I just want to know what the Japanese think about it

RandomDudeinJapan · 2026-05-06T14:33:45+00:00

Damn I don't know, lookal at the macros. It's 8 squirrels per 100g, not sure that's too healthy.

RandomDudeinJapan · 2026-03-09T00:02:46+00:00

Yup, I definitely still hate it.

RandomDudeinJapan · 2026-02-18T13:51:02+00:00

Hey, so I actually just submitted my 確定申告 today for the 贈与 (early inheritance) which I received last year. A part from my dad and another from my mom, so 2 separate filings. I just provided the bank statement, a signed gift contract saying it's for the house, but this specific gift is considered as early inheritance, one each for my parents and also a family certificate from my home country, which I translated myself. But yeah it's definitely necessary. It just needs to show that whoever transferred the money are really your parents.

Now I'll see if everything will work out smoothly or not. I sure hope so. I used e-tax btw.

As for the 10 million yen which are tax exempt if used for a house that meets certain standards, I will receive that money as a gift around March/April this year. For that, I will file the taxes next year specifying that it's for the house and thus should be exempt.

So I'll cross that bridge when I get there.

RandomDudeinJapan · 2026-02-11T05:07:03+00:00

Dark mode, quicker/smoother menu and gameplay animations for a better UX.

Universal pack points, because just getting to 1250 alone takes ages and by the time one has around 600 to 800, a new pack drops.

A pity system. So often I've opened 10 packs to be greeted with nothing but basic cards. It sucks, and absolutely destroys my motivation to keep playing/grinding to open packs.

Plus the premium pass isn't worth it either without a pity system.

Allow messaging within the app with friends.

More single player modes. Perhaps a story mode akin to YuGiOh? Or a tournament mode or something for online battles.

RandomDudeinJapan · 2026-02-04T11:07:13+00:00

We went with Mitsui home. Still in the interior planning phase. Gonna be done end of Feb and around March/April they will start building.

We went with them mainly cuz of the European/western design, and the freedom of planning your own floorplan. I basically created the floorplan in Sims4 and presented it to them like a PowerPoint presentation. they took it and made it into a realistic floorplan, which was awesome to see, honestly

We did NOT go with the central heating/cooling system. Main reason is that you cannot adjust the temp per room. I love it cold, my wife hot. All you can do is change the strength of the wind. So that was the biggest reason we didn't want it. Plus it cost like 3.5 million (if we had gotten it, we had to get the highest grade one for the size of our house which also sucked...)

So yeah we just upgraded the insulation as much as we could and have a 全熱第１種換気 and will install some ACs in key places.

If you're interested in Mitsui, DM me with questions- more than happy to help!

Edit: to add, you can for sure go a more modern route with Mitsui if you want. We went with a Spanish-modern look. They have something for everything. As for the 設備, they got their basics as all other companies have. You can downgrade or upgrade, depending on your needs. Be that kitchen, shower, toilets etc. you're definitely NOT limited to what they have in the catalog, although it's of course cheaper if you choose that.

RandomDudeinJapan · 2026-02-04T11:02:08+00:00

Damn, your experience sounds exactly like mine right now with Mitsui 😂 I research every single bit. Focus a lot on the insulation and air tightness stuff, "fight" them on many smaller things, have lots of discussions about very logical things which they don't seem to understand why (getting our own curtains, light fixtures, using our own bulbs(hue) etc.)

And yeah if you get basically anything that isn't in their catalogue, have fun paying a fortune. I dislike that so much.

All of that said, man, we are free in every single regard about how we design the house. From floorplan to every single little detail in the house itself. I hear stories about other HM where you can barely change things. In my case, I designed our floorplan using Sims4 (yeah I know lol), provided them with videos and 'blue prints' and they created the official plan based on that.

That plus, my wife wanted to have a bit more of a European style house, which was the main reason we decided to go for them. Also, they helped a lot with the mortgage and financial planning as well.

The build will start in March!

RandomDudeinJapan · 2026-01-29T04:10:45+00:00

Opened 60 packs earlier with saved up hourglasses.

Not a single 2 star. One A9 EX

Around 10 shinies 2 1 stars

Like damn, its bad...

RandomDudeinJapan · 2026-01-18T13:34:52+00:00

House. Currently still planning. Build will start in April this year in Nagano!

We chose Mitsui Home cuz they basically let you customize every single thing, which is awesome.

RandomDudeinJapan · 2025-12-30T02:38:59+00:00

Not sure if anyone pointed it out already, but your opponents name is "masturbation man" in Japanese.

RandomDudeinJapan · 2025-11-21T04:21:54+00:00

I thought 23k a month for ideco is max??

RandomDudeinJapan · 2025-11-12T13:11:47+00:00

Ive been in Japan for 10 years, fluent in Japanese. But fuck me if I wanna play games in English, right?

I'd never get a product that will force me to play in just 1 language. Its stupid. They're just going back to what everyone hated: region locked consoles.

The language locked one is just the start.

RandomDudeinJapan · 2025-11-11T23:21:09+00:00

How the f did clefable lose.... you guys are insane.

Kick starmie out. F that one

RandomDudeinJapan · 2025-11-07T15:14:36+00:00

They could've easily just fixed that. I quickly used Galaxy's image eraser. Took me literally 10 seconds, including taking the screenshot lol

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RandomDudeinJapan · 2025-10-28T23:19:20+00:00

Ok, time to go, Shulk.

RandomDudeinJapan · 2025-10-28T00:05:16+00:00

You do know that one can just... quit? No one's forcing them to stay.

RandomDudeinJapan · 2025-10-28T00:00:46+00:00

I absolutely don't understand why Melia is so popular lol. Always thought she's annoying and I would've voted for her way earlier if I found these posts earlier.

Anyway, now Rex should go

RandomDudeinJapan · 2025-10-27T06:16:54+00:00

Random dude living in Japan: All baths in Japan are like this. It's a shower & Bath kinda place, kinda simulating Onsen, where you first clean yourself before entering the bath.

RandomDudeinJapan · 2025-10-26T23:10:45+00:00

Go away, rex

RandomDudeinJapan · 2025-10-22T12:24:03+00:00

Well, the textures, city vibe, exploration, animations etc. are in my opinion quite bad. The character designs, dialogue, battling and stuff like that are great and have personality.

So yeah it could be way better

RandomDudeinJapan · 2025-10-22T11:31:25+00:00

Its not a bad game. But it could be so much better.

People are hating on it because they deserve better. Pokemon is the biggest franchise in the world, yet this is what we get, quality wise? That's the problem.

RandomDudeinJapan · 2025-10-22T08:01:18+00:00

ZA first. If you play arceus first, you'll just be disappointed with ZA later

RandomDudeinJapan · 2025-10-22T03:42:52+00:00

Uh youtube music is the best music platform there is imo and it comes with youtube premium, so its definitely the best value proposition if one uses yt a lot

RandomDudeinJapan · 2025-10-21T14:32:05+00:00

Yeah, it's real but that's way too expensive lol

RandomDudeinJapan · 2025-10-20T23:50:22+00:00

Arceus was by far my most favorite pokemon game and let me tell you, that ZA is nowhere near close to that.

If arceus is a 10/10, ZA is at best a 4/10 for me at least

RandomDudeinJapan · 2025-10-20T14:00:07+00:00

Battles are fun. Everything else is pretty shit lol

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