East Asia

Also known as Northeast Asia. Includes China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and North Korea.

This is the preferred term. Synonyms are included. You can turn off synonyms.

Broader terms: Asia, Earth Geography

Narrower terms: Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia, Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Hong Kong, Macau, Macao, Shanghai, Beijing, Lhasa, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Xian, South Korea, North Korea, Seoul, Pyongyang, Taipei, Ulaanbaatar

A Hero Born

by Anna Holmwood (Translator), Jin Yong

Series:

Legends of the Condor Heroes, The Condor Trilogy

Genres:

Family saga, Wuxia

Tropes:

Arranged marriage, Band of misfits, Coming of age, Dysfunctional family, Fish out of water, Playing the long game, Shoot first ask questions later, Time skip

Characters:

Adult characters, Child characters, Daoist priest, East Asian main character(s), Martial artist, Oblivious hero, Teen main character(s)

Time Periods:

Jin Dynasty, Southern Song Dynasty

Places:

China, Mongolia

A Man and His Cat, Vol. 2

Series:

A Man and His Cat

Genres:

Contemporary fiction, Slice of life

Tropes:

Emotional healing, Fluff, Found family, Slice of life

Characters:

Cat characters, East Asian main character(s)

Time Periods:

Places:

An Artist of the Floating World

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Series:

Genres:

World War II fiction

Tropes:

Unreliable narrator

Characters:

Artist, Grandparent, Japanese main character, Parent, Widow(er)

Time Periods:

Places:

Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps

by Junji Ito, Yuji Oniki

Series:

Genres:

Cosmic horror, Creature horror, Horror Graphic Novel, Science fiction horror

Tropes:

Anyone can die, Apocalypse, Last man standing, Science caused the apocalypse, Science goes wrong, Stranger than fiction, Survivor by coincidence

Characters:

Characters in their 20s, East Asian main character(s), Heterosexual main character, Japanese main character

Time Periods:

Information Age

Places:

Beach, City, Japan