i would also posit that the obsession also has roots in japanese chauvinism, because of course it does. every debate about piracy of japanese media inevitably degrades into screeds about how piracy damages the sanctity of ~japanese art~, which is almost always an incredible crock of shit. i don’t necessarily say this as a dig at the actual content in question, but when you start acting like yaoi games count as japanese cultural treasures… well, something has gone extremely wrong.
fr, i understand people caring about actual cultural artifacts but yelling over people pirating shit fanservice anime is crazy. interestingly, many japanese words are still in the US and there isnt much demand from japan for the return because theyre low quality and mass produced but like its still part of that history/possibly connected to someone
i would also posit that the obsession also has roots in japanese chauvinism, because of course it does. every debate about piracy of japanese media inevitably degrades into screeds about how piracy damages the sanctity of ~japanese art~, which is almost always an incredible crock of shit. i don’t necessarily say this as a dig at the actual content in question, but when you start acting like yaoi games count as japanese cultural treasures… well, something has gone extremely wrong.
fr, i understand people caring about actual cultural artifacts but yelling over people pirating shit fanservice anime is crazy. interestingly, many japanese words are still in the US and there isnt much demand from japan for the return because theyre low quality and mass produced but like its still part of that history/possibly connected to someone