Comments on: The Science Of Kawaii http://www.tofugu.com/2014/02/10/the-science-of-kawaii/ A Japanese Language & Culture Blog Sun, 13 Apr 2014 08:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: jlenoconel http://www.tofugu.com/2014/02/10/the-science-of-kawaii/comment-page-1/#comment-299654 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 14:57:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=37662#comment-299654 I wouldn’t be caught dead saying Kawaii. I like Japanese culture, but I’m glad I’m not obsessed to the point that I want to BE Japanese. It seems like a lot of Westerners forget there are other awesome places in Asia too, like Hong Kong and Taiwan. People tend to eliminate these places from their visual spectrum, just because they’re not Japan, which is sad. Not sure if people will understand this comment, but I wanted to say it anyhow :s

]]> By: Kuratius . http://www.tofugu.com/2014/02/10/the-science-of-kawaii/comment-page-1/#comment-298456 Sun, 16 Feb 2014 13:44:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=37662#comment-298456 Agreed. But that might be because I’ve read the wikipedia article on the Kindchenschema (German) and the article about cuteness on wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindchenschema https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuteness

Both are about roughly the same topic and cover pretty much everything that is written in this blog post.

]]> By: Jennifer Kim http://www.tofugu.com/2014/02/10/the-science-of-kawaii/comment-page-1/#comment-298428 Sun, 16 Feb 2014 02:44:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=37662#comment-298428 Such an interesting article! I thoroughly enjoyed reading even despite my usual dislike for reading haha.

]]> By: MoiKnee http://www.tofugu.com/2014/02/10/the-science-of-kawaii/comment-page-1/#comment-298332 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 20:37:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=37662#comment-298332 I would be interested to know why the phenomenon of “cuteness” itself has taken off so rapidly and become so embedded in Japanese culture.

Edit: Good article though.

]]> By: Aya http://www.tofugu.com/2014/02/10/the-science-of-kawaii/comment-page-1/#comment-298258 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 04:01:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=37662#comment-298258 OMG PLEASE ♡

]]> By: Argos http://www.tofugu.com/2014/02/10/the-science-of-kawaii/comment-page-1/#comment-298254 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 02:48:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=37662#comment-298254 I’ve heard about the bubble wrap experiment before but what I heard was that the extra popping was because people get frustrated when they can’t have what they want. In the bubble wrap case, people get frustrated that they can’t hold the cute thing and release that frustration by popping the bubble wrap. Not sure if that’s the official conclusion of the experiment since I never read about it directly myself, but it’s what I’ve been told.

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