I wonder if people who see these posts on the anime blog aggregators are still thinking I’m blogging the anime lol. Well anyway this week focuses on Mayu, a young worker (23) who still has not gained the trust of her bosses. When an assignment comes that involves her favorite romance novel author she wants to be the one to take on the role, but because of her inexperience, this role is given to Hiroko. Mayu is upset and cries after feeling betrayed by her “adored senpai” but eventually thanks to Mayu and the concept of “tokimeki” Hiroko manages to get the author to write a story that will make old men cry a river. This succeeds and even makes Mayu cry and so she accepts Hiroko’s handling of the assignment.

At this point my only thought is - Poor Shinji. I wonder how long till they break up.

Upcoming Attractions: Hiroko’s love life going further down the toilet.

So this week on Yukan Club we face the age old question of a Japanese female - marry for money or marry for love. In this case, the girl in question decides to marry for love because the person she is marrying is an erojiji 20 years older than her. Karen seems to agree with her and they both say how “living” is like the “main course” while “love” is just a “dessert.” The life you live is sad. The only problem with our materialistic heroine is she has an ex-boyfriend who she still loves and had made a promise to start a sushi restaurant together. Continue Reading »

So I normally don’t post the obvious (people die when they are killed) posts, but since a friend of mine has encountered this on his first year long stay in Japan, I figured it was worth discussion. My friend and his girlfriend are currently on a JET program in Japan, teaching English and all that good stuff. Before coming to Japan he had stayed last year as a student with a host family and loved it to bits. However, after staying for approximately 2 months in Japan one of his colleague sensei’s really “put him in his place” that he’s a foreigner and will never be accepted into Japanese society. JP is much better at writing these kinds of things than I am, but I figured I’d try my best anyway. Continue Reading »