Yes, your point of view is understandable. However, it’s incorrect to use it in this context. The lack of where, what, and who are because it carries no meaning to those unfamiliar with the area. Yao City... the average reader has no frame of reference for that. (Given the nature of this site naturally some will.) The…

Wow... Name calling huh? Broad would be the opposite of literary, yes. This article isn't a instruction manual where a literary take is needed.

So you didn’t use reading comprehension at all, you took an article at face value without thinking for yourself.

Literally the first sentence... “Busy Osaka streets are shut down” He doesn’t say the city of Osaka and it’s entire infrastructure is shut down. You just take it too literally. Part of reading comprehension is interpretation, the problem is you seem to think the author could clearly mean only one thing. Again like…

So what you’re saying is that this is just like Comic-Con in San Diego and despite the media coverage it isn’t as big as they make it out to be? That normal people think all these people dressing up is weird? That a major city actually isn’t shut down for the nerds every year? That it's only a few streets the costumes…

I think you misunderstand him saying him saying “that’s awesome.” Yeah it’s cool a bunch of people get together to show off their fandom for whatever. He doesn’t say this is a normal thing that everyone in Japan praises or gets behind. He just simply states hey this thing happened, good for them. You’re the one who…