No idea sorry ╮(￣▽￣)╭
I'm french and I never greet someone by kissing him/her on the lips...
If I already know the person at the best I'll do "la bise"...
(No idea how to say that in english, but it's like kissing the air while the cheeks touch each others)
Well according to wikipedia it's a thing in South Africa, so she was probably from somewhere around there. You really shouldn't be using manga to research this, though. Japanese culture is very hands-off with greetings, so a lot of western greetings, like the english hugging people their close to, get exaggerated to things like mouth-kisses.
Well I learned something about South Africa today, thanks !
Some Russians do it but definitely not with someone they're meeting for the first time, more like greeting inside the family I guess? I know one Russian gymnast who kisses her dad before her performance (her dad is also her instructor so he stands there too)
well I'm from Portugal and we also don't do that here but there are greetings such as kisses on the lips in the familly sometimes or if people are so friendly those are called colored friends...
Sorry, this doesn't have to do with the topic but I love your icon!!
thank! glad you like it! You're is pretty cool too.
In the US it's common for people to kiss their friends on the cheeks or hug them as a greeting.
ehhh, as someone who lives in the US kissing people on the cheek is more for family, *really* close friends, or romantic partner thing. It's not really something you do casually.
i wouldn't go to the extent of really close friends. It just depends on the comfortability two people have. Maybe it can also be a cultural thing within the US..
So basically this one time, I was meeting with this girl who was a foreigner and like she really did kiss me on the lips to greet me ( like a peck) . It was only for a second after hugging me. So, I just assumed it's something foreigners do. BUT FROM ALL THESE MANGA'S EVERYONE IS SAYING IT'S NOT?? Anyone out there where they actually do this in their culture? Σ( ￣□￣||)