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by code_duck 1058 days ago
One analysis I’ve heard of that is that Japanese is naturally a more dense language than English or other European languages, so the style seems more natural to native readers of Japanese.
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There may be more to it than just that. Japanese culture seems to value really busy spaces. Frantic pop music, blinking lights, and all that. Possibly not coincidentally, the most popular recreational drug in Japan is meth.