Warm drinks, red leaves, holiday movies, and a whole lot of good food— it’s that time of year again! The batch of ZINEs in this month’s edition of the Mikan🍊maga(ZINE) all capture that cozy feeling that brings us all together.
ひま
About the Mikan
Sean (he/him)
Mikan Status: 3rd year JET, JHS/ES ALT in Matsuyama
ZINE Themes: Life, appreciating the everyday, cozy, Sean Time
Sean Time: reading manga, onsen trips (at least once a week), moped life, video games (esp. multiplayer), incense
Seasonal Traditions: New & Old
~to Ireland, bonfire night, Sunday roast, anything pumpkin, seasonal Starbucks, hot chocolate, blankets, walks & parks, 焼き芋 🍠
Thankful for…
🙏 Amazing people
🙏 Kids being kids; the joy of childhood
🙏 Keeping that promise to 10 yr old Sean
🙏 Loving & being loved
Then & now…and then?
Manga Smuggler (BLEACH!) → Manga, Professionally (pipe dream?)
go, Sean! がんばってね！
🍊🍊🍊
The Princess of Love Welcomed Me
About the Mikan
Gabi (she/her)
Mikan Status: 1st year JET, ES/JHS ALT in Uchiko
“The fun of art is just getting dirty and immersing yourself in the creation.”
ー Gabi
ZINE Themes: living the Ehime dream, life in poems, “where I’m meant to be”, bliss
Gabi Time: poetry (Yosa Buson) + music (Latin metal/Ricardo Arjona), wood carving, sculpting!? (soon)
Seasonal Traditions: New & Old
Smoking brisket, turkey, and tamales for Thanksgiving, Mexican hot chocolate, so much baking, Dia de los Muertos in Corpus Christi (and Uchiko!?), football (Dallas Cowboys!)
Thankful for…
🙏 Food, family, friends
🙏 Mother Nature
🙏 Being here in Japan/Ehime
🙏 JET community
🙏 Getting to enjoy life each and every day
Arigracias ✌️
Favorite Thanksgiving Main:
Brisket 🍴
Favorite Thanksgiving Side Dish:
Corn🌽 & Mashed Potatoes
(mixed together)
Favorite Thanksgiving Dessert:
Pineapple 🍍 Empanadas
Then & now…and then?
Programming → Graphic Design → Airforce → JET/Teaching → ??? (anything creative/not boring)
🍊🍊🍊
Tadaima
About the Mikan
Giselle (she/her)
Mikan Status: 1st year JET, SHS ALT in Iyo-shi
ZINE Themes: Life in Ehime, “happy to be here”, home away from home
Giselle Time: New things, places, food (💞 ice cream & sweets!), enjoying art, reading, COMICS (Young Avengers, Jim Cheung)/ Manga (D.Gray Man)
Seasonal Traditions: New & Old
family vibes~ gathering & cooking, Lasagna ー SO MUCH QUESSSOOOO, flan, staying in bed 🤣, chasing nostalgia
Thankful for…
🙏 “Where I’m from”
🙏 This year
🙏 Being here in Japan (extremely happy🥹)
🙏 Good people & friends =
all that matters
Then & now…and then?
NYC, The Bronx→ Japan (…4ever!? Maybe, yes? Maybe, no?)
We’ll have a new🍊maga(ZINE) post for you on the first of each month, so keep an eye out!
Interested in having your own ZINE? Reach out to us at themikanblog@gmail.com!
&… we, your very own 
maga(ZINE) mastermind trio (just call us the PowerZINE Mikans, your Totally ZINEs!, ZINEvana), are thankful for YOU, our readers and ZINE-sters— our lil’ artsy mikan community, for taking a lookie-loo at the Mikan maga(ZINE) each month, we 
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Stay tuned for future ZINEs, we’ve got a lot more for you to look forward to!
~ Dillon, Gizelle & Justin
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