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For the same reason that there's so much high school in Anime?

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You mean the target market of fantasy novels is chefs?

No.

Because...fantasy readers enjoy food? Who doesn't?

Am I missing something subtle here, or are you actually going "HURR DURR FANTASY FANS ARE FAT"?

Am I missing something subtle here

Yes.

or are you actually going "HURR DURR FANTASY FANS ARE FAT"?

No.

That's good, then. Would you care to enlighten us, or are you just going to be smug and inscrutable?

That poster might be saying it’s a life experience that most people can relate to. I suspect most of anime’s audience has attended high school.

Maybe. A lot of high school anime is marketed directly at teenagers, though. If their intention was to say "it's something everyone understands" rather than "it's something relevant to the target market specifically," they picked a bad example.

That's good, then. Would you care to enlighten us

"Us" generally, yes. I think I've succeeded.

or are you just going to be smug and inscrutable?

I find that your reaction indicates that my approach is commensurate with the tone you've displayed in the rest of this thread. I hope that most everyone else has a different experience.

The inscrutability is part and parcel of the message.

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