I got there in passing because of Ashita no Joe (a Buddhist funeral was held for a character that was killed off -- 700 people as well as the artist and some of the people from the publisher attended), but it was a complete drive by moment because a) I've barely gotten there in my work as I've just started exploring stuff outside of western media and b) I've never talked so fast in my life.
I definitely need to find more Eastern instances of things like this, because I think you're absolutely right. I think the events around Ashita no Joe really did serve as transition rituals, whereas I don't (unsurprisingly, just look at our fandom) necessarily see change and acceptance as themes in a lot of the Western examples.
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Date: 2010-09-08 07:27 pm (UTC)I definitely need to find more Eastern instances of things like this, because I think you're absolutely right. I think the events around Ashita no Joe really did serve as transition rituals, whereas I don't (unsurprisingly, just look at our fandom) necessarily see change and acceptance as themes in a lot of the Western examples.