I just read an article about the term Wapanese. I watch anime on occasion, I've gone to an anime convention, and I like Japanese culture. I don't personally believe that Japanese culture is any better than any other culture in the world. Since I've loved ASIA since I was around the age of 4, does that make me Wapanese? I don't like Japan more than I do Taiwan or South Korea. The Asian people at my school, I don't know many of them, but a lot of them I'm very fascinated with. I don't know why, though.
Something I don't understand about those who are Wapanese is the fact that they assume that someone who is Japanese will like anime, when that is actually not true. I don't think that many Japanese really like anime, seeing as the term 'otaku' is derogatory in Japan. I've never been to Japan so I really don't know a whole lot about the culture, except from that which I've read.
I personally cannot stand these people though. Many of these people BELIEVE that they know so much about Japan, when they really don't know a thing at all. They constantly call people -chan, or -san, and listen to nothing but hard Japanese rock, and have never seen an asian drama in their life.
I personally know someone that made me almost completely stop liking Japan. She was constantly researching people such as HYDE and Dir En Grey, etc. She still does nothing but constantly tell me stuff that I already knew. I don't want to hear it again. She claims to have gotten me into Japan by watching InuYasha, which is a complete lie anyway. I never even liked InuYasha. By her quoting all of this stuff about HYDE to me, I felt like HYDE had been in a way, taken away from me, though of course there are MILLIONS of other fans of him; it was just not right in the way that she was presenting it to me.
Anyway, I guess that's enough for this blog post... I don't really know what else to type. I feel like I'm sort of rambling.
... Yeah.