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10441668 No.10441668 [Reply] [Original]

Why is Japan's aging population so focused on highschool? Aren't most otaku in their 20s->30s anyway?

>> No.10441668,1 [INTERNAL] 

Escapism.

>> No.10441675

Because high school romance is young and full of promise, and office romance a shit.

>> No.10441676

Those were the only part of a Jap life that were remotely enjoyable.

>> No.10441687

Cute school uniforms

>> No.10441688

Why is it that characters in games/anime either act like 30 year olds or 11 year olds?

>> No.10441694

>>10441675
>high school romance is young and full of promise

Do you think all the people around you in high school that were dating stayed together or something?

>> No.10441699

>>10441676
>Those were the only part of a Jap life that were remotely enjoyable.

But that's not true, college is a lot more relaxing in Japan than high school.

>> No.10441704

>>10441694
No but in the 2D world they don't act like most highschoolers anyways.

>> No.10441705

>>10441694
All of the promise went nowhere, but because it's fiction, people are allowed to pretend.

>> No.10441716

Everyone can relate
Easy to group lots of different types of characters together

>> No.10441734

>>10441668
>Aren't most otaku in their 20s->30s anyway?

Most anime features clothing that they would have worn in school in the 80s, so probably older than that.

>> No.10441740

Otaku are not the majority of Japan's population. The core, consistent buyers of Anime, Manga, VNs etc are in the minority.

Please refrain your question to "Why are Otaku so focused..."

Now if you want a more general view of Japanese media try watching NHK, I think that's a more comprehensive variety of interests

>> No.10441808

>>10441740
>refrain
I think the word you want is "rephrase."

>> No.10441814

>>10441740
They're in the minority of the population, but they're not in the minority of consumers of this type of anime/manga

>> No.10441838

they are obsessed with underaged girls. thats really all there is to it. as for why they are, i dont have a clue.

>> No.10441853

>>10441675
But highschool in japland is fucking brutal

>> No.10441854

>>10441808
Thank you very much.

>>10441814
I see for some reason I thought he was talking about Japanese people in general

>> No.10441904

Stop watching/reading shitty serieshttp://www.google.com/recapta/api/image?c=03AHJ_VutRGVwdRSktVXt_Om0OdoFdBvawD63UnT3bjjzAGXJRf9XBjH4sKrJ9uR-3KSbS9FBOh2rHZpVAg6Qx8nwXpaynMajbXMhVdrrzydnT7U05M27AEjURhr7gOlXs6Ifv-y5h06a0Y12t0zmrxcQZgAnCb3gauNFY_pe0_mXdM

>> No.10441908

>>10441853
We're talking about idealized 2D worlds.

>> No.10441921

Pedophilia

>> No.10441923

High school is generally a place where the majority pass trough. Choosing that over say College simply give the audience a potentially bigger chance to relate to the setting. Also most Japanese people have a very stressful time during their high school years and may want to relive that time in a better way.

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>>10441734

>tfw 40 year old salaryman trying to relive late 1980s school life

>> No.10441956

>>10441734
Current trends are followed usually.

>> No.10441965

>>10441956
not really

>> No.10441978 [DELETED] 

Because high school is a very special place. I realized this afterwards, for better or worse.

There's really no other part of your life that is comparable. You're more or less at the peak of your physical and mental ability and you can do whatever you want. The few hours you have to attend and work for school pale in comparison to any job. It's the only place in life where romance or friendship can realistically be everything you have to worry about.

>> No.10441987

>>10441978
What?
I had to go from 8 to 5 everyday in High school and homework upon that. It was way more busy than any work I've ever had.

>> No.10441999 [DELETED] 

>>10441987
Where did you go to school? Even at my 'peak' of mandatory education at 18/19, the worst schedule went from 8am to 3pm with plenty of small and big breaks between lessons.


And even given that, you can be a total slacker and still make it. You don't even have to be particularly smart, you can just cruise by with (sub-)mediocre grades without a care in the world.

And again, my point was that it was realistic in a story for high schoolers to focus entirely on stuff that is related to the plot.

>> No.10442033

>>10441978
Huh? Highschool was 8-3PM for me, with 90+ minutes of homework.

University is the best time even if you're a neckbeard.

>> No.10442082

>>10441978
>peak of physical and mental potential
>under 20

Yeah sure...

>> No.10442372

>>10442082
Remember, this is /jp/.

Chances are you responded to a retarded NEET autist

>> No.10444149

Kogals and Seifuku Shoujos are sex symbols in japan.

>> No.10444154

Because high school girls are cuter than college girls. Duh.

>> No.10444155

>>10441987
To five? Most high schools let out at 3-3:30 PM.

>> No.10444164

>>10444154
Then why aren't there more middle school/elementary school/kindergarten focused scenarios? Each one is cuter than the previous.

>> No.10444170

>>10444164
There are some anime focused on middle, elementary and kindergarten.

I can name two anime shows, and half a dozen manga off the top of my head.

>> No.10444176

>>10441987
5pm?

No wonder going home scenes in anime look ORANGE as hell

>> No.10444180

>>10444170
As far as Kindergarten goes:
Hanamaru Kindergarten
Cul de Sac
Alice Kindergarten

I can only think of three comic series and one is western.

For being filled with really cute girls, that seems odd based on your previous statement.

>> No.10444187

>>10444164
They keep more people happy by having characters of different ages. Make a high school anime with older girls for the average joe to enjoy, and then throw in a loli imouto to appease the lolicon,

>> No.10444191

>>10444180
There's Kodomo no Jiken.
There's Class 5-A
There's Mitsudome
There's Ichigo Mashimellow
There's a manga called Ichinensei ni Nacchattara

I ould probably go on with more research.

btw I'm not the guy>>10444154


I would like to see more cute girls in elementary school being cute.

>> No.10444206

>>10444191
... those are all elementary school. I said I can only think of three kindergarten series.

The amount of elementary series still pales in comparison to the amount of high school series.

>>10444187
They could easily have a pseudo-loli college student like they did in Quartette or have a genius child college student like Becky from Pani Poni. If you wanted to make the average guy happy, it seems to make more sense to have the average girl be an adult instead of a high school girl.

>> No.10444212

>>10444206
But the average Japanese would prefer a High School girl.

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10444234

Needs more honest and hard working people looking for jobs.

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10444235

college student

>> No.10444237

>>10444206
The average guy isn't interested in these things in the first place.

>> No.10444238

Because the target audience aren't people with 20 and 30 years old

>> No.10444239

>>10444212
Yeah if they had shit taste.
Shougakusei is the best tier.

>> No.10449402 [DELETED] 

this thead is about to die

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