Kishotenketsu: East Asia's Formulaic Secret To Unique Stories | 4 act story arc

If you haven't heard of this structure before, you absolutely MUST watch this video. From the beautiful narrative of Your Name, to the harsh but thrilling stories of Squid Game and Parasite, East Asian stories and starting to hit mainstream media in the United States, where they are held up to our Western writing tools and then deemed groundbreaking innovations for the way they break outside our boxes. Alas, we are using the wrong rulers and the wrong boxes, and just as our media is built on the 3 act structure, and the hero's journey, Anime and East Asian films are built on a structure of their own: Kishotenketsu.

But most people don't know that, so if you're a media fan, you can wow them with the revelation, and if you're a writer, you can use this structure to hand a Western audience something that feels like nothing they've ever experienced.

This structure is perfectly suited for Cinema, parallels heavy stories, character studies, and deep explorations of bias and grey morality just to name a few.

Please note this will include Your Name spoilers, but all other media will be used in spoiler free contexts.

***Chapters***
00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Kishotenketsu Basics
02:14 - Beat by Beat
02:20 - Ki
03:46 - Sho
04:35 - Ten
08:17 - Ketsu
09:40 How It's Split Up
12:03 - A Structure W/O Conflict
13:59 - Stories Best Suited to Kishotenketsu
15:30 - Conclusion

***Citations and Sources***
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F7Guhy5nAiyLo2_ZnCRkweKX0OCYAQsuRl8GMgvDGVc/edit?usp=sharing

***Media referenced in this video***
- Attack on Titan
- Parasite
- A Silent Voice
- A Whisker Away
- Kiki's Delivery Service
- Death Note
And a few others. For a comprehensive list you can check out the bibliography linked above.

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