OldClassicGamer wrote:JeffreyHikariKurai wrote:I also really hate how most people think Japan is otaku wonderland whilst in reality Japan isn't all that great, I've heard stuff about it, pretty bad stuff. Japanese people are generally very non-accepting to foreigners.
People need to know that word Otaku is insult in Japan.
In many cases, people will dislike you if you are too annoying about Anime and stuff.
But many of "bad stuff" about Japan you mention is also way too much based on stereotypes.
Well actually the word Otaku used to be an insult. Nowadays it has become pretty mainstream, it's like the Far East version of geek or nerd.
About Anime and stuff, people will dislike you if you make them feel that their country is only valuable because some guys wrote manga. Island people tend to value their culture, though they don't brag about it. I came to Japan with another French exchange student and though she enjoyed living in Japan, she didn't make a lot of friends their. She is the stereotype of the otaku girl knowing only manga, watching anime all day, listening to some weird J-Pop (btw, the J-Pop that we have here and then one on Japanese Charts are quite different), and a bit of history in order to know the difference between a katana and a wakizashi. A girl like you can see thousands at Japan Expo. Actually she is quite a nice girl but she can't seem to realize that her behavior excluded herself from making friend back in Senior High. The video I posted, I actually found it on her Facebook timeline
And from my point of view, Japanese people are very accepting to foreigners. I almost never experienced xenophobic issue.
Rayfist wrote:I think this topic is good enough to share my thoughts on hentai seeing as how Raylex brought it up (also Jeff, don't double post dude)
Why are people so ridiculously afraid of hentai? I always see a lot of people on deviantart so anti-hentai. "EWWW TENTACLES, EWWW" Sure, drawing hentai isn't for everyone, I respect that. If I knew how to draw however, I'd love to draw hentai for one reason. I find it an incredibly interesting fascinating form of art. People frown upon it so often, it's just art. And it really is a very interesting form of it. The one problem I have with many hentai's though is often the really predictable plots. I like hentai's that do shit differently and really screwed up ones, like Bible Black. No it isn't a fetish of mine but I just find it very fascinating.
What bother me with hentai is the age of the protagonist. Until last year, you could draw "almost adult" or even children and nobody would bats an eye. I am really aware that Japanese/Asian people looks very young (experience is speaking
) but children are f*cking disturbing. Good thing that the Japanaese government FINALY forbidden children in hentai productions.
I have yet to do anything about it.
