Author: Vincent
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How Did Sailor Moon Revolutionize the Magical Girl Genre?
Read more: How Did Sailor Moon Revolutionize the Magical Girl Genre?What makes Sailor Moon so iconic? Sailor Moon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi, published from 1991 to 1997. It remains one of the best-selling shoujo manga series of all time. The story was later adapted into an anime, which I first watched as a child on French television. The…
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Daily thoughts section and subscription
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Read more: Daily thoughts section and subscriptionUpdate of the site with a daily thoughts part (in French). I also finally chose to have my contents gated behind subscriptions. Though my message isn’t promoting business at all, on the contrary, I do have a family I need to take care of and unfortunately, money is still something we cannot live without. Take…
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Living Abroad: How Cultural Immersion Redefines Our Perception and Learning
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Read more: Living Abroad: How Cultural Immersion Redefines Our Perception and LearningWe all have a different perspective because we have: Each moment is an experience in itself, as soon as one of our senses is activated, which happens naturally without interruption. In the context of learning, some experiences are “one-shot.” Burning yourself by touching a hot plate is, for the vast majority of people, a “one-shot”…
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How Did Minor Swing by Django Reinhardt Become a Gypsy Jazz Classic?
Read more: How Did Minor Swing by Django Reinhardt Become a Gypsy Jazz Classic?I recently reheard Minor Swing, composed by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, while watching the movie Julie & Julia. The tune had already been on my list of songs I wanted to discuss, so this felt like the perfect occasion to write about it. Composed in 1937, Minor Swing has since become a cornerstone of…
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25% of the population lacks the cognitive abilities to reach a good level of language proficiency, which is essential.
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Read more: 25% of the population lacks the cognitive abilities to reach a good level of language proficiency, which is essential.A question that often arises is that of destiny. Do we really have control over our lives? Since I need to find a job, I find myself in the situation of someone who belongs to the 25.25% of the world’s population with an IQ lower than 90, which is supposedly the IQ necessary to use…
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The Elephant Man: Have We Truly Evolved in How We Perceive Differences?
Read more: The Elephant Man: Have We Truly Evolved in How We Perceive Differences?The Elephant Man is a 1980 biographical drama film, directed by David Lynch, loosely based on the life of Joseph Merrick, a severely deformed man who lived in London in the late 19th century. David Lynch passed away a few weeks ago, which brought back memories of this film that I watched on French television…
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The Crisis
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Read more: The CrisisWhat am I doing? It’s a question I find increasingly difficult to answer. Since I started this project, which has taken the form of One Daily Tale, it’s the first time I’m writing in French, my native language, but which I only practice sporadically since I expatriated to Japan. I’m writing on my keyboard, bought…
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How Does Kiki’s Delivery Service Teach Us About Growth and Resilience?
Read more: How Does Kiki’s Delivery Service Teach Us About Growth and Resilience?Kiki’s Delivery Service is a 1989 Japanese animated fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on Eiko Kadono’s 1985 novel of the same name and animated by Studio Ghibli. Recently, my wife and I cooked a pie inspired by the anime. We found numerous YouTube tutorials showing the recipe—not just from this…
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Garou: Mark of the Wolves – Can We Break Free from the Chains of the Past?
Read more: Garou: Mark of the Wolves – Can We Break Free from the Chains of the Past?What made Mark of the Wolves a legendary fighting game? Garou: Mark of the Wolves is a 1999 fighting game produced by SNK, originally released for the Neo Geo arcade system. Recently, I learned that the a-cho arcade in Kyoto had permanently closed on January 31, 2025. This arcade had been a cornerstone of the…
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Is Nowhere Special a Reflection of Our Responsibility as Parents?
Read more: Is Nowhere Special a Reflection of Our Responsibility as Parents?Nowhere Special is a film by Uberto Pasolini, released in 2021 in the UK and 2024 in the US. It follows John, a single father of four-year-old Michael, who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. As John struggles to take care of Michael while searching for a suitable adoptive family, the film explores the profound…