Reoccurring Themes

* I noticed that robot maids/submissive girls are a common element in Japanese RPGs.

* Female characters dominate the NPCs of a lot of non-standard J-RPGs. I wonder if men play women a lot in those games. I didn't see that with the Japanese players, personally.

* Japanese have a much higher tolerance for cute. Cute races/characters are seen in more games than they are in the US/European games where cute and/or small races seem to be disliked or hated by many (You can't be short and be a hero in current pop culture).