Abstract

The thesis of my senior project is to convey the message of being open to and accepting of cultures other than our own. I plan to use the recurrent theme of the differences between Japanese and American cultures but in the process of pointing out these differences trying to create a desire amongst the reader to go out and experience these differences on his/her own. For the most part these differences will be pointed out and discussed directly in my dialogue but I also wish to cover a few more subtle issues defining the two cultures, such as culturally determined ways of thinking which will be best seen in the artwork rather than described. I also want to try and write the manga bilingually, so that even though it won’t be open for all cultures to enjoy it will be available for the two it has basis in. As of now I have no real set defined good titles and I am going to be using Japanglish (Japanese+English), going for a fusion of sorts of the bilingual aspect of the project.