Weebs In Japan Top 10 Countries
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- So I've met a lot of weebs in Japan and my experience with them has been 100% good. I love weebs so let me introduce you to what kinda weebs they were from those countries
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Ok so I'm actually trying to collect some data too, so if you're willing to help let me know where you're from and tell me how "accepted" it is to watch anime where you're from.
Like in Japan it's completely normal but I heard it's considered childish in some countries
Edit:
ok now I just figured out something, so there are some people who wouldn't initiate conversations about anime though they watch a lot of anime and I was curious why, but according to your comments it seems talking about anime or watching anime itself is considered childish/cringe in some countries huh, interesting
In the Philippines, it’s hard to know who’s a weeb but in the internet, you’d see a heck ton of them
India
I think everyone will tolerate weebs since watching anime is actually nostalgic for almost everyone in Indonesia
(I like Indonesian Dragon Ball opening)
Poland, and people who watched anime were bullied at school a lot for it
Ohayo from India. I have seen over 300 anime but I usually have to hide it everywhere because it gets clowned. Anime is considered cringe and weird but a lot of people watch. We don't take pride in our weebiness but we all know we are degenerates at heart.
Sora evolved from talking about Weebs in Japan to talking about Weebs in 10 countries.
There is a chance that Sora has 10 doppelgangers from 10 different countries and he was just talking with his doppelgangers.
Sora is Mr worldwide now
@@ServiusSilver The chances are low, but never zero…
Next is talking about weebs on Mars
Wait, it's all Sora...?
As an Indonesian, I can confirm that we will always try to drag anyone to eat our food 😅
rendang TASTE LIKE SHIT
Satay 😋
indomi...watashi wa hoshii............
Alasannya knp?
@@gothicgal9679 for promote the local food
As an Indian, I don't have anybody in my immediate circle or anyone whom I know, with whom I can share my likes and love for Japanese content and culture. So all that love just sits in my heart.
South Indian weeb here, except I somehow consider myself international (at least on internet)
In real life I can't even say I watch cartoons
@@net_lagit would be even harder for those Indians who are into immodest fan art, lewd doujins or eroge.
Maybe, at least loli style covers are acceptable? Or, at the very least, Hololive vtubers? They plan to open Hololive India, maybe 🤔
@@Oleksa-Derevianchenkobro what
Sad but I can be your Indian-Japanese Imigrant friend if you want
As a weeb from Kolkata I would say there are some anime fans and men of culture here whom I am lucky to meet and talk with. I converted few of my non believer friends to men of culture. If you ever need to discuss culture I am always here bro. Hit me up
The Filipino weeb is 100% accurate. The unfortunate part is that I haven’t met them in Japan yet except in the Philippines
-Filipino weeb
I gotta say on average Filipinos are just the best people in the whole world.
he hit the jackpot
Filipino who lived in Japan here.
Sadly though when I lived in Japan, most of the Filipinos I know didn’t watch much anime. I only found like 4-5 from all the guys I met. It was pretty weird but understandable since most of the people there were there to look for work, not be a weeb. We’re pretty much all energetic though so Sora got that one right.
If I am gonna do the "troll" I usually pick those that are from Kansai Area 😆
i came across some online who wont shut up about Boku no P--
The fact that the Swedish weeb dodged small talk is ON POINT 😂
Facts! If we ain't got something to talk about, we ain't gonna talk at all.
We could never
😂😂😂😂 i have a swedish friend and is like this
WOW VERY DANGEROUS SIR! 😠 😠BUT THIS WHY IM SO LUCKY LIVE IN SUPER INDIA THE CLEANEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 🇮🇳🤗 , WE NEVER SCAM! WE GIVE RESPECT TO ALL WOMEN THEY CAN WALK SAFELY ALONE AT NIGHT AND WE HAVE CLEAN FOOD AND TOILET EVERYWHERE 🇮🇳🤗🚽, I KNOW MANY POOR PEOPLE JEALOUS WITH SUPER RICH INDIA 🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳🤗🇮🇳
@@indiasuperclean6969 Dude, your caps lock key is stuck.
Hi, German here, Bavarian to be precise. When I first heard what the German weeb was supposed to be, I wanted to painfully disagree. After you elaborated the serious-fun switching behaviour, as much as I wanted, I simply couldn’t disagree. Your impression is on point. Guess it hurted to see myself in the mirror.
"hurted"
Learn English, you filthy Bavarian.
Greetings from superior Prussia.
As a British weeb(ish) myself, I can 100% say the British representation was relatable af.
After all, I am a weeb... somewhat.
As for research: Note that this is from someone older than RUclips (2002 squad):
Anime is generally just treated as any other cartoon would by the masses, and in Secondary School people were open about watching animes like Assassination Classroom, and never got targeted for it* as far as I know. Granted, nobody exerted their weebness, either, they were just acting like normal people watching anime because most animes are pretty solid.
* I was in a Grammar School, aka the post-primary-school-exam-passers-only secondary school variant, though tbh with some peoples' behaviour there I don't think this variable would have affected things all that much.
Note: Watching cartoons as an adult is... it depends, really, how you get perceived.
"Well, you are a weeb after all..."
im a similar age & i would say watching anime was extremely shameful for me as a kid and young teen. i grew up watching it but didnt tell a SOUL apart from one friend who i made swear to me that she would take it to the grave. part of that was just me being shy and hating attention but part of it was definitely because it was unknown and weird. now it seems pretty popular!
@@ThatLinuxDude Go out and colonize space, your ancestors would be so ashamed of you.
@@chickenfoot2423 why shy ☺☺
As an Indonesian myself, the food thing is so accurate. Also not surprised by the anime answer though, Naruto is popular over here after all
We love to introduce our food to everyone
I'm a Chinese and I can confirm that weebs in Chinese are mostly genius. It is very famous in China that the genius' school USTC which only 0.0001% people can get in has many otakus. It is said the more clever you are , the higher possibility you have to become a weeb in China
But im chinese and im a weeb and im dumb... Am i adopted?
@@benhao5223us 😂
Exactly opposite stereotype in India. Welp... particularly because old minded folks here lump it in with cartoons, thinking "animes are just for kids" We will however praise shows based on our mythology (still remember the Ramayana animated movie being hyped a lot here despite it being a cartoon. These old geezers weren't complaining then)
As an Indian weeb, I am confirm this is true. We don't actually talk to others about anime that much, and only discuss about it privately.
Most weebs here try to avoid talking about anime in here like it is the plague. Most of us don't own anything anime related and if they do, they'll never flaunt it. Except a few of course. I am one of the few exceptions and would probably be closer to an American or a British weeb than an Indian one ngl.
That my friend, is called a closet weeb
@@shreyashhoval and I am one of them
@@infernus4213 that's literally the opposite of being one
@@shreyashhoval what? How?
Indonesia has a lot of weebs, even the word "Wibu" ("weeb" in Indonesian pronunciation) is also included in the Indonesian Dictionary, which is a term for someone who likes and is interested in Japanese culture, especially from anime
And yes, Naruto was the most famous anime at that time, especially for children born in the 90-2000s, the reason was because Naruto aired at primetime hours where children got time to watch tv, Naruto also aired daily (usually Monday-Friday), compared to other anime which only appear on Sundays, this makes Naruto's popularity among children wider
Even non weeb in here know naruto
Some other anime which is surprisingly well known in indonesia are crayon shinchan and doraemon
Both of which iirc have indonesian dubs
We Vietnamese also uses "Wibu" lol
@@phucgiang395 wtfff
bejir ada wibu
as a British weeb I can confirm this man speaks the truth
Well
You’re “ a weeb so”😂
As a Swedish person, the distance when speaking is accurate
Just curious if you did the opposite would people stop talking to you. I visited there as a tourist and at the time people didn't seem to distant only really experienced that in Finland.
@@southcoastinventors6583 if you're too friendly people will probably be polite but still a bit wary of you, we like our personal space but we're too passive to get angry over it lolololol
@@starlightbearmin I still feel you guys are better than the Finns though they always seem to have the most neutral expressions but been awhile since I been to that part of Europe.
@South Coast Inventors We live pretty strongly by "understand how they must feel" so we don't talk to eachother for long since they are probably busy getting somewhere or it's their only relax time of the day or something so because of this "read the room" thing we are too kind to tell others off. If they are too friendly the attempt to excuse ourself is very soft. We don't do confrontations well so people that are too close we just understand and endure and complain to friends later. :p
@@AmbiCahira Well.. If you go too overboard with us we will get hostile of course. Just that we're more prone to aggressively argue and discuss as opposed to fisticuffs.
As an Indonesian, I know where the tendencies to ask foreigner to try Indonesian dish come from 😂. We're just that proud of our culture.
I’d like to try an Indonesian dish :)
I've never had Indonesian food, but I am learning Indonesian because I love Indonesian Indie Rock. Would love to visit someday. It's such a cool country.
@@Corredor1230 welcome
@@sultan9givewey Terima kasih! Saya suka musik dan Bahasa Indonesia!
@@Corredor1230 which song? I glad you like it!
As a Swedish person I can 100% confirm that is how swedish people are like. I love Japanese history myself so, perhaps I am a swedish weeb after all
Just remembered Sabaton, whose works are basically just historical facts depicted through power metal are also Swedish.
I'm starting to sense a pattern here.
Started watching Mobile suit gundam and loving it thus far, I guess the Swedish weeb suits me quite well too. 😂
Swedish weeb basically just japanese otaku but white
You Swedes are social ineptness incarnated
As a swedish weeb that is learning japanese, has studied history and is currently watching an anime from the 90's (Visions of Escaflowne) I can confirm this stereotype to be true.
As an Indonesian that loves giving some Indonesian food to foreigners that never taste it, I felt being called out, this is too accurate 😂😂😂
Malaysian food is better
Lemme get some. I love international food of any kind.
@@_DwarkinMalaysia is just copycat. Real original deal is Indonesian
@@_Dwarkin Haha,no,heaven foods beat them all
When I was stationed in Iraq, our Indonesian vendors were amazing. They made the best curry and Chai I've ever had(obviously had other things I can't remember atm, but the curry and Chai left a lasting impression).
Well, I'm a weeb after all.
As a British person, I can confirm your interpretation is accurate I suppose. Many people ive talked to say it out right they are a week and make fun of themselves. But when it comes to actually talking about anime we are very passionate and like to point out details in animes. (By the way, Sora, I am glad I found your videos they are helping me study Japanese and understand the culture 😭🫶)
I love how Sora's death stare kills all of them LOL
Except for the German though.
Immigrants from the US even say that Germans are "staring" so much that they feel uncomfortable or even threatened.
Same.
As a German Weeb, I can confirm that we are 100 % like this. Portrayed perfectly.
Germans act this way around Amis too 😂
@@lichtsprecher Germans act this way around Germans too
あのウイぶは僕より日本語で上手だけど😆
It's true, but I want to hide under a rock 😂 Wow we are cringe and confusing!
Could also be said for some Dutch people like myself, although I pick people to say "moe moe kyun" to carefully
As a German/Indonesian Weeb I have to say you were totally on point about doing the cringeworthy stuff on purpose an switching into the serious conversation instantly. As an Indonesian I talk to some relatives in Japanese since they are not able to talk in English and my *Bahasa Indonesia sucks. Loved the video, cheers to you!
Bahama Indonesia is crazy
@@liuzh1han wkwkw bahasa
ty for the correction, did not see the typo@@exselminecraft4138
As an Indian weeb I feel like I have been portrayed perfectly. Sora san arrigato
Ayo sussy pfp🧳🧳🧳✈️🔥🔥
I agree
As an Indian weeb, I agree
@@sanjitvyas3043 Same here bro, feel proud to be Indian Weeaboo.
Same here bro, feel proud to be Indian Weeaboo.
As a Filipino weeb, this is very accurate. 🇵🇭🇯🇵
As a Chinese weeb, reason we don't like to talk about anime is cus in society people will look at us like how Japanese public looking at hikikomori otaku.
After coming to America and slowly turning into American weeb it still taking effect on me, i usually let the others start a anime conversation, so i can feel "safe" and not to get discriminated
Is that even legal 🤣
Which country do you like the most?
@@anthony7960 America better then China
as a half chinese,i agree with u lol
Hello, an Indonesian here. Naruto, Dragon Ball, Doraemon, and many more are basically the animes of our childhood, especially for the 90s - 2004 kids. They were broadcoasted in our television. A lot of us had our share of fond memories memorizing jutsus, characters, and even some ninja roleplaying. Glad to see our people mentioned here.
So trueee, as an Indonesian I remember Doraemon being popular
More, like captain tsubasa, hamtaro, ninja hattori, konchu monogatari minashigo hatchi, etc.
Naruto terooooss, kebanyakan disensor sekarang
my man doreamon was also popular here in the Philippines
@@sardinassailat2119 Nicee
As an French weeb here, i can say this video is pretty accurate, even though the politeness here in France isn't really respected and pepole each other would insult some times.
As a German I can say that this is so fricking accurate. Me and my classmates always say stupid stuff for fun in japanese, it's funny how fast we can switch from silly to *serious serious*.
HITLER DID THAT TOO.
I can confirm this, all germans I had met and who are weebs behaved like that.
SUPER SERIOUSSsss...Yes, I confirm this as well.
The best thing about being a German weeb is witnessing japanese Germabooism in animes
At least one other country out there appreciates Germany for its Prussian traditions and not just Lederhosen-Bavaria.
Filipino weeb here, and the portrayal of Filipino weebs in the video is so accurate. I'd say, I'm proud that I grew up in a generation where animes were a part of our primetime viewing habit, especially in the 90s. They're so popular that they usually beat the local dramas produced by their rivals. 😅
BTW, the "Boku no Pi-" thing is totally accurate. If someone recommends Boku no Pi- to an anime first-timer, most probably, they are Filipinos.
I always did that. I didn’t know Filipinos did it commonly as well. Guess the troll instincts just came out 😂
As an Indonesian from Borneo island, I can relate. The spirit, the happiness, the laugh, the willing to take risk just for fun. We are siblings after all.
Being cool ✖️
Being silly ✔️
🇮🇩🤝🇵🇭
I guess we are just degenerates....and our humor is great because of it lol
It was exactly what I was thinking before he even said the anime.
No joke, I trolled some of my normie friends back in College with Boku no Pico and at least 1 of them became a Fudanshi hilariously.
All of them watch more anime than me these days. One of them called me one time when Hero Academia first aired. He thought it was "Boku no Pico Academia" lmao.
I'm from France and it's 100% accepted. From what the americans would call "nerd" to "jock", everyone watch anime. Is not seen in a bad light. Anime like One Piece and other, it's so well knows in France that everyone, even those who doesnt watch anime, know. It's not small or niche in France. That like saying, "yeah I like action movies" or something like that. Also, for your information, Anime was the youth of my father (hes 50). My father legit had all the tomes (so I read them. Several times), also anime like Albator, and the such in DVD. Just to give you an exemple; That not something that got popular trough the internet, like in the US. Also, anime convention and the such are more like for family instead of "weeb" only. Most of the times, in France, people thats likes animes will be interested and dive deeper into the Japanese culture. You dont even know how many Japan Crazy (Fou du Japon; In French, this has a good sense) there is. Those you see are just a fraction of it. In my highschool, there was a petition to hire a Japanese Teacher to teach Japanese as a third language. I could talk hours about it.
Also. If you know how to draw manga style (memories from when I was in Junior High and High School) it's make you someones cool. Even very shy peoples who draws during break in the courtyard had like 5 to 10 peoples watching them draw. Some of them were extremly popular among the other students.
As a Swedish person whoh has been to Japan alot due to my sister studying/living there, I agree, there are a surprising amount of similarities between Swedish (also scandinavians in general) and Japanese people ( In my experience at-least).
I have a crazy and probably false theory, that it stems from both cultures being rooted in a warrior and honorbound culture, vikings and samurai respectively. Although it probably has more to do with standard of living or pure coincide...
Those are some solid theories tbh! Here in America we don't have much "honor" tied to our culture, as we are a newer country to begin with, but I wish we did have that sense of honor to protect here. So many Americans are readily willing to throw away their dignity, it's embarrassing for me to watch lol.
@@nomoretwitterhandles we did have a higher sense of honor and self esteem and more loyalty and honesty in the earlier days of America it lasted until the 1960s or late 1990s
Yeah, its not unrealistic, althou we haven't really had much of a viking culture for the past 800 years or so.. We've been a monarchy for a very long time.
Why we feel so much similarities with Japanese is probably also because of Jantelagen.. the unwritten law/rule of "don't believe you are better then anyone else" which has given us genuine swedes a very respectful approach to others. The way we try not to inconvenience others etc.
I think it's because of the extreme weather in the north if Scandinavia. The Jante Law.
Similar to the extreme typhoon and earthquakes in Japan. Need to stay together, don't stand out.
But this has changed a lot in Scandinavia. People actually say what they think.
Linking it to warrior culture seems like a bit of a stretch, but even if there's some merit to that, the vikings have nothing to do with it. I'd say the main similarities are that both societies value humility and respect for other people, but the origins for those behaviors are completely different: In Japan, it stems from a collectivist view on society, where the well being of the group is prioritized over that of the individual, whereas in Sweden it stems from things like strong worker unions creating a cultural identity of equality.
All of this leads to an interesting dynamic where surface-level behavior is very similar, but the underlying cultural values behind that behavior are basically the complete opposite. Schools in each respective country are an interesting reflection of this: Japanese schools post grades openly for anyone to see and require students to wear uniforms. In Sweden, doing either of these things is straight up illegal.
Okay but you really have to try Indonesian food.
As an Indonesian I can confirm we really do like promoting our food idk why 😭😭
You think your people like promotin their cuisine? You have not seen peruvians.
Indonesian food is good tier that's why
I always promote Tempe as healthy food here in Japan
I mean, it works wonderfully. Satay and Nasi Goreng are quite delicious.
They're quite delicious so you guys are doing the right thing 👍
I learned today that my country France is the second largest market after Japan for Mangas. I feel less alone 😅❤
Many Indonesians like to practice their foreign language with each other and sometimes we have habits of talking in our indigenous ethnic languages with each other if we met someone who's in the same ethnic group or someone who speaks it. I think your Indonesian weeb showcase was oddly accurate, especially with weebs from 90s or 2000s generation.
edit: sometimes they just think it's cool and use them for styles so ye
gak, cuma pengen aja, biar keren... gua juga gitu
@@vorzagaming3230 wkwkw banyak jg sih ya yang gitu. jadi nyebarin pencitraan doang dong gw
@@korokacang lu gak salah sih, tapi lebih tepatnya biar keren aje wkwkwk
@@vorzagaming3230 👍
Indonesia=Konoha
That Indonesian weeb actually represent at least more than 30% of Indonesians who lived in Japan. We like to introduce our tradition and legacy, mostly foods and we're extremely proud of it 😁 it's not weird at all getting foods recommendations from us from the first day we met strangers 😂👍
But often forget that japanesse's taste bud is not as vary and strong as us, and their stomach too. Dont feed them too much spices, you'd going to get japanesse hospitalized, yo!
"You know rendang? "
@@yaiay2134 i love rendang♥️♥️❤️❤️👨❤️💋👨
@@nouvalariski6545 rendang ......... hoishiiiiiiiii~ze
gw, rekomen indomie, meski gw ga mkan mi, lol
Well, I'm a weeb after all.
I knew that you liked weebs. Now i can sleep peacefully.
Correction he like anime fans that visit Japan true weebs never leave there area.
me too bruh
we are now eligible to attain true peace.
LMFAOOO The Philippine one is true. Every mf here says "boku no pico" when someone asks for the title of an anime. It's getting annoying 😭
Bf has been christened an honorary pinoy, so I'm going to tell him to start saying that when someone asks for a show recommendation.
As an Indian weeb, I'll tell you why we say "I don't know" for a favourite anime, that's because there are so many good ones in each gener that it's difficult to pick just one and call it a favourite 😋
As an older German weeb I felt pretty well represented.
I'm normally quite serious if it's about doing something or fullfilling a task. But in my freetime and with the right people I can go plus ultra weeb (including acting like an idiot and making a fool out of myself).
So I think you did a pretty good job with your observations.
Regarding acceptance of anime I have to say that it changed a lot in the last 15 - 20 years. As a fan of manga/anime in the late 90s, early 2000s it wasn't that easy. It was hard to get animes and games and they were expensive af.
There were only some shown in the middle of the night on smaller TV channels. And they were mostly aduld oriented.
So for most people "Animes" were those strange foreign animated movies full of s*x and violence.
All that shifted with time and by now the weeb culture is pretty much accepted and normal here in Germany.
I'm curious, do Germans consider Maya the Bee to be anime?
@karepan man
Good question.
It's a famous and beloved series, and I think especially back in the day the term "anime" wasn't really known as well as the fact that it's a Japanese animation.
So while some know that it is anime, it's mostly not referred to as such.
Maya the Bee would fall under the broader umbrella "Zeichentrick" which encompasses als animated shows, but I feel is more used for children shows no matter the origin.
@@7shinta7 thanks, that's interesting and it makes sense it may not have been recognised as Japanese. Do you think the fact that it was based on a German book made it seem more native rather than foreign? As for myself, I watched Maya as a child in Canada not knowing anything about either the Japanese animation, nor the German book!
@@karepanman8705
Wow, I never knew about the book.
I think the fact that it doesn't look distinctly anime like and the good German dub with the famous German intro song made it seem like a German (or at least European) style animation.
Indonesians try to make you eat Indonesian food is really accurate🤣 they either genuinely want you to try it or want to see you suffer from eating the spicy food
So Indonesians are basically the Italians of the Asia, I see (for the latter as well since Calabria region is very known for its very hot chili peppers and/or oil).
As a Swedish person myself ( not a weeb ), I always thought Japanese social-culture was strangely similar to what we have here.
welp, I'm Russian and most of weebs I've met are:
1. not even trying to speak Japanese publicly (except for meme phrases like "ohayo onichan")
2. lots of them love the hell out of Evangelion
3. quite a few are also into PROJECT: SEKAI (kinda surprised it wasn't a mention at all in the video)
I don't really know how our weebs act in Japan but here's the things I know about them hahahah
People who like Japanese culture usually tend to be more polite than their average countryman I think
Probably because enjoying and studying other cultures (Japanese in particular) helps a person be more self aware
Not sure about this one. There’s a ton of counter evidence.
Many people that “like x culture” that is not their own often have an almost escapism esque quality to them in that they are simply trying to run from their own culture, claiming their own is boring or bad or that they don’t fit in said culture.
Eventually they are in for a rude awakening when they travel or move and realize different cultures aren’t particularly better or worse or good or bad after traveling and seeing the world and other people in it
@@akoba1520 That's an overgeneralisation. I think a lot of people who are into Japanese culture tend to be more introverted, non-confrontational, and shy; and that's probably one of the reasons why they're drawn to Japanese culture in the first place.
That said, I think there's probably a lot of Americans who fall into the category you mentioned (which makes me think you're probably from the US). If there's a cultural spectrum, the US and Japan fall on opposite ends in a lot of ways. So, for the same reasons they might love Japan, they would probably dislike the US.
I'm Japanese and feel talking with weebs is pleasant and inspiring because they have bottomless curiosity about other cultures. From my experience, Sora-san's depictions are quite accurate! Also, all weebs I've met were intellectual people as much as Chinese. They can talk about any topic, and, yes, they are polite even more than the average Japanese.
@@simona2391 Apologies: the miscommunication here comes from the fact that I was not specifically talking about Japanese culture, rather other cultures in general, which then often still applies to Japanese culture.
While it is also a US thing, because it is quite culturally relevant to be actively rebellious towards mainstream opinions, it still happens everywhere for sure.
It comes more from lack of knowledge of the depth of culture and its impact on people, as people instead accredit culture to simply be things like aesthetics, common clichés, food, and media preference, which is culture runs way deeper than a couple of face value obvious aspects such as that.
Cultures are way deeper and the more you immerse in one that is not your own, the more you realize its not about better or worse ever.
Its not an overgeneralization. You can't understand it until you live it. But no matter what if you end up living and experiencing another culture you will end up with culture shock at some point no matter how much you are into it and how much you are prepared.
as a german this is 100% accurate.
we can go from stupid funny to dead serious in an instant.
also interruptin a german who is concentrating on a project be it in school or work is a guaranteed way to shorten your life.
A very accurate represrentation of the Swedish weeb!
When you said Swedish weebs are very similar to Japanese people, that is something I've felt.
When learning about Japanese culture, I often learned it through American channels where they explained Japanese culture as something very different, but often times hit very close to home, so I was quite confused in the beginning. Tatemae be real!
We have alot of similar mannerisms
As a french person, we have a large manga and anime presence in the country. A few anime and manga are actually from France.
If I remember the statistics correctly, France is (or was?) right behind Japan (okay, far behind, but still) when it comes to manga production!
Hell, for a while, the government gave every kid around the age of 18 a 200€ voucher to spend on cultural “products” on a government website. They actually included a LOT of anime and manga, so of course most people I heard about bought a shit ton of manga lmao
France (and Belgium) has historically had a large comics culture so manga fits right in. I was living in Paris in the late 90s/early 00s, and the manga section in bookstores went from just a few titles to entire walls of it. I'd hang out and read a bunch of them in the store for an hour (they were cool with that) then buy 2-3 books for my own collection. As for anime, technically we were raised on it - morning TV shows had lots of anime series imported from Japan, decades before it became famous in the US
now that you mention it, it suddenly makes sense why a certain visual novel 'witch on the holy night' only had a french translation and not even an english one
First Japanese anime showed up on French TV in 1978 so don't be surprised to meet French weebos in their 60's
The only anime I know that comes from your country is Wakfu. Evangelyne is still my favorite girl
Radiant was the first french manga to have an official japanese anime I think, it was quite something at the time.
As anime there's also many nice french co production like Ulysse 31 (old stuff lol), Oban Star Racers (this one is amazing, they made a kickstarter not long ago to make the bluray and possibly work on a sequel)
Recently I guess Droners had an animated series, french comics and french manga
As someone who moved to Sweden, I can assure you, even non-weebs act like that. They don't like small talks, and often just ignore each other.
So... Sora never found Malaysian weebs yet. We same as Indonesian but very shy a lot. 😅
The Korean weeb saying things even the Japanese don't know is so accurate and hilarious :p
ahah are the koreans famous for liking obscure stuff?
Do all korean weebs like neko sugar girl tho?
If so, then i find it hilarious
I guess they like to dig in the more minor genres of anime, maybe because they have mastered every other mainstream ones 😂
@@valenciasj9805 I think it is mainly because most of the "casual" anime are already well known and watched by publics, so if you are actually an "weeb" in Korea, you dig deeper until you find something that is very "hispter" and not well-known
Where are Mexican, Salvadorian, and Peruvian, weebs?
Well, if you don't know about us...
We Latinoamerican weebs use the phrase "にゃあー、お兄ちゃんやめてください" a lot and, we also say "お兄ちゃんが大好き".
As Filipino this is really accurate in our community and I do tend to copy alot of Japanese phrases like my favorite "Eeeeeeeeeee!" And of course we are generally open to our weeb side atleast this generation.
I relate and learning such fluent Japanese way of speaking and culture gestures (maybe that’s just me)
Filipinos are so weeb that anime was always a thing in 1990's before.
@@reijinvyskra1759 me as a 90’s I agree but my uncle start watching anime since 1978 I don’t know what kind of anime he watching pretty sure it was Voltes 5.😂
@@MrGoatFish10It’s often either Voltes V, Mazinger Z, and/or Daimos in their generation.
@@corycianangel6321 yes your right.
3:23 Almost did an Indian Head Wobble!
As a German I can totaly confirm your depiction of the german weeb. I do also know weebs from several other nations and feel like you matched them pretty good :)
As a Chinese weeb, I believe Sora is right, my friends and I own numerous amount of figures. In addition, I believe most Chinese weebs like to play rhythm games.
After I have been living in Sweden for a long time, I became a Swedish-Chinese hybrid weeb XD
I’m Swedish and I think the Swedish weeb depiction was very funny! As a Chinese weeb, are you very smart? I think Sora sad that in the video.
@@Mawnt I wouldn't say that I am the smartest
French weeb here.
Just to say that if we tend to be good at japanese is due to the huge proximity between japanese and french.
Also, we have a polite form, even though it's not as nuanced as keigo, we actually are aware to some extent on the importance of being polite.
And finally, in France nowadays anime and manga has become so mainstream that watching animi isn't considered cringe anymore, it's the kind of anime you watch which will determine if you are cringe or not. Typically, whatever Tokyo girl or something is would be considered cringe by french standard (and harem-h*ntai-sis/brocon would get you the degenerate treatment)
Edit: it's so accepted it's to the point where when i say i listen to JOJO's opening to a friend i made at school it doesn't tick for him that i watch anime, but when i say i'm a big weeb then he asks me what anime i watch xD
As a French person myself I suck at speaking Japanese lmao
@@danaly227 yes but I don't think you struggle to get how to pronounce most of the words in Japanese like Americans would (it being easier for us doesn't mean it is easy either, just that we do less mistakes learning it)
As an American (in my case at least) it is 100% true that I never wanna be the "rude american" in japan or be obnoxious in front of Japanese folks here, lol
As a swedish weeb id say its true with us liking old anime. Start talking about 90s and early 2000s anime and we will light up. Also everyone seems to know atleast one lesser known historic japanease event. Also we are interested in most old stuff from japan, like kimonos, architecture, art ,music and theater. I'd love myself to go to those old japanease theaters someday.
Edit: Also yes, we stand some distance away from most. We dont wanna get into others peoples personal spaces uninvited and want to be able to have our own. I think that alot of us swedes feel like Swedish and Japanease cultures have some things in common and that also makes everything from japan seem a bit more approachable
As a german I can agree. We will have the time of our lives making fun of stereotypes or trying out funny things, before we go back home to write our doctoral thesis on anime storytelling.
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@@indiasuperclean6969 here comes the joker 🤡🤡
I wonder why there aren't any German fellows but some indian guy screaming.
@@indiasuperclean6969 again-
🇧🇷🇧🇷 The Japan ousite Japan got offended once you didn't mention the millions of your PEOPLE who live in BRAZIL.🇧🇷🇧🇷
The idea that American weebs are thought of as polite boggles my mind. I say this as an American. I thought we were all seen as rude and loud in other countries. And oddly enough, like you said, I’m determined to be as polite and respectful as I can when I go to Japan so I’m not one of the bad ones.
Basically that's what americans do, americans think americans are rude so they are EXTREMELY careful about rules and manners more than anybody
@@sorathetroll that’s hilarious.
I wonder if it's self selecting. we as Americans see all the horribly rude Americans, but those people are not going to get on a plane to Japan. also, America is huge and diverse, definitely large enough to have many many versions of what's considered polite vs rude. maybe the Americans that make it to Japan are also better traveled within the US itself, so they know to expect cultural differences.
In Australia I find the Americans friendly and polite but loud, but when I visited the Balkans for a couple of months, all the Americans I encountered were rude and loud. What all that means, I have no idea.
@@lilacaggression8956 apparently we are just a loud people lol
British weeb here! I love how you nailed the British sarcasm haha, we are usually very sarcastic and self-deprecating 🤣❤️ I think anime has become a lot more mainstream and popular in the UK in recent years, especially thanks to streaming platforms like Netflix and Crunchyroll etc, so I think it's pretty widely accepted here now 😁
As a Chinese weeb, you’re right. It’s coz most of the time we get treated the same way Japanese otakus get treated in society if they were outed as otakus lol.
Korean-American here, and the Korean weeb part about liking obscure anime also applies to American weebs, too. A good example is Battle Angel Alita/GUNNM/Ganmu/銃夢. I've never met anyone in Japan who has read the manga.
As an Indian weeb who's never been to Japan idk why it feels accurate af.
as an Indonesian, I can say that if someone want to become Japanese teacher, probably being called SENSEI is very kawaiii desuuu. or another reason for high school girl genre.. you know what I mean
To all the international weebs out there. We love you, especially Sora ❤
I'm a weeb from Russia. Japanese culture and anime in particular are quite popular here. Though it is considered kind of cringe to be a weeb openly, there are still quite a few of us here. Personally I wouldn't randomly start talking about anime to a person unless I knew (or wanted to know if-) they were also a weeb.
A lot of people in China love Japan. If you visit about 70% like Japanese. Only 30% dislike Japan.
As a German weeb, the portrayal was very accurate, though I personally would probably die of embarassment before getting those words out. XD
Talking about anime is becoming more normalized here, but still mostly considered childish/ cringe in public, so it's usually reserved for more private conversations.
I die with you together. I think my sould died a little watching this, but it's also true 😭😂 Damn are we cringe.
Don't kill the cringe, kill the part of you that cringes. 🤭
Fortunately my buddies are all somewhat knowledgeble about anime, maybe not really fans. But they don't mind talking about it, even in public.
But I agree that it's not the first topic you'd bring up if you meet someone for the first time. ^^"
@@7shinta7 Wise words indeed. XD
Yeah, most of the people I'm friends with are either fans themselves or generally chill about it, too. It's definitely not something to mention when you're unfamilar with another person, though there are interesting ways to accidentally find out about such hobbies. Caught my boss playing Final Fantasy at work, for one.
On god, I remember a few years ago. Talking about anime was a no go. Cause everyone just thought it was beyond weird for no reason.
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French weeb here !! I remember the only thing i talked about back in elementary and middle school was dragon ball, perhaps because it was the only "japanese" tv show i knew along city hunter and cat's eyes, i vividly remember saving up my lunch money so i could buy the physical volumes and flex it among my classmates lol !
I guess most of us got really into the japanese culture and history through anime because afterwards most of us took japanese as a second language ( or foreign language ). I'd say ultimately being a weeb/otaku is not considered cringe or anything in France nowadays because of how mainstream it has become, although if you brag about watching hentai or anything that has excessive fan service you'll have a hard time socializing lol.
Salut sa va 😂❤ vive la France
Ibrahima Konate, French's national football team's and Liverpool's center-back, is known as a weeb. Now I just learned from you that weebs are quite common in France.
Meanwhile here in 🇧🇷BRASIL 🇧🇷 we have the best dubbing in the world and we try to k1ll each other in stup1d disputes like Naruto vs Dragon Ball or comparing characters from completely different universes, but the smartest know that Saint Seiya is the best anime of all.
As an indian🇮🇳 weeb who wants to visit japan..i can confirm that this is pretty damn accurate😂🙏 also its considered childish to watch anime here🙃(they think of it the same as other cartoons which are made for kids) so thats why we refuse to acknowledge it in public😂 but we love anime nd japan alot.🙏
@@swasti8835 😂 yes it happens...altho anime in india is on the rise....and thats a good thing🤌
@1:57 LMAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! I spat orange juice on Phone screen that's because that's the same anime I was thinking!!! lolololololol. Accurate AF!
The UK also has a lot in comon with Japan such as a royal family and it's own real warm tea.
The UK is also one of the next most influential countries after America with the laregest number of notable animes being featured in the UK (also if it's just the odd episode) with Black Butler, Hellsing and D grayman to The ancient Magus Bride, Fate/stay night and Little Witch academia, the movie of K on and even one of the Detective conan Movies. America has been based in more but a lot less are notable such as Black Lagoon and Banana Fish being so of the only really notable tittles.
The UK even has eiropes largest Japanese population at at least 50,000 with most living in the Ealing borough (as in a distict such as Shinjuku or Shibuya for Tokyo) of London as well.
I'm full Filipino, but I actually got a couple of half-Japanese cousins and I did learn Filipinos are one of the biggest foreign populations in Japan so it's kinda fun seeing you mention seeing the Filipino weebs the most and noticing them having Japanese-esque mannerisms, haha.
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@@indiasuperclean6969😂🤦💀
@@indiasuperclean6969 bro...why are you in every comment...we already get it!!!
@@indiasuperclean6969
Shush you big old Clown!
@@indiasuperclean6969 ummmm.... u didn't really needed to reply with that- ik india is gud but why reply-
As an Indonesian who had gone to Japan and circle is composed of weebs, i can safely say you are right on depicting Indonesian weebs, i too myself started watching anime after befriending them. Watching anime has been a common thing in Indonesia lately, and showing signs of weebness and loving anime is considered usual and some even considered it cool
Faktanya gak gitu bang 😂
As a Filipino weeb you made me feel less embarrassed to be going to Japan as a weeb lol. Thank you so much Sora!
i wouldnt be british without my self depreciating jokes 👍
As an Indonesian, I can confirm that we all watch Naruto and practice Rasengan vs Chidori with our friends at school
I was wondering how you would depict the German weeb. As soon as you yelled, I knew: yup, that's us lol.
You did manage to sum up my kinda humor and overall personality though. Doing and saying very exaggerated things when goofing around but if it gets serious I (and many other Germans) just flip the switch and all kinds of humor are banished out of our faces.
Chinese weeb here, Of course we love anime very much, Naruto, Dragon Ball, Crayon Shin-chan, Slam Dunk, these animations accompanied our childhood, but people don’t often take the initiative to discuss it when they grow up, but they all remember it in their hearts because it was when they were young a part of.
As a swedish person I give you my approval. I am definitely interested in japanese culture and history, personally I really want to become a manga artist. I realised when looking at Eiichiro's work that I wanted to be like him. I've heard though(I don't know if its true) that it is frowned upon manga artists who aren't japanese
Some of the different species of weebs:
Weebus britannia
Weebus gallia
Weebus americanus
Weebus germania
Weebus philippinus
Weebus sinensis
Weebus japonica
you forgot :
francus weebus
it probably didn't show in your list as it's somehow reversed
@@s-x5373 huh never heard of that species 🧐
@@s-x5373 Weebus gallia I think
As a former student in vegetal, I have laugh.
As an Indonesian, I can say that Naruto is the most favorite anime series because it is shown on TV almost every night. I used to always watch the series after school, I watched the whole series from Naruto SD to Naruto Shippuden finished.
Sora: 2:53
Me: *EMOTIONAL DAMAGE*
as a swede I will say that the swedish one is very accurate
as a chinese weeb, kawaii desu senpai
As a German... yes this fits. 😬 There is a time for jokes and there is a time for business.
Yeah, German humor is no laughing matter.
As a german the german weeb seems to be just your average german under the age of 50 with an actual hobby. Actually, most people here have grown up with Anime as their favorite cartoon since the 70s without even knowing that they're anime (the bee maja, children from the berghof, little princess sara, z for zorro, calimero, lady oscar and many more). So when millenials in the 90s started to discover Sailormoon and Superkickers and realized that the older cartoons were animes too, they got super hyped. And that was pretty much the start of the anime/weebo wave here in Germany.
At that time it was considered cringe to watch anime that were obviously anime or even read Manga. I have the feeling that it is widely more accepted among gen Z and younger millenials, like most other niche hobbies and lifestyles.
Through my entire primary school and middle school time (end of 90s to end of 2000s) I never met anyone who made fun of people watching anime and reading manga. Many people talked about them in classes publicly as it was a totally normal thing and it was even considered a cool hobby. I think people started to feel ashamed about their hobbies when all those ecchi stuff began in the 2010s and stupid people, who discovered the internet, spread cringey scenes of them to create the impression that anime and manga is sexist and misogynistic.
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@@indiasuperclean6969 and the sky is pink at noon.
About the swedish weeb, that just how we swedes behave in general, even more so if they are from the northern parts of sweden. About anime in sweden, I think it's gotten a lot more popular recently, but if you grew up in the 80's and 90's you basically watched silverfang, space adventure cobra, ryu the cave boy or starzinger and later on ninja scroll, akira and maybe some ghibli movies. Back in those days you could only get anime on VHS tapes, most of the older shows were badly dubbed to swedish and heavily edited.
French weeb here coming to live in Japan soon ! Yes French weeb (we prefer Otaku - weeb is a word used by Americans) are like you described it, I have around 200 anime that I would like to talk about. Even though when I am in Japan I prefer talking about Japanese history, language, culture :). Also being an otaku is not seen as cringe in France and watching anime became a common thing since a lot of them became accessible through legal streaming platforms.
The indonesian weeb is somewhat accurate, especially the Naruto part
Somehow if you say you watch Naruto is less cringe here than saying you watch Doraemon
As a Filipino I can confirm this is true, *people think I'm Japanese by my looks 💀* although as a Filipino I tend to not be so weird and anime like fan because I know it's weird and because I'm not a huge weeb 😔
It seems Sora has acknowledged that he's not Japanese, and he speaks for the Weeb community around the world.
Congratulations, Sora-San. You're now a member of World Wide Weeb.
IMO it's becoming easier and easier to talk openly about anime in France.
With streaming platforms like Crunchyroll and Netflix they're becoming more ad more popular, even though it's mainly with younger generations.
But it's still not totally accepted, and many, old and young, may think you're cringe for watching anime.
Indonesian weeb oftenly still learning.
We speak Japanese to others indonesian is to make sure "our" skill doesn't fade away. と 思います。
I'm from the UK and been inspired by Japanese style animation since the mid 80's. The creators where so creative that covered alot of subjects in society. Alot of people I've spoken to would deem me weird because it was the idea of japan over the idea of a story that was animated.
When I started speaking to japanese people they told me it was weird that I was interested in gaming and media from Japan. Though sadly they didn't know the creativity of the likes of Sony, nintendo and sega or knew any famous composers or directors work that was inspiring the world. So in the end it was a negative approach from all just because of a media. Though the same worldwide people wouldn't of got said If I.e was expressing art or music from a Disney movie with art/music
Now I feel that the approach to term anime has been more acceptable and adaptive in western culture. That now there is more comic cons In western countries and dub translations that sell well than the days of just having it japanese
as a german weeb i have to admit, we do act like that a lot :')
As an Filipino, suggesting hentai animes to people is legit true LMAO
The lesson I learned here is that Japanese people will stare at me like I committed a crime while only a few other countries (mostly Asian ones) are brave enough to stare back.
Germans are still serious while Brits are still depressed. 😭