What is Blind Spot?
By Axel Terizaki on Jul 31 2006, 13:49 - Author's Notes - Permalink
Blind Spot is an original story created from my imagination, my experience and some research here and there.
Contrary to a few years ago, where I was writing a lot of fanfictions for the animated series Evangelion in particular, this story is 100% original.
A word about the story:
Ayako is a young highschool girl living in Japan, nowadays. She is living normally, surrounded by her friends. However, Ayako isn't an ordinary girl, she has magic powers! she is visually impaired, and her social life is impacted by this.
Blind Spot is a light novel, with a little bit of comedy and romance, but it is mainly a "slice of life". This slice of life will go from her teenage days to her woman, adult ones.
What's so special about Blind Spot compared to the stories I might have writen before? This is, first of all, an original story, but also a story in which I can tell of my experiences as a visually impaired person. In order to make it more challenging, and because I like sport (In a certain way...), I decided to make the story happen in Japan, and on a female character. It's a difficult exercise, since I live in France and am male. However, I have a lot of great people I can contact when I need input or advice on a particular scene or situation.
Concerning the place, I lived in Japan about 3 weeks, and I can count on some friends living there, and the various anime and manga I have seen and read to provide answers to my questions.
However, the story isn't meant to be real in all it's little details, I will then ask you to be forgiving of my possible mistake. Don't hesitate to tell me about it in a constructive way.
For me, this is an excellent storytelling and style exercise. For you, and for my friends, this can be a nice way fo knowing visually imapired people better.
Have a nice read!

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