I don't really see the difference. They are both Rpg.

One is made in Japan.
One usually follows pretty boy teenagers.
Ones usual story is to save the world.
One usual has turn-based battles
One has the most over-rated series in history (FF)

EDIT - That said. I like JRPGs.

I prefer SRPG even though Ive yet to finish 2 I really like. FE:PoR and Yggdra Union.

One is good the other is terrible and comes out of Japan.

After trying to play Blue Dragon for umpteenth time, I am coming to agree with this. :/ I got interested in jrpg:s because of lost odyssey but everything else has been disappointing.

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Id appreciate if you didnt alter my post BTFeather

The big differences are that JRPGs have interesting characters and try to tell interesting stories while most Western RPGs from Wizardry and Might and Magic ( and other than Bioware's which have their own problems stemming from the use of the dialogue trees and pick your own path storylines, but do feature actual characters or the Ultima and SSI D & D games from the Golden Age of PC gaming which were true classics) to games like Morrowind, etc, trap you in first-person, maze crawling dungeons that usually have no point and no real stories and you create your own character. They are like FPS games slowed down so that you use stats instead of shooting, and they are much more tedious and headache inducing than FPS games.

     What are you alright with Garnett altering your post?  Fact is Final Fantasy is not the most overrated series in history and is actually no worse than one of the top five series ever made.