1-107: New main character emerges in the dojo...

 

1-106: dojo bursting with energy right at the door

 

1-105: Sonny discovers more karate the deeper he first enters the dojo...

 

Vol-1, story moment #104, happy karate kids!

 

Vol-1; story moment #103, Sonny can't even get through the Tokyo dojo entrance yet!

 

Vol-1: story moment #102, the first time arriving at a Japanese dojo!

 

Vol-1: story moment #101, "kusai!", (stinky!)

 

Vol-1, story moment #100, differences in the level of cleanliness...

Side note, the author dumped orange juice all over himself on his very first 11hr flight to Tokyo...

 

Vol-1, story moment #99, "sentaku" means laundry

 

Vol 1: story moment #98, Tokyo's balcony's are used for...

 

Vol-1, story moment #97, the privates are drying in public🤣

 

Vol-1: story moment #97, the comedian "mood maker"

 

Vol-1: story moment #96: Kaz is his own best audience...

 

Vol-1, story moment #96, fun before the storm

 

Vol-1: story moment #95, uncharacteristic character

 

Vol-1: story moment #94, Sonny's first great karate discovery is about to happen...

 

Vol-1; story moment #93, two world collide

 

Vol-1: story moment #92... "guzen", coincidence

 

Vol-1: story moment #91, a backstory starts...

 

Vol-1: story moment #90, entering Tokyo for the first time...

 

Vol-1: #89: Sonny's on his way to visit his first Japanese dojo...

 

Vol 1; story moment #88 sleep? dojo? sleep? dojo?

 

Vol-1: story moment #87, the dojo is calling so sleep can wait

 

Vol-1: story moment #86: what does one see for the first time?

 

Vol-1, story moment #85, Sonny starts driving into Tokyo for the first time

 

All the characters are fictional, some an amalgamation based on numerous people. "Kaz" is based on 3 guys from 3 different places (Kyushu, Shiga & Tokyo), and only 1 lived outside Japan as a student briefly.

Vol-1; story moment #84, more to Sonny's only Japan contact than meets the eye

 

Vol-1: story moment #83, growing up or grown up?

 

Vol 1: story moment #82, using -san for your own name??

 

Vol-1: story moment #81: will Sonny become Charisma Man...?

 Charisma Man was an old comic book strip in Japan, check on google, quite funny!

Vol-1: story moment #80: making friends already

 

Volume 1: story moment #79 - Sonny is late...

 Always be 5 minutes early, never several years later...

Volume 1; story moment #78

A friendly face in the massive crowd.

 

Volume 1; story moment #77: crazy nonsensical English is everywhere on this archipelago

 

Volume 1; story moment #76, smooshing of cultures in all directions

 

Volume 1; story moment #75... Narita Tokyo Airport arrivals lounge... packed!

 

Volume 1: story moment #74

 Collar turned up... plaid pressed pants😯

Volume 1: story moment #73

 

Volume 1: story moment #72

 The "two-handed formal pass" for giving someone something important... learn it well :)

Volume 1: story moment 71

 

Volume 1: story moment #70

 "Sonny Leads" is a fictional story with fictional characters, but the events all happened, sometimes more common than people might have thought possible.

Volume 1: story moment #69

 

Volume 1: story moment #68

 

Volume 1: story moment #67

 

Volume 1: story moment #66

 

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