http://daijoubudesuyo.com/2009/11/27/cliques-and-japanese-high-school-social-organizations-in-anime/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cliques-and-japanese-high-school-social-organizations-in-anime Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://daijoubudesuyo.com/2009/11/27/cliques-and-japanese-high-school-social-organizations-in-anime/comment-page-1/#comment-74415 Literary Dreamer Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:32:33 +0000 http://daijoubudesuyo.com/?p=1154#comment-74415 I'm not sure about all these different types of girls hanging out (that might be more for dramatic effect, as the clashes between differing personalities are more interesting than those between similar people), but girls (and women) tend to have a tight-knit group of friends in Japan. I remember one of my Japanese students still went to her elementary school reunions, and she was in her mid-forties to mid-fifties (so hard to tell with the Japanese). It's another reason why Japanese women have one of the longest life spans in the world; they tend to form tight-knit friendships with a small circle of friends, which lasts for years and years. I’m not sure about all these different types of girls hanging out (that might be more for dramatic effect, as the clashes between differing personalities are more interesting than those between similar people), but girls (and women) tend to have a tight-knit group of friends in Japan. I remember one of my Japanese students still went to her elementary school reunions, and she was in her mid-forties to mid-fifties (so hard to tell with the Japanese). It’s another reason why Japanese women have one of the longest life spans in the world; they tend to form tight-knit friendships with a small circle of friends, which lasts for years and years.

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