Japanese, particularly Japanese men, face the prospect of a lonelier Christmas than ever if survey results are any guide, with 12% of those men staying at home set to spend the time alone, and 25% not planning anything special at all, an increase on previous years.
Divided by age group, a mere 52% of Japanese in their twenties planned a “home Christmas,” as compared to 67% of those in their thirties, and 87% of those in their forties, results which probably suggest the event soon loses its romantic overtones with the onset of age and family.
The survey found that amongst those who did plan a Christmas at home, only 4% of woman intended to spend the time alone, compared to 12% of men; 67% of women intended to spend the time with friends or family in some capacity. In fact, 25% of men intended no special celebration at all, demonstrating a substantial difference between the sexes.
These results are particularly notable in light of the “traditional” Japanese celebration of Christmas being tied to rather social romantic and marketing events, as opposed to the west, where Christmas sometimes takes on familial or even religious overtones…
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I want to visit Japan during Christmas so bad. D:
Those 25% men don't have to buy gifts for anyone.
Those 25% men can save their money for spring figures.
You know what's a week after Christmas? Motherfucking comic market. Fuck everyone else. There's doujin to be bought.
You can stay home and watch on TV other people celebrating or an anime were a lucky guy goes out with the girl of his dreams on Christmas day while you are alone in your room, eating a cake that you bought so you can feel better and get in to the spirit but it makes you even more sad and you start crying manly tears.
The next day you go out and buy yourself lot's of things so you can feel better but when you go back to an empty house the melancholy continues. But then as you open the bags you think "FUCK IT, MY REI FIGURE IS AWESOME I DON'T CARE ANY MORE, I WILL ALWAYS HAVE YOU REI WE WILL ALWAYS BE TOGETHER!!!".
Despite that, Rei doesn't respond to your crying voice. She stays frozen and emotionless but you smile and say "Oh Rei that is so like you. I love you so much."
This post was taken from the book "My Otaku Stories" released in 2009 by Sylar Publications. ALL COPYRIGHTS RESERVED
I wish to refer to women who do not want to marry anyone who is below 'rich'.
Women make men sadder by demanding more. Legalize more sexual relationships?
Going to Akiba for xmas, gonna be ronery. Also, Comiket, fuck yeah!
HAHAHA, OH WOW
That really made my day!
pure profit
and those 25% won't be getting any... still
TBH true Otaku, if they had the choice of sex and another figure you would have to choose the figure. Less chance of aids as well.
This is pure profit indeed.
But will those 25% get turkey?
As well as they ain't gettin' shit from anyone...
In times of economic depression, it's always wise to save up for yourself and no one else.
more like the other way around. Just go out on the street and find a hottie looking stress and nicely dress and ask her to fuck for money
@EyE 03:50:
No, ask her nicely to fuck. Only if she turns you down should you think about offering money.
Anon 1:38
And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
Whatchu think you gon get
Fuck around with my dough
Just so it ain't no mistakes, this is my show
One, two, three, here I go
Your shit is quick and your shit is sleek
But this shit is thick and when you hear this shit
Damn right I can finish shit
If you caught that verse without a rewind you can see mine
But you be blind, i'll do it 360, come up from behind
Tap you on the shoulder, have you turnin' around
Hit you with somethin' that i'll have you burin' the ground
Be like "Damn ain't nothin' left of money, but a pile of ash"
Life is good, so please enjoy it, while it lasts
Cuz you know ain't got much longer to go
The quicker you go depends the stronger the flow
When niggaz know I don't give a FUCK, right or wrong
There ain't no sunshine when it's on
wow.and its increasing.a trend?or because 2D girl that we serve at home is better?
Ronery men, don't worry. Santa will come to you.
I SALUTE YOU RONERY MAN, HANG IN THERE
Some day, all otaku will celebrate together as a kazoku
What's a kazoku without imouto?
Lemon Party. ;D
Time alone is a good thing. Gives me time to work on my Bukkake Blasting skills.
This Christmas I will attempt to add High Velocity Bukkake Bullet to my arsenal.
A tight ball of Bukkake busting on the shiny forehead should be a fine holiday gift.
Fortunately, I'm not gonna be ronery this Christmas.
story of my life
I live in a place where Christmas is spent with the family... I've never actually thought about spending it with a girl until I saw what it's like in anime and here in sankaku's posts...
Yup, same here.
Yeah wtf it's family time. You dare to go out with some hooker while we are singing and drinking egg nog and eating some animal which is considered to be a wild one and open presents and drinking egg nog and singing songs and drinking egg nog and watching tv together and talk and drinking egg nog and look at the awesome christmas tree which is too small or big or thin or ugly or pretty because it will make everyone jealous and drinking egg nog to forget what's going on and talking and tell everyone how cool you present is which it is not because it's some obscure piece of cloth you didn't even know somebody would be curious to even produce and going to the movies especially christmas movies like Lord of the rings in the years before and drinking egg nog and drinking egg nog.
For the first time, I'll be spending Christmas alone. No family, no friends, no relationship, nada. Makes me happy and sad at the same time on different levels.
I don't know what it's like to celebrate christmas, esp when it never snows around my area. So if I can get past 18 years without celebrating christmas and not feeling a thing, so can you.
Kinda same for me except that I'm from an atheistic family so I never really celebrated Christmas, but I will celebrate New Year alone for the first time in my life.
Not sure how to feel about it, kinda makes me sad.
Great, here I am expecting my new year to be spent in my army camp. FML.
Hey, good luck for your reservist training. Luckily mine is after New Year, but it is 2 weeks of ATEC goodness...
Uuuhhhh but Christmas isn't a big deal in Japan, New Years is...so I don't get how this is important really?
The Japanese just LOVE the white man's "Christmas" holiday.
More like: Woman love reasons to get gifts but hey, the most people do and also it is good for the industry.
New Years is the bigger end-of-year celebration, but Christmas in Japan is traditionally couples night.
Uuugh everyone I know doesn't really care. They like giving gifts but it's nothing massive. New Years is better.
drink wine in a ball glass ???
I've never been the type that likes to celebrate holidays. I would probably want to spend more time with my family if my family weren't such terrible people to be around. Besides there's just so many holidays anymore that I can't get a break. Holidays are suppose to be relaxing but their busier than normal days.
This isn't news....Christmas isn't important over here. It's a day like any other, with people working and going to school. How this is even posted as "news", or even a glimpse into life in Japan is beyond me. I think Artefact has forgotten that Japan isn't a Christian country. People don't usually give gifts here for Christmas...they just share some Christmas cake, maybe some fried chicken and that's it. I assume Artefact lives in Japan, so he should know this.
What on earth does Christmas have to do with religion?
eto...the birth of jesus crist maybe?
Who?
Christ I assume, most people in an internet forum like this can't spell correctly if their life depends on it.
Saturnalia: When a bunch of Roman men get together, get drunk, have sex with each other and beat their wives.
That Roman Holiday is MADE for the Japanese yaoi industry.
I feel sorry for all you lot.
s'ok.. if it means anything, I think we feel sorry for you too :(
can't agree more. Only people who go to Church celebrate Christmas as the (supposedly) birth of Christ, but actually, it's just another festive originated from the Romans and their pagan culture. It's just time to have fun. Period.
"What on earth does Christmas have to do with religion?"
i lol'ed. 100% japanese.
if u tell a japanese that u're spending xmas eve alone, he/she'll probably murmur "kimoiiii..." wtf
But the Japanese don't really celebrate Christmas? It isn't even a public holiday there, so staying at home during Christmas isn't as big of a deal as it would be in Western countries. I don't think I bothered doing anything on Christmas when I lived there either, nobody really cares about it except couples who go on dates on Christmas Eve.
I remember reading that even still, in Japan no one passes up the opertunity to buy and give presents. It's more of a business thing than anything I think. And I can't count the number of times I've seen christmas represented in anime and video games. It's obviously a date that doesn't escape the minds of the Japanese. I mean they even do stuff for St.Valentines Day dont they?
It was shown fairly well in the old All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku OAV - they decorate in xmas style, swap a couple gifts, and go get a bucket of chicken at KFC, lol...
um, that was a reply to http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/12/16/japanese-christmas-more-ronery-than-ever/#comment-383830 but it threw it to the bottom for some reason.
Yes clearly an anime is more reliable evidence than my personal experience in real life