The WEEB In Me, A Novel by ELEGY

  ELEGYʼs coming-of-age romantic comedy debut novel, The WEEB In Me is 342 exciting pages that read like youthful entries in a travel diary. The novel is filled with the reckless, frantic, manic, surging energy and the purity of the jagged line of youth.  Each alternating chapter begins with a short haiku poem to help prepare the reader along the path. 

 In The WEEB In Me, a Novel By ELEGY, two Cherry-Boy ‘weebsʼ Alex Johnston and Remi Klauser studying abroad in Japan tell their intimate coming-of-age travel stories amid the stunning scenery of rural Japan and the serene and futurisic energy of Kyoto City.  It was like being the popular guy in high school everywhere you went in Japan.  Even guys that didnʼt look that good were hooking up easily. Except  for Alex and Remi.  

Alex Johnston is an African-American cherry-boy ‘weebʼ who shares the  series of events that leads to his transformational experience while studying  abroad in Japan. Heʼs the best at speaking Japanese—but heʼs the worse  with females.  He details his sensual encounters with three very different girls: Kay,  Kurokawa-san, and Chie-chan.  He comes close to losing his cherry-boy  status—but ruins it for himself each time. And the impact of each failure  convinces him to challenge himself and his own identity: he attempts to  become Japanese.  

 Remi Klauser tells his story about learning how to love someone else  romantically and unconditionally for the first time.  His college years so far  had been so cold and dark and lonely that he nearly flunked out—studying  Japanese is the only thing that gets him through.   But even in Japan heʼs unlucky as ever—until he meets Yoshiko. She  pops his cherry and the closer he gets to Yoshiko, and the more deeply he  falls in love with her, the more he struggles with allowing himself to love her  when they both know that it canʼt last.