@mellifera_x3 Realistic neutral takes couldn’t be “about Japan”, because there no one “Japan” to make content about, just things that happen to be in Japan, but people want “about Japan”.
@GaijinMommy Yeah, a long and storied tradition. For Japanese it seems like business jargon in English has the same effect. The American art of “win-win”
@jake_j_jung i wonder when that changed. you can see movies and even anime from the showa period with middle schoolers smoking and drinking. Now they have to turn to the camera and announce “We cannot drink because we are underage”