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Originally Posted by Nyororin
I am going to agree with your friend that there are only three - unless you must consider arabic numerals themselves as a separate writing system.
The reasoning being literature. Even in the silliest light novel, you are not going to encounter anything written in romaji. At least, nothing Japanese. If used, it`s going to be for a foreign language or given name.
When things outside of advertisements and cute little not-really-meant-to-be-read slogans on products are written in romaji - THEN it might be considered a fourth writing system. Until then, it`s still really just a novelty.
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I agree, only 3, romaji is like training wheels for gaijin and for the kakkoi effect because English has a cool-factor