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Plot Summary of The Words of the Pitcher
"All Claire Ferris wants to do is translate Japanese books.
All Kentaro Ikuta wants to do is play American baseball.
All the Media wants is to talk to him.
Suddenly, Claire and Kentaro discover they want something else.
Can they resolve their cultural differences to fall in love?
"

Kei Swanson, Resident Scholar


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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Difficult/unusual lover? Yes
How difficult? - very shy/inexperienced
Seduction/coercion/force Yes
Making a living subplot Yes
Making a living: - office romance among coworkers
Struggling with whom? - Dad
Virgin, dramatically devirginized Yes
Who: - sister
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Struggle with... - (general) search for identity/new understanding
Who seduces whom? - mutual seduction
Family focus? Yes
Family, hating Yes
Family, loving Yes

Main Male Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - a better lover
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - student
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident - a better lover - blissful - mature
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - Japan
City? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 90%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's) - descript. of female anatomy (the big V) - descript. of male nudity (the big P) - rape/molest (yeech!)
Focus of story - equally on him and her
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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