The indigenous Ainu minority in Hokkaido.

TheQuestionMan · Post by **TheQuestionMan** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:50 -0700

Has there ever been a mention of the Ainu people in UY?

Ainu people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_people

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Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:54 -0700

I believe they were referred to as Emishi in Grasscutter. There was also mention of them in the story notes of that same issue.

TheQuestionMan · Post by **TheQuestionMan** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 13:20 -0700

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.

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Angelcake the Fox · Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:22 -0700

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?

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:35 -0700

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.

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:44 -0700

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.