she lives! in Japan!
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gnine in downtown Kyoto. Next on the agenda: find a (preferably non-English-teaching) job. And a work visa. ...Er, yes, I am quite, quite mad. Why do you ask? (actually I've been planning this for some time. Still can't quite believe I've actually done it, though.)
But - Japan! The food! mmm, onigiri! udon! curry pan! And I'm a mere bus- bike- or train-ride away fromnaye, which is the closest we've ever been, the first time we've lived in the same city. Heck, the same continent, even! Not to mention, schoolboys in uniform on the streets, Shounen Jump in every local convenient store, and a Book Off mere blocks away...
...so, has anyone ever translated the interviews with Takahashi-sensei in the YGO character guide? If no one else has done it, I'm gonna - the first three questions are about Kaiba and include little details that make the canon geek in me squee (Kaiba Corporation has 2000 employees and its annual turnover is 150 billion yen (which is almost exactly what I guessed it to be in one hitherto unposted fic. Go me!))
gnine in downtown Kyoto. Next on the agenda: find a (preferably non-English-teaching) job. And a work visa. ...Er, yes, I am quite, quite mad. Why do you ask? (actually I've been planning this for some time. Still can't quite believe I've actually done it, though.)But - Japan! The food! mmm, onigiri! udon! curry pan! And I'm a mere bus- bike- or train-ride away from
naye, which is the closest we've ever been, the first time we've lived in the same city. Heck, the same continent, even! Not to mention, schoolboys in uniform on the streets, Shounen Jump in every local convenient store, and a Book Off mere blocks away......so, has anyone ever translated the interviews with Takahashi-sensei in the YGO character guide? If no one else has done it, I'm gonna - the first three questions are about Kaiba and include little details that make the canon geek in me squee (Kaiba Corporation has 2000 employees and its annual turnover is 150 billion yen (which is almost exactly what I guessed it to be in one hitherto unposted fic. Go me!))
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Date: 2006-02-17 08:27 am (UTC)O_o You're seeking the work visa after entering the country, though? ...Don't get eaten by the Japanese INS, okay?
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Date: 2006-02-17 10:40 am (UTC)as for that guide, I don't know if anyone's ever bothered translating the interviws but I'd love it to pieces if you did. God knows I love finding out all the little details
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Date: 2006-02-17 10:42 am (UTC)[/random person mode] (I'm the person who bothered you about Tiger Hunt. lol)
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Date: 2006-02-17 04:14 pm (UTC)I'm still jobless here in Albany, but of course I really haven't been looking. *laugh*
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Date: 2006-02-17 08:41 pm (UTC)*is a little bit envious*Seriously, I don't think you're that mad at all. Go you! \^_^/The bit with the info about Kaiba Corp. and your close guess made me smile. I love it when things like that happen, it's like a confirmation that one's got the right feeling for a fandom. :)
Good luck for finding your preferably non-English-teaching job!
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Date: 2006-02-18 01:36 am (UTC)Oh and yes! I would kill (well, not really but close) for a translation of any Kaiba material from the YGO character guide. I've searched for it, but as far as I know, no one's ever translated any of it into English.
KYOTO!
Date: 2006-02-18 02:44 am (UTC)What part of downtown are you in? Kid Roomie and I talk all the time about moving there. Good luck on your job hunt!
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Date: 2006-02-18 03:06 am (UTC)And I gotta get back into GB - the sis has been buying Shounen Mag regularly, so I just need the spare time to look through 'em. Issue before last had Even More Terribly Cute BanGin Stuffs (tm)...
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Date: 2006-02-18 03:09 am (UTC)When were you in Kyoto? I visited it once a couple years ago, but actually living here is just - WOW!
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Date: 2006-02-18 03:11 am (UTC)And eheheheh...yeah. Hence the crazy part. But since I'd rather avoid the English-teaching there wasn't a lot of other options, as an American citizen >__> I have a couple friends who managed to find work and successfully avoid deportation, so...
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Date: 2006-02-18 03:14 am (UTC)And it's quite crucial I practice my Japanese now, so translations for my fellow canon whore will be forthcoming ^^
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Date: 2006-02-18 03:17 am (UTC)and good luck with your own job-hunting - something's gotta turn up!
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Date: 2006-02-18 03:19 am (UTC)I always get tickled when I correctly guess canon. It's a geek triumph!
and thank you for the luck! (I'm hoping not to need it, but... ^^;)
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Date: 2006-02-18 03:23 am (UTC)And I really need to be practicing my Japanese right now anyway, so...the char guide is as a good as place as any! ^^
Re: KYOTO!
Date: 2006-02-18 03:28 am (UTC)We're a little south of Shijo, just east of Mibu. It's a little more built up than I'm used to, actually (I'm a small-town girl) but nice. Yesterday we took a detour on the way to a 100 yen shop, walked through one of those little side-street neighborhoods that was half a temple complex. Wooden pagodas and gardens nestled right in the city - beautiful!
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Date: 2006-02-18 08:58 am (UTC)Re: KYOTO!
Date: 2006-02-18 08:31 pm (UTC)Besides Book Off, my other weaknesses (don't laugh) were the Gatcha machines and the little boxed figures at the convenience stores. I have a really cool collection of little Samurai weapons that I picked up this summer. If I would have known how great they were, I would have bought more. And I emptied all of my change into a Gotcha machine trying to get a full collection of FMA figures ^_^
I think there is all boy high school somewhere near Toji Temple because this summer, while walking back from the temple the streets were almost crowded with young men in school uniforms and only a few girls (much to Kid Roomie's dismay)
Enjoy, but please don't forget your writings. Even though you have left three of my favorites (RTB, DV, & TH) on hold for months, no wait maybe its YEARS... but who's counting, you are definitely one of my favorite fanfic writers.
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Date: 2006-02-19 04:57 am (UTC)Re: KYOTO!
Date: 2006-02-19 05:01 am (UTC)And I haven't and won't forget my writing, I swear! Winter is always a writing slump for me, but I'm going to get myself back to it. And thank you - it really means a lot to me, to know how much you like my stories. Even those I'm so bad about finishing ^^;
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Date: 2006-02-21 08:57 pm (UTC)As for the # of employees at Kaiba Corp: only 2000 employees? Sounds like a lot of subcontracting, given how important Kaiba Corp is indicated at being, at least in the anime. ( But that makes a certain amount of sense -- less overhead & easier to adjust to changes in market and/or product if you don't have your own factories...and 2000 people is quite low for in-house large-scale manufacturing. Offhand, from those numbers, I'd guess that Kaiba Corp is mostly R&D, and it licenses out the patents... )