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Back to posting scans from Fur-Eh, the theme for this year was 'World Anthro Games', so basically an Olympics theme, and 
TheLivingShadow was the only artist who really decided to fold that theme into what they were drawing, in this case in my 'wolf' sketchbook. He wrote on the back of the page:
Juno from "Beastars", going for a swim to test a new swimsuit given to her by Louis, the CEO of the Horns Conglomerate.
(Beastars is, I'm afraid, something I haven't watched yet.)
TheLivingShadow was the only artist who really decided to fold that theme into what they were drawing, in this case in my 'wolf' sketchbook. He wrote on the back of the page:Juno from "Beastars", going for a swim to test a new swimsuit given to her by Louis, the CEO of the Horns Conglomerate.
(Beastars is, I'm afraid, something I haven't watched yet.)
Category Artwork (Traditional) / General Furry Art
Species Wolf
Size 440 x 600px
File Size 87 kB
Beastars is basically a very adult version of Zootopia, with a Japanese flavor. Juno was a fake love interest for one of the mains, the famous Legoshi the wolf. (Where his arc led I can't say because I only saw the first season and part of the manga).
Juno is a very dominant wolf. Legoshi is a giant, shy, fangy dork who is constantly struggling with his own feelings.
Louis's story is very complex and ties into the heart of the main plot so I won't spoil.
Juno is a very dominant wolf. Legoshi is a giant, shy, fangy dork who is constantly struggling with his own feelings.
Louis's story is very complex and ties into the heart of the main plot so I won't spoil.
Oh, I certainly know of it (there's fanart everywhere) it's just not something I've had the chance or time to watch yet.
And, let's be honest, there's more stuff out there than anybody is ever going to be able to keep up with.
(I'm also reasonably spoiler-resistant because the way a story is told is at least as important to me as the details of what happens. That said, I also realize that spoilers do bother other people, so I don't go out of my way to spread them, either.)
And, let's be honest, there's more stuff out there than anybody is ever going to be able to keep up with.
(I'm also reasonably spoiler-resistant because the way a story is told is at least as important to me as the details of what happens. That said, I also realize that spoilers do bother other people, so I don't go out of my way to spread them, either.)
Louis was raised in a black market in people used as food by a chapter of the local Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia, represented by lions. They eventually capture Legoshi's squeeze Haru. Legoshi invades the Yakuza hideout and tries to pull a Sam Gamgee in Barad-dur, and fails. Louis has a much more direct solution.
He walks in with a gun and shoots the godfather in the head.
That makes HIM the head of that Yakuza chapter. And the gang's original name? Shishigumi. "Deer gang." Talk about telegraphing your twist!
I think what he did after was push the Shishigumi into more honest work, as a corporation. Frankly in Japan there isn't much difference between a yakuza chapter and a corporation, other than hopefully a lower body count.
He walks in with a gun and shoots the godfather in the head.
That makes HIM the head of that Yakuza chapter. And the gang's original name? Shishigumi. "Deer gang." Talk about telegraphing your twist!
I think what he did after was push the Shishigumi into more honest work, as a corporation. Frankly in Japan there isn't much difference between a yakuza chapter and a corporation, other than hopefully a lower body count.
Your last paragraph there is sadly accurate and there has been historical evidence for it. Several years ago, one of the things that led to the collapse of the 1980s 'Japan, Inc.' that had been of the inspiration for cyberpunk was a domino series of economic issues that laid bare the fact that several corporations, including banks, owed money to the Yakuza.
Why? Saving face. Losing money would make the CxO types look bad, so they borrowed money under the table so they could pretend everything was good, under the assumption that the next year would be better and they could pay off the loans. When things didn't get better because the massive profits of previous years were actually a bubble that was failing, they dug themselves in deeper. Eventually things just couldn't be hidden any longer, a lot of powerful people got seriously embarrassed, the entire Japanese economy went through some lean years, and the old cradle-to-grave corporate loyalty shattered.
The whole issue of 'trying to hide the structural problems by moving things around until it all collapses in a much worse way' is something with a lot of historical examples from all over the world, of course...
Why? Saving face. Losing money would make the CxO types look bad, so they borrowed money under the table so they could pretend everything was good, under the assumption that the next year would be better and they could pay off the loans. When things didn't get better because the massive profits of previous years were actually a bubble that was failing, they dug themselves in deeper. Eventually things just couldn't be hidden any longer, a lot of powerful people got seriously embarrassed, the entire Japanese economy went through some lean years, and the old cradle-to-grave corporate loyalty shattered.
The whole issue of 'trying to hide the structural problems by moving things around until it all collapses in a much worse way' is something with a lot of historical examples from all over the world, of course...
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