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I don't use anime characters either. I'm a Legend of Zelda fan, so I tend to go back and forth between two Link avys that were made for me years ago. I've probably been using them for well over 10 years, now that I think about it. lol

If the manga is still being written, then the anime will continue...usually. That aside, shows like Sazae-san has all of those shows beat with over 7000 episodes.

Personally I think it's a combination of culture and fan service. Japanese people go to onsen. It's ingrained, I feel, because it's relatable for them...minus the stumbling into the wrong side probably.

Yup. It was funny because of the boys' reactions and how the girls didn't like LadyDevimon.

I got roped into going to one last year. My first time. I never actually thought about visiting one before. I was the only female of the group too. lol. Anyway, I found it slightly annoying because of how childish the women have to act and speak to entertain the male customers. Comparing it to a butler cafe, the guys all acted like mature, sophisticated adults. Anyway, the actual girls at the cafe were adorable and nice and they were fauning over one of the characters on my bag abd then we started talking about Pokemon. lol. Think it was my Hello Kitty keychain they spotted or my phonecase.

I don't know...my Japanese still sucks. ^^

But anime is cartoon. Cartoon is just the English word for an animated program. Anime is the Japanese borrowed, abbreviated English word for it. To me there really is no difference, cept for where it was made.

@Optic I know of something you can use to find a place. I recommended it to a friend who used to live near me in Yamagata. He's found a new job down here in Tokyo and will be moving down here next month. http://www.sakura-house.com/en Many foreigners use this site.

In Japan, all animation is categorized under "アニメ" in stores regardless if it's from Japan or the US or Canada or the UK, etc. I mentioned it in my first post in this thread too.

To me anime = a Japanese cartoon.

I live in Japan, so...yeah. ^^'

Last month, they were selling blueberry-flavored Pocky. Sucks I didn't try it.

I didn't even know about this.

I really like black teas.

Even though it's not really chocolate, I like white chocolate.

I got this too. The only thing that matches is that I'm laid back.

No, I haven't yet, but been meaning to. ^^

Wow....Detective Pikachu. That's just weird... I doubt we'll be getting any murder cases. :-P

If it's a flash forward, then that's even worse. They're missing but their friends ignore it? That'll make me legit hate the 01 kids and it's super super rare that I hate or dislike a fictional character.

@senshikoi If sticking with the dramas, she would've already rejected Daisuke at this point, but I get what you mean. Either way, I just really really hope the 02 group gets addressed. I miss Miyako's "Bingo" and "arigabingo".

For me, it would be the first Lupin III series. Green-jacket era Lupin. I love the late 60s style of it and some of the music. I also liked Fujiko a lot more for it compared to the later series. Along with that, it would be Yoroiden Samurai Troopers.

I've seen that screen before, but never the text under it. Welp, for me, this is going to be annoying if they are trying to do something officially with those two. It's not the ship that bugs me....only the, "Takeru and Hikari are the most perfect couple in the universe" fans that bug the heck out of me.

1) What's the oldest piece of technology that you've ever used? Do you mean recently or life in general? If life in general then probably the typewriter. I grew up learning how to type on one. In middle school, we had electric typewriters for keyboarding class. At home, my family had a normal typewriter (we had a computer too, but we didn't use it much...no Internet back then). It belonged to my grandfather, apparently and boy was it heavy. It was one of those murder weapon type typewriters. lol Heavy and metal. I definitely do not miss doing typing tests on a typewriter. I always liked the sound, though, but doing timings....ugh! I hated when you made a mistake, then you had to get correction tape, realign the paper, and start typing again. I also used to hate when I typed too fast and the keys would jam. I also hated, when doing the timings, having to figure out your score using FICA or PICA or whatever it was called. I can't recall it right off. I will say this, though. I think by learning on a typewriter, it made typists more aware of their mistakes and people were more accurate. We have computers with spellcheck and it's easy to correct your mistakes while typing. Even with the electronic typewriters, if you had correction fluid in the machine, you could backspace to correct an error (in my case, they usually didn't, so we had to do it manually with correction tape or white out). It's funny how we take that for granted, you know? 2) What's an old technology that you would like to learn to use? Well, about 12 or 13 years ago, when I was a business school student, in one of the rooms, the school had an old mimeograph machine. I'd never experienced using one and had only heard of them. This was used before copiers were a thing. My parents grew up with these. My mother said that something that was mimeographed had a certain smell to it. She liked that smell. As strange as it may sound, I'd like to mimeograph something just to experience it.

Sorry about the later reply. As for my friend, I'm honestly not sure. She's a few years younger (early 30s) and she did an exchange in Japan when she was in high school. She mostly studies on her own. She's very determined...I really do admire that about her. She's also naturally smart. Wish I were. As for myself, no formal learning. I used to take lessons years ago, though, stateside. I was more serious with studying back then....but kinda got a bit lazy after I returned from Japan my first time after the tsunami and earthquake hit.

I'm sorry for taking a while. I meant to answer this when you first asked but real life and stress got in the way. I'll try to answer as best as I can. Wish I was smart enough for that. ^^ One thing I've learned that gets said a lot by foreigners (well in the ESL/EFL situation anyway) is ESID which stands for "Every Situation Is Different". Everyone will have different experiences. For instance, it's said that it's difficult for foreigners to get a credit card here. I got approved first try...technically. The first time I did it, I filled out something wrong on the form and had to redo it, but I still consider it my first try. Anyway, going back on topic here, the cost of living varies from place to place here. I used to live in Yamagata-ken. The cost of living up there was pretty low. The cost of living in Tokyo is much higher. As for Shinagawa, I'm sorry, but I'm not too sure about the cost of living there. As for apartments....this also varies. Some landlords refuse to deal with foreigners and refuse to rent to them. Other places have no problems with them. If you're lucky and manage to find a company to work for, maybe your company can help you with getting a place. That's always been my approach. There is a downside to this, though. Once the job ends, so does your living in the apartment and you get kicked out by a certain time. Finding your own place will be difficult, but as I said, it can be done...but it may help if you have a decent amount of Japanese or research and find a place that actually can help foreigners find apartments. Right now I'm living in an apartment that isn't company sponsored. My roommate was the one to get this place. The price is high, though and it's three of us sharing it as it has three bedrooms. My roommate has good Japanese so she was able to do all that stuff and talk to the landlord, etc. Hotels would definitely be pricey. Probably a sharehouse could work too. When first moving to Tokyo, I was living in one. The cost was pretty steep and the place wasn't all that great, imo, but I did have unlimited use of utilities and free Internet (the ground floor had wifi/each room you could use an ethernet cable for Internet). That cost me 70,000 yen a month compared to the 55,000 I spent up in Yamagata for rent, which did include utilities (not internet and cable, though). It should be fine. If Shinagawa have more country-like areas, the cost of living probably won't be so high, but it would be problematic if you end up in an area where driving is a must.