Asking a depressed person why they are depressed when life is so beautiful is like asking an asthma patient why they have asthma when there is so much air
someone: *criticizes japanese media for its misogyny, racism, pedophilia, etc*
white people in the US: Have you considered that Japanese culture is different?
Japanese Americans: *talk about whitewashing Asian roles in Hollywood and cultural appropriation*
white people in the US: Here’s an article on what Japanese people in Japan think about this topic because Japan’s race relations are exactly the same as ours.
Also like…the creepy stuff in the creepier animes out there isn’t “Japanese culture”, actual Japanese people think it’s fuckin weird and off putting and terrible as well it’s one of the reasons why otaku in Japan are viewed as creepy unsettling people
Japan isn’t a whole nation of people stroking their anime love pillows