I got this manga last December. It’s called 「月夜のフロマージュ」 which translates to “Moonlit night’s Fromage”. It’s about a boy who plays alot of bishoujo games getting transformed into one of the girls in the games by a “dream eater” girl, who also transports him to her world by accident in the process. A beautiful table [...]
Sat, July 10 2010 » Japan, Manga » No Comments
I am doing some research on stock options at the moment as part of my Masters thesis. Specifically, on the performance of options on the Nikkei 225 index. Rather than being options to buy or sell a particular share, these options are to buy or sell the “basket” of 225 shares represented by the Nikkei [...]
Tue, July 6 2010 » Economics, Japan » 2 Comments
Recently I gained a somewhat more accurate understanding of the monetary system. Thus I became instantly terrified that the Eurozone, without a spender of last resort, was going to strangle itself trying to force fiscal austerity on a set of economies some of which are mired in the most brutal of balance sheet recessions. While [...]
Tue, February 23 2010 » Economics, Japan » 4 Comments
I found a load of awesome stuff like that tune I posted a few days ago so rather than uploading individual ones I thought I’d just post a torrent that I found with a load of the stuff in it. Alot of what’s in this I don’t particularly like myself but there’s some real gems [...]
Mon, February 22 2010 » Japan, Music » No Comments
At the kind suggestion of a reader I watched the first series of 絶望先生 (despairing teacher). The main character is a kimono wearing school teacher who so despairs at various aspects of life that he repeatedly tries to kill himself. There are many ironic references to Japanese culture and stylistically it feels very 和風 (literally translates as [...]
Sun, February 21 2010 » Anime, Japan » 2 Comments