With Japan and Abe's cabinet trying to maneuver into a position from which they can amend article 9 of their constitution, do you guys think we will see more militaristic/nationalistic anime in the future? Not even talking about manime, could be cute girls doing cute things with military stuff like GuP, but with a more patriotic tone.Do you think we will see a change at all in anime with the ever changing and tense political climate we find ourselves in currently?
>>141176437
Maybe I should have made this thread on /pol/, but I really wanted it to be a discussion about possible changes the political climate might cause in anime specifically. I doubt /pol/ would manage to keep it on the anime topic and instead would derail any real discussion.
>>141176437
Yes, expect more inane shit like cute girls doing military stuff and the occassional long black haired japanese nationalist girl insewrted to rant about yamato damashii and how all those koreans and chinese want to prey on poor japan.
In the end, Manime is dead in a nationalist environment as designed by Abe and LDP - because that would be too grim and realistic and be counterproductive to the cause of goating young people to join the SDF and to woo the general population to 'support the troops'. A Ultra-Violent 80s manime would actually show the brutality of war and be understood as anti-war show. Which they were, in some way, since Japan in the 80s was more liberal in their public leanings than nowadays.
So, enjoy more GUP, Haifuri, KanColle etc. masking war-propaganda as otaku pandering shit.
>>141177277
I wonder if Based Abe likes moe anime as much as Tarou Asou did
Well, we already had Gate and it's portrayal of JSDF as the Good Guys Who Can Do No Wrong while simultaneously representing the media as lying bastards and other countries as incompetent retards.
It's basically cryptofascist crap, but I liked it anyway.
>>141177625
Agreed, but I didn't like it and dropped it.
Attack on Titan, or:
- why a defensive posture equals guaranteed loss against an implacable enemy which you can neither appease nor run away from
- how the current government is both corrupt and based on a lie
- why the solution is the restoration of True And Pure Royal Blood to the throne (see: Meiji Restoration)
- why life is an an unending violent struggle where you can only win by becoming a living weapon
- humanity needs lebensraum
c-r-y-p-t-o-f-a-s-c-i-s-t
>>141176437
The sooner the masses realize it the better.
Japs have to understand that the gooks and chinks want them dead and their grudge will not disappear, so they have to prepare their army.
>>141177277
Based Japan.
>>141177277
>>141177625
>>141178052
Do you guys expect it to take a more realistic war glorification approach in the future? By this I mean more realism in the plots and characters, rather than in the depiction of violence. More anime about overcoming an outside threat, about being assertive, about embracing more traditional values, about asserting your place in the world by all means necessary etc.
>>141176437
I actually wouldn't be surprised to find some of the older generation of animators who are generally rather anit-war picking up their activity in response.
>>141176437
>Japan gets military
>Spineless faggot China decides to make a move because muh nanking a bloo bloo
>Japan defending itself
>America realizes that now is the perfect chance to fuck up China for protecting Worst Korea, while also defending their ally
>Remove China
>Remove Worst Korea with ease
>World fears the American Nihon alliance
>Islam is next
This; for example, will never be shown in any future war-themed anime.
Except the perpetrators depicted are Japan's enemies.
>>141178439
Miyazaki did this with The Wind Rises and received a ton of flak for it. Now this is Miyazaki we are talking about, if he can barely get away with doing it, I doubt most others would try.
>>141178559
>2016
>Japan
>Defeating China
HAHAHAHA
Most likely, Japan would unilaterally sue for peace once their capital ships, their BMD-capable Aegis destroyers, are sunk by the hundreds of ASBMs China will unleash on them.
Japan is completely defenseless without them, and the US will not risk the loss of their entire pacific fleet and a large chunk of their global power-projection capabilities to wage war against China. Because remember: The US also has to have enough carriers left over to keep Russia and Iran down.
>>141178104
Oh sweet, this is getting an adaptation? Holy shit I am hyped. A more serious take on cute girls doing military shit.
There's already Kankore.
Mark my words and heed my warning, Japan is raising an army of otaku super soldiers. And they will get a commemorative cute girl trading card for every five confirmed kills, so they will be without mercy. Prepare yourselves.
>>141178694
G Reco had the guys trying to change the national defense force into an offensive military as the show's main villains. I was honestly surprised that the netouyos didn't throw a shitfit over the show.
Then again, Tomino is a known for being pretty strongly anti-war in his themes, considering that the villains in Gundam are basically Imperial Japan. There's a reason why Gundam and Ghibli were listed as the two types of anime most responsible for brainwashing Japan by that patriotic anime list netouyo site that an anon linked on /a/ once.
>>141178862
Please take your China v Jap v US v Rus v XYZ bullshit to /pol/. If it isn't about how it affects anime, don't post here.
>>141176437
I doubt it will change much. After all, anime isn't owned by the government.
>>141179014
>Otaku super soldiers
>And they are all wizards>reborn in a RPG world with superpowers
>>141179021
>I was honestly surprised that the netouyos didn't throw a shitfit over the show.
Too dumb to understand it
>>141177277
Cute girls aren't for young people, they're for obese middle aged men and they wouldn't be accepted on the army anyway.
>>141179044
It will affect anime.
Imagine Japan losing to China in a modern day war.
Man, the amount of anal-devastation will be a killing blow against their entire nationalist discourse, which is based on their deep illusion of cultural, technological and racial superiority vs. all those mainland asian races.
Anime will be transformed for sure. Probably as dramatic as Japan's defeat at the hand of the US And probably even more, since at least they could rationalize that defeat with the long-propagated and believed racial superiority of the white man, which has kickstarted their own Meiji reforms in the first place. Nukes and WWII americock-rape was just a later confirmation of that already widely held notion.
But a defeat at the hands of "dirty cockroaches" like the Shinajin? Holy hell. Collective sudoku would be appropriate.
>>141178559
You're are forgetting two things:
1) In a globalized economy, attacking a big country, or even a medium sized one is shooting yourself in the foot. If you destroy their economy, you severily damage yours as well (China attacking Japan is the perfect example of economic suicide).
And many other aspects beside economy, read some Umberto Eco about this.
2) Nuclear weapons. MAD.
>>141179297
Stop, anon. You'd be (you) to death by turboweebs.
>>141179297
No, you are intentionally derailing the thread with /pol/ tier powerlevel comparisons of countries.
OP didn't ask about "how will anime change after china bumfucks japan", the discusion was to be about (and has been until you turned up) how the current political cilmate might change anime.
Either read the OP and take part in the discussion properly, or GTFOor tits, obviously
This will never be made again.
>>141178439
Maybe Oshii will make a comeback. I'm hoping for more Patlabor or Jin-ro
>>141179632
>Jin-ro
Why don't more anime feature the good old sexy MG-42?
>>141177625
Wasn't gate about JSDF trying to make peace with a bunch of "outsiders" wanting to prevent war at all costs? I haven't actually seen the anime so correct me if I am wrong.
>>141179297
>>141178862
Chinese delusions are always interesting to read, not as interesting as American ones when it comes to pretending that they don't care about yurope but at least it is somewhat entertaining.
>>141179731
They aren't pretending. Americans don't care or even know about any other country
>>141179681
The guys casually hipfiring the MG42's triggered me a tad. I had to pause the film, close my eyes and repeat "this will not break my immersion, this will not break my immersion, this will not break my immersion" to myself for a minute before I could continue watching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B57dW3A-DT0
>>141179021
>that patriotic anime list netouyo site that an anon linked on /a/ once.
You mind linking it again?
>>141179704
They do in fact "make peace" by slaughtering their whole armies and intervening in local politics.
Basically what the US is doing in the Middle East atm. The Winning hearts and mind thing while destroying your nation thing.
>>141179297
>one (1) aircraft carrier
im fucking dying
>>141179297
>their deep illusion of cultural, technological and racial superiority vs. all those mainland asian races
t. gook
https://youtu.be/74V4BOF5IAg?t=1m46s
>>141179999
>Basically having power armor
>Being able to shoot from your hips in any position
It kinda made sense. If you accepted the power armor part.
And actually i don't care about that. I just want to see more good old sexy MG-42.
>>141180104
China itself is the carrier.
Millions of square miles of tunnels, filled with missiles. And tiny Japan is so close by.
>>141179297
>illusion
I'd say Japs kicking Chink's asses again and again despite being a small island nation kinda proves their superiority.
>>141180194
>ONE (1) CARRIER
>>141180164
You want to claim that a demonstration like this is allowed in any other civilized western country?
If this is not a mirror of the Japanese psyche, what is it then?
>>141180194
Except of course that the actual aircraft carrier is Japan.
>>141180078
Aight, well, might give it a try then, nothing more entertaining than seeing something get fubar.
>>141180239
Japan only won one time against China. That was the 1st sino japanese war of 1895.
ONE (1) TIME.
The last few attempts they lost. The hardest during Tang-era, which is why they begun copying the entire Chinese system and language. Japs always copy from the people who kicked their asses. It is in the nature of the dwarfs of Wa to be buttlickers of the winners, no matter if they just got a spear up their asses, or two nukes.
>>141180273
What's the problem with that.
>>141180365
Right, 'only' one time. That's why chinks are still desperate to push the Nanking myth.
>>141180273
That is allowed and occurs within the United States to name one. The right of protest and free speech is protected presuming you file the right paperwork and follow the law.
>>141180273
People should be free to express their opinion no matter how extreme. Most western countries seem to have forgotten about this concept.
>>141180273
>moons have more freedom of speech than I have in supposedly free yurop
end me
>>141180280
small island and population centers basically so closeby that one single megaton hit will wipe them out.
also, all their island bases are in range of chinese missiles. China even has a missile system that they call Okinawa-express, for that purpose.
>>141180489
>the People's Republic of China is so dirt poor they can't afford a second aircraft carrier
>>141180424
>That's why chinks are still desperate to push the Nanking myth.
When even a Nazi (Look up John Rabe) calls you out on it. It's as bad as it seems.
>>141180011
Took me a while to find it in the archives.
http://www35.atwiki.jp/kolia/pages/1831.html
Reminder that Miyazaki and Tomino are anti-Japanese leftists responsible for corrupting the pure Yamato damashii of the people.
>>141180239
I think I read somewhere that Japan tried to invade Korea twice during the Silla and Joseon. Ming and Tang dynasties stopped both. If anything, Ancient Japan couldn't beat Ancient China.It's just modern chinks are shit.
>>141180571
Don't forget it's about to collapse into barbaric Warlord-tier infighting... again.
Is that really what a 21st century superpower should look like?
>>141180596
>pure Yamato damashii of the people.
Japs are just Island Koreans ya know.
>>141180365
I bet you're that CPC shill that keeps spamming chinese "anime" threads
>>141180164
When he talks about farmers being beaten as punishment and drinking poowine to stop the wound from getting infected, is he sure that is why they drank it? Sounds to me like that would just be an extension of the punishment.
>>141180573
I don't care about what some Kraut says.
>>141180424
Nanking was just an especially bad Japanese chimp-out. It was a chimp out born from butthurt that the 'cockroaches' actually started to fight back and dealt them losses. See, the Jap is not so tough, when he's getting stuck in the mud that is a protracted land-war in asia. Hence, why he murdered hundred thousands of civilians just so that he could deal with his angst issues.
Chinese remember that very well, which is why the upcoming Chinese Type 055 heavy missile cruiser lead ship, with a firepower surpassing all Japanese and US ships, will be named Nanjing and armed with nuclear tipped cruise missiles, while deployed close to Japan.
>>141180625
Mixed with Chink. Hybrid is strong.
>>141180571
since thread is already derailed, let me tell you that they actually are building a 2nd carrier.
They plan to have six to eight by 2030.
>>141180688
Oh man, chinks are still this upset. I love it when your English deteriorates.
>>141180596
Why do japanese websites so often feel like I entered a time machine and went back to the 90s? Don't they have any web designers among their 100million strong population?
>>141180760
>Internet Explorer is still the most used browser in Japan
I admire their sense of retro tech usage.
>>141180760
Japan is like that irl too. Nothing has changed since the bubble burst
>>141180760
Wait, you -like- the shitty Javascript-bloated web 2.0 design Western websites have?
Well nobody is going to discuss anime and bitching each other.
>>141180734
>>141180734
>since thread is already derailed
You are literally the only one causing this.
>>141180873
dumb weebshits who started it caused this.
I'm just their reckoning.
>>141176437
We already sort of are. GATE and Haifuri have cross promotion deals with the JSDF
>>141180817
>he doesn't disable scripts
>>141180873
>>141180867
>>141178559
Well, this kid triggered a chink. Now it's a /pol/ thread.
>>141178862
We're all shaking in our boots here over the people who build our iPhones for a dollar a day, really.
Make Japan Great Again?
>>141180908
No, you have been derailing from the start turning this thread into, as I said before, a /pol/ powerlevel thread.
Go away, we were discussing possible changes in anime before you entered the thread. go back to being Chinese somewhere where we can't see you.
>>141179297
Japan would get the shit kicked out of them by the Chinese
PLA if they had to fight the war by themselves
>>141180688
>the upcoming Chinese Type 055 heavy missile cruiser lead ship, with a firepower surpassing all Japanese and US ships, will be named Nanjing
And that's why it'll be extra sweeter when it gets sinked.
>>141180983
Iphones are currently getting BTFO in China by Xiaomi. Like, it isnt even funny anymore. Apple sucks so much cocks.
>>141181036
128 large diameter VLS-cells, each loading up to four HHQ-16C SAM = 1024 missiles for spamming the shit out of the entire anti-ship missile arsenal that the Japanese possess.
>>141180688
>>141181036
>Naming something after a great historical event
>That event is also something that outrages your people till today
It's like they want it to be either sunk meaninglessly or some shit.
OP here, can a mod terminate the thread, this is clearly not working thanks to this singular Chinese faggot not being able to contain his autism.
>>141181158
what exactly did you expect
>>141181158
Don't. This is hilarious seeing weebs and chinks going at it at eachother.
>>141177625
GATE was shit. I hated it. I hated the dumb pandering and otaku lead.
I hated how the JSDF was so powerful. Not because I hate armies. No, because the fantasy army they were fighting was so inferior in terms of power, that it completely robbed the series of tension or potential.
I also hated the Japanese dick-swinging nationalism and self-righteousness. Especially combined with how Japanese expansion mimics the Japanese rhetoric of "Enlightenment" that was employed by the Empire during World War II, and the imperialism before that.
I guess when your country has been in decline for 20 years and has been dominated by other western powers, you can always turn to fiction to get the power-fantasies you want.
>>141181213
Where are the weebs?
>>141180921
>GATE and Haifuri have cross promotion deals with the JSDF
>Weebshits enlist because a slice of life kawaii schoolgirl anime,
>Enter an enlisted life of hazing, abuse and mediocre military life.
>Especially in a confucian culture like Japan where hazing is widely practiced.
Oh man, I don't want to imagine weak otakus like Pvt. Kyle suffering in a military boot camp scenario ala FMJ.
On 2nd thought, that would be a nice anime idea.
>Slice of life School girl Boot camp X FMJ
>You get US GI School and Viet Cong Schools fighting each other in quasi High school exhibition matches
>>141181190
The thread was going fine, and it would have continued going fine, /a/ out of all places is usually a place that adheres to "anime or manga or gtfo".
I simply did not expect a Chinese guy to enter the thread to spread his disgusting nationalism.
>>141181135
The US could build something strong enough to pulverize it in a matter of days.
>>141181264
>Where are the weebs
>/a/
I'm merely guessing but it's the most likely group of people here on /a/ discussing about jap nationalism.
>>141181264
>Where are the weebs?
Giving (You)'s to the Chinkposter
>>141181252
Yeah how DARE the Japanese display a sense of nationalism. The vile savages.
>>141181284
>I simply did not expect a Chinese guy to enter the thread to spread his disgusting nationalism.
Well your thread is about Japanese Nationalism after all. It is quasi related as the Chinese are depicted as the typical Japanese enemy similar to the Russians to the US.
>>141181272
I actually enjoy my military life thank you very much.
>>141181343
>>141181340
Show me an example because I don't think you know what a weeb is.
>>141177277
>you will never conquer East Asia with Tougou
Why even live? ;_;
>>141177277
Japan!
>>141181415
>I actually enjoy my military life thank you very much.
That's great anon.
But in East Asian cultures, the hazing/bullying is on a whole new level. Confucian Hierarchies is tough shit.
Even the Japanese princess got hazed.
>>141181394
No, the thread isn't about japanese nationalism, that is what the chink read into it so he could come in with his "china so great" posts.
If you refuse to properly read the OP then you might as well just admit that you are a derailing shitposting waste of space.
I am honestly mad at you, the chinkposter, and anyone else who is delibaretly misreadin the OP just so they can /pol/ post. You have AN ENTTRE board dedicated to that sort of powerlevel comapring bullshit, take it there.
Once again I ask a mod to close the thread, this shit is currently just encouraging crossposters to come here more often as the derailing is obviously being tolerated.
>>141181585
>Not just reporting them and not giving them a reply
you got a lot to learn.
>>141181272
Enlisted /a/nons, is the miitary really that bad? Especially for autismal people
>>141181375
I really can't take GATE seriously when the puny little JSDF can run circles around America and Russia.
And what's there to be proud about when the people you're fighting are so inept and weak?
I think the idea had potential, but the execution was awful.
>>141181585
Why don't you just leave the thread instead if you can't deal with this. You could've simply not respond to the chinkposter and ignored him. That or report him. Yet you give him more things to respond to, increasing the pointless /pol/ talk.
You're just as bad as chinkposter.
>>141181551
>Even the Japanese princess got hazed
Take a good look at Aiko, it doesn't take a genius to figure out why. No one in Japan respects her or her parents. Mako and Kako are the REAL princesses that the people will give their lives for.
>>141181665
It's about a GATE to another world. If you're still thinking about realism it's your problem.
>>141180922
>implying most websites can even function without their scripts
>or that they'll let you, like so many sites that load up completely before throwing a fit at noscript
takeshima, senkaku, etorofu all nippon clay.
nishinoshima is nippon clay as stated in haifuri.
>>141181252
>>141181665
>waaah my country's military was portrayed weaker than it actually is, I'm OFFENDED
Burgerfats, I swear
>>141181773
>No one in Japan respects her or her parents
For what reason?
>>141181783
>>141181883
That's honestly a secondary concern for me. If you think that winning over and over again without any sort of tension or struggle is entertaining to watch, then you are probably a simpleton.
>>141181585
But OP-kun,
You OP post explicitly states
> do you guys think we will see more militaristic/nationalistic anime in the future?
Your thread is basically asking other's opinions on Militarism/Nationalism and its frequency in anime.
And kudos to you OP, you've invited quite an enthusiastic audience.
No need to be butt flustered. Take it as a compliment.
If you've ever been to GATE threads, they are quite chaotic and fun.
>>141182006
I never said I care for GATE or think it is actually good..
>>141181773
>Take a good look at Aiko, it doesn't take a genius to figure out why. No one in Japan respects her or her parents.
Are you implying they're ugly? Because they are. No offense.
> Mako and Kako are the REAL princesses that the people will give their lives for.
Because they're prettier and have double eyelids and don't look like Koreans?
So it's all superficial in the end.
>>141181974
>>141182224
Let's run down the list.
Naruhito, heir apparent to the throne:
>married a woman completely unworthy of joining the Imperial Family, both in upbringing and intelligence and qualifications
>generally perceived as a joke, not very bright
Masako, his wife:
>ugly as FUCK, people call her Ushiko (ushi means cow) or Dosukoi (what sumo wrestler say)
>lazy
>unintelligent; only got into Harvard because of money
>horrible personality, no self-awareness or consideration toward others
Aiko:
>literally retarded - she clearly has a mental problem and is incapable of interacting normally with people
>ugly as FUCK
>probably bullied because she is a disgrace to the Family and unworthy of attending the traditional Gakushuin (although that school itself has declined significantly)
They're just a major disappointment all around. The Akishino family (second son) is much more popular because not only do they look good, they're more learned and cultured and act the part.
>Because they're prettier and have double eyelids and don't look like Koreans?
Mako is a little chubby and not as nice-looking as she used to be, but people still like her because she's well-spoken, compassionate, very active in representing the Imperial Family and goes around performing her duties ably - none of which the Naruhito family are capable of.
>>141176437
Fujo shit is being made because the male NEETs are being drafted into the military.
>>141177277
NO!, Expect stuff like You're A Sap Mr.Chink, Der SJW's Face and Beijing Jokyo.
>>141182474
>You're A Sap Mr.Chink, Der SJW's Face and Beijing Jokyo
>>141182556
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVYTI1tdYoA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p_SABG3SPk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn20oXFrxxg
You can thank me later.
I can't wait for the new dawn of cute girls doing patriotic things.
>>141182673
Oh, I didn't realize you were referring to Looney Tunes. I've seen stuff like that before, one was called "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips" I think.
Japan does things more subtle though, so expect more indirect stuff like SnK with characters resembling WWII generals to rustle the Koreans.
>>141182770
This >>141178104 is being adapted for anime, the Hugo Boss uniform is hardly what one might consider "subtle".
>>141182809
It's okay as long as they portray the other countries, not their own. Japan has a huge boner for Germany's trim clothes, discipline and architecture anyway. See: Kubo
>>141181252
>the fantasy army they were fighting was so inferior in terms of power that it completely robbed the series of tension or potential
Haven't watched GATE. Is it basically Japanese Salvation War? If soI think I might try it out
>>141182809
>Hugo Boss uniform
FUCKING
STOP REPEATING THIS MEME
Hugo Boss had zero hand in designing the german military's uniforms, they only helped manufacture them.
>>141182006
Sometimes you just wanna kick back and see shit get fucked up the arse.
>>141183014
>they only helped manufacture them.
Ya, so that makes it a hugo boss uniform, srry bruv.
>>141182770
Yes, except in this day of age it will be Laura Haruna Jips the Chinks.
Also.
>You're A Sap Mr. Chink, you make Tezuka cranky.
>You're A Sap Mr. Chink, Atomu is going to spanky.
>Way out sea before we're done,
>The NHK and D will sink your rising buns.
>You're A Sap Mr. Chink, you don't know Miyamoto,
>When you fight for your life, you take it on the lammy.
>When we fight the scum bags right off the bat,
>You're A Sap Sap Sap Mr. Chink.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVliFfSexWs
>>141182006
>If you think that winning over and over again without any sort of tension or struggle is entertaining to watch
That's what being American is all about - we like to win. Wars are only bad when we don't win them decisively.
>>141183078
No.
That would be like saying a Yves Laurent shirt is in fact a Ching Chong Special because they're built in some sweatshop in Guangzho.
>>141183040
>fucked up the arse.
This what Brits do during tea time?
>>141183096
>The NHK and D
What's the D stand for
>>141183014
>That same year, he became a member of the Nazi Party and a sponsoring member ("Förderndes Mitglied") of the Schutzstaffel (SS). With their help, his economic situation improved. He also joined the German Labour Front in 1936, the Reich Air Protection Association in 1939, and the National Socialist People's Welfare in 1941. After joining these organizations, his sales increased from 38,260 RM ($26,993 U.S. dollars in 1932) to over 3,300,000 RM in 1941. His profits also increased in the same time period from 5,000 RM to 241,000 RM. Though he claimed in a 1934-1935 advertisement that he had been a "supplier for National Socialist uniforms since 1924," it is probable that he did not begin to supply them until 1928 at the earliest. This is the year he became an Reichszeugmeisterei-licensed (official) supplier of uniforms to the Sturmabteilung, Schutzstaffel, Hitler Youth, National Socialist Motor Corps, and other party organizations. For production in later years of the war, Hugo Boss used prisoners of war and forced labourers, from the Baltic States, Belgium, France, Italy, Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union.[2]
>But he didn't design that one uniform so he had nothing to do with nazis
I had a kek at the sincerity of your bait.
>>141183111
Irish, it is always tea time here, so everything happens during it.
>>141176437
as long as it's not a delusional self fellating piece of shit like Gate, sure
>>141183110
and what you are saying is like saying the iPod isn't a Steve Job's product because he didn't personally design the thing.
>>141183156
Densetsu.
>>141183187
>>But he didn't design that one uniform so he had nothing to do with nazis
Please reread my post.
>>141183262
An iPod is an Apple product, not a Steve Jobs product.
>>141180273
>>141182431
But compared to European Royal Families they all seem like prodigies. Almost everyone in the Imperial Family is holding at least a graduate degree and some even seem to be leading researchers in their respective field. That's pretty impressive.
>>141180273
God bless their yamato damashi
>>141182431
In short, Osamu Tezuka should of been the Emperor post war.
>>141183380
>Mussolini
To this day I wonder how that idiot manage to get so much power.
>>141183481
Try asking that with George W Bush.
>>141183330
>An iPod is an Apple product, not a Steve Jobs product.
Nah, people view it as a Steve Jobs product, the guy is viewed as a sort demigod who brought about the new age of phones and tablets.
But ok, lets go by your logic, it isn't a Steve Jobs product, but an Apple product, because the company that made them is named "Apple".
The Nazi Uniforms were produced by the company "Hugo Boss", so it is a Hugo Boss uniform.don't forget to add some ad hominems when trying to argue your way out of this one anon-kun
>>141183408
>they all seem like prodigies
That's not saying much when their middle school math is taught in fucking Harvard.
>Almost everyone in the Imperial Family is holding at least a graduate degree and some even seem to be leading researchers in their respective field
No doubt many of them are actually smart, but others are just rich people with a lot of money and their studies overseas is really just an excuse to see the world.
>>141183481
He was appointed and certainly no idiot.
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>>141176437
If anything we will see more anime about no good adults throwing children into a war only evil adults want.
>>141183561
Nah, they're wehrmacht uniforms, not Hugo Boss dot tm uniforms.
Doing work for a government is different from producing things for general sale.
>>141183645
>>141183481
it's hard to instill a nationalistic fervor when half the country doesn't feel "italian" and was united just over 100 years ago.
Not for lack of trying though, but compare the history and empire-building of modern-era germany with that of italy.
>>141183650
>More Now and then, Here and There
I can live with this.
>>141183716
>Doing work for a government
Hugo Boss was more than a mere contractor during the Nazi regime. It is a Hugo Boss uniform. not that this argument matters, nobody is buying into your absurd side of it anyway, nor will they ever.
>>141183553
>Try asking that with George W Bush.
Not even Dubya could ever hope to achieve the same level of incompetence.
>>141183645
>Tried to micromanage his whole nation, down to individual newspaper censorship
>Split his divisions in two so could claim to have double his army without recruting a single soldier
>Manage to get his shit pushed by fucking Greece, of all the nations
>Not a idiot
Yeah, right.
Slightly off topic, but I definitely feel that shows like GuP and KanColle have made me a lot less sensitive about WWII.
It's funny how Japan gets away with glorifying WWII, but Germany will likely get a shitload of flak if they made a comedy about the Holocaust.
>>141183772
What ridiculous side of history?
They're not Hugo Boss designed uniforms, this is historical fact, he never designed them.
He merely assisted in producing them.
>>141183878
>comedy about the Holocaust
What I would do for this.
>>141183878
It's Germany that's the exception, not Japan.
In Italy, Mussolini's granddaughter is a politician who says he did nothing wrong, and Il Duce himself is still buried in a rather nice mausoleum that gets flowers from visitors.
>>141183831
You're stupid, that's not how fascism works. As for army related topics, Italy simply had a really shitty command structure, unorganized and incompetent. Corrupt generals just add to the misery.
Mussolini didn't "get his shit pushed in by the Greeks". The Greek knew they were coming and had a good amount of time to prepare. Italy just had incompetence in all ranks of the military, add the fact that North Italians didn't give a shit about any of this anyways and you have problem.
>>141183878
Japan just got away a lot lighter than the Germans in general. Then again, the Germans were a massive threat, unlike the Japs who were actually really shitty in retrospect.
>>141183878
>It's funny how Japan gets away with glorifying WWII, but Germany will likely get a shitload of flak if they made a comedy about the Holocaust.
Mostly from within Ger- "We're sorry" -many.
>>141183831
I see then.
>>141183921
His company made them ergo they are Hugo Boss produced uniforms used by the army/SS.
You seem to be confusing the name of the person with the name of the company, which in this case are the same.
>>141183626
I don't know why the Imperial family seems to like going to college in Ireland so much.
Do they like Irish potatocock or something?
Also, isn't one of the non-royal families that married into the royal line Christian or something? I heard that they send their kids to a hoity-doity Christian school (which is stupid considering regardless of the lineage of that school, you're marrying the "soul" of a nation due to their god-king myth; something of a faux-pas, I feel).
>>141183878
>Germany will likely get a shitload of flak if they made a comedy about the Holocaust.
They do it to themselves. There's no such thing as patriotism in Germany now, and look at all the refugees they're letting in to make a statement.
>>141184166
You mean nationalism, not patriotism. Nationalism in general is rather rare nowadays.
Hope so. Maybe I could become a military engineer in japan, and work on battle mechs, and other military equipment
>inb4 they'd never let gaijins in the industry
>>141184217
>>inb4 they'd never let gaijins in the industry
They will, but you need an N2 or higher.
>yfw N4 pleb.
>>141184217
>disturbing Japanese homogeneity
>>141184217
No, no, much like any homogeneous industrialized nation, skilled foreigners are appreciated working in industry; it's just that they won't get any social respect or status, and if you're not within your own foreign contract company and instead in an indigenous one, you won't get shit in the way of promotions that actually mean leadership opportunities.
>>141184296
>>141184217
>Implying they'd let you marry their women and make their weapons for equal pay as the locals.
I too had weeb fantasies. But that's just going too far.
>>141184296
This. You wouldn't be fixing cool shit and fucking hot kanmusu as an E-1.
>>141184165
>Do they like Irish potatocock or something?
Probably just familiarity.
>Hey your father attended that one school in Dublin, it was nice, remember when we visited a few years ago?
>Yeah I think I'll go to school there
As for Christianity, it's really toned down in their society. No one gets shit for being a Christian but it's more folded into their philosophy towards living life, if that makes sense, rather than people making a big show of going to church etc. Their idea of religion is different from the West - it's more of a cultural/traditional treasure than a genuine belief in the divine.
>>141184208
I have a friend who's a German foreign exchange student and she says they don't even fly their national flag at buildings. And surely you've seen that webm of Merkel snatching the flag out of a minister's hand and shaking her head disapprovingly. They try so hard.
>>141184368
>I have a friend who's a German foreign exchange student and she says they don't even fly their national flag at buildings. And surely you've seen that webm of Merkel snatching the flag out of a minister's hand and shaking her head disapprovingly. They try so hard.
The Krauts are just self repressive, give em a couple years before they go full Reich on Europe again.
>>141184368
>they
You're talking to a German. We do fly our flag, Britain is the proud country that seems to think it is racist towards immigrants to fly the Union Jack.
>>141184368
I still feel any linkage to a branch of the family that is religious enough to outright favor a minority religion is bad news; Japan picks up enough ideas from the West fucks them up fierce when it tries it for itself. Abe and the other rightists in the Diet are already fucking shit up with their inane Westernized censorship laws for the 2020 Olympics.
Should have told any prissy foreigners to shut up and suck it up, but no, they have to fuck up freedoms previously enjoyed by the Japanese to fit an impossible (and needlessly restraining) idea of propriety.
Last thing needed in Japan is any rise of Christian movements (which would do anything Christian completely wrong) and maligns the majority beliefs in the process.
>>141184070
>You're stupid, that's not how fascism works.
What does fascist theorical or practical ramifications have to do with the man competence?
> As for army related topics, Italy simply had a really shitty command structure, unorganized and incompetent. Corrupt generals just add to the misery.
So did the URRS, and yet the managed to actually put their shit together and prevail against what as the world most well trained and well leaded army.
>Mussolini didn't "get his shit pushed in by the Greeks".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Italian_War#Campaign
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Spring_Offensive
>The Greek knew they were coming and had a good amount of time to prepare. Italy just had incompetence in all ranks of the military, add the fact that North Italians didn't give a shit about any of this anyways and you have problem.
Actually, the invasion came as shock to both the greeks and the germans, largely because Italy was already fighting in North Africa and Hitler was worried that if Greece joined the Allies, England would be able to use greek air bases to bomb romanian oil fields.
>>141184368
>Merkel snatching the flag out of a minister's hand and shaking her head disapprovingly.
I love how this backfired so hard that it almost felt like she did it knowing it would backfire to create controversy and more awareness of the "we so sorry" meme the Germans are getting tired of. it was like some sort of elaborate reverse troll.too bad it isn't and we are dealing with the devil incarnate
>>141184483not him but
>We do fly our flag
You do?
>>141184296
>N4 pleb
I met my own kind. I passed the december exam. Except, Im worse than before because Im focusing my time on studying engineering.
>>141184348
>>141184352
As long as im happy, its okay. Besides, people irl hate me regardless of what nationality they are.
>>141184597
>Besides, people irl hate me regardless of what nationality they are.
Why's that anon?
I did not know there was a universally hated race out there.
>>141184536
>yfw they intepret Christianiy the Raildex/DxD way.
>Alternatively they just look at the crusades and their take home message from it is "fuck up outsiders".
I would be surprisingly ok with that desu senpai-kun
>>141184537
It has something to do with the fact that he doesn't do everything on his own. Italian incompetence is to blame here. The Soviets "put their shit together because of a number of reasons, none of which are relevant to Italian incompetence. Italy didn't even understand the concept of logistics, the Soviets are a completely different beast which was also not fully mobilized and found itself on the back foot.
I don't know what these links are supposed to prove, Mussolini was no general, of course he had his own share of incompetent decisions but the non existent quality of the Italian military, general staff and so on is to blame. No, Greeks were prepared and that is also the only reason why the managed to actually hold their own against the Italians.
>>141184691
where do you think we are, this is the hubbub of social misfits and outcasts who aren't wanted or do not want to be wanted.
>>141184597
>I met my own kind. I passed the december exam. Except, Im worse than before because Im focusing my time on studying engineering.
Japanophile Engineers unite!
Yeah, not having enough time to study Japanese is suffering. But at least I'm not a double major! I know two CS/EE double majors, and they're already three years behind schedule because they bit off more than they can chew.
>>141184536
>Last thing needed in Japan is any rise of Christian movements
kek
This will never happen. Seriously. Virtually every aspect of their culture - holiday, cuisine, etiquette and code of conduct, customer service, craftsmanship, everything - was built one way or another on Shinto/Buddhism. The thing with the Olympics is probably a compromise, because Abe and Co. make a point of not giving a fuck what the West thinks in terms of social values and progressivism. I was in Kyoto a couple summers back and met two Mormon kids on bikes, white shirt and tie and all, trying to talk to the locals about their faith. They told me (nearly in tears, because they hadn't spoken in English for a while and were treated coldly by everyone) that people either run away or slam doors in their faces and don't give a fuck. It's like going to the Vatican and trying to convert people to Islam.
>>141184692
Convert's Fury is a thing Anon. If there was a Christian movement in Japan, it'd probably go the way Korea is now currently doing it.
>increased emphasis on censorship and Puritan-ish censorship of social convention and art
>harassment of non-Christians by idiot kids looking to be neo-jihadis
>And then we get to the banning of pornography.
For its economic power, Korea is something of a social shithole even today. I just don't get it; I thought Japan was always the repressed nation, but Korea just seems like a giant Potemkin Village outside of Seoul.
>>141184753
Oh Anon, it's not that hard.
Just be yourself.
>>141184352
>>141184348
You guys are tossers, I've spoken to Japanese people both on the mainland and exchange students here (here being NZ).
They've all been friendly and accepting. Even gave me gifts despite having only met. Thankfully I brought spare kiwi plushes with me.
>>141184792
Well, they chose a bad place for it admittedly. Kyoto is THE place for conservatism and tradition. As well, there's the need for all those places of "idolatry" that make up a significant part of Kyoto history.
Probably Tokyo or Okinawa would have been better choices due to the higher gaijin population and proportion of ideas.
I legit feel bad for those guys, but seriously, evangelism outside of third world nations in need of missions (for material aid) is just a sad idea.
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>>141184691
Its because im a one of a kind.
>>141184756
>CS/EE
eto, thats going to be me. But, I haven't even entered college yet. Im 18, and I spend my highschool days studying science on my phone.
>>141184747
Ya, but the problem lies in the fact that this particular case of bad military organization indirectly led to the loss of WW2.
>Italy can't handle Greece
>Germany needs to swing by to help
>Delays attack on Russia by weeks
>German advance on the 3 big cities muddled by shitty winter
Had Germany not been needed in Greece, it could have started its offensive on Russia weeks earlier, which in turn would in all likelihood have led to them being able to take Moscow and possibly Lenin/Stalingrad. Whether they would have won the war from that point onward is a different question of curse.
>>141184819
>Korea just seems like a giant Potemkin Village outside of Seoul
Because it is. Ask any native Korean where they're from, and I guarantee you at least one in three will say 'Seoul' even when they've never been there.
>>141184843
There is a difference between 'being polite' and 'accepting you into their culture'.
Everyone Japanese person will be polite and give gifts and shit. Finding a job or marrying a Japanese woman are different things entirely. Japan isn't NZ, it isn't multicultural and its pretty fucking conservative on the inside.
>>141184919
>Kyoto.
Not with this guy in charge.
>>141184843
The kicker question here is did you work with them PROFESSIONALLY as your day job and career for an extended length of time, living in Japan?
The Japanese people are nice when you're a tourist, but if you're going to live with them, they have certain rules and assumptions about you (both fair and unfair) as a gaijin.
As well, the bringing gifts to you part is a politeness thing. It shows humility and their willingness to conform to wherever they're visiting as "outsiders." They do the same when they move to new neighborhoods in Japan. If you were visiting Japan, the same would be expected of you.
>>141184919
>Kyoto is THE place for conservatism and tradition
Hell, the people in Kyoto are cold even towards other Japanese. They have a lot of pride in their "muh ancient capital" status.
>>141184792
>that people either run away or slam doors in their faces and don't give a fuck
The same treatment in all corners of the earth then, I feel slightly more connected to nips just by reading that.
>>141184843
>They've all been friendly and accepting. Even gave me gifts despite having only met. Thankfully I brought spare kiwi plushes with me.
The superficial politeness is found in all E. Asian cultures.
Two face is the default modus operandi of E. Asians.
>>141184582
You mean me personally? No, it doesn't change the fact that a good amount of people do though, of course being an ultra liberal country means that most people don't do it. You go out into more rural areas and or gardening complexes in areas of the city and you'll see a lot of flags.
>>141184975
>>141184996
No ones doubting how exclusive Japan is, but you guys are acting like Japan is Nazi Germany. And the are a lot of foreigners working in Japan already.
Though no-one stays in Japan for more than 5 years because the pre-university education system is abysmal.
>>141185025
This, Japan's Tatemae==China's Mianzi.
>>141184928
>But, I haven't even entered college yet. Im 18, and I spend my highschool days studying science on my phone.
Thanks for sharing
>>141184930
I agree with you, it's essentially down to shit tier organization and command structure. The point was that Mussolini can only do so much in an already divided country, he wasn't as incompetent as it might look although he was clearly no gift from God either.
>>141185017
>I feel slightly more connected to nips just by reading that.
Truly, nobody likes evangelist visits.
I really wish they wouldn't hand me tiny bibles/mormon-books either. It feels like such a waste to throw it away, and I'm not even Christian myself.
>>141185118
Oh no, I agree with that, I wasn't any of the previous anon's shittalking Musso. There is only so much 1 guy can do with a nation as divided as Italy.
>>141185082
>And the are a lot of foreigners working in Japan already.
Who says they're not?
Again, Japan isn't a bad place to be, but you also have to understand there's a general glass ceiling for foreigners, especially if there's a Japanese candidate for the same promotion.
>>141185130
I have flat out told these people in the past that I won't be reading their free hand out books, and to not waste it by trying to force it on me.
Then when I step out the front door some hours later they have literally left the book at my doorstep. It made me rather upset.
>>141185082
What's this comparison supposed to mean exactly? You think there were no foreigners in National Socialist Germany?
>>141185206
>general glass ceiling for foreigners
This applies to literally any first world nation. In 3rd world nations the opposite applies.
>>141185017
>>141185130
>>141185240
The guys I met said they were trying to be "polite and accepting" but sure enough, they were handing out those dumb mini pamphlets. Jesus was on the back and I told them they better take him off because he looked too much like the Aum Shinrikyo's leader, with the beard and long hair and everything. Seriously, that's a major put-off point for them.
>>141185028
Sorry, that was just an expression of surprise. But yeah, that's what I imagined. If it's still normal in gardening complexes, well, that's a couple of steps up from treating it like the Confederate flag.
>>141184994
I don't understand; what's the Nintendo guy doing in Kyoto? I legit don't know.
>>141185292
>This applies to literally any first world nation
Not in Germany or the UK:^)
>>141185241
>there were no foreigners in National Socialist Germany
Considering Nazi were more about race than foreigners based on the borders drawn on the maps, I would say yes, Nazi Germany had very few "race foreigners".
>>141184747
>It has something to do with the fact that he doesn't do everything on his own.
Indeed. However, several key decisions, such as the invasion of Greece simple for the sake of dickwaving, without no thought put in the capacity of the army or the stragic ramifications of that decision, spliting all division to "increase" the army as well as the "genius" attempt to micro the whole nation was something that he took by his initiative, and thus can be blamed for then.
>>141184930
>Had Germany not been needed in Greece, it could have started its offensive on Russia weeks earlier, which in turn would in all likelihood have led to them being able to take Moscow and possibly Lenin/Stalingrad. Whether they would have won the war from that point onward is a different question of curse.
Honestly, that is unlikely, Germany delayed the invasion to get more soviet oil as per the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, plus the was also the first Rasputitsa, that started later that year and would have rendered any large scale campaing impossible.
>>141185292
America actually is pretty good about "diversity" in the business world; however it comes down a lot to how natural your English is. The better it is in accent and vernacular, the less likely anybody will assume you're a foreigner.
It's mostly white, but we have to remember that's just both the majority and as well that there's a couple generations of educational crawling to get to management positions unless you go full-grindstone like Asian/Indians in pre-professional education.
>>141185310
We have our own examples of that, like "relevant" politicians of the green party marching with antifa and urinating on German flags.
>>141185400
*strategic
>>141185206
There's a glass ceiling for everyone in the west anyway. Companies in the west realised they could save money by external hiring rather than internal hiring. Combined with outsourcing, the idea of a lifelong career in a company died in the west.
Employees responded in kind by switching jobs every three or so years to ensure their own paychecks didn't stagnate.
This phenomenon has gotten so bad that noncompete clauses in contracts have started to become a thing.
What I'm saying is that spending 4 or so years in Japan is not nearly as melodramatic as /a/ makes it out to be. The overtime is more worrisome than the xenophobia.
>>141185336
>Not in Germany or the UK
Ya, it does. Despite all the news about "muh policies", if companies believe they can get away with discrimination towards immigrants, then they will hire the westerner over MrSyrian.
>>141185334
Nintendo's HQ is in Kyoto.
>people talking about Japanese sociocultural values
>two people randomly talking about Mussolini's leadership
Never change /a/
>>141185297
They still care or remember what the Aum Shinrikyo guy looks like? Weird.
Or were you giving them a fib to make them feel better about the abysmal place they were assigned to to bring the Japanese the Book of Mormon, Jesus' Adventures in America?
>>141181648
I served in the IDF for about 1.5 months before being dismissed for mental reasons.
It's pretty fucking godawful.
>>141185421
This just boils down to "if the US company believes you to be a westerner it is A-ok (also try to not be black if at all possible)".
>>141185524
What's that have to do about Kyoto's social traditions though?
>>141185564
You get to play with the Tavor? How is it in your opinion? IWI pushes it pretty hard in the US.
>>141185421
Not really. There's a reason why 'diversity' is pretty much a meme among HR people. The reason why companies are so into hiring females and blacks is that most management positions are held by white males in their 50s.
'Diversity' is really just corporate PR. Beyond the occasional Indian, management is going to stay white for a long, long time.
>>141184792
FWIW preachers from all those new-religious-groups (read: cults) are given similar treatment.
>>141185545
>They still care or remember what the Aum Shinrikyo guy looks like? Weird.
It was a very traumatic experience for them, you know. There are still survivors. Innocent people died horribly. I think it's Japan's version of 9/11, even though the global consequences and scale of tragedy aren't comparable, because it was a bit of a wake up call and caused them to reevaluate many things.
And last I checked, the guy hasn't been executed yet. He's STILL on death row and more or less senile now, I don't know what's preventing them from pressing the switch or at least put him out of his misery.
>>141185615
No. I just did 4 weeks of basic training with a long M16 (the most painful 4 weeks of my life, I might add) before being shoved into some menial clerk job.
>>141185494
4-5 years isn't really "living" there though in terms of what we were talking about though. It's becoming a permanent resident a la marriage and/or a career there.
4-5 years is a college stint; that's barely anything in the age where people move every 4-5 years BECAUSE of education and/or changing jobs.
Marrying someone and becoming part of their ethnic traditions and roles, working as a permanent employee and not a contractor, etc. These are the things that will test your patience.
>>141185494
>The overtime is more worrisome than the xenophobia.
Don't they have to do OT anyways even with no work since you have to support the superficial illusion of a good salaryman?
>>141185564
Were you bullied or hazed? Are the QTs actually qt?
>>141185371
Depends on your definition of Slavs I guess. One side of my family came from Breslau, I never looked into it but I most certainly have some Polish blood in me. Southern Silesia had a Polish majority and there were Poles and Czech in Silesia. Did you forget the annexation of the Czechoslovakia? What about Prussian territory. Germany was always diverse and really doesn't need more diversity.
>>141185690
Like any industrialized nation, death sentences are actually pretty difficult to finally mete out legally or time-wise.
>>141185494
>What I'm saying is that spending 4 or so years in Japan is not nearly as melodramatic as /a/ makes it out to be. The overtime is more worrisome than the xenophobia
The so-called Japanese xenophobia is very overstated in my opinion, but you have the mainstream media to thank for that. Imagine going after hentai manga for their portrayal of violent treatment of women when there's Saudi Fucking Arabia.
>>141185445
>"relevant"
Are these quotation marks scare quotes, or for emphasis? Either way a sad state of affairs.
Sort of like how you can see pretty much every flag except for the American flag at anti-Trump protests.
>>141185582
Everything, thats what.
>>141185715
I'm pretty lucky for being shoved in a platoon with relatively civilized people who just left alone for the most part. Never actually spoke to anybody, and nobody ever spoke to me.
As for the QT issue, 3DPD aside, most young Israeli girls look like arabs. It's all very repulsive.
But let's not turn this into a blog thread.
>>141185784
pic related whenever this issue is brought up.
>>141185715
Yep, it all comes back to that tatemae.
>>141185713
>4-5 years isn't really "living" there though in terms of what we were talking about though.
Well then most of us will be homeless forever as we work at a different company every three tears or so.
This is the most interesting and productive thread I've been in all weekAnd it's not even anime/manga related
>>141185715
The Japanese "work" as much as most office people do anywhere (read: they do actual work for about 2-3 hours a day unless they're management, then bullshit around on the Internet or something, so long as it LOOKS like they're being diligent).
Nomi-nication and the image of a good worker is an inane addition to that, yes. For most people, they still have to linger after work because unless the boss takes off, nobody can leave. However, the boss to look like a "boss" in Japan has to do his pseudo-shogun schtick and invite everyone to drink with him because "they were all working so hard."
Cue inordinately long hours and bodily stress, combined with a usually long commute to get from wherever you work in Tokyo or Osaka back to the suburb where you technically lay your head and ostensibly have family (that you get to spend time with beyond maybe breakfast or dinner about once a month).
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/05/05/my-dad-is-less-useful-than-our-roomba-japanese-5th-graders-brutal-honesty-on-family-in-japan/
>Rocket News is more of a weeaboo-flavored HuffPo-esque rag, but it still at least offers a slight glimpse into real social problems
>>141185892
>Well then most of us will be homeless forever as we work at a different company every three tears or so.
Technically we are. I mean, it's difficult to ever own a home in that same circumstance, and set up longer-lasting roots (memberships, friendships, etc.). I mean, you're an idiot if you "buy" a house rather than rent it if you don't know that you're going to live there in that same city the rest of your life.
>>141185892
Advertising hentai is least of Japan problems. Funny thing that UN doesn't give a fuck Japanese working conditions these days.
>>141185892
They'll probably take down a lot of this during the Olympic games in Tokyo.
>>141185791
Both honestly, the green party would like to believe that they're hugely relevant, the politicians in question are well known and active though.
>>141185971
Somehow, after Trump is elected, I don't think the world will care that much about such things.
>>141185915
>Rocket News is more of a weeaboo-flavored HuffPo-esque rag, but it still at least offers a slight glimpse into real social problems
It's still better than sankaku
>>141185961
I'm glad we can agree on this.
>>141185784
I think it's just Americans being exposed to general east-asian racism for the first time. All east-asian countries are extremely racist (if anything, Japs are relatively welcoming towards westerners), but Japan has a bigger presence in American culture and it's a very popular tourism destination. Americans who go there for the first time are shocked to see not everyone is jumping to suck their cock at any possible opportunity, so they come back and tell these exaggerated tales about the horrible xenophobic nipponese.
>>141186015
It's thankfully got an actual journalism team/company behind it, and not filled near-entirely by otaku clickbait like shitkaku.
>>141186014
>yfw Trump makes such a huge mess of things that people abandon political correctness and multiculturalism to solve the REAL issues
Truly he is a gift from Haruhi
>>141186015
>It's still better than sankaku
They toned down the anti-China, Korea, news bashing a year or two ago.
They now exclusively focus on weeb/ JAV shit.
>>141183014
Anyways it was (and is) pretty fucking cool design, the only people who cares are those with too much time.
>>141185494
>xenophobia
As a blonde blue eyed Dutch/German who has lived in Japan, I can say that I have never experienced xenophobia there. At most it has been a curiosity of them towards the "unknown and exotic". A lot of nips have never met a foreigner in their lives, let alone spoken with one. So ya, you might be treated somewhat differently, but not differently in a horrible way, unless you are one of those tumblerinas who bought into the meme and think that any differentiation is evil by definition.
For example I have had people come up to me to have their picture taken with me because of my blonde hair and the fact that I am ~1.90 tall. Why would I take offense at this? I AM different, why get offended by them recognizing this and being interested in that? If anything it has helped me meet people. If I had looked japanese I would have most likely blended in with the otaku crowd. I can also make fun of petty much everything without having to worry about accidentally stepping on a snowflake. I could do a little Hitler act and the people I was with would have a laugh rather than tell me "you shouldn't do that" or just flat out fine me/arrest me like they do here at home.
I have never felt more free than I have done in Japan. I can do what I like there, I can say what I like there. Being home in Germany feels like being put back into a birdcage after being allowed to fly around the room.
>>141177277
What about GATE?
