The Amazing Adventures of Tyr Tyrson in the Land of the Chrysanthemum Throne

[Richard Hakluyt]

Good stuff Tyr 

The "minor celebrity" thing just for being European is a bit double-edged; while it can be annoying it also means you will not be ignored.

[The Brain]

"Minor celibacy"? No anal?

[Syt]

Its a very strange experience. Loads of them keep saying I'm "cool"; ey? You don't know me...you don't know how cool I may or may not be. Apparently the Japanese throw around compliments like rice at a (1960s) wedding but still. Weird stuff.
Just the other day one girl let out a kawaii des ne about me when talking to her friend. Now this is bizzare. Women have shit taste, this is known; why aren't they all gay afterall? But me? And kawaii? Those few women who have deemed me worthy over the years most certainly did not do so because they considered me 'cute'.
I only hope that this will carry over to girls of a more acceptable age.

Sounds like your classic hentai setup.

[The Brain]

Oh. And a PS edited in. Very strange coincidence. The week before I left I watched Kagemusha. The only Japanese film I've bothered watching for a good few months.
It just so happens this place is famous for its connections to the main character from that film, there's even a big statue of him in the prefectural capital by the station.
Nobody else much cares but this coincidence is standing out to me for some reason.

Cool. I rewatched it recently.

[Neil]

Back home school is the prison, teachers are the enemy, the day the shithole burns down is the day we will all be happy. We're just doing time there as its what we absolutely have to do if we want to stand a chance of getting anywhere later in life.
Here though....major school spirit. Its strange.

The reason it's like that in Britain is that you're a product of entitlement, and you hate the idea of responsibility and respect.  People like you are looting up a storm right now back in the UK.

[jimmy olsen]

Stunningly obvious that Tyr has never paid attention to my posts, HMBOB's, Pitiful Pathos, or anyone else who's ever taught in East Asia.

[Josquius]

Stunningly obvious that Tyr has never paid attention to my posts, HMBOB's, Pitiful Pathos, or anyone else who's ever taught in East Asia.

That is stunningly untrue.
What makes you say that?

[Razgovory]

So is this what Japan is like?  I always assumed that this is the type of thing you see while waiting for the bus.



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[HisMajestyBOB]

That girlfriendless loser who suffers from a spot of yellow fever and anime love hates me for it seems I have developed a super power of my own. I can barely say hello to a group of Japanese school girls without them bursting into fits of giggles.
Its a very strange experience. Loads of them keep saying I'm "cool"; ey? You don't know me...you don't know how cool I may or may not be. Apparently the Japanese throw around compliments like rice at a (1960s) wedding but still. Weird stuff.
Just the other day one girl let out a kawaii des ne about me when talking to her friend. Now this is bizzare. Women have shit taste, this is known; why aren't they all gay afterall? But me? And kawaii? Those few women who have deemed me worthy over the years most certainly did not do so because they considered me 'cute'.
I only hope that this will carry over to girls of a more acceptable age.
But then I used to be a school kid too, I know how it is. Any remotely passable looking teacher under the age of 30 is regarded as attractive. Oh well.

Heh heh, Korean kids are the same way. On the plus side, women 20+ will also think you're "cute" and "handsome".