>>283744157
>That's not what I'm talking about. Japan as portrayed in media we consume is an idealized nation. As an example, I think schoolgirls don't even really use sailor uniforms IRL anymore, but they do in the Japan in our hearts, where people care about honor, where people carry katanas around to protect themselves from ninjas hiding everywhere... That's the Japan we like, not the soulless real thing where salarymen kill themselves working.