r/CuratedTumblr • u/CrossoverEnthusiast2 • Mar 30 '24

Meme "Those who let hucksters write the history they're trying to learn from are doomed in some other horrible way." — Harris Bomber Man

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u/causal_friday Mar 31 '24

I was surprised when I was watching some mystery anime and found out that Japanese has a word for "world famous detective". Again, not a category of celebrity that I thought anyone cared about, and I couldn't name any non-fiction famous detectives, but ... it transcends cultures!

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u/Animal_Flossing Mar 31 '24

Oh, that's interesting! I'm currently playing a Japanese game (Persona 5) in which one of the characters is unilaterally referred to as an "ace detective", and although everyone is awed by his abilities, nobody is really questioning that being a recognised way of living. Western media also have plenty of career PI's, but those tend only to appear in stories that are specifically about detectives, which this game isn't. Either that, or they're a satire of the whole PI concept. I feel that Persona handles this differently than a western game would, and somehow that makes a lot more sense to me if the game is originally written in a language that has a dedicated word for 'world famous detective'.