return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhy does the US put so much emphasis on high school and also nostalgia for high school?message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1183arrow-down1message-squareWhy does the US put so much emphasis on high school and also nostalgia for high school?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square79fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefork@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71·3 days agoThat’s not something specific to the US. If you chose a manga or anime at random, it’d most likely revolve around a highschooler.
minus-squaremaplesaga@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoNot necessarily, sometimes its a Japanese salaryman being reincarnated into a video game.
minus-squareHeyJoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days agoOr whatever this is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reborn_as_a_Vending_Machine,_I_Now_Wander_the_Dungeon
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoTbf, season 1 of that show is honestly good. After that it gets really stale and boring though
minus-squareJayGray91🐉🍕@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThat’s a more relatively recent thing.
minus-squareSharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoYup, one of the reasons Black Lagoon is now one of my favourite animés is that it neither involves school nor a magical alternative universe. It does revolve around a salaryman though … can’t win them all I guess :-/
minus-squareLushed_Lungfish@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoMay I interest you in Samurai Pizza Cats?
minus-squareSharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoYes. Yes you can. Thank you for the tip :-)
minus-squarecaptcha_incorrect@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoI don’t mind the magic, I like fantasy. The highschool theme got boring, fast.
minus-squareStarvingMartist@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoThis, this is not just an American thing
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoPost-war Japanese culture is very american though.
That’s not something specific to the US. If you chose a manga or anime at random, it’d most likely revolve around a highschooler.
Not necessarily, sometimes its a Japanese salaryman being reincarnated into a video game.
Or whatever this is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reborn_as_a_Vending_Machine,_I_Now_Wander_the_Dungeon
Tbf, season 1 of that show is honestly good. After that it gets really stale and boring though
That’s a more relatively recent thing.
Yup, one of the reasons Black Lagoon is now one of my favourite animés is that it neither involves school nor a magical alternative universe. It does revolve around a salaryman though … can’t win them all I guess :-/
May I interest you in Samurai Pizza Cats?
Yes. Yes you can.
Thank you for the tip :-)
I don’t mind the magic, I like fantasy. The highschool theme got boring, fast.
This, this is not just an American thing
Post-war Japanese culture is very american though.