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It’s ridiculous how JRPG games are labeling and presenting men in their 30 as “old”
- Thread starter The Praiseworthy
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In medieval times, your 30s probably was pretty old. Maybe they're doing it for suspension of disbelief?
Anime taught me that you can be high ranking official (or even leader) in big organization in your 20s.
I had a feeling that would be the case. Recovery of An MMO Junky sorta clued me in on work culture, but I didn't want to make baseless assumptions about a culture I'm not knowledgeable about. I guess its not uncommon to sleep at the office for like half the work week.
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Yes, a dignified Discord where its members give each other the respect they deserve and don't stay up past 10:30.
The medieval average life span was mostly due to children dying during birth or shortly after. If anyone got past early childhood they generally had a good chance of making it to their 50s.
I think that is part of the reason, but also I think it is worth mentioning that NieR Gestalt was only available on the Xbox 360 in Japan which was a very unpopular console in Japan.
Definitely, it was an absolute breath of fresh air, because not only did he have a shitty summerstache after the skip, it wasn't even shitty. He was straight Rocking what he had, and it was an awesome physical metaphor for his maturity as a character at that point. You'll NEVER see that in stuff again, Man!
I can't even remember the last shirtless man in a video game with even Mild chest hair either, like are we supposed to expect none of these guys are old enough for a little fuzz anywhere? Not even on the freaking arms?! Like, what's up with these magic hairless people in their magical hairless dimensions?! No I am not joking!
Honestly, that's how I believe a majority of these characters are made, and the decade-downgrade is a mix of being marketing and culturally enforced.
IIRC a study somewhere showed that Japan isnt much more fucked up in that regard than America is, but America abuses the hell out of salaried workers so that isnt really an accomplishment.
I'd say it's half way between young and old. 40 is old as fuck though.
I'm 40. FML
Their is saying that goes 40s is the old age of youth and 50s is the youth of old age.
Bearded Noctis is my #1 pick for the hottest male protagonist of any videogame I've ever played, and I'm straight but I call it like I see it. He looked fiiiiine!
Remember how the internet imploded when Capcom accidentally struck gold by giving shirtless Ryu a beard? I know that's not a JRPG protagonist but still it's like "Japanese companies wake up, we don't want every goddamn JRPG to star a baby faced clean shaven anime boy in his teens!"
It's not even a sexism problem per se. It's just that their choice is so specific that even white men older than 29 who have a 5 o clock shadow are not represented by JRPG protagonists! I don't know how they don't get bored!
Japan has one of the highest amount of overtime hours worked I heard last year. It's so bad, ppl have died. Prime minister Abe finally lowered the amount of overtime but not by much if I recall. I'll find the article.
Edit. Found. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/01/jap...-hours-in-the-world-its-trying-to-change.html
https://www.fisherphillips.com/Cross-Border-Employer/japan-enacts-new-overtime-rules-to-prevent
No, it wasn't. The low life expectancy was due to infant and childhood mortality, which pulls down the average. If you survived adolescence you had a fine chance of living to your 50s or 60s, unless you were a woman who gave birth, which was pretty risky. Point is, people over 30 were not unusual in medieval times.
quistis trepe is 18! oldest looking teenager in the history of forever
It's definitely overplayed in anime/games but I just came back from a group travel trip and ages ranged from 19 to 36. Me being 30 I found out that 19-22 year olds really are still just kids and compared to them I kinda am old. Talking about movies, TV shows, music, etc. really showed how much of a difference there is. It was an interesting experience.
Fuck Auron being 35. I thought he was 40-50...
Fuck Auron being 35. I thought he was 40-50...
The fucking teacher? 18? SE, HOW?
I knew she was 18 but it's super weird too. Quistis is a massive creep too
Omg I completely blocked that. Wasn't she a teacher to a bunch of 17 year olds? Age in anime means for shit.
Your body generally does start experiencing age related problems when you get to your 30s in my and my friends' experiences. Auron being 35 is pretty ridiculous, though. The dude looks like he's in his mid 40s at least.
And a certified instructor at a military high school teaching students her own age
I was gonna mention this. Raven
actually does have a "heart condition" and when he mentions stuff like that himself he's referring to said condition.
Not that that explains the party treating him that way, and while I think Auron is a bad example (nobody I can remember treats him like he's old) this trope definitely does exist.
If true, are you obese? I know that's tongue in cheek but I hope it's not srs
When they look like this at 13it's not surprising, this have been a thing in anime and games since forever.
If I recall correctly they're older in the anime than in the manga (and also not brothers)
I wouldn't mind more main characters in jrpgs to be older than 17, a 25, or 30 year old man would be pretty cool, I agree with OP that's why I haven't played many jrpgs as of late need to mix it up but people still buy it so yeah lol
These dudes will never be any younger than 18 to me.When they look like this at 13it's not surprising, this have been a thing in anime and games since forever.
To be fair Seiya was drawn with larger eyes at the start of the manga that did make him look younger.When they look like this at 13it's not surprising, this have been a thing in anime and games since forever.
TBH I thought I was an old man when I turned 20 (I'm not a teen anymore!). Happens every decade lol.
Setting aside the "lol OP" comments, you're not wrong that Japanese genre media is weirdly skewed towards very young casts. When you median age is around 14, 30 is old.
One Punch Man is a seinen manga. It has nothing to do with shounen. This is why using shonen as a genre is a complete mess as when people are talking about the real mean, it add this confusion.
Labyrinthia in Wild Arms XF, she's late 30s and kinda has the personality of a kindergarten teacher, but she's unsurprisingly super adept at magic. She's a bit self deprecating about her age...
Good ol rpgs. It's funny how the fanbase is both Japanese teens and westerners in their 30s :p When I was little I used to think Cecil from FF4 was much older, especially with the white hair he has as a paladin. Shocked when he turned out to be early 20s.
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