This is a static copy of In the Rose Garden, which existed as the center of the western Utena fandom for years. Enjoy. :)
#1 | Back to Top11-19-2008 08:13:48 PM
- Shiva Indis
- Juri Jeerer
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From the Desk of Ikuni
This is a translation of a 2 year old blog post from Ikuniweb that I liked. http://www2.jrt.co.jp/cgi-bin3/ikuniweb … .cgi?no=57
translatron wrote:
The World Exists for Me
Tomo-zou & Minasama:
I got a photo from a friend who lives in America. Here.
"The World of S and M" America version.
Now on sale to rave reviews! My friend saw it in a bookstore and took a picture for me.
Oooh, the cover format has a good look to it.
Anyway.
The English title is The World Exisits(sic) for me. (Sekai wa Watashi no Tame ni Aru.)
Awesome! It's different from Japan's, but it's cool in its own way.
Actually... When it was time to release the English version the publisher over there (America) asked:
Them: "Can we do something about the title?"
Me: "Is there a problem with it?"
Them: "Yes. Wth the same title as the Japanese version, it'll get filed into the adult genre."
...Well, that would be true, normally.
I am an actor cast eternally, Armless, legless, still existing I am,
The eternal me and the eternal stranger, I am all the mysteries in creation,
Male/female, positive/negative are the two of me, My birth, the absolute birth,
Even light casts shadows, making a pair out of me and me, I am disconnected,
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#2 | Back to Top12-08-2008 10:20:42 AM
- Shinolala2
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Re: From the Desk of Ikuni
i have never heard of that manga. but i did need a new series to read. so in japan its classified under adult genra? or is everything classified adult over there. not trying to sound like a female dog or an ass. but is it true that japan is very perverted?
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#3 | Back to Top12-16-2008 03:04:29 AM
- allegoriest
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Re: From the Desk of Ikuni
I think that S and M were two characterish plot things or something. And the main characters are Sekai and Machiavelli or something I think too. (My sister read it to me years ago, do not trust my memory.)
I don't know what happened though, since we never got part 2. (I don't like Saito's style, though I don't know why she never got the other. She bought it since it was by Saito.)
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