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i am writing a story about a Japanese cat/human chimera by the name of shinji. he is a lab experiment and thats the reason that he is half cat, he is transferred to a coliseum where he is partnered with a girl cat/human to learn martial arts and fight to the death against humans for entertainment of other humans, shinji and the girl cat/human try to escape.
 katana64 posted over a year ago
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XDRoseLuvsHP said:
Well, in Japanese culture, cats are symbolic of good fortune. So maybe something to do with fortune or luck in the title.

But of course, the story doesn't sound like the characters are overly fortunate. The Japanese Cherry Blossom can symbolize many things, including Innocence, Spring, Simplicity, New Beginnings, Bright Future, Purity, Melancholy, Transience of Life, Drops of Blood. They have also been used for beautifying the suicide of military people.

You could also play with Chinese Elements. Wood, for example, can symbolize the yearn for adventure and challenge. It also shows the capability of succeeding against all odds. It shows over-competitiveness and strength of character as well as very good insight. It also shows difficulty with decision-making and tendency to be easily stressed, as well as some anger issues.

You could also use direction. In Native American culture, North has often been associated with defeat and trouble. East has been often associated with success and triumph. South has been thought of as a symbol of peace and happiness, while West has been thought of as a symbol of death.

So maybe you could play around with those things. Research different types of symbolism (especially Japanese). If you get some good combination like that, you could come up with some beautiful and meaningful titles :)
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souds like something i can do thx
katana64 posted over a year ago
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i have been trying to find someplace to find japanese sybolism but the only things i can find are on japanese writeing, can you sugest a web site
katana64 posted over a year ago
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Yeah it's really hard to find stuff. I tried to find more for you but it's hard. Um, here's a few ones that could be useful: link........... link.................. link
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