Mogu Mogu

📚 Introduction Consuming Japanese media from an early age made me develop an inquisitive curiosity for other cultures and their narratives. The context and society originating them are vital to understand them fully.  My mind always wondered what the difference between Japanese storytelling might be compared the ones I was used to (Italian first, European second). My eyes were taking in the glamour of anime and manga designs, transfixed. They were so different from the cartoons I used to watch from France or the United States! Also, I kept asking myself how or why some characters wore a particular type of clothes, had specific quirks, colours or behaviours. That rough analysis was the beginning of something bigger. I started to delineate patterns throughout stories, some kind of fil rouge that helped connect the dots. The characters came from a specific culture, with a specific background and a specific history, like every country on Earth. They were also based on traditional theatr

🎎 An interest Hello to you, dear reader. You are probably here wondering what this place is and who I am, so I'll let you off the hook. My name is Cami, class of 1992, Japanese translator, comic artist and Italian pest. I have always had the feeling I could explain my point of view on a type of media I have been a fan of since my early childhood: anime and manga. It all began when my sister handed me a Card Captor Sakura volume (which I read from left to right, like a dumbass) at the age of seven and I was immediately transported to a different world.  That feeling, also known as escapism , was what dragged me through middle and high school; my mind fixed on the desire to learn Japanese-- which, in retrospect, I know sounds extremely naive. However, differently from a lot of kids who say they want to learn Japanese more as a phase before finding their own, actual field of study, I did  end up studying the language and culture. I even got a Master's degree, back in the ye old