| Does it seem like drug use / abuse is rather uncommon in anime? I'm referring to actual street drugs, not invented sci-fi / fantasy drugs that you would never see in the real world. Seeing a character with track marks in Clannad After story made me wonder about this. I realize that I watch a lot of lightweight shows, but I'm curious what other people have seen. Why would drug use (apparently) be so uncommon, when themes like incest and even shota (barf) are fairly common....? Maybe taboos are different relative to culture? |
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| Drugs are taboo in Japan, you can't even get any unless you want to risk your life via Yakuza. |
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| I never even noticed, but yeah. The only one I remember clearly is from Samurai Champloo. I didn't know they were a taboo! Wow! |
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Cruel_Love said: But Japan's drug laws are much, much more stricter than in the ridiculous USA, where you can weed without breaking a sweat. Well, if you know the right people anyway, but it isn't that hard to get in touch. Even for the smallest of drug abuse... For a foreigner, I believe it's deportation and 5 years of no-entry, while for a citizen... it's around 10 years of sentence. Or so I think, I might be wrong. It could be worse, drug possession of any kind in Singapore gets you hanged (no joke), Europeans and Australian travelers get hanged for this a lot. |
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| In the Welcome to the NHK manga, Satou snorts what appears to be a line of cocaine. I don't know much about illegal drugs, so I wouldn't be surprised if I was incorrect, though. |
Hoppy said: So creepy! I saw the movie Brokedown Palace, where 2 American girls get busted for drugs in Thailand and it was really harsh and scary. All the same, drugs do not seem hard to find in Thailand....It could be worse, drug possession of any kind in Singapore gets you hanged (no joke), Europeans and Australian travelers get hanged for this a lot. I looked around a little more and found a compilation of news stories about the rarity of drug use in Japan (but I can't vouch for the credibility of this source). If it's truly rare, then I guess it wouldn't show up often in the media. What a contrast to the US, huh? |
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| In Japan even smoking is a taboo. They rap about smoking tobacco like true thugs. I'd also like to see some barfing in anime as well as non vapid one dimensional characters like tsunderes. |
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kitkatbar said: In Japan even smoking is a taboo. They rap about smoking tobacco like true thugs. I'd also like to see some barfing in anime as well as non vapid one dimensional characters like tsunderes. I hope you're joking. MANY people in Japan smoke. Maybe not as much as America, but it is still ever present in the country. |
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Soundtrack said: kitkatbar said: In Japan even smoking is a taboo. They rap about smoking tobacco like true thugs. I'd also like to see some barfing in anime as well as non vapid one dimensional characters like tsunderes. I hope you're joking. MANY people in Japan smoke. Maybe not as much as America, but it is still ever present in the country. J-Pop and AV idols chain smoke just to feel better after a few hours of work, I wish that video that showed one of them smoking to the extremes out of stress wasn't deleted. |
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Soundtrack said: In California, smoking tobacco is more taboo than smoking weed.... lol.kitkatbar said: In Japan even smoking is a taboo. They rap about smoking tobacco like true thugs. I'd also like to see some barfing in anime as well as non vapid one dimensional characters like tsunderes. I hope you're joking. MANY people in Japan smoke. Maybe not as much as America, but it is still ever present in the country. |
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| I've read a couple manga series' which have the entire plot based around drugs. Though most of the stories are about narcotic cops or at least have them involved in some way. |
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zharnotczar said: This has been on my list.... maybe it's time.In the Welcome to the NHK manga, Satou snorts what appears to be a line of cocaine. I don't know much about illegal drugs, so I wouldn't be surprised if I was incorrect, though. Hybrid00 said: Doujinshi? Are they any good? Four Leaf Lover. Please, don't kill me. I'll look for them :D |
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| I've never met anybody who disliked Welcome to the NHK. It's a pretty good watch/read. |
| There's an arc with Legendary Gambler Tetsuya, in which one character was shooting it up with hiropon. |
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kitkatbar said: In Japan even smoking is a taboo. Now smoking(tobacco) on the other hand is perfectly acceptable in Japan. Same with drinking. They're like a more extreme version of United States is concerned as far as drug laws. Though lately the idols can't much get away with it. |
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| They need more drug usage so I can identify with the characters more |
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Soundtrack said: kitkatbar said: In Japan even smoking is a taboo. They rap about smoking tobacco like true thugs. I'd also like to see some barfing in anime as well as non vapid one dimensional characters like tsunderes. I hope you're joking. MANY people in Japan smoke. Maybe not as much as America, but it is still ever present in the country. Pretty sure they have the highest rate in the world, by quite a bit.. |
zharnotczar said: In the Welcome to the NHK manga, Satou snorts what appears to be a line of cocaine. I don't know much about illegal drugs, so I wouldn't be surprised if I was incorrect, though. guess that didn't make it into the anime lol only instance i can think of is that ex-rock star from clannad after story (anime) shooting up |
Monday said: Ya know the dancing appliances that show up in his room every once in a while? Those are hallucinations brought on by the drug. I'm unsure of what drug it is, though, because I thought that cocaine wasn't a hallucinogen.zharnotczar said: In the Welcome to the NHK manga, Satou snorts what appears to be a line of cocaine. I don't know much about illegal drugs, so I wouldn't be surprised if I was incorrect, though. guess that didn't make it into the anime lol only instance i can think of is that ex-rock star from clannad after story (anime) shooting up |
zharnotczar said: Monday said: Ya know the dancing appliances that show up in his room every once in a while? Those are hallucinations brought on by the drug. I'm unsure of what drug it is, though, because I thought that cocaine wasn't a hallucinogen.zharnotczar said: In the Welcome to the NHK manga, Satou snorts what appears to be a line of cocaine. I don't know much about illegal drugs, so I wouldn't be surprised if I was incorrect, though. guess that didn't make it into the anime lol only instance i can think of is that ex-rock star from clannad after story (anime) shooting up he smokes menthols in the anime but that's it so i assumed all that stuff was his imagination i'm gonna go read the manga now, you've got me curious |
Gunther_ said: Soundtrack said: kitkatbar said: In Japan even smoking is a taboo. They rap about smoking tobacco like true thugs. I'd also like to see some barfing in anime as well as non vapid one dimensional characters like tsunderes. I hope you're joking. MANY people in Japan smoke. Maybe not as much as America, but it is still ever present in the country. Pretty sure they have the highest rate in the world, by quite a bit.. 60% of Japanese smoke |
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| Even if it's that strict there should still be lots of people doing drugs.. People that think they cant catch me i'm to smart:p And also drugs are illegal so there cool lets do it.... damn where are those people. Maybe Japan already got them.. It's a shame. Btw risk your life for drugs with the yakuza, why is it risk your life. Isn't the yakuza just a seller. I thought people that sell drugs dont kill there costumers. Well the japanese are a crazy bunch so maybe the do.. |
Monday said: zharnotczar said: Monday said: Ya know the dancing appliances that show up in his room every once in a while? Those are hallucinations brought on by the drug. I'm unsure of what drug it is, though, because I thought that cocaine wasn't a hallucinogen.zharnotczar said: In the Welcome to the NHK manga, Satou snorts what appears to be a line of cocaine. I don't know much about illegal drugs, so I wouldn't be surprised if I was incorrect, though. guess that didn't make it into the anime lol only instance i can think of is that ex-rock star from clannad after story (anime) shooting up he smokes menthols in the anime but that's it so i assumed all that stuff was his imagination i'm gonna go read the manga now, you've got me curious I think it's implied it was all his imagination. But, there are many drugs that can cause such effects. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelics,_dissociatives_and_deliriants Not sure how accessible they are in Japan though. |
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Onibokusu said: Kara no Kyoukai 7 has a type of drug and its set in Japan though its just about the only one i have seen.You're about as likely to find drugs in Japan as you are a gun in Australia. If an Anime or Manga has drug use (other than smoking or drinking), it's probably not set in Japan. Does a drug that makes you claw out your throat count? |
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Gogetters said: Onibokusu said: Kara no Kyoukai 7 has a type of drug and its set in Japan though its just about the only one i have seen.You're about as likely to find drugs in Japan as you are a gun in Australia. If an Anime or Manga has drug use (other than smoking or drinking), it's probably not set in Japan. Yeah Kara no Kyoukai 7 is one of the only anime i've seen that had drugs in it! |
| I am usually entirely too high to notice that the show I am watching does not involve drug use. Hell, I am lucky if I can recognize people are in the show. I guess that is why Shin-chan will always have the best animation and Serial Experiment Lain and Bobo bo bobobo are the only anime with an understandable plot for me. :) |
| I see a lot of smoking in anime. But other than that there is very little drug usage. |
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Mysteic said: ...remind me - what was I watching, again?I am usually entirely too high to notice that the show I am watching does not involve drug use. Hell, I am lucky if I can recognize people are in the show. |
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Nika-senpai said: It is not implied that it is his imagination in the manga. Directly after he takes the drugs, the appliances start dancing. If it is implied in the manga that all of that stuff was just his imagination, the implications were terrible or I just completely failed to pick them up. |
Hoppy said: Gunther_ said: Soundtrack said: kitkatbar said: In Japan even smoking is a taboo. They rap about smoking tobacco like true thugs. I'd also like to see some barfing in anime as well as non vapid one dimensional characters like tsunderes. I hope you're joking. MANY people in Japan smoke. Maybe not as much as America, but it is still ever present in the country. Pretty sure they have the highest rate in the world, by quite a bit.. 60% of Japanese smoke My point exactly. Case closed. |
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Soundtrack said: Hoppy said: Gunther_ said: Soundtrack said: kitkatbar said: In Japan even smoking is a taboo. They rap about smoking tobacco like true thugs. I'd also like to see some barfing in anime as well as non vapid one dimensional characters like tsunderes. I hope you're joking. MANY people in Japan smoke. Maybe not as much as America, but it is still ever present in the country. Pretty sure they have the highest rate in the world, by quite a bit.. 60% of Japanese smoke My point exactly. Case closed. Maybe I was confused by your post, because you seemed to think more people in America smoke than in Japan, which is far from the truth. Sorry if I misunderstood you. |
| The few animes that I've seen drug use in was a pretty mediocre portrayal of drugs. Kara no Kyoukai was stupid, Samurai champloo was funny but nonetheless dumb, Cowbooy bebop and code geass didn't have real drugs but were decent illustrations of the effects of some drugs. I would say the only good (by which I mean accurate and the least biased) is in black lagoon, and that still isn't very great. However there are anime that were directly inspired by drugs, like kaiba, cat soup, mind game, and a few others are essentially a personification of a drug trip. With kaiba being acid or mescaline, cat soup being nnDMT, and mind game being acid. These animes are really the best portrayal of drug use, albeit indirectly. |
| black lagoon refrenced it i think . but i am glad they dont use drug refrence i wish the gross incest stuff would stop though it just creepy |
| Ichi the Killer has a character who's a herion addict. |
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Sick_Bastard said: yeah but that's revoled around yakuza but in a regular setting its pretty rare. As for Welcome to the NHK, the anime shows no drug use but the manga shows him taking some kind of hallucenogenic (dunno if that was already explained). Ichi the Killer has a character who's a herion addict. There's also the Confedential Confessions manga, one of the stories revolves around use of speed and ecstacy. Aside from that I really cant remember any instances of drug use in anime/manga. |
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| I find this all very curious. Probably the references to drugs (I see them once in a while in band anime) are limited because the experiences of the authors are limited. Maybe someday one mangaka will be arrested and start writing about his experience with coke from prison. And as far as I watch stuff, except for Clannad and some other rare moments, the depiction of drugs is a very "outside view" one; even when they are fake. |
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| Imo anime is generally too light. All theyr social problems are about friends who dont talk to them anymore or stuff like that. In general id love to see some more drugs in anime. |
| Anybody mention that Refrain drug in Code Geass. |
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ilikeyouevenmore said: Mysteic said: ...remind me - what was I watching, again?I am usually entirely too high to notice that the show I am watching does not involve drug use. Hell, I am lucky if I can recognize people are in the show. I am pretty sure we were watching Tale Spin or Gargoyles, but people kept getting stabbed with large swords and shot with guns.....so maybe its Spongebob uncensored?? |
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