Now call me miserable if you want to (and don’t worry, you won’t be the first) but I find the Japanese obsession with cuteness nauseating at best. The rule that cute equals good is a false one in my book.
But that said, this sign outside a school I came across today did manage to warm the cockles of my cynical heart.
Briefly.
Albee says
I beleive, except for my wife, it is true. Too cutesy.
Toni says
I agree wholeheartedly with the whole cuteness thing. Nearly every manual I had for my electronics and appliances “cutified” said appliance. Pictures of my refrigerator, washing machine, and TV in their respective manuals all had happy smiley cutesy faces. Truly nauseating.
shohei says
Hello.
I find “otaku”, particularly the adults who are mania for anime, nauseating…
And I also hate some Japanese people who got proud of Japanese anime the moment they knew Japanese anime became appreciated in the world, though they had contempted anime.
Lee says
Yeah, I know what you mean shohei. Now it’s globally popular, suddenly everybody is (and always was) a big anime fan.
aa says
I hear ya on this cuteness thing.
And I second what shohei said too.