Oshimaro lives in a world full of adventures and mysteries, where a young boy is meant to save an ancient race to stop the evil plans of conquering the universe!
Weekly POP Comics® Showcase: Model Student
Kaiya Sasaki is accepted into Last Hope High School, a school that has a modeling program open for all students. It's Kaiya's dream to be a top model like her mother and show the world that she is not the shy girl everyone sees her as. Her motto is if you don't lose focus, you'll be fine! That is until she meets a boy named Daisuke Yamaguchi...
White Day and Black Day: The Other Sides Of Sei Baruntain
Today is White Day, March 14, the day that Japanese women (and women from other parts of Asia) get gifts of chocolate (originally marshmallows, then white chocolate, hence the White Day name) and other cool stuff from their significant other. This is a reciprocal gift based on gifts given a month before on Sei Baruntain, or Valentine's Day.
Weekly POP Comics® Showcase: #Villainous
Cherry Blossom Time and The Great East Japan Earthquake
How do the Japanese prep for a Hanami? Firstly, they check websites that give predictions about when the cherry blossom bloom. A good one is maintained by JR, the Japan Railway. Then you contact your friends and colleagues and see who's up for a picnic. Then you go to your local 100 yen store -- think Daiso -- and get your stuff. The Japanese concept of mottenai applies here...why waste money when you're going to have to throw stuff away/recycle stuff anyway?
