I dunno what the motivation behind this comic was, but I now want an entire series of Bostonian-Japanese Baseball Girl.
Fun fact: the largest Japanese population outside of Japan is in Brazil.
Looks like the US is close, though!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_diaspora
Apparently the Brazilian center is São Paulo:
https://geographyiseverything.substack.com/p/why-brazil-is-home-to-so-many-people
the idea of Japanese-Brazilian fusion cuisine 🤤
Massachusetts also has a large Brazilian population!
The first panel is exactly why Japan has been super isolationist. Outside of tourist areas I’ve heard foreigners are never fully welcomed no matter how long they stay
Japan has been isolationist since way before weebs existed...
Yeah that’s what I meant, I suppose I could’ve made it more clear
That's called xenophobia.
TBH the same could be said for some areas of Boston....
That's mostly overstated and you usually hear it from people who don't speak Japanese who lived somewhere for a couple years teaching English after graduating college.
Can't blame them. The only place where I can blame people for not accepting other races is America where we done fucked all that up. The exception is if you're a native. Then you've got more reason than the rest of the planet and are pretty much the example they should all point at.
As a life-long Masshole, I support this change.
Have you heard Japanese people talk about Anne of Green Gables? This should've been about Maine
Of course Anne of Green Gables is set in PEI so really it should have been set there. It would have been even funnier since they could probably outnumber the current population pretty easily if they immigrated en masse.
I think they should go to Texas to be with Kenichi Smith.
My wife was more interested in the Louisa May Alcott house when she visited Mass for the first time!
Why would they be in Maine if they like Anne of Green Gables? Green Gables is in PEI, Canada.
I know that Anne of Green Gables takes place in PEI. But Maine is more accessible for Japanese tourists.
Man everyone loves Anne of Green Gables. I've loved Mathew, Marilla, Diana, and Gilbert since I was kid. They are an international treasure.
I think the funniest part is Japanese people choosing Massachusetts which is famously difficult for Japanese speakers to say.
What in God's name are the rules of this show?
Seems like you laugh and you get a cheeky lil cheek slap by the IRA.
Gotta challenge yourself.
Also that's hilarious. So many silent and not so silent Us in that.
This is neither clever nor insightful nor of any artistic value. So exactly the level of stuff that Western fetishists for their idea of Japanese culture, or Japanese people writing about the West are capable of. In that way - well done!
Well, you are the divine overseer of wit, wisdom, and art, as well as the lord laureate of both the West and Japan, so i suppose i will take your word for it
Yeah but even better put down your Waifu pillow and get on that Peloton.
