http://jonellepatrick.me/2014/11/23/in-which-we-takedownjulienblanc-with-the-hot-blue-flame-of-loathing/

Here’s a taste: “…carving out a niche for yourself as a foreigner in Japan ain’t easy. Fresh off the boat, we arrive bearing homemade banana bread for all the neighbors, only to find that the neighbors are hellishly indifferent to banana bread. Or our passion for anime. Or our love of taiko drumming. Or our painful efforts to properly use the honorific form….”

Such a horrible man, trying to make the world more horrible than it is.

I gotta say, though, we have only his word for it how well this “works” for him and his also-despicable students. Of course he says it works like magic — that’s how he gets people to sign up for his expensive seminars. Of course he flourishes testimonials — that’s what all snake oil sellers do.

Not only does he not tell us about the failures of these unromantic-to-say-the-least techniques, he doesn’t show us photos from the ER of guys who tried this and got well and truly kicked….