Blood Type

Azrael008uk · 02-28-2011, 07:56 PM

I'm just curious because I see this a lot in Japanese games.

Why tell me their blood type?

Is it on their ID cards in Japan or something?

Is it traditional, like bowing, exchanging name cards... and blood types?

It confounds me. I want to know why.

Cheers,

Az

Shinobi273 · 02-28-2011, 07:59 PM

For a while there was a kind of matching by blood type like zodiac signs to tell if you would get along with another person or should date or whatever. I'm not in Japan so I don't really know for sure if that is still popular. It's more or less otaku info in games.

If anyone has contrary info, by all means. This is just my SWAG.

Missingnin80 · 03-03-2011, 05:46 PM

As shinobi says it's a pop culture thing. As far back as I can remember being into japanese culture it's popped up a lot particularly in anime and games. You always see a lot of female characters (particularly teenage girls) talking about pairing themselves up with guys by blood type most likely off the back of that game. It also seems to be a otaku geek thing to know everything about your favourite pop idol or even fictional character even their blood type! Even the original version of Street Fighter II used to display each characters stats including their blood type when you left the arcade machine alone without inserting coins while showing the demo.

Hyakotake · 03-05-2011, 12:27 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_t...panese_culture

02-28-2011, 07:56 PM	#1
Azrael008uk Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 575 View My x360a Profile	Blood Type I'm just curious because I see this a lot in Japanese games. Why tell me their blood type? Is it on their ID cards in Japan or something? Is it traditional, like bowing, exchanging name cards... and blood types? It confounds me. I want to know why. Cheers, Az __________________ pixels

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Shinobi273 Ninja Mod MKII Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 6,808 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 7 (more» ...) View My x360a Profile	For a while there was a kind of matching by blood type like zodiac signs to tell if you would get along with another person or should date or whatever. I'm not in Japan so I don't really know for sure if that is still popular. It's more or less otaku info in games. If anyone has contrary info, by all means. This is just my SWAG. __________________ My x360a Profile Mass Effect 3 N7HQ

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Missingnin80 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Newcastle, NE England Posts: 112 View My x360a Profile	As shinobi says it's a pop culture thing. As far back as I can remember being into japanese culture it's popped up a lot particularly in anime and games. You always see a lot of female characters (particularly teenage girls) talking about pairing themselves up with guys by blood type most likely off the back of that game. It also seems to be a otaku geek thing to know everything about your favourite pop idol or even fictional character even their blood type! Even the original version of Street Fighter II used to display each characters stats including their blood type when you left the arcade machine alone without inserting coins while showing the demo. __________________ Achievement Progress: 22 Games Completed XBLA:15 Retail: 7

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03-05-2011, 12:27 PM	#4
Hyakotake Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 92 View My x360a Profile	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_t...panese_culture

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