Drew books and computer games. One, of the adventure games in particular, had a significant influence on me. Shadow at the water's edge; the setting was Japan. The game gave you a look into the traditions and present-day culture. I was obsessed. There was fashion, foreign language, and an intriguing culture I knew nothing about. Immediately my computer desktop was flooded with pictures and links. This is where it all began. Japan would be a part of my mind and heart, for a long long time, there was a connection that would never be broken.
There was a character in this Nancy Drew game named Yumi. She was full of attitude and really bossy, but she was everything I loved. Her dress was like a cupcake, …show more content…
so daring, so unique, so colorful, and so pink! I loved Lolita fashion so much I almost bought a dress, Lolita was the style of Yumi. Did I mention she made all of her own clothes? Because of the internet, I was able to fling myself into a culture so new and unexplored.
There were tea ceremonies, vending machines, and platform shoes. Japan was a country like I had never seen before. A modern civilized world that was still so wrapped up in its own tradition. I was in love. I overlooked all the negative stuff about torture and the like. The obsession overcame my thoughts and a country became one of my only interests.
I’m not sure when it transpired, it could've been a gradual thing, but eventually, I looked up from the cute food. I looked up from the cupcake like dress, and What I saw brought me to tears. It was the faces of a people who had no hope, no God, no freedom. They were trapped by their pride. I saw emptiness. I looked at the fashions and now I saw their face, and I knew that statistically One of these people that I followed could commit suicide! they had no hope, they were bound by what others thought. now I saw the pride, perversion, and the evil spirits. I wept because I had the
There was a character in this Nancy Drew game named Yumi. She was full of attitude and really bossy, but she was everything I loved. Her dress was like a cupcake, …show more content…
so daring, so unique, so colorful, and so pink! I loved Lolita fashion so much I almost bought a dress, Lolita was the style of Yumi. Did I mention she made all of her own clothes? Because of the internet, I was able to fling myself into a culture so new and unexplored.
There were tea ceremonies, vending machines, and platform shoes. Japan was a country like I had never seen before. A modern civilized world that was still so wrapped up in its own tradition. I was in love. I overlooked all the negative stuff about torture and the like. The obsession overcame my thoughts and a country became one of my only interests.
I’m not sure when it transpired, it could've been a gradual thing, but eventually, I looked up from the cute food. I looked up from the cupcake like dress, and What I saw brought me to tears. It was the faces of a people who had no hope, no God, no freedom. They were trapped by their pride. I saw emptiness. I looked at the fashions and now I saw their face, and I knew that statistically One of these people that I followed could commit suicide! they had no hope, they were bound by what others thought. now I saw the pride, perversion, and the evil spirits. I wept because I had the