“You Were WRONG About This Isekai” Citations.

Written By GilLiesHere

The video these citations are for can be found here:

Updated and expanded article version of this video can be found here:

I didn’t cite anything for the term “Tobikomi Jisatsu” (飛び込み自殺), “Suicide by Train.” But there are two references I had for the topic of suicide by train:
Freedman, Alisa. "Tokyo in Transit: Japanese Culture on the Rails and Road." 2011.
Fisch, Michael. "Tokyo's Commuter Train Suicides and the Society of Emergence." 2013.
The latter of which talks about that while “Tobikomi Jisatsu” was used to describe these incidents in newspapers, in the early 1990s, the term “jinshin jiko”(人身事故) started to replace the prior term. The term means “bodily accident” which obfuscates the severity of the act of suicide.   


[1] Pause and Select. “My unedited rant on slavery in isekai.” 2018.
https://youtu.be/DrxG0tTIqbg

[2] One Peace Books. “An interview with Aneko Yusagi.” 2015.
https://www.onepeacebooks.com/profiles/aneko.html
Archived version (2023):
https://web.archive.org/web/20231030005213/https://www.onepeacebooks.com/profiles/aneko.html

[3] Nye, Joseph. “Soft Power: The Means To Success In World Politics.” 2004. Page 5.

[4] Galbraith, Patrick W. “The Otaku Encyclopedia: An insider’s guide to the subculture of Cool Japan.” 2009. Page 50.

[5] Japan Times. Kyodo News. “Japanese cuisine wins cultural heritage status.” 2013.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/05/national/japanese-cuisine-added-to-unesco-intangible-heritage-list/
Archived version (2020): https://web.archive.org/web/20201111170035/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/05/national/japanese-cuisine-added-to-unesco-intangible-heritage-list/


[6] Matanle, Peter., McCann, Leo. & Ashmore, Darren. “Men Under Pressure: Representations of the ‘Salaryman’ and his Organization in Japanese Manga.” 2008. Page 3.  


[7] Herbig, Paul A. & Palumbo, Frederick A. “Karoshi: Salaryman Sudden Death Syndrome.” 1994. Page 2. 


[8] Dasgupta, Romit. “The "Lost Decade" of the 1990s and Shifting Masculinities in Japan” 2009.

[9] Dolan, David. Reuters. “Man stabs shoppers in Tokyo street, killing seven.” 2008.
Archived version (2020):
https://web.archive.org/web/20200815205751/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-stabbing/man-stabs-shoppers-in-tokyo-street-killing-seven-idUST27752620080608


[10] The Yomiuri Shimbun. “Kato 'claims job despair made him kill'” 2008.
Archived version (2013): https://archive.ph/20080614095348/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080611TDY01301.htm

[11] Petrini, Carlo. “Slow Food: The Case for Taste.”  2001. Page 12.


[12] JFS Newsletter, No. 14. “THE 'SLOW LIFE' MOVEMENT: HAPPINESS BEFORE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY” 2003.

https://www.japanfs.org/en/news/archives/news_id027770.html
Archived version (2023):
https://web.archive.org/web/20230204225215/https://www.japanfs.org/en/news/archives/news_id027770.html

[13] “Slow Train, Slow Life. "Get Back, Tohoku."” Dentsu Inc. East Japan Railway Company. 2017.

https://www.oneclub.org/awards/theoneshow/-award/25578/slow-train-slow-life-get-back-tohoku
Archived version (2020):
https://web.archive.org/web/20200810122513/https://www.oneclub.org/awards/theoneshow/-award/25578/slow-train-slow-life-get-back-tohoku

[14] Pause and Select. “Talking to Inori.” 2020.
https://www.pauseandselect.com/articles/talking-to-inori

[15] Groen, Andrew. Ars Technica. “The Death March: The Problem of Crunch Time in Game Development.” 2011.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/05/the-death-march-the-problem-of-crunch-time-in-game-development/
Archived version (2020):
https://web.archive.org/web/20201112024638/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/05/the-death-march-the-problem-of-crunch-time-in-game-development/

[16] Jiang, Sisi. Kotaku. “'BioWare Magic Is Shit Process,' Says Former Dragon Age Producer” 2022.
https://kotaku.com/bioware-magic-is-bullshit-says-former-dragon-age-pro-1848385237
Archived version (2022):
https://web.archive.org/web/20220421025041/https://kotaku.com/bioware-magic-is-bullshit-says-former-dragon-age-pro-1848385237

[17] Tweet from author Kanata Yanagino. 2021.
https://twitter.com/yanaginokanata/status/1419426617290416129
Archived version (2021):
https://web.archive.org/web/20210926123936/https://twitter.com/yanaginokanata/status/1419426617290416129


[18] Morrissy, Kim. Anime News Network. “Mushoku Tensei Is Not the Pioneer of Isekai Web Novels, But…” 2021.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-03-19/mushoku-tensei-is-not-the-pioneer-of-isekai-web-novels-but/.170429
Archived version (2021):
https://web.archive.org/web/20210320182802/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-03-19/mushoku-tensei-is-not-the-pioneer-of-isekai-web-novels-but/.170429


[19] The Anime Man. YouTube. “I Met and Confronted the Creator of Redo of Healer…” 2021.
https://youtu.be/n5sr-xdN13I

[20] Dupree, Nicholas & Liu, Michelle. Anime News Network. “What Went Wrong in Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody?” 2018.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2018-03-06/.128596 
Archived version (2018):
https://web.archive.org/web/20180309121810/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2018-03-06/.128596


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