I saw a video once of someone driving the downhill of Mt. Akagi and it was littered with speedbumps to stop drifters. Is Mt. Haruna in Shibukawa the same way?
Yeah, they'll have them at certain corners. I get the feeling they've been there for a while now.
Have you played the Current Code?
With the Goddess, with strange girls, with espers, aliens, time travelers, with pokemon, and also with Hatsune Miku
Let's hope I get a quick, safe, and secure process to once I start to make my trip to Nihon.
Yeah, although I only started recently and only play Hisui for now, so I have no idea what I'm doing for the most part. I prefer Full Moon though because I am bad at combos.
No, yes, no, no, no, no and no.
If you're only here as a tourist, it's even easier, since all you really need is the passport.
Alrighty: Why do you believe in fiscal conservatism? In choosing between it and social liberalism, which tends to win out?
Admittedly, I might not have complete understanding of the subject or I might be completely misunderstanding what you say, but from what I learned in my business management program, it's generally a lot more efficient for "money" to be concentrated among a few people. If they're doing it right, this wealth should be in constant circulation, putting money into the economy almost as fast as its going in. Of course, human nature makes it so it doesn't run nearly as smoothly as it should. In fact, the same could be said for liberalism, except instead of value being more evenly spread out, this makes things even MORE troublesome since more people are involved, even though it seems more "humane."
Also, I believe in less government restriction on how this money is spent, to a degree. Obviously, you need to stop clearly illegal or scummy activity, but as companies find workarounds, you eventually get to the point we're at today, so I don't know. Again, this is human nature at work, but it's better than having to jump through a million hoops just because you want to run a pottery business out of your own home.
Finally, I believe in that in conducting fair and honest business, you will build a lot more wealth over time. However, there are understandably a lot of people who just want to make money as fast as possible so they cut corners, and they just end up falling into a vicious circle and won't improve without effort. You need to start a business with the right mindset in the first place. This could apply to either system though.
Think you'll find a Japanese waifu?
Had any girlfriends since you made the trip?
The greatest challenge you've overcome?
It's possible, but I'm not really looking for one at the moment. If it were to just happen though, I wouldn't turn it down if it were meant to be and all that.
No, for the aforementioned reason. I'm not asexual or anything, I just have different priorities.
I really don't know. They all kind of blur after a while, and I felt like I've never had to WORK work to get to where I am. It's not like I'm a slacker or whatever, I'm just not terribly ambitious, I guess. Learning Japanese has been pretty hard though, and the JLPT was pretty rough, although level 1 is going to be even harder...
How did you get into the creative side of the doujin scene? Did you venture in by yourself or you were in contact with Talka and the ddiction folks beforehand?
Also, I'd be interested in any other impressions as a foreigner in said scene you might want to share. (As in, how hard it is, how the workflow goes, relations inter- and intra- circles, etc.)
Oh, and how do you like Gunma compared to the other places you've been to?
I had no almost no idea what Touhou was before coming to Japan, but after about a year I started getting into it, including some fan works like Walfas' stuff, mostly watching his videos on Nicovideo so I could see the Japanese fan reaction to them. At almost the same time, some guy I kind of know on another forum posted about this doujin English textbook he bought with a bunch of sex terms. It was obviously done by a non-native speaker, but it was an amusing enough idea. Then I saw that Walfas was going to be selling stuff in Japan though Talka. That gave me an idea. I contacted KirbyM first to see if he was up for it, then talked to Talka at an event and they both seemed to be cool with the idea.
As far as the workflow goes, I write the book and layout the pages, then send them to KirbyM. He makes the artwork, I put them in, and send off the pages to Talka who sends them to the printer, although I could probably do that step myself by now. In the circle itself, we pretty much have to make sure that at least one person is there at the booth selling stuff, which is a lot harder than it sounds. The other two main members like to cosplay so changing before and after the event takes forever, and we both have our own agendas during the event as well, talking to other circles and doing our own personal shopping. Despite events lasting around 5-6 hours, at places like Comiket there is just SO MUCH STUFF and SO MANY PEOPLE that it's easy to lose track of time. Between circles, I will generally introduce myself, we exchange name cards and usually our latest works. Not a whole lot of time to talk at the event, but Twitter is usually a sufficient alternative.
I think I like Gunma more than the other places. I find myself liking the mountains more than I thought I would, despite things like wind.
