Current Events > Friend wants to move to Japan but it's not for the usual reasons you might think

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saspa 05/04/18 6:58:19 AM #51:	Aloner posted... saspa posted... I wonder how xenophobic are japan if he's non white? Ayy lmao. Anyway, Japan already looks down on the actual Japanese otakus (the games/anime enthusiasts). Other types of asians get a little flack if found out. A white otaku is considered below that. A non-white/asian otaku another tier down. A black otaku... hoo boy. It's a very racist country. And they're not forced to move past that since they're an island with strict immigration law that's 99% one nationality. What does the aging population mean for Japan? He's really banking on that to help his cause. --- http://i.imgur.com/0UFI0T9.jpg <cite>saspa posted [p:900778975] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote><cite>Aloner posted...</cite> <quote><cite>saspa posted...</cite> <quote>I wonder how xenophobic are japan if he's non white?</quote> Ayy lmao. Anyway, Japan already looks down on the actual Japanese otakus (the games/anime enthusiasts). Other types of asians get a little flack if found out. A white otaku is considered below that. A non-white/asian otaku another tier down. A black otaku... hoo boy. It's a very racist country. And they're not forced to move past that since they're an island with strict immigration law that's 99% one nationality.</quote> What does the aging population mean for Japan? He's really banking on that to help his cause.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
cavalierking 05/04/18 7:04:36 AM #52:	Aloner posted... Ayy lmao. Anyway, Japan already looks down on the actual Japanese otakus (the games/anime enthusiasts). Other types of asians get a little flack if found out. A white otaku is considered below that. A non-white/asian otaku another tier down. A black otaku... hoo boy. It's a very racist country. And they're not forced to move past that since they're an island with strict immigration law that's 99% one nationality. assuming tc's friend is american, he'll already have experience and like, seriously, the only people who constantly blow up how super "racist" japan supposedly is are almost always either: - people who've never actually been there or - disgruntled white people who were born and raised in the west and find themselves in complete culture shock once they experience what being a minority is like for the first time in their lives upon moving there --- live and let live <cite>cavalierking posted [p:900779138] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote><cite>Aloner posted...</cite> <quote>Ayy lmao. Anyway, Japan already looks down on the actual Japanese otakus (the games/anime enthusiasts). Other types of asians get a little flack if found out. A white otaku is considered below that. A non-white/asian otaku another tier down. A black otaku... hoo boy. It's a very racist country. And they're not forced to move past that since they're an island with strict immigration law that's 99% one nationality. </quote> assuming tc's friend is american, he'll already have experience and like, seriously, the only people who constantly blow up how super "racist" japan supposedly is are almost always either: - people who've never actually been there or - disgruntled white people who were born and raised in the west and find themselves in complete culture shock once they experience what being a minority is like for the first time in their lives upon moving there</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kayoticdreamz 05/04/18 7:40:43 AM #53:	alphagamble posted... weekoldhotdog posted... boxington posted... your friend's gonna end up like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FGgYp6mdk" data-time=" anymore videos like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKFKl22j1RY" data-time=" i had seen the first video, but not this one. they both hurt. <cite>kayoticdreamz posted [p:900779807] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote><cite>alphagamble posted...</cite> <quote><cite>weekoldhotdog posted...</cite> <quote><cite>boxington posted...</cite> <quote>your friend's gonna end up like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FGgYp6mdk" data-time="</quote> anymore videos like this?</quote> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKFKl22j1RY" data-time="</quote> i had seen the first video, but not this one. they both hurt.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
saspa 05/05/18 4:24:51 PM #54:	cavalierking posted... stuff I always find it really unfortunate when people who are angry about stereotypes, end up stereotyping people themselves. --- http://i.imgur.com/0UFI0T9.jpg <cite>saspa posted [p:900850276] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote><cite>cavalierking posted...</cite> <quote>stuff</quote> I always find it really unfortunate when people who are angry about stereotypes, end up stereotyping people themselves.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CapnMuffin 05/05/18 4:46:15 PM #55:	kayoticdreamz posted... alphagamble posted... weekoldhotdog posted... boxington posted... your friend's gonna end up like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FGgYp6mdk" data-time=" anymore videos like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKFKl22j1RY" data-time=" i had seen the first video, but not this one. they both hurt. Damn. Funny. But damn. --- "its okay a lizard ate me and elucidated my fate" - MJ_Max on Dark Souls 3DSFC : 0860-3930-2170 \| NNID : CapnMuffin \| XBGT : Capn Muffin <cite>CapnMuffin posted [p:900851191] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote><cite>kayoticdreamz posted...</cite> <quote><cite>alphagamble posted...</cite> <quote><cite>weekoldhotdog posted...</cite> <quote><cite>boxington posted...</cite> <quote>your friend's gonna end up like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FGgYp6mdk" data-time="</quote> anymore videos like this?</quote> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKFKl22j1RY" data-time="</quote> i had seen the first video, but not this one. they both hurt.</quote> Damn. Funny. But damn.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_____Cait 05/05/18 4:50:31 PM #56:	I live in Japan. He is gonna hate it. -traditional Japan hardly exists. -if he has any tatoos, he cant go to hot springs, and if he can, people wont like him being there. -anime and manga are for children, and nobody discusses it in public. -all the zany stuff you read about japan is isolated and usually only happens in one small part of tokyo. If he is teaching, he will probably be in the countryside far from there. --- ORAS secret base: http://imgur.com/V9nAVrd 3DS friend code: 0173-1465-1236 <cite>_____Cait posted [p:900851371] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote>I live in Japan. He is gonna hate it. -traditional Japan hardly exists. -if he has any tatoos, he cant go to hot springs, and if he can, people wont like him being there. -anime and manga are for children, and nobody discusses it in public. -all the zany stuff you read about japan is isolated and usually only happens in one small part of tokyo. If he is teaching, he will probably be in the countryside far from there.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
closetkpopfan 05/05/18 4:57:08 PM #57:	CapnMuffin posted... kayoticdreamz posted... alphagamble posted... weekoldhotdog posted... boxington posted... your friend's gonna end up like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FGgYp6mdk" data-time=" anymore videos like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKFKl22j1RY" data-time=" i had seen the first video, but not this one. they both hurt. Damn. Funny. But damn. Holy ** at his family when he was dancing. You can see the sadness in their eyes. --- http://s1.postimage.org/fm1o7jxqn/secret.jpg http://s28.postimg.org/iyw1do0vh/Untitled.png http://s24.postimg.org/unjg0nrtx/1117615_1347687231256_full.jpg <cite>closetkpopfan posted [p:900851650] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote><cite>CapnMuffin posted...</cite> <quote><cite>kayoticdreamz posted...</cite> <quote><cite>alphagamble posted...</cite> <quote><cite>weekoldhotdog posted...</cite> <quote><cite>boxington posted...</cite> <quote>your friend's gonna end up like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FGgYp6mdk" data-time="</quote> anymore videos like this?</quote> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKFKl22j1RY" data-time="</quote> i had seen the first video, but not this one. they both hurt.</quote> Damn. Funny. But damn.</quote> Holy ** at his family when he was dancing. You can see the sadness in their eyes.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ving_Rhames 05/05/18 5:02:03 PM #58:	warn him beforehand that Japan is boring af. --- the real Irving Rameses http://i.imgur.com/A7f6F9h.jpg <cite>Ving_Rhames posted [p:900851872] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote>warn him beforehand that Japan is boring af.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheCyborgNinja 05/05/18 5:05:38 PM #59:	Ryangrad posted... saspa posted... He's obsessed with anime and Japanese culture and wants to live like an anime show and have hot spring episodes and sit in those traditional japanese houses, shit like that. Those are exactly the usual reasons we might think. This. The irony is those people are still considered dorks there too. --- "message parlor" ? do you mean the post office ? - SlayerX888 <cite>TheCyborgNinja posted [p:900852043] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote><cite>Ryangrad posted...</cite> <quote><cite>saspa posted...</cite> <quote>He's obsessed with anime and Japanese culture and wants to live like an anime show and have hot spring episodes and sit in those traditional japanese houses, shit like that.</quote> Those are exactly the usual reasons we might think.</quote> This. The irony is those people are still considered dorks there too.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ssjevot 05/05/18 5:06:48 PM #60:	_____Cait posted... anime and manga are for children, and nobody discusses it in public. I live in Japan (rural) and this is pretty not true. I will just focus on manga for now rather than anime. There is a reason why manga is sold damn near everywhere and is the biggest section of most book stores. It's extremely popular. Go to a manga section of a book store sometime. What do you see? Probably a lot of high school to college aged people (many of them standing around reading making it hard for you to buy it). But you will likely see as many older adults as you will young children. Now that said not everyone is some super otaku, but the general public knows and talks about One Piece for instance. Now as far as anime goes when I go out to karaoke with my coworkers anime songs make up a significant portion of what we sing. I have never worked with someone who doesn't watch anime at all. Some of my co-workers have anime figures on their desks. My advisor is an otaku so that affects the culture to a degree but these people clearly like the stuff. I mean go to a pachinko parlor and you see more anime themed machines than anything else and kids aren't supposed to be in those. I ride an anime themed bus and/or train (sometimes both) to work most days. Is everyone an otaku? No. Are manga, anime, and games relatively more popular with adults in Japan than the US? Definitely, by a significant margin. --- Favorite Games: BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Bayonetta, Bloodborne thats a username you habe - chuckyhacksss <cite>ssjevot posted [p:900852087] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote><cite>_____Cait posted...</cite> <quote>anime and manga are for children, and nobody discusses it in public.</quote> I live in Japan (rural) and this is pretty not true. I will just focus on manga for now rather than anime. There is a reason why manga is sold damn near everywhere and is the biggest section of most book stores. It's extremely popular. Go to a manga section of a book store sometime. What do you see? Probably a lot of high school to college aged people (many of them standing around reading making it hard for you to buy it). But you will likely see as many older adults as you will young children. Now that said not everyone is some super otaku, but the general public knows and talks about One Piece for instance. Now as far as anime goes when I go out to karaoke with my coworkers anime songs make up a significant portion of what we sing. I have never worked with someone who doesn't watch anime at all. Some of my co-workers have anime figures on their desks. My advisor is an otaku so that affects the culture to a degree but these people clearly like the stuff. I mean go to a pachinko parlor and you see more anime themed machines than anything else and kids aren't supposed to be in those. I ride an anime themed bus and/or train (sometimes both) to work most days. Is everyone an otaku? No. Are manga, anime, and games relatively more popular with adults in Japan than the US? Definitely, by a significant margin.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_____Cait 05/05/18 5:15:43 PM #61:	You seem to live the exact opposite life of me. I work with all women. We dont talk about otaku stuff. Yeah, the book stores are full of it cause kids love it. Adults probably like it too, but assuming this friend is an adult, he is gonna have a bad time trying to live his otaku lifestyle. I live in Hamamatsu, and I really dont see much anime stuff outside of bookstores.and generic advertisements. Ive also lived in Kochi and Koga (shikoku and ibaraki) and it wasnt a big deal there either. Im not denying whta you are saying, but i think his friend thinks Japan is actually like a cosplay convention or something. --- ORAS secret base: http://imgur.com/V9nAVrd 3DS friend code: 0173-1465-1236 <cite>_____Cait posted [p:900852431] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote>You seem to live the exact opposite life of me. I work with all women. We dont talk about otaku stuff. Yeah, the book stores are full of it cause kids love it. Adults probably like it too, but assuming this friend is an adult, he is gonna have a bad time trying to live his otaku lifestyle. I live in Hamamatsu, and I really dont see much anime stuff outside of bookstores.and generic advertisements. Ive also lived in Kochi and Koga (shikoku and ibaraki) and it wasnt a big deal there either. Im not denying whta you are saying, but i think his friend thinks Japan is actually like a cosplay convention or something.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ssjevot 05/05/18 5:37:59 PM #62:	_____Cait posted... Kochi I live there. There is no way you can think that is true if you lived in Kochi. I mean the whole city is basically themed after Anpanman (which is of course for kids, but definitely still anime and a reason people go to Kochi and the museum in neighboring Kami) from benches to buses to street cars to trains to bakery goods (man that fucking song is burned into my brain). Sakamoto Ryouma is definitely the biggest local tourist draw, but even he has been given the anime treatment in gift shops and the weird cosplayers they pay to greet people (no one in the history of Japan dressed like that). I mean did you ever go to the Aeon mall or the arcade? Each has a game center, manga stores, etc. You can't go anywhere really without running into manga/anime/game culture. It's everywhere. Not Akihabara levels (which is basically an endless anime convention), but it's so much more pervasive than in America. --- Favorite Games: BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Bayonetta, Bloodborne thats a username you habe - chuckyhacksss <cite>ssjevot posted [p:900853409] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote><cite>_____Cait posted...</cite> <quote>Kochi</quote> I live there. There is no way you can think that is true if you lived in Kochi. I mean the whole city is basically themed after Anpanman (which is of course for kids, but definitely still anime and a reason people go to Kochi and the museum in neighboring Kami) from benches to buses to street cars to trains to bakery goods (man that fucking song is burned into my brain). Sakamoto Ryouma is definitely the biggest local tourist draw, but even he has been given the anime treatment in gift shops and the weird cosplayers they pay to greet people (no one in the history of Japan dressed like that). I mean did you ever go to the Aeon mall or the arcade? Each has a game center, manga stores, etc. You can't go anywhere really without running into manga/anime/game culture. It's everywhere. Not Akihabara levels (which is basically an endless anime convention), but it's so much more pervasive than in America.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DracoSpire 05/05/18 5:45:24 PM #63:	boxington posted... your friend's gonna end up like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FGgYp6mdk" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KTHO0E76kE" data-time=" --- I main Mr. Game & Watch in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and 4. Pro Wrestling board's resident #WOKEN Warrior! I will...DELETE YOU!!! <cite>DracoSpire posted [p:900853739] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote><cite>boxington posted...</cite> <quote>your friend's gonna end up like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FGgYp6mdk" data-time="</quote> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KTHO0E76kE" data-time="</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shuto-uke 05/05/18 5:47:22 PM #64:	CapnMuffin posted... kayoticdreamz posted... alphagamble posted... weekoldhotdog posted... boxington posted... your friend's gonna end up like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FGgYp6mdk" data-time=" anymore videos like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKFKl22j1RY" data-time=" i had seen the first video, but not this one. they both hurt. Damn. Funny. But damn. I am confused as hell. Are they brits and this is dubbed to spanish or are they spaniards? <cite>Shuto-uke posted [p:900853816] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote><cite>CapnMuffin posted...</cite> <quote><cite>kayoticdreamz posted...</cite> <quote><cite>alphagamble posted...</cite> <quote><cite>weekoldhotdog posted...</cite> <quote><cite>boxington posted...</cite> <quote>your friend's gonna end up like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FGgYp6mdk" data-time="</quote> anymore videos like this?</quote> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKFKl22j1RY" data-time="</quote> i had seen the first video, but not this one. they both hurt.</quote> Damn. Funny. But damn.</quote> I am confused as hell. Are they brits and this is dubbed to spanish or are they spaniards?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
coinstarcad 05/05/18 5:51:38 PM #65:	boxington posted... your friend's gonna end up like this I got to the part where they walked down the hall and greeted the guy. As soon as he opened his mouth I couldn't watch any further. <cite>coinstarcad posted [p:900854015] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote><cite>boxington posted...</cite> <quote>your friend's gonna end up like this</quote> I got to the part where they walked down the hall and greeted the guy. As soon as he opened his mouth I couldn't watch any further.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thecoolgu 05/05/18 5:53:26 PM #66:	Jeff AKA Snoopy posted... CanuckCowboy posted... Ryangrad posted... saspa posted... He's obsessed with anime and Japanese culture and wants to live like an anime show and have hot spring episodes and sit in those traditional japanese houses, shit like that. Those are exactly the usual reasons we might think. --- This signature only exists because my post would be eccentric without it. <cite>thecoolgu posted [p:900854103] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote><cite>Jeff AKA Snoopy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>CanuckCowboy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Ryangrad posted...</cite> <quote><cite>saspa posted...</cite> <quote>He's obsessed with anime and Japanese culture and wants to live like an anime show and have hot spring episodes and sit in those traditional japanese houses, shit like that.</quote> Those are exactly the usual reasons we might think.</quote></quote></quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
knuxnole 05/06/18 3:45:48 PM #67:	The second video is fine. Its a kid who is learning about culture and VERY passionate. I commend him! See his family is proud of him :) --- 3DS FC: 4554-0309-4782 <cite>knuxnole posted [p:900898193] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote>The second video is fine. Its a kid who is learning about culture and VERY passionate. I commend him! See his family is proud of him :)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dragonblade01 05/07/18 12:27:01 AM #68:	I would say that the way Japan views manga/anime is like how we tend to view superheroes in America. Everybody knows about them, especially the main ones. Certain parts of it are fairly mainstrean, and maybe even most of the younger generations have read an issue. But the number of people who read a lot of superhero comics and really get into is pretty small. <cite>Dragonblade01 posted [p:900923910] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote>I would say that the way Japan views manga/anime is like how we tend to view superheroes in America. Everybody knows about them, especially the main ones. Certain parts of it are fairly mainstrean, and maybe even most of the younger generations have read an issue. But the number of people who read a lot of superhero comics and really get into is pretty small.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
saspa 05/08/18 1:08:39 PM #69:	_____Cait posted... I live in Japan. He is gonna hate it. -traditional Japan hardly exists. -if he has any tatoos, he cant go to hot springs, and if he can, people wont like him being there. -anime and manga are for children, and nobody discusses it in public. -all the zany stuff you read about japan is isolated and usually only happens in one small part of tokyo. If he is teaching, he will probably be in the countryside far from there. @_____Cait You've piqued my curiosity over this tattoo thing, tell me more. Why not? --- http://i.imgur.com/0UFI0T9.jpg <cite>saspa posted [p:901000994] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote><cite>_____Cait posted...</cite> <quote>I live in Japan. He is gonna hate it. -traditional Japan hardly exists. -if he has any tatoos, he cant go to hot springs, and if he can, people wont like him being there. -anime and manga are for children, and nobody discusses it in public. -all the zany stuff you read about japan is isolated and usually only happens in one small part of tokyo. If he is teaching, he will probably be in the countryside far from there.</quote> @_____Cait You've piqued my curiosity over this tattoo thing, tell me more. Why not?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MwarriorHiei 05/08/18 8:29:46 PM #70:	saspa posted... You've piqued my curiosity over this tattoo thing, tell me more. Why not? yakuza --- http://i.imgtc.com/gkielsd.jpg <cite>MwarriorHiei posted [p:901023751] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote><cite>saspa posted...</cite> <quote>You've piqued my curiosity over this tattoo thing, tell me more. Why not?</quote> yakuza</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dragonblade01 05/09/18 12:09:04 AM #71:	MwarriorHiei posted... saspa posted... You've piqued my curiosity over this tattoo thing, tell me more. Why not? yakuza To add to that, tattoos in Japan implies you are a member of the yakuza, because they're basically the only people who get them in Japan. If he doesn't hide them he will absolutely be discriminated against for them. <cite>Dragonblade01 posted [p:901035943] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote><cite>MwarriorHiei posted...</cite> <quote><cite>saspa posted...</cite> <quote>You've piqued my curiosity over this tattoo thing, tell me more. Why not?</quote> yakuza</quote> To add to that, tattoos in Japan implies you are a member of the yakuza, because they're basically the only people who get them in Japan. If he doesn't hide them he will absolutely be discriminated against for them.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bad_Mojo 05/09/18 12:10:08 AM #72:	I want to move to Japan just so I can watch the pro wrestling there live --- https://i.imgtc.com/hQ5SuG6.gif https://i.imgtc.com/QrhAq36.gif https://i.imgtc.com/Yjov9DU.gif <cite>Bad_Mojo posted [p:901035995] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote>I want to move to Japan just so I can watch the pro wrestling there live</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlackHorse6969 05/09/18 12:15:33 AM #73:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOhP7XCWo7U" data-time=" --- http://i.imgur.com/dMnyy10.jpg <cite>BlackHorse6969 posted [p:901036273] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOhP7XCWo7U" data-time="</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ImmortalityV 05/09/18 12:18:31 AM #74:	saspa posted... He's obsessed with anime and Japanese culture and wants to live like an anime show and have hot spring episodes and sit in those traditional japanese houses, shit like that. I wonder how xenophobic are japan if he's non white? You think he'll be welcomed there with (relatively) open arms? Japanese like blacks, jews etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsXbOxTgCCo" data-time=" <cite>ImmortalityV posted [p:901036394] in Friend wan... [t:76560963]...</cite> <quote><cite>saspa posted...</cite> <quote>He's obsessed with anime and Japanese culture and wants to live like an anime show and have hot spring episodes and sit in those traditional japanese houses, shit like that. I wonder how xenophobic are japan if he's non white? You think he'll be welcomed there with (relatively) open arms?</quote> Japanese like blacks, jews etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsXbOxTgCCo" data-time="</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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