Japanese vs Korean themed

[Samu-kun]

Just keep in mind that in Korea they eat rice with a spoon.

That's not actually true. Most people eat rice with chopsticks in Korea. What is true is that in Japan, most people eat rice while holding the bowl in their hands while in Korea you have to keep the bowl on the table.

[LVUER]

Just keep in mind that in Korea they eat rice with a spoon.

And, if you leave a fan running in a closed room, you will die.

Huh? Why? o_O

[Aleema]

Fan death.

[Sexo Grammaticus]

Because that's just how S-KDiddy Dawg rolls, yo.

Also I guess ultimately the question as to why VNs aren't as popular in South Korea (or any other country I guess) as they are in Japan is that ultimately, VNs are successful in Japan because they corner the market on catering to various cliques and pandering to fan groups. There's nothing inherently flash or spectacular about VNs as a medium - they're popular in Japan because they (or at least, enough of them) catered to the right people at the right time, and eventually just kinda became ingrained in a set of society. Most VNs are garbage, but they're garbage that makes the loins of certain groups of people moist, so that's why they stay. They've just kinda metastasised their way into Japanese culture through persistence and special interest.

Of course this is just a blanket rule and there are always exceptions.

[LVUER]

LOL. I just know about that, a misconception indeed. I've sleep several times in a locked room with fan turned on all night long and I still around to type this post, so I'm a walking living proof that it's wrong... though climate must be accounted into factor too (I live in tropical climate which never too hot and never too cold).

[Greeny]

Just keep in mind that in Korea they eat rice with a spoon.

That's not actually true. Most people eat rice with chopsticks in Korea. What is true is that in Japan, most people eat rice while holding the bowl in their hands while in Korea you have to keep the bowl on the table.

Really? I was on a school trip in Korea and the guide told us that's how you're suppposed to eat your rice.
I am shocked.

[Aetheria]

fwiw, I've got legions of Korean immigrant relatives here in the US and have never seen any of them eat rice with a spoon. I often eat my rice with a spoon, but that's because I'm a lazy bum who hates trying to get the last grain of rice out of the bottom of the bowl with chopsticks.

oh, and I guess if you were eating bibimbap or something, you would use a spoon... eh, I don't really know anything about Korean food except that I like eating it, so don't listen to me.

[Snowflower]

I'm a Korean.

We use chopsticks to eat rice. Unlike the Chinese rice (which has no strength so it falls apart), Korean rice (similar to Japanese rice) sticks together so that you can easily pick them up with a chopstick. Spoon is used to eat the fried rice, or the rice that has been mixed with some sort of soup (because by then, it has lost its strength).

[manga_otaku]

*offtopic*

Unlike the Chinese rice (which has no strength so it falls apart)

Chinese rice does not fall apart!

[Samu-kun]

She means Jasmine rice, which is actually from Thailand, apparently. Koreans (derogatorily) call it Chinese rice, heh.

[Snowflower]

I never knew they were Jasmine rice, but they also serve them in Chinese restaurants here in America?

[LVUER]

There are two kind of rice. I don't know the official names, but they are really easy to differentiate. The rice that Japanese usually eats (and grows, let call them Japanese rice to simplify things) are big and fat. They are also sticky making them easy to eat with chopstick. But you could ruin those rice if you use too much strength when washing them.

The second one is which the rest of Asia eats (Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and so on). It's far thinner (like comparing sunflower seed with peanuts) and not sticky. I usually eat this one since this is the most common type of rice in my country. Even a Japanese restaurant use this kind of rice nowadays, only adding some kind of additive (some kind of jelly to make them sticky) to keep the price down.

BTW, we (Indonesian) use spoon to eat rice. We eat from a plate (not bowl). If not using spoon, we use our hands (yes, bare hands) and obviously we wash our hands throughly before eating

[Snowflower]

ah yes, the rice I've been used to is the fat ones (sticky rice), and the thin ones I receive in Asian restaurants besides Korean & Japanese

[Auro-Cyanide]

There are two kind of rice. I don't know the official names, but they are really easy to differentiate. The rice that Japanese usually eats (and grows, let call them Japanese rice to simplify things) are big and fat. They are also sticky making them easy to eat with chopstick. But you could ruin those rice if you use too much strength when washing them.

The second one is which the rest of Asia eats (Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and so on). It's far thinner (like comparing sunflower seed with peanuts) and not sticky. I usually eat this one since this is the most common type of rice in my country. Even a Japanese restaurant use this kind of rice nowadays, only adding some kind of additive (some kind of jelly to make them sticky) to keep the price down.

BTW, we (Indonesian) use spoon to eat rice. We eat from a plate (not bowl). If not using spoon, we use our hands (yes, bare hands) and obviously we wash our hands throughly before eating

Actually there are many types of rice, but they are broken into two groups, short grain and long grain. The Japanese use short grain which is similar to the Arborio rice western countries use for risottos. Countries further south use long grain, like Jasmine and Basmati. Oh the wonderful world of rice~

On topic, stuff like this is important since stuff like food forms a major part of culture. If you talk about Korean food (in a casual manner, not like an encyclopaedia) than it will help immerse the reader in a Korean setting.

[LVUER]

I see. We could learn new things everyday I prefer short grain, but there's only long grain in my country. Though I read somewhere that rice is a bad diet (low fiber high carbohydrate). But there's a saying in my country that "if you don't eat rice, then you haven't eat yet"

Anyway, this kind of VN could make a good use of hyperlink (not hyperlink in HTML, but the one in RenPy).