[Vash opened the floodgates when asking about The Steel Samurai. You see, Maya has had this manga photocopied for years, and just recently even had to give Ianthe a run down on samurai.
A definitely photocopied but very attentively spiral-bound copy of what is clearly a Compiled volume of the series shows up at Vash's door one day. On top of that, she's included several illustrations with simplified depictions of Samurai armor and clothing to the best of her memory, made into diagrams where she has notes on the different parts of clothing. It includes a list of famous samurai, some of whom may very well have existed In Reality, but undoubtedly others who are from Maya's favorite samurai from home. There's lists of Samurai Movies as well— Seven Samurai among the 'real' ones, and Samurai Summer & Bushido in Blue among those exclusive to Maya's world.
There is also a simple illustration of what she remembers Japan to look like from a map, with a star over Tokyo, so that poor Vash has any reference for what the Neo-Edo the Steel Samurai is so dedicated to protecting is. There's also such notes as "a lot of our friends here are from this place" and some pictures of yokai enemies the steel samurai faces, as well as the definition of a "kaiju". Most of these notes are recycled from what she's sent to Ianthe and others, but they're quite clearly lovingly curated.]
Some time after October 1st time isn't real
A definitely photocopied but very attentively spiral-bound copy of what is clearly a Compiled volume of the series shows up at Vash's door one day. On top of that, she's included several illustrations with simplified depictions of Samurai armor and clothing to the best of her memory, made into diagrams where she has notes on the different parts of clothing. It includes a list of famous samurai, some of whom may very well have existed In Reality, but undoubtedly others who are from Maya's favorite samurai from home. There's lists of Samurai Movies as well— Seven Samurai among the 'real' ones, and Samurai Summer & Bushido in Blue among those exclusive to Maya's world.
There is also a simple illustration of what she remembers Japan to look like from a map, with a star over Tokyo, so that poor Vash has any reference for what the Neo-Edo the Steel Samurai is so dedicated to protecting is. There's also such notes as "a lot of our friends here are from this place" and some pictures of yokai enemies the steel samurai faces, as well as the definition of a "kaiju". Most of these notes are recycled from what she's sent to Ianthe and others, but they're quite clearly lovingly curated.]