New hrothgar hairstyles are really bad.

[Denji]

it's just a matter of respecting the differences in our cultures. Some people took offense to the influx of non-Japanese speaking people posting in their forums with poorly translated messages. Of course nothing is practically stopping us from posting there, but out of respect for our jp family I think it's best if we do so very consciously and with consideration

Partially, but, er.

Japanese people to put it bluntly don't like outsiders and the people who learn Japanese put a lot of effort in to assimilate which also tends to unfortunately involve proving that you're "one of the good ones".

We're talking about a country that is still debating whether or not it's ethical to force women (and only women) to wear high heels, get contacts or eye surgery because glasses are not part of one's uniform as well as one that forces children to dye their hair if they cannot get a doctor's note that states they are not genetically Japanese. These are not exaggerations and I have proven the women's worker rights multiple times on these forums.

Another example is that only recently did several schools announce that they won't force children to dye their hair or to wear specific colours of undergarments... but these are just a few, specific schools. The vast majority still do or at least have the power to continue to do so.

Even when one goes through the process to become a Japanese citizen they don't take your race or previous country into account during their census. They just mark you down as being Japanese as even the system is designed around everyone fitting a particular mold.

Breaking the mold is frowned upon. You, as a foreigner, break the mold by default. So they just get ornery and annoyed. I assure you it's less cultural differences and just ol' fashioned racism, as much as the weebs would scream otherwise.

As long as you try your best to be respectful and to write in the best Japanese you can, you're welcome to post there; there's no rule stating otherwise. People who've learned Japanese just try really hard to prove they're "not like the other foreigners" which to me is a waste of time and energy since anyone who is racist is just gonna lump you in with them either way.

[Iedarus]

Japanese people to put it bluntly don't like outsiders and the people who learn Japanese put a lot of effort in to assimilate which also tends to unfortunately involve proving that you're "one of the good ones".

Even when one goes through the process to become a Japanese citizen they don't take your race or previous country into account during their census. They just mark you down as being Japanese as even the system is designed around everyone fitting a particular mold.

Breaking the mold is frowned upon. You, as a foreigner, break the mold by default. So they just get ornery and annoyed. I assure you it's less cultural differences and just ol' fashioned racism, as much as the weebs would scream otherwise.

As long as you try your best to be respectful and to write in the best Japanese you can, you're welcome to post there; there's no rule stating otherwise. People who've learned Japanese just try really hard to prove they're "not like the other foreigners" which to me is a waste of time and energy since anyone who is racist is just gonna lump you in with them either way.

Which is sad because this sums up Fordola's entire character arc. It's a common theme for Japanese people to advocate for one thing in media, then the complete opposite, IRL. It's honestly depressing...

[Denji]

Which is sad because this sums up Fordola's entire character arc. It's a common theme for Japanese people to advocate for one thing in media, then the complete opposite, IRL. It's honestly depressing...

No, no. It's good they're putting that in media because it introduces the concept to people who are receptive to it; particularly younger generations that don't have racist or xenophobic tendancies engrained into them yet.

Story lines like that ought to be encouraged.

It's bad enough that Face 2 takes up like 75% of the Hroth population, now they only cater to them? Why not just give eyebrows to all faces? A lot of questionable decisions made from the devs.

The eyebrow thing is such a weird limitation. It's literally a flat texture. Why prevent other faces from using it? Jfc square.

Oh look...


Someone beat the devs to the punch.

And this is why yoshi-p saying it was too hard was complete and utter bulls***.

God it just makes me so incredibly angry that people were willing to accept such a bold-faced lie.

All they had to do is say "ok so there's clipping but we'll fix it later" and Hrothgars would've celebrated. Ffs.

[Akimori]

Partially, but, er.

Japanese people to put it bluntly don't like outsiders and the people who learn Japanese put a lot of effort in to assimilate which also tends to unfortunately involve proving that you're "one of the good ones".

We're talking about a country that is still debating whether or not it's ethical to force women (and only women) to wear high heels, get contacts or eye surgery because glasses are not part of one's uniform as well as one that forces children to dye their hair if they cannot get a doctor's note that states they are not genetically Japanese. These are not exaggerations and I have proven the women's worker rights multiple times on these forums.

Another example is that only recently did several schools announce that they won't force children to dye their hair or to wear specific colours of undergarments... but these are just a few, specific schools. The vast majority still do or at least have the power to continue to do so.

Even when one goes through the process to become a Japanese citizen they don't take your race or previous country into account during their census. They just mark you down as being Japanese as even the system is designed around everyone fitting a particular mold.

Breaking the mold is frowned upon. You, as a foreigner, break the mold by default. So they just get ornery and annoyed. I assure you it's less cultural differences and just ol' fashioned racism, as much as the weebs would scream otherwise.

As long as you try your best to be respectful and to write in the best Japanese you can, you're welcome to post there; there's no rule stating otherwise. People who've learned Japanese just try really hard to prove they're "not like the other foreigners" which to me is a waste of time and energy since anyone who is racist is just gonna lump you in with them either way.

Was just going to say thats racist either way...well..not so much as racist, but xenophobic