gamerprinter
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That's fair. But fair or not, I have zero interest in any fictional derivation of Japanese lore, even done by the Japanese or anybody from the 20th/21st century. That is almost too "modern" for me to use as a souce, and maybe influenced by the west somehow, so be less "true". I only look at sources from 1899 or before. I wouldn't even look at Dragon Ball Z, nor consider a source of accuracy - even though it was Japanese that created it. It could be accurate, I don't know, I won't look. I wanted Kaidan to be created as a first interpretation, rather than a reflection of someone else's interpretation.To look at one of the most famous examples, Dragon Ball refers to the actual dragon in the series as 神龍 ("Shenron," using the kanji for "kami" and "ryu"), as it's very clearly an Asian-style dragon, but the orbs that summon it (from which the series takes its name) are written with the katakana ドラゴンボール (phonetically spelling out "dragon ball").
I didn't learn this in school, rather over a lifetime, and reading actual non-translated Japanese sources, on trips to Japan to visit family.
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