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The worlds of Anime and Manga have had a large influence on the youth pop culture of America. With a greater extent of young people turning away from soft and safe American comics and cartoons. In favor of weightier topics, more violent and the graphic nature that Anime provides. Enjoying unique and odd High School and Boy Love romance found in Manga's. But the lack of properly translated work available has led to many youths searching out alternatives resources. Mostly to fan-translated versions of Anime and Manga found online. These fan translators hold themselves to extremely high standards and crazy timelines, in order to provide great quality and fulling the gaps left by the industries themselves. However, these fan works have place strain on both Manga and Anime industries in the U.S. and Japan. This strain had also caused conflicts between the fans and the authors of shows and comics. Because fan translations are nothing more than the misappropriation of someone's else copyrighted work.

This narrative provides a powerful feminist aspect in terms of the struggles and successes of being an independent female tattoo artist in the thriving hub of Osu-­‐Kannon, Nagoya. This narrative also tackles the issue of the recent developments facing tattooing that seek to threaten artists such as Uri and seeks to drive them underground. I can find no website that offers such insight as this narrative provides or offers a thorough compilation of the culture of tattooing in Japan and the challenges foreign tourists might face -­‐ much less in English. With the Olympics coming to Tokyo in 2020, a spotlight will fall onto the heart of Japan as millions of tourists and athletes from around the world come together for the games. Few are aware of the limitations they may face based solely on their tattoos, their means of expression. According to a Harris Poll taken in October 2015, as of then, 3 out of 5 Americans have tattoos -­‐ and this number is only growing. This does not take into account the rest of the world.The audience for such a project is as wide and varied as tattoo art itself. Young or old, for the love of a pop star or for the sake of their own expression, athlete, tourist, Japanophile, there is no limit to the type of individual who may take interest in such a project.

Research Questions include: How are Indian-American women similar-to and different from women in India? Why do you think these similarities and differences exist? How does the Indian culture impact the lives of Indian-American women in the United States?

As the world’s largest ethnic group, Han Chinese constitute approximately 92% of the population of China and near 20% of the population of the word. With so many people distributed in a vast area, there are several dialect groups which are closely related to the hometown of the different speakers. The Mandarin in northern China can be quite easily understood by most Chinese citizens, since it’s not much different from Putonghua, the Modern Standard Mandarin. While the languages spoken in southern China, especially the Wu, Min, Hakka, and Yue, may sound like foreign languages to those different dialect groups users. However, the speakers of those four languages have largely immigrated to overseas in more than 150 years. For the largest group of Chinese immigrants, Yue is the most common language that can be heard within Chinese communities in North American, Western Europe, Australia and South-east Asia by those Cantonese immigrants.