Top 10 Things I've Learned About Japanese Culture Through Anime

To celebrate my new blog, here is a list of things that I have learned about Japanese culture in my years of watching anime.

1. Shrine Maidens are heavy users of witchcraft, necromancy and other occultist practices. Either that, or their martial art skills are honed in to the point of superhuman strength. In short, you do not want to piss her off!

2. Octopi and other cephalopods are not always used for food; and the less said, the better.

3. It is incredibly difficult to distinguish normal humans from robots. Try coping a feel in, and your in for a shock, sometimes literally.

4. Japanese girls are either flat-chested or their breasts are bigger then their heads.

5. Umm... not pigeons. They eat breadcrumbs. They craps on people.

6. Prestigious Japanese schools tend to over indulge themselves. Some schools in Japan are big enough to have their own zip code!  Tell me if at least one school in real life Japan has it's very own gundam, a subway system exclusively for students and faculty, a dormitory complex the size of Disneyland, a public bath that could be misinterpreted as a water park, etc. etc.

7. Businesses in Japan are often bigger than most nations. Some even have thier own military!

8. The most absurd situations often bring people together. How else can you explain how you fell in love with your undead sister who is a cat girl robot from Mars, who works at your rich uncle's house as a maid who is actually the reincarnation of Yamatohime-no-mikoto and, yeah. I think you see my point about now.

9. Most Japanese males are completely oblivious when it comes to girls and often have a tendency to barge in to their rooms without knocking.

10. If she's a bitch toward you, she's obviously in love with you.