Confucian cultural sphere. Everything is more heavily regimented and has more explicit and more rules-governed social hierarchies than in the West.
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It seems like we have the same conception. You noted there are more _explicit_ rules in, say, Japan (e.g., the senpai-kohai system). My contention is that this type of explicit rule makes it possible to create almost-ritualized drama, with satisfying tropes, etc.
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(As to RomComs and Soap Operas, right on! We have different forms of art which reflect different social norms -- tropes follow rules.)
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Watching Indian rom coms involving the trope I-Cannot-Love-You-for-I-am-Arranged-to-Marry-Another, it is striking how American rom coms have to go to elaborate lengths to create situations analagous to arranged marriage.
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