Why You MUST NEVER Stand Out in Japan
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- “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)
3:40 How you are taught to be “normal” in Japan (job hunting)
5:43 Addiction to justice
6:49 Why Japanese are especially addicted to justice
8:42 Today’s conclusion
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Are there anything else you would like to know about Japanese society?
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
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. :)
New sub here im curious is there any mosque in kyoto or how kyoto peeps view muslim tourist sorry bad english
Can you talk about the family dynamics please?
Continue revealing the truths about Japan and continue pursuing the changes you want to see. I love it. I have subscribed.
Anime protagonists: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that."
anime is designed by japanese to express themselves. because they are repressed.
Ikr😂
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
@@agrippa2012 my boy
@@IchigosBestFriend Sir, did you want to chase Ichigo again?
I would just simply say: Never romanticize a country just because the movies/shows told you so.
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.
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.
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.
Dude i am surrounded by people wanting to go to japan because they watch naruto, WTF?
You would think that would go without saying.
"The nail that stands out gets hammered down" was a phrase I learned when I visited Japan.
That sounds extremely oppressive.
@@grimmsleeper3602 it is
Yup, that’s one I quickly found out when I moved there initially.
I find it weirdly interesting that this is a popular saying in Japan
@@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?
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.
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.
!remind me one second
I'm really sorry for what your friend had to go through.
I hope her QOL is better now.
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.
wow this is so based
"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.
I wonder do black people need a note that their skin is black or do they need to wear white makup?
@@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
Imagine if that was said during a pandemic
@@antivirusdictionary 🧍🏻♂️. . .
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.
I don't like job hunting season in Japan. I see all my students quickly turn into clones of each other.
Thank you so much for leaving a comment!
Are you a teacher in Japan? I don’t like the season either...
@@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 😔
@@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.
@@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
@@darassylmoniakam Every culture has social issues. Many are far worse than Japan's.
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.
Brilliant ... well, how's that working out for America?
They're just
rock bands
@@pm2886
Are you being serious or joking with that question?
@Bucket Seeing gism mentioned completely took me by surprise. Keep the underground alive!
@@pm2886 ???????
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.
I hear about girls with the type and personality of Gyaru, but what about the other types, where can I find out about them?
@@adhamal-jawad9763 wdym by "other types"? Do you mean gyaru sub-cultures/styles (kogal, mamba, ganguro) or other Japanese alternative fashion styles? (Lolita, Ouji, Jirai Kei..)
now I understand all the suicides
yep.
Same...
:(
The sucide also came from the parents high Expectations and pressure
Yup
Weebs: I wanna move to Japan because it's like a slice of life anime
Japan:
This subject has been brought up in many UA-cam comment sections so I’m just going to summarize it:
Japan isn’t anime
@@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.
until they move, live and work here. Good luck.
😂 right
@@ericmm1335 I know right? In anime the students always idolize foreigners or people with blonde hair. Its very different.
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!
Have Fun!!!
Have fun, and be careful
Best of luck!
!Remindme 2 years
Be careful and have fun
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.
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
@@aoieste2503 title??
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.
Other countries: *discriminates against skin colour, race, religion, political stance, etc.*
Japan: let's add hair colour to the list
also hair shape
In some places of Argentina, and probably the rest of latin america, kids bully other kids because they're blonde
@@Shackospeare yeah, no lol being blonde in latin america is a chick magnet
@@maikeru7549 you clearly didn't live in my part of my country, blondes are really discriminated.
@@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.
This is horrifying.
For you but hardly for them
@@pog428 you should watch the episode where he talks about bullying in japan and how high the suicide rate is lately...
@@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.
Funny, having come from a culture in Europe that's almost the complete opposite, this doesn't strike me as all that horrifying.
Even in love they barely are expressive unless paired with a romantic and affectionate race.
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.
Southeast Asians value diversity and Uniqueness. East Asians value harmony/oneness
Also, we have a bit problem with immigrant where there too much even the local barely have any job
i lived in kelantan & i dont think people accept 'uniqueness' here due to religion rules
I'm malaysian too nice
I read this with faline sans voice, I respect Malaysians tbh
I live in Japan and it’s honestly exhausting and depressing to me. Does anyone have tips to overcome school anxiety in Japan?
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.
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.
Read Quran
@@lishasalimrosetta yes just pretend youre a desert person FREAK, that´ll get people to like you
Read and study Bible
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.
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?
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
@@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
;-;
That's because work and school culture in Japan can be pretty toxic.
Especially for kids as well.
Imagine being born as a blond or someone with brown hair through ancestry.
But the enforces strictly that everyone must have black hair.
Crazy right?
Imagine wanting change to happen but no one is wanting it to happen at the same time.
Which is one of the reason why they are one of the countries with one of the highest suicide rates.
That's why anime doesn't properly represent the culture! It's an explosion of repressed souls!
Yes ma’am
Yes.
@@julinaonYT americans sure want to be european monarchs it seems
I’m mind blown by this comment. I never thought of this way
@@furinick maybe bcos all white americans come from Europe? Lmaoo
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.
Psycho pass
@@f2pcoder92 didnt Know psycho pass did that
@@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.
The Netflicks cartoon Aggretsuko addresses the common office problems that the current culture has developed.
@@erenyeager317 shimoneta does that in a pretty extreme way ngl,Since they are trying to Make people have kids,Banning Stuff like that Would have the Opposite Effect
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 ❤
Makes sense why anime and games from Japan are so crazy and expressive. Its like their only outlet, unfortunately.
I never thought about it that way.
Yes.
Man, that is depressing.
Draymond, what are you doing here?
That is so depressing 😔
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!
Yes you are so right
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
In my country rules are made to be broked
@@eradjjalu972 where re u come from?
Anime is one giant scream for freedom. That's also why it's so "weird". Japanese people are incredibly repressed.
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.
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.
@@ooooneeee you just watched a video that told the primary reason why japan is like what it is, did you?
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
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
@@milkape7363”sigh”
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.
Huh. that really does makes alot of sense
Now its all make sense
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
How is that "expressing yourself" thing working out for you in your dystopic western societies?
@@nakedbeekeeper9610 pretty decently.
In Japan, the saying “The nail that sticks out gets hammered down” is popular for a reason.
Christ what a horrible-sounding saying.
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.
@@ChaoticButterfly still better than Japan
@@redcrown5070 I disagree. I'd say they're equally bad.
@@ChaoticButterfly They are the same, just opposite sides of the spectrum. Aggressive conformity vs total individualism
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.
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
Telling someone not to stand out is like saying to someone not to live
We are all different, some of us hate standing out.
I like your Higurashi pfp!
@@kursad8725 thanks
Yoshikage kira would disagree
I wouldn’t go that far. Not everyone is that desperate after attention
Japan: A great place to visit, but living, heh.
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.
I thought the same thing.
@@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.
still beats my country by miles
that sum up pretty much every place
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.
Wow :(
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!🥳🎉
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.
Yup, so that they could dramatize the content such it's never happened in real life
yessir
@El Lorenzo The opponent? Unless you have enemies, being extrovert shouldnt be much of a problem
@El Lorenzo Well, humans are humans after all
That'd be really cool if someone starts researching on that issue
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.
@@darassylmoniakam but I guess on the bright side if you fit in naturally then it's paradise
@@boeuf-in9oe diferent styles for diferent folks, but theres a reason why the suicide rate in Japan is soo high
@@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.
@@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
@Miss Asian Peach too expensive.
Recognizing problems and shortcomings within your home country while also loving it all the same and wanting the best for it is extremely admirable.
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.
The fact that the entire school, teachers included, can bully and outcast you over hair color and it's viewed as normal feels sickening
Welcome to asia
Me who has blonde hair: ☹
Well asia
And nobody can't even change it cause the first they speak up they'll get banished
Hair racism
It make sense how isekai is so popular. Japanese a fed up with their reality and want an escape.
But why is always death by truck?
@@senhorincognito2243 bcoz "mushoku tensei" popularize it and become trend in modern isekai
There are so much isekai mangas where (supposedly author's) bullies get obliterated by the mc with cheat powers
"that thang bleeding P" wocky slush
Truck-kun strikes again
As someone with autism I couldn’t imagine how someone like me could cope with “normal” Japanese way of life.
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.
"I'll never forgive the Japanese!"
- Grandpa, probably.
Josefh jostar 🗿
How tf does yasuho survive in Japan?
Joseph Joestar!!
JOJO!
josefu,, jOsta-san
Weeabs: OMG I wanna to go to school in japan cuz it's like in my animes
Actual japanese person: Bruh...
Or Actual Japanese person: Ya'll gonna learn today.
Taste the real Japan.
Ahahah fr
The school rules in Japanese schools are almost same as my school rules
@@piss5000 where are you from
Lol totally
What about people who can't help but stand out? People with disabilities, missing limbs, etc? How do they cope in such an environment?
Interesting
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...
Don't romanticise extremist collectivism...
@@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.
I do not see them as a force of power... I see them robotic and powerless 🤷
No wonder that in anime, everyone who isn’t relevant to the story looks the same
😧 u right tho
That's most cartoons. Look at Spongebob
@@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.
No way anime has background characters 😱😱😱😱😱😱
Bruh thats like every cartoon/movie/animation
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.
stay like this.... forever. :)
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.
Outcasts tend to find other outcasts and form a group like this.
Be who you want to be.
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
👍🔥
So that's why people always picked fights with Ichigo while he was in high school in Bleach.
I feel like I can't breath watching this, the whole situation feels suffocating
Some dude: Has Blonde hair
Japan: This guy would cause all the volcanoes to kill us all!
not even a joke because it's so true. they are literally petrified of blonde haired people!
@@chimi_churri_sauce why?
@@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!
@@chimi_churri_sauce oh got it, thank you :)
(english isn't my first language so the video was a bit confusing for me)
Must have been goku
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
Good to see you again lol
I think that's exactly the reason honestly.
That’s how they wish the people of japan will be someday, expressive and colorful
Yup, I wondered about it when getting into anime at first, but the more I watched and learned, the more it made sense. xD
@@Thanatos124 This man seems like a perfectly sane individual. I don't know what the problem is.
Anime is basically the Japanese way of expressing themselves in a way conducive to a Western environment that they themselves could never achieve
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.
"You shouldn't stand out, and you must never say your own opinions"
Sounds like Reddit
Or every other social media platform
and your grammar is supervised instead of your hair color
@Gethsemane Sam bruh
sounds like at everywhere else
Twitter*
It's ironic, Japan is very advanced country with state of the art technologies but with very very ancient mindset LOL
I think there's a logical reason that they have this mindset. I wouldn't judge them so quickly
Like South Korea.
@@eden9536
...and North Korea also is no haven for nonconformity
@@wrybreadspread North Korea is not really developped only Pyongyang
@@Jess-737 u dont nothing
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.
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.
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.
Seriously, makes me sad for the people in Japan. That's why they try to find comfort in anime.
Im not really sure about the "hyper sexualized" part
@@bucketsmahou2175 that's probably a Sjw rant
@@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
Anime is an entire medium, why do you treat it like a genre? Television is also the same thing here in the US.
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
damn lmao
what is Ichigo based hair color?
@@parfaitcell3067 i think white, you heared of google tho?
@@erwins_arm Are you sure _you_ have heard of Google?
@@mystic_spider ...?
very nice and informative. this helped me correct my negative bias towards these aspects of Japanese culture by understanding a logical reason why
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" .
HR guy 1: "So, which of these students should we hire?"
HR guy 2: "I have no idea, they all answered the same thing."
Let's throw all curriculums in the air and choose the first one to reach the ground
"Tiebreaker round: which one has the closest familial relationship to our CEO?"
They will pick student with the highest score.
That's why eenie meeni mynnie moe exist.
@@xheralt every HR in every country ask that
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.
Shunned, and then put on a pedestal to be fetishized. I'm so sorry you went through that, it must have felt suffocating
@@wireshrub Economic/social decline.
@@pedoslayer what are ya trying to say? Make it loud and clear for me.
Literally Jotaro. Makes sense
That's messed up
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.
I’d love to hear Shogo do a series on “rebels”. People who changed the way people think, like Masanobu Fukuoka.
Maybe Shigeru Kayano too.
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
The first anime that show bullying in japan that i watch
I loved that anime
It didn't get boring when like halfway through you get to figure it all out?
@@TecTitanyou know almost from the first flashback scene who it is. Its about the humanity and the adventure
Isn't that the same anime where a whole family falls apart for just a chocolate bar?
me, who always wanted to visit Japan: **laughs nervously in red hair**
Oof looks like yer gettin a beating
Well ether way no soul
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 .
@@gonkong5638 It's disturbing how accurate I find that to be.
**doesn't regret having black hair**
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.
Dissent only makes groups stronger in movies. In the real word it takes unity.
@@pm2886 just like the nazi germany
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.
I mean atleast in the Philippines no one gives a crap about each other (pilipino student)
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.
No surprise there that Japan is misogynistic 🙄
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
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?
Japan - “I wonder why our Suicide rate is high.”
*watches video*
Also Japan - “I guess it’ll remain a mystery”
It is absolutely nuts how oppressive Japan is.
Also explains the shut ins as well
"I guess we'll never know"
@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)
@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.
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.
This explains why most Japanese anime is just centred around high-school, it always seems like there's no life when people start to work truly sad
This partly explains why suicide rates are so high in Japan.
yes but also the extreme work culture people work themselves to death via injuries or via suicide
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.
@@pedroivantaveraferreira3037 Well said my friend, well said.
@@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...
@@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
Anime MC: “Handsome, smart, strange hair, harem dude/girl,…”
Japan real life MC: “Bullied”
It's pretty common for protagonists to start off being bullied or generally disliked ngl
Imagine watching harem anime... Bad taste
I love how slow you talk, Its really soothing and helps with comprehending everything your teaching
So much knowledge is contained in this clip. Thank you for sharing this and giving me a better understanding of Japanese culture and I hope the best for you in your future endeavors.
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.
I can attest to this.
@@midgetwthahacksaw I can too, unfortunately.
@@midgetwthahacksaw same unfortunately
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
Humans are cowards
No wonder why every anime villain/hero's come up with very wise quotes about a harsh society :(
That actually makes sense..
Family
Wait
Amogus
Cringe
Wow, this was very enlightening!! Thank you!
This was a very interesting video on a very deep and complicated issue. It certainly helped me understand the mind set of Japanese people. All points of view are valuable in my view, so thank you for your teachings.
I think addicted to “conformity” is a better term than addicted to “justice”
Yeah "justice" is a weird word here.
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.
@@ildesu789 diverse how
@@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.
@@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.
When I visited Japan I was blown away by how structured and orderly everything and everyONE was. Train station ques are neatly lined up and allow all passengers to exit before entering the train, escalators are filled with everyone standing to the right in a perfect sequence and there is an overwhelming serenity compared to any other train stations I've been. It's like it's all choreographed. Even the in the center city of Tokyo I was blown away with how quiet it was compared to other major cities. No one stood out and nothing was out of place. It's by far the tightest conforming culture I've been in.
Harmony rules in Japan, not the individual
@@cristobalpalmero3299 "but muh individualizm"
We could learn a thing or two from them in some instances.
They have security and order, but not happiness. What is the point?
I wonder where the balance is, is the west too individual and the east too conformist?
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.
Sending you A LOT of love and support to continue this beautiful work you are doing!!!!! NEVER GIVE UP!! You are brillant!!!
I think if you're a foreigner visiting or living in Japan it's futile to try and blend in because you never will. The most you can do is know enough about the culture in order to remain polite.
It's like trying to transform 1 Dollar bill to a 100 Dollars Bill by drawing zeros with a pen . It's the same number but not the same thing with the value
Exactly , but my friend believes he can "Katon goukayuu" his way through these things... He wants to go to Japan.
@@abhiverma9316 I don't see the problem. Why can't people just temporarily live in Japan and visit the place with the acceptance that they are foreigners and they are going to be seen that way? It's not like Japanese people are rude to foreigners. People are so bloody entitled and weird these days.
I always laugh at the "weebs" who say they wanna go live in Japan and start describing it like it's some anime wonderland.
@@adolfchangchrist7975 Um because you are referring to someone who is just there temporarily while many people want to stay permanently. It can be quite tiresome if you are married to a Japanese person, living in the country for most your life etc and always be seen and treated as an outsider. You are talking about different things.
Making a certain hair color mandatory seems almost like racism.
Colourism it is
your pfp is the perfect definition of a balance human
@@lienomzekon4763 How do you mean?
@@justajackal3574 Yeah, almost, bc they're all japanese
@Yahargul The video says that some Asian schools make black hair a requirement.
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.
This is fascinating!
Thank you for sharing
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.
And hentai… don’t forget hentai
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
@@Crashgen you're right
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
@@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 😂
Teenage girl with natural brown hair = an act of injustice
Man robbed and beaten badly by the Yakuza = it can't be helped
It's like the whole government works like a goddamn school
@@aeroanosupremo damn this is so true
That's true but yakuza can't be handled that easily
@@lly_09 Because of corruption?
@@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 .
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. This does give me a much better understanding.
I really love the format and speed of the info in the video
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.
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
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!
@@2120musiclover in Japan??
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
same
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.
It will, but change takes time.
this will never change. japanese are stuck in the past , they're too culturally arrogant to improve their lives
U should change it by ur self bat man,I know u can...u re hero, aren't u....
Considering how most Asian societies tend to work...this won't change even after 1000 years.
Another black person in japan getting treated with respect. God bless the Land of the Rising sun
I needed this video. Thank you!
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
Never sacrifice who you are because of others.
Always be yourself.
Unless you can be jack frost.
Than you Hee Hoo
@@philipearakaki indeed that is the only acceptation
Hee hoo
Thanks, Jack Frost.
@@user-cr9zo5yo9k What are you talking about you low level demon ? Black Frost is the best frost :)
unless ur way too different 🤮
Now I know why Main characters get isekai'ed 😅
Y e a h . *i s e k a i e d*
Shows what Japanese people think about their fellow asian drivers when everyone in anime gets hit by a truck.
Lmaooooooo
@@Ieatpaste23 *truck-kun
yeah its like they want to escape.
big thanks to you for this video, I learned much things.