Tokyo 'not futuristic' debate: leaving the cyberpunk era for cowboy futurism?
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-29
Quoting a family's observation that their kids found Tokyo 'not futuristic' despite the hype, teortaxesTex quips that a much larger cyberpunk nation sits right next to Japan, and argues Japan got pigeonholed into the genre when people's natural inclination is slice-of-life comfort slop.
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