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INTEREST: Detroit's Maid Cafe 'Chou Anime' Spotlighted

*reads the whole discussion*

Dang it. Am I the ONLY one who just wanted to see what they had on the menu?

Or if they had butlers?

If I'm ever in Motown, I'll check it out.

This story is soooo disturbing I must share it with the TRUE Otaku's of the Japanese way

Or if they had butlers?

Looking at the concept and the pictures (both here and at crunchy) I didn't understand the allure of the whole idea. Glad to see, reading these comments, that I'm not alone in that. TBH that picture kinda scares me, that "maid" on the left looks like she's ready to act out a horror movie with what looks to be a creepy surgical mask on. Either that, or she's sick and taking a note from Asian culture (and doin' it wrong). Both sound bad. I'm not sure which is worse.

Who was convinced that this was a good idea? Next question is: why are they all wearing pink? I've never had a maid, probably never will, but anime and tv have taught me that they're supposed to be clad in black...and I realize that I might have just set myself up for an obvious bad-taste joke. Oh well....

CrunchyRoll's Article wrote:

Describing the concept of moe to the the Detroit News, Samet likens it to "when you hold a baby or you pet a puppy or a kitten."

Well, that is hilarious...hilariously wrong. I'm not sure that people get aroused by holding a baby or find petting a kitten extremely erotic (if they do, I must have missed that Memo to Men), but they certainly find moe girls erotic. Creepy comparison fail.

CrunchRoll's Article wrote:

"When you come you're supposed to get that feeling of happiness and warmness. So that's why the girls wear the costumes,"

Okay, that's just too wrong. But also too damn funny...okay, I'm rofling

Keichitsu0305 wrote:

*reads the whole discussion* Dang it. Am I the ONLY one who just wanted to see what they had on the menu? Or if they had butlers? If I'm ever in Motown, I'll check it out.

They have a menu on.
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And they at best have 15-16 employees, and like 3 of which are Butlers.

Let me start off by saying that I read all of these comments, and I am appalled by some of what I just read.

Someone stated that to be a Japanese maid cafe, one must BE or at least SPEAK Japanese. As true as that MAY be, it is NOT a JAPANESE Maid Cafe. It is ONLY an Anime Maid Cafe, INSPIRED by Japanese Culture...And some of the maids actually DO speak Japanese there, and they speak it awfully well.

Japan had a giant Gundam, Detroit still doesn't have a RoboCop statue (even Philadelphia has a Rocky statue, even if they wussed out and moved it to the wrong spot).

-sigh- Well, it's now been posted to Sankaku Complex and, as expected, all the misogynerd manchildren are throwing a fit.

“Nyanko omuraisu kawaii.”

“Please tell me this is a joke.”

“It looks pretty damn amazing!”

“I’d quite like to go!”

“Looks quite fun.”

“The Detroit press has been lapping it up!”

“This is what Americans think you guys are into.”

“Japanese culture has been misinterpreted somehow here.”

“Essential for fans of fat ugly women…”

“They all look like men.”

“As expected of a city of ruins…”

“Remember, in America: maids = black.”

“I thought black maids were more of a sensitive historical topic than this.”

“In any case, I’d like to try an omuraisu there.”

“Evidence of peace in the states? Anyway, their outfits are cute!”

“Why is it this kind of culture ended up being transmitted there…”

“Detroit Maid City.”

-sigh- Well, it's now been posted to Sankaku Complex and, as expected, all the misogynerd manchildren are throwing a fit.

championferret wrote:

-sigh- Well, it's now been posted to Sankaku Complex and, as expected, all the misogynerd manchildren are throwing a fit.

Quote:

“Nyanko omuraisu kawaii.” “Please tell me this is a joke.” “It looks pretty damn amazing!” “I’d quite like to go!” “Looks quite fun.” “The Detroit press has been lapping it up!” “This is what Americans think you guys are into.” “Japanese culture has been misinterpreted somehow here.” “Essential for fans of fat ugly women…” “They all look like men.” “As expected of a city of ruins…” “Remember, in America: maids = black.” “I thought black maids were more of a sensitive historical topic than this.” “In any case, I’d like to try an omuraisu there.” “Evidence of peace in the states? Anyway, their outfits are cute!” “Why is it this kind of culture ended up being transmitted there…” “Detroit Maid City.”

Didn't quite catch the racial undertones of the maid cafe myself....

Peanut butter goes great with chocolate or jelly. But it still maintains a unique existence as peanut butter. Peanut butter is neither chocolate nor jelly.

Moe is like peanut butter.

Moe is often served with romance and/or sexuality. But it still maintains a unique existence as moe. Moe is neither romance nor sexuality.

I've been to the Royal T once. I just found out via this news article that I won't be able to go again.

update: as much as people are criticizing the appearance of the waitresses, I think the food menu needs improvement first. The selection looks so boring. Of course, my only experience in an American maid cafe involved a prime rib sandwich and linguine in lobster sauce. So my expectations are probably high.

tygerchickchibi wrote:

With the Japanese maid cafes, don't you think that most of it is still inspired by Western ideals?

Actually no, they're far more inspired by classic Japanese ideals.
Think of the classic british or european maid and you'll see the ideal of that is completely different than the "maid" in a maid cafe, which is much more based on the perfect ideal of a japanese wife than anything else (aside from the outf.