Gai-Gin
is a Slice of Life Web Comic depicting the adventures of the gaijin (foreigner living in Japan) heroine Gin - hence the title. It's based on a true story from the author.
This comic provides examples of:
- Buffy Speak: "It's cakes! Shaped like penises! Man penises!"
- Citizenship Marriage: Referenced when Gin is about to be deported and asks if it would help. The Immigration worker bursts out laughing before realising Gin was serious.
- Cunning Like a Fox: Kitsunefoxy is a fox-girl and an enthusiastic liar.
- The Idiot from Osaka: Referenced. Pyon is actually fairly intelligent, but definitely has a dash of Cloud Cuckoolander:"Yaay. I eat boogers. I am boogers man."
- It Tastes Like Feet: On Japanese seafood: "Oh god it smells like a sperm whale just vomited! It ... it's like a shark's vagina!"
- Stock "Yuck!": Gin hates seafood, which, since she's in Japan, causes problems.
- Trademark Favorite Food: "I see a gyouza and I don't even remember why I was upset a moment ago!"
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Kitsunefoxy has a fox tail and ears, which appear to be natural, as they move depending on her emotions. Miki is a "cute little rotting zombie" who has bright green skin, fangs, and hovers in midair. People are frightened when Miki glomps them, but otherwise don't comment, and nobody mentions Foxy's ears at all.
- Yaoi Fangirl: Gin, to the point that she wishes Foxy wasn't lying when she (Foxy) tells her that Pyon is cheating on her with his male friend Mitchy.
- You No Take Candle: Gin's Japanese starts out very clumsy and improves significantly over time. Pyon has similar problems when trying to introduce himself in English.
