Russian Sushi

In a Japanese animation television series, Durarara!! there is a large Russian man named Simon Brezhnev that is trying to make a living in a sushi restaurant in Ikebukuro, Japan. Throughout the series Simon can be seen passing out flyers to people, or in some rare episodes he actually makes the sushi. Even though Simon is very knowledgeable with the Japanese language, which is funny because only thing you hear him say is,"Eat Russian sushi," or "Sushi good for you."

Yes, the sushi restaurant makes Russian sushi not Japanese--some of the fish they served are pretty weird to Japanese people's point of view. Anyway, due to Simon's tall height, dark skin, and heavy Russian accent he tends to scare potential customers away; people even toss the pamphlets as soon as Simon hands them one. The good news is that Simon isn't treated differently since he's the only other staff in the restaurant, Russia Sushi, aside the current owner--the only thing that seemed harsh for him was that people ignored him whenever he tried to hand someone one of his restaurant's ads. Then again, don't people normally do that anyway?