Becoming literate in Chinese requires mastering characters that range from the simple to the intricate.
But that would require characters who actually act in ways that suggest actual men.
These new elements therefore required new characters, which were invented using the phono-semantic principle.
Letterpress is a printing method that requires characters being impressed upon the page.
If the language requires other characters it is almost impossible, if no translation tools are available.
Perhaps we live in a less romantic, more psychological age, but boys today also seem to require well-drawn and convincing characters.
Even though it requires secondary characters and a plot, the authors keep these contrivances nicely unobtrusive.
But a successful movie requires storyline, and a successful series of movies requires characters.
As such, Thom requires unconventional characters, daunting circumstances, and heroic goals, all of which she does her best to supply.
The last tale requires characters to age considerably.