I will fight the false super werewolf
Thank goodness!
Werewolves actually have various forms, you see. There’s Werewolf, and then Super Werewolf, followed by Super Werewolf God, and finally, and most importantly, Super Werewolf God Super Werewolf
May is going to be incredibly busy with school and moving out, so art may be sparse. I’ll try to post when I can, but I can’t guarantee anything.
April 14th, 2001 is when Doubutsu no Mori 64 came out and kicked off the series we would all eventually come to know as Animal Crossing.
Animal Crossing is so important to me. Even though I don’t play it much anymore, the franchise occupies a very special place in my heart. That said, and I know I’ve ranted about this before, I was never fond of the “Tom Nook loan shark” jokes. He’s not a loan shark. That would imply he hounds you. Tom Nook straight up gives you, someone he doesn’t know, a house and a job. Even when you’re done with the job, he straight up lets you pay it at your own pace. Tom Nook is a real pal!
You also learn, through what little continuity Animal Crossing has, that Nook suffered when he went to the city and it changed him into the compassionate man he is today. New Leaf sort of closes the book on that tale and resolved the few arcs Animal Crossing had like KK Slider going from busker to full time DJ, the Abel Sisters being reunited, Kicks going from a street vendor to having his own store, Nook becoming a real estate agent, and so on. It makes me wonder how the franchise can go from here.
Anyway, I’m rambling, but I’ll conclude with this: Animal Crossing means a lot to me and I hope the series continues making other people smile too. Also, I was digging out some old stuff and found this old Animal Crossing manga that I found included with a Japanese video game magazine.


Not really. They might call each other nicknames, but that’s more of a friendship thing than it is a hiding mechanism
Probably pass out because of the long travel!
Deleted some of the Japan spam stuff cuz it was cluttering my blog, but I saved copies of those posts for memories <3
I’m currently working on my own called Werewolf Hostclub. I wouldn’t call it “in the style of Morenatsu” but Morenatsu is definitely one of my inspirations. Check out the tag if you’re curious about its progress! Of course, I plan on doing more than just Werewolf Hostclub in the future, but I gotta take it a step at a time!
It still hasn’t quite sunk in that I’m moving to Japan this July. Occasionally I’ll be walking around my apartment and my brain will be all “HEY YOU’RE MOVING TO JAPAN!” and I’ll suddenly stop and say “YESSSS” to myself and carry on. A lot is changing. I have a mountain of paperwork to clear but thankfully I’ve already submitted most of them. I need to finish school but that shouldn’t be an issue.
I can’t wait to get to Japan but man it’s going to be a while before it sinks in. I’ve been told it won’t sink in until a month or two living there. Man. Can’t wait to get to Tokyo for my orientation.
I know I’ve been spamming quite a bit here! For those curious, let me give you a bit of a low down on what’ll happen next!
April:
Send in all of the necessary paperwork
May:
Start moving out, throwing out things I don’t need, selling others
Get my placement information in mid May
Graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in History
Move out
June:
Get my placement information in early June if it hasn’t come in May
Hopefully get in contact with my predecessor, if applicable (most participants have a predecessor but some don’t, like Tokyo ALTs)
Attend an optional orientation
July:
Start getting ready for the big move
Turn in my proof of graduation
Say my final goodbyes to everyone
Depart for Tokyo on July 23rd and arrive on the 24th for a 3 day orientation
Be taken to my placement by representatives of my prefecture
Likely introduce myself to the staff I’ll be working with
Probably work, depends on the situation. Even though Japanese summer break starts in July, teachers are still expected to show up for clerical duties at the school and stuff which might also apply to me
August:
Prefecture orientation
Then in late August, actually start interacting with my students!
When I get to Japan, I can be one of 3 types of ALTs (Assistant Language Teacher)
Prefecture ALT- An ALT who teaches in various schools around their assigned prefecture
Municipal ALT- An ALT who teaches in 2 or 3 (sometimes more) schools within their town/city
Base ALT- Increasingly rare ALTs who work at one specific school. Most Tokyo ALTs, from my understanding, fall under this category. Even though they’ve been increasing Tokyo ALTsin time for the 2020 Olympics, getting Tokyo is still a crapshoot. I don’t really want any of the major cities as I asked for a rural placement. Of course, I’ll make the best of it and I’d still love a Tokyo placement.
Now, this is just a rough outline. After all, the once official but now unofficial yet De Facto motto of the JET program is ESID- Every Situation Is Different and all.
For those curious where I requested to be placed, I asked for rural placements in Gifu, Aomori and Okinawa. Requests are just that- requests and are not guaranteed. In fact, more often than not you’ll get somewhere completely opposite of where you asked for according to what I read. But hey, I’m up for anything!
As a side note, yes I will still continue doing art and working on Werewolf Hostclub in Japan. That was the plan from the very start. I kind of want to try debuting it at Kemoket sometime in the future. Now that I’ll have a steady job, once I get into the swing of things, it’ll be easier for me to focus on Werewolf Hostclub knowing I have a good paying job to take care of the bills!
Anyway if anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask me!
I still can’t believe that in 4 months I’ll be moving to Japan. It feels so unreal but there it is. All that’s keeping me between this and Japan is a bunch of paperwork I gotta do. Luckily it’s way less paperwork than the initial application!
THANK YOU EVERYONE for the congratulations! I really appreciate them!!!! I’m so excited!!!
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the rough version of that renamon doodle actually had bigger boobs but i hated how it broke the flow of the drawing and had to make them smaller
lol artist problems
I’m glad you like it!