I don't understand the attractionSmaug says: Ricky Gervais. Lesbian pr0n. Going into a crowded bar, purely because it's crowded. All these things seem to be popular with everybody else, but I just can't work out why. What leaves you cold just as much as it turns everyone else on?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 14:54)
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Inscrutable little bastardsThe reality of anime, or manga, or most Japanese video games is they make no fucking sense whatsoever. They make no sense in English and I bet they make no sense in Japanese either.
The point is illustrated in game series like Gundam, Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid. They have fairly understandable game mechanics wrapped up in hours of exposition, with so many contrivances it hasn't just disappeared up its own arse but actually done multiple loop the loops. Gundam is the worst since you sit through all this shit and the actual game just consists of button mashing through hordes of robots.
Westerners who rave about these things really need a hard slap or two. They're just comics for man-children with the pretentiousness dial turned up to 12. I wonder if Japan has their own sad bastards raving Bugs Bunny, Harry Potter or whatever and how doing so qualifies them as an expert on all things Western as well as being justification for wanting to move there.
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In certain demographics in JapanMickey Mouse is more popular than Hello Kitty.
Just thought I'd mention that.
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Bats, Wed 21 Oct 2009, 8:43,
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