My latest webcomic obsession

[dorchadas]

...is called Let's Speak English (though I keep reading it as "Let's Speaking English"), written and drawn by an ALT in Japan. It's a collection of 4koma comics about her life there, with plenty of episodes I recognized from my own time in Japan. Like how the centrality of rice to the traditional Japanese diet leads to odd ideas about American eating habits, or the questioning looks from small town residents who wonder why the outlander is there, or the problems of a language barrier, or how super bent-over old people actually exist.

They do, by the way. One had her hat blow off into a ditch while schoolpsychnerd and I were walking by and she refused all of our attempts to help. I hope she didn't get stuck down there...

Obviously a lot of my like comes from recognizing the situations she finds herself in, but it's written for an audience who doesn't live in Japan so it's not an inscrutable mess for everyone else. I'm kind of tempted to contribute to her Patreon campaign, since this is the comic I've been looking for ever since Life After the B.O.E. ended.

Comments

[fristle.livejournal.com]

Hah! This is good. I was only there for one short trip and #35 and #82 happened.

When I got to the one where she's playing ぷよぷよとテトリス on her Vita I knew I had to add this comic to my RSS feed.

[ashiri-chan.livejournal.com]

...Now that I've read the entire thing in one sitting

/adds to webcomic folder

[q99.livejournal.com]

Yes, I love that one!