Over the years I've noticed that much of Japanese video content is presented in the format of a dialogue between two anime girl pngs using text to speech voices as opposed to just some guy appearing on camera or narrating whatever the video is about.

Like if you wanted to watch a review of a new monitor, it would be one anime character explaining the pros and cons to another character

Is it a greater cultural preference for anonymity, or are people just more likely to ingest information if it's presented by Touhou characters? Note that I'm not talking about Vtubers here, this trend is much older and covers pretty much all possible video topics

    • Gelamzer
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      11 months ago

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    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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      2 years ago

      :bugs-no: most japanese media is just media. The fact you see a lot of pedophilic content says more about the importers than the nation it is from. THis is not to say there are no problems with pedophilia in japanese culture or content, but realistically it's not much worse than American or European culture. It's just presented in a way no normalized to you.

      • BynarsAreOk [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        Ignore those hot takes, some people really just want to do "their thing".

        Everyone with a fucking brain knows full well Cryon shin chan, Pokemon, Detective Conan, Final Fantasy games, the daily morning sumo tournament broadcast and the afternoon variety game shows all share the same venn diagram with 100 million rapists and pedophiles.

        • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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          2 years ago

          Interesting point, let's look at the countries where child beauty pageants are everywhere, all shows about teenagers are obsessed with sex and sexuality to the exclusion of other points, fantasy and science fiction novels and games frequently feature unusual age dynamics between members, and underage pregnancy has been considered a mainstay of trash entertainment.

          There was a countdown to Billie Eilish turning 18 so porn of her would be legal, and she's not marketed to the Japanese Audience. 4chan is also dominated by westoids, not Japanese people. Just consider the fact that most imperial powers have a pedophilia problem, you're just used to your flavor of it.

        • Gelamzer
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          11 months ago

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      • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Remember, one of the primary cultural distribution networks of Japanese media to English speakers has been 4chan.

        • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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          2 years ago

          Exactly, a filter is in place which encourages pedophilic content, rather than a general sampling of the culture.

      • 2Password2Remember [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        yeah dude, any and all criticism of a non-white country is 100% due to racism. there are definitely no other reasons to hate :japan-cool:, of all countries

        Death to America

        • CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Criticism is fine, but generalising all fucking media from a country with 100 million people as "pedo shit" is fking racism

          Fk off

          Im literally Chinese you scumfuck dont lecture me on this

            • CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              If You said "all media produced by jews is pedo shit"

              That would 100% Antisemitic

              Also, Yes, me objecting towards a wholescale generalisation of a 100 million people is obviously a implicit endorsement of the state of israel