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Japanese Interests Tuesday, October 28, 2003 • read strip Viewing 44 comments:

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Poot!

Ray is wearing a mawashi.

Chubby for not saying "sumo thong". Damn you, The Simpsons!

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big american party

O No, BEAR is driving!

how can that be!?

ENDUT! HOCH HECH!

Everybody disco DANCING!

I always misread "hella side effect" as " hello side effect", which is IMO even better somehow.

...holy shit! It DOES say "hella!" And you're right, "hello" is better.

... oh.

huh.

It is better, because if you read the "hello" like, you know, when someone grabs your junk and you don't see it coming. It sounds awesome.

It actually reads "product" not "effect" as well... but hey, 1 word in 3 isn't bad! It's strange how our brains sometimes correct broken English for us.

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As bizarrely and perfectly Engrish as this is, Achewood's style still peeks through in panel five.

Have you heard of hitting it Mountain-Style: The man sits absolutely still for millenia and the woman climbs all over him.

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that is the dictionary definition of a terrible idea (websters)

Yeah, on reflection, this was a bad idea. I'll just stick to telling them to say good things about my dick.

You may be wrong.

"Life is never neat; life is always bad" is basically how I explain Stoicism to people.

Am I the only one who had a lot of trouble seeing Ray's glasses as anything other than just one huge eye? It's still bothering me.

Not anymore. Thanks!

Like the robot in "The Day the Earth Stood Still."

That was my thought. The Japanese love that robot.

Gort, god dammit, GORT! Not "the robot".

This is my favorite Achewood strip, but I've always been a sucker for Engrish.

And now I have a signed and framed copy of it. Life is good.

Not that I dislike the strip, but I am surprised to hear that this is your favorite one

This is one of the few strips that I actually dislike. I know I'll probably be lamed for saying that, but I really do hate this one for some reason. I can't even think of another strip I can say that about except that guest comic with the masturbating.

You hate it? That's weird. To not particularly care for it is one thing, but to hate it....does it offend you personally?

I love anime for some reason which I prefer not to define to myself. This comic sums up why you should never get the anime that has been dubbed in English. Always get the Japanese with English subtitles. Just a friendly tip if you don't already know.

7-kinky the making which is twisted emits the hella love mountain.

Nah, you don't usually get seven-kinky pills from the pharmacists...
maybe in Japan?
hella seven-kinky

What really makes this strip for me is how fruity Teodor looks.

Somehow I came upon 'seven-kinky' very early in my exploration of Achewood. Though I have no clear idea what the hell it means I find it brilliant, and it helped cement me to the Achewood life.

BTW, I also love Engrish, and panel 7 is a remarkably concise statement of Stoicism.

hella side product makes this strip a 5er.

The sad lines coming off Teodor's head in the last panel are great.

it is impossible to have a good day

I DON'T UNDER-FUCKING-STAND

Kono manga wa yoi manga desu. N%u012Bsu no shigoto. Subarashii sutairu. K%u014D 5.

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