A widely shared piece argued that a face rated a 'perfect 10' in the US drops to a '6' in Asia, crediting the gap to bone structure versus youth. Japanese netizens largely treated it as a matter of cultural taste, with many turning the lens back on Western aesthetics.
The Guardian reported that Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human has sold more than 75,000 copies in Britain, with young readers arriving through TikTok and the anime Bungo Stray Dogs. On the same day, a foreign man's Spanish-language post praising a Japanese swimsuit shoot for having no tattoos, no overweight women and no cosmetic surgery spread through the threads. The Dazai story drew biography and reading lists; the compliment drew corrections.