Part of me always worries they'll send me some weird Chinese fake, you know? This is where real Tamagotchi meets pastel. I already had the purple one and wasn't planning on getting the white one but when I stumbled upon it with Prime shipping I couldn't refuse! Being able to read Japanese helps, but you won't. You don't need to be able to read at all to play and enjoy Japanese Tamagotchi. Also, Japanese Tamasas CAN connect with the English Tamagotchi ON app and marry any Tamagotchi you meet in the app. I haven't tested sending Japanese Tama items from English app, but I know you can't send Japanese Tama items or background images to English Tama. Definitely! Very satisfied, works great, I'm thrilled :)