I dunno what the motivation behind this comic was, but I now want an entire series of Bostonian-Japanese Baseball Girl.
Baseball.
Seriously Japan loves baseball and the mascots that come with it.
I think the funniest part is Japanese people choosing Massachusetts which is famously difficult for Japanese speakers to say.
Have you heard Japanese people talk about Anne of Green Gables? This should’ve been about Maine
I think they should go to Texas to be with Kenichi Smith.
The first panel is exactly why Japan has been super isolationist. Outside of tourist areas I’ve heard foreigners are never fully welcomed no matter how long they stay
That’s called xenophobia.
Not to suggest that this isn’t xenophobia, nor that the subject can be summed up this succinctly, but there is something to be said for a culture not wanting to be swept away or squashed by others. As with pretty much everything else, there’s middle ground.
but
No “but,” it’s plain xenophobia, no debate about it.
Japan has been isolationist since way before weebs existed…