Tsundere and Yandere

These terms are typically used to classify girls in recent anime, manga and visual novel video games that have this personality.

Tsundere (ツンデレ) is a Japanese concept which describes a person with a conceited, irritable, or violent personality who suddenly becomes modest and loving when triggered by something.

It also describes a contradictory personality which is good-willed on the inside, but with a harsh attitude on the outside.




Yandere (ヤンデレ) is a Japanese term for a personality that is initially extremely loving and gentle, then at one point becomes brutally deranged or psychotic. Usually these girls are first presented as timid, shy and weak in varying degrees, which stereotypically describe young Japanese girls.

However, the darker aspects of their personality (normally the product of traumatic psychological stress experienced by the girl in her past) often goes beyond simply being cold and can turn very violent, even leading to murder or suicide.



Related terms:
Yangire (ヤンギレ), refers to characters who snap suddenly out of jealousy, irritation or something similar.

Kuudere refers to a character that is cold, blunt and cynical; but is actually caring and nice on the inside.

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Away (8/11 to 13/11)

I am away on a diplomatic mission from 8 to 13 this month on a diplomatic mission. I won't be around for comments, but the embassy will still be updated with posts.

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Murtaugh List

A Murtaugh list is to a list of the things you did when you were younger but have now become too old to do anymore.

My Murtaugh List:
1. I'm too old to get inflamed by petty political fights.

2. I'm too old to have the sole purpose of my life being to acquire money but not anything else.

3. I'm too old to blindly believe in the trustworthiness of people in general.

4. I'm too old to think too much about opinions or hobbies which may have shamed me in the eyes of others. Life is too short.

5. I'm too old worry about whether I'll ever be in the "cool" crowd.

6. I'm too old to make friends exclusively within my age group.

7. I'm too old to mull over what-could-have-been

8. I'm too old to indulge in "reckless overeating" anymore :P

I also made a reverse-Murtaugh list, which lists down the things you would still do, despite getting older:
1. I'm not too old to talk about imagined stuff, pseudo-scientific theories and random stuff in casual conversation.

2. I'm not too old to dream.

3. I'm not too old to believe in a soul mate.

4. I'm not too old to play video games, watch Disney cartoons, talk to teenagers, and indulge in whatever hobby I like, childish as it may seem.

5. I'm not too old to sleep with a soft toy every night.

6. I'm not too old to like cute things.

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October's End

I leave you with a video for All Hallows Eve:


Hello from Japan ^_^:



More here.

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Young and Old

Young, old, seed and gnarled
Rains fall and grasses spring anew
Changing seasons dream

Disclaimer:
Picture 1 is the work of S.Zenith Lee
Picture 2 was a contest entry by Phantzamo in a Worth1000 contest.

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Through Eyes of Malaysia

Malaysia, my birthplace and current place of residence, is a tropical hodgepodge of

skyscrapers,

jungle,

wooden huts on stilts,

old colonial towns,

and serene island beaches.

The Good

• Malaysia is a food paradise - besides having a dazzling variety of foods from multiple origins around the world, you can get it cheap, too. You can get a local meal for ~RM4 (£0.70 or USD 1.2).

• Friendly people of diverse cultures, most of whom are multilingual.

• Ranked #9 country in Asia with the most beautiful women. Nothing similar in status for the men, however.

• Malaysia is a remarkable safe and stable country in the Third World region of Southeast Asia (think coups, military juntas, riots, widespread corruption and strange rituals). The lack of natural disasters, however, means no volcanoes or earthquakes :(
  

The Bad

• The politics. And of course, our dear government.

• The censorship - Arrests of political bloggers such as RPK, the existence of the Malaysian Secret Police, and to a smaller extent the censorship of certain scenes and events deemed "inappropriate" by the self styled masters of Malaysian morals. However, censorship and Big Brother statism is indeed becoming the norm globally, ironically strong in the self-appointed Leader of the Free World; to say nothing of the totalitarian communist bastions of China and North Korea.

• Malaysian roads -Rude drivers who disregard traffic rules, corrupt traffic police, road bullies and triple parking, need more be said?

• Malaysia is haunted - gremlins (toyol), ghosts (hantu), disembodied heads dragging their entrails along (hantu penanggalan) and pretty vampires on lonely roads (pontianak) roam the country.

The images of Malaysian locations in this post consist of my photos of the KLCC Petronas Twin Towers, a waterfall at the Endau Rompin nature reserve, the Sepang Goldcoast hotel resort at Bagan Lalang, A' Famosa Fort at Malacca City and Tioman Island.

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Schoolgirl Complex

The japanese schoolgirl is, undeniably, the primary sex symbol in Japan in modern times.

It took root during the Meiji period when the schoolgirl dress was a code for class distinction; as only girls from the upper classes were sent to high schools. Unsurprisingly, the media tracked the every move of these Meiji starlets a la paparazzi. They came to achieve something of a sex symbol status, rivaling the geisha.


The schoolgirl image may appeal to women because it allows them to project a more youthful, innocent, or virginal image. These same reasons can explain part of the look's appeal to males as well. It may also have a less sexual aspect of nostalgia, recalling memories of a simpler time in one's life.

Indeed, fetishes often start to develop at puberty, when for males schoolgirls often feature as objects of desire which were seemingly unattainable. Often the contrast of a fully-developed woman in a "childlike" role is appealing, in the same manner as other forms of sexual role-playing.

Sailor outfits, along with other styles of school uniform, play an undeniably large role in otaku culture and the Japanese sexual canon as evidenced by the large amount of anime, manga, and dōjinshi featuring characters in uniform, Sailor Moon being one of the most popular examples.

The photos in this article are all Yuki Aoyama's works of his project, school girl complex (スクールガール コンプレックス), which seeks different angle on the japanese schoolgirl.

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