simj26
Awful, Terrible, No-good Layabout
Number 1)
If you're a natural born Japanese, don't read this thread.
EDIT: If you're Brazilian as well, don't read this thread.
Or do. I'm just a post, not a cop.
I'm just saying that because this probably doesn't apply to you.
Number 2)
If you get pretty easily offended because I ask questions, don't read this thread.
Or do, I'm a post, not your mom.
Number 3) if you have any leftover sardines, send it to me because I'm really hungry.
Or don't. I'm not your boss.
Now, to business.
Why Japan? Why Nihongo Ichi?
Like I get why you want to visit there, I mean, I want to go back there too. I didn't know of the love I held for dakis until I became a wizard (in-joke). But the fact is:
Japan is xenophobic as hell. There was a video circulating around the other time about a bunch of officials going around in a van with a microphone yelling out "GAIJIN GO HOME". It was not a joke. They are xenophobic as hell. No matter how you think they may accept you into their folds, westerners will always get dirty looks from several parts of Japan. Media doesn't tend to portray this, because animation studios and film studios want international reach. Showing xenophobia on their content might diminish the reception of a global audience.
The next thing is the otaku culture. Yes, yes, japan is lolweird, and you can buy all those stuff everywhere, but no one does this proudly. Or they do, but society will still view them as utter shit. Japan's ever progressing technological haven and economic status means that if you are a stay-home, shut-in nerd who doesnt have a job that contributes to the society and just watches anime all day, you're useless. Even if you do have a job, otaku are seen as the lowest of low, and are often ostracised by some in the working force.
Japan is like any other country. They have their standards, they have their cultures, and they have their individual circles, but just because your anime or your mango glorifies everything you want to be doesn't mean that it will be the same in real life Japan. Fiction and reality are individual existences, don't get them messed up.
C'mon! Hit me with your best shot, you punks! I know there are guys out there who want to go Japan because you think they accept people like you! CMON! FITE ME! I THRILL FOR THE BATTLE
If you're a natural born Japanese, don't read this thread.
EDIT: If you're Brazilian as well, don't read this thread.
Or do. I'm just a post, not a cop.
I'm just saying that because this probably doesn't apply to you.
Number 2)
If you get pretty easily offended because I ask questions, don't read this thread.
Or do, I'm a post, not your mom.
Number 3) if you have any leftover sardines, send it to me because I'm really hungry.
Or don't. I'm not your boss.
Now, to business.
Why Japan? Why Nihongo Ichi?
Like I get why you want to visit there, I mean, I want to go back there too. I didn't know of the love I held for dakis until I became a wizard (in-joke). But the fact is:
Japan is xenophobic as hell. There was a video circulating around the other time about a bunch of officials going around in a van with a microphone yelling out "GAIJIN GO HOME". It was not a joke. They are xenophobic as hell. No matter how you think they may accept you into their folds, westerners will always get dirty looks from several parts of Japan. Media doesn't tend to portray this, because animation studios and film studios want international reach. Showing xenophobia on their content might diminish the reception of a global audience.
The next thing is the otaku culture. Yes, yes, japan is lolweird, and you can buy all those stuff everywhere, but no one does this proudly. Or they do, but society will still view them as utter shit. Japan's ever progressing technological haven and economic status means that if you are a stay-home, shut-in nerd who doesnt have a job that contributes to the society and just watches anime all day, you're useless. Even if you do have a job, otaku are seen as the lowest of low, and are often ostracised by some in the working force.
Japan is like any other country. They have their standards, they have their cultures, and they have their individual circles, but just because your anime or your mango glorifies everything you want to be doesn't mean that it will be the same in real life Japan. Fiction and reality are individual existences, don't get them messed up.
C'mon! Hit me with your best shot, you punks! I know there are guys out there who want to go Japan because you think they accept people like you! CMON! FITE ME! I THRILL FOR THE BATTLE
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