Lil K Goes to Japan (by William Gibbons)
The japanese in this strip reads: “Welcome! I’m Little Kei”
Today’s strip is by William Gibbons, author and artist of Para-Ten and my main bro in 10kM.
As much as we may think we are unique in this world, no manner of strange living is completely without peer. William’s strip for today illustrates that maybe, just maybe, every one of us can find something in common with people of far-off nations.
I’d like to say thanks to William for filling in on today’s strip, he did it with very little notice and I commend him on an awesome idea. He’d actually drawn this character, Lil Kei, in class at one point and I laughed so hard at it, I’d hoped he’d do a guest strip with him in it and lo, here it is. It would appear that Sasquatch’s equivalent in Japan is a tengu.
Anyway, thanks William! We will be back to our regularly scheduled Happle Tea updates on Tuesday.
Discussion (15) ¬
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Oh no a TENGU! What’s next, a Kappa… ’cause I am out of pickles.
I think the water coloring is adorable for this, hehehe.
William’s artwork is adorable 🙂
But isn’t “watashi” used for girls? …
@Ein I’m really not sure. I’m a big fan of Japanese animation and I love the language but I’ve never had time to learn it D:
Actually watashi is not a gender based thing. Mostly only name endings are. If I remember correctly (I might be wrong because it is 3am) watashi is used meaning I as the subject in a sentence, but that might just be the delirium of the hour…
Watashi is neutral. Boku is used for males specificallu. I can’t remember what the specific female “I” is.
@RYOFF kappas eat cucumbers, so your offering would only quicken the process of you organs getting sucked out
just did a quick research, “atashi” is for females in most cases.
Quick Japanese Lesson!
Watashi – Formal use of “I”, also sometimes considered feminine
Atashi – Informal use of “I”, strictly feminine
Boku – informal use of “I”, normally used for younger boys until about 15-16
Ore – informal use of “I”, strictly masculine use, normally an older man 20+
Ah, thanks! I’ll remember it now.
LOL I love instead of saying something like “chiisai” to mean little…he wrote “Rittle”. Oh…and there’s a “u” in youkoso.
Did somebody say Weaboo? Hurr hurr! :B