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Jul 1, 2019 8:52 AM
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I found this kinda of weird, IIRC most anime female characters always around in 4.5 ft or 4.8ft, There were barely 5.1ft, Even those female characters height are contradicting with them body proportions
Jul 1, 2019 8:54 AM
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Probably because female mean height in Japan is 158cm (5ft2in), so there must be a lot of shorter women than that. Specially if you take into account that anime characters are usually teens.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_average_human_height_worldwide
Jul 1, 2019 8:57 AM
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Average female height in Japan from where I checked was ~5' 2", also it's probably just because shorter girls are viewed as cuter than taller girls. That's true for me personally,
Jul 1, 2019 9:10 AM
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Asains are shorter than white/black people.
I am european and when i tell my asian friends my height they are like 'damn your tall' and over here i'm considered the smaller side of average for a female
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Jul 1, 2019 8:44 PM
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Victinimad said:
Asains are shorter than white/black people.
I am european and when i tell my asian friends my height they are like 'damn your tall' and over here i'm considered the smaller side of average for a female
This is why countertops in the US are too tall. :P
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Jul 1, 2019 9:19 PM
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GlennMagusHarvey said:
Victinimad said:
Asains are shorter than white/black people.
I am european and when i tell my asian friends my height they are like 'damn your tall' and over here i'm considered the smaller side of average for a female
This is why countertops in the US are too tall. :P

That feel when you have to sit/stand on top of the countertop to reach the second lowest top-shelf and beyond...


*cries*
Jul 1, 2019 10:29 PM
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Cause short girls are so kawaii....
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Jul 1, 2019 10:38 PM
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watch lovely complex if you want a tall girl
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Jul 1, 2019 10:45 PM
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because we are asian.
usually young adult female around 155cm and male 170cm.
and yeah, it make the curve look more intense.

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Jul 1, 2019 10:49 PM

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superboyprime98 said:
I found this kinda of weird, IIRC most anime female characters always around in 4.5 ft or 4.8ft, There were barely 5.1ft, Even those female characters height are contradicting with them body proportions


This should be obvious. Asians on average are shorter than other races. Women on average are shorter than men.
Put 2 and 2 together and you get...
As for body proportions, you might be watching too much ecchi.

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Jul 2, 2019 12:30 AM

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foxsuprise said:
GlennMagusHarvey said:
This is why countertops in the US are too tall. :P

That feel when you have to sit/stand on top of the countertop to reach the second lowest top-shelf and beyond...


*cries*
*whispers* "It's to encourage fitness and athleticism."
GlennMagusHarveyJul 2, 2019 3:06 AM
Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut.
Jul 2, 2019 3:39 PM

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Pretty much a fact that asians are the shortest race.
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Jul 2, 2019 3:53 PM
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superboyprime98 said:
I found this kinda of weird, IIRC most anime female characters always around in 4.5 ft or 4.8ft, There were barely 5.1ft, Even those female characters height are contradicting with them body proportions


Watch [ lovely complex ] if yoy need a long girl
Jul 2, 2019 3:54 PM

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peodsgns said:
watch lovely complex if you want a tall girl
Risa is only about 3 inches taller than average. A much taller girl is Karen Kohiruimaki from SAO GGOA standing at just over 6 feet who we rarely see in person since most of the anime takes place in the virtual world.
Jul 2, 2019 3:59 PM

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Sakaki doesn't seem that short to me.

Jul 2, 2019 7:00 PM

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GlennMagusHarvey said:
foxsuprise said:

That feel when you have to sit/stand on top of the countertop to reach the second lowest top-shelf and beyond...


*cries*
*whispers* "It's to encourage fitness and athleticism."


*whispers back* is it an athletic maneuver to almost break your neck?
It nearly happened to me when i got my shirt tangled from the back by a simple(-ish) chandelier. I was almost worthy of singing Sia's song dammit!

also the realization from Aastra343 that you're shorter (albeit not as much) than average even in Japan hurts all the more. I sympathize with those moe girls. We can understand each other's pain.
Jul 2, 2019 10:21 PM

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foxsuprise said:
GlennMagusHarvey said:
*whispers* "It's to encourage fitness and athleticism."


*whispers back* is it an athletic maneuver to almost break your neck?
It nearly happened to me when i got my shirt tangled from the back by a simple(-ish) chandelier. I was almost worthy of singing Sia's song dammit!

also the realization from Aastra343 that you're shorter (albeit not as much) than average even in Japan hurts all the more. I sympathize with those moe girls. We can understand each other's pain.
lol, I was actually having the mental image of myself (particularly my younger self) simply climbing on top of the kitchen counter and standing on it to reach stuff above it.
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Jul 3, 2019 8:49 AM

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foxsuprise said:
GlennMagusHarvey said:
This is why countertops in the US are too tall. :P

That feel when you have to sit/stand on top of the countertop to reach the second lowest top-shelf and beyond...


*cries*



DON'T GET ME STARTED. THEY ARE MAKING FUN OF US, OBVIOUSLY....



Jul 3, 2019 9:45 AM

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zombie_pegasus said:
peodsgns said:
watch lovely complex if you want a tall girl
Risa is only about 3 inches taller than average. A much taller girl is Karen Kohiruimaki from SAO GGOA standing at just over 6 feet who we rarely see in person since most of the anime takes place in the virtual world.


at the beginning of the series, Risa was 15 with a height of 170 cm.
the average height of a 15 year female in Tokyo is between 157.1cm up to 157.5 cm (when they are close to 16 year old). this means that at the beginning of the series, Risa was between 12.5 to 12.9 cm talker than an average girl her age, or about 5 inches taller.
source: http://nbakki.hatenablog.com/entry/Girls_Average_Height_and_Weight_by_Age_in_Japan

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Jul 3, 2019 11:18 AM

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foxsuprise said:
GlennMagusHarvey said:
This is why countertops in the US are too tall. :P

That feel when you have to sit/stand on top of the countertop to reach the second lowest top-shelf and beyond...


*cries*

You think that is bad?

We tall ppl have to bend our backs and necks for every Hobbit home!
Imagine the pain of us being unable to stand straight in homes!!
Or what about our cars? We have to keep on moving the chairs because god dammit our legs are long! Imagine the pain of not being able to sit normally in our own cars!

I am 6.1 ft tall and I have to go through all that pain.... *cries*

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