Do You Know Whose Birthday It Was Yesterday?  (source) 
 
       In the west we are not familiar with Love Plus unless we read about it.  It is a Japan only series and zero chance of being localised.  More than that, no distributor would be brave enough to release it.  You see, it is a dating sim with touching.  That's right, you have to touch your teenage school girl to work the game.  I feel dirty just thinking about playing the game.  
 
Moving on, it was one of the characters birthday recently (I don't get that, but hey, even game characters are born right?)  It is Komaki Manaka:
         
 
Exactly  how popular this in Japan is signified by what some "fans" did to celebrate her birthday - getting her cakes - I kid you not. 

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I read the title, "Is this weird, Japanese ..." 
 
I stopped there. Once you said Japanese, it needs no further explanation.

" I read the title, "Is this weird, Japanese ..."  I stopped there. Once you said Japanese, it needs no further explanation. "

Japanese love their virtual girls.  I've seen lots of pictures of a girl on a monitor and a cake in front of it.
 
It's not just being perverted weirdos, it's also humor to them, making fun of weirdos.

It's weird alright but since they're Japanese I'll let them have this one. It's very nice of them to do so though. As weird as I may sound, I really want to try this game out just to see how it works.

" It's weird alright but since they're Japanese I'll let them have this one. It's very nice of them to do so though. As weird as I may sound, I really want to try this game out just to see how it works. "

This is creepy to the maximum... hardcore otaku scare the living shit out of me.

" @oldschool: Yeah but the japanese take the cake for being the weirdest people on this planet. And if yoru gonna argue, just to let you know, I lived in South Korea for 4 years and almost every month I visited Japan for a week. "

Well, what do you know, I found a translation of much of it :
Love Plus - TLWiki     
 
I love the commitment of people who do these things.

" I read the title, "Is this weird, Japanese ..."  I stopped there. Once you said Japanese, it needs no further explanation. "

" @baconbits33 said:

" @oldschool: Yeah but the japanese take the cake for being the weirdest people on this planet. And if yoru gonna argue, just to let you know, I lived in South Korea for 4 years and almost every month I visited Japan for a week. "

I am not going to argue other than to say that cultural differences  are what makes things seem weird.  Some of it is a hell of a lot of fun though - I go to anime conventions with people who just love the dress-up (and they are great people having fun). "

We seem to get a "yeah, that's Japan"sentiment, but is that a bad thing?  Are people ragging on Japan or just seeing what they expect and it isn't a bad thing?

You know what I've learned? Don't question the Japanese. I just let it happen.

Well we are talking about a japanese game where " you have to touch your teenage school girl to work the game.". So...no it's not weird or at the very least not surprising.

Japan have used panties that are sold in vending machines, and annual orgies. So nah, this ain't that weird for them. lol

" Japan have used panties that are sold in vending machines, and annual orgies. So nah, this ain't that weird for them. lol "