/jp/ - Otaku Culture

just show him this movie

maybe he could tell you what that bill murray said to that chick that everyone talks about

This movie killed my inner Weeaboo.

I was about 18 years old; I was watching Naruto, Japan was number one with everything, I felt deep dissatisfaction that China and Korea were such backwards assholes because they didn't forgive whatever Japan did in WWII.

Then I saw this movie. With my family. The first half, I was trying to explain my uneducated forced collective why it was completely natural for all this to happen, that Japan was a big place and they were probably exaggerating anyway.

After a while, I realized I was panicking because while only a movie, it triggered a sudden collapse of trust in my mind. Was this really Japan?

After that, I've always observed Japan with a step back, a sceptical eye and somewhat more attention being paid during cultural studies.

I still love Japan, for all its wackiness, but I'm not blind anymore. And I've stopped looking at Naruto.