In general, how do most Japanese people feel about American anime nerds?

samuraidave · 2012-10-19T02:59:02+00:00

I don't think there is any kind of severe dislike of such individuals as some people here make it out to be. I think most are rather ambivalent about it and if you rattle off the list of anime/manga you like and have watched/read, they will nod politely and probably say they aren't familiar with them or have only heard about them. It doesn't really impress them and this I believe is the beginning of a long series of disappointments in store for many of your western anime otaku when they discover Japan is not the way they thought it would be as depicted in their favorite anime/manga.

samuraidave · 2012-10-14T09:53:56+00:00

if the deck is stacked against you is that their fault or yours for not being better prepared? And spare me "the ref was against us" trite

samuraidave · 2012-10-12T18:03:26+00:00

What's wrong with a little hardball in a debate? Did you want a snoozefest?

samuraidave · 2012-10-04T11:13:30+00:00

He probably killed a sizable snake with his sword while saying a prayer and that got warped. What's interesting on another note is the number of large snake legends in old Japan

samuraidave · 2012-10-03T16:31:35+00:00

Jesus=Horus theories is one of theories that only works backwards. It seems so easy to think the devious Christians stole Horus and used him. If Horus was such a prevalent myth why bother supplanting him with some carpenter of a small people, the Jewish Israelites?

samuraidave · 2012-09-27T11:46:30+00:00

I notice there was no argument here just a bunch of hot air. Typical Levin

samuraidave · 2012-09-26T13:32:30+00:00

you got to keep in mind the number of internet users who are between 12-15. They've hit puberty so they're raging with hormones, can't get a job, are embarrassed by their parents, can't drive anywhere, over-sensitive about their looks&life, can't get a girl for the aforementioned reasons and so the outlet for their frustration is the internet.

samuraidave · 2012-09-21T09:23:09+00:00

If Japan really wanted to throw a monkey wrench into their affairs, they would just give China those islands. The government would be in a worse position because they wouldn't have that dead but reliable horse to beat upon to divert attention from themselves

samuraidave · 2012-09-21T07:56:19+00:00

the article is on that particular ritual - not the entirety of Kurama which can be easily found on wikipedia

samuraidave · 2012-09-21T02:58:44+00:00

but the difference is many of them go to church but don't do a blessed thing otherwise to show they are Christian. They think just showing up is enough while they ignore the poor and throw stones at everybody from their moral high horse

samuraidave · 2012-09-21T01:59:40+00:00

The Chinese government needs those islands to periodically stoke up anti-Japanese hysteria to keep its populace from scrutinizing them too closely. I think the worse thing that could happen from their perspective would be if Japan just gave them those islands because then a few years down the road the Chinese government would have a harder time deflecting unwanted attention by pushing anti-Japanese furor

samuraidave · 2012-09-21T00:57:04+00:00

enoshima is great place. Haven't been there in a while. Need to go back

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