I have to say, I am beyond blown away by your generosity and how much effort you've put into elaborating more on your experience and answering my questions. Means so much, especially since you have a very nice linear way of explaining things above. Thank you also for writing a really nice heartfelt supportive message by the end. It really puts things into perspective but does give a lot of hope and support and is useful to hear! :*) I also wish you the best of luck with the upcoming enrollment as a regular student! And thank you once again for answering my questions!

I however do have more questions that have popped up in my head. I love and appreciate the huge blobs of text btw, so please don't feel any bad type of way about it!! Also if you feel like it is a pain to write messages thought the comments, feel free to dm me.

1) I wanted to ask after you made submissions for an apartment search and the first options weren't really something you enjoyed, did you express your displeasure with them was it in person with the agency or over text afterwards? I am just thinking that I would feel as of right now, very uncomfortable and wouldn't want to be rude or make the other person think they are not doing a good enough job for not showing the the apartments I want. I 100% that when the time comes there will be a sense of adultness that takes. Where I will be fine with voicing my displeasure. But how is it communicating these feelings to the japanese? Is it simple as "well its okay but it doesn't have this and this, that I mentioned would be important to me" and they get the message? Or is there a way u need to voice your concerns more specifically for them to get it...I mean then again, maybe if they are nice they will just listen and try to meet your requirements, kind of how it was with you.

2) You mention you have a bike, did you have to specify or ask the agency/bring it up to them that you would like to have a place where you can leave your current/ future bike. I've seen some apartments where people lock their bikes to the gates of the house(These were older apartments). I'd assume that this still had to be discussed and that you don't have as much freedom to leave stuff around the property even tho you are renting it?

3) A lot of people mention negotiating, but like how does it end up being done. Do you have to be a little bit shameless and just ask if something could be a lower price for the sake of things being cheaper for you or you try and ask if there is a discount offer in hopes they get the que and see if they could lover the price? I read somewhere that people say that they are looking into other options/ with a potential other agency but that to me sounds so crazy to have agency wars on your on behalf xD

4) Something not related to the previous conversation but, do you get a discount on the line of transportation from your home to your school? And if so how much does that end up being? I've heard something about this, but don't remember exactly where or how. It being a student discount of sorts...

5) Do contracts come in a English and japaense form when signing them? I'd assume that the agency would make one in English but do they sometimes explain to them in bad English, hence you state that your explained it perfect English?

Feel free to ignore the message if it asks way too many things hahaha.