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Published: 2014-10-18 18:08:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 2742; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 21
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Well someone wrote me a note and used the word "Weeaboo". Now as it happened I have never come across that word before and so I GOOGLED it, and to cut a long story short this was the result of my 'research' ...
Credits are in the panel.
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No the "Weeaboo" reference wasn't directed at me.
I don't have issues with companies using Japanese words in their names especially if it fits in with their product lines.
LOL - that person in the video is scary or really sad - your choice.
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I dunno, it just seems like another desperate attempt to prove that they're "hip" and "fly" in order to stay relevant with kids today IMO. Or it could be just me being tired of fangirls throwing the word "kawaii" around like it's nothing, and then getting annoyed when companies do it too.
And yeah, that woman is kind of unnerving when she isn't being facepalmingly ridiculous (A reincarnated Japanese princess? I know it probably could have happened if reincarnation is a thing, but REALLY!?). At the very least, she proves that real humans cannot pull off a wide-eyed open-mouthed anime smile. Nor should they attempt to.
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So what would your take be then on the Hello Kitty franchise? That totally cashes in on the moe concept and to the best of my knowledge has no other saving grace. Yet it's a multi-million dollar enterprise.
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I don't have a problem with Hello Kitty. I don't really know all that much about the franchise, but it seems harmless enough to not warrant hating. Also, Hello Kitty actually is a product that started out in Japan...or so the five minutes on Wikipedia told me.
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It's very big in Japan and some other parts of Asia to a lesser degree.
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umm... what is wrong with acting like an anime character? i do it all of the time.
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Well if you want to be serious here, it depends on the character, and how you do it. Humans are naturally influenced by what they're exposed to and personalities change over time and depending on the situation, so sometimes "being yourself" could actually include anime influence. I myself for example used to have long-ish hair, but this year I decided to cut it short since I've seen characters with similar body types to me (Notably Kagamine Rin and APH Liechtenstein) with hair like that, and everyone agreed that it looks good on me. Doing things like that, being inspired to change one little aspect of yourself due to anime, can be ok. But you have to remember that there's a fine line between anime and real life. Most anime is fantasy, and even withΒ "realistic" anime, something that might look good on a stylized Japanese character might not look good on a real-life person. It's one thing to change your hairstyle or whatever, but quite another to wear fake cat ears all the time, or use an anime character's "verbal tic". (In fact, at that point you start to sound like you might belong in Chuunibyou, so even an anime character would look at you strangely.)
A general rule is that if you don't think someone of your age, gender, and setting could conceivably do something of their own accord without any anime influence, you shouldn't be doing it. For example, it wouldn't be totally out of the question for an American teenage girl to get a pixie cut and dye her hair purple, but if she doesn't watch anime/read manga and doesn't have any Japanese family, it's unlikely that she would start calling her brother "Nii-san".
Of course, there are some exceptions to this rule, such as alternative fashion like Lolita. But that's still very situational, as is everything. I mean, it's fine for me to do a casual Miku cosplay or joke around about things being "moe" if I'm around my friends, but if I'm going to church, I would dress normally and speak politely.
Basically what it comes down to is don't be a KY, remember that anime is fictional and that Japan is very different from the western world, and don't do anything a somewhat normal person in your situation wouldn't do unless you're prepared for everyone around you to consider you weird and annoying.
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umm holy crap. ima just... uh... continue acting like a moe. I uh WAT BUT I LIKE DOIG THAT TO MAH CRUUUUUUUUUUUSH.... waaaaah
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Well, it's your choice, but I feel obliged to point out to you that in anime and manga there isn't really such a thing as "Moe". It's mainly used as an adjective, with the literal meaning being "budding", or the verb form θγγ moeru, meaning to bud.
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purty much. Only do it to my crush though. tomboy everywhere else.
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...Ok?
*Pat pat* Someday, child, when you are as old and wise as me, you'll look back and go "OH GOD". But until then, enjoy your blissfully ignorant youth.
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We cannot answer rhetoricalΒ questions like these.
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No, no I think Stella did a good job.
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Aye she did.
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