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Category Archives: Culture
Anime Review: Heroman
So, Did It End Well? Hell, Yeah. I’ve been bullish on Heroman for some time. The only real question was if the final episode would live up to the high quality of show that this has become, managing to evade … Continue reading
Anime Review: Occult Academy (Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin)
Normally, I’d review an anime after it ends, but the climax of the show has come and gone with episode 12. So, I’ll proceed here and try not to do any spoilers per se. One Stop Occult Trope Shopping This … Continue reading
Anime Review: High School of the Dead
So, The Anime Is Over. High School of the Dead ran for twelve largely action-packed episodes filled with modern horror. By modern, I mean sailor fuku, panty shots, and extreme behavior by the humans in the midst of the zombie … Continue reading
Densetsu No Yuusha no Densetsu: A Rant
There Be Opinions Here So, let’s leave the one-time, original purpose of this blog behind. Let’s not focus on language or education. Instead, let’s look at, not culture in abstract, but some very specific things about culture. Namely, the anime … Continue reading
Nigirizushi: Hand-Pressed Sushi
Pressed By The Chef’s Loving Hand So, to “nigiru” is indeed to grasp. Nigirizushi (sushi > zushi, at the end of a compound word; this makes it easier to say) is grasped by the chef and pressed together. It is … Continue reading
Nurarihyon no Mago, ep. 10
If time truly permitted I’d relate from the beginning but, this is a transition to a new arc so it’s as good a place as any. Spoilers: show So Rikuo finally ascended to take over the Nura-gumi as “The Third” … Continue reading
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Heroman: For Once, An All-American Anime Hero
A Product Of “Bones” – And Stan Lee Set in a fictional city on the West Coast (i.e. California), with large cameos by Washington D.C. and the White House, “Heroman” is a show about, essentially, a very unlikely, introverted, 97-pound … Continue reading
Learning Through Lyrics: Part 9
Line Nine trust me この想いほどけないから my dear 抱えた荷物 Translation Trust me / these feelings will never come apart my dear / that baggage you carried Vocabulary & Grammar Notes Kono … Continue reading
Learning Through Lyrics: Part 8
Line Eight I’m here どこにいたって call me ひとつになれる Translation I’m here / no matter where you are call me / we’ll become one Vocabulary & Grammar … Continue reading
Japanese Business Culture: Five Steps For Building Trust
Trust Matters. You cannot do business in Japan to any serious degree without getting people to trust you. Here are five simple steps – I won’t call them easy – that you can follow to make your task less difficult. … Continue reading