To make Pragmata's Diana feel naturally childlike, a small group of women dubbed the "Diana Police" was set up to keep things in check

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• stray@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  "It’s easier for women to detect the ‘cunning’ kind of cuteness in female characters, whereas men would probably go What’s the difference? (laughs)

  女性キャラの“あざとさ”は、同じ女性が見たほうが気付きやすく、男の人だと「何が違うの？」となる部分でも見抜けるんです。ディアナ警察はみんな、女性スタッフだったはずです。（笑）

  I had absolutely no idea what he was talking about until I dug into the term あざとさ. I’m not qualified to tell anyone about it, but my summarized understanding is that it’s using charisma and/or vulnerability in a manipulative way, but not necessarily to control or cause harm. The idea is to get other people to feel positively about you, and whether you abuse that to farm unreturned favors is another story. It’s something children do instinctively, so it makes sense it’s an element they’d focus on in portraying a small child.

  Here is one of the pages where I read about it:

  wedding.mynavi.jp/us/article/73143/

  I really like the Firefox translation:

  A bruising technique that makes people you like cum

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• eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sad that men are so disconnected from the lives of young people.

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  • rursta@retrolemmy.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s an uniquely Japanese problem!

    Who knew patriarchy had side effects⸮

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