Are these things supposed to make sense or am I just dense?
Seriously.
I kinda get the Tortured Debtor one, but all the others seem like they're missing a punch-line.
Has there been any real progress towards understanding these things from a scholarly perspective?
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Ah, we are high school boys,
the miserable high school boys.
If we were girls, we could get popular by doing anything:
rock band, jazz band,
karate, kendo, mahjong, cyborg, synchronized swimming...
On the other hand, high school boys are
useless outside battle and sports anime.
But they're recklessly trying to make a slice-of-life anime about us.
Ah, we are high school boys,
the miserable high school boys.