TRZander (斬達)

Sapporo Hokkaido Japan. Yes, the Kanji name is a bit odd, but it's kinda funny, too. 日本語が話せる.

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Hello everyone! If you are being sent here from one of my posts correcting Japanese misunderstandings, cool! I am just an expat, I am not Japanese. My wife is Japanese and I like to confirm with her, but what I post is my lived understanding of the country. Have a good day!

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@TheShogunTYO @iloveshibes I do the wife not here now I have one haha.

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@gooaman20050470 @Chukwubuikem079 I don't know the region you're talking about, sadly. I am in Busan right now, but I can only read the language. I cannot understand it. Is that a famous region?

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Seeing a lot of comments implying this isn't normal. Living in Hokkaido, i go the the Fighter's games a few times a year. They absolutely do this, every time. And no, of course it's not everyone. But even the very few assholes that don't, others around them do it for them.

The only way a country looks this clean regularly is if 95%+ are constantly attempting to. It's to such an extreme that it is normal to do basic clean-up at a restaurant. Stack plates, trash, wipe the table down with your oshibori. It's just part of the collective understanding of how to act.

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@iloveshibes @TheShogunTYO That is one of the few times I pull my gaijin card. Full blown fake southern accented but N3 fluent Japanese basically saying, "Sorry guys I'm a forgiegner so I aint the greatest, but come on up". They always leave haha

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@Oscarrjavier95 Not constantly getting in your business, or acting in such a way that impedes your day.

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@Big_Black_Blam @animeupdates https://t.co/0WYju4r0jf
As I've said previously, I am not aiming for what an immigrant wants. I just live there to be with my wife.

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@DylanBunchOfNum @animeupdates Well, no. I'm still a full-fledged American citizen, I am just allowed to live in Japan with my wife. I would consider that and expat or "a person that lives outside their native country".

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@null154890 @animeupdates ごめん、新品だ。けど、日本に新品のマンガは600円ぐらいだな？アメリカ20ドルは3200円ぐらいので、フェアと思う。

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@WanderingBarddd @animeupdates Doesn't make me feel any sort of way to be honest. I just wouldn't say I immigrated given I am not aiming for any status other than forgien resident, given my status of being married to a Japanese woman. Due to that, the dictionary definition of expatriot seems to fit better.

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@WanderingBarddd @animeupdates https://t.co/0WYju4r0jf

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@DylanBunchOfNum @animeupdates Well, no. I'm still a full-fledged American citizen, I am just allowed to live in Japan with my wife. I would consider that and expat or "a person that lives outside their native country".

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@DylanBunchOfNum @animeupdates Well, no. I'm still a full-fledged American citizen, I am just allowed to live in Japan with my wife. I would consider that and expat or "a person that lives outside their native country".

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@DarkenAssassin @animeupdates I'm sure it has been. I'm only commenting on the fact that there is somehow a 5-6x mark-up in America.

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@RavenCoreVI @animeupdates I think you're missing the part where its not $12 costing $40. It's a $3.78 manga somehow becoming $15-20. The translation costs shouldn't even be in the equation since you pay, let's say, 50 grand for it once, and that's it. It is not a reoccurring cost for the company.

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@noonasforjk @animeupdates Physical will never die in Japan. While no longer the insane levels of the late 90s to early 00s, where toilet paper was produced "on less quantity", it is still a massive market I see in all conbini. Further, entire 2nd hand stores will be dedicated to just manga sales.

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@softellas @KatarinaNoKami @animeupdates I would never argue against a worker. Companies are the problem, not the $20/hr guy that gets screwed.

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@softellas @KatarinaNoKami @animeupdates I understand your comment, but U actually am a Japanese resident. Just haven't been there for more than a week in he last 2 months. And don't worry, I'm sure eventually we'll be able to start shipping cheaper manga overseas. I hope.

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I'm not so sure of that. The problem is that there are two companies over the mangaka in that situation, just ad now. One is the super greedy american one demanding 50%-55%, then the japanese one demanding 40-45%, then the creator. He then loses 2-2.5% to taxes and is left with pennies on the dollar. The problem with the industry is not the consumor, nor the mangaka. It's companies taking all the money.

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@Lnk5UkT6cbOm9MD @animeupdates それがわかるぞ。そうは言っても、市場は確かに存在するんじゃない？と、新しいのマンガは日本で2倍だけ。アメリカは5、6倍くらい。

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@tetsugaku_rat @KatarinaNoKami @animeupdates 僕もそれを見た

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@softellas @KatarinaNoKami @animeupdates This is very true, but I am not speaking to the Japanese audience. As far as I know, shounen jump is not available in Amaerica. If you only have what is legally available to you in your country, but it is 5-6x the price, what do you do?