Chibiham, Juicy & Me (Book 3)

By Paprika

Exchange student Paprika is living her new life happily in Japan with her best friend Juicy, when one day her cousin Chibiham asks to come visit for a month in the summer. Not having seen her in some time, Paprika heartily agrees. What she is dealt with is far worse than she could have imagined - her entitled, ill-mannered, boorish relative takes Japan by storm, ready to plow down anything that stands in the way of her seeing the country exactly the way she imagined it. Can Paprika and Juicy tame the wild American before the month is up? And what happens when the rotund terror meets up with an immovable force - the immortal Mama?
A funny, true story about an overbearing tourist in Japan, complete with tour guiding, cultural explanations, and Japanese recipes. Born of the Reddit storytellers, a success story of a different flavor. Experience it for yourself.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Paprika
• Release date: Jun 7, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311107640

Paprika

American living in Tokyo, experiencing what I can and learning what I can. I love old movies, film festivals, taking walks and cats. Live in a suburb called Kichijoji with my sphynx cat, Plum. He's a peach. Not much else to say about me..... Er, amazon wishlist?? http://www.amazon.co.jp/registry/wishlist/37GBMRB2OBMY2 Just kidding.

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Chibiham, Juicy and Me

BOOK 3

written and illustrated by Paprika

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Copyright 2014 Paprika

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Table of Contents

Chapter 10: Boys, Boys, Boys*

Chapter 11: The Anklet*

Mini-comic: Not Climbing Mount Fuji

Chapter 12: Geisha in the Closet*

Chapter 13: Too Conbini*

Chapter 14: The Matsuri*

About the Author

Chapter 10

Boys, Boys, Boys

One day, about a week after Chibiham had come to Japan, Juicy came home from an outing crying. Her boyfriend, Kintama, had broken up with her in no uncertain terms. She said through tears how he had told her, I want a model girlfriend. We’re not compatible physically. It was because he thought she was fat.

To reiterate, Juicy was chubby by Japanese standards. Her nickname, too, was a reflection of that fluff. She was pretty self-conscious about her weight, and this breakup put her into a depression. When depressed, Juicy would eat. She’d go to the local convenience store and stock up on pudding, cakes, potato chips and ice cream, then close herself in her room and read romance manga until she felt better.

Kintama happened to work with me in the university library. I confronted him about the breakup. He explained, people are always watching me. I know that Juicy is sweet and all, but when I bring her places everyone is always like, ‘why are you with her? You could do better.’ I got sick of people telling me that, so I decided to get a new girl.

You’re dickless, I told him, but he shrugged.

She’ll get over it, he said.

Anyway, this was to be a problem because we had planned to take Chibiham to a summer barbecue with our classmates, among which was of course, Kintama. Juicy, who felt responsible for bringing the salads for that day, decided not to decline. She put on a stiff upper lip and we all went to the barbecue in Wadabori Park.

The moment Chibiham laid eyes on Kintama, she was in love. Is THAT Kintama?

Yeah, Juicy sighed, lowering her eyes.

Chibiham, don’t get any ideas, I thinned my eyes at my cousin.

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