One topic of discussion is should there be Japanese characters in this world even though there is no Japan? We’ve made a point to make sure that there’s no anachronisms in the comic (within reason anyway; the characters do speak English), but a ninja is a Japanese concept, and we call them as such because that’s the only word we have to describe them (we don’t like fantasy novels that make up words for things we already have in reality).

So, the use of Japanese characters is still something we are thinking about. We have English signage in the story, and many design cues from cultures that are inspired from places like Japan where we just come up with a different name for that country in the comic. So, we have English being spoken, people have English, Welsh, German, Greek, and Japanese names (to name a few). Can we go the next step with having the Japanese language shown, or any other language for that matter? My opinion is probably, so long as we are consistent and don’t mention things that would be pop-culture.

BUT! The story is still being written, so that could change (not the pop-culture part, those are definitely not going to be in the comic).

I like the your attention to detail by including the plastic water dispenser in the background 🙂