Monday, November 28, 2011

When and how did running away become an expression of shyness among Japanese youth?

Question:


In HS, I had a friend who moved to the country from Tokyo not 2 months before I met him. Being teenaged *******, some kids did made fun of him and his "strange foreign ways", but I was always super nice to him and was really interested in being his friend. He seemed to return my feelings, but as soon as we were alone, he'd take off down the hall at a full sprint (we could only talk at lunch, when others were around). Being an anime nut, I knew that that was a fairly common phenomenon, but I'd never been subject to it before. When did this come about?

Answer:


It's his personal behavior. Not "among Japanese youth" matter.

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