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Japanese: a Failed Experiment – Part Deux

Posted on November 14, 2021November 14, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I attempted to write this post previously but it took on a tone I didn’t like, so I’m going to try to redo it.  Last time I talked about why I consider learning Japanese a personal failure.  Now I want to talk about why I don’t think it is. Oh,

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Japanese, Personal, Pop Culture AKB48, idol culture, Japan, japanese, Morning Musume Leave a comment

Morning Musume, and the “Sealing” of Babymetal

Posted on September 5, 2021 by bakatsundoku

So, today, I have been working on adding further reviews to Texihabara. There’s a bit of a technical issue I have to iron out where not all of the reviews are accessible, but I suppose that’s something that I can iron out with a bit of support and elbow grease.

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Uncategorized babymetal, Japan, JMetal, Jpop, Kawaii metal, metal, Morning Musume, Sumetal, Suzuka Nakamoto Leave a comment

Bushido: There Are No Answers

Posted on August 30, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I think this is going to be another long post on the level of the series of posts I wrote on transactional love, earlier. So buckle up, here we go. I have mentioned before that I was raised in a religious cult. This gave me a lot of perspectives that

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Uncategorized answers, bushido, death, God, Japan, philosophy, questions Leave a comment

Kawaii

Posted on August 28, 2021 by bakatsundoku

Kawaii may be the only real Japanese word many people know. And they really don’t know what it means. It’s usually translated as “cute”. And that’s one of the meanings, for sure. Maybe it’s even the primary meaning. But that’s not really what it means. They actually have another word

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Uncategorized childlike, culture, cute, innocence, Japan, japanese, kawaii, weeaboo, weeb 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

My School Uniform is Getting in the Way

Posted on August 24, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I have been slowly going through AKB48’s discography and writing review posts for my new site. I knew I would learn stuff about Japanese culture I didn’t know. I didn’t know what I’d learn. The title of this post is the English translation of an AKB48 song called “Seifuku Ga

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Uncategorized AKB48, alone, enjo koosai, Japan, Seifuku ga jamaosuru, Shibuya, Tokyo Leave a comment

Mikan – A Redux

Posted on August 16, 2021 by bakatsundoku

Now that I have made clear what the purpose of this blog is going to be moving forward, I feel like I am a little freer to make the posts I want to make, here. So that’s a good thing. Today I’m going to try to put words to something

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Uncategorized AKB48, energy, fun, J-pop, Japan, love, music, pop music 1 Comment

Japanese Gardens

Posted on August 13, 2021 by bakatsundoku

Back when I used to live in Portland, before I got interested in Japanese, and before those antifa idiots decided they were going to ruin the place, I used to enjoy going to the Japanese Gardens there. They were really pretty, and peaceful. It’s the one thing I miss about

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Uncategorized Japan, Japanese Gardens, kimono, Peace, Portland, Texas Leave a comment

The Shallowness of Japanese Culture

Posted on August 12, 2021 by bakatsundoku

I promised in an earlier post that I would stop complaining about things I don’t like about Japan or Japanese culture. I am keeping that promise. This post is not intended to be as much a criticism about Japanese culture, as using that topic as a springboard into a deeper

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Uncategorized consciousness, culture, Japan, love, materialism 1 Comment

What is Love?

Posted on August 10, 2021 by bakatsundoku

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always

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Uncategorized Fred Rogers, innocence, intimacy, Japan, love, Mr. Rogers 5 Comments
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