Have you even wondered about how much influence the media has on our lives? While immersing myself in Japanese entertainment industry I discovered an unique way that Japan creates their perfect citizens via mass-media.... That is through anime and manga. I noticed that first watching a Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun (2014), in which the main character was trying to get a reference for drawing “romantic bike scene” (aka guy and girl riding the bicycle, guy pedaling, girl on the bicycle rack) but was unable to do so since the law in Japan forbid that kind of behavior. I forgot about it for some time but then I came across Tonikaku kawaii (2020). Already in the first episode two main characters that didn’t know each other well get married and then in the next episodes (and chapters, since this anime is based on manga) only get to know each other and fall in love deeper. Marriage and childbirth statistics are constantly dropping, which for Japan is a huge proble...
Anya vs Media in Japan