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КОМЕНТАРІ • 95 тис.

  • @Pasonia
    @Pasonia 8 років тому +930

    Lol.
    "How about you chill" - Japan.
    "How about maybe YOU chill." - Russia
    Why does that sound like something Putin says?

    • @sunny_capriccio564
      @sunny_capriccio564 8 років тому

      But wasn't that before Putin?

    • @Pasonia
      @Pasonia 8 років тому +8

      +SimplyShady That's the whole point! Let me not explain the joke, lol.

    • @LucasCAPS
      @LucasCAPS 8 років тому +16

      Because Putin's personality is standard Russian personality.

    • @phnexOice
      @phnexOice 8 років тому

      +Joel “Pasonia” Long I always imagine Russia shoving Japan when he says that.

    • @niconico0392
      @niconico0392 2 дні тому

      **laughs and cries in eastern european**

  • @kayagorzan
    @kayagorzan 3 роки тому +18767

    “How about sunrise land?”
    No
    “Why?”
    *The Sun Is A Deadly Laser*

    • @elly3rd939
      @elly3rd939 3 роки тому +188

      Accurate though
      But i love Japan so no offense

    • @aldihamzaraj4795
      @aldihamzaraj4795 3 роки тому +102

      Kayagorzan THE SUN IS A LAZY FUCK-ER

    • @Bilagtas
      @Bilagtas 3 роки тому +384

      _Not anymore there's a blanket_

    • @Mrnoob_94
      @Mrnoob_94 3 роки тому +24

      yesSssssssSSSSSS!!!!!!!

    • @nhn05
      @nhn05 3 роки тому +68

      Hey animals let's go on land

  • @minnosecka
    @minnosecka 4 місяці тому +1149

    as someone whose first language is definitely not english, i watched this video approximately 7 years ago for the first time and barely understood anything due to the overall adhd kinda vibe. rewatching the video now got me thinking about how dramatically my english has improved over the years as i am not only able to get what bill was saying but even catch each word individually. wow. kinda proud of myself.

    • @NoodlesBowlB312
      @NoodlesBowlB312 4 місяці тому +50

      “Open, the country, stop ,having it be closed”

    • @cat_with_a_witch_hat
      @cat_with_a_witch_hat 2 місяці тому +51

      You should be proud of yourself! English is a very difficult language to learn.

    • @Catt0
      @Catt0 2 місяці тому +9

      I'm proud of you too :)

    • @swanlee3348
      @swanlee3348 Місяць тому +7

      same experience , good job!

    • @astimoyeet
      @astimoyeet Місяць тому

      Nice mate, english sucks dick to learn

  • @hetzer7575
    @hetzer7575 8 місяців тому +1762

    I love how besides how much quickness, memes and goofiness over the explanation in this video, the nuclear explosion ( 8:25) felt so much sorrow and had more psychological weight than the rest of the video. Absolutely 10/10

    • @MrAnimason
      @MrAnimason 8 місяців тому +136

      But the tiny white flag after along with the "cities that exist" box killed me.

    • @MM-pv5tp
      @MM-pv5tp 8 місяців тому +1

      But you know what had more psychological weight? All the horrible stuff the Japanese did to the Chinese. I’d they deserved the nuke, and two nukes weren’t enough.

    • @AltOurCumrade
      @AltOurCumrade 2 місяці тому +19

      Yea but still kept Japan conquering Korea and China quick and funny. Like the Japanese treated them not bad.

    • @neatoburrito9013
      @neatoburrito9013 2 місяці тому +33

      @@AltOurCumradehey did you ever hear about what happened in Nanking??

    • @BunnyJoker
      @BunnyJoker 2 місяці тому +10

      I couldn't put the feeling of the moment in better words. thanks.

  • @costelc4077
    @costelc4077 3 роки тому +9016

    Mongols: exist
    Tornado: *NO*

  • @cameronsmith9985
    @cameronsmith9985 3 роки тому +24985

    “If I had a nickel for every time the mongols died in a typhoon, I would have 2 nickels, which isn’t a lot, but its weird that it happened twice”

  • @Hakshavalah
    @Hakshavalah 2 місяці тому +211

    I came back for a refresher when Blue Eye Samurai came out, and again now that Shogun is out. What a resource. Thank you, bill wurtz.

    • @reggienewton
      @reggienewton Місяць тому +5

      you. me. same.

    • @UchihaKat
      @UchihaKat Місяць тому +21

      Same, I HAD to come back for the "yeah, right, it's not gonna be this kid, it's gonna be one of us" bit because of Shogun.

  • @charlestonmorse1706
    @charlestonmorse1706 9 місяців тому +673

    0:00 Ancient Japan
    1:00 Classical Japan
    2:00 Medieval Japan
    3:05 Renaissance Japan
    4:09 Industrial Japan
    5:09 First War Japan
    6:09 Post-war Japan
    7:08 Great Depression and League of Nations Japan
    8:07 Second War Japan
    8:22 Hiroshima Bomb
    8:25 Nagasaki Bomb
    11:02 Post-war Japan
    12:03 Modern Japan

    • @andrybak
      @andrybak 9 місяців тому +16

      Last two are messed up. Was it intentional?

    • @CrossOfBayonne
      @CrossOfBayonne 8 місяців тому +6

      WW2 Japanese soldiers were crazy and brutal, They were determined to fight to the very end especially towards late in the war and American soldiers and marines became hardcore veterans facing the Japanese Army on islands like Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Iwo Jima & Okinawa to name a few.

    • @satombff6010
      @satombff6010 5 місяців тому +1

      @@andrybak i guess so🤣🤣

    • @abcproductions235
      @abcproductions235 Місяць тому

      ​@@andrybaki dont get it, why did he add time stamps that arent even in the video

    • @foxxy-3748
      @foxxy-3748 Місяць тому

      @@abcproductions235 video originally had a multi-minute toothbrush ad in the middle, don't you remember?

  • @christopherdinoguy8346
    @christopherdinoguy8346 4 роки тому +3781

    Japan: Closing their country before it was cool.

    • @Dowlphin
      @Dowlphin 4 роки тому +36

      Reminded me of the Brits vs. China. 'Trade with us or else'. The clan of savage capitalists been digging their grave for a long time. Now the big red monster they created is about to eat them and half the world is cheering.
      And I'm like: Uhm... monster!

    • @Illustrious_0307
      @Illustrious_0307 4 роки тому +8

      Economy: stonks

    • @nicolegreen5373
      @nicolegreen5373 3 роки тому +1

      @@Dowlphin We don't speak of China here.it is forbidden.

    • @Dowlphin
      @Dowlphin 3 роки тому +1

      @NICOLE GREEN - Only the city is. 😜

    • @nicolegreen5373
      @nicolegreen5373 3 роки тому +1

      @@Dowlphin lol. cOrOnAvIrUs 👀😲

  • @StriderOwO
    @StriderOwO 7 років тому +14930

    Everything about this is perfectly in between "I'm teaching history" and "I don't give a shit"

    • @Brewsterion
      @Brewsterion 7 років тому +34

      I feel like it's something I might do.

    • @BloteAapOpVoeten
      @BloteAapOpVoeten 7 років тому +11

      Brewsterion 1017 but you don't
      ?

    • @camdendaley1015
      @camdendaley1015 7 років тому +48

      stride99 I'm actually using this for a school report

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 6 років тому +6

      Nice

    • @TheDarwanlim
      @TheDarwanlim 4 роки тому +3

      @Ya Boi your profie picture is a bird though

  • @DraconaiAuracto
    @DraconaiAuracto Місяць тому +53

    My history teacher once described World War I as "If you punch me in the face, all my friends are gonna beat you up, which means all YOUR friends are gonna beat THEM up" and I feel like 6:20 really captures that same feeling

  • @icyhot9851
    @icyhot9851 2 місяці тому +147

    I started watching Shogun and the second they mentioned the five guys fighting to be emperor I immediately thought of this

    • @rmmx77
      @rmmx77 20 днів тому +3

      They weren’t fighting to be the emperor. They were fighting to be the Shogun which held the real power in Japan. The Emperor is just a political figurehead that exists to legitimize that power.

    • @japaroads
      @japaroads 12 днів тому +2

      Me too! But it looks like the names don't match up? I'm kinda confused by what's going on lol.

    • @diehard096
      @diehard096 7 днів тому +2

      @@japaroadsit’s based on the book, which replaced real names with fake ones. I.E Toranaga is Tokugawa

    • @japaroads
      @japaroads 6 днів тому +1

      @@diehard096 oh! That explains so much lmao.

    • @nabaneetgogoi7992
      @nabaneetgogoi7992 5 днів тому

      its real

  • @rudysmith1445
    @rudysmith1445 4 роки тому +5833

    *Mongols:* Exist
    *Tornadoes:* So anyway, I started blasting

    • @Nhatanh0475
      @Nhatanh0475 4 роки тому +33

      *The Bush and tree* : Your career end here.

    • @user-ol2nc1ko5i
      @user-ol2nc1ko5i 4 роки тому +19

      *Kamikaze

    • @karlwilker579
      @karlwilker579 4 роки тому +16

      I believe it was actually a tsunami or tycoon that destroyed their fleets.

    • @user-ol2nc1ko5i
      @user-ol2nc1ko5i 4 роки тому +30

      Karl Wilker Ye and those winds were called the kamikaze. Kami- means god and kaze means wind. So they thought it was the winds that the Japanese gods sent to protect Japan

    • @karlwilker579
      @karlwilker579 4 роки тому +10

      @@user-ol2nc1ko5i Cool! You learn something new every day.

  • @TheSlopMeister
    @TheSlopMeister 3 роки тому +3109

    Country: “We just found oil! We’re rich!”
    4:47

    • @blank4844
      @blank4844 3 роки тому +95

      With huge tanks gun

    • @blank4844
      @blank4844 3 роки тому +64

      Liberate the country stop having a dictator

    • @blank4844
      @blank4844 3 роки тому +39

      Said the united states

    • @wmw1210.
      @wmw1210. 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/f4Yo_INbc3c/v-deo.html...

    • @radimgabaj4263
      @radimgabaj4263 3 роки тому +2

      hehe

  • @iamleux
    @iamleux 23 дні тому +24

    3:48 Shogun got me to re-visit here.

    • @Bonanza99994
      @Bonanza99994 23 дні тому +1

      mee2

    • @TheBoomamatic
      @TheBoomamatic 6 днів тому +1

      quite fun how the entire series barely composes 20 seconds of this video

  • @andrewmarra1135
    @andrewmarra1135 4 роки тому +5518

    “Open the country, stop having it be closed” is an underrated part.

    • @m4rlinzz
      @m4rlinzz 4 роки тому +12

      Andrew Marra we coming for y’all November 23rd

    • @andrewmarra1135
      @andrewmarra1135 4 роки тому +9

      SpenceIZKinG24 hype for that

    • @theultimategod1060
      @theultimategod1060 4 роки тому +113

      “please try this religion”
      “nooo”
      “tryyy iiiit”
      “no”

    • @crazymaniac7474
      @crazymaniac7474 4 роки тому +5

      Gotta make it sound epic

    • @bluejay6904
      @bluejay6904 4 роки тому

      commadore Perry with his black iron clad ships vs the wooden Japanese ships.

  • @NyxTheScary
    @NyxTheScary 3 роки тому +3981

    "Try it"
    "No"
    "So a new religon was put into place"

  • @isaacnydegger6334
    @isaacnydegger6334 7 місяців тому +142

    it baffles me that this guy doesn't drop more history videos like this.

    • @HazhMcMoor
      @HazhMcMoor 7 місяців тому +2

      Lmao I started subscribing and get disappointed with short random videos

    • @GomeNasai-uq4fk
      @GomeNasai-uq4fk 6 місяців тому +8

      Its definitely hard to do it

    • @chimes023
      @chimes023 5 місяців тому +24

      It takes a loooong time to do research, not to mention all the editing, jingles, script, etc
      He does everything himself after all

    • @FractalNinja
      @FractalNinja Місяць тому

      "OUTSIDE" is a bop tho 😅

    • @773SleepyHollow
      @773SleepyHollow 11 днів тому

      @@chimes023 It's like when people complain that ERB doesn't do more stuff... it's not easy what they do... and you can either have quality or quantity, and they choose quality.

  • @categarcia7442
    @categarcia7442 7 місяців тому +36

    i havent seen this video for years but for some reason i just randomly wanted to watch it. the atomic bomb drop always kinda gives me chills. the tone of this video isnt meant to be serious but ive always liked that that moment is given the gravitas that it deserves. anyway, this took me back and it still holds up

  • @GDRunny
    @GDRunny 3 роки тому +3931

    Japan: everyone GET OUT!
    every other country: leaves
    Japan: except you. You stay.
    Dutch: :)

    • @izakymom
      @izakymom 3 роки тому +18

      Bcs the Dutch sell the most stuff

    • @bisu2974
      @bisu2974 3 роки тому +214

      First, the Portugees came into Japan. next, the Spanish came in.
      They were turning the Japanese people into christians, the leader of Japan was in trouble.
      And then, the Dutch came into Japan.
      The Portugees and the Spanish said to Japan "the Dutch are bad guys. you have to drive them away."
      The Dutch said to Japan "we are protestants. they are catholics. that's why they're hating us. we don't spread the christianity, we just want to trade with you."
      the leader of Japan "I can believe in the Dutch's saying. so, get out everybody except the Dutch!"

    • @justsomeguywithoutabeard8306
      @justsomeguywithoutabeard8306 3 роки тому +21

      bi su It's sounding like those countries are people having conversation

    • @justsomeguywithoutabeard8306
      @justsomeguywithoutabeard8306 3 роки тому +8

      Just some guy on youtube I didn't get your comment

    • @efrainromeroprado1190
      @efrainromeroprado1190 3 роки тому +3

      like Mr. crab and the clown

  • @shadowdragon8168
    @shadowdragon8168 4 роки тому +4953

    *Mongols exist*
    Tornadoes: “it’s free real estate”

    • @raulsaico9389
      @raulsaico9389 4 роки тому +18

      "haha“

    • @verdessence
      @verdessence 4 роки тому +29

      Typhoon*

    • @kinlaw7220
      @kinlaw7220 4 роки тому +37

      Dead Channel He said tornado, listen to the history teacher

    • @arnavnegi2544
      @arnavnegi2544 4 роки тому +1

      I know where your do is from. Nice.

    • @altamina2996
      @altamina2996 4 роки тому +1

      Shadowdragon china money trap*
      im mongolian lol

  • @amangoyal491
    @amangoyal491 Місяць тому +24

    3:47 Shogun begins here

    • @johnnysake8052
      @johnnysake8052 22 дні тому

      Exposed me for coming back to this after finishing the show

    • @lol-un6nl
      @lol-un6nl 19 днів тому

      5:10 the last samurai (roughly)

  • @ArbitraryApril
    @ArbitraryApril 2 місяці тому +73

    Anyone here in 2024?

    • @sarahenglerstone2814
      @sarahenglerstone2814 2 місяці тому +4

      Watching the show Shogun on Hulu and wanted to see how this guy described that time haha

    • @sparkytbd
      @sparkytbd Місяць тому +2

      Meeeeee! Rewatching for nostalgia

    • @sparkytbd
      @sparkytbd Місяць тому +1

      @@sarahenglerstone2814 I’ve seen ads for that show, is it any good?

    • @butterflyed
      @butterflyed 29 днів тому +1

      Hi!!

    • @hunterkeller7921
      @hunterkeller7921 28 днів тому +1

      Yes

  • @thewigon
    @thewigon 4 роки тому +4554

    “Open the country, stop having it be closed”

  • @isaac7152
    @isaac7152 8 років тому +8506

    "you've watched this video like 5 times already, stop."
    "How bout I view, anywayyy"

  • @puredruid
    @puredruid Місяць тому +30

    3:45 - If you're here after watching Shogun.

    • @dietcoke759
      @dietcoke759 Місяць тому

      Damn I just started it so I guess I spoiled it a bit

    • @boobootown
      @boobootown 28 днів тому

      Crazy how fast the shogun series transitions straight into "blue eye samurai" on Netflix!

  • @TheRealW.S.Foster
    @TheRealW.S.Foster 10 місяців тому +12

    Man, I remember when someone in my class at uni played this video _right_ before a big test, and I swear it helped some.

  • @tanihehe
    @tanihehe 4 роки тому +4595

    "Can you maybe chill?"
    "How bout maybe YOU chill??"
    Sibling wars.

    • @justalittleturtle5600
      @justalittleturtle5600 4 роки тому +48

      I like to refer to a quote by Sovietwomble. “We’re learning that ameRICA HAS NO CHILL!!!”

    • @tanihehe
      @tanihehe 4 роки тому +7

      @@justalittleturtle5600 😂👌👌

    • @whatuser9802
      @whatuser9802 4 роки тому +15

      *i can confirm this..*

    • @wolfie5777
      @wolfie5777 4 роки тому +16

      how but u *JuSt Go tO CHILIE'S*

    • @nicholasdavoli2973
      @nicholasdavoli2973 4 роки тому +5

      1,000th like

  • @kaychanpion8614
    @kaychanpion8614 7 років тому +3704

    -How about sunrise land?
    -No.
    -Why?
    -Because the sun is a deadly lazer!

  • @user-gx2kl4ff6y
    @user-gx2kl4ff6y Рік тому +260

    こういうセンスが神ってる動画を理解する為に英語を学んでいると言っても過言ではない。

    • @youraveragepersonwalkingth6850
      @youraveragepersonwalkingth6850 9 місяців тому +7

      Two months, how far have you gotten?

    • @CounterCurseMantra
      @CounterCurseMantra 6 місяців тому +4

      Do you know about Unit 731?

    • @JESUSWASAJUGGALO
      @JESUSWASAJUGGALO 6 місяців тому +51

      ​@@CounterCurseMantraJust because someone is speaking japanese, you would ask them their opinion on the atrocities committed by imperial Japan?
      Have some self-awareness. You're speaking ENGLISH. Do you have any idea how much suffering, exploitation, oppression and outright genocide English speakers have caused? America, Britain, Australia, Canada, all of these countries have their own long, long list of crimes against humanity. The British and American empires especially, their sheer power means they are likely the biggest non-natural causes of suffering in human history.
      *All* governments minimize and erase the uncomfortable parts of their own history that's taught in schools. You should never think your government is any different.

    • @CounterCurseMantra
      @CounterCurseMantra 6 місяців тому +5

      @@JESUSWASAJUGGALO i aint reading all that

    • @JESUSWASAJUGGALO
      @JESUSWASAJUGGALO 6 місяців тому

      @@CounterCurseMantra wait, i recognize this hostility to reading... that's an american, alright! what are you doing on youtube? get back to your 14h shift in the Hamburger McMines™, or the Pinkertons™ will capture you and send you off in an Amazon™ package to fight in one of the ExxonMobil Army™'s many invasions of the middle east!

  • @gdayriz
    @gdayriz 2 місяці тому +29

    rewatching this before watching fx shogun like a true scholar

    • @KingdomHeartsFan3211
      @KingdomHeartsFan3211 2 місяці тому +2

      👏👏👏

    • @RealMajora
      @RealMajora 2 місяці тому +3

      I came back after watching the first 2 episodes 😭

    • @nicolemachado5911
      @nicolemachado5911 2 місяці тому +4

      @@RealMajoraso we all here rn 😂 I just finished episode 3 and had to come back to this after all these years

  • @thepizzalord624
    @thepizzalord624 5 років тому +5205

    Normal People
    “Please open the door”
    Me:An intellectual
    “Stop having it be closed”

  • @philaryswift
    @philaryswift 3 роки тому +2887

    japan:*in pieces, fighting each other*
    Europe: Do you have time to talk about our lord and saviour Jesus Christ-

  • @bunniegaviria
    @bunniegaviria 7 місяців тому +1

    really need this kinda stuff back in my life

  • @Bluejay_rookie
    @Bluejay_rookie 3 роки тому +4991

    Japan:draws girl with huge eyes
    America: you could make a religion out of this
    🎶and they did🎶

  • @None-Trick_Pony
    @None-Trick_Pony 4 роки тому +4692

    Clocks, guns, and Jesus sounds like a southern USA Christian rap band.

  • @akic4522
    @akic4522 11 місяців тому +351

    This video is going viral on Japanese Twitter now. A lot of Japanese understood it was really good to study Japanese history.
    Twitterでプチバズりしてたので見にきました。
    細かいところが違うという指摘のコメントもありましたが、私自身が歴史を完璧に覚えているわけではないし、大まかに捉えるには非常に分かりやすかったです。

    • @copbabycombo1311
      @copbabycombo1311 6 місяців тому +3

      *video not movie

    • @218kq
      @218kq 5 місяців тому +6

      This video have been up and watched dozens of mil times, so too his other video. It's just the japanese who were pathetic about learning modern history.

    • @idontknowwhattowritelol
      @idontknowwhattowritelol Місяць тому +4

      yea, hopefully they also study about the terrible things that the japanese empire did during ww2 D:

  • @TheKirBoi
    @TheKirBoi 5 місяців тому +4

    This video has been living rent free in my head for nearly 8 years now.
    Still an absolutely legendary video.

  • @yankeeshub4049
    @yankeeshub4049 3 роки тому +3153

    Lesson: *The history of Japan*
    Test: *The history of the entire world*

  • @jlxip
    @jlxip 7 років тому +8501

    *"Open the country. Stop having it be closed."*

  • @Yaxoi
    @Yaxoi 5 місяців тому +8

    I just watched Blue Eye Samurai and this video actually provided most of the historical context needed lol

  • @digidogmuff
    @digidogmuff 5 місяців тому +10

    Rewatching this and the world history and having an incredible new appreciation for your work Bill after watching your interview with Anthony. Looking forward to what flows out of your brain next for us all

  • @allenwollesen2375
    @allenwollesen2375 5 років тому +3609

    My kid: "Dad, I'm being bullied at school, please help, I don't know what to do"
    Me: *hire a samurai*

  • @Jsol2345
    @Jsol2345 8 років тому +5654

    "you cant keep watching this you've watched it 80 times"
    how bout i dooo

  • @TheAussiePencil
    @TheAussiePencil 2 місяці тому +9

    3:49 You could make a TV show outta this

  • @ub6o7
    @ub6o7 6 днів тому +1

    This video was legit our intro to japan in my AP world history class

  • @salatsol3e
    @salatsol3e 4 роки тому +26084

    it feels like I have learned a lot and absolutely nothing at the same time.

  • @19Ledor
    @19Ledor 4 роки тому +3216

    Germany: Wanna be friends.
    Japan: Sure.
    Germany: Wait did you steal our islands?
    Japan: ... nope.

  • @rosethaturtl_2812
    @rosethaturtl_2812 9 місяців тому +6

    Trying to learn about classical Japanese politics for a class. this didn't really help me figure out what I meant to because I intended to learn about japan between 750-1200, but still v helpful! Love your videos bill!

  • @pikaan9470
    @pikaan9470 5 місяців тому +81

    自分の国の歴史を広げてくれるのは嬉しいことだよね

  • @biirdseed
    @biirdseed 3 роки тому +2547

    "open. the country. Stop. having it be closed." -United States probably

    • @Suiseisexy
      @Suiseisexy 3 роки тому +7

      upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Matthewperry.jpg/800px-Matthewperry.jpg

    • @agulol6492
      @agulol6492 3 роки тому +20

      Mhhhhh, the president of The United States I am, japan closed, anymore dont have to be-
      Yoda... (Yoda?) Ex president of the United States

    • @masternobody1896
      @masternobody1896 3 роки тому +2

      that makes mewow........ no wander US is so powerful and Britain used to

    • @masternobody1896
      @masternobody1896 3 роки тому +1

      4:44 Aight i amma head out

    • @rooshovhannes7592
      @rooshovhannes7592 3 роки тому +1

      1K likes and only 4 replys

  • @thepotatooffire1368
    @thepotatooffire1368 7 років тому +3400

    _How bout i do_
    *_anyway_*

    • @fryingpanstan4596
      @fryingpanstan4596 7 років тому +124

      Basically the USA's presidency

    • @rikustorm13
      @rikustorm13 7 років тому +9

      MonstahManGaming lmao true

    • @snowpawgaming3
      @snowpawgaming3 7 років тому +10

      True lmao

    • @pierrebeaurang9598
      @pierrebeaurang9598 7 років тому +45

      The Potato of Fire I'd love to like your comment, but I can't, cause it's at 666 likes, and I can't upset our lord and savior satan, or upset the meme balance...

    • @EariosRandomness
      @EariosRandomness 7 років тому +43

      I used that audio clip while playing Civ V with friends once. I was Babylon, and far more technologically advanced than everyone else, so I started taking over everywhere even though we had agreed on not going to war.
      "please don't kill us man"
      "how about I do *anyway*"

  • @Zerolink30
    @Zerolink30 7 місяців тому +9

    This is how school learning should be! You'd be amazed at how quickly kids can learn things when they are entertained by it. Also, I loved the way it ends with the graph.

  • @lpstynathedragon3264
    @lpstynathedragon3264 Місяць тому +2

    I would not be able to understand the history of Japan without this. Thank you so much, you really helped me with making an understandable structure.

  • @AzurePages
    @AzurePages 3 роки тому +2384

    Mongols: *Exist*
    Water Tornadoes: *NO*

    • @mintrose983
      @mintrose983 3 роки тому +18

      *NO!!!* Mother mature shouts, *Japan is are friend*

    • @ethandunn7026
      @ethandunn7026 3 роки тому +8

      Some might say hurricanes

    • @rayaso6036
      @rayaso6036 3 роки тому +5

      Either hurricane or waterspout

    • @OfficialZeroTwo
      @OfficialZeroTwo 3 роки тому +8

      its a water spout

    • @gwa1682
      @gwa1682 3 роки тому +2

      @@OfficialZeroTwo some creatures from japan could drink the water spout

  • @anotherzombie8330
    @anotherzombie8330 3 роки тому +2218

    4:46
    POV: You're a country with oil.

    • @1e1001
      @1e1001 3 роки тому +133

      Step 2: cover your country in oil

    • @armentorosyan8268
      @armentorosyan8268 3 роки тому +87

      @@1e1001 Step 3. Fly

    • @knether44
      @knether44 3 роки тому +10

      I clicked on it and was not ready for this comment to be amazing

    • @alexandereaton7983
      @alexandereaton7983 3 роки тому +1

      Lol this

    • @zerogelics
      @zerogelics 3 роки тому +4

      BILL WURTZ IS BACK!!! CHECK HIS INSTAGRAM HES REALLY BACK

  • @Natazz1011
    @Natazz1011 2 місяці тому +9

    just started the show shogun, and the premise of "it's not gonna be this kid, its gonna be one of us, cuz we're Grown Ups" rang a bell LOL

  • @Melinoe1831
    @Melinoe1831 9 місяців тому +19

    初めてみたけど、塾の先生と同じとこに着目しててすごい!
    めっちゃ分かりやすかった!世界史選択の友達とかにも見せたいな!

  • @mono-no-aware.Lem.
    @mono-no-aware.Lem. 8 років тому +31858

    PLEASE DO AN ENTIRE SERIES OF COUNTRIES IN THIS STYLE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I CANNOT STOP WATCHING THIS VIDEO PLEASE

    • @johnlompa1998
      @johnlompa1998 8 років тому +984

      This video probably took forever

    • @danteuss88
      @danteuss88 8 років тому +223

      I SECOND THAT MOTION

    • @SilverSkySE
      @SilverSkySE 8 років тому +313

      Except it would probably take him 30 years.

    • @akira54vv
      @akira54vv 8 років тому +112

      he made one before. history of spain and portugal ;D

    • @minigaming12
      @minigaming12 8 років тому +10

      Yeeeeeeeeeeeessssss!!!!!!!!!!

  • @rocket4227
    @rocket4227 8 років тому +11162

    I need a video like this for every piece of history ever.

  • @user-xw5fw8xu2d
    @user-xw5fw8xu2d 5 місяців тому +181

    英語喋れないけど理解できる日本人だけどこれはとても良い教材である。ただ細かいところを省略してて少し事実と違うところもある。そのため、この動画で興味を持って、そこから細かいところを自分で調べてくれたら私はとても嬉しい。

    • @Boomkizls
      @Boomkizls 5 місяців тому +19

      Do they let the Emperor still dress like an Emperor?

    • @user-xw5fw8xu2d
      @user-xw5fw8xu2d 5 місяців тому +3

      天皇制度は未だ継続している。GHQ統治下の頃にアメリカは天皇を処刑しようとした。その頃戦後の極度の飢饉で人々が困窮していた。天皇はGHQ総本部に出向いて長官と話をしたいと述べた。長官は「命乞いをしに来た」と思っていたが天皇は「私はどうなってもいいから国民に食料を与えてほしい」と陳情を述べた。それを受けて長官は天皇に対する認識を改めて、処刑をやめた。
      現在は日本の憲法で日本統合の「象徴」としての存在であることが決まっているため政治的な権力はほとんど持たない。

    • @yuuichi7816
      @yuuichi7816 4 місяці тому +15

      ​@@Boomkizls
      I only do this during special ceremonies.

    • @tarakoaisu
      @tarakoaisu 4 місяці тому +7

      本当に日本語話者?

    • @user-xw5fw8xu2d
      @user-xw5fw8xu2d 4 місяці тому +30

      翻訳しても内容が変わらないように簡単な短文だけの文章にしたんやで

  • @Cornbinks
    @Cornbinks 2 місяці тому +2

    Thanks, this was the crash course I needed before starting Shōgun.

  • @TheInvaderHeart
    @TheInvaderHeart 3 роки тому +2927

    "They voted so hard that they had a war" is America 2020 rn

  • @krealyesitisbeta5642
    @krealyesitisbeta5642 5 років тому +3184

    Mongols: we have an army.
    Japan: We have tornadoes.

  • @frozenflame5858
    @frozenflame5858 Місяць тому +4

    6:19 is no joke the best explanation I've ever seen or heard for how and why WW1 happened.

  • @123haninhk
    @123haninhk 24 дні тому +3

    Visiting this video again after watching FX Shogun series. I hope Bill would make videos about historical tv shows 😊

  • @kimmycola18
    @kimmycola18 8 років тому +2889

    I go to France for more funds, I come back with more guns
    And ships.
    Gunships.

    • @abigailhutchesson9667
      @abigailhutchesson9667 8 років тому +13

      me

    • @olyweeah
      @olyweeah 8 років тому +103

      and so the balance shifts?

    • @princessdratini6512
      @princessdratini6512 8 років тому +215

      "For this to succeed there's someone else we need"
      "I know-"
      "🎼hire a samurai🎼"

    • @zakiya6630
      @zakiya6630 8 років тому

      +Kimberly Coke i love you

    • @sunnyjolras
      @sunnyjolras 8 років тому +156

      +Kimberly Coke washington: don't do a thing, history will prove him wrong
      hamilton: how bout i dooo anyway

  • @ZionPattersonsprofile
    @ZionPattersonsprofile 7 років тому +52340

    I wish this guy was my history teacher

    • @robertogarcia6540
      @robertogarcia6540 7 років тому +552

      Zion Patterson Lol me to but one can only dream

    • @-gemberkoekje-5547
      @-gemberkoekje-5547 7 років тому +82

      Zion Patterson yes

    • @-gemberkoekje-5547
      @-gemberkoekje-5547 7 років тому +66

      game time galaxy japan seems fun

    • @breggotheeggo
      @breggotheeggo 7 років тому +234

      Zion Patterson I have the best history teacher. He literally teaches like this.

    • @ouiochigo3733
      @ouiochigo3733 7 років тому +62

      OMG *steals his history teachers* NYEH NYEH NYEH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @tortillamassacre6776
    @tortillamassacre6776 2 місяці тому +10

    R.I.P. Mr. Toriyama.

    • @helloJude141
      @helloJude141 2 місяці тому +2

      Akira toriyama shall rest in Peace

  • @BigTr33
    @BigTr33 7 днів тому +3

    Came back here after watching Shogun.

  • @couldus7028
    @couldus7028 7 років тому +3682

    *Knock knock. It's the united states.*

    • @beelover6410
      @beelover6410 7 років тому +311

      With boats. With guns. Gunboats.
      "Open the country. Stop having it be closed."

    • @myohmy9000
      @myohmy9000 7 років тому +68

      +BeeLover there was really nothing they can do say the signed a contract that allowed America, Britain and Russia come whenever they want

    • @couldus7028
      @couldus7028 7 років тому +73

      "Chosu and Satsuma hated this, that sucks they said, *THIS SUCKS* they said.

    • @planetarycube5988
      @planetarycube5988 7 років тому +11

      +FlamingArtsHD Chosu and Satsuma hated this. "That sucks," they said. "THIS SUCKS." they said (also).

    • @Saifthebest01
      @Saifthebest01 7 років тому +22

      But then 'murica said, "No it doesn't. Shut up."

  • @FrahdChikun
    @FrahdChikun 5 років тому +3254

    6:20 This is unironically the best explanation of how WWI started

    • @azazel166
      @azazel166 5 років тому +57

      Actually, the match was set alight by an Austrian driver taking a wrong turn, and an angry Serbian teen who just had a sandwich.

    • @mrsslav5593
      @mrsslav5593 5 років тому +14

      and the worst depiction of WW2 this man just said that USA turn out the war but only one who truly won the WW2 practically alone was USSR

    • @luciuspaullus1948
      @luciuspaullus1948 5 років тому +1

      Um no it’s not

    • @madwolf0966
      @madwolf0966 5 років тому +2

      Lucius Paullus it is because World War 1 was just a huge brawl politically speaking well I do agree if you want actual specifics.

    • @madwolf0966
      @madwolf0966 5 років тому +6

      atackercz 9 everyone did their part in World War 2 though I do agree because the blunt of the Human casualties really go to the Soviet Union

  • @AlSha3aabi_Gamer
    @AlSha3aabi_Gamer 11 місяців тому +6

    I don't know why I rewatched this like five times, it's just too good. Please continue making more stuff like this, Bill.

  • @ethanomcbride
    @ethanomcbride 11 місяців тому +8

    Some of my favorite sciences: Geography, Skeletons, Physics.

  • @nondescript_potato
    @nondescript_potato 9 місяців тому +4

    My high school world history teacher showed us this video and this is why I liked that class

  • @sophiescribbles8504
    @sophiescribbles8504 3 роки тому +2637

    I thought I clicked on “history of the world” and I wondered why are they so focused on Japan” for half of the video

    • @Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human
      @Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human 3 роки тому +203

      It wuld be hilarious if this was History of the World and the last 10 seconds was "and in other countries stuff was also happening, but it wasn't as cool"

    • @user-jq1sy9sh4v
      @user-jq1sy9sh4v 3 роки тому +7

      ua-cam.com/video/7YyAS5BeU3c/v-deo.html .

    • @edwardv1255
      @edwardv1255 3 роки тому +4

      I had "history of the entire world" running in the background, spaced out, then had a similar experience.

    • @theleader7032
      @theleader7032 3 роки тому

      @@user-jq1sy9sh4v ua-cam.com/video/JwncAQurlqk/v-deo.html

    • @haydenbellis3047
      @haydenbellis3047 3 роки тому

      Turn to Christianity and United Brethren Church before its to late killing, saying anything hateful, premarital sex and lust are all sins. And so is using the Lords name in vain. God is the only truly good thing.7777777

  • @hawaiimaui123
    @hawaiimaui123 8 років тому +4116

    I'd like to see a "history of great britain"
    "And the Spanish had a good time fighting the British, and then they died in a tornado."

    • @nomuru2d
      @nomuru2d 8 років тому +239

      +hawaiimaui123 (actually a typhoon)

    • @mandarinas1828
      @mandarinas1828 8 років тому +11

      yess

    • @nukalegend
      @nukalegend 8 років тому +140

      +hawaiimaui123 The Romans were dying and the Anglo-Saxons saw that, so they invaded the isles. But the Celts were like "No, this is our island" but they didn't care so they took the land.

    • @sirmount2636
      @sirmount2636 8 років тому +129

      +nukalegend Then the Vikings came. Then the Normans who were Vikings but not really came. The English King kills the Norwegian King. Then the Norman Duke kills the English King. Then the Norman Duke becomes King and kills himself riding a horse. Then all the Normans kill each other.

    • @-SUM1-
      @-SUM1- 8 років тому +6

      *Britain

  • @NickPiers
    @NickPiers 23 дні тому +5

    All right, show of hands. Who's here after watching FX's Shogun?

  • @realkaipi
    @realkaipi Місяць тому +4

    This video is the context I needed to watch Shogun

  • @silenth13
    @silenth13 3 роки тому +2224

    "you know who's scared of russia" ad plays: "you yes you."

  • @Wryyyong
    @Wryyyong 7 років тому +1136

    knock knock.
    get the door,
    it's
    *R E L I G I O N*

  • @chedrw
    @chedrw 2 місяці тому +10

    Update: It's 2024 and they still let the emperor dress like an emperor

  • @prod.nickmgic1119
    @prod.nickmgic1119 10 місяців тому +1

    Please make more of these they are the greatest thing ever

  • @ThreeVid
    @ThreeVid 8 років тому +1963

    "Please watch this video again," UA-cam said.
    "No!" said me.
    "Waaatch iiiit!!!" it said.
    "No" said me again, quieter this time
    And so the video was watched be me... again, for the 23rd time...

    • @songwaves2341
      @songwaves2341 8 років тому +9

      +Euracil Hilarious... best comment of the day !! I've noticed a number of comments relating to the curious addictive power of this video. What's going on here ...

    • @evalina777
      @evalina777 8 років тому +2

      +Euracil This is literally my exact experience with this video.

    • @robertmcintosh1367
      @robertmcintosh1367 8 років тому +4

      +Euracil I am glad, I am not the only one who has re watched this video 23+ times.

    • @aanon4019
      @aanon4019 8 років тому +5

      +Songwaves the drugs this video is on gets transferred to the user, thereby getting the user hooked

    • @veronicacamp9334
      @veronicacamp9334 7 років тому +1

      aurebahr hey, at least you're getting your history tho

  • @user-dp2md8yk2b
    @user-dp2md8yk2b 7 місяців тому +2

    ドイツ史好きなのでドイツの歴史動画とかつくってくれたら泣いて喜びます。

  • @Yeshua_Is_Salvation
    @Yeshua_Is_Salvation Місяць тому +9

    Who is here after watching "Shogun"?

  • @e.r.i.n_
    @e.r.i.n_ 3 роки тому +2544

    I just *love* the ad placement.
    "Guess who else is afraid of Russia?" *Advertisement*

  • @ShuikGaming
    @ShuikGaming 7 років тому +2608

    (Hears of kidnapping going on in my town)
    * HIRE A SAMURAI *

  • @user-gj3fc4vy9c
    @user-gj3fc4vy9c 7 місяців тому

    Can’t believe I forgot about this absolute classic!

  • @alfredoperez4370
    @alfredoperez4370 3 місяці тому +1

    This is probably still one of the best edited video I've ever seen

  • @lilnunget6598
    @lilnunget6598 4 роки тому +1825

    "He said. And failed. And then died." Same here buddy

    • @prptheawesome4911
      @prptheawesome4911 4 роки тому +13

      Big mood

    • @Mr_Venison
      @Mr_Venison 4 роки тому +5

      Cheers, I'll drink to that bro

    • @ootfan7882
      @ootfan7882 4 роки тому +4

      Me whenever I play Mega Man games. Except I keep going until I complete the game I'm playing. XD

    • @Name-rl3tq
      @Name-rl3tq 4 роки тому +2

      Fun Fact: he died of cerebral syphilis

    • @arcticfox5379
      @arcticfox5379 4 роки тому

      Lil Nunget I am like #666 lol

  • @owliviabelly
    @owliviabelly 4 роки тому +3208

    “Open the country... stop having it be closed.”
    -The entire United States

    • @DemonicMonkey88
      @DemonicMonkey88 4 роки тому +18

      Illegal immigrants and trade are two different things.

    • @owliviabelly
      @owliviabelly 4 роки тому +86

      DemonicMonkey88 no offense
      But what did that have to do with my comment?

    • @DemonicMonkey88
      @DemonicMonkey88 4 роки тому +4

      @@owliviabelly No offense, but you know what.

    • @owliviabelly
      @owliviabelly 4 роки тому +57

      DemonicMonkey88 I genuinely don’t know. Can you explain?

    • @elizainfinite6325
      @elizainfinite6325 4 роки тому +29

      For some reason, I'm not offended by this.
      wE cOuLd MaKe A rElIgIoN oUt Of ThIs

  • @Schmilingo
    @Schmilingo 2 місяці тому +12

    Who is here after watching Shōgun?

  • @dootboye
    @dootboye 5 днів тому +5

    me relearning the history of Japan after watching the assassin's creed shadows reveal

  • @user-nr8lr5bs6n
    @user-nr8lr5bs6n 4 роки тому +1608

    Im a Japanese learning English
    Thanks I've learned to how to use the word suck and ass
    Now corona virus is kicking our ass and it really sucks

  • @oliearomin
    @oliearomin 7 років тому +3259

    "why the fuck os this reccomended to me?"
    *watches*
    "oh that's why"

    • @GTAdkdk
      @GTAdkdk 7 років тому +18

      GUESS WHAT WE'VE GOT NOW

    • @Zerosyte
      @Zerosyte 7 років тому +26

      Daniel Hsu crazy rice farms?

    • @silthery4803
      @silthery4803 7 років тому +6

      Zerosyte history of the world.

    • @GayaK91
      @GayaK91 6 років тому +1

      Couldn't have said it better myself 😂

    • @Jess-gl5ys
      @Jess-gl5ys 6 років тому

      lmfao

  • @76CAJ
    @76CAJ 9 місяців тому

    This video has teached me more than I have learned in history class

  • @flutterbuzzy8207
    @flutterbuzzy8207 8 місяців тому

    close to one of the most quotable videos ever and it's educational too

  • @storagerunningout8012
    @storagerunningout8012 3 роки тому +18578

    Having a history teacher that would just randomly break into song would be pretty cool.

    • @guozhou8114
      @guozhou8114 3 роки тому +80

      0:11 it's false. Ainu and Okinawan had already lived in Japan island. they maybe came from India or middle asia.

    • @jennarowe7337
      @jennarowe7337 3 роки тому +146

      yeah but he’d get eaten alive in a public school lol

    • @generalgreivous5950
      @generalgreivous5950 3 роки тому +82

      Unless he randomly swears in front of his students

    • @albon8000
      @albon8000 3 роки тому +62

      i had a teacher that would do that. i miss that class

    • @hanzha
      @hanzha 3 роки тому +44

      Music teachers: do i not exist

  • @Raptorman0205
    @Raptorman0205 5 років тому +2109

    _Open._
    _The Country._
    _Stop...having it..._
    _...be closed._

    • @maiolus7607
      @maiolus7607 5 років тому +51

      my favorite quote lmao

    • @sugoiz4276
      @sugoiz4276 5 років тому +8

      XD

    • @grokas
      @grokas 5 років тому +1

      Thanks, but im not deaf

    • @GRANDMALICE
      @GRANDMALICE 5 років тому +12

      @@grokas He's just saying a joke that was in the video -_-

    • @cjflash99
      @cjflash99 5 років тому +31

      Knock knock!
      It’s the United States
      With huge boats!
      With Guns!
      Gunboats!