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I lived in Japan for 4 months, which isn't a really long time, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I had studied Japanese 3 years prior, so I was really eager to use it. I went to get immersed in another culture and society, and to learn more about myself. I absolutely did not go to Japan for its shallow and hardly unique aesthetic pop-culture appeal, which is unfortunately the biggest reason most people visit.

I think everybody in the entire fucking world is disgusted by these people who think Japan is made of cotton candy and rainbows and who think everybody in Japan will love them because they "observe hentai and otaku culture" via the internet, and who clog up the aisles at Little Tokyo supermarkets. You know, the people who think they can learn everything there is to know about Japanese society and culture from anime and J-drama, and who think wearing Lolita and speaking broken Japanese in public makes them "cultured". Yeah, no. Fuck you, faggot.

You're embarrassing to not only Japanese people, but you're embarrassing to anybody and everybody who has even a remote interest in Japan or Japanese culture. You're setting a horrendous example for other tourists/travelers who visit the country.

Japan is not what you see from anime, children. Get cultured and get less ignorant.

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:icongoldenroset777:
~GoldenRoset777 May 2, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Eeeeyup, I'm a quarter Japanese and half of my family is Japanese.
I love Japan for quite a few things, But some animes these days are really starting to make Japan look bad.
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*Farvel-chan Apr 2, 2013  New member Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I love anime, but that's really not why I want to go to Japan. I would love to learn about the culture and just enjoy it. Learn new things, and try unique foods. I think it would be WONDERFUL. But for now, it's just a dream sadly :P
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*KittyCreator Mar 9, 2013  Student Digital Artist
The one thing I like about Japan is the technology c:

I think it's cool ;w;


But yea, I don't really care about anime :'D
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:iconmetroelitecitadel:
one thing that us (Scottish) and Japs have in common : Americans try way too hard to act like us. :/
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*asteroidz Feb 27, 2013  Professional Digital Artist
uhh
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~PreussenSauce Feb 23, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
I like anime and I also like Japanese culture. But I don't mix the two. Am I still a weaboo? e.e
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:iconepicmarioplayer:
Yes,i'm Japanese and i say,those person will want to go to Japan,and "Kawaii" isn't the word that will help them here,seriously.
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*Hasiruh Feb 20, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I have to admit that I started to pay attention to Japan because I started watching anime like 4 years ago. My interest for Japan grow so I was reading more about it's cultur and the people living there. I love Japan because it has so many amazing thinks like the Fujiyama or the nature.I think China and Korea are also pretty interesting country's. Sadly I never went to Japan before. I love Japan and I really want to visit it sometimes not becauce of Animes I can watch Animes at home, without acting like an total idiot.
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!Painmistress Feb 18, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
I agree with this stamp. I love certain anime/manga, but I know there`s more to Japan than that.
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*Oseltamivir Feb 9, 2013  Hobbyist Writer
Living in Hawaii, you encounter a lot of these people. It was disgusting when I was in high school. There were packs of "fangirls" who ran around dressed like anime characters and inserting random (mispronounced) Japanese words into their conversations. It was especially sad when one of these fangirls was actually Japanese and had such a painfully narrow-minded view of their own heritage...
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