[FlareKnight]

Originally Posted by Infinite Zenith

No, it doesn't. Around half of the women over the age of 20 report that they're single in Japan, citing a desire for individual liberty and a chance to focus on their careers as the reason why. Further to this, there are proportionally more single people in Japan than North America or the UK. Given these statistics, there's nothing about this that screams unrealistic or implausible by any stretch.

It's nice that the stats help out. Especially since it was definitely and totally done in the movie based on statistical evidence . Nothing wrong with embracing the reality that they didn't have the nerve to actually have any of them involved with anyone. Not that I don't get why they'd go that route. Playing it safe and leaving all possibilities endlessly open will keep from upsetting large parts of an established franchise that they clearly need to be interested to make money. Especially when it comes to a movie like this.

The statistical analysis is nice, but ultimately pointless. It's fine to criticize something you like instead of trying to defend a silly narrative decision. Even fine to decide that it doesn't matter to you. But pretending it was done for realism or based on statistical analysis is just being silly. It's obvious why they ended up doing that. It's not the biggest issue in the world or the biggest flaw of the movie. But it's there and I'll certainly criticize them to a degree for that choice. A small but good opportunity squandered because they just didn't want to take chances.