People don't "choose" to be offended. If someone insults my mother at her funeral, I don't have a "choice" of whether to be offended or not - it either hurts me or it doesn't. This "Stop getting offended so easily!" is typical shit from those who want to continue hurting others but don't want to be made to look like…

I'm not condemning a peaceful protest as extremist and racist because it's peaceful. I'm condemning the people who are doing it for being so, as they belong to an extremist and racist organisation. Their very membership in such an organisation shows that they think this way. Being "well-behaved" is not the only…

I was really against admitting this myself... I adore FF9, but after playing speedier RPGs on the DS (Etrian Odyssey!), it does feel pretty damn slow in your millionth random battle. So, there's advantages to both ways.

Yeah, I guess what I'm saying is, even if Gurren Lagann might not be nearly so good as Mazinger, its broad appeal outside the usual robot genre fans is what makes it such a cultural touchstone. Especially since it's so recent still.

I'm not asking you to agree with the Chinese government on this. They shouldn't be encouraging this shameful behaviour. All I ask in this comment thread is that people not only condemn them for that, but also think twice before cheering on a rally organised by, as you say, the kinds of ultra-nationalists that…

Shin Mazinger might be your favourite, or it might be the currently most-beloved amongst fans of the genre, but Gurren Lagann is undisputedly more popular outside that niche fanbase. That's (part of) what makes it king. Kinda like how Oldboy isn't even close to being the best Korean movie (or even the best Korean…

In games as hefty as SMT, I actually prefer them this way. Length 3D animations make battles drag insanely, which adds to the already considerable length of the game.

If seeing the main characters, etc, is of primary importance to you, then the SMT games for you are Persona 3+4. The mainline SMT games (including Strange Journey) are all pretty old school.

This looks incredible. And by the time it's out, I should be done with Strange Journey!

I believe I'm still that person you've been replying to this whole time. For the record, I'm a white British Londoner, not Chinese.

NOT SURE IF SERIOUS

Funny how so many people who go on about Chinese brainwashing and propaganda-lovers are then so susceptible to it themselves when it comes from a source or in a form they weren't expecting. Oh dear.

The government wants to keep anti-Japanese sentiment high and doesn't want to be seen to back down on this issue ahead of the change of leadership this autumn. Reprehensible, but there it is.

Yeah, I think you may be right. I'm not saying Japan is a society of filthy racists (though there are pressing social issues there as with the rest of Asia) so much as I'm saying that this group is one I'd be VERY wary of cheering on. Also, it's almost useless to draw comparisons between calculated protests that are…

I agree that peaceful protest is the right way to go about things. But those ignorantly cheering on a racist group might want to know that this is what they're cheering on. Of course there's going to be a difference between a largely unorganised public-outcry style protest, and one that is carefully orchestrated by an…

Civil Rights movement was doing something very similar, true! That's because it's effective. In this case, where the motive is one I'm not sure people are understanding or appreciating, it pays to point out just what people are cheering on.

Firstly (this is a really unimportant distinction to make, but still), it was unofficially state-encouraged. The people's fervour was whipped up, but it wasn't directly government-sponsored.

What can ultra-nationalist right-wing racists do? Be identified as such by the media when they're trying to capitalise on current events to push their agenda.

There's a difference between unaffiliated members of the public taking to the streets to protest, and registered members of a party protesting for an agenda - which is the comparison being made by this article and the youtube video host, then remarking on how much more organised and civil the latter is, as if it…

That might be so, and certainly previous protests have proved as such. But this isn't a bunch of people gathering to protest something they personally feel like protesting about. This is members of a political party marching on the streets for the party line. The atmosphere and moral integrity is going to be different…