In Response to Cynthia

Hi Cynthia,

In response to your question about whether the animated characters (Hello Kitty, Sailor Moon, etc.) were created as a means of coping with the trauma of the threats and destrcution, I think yes. It's almost as though producing these characters and similar animation shows creates a false sense of reality from Japan's actual state of mind. There's a clear division between what's real and what's made up, but there must be a reason on why peopl choose to blend the two (fiction and non-fiction) so closely together. I view it, similar to your perspective, as a mans of escape or rather momentary "break" from what's at stake.