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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz
I think the letters to their Japanese friends is understandable. What irks me is the people designing t-shirts, getting tattoos, trying to make their video game or novel character have a Japanese name that means something like "dark sinister man of the cape" or whatever.
There are still vestiges of orientalism in the West. Orientalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kanji are mystic, cool, exotic, weird, and grab people's attention. By using them, you obtain the exotic traits of the Asians.
That is what a lot of people think, based on my experience interacting with people. |
Speaking of which. I need a character name that means most honorable badass who does not seem to care about anyone but saves the whole town of dying people while wearing black. Make it happen.
I think they believe it will make them appear cool which is a very stupid reason because they will just look like even more of a loser when they are found out. And I agree tatoos in a language you do not understand are just a terrible ideas in so many ways.