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> the Japan fetish in this article is way too strong

Seems like a common thread from the author, see yesterday's submission re: Ikiru.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10839344

But his pseudo-nihonjinron* is nothing compared to the Traditional European Martial Arts (Which are Much Better Than Japan's Didntchaknow) circlejerk we have going on in sibling comments. If I'm ever at a ren faire I plan to walk around and every few minutes loudly say "dude you should have brought your katana, you'd own everyone so hard" just to watch peoples' heads explode.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihonjinron




Ha! Agreed.




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