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Jun 24, 2023 2:04 AM
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I always find it strange when characters in anime don't take their gloves off when shaking hands. Are authors just lazy or Japanese don't have this concept because it's foreign to their culture?
Jun 24, 2023 2:13 AM
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危ないお兄さん

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Wut is it ? I me myself also wonder why do we have to take off our glove before shakehand ?

Jun 24, 2023 2:41 AM
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I think they just don't know better or if they do they have different rules on this.

ISeeLifePeople said:
Wut is it ? I me myself also wonder why do we have to take off our glove before shakehand ?

Handshaking was initially done to proof to the other one that you are harmless and can be trusted. They would literally shake each other's arm to see if the other one has any weapons like daggers and later guns hidden in their sleeves. And of course that wouldn't make much sense if they wore gloves where they could also hide something, that's why you usually take off your gloves before shaking hands. Of course today it doesn't really matter anymore and is just a relic of the past but so is handshaking in general.
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Jun 24, 2023 2:57 AM
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Hands are easier to draw and animate when there are gloves on them. That's why so many cartoon characters wear gloves.
Jun 24, 2023 3:04 AM
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Handshaking is dangerous. One time it even led to the creation of Hand Shakers.
Jun 24, 2023 3:37 AM
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It's a good idea to keep gloves on and avoid germs from shaking hands
 

Jun 24, 2023 4:05 AM
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Strong, Manly and Grippy like a Raging Bull.

Jun 24, 2023 4:09 AM
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I've never taken off my gloves to shake hands with anyone, but I don't wear gloves often and hate the whole act of shaking hands. Feels like some weird macho power struggle thing that I just can't be fucked doing.
Jun 24, 2023 4:26 AM
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ryo-san said:
It's a good idea to keep gloves on and avoid germs from shaking hands
This is exactly why you need to take the gloves off, though. If you are disgusted or afraid to touch the one you talk to, clearly there's no trust between you and there's no point in handshake in the first place.
Jun 24, 2023 4:28 AM

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the only correct way to do a handshake is by using it as a bait to throw your enemy across away from you

Jun 24, 2023 5:26 AM

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It's to not spend time, frames and stuff on a character taking off a glove. Yes, they could show the hand without the glove, but then "lool where'd dat glove go? lazy, cheap production with animation errors" or something along the lines.

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Jun 24, 2023 5:56 AM

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When both of them are wearing gloves than why would they take it off?

In etiquette [at least in Poland] you take off gloves when the second person is not wearing them to not shake hands in situations of glove x bare hand.
Jun 24, 2023 6:04 AM

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The proper way to shake hands with your homies
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Jun 24, 2023 6:13 AM

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japanese don't understand the idea of handshaking anyways, in some anime they shake with left hands which is not used in real life. They only know how to bow which is inferior to handshaking.
Jun 24, 2023 6:15 AM
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Tiosar said:
ryo-san said:
It's a good idea to keep gloves on and avoid germs from shaking hands
This is exactly why you need to take the gloves off, though. If you are disgusted or afraid to touch the one you talk to, clearly there's no trust between you and there's no point in handshake in the first place.


There shouldn't be any trust among characters in animes with violent plot...
It's just my thoughts... I don't want trust
 

Jun 24, 2023 6:25 AM
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Catalano said:
japanese don't understand the idea of handshaking anyways, in some anime they shake with left hands which is not used in real life. They only know how to bow which is inferior to handshaking.

https://myanimelist.net/anime/32981/Hand_Shakers
 

Jun 25, 2023 4:01 AM

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They're just following corona guidelines, you don't want another pandemic do you? I thought so.
Jun 25, 2023 4:03 AM

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ChouunShiryuu said:
They're just following corona guidelines, you don't want another pandemic do you? I thought so.
If there was a virus that makes people appreciate ecchi and fan-service in general, I'd gladly become a superspeader. But only if it's a hot girl fan-service, obviously.
Jun 25, 2023 4:08 AM

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Tiosar said:
But only if it's a hot girl fan-service, obviously.

that was a tengoku dig wasn't it ~(✿ ͡° ⁄ ͜⁄ ⁄ ⁄ ͡°)~ the genderbent have their own appeal is all i would like to say. The true tomboy hue hue

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