My name is Joey! I am learning Japanese for a few reasons, such as… Well, let me give you a little background information about myself first! haha >_< I live on the east coast of the United States in New England, I have just recently turned 18, I love cars, and I am of the male gender. Is that enough background info? No you say!! EHHHH! Fine! One more thing. :/ My favorite genre of anime/manga is… *drum-roll* romance/comedy! There is probably a reason why this is and I think I know what… But, I’ll tell you later!

Where was I? Ahh yes! Why am I learning Japanese? It all started when I was a wee little lad, before having any memories of why I have always loved China! haha sucker punch! That’s right I said China! Do I know why, No! I just have, as long as I can remember. How does this relate to me learning Japanese… I don’t know o_O… JUST KIDDING! Teehee got you! Sorry ごめんなさい! It relates for the simple reason of: My mother telling me China is dangerous and communistic and OOOH this and AHHH that and you should go to Japan instead! I said, “MAH! I don’t care! I can handle it! What is Japan?” at least that’s what I think happened (I was maybe like 8 and I knew everything there was to know when I was like 5! So I was pretty confident)! Anyways, time went on, until about eighth grade.

In eighth grade I was in my school library and I stumbled upon a magical book called a MANGA! The manga was D.N. Angel a romance/comedy *hint* hint*. I was hooked after the first book! I then continued to finish the manga and anime version of the series (I hadn’t heard of anime either prior to this event)… Ever Since I have loved manga and anime of all sorts!

This caused me to dive deep into the culture of the magical Land of The Rising Sun! After this I dropped China (not really just moved on) and picked up Japan! I still love China and its culture, but, I fell in Love with Japan! To tie the knot here and the relationship I have with Japan ;) I will tell you exactly why I am learning Japanese (if you haven’t already guessed). So then, I am learning Japanese for a few reasons, such as: #1. I love Japan! Culture, lifestyle, food, you name it I will probably sort of kind of like it… #2. I want to live in Japan and be able to speak to the people there in their native language! Why? Well, reason #1 haha! #3 it is my dream! It has been since I picked up that manga in eighth grade!

I plan on conquering this dream of mine by studying Japanese right here on TextFugu! Hence the lengthy hello… Also by going to college and getting my bachelor’s degree so I can teach English in Japan! That’s it.

I would love to hear from you guys and will be looking forward to it! I hope we can all be friends and help each other conquer our dreams and goals of learning Japanese!

P.S. I had way to much fun writing this… O_o
-Joey

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