Sadly, yeah. There's a lot we just don't find out about him at all. To be honest, the earlier instance just makes it weirder for me: who or what is he if he's used to seeing auras, something we haven't seen often anywhere in YGO? I mean, Juudai can once he gets full access to the whole good Darkness deal, but where does Johan get it from? This is not the point where I dig out my good Light theories. Really.
Ooh, now I really need to find a copy of the Bible. I know we ought to have one somewhere in the house, but we're not exactly the most religious people ever :p Last time I read the entire thing was when I was eleven, because I was bored.
Chinese Mythology: An Introduction by Anne Birrell is a pretty good book, that stays very close to the source material, IMO (though I may be biased because I wrote my bachelor paper on it). The only disadvantages are that it's fairly disjointed at times, since the source material often only involves a sentence or two, and that it may be geared too specifically to sinologists. We only got the basics on alchemy in class, which is a pity, because I liked the subject, but it got mostly glossed over. And yeah, there are often so many different versions and trying to shove them all in one coherent narrative would be dishonoring the source material. I think I really need to hit the library soon now XD I should go there to return some books anyway so I might try to pick up some stuff on other cultures.
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Date: 2011-07-19 10:26 pm (UTC)This is not the point where I dig out my good Light theories. Really.Ooh, now I really need to find a copy of the Bible. I know we ought to have one somewhere in the house, but we're not exactly the most religious people ever :p Last time I read the entire thing was when I was eleven, because I was bored.
Chinese Mythology: An Introduction by Anne Birrell is a pretty good book, that stays very close to the source material, IMO (though I may be biased because I wrote my bachelor paper on it). The only disadvantages are that it's fairly disjointed at times, since the source material often only involves a sentence or two, and that it may be geared too specifically to sinologists. We only got the basics on alchemy in class, which is a pity, because I liked the subject, but it got mostly glossed over. And yeah, there are often so many different versions and trying to shove them all in one coherent narrative would be dishonoring the source material. I think I really need to hit the library soon now XD I should go there to return some books anyway so I might try to pick up some stuff on other cultures.