https://www.alojapan.com/1259043/the-darker-side-of-japans-love-of-cuteness/ The Darker Side of Japan’s Love of Cuteness #AnimatedFilms #CartoonsAndCartoonists #ComicBooksAndStrips #cultureissue2025 #Gudetama(FictionalCharacter) #HelloKitty(FictionalCharacter) #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #murakami #news #Pokemon(FictionalCharacters) #SocialConditionsAndTrends #takashi ACQUIESCENCE IS NOT obedience, as Iyer has written. We think of cute as something that exists only to please us, and of which we are the master. But…