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Alien (Gaijin)

Posted on January 2, 2022 by bakatsundoku

There have been, and are, several reasons for this site.  But I think ultimately the reason I created and still write in this site is to help me work out stuff by writing, and I just so happen to do it publicly sometimes.  I need to do that now.  So,

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Personal acceptance, alien, Anime, gaijin, idols, otaku, waifu, weeaboo Leave a comment

Morning Musume

Posted on August 28, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I have been feeling a little ill today. I think maybe all of the stress and depression from the last few days have been getting to me. Or I’m just sick. I dunno. So I watched a few old episodes of Morning Musume variety shows. I’ve told the story before

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Uncategorized idols, Japan, Japanese idols, Kago Ai, Michishige Sayumi, Mini Moni, Morning Musume, Yoshizawa Hitomi Leave a comment

Jealousy

Posted on January 10, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I think in this world we have a kind of mental illness – or at least a misunderstanding about how it works to be a human. We find ourselves wanting to be something, and rather than trying to understand why it is we want to be that thing in the

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Uncategorized idols, japanese, jealousy, Morning Musume Leave a comment

I do not Love Suzuka Nakamoto

Posted on January 5, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I am something of a fan of Babymetal I do enjoy their music, even though I’m not usually a fan of metal. I think I’ve written about this before, so I won’t go into further detail One thing I have notice (and I may be doing a little bit of

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Kawaii Aidoru

Posted on June 17, 2020 by bakatsundoku

YouTube is an incredible distraction throughout most of the issues that have been going on in the world, and in my country. One thing I’ve been watching is Babymetal reactions.  It’s quite amusing to see someone reacting for the first time – “Well, this is a band with… three girls?  And

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Uncategorized AKB48, babymetal, culture, cute, idol culture, idols, japanese, kawaii Leave a comment

Why J-Pop?

Posted on August 18, 2018September 6, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I was actually trained as a classical pianist. Yes, it’s true.  I went to college and everything.  I learned how to either play or appreciate much of the repertoire – in point of fact, if I put my mind to it, there are piano concertos that are not out of

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AKB48

Posted on March 6, 2018September 6, 2021 by bakatsundoku

In my ever widening exploration of Japanese popular culture, I have run into a few groups in the style of Morning Musume.  AKB48 and its sisters, etc. One thing I particularly liked about Morning Musume was, in its golden days, the way the girls all seemed like sisters.  I realize

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