Oh wow, that's exactly how I feel! Somehow a weepy uke England just makes me cringe. Though you can't really blame fans of that entirely, since England IS a bit of a weepy drunk... ^^;
Sadly, I think the major reason for the popularity of England's uke status is his height. Somehow in doujinshi and in manga it's always height that plays the deciding factor in a relationship, toppling age and experience (and sometimes personality), which makes little sense to me. I know plenty of short people that can kick my ass - my Japanese teacher being one of them. (He's a black belt in Karate AND Capoeira. It's scary!) One would think that for being rather short themselves - and I don't mean to rag on Japanese people's height, but they ARE shorter than most Americans - they wouldn't discriminate like that. But alas, maybe the mangakas have just developed some kind of height complex instead.
Anyway, sorry for my own rant, but I'm just giddy that my first reviewer is on the same wavelength as I am. XD
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Sadly, I think the major reason for the popularity of England's uke status is his height. Somehow in doujinshi and in manga it's always height that plays the deciding factor in a relationship, toppling age and experience (and sometimes personality), which makes little sense to me. I know plenty of short people that can kick my ass - my Japanese teacher being one of them. (He's a black belt in Karate AND Capoeira. It's scary!) One would think that for being rather short themselves - and I don't mean to rag on Japanese people's height, but they ARE shorter than most Americans - they wouldn't discriminate like that. But alas, maybe the mangakas have just developed some kind of height complex instead.
Anyway, sorry for my own rant, but I'm just giddy that my first reviewer is on the same wavelength as I am. XD