Maurice W lol in my school its because the freshmen think their tough shit so they always get beat down because they try to fight the best fighters in the school
what kind of barbaric school did yall go into lol. The more you hang out with different people the less how old people are really matter. well that's how it was for me at least.
I wish we had senpai/kouhai system in germany. But there wasn't. i really like the japanese people help out each other and learn many things from each other. europe is more like "me at first" society. i really hate this. thank you cathycat-san. great video as always.
Actually the "senpai/kouhai" system is stupid. It gives an automatic, unearned immunity from criticism to "senpais" merely because they were born before you. In Japanese companies just because someone joined the company a couple of years before you, it grants them unquestionable, eternal respect from your side. Even if you become more competent than them. Even if they're lazy bastards. You still have to pretend that you cant survive without them. I prefer a system where only one quality determines your success: competence.
The senpai/kouhai system is waay more intense than just school seniority though. It exists in the workplace, in sports, in random organizations, etc. throughout your entire life and purely based on experience. So, no matter how good you are or what ideas you have, you always have to acquiesce to your senpai. This might be ok if your senpai is always competent, but if you have shitty senpai, than you're stuck no matter what until they decide to leave. Which they won't, because the longer you are in something, the more of a senpai you are, and the more privileges you get! And if you leave and go somewhere else you have to start all over as a kouhai again. On the other hand, it's good because it does provide some security and assurance for workers and students and helps things run smoothly. But I think maybe they should try to strike more of a balance, so that it's not so automatic.
You wanna complain about the same Europe where we have beautiful gardens we care for, buildings, parks, keep our populations healthy and looked after..where other people overpopulate, refuse to plant and so run out of freshwater and have to "flee"- (queue eyes roll) your country is what you the people make of it. A lot of the current and past Japan has actually learned from Europe, i.e have you ever tried weaving/kniitng etc. these are smart skills that require mathematical charting etc. and the thing we the European worked out. Prior Japan was an interesting and beautiful place though of Samurai, Geisha etc.. but the people are just not quite as quick thinking, however there calm personalities make a quick-thinking and prone to anxiety people like me jealous though, and they look like dolls..very gorgeous.
In croatia there is no hierarchy like that, but ive noticed in university people took a lot of care of each other than in highschool and elementary school. In my bachelor year we met seniors in their third year in the library. They had daily study groups and would hang out there between the classes and do stuff on their computers. Since we were a small department they allowed us to sit at their table and that's how the conversation started. By the end of the year the circle grew bigger and everybody from 1st year knew everybody from 3rd year and they helped us with homework and exams. There were school protests in my 3rd year where a lot of 2nd years participated and since i am small one of them protected me from falling haha. After that we started noticing them at the library and started talking. Soon again we new a lot of people from second year and we started helping them with their assignments and exams. Unfortunately some of my colleagues failed a year or two and we were helping them and also 1st years. Fast forward today. I am still in really good relationship with one of my seniors who is 2 years older than me and juniors who is 1 year younger than me. The other week i was helping my junior prepare for her job interview. :)
We have system like this in Russia. But it's not the same. In Russia teachers in schools tell that students with bad marks should sit together with students who have good marks. We haven't single tables, only for two people. So students sit close to each other.
At many Swedish universities the older students go together in big "senpai groups" to help the new students make friends and get a good start in school. At my university the seniors arranged or helped out with activities for the juniors almost every day during the first four weeks and the main goal was to make sure that every new student hade at least one new friend after those first weeks. They would help out housing pre parties, help juniors get started with their first courses and just in general introduce them to the student life. I still have great contact with both many of my seniors and those who were my juniors even now after several years so it was an awesome way of getting into the big university bubble! Do you have similar systems at universities in your countries?
I was a senpai to 120 kids in an American high school, but we had actual ranks. It was much more relaxed in university clubs when I didn't have a rank.
I admired a senpai of mine a lot back when I was getting my Diploma and we were in the same club(well, I actually join partially because of him) and I always wished that he noticed me. I never had the guts to talk to him unless the last camp both of us went together... Kinda regret it now... There was once when my friend overheard the seniors talking and she heard him saying that actually it was not the food in charge (my partner and I) fault... He's too kind because I insisted on bringing the food to the wrong venue and even the game masters had to help to bring them over to the actual venue... 😭😭😭
maybe the closest thing in the US is if you play team sports in school. perhaps the older teammates may help but I don't believe they feel any obligation or pride to do it. if you're lucky you will have someone kind enough. now I play recreational sports and I think about perhaps trying to do a little mentoring like a community service but am not sure how to manage the time for it bc there is no organized schedule for it
In French school, the hierarchy is also rather faded.... It really depends on people and friend groups. Since we don't have such a thing as Keigo, everyone is treated the same but we do have something close to kohai/senpai relationship when we are doing other things than hanging out. We also have some sort of rivalry between years, I guess But when I went to Chinese public school, the difference was really strong!! They had a real rivalry, I ended up spending some time with all three years, and the first year didn't like the second years while they didn't like the third years.... Except for the poeple that were in clubs.
In Portugal when you go to uni in the beginning of first and second semestre there are activities prepared by the older students meant for you to be integrated in your course, and for you to meet the other students in your course. And in the beginning (this depends a bit on the uni you’re in) you can choose a “course godfather” and/or a “course godmother” and they are older students who will help you (and sometimes buy you beer ahah) until they graduate. There even is a kind of “baptism” ahaha And normally there isn’t much hierarchy, except during hazing (the said activities), during hazing there are even honorific terms depending on how many years the students have been in uni and they even wear “the university student suit” (we have a name for it but idk how to translate it 😅), they just call you “freshman”
It's can be the same here in the US at work. Generally, older employees help newer ones out with things if they're not douches. Being polite is not really a societal expectation though.
Helping younger? Very rare... in fact they like to keep distance from younger age groups, if they are nice... or bully youngsters if they’re not nice...helping and caring is looked up as heavy responsibility here among seniors and they don’t want to bother themselves with it here in UK... however, teachers and even school heads are very approachable and students feel free to ask them for help, give suggestions and even crack jokes ... I guess that’s why kids here are more confident dealing with grown ups... and yes, downside is there is not much comradeship among different year groups.
erry erre ciertamente la presión social que se puede llegar a vivir bajo una sociedad jerarquizada debe ser abrumadora, particularmente si los senpai abusan de los kōhai . Mi comentario estaba más enfocado a que el sistema también puede facilitar cuidar y procurar los unos a los otros.
I have to agree with you, Japan and SK (from what I know) have this really interesting result from this hierarchy. The older ones tend to feel responsible for the younger oned and vice-versa, I guess you could say it inspires respect among people, but I guess it is just a matter of politeness and being kind to one another, the hierarchy itself is not that necessary. Just that good old story of respecting who knows more than you.
Johan Phillips basically someone who is older than you, but many people make it seem so special because they’re anime obsessed. They’re “senpai” in every country, just different words for it.
En serio?? Escuela o liceo?? Cuando estuve en la Universidad estudiando Ingenieria si sentí todo eso de "Senpai". Los mas viejos aparecían en el casino y nos ayudaba con los problemas. Pero solo en Ingenieria, no en Pedagogía :(
Arlekin Vergeltungswaffe En el colegio. En el primero que estuve, cuando estaba como en séptimo, nos permitieron apadrinar otros niños. En mi otro colegio, era una tradición, los cuartos medios apadrinaban niños de primero básico. En mi u ya no pasaba nada...en periodismo nadie nos ayudó XD!
Ayyylmao. Mala onda los periodistas. Pero bkn que hayan tenido ese sistema. Es bonito. Y bkn conocer a alguien de Shile por aquí!!! Eres fan de Cathy Cat también?? :D
Yo solo sigo a Cathy a donde ella vaya. Ella tiene su propio canal y es super kawaii. Podriamos decir que soy su fan mas grande LOL. También soy un entusiasta de Japón, pero muy diferente al resto. Verás, muchos llegan ahí por el anime (el cual veo, pero muy poco), otros por la sub cultura (porque cultura hablamos de la era Edo, por ejemplo. Eso es cultura), pero yo estoy obsesionado con Japón por la comedia. Verás, tengo depre hacen ya muchos años, y lo que mas hago es ver cosas graciosas para combatirla, y verás que en Japón el humor es MUY importante. Por eso todo lo que sea de Japón y tenga buen humor, me hace bien y me gusta. Y Cathy Cat es tan re linda y siempre tan alegre y positiva. Hablo siempre con ella en Twitter y en su canal. Si no estabas suscrita, te lo recomiendo un montón. Así te conviertes en un kitten!! :D
I'm a Senpai in our school but juniors,sophomores and freshmen's barely respect me. Sad but true stories though I'm the one who run manage all club and etc
Similar, i have had lots over the years come up and ask for help with study etc. but its not such a recognised role. just something that happens. a lot of the time they just want sex and are trying to spend time with you. so have to be careful about who you help and how much time you spend with them if you don't want them to get the wrong idea. I wish it was a clearer system.
Dude, I know for a fact that I'm older than Cathy Cat (don't know how much). If someday she calls me Senpai, I swear to kamisama, I'm going to carv out my chest with a tea spoon, pull out my heart and give it to her.
i think this ‘senpai’thing is kinda stupid because we’re all equal. just because one person was born a year or two before you that doesn’t earn them respect automatically. i will treat everyone nice until they don’t do so to me but giving special treatment to someone just because they’re older is stupid and people take advantage of it many times.
@Ri'AikaCröw Actually he's right. Just because someone was born a couple of years before you doesn't mean they earn automatic respect from you for the rest of their life. This facet of Japanese culture is unquestionably retarded.
Ri'AikaCröw it's not all Asian culture. Please don't generalise the many countries of Asia. In my country, we don't care if you're 1-5 years older than us as long as we're in the same generation we call you by name. In fact, my junior calls me by name and she's 6 years younger than me
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In America, the older kids bully the younger kids.
Maurice W lol in my school its because the freshmen think their tough shit so they always get beat down because they try to fight the best fighters in the school
Thanks God That I don't Live in USA
what kind of barbaric school did yall go into lol. The more you hang out with different people the less how old people are really matter. well that's how it was for me at least.
lol that sound like crow zero freshman
Why though
Guy in the blue shirt in the thumbnail - senpai material
We need senpai in our life
First comment... Also great video guys and Cathy Cat 😀 Keep up the great work!😀
I love the way you take on your videos! So refreshing
Oh my heart. Mr blue shirt thumbnail guy is a whole entire full course meal.
I wish we had senpai/kouhai system in germany. But there wasn't. i really like the japanese people help out each other and learn many things from each other. europe is more like "me at first" society. i really hate this. thank you cathycat-san. great video as always.
Actually the "senpai/kouhai" system is stupid. It gives an automatic, unearned immunity from criticism to "senpais" merely because they were born before you. In Japanese companies just because someone joined the company a couple of years before you, it grants them unquestionable, eternal respect from your side. Even if you become more competent than them. Even if they're lazy bastards. You still have to pretend that you cant survive without them.
I prefer a system where only one quality determines your success: competence.
In germany everyone hate the younger students XD
The senpai/kouhai system is waay more intense than just school seniority though. It exists in the workplace, in sports, in random organizations, etc. throughout your entire life and purely based on experience. So, no matter how good you are or what ideas you have, you always have to acquiesce to your senpai. This might be ok if your senpai is always competent, but if you have shitty senpai, than you're stuck no matter what until they decide to leave. Which they won't, because the longer you are in something, the more of a senpai you are, and the more privileges you get! And if you leave and go somewhere else you have to start all over as a kouhai again. On the other hand, it's good because it does provide some security and assurance for workers and students and helps things run smoothly. But I think maybe they should try to strike more of a balance, so that it's not so automatic.
What is "me at first" society?
You wanna complain about the same Europe where we have beautiful gardens we care for, buildings, parks, keep our populations healthy and looked after..where other people overpopulate, refuse to plant and so run out of freshwater and have to "flee"- (queue eyes roll) your country is what you the people make of it. A lot of the current and past Japan has actually learned from Europe, i.e have you ever tried weaving/kniitng etc. these are smart skills that require mathematical charting etc. and the thing we the European worked out. Prior Japan was an interesting and beautiful place though of Samurai, Geisha etc.. but the people are just not quite as quick thinking, however there calm personalities make a quick-thinking and prone to anxiety people like me jealous though, and they look like dolls..very gorgeous.
They really sound like anime :o
In croatia there is no hierarchy like that, but ive noticed in university people took a lot of care of each other than in highschool and elementary school. In my bachelor year we met seniors in their third year in the library. They had daily study groups and would hang out there between the classes and do stuff on their computers. Since we were a small department they allowed us to sit at their table and that's how the conversation started. By the end of the year the circle grew bigger and everybody from 1st year knew everybody from 3rd year and they helped us with homework and exams. There were school protests in my 3rd year where a lot of 2nd years participated and since i am small one of them protected me from falling haha. After that we started noticing them at the library and started talking. Soon again we new a lot of people from second year and we started helping them with their assignments and exams. Unfortunately some of my colleagues failed a year or two and we were helping them and also 1st years. Fast forward today. I am still in really good relationship with one of my seniors who is 2 years older than me and juniors who is 1 year younger than me. The other week i was helping my junior prepare for her job interview. :)
Black shirt guy though. Welppppp senpai notice me
We have system like this in Russia. But it's not the same. In Russia teachers in schools tell that students with bad marks should sit together with students who have good marks. We haven't single tables, only for two people. So students sit close to each other.
I'm Russian, went to 2 schools there, but never heard of such system.
Halloweenman same here in india
Halloweenman it's the same with my school that I'm going right now!
I love how they're like I like my senpai because they take me out to eat =^.^= (I wish I have a senpai because free food)
i need a yasashi senpai
In Poland we haven't got something similiar to senpai so... :(
Senpai notice me! xD
At many Swedish universities the older students go together in big "senpai groups" to help the new students make friends and get a good start in school. At my university the seniors arranged or helped out with activities for the juniors almost every day during the first four weeks and the main goal was to make sure that every new student hade at least one new friend after those first weeks. They would help out housing pre parties, help juniors get started with their first courses and just in general introduce them to the student life. I still have great contact with both many of my seniors and those who were my juniors even now after several years so it was an awesome way of getting into the big university bubble!
Do you have similar systems at universities in your countries?
1:10 the guy in the black jawline is sharper than diamonds DAYUM
I was a senpai to 120 kids in an American high school, but we had actual ranks. It was much more relaxed in university clubs when I didn't have a rank.
5:29 never thought I'd see THAT on a UA-cam video, got me all hot and bothered.
DrProfessor756 I don't get it...
I admired a senpai of mine a lot back when I was getting my Diploma and we were in the same club(well, I actually join partially because of him) and I always wished that he noticed me. I never had the guts to talk to him unless the last camp both of us went together... Kinda regret it now... There was once when my friend overheard the seniors talking and she heard him saying that actually it was not the food in charge (my partner and I) fault... He's too kind because I insisted on bringing the food to the wrong venue and even the game masters had to help to bring them over to the actual venue... 😭😭😭
maybe the closest thing in the US is if you play team sports in school. perhaps the older teammates may help but I don't believe they feel any obligation or pride to do it. if you're lucky you will have someone kind enough. now I play recreational sports and I think about perhaps trying to do a little mentoring like a community service but am not sure how to manage the time for it bc there is no organized schedule for it
In italy there is nothing like this
4:23 😍😍
ITC a lot of thirsty girls lmao
In French school, the hierarchy is also rather faded.... It really depends on people and friend groups. Since we don't have such a thing as Keigo, everyone is treated the same but we do have something close to kohai/senpai relationship when we are doing other things than hanging out.
We also have some sort of rivalry between years, I guess
But when I went to Chinese public school, the difference was really strong!! They had a real rivalry, I ended up spending some time with all three years, and the first year didn't like the second years while they didn't like the third years.... Except for the poeple that were in clubs.
In Portugal when you go to uni in the beginning of first and second semestre there are activities prepared by the older students meant for you to be integrated in your course, and for you to meet the other students in your course. And in the beginning (this depends a bit on the uni you’re in) you can choose a “course godfather” and/or a “course godmother” and they are older students who will help you (and sometimes buy you beer ahah) until they graduate. There even is a kind of “baptism” ahaha
And normally there isn’t much hierarchy, except during hazing (the said activities), during hazing there are even honorific terms depending on how many years the students have been in uni and they even wear “the university student suit” (we have a name for it but idk how to translate it 😅), they just call you “freshman”
It's can be the same here in the US at work. Generally, older employees help newer ones out with things if they're not douches. Being polite is not really a societal expectation though.
Cathyさんの一人芝居、もっと見たいw
Helping younger? Very rare... in fact they like to keep distance from younger age groups, if they are nice... or bully youngsters if they’re not nice...helping and caring is looked up as heavy responsibility here among seniors and they don’t want to bother themselves with it here in UK... however, teachers and even school heads are very approachable and students feel free to ask them for help, give suggestions and even crack jokes ... I guess that’s why kids here are more confident dealing with grown ups... and yes, downside is there is not much comradeship among different year groups.
My new senpai is Bijuu mike.
I live in mexico, but me and my friends love japanese culture, so since I'm older than them they call me senpai sometimes
bruh the intro was cringe but the vid was very interesting. in a good way ;)
Senpai notice me at work!!!
2:47 glasses LUL
I wish we had something similar in Mexico, maybe in some indigenous regions have but I cannot assure it...
Soron Quenta Se ve interesante desde nuestros países pero vivir con esa jerarquia social debe ser agobiante, saludos de Chile!
erry erre ciertamente la presión social que se puede llegar a vivir bajo una sociedad jerarquizada debe ser abrumadora, particularmente si los senpai abusan de los kōhai . Mi comentario estaba más enfocado a que el sistema también puede facilitar cuidar y procurar los unos a los otros.
I have to agree with you, Japan and SK (from what I know) have this really interesting result from this hierarchy. The older ones tend to feel responsible for the younger oned and vice-versa, I guess you could say it inspires respect among people, but I guess it is just a matter of politeness and being kind to one another, the hierarchy itself is not that necessary. Just that good old story of respecting who knows more than you.
REALLY ,,, Muuuum
Subtítulos en español por favor :'v
Subtitulos en español please! 😀😀
You should do Japanese react to Anime Crimes Division by RocketJump
I read the description, but I still have no clue what the fuck a senpai is lol
Johan Phillips basically someone who is older than you, but many people make it seem so special because they’re anime obsessed. They’re “senpai” in every country, just different words for it.
its basically like an upperclassman in highschool
In my school in Chile, senior year students could act as godparents of first grade students. It was very cute ^^
En serio?? Escuela o liceo?? Cuando estuve en la Universidad estudiando Ingenieria si sentí todo eso de "Senpai". Los mas viejos aparecían en el casino y nos ayudaba con los problemas. Pero solo en Ingenieria, no en Pedagogía :(
Arlekin Vergeltungswaffe En el colegio. En el primero que estuve, cuando estaba como en séptimo, nos permitieron apadrinar otros niños. En mi otro colegio, era una tradición, los cuartos medios apadrinaban niños de primero básico. En mi u ya no pasaba nada...en periodismo nadie nos ayudó XD!
Ayyylmao. Mala onda los periodistas. Pero bkn que hayan tenido ese sistema. Es bonito. Y bkn conocer a alguien de Shile por aquí!!! Eres fan de Cathy Cat también?? :D
Arlekin Vergeltungswaffe Sí 💜!! Igual sigo a otros como Asian Boss o Abroad in Japan :) Y tú?????
Yo solo sigo a Cathy a donde ella vaya. Ella tiene su propio canal y es super kawaii. Podriamos decir que soy su fan mas grande LOL. También soy un entusiasta de Japón, pero muy diferente al resto. Verás, muchos llegan ahí por el anime (el cual veo, pero muy poco), otros por la sub cultura (porque cultura hablamos de la era Edo, por ejemplo. Eso es cultura), pero yo estoy obsesionado con Japón por la comedia. Verás, tengo depre hacen ya muchos años, y lo que mas hago es ver cosas graciosas para combatirla, y verás que en Japón el humor es MUY importante. Por eso todo lo que sea de Japón y tenga buen humor, me hace bien y me gusta. Y Cathy Cat es tan re linda y siempre tan alegre y positiva. Hablo siempre con ella en Twitter y en su canal. Si no estabas suscrita, te lo recomiendo un montón. Así te conviertes en un kitten!! :D
KathiKatze, bemerke mich!
i do sepatize with their historias
I'm a Senpai in our school but juniors,sophomores and freshmen's barely respect me. Sad but true stories though I'm the one who run manage all club and etc
Hmm i wonder why people say sempai
Similar, i have had lots over the years come up and ask for help with study etc. but its not such a recognised role. just something that happens. a lot of the time they just want sex and are trying to spend time with you. so have to be careful about who you help and how much time you spend with them if you don't want them to get the wrong idea. I wish it was a clearer system.
MephistoRolling what country are you from?
Australia.
Dude, I know for a fact that I'm older than Cathy Cat (don't know how much). If someday she calls me Senpai, I swear to kamisama, I'm going to carv out my chest with a tea spoon, pull out my heart and give it to her.
Arlekin Vergeltungswaffe scary....
Ayu Umi Not at all. It's just... Love
The best kind of love if you ask me
See?? Navrik understand me
ブラジルでは。先輩システムはありません。
Did i hear my name?
Hi.
I'v liked ur channal idea but I didnt understand anything, please write subtitle r speak some english
i think this ‘senpai’thing is kinda stupid because we’re all equal. just because one person was born a year or two before you that doesn’t earn them respect automatically. i will treat everyone nice until they don’t do so to me but giving special treatment to someone just because they’re older is stupid and people take advantage of it many times.
@Ri'AikaCröw Actually he's right. Just because someone was born a couple of years before you doesn't mean they earn automatic respect from you for the rest of their life. This facet of Japanese culture is unquestionably retarded.
Ri'AikaCröw it's not all Asian culture. Please don't generalise the many countries of Asia. In my country, we don't care if you're 1-5 years older than us as long as we're in the same generation we call you by name. In fact, my junior calls me by name and she's 6 years younger than me
So Oppa and Unnie is allowed? No way in hell. Senpai and Kouhai makes more sense to me.