return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhy does the US put so much emphasis on high school and also nostalgia for high school?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1143arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square68fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefork@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·24 hours 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-squareSharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·18 hours 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-up3·8 hours agoMay I interest you in Samurai Pizza Cats?
minus-squareSharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 hour agoYes. Yes you can. Thank you for the tip :-)
minus-squarecaptcha_incorrect@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 hours agoI don’t mind the magic, I like fantasy. The highschool theme got boring, fast.
minus-squaremaplesaga@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·20 hours agoNot necessarily, sometimes its salarymen being reincarnated into a video game.
minus-squareHeyJoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·20 hours agoOr whatever this is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reborn_as_a_Vending_Machine,_I_Now_Wander_the_Dungeon
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoTbf, season 1 of that show is honestly good. After that it gets really stale and boring though
minus-squareJayGray91🐉🍕@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoThat’s a more relatively recent thing.
minus-squareStarvingMartist@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·21 hours agoThis, this is not just an American thing
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·18 hours 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.
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.
Not necessarily, sometimes its salarymen 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.
This, this is not just an American thing
Post-war Japanese culture is very american though.