History ValuesDissonance / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/CandyCandy'' has the main character, Candy White Adley and her friend, Annie Brighton, being mocked for being adopted children. To a modern, Western audience, this would come off as odd at best and downright cruel at worst. However, considering the time period of the show and the fact that it comes from Japan, where adoption, even now, is not looked on favorably by some, the ridicule becomes more understandable.

* ''Anime/EsperMami'''s main character worked as a nude model ''for her father'' throughout the anime's run. SceneryCensor was ''completely'' ignored (although BarbieDollAnatomy came into play, except for her [[NippleAndDimed nipples]], and in the [[ArtShift finished paintings]]), and Mami, as a model, had [[InnocentFanserviceGirl no real nudity taboo]], to boot. It did help that the finished paintings were done in a very artistic style, and the {{Fanservice}} aspects of something like that were completely averted.

* In one ''Anime/FutureRobotDaltanious'' episode, some bandits steal Sanae's kimono and Danji is so angry he tries to beat the daylights out of them. To Westerners, the reaction to this would be "why would they steal something so petty as clothes?". However, in Japan, kimonos are SeriousBusiness, they can actually cost the same amount as cars, and are crafted by skilled designers.

* In the first episode of ''Anime/IdolDensetsuEriko'', Rei Asagiri intimidates Eriko Tamura. Eriko has an ImagineSpot of Rei running off with her dad, the two laughing together as her and her mother are left behind. The ImagineSpot frames Rei as a harpy that seduced him, when Rei is a sixteen year old and he is in his thirties, and it's on him to say no since he's the adult. Outside the ImagineSpot, Rei continues to make passes at Mr. Tamura despite the age gap, and she's still portrayed as a slut.
* In ''Manga/IkkiTousen'', when a character is revealed to really be the incarnation of Wang Yun rather than who he had previously claimed to be, it's treated as a huge shock and evidence that he's completely evil. Wang Yun was a ''hero'' in the original ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'', but it seems the Japanese don't think too highly of him. That was before, well, [[spoiler:Zuo Ci (the one who was Wang Yun) actually betrayed and manipulated his friends...]] This was one of the more heavy plot rewrites in the anime, which was made after Wang Yun's identity was known to the reader, but before he revealed it to the characters. In the manga, while he's still manipulating everyone behind their backs, he's got good intentions, and is treated as a hero. Even in the anime, he's mostly just setting the villains up to kill each other.

* ''Manga/YuriIsMyJob'' focuses on a few high school girls who work in a salon, in which they roleplay as girls from a prestigious all-girls school, Liebe Girls' Academy. Hime, the protagonist, once wonders why they're talking about work at an ElaborateUniversityHigh in which the students wouldn't be allowed to hold jobs(unlike in the West, in which students often work part-time jobs). That said, it's implied that Hime and Kanoko's school doesn't forbid its students from working, and in a flashback chapter, it's revealed that Mitsuki will only be able to work for the salon once she graduates from middle school.

** A lot of the debate around whether the show ultimately "went far enough" in portraying [[spoiler: Victor and Yuri]] as an OfficialCouple can be seen as this. Some fans have argued either that it does go pretty far and is pretty progressive for a country where LGBTQ relationships are far less normalized than they are in the U.S. Others come from the angle of pointing out that Japan is a far less physically-affectionate culture, especially with public displays of affection (and despite this, they still get TheBigDamnKiss very publicly), or that Japanese audiences are more used to subtle indications and don't need physical relationship milestones and "I love you" statements to indicate a romance. The milestones that [[spoiler: Yuri and Victor]] hit aren't really that different from many popular ''heterosexual'' anime romances. It's worth noting that this variety of ValuesDissonance seems to be especially common with Americans, as European viewers have similar expectations for subtlety in their media compared to Japan.

* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'': Any Italian would find all of the relationships including between the adults to be unspeakably cold and distant as the artists, due to cultural projection, have depicted them as Japanese relationships might be, instead of as the very physical Italians would act. Though that COULD be excused by thinking that they are very, very uncomfortable in dealing with those girls and it's shown this way. There's also the ''other'' [[LoliconAndShotacon major]] [[BleachedUnderpants issue]] with this manga.

** After being put under a genjutsu and forced to live out an ideal fantasy, some of the female characters, many of whom have noticeable and pre-established crushes, are shown to be involved with settling down, while all the men have unique fantasies (though the only fantasies seen regarding the ladies were Hinata, Mei and Ino's that fit the above; Tenten's involved Neji being alive again and her teammates not being as weird, (Hinata's also had Neji, who'd recently died in front of her, be alive as well.) Tsunade's was Dan being alive (and Hokage) as well as Nawaki and Jiraiya along with an Orochimaru who never performed a FaceHeelTurn.)

** Yaoyorozu being the main source of {{Fanservice}} is a bit of a hot topic of debate among Western fans due to her being still a first year in high school[[note]]Tenth grade, meaning that she's 15 at the start of the series[[/note]], while Japanese fans are mostly accepting of it.
** It extended to Hakagure as well when she became visible in the Final Battle arc, given she was naked due to her invisibility quirk.

** Hawks' father having been a [[spoiler:murderer]] is something that he tries to hide as best he can and is considered a scandal when it is revealed to the public, casting further doubt on his status as an upright hero of justice. In the West, this would be a non-issue, or even a point in his favor, as [[IAmNotMyFather his refusal to be defined by his parentage]] and [[RagsToRiches rise above his indigent early life to become the #2 hero]] would be inspiring (and the fact that he tried to hide it from the public would be similarly non-damaging, as it would be considered personal information irrelevant to his status as a public servant). As it's also possible that Western audiences would be more inclined to find Hawks' [[spoiler: killing of Twice]] as justified, Dabi's attempts at smearing Endeavor by associating him with Hawks would likely have gone over like a lead balloon in many places outside Japan.
** The overall concept of armed citizens protecting themselves [[spoiler: once the authorities have failed]] is seen much differently in America and some other western countries than in Japan, ranging from sympathetic to actually being praised. In the series, however, the fact that the citizens do that is only proof of how bad things have gotten, and is generally seen as causing more harm than good.
** Japan in and of itself has a more conformist culture than the West where criticizing society and it's norms is generally considered not just acceptable, but ''required'' in order to fix problems before they become untenable. This leads to a disconnect between the story and themes of the series where a Japanese society of superhumans is shown having systemic problems, but said problems are viewed as something to be worked around and those who are dealt a bad hand have little recourse but to put up with it at best or become villains at worst. Discourse in the western fandom tends to focus on these issues and will be more critical of supposedly heroic characters never calling out the more problematic aspects of their civilization that cause the emergencies they constantly have to save people from.

** It extended to Hakagure as sell when she became visible in the Final Battle arc, given she was naked due to her invisibility quirk.

** The storyline in regards to Nagisa and his [[AbusiveParents abusive mother.]] Japanese society often approves of parents being harsh/controlling towards their children, as youth are often taught to have the utmost respect for their elders since their ToughLove parenting is for their benefit. In the West, Hiromi's parenting style is criminal by law and she would be doing serious jail time for abusing and ''drugging'' her own son. Korosensei, Nagisa's teacher and a witness to Hiromi's abuse, also would likely have called the police/child services to save Nagisa from future abuse; this sticks out more and more as time goes on, as more places in the Western world make teacher mandatory reporters, meaning a teacher like Korosensei not reporting witnessed abuse would have him facing criminal negligence charges.

** Likewise, Chi-Chi also comes off more favorably in Japan since her EducationMama tendencies are seen as more positive -- though the anime greatly exaggerates this aspect of her for comedy. She lost this trait almost entirely in the Majin Buu saga, which furthered her popularity.

** Master Roshi's [[DirtyOldMan perverted antics]], all the sexual jokes (most of which involve Bulma, who's only 16 at the start of the series), and young Goku's nudity would be seen by Westerners as wildly inappropriate and crass for a series aimed at young boys, and are usually edited out in pre-watershed English broadcasts of the series. In Japan, sexual humor and {{fanservice}} isn't out of the ordinary for manga aimed at young teens; the last one can be chalked up to child nudity representing purity in Japanese culture, and not being viewed as inherently sexual compared to adults. That being said, it's just as often used as a gag because NakedPeopleAreFunny.

** Master Roshi's [[DirtyOldMan perverted antics]], all the sexual jokes (most of which involve Bulma, who's only 16 at the start of the series), and young Goku's nudity would be seen by Westerners as wildly inappropriate and crass for a series aimed at young boys, and are usually edited out in pre-watershed English broadcasts of the series. In Japan, sexual humor and {{fanservice}} isn't out of the ordinary for manga aimed at young teens; the last one can be chalked up to child nudity representing purity in Japanese culture, as well as the inherent asexuality of very young children. That being said, it's just as often used as a gag because NakedPeopleAreFunny.

* ''Anime/HelloSandybelle'' is a slice-of-life adventure anime from The80s that's well loved [[GermansLoveDavidHaselhoff in many countries]] for being wholesome and nostalgic, but it features Sandybelle's father, Leslie, constantly slaps her as a means of discipline, even when she hasn't done anything to warrant it. Despite this he's remembered as a loving and caring father by Sandybelle when he eventually dies.

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* ''Anime/HelloSandybelle'' is a slice-of-life adventure anime from The80s that's well loved [[GermansLoveDavidHaselhoff in many countries]] for being wholesome and nostalgic, but it features Sandybelle's father, Leslie, constantly slapping her as a means of discipline, even when she hasn't done anything to warrant it/ Despite this he's remembered as a loving and caring father by Sandybelle when he eventually dies.
** Marc's father wants to force him to marry Kitty, even though both him and Kitty are minors (around the 14-year-old bracket). This also would have been illegal since the anime takes place in Scotland, and the lowest age for marriage there is 16.

* This is part of the reason why red and, to a lesser extent, blonde hair are seen as such disreputable colors. They're often the result of [[JapaneseDelinquents rebellious Japanese teens]] bleaching or dying their hair, so even if it is your natural hair color, you're still likely to get hell for it. Thus, orange-haired [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo Kurosaki]] is constantly having to fight off thugs who get the wrong idea about him(which in turn doesn't exactly help his case either), redhead [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Orihime Inoue]] as a child had upperclassmen mock her and cut her hair because they didn't like it, and [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Kushina Uzumaki]] was bullied for her long, red hair.

* ''Manga/SilverSpoon'': A minor but notable one is the attitude towards meat-eating. The school bribes the students with Mongolian Barbecue whenever some big task needs doing. The baseball coach motivates the baseball team with meat dinners before important games. When the main character meets a friend from the city, said friend asks incredulously if he can eat as much meat as he likes, since he goes to an agricultural school. All this comes across as pretty strange to many readers in the West, where arable land is more plentiful and meat cheaper, but in Japan meat is fairly expensive and an occasional treat rather than a dietary staple for most people.

* ''Manga/OmamoriHimari'' and the {{tsundere}} Rinko. While at the beginning it was the normal set up of "lovey-dovey" childhood friend, it has evolved into a full-on abusive relationship. While at the start she was no role model (throwing a cat to a person who is allergic to them... really?), she has been shown lately to punch, slap and hit him with a ''baseball bat with nails'' until he bleeds. And his transgression? To have other girls ogle him, feel herself inadequate in the chest department or show any interest in anything that is not her. And we are supposed to find it [[DudeNotFunny endearing]]... It's like this with ''Manga/GirlsBravo'' and any number of works: either the mangaka really had no idea of what a healthy relationship ''is'', the ''HaremGenre'' is heading to its breaking point, or Japanese people are kinda insane.
** That happens in 98% of harem-type series, [[StayInTheKitchen despite the]] [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon general Japanese attitudes.]] Apparently, DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale is in effect and the male is loved by several girls.
** This same issue's roots can be followed all the way to ''Manga/LoveHina'', one of the, if not the, first manga that turned the HaremGenre on its head by having the girls not as objects as desire to be conquered but with their own unique quirks, except that several of them are violent towards the male protagonist who is also a loser and many a MegaTonPunch happens. It became so influential that almost every harem story after it for about a decade had the same format, until people started to realize that "Hey, beating up a guy for absolutely no reason whatsoever is kind of gross!" By now, ''Manga/LoveHina'' is generally considered SeinfeldIsUnfunny by many manga fans and mangaka are slowly turning away from the sexist idea that DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale is entirely fine.