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Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

The post can be a single image, an image gallery, or a link to a specific comic hosted on another site (the author's website, for instance).
The comic must be a complete story.
If it is an external link, it must be to a specific story, not to the root of the site.
You may post comics from others or your own.
If you are posting a comic of your own, a maximum of one per week is allowed (I know, your comics are great, but this rule helps avoid spam).
The comic can be in any language, but if it's not in English, OP must include an English translation in the post's 'body' field (note: you don't need to select a specific language when posting a comic).
Politeness.
Adult content is not allowed. This community aims to be fun for people of all ages.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It’s part of Japanese culture. Unless you are living in Japan, you don’t get a say in their culture.

Actually you do if you pay for anime. Sucks to live in a capitalist society, but this is one thing that results from it -- you vote with your wallet. And by the way, you obviously have a very narrow view of Japan if you think that this is a deep-set part of the culture. For one thing, it's not hard to find Japanese media without those things, and for two, such things offend the sensibilities of many Japanese people I know.

It's part of a Japanese subculture. And it's actually part of a subculture in western countries too, since they exported it. Western fans ask for that kind of stuff just like Japanese fans do. This is why you see it even in, say, Netflix-produced anime.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From what I understand, most anime is made for Japanese audiences and licensed out for localization after the fact. I'd be surprised if more than a few Japanese companies spent much time considering what the rest of the world wants to watch.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

For sure they do. Video games as well. Just like how Hollywood makes movies with the international audience in mind.