scream4noreason asks ...

When did your fascination with all things Japanese begin?
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Do you remember the Learning Manga Through Bear Manga" entry in Multilingual Monday a while back?

Well it's back! Below the cut are two more clips from the same manga, Go Fujimoto's C.F.D., with literal translation, more natural translation, and an explanation of finer grammatical points. Because really, shouldn't ursine bear porn manga be a tool ( Read more... )

So this is the first drawing of the new year (after I slacked all through the end of last year -- sorry guys).

Today's sketch is a comic featuring meteron and lucentnotion, where Kevin learns about the true meaning of Xanukah. Or something. Based on a conversation we had the last time I saw him.

Enjoy! Comments welcome.

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I came across a book at Barnes & Noble several months back, which was a book that took panels from multiple Japanese manga anthologies, and used them to teach various Japanese grammar points.

So, why not sample that here? Below the cut are a few panels from the Go Fujimoto comic C.F.D., broken down and then given a "natural" English translation. ( Read more... )

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You know, sometimes my persistence is absolutely staggering. I spent about five hours today tinkering with a programme called PowerTone from Japan. Why so long? I was just trying to get the damned thing to work ( Read more... )