oh the kanji I count as being totally related. the hirigana and katakana tho, idk ive poked at japanese a bunch and chinese a little and I can see how they're in the right family, but the difference is obvious at a glance, was even before I spoke a word of either language. not that I'm fluent.

right, yes, not technically an alphabet, but you know what I mean, and I fail at semantics. ive been on the stupid internet for the last while, and just fudged to simplicity rather than saying 'logograph'. or remembering the word >.>