Author Archives: Yuka

About Yuka

Reaching Alpha is a comic series about the video game developers created by Yuka.

Writing Reaching Alpha in Japan!

I’ve been in Tokyo since October.  It has been a great stay.  I went to Kamakura, Enoshima, and Hakone for onsen.  Onsen in Hakone is like being in a heaven, so relaxing.  I also visited my family in Niigata and … Continue reading

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New Reaching Alpha

Reaching Alpha is updated with new character designs.  I got 4 strips up.  Please check them out.  I’m also supporting Pray for Japan on Kickstarter.  Pray for Japan is a documentary film about Japan earthquake that destroyed coastal area of … Continue reading

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Relaunch of Reaching Alpha Coming Soon

Hi everyone!  I have written 12 comic strips of Reaching Alpha so far and it has been a great leaning experience.  I was able to gather some comments from readers including what they like and what they don’t like about … Continue reading

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Continuing from the last strip still

Caricature Part 3 – Promotion is up.  This indicates where George is going in the story.  More to come!

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Bilingual Comic Strips

So I’ve been writing Reaching Alpha in 2 languages, English and Japanese.  I normally write in Japanese and then translate it into English.  I grew up in Japan and Japanese is my first language.  However, I have spent many years … Continue reading

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Continuing from the last strip, “Vanity” is up.

I’m updating a little early tonight for change so I can go to bed.  “Vanity” is up and it’s continuing the same theme from the last comic strip “Self-Consciousness”.  It’s May’s turn to get her caricature drawn by Jordan.  How … Continue reading

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It’s the 10th strip of Reaching Alpha.

It’s a mid-night update and “Self-consciousness” is added as the 10th strip of Reaching Alpha today.  It is exciting to hit the 10th strip and I would love to continue for more to come.  Maybe I’ll give out some T-shirts … Continue reading

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Working with George

It’s a new strip but it’s continued from the previous one.  Jay hires a monkey to work with the new tool since Ron mentions (jokingly) that the new tool is so easy to use that even a monkey can use … Continue reading

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“Which Way is the Dog Facing?” T-shirt Stree Test

So I was wearing my “Which Way is the Dog Facing?” T-shirt the other day and people responded strongly.  The design caught people’s attention and they would start talking to me about it.  I’m encouraged to wear it again!  Hey, … Continue reading

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My new comic strip is up.

New Tool

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