Basically the world is now controlled by Japanese schoolgirls. In the old days California set the pace for the latest in memes, mutations and trends. Now it is the ubiquitous presence of a cultural breeze from the East.

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Cell phone novels are really popular in Japan. Cell phone novelists can upload what they write right onto websites where readers can then download their work. No editors, no filters! Mostly, they're by and about young women. And the phrases are short enough to fit on a cell phone screen: "Daddy/Mommy/Yudai/I love you all so much/... --clatter, clatter--/the sound of a door opening./At that moment.../--Thud--/A really dull blunt sound/The pain shoots through my head..." OH NO! keep reading!