Gaijin Geekdom

I have finally reached the pinacle of gaijin-geekdom. I have officially become addicted to manga-Japanese comic books. It would be cool if I could read it in Japanese as reward for all my effort studying, but sadly, I cant. I must read the english versions. To my credit it started as an effort to be a better teacher for my students. They are always excited to tell me in English about the books, but would get so disappointed when I dont have any idea what they are talking about-pirates, ninjas, soul reapers, etc. (some things are just Lost in Translation)

So at the airport leaving for Thailand I found the 2 most popular ones in english- Naruto and One Piece. So I bought 1 of each to read at the beach. I liked them, they are fun stories. So on the way back I got a couple more of each and another one that my co-teacher loves (she is from hong kong, and is really into Japanese manga and anime)-Bleach. I really like Bleach. So now I am working on getting the series. So this is what geekdom feels like, not to bad, ne. ;)