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Considering anime always has 16 year old girls with rather large chesticles and in general are way too attractive for girls that age i don't think it's totally fair considering just some of us anime watchers pedos. I mean have you ever seen adults (in body) in anime that are like 12 or something and kids that turn out to be adults. I swear japan wants to push boundaries so hard. I am a little scared if they've successfully transitioned people to pedo's like that.
I won't lie though nothing bothers me more than the harem endings (in other words the blue balling ending) other than harems themselves and the personalities or lack thereof from the female characters and even the bland male protagonist. I could even label them as tsundere, 'the boobs' (big boobs girl), the girl next door, possible blood relative (which is never disclosed because we want to break boundaries without doing so) and yandere girl. There are others but those are the ones that almost always show up. Then just add boob and panty shots and a bunch of useless info that nobody cares about like one likes curry and another likes rice whereas another like flowers. I mean sheesh any given day during my work week has more depth in my life than any of the personalities of these girls. Oh and don't forget the pool, beach, spa, shower, locker room, changing episodes that would probably make any normal girl feel sexually uncomfortable. All that said though i like boobs and people are totally allowed to like what they like.
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Japan is fairly weird and interesting. I've heard of used panty vending machines at one point or groups that pay some women to fondle their boobs.
Maybe i'm wrong but i feel like japan is very emotionally repressed and anime is like them letting all that emotion out into a cartoon. If so there must be a lot of sexually frustrated guys in japan and sadly i can relate all too well.
Anyway if you want to hear about japan ask 'the draconic lord'. On steam chat he mentioned he's been there and likes it. Oddly enough he doesn't want to visit the usa because he thinks we don't have much history. Whereas you go to other places and there are ancients ruins and such in places.
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hotsauceman1 wrote: I don't think it's that. Japan has a lot of problems right now, with people not working, birthrate going down.
I just find it weird in some shows they consider the NEET's and hikkikkimori people to have an illness. I hope this is some kind of joke. Maybe they're just lazy or youth doesn't feel the desire to work because they've received free hand-outs their whole life. Also maybe they could use a helping hand into the work place.
Also i'm not entirely sure birthrate going down is too much of a problem there but at the same time it does make each generation have less people their own age to socialize with. I could only imagine schools having a lot of empty room in the future.
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More on topic i want to see the anime 'arslan senki'. It sounds pretty cool. It sounds like it's a remake of a previous anime from back in the day and that's not a bad thing in my opinion.
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hotsauceman1 wrote: I don't think it's that. Japan has a lot of problems right now, with people not working, birthrate going down.
I just find it weird in some shows they consider the NEET's and hikkikkimori people to have an illness. I hope this is some kind of joke. Maybe they're just lazy or youth doesn't feel the desire to work because they've received free hand-outs their whole life. Also maybe they could use a helping hand into the work place.
Your first job is already a problem in Europe. Employers want people with experience, but if you can't get a job, how will you ever get experience? I got into IT because, well, at least I'm able to find work without that much problem FOR NOW. gak is changing fast.
Now multiply those problems by 100 because of the social feth up that Japan is: The social pressure, the schedules, the whole work-ritual and political dance they have. Some people just burn, they can't cope with that gak, it's too much.
Hell, the "romance" sims sell quite well in Japan because of their life. The stereotypical salary man still exists in Japan, with RIDICULOUS work hours. They don't even attempt to get into a marriage that'd only provoke them more stress because they wouldn't spend any time with their wife, that'd lead to fights, etc.
So, they use the "romance" or dating sims to get a bit of love in their life. Nintendo sells a quite adorable one but I don't recall the name.
Also i'm not entirely sure birthrate going down is too much of a problem there but at the same time it does make each generation have less people their own age to socialize with. I could only imagine schools having a lot of empty room in the future.
Now, I have no idea how it works in 'MURICA, but let me tell ya, it's a problem. Now, it's true 'MURICA are 50 countries in one, so you probably won't run out of man power any time soon.
Anyway, imagine a wee country like Portugal. People usually retire, right? And that retirement fund is connected to the government. Said retirement fund exists thanks to the taxes we pay each month. We already have more deaths than births over here, this means we have fewer and fewer workers vs more and more retired people.
It also doesn't help the average life time of a person is increasing more and more (yes, I know it sounds horrible ): The retirement age and laws (here, at least) were created when the average person didn't live much longer once it reached 65. My grandma is 81 (and may she live many more years. *knocks on wood*).
So yeah, the lack of birthrates is a problem in the grand scheme of things, this is just one of the problems I'm aware of in Portugal.
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On topic: This week's Kekkai was... cute, but kinda slow... it didn't have enough Zap or ass kicking
Watched all the Knights of Sidonia S2 available. DAMN, this show just keeps getting better AND better <3
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"Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth! These are the truths of this world! Surrender to these truths, you pigs in human clothing!" - Satsuki Kiryuin, Kill la Kill
Firstly, you can't turn someone into a pedophile. That's the kind of reasonng like gay is a choice.
It isn't.
However, whacking your happy stick to a kid in an anime isn't paedophilia.
what I'm saying is, there's a diffrence between a sexuaized, idealzed fictional character that happens to be a child, and an actual child.
The main one being that real children are not meant to look attractive.
In regards to harems, I have no problem with them.
If all people involved are in the relationship, and there is no actual cheating involved, I don't see any reason why "love" would be at all limited to a maximum of two people.
And the kind you described, I don't watch. It's fairly easy. there's a reason I've only seen like ten - 20 anime and that's because I am very particular about what I will and won't watch.
I have no idea what happened to my Knights of Sidonia... BUT I FREAKIN' LOVE IT!
I still can't believe the best girl isn't even a girl at all. Tsumugi is best girl
Whoever decided she'd have "rubber duck" and "squeaky" sound effects whenever she was touched or touched something IS A GENIUS! It makes her so damn cute. There's not a scene with her I don't end up with a stupid grin on my face.
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"Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth! These are the truths of this world! Surrender to these truths, you pigs in human clothing!" - Satsuki Kiryuin, Kill la Kill
TheDraconicLord wrote: I have no idea what happened to my Knights of Sidonia... BUT I FREAKIN' LOVE IT!
I still can't believe the best girl isn't even a girl at all. Tsumugi is best girl
Whoever decided she'd have "rubber duck" and "squeaky" sound effects whenever she was touched or touched something IS A GENIUS! It makes her so damn cute. There's not a scene with her I don't end up with a stupid grin on my face.
lol, I love that aspect of her! I also like that she brings a certain light hearted feel to the show between the more gritty social aspects and the fighting parts.
ALL HAIL THE ORKISSIAH, TRINARY SPEAKING GOD OF ORK TECHNOLOGY. (Unlike wimpy old Binary, Orks have commands for Yes, No AND "Maybe")
Agent_Tremolo wrote: In my personal scale for rating unlikely prophecies it scored two Millenium Bugs and one Mayan Apocalypse.
Hey now. Are you trying to imply that there's something wrong with drinking processed pee?
Costner would like a word...
That *that* was the thing that made you go away? I think there was plenty that was more potentially disturbing than that
Second season of Eureka Seven, my vague memories of the show are mostly used up so its more like a fresh view at this point. Pretty neat. Still not totally sold about flying giant robots on surfboards... but the action sequences *are* pretty neat.
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): The retirement age and laws (here, at least) were created when the average person didn't live much longer once it reached 65. My grandma is 81 (and may she live many more years. *knocks on wood*).
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