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It’s a matter of perspective (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by cannedtuna@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] Inucune@lemmy.world 90 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Nope, someone is going to have to explain this to my American brain.

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 196 points 1 day ago (6 children)

American comics read left to right.

Japanese manga read right to left

[–] Leviathan@fedinsfw.app 69 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Jesus. Thank you, I was straight confused. Also drunk, but straight confused.

[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 37 points 1 day ago

I was gay confused 😔

[–] Flames5123@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

To be fair it doesn’t look like it was a comic so my brain didn’t go there either.

[–] ZERONOVABLOSSOM@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

straight up

[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago

Ah I didn’t realize the two on the top were meant to be read together thought it was a side by side

[–] forgetfulmeat@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

I'm so stupid. I saw this yesterday and couldn't wrap my head around it and moved on. Your comment proves my mind has a blind spot.

[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

I was about to comment how the bottom pictures are supposed to be the other way around but when I thought about it, it's correct in the manga spirit.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 22 hours ago

Seems a little dramatic to use that ultra baked incredibles picture...

[–] Static_Rocket@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Thought this was supposed to be the other way around since the Japanese have Hachishaku-sama.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I didn't get it but I do now.

Left to right the woman takes the ball from a child and places it up in a tree, and there child cries.

Right to left, the woman gets a stuck ball from a tree to relieve a crying child.

But yeah that woman is like 11ft tall, I think.

[–] blueberry_tart@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 day ago

If I had to guess, it would be the order in which the top row is read. Left-to-right vs right-to-left.