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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Kitkowski" data-source="post: 561304" data-attributes="member: 9532"><p>Thanks for the input, all. Any more stories you have would be appreciated. If you have interest in this topic, I've also gotten some interesting responses from the RPGNet forum, over here:</p><p><a href="http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=460867#post460867" target="_blank">http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=460867#post460867</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, I'm not going that road- I'm a gamer through and through, and am not looking for sensationalism. However, this is apparently a BIG issue in Japan- Enough for someone who never had it happen to her to devote like 3 chapters of a manga about it.</p><p></p><p>What kinda got me interested in the whole thing in America was a comment from her manga here:</p><p>Before the area shown, she was stating how some people might think stalking or obtrusiveness might be a simple misunderstanding related to enthusiasm- One person overhears a second talking about a certain book, movie, or place to eat, and that person jumps in to the conversation, excited to be able to talk to someone about it. This is pretty much how friends are made, right? Well, some people might not be able to get subtle hints from the people talking that their intrusion was not wanted- perhaps they weren't expressing this adequately enough.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.z-builder.com/trpg/piyostalk.jpg"></p><p></p><p>Then, in the bit here, she is discussing with her publisher/assistant (as she does on issues throughout this manga) about what REAL stalkers think about stalking in general. The assistant remarks about how many stalkers don't even realize themselves that what they're doing is stalking, to which Naoko (the author) replies, "I guess the scariest thing is that people who stalk as much as 'criminal stalkers' probably think 'I'm not like that AT ALL!'..."</p><p></p><p>She then (the part I have highlighted) states "This kind of thing is also apparently a problem in America" (in other words, showing that it isn't a Japanese phenomenon).</p><p></p><p>However, out of the hundreds of Japanese stalking stories in geek habitats <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> like Anime, Manga, RPG conventions and the like, I have certainly heard of similar stories in the US but not nearly as many. So I was wondering if her comments were accurate.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the input- If anyone has anything more to share, please do!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Kitkowski, post: 561304, member: 9532"] Thanks for the input, all. Any more stories you have would be appreciated. If you have interest in this topic, I've also gotten some interesting responses from the RPGNet forum, over here: [url]http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=460867#post460867[/url] No, I'm not going that road- I'm a gamer through and through, and am not looking for sensationalism. However, this is apparently a BIG issue in Japan- Enough for someone who never had it happen to her to devote like 3 chapters of a manga about it. What kinda got me interested in the whole thing in America was a comment from her manga here: Before the area shown, she was stating how some people might think stalking or obtrusiveness might be a simple misunderstanding related to enthusiasm- One person overhears a second talking about a certain book, movie, or place to eat, and that person jumps in to the conversation, excited to be able to talk to someone about it. This is pretty much how friends are made, right? Well, some people might not be able to get subtle hints from the people talking that their intrusion was not wanted- perhaps they weren't expressing this adequately enough. <img src="http://www.z-builder.com/trpg/piyostalk.jpg"> Then, in the bit here, she is discussing with her publisher/assistant (as she does on issues throughout this manga) about what REAL stalkers think about stalking in general. The assistant remarks about how many stalkers don't even realize themselves that what they're doing is stalking, to which Naoko (the author) replies, "I guess the scariest thing is that people who stalk as much as 'criminal stalkers' probably think 'I'm not like that AT ALL!'..." She then (the part I have highlighted) states "This kind of thing is also apparently a problem in America" (in other words, showing that it isn't a Japanese phenomenon). However, out of the hundreds of Japanese stalking stories in geek habitats :) like Anime, Manga, RPG conventions and the like, I have certainly heard of similar stories in the US but not nearly as many. So I was wondering if her comments were accurate. Thanks for the input- If anyone has anything more to share, please do! [/QUOTE]
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