OP is saying nomikais are about trust. P is saying they are about team, and that they help bring the boss down and lift the workers up. Nomikais are both. If a

OP is saying nomikais are about trust. P is saying they are about team, and that they help bring the boss down and lift the workers up. Nomikais are both. If anything it's just an excuse to drink, and each company or team would decide how they drank. It starts in college with bukatsu nomikais. And there are good ones, and the ones where the ring leader is arrested for serial rape. That happened at Todai, and is definitely not normal, but unless you're the leader (there is always a leader) how are you to know until you show up and everyone starts drinking? Much like frat recruiting in the States. My year, someone died (1997 I think it was).