Yuri on Ice unlocked something in me that I didn't know I was missing.

Like I never got soap operas like my mom watches. I'm gay. It didn't appeal to me. I never had romance stories of gay men growing up because America is prudish AF. 35 years of not having stories that reflected me. Yuri on Ice filled a gap in my life and I suddenly understood why my mom watches soap dramas and lifetime.

I think of this every time there is an LGBTQ book ban.

My favorite music is from Uematsu and Mitsdua.

FF7 brought me in touch with the planet and concepts that we are all connnected. It is a very philsophical and spirtual story. It cracked that conservative shell I was raised in and helped me grow as a person.

Japan may be prudish and have a hellish work culture, but they get art and music and stories. Far better than colorless, lifeless, joyless USA.

You should check out Aggretsuko on Netflix where her boss is a literal shovanistic pig. That show is a commentary on Japan's work and prudish culture in hopes to address it.