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- From: doi@jrd.dec.com (Hitoshi Doi)
- Subject: Re: KOR: Of Akane, idol-worship, and unusual rela
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- References: <Dec.22.14.40.51.1992.9455@romulus.rutgers.edu> <BzqL7M.Ir3@jrd.dec.com> <1992Dec23.233706.3626@nic.csu.net> <2B3A2448.8622@ics.uci.edu>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 22:03:53 GMT
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- In article <2B3A2448.8622@ics.uci.edu>, rang@laputa.ics.uci.edu (Roger P. Ang) writes:
- # In article <1992Dec23.233706.3626@nic.csu.net> ramberg@futon.SFSU.EDU (James Ramberg) writes:
- # >In article <BzqL7M.Ir3@jrd.dec.com> doi@jrd.dec.com (Hitoshi Doi) writes:
- # >>In article <Dec.22.14.40.51.1992.9455@romulus.rutgers.edu>, thmartin@romulus.rutgers.edu (Miss Animerica) writes:
- #
- # [Reader's Digest version, of previous posts]
- #
- # thmartin@romulus.rutgers.edu:
- # Akane and Madoka relationships has definite lesbian tone.
- #
- # doi@jrd.dec.com:
- # Sees this as idol worship. Like Akane worships Madoka as an object,
- # e.g. teddy bear.
- #
- # ramberg@futon.SFSU.EDU:
- # Agrees with Hitoshi. Keeps "KOR's sensitive approach to sexuality".
- #
- # [end digest]
-
- # 2) However, since my wife is an anthropologist, the obvious question came up,
- # "Is this a Japanese thing?" Hey, men in Europe will hug as part of normal
- # (and expected) greetings. In the Middle East, it's normal for men to walk
- # hand in hand down the street. But by U.S. standards, ... ? A lot of guys
- # don't even like to shake hands. Perhaps, Akane and Madoka's relationship is
- # the way teenage girl idol worship looks in Japan (though, probably exaggerated
- # as most things in entertainment media are). Anyone with first hand experience
- # care to comment? Hey, where's Maiko Covington when we need her?
-
- This got lost among all of the followups, but I ORIGINALLY said that
- this is common in Japan, and probably so in other Asian countries too.
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