柊 つかさ

Not much I can think of but:

• danshi koukousei no nichijou
• tanaka-kun wa itsumo kedaruge
• sekkou boys

Most CGDCTs with strong iyashikei elements, but specifically ARIA 🥰

May he rest in peace. It seems he also worked on Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!, which I really enjoyed.

are seen as a nuisance, annoying, and obnoxious

Maybe that is the important part and the particular drug used is not that relevant. If so, the characters wouldn’t really change that much? In the west in decades time, when young people assume the position in society that boomers have right now, we might actually see stoner characters and vaping characters become somewhat normal like drunk characters.

I don’t see weed as taboo, maybe it’s different where you are from. It seems way more popular than tobacco these days. Of course alcohol is still the most accepted drug around.

This is such a gaijin question to ask 😅.

Actual marijuana usage in Japan is low with only about 1.8% of Japan’s population ever trying cannabis, compared to 44.2% in the United States.

I can’t say I miss the representation of it. I can’t imagine my favorite characters stoned of their ass 😭. Fun article to bring up the topic and think about it though.

0. 100, 銀魂
1. 100, 日常
2. 95, らき☆すた
3. 95, ひだまりスケッチ
4. 92, のんのんびより
5. 92, けいおん!
6. 91, 苺ましまろ
7. 91, きんいろモザイク
8. 91, あずまんが大王
9. 91, ゆゆ式

Honourable mention: こげぱん (very short). Copied from my little text file where I keep track. Ratings purely based on vibes and emotions nothing objective or weighted sum of categories.