Rethinking Traditional Story Structures: Kishotenketsu vs. Story Mountain

From the land that gave the world sushi, origami, and anime comes a storytelling model perhaps as prevalent as the Monomyth called Kishōtenketsu. But can the the Monomyth and Kishōtenketsu be friends? Are they perhaps long estranged sibling rivals?

00:44 Kishōtenketsu - A Very Brief History
01:18 Kishōtenketsu compared to Story Mountain
02:04 Adding conflict to "The story without Conflict"
03:07 Western vs. Eastern approach to "The Twist"
05:29 Western vs. Eastern approach to "The End"
07:07 Discovering the Twist of this video
08:10 Determinism
10:10 Is Determinism better or worse than Rugged Individualism?

If you want to check my homework, here are some are some things I read while learning about Kishotenketsu:

Nothing Influenced '60s Westerns Like Akira Kurosawa’s Samurai Movies by Sam Williamson
https://collider.com/westerns-akira-k...

Kishotenketsu: The Secret Of Plotless Story Structure by Oliver Fox
https://www.writerswrite.co.za/kishot...

Kishōtenketsu Four-Act Story Structure
By R. R. Noall / August 23, 2024
https://www.fromwhisperstoroars.com/k...

...as well as the Calamus press video I nipped that one clip from"
   • The Kishotenketsu (Japanese 4 Act Structur...  

...and honorable mention to TheCinicClinic (I don't remember nipping anything from this guy, but his video on the subject is just plain well-made):
   • Kishoutenketsu - Anime's Hidden Story Stru...  

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