Rocket Punching His Way Into Your Heart!

Apr 01

And now for actual Morenatsu fanart. It’s April 2nd in Japan atm, which is Kouya’s birthday. Happy birthday, husband!

And now for actual Morenatsu fanart. It’s April 2nd in Japan atm, which is Kouya’s birthday. Happy birthday, husband! 

ajellydog:
“@thefortressofscience vinny is a cutie
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Whoa! This is REALLY CUTE! Thank you SO MUCH!! Love it!

ajellydog:

@thefortressofscience vinny is a cutie

Whoa! This is REALLY CUTE! Thank you SO MUCH!! Love it!

Mar 30

So what happens next?

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! 

Mar 29

THANK YOU EVERYONE for the congratulations! I really appreciate them!!!! I’m so excited!!!

furrynewb asked: Congratulations on getting in the JET!!! Good luck on everything you do!

Thank you!!

djscoots10 asked: Congratulations sir.

Thanks!

toaorka asked: I am so happy for you man, best of luck!

Thank you!

pandabear25 asked: DUDE. NICE. HAVE FUN BRUH

Thank you!

baracanine asked: i'm so happy for you zeny! congratulations !!! 💕💕

THANK YOU!!!