Tag Archives: Japan

I selected the best freely available English-language sources on Halloween in Japan to learn about its growing popularity there in recent years.

A U.S.-centric take on how to localize Japanese high school classes in a way that is intelligible for readers familiar with 4-year high school systems.

I celebrate White Day with Boku no Shokora, an unofficial English translation of an over-the-top doujin visual novel that comes with an entire “White Day Scenario”

I consult original English sources to get to the bottom of the meaning and history of Japan’s ai ai gasa (“love umbrella”).

I rank the top 10 visual novel translations to emerge from the 31 pieces translated for the 2005, 2006, and 2008 al|together festivals.

Are the reports of Japan’s population decline greatly exaggerated? Justin looks to 2023 anime series for the answer.

Reviewing Collage, a translation of a freeware 2004 Japanese visual novel told from the perspective of three young adults in the city.

A new anime series tackles naturally brown hair, dyed brown hair, and Japanese school dress and grooming codes in two interesting scenes.

A long Internet Archive-aided research project into the version release history of Aru Fuyu no Monogatari.

Where the literal interpretation of a visual novel heroine’s white hair and red eyes is the correct interpretation.

Justin and Justina examine an article about alpacas and a cure for a certain virus, and conclude with an alpaca dating sim.

A School Days heroine comes back from the dead to take up VTubing.