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* AwkwardlyGayDream: After getting married and moving to the USA, Akiko has one about Induk. Interesting in that there is no other hint in the story of Akiko being attracted to women: the dream may reflect her great admiration for Induk.
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* HomoeroticDream: After getting married and moving to the USA, Akiko has one about Induk. Interesting in that there is no other hint in the story of Akiko being attracted to women: the dream may reflect her great admiration for Induk.
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* SexSlave: Akiko was forced to serve as an ''ianfu'' ("comfort woman"), made to sexually service the troops during Japan's occupation of Korea in WorldWarII.
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* SexSlave: Akiko was forced to serve as an ''ianfu'' ("comfort woman"), made to sexually service the troops during Japan's occupation of Korea in WorldWarII.UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
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* WorldWarII: When Akiko's part of the story takes place.
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* WorldWarII: UsefulNotes/WorldWarII: When Akiko's part of the story takes place.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: A dark variant. "Akiko" isn't her real name, but what she was named in the camp. Only at the end of the novel do we find out her real name, [[spoiler: Soon Hyo]].
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: A dark variant. "Akiko" isn't her real name, but nor is it Korean; it is what she was named in the camp. Only at the end of the novel do we find out her real name, [[spoiler: Soon Hyo]].
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: A dark variant. "Akiko" isn't her real name, but what she was named in the camp. Only at the end of the novel do we find out her real name, [[spoiler: Soon Hyo]].
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* BilingualBonus: In-universe. Akiko sees her daughter's name Beccah, not as an abbreviation of Rebeccah, but as Bek-Hap, "White Lily" in Korean.
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* {{Lolicon}}: Akiko's husband. Not only is Akiko so young that she has to lie about her age at their wedding, but he also wants her to act childish and wear GirlishPigtails in the bedroom.
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* DueToTheDead: A variant. The novel ends with [[spoiler: Beccah making the decision to honour her dead mother's background by giving her a Korean funeral instead of an American one.]]
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* DueToTheDead: A variant. The novel ends with [[spoiler: Beccah making the decision to honour her dead mother's background by giving her a Korean funeral instead of an American one.]]
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* UnreliableNarrator: Beccah herself realises that it's possibly that she exaggerated the bullying she endured in school.
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* UnreliableNarrator: Beccah herself realises that it's possibly possible that she exaggerated the bullying she endured in school.
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* UnreliableNarrator: Beccah herself realises that it's possibly that she exaggerated the bullying she endured in school.
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* WorldWarII: When Akiko's part of the story takes place.
* WorldWarII: When Akiko's part of the story takes place.
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* DueToTheDead: A variant. The novel ends with [[spoiler: Beccah making the decision to honour her dead mother's background by giving her a Korean funeral instead of an American one.]]
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A novel by Nora Okja Keller, published in 1998. A little more [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Okja_Keller here]].
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A novel by Nora Okja Keller, published in 1998. A little more [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Okja_Keller here]].
The story of the Korean Akiko (not her real name), who is sold as a [[SexSlave "comfort woman"]] to the occupying Japanese army by her older sister. She escapes the camp and finds shelter at a Christian mission, where a clergyman marries her and takes her with him to the USA. Intertwined with hers is the story of her daughter Beccah, growing up in Hawaii with her sad, troubled mother and eventually learning her story.
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* OverprotectiveParents: Akiko to Beccah.
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* OverprotectiveParents: {{Lolicon}}: Akiko's husband. Not only is Akiko so young that she has to lie about her age at their wedding, but he also wants her to act childish and wear GirlishPigtails in the bedroom.
* MyBelovedSmother: Akiko toBeccah.Beccah, quite understandably considering what she's gone through.
* MyBelovedSmother: Akiko to
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* CantGetAwayWithNothing: Happens to Beccah when she sneaks out to go on a school beach trip without her mother's permission. She gets a piece of coral lodged in her foot and gets a bad infection, leading to Akiko finding out about the trip and grounding her for a year.
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* CantGetAwayWithNothing: CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Happens to Beccah when she sneaks out to go on a school beach trip without her mother's permission. She gets a piece of coral lodged in her foot and gets a bad infection, leading to Akiko finding out about the trip and grounding her for a year.
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* OverprotectiveMom: Akiko to Beccah.
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* OverprotectiveMom: OverprotectiveParents: Akiko to Beccah.
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* SexSlave: Akiko was forced to serve as an ''ianfu'' ("comfort woman"), made to sexually service the troops during Japan's occupation of Korea in WorldWarII.
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* CantGetAwayWithNothing: Happens to Beccah when she sneaks out to go on a school beach trip without her mother's permission. She gets a piece of coral lodged in her foot and gets a bad infection, leading to Akiko finding out about the trip and grounding her for a year.
* HeroicBSOD: Akiko has a severe one once she's in safety at the mission.
* HomoeroticDream: After getting married and moving to the USA, Akiko has one about Induk. Interesting in that there is no other hint in the story of Akiko being attracted to women: the dream may reflect her great admiration for Induk.
* OverprotectiveMom: Akiko to Beccah.
* SexSlave: Akiko was forced to serve as an ''ianfu'' ("comfort woman"), made to sexually service the troops during Japan's occupation of Korea inWorldWarII.
WorldWarII.
* HeroicBSOD: Akiko has a severe one once she's in safety at the mission.
* HomoeroticDream: After getting married and moving to the USA, Akiko has one about Induk. Interesting in that there is no other hint in the story of Akiko being attracted to women: the dream may reflect her great admiration for Induk.
* OverprotectiveMom: Akiko to Beccah.
* SexSlave: Akiko was forced to serve as an ''ianfu'' ("comfort woman"), made to sexually service the troops during Japan's occupation of Korea in
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* SexSlave: Akiko was forced to serve as an ''ianfu'' ("comfort woman"), made to sexually service the troops during the Japanese Japan's occupation of Korea in WorldWarII.
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!! ''Literature/ComfortWoman'' provides examples of these tropes:
* SexSlave: Akiko was forced to serve as an ''ianfu'' ("comfort woman"), made to sexually service the troops during the Japanese occupation of Korea in WorldWarII.
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A novel by Nora Okja Keller, published in 1998.
1998. A little more [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Okja_Keller here]].
