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** Communal/familial nudity isn't all that uncommon in USA either, though non-familial communal nudity is sex-segregated in mainstream culture (e.g. locker rooms, saunas). The [[Paedo Hunt|abuse scandals]] of the eighties were overhyped by infotainment media, part of a larger family values conservative backlash against the relative body and sexual freedom of the 1960s and '70s; this may have made the culture more wary of these practices in the last twenty years, or perhaps just of publicly acknowledging them.
* Then there's the fact that over in SOME Western countries (like the USA but not most of Europe), [[Kissing Cousins|cousin intermarriage]] is treated as almost as bad as [[Brother-Sister Incest]], causing an aversion to cousin [[Unwanted Harem|Unwanted Haremettes]] in [[Dating Sim]] games and shows based upon them.
* The important Japanese value ''"ganbarimasu"'' (meaning to do one's best) is deeply permeated into all of Japanese society. To the outside Western view, a character with the goal [[To Be a Master]] (so common in anime) or even to succeed at a small task may seem absolutely obsessive-compulsive. Elaborated on [http://www.animenewsnetwork.
* In many anime, a character will be reprimanded for laughing loudly, crying or generally showing an "excess of emotion." While this may be universally understood in certain places (such as in an important meeting, in the cinema or in a library), it can be confusing if the character is just sitting with friends or talking to their parents. It only makes sense once you realize the emphasis Japanese culture puts on dignity, and [[It Can't Be Helped|not bothering other people with your personal problems]].
** It works both ways, of course. The stereotypical American's emotional and dramatic nature, as well as the constitutional right to own a gun, is presumably surprising to the Japanese population. This resulted in "half-crazy, gun-toting American" characters appearing in anime. Examples: Leon of ''[[Pet Shop of Horrors]]'', K from ''[[Gravitation]]'', and most of the cast of ''[[FAKE]]'' (except Ryo, who's [[But Not Too Foreign|half Japanese]]). Another example happens when laws allowing citizens to own guns are passed: ''[[Bakuretsu Tenshi]]'', for example, depicts Tokyo as slowly becoming a more rotten place than [[Vice City|the lowest]] ''[[Vice City|favelas]]'' [[Vice City|of Rio de Janeiro]] after one of these laws was enacted.
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