Translations (JP to English)

[Betelgeuzah]

You really need to move to Japan someday. You need a firm ass-spanking by Reality himself.

They aren't special.

[Konachibi]

You really need to move to Japan someday. You need a firm ass-spanking by Reality himself.

They aren't special.

Maybe, maybe not.

At least I'd have easier access to anime and manga without having to go 15 miles just to get to the nearest store.... which usually doesn't sell the good stuff.

[Colino]

Japanese cartoon

American cartoon

Who's better at art?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci

He is.

I know what you mean though, if you learn it as a kid it's easier than trying to learn it as an adult. Kids learn things quicker than adults, natural fact.

It's just that in comparison, the Japanese alphabet just seems so much more complex than the English alphabet to me.

It's not that much more complex. Try Chinese, it's actually much harder than Japanese is. Not to mention the Cyrillic Alphabet, Arabic, Hebrew... There's loads of very difficult alphabets to learn.

You really need to move to Japan someday. You need a firm ass-spanking by Reality himself.

They aren't special.

Exactly.

You do know Otaku is a derogatory term and they're considered no better than the stereotypical "nerds" we have here in the west right?

It's a great culture with lots of interesting things to learn from, but they're far from perfect and amazing. In fact they have loads of social issues and cultural problems, including a still strong presence of racism in pop culture and the highest suicide rate in the world, among other things.

I'm not trying to put Japan done, I'm just saying being blind and considering them the most amazing people to ever grace planet earth of their existence is a bit much.

I also apologize for the derailing as well, that's all I had to say really.

[Konachibi]

It's a great culture with lots of interesting things to learn from, but they're far from perfect and amazing.

From what I understand 'Otaku' sort of translates as 'obsessionist', it's not actually relative to anime or anything, but it's more commonly associated with it. (A bit like how 'Neko' in america means 'cat-person' when in Japan it just means 'cat')

I can understand what you mean. to be honest the one thing that really made me kind of be a fan of them is this thing I read saying it's traditional that parents only give presents to their kids on christmas if the kid still believes in santa claus, and a lot of parents try to keep their kid believing for as long as they can. It sounds stupid but I think it's really sweet, in the U.K most parents would tell the kid that santa wasn't real the moment the child was born.

Then there was the other thing where it's considered bad luck (I think it was bad luck, or something like that) for a woman to be single during christmas, so it's traditional to ask out a girl/guy you have a crush on leading up to christmas.

I dunno if any of that is actually true or not, but if it is I really envy them. Sure they do have problems, but at least Christmas there feels like christmas, here nobody even bothers putting up decorations anymore, art and culture festivals barely even exist in schools. It's like every day is a monday in the middle of may, everyone's lost their sense of what festivals and holidays are meant to be like ; ;

but yeah I'll stop now... or at least I'll TRY to stop now...

[RathSkybreaker]

You really need to move to Japan someday. You need a firm ass-spanking by Reality himself.

They aren't special.

until you realize that their citizens are generally smarter and much more respectable, not to mention show a sense of honor that far surpasses anything i've ever seen displayed in the average american..

[Xeno]

until you realize that their citizens are generally smarter and much more respectable, not to mention show a sense of honor that far surpasses anything i've ever seen displayed in the average american..

Which is why they invented Tentacle porn. OK dude we get it. Your a weeaboo. What betelgeuzah is trying to say is not everyone in Japan is a samurai or a anime character like you would like to think. Japan is just like America except they are Japanese

[Konachibi]

Which is why they invented Tentacle porn. OK dude we get it. Your a weeaboo. What betelgeuzah is trying to say is not everyone in Japan is a samurai or a anime character like you would like to think. Japan is just like America except they are Japanese

You didn't read what Reinheart said in his post. Stop throwing that word around and get back on topic.

(However don't forget much of the technology that went into creating the parts for your t.v/monitor and computer components originated from japan )

[Xeno]

You didn't read what Reinheart said in his post. Stop throwing that word around and get back on topic.

(However don't forget much of the technology that went into creating the parts for your t.v/monitor and computer components originated from japan )

I didn't read what he said in his post nor have I thrown any words around because that was my first post in this thread... Also, just because they invented some parts in my t.v. I don't think that means I should say Japanese are smarter, more respectable, and more noble than Americans.

[RathSkybreaker]

Which is why they invented Tentacle porn. OK dude we get it. Your a weeaboo. What betelgeuzah is trying to say is not everyone in Japan is a samurai or a anime character like you would like to think. Japan is just like America except they are Japanese

ah yess i'm a weaboo yet i speak no Japanese, and hardly watch anime, nice try though bud.. respect for a well developed culture? I think so, much like the respect i have for Germany.. and Japan is nothing like america.. if we had an earthquake here within 24 hours every store in the area would have been looted, go look up the amount of looting that took place that day

[Xeno]

ah yess i'm a weaboo yet i speak no Japanese, and hardly watch anime, nice try though bud.. respect for a well developed culture? I think so, much like the respect i have for Germany.. and Japan is nothing like america.. if we had an earthquake here within 24 hours every store in the area would have been looted, go look up the amount of looting that took place that day

Ahh... more demonization of the American culture based off of baseless statements.