(And this is of interest to me, because the person 
bids on some of the same series I do.  Not all, I 
looked through their feedback and found things 
like a yaoi cel from a series I haven't seen.  
But there is some crossover.)

MikaNoNamida is some surfer guy in Long Beach, 
California, who got an inheritance when his rich 
parents died in a yachting accident.  Supposedly 
the poor guy needs to buy cels to console his 
grief, because otherwise he'd probably turn to 
drugs or something (they are plentiful in southern 
CA, I lived in Orange County for a few years and 
was quite happily... uh, never mind, I was young).

I'm sure many of us would say drugs are cheaper 
than cels, and possibly safer in some ways, but 
the person I know who at least claims to know 
MikaNoNamida told me that his rich parents taught 
him that drugs are evil and buying lots of stuff 
is The American Way.  So he's trying to follow 
their advice to honour their now-gone lives.

As to why he seems to speak fluent Japanese...  I 
was curious about that so I asked our supposed 
mutual acquaintance (I think it's real, but since 
there are other tales I'm not so sure anymore).  
Apparently at one point MikaNoNamida's parents 
took in a Japanese exchange student.  His good for 
nothing brother was sent to Japan in her place, 
and never came back.  This exchange student was a 
big fan of anime and cels, and used to buy a lot 
through Yahoo Japan.  MikaNoNamida would watch 
her, and wound up learning what to leave in 
feedback and what to say to sellers and that kind 
of thing.

I'm not sure how he gets cels that don't ship 
internationally.  It might be because he's getting 
some help from his good for nothing brother who 
still lives there.  Supposedly they were rebonded 
a little by the deaths of their parents, so they 
don't really want to see each other but they do 
exchange email from time to time.

I'll probably check into this a little more, 
because I'm a nosey person.

-Jasmine, an enquiring mind