| Otakumegane said:
And not every eastern country hates Japan anymore. I'm South Korean and I know plenty of grandparents who are still bitter about the Korea occupation and all, but we really only get heated in when we take them on in soccer, Japanese products and the like we're fine with that. American products on the other hand..... Of course there was a lot of friction between Japan and other East-Asian countries historically, living close to each other will do that. If you look at it from a cultural and not a historical standpoint, stuff like Anime/manga is a lot easily accepted in China than american comics, as is Japanese food to American food. In the end, America is still much more distant to China than Japan is, If there ever was a PS vs Xbox war there, PS would win hands down. What matters in the end isn't history, that's all in the past. It's about a closeness in culture, and even though they might have had their conflicts, they have always repected one another's culture. Can't say the same for American influence on China, you won't see many American CSI shows there. (Though I'm pretty sure Xbox if ever released in China won't get many M-rated games thanks to "promotion of violence" tag by the Chinese government, effectively killing off like 75% of the games it has.) |
Agree on the prices of american products. And I agree, that the WWII is more and more a thing of the past. But it is easily used by nationalist to incite hate against Japan, if it seems to bring advantage. And yes, cultural they naturally much nearer to each other than to the US. Look the Dragonball-anime is about a classic chinese story. Yes, you're right.
