Culturaldifferences Stories

Now that the days of yokai fighting, Armageddon evasion, and the pandemic have subsided, what is left for Team Urameshi to do? Try living normal lives. Kuwabara is doing his part as a university student, Yusuke is involved in supernatural freelance work under the guise of a noodle stand, and Kurama is involved in the family business and...dating? Huh? Ikeda Kiyoni has many labels associated with her name. Biracial, Bi-cultural, Bi-curious[?], and now that she's back in Japan after a decade-long stint in another country, she can add "Kikokushijo" or "Returned Child" to that list. However, those come second to the "caretaker" label given to her on her grandmother's behalf. Time is running out for Grandmother Ikeda and if Kiyoni doesn't find a cure soon, she could kiss both grandma and her ties to Japan a heartbreaking "sayonara". So how complicated could things be when a bloodsucking, alien nightcrawler with an unknown disease enters the chat especially when border control officer Hiei is taken down? Foreign relations between humans is edgy enough. Could the same can be said for yokai? Only time will tell.

When a self-made beauty entrepreneur Aria Mitchell discovers her mayoral candidate husband and best friend have been stealing from her company while conducting an affair, she loses everything-her business, her marriage, and her reputation. But from the ashes of betrayal rises an unexpected love with the Korean-American journalist who exposed the scandal, and together they must navigate cultural differences, community expectations, and the long road to rebuilding trust and finding authentic success. ©️ _RelleLebby_// R. L.

Cast description for the story Beyond Colour

"Our Soul in Seoul" is a poignant story of love, distance, and personal growth. It follows Aamir, an Indian man, and Tammarah, a Filipina woman, who connect through an online game. Their deep bond and dreams of meeting in South Korea are tested when Tammarah's strict family forbids their relationship, leading to a heartbreaking breakup. Two years later, they reconnect, but Aamir realizes his feelings have changed, leaving Tammarah heartbroken. This prompts her to transfer schools and seek self-discovery, while Aamir finds love with someone who complements him. Ultimately, Tammarah and Aamir find happiness with new partners who appreciate them. Tammarah meets Ethan, who supports her independence, while Aamir finds fulfillment with a partner who shares his values. The story concludes with a hopeful message that love can mean letting go and discovering joy in unexpected places.

𝒀/𝑵 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑲𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆, 𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕. 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆-𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕. 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒐𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. 𝑨 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑱𝒐𝒐𝒏, 𝒂 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍, 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑨𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕, 𝑱𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔-𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒊

One scarred heart. One fake marriage. One unexpected chance at love. When thirty-year-old Leila, a devout and quiet Moroccan woman, moves to China to teach English, she carries more than just a suitcase-she carries the scars of a childhood fire, the sting of rejection, and her mother's cruel words echoing in her mind. To keep her job and visa, she agrees to a fake marriage with Chen Wei, a wealthy, aloof Chinese man haunted by the loss of his brother. They live in separate rooms. Speak cautiously. Pretend for the world. But behind closed doors, misunderstandings, quiet moments, and shared pain begin to stitch a fragile bond between them. As government inspections, emotional wounds, and cultural gaps threaten to unravel their arrangement, Leila's faith and Chen Wei's growing admiration for her strength ignite something neither of them expected-hope. Can two broken souls find home in each other? In the shadows of grief, sometimes the heart finds light where it was never looking.

In a small town in India, where academic success is often seen as a ticket to a better future, Arjun Sharma, a brilliant and meticulous math student, falls in love with Lily Haasan, his lab partner in a challenging calculus class. Arjun, known for his precision and love for equations, tries to use logic to navigate his budding feelings for Lily. However, the complexities of caste, parental expectations, and the challenge of maintaining a strong relationship in a conservative society force Arjun and Lily to confront realities that cannot be solved with formulas.

Leaving behind a home is hard. Leaving behind the people who felt like home is even harder. After moving from Germany to America, she's forced to start over in a place where friendships are louder, quicker, and somehow emptier. Back in Germany, connections were deep, loyal, and built to last. In America, everything feels temporary-like she's always on the outside looking in. Told through bittersweet memories and quiet heartbreaks, Foreign Faces, Familiar Goodbyes explores the pain of losing childhood friendships, the confusion of forming new ones, and the reality that some people aren't meant to stay-no matter how much you want them to. Some friendships fade with distance. Others fall apart up close. This is the story of both.

Dreams Across Continents follows the journey of Eunomia, a 17-year-old Asian girl who embarks on a life-changing adventure from Shanghai to America. With her scholarship money in hand, she steps off the airplane in New Haven, ready to pursue her dreams at one of the most prestigious universities in the country.

Karl Conner was black. Sonoko Yan was Japanese. Black + Asian=Blasian. But that equation caused a cultural clash for Karl and Sonoko. Sonoko's mom Hikari didn't want them to be together. At an early age, young Asian women were groomed to marry within their culture or to marry a white man to maintain their status quo. That was what Hikari did. It was irrelevant that Karl was a star running back at Duke High School who maintained a 4.0 GPA. Even though Karl was a nice guy, what mattered to Hikari was he was black. Sonoko's stepfather Paul had an arrogance about him. He was taught by his parents that whites were the superior race. It was a generational thing and he believed it to his very core. Would Paul and Hikari go to any extreme to keep Karl and Sonoko apart? Like kidnapping Karl and hiding him out in an old warehouse? Was hate stronger than love? Or love stronger than hate? Which would triumph?

Part 4 of "Star Child" Series: Keith has arrived safely on Earth and must attend the Galaxy Garrison if he hopes to find a pilot for the Blue Lion and protect Earth from the imminent threat of the Garla Empire. But first, he must try to pass as a Human teenager. Star Child is an AU where Keith is brought to the Blades by Krolia and raised Galra.

A group of misfits band together at a small school in New York, where slowly they realize they're reincarnations of the historical figures of the American Revolutionary War. Join the gang as they learn not just who they were, but also who they are. Loosely inspired by Hamilton: An American Musical, by Lin-Manuel Miranda. More related to actual history, but, "Hamilton" the musical still exists in the universe and it may or may not serve as a plot point.

Analu Lucia, a 24 year old paramedic finds life to be unforgiving. After moving to America from Brazil with her family at young age, she has learned to accept that life just isn't fair and to move on. 'Accidents happen' she tells herself, 'You just have to move forward'. But is that as easy to do as it sounds? Can the past catch up too fast for her to handle? What does she get herself into? Mature Content: Contains mental health triggers (PTSD, depression, etc.)

SUMMARY: Feisty twelve-year-old, blue-eyed, Kayleigh Gallagher learns to cope with #cancer along with her struggle for #independence. In the midst of her emotional and physical battle with cancer, she finds #hope. Where does it come from- her Jamaican BFF, Marcia, the star quarterback, Rowan, her medical team, Caleb, the Cancer-Fighting Bear™, #chemotherapy, her family, friends, or a conglomerate? Readers will gain insight into how to successfully deal with #cultural differences, cancer, and #adolescence.

Humanity, teetering on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, was saved by an alien species, the Peacock-kind. But their aid was not merely an act of mercy. Having lost their homeworld, the Peacock-kind see humans as the key to their species' survival through unique biological compatibility. Now, under their "careful" stewardship, a new order has been established: Earth has gained technology and purity, Mars has been transformed into their blossoming stronghold, and humanity's progress is strictly filtered. This fragile alliance of salvation is founded on mutual need and deep-seated mistrust.

George Alexander is a young white man that grew up in a suburban neighborhood where everyone knew everyone. His life was amazing, he's been given everything he's ever dreamt of and he knew that no matter what, his family would make sure he's straight. Throughout George's life he's been oblivious to how people of color was being treated because he's never had to deal with such things in his life. He's never even been close enough to a person of color to know how they are and how they act. Out of instincts, he just knows that they're not as good as him and that they are beneath him. He treats them how he saw his parents treat them. One night, he falls asleep and he woke up a completely different person. He felt strange, he knew he wasn't in his own body anymore. Everything just felt wrong and it made him want to scream. He went into the bathroom and realized that he wasn't George Alexander anymore, he was a colored man. He tries to ignore what happened and go on about his life but he was hit hard with reality. He was no longer a white man that could do what he wants, he is a colored man that has to live a hard life and deal with racisms and hate. Later on, he comes to the realization that in order to go back to his old life he has to change his ways and project love onto others instead of hate. Read more to find out about his journey. Enjoy.

Love Beyond Boundaries: The Tale of Malik and Nala" is a captivating story of two individuals from different worlds who defy societal norms and cultural barriers to follow their hearts. Malik, a young man from a traditional background, falls in love with Nala, a free-spirited woman from a completely different upbringing. As they navigate the challenges of their relationship, they discover that love knows no boundaries and can conquer all obstacles. This heartwarming tale explores themes of love, acceptance, and the power of connection that transcends differences.

Shy Steven Carter is captivated by Jessie Harper, the confident girl who doesn't believe in high school romance. As their paths cross, Steven's quiet persistence challenges Jessie's guarded heart. The Chase of Hearts is a poignant high school romance about breaking down walls and discovering unexpected love. Do you think will Steven change himself? Read to find out👇

When fifteen-year-old Emily Parker is uprooted from her life in New York and moves to Paris with her mother, she finds herself struggling to adapt to a new city, a new school, and a new culture. Feeling out of place and homesick, Emily's world begins to change as she befriends Sophie, a spirited classmate, and discovers a hidden passion for art. With the encouragement of her new friends and the support of her mom, Emily embarks on a journey of self-discovery, overcoming challenges and finding her place in the City of Lights. As she navigates the complexities of adolescence and cultural differences, Emily learns that new beginnings can lead to unexpected and beautiful adventures.