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Why does the US put so much emphasis on high school and also nostalgia for high school? (lemmy.world)

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Do other countries in the world have the same experience?

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[-] fork@feddit.online 71 points 1 month ago

That's not something specific to the US. If you chose a manga or anime at random, it'd most likely revolve around a highschooler.

[-] maplesaga@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not necessarily, sometimes its a Japanese salaryman being reincarnated into a video game.

[-] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Or whatever this is

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reborn_as_a_Vending_Machine,_I_Now_Wander_the_Dungeon

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Tbf, season 1 of that show is honestly good. After that it gets really stale and boring though

[-] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

That's a more relatively recent thing.

[-] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago

Yup, one of the reasons Black Lagoon is now one of my favourite animés is that it neither involves school nor a magical alternative universe. It does revolve around a salaryman though ... can't win them all I guess :-/

[-] captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I don't mind the magic, I like fantasy. The highschool theme got boring, fast.

[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

May I interest you in Samurai Pizza Cats?

[-] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Yes. Yes you can.

Thank you for the tip :-)

[-] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

This, this is not just an American thing

[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

Post-war Japanese culture is very american though.

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