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The indigenous Ainu minority in Hokkaido.
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:50 -0700
by TheQuestionMan
Has there ever been a mention of the Ainu people in UY?
Ainu people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_people
Cheers
QM
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:54 -0700
by Stan Sakai
I believe they were referred to as Emishi in Grasscutter. There was also mention of them in the story notes of that same issue.
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 13:20 -0700
by TheQuestionMan
Stan Sakai wrote:I believe they were referred to as Emishi in Grasscutter. There was also mention of them in the story notes of that same issue.
Thanks Stan, love your work.
QM
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:22 -0700
by Angelcake the Fox
Now that I think about it......
Have any Ainu ever actually appeared in UY?
If they were to appear in UY, what species would they be? Would they all be just one species, or a various group of species like all of the other people in UY?
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:35 -0700
by Stan Sakai
Angelcake the Fox wrote:Now that I think about it......
Have any Ainu ever actually appeared in UY?
If they were to appear in UY, what species would they be? Would they all be just one species, or a various group of species like all of the other people in UY?
None have appeared in Usagi yet. I did have a story in mind about foxes and snow cranes.
I think the Ainu will be of various species. They do have distinctive clothing and tattoos that can easily differentiate them from the rest of the Japanese population.
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:44 -0700
by Steve Hubbell
Seems to me that if they were to appear, they would probably be distingished as a race by clothing and cultural indicators rather than by species of animal since, as you mentioned, the characters already appearing don't neccessarily follow a specific species to race correspondence, except of course, the Neko Ninja, the Komori Ninja, and the Mogura Ninja.