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Toonami |JulAug17| Most Definitely the Work of an Enemy Stand
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Way too busy writing manga
Having experienced something doesn't mean you'll be good at writing it, and well, a lot of people have not.
...especially in Japan. Japan is kind of a fucked up repressed place. The younger generation might be able to fix it, but...yeah.
Since we seem to be going there, I'm of the opinion that the declining birth rate isn't a bad thing. The only issue I have is that it's destroying small communities as opposed to decrowding cities, in an age when where you live shouldn't really be all that important for most work (this last point is an international thing, not just Japan).
I mean, no part of my internships were actually impossible or even that much more difficult at home, I'm sure most white collar jobs are the same.
I mean, no part of my internships were actually impossible or even that much more difficult at home, I'm sure most white collar jobs are the same.
That's not the issue with Japan. The declining birth rate is a symptom of the bigger issue, that Japanese society is really messed up, and a huge amount of people there simply can't handle romance and relationships in a healthy way as a result of it.
And most societies with declining birth rates get immigrants to fill in, and not doing so would collapse your economy from the workforce vanishing. Which is, uh, pretty much where Japan is heading.
And most societies with declining birth rates get immigrants to fill in, and not doing so would collapse your economy from the workforce vanishing. Which is, uh, pretty much where Japan is heading.
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As I post this I have a JoJo Blu-ray boxset ad for Amazon on that page
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Correction: As I check a look on that webpage I have a JoJo Blu-ray boxset ad for Amazon on it
Yeah, the actress portraying her one screen while Barbara Goodson voiced the dubbing aspects.
They do.
But more generally, Japan gets really into the idea of conformism and obedience to authority, so much so that you can see people say that Japanese people are inherently different from other human beings, and that they don't need individuality. Which is obviously bullshit, and where most of Japan's social and mental health issues come from. Immigration doesn't really fit into that worldview.
It's gotten so crazy that back in the 90s, when a terrorist cult spread nerve gas in the Tokyo subway, a lot of the passengers refused to help, or even pay attention to, anyone because nobody told them to so, and a lot of them went to work even when being affected by the gas, because that's what you have to do. Heck, people work overtime not because they were told to by their boss, but because that's what their coworkers do, and they have to fit in. Even to the point where they literally work themselves to death.
The younger generations are starting to throw this off, thanks to the tsunami, Fukushima, and Shinzo Abe really pissing them off and turning them against authority, along with a lot of influence from Western media, but it really is fucked up and a complete mess.
...jesus, that got serious. Sorry.
I wonder if there's a Japanese anime 'bout this?
Welcome to the NhK? Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei? Only to that I can think.
There's a ton of it. Those are probably the two most famous ones though. A lot of manga and anime are also really quiet about it, but they do deal with these issues to a degree.
...the most recent example I can think of is My Hero Academia, but that sound'll like bullshit out of context. It's pretty subtle about it (so far), but it's directly about this.
But yeah, there's a ton. Especially over the last few years.
I mean, even stuff like One Piece does it. It's really hard for someone to write a story without the world around them and their ideas on it influencing said story.
Oh, yeah, definitely. I'm bringing up MHA since it's central to the themes of the story, but everything has it.
Which we kind of saw in Parasyte with Reiko Tamura, especially since they were all "you won't tell us who the father is, which is kind of suspicious for some reason"
It's pretty much the same with One Piece. The main character is rebelling against a restrictive society, by becoming a pirate, and all he really wants is the freedom to go wherever and do whatever he wants.
Ironically Naruto probably fed into all of the bad Japanese culture stuff for most of it's run.
Hmm, I hadn't thought of One Piece like that before, but yeah, definitely. I would still say that MHA is more directly connected, since it's set in a modern/near-future world, and addresses specific issues like e.g.,
arranged marriages.
And...yep. Naruto kind of brought up with the Hyuugas, but of course, Neji was right all along.
The further into One Piece you get the more blatant it all becomes. Sadly, Toonami stopped airing right before it really starts becoming super clear. But, even stuff with like how the Marines are viewed early on are a subtle commentary, even if the average person doesn't see it. That shit isn't done by accident.
But yea, anything that's any kind of popular hit is going to have something to say about the society it's been created in. It's part of why it hits home in the first place.
I'm talking more about the very idea of Naruto working super hard to one day be the boss so everyone finally respects him. Replace ninja missions with office work and you'll see it.
Yeah, Persona 5 is literally about this too. It's specifically based on political stuff from the last few years in Japan.
(Execution is arguable.)
And good point on One Piece too, I'd forgotten about all that.
(Execution is arguable.)
Ha, good point.
And good point on One Piece too, I'd forgotten about all that.
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He's busy with his jazz music.
He should have more soul!
Togashi must hate children lol
I mean in Jojo dads are either deadbeats, assholes or dead
Moms in one piece are dead because something I remember oda saying like something along the lines of a mom wouldn't let them go on adventures or something
(At least it's not bakuman, where men have dreams women don't understand)
In togashi's children tend to be sympathetic and strong in level e, hxh and yuyu hakuso
Togashi loves children
It's why Hisoka is his favorite character
Joking
Boruto is really flipping the script on that mentality.
Don't get married.
"Power levels are bullshit!"
Yamcha is a chump.
It doesn't really have one.
Just wait for Goku.
Yet, in the end, all of their collective effort doesn't seem to do jack shit in stopping it.
Guess you can say the same about all art with a progressive message....
It did, though. It's thanks to stuff like this that Japan is finally rebelling against the traditional order, and modern Japanese media is pushing it even further for the next generation.
We haven't seen the results yet because it's just getting started, but Japan is going to be a very volatile place for the next few decades.
But they're usually dead before that point
Actually it represents don't start none won't be none.
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