Ecchan #6

Tsukimi Ecchan

Tsukimi Ecchan

My site has been pretty quiet for a while now, due to me working on yokai paintings. Last year at this time I would be restarting the A-Yokai-A-Day project for the month of October, but the fact that I am doing this book means that the past A-Yokai-A-Day projects were successful enough. ๐Ÿ™‚

Of course if you’re a backer of my Kickstarter project you’ve been getting a new yokai almost every day in your mailbox since July, when I started for painting this project. Now I am entering month 4 of non-stop daily yokai painting, and I have crossed the halfway point, with over 60 of the 100 final images completed. Right on schedule! Only 2 months left to go…

In the meantime, while I can’t show my new yokai paintings on my blog just yet (that’s private for backers of the project), I can show the other art I’m working on at the same time. Here is last month’s issue of Kounotori Ecchan no Eco-na Hanashi. It continues August’s theme of properly disposing of non-burnable garbage, and features a Fukui prefecture staple: the Echizen crab! If your wondering if Japan’s garbage disposal system is really so complicated that it takes months of comic strips just to explain it, the answer is YES!

I also did a tsukimi (moon-viewing) Ecchan for the footer text, which you can see to the left!

Anyway, here is the comic, and the English translation:

Panel 1: ้™ถๅ™จใชใฉใ‚‚ใ€Œ็‡ƒใ‚„ใ›ใชใ„ใ‚ดใƒŸใ€ใ ใ‚ˆ๏ผ
Ceramic-ware is unburnable garbage!
Panel 2: ๅ‰ฒใ‚Œใฆใชใใฆใ‚‚ใ€ๆ–ฐ่ž็ด™ใชใฉใซๅŒ…ใ‚“ใง้€ๆ˜Žใฎใ‚ดใƒŸ่ข‹ใซใ€Œใ‚ญใ‚ฑใƒณใ€ใจๆ›ธใ“ใ†๏ผ
Even if it’s not broken, wrap it up in newspaper and put it in a clear plastic bag marked “Dangerous!”
Panel 3: ใ‚ดใƒ ใ‚„็šฎใฎ่ฃฝๅ“ใ‚‚ใ€Œ็‡ƒใ‚„ใ›ใชใ„ใ‚ดใƒŸใ€๏ผ
Rubber and leather are also unburnable garbage!
Panel 4:ย ใ‚ดใƒŸใ‚’็ดฐใ‹ใใ™ใ‚‹ๆฉŸๆขฐใซใฒใฃใ‹ใ‹ใ‚‰ใชใ„ใ‚ˆใ†ใ€้•ทใ„ใ‚ดใƒŸใฏ้ฉๅฝ“ใซๅˆ‡ใฃใฆใญ๏ผ
Cut long items up into small enough pieces that they won’t get caught in the trash processing machines!

Ecchan #6

Ecchan #6

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