Reading the article in Japan Times, one gets an idea that the author is not very enthusiastic about idols, but interestingly, the complaints are centered around poor working conditions and compensation. There is not a word of whining about "graduation".
The best part of the article is perhaps this personal …
read morePossessing the empathy of a block of wood, I don't know how to approach the subject, but there was a post at TTAC.
(photo by TTAC editor Bertel Schmidt)
read moreJohn mentioned that a bunch of holdings such as Geneon and Media Factory "have announced plans" to set up an alternative event at Makuhari Messe event center in Chiba, across the bay from Odaiba, on the same date. This is taking things beyond the mere boycott and makes them interesting …
read moreWith the 2DT's record of JET life reaching an inevitable plank, it may be a good time to remind about the classic of the genre, Moeko Owl.
Azrael is atrocious about keeping his stuff in order and archives keep being shuffled around. Currently original Moeko is searchable at Outpost Nine …
read moreOne of my birthday presents was a box of cookies, illustrated by Aoi Nishimata:
That name sure sounded familiar (Sankaku NSFW).
read moreReading the tips like RP's amuses me in the same way children playing in a sandbox must've amused Einstein, which is doubly ridiculous because of the point I'm going to make here: RP's experience barely scratches the surface, and I learned it the hard way. After a trip like his …
read moreThere was some anime ruse involved, but essentially, today's blog post at 2DT is about the trench toilet. Usually this topic elicits balanced discussion, but somehow it grew extremely lopsided in this instance. The blogger himself set the tone by refusing to use the "barbaric" device, and it snowballed from …
read moreA random post at Scrumptious pointed to a blog called "Opinion Prone" and a quick backscan brought up a post ostensibly about learning with Nintendo DS, although actually it broaches a wider topic.
I imagine that most people will take a few shots at memorizing their kana and then give …read more