Translations (JP to English)

[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.