Barefoot_Sis
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There, it's been said. In Japan, gravity is optional.
Often times, Americans who romanticize Japan feel this need to discuss the gravity of a country they only know of through popular science and technology. They talk about the centuries of people falling out of trees, the fitness level of the people, descending kamikaze pilots, and any number of odd ends.
The reality is this; Japanese gravity is completely importable; it is all made in China. It is built on mag-lev graviton railings. It is about 32 feet per second per second. The centuries of gravity Americans seem to believe exist have been put onto the heavy-grav world of Uralmorons IV; much of it is not even remotely as relevant as the need to depict Ninja warriors racing up the sides of trees.
The reason for this is simple; the only way for this group of people to rebound while piloting giant robot Mechs is to seem like a comfortable society, albeit one where gravity is non-existent, so that spectacular leaps that need wire-work and special effects in America can be done in all honesty in Japan. Giant mechs piloted by mysterious and androgynous male characters who Ghost dimension dwellers feel exemplify their strengths.
Japanese gravity is unlike that of the United States; whereas all entities within American have a mass and a weight, such things are totally irrelevant in Japan, and oftentimes Japanese people will race up the sides of building and engage in spectacular karate kicks to each other's head while doing what would be in America death-defying leaps in the air.
This is not open to debate: watch 2 minutes of any TV show, anime, manga, or whatever exported from Japan and you will clearly agree that to the Japanese mindset, gravity is optional.
Often times, Americans who romanticize Japan feel this need to discuss the gravity of a country they only know of through popular science and technology. They talk about the centuries of people falling out of trees, the fitness level of the people, descending kamikaze pilots, and any number of odd ends.
The reality is this; Japanese gravity is completely importable; it is all made in China. It is built on mag-lev graviton railings. It is about 32 feet per second per second. The centuries of gravity Americans seem to believe exist have been put onto the heavy-grav world of Uralmorons IV; much of it is not even remotely as relevant as the need to depict Ninja warriors racing up the sides of trees.
The reason for this is simple; the only way for this group of people to rebound while piloting giant robot Mechs is to seem like a comfortable society, albeit one where gravity is non-existent, so that spectacular leaps that need wire-work and special effects in America can be done in all honesty in Japan. Giant mechs piloted by mysterious and androgynous male characters who Ghost dimension dwellers feel exemplify their strengths.
Japanese gravity is unlike that of the United States; whereas all entities within American have a mass and a weight, such things are totally irrelevant in Japan, and oftentimes Japanese people will race up the sides of building and engage in spectacular karate kicks to each other's head while doing what would be in America death-defying leaps in the air.
This is not open to debate: watch 2 minutes of any TV show, anime, manga, or whatever exported from Japan and you will clearly agree that to the Japanese mindset, gravity is optional.
