Comment by Mirage on The Strongest Villain, Who Had Hidden Himself Deep in the Mountains to Escape His Downfall, Is Dragged Back Into the Spotlight by the Heroine He Once Saved. - Chapter 3

@Mirage  

Now that you mention it.  We sure this guy is Japanese?  His actions haven't been completely spineless and he has a sense of individuality.

@Kenjitamura lol accurate, Japan loves their pushovers

@Kenjitamura Asian culture in general has a hard time distinguishing between humility and self hatred, and between being good vs being a thoughtless pushover or just being "nice". Though the west seems to have caught that disease too lately

@Tropeh8r I blame CUCK/NTR po**, the genre is normalizing limp wrist behavior.

@Tropeh8r Japan in particular hates standing out: physically or economically. They believe a lot more in a harmonious nation where everybody embodies the same mindset, because they're plagued wuth natural disasters. A moments hesitation could lead to death during a disaster, so culturally they stamp out whatever may cause the people to not cooperate. Humility and mutual respect is the goal, so yeah they're seen as pushovers.

@Kazooie Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times. Hard times create strong men. It's a cycle, where a prosperous era makes people lose perspective.

@Cid Lunius This makes a lot of sense. People that are unwiling to cooperate would be a HUGE problem during earthquakes or tsunamis.