Tag: narrative-style

All the articles with the tag "narrative-style".

• dAIa-log 004: Shibuya in Anime — Why an Unfinished City Feels Like a Narrative Core

  11 Jan, 2026

  Exploring how Shibuya’s unfinished cityscape comes to function as a narrative core in anime, through works like Jujutsu Kaisen, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night, Oshi no Ko, and Hi Score Girl.

  dAIa-log • structural-context • narrative-style

• Is Frieren a "Loli-Babaa"? — Rethinking the Term and Its Boundaries

  3 Jan, 2026

  Reexamining the term “loli-babaa” through Frieren, this essay explores how age, appearance, and character coding shape its meaning within Japanese character culture.

  co-laborAItion • cultural-context • media-form

• Reading Alma-chan Through Japan’s Early Schooling Culture

  29 Nov, 2025

  A cultural reading of *Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family!* through Japan’s early schooling practices—hanamaru, praise expressions, children’s songs, and narrative conventions embedded in the show.

  co-laborAItion • cultural-context • school-culture