"A Lasting Partnership"

United States Forces Japan ^ | 17 August 2010

[B-Chan]

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- In commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan, Headquarters U.S. Forces Japan has developed a manga comic entitled “Our Alliance; A Lasting Partnership” to highlight this historical landmark.

Read 永続的なパートナーシップ (Eizoku-tekina pātonāshippu) online

[B-Chan]

I'll post some translations later if I have time.

[edpc]

I liked the headline on the first attempted posting better.

[GraceG]

I love the American girl, eating steak and eggs with a knife and fork, LOL

Scanlation please! LOL

[D-fendr]

At least they’re not planning a Zen Kamikaze Memorial overlooking Pearl Harbor.

[skr]

pfl

[GraceG]

Yeah, it would be like building a statue of Dr. Oppenheimer in Hiroshima, or a Shinto Shrine next to the USS Arizona.

[B-Chan]

Who knew that FR software couldn't display ASCII katakana on the front page? ( ﾟдﾟ);

[happinesswithoutpeace]

lolz

[GraceG]

Most sites out there seem to think the character set runs from 0 to 255.

[B-Chan]

The American character (うさくん"Usa-kun") is a little boy. The name "Usa-kun" is a pun; the characters used to write "usa" (pronounced "oosa"), from the letters "USA", can also be read as the first syllable of the word usagi (兎), which means "rabbit". That's why the character is wearing a rabbit-ear hoodie.

[GraceG]

Kinda figured that by seeing her, but wasn’t sure. My theory was she was an usagi because USA walked on the moon, maybe I have been watching too much sailor moon lately.

[GraceG]

Rabbit ears were throwing me off, yeah usa-chan is a boy, darnit, my mind is a bit tired tonight, LOL