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Japanese police doesn't have taser since due to they're considered as firearms in Japanese law(taser use gas to eject metal darts) so using them is just as strict as real guns.
Japanese police could do warning shot but that's quite a hassle for them(it require a lot of paperwork or internal investigation), even drawing handgun is already require tons of paperwork and internal investigation( mandatory for any use of firearm incident)
https://x.com/i/status/2059551807991644420
https://x.com/i/status/2059480334031606090
This incident was happened at Iida police station of Nagano prefecture police in 26th may 2026.
Suspect's name are not provided because they're minor in Japanese criminal law, however 18 years old is considered as "specified juvenile", which means if they found guilty on court they're face and name are shown to public just like adults.
I thought Japan would be very expensive.
That's opposite of Japanese healthcare lmao
I heard japanese people(specially the older people) are very racist, specially towards people with darker skin tone.
Eh, no. As long as you don't do crime its literally one of the top 10 safest countries on the earth.
Also we don't have incident where people get shot because of race or religions, unlike west.
Other people explained context of Bunbun maru, so I write direct translation of Bunbun maru.
Bunbun→ sound of swinging baseball bat, but also used for sound of bee or wasp. also used for sound of exhaust of motorcycle or car.
maru→ literally means circle, but if you put this word after other word it becames name of something.
Like Hyourin maru from Bleach.
This is more like the difference between female and male otaku.
Female otaku generally pay attention to their appearance and dress fashionably when attending otaku events.
In contrast, male otaku tend not to care much about their appearance (some extreme cases even go without bathing or wearing clean clothes).
Source: my experience as an male otaku and one of my relative's experience as a employee of company sell anime goodies at events.
In the anime adaptation of the manga "Grand Blue", the characters were depicted as being 20 years old (even though they were first-year college students who hadn’t repeated a year or taken a gap year), so it seems that depictions of underage drinking are strictly prohibited in the anime.
In the anime "Scum of the Brave", there was a scene where a high school girl accidentally drank alcohol, and even there, a large on-screen caption and a warning were displayed.
[Manga Spoiler]
"Tateba shakuyaku, suwareba botan, aruku sugata wa yuri no hana" (Stand like a Chinese Peony, sit like a Tree Peony, walk like a Lily), which is used to describe a woman who is beautiful in any posture.
And this is inspiration of this anime's title!
Literal translation of this anime's title is "Kamiina Botan, Her Drunken Appearance Like a Lily Flower".
This episode had even more yuri anime elements than the last one. Oh my god.
The new character, the Taiwanese exchange student, was really aggressive. It was fun to watch.
As a Japanese person who tends to think of Taiwan as a warm country located southwest of Japan, I find it surprising to hear about “Taiwanese women who can't stand the heat.”
It's cute how Ibuki gets jealous when she sees Botan and Chang touching each other a lot, chatting animatedly, and talking about drinking.
That thumbnail showing Botan with her sun-kissed skin was pretty sexy, wasn't it?
I was completely blown away by the scene where Akane tells Yaeka, “I wish we could just become one.” That's totally a confession, isn't it?
That scene where Botan saw Ibuki booking a hostel and said, “I thought we are going to stay here together,” looking a little disappointed, was absolutely brilliant.
The scene right after that, where Chang asks, “Does Botan like Ibuki?” was also fantastic. their expressions and reactions were priceless.
It was beautiful how, in the opening scene, Ibuki reacted as if Chang had stolen Botan away from her, yet in the final scene, it felt as though Chang was the one being excluded from the close bond between Ibuki and Botan.
This anime does a wonderful job of depicting romantic relationships between women.
The ending scene where Chang sees Gujou watching Botan and Ibuki, then deliberately drops some Taiwanese snacks right in front of them to get everyone to join her for a beer was brilliant, wasn't it?
I can't take my eyes off the ending scenes of this anime every single time.
It was interesting how, at the end, Gujou brought out some Rokudaime Yuri (the shochu she was drinking in the previous episode) and started drinking it with Chang, who had fallen asleep drunk.
It hinted at a new dynamic between Gujou and Chang.
I’m curious about why Bertia is trying to set Cecil up with the original heroine, why she keeps the reason a secret, and why, in the previous episode, she suddenly started talking about “world peace” the moment the conversation turned to “fireworks” and “gunpowder.”
Is this a world where, like in the anime "The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You", there’s a rule that if certain men and women don’t end up together, people will die or the world will be plunged into serious misery?
Given that when Bertia accidentally mentioned “gunpowder” and then she immediately panicked and started talking about “world peace,” does that mean Cecil is going to become some kind of ruthless tyrant who uses his genius to develop all sorts of weapons and invade other countries? I’m curious.
https://x.com/i/status/2053323106169880883
https://x.com/i/status/2053106091593179444
Screenshot and account of woman who did this streaming.
I was a little confused by the map shown in the ending, but did Ibuki originally attend a university in Tokiwadai (a neighborhood in Tokyo), and then transfer to her current university in Chichibu because of the incident at the drinking party where her hiccups were made fun of, and because she met Gujou?
That was an interesting flashback scene.
It’s interesting that Gujou is from Gifu. I like how people from all over Japan come to the university in Chichibu—it really feels like a university.
I was also surprised to learn that Gujou can actually drive an automatic car.
It’s quite common to hear people say, “I have a license to drive a manual car, but since I’ve mostly driven automatics since getting my license, I’ve forgotten how to drive a manual.”
That scene where Ibuki takes Gujou's cigarette and smokes it was amazing, wasn't it? The animation was beautiful.
It was kind of cute how Gujou called a tin can a “kan kan.” The detail of her keeping the air conditioner remote inside the tin can really gave it a down-to-earth feel, and it made me laugh.
Making umeshu with crystal rock sugar and shochu (or, if unavailable, vodka or Everclear) is a classic early summer tradition in Japan, so it seems only natural that Botan would have mistakenly thought she was making umeshu when she saw the crystal rock sugar and the bottle.
It’s a shame that Gujou made a drink with Glenlivet and strawberries just for Ibuki, but she can’t drink it because she’s too shy to drink in front of others.
This episode felt like an episode from a Shaft anime. That was the vibe this episode had.
The scene with the traffic light looked exactly like something out of "Bakemonogatari" or "Puella Magi Madoka Magica".
It was funny how Button imagined the bar as a place like a Wild West saloon.
The "call" and "giant bowl of ramen" is a reference to a famous ramen franchise called Ramen Jiro.
At Ramen Jiro, you can customize your ramen order by choosing options for abura (pork back fat), ninniku (garlic), kaeshi (soy sauce), and yasai (vegetables)—such as mashi (extra), mashi mashi (extra large), nuki (remove this ingredient), or sukuname (less of this ingredient)—and this customized order is called a “call.”
Botan's outfit was really cute.
It’s actually pretty serious that Ibuki still can’t drink in front of anyone other than Botan.
I guess being told that her “hiccups were annoying” must have been a pretty traumatic experience for her.
I wonder what “A cocktail to cheer you up”—the drink Ibuki ordered—was. If I were a college student, I’d probably order something like Red Bull and vodka (though that’s not really the kind of drink you’d have at a fancy bar like this).
https://x.com/capttsune/status/2052886700276465734?s=20
Context: Exocet is a French word for "Frying Fish", and its also a name for French anti-ship cruise missile.
https://youtu.be/oxeD5EB_aCE?si=-2AEd0xyJS7G0myL
The JSDF band performs anime songs at events fairly often.
context: "たかたった 全力走りたい 芝と砂とキミの追い切りメニュー!" is a lyric of GIRLS' LEGEND U, main theme song of mobile game Uma musume pretty derby.
The picture of marines on screenshot is from TV drama "Generation kill", drama about reporter with the US Marine Corps' 1st Reconnaissance Battalion during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
To be honest, I think this is the biggest downside of being Japanese and an anime fan.
We don’t need subtitles or dubbed versions, but in exchange, we run the risk of characters having the same name as ourselves, our family members, or people we don’t get along with (like people we dislike at school or work).
He married an American woman and obtained U.S. citizenship.
Under Japanese law, individuals holding two or more nationalities are required to either renounce their Japanese citizenship or renounce their foreign citizenship by the age of 20 if they are under 18, or within two years of acquiring the foreign citizenship if they are 18 or older.
https://x.com/Satohunt1776/status/2050715259317481767?s=20
He is a YouTuber originally from Japan who currently lives in Pennsylvania.
https://x.com/yunomi_123/status/2051662694680543485
https://x.com/nagata_nagato/status/2051793642118128018?s=20
For context: "People from the single-digit Heisei era" is a people born from 1989/01/08 to 1997/12/31.
caption on art says 「キミのこと好きだって～」 which means “(He or She) likes you, you know..."
The two people standing behind the blushing girl are her friends, and the person standing in front of her (since the original tweet is a grammatically complete sentence in Japanese that doesn’t require a subject, it’s unclear whether this person is male or female) has a crush on the blushing girl.
There are two reactions: one is, “I’m jealous of people who have such a big house with a large yard where they can hang up a body pillow cover so openly,” and the other is, “Houses with such large yards are usually in the countryside, so if you do anything unusual there, rumors spread quickly, and otaku have a hard time fitting in—it seems like a tough situation.”
By the way, reports of the opposite problem have also been posted on Twitter.
https://x.com/abubu_newnanka/status/2027293348005081322
Original manga for this series began serialization in 2019.
Which means Botan, who is 20 years old in the first episode, was born in 1999, making her five years younger than the PS1, so perhaps that reaction is understandable.
In the anime, she’s 20 years old in 2026, so she was born in 2006.
That makes her younger than the Nintendo DS, PSP, and Xbox 360.
It looks like the car Akane borrowed from the auto club is a Suzuki Swift Sport.
I seem to recall hearing that it’s a small but sporty car.
“Getting a manual transmission license” might be a phenomenon unique to Japan. In Japan, driver’s licenses are divided into “automatic transmission (AT) only licenses” and “manual transmission licenses” (which allow the holder to drive both manual and automatic vehicles). The former has advantages such as requiring a few fewer hours of driving instruction and being slightly cheaper. This system was introduced in 1991.
In 2019, automatic transmission vehicles accounted for 98.6% of new cars sold in Japan, which is a higher percentage than in the United States that same year. I recall that when I got my license about eight years ago, roughly half of the people were getting an automatic-only license.
It’s kind of cute how Gujou-senpai is in a situation where she has a driver’s license but can’t actually drive—something unique to urban areas in Japan.
In Japan, this is called a “paper driver,” and it’s particularly common in urban areas where the train system is well-developed. (Even in Japan, once you step outside the city, you can’t really get by without a car, so this is rare in the suburbs or countryside.)
That said, there are so many people who say, “I have a manual license, but since I only drive automatic cars these days, I’ve forgotten how to drive a manual,” so I’m not sure which is the case.
This one feels even more like a yuri anime than the last episode. The animation is beautiful and amazing.
I was surprised to see the PS1 being treated as a retro game, but considering that the original manga for this series began serialization in 2019, Botan—who is 20 years old in the first episode—was born in 1999, making her five years younger than the PS1, so perhaps that reaction is understandable.
The chu-hai that Gujou took out of the fridge is Takara Shuzo’s “Shochu Highball.” It’s a great, tasty drink that you can find just about anywhere.
The video explaining the definitions of chuhai and highballs is a parody of “Yukkuri videos” and “Yama no Susume.”
In Japanese online communities, there are many videos posted in the “Yukkuri video” format that explain various topics, such as general knowledge and historical events.
I couldn’t help but laugh at Senpai Gujou’s comment: “Ibuki doesn’t seem like the type to drink the kind of alcohol you can buy at a convenience store.”
It’s true, Ibuki does have that kind of vibe.
I’ve heard that Kawagoe’s “Koedo (Little Edo)” has become popular among foreign tourists in recent years because “it’s not as crowded as Kyoto and is close to Tokyo.”
Now that it’s been featured in this anime, the number of tourists might increase even more.
By the way, Kawagoe City is also the hometown of Kirito from "Sword Art Online".
I couldn’t help but laugh at the scene where Botan pointed out, “Kitamori Senpai’s pedicure is the same color as Yusa Senpai’s.”
It reminded me of that scene in the BBC’s "Sherlock" where Holmes figured out the connection between two people just because “they used the same shampoo.”
Even though the final foot bath and pedicure scene didn’t have any explicit or sexy elements at all, there was still something alluring and a bit risqué about it.
The ending was really interesting.
It showed that Yusa had met two women in the past, formed a band with them, and was handed something by a man in a suit—so she probably made her major-label debut? But perhaps there was some kind of trouble around that time, because the person who invited her to join the band threw their CD into the ocean… And in the end, there was this intriguing footage of him cheering them on from the TV.
Yusa was smiling and cheering them on, so it seems their relationship is at least on good terms for now.
The on-screen caption on TV read, “「海がきこえるサウンド 山形から世界に発信！噂のガールズバンド」(The Sound of the Sea: Broadcasting from Yamagata to the World! The Talk-of-the-Town Girl Band)".
Considering that the her name, Yusa, is derived from the place name “Yusa” in Yamagata, the band members must have been from the same hometown as her.
[Manga Spoiler]
If I were to make just one correction, it would be that while the original tweet introduced this "ダン中佐" as a “Lieutenant Colonel Dunn,” grok translated it using the wrong rank.
Translating military ranks is difficult (since in Japan, all branches of the military use the same terms for ranks of the same grade, whereas in English, the Army and Navy use different terms), so I suppose it can’t be helped.
nor delinquents smoking cigs behind the school building,
I think this really depends on the era and how rowdy the school is.
I attended a not-so-prestigious public high school in Japan in the early 2010s.
While I never actually saw anyone smoking on school grounds—which is to be expected—I did see classmates talking about their experiences openly smoking or drinking alcohol in the classroom (in Japan, you’re not allowed to drink or smoke until you’re 20).
https://x.com/babao_fan/status/2049975930270175425
"Thank you so much for the viral post! I couldn't find the original video anymore, but please check out my cosplay instead."
This is what original poster said. damn.
https://x.com/i/status/2049073105591734769
Correction: First sentence should be "I went to a Turkish restaurant in Sakae with a name like "Anal"".
