Bushido Craze in Japan

Tokis-Phoenix said:

Just read this recent news article;
"Bushido craze makes samurai style the talk of the town";
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/waiwai/news/20080208p2g00m0dm007000c.html
Well if what the article says is true, i think its really cool that Japanese youth are readily embracing their cultural heritage and traditions and taking an interest in them like the ways of the samurai and adapting good parts of such things into their modern lives etc .

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epigene said:

"Bushido craze makes samurai style the talk of the town"?!?
Who?? Where??
I don't see anyone talking like that in my part of Tokyo!!
Maybe a fad among the "socially inactive" youths like Nagashima-san suggests?
Edit: Seriously, talking like a feudal samurai (the real samurai-speak) would be something similar to trying to live your life speaking Shakespearean English (not exactly very good comparison, but I think you get what I mean). Speaking like that will certainly make you look eccentric at best. If there are people speaking that way, it certainly is for fun or within a small segment of people who share something in common (age, work/nonworking, interests, etc.). The article is misleading in making you think that a large portion of the people in Tokyo have started talking in that manner.

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Derfel said:

I smell Gintama lol.

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