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National Stereotypes? Though I doubt it...
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Karaoke Box is the general trope for the activity and I think that should handily cover "common traits of a Japanese karaoke night".
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Seconding Karaoke Box - it's very much a cultural thing in East Asia, with karaoke bars (especially the Karaoke Box type) being extremely popular throughout the region. (Compare it with the assumption in the US that a bar will have a jukebox, because it would be weird not to have one.)
Karaoke Box might do but what about the always decent singer thing?
Humankind is like a train. No matter how powerful the locomotive is, it can only travel as fast as its slowest car allows it to.
I think that's just because the show wouldn't be as entertaining if the characters were bad singers.
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^ Maybe you'd want to reconsider that :D
Humankind is like a train. No matter how powerful the locomotive is, it can only travel as fast as its slowest car allows it to.
Has anyone noticed that when in Anime & Manga a karaoke is suggested nobody ever votes against it? Not only that. Even the most timid and reluctant people turn out to be at least decent if not downright outstanding singers. (makes actually sense in meta as they're all voiced by professional voice actors.)
Is this actually a trope?