citind articolul din NYT, aveam ]n minte o lume stranie, populată de japonezi ce se plimbă însoţiţi de maşinăriile lor nezburătoare, iar noi stăm şi ne uităm ca la urs. Diferenţele dintre cultura japoneză actuală şi lumea occidentală par mai degrabă să se înmulţească, pentru că eu nu înţeleg cum
“I was steps away from getting married,” he explained earnestly when prodded about his experience. “You have to make sure you don’t hurt a real person; you have to watch what you say, and you have to keep your room clean. In Japan, it’s not O.K. to like another person if you’re already with somebody else. With an anime character, you can like one character one day and a different character the next.”
Lisa Katayama - Love in 2-D
povestea japonezilor iubitori de pături face deja ocolul lumii internaute, prin urmare, în cazul în care nu aţi citit deja articolul din NYT, îl recomand cu căldură, pentru o excursie plină de învăţăminte.
Honda argues that romance was marketed so excessively through B-movies, soap operas and novels during Japan’s economic bubble of the ’80s that it has become a commodity and its true value has been lost; romance is so tainted with social constructs that it can be bought by only good looks and money. According to Honda, somewhere along the way, decent men like himself lost interest in the notion entirely and turned to 2-D. “Pure love is completely gone in the real world,” Honda wrote.