Cultural Accuracy
Posted on May 11, 2005
I will write more about this later. Suffice to say you can find out exactly why Japan is “soooo cool and so kawaiii” from that link.
Addition: I still don’t think I’ve saved up enough strength to properly tackle this beast but let me just say its nice to see some quality racism coming out of the UK for once. I’d also like to point out that their definitions of shoujo (少女) and shounen (少年) are backwards, but no one would normally know that. That’s the best part about Japan really. The culture is so far removed from the West that you can literally say anything and people will accept it. If I tell you that monjayaki (もんじゃ焼) is actually fried vomit you would have no choice but to believe me. In reality it only LOOKS like vomit, but it made from entirely edible materials. The point is you can get away with basically anything if you sound convincing when it comes to telling whitey about Japan. Bear this in mind when I come home and tell you about what I learned here.
