Horimiya - Vol. 13 Ch. 96 - Cold Day

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I once asked why kissing in public was considered rude. The answer I got was "Show of love or not, it's still two people sucking and swapping each others' saliva".
Describing a deep kiss in a more literal fashion does make it sound dirty.
 
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While eating each other's face in public is somewhat rude, just a short kiss on the lips, as a show of affection/love, is cute and non-offensive in my opinion.

But then Japan being what it is, just holding hand in public is like having sex on the streets.
 
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please go on forever as the side characters have a life on their own and they are adorbs
 
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HOLDING HAND IN PUBLIC IS LEWDER THAN SMOOCH!
 
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@fdmz More like fortunately. As an Asian in mid 20s, I never want to see people kissing or displaying to much affection in public. Call me old school but that made me uncomfortable as hell. There are things should be done in private and that is one of them. Holding hands would be the maximum for me. I had been grown up for 20 years without seeing anyone kissing and hugging in public . I experienced a culture shock when I moved to the US for education purpose. I like our society the way it is with our traditional values so it doesn't need to change.
 
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@Kirin-kun Not only in Japan. And you said that like it is a bad thing. Public affection made me uncomfortable as hell and I hope that I never see something like the time I caught a couple kissing in a public library again.
Just respect that us, Asians are different than Westerners.
 
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Kissing or showing any king of extreme affection in public is not a favourable thing in most Eastern countries (of course, I don't even think to include Islamic countries here, for obvious reasons). In Russia it depends (there is a lot of a little too romantic couples in summer where I live), but in most cases you will be told off for this kind of thing on street, generally by elderly people.

As for me, I'm 28, but it's highly uncomfortable for me if there's a couple making out passionately in the street, in the park, etc. - I feel myself like a peeping Tom and I will tell them to get a room if they suddenly decide to stop and cuddle near me. During such moments, the definition of someone's personal space varies greatly, and it tends to expand and people are much more sensitive about invading it. And for the same reason I don't want to be seen like this with my girlfriend - not because I will be told off by someone (I don't care about others' opinion about my private life), but because I will feel like an exhibitionist. Kissing in public can be normal in the West, but the more you go East, the deeper it falls into "intimate" category of things.

Oh, and also this is one of the main reasons why people are so negative about LGBT here (of course, there are other reasons, mostly including religious or sometimes plain xenophobic, given the conservative mentality of people, but this is the most "mundane" one). LGBT individuals are tend to express their affection and their sexuality too openly and sometimes in a pretty demonstrative way, so things like gay parades is being seen by many people almost like a public orgy. "We do not shout on streets about our sex life, so if you do, there's something really wrong with you" is the way people think here, so if you visit Russia, please keep that in mind. Public affection is not welcomed here in general, and if you belong to the LGBT community it could be multiplied by many factors, especially if you are in some religious regions.

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Kissing or even french kissing (in public places) on the other hand, unfortunately are still viewed as an uncouth and uncommon thing
I wholeheartedly agree with @goodhunter - french kissing is obviously NOT something you should do in the open. It's basically the same as groping each other on the street.

P.S. I have both diabetes and depression from this chapter... First one from how cute Remi is, second one from the extreme sense of loneliness (and having to remember my ex here) right now...
 
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jeez silverchaika... rest in peace...

remi was being too cute... boi im jealous of something nonexistent
 
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Well guys, I believe in any place of the world a couple making out/french kissing near other people in the middle of street is cringy, at least. That's it, no further discussion.

But I believe couples touching lips for one-two seconds while holding hands and such is another matter. In Brazil, absolutely no one single person will care much. At most some heart-broken will sigh in sadness, no more than that. Heck, any elderly couple doing that on streets will get nothing but admiration for such a romantic display of affection... See, for example (on YT): watch?v=NUxhdntOrys.

But I've seen on Youtube interviews with teen Japanese couples and they showed such "un-cringy" displays of affection on camera, sitting in a bench on a sidewalk, with not that much embarrasment, which prompt me to ask about it...
 

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