
not the green thing
That's true too. I haven't looked too much into specific culture things that've happened, that's actually really interesting. o -o And, terrifying.
if you want to boil it down in a super generalizing way that sounds asinophobic but really isn't, we dropped two doomsday weapons on the ninja island because they were such fierce warriors that even when they where going to lose the war, they would have kept fighting and caused exponential loss of life. After being nuked in two places by peashooters compared to modern nuclear arms (we have, to my recollection, at least one report of a survivor who was standing in a building at ground zero, and one of the bombs didn't even fully level the building it blew up over) the leaders of the nation whipped themselves into shape and decided to build back better to enter a new era in the modern world, driven by the pride they (even after being beat so harshly) yet maintained in their culture and history. This led to a generation or two of the hardest workers the planet may have ever seen, turning japan into a modern technological powerhouse of industry in no time flat. This culture of "better faster stronger", in turn, bred a young generation of the nineties who rejected the values of their elders, favoring things such as art and self expression over being stuffed into white cubicles for a lifetime of office jobs. Manga, Anime, and japanese pop culture icons soared, and with it, the idea of a hikikomori, a young adult who socially withdraws into their home and doesn't partake in the workforce. Some japanese men began to seek out non-progenitive female entertainment, seeking out things such as maid cafes or themed hotels, where being served by or spending a few hours in the paid company of a woman isn't sexual in nature, but instead catering to a desire for whimsy and disconnection from their real life. many japanese men began to idolize a demasculated ideal, and no longer wished to care for their elderly or raise children to do the same for them when they aged out of the workforce. The writing of manga became a cultural trend as people sought a way to make a living and get their ideas out in front of their peers, and with the writing of more manga came the creation of more anime. With anime opening up to western audiences in the 90's, and a new industry beginning to take shape independently from the economic prowress and growth of japan, we over on this side of the lake got a raw glimpse into the life, pastimes, and fantasies of the nation that brought us into the second world war, and we realized quickly that what we do behind closed doors with incognito tabs up varies in several distinct ways from they.