This is hilarious!

The comic strip—which was published under various writers until 2005—has been so popular that in the singles scene in Japan, “Charisma Man” became a catch phrase.

“I think the character personifies the phenomenon of geeky Western nerds with beautiful Japanese girls,” Rodney said. “Charisma Man puts a face on that trend. It is a social satire of a situation which still continues in Japan.”

And given the few examples I’ve seen of it, it is quite funny and reminds me somewhat of an underground  strip from the late sixties early seventies, take a look and decide for yourself!

“Charisma Man” manipulates the superhero  genre to ridicule the often unjustified self–confidence of some foreign men in Japan. Although something of a loser in his home country Canada—the home of Charisma Man's creator—when around Japanese people the central character transforms from a skinny nerd into a muscle-bound hunk, attractive to Japanese women and admired by Japanese men.Like other superheroes, however, Charisma Man has one major weakness: “Western Woman.” Whenever in the presence of non-Japanese females his powers disappear and he becomes an unattractive, skinny wimp once more.