Quote Originally Posted by Komarimono View Post
You remembered correctly. No is actually not a common thing said frankly in japan. If something is to be responded with a negative, or No like statement, it's generally deflected or redirected in a polite fashion or ignored.
i'm actually curious about the japanese perception on the lack of male viera. i recall seeing posts saying something to the affect that westerners were upset and that they perceived the westerner's discontentment being rooted in it being a sex/gender issue