> That anime is popular in the US doesn't really mean that much. I mean that's a nice reductive take of what I said > The Japanese are really regimental, focu

> That anime is popular in the US doesn't really mean that much. I mean that's a nice reductive take of what I said > The Japanese are really regimental, focused on obedience to higher-ups and employers, family honor, have a strict framework of written and unwritten rules... That couldn't be more different from the US (and most other western countries in fact). What? This is about as true as saying America is sexually repressed or Sweden is a utopian paradise. It's a broad brush that speaks more to what is "taboo" in public relations, but there's a lot of Japanese people who would laugh at the idea that they fit into this box. Individuality is doing fine in Japan. I don't see how "North Korea" is the only country that is an outlier to you here more extreme than Japan. Obviously India and most middle eastern countries are lightyears more family oriented and strict about obedience than Japan. Most East-Asian countries too.