so does the author just think all european countries speak english or something then?
I’m not really sure of what the author thinks but English is mandatory from elementary school to college here in France in addition to a third language. I’m pretty sure it’s the same in Germany, Spain, Switzerland and Italy but I could be mistaken. My point is that there’s a lot of English speakers in Europe specifically among younger people with globalization and the rise of the Internet.
Japanese people tend to suck at English so Shinjou Takuya may be under the (false) impression that everybody speaks multiple languages but I believe it’s somewhat true that us Europeans are pretty much all at least bilingual.
On an unrelated note, thanks for the update Infrequent Scans!