Teruaki Nakamura has recently moved to Okinawa. On his first day of school, he runs into the energetic Kyan. However, he quickly realizes that she can only speak the Okinawan dialect, and he can’t understand a word of what she is saying. Thankfully, Higa steps into to translate what Kyan is saying, helping Teruaki grow […]
Seirei Academy is renowned for on accepting the most prestigious students, and the student council members sit at the pinnacle of this elite group. Alisa Mikhailovna “Alya” Kujou, the half-Russian and half-Japanese treasurer of the school’s student council, is idolized in the school for her intelligence and good looks, but isolated for her rigid, cold
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Shintarou Tokumitsu is a high school student who just started living by himself in a studio apartment. However, his living arrangement changes drastically when he discovers an actual angel sleeping on his balcony. The innocent and kind angel named Towa was sent to Earth to learn more about humanity by interacting with them. Not having
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Upon moving with his family from Tokyo to Kitami City in Hokkaido, Tsubasa Shiki is captivated by the rural serenity of the Hokkaido winter. He was so captivated that he ended up getting out of his taxi way earlier than he needed to, leaving him to trek an unfamiliar city in the middle of winter.
As Japan is one of those countries that sit in the perfect sweet spot just the right distance away from the equator, it has afforded them the ability to experience the four seasons in distinction. None of that “three days of autumn” before winter or a winter of rain that some other countries get. Each
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Gyaru, or “Gal,” is a label for a fashionable girl in Japanese culture. It’s a style that describes Japanese women who tan themselves, wear flashy clothes, heavy makeup, long nails, and bleached hair. While certainly having its roots in Western influences in fashion and style, the gyaru started as a rebellious style that goes against
