I forget the guy's name, but there was a person who lived in Hiroshima, survived the first bomb, had to cycle three days to his place of work, only to be caught in the second blast as well, because he worked in Nagasaki.

By the way they died in a tornado is literal both times they tried to invade they got swept back by giant typhoons

16:50 The creator said that the silence after the two bombs was a sort of homage to the dead because it felt just wrong to continue so fast over this fact

In regards to the Yakuza thing at the beginning. It's an odd thing to think about because the Yakuza are a notoriously violent collection of gangs but on the other hand, the reason people join these gangs is because of their material conditions. Those in worse off economic conditions were far more likely to join the Yakuza and because it was made up of a lot of people who were from those situations, you'd see many Yakuza engage in humanitarian projects like disaster relief in the face of Tsunamis and Earthquakes. To make things more interesting, the Yakuza (Allegedly) often had much quicker response times than actual emergency services. It's interesting to think about that juxtaposition of violent gangs to humanitarian forces. But then again, I imagine the Yakuza's goal (Like many forms of organized crime like the Mafia) wasn't to harm the general public but to resist authority and offer a place for societal rejects.

“From that point forward anime girls existed” actually ukiyoe had girls being r*** by octopus during the Edo period, we really didn’t change much.

In fact, modern Chinese is greatly influenced by Japanese. They directly took the Japanese translated terms to describe the western concepts.

I just came to this video after watching your reaction to "the history of the world, i guess" and you're accent is so nice! Also, you've got a lot of takes that are just so refreshing, feel very relaxed and comfortable watching your vids, new sub acquired.

Japan is that dude who's a complete and utter asshole for years and years until he gets his ass beat and humbled. After that he's the nicest, most helpful bro in the world and when you're like "hey remember like a year ago when you tried to-" "Naaaah cmon bro thats ancient history! Lets go watch some anime!"

During the history of the entire world, I guess video when he mentions the "yamato kingdom" for Japan, there's an "intermission", this is that intermission.

2:00 yeah, I’ve heard some odd stories about the Yakuza. Most of them boil down to them being a very violent organised crime gang that occasionally did some arguably good things for the communities they were in. (Usually because although they were focused on crime, they at least made sure the local crime followed strict rules)

Japan's society is a very strange one; It still draws from aspects of their older societal structures like caste systems and military dictatorship (Shogunate). I mention it because you said about the Edo period treating most commoners like crap, despite the progress that was made. It seems certain groups there are still looked down on because of it, which is very sad to hear.

Just discovered your channel through bill wurtz reactions, keep sharing your knowledge and keep up the positivity. also the zelda music slaps

Fun fact: the intermission during the main history video was referencing Japan's history a.k.a this video that you watched

Your personal observations and connection building with relevant information is what makes your react video worth watching rather than just watching the original again. Never put viewing of the original as more important than your new content.

as it stands currently despite recent decisions regarding foreign policy, for what its worth as an american, much like britain, there are few countries that i would appreciate as an ally more than japan. when those guys believe something, no matter what the rest of the world thinks of it, they fight like hell for it and i will always respect that

These reactions have been great. Its been so long since I've seen the OG videos it was great rediscovering them. I've got a suggestion for you that might be relevant to your interests, might even be worth reaction vids. Simon Clark's 'Which Planets in Warhammer 40K Could Really Exist' duology of vids. They're from the perspective of not only a 40K fan but also a climatologist\physicist perspective.

I've seen so many reactions to this video at this point and I have to say that yours is my absolute favourite

i mean, in regards to chinese characters being in other east asian languages, definitely similar to how so much of europe either uses a latin or greek-based alphabet.

I love the Zelda music remixes you have playing in the background during the pauses! 💚

one of the reasons the russians lost the russo japanese war is they sent most of thier navy down south around europre, africa and asia to defend their homeland (the artic ocean was frozen over at the time) and the fleet trip was a disaster and was crewed by mostly new recruts if i recall correctly

Love the commentary! Love the reaction! Love the Zelda music playing in the background!

The one issue I have with Bill's otherwise fantastic work is that he doesn't mention the end for WWII that Japan's government wanted to unleash: Operation Ketsu-Go. Its absence makes the atomic bombings look like flights of fancy in Wurtz's narration. There's little doubt that Ketsu-Go would have resulted in the annihilation of a significant percentage of the total Japanese population. Quite a significant omission.

try reacting to "Oversimplified : Three Kingdoms" if you want the history of China (in a sense, it is part of China's history).

these videos are timeless classics

18:54 funnily enough... the samurai honor code did not exist back during the sengoku jidai and other times associated with the Samurai. Indeed, they kept betraying each other. It was Tokugawa Ieyasu that forced it down the throats of everyone how they should behave during his government. So, yeah... the honor code we know of was developed during the transition from samurai being mostly warriors to samurai being mostly burocrats.

2:37 this totally reminds of the Yakuza games. Bikes are great weapons.

14:20 Japan was the first country in the world to present a proposal for the elimination of racial discrimination at the Paris Peace Conference. If this had been enforced, the Nanking Massacre and WW2 would not have happened and the world would be a different place today. and when the proposal was rejected, it was the blacks in America who were most upset. Do u know Red Summer???

The channel OverSimplified does an excellent and entertaining video about Chinese history called Three Kingdoms. I guarantee you’d love it and it would be fun to see you react to it

"Do i hear Doom™ music playing" So very true X,D

My guy! Didn't know you live in Denmark! (this is also only the second of your videos I have watched so far) Great stuff so far man!

I just about creamed when you mentioned solo leveling lol

16:30 have you noticed how the only silent, low energy part of the video was the dropping of the big genocide balls?

LMAO the description of french ppl fighting among themselfs💀

9:12 the closing of the country is bit more complicated than that. Portugal had recently lost their colonies in India to the dutchs, but still made a fortune in japan. So much of a fortune, actually, that they pretty much ignored their american colony. But when Tokugawa finally unified Japan, their interest in importing guns at the numbers needed for a war decreased, dunking the Portuguese economy... so Portugal decided to recruit the help of the jesuites (a religious order) to instigate a new civil war in Japan... the jesuits are an international religious order, which had dutch people, more interested in dutch powers than actual religious stuff... they told the Dutchs what Portugal was doing... the dutches, that were still trying to steal every asian colony from Portugal, denounced the portuguese to Tokugawa, and offered help to crush down the rebellion before it even started in exchange for an exclusive trade deal with Japan... for all it is said that Japan closed itself to the rest of the word, the Nagasaki bay (yeah, THAT Nagasaki) still accepted dutch traders... exclusevely dutch traders... and, in exchange, the dutches would keep their presence strictly business oriented, no trying to convert japanese ppl into christianity (which was a huge problem Tokugawa had with the Portuguese). It could be said that the japanese signed the best colony-metropoly deal ever in a way, as they kept everything they already had, they just had to restrict trade with foreigners to the dutch. And, because it is impossible to keep control of everyone that lands anywhere, the easiest way to fulfill their part of the deal was to stablish the death penalty to any foreigner who arrived in japanese coastal waters... unless they had a dutch flag, then they were allowed to approach Nagazaki and trade, but not land (japanese merchants would approach the dutch ships with their boats and conduct trade on the sea, then return with the dutch goods). Interestingly enough, the arrival of the Americans was not completely a surprise to the japanese, there were samurai who had being reading dutch books about the development of the western world, and had already being pledging to the shogun to apply some of what they read about, before a powerful nation imposed their will upon Japan. To no avail. As a sidenote, the kick out of the Portuguese from Japan pretty much nailed the coiffin for Portuguese colonization in Asia... having a huge annual debt to England (Portugal exported spices, but imported pretty much everything else), they had to recover their losses somewhere. and there was this huge unexploited piece of land called "Brasil" (well, actually brazil, with a z, at those times, it would be a while before the z was replaced for an s) whose discoverer wrote in 1500 "these lands in which whatever you plant will grown", and then there were this many colonies in Africa that had an habit of putting captured foes to work... and Portugal thought "hm, why not take this cultural thing there, scale up to 11, drop any morals involved and use it to transform this savage land at the other side of the sea into something productive that pays our debts to England?" follows the largest slave trade in history, the desertification of Brasil's northeast (that was forest when the Portuguese arrived, nowdays it is a desert), the genocide of natives and the persecution of jews in Portugal that had to either adopt a christian name and go to Brasil to work those slaves into building a productive colony or get denounced to the Inquisition. I suppose that's where the "go to Brasil" meme started as well. damn japanese, if only they kept warring at each other and buying portuguese guns to kill each other... 11:35 oh... he talked about it on the video

Around 9:20, what is that song sounding like Zelda? Nice vid btw

I subscribed because you mentioned solo leveling 😂 aside from that I love your commentaries, I'm learning a lot too

A youtuber I used to watch a lot long ago once said. "If two atomic bombs made anime, then three atomic bombs would make anime real!"

9:46 the Yakuza started as an organization of Himm/Eta trying to demand better conditions for their social class. they organized the work that only Eta would do (prostitution, game houses and some other things when the government went crazy and started banning a bunch of shit because of public morals... even theaters!), and use that money to finance their armament so they could not only demand more rights/better conditions, but also protect themselves from those that disrespected them. Of course, with time things went sideways, as they tend to do, but the Yakuza started as an Eta organization demanding better treatment for the lowest social class in the country.

Its the same as in Romania with the Gypsies. They're treated as outsiders, but at the same time, the gypsy community doesn't consider itself to be Romanian until it benefits them, so they keep themselves in an enclave.

I love how you can make a direct line between the assassination of franz ferdinand and the creation of boku no piko

I fucking loved that atom bombs "and that woke up Gojira (gozilla)"...hilarious

11:15 your choice of music keeps astojnishing me in the bestest of ways. that was some zelda sidechain?

If you're curious on various parts of world history, I reccomend Simplified, he does a lot od videos on the U.S., both world wars, and a few on Russia. Its a good one to get into!

The US is weirdly built but I don’t think it entirely fucks over the common man. Would really depend on what state you live in. But I think everyone has equal opportunity, it’s just some people were born with more opportunities

if i recall the sailor uniform for anime and stuff was actually taken from donald duck's design. could be wrong but i remember hearing that a while back.

17:45 Chill reads solo leveling :DDD

Ooo dang you should play some Cyberpunk 2020 or maybe even RED. I feel like you'd like it and it would be great content.

The entire end of the second World War in the pacific theater should have a "Mindbreak" tag.

9:29 During the Edo period, feudal lords recorded the family structure, date of birth, occupation, blood relationships, etc. of the residents in each village, as well as the name of the temple where they were worshiped. Unrecorded inhabitants were called hinin

Japan went from oppressing the people and war and conquering, to adult films, anime and fantasy tech hubs. Nice switch.

Since you're danish (90% sure) I feel like I can reccomend the lego rewind Finale- Bionicle by nick on planet Ripple. I grew up with Bionicle and it holds a dear place to my heart. I'd like to see how you'd react to how bionicle did it's story telling and stuff. I'd even donate for you to watch it too.

16:54 - (spits water) 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

If you ever feel bad about the fate of the Yakuza for some reason, remember that they're the reason why we no longer have good Konami games, just oodles of shitty pachislot.

@16:53 "and from that point on..." no nuclear detonation has occurred in anger (afaik), and please let that continue to be the case forevermore.

16:58 i was like: "OOOH so its because of the radiation😂😂" Im just kidding

Your Dad sounds really cool!

So if Korea is making their own version of anime without being A bombed.. what would happen if an A bomb was introduced? 5th dimensional anime

18:45 traditions like school girl outfits

ok but you gotta admit that nippon manju is a banger

What is the origin of the photo at 2:37? I have a running joke with some friends about using bicycles as a weapon in the Yakuza games, so I'd love to be able to show them an example of the Yakuza doing that irl

You should check out sam o'nella he covers some lesser know history stories

There's one line from history of the world, i guess, i wish was in this one: after the craziness of World War 1 he says, "and they all blame germany"...that line belongs here after that awesome web of europe.

Yeah boy

Can you please react to a WWII documentary called "Jeremy Clarkson's the Greatest Raid of All"? It's one of the best :)

Wait, YOU'RE DANISH? 👀 Would never have guessed since your English is good with no potato accent. Color me impressed. 😌

Oh shit I forgot about ainsley XD "Its a bit *tongue flip* spicy"

There is an oversimplified video about the war of the three kingdoms in china

History of China would be NUTS. I don't think it could be done, at least not while keeping it snappy and entertaining.

Manwha is lit tho, I stan Korea those dudes are a-ok in my book.

History of China would just be Split and Come together x10 speedrun

13:06 "Russia has never been something to fuck with..." Welp, everybody thought like that until 6 months later. Now they're India's gas station and military surplus ¯\_o_/¯

8:40 - EU

*JAPAN IS AN ISLAND BY THE SEA, AND ITS FILLED WITH VOLCANOES, AND IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!*

Dang, I am late for this video

i find it hilarious that we (Europe) just went over there to sell things, including guns. WHILE they were still fighting eachother, god, we were such trouble makers XD

16:45 pov: japan.we destroyed three boats the dropped the sun on us TWICE

WE ATTACKED 3 BOATS, THEY DROPPED THE SUN ON US TWICE

god tier human: nerd and respects zelda music

The bit about Russia at around the 13:00 mark did not age well lol. But I still enjoy your content nonetheless

The only thing I don't like about that video, is how they trivialize the reasons why the USA dropped the nuclear bombs on Japan. The reality is, after the battle of Okinawa, where both sides suffered massive losses, the US realized that in order to get to the emperor and end the war, they would have to kill every man, woman and child old enough to hold a gun or a knife. Their attitude of "death is better than dishonor" and their pride of never admit defeat, made clear entering the main islands had the potential to be the biggest bloodshed of the entire war. Only after seeing they were left with no hope, the emperor could surrender, which could be argued that saved lives on both sides. Also, the long term effects of radiation from the bombs were not knows until years later. There are some stories of some Japanese soldiers who lived hidden in islands after the war because they didn't know the war had ended. When they were found, the hardest thing to do was to convince them that the war was over and Japan had lost. They were well aware that their national attitude was "death before surrendering", and some times they kept fighting for long time, just like they expected the rest of Japan to react to an invasion.

If me and this guy knew each other in real life I think we'd get along meming about shit like nipon manju, I'd probably need to brush up on my 40k knowledge.

mig som kom langt ind i videoen også sage du her i danmark - mig !?

obviously got demonitised just for the zelda song.... super good tho

No, Godzilla was created as a result of a man-made accident in the French nuclear testing

anyone know the video in this part? 0:30

i hate how he skipped over the darwin bombing

Big Nas X

Ummm, Nanjing?

Wait you’re danish 🤯🤯

So what you're saying is, if it wasn't for the US dropping those bombs anime wouldn't have existed.

Oh my god! I never noticed the Donald Trump picture fade and I've seen this video countless times! Thank you for pausing on it because that is not only hilarious, but very accurate! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Yes we know of our Lord and Saviour :D

uhhh, i watched documentary about life after atomic bombs exploded and was pretty terrible, but how government were acting, that was more terrible than bombs

Vote Tokugawa: Make Japan Great Again. lol

Why does he look like the drug dealer off of 21 jump street

Until Shimabara's Rebellion happened in Edo Period

Anime Unite!

"I used to respected Japan, that is until they made... Anime Trump..."

Russia survived the world wars due to the winter and their vast number of soldiers. 1 gun per 2 soldiers right?😂

Manhwa 🤣