This isn't technically correct - writing tools are enabled by default on standard macOS text controls, but there is a one-line API to disable them on any given one. Scrivener can absolutely disable them (and, AFAIK, all other Apple Intelligence features) in their own apps if they wanted to.

KQV is a classic case of spectacle winning. It was the most *impressive* game of that year. I remember it well - the graphics *were* astounding, and it introduced a point-and-click system that everyone (including Lucasarts) ended up adopting. Being the worst design of the bunch didn't matter.

Your best bet outside of ordering online is probably a Gyomu Super, which is a chain of supermarkets specializing in bulk and food-industry products. They are few and far between inside Tokyo (much more common in the suburbs), but there seems to be one in Ueno.

I don't have songs to suggest, but if there's a chance to do more karaoke with you before you leave, I'd gladly take it!

Japanese Donald is Koichi Yamadera, who's also Japanese Genie (because he's the official VA for Robin Williams). And also Cowboy Bebop's Spike Spiegel and Yakuza's Akiyama and a million other iconic roles.

In case no one else mentioned it yet, point your translator app to the cardboard box. It has instructions for opening the case.

My discovery today is that while I've heard of Pink Lady (and know some of their more famous songs) because they were a big act here, I didn't realize they were also briefly famous in the US in the early '80s!

...Just for accuracy sake, this is actually a '70s song!

[Internet detective mode spoling the fun] These are the aging '80s pop duo Pink Lady singing one of their '80s hits. The photo is Shunichi Tokura (when he was much younger), who composed the song and many other pop hits, who is now the commissioner of a cultural agency and doesn't seem to be dead.

This is a Japanese product. The box is written in English because English is cool, but the names are supposed to be meaningful to Japanese players, not western ones.

Pretty much all narcotics of any kind are taboo here. It's also why there's a tiny amount of legal anti-depressant medicine compared to most other countries.

For standard ice cream bars, I pretty much exclusively eat the Parm brand - anything else pales in comparison.

I am nowhere good enough for interpretation! I have so much respect for people who can do it - going back and forth in real time in two languages would be a nightmare to my brain...

(pedant hat on), アパート usually refers to the entire apartment *building*. The actual apartments are most often called 部屋 ("heya", which is also the word for "room"). And don't get me started about the difference between アパート and マンション. Loan words are weird!

The way westerners tend to accent 3-syllable Japanese names drives me crazy. Rule of thumb: say *any* three-syllable Japanese word, names included, the way you say "Jennifer". It's not like you don't have the pattern.

My understanding is that they still can't pronounce some of their own character names correctly, though (I hear this second hand - I've only listened to the Japanese cast which has some of my favorite VAs and I just can't imagine anyone else doing the voices)