Why You MUST NEVER Stand Out in Japan

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Let's ask Shogo | Your Japanese friend in Kyoto

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“The nail that sticks out gets hammered down”
This proverb explains the culture in Japan.I myself have experienced severe bullying and discrimination in school because I am a returnee from the U.S.
However, why is Japan like this?
First I explain about how Japanese are taught to be normal through two examples; school rules and job hunting. Then, I will introduce an interesting “scientific reason” to why Japan has such a culture.
I hope this video will be a chance for people who are suffering from being discriminated in Japan,
to deepen your understandings towards Japanese society, and hopefully relieve some of your pain.
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1:19 How you are taught to be “normal” in Japan (school)
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@LetsaskShogo 3 жыл бұрын

Are there anything else you would like to know about Japanese society?

@tikateeqa4825 3 жыл бұрын

Good evening, Shogo-san. I'm a new subscriber to your channel and I really enjoy your informative videos. I would like to ask about the legal age in Japan. A friend of mine, who is a Japanese, said that the age of consent there is 21 but other sources stated that its 13. If its true that the legal age there is 13, why is it low compared to other countries and what's the opinion from the Japanese society. Did it caused some issues regarding with "those" sort of cases in Japan. I will appreciate if you could explain this issue in detail. Thank you for your time and I wish you and your love ones are doing well during this pandemic

@OllamhDrab 3 жыл бұрын

On the conformity thing, might be interesting to hear more about what people are expected to conform *to* outside of say school and job-hunting rules. Some may seem obvious to folks that have been there, but it's hard to tell what's important say just walking down the street or such. :) It's interesting a lot of that conformity has to do with 'what if disaster,' ...here in the West oftentimes disasters and emergencies are a way we notice people who seem very different *coming together,* even if we might be separated or suspicious at other times. :)

@blackbloodcell5147 3 жыл бұрын

New sub here im curious is there any mosque in kyoto or how kyoto peeps view muslim tourist sorry bad english

@briancrosby152 3 жыл бұрын

Can you talk about the family dynamics please?

@watchWorld100 3 жыл бұрын

Continue revealing the truths about Japan and continue pursuing the changes you want to see. I love it. I have subscribed.

@bangtwice966 3 жыл бұрын

I would just simply say: Never romanticize a country just because the movies/shows told you so.

@0doublezero0 2 жыл бұрын

And unfortunately, there are a lot of anime fanboys/fangirls that beg to differ. They think just because the anime is multicultural that the country is such when it's far from the truth. Japan even goes as far as creating incentives for foreign Japanese to leave their countries.

@joaopauloduartedasilva4101 2 жыл бұрын

I actually think that people who romanticize Japan based on anime or movies is just not paying attention. If you look closely you'll see a lot of bullying and passive- aggressiveness and many kinds of repression in the world around the characters and in the characters themselves. You don't need to look for it, it's just there. It has always been.

@Chaos-bq6mc 2 жыл бұрын

It's not the shows, it's the people watching them who make the decision on whether or not they wanna go batshit crazy and devote their entire life to glorifying a country simply because they make good shows.

@AL-jn6ww 2 жыл бұрын

Dude i am surrounded by people wanting to go to japan because they watch naruto, WTF?

@jairusjackson7799 2 жыл бұрын

You would think that would go without saying.

@KLeeFMVs 3 жыл бұрын

"Hi, doctor, yeah I just need a note to prove my hair is my natural colour". I just can't imagine wasting a doctors time like that, lol.

@antivirusdictionary 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder do black people need a note that their skin is black or do they need to wear white makup?

@nepnep8444 3 жыл бұрын

@@antivirusdictionary reminds me of a fashion subculture in Japan forgot what it was called but it definitely had shiro in it and you'd cover your face in snow white makeup it was pretty interesting ngl

@Ultra289 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine if that was said during a pandemic

@cat.2558 3 жыл бұрын

@@antivirusdictionary 🧍🏻‍♂️. . .

@percycat213 3 жыл бұрын

This same issue happened where i live in Malaysia, asian girl with light brown hair was hassled by her school because the thought she had been dying her hair. Also, the uniform rules are the same here.

@bhanson4917 2 жыл бұрын

I had a friend who was mixed Japanese/caucasian. She went to live in Japan and hated it. People assumed she didn't speak Japanese (she was fluent) and would often talk about her while she was in restaurants, public transit, etc, and call her an abomination and all sorts of cruel things about her because she was obviously mixed race. She came back to Canada and cried when she talked about her time in Japan- swore she would never go there again in her life.

@Young-bn8wt Жыл бұрын

I just came across this channel myself. It's horrible she had to go through that... I hope she's living a happier life in Canada.

@xRayzzxx Жыл бұрын

!remind me one second

@MrAqr2598 Ай бұрын

I'm really sorry for what your friend had to go through. I hope her QOL is better now.

@WhiteDragon689 22 күн бұрын

Maybe its one of the reasons that japan is in decline as a society. At this rate, they may be gone in a couple of generations.

@Lenn869 10 күн бұрын

wow this is so based

@ninjakannon 2 жыл бұрын

"The nail that stands out gets hammered down" was a phrase I learned when I visited Japan.

@grimmsleeper3602 2 жыл бұрын

That sounds extremely oppressive.

@rickowensdude6030 2 жыл бұрын

@@grimmsleeper3602 it is

@Kumigumi101 2 жыл бұрын

Yup, that’s one I quickly found out when I moved there initially.

@drippychoco3057 2 жыл бұрын

I find it weirdly interesting that this is a popular saying in Japan

@RE-D1 Жыл бұрын

@@Kumigumi101 how was your experience so far in there if I may ask? What are the ups and downs of living in Japan from your perspective?

@Roxilou 3 жыл бұрын

I don't like job hunting season in Japan. I see all my students quickly turn into clones of each other.

@LetsaskShogo 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for leaving a comment! Are you a teacher in Japan? I don’t like the season either...

@Roxilou 3 жыл бұрын

@@LetsaskShogo Yes I teach here in Tokyo! It's sad to see individuality stamped out of people. I know it's a cultural thing but in my opinion it's sad 😔

@idleeidolon 3 жыл бұрын

@@Roxilou i really don't think that either individualistic culture, or collective culture is better than the other. however, I do acknowledge that the excesses of either culture can be quickly identified and are quite detrimental. in the individualistic west you see sins of the ego. where people think they're above the community. where there's so much worship of celebrity and the monetary success of the individual person. in collective japan, you get what is outlined in this video. i hope both cultures learn from each other to help balance out the excesses that both suffer from. to minimize the cons of each, and maximize the pros.

@Roxilou 3 жыл бұрын

@@idleeidolon I wasn't suggesting any culture was better or worse. But to see people have their individuality stamped out of them in ANY culture is sad. Japan has celebrity worship (look into idol culture), and sins of the ego happen wherever there are people 🤷🏼‍♀️ In any culture where people are forced to change to fit in it's sad. This also happens in individualistic cultures

@victorc7421 3 жыл бұрын

@@darassylmoniakam Every culture has social issues. Many are far worse than Japan's.

@plasticoddballs2404 3 жыл бұрын

Anime protagonists: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that."

@kazumakiryuu2668 3 жыл бұрын

anime is designed by japanese to express themselves. because they are repressed.

@adettessubs444 3 жыл бұрын

Ikr😂

@agrippa2012 3 жыл бұрын

Some animes do talk about this stuff. One example is ichigo from bleach that mentioned how he would sometimes getting into trouble in school due to his natural orange hair. Pretty much every "gyaru" manga /anime talks about this stuff too

@IchigosBestFriend 3 жыл бұрын

@@agrippa2012 my boy

@izzaniistighfar6971 3 жыл бұрын

@@IchigosBestFriend Sir, did you want to chase Ichigo again?

@danielcastro5653 2 жыл бұрын

That's the reason i'm such a huge fan of rockabilly, psychobilly, metal japanese bands and people. They have the guts to not give a f*** about society.

@pm2886 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant ... well, how's that working out for America?

@comradekenobi6908 2 жыл бұрын

They're just rock bands

@whathell6t 2 жыл бұрын

@@pm2886 Are you being serious or joking with that question?

@StockpileThomas1 2 жыл бұрын

@Bucket Seeing gism mentioned completely took me by surprise. Keep the underground alive!

@toastwell6488 2 жыл бұрын

@@pm2886 ???????

@rdpcl 2 жыл бұрын

Years ago I learned about the "gyaru" trend and the girls were praised as "very brave" for tanning and wearing blonde wigs. I didn't understand why following a fashion trend was such a big deal, but now I do. I can't imagine having to get a certificate that my hair is natural.

@adhamal-jawad9763 2 ай бұрын

I hear about girls with the type and personality of Gyaru, but what about the other types, where can I find out about them?

@ichiroutakashima4503 2 жыл бұрын

And people wonder why an anime setting has such an "unrealistic" setting. i.e. short working hours and no overtime. It's a dream of every Japanese employee relayed into an anime because they think it is fiction.

@thevarietychannelofyoutube4769 2 жыл бұрын

I have a question about anime, actually. If most people in Japan agree with the extreme conformity and think that standing out is bad, why is there so much anime that seems to sympathize with people who stand out and are different? Doesn't the fact that these anime exist and become successful imply that there's plenty of people in Japan who secretly don't like having to conform as much as they do? And does the, "you can never have any opinions ever" thing encompass your whole life? Or is that only in school?

@unoriginalname9556 2 жыл бұрын

It's also why so many animes are set in a high school setting, for most Japanese people that's the best time they had in their lifes

@barbaral.7221 2 жыл бұрын

@@thevarietychannelofyoutube4769 everyone I’ve come across hates that rule, and openly condemns it in private. In my experience it’s mostly people with power who want it enforced, such as teachers, bosses, principles, etc.

@N0noy1989 2 жыл бұрын

@@thevarietychannelofyoutube4769 that's escapism for them. Can look at the popular light novels. Tons of salarymen getting transported to a new world or something to be a fantasy hero. Pretty weird to have "salarymen" as target demographic for fantasy story, right? But if you take into account Japanese work culture, it makes more sense

@RongDMemer 2 жыл бұрын

;-;

@gaellestanhard2339 3 жыл бұрын

now I understand all the suicides

@gilnahnu 3 жыл бұрын

yep.

@lilialalia4836 3 жыл бұрын

Same...

@1LuvMLPFiM 3 жыл бұрын

@anexaggeratedswaggerofasou3873 3 жыл бұрын

The sucide also came from the parents high Expectations and pressure

@shodiqalibaqir6508 3 жыл бұрын

Yup

@RG-uj2lc 2 жыл бұрын

As a student who wants to experience what high school is like in Japan after this school year, I am now having doubts :/ but since my relatives in Japan already agreed to sponsor my education there then I have no choice. Wish me luck next year!

@shoocakadoo 2 жыл бұрын

Have Fun!!!

@theapexfighter8741 2 жыл бұрын

Have fun, and be careful

@dromalloma2651 2 жыл бұрын

Best of luck!

@YouLose 2 жыл бұрын

!Remindme 2 years

@anitanurulfatma1729 2 жыл бұрын

Be careful and have fun

@TN-ol2rw 2 жыл бұрын

I took japanese class in high school for 4 years. Of course I was a teenager and had no idea what Japan was like outside of anime, but when I started to learn the language and the culture, my perspective of Japan really changed. I remember my Japanese teacher explaining what is and isn't allowed once the students went to Japan (It was an exchange student thing). She explained things like the tattoo rule, hair/hair colour, what to wear, that people will call you foreigner, ect. I remember her saying at the end that in Japan they have this saying "the nail that sticks out get hammered down." 😅 ever since I've taken that class, I've been scared to go to Japan.

@aoieste2503 2 жыл бұрын

I read a manga, I only came for the plot, I thought it was just some typical drama and I didn't know anything but anime, the saying 'the nail that sticks out gets hammered down' really applies to their society

@wkwkwkw00 2 жыл бұрын

@@aoieste2503 title??

@tanaka7758 2 жыл бұрын

It's not like someone is harassing you. They just aren't very familiar with other cultures, languages, and appearances. It may make you feel uncomfortable. But most Japanese love people who come to Japan. So please don't worry.

@dwagincon4841 2 жыл бұрын

Other countries: *discriminates against skin colour, race, religion, political stance, etc.* Japan: let's add hair colour to the list

@ugurkaraarslan25 2 жыл бұрын

also hair shape

@Shackospeare 2 жыл бұрын

In some places of Argentina, and probably the rest of latin america, kids bully other kids because they're blonde

@maikeru7549 2 жыл бұрын

@@Shackospeare yeah, no lol being blonde in latin america is a chick magnet

@Shackospeare 2 жыл бұрын

@@maikeru7549 you clearly didn't live in my part of my country, blondes are really discriminated.

@maikeru7549 2 жыл бұрын

@@Shackospeare if you know the story of how blondes existed in Argentina maybe you would get the whole "discrimination" you are talking about but yeah blondes here literally never get discriminated.

@keneodoe4226 2 жыл бұрын

Weebs: I wanna move to Japan because it's like a slice of life anime Japan:

@waifu1275 2 жыл бұрын

This subject has been brought up in many KZfaq comment sections so I’m just going to summarize it: Japan isn’t anime

@ericmm1335 2 жыл бұрын

@@waifu1275 ngl from what i have seen from japonese movies and other stuff, i thought japan just took respect to another level and treated everyone equally, welp there goes down my expectations of me actually finding someone that is japonese to respect tourists.

@articulouno8472 2 жыл бұрын

until they move, live and work here. Good luck.

@Void_from_Abyss 2 жыл бұрын

😂 right

@spookygh0st846 2 жыл бұрын

@@ericmm1335 I know right? In anime the students always idolize foreigners or people with blonde hair. Its very different.

@sings7664 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Japan and it’s honestly exhausting and depressing to me. Does anyone have tips to overcome school anxiety in Japan?

@meeyan4345 2 жыл бұрын

I feel it! How easy that would've been if I could just be normal there... I faked through myself until the end of highschool. It might be so hard right now but believe me, school days are so so limited. Once you're free from it, things get more flexible and you can get to walk the path you feel more normal for you.

@sieevansetiawan4792 2 жыл бұрын

Have close friend(s) who you can share anything openly with them. They will not be easy to find, but will greatly impact your life once you find them.

@lishasalimrosetta 11 ай бұрын

Read Quran

@Lenn869 10 күн бұрын

@@lishasalimrosetta yes just pretend youre a desert person FREAK, that´ll get people to like you

@kasvinimuniandy4178 2 жыл бұрын

This makes a lot of sense. I've always thought that Japanese people are highly disciplined because they can't afford not to be. I'm from Malaysia, a truly fortunate piece of land that's protected from natural threats. We have almost no natural disasters except for flash floods and the 2004 tsunami. Our way of life is more laid back and we welcome diversity as differences improve our quality of life. Many of our historical cities were port cities so migration played a huge part in shaping our society. Our previous prime minister had introduced a Look East policy to learn the discipline of the Japanese. We look up to the educational emphasis on values practiced by the Japanese.

@zephdo2971 2 жыл бұрын

Southeast Asians value diversity and Uniqueness. East Asians value harmony/oneness

@fatehruzman9280 2 жыл бұрын

Also, we have a bit problem with immigrant where there too much even the local barely have any job

@cloudbyx9970 2 жыл бұрын

i lived in kelantan & i dont think people accept 'uniqueness' here due to religion rules

@oO0yuu0Oo 2 жыл бұрын

I'm malaysian too nice

@aoieste2503 2 жыл бұрын

I read this with faline sans voice, I respect Malaysians tbh

@wavestation999 3 жыл бұрын

Makes sense why anime and games from Japan are so crazy and expressive. Its like their only outlet, unfortunately.

@daphnemorales7907 3 жыл бұрын

I never thought about it that way.

@XvLarvavX 3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@plaugeninja1229 3 жыл бұрын

Man, that is depressing.

@suyashalva2452 3 жыл бұрын

Draymond, what are you doing here?

@timetravelingjukebox 3 жыл бұрын

That is so depressing 😔

@thedevil9487 2 жыл бұрын

No wonder that in anime, everyone who isn’t relevant to the story looks the same

@maamyy 2 жыл бұрын

😧 u right tho

@marietreec 2 жыл бұрын

That's most cartoons. Look at Spongebob

@v.cutsman4566 2 жыл бұрын

@@marietreec dafuq? Every sidecharacter has a different look in spongebob. The only fish which look all the same are the anchovis in the first episode.

@moisttowelettes3640 2 жыл бұрын

No way anime has background characters 😱😱😱😱😱😱

@RajSinghTanwar_ 2 жыл бұрын

Bruh thats like every cartoon/movie/animation

@abutamim2342 2 жыл бұрын

My Friend went to Japan to study we are Arabs He told me he was shocked that many Japanese were racists They called him names and make fun of him bully etc, I still can't believe it.

@rosecloudheaven5953 2 жыл бұрын

Wow :(

@SkyEcho751 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I'd love to see an anime that shows how bad the culture is in Japan with these aspects in mind. Like people getting kicked out for disagreeing with what to say in an interview, or getting bullied by the whole school for having a natural perm.

@f2pcoder92 2 жыл бұрын

Psycho pass

@xboxoneyes7734 2 жыл бұрын

@@f2pcoder92 didnt Know psycho pass did that

@f2pcoder92 2 жыл бұрын

@@xboxoneyes7734well not directly but it shows japans conformist/collectivist society to its most extreme and it encompasses the whole society so yeah schools included. To be honest i thought i would like japan but seeing how they treat and see foreigners and whole pletora of problems their society has most notably their justice system and 99% convicition rate i never want to set foot in there.

@anythingyoucando1546 2 жыл бұрын

The Netflicks cartoon Aggretsuko addresses the common office problems that the current culture has developed.

@erenyeager317 2 жыл бұрын

Shimoneta

@moinmahmud6265 2 жыл бұрын

Telling someone not to stand out is like saying to someone not to live

@medusaspupil 2 жыл бұрын

We are all different, some of us hate standing out.

@kursad8725 2 жыл бұрын

I like your Higurashi pfp!

@moinmahmud6265 2 жыл бұрын

@@kursad8725 thanks

@SakakiSyndrome 2 жыл бұрын

Yoshikage kira would disagree

@normansmith9009 2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t go that far. Not everyone is that desperate after attention

@murkywaters1931 3 жыл бұрын

This is horrifying.

@pog428 3 жыл бұрын

For you but hardly for them

@agrippa2012 3 жыл бұрын

@@pog428 you should watch the episode where he talks about bullying in japan and how high the suicide rate is lately...

@evian6673 3 жыл бұрын

@@pog428 a lot of my friends in Osaka and Fukuoka hated school, many said they were under extreme pressure and couldn't really express themselves.

@Meta9871 3 жыл бұрын

Funny, having come from a culture in Europe that's almost the complete opposite, this doesn't strike me as all that horrifying.

@justiceempire1170 3 жыл бұрын

Even in love they barely are expressive unless paired with a romantic and affectionate race.

@CommieCatgirl 2 жыл бұрын

One of my biggest pet peeves is when people call me and like-minded people weeaboos when we're just interested in the culture I don't wish I was Japanese and I don't have any plans on moving to Japan I just like the food the architecture the myth the art the culture

@milkape7363 2 жыл бұрын

Right but at some point it goes too far, so many other countries have amazing cultures but due to the bulk of the people who like Japanese culture it's way easier to think they're weeaboos. Having a Japanese name and profile picture doesn't help your case either

@dianewood2430 Ай бұрын

@@milkape7363”sigh”

@thirteen2978 Жыл бұрын

After living here for a year I’ve learned that: Japanese people aren’t any nicer than any other culture, they’re simply more polite and passive aggressive. It’s also important to note that it’s a lot of the older people that are stuck in their ways, most of the younger adults and below are more open. Finally, I treat everyone here I come in contact with with respect and if they don’t reciprocate I simply move along unbothered. They stay miserable while I continue to enjoy my day-it’s a win-win🤷🏾‍♂️ I’ve met wonderful people and had wonderful experiences in Japan because I choose to. Hopefully I get to see Shogo in person!🥳🎉

@dcss89 3 жыл бұрын

Everything makes sense now! I finally know the reason why all animes are full of characters with green/blue/pink hair. It's like a scream of freedom!

@elena4439 3 жыл бұрын

Yes you are so right

@EnigmazGuide 3 жыл бұрын

school rules is normal indeed thats our school rules as well im in Southeast asia. lol its called obedience to rules. it teaches people to learn and follow rules

@eradjjalu972 3 жыл бұрын

In my country rules are made to be broked

@bokirtua5231 3 жыл бұрын

@@eradjjalu972 where re u come from?

@Latinarama 3 жыл бұрын

Anime is one giant scream for freedom. That's also why it's so "weird". Japanese people are incredibly repressed.

@_Adie 3 жыл бұрын

I guess that's why anime, games, or any other art coming from Japan is the way it is. People can't really express themselves, so when they finally have a chance, they "explode" with that expression.

@silverwind9906 3 жыл бұрын

Huh. that really does makes alot of sense

@maliksuraihsuweco3964 3 жыл бұрын

Now its all make sense

@chinoncv1634 3 жыл бұрын

Its the same with music. A genre called Visual Kei exploded during the 90s in Japan and is still relevant today, some of the styles/aesthetics of these bands are crazy

@nakedbeekeeper9610 3 жыл бұрын

How is that "expressing yourself" thing working out for you in your dystopic western societies?

@tylermech66 3 жыл бұрын

@@nakedbeekeeper9610 pretty decently.

@terryechoes3192 2 жыл бұрын

This phenomenon sounds borderline totalitarian, deeply prejudiced, and philosophically unhealthy, not to mention suspiciously incongruous with the media produced by the country. Thank you for your informative video.

@ooooneeee 11 ай бұрын

It's very much a remnant of their fascist empire I think. They need to work on healing their traumas and confronting the atrocities they committed.

@taistelusammakko5088 Ай бұрын

@@ooooneeee you just watched a video that told the primary reason why japan is like what it is, did you?

@lc6033 2 жыл бұрын

No matter where you are.. remember to always be yourself... but always respect everyone else too. This is what everyone should be teaching their kids.

@autistictyranitar414 3 жыл бұрын

The fact that the entire school, teachers included, can bully and outcast you over hair color and it's viewed as normal feels sickening

@mr.knight5604 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to asia

@icannotcomeupwithanything4609 3 жыл бұрын

Me who has blonde hair: ☹

@Demoneye097 3 жыл бұрын

Well asia

@mode3763 3 жыл бұрын

And nobody can't even change it cause the first they speak up they'll get banished

@HideorEscape 3 жыл бұрын

Hair racism

@autumngalix4616 3 жыл бұрын

That's why anime doesn't properly represent the culture! It's an explosion of repressed souls!

@devaxionrl8189 3 жыл бұрын

Yes ma’am

@Mr_Jester980 3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@furinick 3 жыл бұрын

@@julinaonYT americans sure want to be european monarchs it seems

@bellla6831 3 жыл бұрын

I’m mind blown by this comment. I never thought of this way

@waffelo4681 3 жыл бұрын

@@furinick maybe bcos all white americans come from Europe? Lmaoo

@oimarcelolevi 2 жыл бұрын

I love your video! I dont feel like "addiction to justice" makes sense. It is more like "the fear of not being accepted" that makes them being violent. If they didnt had the liberty to be themselves, probably they will opressed others as well to deal with that frustration. Congratulations to talk about this topic ❤

@alf3526 2 жыл бұрын

As a person who experienced living in Japan for a year, I feel like their past military culture also contributes to their obsession with uniformity. A person who is used to conform into rules without question is seen to be easy to work with, etc.

@erenjaeger3537 2 жыл бұрын

In Japan, the saying “The nail that sticks out gets hammered down” is popular for a reason.

@pluguts0198 2 жыл бұрын

Christ what a horrible-sounding saying.

@ChaoticButterfly 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah... unlike in the U.S. where they say, "The squeaky wheel gets the grease." which encourages people to act out, because they know they'll be placated. -.- Thus, the Karen came into existence.

@redcrown5070 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChaoticButterfly still better than Japan

@ChaoticButterfly 2 жыл бұрын

@@redcrown5070 I disagree. I'd say they're equally bad.

@jooot_6850 2 жыл бұрын

@@ChaoticButterfly They are the same, just opposite sides of the spectrum. Aggressive conformity vs total individualism

@DallyLama93 3 жыл бұрын

Weeabs: OMG I wanna to go to school in japan cuz it's like in my animes Actual japanese person: Bruh...

@Dtzeo503 3 жыл бұрын

Or Actual Japanese person: Ya'll gonna learn today. Taste the real Japan.

@actioncomicss 3 жыл бұрын

Ahahah fr

@piss5000 3 жыл бұрын

The school rules in Japanese schools are almost same as my school rules

@actioncomicss 3 жыл бұрын

@@piss5000 where are you from

@enilehcodramramlised8716 3 жыл бұрын

Lol totally

@specialnewb9821 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly there are benefits and difficulties in the way any society is organized. It's always tough to critique your own society and always appreciate this channel doing so. I know this video was a long time ago but I still think this is valuable

@Sizdothyx 2 жыл бұрын

This stuff is literally the reason my friend's mom divorced his dad and moved them to Australia. To this day, my friend thanks his mom for making that leap.

@bored8321 3 жыл бұрын

Japan: A great place to visit, but living, heh.

@collinspecht6725 3 жыл бұрын

Or getting stationed there. I hear my fellow soldiers tend to do well in major cities. Though they came across anti-foriegners the more rural out they went.

@cestalia 3 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing.

@Bori.1776 3 жыл бұрын

@@collinspecht6725 Well, so I really need to explain why marines are hated over there? Americans aren’t exactly the most respectful people when it comes to other cultures.

@0rurin 3 жыл бұрын

still beats my country by miles

@hasanmuttaqin464 3 жыл бұрын

that sum up pretty much every place

@lilyblack1979 3 жыл бұрын

It make sense how isekai is so popular. Japanese a fed up with their reality and want an escape.

@senhorincognito2243 3 жыл бұрын

But why is always death by truck?

@rasch5552 3 жыл бұрын

@@senhorincognito2243 bcoz "mushoku tensei" popularize it and become trend in modern isekai

@Normal_Boii 3 жыл бұрын

There are so much isekai mangas where (supposedly author's) bullies get obliterated by the mc with cheat powers

@420cs2 3 жыл бұрын

"that thang bleeding P" wocky slush

@leehongjin6884 3 жыл бұрын

Truck-kun strikes again

@TheGman901 2 жыл бұрын

To this extent, it appears to me that this is exactly why we, as foreigners, see Japan as a force of power on earth. Stability, technology, discipline, order, structure, engineering, speed, reliability, economy, manners, music, culture, teamwork, respect etc.... And the list goes on. They raise their populace from birth to be exactly as one another so they can be one perfect team (populace) operating at the rate of one perfect beat together. A machine constructed perfectly that not one bolt nor screw is out of place. No one is better nor more special than the other because that would physically/mentally disrupt the process of the entire machine/teamwork. It is the perfect example of the double-edged sword, where you win a magnificent country that becomes a force to be reckoned with but you lose and even destroy the mental well-being and psyche of your individuals that will get lost in the sea of normalcy, routine, stress, sadness and eventually depression...

@dracotitanfall 2 жыл бұрын

Don't romanticise extremist collectivism...

@TheGman901 2 жыл бұрын

@@dracotitanfall It's not 100% romanticism, i'm generally pointing out the strong points and the weak points. I respect Japan and the japanese populace but it does not mean i'm a fan of their system. All i'm saying is that it made them a better country.

@Candyy248 8 ай бұрын

I do not see them as a force of power... I see them robotic and powerless 🤷

@northseahero3387 2 жыл бұрын

Recognizing problems and shortcomings within your home country while also loving it all the same and wanting the best for it is extremely admirable.

@seanfernandolopez9139 3 жыл бұрын

I understand now why Anime is a cradle of Japan and have flourished. Animes always portrays extreme personalities, often extroverted personalities. The reason Japanese is fascinated with animes is because they can fantasize a fictional world where people are very expressive, visually and verbally.

@taknaknak4957 3 жыл бұрын

Yup, so that they could dramatize the content such it's never happened in real life

@dinidusamaranayake3266 3 жыл бұрын

yessir

@miaccount9504 3 жыл бұрын

@El Lorenzo The opponent? Unless you have enemies, being extrovert shouldnt be much of a problem

@miaccount9504 3 жыл бұрын

@El Lorenzo Well, humans are humans after all

@agentmilton6585 3 жыл бұрын

That'd be really cool if someone starts researching on that issue

@dropTHEskull 3 жыл бұрын

Im a “Hafu”(half Japanese/African American) living in japan. The vast majority of my hafu friends were bullied in either elementary school or middle school because they aren’t “normal”. But then when we hit high school people become chill and glorify our western looks, athleticism, or body structure. It’s hella weird.

@sunshinecherries 3 жыл бұрын

Shunned, and then put on a pedestal to be fetishized. I'm so sorry you went through that, it must have felt suffocating

@SusieBlup 3 жыл бұрын

@@wireshrub Economic/social decline.

@dropTHEskull 3 жыл бұрын

@@pedoslayer what are ya trying to say? Make it loud and clear for me.

@Bruh-fy1jk 3 жыл бұрын

Literally Jotaro. Makes sense

@renge5589 3 жыл бұрын

That's messed up

@PassiveSmoking 2 жыл бұрын

What about people who can't help but stand out? People with disabilities, missing limbs, etc? How do they cope in such an environment?

@McHoneyBunnyLPs 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting

@albadude1922 2 жыл бұрын

As someone with autism I couldn’t imagine how someone like me could cope with “normal” Japanese way of life.

@wraithu9231 3 жыл бұрын

In one episode of Bleach Ichigo said "If I cared about what others think I would've dyed my hair black long time ago" This video made me understand it more

@erwins_arm 2 жыл бұрын

damn lmao

@parfaitcell3067 2 жыл бұрын

what is Ichigo based hair color?

@erwins_arm 2 жыл бұрын

@@parfaitcell3067 i think white, you heared of google tho?

@mystic_spider 2 жыл бұрын

@@erwins_arm Are you sure _you_ have heard of Google?

@erwins_arm 2 жыл бұрын

@@mystic_spider ...?

@rainyatsu4588 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like this is one of the reasons why anime high school features colorful and eccentric characters, as a way for the writers and artists to express themselves in ways they never could while they were in conformitive school environments

@ezequieloliveira6826 2 жыл бұрын

Good to see you again lol

@realhumbug 2 жыл бұрын

I think that's exactly the reason honestly.

@katsuito1083 2 жыл бұрын

That’s how they wish the people of japan will be someday, expressive and colorful

@UchihaKuriso 2 жыл бұрын

Yup, I wondered about it when getting into anime at first, but the more I watched and learned, the more it made sense. xD

@realhumbug 2 жыл бұрын

@@Thanatos124 This man seems like a perfectly sane individual. I don't know what the problem is.

@midknight9715 2 жыл бұрын

So that's why people always picked fights with Ichigo while he was in high school in Bleach.

@user-ki1zi6qm5e 2 жыл бұрын

I've went in Japan when i was 8-13 , and almost all of these are true . Though I'm not sure about the job hunting stuff , these are brutally accurate . Just like him ,I've experienced verbal & physical bullying in Japan , to the point I considered su1c1d3 . But my heart goes out to all the people who are still suffering because of this "normalism" .

@boeuf-in9oe 3 жыл бұрын

Japanese culture reminds me of when I was in the army. Everybody calls each other by their last name. Hiearchy and conformity is everything. You never question and only follow orders of those above you in rank. Anyone who sticks out will be punished.

@boeuf-in9oe 3 жыл бұрын

@@darassylmoniakam but I guess on the bright side if you fit in naturally then it's paradise

@carso1500 3 жыл бұрын

@@boeuf-in9oe diferent styles for diferent folks, but theres a reason why the suicide rate in Japan is soo high

@amsyarzero 3 жыл бұрын

@@darassylmoniakam You okay mate? You seem to have a vendetta against Japan and its people. Sure, this is a problem that's present in one aspect of its culture, but the way you commented on most things here is like the whole culture is problematic.

@darassylmoniakam 3 жыл бұрын

@@amsyarzero only against japanese. i have been manipulated by many japanese , on youtube of course i have a vendetta and stop talking to me ikle if i would be crazy

@darassylmoniakam 3 жыл бұрын

@Miss Asian Peach too expensive.

@thejesman 3 жыл бұрын

America's almost the opposite in a weird way. You're expected to pretend to be different, but only in really predictable ways. IE listening to Black Flag instead of Justin Bieber and stuff like that. If you're ACTUALLY different, then they treat you like you have a disease or something.

@midgetwthahacksaw 3 жыл бұрын

I can attest to this.

@thejesman 3 жыл бұрын

@@midgetwthahacksaw I can too, unfortunately.

@SarahAbramova 3 жыл бұрын

@@midgetwthahacksaw same unfortunately

@spaghetti5914 3 жыл бұрын

As a gifted child who is outcasted and knows another outcast with aspergers, can confirm :( except in my country people are very neutral on this topic

@Bambotb 3 жыл бұрын

Humans are cowards

@wendydomino 2 жыл бұрын

I can only imagine how hard it would be to grow up in Japan and not be native Japanese having a different eye color/hair color/skin color/ hair texture that would make you stand out and it not being your fault.

@TheUnderNerd Жыл бұрын

Japan looks so cool at the front with the anime, pretty advanced technology, unique establishments and businesses, and beautiful scenery. Then you put the rose-colored lens down, and you see how it's not as wonderful as you'd been told. It's kind of heartbreaking. Hopefully, Japan does change some aspects of it's society, one day.

@hughneutron8620 3 жыл бұрын

"I'll never forgive the Japanese!" - Grandpa, probably.

@Votaru 3 жыл бұрын

Josefh jostar 🗿

@sivvinod3187 3 жыл бұрын

How tf does yasuho survive in Japan?

@azimochaa 3 жыл бұрын

Joseph Joestar!!

@AirSkyyy 3 жыл бұрын

JOJO!

@sayogayo 3 жыл бұрын

josefu,, jOsta-san

@randomicatto 3 жыл бұрын

"You shouldn't stand out, and you must never say your own opinions" Sounds like Reddit

@bzzbza 3 жыл бұрын

Or every other social media platform

@jiminnoodlesoupwithasugaon1915 3 жыл бұрын

and your grammar is supervised instead of your hair color

@bzzbza 3 жыл бұрын

@Gethsemane Sam bruh

@user-wk2gi5cp9y 3 жыл бұрын

sounds like at everywhere else

@XeonIsWeird 3 жыл бұрын

Twitter*

@lisabethcrawford5197 2 жыл бұрын

As a child in Japan I stood out because my hair was very blonde. When I went out with my nanny who was Japanese people would stare and also touch my hair.

@theredheadwiththread1275 2 жыл бұрын

This makes me reconsider wanting to go to Japan 😰 A friend once told me that my husband and I would be treated as curiosities in Japan (he's 6'0 tall and I'm a redhead) and I thought she was joking but now I don't think she was.

@robbyantonius2418 2 жыл бұрын

It's ironic, Japan is very advanced country with state of the art technologies but with very very ancient mindset LOL

@Geckotr 2 жыл бұрын

I think there's a logical reason that they have this mindset. I wouldn't judge them so quickly

@eden9536 2 жыл бұрын

Like South Korea.

@wrybreadspread 2 жыл бұрын

@@eden9536 ...and North Korea also is no haven for nonconformity

@eden9536 2 жыл бұрын

@@wrybreadspread North Korea is not really developped only Pyongyang

@Ahrone1586 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jess-737 u dont nothing

@jackknight1899 2 жыл бұрын

Anime MC: “Handsome, smart, strange hair, harem dude/girl,…” Japan real life MC: “Bullied”

@TheHaloring7 2 жыл бұрын

It's pretty common for protagonists to start off being bullied or generally disliked ngl

@shiranails0137 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine watching harem anime... Bad taste

@eiramanin5604 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like I can't breath watching this, the whole situation feels suffocating

@ladymorwendaebrethil-feani4031 2 жыл бұрын

The big challenge is how to live in a group and tolerate dissent. Groups that tolerate dissent grow stronger over time as they become antifragile and capable of innovating. For this it is necessary that everyone can give their opinions and be who they really are within the groups. In this way the bonds that unite groups become real and not a structure imposed from above or a convention where people act like robots to fulfill social rules.

@pm2886 2 жыл бұрын

Dissent only makes groups stronger in movies. In the real word it takes unity.

@taistelusammakko5088 Ай бұрын

@@pm2886 just like the nazi germany

@alittlebirdi 2 жыл бұрын

Anime makes a lot more sense to me now. Of course one would want the characters in their fiction to look eccentric, unnatural and/or hyper sexualized when you live in a culture that frowns upon non-conformity.

@subhankarbaral9236 2 жыл бұрын

Seriously, makes me sad for the people in Japan. That's why they try to find comfort in anime.

@bucketsmahou2175 2 жыл бұрын

Im not really sure about the "hyper sexualized" part

@tofu_it981 2 жыл бұрын

@@bucketsmahou2175 that's probably a Sjw rant

@bunnyrabi 2 жыл бұрын

@@subhankarbaral9236 I think anime is still somewhat niche in Japan... I will be honest this video tried to be informative but it seems people are taking this info the wrong way and now saying a bunch of generalizations lol

@awsomeboy360 2 жыл бұрын

Anime is an entire medium, why do you treat it like a genre? Television is also the same thing here in the US.

@isseym8592 2 жыл бұрын

I'm Japanese, but I've lived abroad for half of my life and luckily developed a mentality of not giving a crap about what other people think about me. I standout a lot here in Japan and even i myself can notice it. Some people like me because of it and some people don't. In Japan, it's really hard to "be yourself". You are always taught to blend in with the crowd. But I've always refused to live that way and Im happy being who I am.

@A.J_inJapan 2 жыл бұрын

stay like this.... forever. :)

@Jukeboksi 2 жыл бұрын

Been excluded a lot, included a lot too. One of the most common things people regret when they are dying, is to have been more honest with their opinions and not to have lived so much through doing things for other people. If you actually adopt this way of thinking, you will run into conflicts with tribe-brained people. Actually…I honestly think that no matter what you do in life, every person will eventually meet dangerous tribe-brained people. So it would only be prudent to learn self-defense at some point, learn how to fight back, just an inevitability.

@LostBear. 2 жыл бұрын

Outcasts tend to find other outcasts and form a group like this. Be who you want to be.

@pleblep2741 2 жыл бұрын

Respect to my fellow people that learned to just not care and may or may not have an ego big enough to feel beloved by themselves and be happy with that

@michele33s68 2 жыл бұрын

👍🔥

@ltw6888 2 жыл бұрын

I’d love to hear Shogo do a series on “rebels”. People who changed the way people think, like Masanobu Fukuoka.

@ltw6888 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe Shigeru Kayano too.

@pcprinciple3774 2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, the story about the girl dying her hair says more about teachers in general than Japan specifically. Teachers in the UK would do the same, they are emotionally stunted, petty, passive aggressive types who absolutely love blindly enforcing rules. It's only because we don't have that rule in the UK that they don't enforce it. I used to shave my head just to piss them off as they can't glue it back on. Now i earn more than all of them.

@madnessoverload7824 3 жыл бұрын

HR guy 1: "So, which of these students should we hire?" HR guy 2: "I have no idea, they all answered the same thing."

@lukashenrique4295 3 жыл бұрын

Let's throw all curriculums in the air and choose the first one to reach the ground

@xheralt 3 жыл бұрын

"Tiebreaker round: which one has the closest familial relationship to our CEO?"

@Papada00 3 жыл бұрын

They will pick student with the highest score.

@Mysticgamer 3 жыл бұрын

That's why eenie meeni mynnie moe exist.

@daikigamess 3 жыл бұрын

@@xheralt every HR in every country ask that

@oKApplejack 2 жыл бұрын

Japan - “I wonder why our Suicide rate is high.” *watches video* Also Japan - “I guess it’ll remain a mystery”

@arraikcruor6407 2 жыл бұрын

It is absolutely nuts how oppressive Japan is.

@skullplasma0221 2 жыл бұрын

Also explains the shut ins as well

@WeedSmokingBrony 2 жыл бұрын

"I guess we'll never know"

@anagonyaowusu3119 2 жыл бұрын

@wowalinbie You can have a safe country without being socially ooppressive, for example, New Zealand, or Switzerland or like, Any Nordic country, they've higher qualities of life overall compared to japan (Also Switzerland has better transit, I'm not even kidding, it's insane how punctual they are there)

@anagonyaowusu3119 2 жыл бұрын

@wowalinbie Oh God, oh please, please don't tell me your implying hate speech laws and gun control as "socially oppressive", especially in comparison to Japan, please god no.

@melvinsamson5684 2 жыл бұрын

Anime is basically the Japanese way of expressing themselves in a way conducive to a Western environment that they themselves could never achieve

@daemonhunter100 2 жыл бұрын

It is not just Japan. It is also in the Philippines. I had no idea I was autistic and always stood out. This could be also true for the rest of Asia.

@shikk1029 2 жыл бұрын

I mean atleast in the Philippines no one gives a crap about each other (pilipino student)

@ella-ok2wf 2 жыл бұрын

me, who always wanted to visit Japan: **laughs nervously in red hair**

@BrianOblivionB 2 жыл бұрын

Oof looks like yer gettin a beating

@praisethesun.praisedeussol6051 2 жыл бұрын

Well ether way no soul

@gonkong5638 2 жыл бұрын

If you are white/black/non-Asian you are exotic creature and they will throw themselve at you. If you are Asian then you are just weirdo-stand out wannabe. The Best you want to be are White-Green/Blue eyes-Blonde Hair or Black and Muscles with curly hair .

@spaghetto9836 2 жыл бұрын

@@gonkong5638 It's disturbing how accurate I find that to be.

@hafnium. 2 жыл бұрын

**doesn't regret having black hair**

@leasagna2202 2 жыл бұрын

my heart goes out to all the autistic teens in japan. I live in germany and i was bullied for my autism. i cant believe ehat it's like for autistic people growing up in japan

@evanorizam5388 2 жыл бұрын

Ooof. I have autism too. Luckily I was homeschooled tho.

@nichy7734 2 жыл бұрын

Shouldve been bullied more for pfp. But my heart does go out for those in japan

@dongola6399 2 жыл бұрын

@@nichy7734 LMAO

@murilopereira7186 2 жыл бұрын

@@nichy7734 wrf

@splits8999 2 жыл бұрын

@@nichy7734 lmfao they have a dope pfp but this was too funny not to like

@hollyxytphh 2 жыл бұрын

Thats why Hanzawa Naoki and Dr X were such hits in Japan.. people seek outlet from these doramas where the protagonists defied social norm and fight for personal ideology

@naturalhigh154 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for enlightening me, I thought I had it bad, but Jesus the peer pressure they have to go threw an discrimination they must face for being an individual is stressing me out just hearing it, I can't imagine the mental stress they go threw at such a young age into Adulthood

@psy__ 3 жыл бұрын

This partly explains why suicide rates are so high in Japan.

@adelehammond1621 3 жыл бұрын

yes but also the extreme work culture people work themselves to death via injuries or via suicide

@pedroivantaveraferreira3037 3 жыл бұрын

The world used to be very simple in the old days. You had few hobbies to take and very few ways of life. Nowadays the world is complex and diversified. When a kid stops being told what to do and must realizes who it is and what it wants to do it is overwelming. Now take a nation that forces this lack of choice until the 20s when the young adults must have opinions and tastes while also having no way to have opinions and tastes ... it is a recipe for disaster.

@Feimicha 3 жыл бұрын

@@pedroivantaveraferreira3037 Well said my friend, well said.

@SoftisNelaris 3 жыл бұрын

@@pedroivantaveraferreira3037 *"Nowadays the world is complex and diversified. When a kid stops being told what to do and must realizes who it is and what it wants to do it is overwelming."* I really felt that one...

@pedroivantaveraferreira3037 3 жыл бұрын

@@SoftisNelaris I hope the day come that it won't happen anymore. I want to help this world come to be. My current plan is to try to become the mayor of Sao Paulo and from here (one of the biggest cities in the world) I'd try to balance the perception of LatAm on infancy and the world. I hope I have the strenght to achieve such a high place and the perseverance to still mind it when I get there ... I wish I could have more than hope for now

@mskempinsky5111 3 жыл бұрын

This is why I could never live in Japan like a Japanese person does. I want to visit this country through and through and hopefully make some friendships with people from that country, but I'm eccentric even by Western standards, it would be especially hard for me over there.

@wavestation999 3 жыл бұрын

I always hear people say that visiting Japan vs living in Japan is a night and day difference. This must be a big reason why

@2120musiclover 3 жыл бұрын

Visiting is completely different. I’m a tall black girl with tattoos and hair that is multiple bright colors and I had a blast! The people were super nice and I made friends I still talk to til this day!

@khamba6713 3 жыл бұрын

@@2120musiclover in Japan??

@DenSoua 3 жыл бұрын

I wanna stay there for only 5 years so I can learn how to make my own manga business but then return back to America to make a family. I never trusted the Japanese school systems in the first place cause you even got the teachers bulling the students

@noe4354 3 жыл бұрын

same

@OmniCausticInfidel Жыл бұрын

very nice and informative. this helped me correct my negative bias towards these aspects of Japanese culture by understanding a logical reason why

@anshpatanjal 2 жыл бұрын

Now I know why Main characters get isekai'ed 😅

@amanekaze 2 жыл бұрын

Y e a h . *i s e k a i e d*

@Ieatpaste23 2 жыл бұрын

Shows what Japanese people think about their fellow asian drivers when everyone in anime gets hit by a truck.

@wangxian4907 2 жыл бұрын

Lmaooooooo

@emmaleehettiarachchi9338 2 жыл бұрын

@@Ieatpaste23 *truck-kun

@ozersari8315 2 жыл бұрын

yeah its like they want to escape.

@KevinJennissen 2 жыл бұрын

This is pretty messed up. No wonder there's a suicide epidemic... Also, it's sad and ironic that a culture "addicted to justice" refuses to acknowledge their own past atrocities and continues to brush them under the rug.

@CroconatorYT 2 жыл бұрын

Cough cough Nanking

@Dragoncam13 2 жыл бұрын

Have you not heard about the Kamikazes?

@FingerSpazm 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dragoncam13 who hasn't? Both comments don't get any indication they haven't...

@tobiahrowswell2928 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dragoncam13 not that either should be rated but I'd say the sack of a city and murder and worse of millions of civilians is a better indication than kamikaze pilots

@Dragoncam13 2 жыл бұрын

@@tobiahrowswell2928 In the name of suicide and Nanking wasn’t even the worst area hit

@uuu12343 2 жыл бұрын

That explains the expressive and almost mental advertising and anime

@jameswhittingham8027 2 жыл бұрын

The Japanese football team at the last World Cup cleaned and tidied their changing rooms after every match they played. Cool.

@marekcalcote1 2 жыл бұрын

All of this is 100% true. Born and raised in Japan for over 35 years. Worked in multiple Japanese companies as well. As a guy who is half white and Japanese, I have to say that the hardest thing I’ve experienced was “being normal” and “not standing out”. I even had to stand up for myself because I could be verbal in my opinion and Japanese didn’t like that. No matter where you go, whether it’s your work life or your private life, Japanese would always say “Everyone is doing it so you have to act like that as well.” This pissed me off so many times because that’s the only thing they could say and when I say back at them, “What’s YOUR opinion on the matter?”, they would respond “It doesn’t matter, that’s how everyone operates.” and I can’t say anything after that. Omg this was so frustrating. Now that I’m living in America, I feel liberated. I should’ve came here sooner since I was an American lol It’s sad that Japan is only known for Anime.

@christiancarrera4476 2 жыл бұрын

And hentai… don’t forget hentai

@Crashgen 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry you experience that, in my experience in America I've experienced that in a different way but similar. Everything feels so segregated, you can't speak about your own opinion because people will vilify you. It really feels like in America to me discussion is lost and everything is an uncivil discourse, especially if you talk about politics here

@hanhbuik15hl2 2 жыл бұрын

@@Crashgen you're right

@markigirl2757 2 жыл бұрын

I would agree at america it’s a bit better but also if u stand out a bit too much and not in a way people will like u, then u will get bullied but it’s definitely not at the level as Japan of course

@marekcalcote1 2 жыл бұрын

@@Crashgen Hmmm… interesting 🤔 I’m experiencing the opposite of what you’re experiencing. I could only say that once you’ve worked for a Japanese company surrounded by full of Japanese people for a very long time, you will feel much “liberated” because Japan is extreme. There are many pros to a Japanese culture but cons as well which not that many people talk about unless they have lived and worked in Japan for several years. I’m tempted to write an entire essay in detail regarding political, economical, education, jobs, work environment, hierarchical system, real estate, senpai&kouhai relationships, you name it but I’ll stop here before I get out of hand 😂

@briancrosby152 3 жыл бұрын

I respect Japan & it's culture, I do wish Bullying & discrimination became a thing of the past. I do hope things get better in japan. No one should feel like dirt. These school rules should change some of these rules are too extreme.

@Osprey1994 3 жыл бұрын

It will, but change takes time.

@darassylmoniakam 3 жыл бұрын

this will never change. japanese are stuck in the past , they're too culturally arrogant to improve their lives

@bokirtua5231 3 жыл бұрын

U should change it by ur self bat man,I know u can...u re hero, aren't u....

@user-mp5po2pt8d 3 жыл бұрын

Considering how most Asian societies tend to work...this won't change even after 1000 years.

@user-ys9io1ir2q 3 жыл бұрын

Another black person in japan getting treated with respect. God bless the Land of the Rising sun

@DaveLopez575 8 ай бұрын

I went to Japan in 1997. I stayed mostly in Nagoya. My impression is that there was indeed uniformity but I always saw Japanese people trying to break the norm. I personally felt ok being myself, but if people were “talking smack” I sure didn’t understand hehehe. My Japanese was never fluent but I got by. I am sure being 外人　was part of it. You did hear the occasional “He doesn’t know any better because he is a foreigner” but I didn’t care. My trip was absolutely amazing and it was nice to visit a country that has strong cultural ties to my family. Ps: I did follow daily etiquete and I was always polite.

@Hey_zues420 2 жыл бұрын

I love how slow you talk, Its really soothing and helps with comprehending everything your teaching

@user-uo8mx3cv5k 2 жыл бұрын

Some dude: Has Blonde hair Japan: This guy would cause all the volcanoes to kill us all!

@chimi_churri_sauce 2 жыл бұрын

not even a joke because it's so true. they are literally petrified of blonde haired people!

@flwrskie 2 жыл бұрын

@@chimi_churri_sauce why?

@chimi_churri_sauce 2 жыл бұрын

@@flwrskie like in the video Japanese people are taught to keep their hair black during school, so they think of blonde hair as rebellious/aggressive or sth. Also it's simply rare. well, this is mainly about the countryside areas tho!

@flwrskie 2 жыл бұрын

@@chimi_churri_sauce oh got it, thank you :) (english isn't my first language so the video was a bit confusing for me)

@GamingPenguin3838 2 жыл бұрын

Must have been goku

@harryloulen3959 2 жыл бұрын

I think addicted to “conformity” is a better term than addicted to “justice”

@XxROBATOxX 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah "justice" is a weird word here.

@ildesu789 2 жыл бұрын

Japanese authors thrive making up "natural" concepts to justify the way their society has turned out just recently. Japan in the second half of the 20th century was a lively and diverse place.

@annalisam9999 2 жыл бұрын

@@ildesu789 diverse how

@redox6548 2 жыл бұрын

@@ildesu789 Japan is anything but diverse. Walking in Tokyo was like Playing GTA: looks just keeps repeating even the clothes and haircuts it's nuts.

@IRON--MAN 2 жыл бұрын

@@ildesu789 Japan is even diverse today....just in formal/official workplaces, it enforces strict rules. But for sake of tourism, they have adapted alot to Western/European culture but somewhat in their own terms.

@shnydtayne 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, this was very enlightening!! Thank you!

@vanessa.nguyen 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly such a great channel, and it's awesome to be able to dive deep into the different aspects of a culture. And yesss I think you are reaching that goal of educating people which will bring about change! I believe you will reach 1 million subs really soon.

@sulffffffur 3 жыл бұрын

“natural perms” you mean curly hair? hehehe

@xahdiel8292 3 жыл бұрын

That's insane

@mydogsteppedona4431 3 жыл бұрын

Half of my childhood friends and me wouldn't make it...

@TheStepmonkey 3 жыл бұрын

Well asians with “natural curly hair” are basically non existent so 🤷‍♀️

@starrynight669 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheStepmonkey still it's just funny hearing that from a westerners perspective

@clustercrash2995 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheStepmonkey didnt original Japan habitants sometimes had curls? Also adamanese people. Yeah, im talkin ancient africans who settled there

@MIKE-yq1co 3 жыл бұрын

If you guys have ever seen the show “Erased” I understand why kyo was so quiet about being abused or even being quiet when she was being accused

@maliksuraihsuweco3964 3 жыл бұрын

The first anime that show bullying in japan that i watch

@darklightmotion5534 3 жыл бұрын

I loved that anime

@TecTitan 3 жыл бұрын

It didn't get boring when like halfway through you get to figure it all out?

@darklightmotion5534 3 жыл бұрын

@@TecTitanyou know almost from the first flashback scene who it is. Its about the humanity and the adventure

@hollyleavves 3 жыл бұрын

Isn't that the same anime where a whole family falls apart for just a chocolate bar?

@georgerowe9166 2 жыл бұрын

First of all, you are AMAZING!!! i love they way you talk and you have an incredible smile and working at a Samurai Restaurant! Freaking AWESOME, dude!

@welcometohokkaidojapan 2 ай бұрын

My son was bullied by kids and parents because he spoke french with me at kinder garden, It took him nearly 10 years to walk near me in the street and wana study again french, i have 20 years in Japan

@schweinefleischteinvonreic5573 3 жыл бұрын

Woah, so anime is basically an SOS call?

@BBWahoo 3 жыл бұрын

That's disturbingly the case. Yes, the reason a lot of anime is outlandish at times is because a lot of artists use it to vent.

@namenlosNamenlos 3 жыл бұрын

I feel sorry for them.

@mrluthfians01 3 жыл бұрын

@shizukagozen777 3 жыл бұрын

@@Paramore_your_Decode I'm an anime fan but I totally agree.

@shizukagozen777 3 жыл бұрын

@Giamm Lieddack When people talk about anime, they lowkey also talk about manga and its other forms like doujinshi. Dolls ? 🤔

@dinathefossilfighter 2 жыл бұрын

My dad had a coworker who moved to Japan for his job. He brought his family to Japan too. Apparently his children would constantly get in trouble in the Japanese school because American kids are rowdier and tend to be more touchy when they play (although, the American schools I went to as a child was also against physical contact, even high-hives and hugs). And apparently the coworker and his wife were seen as weird. Sometimes the coworker would fetch a beer or something for his wife. It was seen as weird because, according to what I heard, the wife was expected to be in the kitchen and get the food for the husband, not the other way around. Now I kind of feel bad for the coworker and his family.

@Sly-Moose 2 жыл бұрын

No surprise there that Japan is misogynistic 🙄

@LeetTron5000 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sly-Moose that word doesnt really exist over there. It also barely exists here and doesnt apply to general social trends. ITs not mysogynistic when a man thinks he needs to provide for his wife and family but all of a sudden is when he thinks she should provide in the kitchen? Its not to be looked down on its about being at home for the family and you will get respect for being trustworthy and competent mother to potential children. You dont have to be in the kitchen and jobless but there are many women out there that want this role and many men that want that or also want a career driven wife.

@examichelle 2 жыл бұрын

@@LeetTron5000 It doesn't exist because they don't even regard misogyny as such. There are many behaviors towards women in Japan which are astoundingly outrageous.

@LeetTron5000 2 жыл бұрын

@@examichelle yeah thats what i meant, it doesnt exist bc they dont believe in it. its just the norm there and straying from the norm is frowned upon. Theres Probably alot more legitimate mysoginy aside from societal norms.

@guilhermediniz6084 2 жыл бұрын

Now think: here in Brazil, we are ALL TOUCHY. We express our feelings by touch, it's normal to us, children in special, to be grabbing each other all the time. Here sometimes it's a PROBLEM if you aren't touchy. And we don't have a much delimited social space too. It's normal for us visit people without warning, make parties and invite strangers, etc. As a brazilian myself, i cannot see the problem with high-fives and hugs. Here, women work hard, and many husbands cook and take care of children. My question is, where is the middle ground? There is a "right" way of living?

@garfooledarbuckle3888 2 жыл бұрын

This is a well structured video on an interesting topic. I knew schools to be strict and uniform based in Japan but I didn't know it was this extreme.

@jerryborjon 2 жыл бұрын

6:39 I’m no expert, but somehow I don’t think early humans were that strict about… formality. I have heard early humans kicked out people that were _detrimental_ to the group (i.e. ate too much food, didn’t contribute as much as others, etc.). I seriously doubt they cared about how “different” you were if you did your work.

@maryamz.1772 2 жыл бұрын

No wonder why every anime villain/hero's come up with very wise quotes about a harsh society :(

@Daniel-ko9kh 2 жыл бұрын

That actually makes sense..

@Anonymous-Wolf 2 жыл бұрын

Family

@kizurra9648 2 жыл бұрын

Wait

@praisethesun.praisedeussol6051 2 жыл бұрын

Amogus

@COMEMELAVERGA 2 жыл бұрын

Cringe

@deadcaliph6414 3 жыл бұрын

Teenage girl with natural brown hair = an act of injustice Man robbed and beaten badly by the Yakuza = it can't be helped

@aeroanosupremo 3 жыл бұрын

It's like the whole government works like a goddamn school

@carlossssssss5492 2 жыл бұрын

@@aeroanosupremo damn this is so true

@lly_09 2 жыл бұрын

That's true but yakuza can't be handled that easily

@Andrew-rd9zq 2 жыл бұрын

@@lly_09 Because of corruption?

@boi-august5959 2 жыл бұрын

@@Andrew-rd9zq the yakuza make up a huge amount of the country’s economy. So the gov let them be , as long as they don’t go over the top. The brighter the light the darker the shadow .

@Thefizzler69 2 жыл бұрын

I really love the format and speed of the info in the video

@katpage9378 2 жыл бұрын

I love how organized and clear this video is. Also, the information about how Japan’s love for everyone being the same is caused by the fact that they have so many natural disasters is very interesting, and I’ve never thought of that before.