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That tension is the point.
Culturally, Japan is a high-context society where reading the air ( kuuki o yomu ) is essential. Variety TV exploits this. Comedians play the Boke (fool) and Tsukkomi (straight man) with lightning speed. It looks chaotic, but it is highly choreographed chaos. There is a "container" for laughter, a "container" for embarrassment. 1pondo 100414-896 Yui Kasugano JAV UNCENSORED
The working conditions within the anime industry, however, tell a different cultural story. "Ganbaru" (perseverance) is a virtue. Animators are expected to work 80-hour weeks for poverty wages because they are pursuing shokunin (craftsmanship) rather than profit. It is a romanticized suffering that is distinctly Japanese, and it is currently facing a labor crisis. What fascinates me most is how Japan consumes Western content versus how the West consumes Japanese content. That tension is the point
