Few Japanese words dominate otaku lingo as the word senpai. Senpai, also spelled as sempai, sometimes appears more as punctuation to speech than a proper honorific. It also has a distinctive submis…| Japan Powered
Japanese honorifics confuse us Westerners. The closest matches we have are Mr., Miss., and other addresses. Unlike English’s polite addresses, Japanese honorifics denote social standing and r…| Japan Powered
When I saw the title Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai and the advertisement of an anime girl dressed as a Playboy bunny, I groaned. It looked bad. Like exploitative-of-women-and-badly-ste…| Japan Powered
It’s hard to review an anime that isn’t my cup of tea. Ouran High School Host Club is one of those. It is shojo, but I tend to enjoy their stories and characterizations better than sho…| Japan Powered