that is something I am super confused about all the time. what do they think about europeans and americans? like dude...for real? and why the heck are they so dense in so many ways....
kissing is actually a greeting in some countries, just not on the mouth usually...here in brazil we usually greet eachother with kisses on the cheek ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~
yes, it is in france and in the orient. I am turkish, and we do "kiss" each other on the cheeks. Like the french, just touching the cheeks of each other. Depending on how close you are, you either just mimic the touch, actually touch or do really graze them with your lips and hug instead of shoulder patting. Only friends or family greet each other kissing here in europe in some countries (UK, Germany, Russia, Italy etc.). But not strangers dude. In no country that I know of anywhere ( may be native tribes), do they kiss a stranger on the mouth as a greeting, or intimately touch each other ( I had mangas, where they were touched on the butt, hugged tight, kissed on other places or one where they even had sexual contact and the asian thought it is a greeting and never thought about it being sexual intent)....like dude....wtf?
many europeans now do the "cheek greeting" as well. But only with acquantances. But apart from that it is a handshake with a distinct distance in between bodies....like anywhere else...
i think the point is that a dumb character on a manga knows about this kind of greeting but extrapolates thinking that we do that also kissing on the mouth...(￣∇￣") idiots gonna be idiots i guess xD
Japan: has kawaii monster cafes
Also Japan: kISsiNg iS A gReEtInG in ForEIgN cOuNTRieS rIGhT?