Forbidden Horror

My brother-in-law and sister-in-law live in England. Sometimes my wife and I send presents to them. Japanese tea or spices … things that are difficult to buy in England. They have a sweet tooth. They love Japanese chocolate.

My wife sends the packages from a post office. There are regulations. We are not smugglers. Of course we will follow the regulations. But my wife found a unique regulation.

We cannot send horror comics to the UK.

I don’t know why. Are Japanese horror comics too scary to send to the UK?

My brother and sister-in-law love chocolate more than horror comics. That regulation means nothing to us.

Are Japanese horror comics an international problem now?

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Condolence

In September 1996, I was studying in Path, Australia. My classmates were from many countries. It was an interesting experience. I had conversations with students from different countries.

One day, when I arrived at the school, a student from Hong Kong offered me words of condolence.

She offered me words of condolence about Japanese cartoonist Fujiko F. Fujio. He passed away at that time. One of his works, Doraemon, was popular in Hong Kong. I was surprised. I also love Doraemon. But I have never met Fujiko F. Fujio. However, I accepted the words of condolence on behalf of Japanese people.

The author of Dragon Ball, Toriyama Akira, recently passed away. I saw that many people posted words of condolence on SNS. I was surprised that I could only see pictures of him in his twenties. He passed away at sixty-eight. But I have never seen a picture of him around that age. I heard he hated having his picture taken. So, I don’t know his recent face.

We lived in the same prefecture. My house and his house were not so far apart. It is possible to imagine that I might have passed him on the street.

I offer words of condolence to everyone on the loss of Toriyama Akira. R.I.P.

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