Hi, it’s been a while. I’ve been to your site frequently when I dropped Entrecard everyday but since they changed their service I don’t even log in to my account until I see a bunch of people waiting for my approval on advertisement.

Anyway, I’m glad you enjoyed the show.

thanks

Thanks for your long comment on the show.
Gingerbread houses I found thru Google images as you mentioned, look so cute! They are kawaii!

In Japan, it’s quite common to play background music with TV program, just like this. Evry time the scene or topic changes, music changes accordingly. The music is picked out properly as to correspond the image of the topic. Why Western music? That’s what I’ve mentioned to you in your blog. Our life is so westernized. It’s only a new year day or next few days in the year that we can hear Koto music (Koto=Japanese traditional musical instrument). They could however choose J-pop (Japanese pop music) instead, but I don’t know why they don’t.

Also, Japanese TV programs are editied with subtitles either to make them easier to be understood, or to make them look or sound more fun. Sometimes someone says something funny and there’s subsidiary subtitles that exaggerate what he speaks, we can laugh more. Do you get what I mean?

I like what you quoted as one manga creator says. That’s the very ideal status as a person who is engaged in his vocation!

Watching two white rabbits knit to the tune of Rossini’s overture for ” Wilhelm Tell” was disturbing O_O
“Hando-medo” , OK, but “rabito-medo” ?

Seeing Ryo-san sewing a flower on a mini-purse with Sara Bareilles’ “Many the miles” playing in the background was a welcome return to normality.
What is it with the background music choice anyway, so much western music ( Madonna etc..) ?

Aha , what 203gow-san does is not knitting , which you do with two needles ,it’s crochet , which uses a hooked needle and became popular in Europe around 1800. Fascinating range of creations though.

The dolls look a bit like manga figures ( large eyes) but not completely chibi like.
The only other ‘person’ I know of with a large doll collection is Anju, the younger sister of Karin ( a vampire manga by Yuna Kagesaki ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_(manga)
who has a large collection of creepy dolls ( in her bedroom !) and who is always carrying her favorite doll around (Boogie-kun , who comes equipped with a deba and contains the spirit of a dead serial killer). A very fun manga, really!

I can understand people getting deeply into something they like and becoming professional about it. Doing something you love for a living must be great.
As one mangaka put it : ” It was always my dream to draw manga as a professional. The discussions with the editors and the pressure of the weekly deadlines are tough , but I wouldn’t trade it for anything : I love it too much.”

With the price of housing in Tokyo, I’m not surprised you’ve learned to do everything in one room .When I started working I rented a small one room apartment for the first eleven years. I know what it’s like.

Hi Riko, Genki?
One of those books, which you mean sweets deco books?
If I am clever with my hands, and I have some extra time to make something by myself like that, I’ d looove to try to make handmade stuff like that so much.