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[Anonymous No.]

5. No Chinaman must figure in the story.

I don't get the 5th Knox rule.

There musn't be a chinese person in a mystery novel?

Why?

[Anonymous No.]

It means "someone from a faraway land that appears for no good reason."

[Anonymous No.]

They smell

[None !NACK.rrrr. No.]

>>4935991
Basically, an outsider.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4935991
Why, oh why do you reply to that?

[Anonymous No.]

>>4935991

Wouldn't all the paranormal entities classify as chinamen then?

[Milfeulle is my Waifu !iS.Yuri/S. No.]

NOT CHINA
HONG
MEILING

[Anonymous No.]

>>4935997
Seriously?
Because I don't find it funny when 10 people reply some silly answer, keeping a bad thread on top.

[Anonymous No.]

It doesn't appear because that rule will be broken by R07 soon.

[Suigin !YUsuiginy. No.]

they are going to use this to deny Erika

[Anonymous No.]

Chinaman is a term that refers to a Chinese man, person, or in some cases, a racial term for any person of East Asian descent. Although the term originated in usage that was not originally offensive in intent, and was listed in older dictionaries,[1][2] its use evolved into a term often used against the Chinese and other Asians as they encountered increased discrimination and injustice in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4936008
No, they are going to use Van Dine for that purpose.

[­ No.]

knox was racist and hated chinks

[None !NACK.rrrr. No.]

>>4936048
Don't LIE.

[Anonymous No.]

It means "no one can use measures that the reader can't possibly know about", in other words, "It doesn't become insolvable by feature something existant but foreign"

Arthur Conan Doyle fails this rule, oh, so greatly. He often does not even do any foreshadowing.

That rule also doesn't apply to Umineko because Witch Hunt Translation Group, it was made by fucking japanese and features references to Divina Comedia, Hitchhiker's guide, Dune, Film Noir, Magic the Gathering, et cetera.

[Anonymous No.]

>>4935985
because chinks weaken plot armor

[Anonymous No.]

>>4936065
Dohohoho

[Anonymous No.]

Grobius Shortling's interpretation pretty much nails it, I think. I goes as follows:
"Do not use 'foreigners' or other aliens as major characters unless you have some real understanding of their culture and mind-set, and they have some relevance to the plot beyond exotic obfuscation."

[Anonymous No.]

>5. No Chinaman must figure in the story.
>Erika

I see what Ryukishi did there.