The Zen of Ramen (homage to Tampopo)
Jun 18, 2015
[SUMMARY: As Keisuke prepares to eat Man-Shrimp, he reflects on the proper technique for eating ramen.]
As the title says, this page is an homage [a tribute] to the worlds only "ramen noodle Western," the 1985 Japanese film Tampopo.
In one of the first scenes of the movie, a wise, elderly man instructs on the proper eating of ramen. Keisuke's advice is directly adapted from that scene.
This is definitely one of my favorite pages, and represents the first "pinnacle" of the story, a point in the narrative that I was building toward and strongly anticipating.
When I began writing, I chose to have no particular story in mind (besides all the endless back story of this "comic universe"). All I knew was that Man-Shrimp would end up in Japan and would have to be eaten by a sushi chef.
The decision to switch to ramen and to "borrow" the scene from Tampopo was one of my first real inspirations! :)
Cirilee
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i love how you write the dialogue/text!! the "savor the aroma" font looks awesome :D :D
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