What's the Japanese homeless population like? I think I've only seen them ever focused on in Tokyo Godfathers and Strongest Man Kurosawa (when no regulated to the standard "scary bearded guy who will rape a loli" territory) but now that I think about it for a place with such high population density has got to have a sizable portion of displaced people.
Maybe this is a little strange and a little too off topic for /a/, but remembering the stuff like homeless camps in both stories and how different their communities must be makes me wonder. (Also the image quality is fucking horrendous, sorry)
>>151860437
>Maybe this is a little strange and a little too off topic for /a/,
Oh, so you did notice?
>>>/int/
>but remembering the stuff like homeless camps in both stories and how different their communities must be makes me wonder
They are not that diferent IIRC. They both get attacked by underaged delinquents, both have old people. The thing is there's not much shown about these communities so it feels like they're not the same when what is diferent is the approach to it.
You should read Homunculus, its story starts with the MC living in his car, beside a homeless camp which is in front of a five star hotel. He doesn't want to be asociated to them so he doesn't have a tent and tries to distance himself from them but, in the end, he's still a homeless. An absolute classic and if you haven't read it by now then you should lurk for two years before posting.
>>151860577
>You should read Homunculus
I came here to post exactly this.
>>151860577
>homunculus
Ugh, dont remind me
That fuckin ending
>>151860886
What's wrong with the ending? I liked it.
>>151860886
ANSWER ME YOU FAGGOT
>>151860437
>>151860437
Good people.
That's what manga says.
>>151861402
Oh man, I remember when this manga used to be posted all over /a/. When was that again?
The homeless in Japan tend to keep to themselves and stay away from others as they're ashamed of being homeless.
>>151860437
indeed off topic, but whatever.
I've seen lots of homeless in Japan, mostly in Tokyo and Osaka (search for "Shin Sekai" for the latter - Osaka has roughly 30000 homeless people as far as I remember). Homeless people in Tokyo can be mostly seen in Shinjuku (so Tokyo Godfathers got that right)
100% accurate depiction of homeless in Jipang.
>>151861423
Something something anzu best girl.
>>151863605
Yandex
You can't see many compared to other big cities like NY or London because they live in the sewers.
>>151861624
Damn. I didn't remember this but now I feel it again.
I miss Kon;_;
From my experience in Tokyo they only came out at night but slept on the ground in open view of anyone coming out of train stations.
Mostly they looked sad and lonely. None of the crazy babbling we get back home. Apparently when an interviewer approached one for an article he burst into tears because the interviewer was the first person who'd spoken to him or even made eye contact in months.