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Originally Posted by Yume-sama

That one sentence pretty much describes everything in Japan. They NEED to be told what to buy lol - literally.

How could you buy something if you aren't told that EVERYONE else thinks it is super kakkoii and / or kawaii, too?

It's an oddly conformist place, in some aspects~

It's actually a pretty common phenomenon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO6XEQIsCoM