Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Overprotective Dad has been disambiguated
* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Ever since finding out he will be having a daughter, Az has been figuring out how to smuggle rocket launchers into Japan just in case.
Deleted line(s) 45 (click to see context) :
* OverprotectiveDad: Ever since finding out he will be having a daughter, Az has been figuring out how to smuggle rocket launchers into Japan just in case.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
no longer a trope
Changed line(s) 34 (click to see context) from:
* {{Kawaiiko}}: Ultimate Sweetness. Az claims it's something like [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguin-suit]] [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Chiyo-chan]], times ten.
to:
* {{Kawaiiko}}: Ultimate Sweetness. Az claims it's something like [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguin-suit]] penguin-suit [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Chiyo-chan]], times ten.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 27 (click to see context) from:
* EpicFail: When Az assigns students an assignment where they order more than one of something, e.g. 2 apples. It was designed to teach the students about plurals. One boy tries to order condoms. When Az asks him to pick something more appropriate, he asks for "two bonana." Not only did he mess up the plural thing, but the Japanese word for banana is... banana.
to:
* EpicFail: When Az assigns students an assignment where they order more than one of something, e.g. 2 apples. It was designed to teach the students about plurals. One boy tries to order condoms. When Az asks him to pick something more appropriate, he asks for "two bonana." Not only did he mess up the plural thing, thing on the second try ''after getting it right on the first try'', but the Japanese word for banana is... banana.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9,10 (click to see context) from:
'''''Gaijin Smash''''' (now '''''[[https://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/ Gaijin Chronicles]]''''') is the story of Jeffrey "Azrael" Windham, an African-American who moved to Japan as part of the JET teacher exchange program. It originally started as a blog called ''I Am a Japanese Schoolteacher'', about his experiences teaching English at two middle schools in a Japanese town, but has since moved to its own domain and going further into his experiences as a foreigner in the Land of the Rising Sun, even after he moved on from that job.
to:
'''''Gaijin Smash''''' (now '''''[[https://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/ Gaijin Chronicles]]''''') is the story of Jeffrey "Azrael" Windham, an African-American man who moved to Japan as part of the JET teacher exchange program. It originally started as a blog called ''I Am a Japanese Schoolteacher'', about his experiences teaching English at two middle schools in a Japanese town, but has since moved to its own domain and going further into his experiences as a foreigner in the Land of the Rising Sun, even after he moved on from that job.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 13,14 (click to see context) from:
In June 2010, the blog switched names to the "Gaijin Chronicles". It has been going through ScheduleSlip, as there was a hiatus of ''four'' years from [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/happy-2012/ January 2012]] to [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2016/02/06/im-back/ February 2016]]. In 2018, the domain name for gaijinchronicles.com expired, but the blog is still available under its Word Press URL.
to:
In June 2010, the blog switched names to the was renamed "Gaijin Chronicles". It has been going through ScheduleSlip, as there Last updated in early 2016 (a quick update which was a hiatus of ''four'' preceded by [[ScheduleSlip four years from [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/happy-2012/ January 2012]] to [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2016/02/06/im-back/ February 2016]]. In 2018, the domain name for gaijinchronicles.com expired, but of inactivity]]), the blog is still available under its Word Press URL.
has become an OrphanedSeries.
Changed line(s) 42 (click to see context) from:
* NotWhatItLooksLike: The pic in [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2005/03/18/graduation/ this article]], taken with the same girl from the MarshmallowHell incident above.
to:
* NotWhatItLooksLike: The pic in [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2005/03/18/graduation/ this article]], taken with the same girl from the MarshmallowHell incident above.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Meganekko is no longer a trope. It's a Fanspeak term. Moving wicks to Bespectacled Cutie when appropriate.
Deleted line(s) 36 (click to see context) :
* {{Meganekko}}: Ms. Americanized is a subversion. She ''looks'' like a Meganekko, but she's pretty much the opposite of a ShrinkingViolet, having gained her nickname in part from being outspoken and vulgar even by American standards.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Deleted line(s) 47 (click to see context) :
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2005/11/08/just-another-wednesday/ Ultimate Sweetness and her best friend.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* EpicFail: When Az assigns students an assignment where they order more than one of something, e.g. 2 apples. It was designed to teach the students about plurals. One boy tries to order condoms. When Az asks him to pick something more appropriate, he asks for "two bonana." Not only did he mess up the plural thing, but the Japanese word for banana is... banana.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5 (click to see context) from:
Morning" and "I go to school by bike" but that's about it. Some of them don't even know that.\\\
to:
Morning" and "I go to school by bike" but that's about it. Some of them don't even know that.\\\\\
Changed line(s) 13,14 (click to see context) from:
In June 2010, the blog switched names to the "Gaijin Chronicles". It has been going through ScheduleSlip, as there was a hiatus of ''four'' years from [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/happy-2012/ January 2012]] to [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2016/02/06/im-back/ February 2016]]. In 2018, the domain name for gaijinchronicles.com expired, but the blog is still available under its WordPress URL.
to:
In June 2010, the blog switched names to the "Gaijin Chronicles". It has been going through ScheduleSlip, as there was a hiatus of ''four'' years from [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/happy-2012/ January 2012]] to [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2016/02/06/im-back/ February 2016]]. In 2018, the domain name for gaijinchronicles.com expired, but the blog is still available under its WordPress Word Press URL.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 34 (click to see context) :
%%%%* LikesOlderWomen: Azrael
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 41 (click to see context) :
%%%* NiceGuy:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
fixed links
Changed line(s) 13,14 (click to see context) from:
In June 2010, the blog switched names to the "Gaijin Chronicles". It has been going through ScheduleSlip, as there was a hiatus of ''four'' years from [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2012/01/06/happy-2012/ January 2012]] to [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2016/02/06/im-back/ February 2016]]. In 2018, the domain name for gaijinchronicles.com expired, but the blog is still available under its WordPress URL.
to:
In June 2010, the blog switched names to the "Gaijin Chronicles". It has been going through ScheduleSlip, as there was a hiatus of ''four'' years from [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/happy-2012/ January 2012]] to [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2016/02/06/im-back/ February 2016]]. In 2018, the domain name for gaijinchronicles.com expired, but the blog is still available under its WordPress URL.
Changed line(s) 30,32 (click to see context) from:
* IHaveToWashMyHair: [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2009/01/08/japanese-people-say-the-darndest-things-version-xp/ Discussed.]]
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Az [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2005/08/16/the-light-and-darkside-of-the-force/ jokes]] that one of his students is so adorable he'd want to kidnap her. Fortunately his fellow teachers don't take it too seriously, he even comments that if he did, the police would just find them having a tea party and nothing else.
* ItMakesSenseInContext: [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2005/03/21/requiem-for-a-legacy-part-1/ "You are a 12-year-old Japanese boy being held]] ''[[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2005/03/21/requiem-for-a-legacy-part-1/ off the ground]]'' [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2005/03/21/requiem-for-a-legacy-part-1/ by a large black man who is bound and determined to penetrate your ass."]]
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Az [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2005/08/16/the-light-and-darkside-of-the-force/ jokes]] that one of his students is so adorable he'd want to kidnap her. Fortunately his fellow teachers don't take it too seriously, he even comments that if he did, the police would just find them having a tea party and nothing else.
* ItMakesSenseInContext: [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2005/03/21/requiem-for-a-legacy-part-1/ "You are a 12-year-old Japanese boy being held]] ''[[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2005/03/21/requiem-for-a-legacy-part-1/ off the ground]]'' [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2005/03/21/requiem-for-a-legacy-part-1/ by a large black man who is bound and determined to penetrate your ass."]]
to:
* IHaveToWashMyHair: [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/japanese-people-say-the-darndest-things-version-xp/ Discussed.]]
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Az [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2005/08/16/the-light-and-darkside-of-the-force/ jokes]] that one of his students is so adorable he'd want to kidnap her. Fortunately his fellow teachers don't take it too seriously, he even comments that if he did, the police would just find them having a tea party and nothing else.
* ItMakesSenseInContext: [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2005/03/21/requiem-for-a-legacy-part-1/ "You are a 12-year-old Japanese boy being held]] ''[[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2005/03/21/requiem-for-a-legacy-part-1/ off the ground]]'' [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2005/03/21/requiem-for-a-legacy-part-1/ by a large black man who is bound and determined to penetrate your ass."]]
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Az [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2005/08/16/the-light-and-darkside-of-the-force/ jokes]] that one of his students is so adorable he'd want to kidnap her. Fortunately his fellow teachers don't take it too seriously, he even comments that if he did, the police would just find them having a tea party and nothing else.
* ItMakesSenseInContext: [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2005/03/21/requiem-for-a-legacy-part-1/ "You are a 12-year-old Japanese boy being held]] ''[[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2005/03/21/requiem-for-a-legacy-part-1/ off the ground]]'' [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2005/03/21/requiem-for-a-legacy-part-1/ by a large black man who is bound and determined to penetrate your ass."]]
Changed line(s) 35 (click to see context) from:
* MarshmallowHell: Az [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2005/03/02/you-will-love-me/ gets one of these]] from behind from one of his 15-year-old students. Unfortunately, he makes the mistake of turning his head to see what's pressed up against it.
to:
* MarshmallowHell: Az [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2005/03/02/you-will-love-me/ gets one of these]] from behind from one of his 15-year-old students. Unfortunately, he makes the mistake of turning his head to see what's pressed up against it.
Changed line(s) 38 (click to see context) from:
-->[[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2010/06/10/line-theory// "Y’see, the Japanese LOVE lines.]] Like, if you could make the concept of lining up into a human being, otaku guys would marry the DS game which simulates lining up for things."
to:
-->[[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2010/06/10/line-theory// "Y’see, the Japanese LOVE lines.]] Like, if you could make the concept of lining up into a human being, otaku guys would marry the DS game which simulates lining up for things."
Changed line(s) 46 (click to see context) from:
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: With the exception of Moeko, pretty much everybody, for anonymity's sake, only has nicknames.
to:
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: With the exception of Moeko, pretty much everybody, for anonymity's sake, only has nicknames. [[https://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2004/11/24/rico-suave-meets-velma/ Some of the ones he gives his students.]]
Changed line(s) 48 (click to see context) from:
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2005/11/08/just-another-wednesday/ Ultimate Sweetness and her best friend.]]
to:
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2005/11/08/just-another-wednesday/ Ultimate Sweetness and her best friend.]]
Changed line(s) 50 (click to see context) from:
* TitleDrop: "Gaijin Smash" refers to a foreigner flagrantly going against the rules (cutting in line, jumping a turnstile...) and getting away with it thanks to the Japanese fear of confrontation, yelling "Gaijin SMASH!" optional.
to:
* TitleDrop: "Gaijin Smash" refers to a foreigner flagrantly going against the rules (cutting in line, jumping a turnstile...) and getting away with it thanks to the Japanese fear of confrontation, yelling "Gaijin SMASH!" "[[CallingYourAttacks Gaijin SMASH!]]" optional.
Changed line(s) 52 (click to see context) from:
-->'''[[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2007/03/06/pump-it-up/ Azreal:]]''' As I’ve stated numerous times, I’m a big black guy. 6’3 (190 cm or so), 200 pounds. The Japanese take one look at me and see a man who can break them in half. …I wouldn’t necessarily say that this is a Japanese thing, a lot of cultures will think twice before picking a fight with a black dude twice their size.
to:
-->'''[[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/pump-it-up/ Azreal:]]''' Azrael:]]''' As I’ve stated numerous times, I’m a big black guy. 6’3 (190 cm or so), 200 pounds. The Japanese take one look at me and see a man who can break them in half. …I wouldn’t necessarily say that this is a Japanese thing, a lot of cultures will think twice before picking a fight with a black dude twice their size.
Changed line(s) 54,55 (click to see context) from:
* VerySpecialEpisode: [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2006/12/12/bullying-another-look/ Bullying Chapter.]]
* WorthyOpponent: Watson, when he finally graduated. [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2006/04/04/watsons-last-stand/ Good luck, kid.]]
* WorthyOpponent: Watson, when he finally graduated. [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2006/04/04/watsons-last-stand/ Good luck, kid.]]
to:
* VerySpecialEpisode: [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2006/12/12/bullying-another-look/ Bullying Chapter.]]
* WorthyOpponent: Watson, when he finally graduated. [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2006/04/04/watsons-last-stand/ Good luck, kid.]]
* WorthyOpponent: Watson, when he finally graduated. [[http://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/2006/04/04/watsons-last-stand/ Good luck, kid.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
fixin a dead link
Changed line(s) 9,10 (click to see context) from:
'''''Gaijin Smash''''' (now '''''[[http://gaijinchronicles.com/ Gaijin Chronicles]]''''') is the story of Jeffrey "Azrael" Windham, an African-American who moved to Japan as part of the JET teacher exchange program. It originally started as a blog called ''I Am a Japanese Schoolteacher'', about his experiences teaching English at two middle schools in a Japanese town, but has since moved to its own domain and going further into his experiences as a foreigner in the Land of the Rising Sun, even after he moved on from that job.
to:
'''''Gaijin Smash''''' (now '''''[[http://gaijinchronicles.'''''[[https://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/ Gaijin Chronicles]]''''') is the story of Jeffrey "Azrael" Windham, an African-American who moved to Japan as part of the JET teacher exchange program. It originally started as a blog called ''I Am a Japanese Schoolteacher'', about his experiences teaching English at two middle schools in a Japanese town, but has since moved to its own domain and going further into his experiences as a foreigner in the Land of the Rising Sun, even after he moved on from that job.
Changed line(s) 13,14 (click to see context) from:
In June 2010, the blog switched names to the "Gaijin Chronicles". It has been going through ScheduleSlip, as there was a hiatus of ''four'' years from [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2012/01/06/happy-2012/ January 2012]] to [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2016/02/06/im-back/ February 2016]]. In 2018, the domain name for gaijinchronicles.com expired, but the blog is still available under its [[https://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/ WordPress URL]].
to:
In June 2010, the blog switched names to the "Gaijin Chronicles". It has been going through ScheduleSlip, as there was a hiatus of ''four'' years from [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2012/01/06/happy-2012/ January 2012]] to [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2016/02/06/im-back/ February 2016]]. In 2018, the domain name for gaijinchronicles.com expired, but the blog is still available under its [[https://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/ WordPress URL]].
URL.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 19 (click to see context) from:
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: After a girls' dodgeball game Az was watching unexpectedly turned from timid to violent, he said if he was in a house and had the choice of facing "a group of Japanese girls in K-Groove [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] berserker mode" downstairs or "[[Franchise/ANightmareonElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]], the masked guy from the ''Franchise/{{Scream}}'' movies, Franchise/{{Predator}}s, Franchise/{{Alien}}s, and Music/CelineDion singing the ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' song" upstairs, he’d go upstairs and take his chances, because he’d actually have a remote chance of coming out of it alive.
to:
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: After a girls' dodgeball game Az was watching unexpectedly turned from timid to violent, he said if he was in a house and had the choice of facing "a group of Japanese girls in K-Groove [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] berserker mode" downstairs or "[[Franchise/ANightmareonElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]], the masked guy from the ''Franchise/{{Scream}}'' ''Film/{{Scream}}'' movies, Franchise/{{Predator}}s, Franchise/{{Alien}}s, and Music/CelineDion singing the ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' song" upstairs, he’d go upstairs and take his chances, because he’d actually have a remote chance of coming out of it alive.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 26 (click to see context) from:
* DirtyOldWoman: The ObaSan Az meets have reached a stage of life where Japanese politeness is [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior no longer the limiting factor it once was]] and are much freer about speaking their mind, which for some of them includes rather frank assessments of someone's sexual desirability.
to:
* DirtyOldWoman: The ObaSan old lady Az meets have reached a stage of life where Japanese politeness is [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior no longer the limiting factor it once was]] and are much freer about speaking their mind, which for some of them includes rather frank assessments of someone's sexual desirability.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 13,14 (click to see context) from:
In June 2010, the blog switched names to the "Gaijin Chronicles". It has been going through ScheduleSlip, as there was a hiatus of ''four'' years from [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2012/01/06/happy-2012/ January 2012]] to [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2016/02/06/im-back/ February 2016]]. Updates will likely remain scarce.
to:
In June 2010, the blog switched names to the "Gaijin Chronicles". It has been going through ScheduleSlip, as there was a hiatus of ''four'' years from [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2012/01/06/happy-2012/ January 2012]] to [[http://gaijinchronicles.com/2016/02/06/im-back/ February 2016]]. Updates will likely remain scarce.
In 2018, the domain name for gaijinchronicles.com expired, but the blog is still available under its [[https://gaijinchronicles.wordpress.com/ WordPress URL]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 34 (click to see context) from:
* LikesOlderWomen: Azrael
to:
Changed line(s) 41 (click to see context) from:
* NiceGuy: Well...
to:
Changed line(s) 46 (click to see context) from:
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: With the exception of Moeko, pretty much everybody, for anonymity's sake.
to:
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: With the exception of Moeko, pretty much everybody, for anonymity's sake.sake, only has nicknames.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 24 (click to see context) from:
* CoolVsAwesome: One English class where Az asks his students to roleplay ends up with "UsefulNotes/BarackObama" meeting "[[TwentyFour Jack Bauer]]". All parties agree this is something that needs to happen in RealLife.
to:
* CoolVsAwesome: One English class where Az asks his students to roleplay ends up with "UsefulNotes/BarackObama" meeting "[[TwentyFour "[[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer]]". All parties agree this is something that needs to happen in RealLife.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 22 (click to see context) from:
%%* ComicSutra: The Octopus.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 20 (click to see context) from:
%%* AssShove: Kancho.
to:
Changed line(s) 25,26 (click to see context) from:
* CutenessProximity
* DirtyOldWoman
* DirtyOldWoman
to:
* CutenessProximity
CutenessProximity: Ultimate Sweetness has this effect on the adults at the school around her, including on Az.
*DirtyOldWomanDirtyOldWoman: The ObaSan Az meets have reached a stage of life where Japanese politeness is [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior no longer the limiting factor it once was]] and are much freer about speaking their mind, which for some of them includes rather frank assessments of someone's sexual desirability.
*
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
moving to trivia
Deleted line(s) 53 (click to see context) :
* ScheduleSlip: As mentioned in the intro, the blog has been suffering through a bad case of this recently. This is due to him not having much time to write, what with his job and family, as well as him admitting to not be as bewildered by Japanese culture anymore.
