I saw a lot of interviews with Japanese ppl about foreigners who like anime most of them were like 「私もアニメ好きです」 or 「嬉しいです」 even the ones who don’t watch anime said they’re happy about it
No idea what anime girl is but Japanese girls are too masculine... Boys hardly getting it and the country will soon have more old people due too low births... Japanese are cringe. Only their anime is worth salt. They are weak people. Not a shadow of what they once were.
@@affiesgameroom2492 no one says anything about it being weird, i dont see your point either. Op just thinks it's neat how good he is at an "american" japanese accent
I had a very southern very white friend couple of years ago that spoke spanish, and when he did he took on an accent. I thought it was "cringe" at first, but no it makes sense. It just sounds more natural and words become easier to say correctly
Westerners forget that other countries have their own opinions about their own culture. Thank you, Sora, for yet another educational and entertaining video!
And they'd feel exactly how the Japanese feel if someone felt the same way about their country, but if it's towards another it's apparently cringe smh.
this. As an American, if a foreigner comes to the States and is like, "I want to be American" it's like, "It's cool that this dude worked to learn some English and live his dream"
One met a Japanese idol at an after concert on a vr platform once, I was the only foreigner there and she had talked to me for about 15 minutes before she realized that there were about 30 other people waiting to have a talk with her. She was so surprised an American liked her music and was so happy about it. One of the kindest people I ever met, and the main reason I want to go to Japan right now so that I can meet other kind people like that. Edit: I love how people make assumptions about me and how our interactions went when they weren't even there.
@@Cyb3rFck I mean, I don't want to move countries or anything, just head to Japan for a month or so and experience what it's like. and no, I haven't had very many positive interactions with people where I live, nothing compared to that moment at least.
This... actually makes sense. If someone came to America and said "I want to be a cowboy," I would respond with admiration. They love my country's history and culture so much that they want to be a part of it. That sounds awesome. And then we could talk about possible career paths like being a farmer, living history enthusiast, actor, etc.
i remember attending a stream of a certain manga artist i rly liked, and i wasn’t very good at japanese yet at the time, but i tried my best to express my admiration of his works in the chat. i expected him to either ignore me or think my subpar japanese was cringy, but instead he was thrilled that a foreigner was interested in his manga! he even thanked me in english, despite not being very good at it himself. it was a small moment, but it rly encouraged me to continue studying the language without shame ^^
No shame in being interested in another culture or learning a language. It's unfortunate that there's that impression in certain places. I think it has more to do with a small minority of people who are into anime in particular. Talk about it incessantly, don't bathe much and want to be Japanese. To be fair, I've met a lot of Japanese people who want to be part of another culture, too. A group in one town that hung out at a tequila bar and only spoke in Spanish, a group of guys who were really into rockabilly (used to stay at his club til 3AM getting hammered after jamming with our band), and guys dressing up as cowboys ... The international world is an interesting place
@@dogchaser520 For me its Scandinavia and Sweden in particular.(Sweden I guess because I have some Swedish ancestry. And I love so much about Sweden that I learn and have seen while there) I got into Norse Mythology and the Viking age after reading Beowulf in high school years ago. I for years have worn a thors hammer. Now all these dude bro white guys that want to be vikings are into it. And I feel cringy.
@@dogchaser520 Also what is rockabilly? Lol my father used to call me that. Because I had a mohawk and beard, and drove ab 88 F150 sp I guess to him I lookex like some punk hillbilly.
@@kronaperthro Carrying around Mjöllnir might be a bit beyond what people can handle, but it's good to be interested in something. Make sure to visit Sweden sometime in the foreseeable future. You'll be disappointed, of course, but also very interested to know all the things you didn't about the modern culture. Rockabilly is a combo of rock and hillbilly. So basically US country roots coming out in rock. That's Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc. (Then it had a revival a few decades later. Queen did some, Crazy Little Thing Called Love. Kept popping up here and there over the years too.) In Japan it grew out of a lot of impersonation of the style of that time. 50s and 60s popular American rock. It's a good niche genre of music overall. Gets ya movin
@@dogchaser520 Did you mean to say I wouldn't be disappointed in Sweden? Or are you suggesting I'd not like it? As I said, I've already gone once abd loved it there.
Sora has always been cringe, whether he's foreigner, Japanese, American pretending to be Japanese or a weeb! Dont ever change Sora! I mean don't stop being cringe.
I've been a Bleach fan for a long time and I remember when the mangaka, Tite Kubo, went to San Diego Comic Con in 2008 or 2009 and he was super shocked to see how many zillions of American fans he had! He assumed hardly anyone would be there, but it was swamped with his fans. His first time realizing he had a giga amount of internationals fans.
I bet he thought to himself, “my yearly salary definitely doesn’t match the fan base I’ve acquired. Me, and my boss have a lot to talk about when I get back home.”
This guy is so inspirational and amazing, he taught me how to say "thats cringe" in japanese and so know I will use this literally once just to destroy my friends by roasting them in every single language
Even so, what Japanese people say out loud vs what they're actually thinking is very different. I've seen people interview Japanese people by showing them examples of different "weebs" and asking how they feel about them. While they genuinely didn't seem to mind the more mild examples, a lot of them looked genuinely uncomfortable by the more extreme examples and were scrambling to think of something polite to say. The more "extreme" examples are generally what i consider a weeb to be. Not just someone who casually watches anime or likes Japan. Turns out acting like a creepy weirdo is looked down on by everyone regardless of if you like anime or not.
@@chukyuniqul i don’t consider just any non-japanese person who likes anime to be a weeb. I feel the true definition of a weeb is a non-japanese person who is trying really hard to actually BE Japanese, acting and dressing as a caricature of Japanese people, and desperate to co-opt Japanese culture in a creepy way. Also if they only want to date Japanese people and no one else. You can tell that they are culture vultures and are fetishizing Japanese people and culture. Someone who simply appreciates Japanese literature/art without doing the above isn’t truly a “weeb.”
@@alh7197 your definition is pretty accurate to the origin of the word. Much like white boys tryina be black rappers were mockingly called wiggas, white boys tryina be japanese were called wapanese and from there through overuse the word weeb was born. HOWEVER, it has drifted in definition to something more chummy, not entirely dissimilar to how black folk use the n-word among themselves.
Weeb has become kind of fuzzy as anime has become more acceptable to the mainstream public. People have used weeb as a joke, like: “Oh I’m watching my first anime, I’m such a weeb,” for so long that it kind of watered down the meaning. I think it’s more of the tone people use when they say it now. If the person is just ribbing you for liking an anime, that means you aren’t really a weeb in the original sense. If people say “wow, you’re a weeb,” and start backing up slowly without turning their back on you until they leave the room, you’ve probably taken it too far and should take a walk outside to contemplate your life for a bit.
@@alh7197 I think the word that’s most commonly used for the kind of person you mean is weeaboo, resembling the Korean counterpart koreaboo, meaning someone who wants and tries to be Korean/Japanese even if they are not and don’t just like the culture
What's interesting is unlike most foreigners, my first introduction wasn't anime.. it was actually a kid from Japan I met in my Elementary school, we hung out and played like typical boys, and he left me a letter with soccer prints all over the paper explaining he had to move back and he would welcome me whenever I get there.. unfortunately I forgot his name, since it was so long ago, but I do hope to find them again one day.. anyway, since then I always found Japan fascinating
Once you figure out how to find someone please let me know. On my first trip to Japan, I took my then boyfriend, and he wanted to see his best friend who was serving a mission in Japan. The guy wasn't more than an hour train ride away, so we went, and he was teaching an english class. While he surprise visited his friend and they talked, I asked a girl that stayed behind if she would be willing to teach me the Japanese sentence structure. It still confuses me a little but anyway we exchanged emails. The next year I went to Japan and met up with her while there, I really enjoyed the day, but she slowly stopped emailing me after a while. Her email is no longer active and I always wonder how she is. Edit: and I still have the little plushie she bought me so it's hard to forget when that dang thing looks at me from my plushie pile everyday.
I love how talking about anime is such a normal thing in Japan, meanwhile talking about it here in the US, there's a high chance people will look at you in disgust for liking it. Japan is so cool.
Rumour has it that watching anime without using incognito mode in the US will result in the FBI paying you a visit. An unexpected one, that is. Through your windows.
As someone who's had the FBI go through our garbage at four in the morning, I can definitely say those poor guys got the short end of the stick. I offered them coffee. I felt so bad they'd come out for no reason and were freezing. ☹
I'm Korean-American and don't listen to K-Pop at all but when I hear non-Koreans like the music I feel a certain sense of pride I guess that it breaks through the boundaries of language, culture, etc. I'm sure Japanese people in general would feel the same. They created it and it's being appreciated all over the world.
How much pride do y ou have after I tell you, I don't just like kpop I like the niche kpop lmao (at least I think it is niche cause no one I know actually knows who they are)
I don't listen to K-Pop either, but it's all over here in Spain and in Latin America too, so much even an old fart like me knows something about BTS. xD
I don't personally listen to much pop at all but a ton of my friends listen to K-pop and I love the dance choreography in the videos :) I'm from central Europe btw the music is enjoyed v much here as well
I don’t think people realize that most people causally like anime, weebs on the other hand are weird. Especially on the internet, it doesn’t help that some of the communities that are obsessed with anime like Incels also contribute to destroying weebs image even more
Thank you for allaying many of the fears I have had about how I may come across. I'm autistic and once considered myself a weeb but grew out of that phase and am trying to actually understand Japan beyond what my youthful misconceptions were. I know I have a lot to learn but knowing that if I am earnest and respectful I will have little to fear really takes a weight off my mind. Unrelated, but I love your hair.
I think the most important distinctions between a cringe weeb and someone who just likes Japan are clean clothes, a shower, and keeping your voice down.
I love the culture notes, reminds me of when I used to watch old school fandubs because those little translation parties also choose heavy culture note saturation. (It would be cool if more of those relics survived, nothing I used to stream them is still standing.)
I also miss those old-school fansubs. In retrospect they were all pretty accurate and used the yellow text that I miss a lot. They usually put more effort into making sure the text box was contrasting and easy to read than official subtitles did at the time(now a days, official subtitle boxes are pretty easy to read or even adjustable). Basically my first ever anime was Air TV and that fansub was riddled with SO MANY translation and culture notes (like what conveyor-belt sushi is etc). I have not been able to find that original fansub project since or any other ones. Because of those projects, I took Japanese and Japanese culture studies throughout high school. I don't think I would have been nearly as interested in the culture and language without those. Now the only hope of translation notes are from manga translation projects and even that varies per group. P.S. slightly off topic but does anyone know if Chinese anime/manwha gets those types of culture translation notes anywhere? I don't watch much but I've never noticed them and I feel like they need it way more than Japanese media lol
I get so embarrassed every time a Japanese person asks me why I'm interested in Japan since it started with my manga obsession. It's a conversation I always dread no matter how many times my answer is received kindly lol
Tbh, in my perspective in people liking Japan, it's always fine to like it as long as it's not strictly liking Japan for anime/manga reasons. There's so much beauty in Japan but yet it all gets simplified down to, I like anime so that's why I wanna be Japanese. Lol.
oddly somehow saying 'because of anime' has been more well received than anything 'traditional culture'. I've actually been laughed at for the latter but not the former.
@Eliza Duke That sounds relateable. I'm a Russophile, and what comes up whenever I deal with a Russian is they wonder why I have a thing for Russia. As a sort of rule, there are 3 origin stories for Russophiles. In descending order of acceptableness: 1. Video games (STALKER / Metro usually). 2. Nostalgia for the USSR / being Communists (Rarely old enough to have coexisted with the USSR). 3. Having a fetish for Russian women (99% of the time means mega creepo). Anyway, people will outright be confused or disgusted if you say it's because you want a Russian wife, like you can just go to someplace called Magazin Zhyon (Wife Store) and buy one for a fistful of rubles. If you say it's for political stuff, older people will probably think you're just naive, having never lived during Communism, even if they have a good opinion of the Soviet Union personally, while younger people will likely be just confused; there's even a term for someone with an unhealthy obsession with the USSR, soyuzdrochets ("union wanker"). Video games can be a bit cringey if you're under the impression Russians are gopniks and act like the Bandits in STALKER "cheeki breeki, suka blyad!" It's a little cringey, but it's seen as harmless and amusing. The term for this is "klyukva" (cranberry), and it means affectionately stereotypical, but not without irony. My interest came from games, more exactly, the Metro series. That was my first exposure to Russians as real people rather than media villains. Just me drawing a comparison about what it's like to have an interest in a foreign culture that people want you to justify.
@@Mortablunt there're also people who're interested in Russian literature and even learn the language just to read the original. I was always fascinated seeing those people online because I speak Russian(my main lang, but I'm not Russian, just CIS things) and the only thing I've read is "Eugene Onegin". Nothing wrong with Russian literature, it's just me who isn't interested in literature as a whole, who don't have a reading habit and literature was the only subject besides PE I hated in school
My roommate is Japanese and I can attest that even being solely interested in Japan as a country was impressive to him lol. He is very progressive tho, he loves to talk about everything and anything he’s very cool! Jinto you are awesome!
This explains the Japanese friend I made in Toronto so much easier, when she saw me cry while reading a volume of Iniyashiki in the bus. I didn't want to press too hard when she reached out, lest I look like I assumed she liked anime because she was Japanese. But she asked for MY number, and we've been good friends for about 5 years now.
@@FeedMeChaos1 i was asking if she started crying when he blew himself up to destroy the meteor that was about destroy earth in order to save his friend.
I will say that in recent years, I definitely feel anime has gotten more mainstream acceptance. Back in the day, I could hardly find people to talk to about obscure anime. Now, even if I say there is an anime entirely about board games, with a different board game in each episode, I’ll probably find at least one person that knows it haha
who told you that is impossible to be an anime character...in fact it's not that hard all you need is a is a little bit o drawing skill and a paper/phone.
I went to a small gathering/concert yesterday that was primarily Japanese, and the few of us there who were not Japanese were getting asked a ton of questions about what we liked about Japan, why we were learning the language, etc. It's been my experience that most native Japanese are very excited/curious about foreigners who are interested in Japan, like you said. (Though anime did not come up this time). I did get praised by one lady for my pronunciation of "oishii desu," which personally I did not find very impressive 😅
Haha it's always the small things that you remember, like how the lady complimented you for oishii desu,, you never expect stuff like that but it's always really charming when things like that happen
@@Hmmmst It also shows that the lady is stupid enough to praise someone for something negligible. Illiteracy and stupidity runs deep among Japanese younger generation.
There's an event which is Japan day which pops up once a year in a town, there's so much cool stuff related to celebrating various aspects of Japan like taiko drumming, calligraphy, origami folding, and info leaflets. The place is jam-packed every year (idk what it is with covid now), and it's always a lot of fun to go to.
Actually found it funny having a couple of Japanese glassblowers visit our shop to hang out and exchange cards. The older gentleman we conversed mainly about glass and work as they brought tools they wanted to sell to us. The younger one went right to his phone to show me pictures of American food he's been trying and while scrolling I noticed a manga panel of Shin Megami Tensei. So I asked if he likes the series and he was shocked that I knew what it was and a switch was just flipped and we spent a good while just chatting about weebish pop culture and ended with exchanging numbers. I found the exchange pretty funny cause I was very purposely putting a lid on that kind of conversation to avoid making a bad impression.
This is so accurate lol. I got made fun of for simply liking anime/manga and drawing it when I was a teen so I stopped letting myself enjoy it for years. I said one time that I thought it would be cool to visit Japan because there’s lots of cool things there I’d wanna see and people made fun of me for that too separately. Lots of people seem to think any interest in anything to do with Japan makes you cringe which is dumb. Now that I’m an adult I’m just enjoying what I like more
What a shame! I went there a few years ago and it was absolutely amazing! Vastly different from the rest of the world. Only an idiot would make fun of you for wanting to see the world! You should definitely try to go. Once there its not expensive, getting there is.
My very black American household hated the fact that I loved anime and always watched it in English Sub. They thought it was a weird phase I was going through at 12, and even sent me to my grandma’s place(then I was later taken to get therapy for it.) I never saw anything wrong with watching it the way I did, and I couldn’t really stop either(the storylines were too good lmao.) When they realized that I actually liked anime and that there was nothing wrong with me mentally, they kicked me out of their house at 16. I personally feel like anime helped me out in the long run mentally. It taught me to never give up and to not act out in violence when things couldn’t go my way. I’ve wanted to so many times and each time I felt that way, I always found myself watching an anime and immediately felt better. I’m turning 20 this month and live with my boyfriend now who thinks I’m cute when I’m into a new anime, so jokes on my family. But nahhh save me some room Japan just you wait. As soon as I learn Japanese, I’m hitting up all those restaurants, gift shops and hotels🤣🤣💖💖💖
@@leilanidrennan1767 yeah, abusive. I don't think being black has anything to do with it, but it sounds like they also drank the "black ppl can only act one way" bs
@@leilanidrennan1767 Yeah. Is it bad that I don’t hate them for it? Like I still love them but they have zero of my respect and I don’t want to see them again. It still hurts because they’ve done things worse but I can’t bring myself to hate them. Does that mean I forgive them but can’t forget what they did?
Dear Sora, you are INSANE. The foreign accent in your own mothertongue was simply the cherry on top. The first time I saw your videos, I was convinced you were raised bilingual in a mixed family. I study and work with languages and Japanese phonetics is something I'll have to face, sooner or later. Thank you for making me feel both depressed and delighted, just few weeks before my 日本語能力試験。 元気で！
I still find it great that foreigners are appreciated from japanese people since for most of them their interest in Japan started from watching anime (at least for me it was. Now I have other motivations as to why I wanna learn japanese and visit Japan one day 😄) Great video with a touch of humour in it as always 💓
To be fair, if a Japanese person told me they were in the U.S. because they love Western animation, I'd be pretty stoked. I imagine that's how it feels to the average Japanese local being told by foreigners that they love anime.
If I have to be honest, I think this video is accurate with a lot of Asian countries or just Asian people, we view foreigners extremely differently than westerners viewing, well, westerners. It's definitely possible for an Asian like me to pass off as someone living as a resident in Japan if I speak fluent Japanese and have mannerism, despite not being Japanese myself. (as odd as that sound). Like there's a lot of Chinese and Vietnamese people living in my country, but they speak the language fluently so I wouldn't be able to tell until they start speaking their native language and I think "Oh I see they're this nationality/ethnicity" I personally don't think being foreigner is cringe, obviously not, but I think some of these people's mentality can be mentally draining to process.
One of the funniy parts is that the "foreign anime fan" that Sora is playing (probably) speak better Japanese than most of actual foreign anime fans..🤭 (As a foreigner) The majority of the people here in America I've tried to speak JP to have answered, "I don't speak moon runes, I'm not *that* much of a weeb..." Not sure what that means when they're wearing an anime shirt, with an anime phone background, and anime characters on their car windows.
And then there’s me who randomly starts drawing and trying to recognize Japanese kanji on the screen on nearly every single one piece episode I watch at this point…I also like the fact that they had the written hiragana above to properly pronounce each kanji character lol.
Funny little epistemological question on weebiness, that. Who is 'weebier' -- the individual who speaks a Japanese phrase without understanding the words they're saying, or the one who says it and DOES know what they're saying?
Liking something and then still denying it because you have been ingrained with the idea that it's "cringe", now that's peak Western culture right there. Especially US, where bullying is so much worse than everywhere else and you're pressured into social conformity at every turn.
Still speaks too fast for me to fully understand, I've learnt all the n5 so like 800 words+ I know about another 200 from other sources. The issue is if he spoke slowly I'd get at least 50% of what he said, while talking fast I'm only getting 20%... I only started learning Japanese because of the one punch man into😅
Depends on if they have a solid basis for wanting to go to the country... Like if I said I want to move to idk New Zealand cause I've watched all of their fantasy and drama TV shows but know nothing of the politics history difference in other things like idk healthcare environment etc, that's... That's really really cringe.
I think it's cringy when people have this two dimensional view of Japan, as this anime heaven, while in truth it's somewhere between an utopian and dystopian world. Which I personally also find very attracting, but I wouldn't wanna live there forever. And the language is quite beautiful, so I die inside when people are butchering it 😄
Learning a language is ok but some Weebs specially girls are acting like ''an anime kawaii girl'' while talking like it's their whole personalities that's cringey and some doesn't realize they're fetishizing Japanese women that way😅
This applies to Philippines, too. Anime had been deeply integrated in our culture. Our parents watched Voltes V and Dorameon and they loved it. Even the "bullies" or jocks in my class we're all fans of Naruto and were updated with the latest episodes. If you're a high school boy in the Philippines and you're updated in Naruto back then, you're one of the cool guys. Western culture is weird.
What makes it weird? The anti-anime thing is sort of a meme but honestly liking anime is perceived similarly to liking video games or regular cartoons, whether they are adult oriented or not.
@@bobbirdsong6825 As an American, I could explain to you one weird thing about Western culture. It passes off as tolerant through political correctness being engrained in the culture, but it’s culture is highly intolerant to non-normative behaviors that are established as a popular part of the culture. So basically, this hypocrisy is a defense mechanism for an incomplete political belief that is perpetuated in some parts of the society; unfortunately, especially in the intellectual level. And that’s why anime is popular. It avoids faulty politics as an inspiration for storytelling. American stuff and probably other westerners love to yell about their politics every chance they get. That could be perceived as weirdness.
@@alanandrade2083 I'm not sure if that is really topical. Conformity culture is far stronger in Japan than most places in the US, which tend to be very accommodating in urban areas, where most people live.
I'm actually understanding 5% of this video without subtitles and I'm so happy that I'm getting closer to understanding japanese 😭 let's hope 6 years of studying japanese helps me understand better
Actually it depends on how involved you are in foreigners. My Japanese teacher (native) does cringe with these things (internally though, he would never say it to their faces, but he said it to me in a discussion) cause literally every foreigner who joins his classes give anime as an excuse. Of course someone who meets a foreigner for the first time is impressed by how Japan is loved abroad for the anime, but imagine my teacher being with foreigners who talk about anime all day in his class and he doesn't understand a think cause he DOESN'T WATCH THEM! Btw my teacher is the best ever lol
This video was hilarious omg. All your videos make me laugh that's how funny they are. Thank you Sora you bring laughter and joy to my heart and teach me about Japan.
I actually wanted to be Japanese when I was little. I found Japan cool, and always liked how the language sounds. Thought the traditional stuff was cool. For me I think it’s because I had issues with my own personal identity, and would watch those travel shows. And would read about countries and ended up liking Japan in particular. I got into manga/anime when I found out it was Japanese. Liked shoujo in particular, and liked how here and there they would teach some aspects of the culture with the translator notes.
That was one of my favorite things about the older fansubs of anime. All the editors notes. I don't remember the anime but one would have paragraphs at the end explaining all kinds of things from the anime in relation to Japan and its history and culture. It's one of the reasons I hate "localization" because they strip out those little things and turn it into something it's not.
western culture became so fixated with modernization and liberalization that it eventually lead to it no longer having a clear sense of identity or direction, despite being the ruling culture. Meanwhile, in Japan (and some parts of Asia/Europe) managed to keep strong ties with their cultural heritage while simultaneously embracing modernization and progressive ideals. Best example for what I mean is traditional animation: how the west once pioneered the art form for many decades on end only to completely ditch it for the sake of computer animation and technology in general shows how willing the modern western world is to abandon it's greatest virtues, goals, achievements, conviction and culture for ideology, money and convenience. It's a culture of abandonment, not progress.
@@guscfer157 lol yeah. Although there's not a problem with cutting ties to the past, the west seems obsessed with it and are so willing to end something old for something new, like with animation. There are nearly zero 2d animated movies coming out, let alone in theatre's, in the west. Meanwhile 2d animated movies are thriving in japan, making crazy amounts of money.
Sora, you've almost nailed the weeb style from America speaking Japanese. Once again this skit is hilarious. Keep up the good work. Each skit's humor keeps getting better and better.
I was working closely with a Japanese girl for a few months and we would have fun learning about each others languages, I remember when I said all the words I know in Japanese the first thing she said was "you watch anime don't you?" It was hilarious. I think maybe "nakama" tipped her off 😂😂
I feel like it (the negative assumption) was something that may have been more true 20 years ago, maybe it's just changed now as anime grows more and more mainstream and kids have parents who obsessed over anime when they were kids and still like it once they're older.
@@zhizn_snake Yeah I think pre 2016, anime in general was looked down upon. But nowadays it's pretty normal. I think it's more to do with the change of anime made for otaku (think about how much maid/moe/ecchi came from before 2016 compared to now), and anime made to appeal to the wider casual viewer
I teach anime art to teens and so many of them want to learn Japanese, and of course, visit Japan! I'm thinking about sharing this with them, since they're so concerned about cringe and deal with crappy weebs on tiktok all the time
This is awesome to hear bc any foreigner I’ve met in America that said they wanted to be American always gave me a sense of pride of the culture and gratitude that people enjoy our everyday life/ can make opportunities for themselves.
the people who want to be japanese say that because all they know about Japan is from anime. They think it's some sort of heaven filled with cute anime girls and are completely unaware of reality
Unless a foreigner is from a really BAD situation in another country. I get a tiny bit weirded out by the ones wanting to be "American". Because I'm guessing they don't understand just how dumb and brainwashed most of our country really is. Even if you're not dumb or brainwashed, just plain ol American entitlement/narcissism is pretty rampant. I would know, as anyone working in retail would.
Weeb character has made a comeback and now helping us learn the many qualities of Japanese cultures, one of which is being comfortable with himself. He has come a long way.
In my experience, there is nothing wrong with enjoying anime and manga in Japan. However, if that's the only damn thing you can talk about or the only thing that you can use to relate to people where you think you can apply things in anime to real life they will quickly distance themselves from you because you start to become awkward and cringy. Basically...be a normal human. There used to be a bar here in Fukuoka that was a Jojo's Bizarre Adventure themed bar and I was a regular customer. Obviously, everyone there like Jojo and while plenty of normal people like myself were customers a huge portion of the customer base were young Japanese cosplayer girls. They were all very nice women (except for one that I found out from another girl was a homewrecking hoe) but super otaku and all they could do is talk about anime and manga. It was hard trying to chat with them about...ya know...anything else.
then maybe you're the "abnormal" one there? not everyone wants to conform or be socially calibrated (I know a few people who absolutely hate social settings at work etc and mostly keep to themselves) and that's why they're there in specific settings with specific kinds of people.
@@evryatis9231 *"oh cringe" attitude? Me addressing a clearly false reply directly with my opinion is a normal way is "Oh cringe"? You're actually coping and seething, also, is that bit about the pfp supposed to be some kind of insult?*
The expression and tone when you say cringe just gets me every time. The comedic timing in this is just on point 👌 I was a massive weeb at some point so if I did meet a Japanese person I would probably try to hide it and say stuff like I like Japanese music and I'm interested in the language. Which is true but maybe I also kinda want a buddy to talk about mob psycho with
Honestly I can sorta relate a bit to the part of Japanese people liking foreigners being interested in Japan and its culture. I think I'd be similarly positively surprised if someone came to Poland because they like The Witcher, haha
Modern weebs have it easier. When I was a kid, then teenager, watching anime was seen as cringe actually since people thought it's animated = for kids, so you'd watch it in private and never tell anyone.
yea anime is pretty mainstream nowadays compared to when i grew up. but for me it was that people thought all anime was hentai so you usually only talk about it when you see someone else at a con
Had to hide my admiration and love for anime as a kid in school. I saw the ones who were open about it getting picked on everyday. I avoided that like the plague. Time and place, my friends. Time. And. Place. 😅
@@danemiller4852 yeah. There were only a few people I knew who watched /knew about anime so they never picked on me. But the general population wasn't this njce so I never talked about it.
I mean honestly it makes sense. When I meet a Japanese person (or other foreign person but usually I'm doing cultural exchange with japanese people) and they show that they're wierdly interested in specific British culture, I think it's cool as hell. I never think it's off-putting. I'm usually flattered.
@@stanliu6885 it’s when respect is gone that it becomes cringe I’d assume right? Like meeting a Japanese person an asking “hey, can I try having a bit of a conversation in Japanese with you as practice” vs just walking up and going “KONICHIWA KAWAII DESU NYAN” like an ignorant child
Thank you for the video. My favorite is, "No..... No." I'm now 80% convinced you work for your county's Department of Tourism (and your entire channel is a brilliant mechanism to make foreigners feel welcome). Well, that's very nice. Cringe is such a relative concept. My intentional cringe includes writing in complete sentences, employing parentheses and a truly egregious use of emojis (it makes some people "a bit annoyed"). Please have a great day. 🧳✈🗾🌅 ♡🐅
I applaud your ability to throw down a nonsensical string of emojis. I have tried to do that out of irony before, but I always cringe too hard to press send. (As you can tell, I also write in full sentences and parentheses. We are not too unalike.)
This is a wonderful common sense video! Thank you for this. I love how you played the two characters. Your acting skills are really good because I kept forgetting I was only watching one person. I'm an illustrator. I DO love anime, though I also love classic Disney, so my style is a mix. I found your video very accurate because some of my best mentors have been Japanese artists who have invited me into drawing groups even though I don't speak much Japanese yet. When I draw well, they are so supportive and pay me the nicest compliments I have ever gotten. They share tips about their art techniques. They're super nice. They seem to understand that I'm not trying to become Japanese. Now, Reddit and Twitter will randomly have people who are either self-loathing or Americans mocking other Americans for appreciating anything to do with a foreign culture, but when I talk to actual Japanese people from Japan, it's always a friendly exchange. One artist was so excited to talk to me about my work and what I liked about Japan, that we became friends and they ended up asking if they could send me a care package from there with art supplies that can ONLY be found in Japan. They sent me the best pens I have ever used. Here, the pens would be $15-$20 per pen. In Japan, they were closer to $2. I was so happy. I sent them some post cards, comics, snacks, and plushies in return. If you don't have a Japanese/American penpal, I highly recommend it (under safe circumstances, of course). Anyway, thanks for this video. Now maybe my children can be less embarrassed about loving Cowboy Bebop and My Hero Academia and yes, Attack on Titan. 😂 (Autocorrect changed on to of 🤣)
I love this! Debunking all of the myths that us foreigners have created about these things. It was a funny video, too! Thanks for the laugh and the much appreciated information! :)
Thank you! I never understood why folks assume people of a different country or culture would ever put off by others liking things from their culture. I have seen so many westerners who tell me how they enjoy Nigerian films and I am always happy about it. The same way that the western friends I have are always happy when I discuss my love of American comic books. We all love to share and promote culture to everyone.
I've always liked Japan and anime was just a gateway to that feeling. I actually like learning about the history and culture more so at this point in my life(I'm an older person) than anime itself.
Is it really that bad? If you from USA and you meet someone from overseas who said they moved to the US because they like Hollywood movies and want to work in the industry, would you find that cringe? Is it cringe when people love sports so much that most of their interests in life are either playing or watching various sports and supporting their teams?
I recently learned there are anime musicals in japan like there are disney musicals in the US. Which really just highlighted how popular anime is. I want to see the spy x family musical so badly.
Honestly clicked on this as something to listen to while I was cooking and literally had to stop cooking cause I was wheeze laughing my way through every “that’s cringe” 😂😂 you hit the nail on the head on foreigner’s reactions to “I like anime”. I even once got told “Japanese people won’t appreciate you liking anime” then I moved to Japan and wow was I shocked at the difference of expectation vs reality 😱😂
I work for a Japanese company and when the Japanese people come for a visit they are always talking to me about anime because they know I like it. They get super excited about it too. So much that one of my bosses actually brought me some anime stuff from Japan last time he came in for my office and Tanjiro’s Kimono in my size lol. Needless to say, when they say they are coming for a visit I get pumped. Next year I am actually going to Japan for a few months for company business. I can’t wait! I’ve learned a lot about the Japanese culture while working for this company and it’s actually changed my life.
Just started learning Japanese and it was nice to see an example of the nuanced meaning of a word like "Omae" (literally translated aa simply "you"), which seems to be mainly or only used to talk down on people like if they're lower rank or if you simply don't really care or respect them, which we see in the second scene at around 1:28
This was actually very funny and very helpful to understand how Japanese people think. Although I like anime, I'm not over heels in it. I would especially like to travel to Japan, not just to meet people and understand the beautiful culture and language (still practicing on that) but also because part of a universal story I'm creating takes place in Japan. I'm sure it would give me more inspiration and build a better story.
Been living in Japan for 6 years. Never had such an experience. In fact, made some very good friends back in university because of it and went to movie theaters together too. Even people in their 40's and 50's watch anime, and when you go to Karaoke with them they put in older anime tracks like Captain Tsubasa and go wild.
Seeing how interested Japanese seem in foreigners, makes me actually want to go. Not just cause I'm a weeb, but because a LOT of things about Japan have always fascinated me. The fashion, the language, the food. At one point I wanted to live there but that's a commitment I'm not quite ready for. But a visit or vacation there just to explore and meet people of a culture I've grown to admire, would be totally awesome.
I want to move to japan simply because I have family there, I love the scenery and landscape, food and honestly I love the language, I do watch anime sometimes though and I’m afraid people there will think of me in this sort of way despite me just liking the country
I didn't worry about people thinking of me as a weeb, but when I mention me wanting to go to Japan (vacation) people would often ask if I'm very into anime or what animes I like. :D It's not that I _don't_ like animes, but I've just watched about a handful and I'm not super into it - I really liked those though and want to explore more. :) I want to go there because I love the landscapes and like parts of the culture as well as the language, thinking about it, so I'd agree there.^^ And, well, because I generally like travelling and seeing different cultures. I don't plan to move to Japan though, it has its downsides as well (work culture.. guess I'm spoiled^^).
I started studying Japanese almost a year ago, it's really interesting. I'll continue working hard, so that one day, I can speak Japanese as well as Sora's impression of a weeb, truly beautiful.
I really want to take a trip to Japan to just cut loose for a week and experience another culture and the neon lights but the biggest problem I face is not knowing a word of Japanese. It's the only thing holding me back from going there.
I just visited last week. Just know your “please”, “thank you”, “sorry”, “excuse me”, and you’ll pretty much be set for a short stay. Most things are translated to English and pointing to get your point across never hurts. You’ll get really good at improvised sign language too!
@@BirchTreeReborn I also just got back and would add a few more words that I picked up while there: "wakarimasen" meaning I don't understand when they speak to you in japanese. "Eigo wa arimasuku" meaning "do you speak English." And finally "o kaikei onegaishimasu" to ask for your check at a restaurant. That's all you really need! I promise traveling is easier than you think once you get into it so don't be scared! I hope you can plan your trip and have a great time!
It's funny. My dad says Japanese people actually like it when foreigners are interested about their culture and that's what I keep hearing from others. I originally thought they would think of foreigners that like anime as cringe or who want to make video games in Japan as cringe. But from what everyone keeps telling me, it's cool. So I feel a lot better about maybe studying abroad in Japan. This video helps a lot. I also love the humorous part where it's just "eheeee" and then "that's cringe" in dead silence (because that's how it always felt like it would go in my head 🤣).
For me I would love to learn the language and more of the traditional dances and things they all do because its so fascinating to learn about a whole different place and I especially love how traditional kyoto looks
I'm very new to your content but it's very funny! The "Konichi War" gets me everytime!! I also do appreciate that your videos are insightful but don't beat me over the head like some do. It's like being taught by a good teacher who makes learning fun. Thank you Sora!
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I saw a lot of interviews with Japanese ppl about foreigners who like anime most of them were like 「私もアニメ好きです」 or 「嬉しいです」 even the ones who don’t watch anime said they’re happy about it
This
@Mo wait I will translate it for you
1-私もアニメ好きですmeans me too I like anime
2-嬉しいですmeans I’m happy
@@M_m_24 thank you for that
@@M_m_24 thanks!
@Mo Yeah for real
"Yes, even in Japan, wanting an anime GF is cringy."
Yes, good. That is the way.
just as it should be.
@@hime8903 balanced.
This is the way
No idea what anime girl is but Japanese girls are too masculine... Boys hardly getting it and the country will soon have more old people due too low births... Japanese are cringe. Only their anime is worth salt. They are weak people. Not a shadow of what they once were.
This is the way.
I love the casual sadism of insulting someone, then continuing the conversation to keep insulting them.
Lmfao. So intellectual, aware, hilarious, and true all at once.
welcome to asian roasting style, which is... very common lol
I love how even though you're a native Japanese speaker, you can still mimic an American “Japanese” accent.
@Don its not always easy lol
americans mimic other american accents all the time, how is that weird?
@@affiesgameroom2492 no one says anything about it being weird, i dont see your point either. Op just thinks it's neat how good he is at an "american" japanese accent
I had a very southern very white friend couple of years ago that spoke spanish, and when he did he took on an accent. I thought it was "cringe" at first, but no it makes sense. It just sounds more natural and words become easier to say correctly
Just use a long R (as in roo ) whenever you use your stems cause you wouldn’t be using polite forms anyways.
Japanese people will never tell you you're cringe...but they will think it, even while smiling and nodding at you.
True, theyre really polite
This is what scares me
Yeah they are polite... On the outside. It scares me to think what actually they are thinking 😭
isn't that... very common around the world
@@may292 that's cringe
I love the Japanese guy’s face when saying cringe, it makes the sketch 10 times funnier
kimo 😐
I love the reaction faces. From happy to sad/blank face, it's so good
Crickets chirping every time lol
What do you mean? They're both Japanese. In fact they kind of look similar, I think they're related or something.
@@pomponi0 lol the guy playing the part of a Japanese guy
Westerners forget that other countries have their own opinions about their own culture. Thank you, Sora, for yet another educational and entertaining video!
And they'd feel exactly how the Japanese feel if someone felt the same way about their country, but if it's towards another it's apparently cringe smh.
this. As an American, if a foreigner comes to the States and is like, "I want to be American" it's like, "It's cool that this dude worked to learn some English and live his dream"
@@johnhorcher2120 Exactly!
@@ImpetusOmnipotens Ikr. Everyone's a hypocrite, eh?
@@johnhorcher2120 that was actually one of my dreams
i love the energy of "heee 😃" and then "that's cringe 😐"
And then the awkward silence for a couple seconds and even the music stops *tears of laughter every time*
KIMOU
Sonny? Bro
ahahhaha
@@taylorbee4010 Kimoi* for the English spelling
One met a Japanese idol at an after concert on a vr platform once, I was the only foreigner there and she had talked to me for about 15 minutes before she realized that there were about 30 other people waiting to have a talk with her. She was so surprised an American liked her music and was so happy about it. One of the kindest people I ever met, and the main reason I want to go to Japan right now so that I can meet other kind people like that.
Edit: I love how people make assumptions about me and how our interactions went when they weren't even there.
That's so sad
@@uhqliss8537 I fail to see what's sad about it? Seemed to be a positive interaction for the both of them?
I don't think they mean sad, as in, upsetting but Sad because a small portion of positive interaction makes the OP want to move countries.
@@Cyb3rFck I mean, I don't want to move countries or anything, just head to Japan for a month or so and experience what it's like. and no, I haven't had very many positive interactions with people where I live, nothing compared to that moment at least.
Which idol?
That dead-ass blank stare after every "That's cringe" gets me every time. 😆
I'm gonna see that in my nightmares...
Looks like a dead fish lmao
SO Yes!
kimo 😐
I swear to god 😂😂😂
This... actually makes sense. If someone came to America and said "I want to be a cowboy," I would respond with admiration. They love my country's history and culture so much that they want to be a part of it. That sounds awesome.
And then we could talk about possible career paths like being a farmer, living history enthusiast, actor, etc.
THATS TRUE.... ive never thought of it that way :O
It shows you respect another country’s culture, and care about it.
Especially if you also learn the language
Dude that's a wonderful way to put it, I feel people should be excited for eachothers cultural interests
Cap the right response is to tell them how shit america is
@@Phoenix_Blader_93 everywhere is shit
i remember attending a stream of a certain manga artist i rly liked, and i wasn’t very good at japanese yet at the time, but i tried my best to express my admiration of his works in the chat. i expected him to either ignore me or think my subpar japanese was cringy, but instead he was thrilled that a foreigner was interested in his manga! he even thanked me in english, despite not being very good at it himself.
it was a small moment, but it rly encouraged me to continue studying the language without shame ^^
No shame in being interested in another culture or learning a language. It's unfortunate that there's that impression in certain places.
I think it has more to do with a small minority of people who are into anime in particular. Talk about it incessantly, don't bathe much and want to be Japanese.
To be fair, I've met a lot of Japanese people who want to be part of another culture, too. A group in one town that hung out at a tequila bar and only spoke in Spanish, a group of guys who were really into rockabilly (used to stay at his club til 3AM getting hammered after jamming with our band), and guys dressing up as cowboys ... The international world is an interesting place
@@dogchaser520 For me its Scandinavia and Sweden in particular.(Sweden I guess because I have some Swedish ancestry. And I love so much about Sweden that I learn and have seen while there) I got into Norse Mythology and the Viking age after reading Beowulf in high school years ago. I for years have worn a thors hammer. Now all these dude bro white guys that want to be vikings are into it. And I feel cringy.
@@dogchaser520 Also what is rockabilly? Lol my father used to call me that. Because I had a mohawk and beard, and drove ab 88 F150 sp I guess to him I lookex like some punk hillbilly.
@@kronaperthro Carrying around Mjöllnir might be a bit beyond what people can handle, but it's good to be interested in something. Make sure to visit Sweden sometime in the foreseeable future. You'll be disappointed, of course, but also very interested to know all the things you didn't about the modern culture.
Rockabilly is a combo of rock and hillbilly. So basically US country roots coming out in rock. That's Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc. (Then it had a revival a few decades later. Queen did some, Crazy Little Thing Called Love. Kept popping up here and there over the years too.) In Japan it grew out of a lot of impersonation of the style of that time. 50s and 60s popular American rock.
It's a good niche genre of music overall. Gets ya movin
@@dogchaser520 Did you mean to say I wouldn't be disappointed in Sweden? Or are you suggesting I'd not like it?
As I said, I've already gone once abd loved it there.
Watching you be rude to yourself, then being uncomfortable, is indescribably hilarious. "Kimoi" with such a deadpan expression.... Perfection.
Sora has always been cringe, whether he's foreigner, Japanese, American pretending to be Japanese or a weeb! Dont ever change Sora! I mean don't stop being cringe.
Yes!
Kimoi! Baka!
Oh wow! I have no idea my comment would blow up to 240 likes & counting.
@@teshyatan7346 kimoi desu
@@teshyatan7346 kimoi desu
Reasons why I love sora
Number 1
He's a funny and educational teacher
Number 2
He makes my day even better
Number 3
Konnichi war
number 4: he taught me the japanese word for cringe
number 4: "thats cringe"
is that the real hatdune miku 😱
@@lefttoe3937 yes 😱😱😱
War of Konnichi, in 1326 caused by Sensei Sórao, was a 'lesser conflict'.
I appreciate him for teaching us how not to be cringe
agreed
yup pretty much.
I've been a Bleach fan for a long time and I remember when the mangaka, Tite Kubo, went to San Diego Comic Con in 2008 or 2009 and he was super shocked to see how many zillions of American fans he had! He assumed hardly anyone would be there, but it was swamped with his fans. His first time realizing he had a giga amount of internationals fans.
I bet he thought to himself, “my yearly salary definitely doesn’t match the fan base I’ve acquired. Me, and my boss have a lot to talk about when I get back home.”
This guy is so inspirational and amazing, he taught me how to say "thats cringe" in japanese and so know I will use this literally once just to destroy my friends by roasting them in every single language
the amount of testosterone radiating from this comment is amazing
Make sure to make that same dead-pan face afterwards, too, for impact.
Its a very popular slang word, that covers any emotion you deem deviant or uncomfortable.
it was usa chan whom i first heard it from, then out of all people ichika nito lol
Wow, what a "roast". Grow up kid. I know you got better things to do
The absolute skill to be a native Japanese speaker mimicking an American speaker trying to stumble through Japanese. Fantastic
Am I missing something? That's no different than an American mimicking a foreigner speaking English with a non-native accent.
@@user-ru3zw6lz9h it's pretty much the same. you just rarely hear it done well, so when there's a great impression it deserves some praise
English speakers can easily mimick foreigners with accents speaking english.
For me, the guy who speaks Russian nativiely, it's not really hard to mimick American accent in Russian and Russian accent in -English- American
it's so hard to give a compliment on the internet XD
Even so, what Japanese people say out loud vs what they're actually thinking is very different. I've seen people interview Japanese people by showing them examples of different "weebs" and asking how they feel about them. While they genuinely didn't seem to mind the more mild examples, a lot of them looked genuinely uncomfortable by the more extreme examples and were scrambling to think of something polite to say. The more "extreme" examples are generally what i consider a weeb to be. Not just someone who casually watches anime or likes Japan. Turns out acting like a creepy weirdo is looked down on by everyone regardless of if you like anime or not.
I consider anyone with an unironic love of japanese pop culture to be a weeb. It doesn't even have a negative connotation in my mind anymore.
@@chukyuniqul i don’t consider just any non-japanese person who likes anime to be a weeb. I feel the true definition of a weeb is a non-japanese person who is trying really hard to actually BE Japanese, acting and dressing as a caricature of Japanese people, and desperate to co-opt Japanese culture in a creepy way. Also if they only want to date Japanese people and no one else. You can tell that they are culture vultures and are fetishizing Japanese people and culture. Someone who simply appreciates Japanese literature/art without doing the above isn’t truly a “weeb.”
@@alh7197 your definition is pretty accurate to the origin of the word. Much like white boys tryina be black rappers were mockingly called wiggas, white boys tryina be japanese were called wapanese and from there through overuse the word weeb was born.
HOWEVER, it has drifted in definition to something more chummy, not entirely dissimilar to how black folk use the n-word among themselves.
Weeb has become kind of fuzzy as anime has become more acceptable to the mainstream public. People have used weeb as a joke, like: “Oh I’m watching my first anime, I’m such a weeb,” for so long that it kind of watered down the meaning. I think it’s more of the tone people use when they say it now. If the person is just ribbing you for liking an anime, that means you aren’t really a weeb in the original sense. If people say “wow, you’re a weeb,” and start backing up slowly without turning their back on you until they leave the room, you’ve probably taken it too far and should take a walk outside to contemplate your life for a bit.
@@alh7197 I think the word that’s most commonly used for the kind of person you mean is weeaboo, resembling the Korean counterpart koreaboo, meaning someone who wants and tries to be Korean/Japanese even if they are not and don’t just like the culture
Thank you for teaching me how to say 'cringe' in Japanese. 😁
I was gonna say the same thing!
learning Japanese? kimoi!
@@BabaJeez XD
FR
@@BabaJeez i believe it "kimoi", i may be wrong
What's interesting is unlike most foreigners, my first introduction wasn't anime.. it was actually a kid from Japan I met in my Elementary school, we hung out and played like typical boys, and he left me a letter with soccer prints all over the paper explaining he had to move back and he would welcome me whenever I get there.. unfortunately I forgot his name, since it was so long ago, but I do hope to find them again one day.. anyway, since then I always found Japan fascinating
Gigachad
Edit: Time for a good ol' fashion memory whipping
It breaks my heart over the fact you forget his name! I really hope you do see him again someday! ❤️😇
Once you figure out how to find someone please let me know. On my first trip to Japan, I took my then boyfriend, and he wanted to see his best friend who was serving a mission in Japan. The guy wasn't more than an hour train ride away, so we went, and he was teaching an english class. While he surprise visited his friend and they talked, I asked a girl that stayed behind if she would be willing to teach me the Japanese sentence structure. It still confuses me a little but anyway we exchanged emails. The next year I went to Japan and met up with her while there, I really enjoyed the day, but she slowly stopped emailing me after a while. Her email is no longer active and I always wonder how she is.
Edit: and I still have the little plushie she bought me so it's hard to forget when that dang thing looks at me from my plushie pile everyday.
Well time to jogging your memories back
sadly, iirc, it's currently hard to even enter japan
I felt like every “that’s cringe” was said directly at me. 😐
I just want to eat cake from a vending machine, man. That’s all.
Sorewa kimoi
That’s cringe.
@@supergobgoblin424 きも。
That’s cringe.
That’s cringe.
I love how talking about anime is such a normal thing in Japan, meanwhile talking about it here in the US, there's a high chance people will look at you in disgust for liking it. Japan is so cool.
Rumour has it that watching anime without using incognito mode in the US will result in the FBI paying you a visit. An unexpected one, that is. Through your windows.
Indeed.
@@petercdowney Wrong kind of anime.
And then Japanese will look at those people who look at you in disgust in disgust for shaming you. Lol
As someone who's had the FBI go through our garbage at four in the morning, I can definitely say those poor guys got the short end of the stick. I offered them coffee. I felt so bad they'd come out for no reason and were freezing. ☹
I’m so impressed by him pretending to be a foreigner speaking Japanese badly. It’s very accurate.
I'm Korean-American and don't listen to K-Pop at all but when I hear non-Koreans like the music I feel a certain sense of pride I guess that it breaks through the boundaries of language, culture, etc. I'm sure Japanese people in general would feel the same. They created it and it's being appreciated all over the world.
How much pride do y ou have after I tell you, I don't just like kpop I like the niche kpop lmao (at least I think it is niche cause no one I know actually knows who they are)
@@marisamyth7587 a certain sense :p
I don't listen to K-Pop either, but it's all over here in Spain and in Latin America too, so much even an old fart like me knows something about BTS. xD
I love Gangnam Style
I don't personally listen to much pop at all but a ton of my friends listen to K-pop and I love the dance choreography in the videos :)
I'm from central Europe btw the music is enjoyed v much here as well
There’s a difference between being a weeb and simply enjoying anime.
Addressing the comments, not the video.
Kimoi
I don’t think people realize that most people causally like anime, weebs on the other hand are weird.
Especially on the internet, it doesn’t help that some of the communities that are obsessed with anime like Incels also contribute to destroying weebs image even more
So being a "casual" is fine but feeling strongly about anime and pop culture is not? That's just your opinion again
@@yusuke6308 When did I express my opinion? When did I say, “it’s not fine”?
@@yusuke6308 "There’s a difference between being a weeb and simply enjoying anime." U should read at what u respond
Thank you for allaying many of the fears I have had about how I may come across. I'm autistic and once considered myself a weeb but grew out of that phase and am trying to actually understand Japan beyond what my youthful misconceptions were. I know I have a lot to learn but knowing that if I am earnest and respectful I will have little to fear really takes a weight off my mind. Unrelated, but I love your hair.
I think the most important distinctions between a cringe weeb and someone who just likes Japan are clean clothes, a shower, and keeping your voice down.
for real.
I love the culture notes, reminds me of when I used to watch old school fandubs because those little translation parties also choose heavy culture note saturation. (It would be cool if more of those relics survived, nothing I used to stream them is still standing.)
I knew I wasn't the only one that loved translator's notes.
@@devilbuster20xx37 holy crap, there are two people beyond me who love TL notes?!
lol
I also miss those old-school fansubs. In retrospect they were all pretty accurate and used the yellow text that I miss a lot. They usually put more effort into making sure the text box was contrasting and easy to read than official subtitles did at the time(now a days, official subtitle boxes are pretty easy to read or even adjustable).
Basically my first ever anime was Air TV and that fansub was riddled with SO MANY translation and culture notes (like what conveyor-belt sushi is etc). I have not been able to find that original fansub project since or any other ones.
Because of those projects, I took Japanese and Japanese culture studies throughout high school. I don't think I would have been nearly as interested in the culture and language without those.
Now the only hope of translation notes are from manga translation projects and even that varies per group.
P.S. slightly off topic but does anyone know if Chinese anime/manwha gets those types of culture translation notes anywhere? I don't watch much but I've never noticed them and I feel like they need it way more than Japanese media lol
Same!! I'm so sad they disappeared
FUNimation used to add them, but I haven't seen any in ages
the more notes and stuff the better!!
3:38 seeing Sora tell himself it’s impossible to be an anime character is the most ironic thing I have seen all year
I get so embarrassed every time a Japanese person asks me why I'm interested in Japan since it started with my manga obsession. It's a conversation I always dread no matter how many times my answer is received kindly lol
Tbh, in my perspective in people liking Japan, it's always fine to like it as long as it's not strictly liking Japan for anime/manga reasons. There's so much beauty in Japan but yet it all gets simplified down to, I like anime so that's why I wanna be Japanese. Lol.
@@PsiJuicu bruh moment
oddly somehow saying 'because of anime' has been more well received than anything 'traditional culture'. I've actually been laughed at for the latter but not the former.
@Eliza Duke That sounds relateable. I'm a Russophile, and what comes up whenever I deal with a Russian is they wonder why I have a thing for Russia. As a sort of rule, there are 3 origin stories for Russophiles. In descending order of acceptableness: 1. Video games (STALKER / Metro usually). 2. Nostalgia for the USSR / being Communists (Rarely old enough to have coexisted with the USSR). 3. Having a fetish for Russian women (99% of the time means mega creepo).
Anyway, people will outright be confused or disgusted if you say it's because you want a Russian wife, like you can just go to someplace called Magazin Zhyon (Wife Store) and buy one for a fistful of rubles. If you say it's for political stuff, older people will probably think you're just naive, having never lived during Communism, even if they have a good opinion of the Soviet Union personally, while younger people will likely be just confused; there's even a term for someone with an unhealthy obsession with the USSR, soyuzdrochets ("union wanker"). Video games can be a bit cringey if you're under the impression Russians are gopniks and act like the Bandits in STALKER "cheeki breeki, suka blyad!" It's a little cringey, but it's seen as harmless and amusing. The term for this is "klyukva" (cranberry), and it means affectionately stereotypical, but not without irony.
My interest came from games, more exactly, the Metro series. That was my first exposure to Russians as real people rather than media villains.
Just me drawing a comparison about what it's like to have an interest in a foreign culture that people want you to justify.
@@Mortablunt there're also people who're interested in Russian literature and even learn the language just to read the original. I was always fascinated seeing those people online because I speak Russian(my main lang, but I'm not Russian, just CIS things) and the only thing I've read is "Eugene Onegin". Nothing wrong with Russian literature, it's just me who isn't interested in literature as a whole, who don't have a reading habit and literature was the only subject besides PE I hated in school
My roommate is Japanese and I can attest that even being solely interested in Japan as a country was impressive to him lol. He is very progressive tho, he loves to talk about everything and anything he’s very cool! Jinto you are awesome!
I hope jinto has seen this comment
Progressive? Like western progressive? Yikesss.
@@finfrog3237 lol haha
This explains the Japanese friend I made in Toronto so much easier, when she saw me cry while reading a volume of Iniyashiki in the bus. I didn't want to press too hard when she reached out, lest I look like I assumed she liked anime because she was Japanese. But she asked for MY number, and we've been good friends for about 5 years now.
Did the hot robot explode and save everyone?
@@isamekailmahmud9302 im sorry the what?
@@FeedMeChaos1 you know Hiro Shishigami
@@FeedMeChaos1 i was asking if she started crying when he blew himself up to destroy the meteor that was about destroy earth in order to save his friend.
@@isamekailmahmud9302 oooooh that one
I will say that in recent years, I definitely feel anime has gotten more mainstream acceptance. Back in the day, I could hardly find people to talk to about obscure anime. Now, even if I say there is an anime entirely about board games, with a different board game in each episode, I’ll probably find at least one person that knows it haha
ahh yes no game no life
“I want to be an anime character!”
“You can’t”
“Then I want to be Japanese”
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Japanese Anime Character. XD
My guy switched teams 😂😂
who told you that is impossible to be an anime character...in fact it's not that hard all you need is a is a little bit o drawing skill and a paper/phone.
@@RinaRina-31 You can own an oc but not be them, can you?
@@RinaRina-31 That's not enough, you need some "animeytion" skill as well. XD
The blank expression he holds after saying “that’s cringe” kills me. Some of the funniest content I’ve seen recently
I went to a small gathering/concert yesterday that was primarily Japanese, and the few of us there who were not Japanese were getting asked a ton of questions about what we liked about Japan, why we were learning the language, etc. It's been my experience that most native Japanese are very excited/curious about foreigners who are interested in Japan, like you said. (Though anime did not come up this time).
I did get praised by one lady for my pronunciation of "oishii desu," which personally I did not find very impressive 😅
Haha it's always the small things that you remember, like how the lady complimented you for oishii desu,, you never expect stuff like that but it's always really charming when things like that happen
@@Hmmmst It also shows that the lady is stupid enough to praise someone for something negligible. Illiteracy and stupidity runs deep among Japanese younger generation.
There's an event which is Japan day which pops up once a year in a town, there's so much cool stuff related to celebrating various aspects of Japan like taiko drumming, calligraphy, origami folding, and info leaflets. The place is jam-packed every year (idk what it is with covid now), and it's always a lot of fun to go to.
you got nihongo jouzu'd lmao
Actually found it funny having a couple of Japanese glassblowers visit our shop to hang out and exchange cards.
The older gentleman we conversed mainly about glass and work as they brought tools they wanted to sell to us.
The younger one went right to his phone to show me pictures of American food he's been trying and while scrolling I noticed a manga panel of Shin Megami Tensei.
So I asked if he likes the series and he was shocked that I knew what it was and a switch was just flipped and we spent a good while just chatting about weebish pop culture and ended with exchanging numbers.
I found the exchange pretty funny cause I was very purposely putting a lid on that kind of conversation to avoid making a bad impression.
This is so accurate lol. I got made fun of for simply liking anime/manga and drawing it when I was a teen so I stopped letting myself enjoy it for years. I said one time that I thought it would be cool to visit Japan because there’s lots of cool things there I’d wanna see and people made fun of me for that too separately. Lots of people seem to think any interest in anything to do with Japan makes you cringe which is dumb. Now that I’m an adult I’m just enjoying what I like more
You'd be surprised by how many things the common public hates for no reason at all
@@slayeroffurries1115 your name is ironically perfect.
I’m glad you can enjoy it now! People can be really mean sometimes 3:
@@lightningpenguin8937 nah hes just right, i would say not all parts of the fandom are bad but the negative side is just UNACCEPTABLE.
What a shame! I went there a few years ago and it was absolutely amazing! Vastly different from the rest of the world. Only an idiot would make fun of you for wanting to see the world! You should definitely try to go. Once there its not expensive, getting there is.
My very black American household hated the fact that I loved anime and always watched it in English Sub. They thought it was a weird phase I was going through at 12, and even sent me to my grandma’s place(then I was later taken to get therapy for it.) I never saw anything wrong with watching it the way I did, and I couldn’t really stop either(the storylines were too good lmao.) When they realized that I actually liked anime and that there was nothing wrong with me mentally, they kicked me out of their house at 16. I personally feel like anime helped me out in the long run mentally. It taught me to never give up and to not act out in violence when things couldn’t go my way. I’ve wanted to so many times and each time I felt that way, I always found myself watching an anime and immediately felt better. I’m turning 20 this month and live with my boyfriend now who thinks I’m cute when I’m into a new anime, so jokes on my family. But nahhh save me some room Japan just you wait. As soon as I learn Japanese, I’m hitting up all those restaurants, gift shops and hotels🤣🤣💖💖💖
Wow, but glad you managed and sticked to your interests. :) Mentality or especially tolerance of some parents can be frustrating.
YOU GOT KICKED OUT FOR LIKING ANIME??? Bro your family is messed up
@@leilanidrennan1767 yeah, abusive. I don't think being black has anything to do with it, but it sounds like they also drank the "black ppl can only act one way" bs
@@dennisjungbauer4467 Thank you💗 and yeah it really is..
@@leilanidrennan1767 Yeah. Is it bad that I don’t hate them for it? Like I still love them but they have zero of my respect and I don’t want to see them again. It still hurts because they’ve done things worse but I can’t bring myself to hate them. Does that mean I forgive them but can’t forget what they did?
Dear Sora, you are INSANE. The foreign accent in your own mothertongue was simply the cherry on top. The first time I saw your videos, I was convinced you were raised bilingual in a mixed family. I study and work with languages and Japanese phonetics is something I'll have to face, sooner or later. Thank you for making me feel both depressed and delighted, just few weeks before my 日本語能力試験。
元気で！
The comedic delivery was just perfect, the small pauses, the reactions, incredible timing ... I laughed so hard and cried a little with every キモ (笑)
I still find it great that foreigners are appreciated from japanese people since for most of them their interest in Japan started from watching anime (at least for me it was. Now I have other motivations as to why I wanna learn japanese and visit Japan one day 😄)
Great video with a touch of humour in it as always 💓
To be fair, if a Japanese person told me they were in the U.S. because they love Western animation, I'd be pretty stoked. I imagine that's how it feels to the average Japanese local being told by foreigners that they love anime.
The face after saying "that's cringe" gets me everytime 😂
The long, empty-eyed stare after every "That's cringe" gets me every time lol
If I have to be honest, I think this video is accurate with a lot of Asian countries or just Asian people, we view foreigners extremely differently than westerners viewing, well, westerners.
It's definitely possible for an Asian like me to pass off as someone living as a resident in Japan if I speak fluent Japanese and have mannerism, despite not being Japanese myself. (as odd as that sound). Like there's a lot of Chinese and Vietnamese people living in my country, but they speak the language fluently so I wouldn't be able to tell until they start speaking their native language and I think "Oh I see they're this nationality/ethnicity"
I personally don't think being foreigner is cringe, obviously not, but I think some of these people's mentality can be mentally draining to process.
One of the funniy parts is that the "foreign anime fan" that Sora is playing (probably) speak better Japanese than most of actual foreign anime fans..🤭
(As a foreigner) The majority of the people here in America I've tried to speak JP to have answered, "I don't speak moon runes, I'm not *that* much of a weeb..." Not sure what that means when they're wearing an anime shirt, with an anime phone background, and anime characters on their car windows.
Sounds like they're weebs in denial. lol
And then there’s me who randomly starts drawing and trying to recognize Japanese kanji on the screen on nearly every single one piece episode I watch at this point…I also like the fact that they had the written hiragana above to properly pronounce each kanji character lol.
Funny little epistemological question on weebiness, that. Who is 'weebier' -- the individual who speaks a Japanese phrase without understanding the words they're saying, or the one who says it and DOES know what they're saying?
Liking something and then still denying it because you have been ingrained with the idea that it's "cringe", now that's peak Western culture right there. Especially US, where bullying is so much worse than everywhere else and you're pressured into social conformity at every turn.
Still speaks too fast for me to fully understand, I've learnt all the n5 so like 800 words+ I know about another 200 from other sources. The issue is if he spoke slowly I'd get at least 50% of what he said, while talking fast I'm only getting 20%... I only started learning Japanese because of the one punch man into😅
Not only that. Nothing is cringe worthy about a person learning a language (even partially) before they go to a country they love.
Depends on if they have a solid basis for wanting to go to the country... Like if I said I want to move to idk New Zealand cause I've watched all of their fantasy and drama TV shows but know nothing of the politics history difference in other things like idk healthcare environment etc, that's... That's really really cringe.
@@siginotmylastname3969 true, you should be also well educated on the things that make up the country you want to move to
I think it's cringy when people have this two dimensional view of Japan, as this anime heaven, while in truth it's somewhere between an utopian and dystopian world. Which I personally also find very attracting, but I wouldn't wanna live there forever.
And the language is quite beautiful, so I die inside when people are butchering it 😄
Learning a language is ok but some Weebs specially girls are acting like ''an anime kawaii girl'' while talking like it's their whole personalities that's cringey and some doesn't realize they're fetishizing Japanese women that way😅
nothing wrong if their taking the time out to learn it
but if you're just using "Kawaii" words you saw in an anime. that's just unbearable to watch.
This applies to Philippines, too. Anime had been deeply integrated in our culture. Our parents watched Voltes V and Dorameon and they loved it.
Even the "bullies" or jocks in my class we're all fans of Naruto and were updated with the latest episodes. If you're a high school boy in the Philippines and you're updated in Naruto back then, you're one of the cool guys.
Western culture is weird.
What makes it weird? The anti-anime thing is sort of a meme but honestly liking anime is perceived similarly to liking video games or regular cartoons, whether they are adult oriented or not.
@@bobbirdsong6825 As an American, I could explain to you one weird thing about Western culture. It passes off as tolerant through political correctness being engrained in the culture, but it’s culture is highly intolerant to non-normative behaviors that are established as a popular part of the culture. So basically, this hypocrisy is a defense mechanism for an incomplete political belief that is perpetuated in some parts of the society; unfortunately, especially in the intellectual level.
And that’s why anime is popular. It avoids faulty politics as an inspiration for storytelling. American stuff and probably other westerners love to yell about their politics every chance they get. That could be perceived as weirdness.
@@alanandrade2083 I'm not sure if that is really topical. Conformity culture is far stronger in Japan than most places in the US, which tend to be very accommodating in urban areas, where most people live.
I agree western culture is weird
Agreed
I'm actually understanding 5% of this video without subtitles and I'm so happy that I'm getting closer to understanding japanese 😭 let's hope 6 years of studying japanese helps me understand better
Actually it depends on how involved you are in foreigners. My Japanese teacher (native) does cringe with these things (internally though, he would never say it to their faces, but he said it to me in a discussion) cause literally every foreigner who joins his classes give anime as an excuse. Of course someone who meets a foreigner for the first time is impressed by how Japan is loved abroad for the anime, but imagine my teacher being with foreigners who talk about anime all day in his class and he doesn't understand a think cause he DOESN'T WATCH THEM!
Btw my teacher is the best ever lol
I think that's why SORA mentioned it'd be more of a reaction among your Japanese people,thsn with the older generation
The 'American accent' is hilarious and the delivery is always so funny
This video was hilarious omg. All your videos make me laugh that's how funny they are. Thank you Sora you bring laughter and joy to my heart and teach me about Japan.
Thisss
I actually wanted to be Japanese when I was little. I found Japan cool, and always liked how the language sounds. Thought the traditional stuff was cool. For me I think it’s because I had issues with my own personal identity, and would watch those travel shows. And would read about countries and ended up liking Japan in particular. I got into manga/anime when I found out it was Japanese. Liked shoujo in particular, and liked how here and there they would teach some aspects of the culture with the translator notes.
aww, cool mate!
Lol
That was one of my favorite things about the older fansubs of anime. All the editors notes. I don't remember the anime but one would have paragraphs at the end explaining all kinds of things from the anime in relation to Japan and its history and culture. It's one of the reasons I hate "localization" because they strip out those little things and turn it into something it's not.
western culture became so fixated with modernization and liberalization that it eventually lead to it no longer having a clear sense of identity or direction, despite being the ruling culture. Meanwhile, in Japan (and some parts of Asia/Europe) managed to keep strong ties with their cultural heritage while simultaneously embracing modernization and progressive ideals. Best example for what I mean is traditional animation: how the west once pioneered the art form for many decades on end only to completely ditch it for the sake of computer animation and technology in general shows how willing the modern western world is to abandon it's greatest virtues, goals, achievements, conviction and culture for ideology, money and convenience. It's a culture of abandonment, not progress.
@@guscfer157 lol yeah.
Although there's not a problem with cutting ties to the past, the west seems obsessed with it and are so willing to end something old for something new, like with animation.
There are nearly zero 2d animated movies coming out, let alone in theatre's, in the west.
Meanwhile 2d animated movies are thriving in japan, making crazy amounts of money.
Sora, you've almost nailed the weeb style from America speaking Japanese. Once again this skit is hilarious. Keep up the good work. Each skit's humor keeps getting better and better.
I was working closely with a Japanese girl for a few months and we would have fun learning about each others languages, I remember when I said all the words I know in Japanese the first thing she said was "you watch anime don't you?" It was hilarious. I think maybe "nakama" tipped her off 😂😂
I was once told Japanese people would hate if i said i liked anime. Ive worked with native Japanese people and they always bring it up with me
I feel like it (the negative assumption) was something that may have been more true 20 years ago, maybe it's just changed now as anime grows more and more mainstream and kids have parents who obsessed over anime when they were kids and still like it once they're older.
@@zhizn_snake I mean Anime was created by Japanese that were inspired by Walt Disney or more specifically Bambi.
@@southcoastinventors6583 Grandfather of Manga/Anime - Osamu Tezuka, was inspired by Disney, yeah.
Not every Japanese hates anime
@@zhizn_snake Yeah I think pre 2016, anime in general was looked down upon. But nowadays it's pretty normal. I think it's more to do with the change of anime made for otaku (think about how much maid/moe/ecchi came from before 2016 compared to now), and anime made to appeal to the wider casual viewer
Sometimes i am really scared of Soras dead eyes when he says "that's cringe"
I teach anime art to teens and so many of them want to learn Japanese, and of course, visit Japan! I'm thinking about sharing this with them, since they're so concerned about cringe and deal with crappy weebs on tiktok all the time
This is awesome to hear bc any foreigner I’ve met in America that said they wanted to be American always gave me a sense of pride of the culture and gratitude that people enjoy our everyday life/ can make opportunities for themselves.
the people who want to be japanese say that because all they know about Japan is from anime. They think it's some sort of heaven filled with cute anime girls and are completely unaware of reality
Unless a foreigner is from a really BAD situation in another country. I get a tiny bit weirded out by the ones wanting to be "American". Because I'm guessing they don't understand just how dumb and brainwashed most of our country really is. Even if you're not dumb or brainwashed, just plain ol American entitlement/narcissism is pretty rampant. I would know, as anyone working in retail would.
@@bananamonkeygaming14 work 😊 suicide😊 birth rates😊 justice system 😊
Weeb character has made a comeback and now helping us learn the many qualities of Japanese cultures, one of which is being comfortable with himself. He has come a long way.
I'm impressed that the "weeb" is even able to hold a relatively decent conversation in Japanese 😂
In my experience, there is nothing wrong with enjoying anime and manga in Japan. However, if that's the only damn thing you can talk about or the only thing that you can use to relate to people where you think you can apply things in anime to real life they will quickly distance themselves from you because you start to become awkward and cringy.
Basically...be a normal human. There used to be a bar here in Fukuoka that was a Jojo's Bizarre Adventure themed bar and I was a regular customer. Obviously, everyone there like Jojo and while plenty of normal people like myself were customers a huge portion of the customer base were young Japanese cosplayer girls.
They were all very nice women (except for one that I found out from another girl was a homewrecking hoe) but super otaku and all they could do is talk about anime and manga. It was hard trying to chat with them about...ya know...anything else.
then maybe you're the "abnormal" one there? not everyone wants to conform or be socially calibrated (I know a few people who absolutely hate social settings at work etc and mostly keep to themselves) and that's why they're there in specific settings with specific kinds of people.
@@SeraphimFaith *no no, they're definitely not abnormal for expecting to be able to talk to somebody about more than one topic*
@@Jahito_EBT you better keep posting comments with that tone and "oh, cringe" attitude cz it fits your pfp so god damn well
@@evryatis9231 *"oh cringe" attitude? Me addressing a clearly false reply directly with my opinion is a normal way is "Oh cringe"? You're actually coping and seething, also, is that bit about the pfp supposed to be some kind of insult?*
@@Jahito_EBT amazing
The expression and tone when you say cringe just gets me every time. The comedic timing in this is just on point 👌
I was a massive weeb at some point so if I did meet a Japanese person I would probably try to hide it and say stuff like I like Japanese music and I'm interested in the language. Which is true but maybe I also kinda want a buddy to talk about mob psycho with
Honestly I can sorta relate a bit to the part of Japanese people liking foreigners being interested in Japan and its culture. I think I'd be similarly positively surprised if someone came to Poland because they like The Witcher, haha
Not only a language lesson, but also social skills lesson. Gonna recommend this channel..!
Modern weebs have it easier. When I was a kid, then teenager, watching anime was seen as cringe actually since people thought it's animated = for kids, so you'd watch it in private and never tell anyone.
yea anime is pretty mainstream nowadays compared to when i grew up. but for me it was that people thought all anime was hentai so you usually only talk about it when you see someone else at a con
The community circles were much more chill too. The only drama you had was about who is the best waifu lol
Had to hide my admiration and love for anime as a kid in school. I saw the ones who were open about it getting picked on everyday. I avoided that like the plague. Time and place, my friends. Time. And. Place. 😅
@@danemiller4852 yeah. There were only a few people I knew who watched /knew about anime so they never picked on me. But the general population wasn't this njce so I never talked about it.
This video actually made me a lot more likely to cold approach someone of foreign culture who’s culture I’m actually really interested in
I mean honestly it makes sense. When I meet a Japanese person (or other foreign person but usually I'm doing cultural exchange with japanese people) and they show that they're wierdly interested in specific British culture, I think it's cool as hell. I never think it's off-putting. I'm usually flattered.
It's cool when a foreigner takes interest in your culture, but let's be honest here, it's also pretty cringe 😬. Depending on the context.
@@stanliu6885 it’s when respect is gone that it becomes cringe I’d assume right? Like meeting a Japanese person an asking “hey, can I try having a bit of a conversation in Japanese with you as practice” vs just walking up and going “KONICHIWA KAWAII DESU NYAN” like an ignorant child
Thank you for the video. My favorite is, "No..... No." I'm now 80% convinced you work for your county's Department of Tourism (and your entire channel is a brilliant mechanism to make foreigners feel welcome). Well, that's very nice. Cringe is such a relative concept. My intentional cringe includes writing in complete sentences, employing parentheses and a truly egregious use of emojis (it makes some people "a bit annoyed"). Please have a great day. 🧳✈🗾🌅 ♡🐅
@Theo Aww, thank you, Theo! You get me. 🤗❣
(Your pfp is very beautiful.)
I applaud your ability to throw down a nonsensical string of emojis. I have tried to do that out of irony before, but I always cringe too hard to press send.
(As you can tell, I also write in full sentences and parentheses. We are not too unalike.)
@@nerasomnia I write in full sentences and use parentheses unironically, we are not the same.
@@spartansquid5931 Who says I do so ironically?
You are a brilliant human being 🧬⚱️🪬🔭🪓🛡🧿
This is a wonderful common sense video! Thank you for this. I love how you played the two characters. Your acting skills are really good because I kept forgetting I was only watching one person. I'm an illustrator. I DO love anime, though I also love classic Disney, so my style is a mix. I found your video very accurate because some of my best mentors have been Japanese artists who have invited me into drawing groups even though I don't speak much Japanese yet. When I draw well, they are so supportive and pay me the nicest compliments I have ever gotten. They share tips about their art techniques. They're super nice. They seem to understand that I'm not trying to become Japanese. Now, Reddit and Twitter will randomly have people who are either self-loathing or Americans mocking other Americans for appreciating anything to do with a foreign culture, but when I talk to actual Japanese people from Japan, it's always a friendly exchange. One artist was so excited to talk to me about my work and what I liked about Japan, that we became friends and they ended up asking if they could send me a care package from there with art supplies that can ONLY be found in Japan. They sent me the best pens I have ever used. Here, the pens would be $15-$20 per pen. In Japan, they were closer to $2. I was so happy. I sent them some post cards, comics, snacks, and plushies in return. If you don't have a Japanese/American penpal, I highly recommend it (under safe circumstances, of course). Anyway, thanks for this video. Now maybe my children can be less embarrassed about loving Cowboy Bebop and My Hero Academia and yes, Attack on Titan. 😂 (Autocorrect changed on to of 🤣)
The deadpan expression after saying "that's cringe" killed me every time 😂
Even when you're able to proudly and openly like something people think is weird, it's nice hearing, "hey, you're not weird." every once in awhile.
I really appreciate this.
Western culture in the US has lost its way and we are too critical of each other.
Thank you for being kind to the weebs.
Thank you for making these educational videos Mr. Sora
I love this! Debunking all of the myths that us foreigners have created about these things. It was a funny video, too! Thanks for the laugh and the much appreciated information! :)
Thank you! I never understood why folks assume people of a different country or culture would ever put off by others liking things from their culture. I have seen so many westerners who tell me how they enjoy Nigerian films and I am always happy about it. The same way that the western friends I have are always happy when I discuss my love of American comic books. We all love to share and promote culture to everyone.
I've always liked Japan and anime was just a gateway to that feeling. I actually like learning about the history and culture more so at this point in my life(I'm an older person) than anime itself.
2:54
You explained the story of my life in a form of art.
It's so sad that people get bullied so harshly just for their interests... There's absolutely nothing wrong with being interested in another culture!
Theres is a huge difference from being interested and wanting to be a part of the culture (like weebs does)
@@Onigumo. True that. They still shouldn't get bullied, though. People who just want to learn about the culture are harmless, though! ^^
Is it really that bad? If you from USA and you meet someone from overseas who said they moved to the US because they like Hollywood movies and want to work in the industry, would you find that cringe? Is it cringe when people love sports so much that most of their interests in life are either playing or watching various sports and supporting their teams?
@@zetizahara exactly!!!
@@Onigumo. And what exactly is wrong with this
Your comedic timing is on point. Subbed before even checking what content you generally do.
I recently learned there are anime musicals in japan like there are disney musicals in the US. Which really just highlighted how popular anime is. I want to see the spy x family musical so badly.
Alternatively, if you wanna go for a comedy anime musical, imagine Komi-san, Nichijou or Kaguya-sama musicals. I would KILL to see that!
@@memorableman3709 kaguya-sama would make a killer musical.
I want to see one for Sakura Wars.
Watch Belle. That movie wrecked me for weeks!
for me, naaah. i dont want some musical on that anime
Honestly clicked on this as something to listen to while I was cooking and literally had to stop cooking cause I was wheeze laughing my way through every “that’s cringe” 😂😂 you hit the nail on the head on foreigner’s reactions to “I like anime”. I even once got told “Japanese people won’t appreciate you liking anime” then I moved to Japan and wow was I shocked at the difference of expectation vs reality 😱😂
I work for a Japanese company and when the Japanese people come for a visit they are always talking to me about anime because they know I like it. They get super excited about it too. So much that one of my bosses actually brought me some anime stuff from Japan last time he came in for my office and Tanjiro’s Kimono in my size lol. Needless to say, when they say they are coming for a visit I get pumped. Next year I am actually going to Japan for a few months for company business. I can’t wait! I’ve learned a lot about the Japanese culture while working for this company and it’s actually changed my life.
sounds like its a good job to work at since it seems your still working there
Just started learning Japanese and it was nice to see an example of the nuanced meaning of a word like "Omae" (literally translated aa simply "you"), which seems to be mainly or only used to talk down on people like if they're lower rank or if you simply don't really care or respect them, which we see in the second scene at around 1:28
めっちゃいいアドバイスだと思う！僕アメリカに住んでるんですけど日本が好きな友達たちに見せます(僕がこういうアドバイス言っても信じてくれないからww)。これからも頑張ってください！
This was actually very funny and very helpful to understand how Japanese people think. Although I like anime, I'm not over heels in it.
I would especially like to travel to Japan, not just to meet people and understand the beautiful culture and language (still practicing on that) but also because part of a universal story I'm creating takes place in Japan. I'm sure it would give me more inspiration and build a better story.
It’s the seriousness and the silence when “that’s cringe” is said. Lol! & It’s good know the perspective on liking anime.
3:06 lmao the contrast between "awesome!" and "that's cringe" im dying
The encouraging of a foreigner to achieve his dream and become Japanese was awesome 😢
The immediate halt to the rhythm from "that's cringe" gets me every time. 😂
this was heartwarming
i'd watch an anime of these two characters being friends as the foreigner tries to adapt , very cute :3
Been living in Japan for 6 years. Never had such an experience. In fact, made some very good friends back in university because of it and went to movie theaters together too. Even people in their 40's and 50's watch anime, and when you go to Karaoke with them they put in older anime tracks like Captain Tsubasa and go wild.
i assume you mean you never had the "cringe " experience, right
@@ryzikx It's not "cringe" to begin with, thats my point.
That's cuuute!!!
Seeing how interested Japanese seem in foreigners, makes me actually want to go. Not just cause I'm a weeb, but because a LOT of things about Japan have always fascinated me. The fashion, the language, the food. At one point I wanted to live there but that's a commitment I'm not quite ready for. But a visit or vacation there just to explore and meet people of a culture I've grown to admire, would be totally awesome.
u dont want to be there. the racism is whole another level.
@@QWERTY-gp8fd will it ever improve if they don’t get exposed to foreigners? If they never have interactions directly with someone different?
@@katiarepublic7057 nope. it will only improve if they gone through same denazification as germany.
@@QWERTY-gp8fd I’m sorry, *what?*
@@katiarepublic7057 exactly as i said. if u dont understand then u dont know history, society, people of japan.
I want to move to japan simply because I have family there, I love the scenery and landscape, food and honestly I love the language, I do watch anime sometimes though and I’m afraid people there will think of me in this sort of way despite me just liking the country
I didn't worry about people thinking of me as a weeb, but when I mention me wanting to go to Japan (vacation) people would often ask if I'm very into anime or what animes I like. :D It's not that I _don't_ like animes, but I've just watched about a handful and I'm not super into it - I really liked those though and want to explore more. :)
I want to go there because I love the landscapes and like parts of the culture as well as the language, thinking about it, so I'd agree there.^^ And, well, because I generally like travelling and seeing different cultures.
I don't plan to move to Japan though, it has its downsides as well (work culture.. guess I'm spoiled^^).
I started studying Japanese almost a year ago, it's really interesting.
I'll continue working hard, so that one day, I can speak Japanese as well as Sora's impression of a weeb, truly beautiful.
Only 8 more years of Rosetta Stone and you'll be at that level
I really want to take a trip to Japan to just cut loose for a week and experience another culture and the neon lights but the biggest problem I face is not knowing a word of Japanese. It's the only thing holding me back from going there.
I just visited last week. Just know your “please”, “thank you”, “sorry”, “excuse me”, and you’ll pretty much be set for a short stay. Most things are translated to English and pointing to get your point across never hurts. You’ll get really good at improvised sign language too!
@@drian91800 Excellent, thanks! I hope you had a fun trip!
@@BirchTreeReborn I also just got back and would add a few more words that I picked up while there: "wakarimasen" meaning I don't understand when they speak to you in japanese. "Eigo wa arimasuku" meaning "do you speak English." And finally "o kaikei onegaishimasu" to ask for your check at a restaurant. That's all you really need! I promise traveling is easier than you think once you get into it so don't be scared! I hope you can plan your trip and have a great time!
@@minerbean Greece is way better
@@minerbeanthank you! That's very helpful!
It's funny. My dad says Japanese people actually like it when foreigners are interested about their culture and that's what I keep hearing from others. I originally thought they would think of foreigners that like anime as cringe or who want to make video games in Japan as cringe. But from what everyone keeps telling me, it's cool. So I feel a lot better about maybe studying abroad in Japan. This video helps a lot. I also love the humorous part where it's just "eheeee" and then "that's cringe" in dead silence (because that's how it always felt like it would go in my head 🤣).
This feels a little weird.
A Sora video that was somewhat wholesome.
For me I would love to learn the language and more of the traditional dances and things they all do because its so fascinating to learn about a whole different place and I especially love how traditional kyoto looks
I'm very new to your content but it's very funny! The "Konichi War" gets me everytime!! I also do appreciate that your videos are insightful but don't beat me over the head like some do. It's like being taught by a good teacher who makes learning fun. Thank you Sora!