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• Syrc@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because it’s a way to distinguish them. In Italy, we also call American comics “comics” (instead of the Italian word for comics) for example.

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• orphiebaby@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Manga are a kind of comic, they’re just pretty specific about their format and choices. Anime is a kind of animated cartoon, it’s just specific about its choices. Even “coming from Japan” isn’t a requirement as long as it follows those traditionally(-ish) Japanese choices.

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  • Syrc@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Eh, there’s different schools of thought. Artists like Junji Ito or Kabi Nagata make stuff very different from the usual manga, but they’re still called “manga”. In the same way, Radiant isn’t considered a manga by many even though it’s so close to the actual ones it even got an anime.

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    • orphiebaby@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean yeah. Most people define genres using association, and they can become a gooey mess at worst. I’ve been arguing for structured definitions for years, but it’s a lost cause. I still believe I am the only person who has a completely sane definition for “role-playing game”. But I digress, fam. ^^

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      • Syrc@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        What’s your definition, out of curiosity?

        Personally my first thought hearing “RPG” is the classic game with various characters, skills, level system and tons of enemies, but there’s a lot of games that don’t fit this definition that are still RPGs

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• thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because they come from Japan…

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  • neshura@bookwormstory.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also probably because the reading direction is flipped

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