Was fun to watch this!! Thanks for reacting to our video :D

You're right about the thing that Chris changes his voice to sound more dramatic sometimes but he also does that sometimes when speaking english so it's not really because of an anime weeb syndrome thing it's just because he's Chris

My main experience on the difference between Japanese and Western humor is, at least for English speakers, tone of voice is crucial for conveying if something is said seriously or as a joke and because speaking Japanese need to be precise, like the difference between saying peach or thigh could be your inflection, so a lot of jokes in Japanese are puns or word play.

You said they sound cuter when they speak japanese but Chris himself said he sounds like a grumpy old uncle when speaking japanese lol.

''They are kinda used to speaking english.'' my dude, he's British 🤣

Of course Sharla speaks good Japanese. She has lived in Japan for about 15 years now

I watch them both regularly (I'm from the U.S.). My overall impression is that Sharla speaks more fluently than Chris does, but that he does very well, too. Nice video, very interesting to get your perspective.

Quite interesting. This is the first time that your channel appears in my recommendations. I'll check out your other videos as well since I like pretty much anything related to Japanese culture.

This video was very enjoyable and informative. You mentioned how some things would be said differently in fluent Japanese and that kouyounomigoro is pretty advanced, it would be nice to see how something would actually be said, for example what would usually be said instead of "hint" or what the advanced word is he used. Maybe a short description of particular things you mentioned as improvements or stood out, would be great to learn from :D

Been waiting for video yay

It's probably called kitsune soba because the fried tofu on top of it looks like a pair of kitsune ears.

This was a very fun idea for a video! Just a bit of a warning for the future so you never receive a strike: you played the entire video in a "reaction style", and that is not fair use. In a future video, it would be safer to only play the parts necessary to show the Japanese. Both of them are very nice people who would not strike you, but other youtubers may not be as nice. I would hate to see you get a strike! Best of luck to your channel!

I really liked your video. I would love to see you go more into each sentence and explain why you feel like things could be said in a better way in Japanese, maybe with some text on the screen. I would definitely watch your channel to better my Japanese. Nice work sir.

Enjoyable video to see English speakers speaking Japanese and to hear your commentary. I'm glad to know that one word adjectives are commonly used to describe situations. As a new student of Japanese, that's very encouraging to know when I think about the challenges I'll face when I eventually get to Japan and try to communicate with the local people. As an avid biker, I was glad to see the biking clips and the scenic mountain views. I would love to bike around Japan someday.

Nice video ! You just got a new subscriber ! I'm learning japanese and I hope to be as fluent as they are someday 🙏

I never knew I needed this video in my liiiife!!!!!!! I love all three of you guys so seeing this was so great

I really like your reaction! Nice video!

I know this is 2 years old at this point but I'm pretty sure Chris won a competition for Japanese speaking when he was first in Japan.

Great video!! Keep it up!

Good video my man!

The other day I was just talking about what they were talking about at the end of this video, in terms of losing your personality when you speak your target language, which is exactly what i DON'T do. Aside from following different customs and learning polite set phrases and changing my approach a little, i always make sure to never ever "lose my personality" when speaking Japanese. Humor and wit are a huge proponent of my personality so i still make funny and silly jokes when speaking Japanese. Of course, however, you have to attain a certain level in the language you're learning to arrive at the point where you can start playing with the language and truly express who you are with it. I was saying how westerners that learn japanese tend to ditch their personality and go into this pseudo fake japanese way thats not even who they are. It's really important in my eyes to be able to express your thoughts and such no matter the mode of communication.

Your English is very good... have you lived in an English country?

Our good boy Chris ♥️

The "friend'" title card.

The advanced way Chris described autumn, what was it? Kōyō no migoro? I can't find it on google

I would love to be able to move to Japan someday. Just find some small quiet village up in the mountains because tsunami's are crazy scary lol. But yeah I would have a ball learning the language and just casually traveling around the country.

I feel like Chris speaks Japanese in a silly accent because he is self-conscious about it, which is too bad since he's been there for 8 years and his pronunciation is beginner level.

This was an awesome Japnese lesson. Thank you.

Can anyone link the original video? I can't find it

You speak really good English. Great video.

You sound fluent I’m impressed

Jaaj a gordon of japan that joke really got me 🤣🤣

For what it is I don't think either of them has claimed fluency

dude, chris cycled all the way across japan

'I'm going to act like Gordon Ramsey and point out mistakes and correct them' the whole of the video: 'this thing they said means this, it is very difficult Japanese, good job. They speak really good Japanese, Sharla in particular' is it just me, or was he being too mean to be like Gordon Ramsey? Seriously, in what world was that a Gordon Ramsey act?

Chris could be a voice actor

Considering that the two of them have been here for about 10 years, I don't guess his Japanese ability is very good.

I'll add a guess in as well. To go with the color of the Iron I'd say the shape gives the idea of a foxes ear as well. Just a guess though

Out of curiosity, what would be the way to describe "a hint of" something?

It would be better if you can explain why you have those reactions. You say that Chris sounds 'savage'. What part of his speech sounds savage? What phrases/suffixes his uses gives you this impression? What would a normal or polite way of expressing the same thought be? Another example: You say that the use of 'a hint of coffee' does not sound native. Well, what would be the native usage here? How is the word 'hint' used natively in Japanese?

I CAN TELL YOU WHY IT IS "KITSUNE UDON!" I believe that in Japan (folk tales and things!) it is believed that the fox's favorite food is fried tofu! so you have to watch out for the foxes!! it's kind of like saying answering the phone ... you're trying to avoid the devious foxes! my question for you - how long have you studied English (like ... SERIOUSLY studied ... if you know what I mean!)?

I wouldn't say that they're fully fluent (don't quote me on that) but its way more than enough for them to get by and stay in conversations. *(looks at Chris)*

you know what, despite what he said, I would still consider chris and/or Sharla to be my sensei if I had to learn Japanese formally in a classroom setting.👍🇯🇵🇨🇦🇬🇧

Hinto is more for helping someone guess, right?

The audio is too quiet!

I have my phone on full volume and it was still really hard to hear you :(

gate keeping fluency. Excellent

Sharla is my favorite youtuber Can u plz do more of reaction videos for Sharlzs videos too ?

Can you tell if someone is from Kyushu vs Hokkaido? Thanks for your demeanour too because the other Japanese critic doesn't understand when Chris is sarcastic and the critic is a jackass.

Bro chris can actually speak good japanese, i thought he struggles with it, and i know sharla is the fluent one, wtf im impressed

Niiice. But that drink on the right is beautifully distracting 牛乳みたいに見える

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I think he is fluent.

Maybe someone should make a video of your English ? 🤔

As much as his Japanese is great, constantly calling it kariaage instead of karaage bugs me

Would you like to know some English lessoning? One small thing "we are going to be watch 'now Chris speak Japanese" Using "now" in this context would only be grammatically correct if we were going to see him "now" do it live. But becuase we maybe are seeing now but as a previous recording the sentence used would be "we are now going to watch these times he spoke Japanse". In the English language, we try to be as specific as possible. Even "now" has to be used specifically. love this video, it helps to learn Japanese

Nice review ,you are mocking the way Chris sometimes speaks funny in Japanese ,but you are actually wrong there ,he is speaking funny in English too . It's just the way he talks and expresses himself ,being a little goofy.

I guess it might not be the best idea to ask a Japanese to judge someone's abilities like that. Japanese typically cannot criticize openly and directly even when they notice imperfections.

Good thing being Japanese is all you need to leach of their hard work

I dont believe he is as fluent as he claims he is maybe intermediate level at best. His Japanese is quite off

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