I went on 5ch today for the first time to lurk at some MHA threads and I have to ask something after checking it out: is the whole idea of "pairing" two characters together something that the west really only cares about? From everything I've seen, like what iceemperor referred to awhile ago, was true that japs only care about ranking cute girls, their chest sizes, and who they would date or have sex with. I used google translate so I might of missed something but the threads only make up of the usual fan discussion, trashing the series, or some sort of ranking. On west sites like here you have your power rankings and ship discussions. Besides Bleach's ending I don't really know of any huge blow up regarding any of this. Why are westerners so crazy about this stuff?