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I liked the music with the footage of his surrender at the end. It nicely highlighted the surreal nature of the scene - something that is not supposed to happen.
I wonder what went through Taniguchi's head when he was told he had to travel all the way to the Philippines to relive one soldier of his duties that he gave nearly 3 decades prior.
@@lovely1641 calling him dumb is funnily enough quite ignorant, the imprerial japanese soldiers of his era were fanatically dedicated to expanding and preserving the empire, and, following the orders given to them by their CO's. couple that with zero direct contact, it's not too unlikely things like this happened. although, you'd think a soldier such as him would notice not only is he not getting into any large firefights, they're also not running into any large patrols or patrols that in that particular area of operation would be big. interesting things happen when people are driven by nationalism.
not to mention when he did finally surrender, his rifle was in absolutely immaculate condition. He was obsessed, and kept everything he had in near perfect, new condition. in a fucking humid wet jungle.
He even kept his uniform together, and promptly surrendered upon being ordered to do so. He even went out with great honor, handing over his sword. A truly dedicated soldier.
@@Siegmeyer_ its about 500 rounds for 4 people over 3 decades (if all 4 of them were fighting until 1974) and also they are fighting against not an entire battalion but local forces and only raid farms which should only required about 10-20 rounds to get the job done
@@d3fep148 500 rounds each? As in the video he gave up that amount of rounds at the end lol But I see what you mean about the change in fighting and less ammo would be used overall. I suppose they could have even scavenged ammunition from their enemies if they used similar weaponry? Regardless the man really is the epitome of stubbornness and loyalty
Apparently his actual brother went to the Philippines to convince him to come home and gave personal proof that it was really him with tears in his eyes, but Onoda still refused because he thought his brother was sent there by the Allies. Imagine how awkward it must be coming home after that
I think its not that his brother was sent by the allies, The brother is singing the song they used to sing together but the brother shed tears making the song sound weird and making him didn't trust it.
I specifically remember that being a plot of one of the 70’s Godzilla cartoon episodes. Although they were unaged because they got frozen in an iceberg Captain America-style.
Imagine being born in that village during that time and growing up with the quite literal danger that some random soldiers could come out of the forrest at any time and shoot you. Like growing up with the tales about monsters in the woods, but real.
“Asian” culture is so vast if you consider Indians as well. We’re talking billions. This is why using “oriental” narrows the field down to the “Far East”. Oriental is not a bad word.
@@mumbles215 It's also a language thing, so it'd probably make the mostest of sense to describe it as a whatever common language family the countries that use the same word for 4 and death was called that I can't be arsed to google.
Fun fact: When Onoda returned to the island years after, the Filipino locals were very friendly towards him, even if he killed some farmers back when he was still a stray soldier.
@Yoshikage Kira As half-Filipino, I can say we are a very friendly people. Perhaps too friendly. I mean we’re still very friendly toward America despite the Filipino-American War which was brutal.
Bruh.. I'm from the Philippines and I'd hate that dude forever for killing my relatives if I we're living in Lubang. The problem is that, many Filipinos are so stupidly nice that it seems like a mass Stockholm syndrome sometimes... Edit: forgot to spacebar
That is honestly astounding to thing about, spending 30 years in a jungle of a foreign land with just 3 of your allies to keep you company. The man certainly gave everything for his country.
Seriously I keep finding people like you praising what is essentially a Nazi soldier who’s in fact so radicalised that he held on to his Nazi beliefs for 30 years. Wtf.
I have read Onada's autobiography , No Surrender: My Thirty Years War, and it was really good. If anyone is curious to learn more about him and his actions during this period it is absolutely worth the read. Thanks for telling this story Qxir! It is great that more people are hearing about his story.
30 years supporting a fascist imperialist regime and getting praised for it and seen as a hero. Awesome. It’s as if you westerners have a bias when anything has to deal with Japan. If it were a Nazi soldier would you be saying the same thing? ‘Oh read this Nazi soldier’s biography more people should hear his story defending a Nazi outpost for 30 years.’ Come on.
@@lucifermorningstar1902 it's not being seen as a hero, it's being seen as a good soldier. An Honorable Soldier. Yes, he did wrong things and this is a understatement, but he was a Honorable Soldier. He did what he did and there was no turning back, he knew that, and was afflicted by his government, life, and teaching probably making him have a Mental Illness that caused extreme paranoia and other things. He was a broken man, but an Honorable Soldier. People praise belligerence, not his actions. It's the will, not the do. There allied soldiers that are praised for this. There are Nazi soldiers that are praised for this. Enemies that are praised for this. Misguided, yes. Unreasonable, yes. But understandable, only if you take the time to go to the perspective of why people are praised in wars.
There's actually believed to have been more holdouts surviving into the 1990's - one was located but had 'gone native' with a local tribe and expressed no desire to return.
There were reports of Nazi hideouts in Germany surviving well after the war, but no evidence of their existence was found and all of them most likely fucked off on their own.
Helo Qxir, your resident brazilian here. He actually lived in Terrenos, Mato Grosso do Sul, where he was awarded an honorary citzenship. He died in São Paulo tho.
@Chang Bo he's right though.he's a killer brainwashed by his country. the guy lost decades of his youth and the lives of innocent farmers over nothing and people just jerk him off like he's some kind of hero for killing civilians
I've read this guy's book a few times and it's incredible. You can tell when you're reading it that he's so obviously a soldier and not a writer, but that doesn't make it any less compelling. The way he describes his experiences really make you feel like you're there in the jungle with him. I can't recommend it highly enough to anyone who wants to learn more about this guy.
@@jadefalcon001 Maybe watch the video before making ignorant comments. Or better yet, read his book since you obviously have no idea what he experienced or why he did the things that he did.
@@spectraljerk330No, he followed the orders he was given and saw them as the enemy. Read his book so you can understand what he was actually thinking before assuming he was just a cold-blooded murderer.
Rambo vibes. I saw somebody in a restaurant with the balloon fest sweater on, I thought it was dope as hell and didn't even realize it was your merch, which I have some of 😅
Imagine, after he learns that the war is over and he killed civilians, but he doesn't receive any punishment, he just says: you owe me 30 years of salary. 😁
Fun fact: he was offered his accrued back pay by the Japanese government, and he refused to take it. When it was basically forced on him, he donated it to a Shinto shrine.
if you wanna know more about the man that surrendered after this madlad he was a taiwanese conscript who was left all alone on an island in the middle of nowhere, trully the last japanese soldier to surrender, the funniest part ? he didn't speak a single word of japanese
wow cool, one of the first qxir videos that i have heard of the store beforehand. A COUPLE OF OTHER INTERESTING POINTS ABOUT NORIO SUZUKI (the explorer who found him): 1. He went exploring not just to find Hiroo but also to find a panda and a yeti 2. As well as dropping flyers informing the surrender of japan, there were a few military search parties that tried to find Hiroo but failed. How did Norio manage to find Hiro you ask? He walked through the jungle screaming his name and found the soldier after just four days!!
A little fact: Lubang Island (The Island on where he hid for nearly 30yrs) has a Tourist attraction called Onoda trail and Caves to preserve the history of Onoda
@@chimpazoo1143 Actually, the name "São Paulo" has the tilde accentuation on "São". This is to declare the intonation of a strong syllable that should be nasalized in Portuguese (Which "São" is).
@@caduhidalgo4996 Yes i know, mas na "nomenclatura" inglesa, o til é retirado. Seria a mesma coisa de escrever "New York" ao invés de "Nova Iorque", os dois estão corretos, mas o último é o mais favorável.
Yoo I was playing PUBG, and accidentally clicked on this when it popped up. Ngl I would have done this anyway, but even accidentally, it’s good to know I can never escape watching Qxir
I already knew this story but, your way of narrating it, the animations,the humor is just so good I watched it and loved it, and so is true for your other videos,they're really great 👍👍
4:40 a while back I've read Hiroo Onada's book, and if I remember correctly, he actually came back and tried to convince them; I might be wrong and confusing him with someone else tough.
This is filling me with so much emotions. Imagine you. 4 guys. Left behind with a mission. And you all decide to not give up. What kind of bond that is.
Mad respect. He followed the first general order to the letter. I will guard everything within the limits of my post and quit my post only when properly relieved.
Imagine what his superior thought when they told him he needed to go convince this guy the war was over. How would that conversation be. "Hey, so, did you kind of forget a couple soldiers 2 decades ago?".
"He was pardoned of his crimes because he claimed to believe the war was still ongoing." Yeah, I mean, it's not like killing civilians is against the Geneva Conventions or anything.
@@Keznen If included fire bombing which in effect as destructive as nuclear bomb. It wouldn’t be twice, but sixty-nine times. US “terror bombing” was a war crime comparable to the Holocaust yet done by the victor so it’s okay.
I remember reading an interview with him. He said he only got sick once in 40 years, by eating something that didn't agree with him. In the later years, he admitted he was a "fool."
This man was fanatically ignorant. Imagine thinking a war could last 30 years with absolutely no soldiers in sight and ignoring any evidence that Japan actually surrendered.
@Cameron Campbell Willful ignorance is ignorance by both name and definition. He had a worldview and was absolutely determined to maintain it regardless of contravening facts. And he murdered people in the process. Honestly, he's a fucking war criminal and should've been treated as such.
@Cameron Campbell This was not always the case, and claiming so of all Japanese troops is both false and dangerous. The majority of Japanese troops would not commit suicide if given the chance, this is exemplified by Japanese troops whose COs were killed in battle and who surrendered shortly after or alternatively by Kamikaze pilots who often returned to base. Japanese culture and customs do not (generally) stump human survival instincts, without someone who could just as easily get them killed as the enemy the Japanese troops often refused to continue fighting. Granted this wasn’t always the case, plenty of units were extremely brainwashed and dedicated, these were the same units which committed the atrocities that happened in China and the Philippines. It’s however important for me to note that the suicidal charges and kamikaze attacks occurred as a symptom of *social* stigma and pressure, there was no real social stigma nor pressure for him to continue fighting as his comrades had long since passed or had no real power to question their “leader”. He certainly was ignorant, however he was willingly ignorant. It’s just a case of the sunk cost fallacy, basically he spent so much of his life in service of the Empire of Japan and has survived in the name of Japan in the jungle that he simply refused to accept that surrender was possible simply because it would mean most of his life would’ve gone to waste for nothing.
I said he died in 2004 but it was actually 2014 - I just misread my script because I'm illiterate.
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I want to draw winston churchill washing a unicorn
This was a very good video to watch
Have you HEARD of the FLAT-EARFH movement? Yeah, they only believe what they want to ear!
You’re Irish accent is so fuckin soothin
I liked the music with the footage of his surrender at the end. It nicely highlighted the surreal nature of the scene - something that is not supposed to happen.
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Gamer moment
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He been shooting NPCs this whole time
Grinding to max exp
I wonder what went through Taniguchi's head when he was told he had to travel all the way to the Philippines to relive one soldier of his duties that he gave nearly 3 decades prior.
"It's a prank right? You're pranking me?? No? Someone that dumb actually exists huh? Ok..... let's go....."
"When I said "We'll come back for you" I meant it as the Royal We, not "we" as in "me, personally." "
If only he said "if we don't come back in 5 years just surrender"
@@lovely1641 calling him dumb is funnily enough quite ignorant, the imprerial japanese soldiers of his era were fanatically dedicated to expanding and preserving the empire, and, following the orders given to them by their CO's.
couple that with zero direct contact, it's not too unlikely things like this happened.
although, you'd think a soldier such as him would notice not only is he not getting into any large firefights, they're also not running into any large patrols or patrols that in that particular area of operation would be big. interesting things happen when people are driven by nationalism.
@@unfortunately_fortunate2000 My fiacee is from Japan and she has told me the same thing. Absolutely fanatical to the point of suicide.
not to mention when he did finally surrender, his rifle was in absolutely immaculate condition. He was obsessed, and kept everything he had in near perfect, new condition. in a fucking humid wet jungle.
He even kept his uniform together, and promptly surrendered upon being ordered to do so. He even went out with great honor, handing over his sword. A truly dedicated soldier.
He had LOTS of time to polish his tool
How the hell did they have enough ammunition to sustain three fucking decades??
Edit:typo
@@Siegmeyer_ its about 500 rounds for 4 people over 3 decades (if all 4 of them were fighting until 1974) and also they are fighting against not an entire battalion but local forces and only raid farms which should only required about 10-20 rounds to get the job done
@@d3fep148 500 rounds each? As in the video he gave up that amount of rounds at the end lol
But I see what you mean about the change in fighting and less ammo would be used overall. I suppose they could have even scavenged ammunition from their enemies if they used similar weaponry? Regardless the man really is the epitome of stubbornness and loyalty
The man is literally Captain Japan
If he were really Captain Japan he would have committed suicide after experiencing the 70s.
@@LTPottenger "oh fuck anime"
*seppuku*
@@LTPottenger why tho? He's not the dishonorable one
@@LTPottenger if you ask me, abandoning your home country to become a farmer in Brazil is tantamount to suicide
@@mercury_and_eggs he didnt view the then current culture of japan as "japan", he was a traditional man.
Japanese military:"Hey um guy, you can go home now, war's over."
Hiroo:"Simon didn't saaayyy"
Japanese military:**sigh**
1.5k likes and 1 comment wow very sus!!!
@@bennytherollinstoner1932 I know right? crazy
woah 1.6k likes after 1 month not so sus anymore wait......
...
LOL
Apparently his actual brother went to the Philippines to convince him to come home and gave personal proof that it was really him with tears in his eyes, but Onoda still refused because he thought his brother was sent there by the Allies.
Imagine how awkward it must be coming home after that
Awkward enough to go live to Brazil
I think its not that his brother was sent by the allies, The brother is singing the song they used to sing together but the brother shed tears making the song sound weird and making him didn't trust it.
@Dalashin Tuniriv kinda true
Well, he kind of was sent there by the Allies, to convince him to stand down, so the war could finally end. Understandable that he would think that.
@@Ebani MANY japanese came to live in brazil between the 30s and 70s, so much so that brazil has the largest number of japanese outside japan
“We’ll come back for you.”
Last online 29 years ago.
This man is the Sam O’Nella who posts during the school year. Instant click.
Pls come back salmon man
I love Sam but I prefer Qxir over him. It’s probably just the accent
Lmao school is on break for me 😎
@@blackjack6748 same
Well for me, this isn't at all as funny. Or random. I just like his voice really.
"Killed by a bunch a fuckin LARPer's" hahaha brilliant
Military is just as real as government
Came to the comments looking for just this. hahaha
@@IridiumRedTheOrigina ::)
FOUND YOU! XD
Somewhere, in the cold lonely Atlantic there’s a lost German U-Boat crew un-aged by occult nazi magic thinking the war is still going on.
I specifically remember that being a plot of one of the 70’s Godzilla cartoon episodes. Although they were unaged because they got frozen in an iceberg Captain America-style.
No the nazis are in the antarctic flying around in UFOs and doing weird experiments on people. QXIR will no doubt make a video about it eventually.
I don't know what this comment section but I hope no one is literal here
Probably.
Ngl that's sounds like a bomb ass hell SCP idea
This dude spent more time fighting then I've been existing damn. This dude has dedication on a whole new level
Imagine being born in that village during that time and growing up with the quite literal danger that some random soldiers could come out of the forrest at any time and shoot you. Like growing up with the tales about monsters in the woods, but real.
Seems they were send themselves. And good thing.
@@mumbles215 what does that even mean?
@@cricka09 I don’t think he knows either 💀
@@Aaron-fb6mbThat's what our President said about our president
I remember this story, it was actually well publicised in the UK for a while
Archer parodied it in an episode too, it's hilarious (season 6 episode 1)
He really likes the number 4.
- Started his mission in 1944
- Surrendered in 1974
- Moved back to Japan in 1984
- Died in 2004
*died in 2014, but ye
Funny thing is that the number 4 is considered bad luck/death in Asian culture
adds another layer of wtf in his story lmao
“Asian” culture is so vast if you consider Indians as well. We’re talking billions. This is why using “oriental” narrows the field down to the “Far East”. Oriental is not a bad word.
@@mumbles215 It's also a language thing, so it'd probably make the mostest of sense to describe it as a whatever common language family the countries that use the same word for 4 and death was called that I can't be arsed to google.
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Which is funny because the number 4 is basically the Japanese equivalent of 13 for us and is REALLY unlucky
Fun fact: When Onoda returned to the island years after, the Filipino locals were very friendly towards him, even if he killed some farmers back when he was still a stray soldier.
@Yoshikage Kira nothing of this makes sense
@Yoshikage Kira As half-Filipino, I can say we are a very friendly people. Perhaps too friendly. I mean we’re still very friendly toward America despite the Filipino-American War which was brutal.
Bruh.. I'm from the Philippines and I'd hate that dude forever for killing my relatives if I we're living in Lubang. The problem is that, many Filipinos are so stupidly nice that it seems like a mass Stockholm syndrome sometimes...
Edit: forgot to spacebar
I heard most Americans refer to us as the Canadians of the east….and I don’t know if I would take that as a compliment…
@@pixelpnutz1574 Really? I get called Mexicans of the East instead... And other racist stuff relating to Mexicans.
That is honestly astounding to thing about, spending 30 years in a jungle of a foreign land with just 3 of your allies to keep you company. The man certainly gave everything for his country.
Different times but still, that loyalty still remains in a Soldier: One we all know, far to well.. Legion!
Seriously I keep finding people like you praising what is essentially a Nazi soldier who’s in fact so radicalised that he held on to his Nazi beliefs for 30 years. Wtf.
@@lucifermorningstar1902 because I'm a full fledged Nazi too, calm down
"They were busy fleeing or dying."
Rando gets blasted in the face.
I don't know why that made me laugh so hard! 🤣
Your not the only one 😂
I have read Onada's autobiography , No Surrender: My Thirty Years War, and it was really good. If anyone is curious to learn more about him and his actions during this period it is absolutely worth the read. Thanks for telling this story Qxir! It is great that more people are hearing about his story.
There is also a Camel song about him and inspired by the events.
30 years supporting a fascist imperialist regime and getting praised for it and seen as a hero. Awesome. It’s as if you westerners have a bias when anything has to deal with Japan. If it were a Nazi soldier would you be saying the same thing? ‘Oh read this Nazi soldier’s biography more people should hear his story defending a Nazi outpost for 30 years.’ Come on.
@@lucifermorningstar1902 it's not being seen as a hero, it's being seen as a good soldier. An Honorable Soldier. Yes, he did wrong things and this is a understatement, but he was a Honorable Soldier. He did what he did and there was no turning back, he knew that, and was afflicted by his government, life, and teaching probably making him have a Mental Illness that caused extreme paranoia and other things. He was a broken man, but an Honorable Soldier. People praise belligerence, not his actions. It's the will, not the do. There allied soldiers that are praised for this. There are Nazi soldiers that are praised for this. Enemies that are praised for this.
Misguided, yes. Unreasonable, yes. But understandable, only if you take the time to go to the perspective of why people are praised in wars.
What did he say about the 30 civilians they killed?
i dont like any book besides scifi or fantasy but yes this does sound interesting! might check it out
"Remember that Hiroo guy, Tamagutchi?"
"Hiroo who?"
"Hiro Onoda! Remember?"
"Oh yeah"
"..."
"OH SHOOT I FORGOT"
I love the idea that this guy would have gone on tell 2000s and comes back to Japan just to find Anime.
or hentai
@@tophatminion.7558 "Oh, maybe I stay"
Pantsu vending machines
@@homefront1999 ror
"...i killed tens of men in cold blood just for this?"
"Nice try, commander. I know by the calendar I built out of coconut husks and dead farmers that today is OPPOSITE DAY."
ahahaaha
It’s 11:57 PM so we’ll come back in 3 minutes
Movie or it didn't happen
Don't even gotta watch the whole video b/c ik its gonna be good. Youre great man.
Damn right!
Qxir makes AWESOME content!
"There were even some holdouts who knew japan had surrendered. They just didn't agree with it." Those guys were fucking madlads.
Some people say that they're fascists
@@filiperosa7496 look up "comfort women" and "unit 731"
@@eightbitfeline1415 I know, I just joking, this guy is literally a fascist
They still murdered civilians
This channel makes 2020 slightly more bearable.
@red star no
@red star no commie
Straight up brother! I feel the exact same way
And qxir has a wonderful sense of humor
Agreed
Agreed
There's actually believed to have been more holdouts surviving into the 1990's - one was located but had 'gone native' with a local tribe and expressed no desire to return.
There were reports of Nazi hideouts in Germany surviving well after the war, but no evidence of their existence was found and all of them most likely fucked off on their own.
This is the story that led James Cameron to create Avatar
"HEY I don't recognize that thumb nail! That means...new video!" Good work lad
“May take 3 years or 5 but we’ll come back for you” *like 30 years pass* “they will come back for me they will they promised” *doesn’t come back*
Well they did come back for him
This dude was holding up there for 29 years.... most of your viewers are probably younger than 25 year old!!
Heyy LMAO
That man is dedicated af
@Egg T What does your statement have to do with the original comment?
Helo Qxir, your resident brazilian here. He actually lived in Terrenos, Mato Grosso do Sul, where he was awarded an honorary citzenship. He died in São Paulo tho.
He killed a bunch of locals. Dude was a complete nut. He can rot in hell
@Chang Bo German flag pfp
@Chang Bo he's right though.he's a killer brainwashed by his country.
the guy lost decades of his youth and the lives of innocent farmers over nothing and people just jerk him off like he's some kind of hero for killing civilians
I've read this guy's book a few times and it's incredible. You can tell when you're reading it that he's so obviously a soldier and not a writer, but that doesn't make it any less compelling. The way he describes his experiences really make you feel like you're there in the jungle with him. I can't recommend it highly enough to anyone who wants to learn more about this guy.
Personally I try not to share head space with war criminals. Murdering civilians? Fuck that guy.
@@jadefalcon001 Maybe watch the video before making ignorant comments. Or better yet, read his book since you obviously have no idea what he experienced or why he did the things that he did.
@@CarbonatedTurtle he still fucking killed civilians
@@spectraljerk330No, he followed the orders he was given and saw them as the enemy.
Read his book so you can understand what he was actually thinking before assuming he was just a cold-blooded murderer.
@@CarbonatedTurtle wasn’t his order never surrender? and not kill incident civilians
I swear, my dyslexia is straight fucking with me, I read 1974 as 1947.
Same
Same
Always a good day when Qxir uploads
Always.................................
Rambo vibes. I saw somebody in a restaurant with the balloon fest sweater on, I thought it was dope as hell and didn't even realize it was your merch, which I have some of 😅
@Egg T u wot m8?
Imagine, after he learns that the war is over and he killed civilians, but he doesn't receive any punishment, he just says: you owe me 30 years of salary. 😁
Fun fact: he was offered his accrued back pay by the Japanese government, and he refused to take it. When it was basically forced on him, he donated it to a Shinto shrine.
@@PhoenixT70 what a guy
if you wanna know more about the man that surrendered after this madlad
he was a taiwanese conscript who was left all alone on an island in the middle of nowhere, trully the last japanese soldier to surrender, the funniest part ? he didn't speak a single word of japanese
It kind of makes sense when you think how hard they were hammered "never surrender no matter what"
A terrifying weapon that wiped a city wasn't even enough to make them surrender lol, it is only when it hit the second time they finally gave in.
wow cool, one of the first qxir videos that i have heard of the store beforehand.
A COUPLE OF OTHER INTERESTING POINTS ABOUT NORIO SUZUKI (the explorer who found him):
1. He went exploring not just to find Hiroo but also to find a panda and a yeti
2. As well as dropping flyers informing the surrender of japan, there were a few military search parties that tried to find Hiroo but failed. How did Norio manage to find Hiro you ask? He walked through the jungle screaming his name and found the soldier after just four days!!
I mean I for one definitely buy this guy as a real and definitely qualified explorer.
A little fact: Lubang Island (The Island on where he hid for nearly 30yrs) has a Tourist attraction called Onoda trail and Caves to preserve the history of Onoda
He spent like 30 years killing many of their people and they immortalized him... that feels somewhat wrong, yeah know?
I’ve heard of this story many many times but it’s nice hearing your take on it. Nice work mate 💯🔥
This isn't even the end of the war for Japan. They never held a treaty with russia
I just love how you tell a story, i would say one of the best on youtube.
This is like wolfenstein, but kinda more strange
Wolfenstein but the other way around
You can't deny his spirit
7:15 Ah crap, he kills himself, doesn't h-
"He moved to São Paulo, Brazil, in 1974, raised cattle, and got married".
Huh. I guess not ^_^
Sao Paulo*
@@chimpazoo1143 Ah thank you :)
he's not a millennial lol
@@chimpazoo1143 Actually, the name "São Paulo" has the tilde accentuation on "São". This is to declare the intonation of a strong syllable that should be nasalized in Portuguese (Which "São" is).
@@caduhidalgo4996 Yes i know, mas na "nomenclatura" inglesa, o til é retirado.
Seria a mesma coisa de escrever "New York" ao invés de "Nova Iorque", os dois estão corretos, mas o último é o mais favorável.
Yoo I was playing PUBG, and accidentally clicked on this when it popped up.
Ngl I would have done this anyway, but even accidentally, it’s good to know I can never escape watching Qxir
This guy is honestly one of the best videos
I am a pretty good video
@@Qxir ah fuck. 😂 Best video makers**. You and Sgt Ducky are the best
Another great doco. Love the graphics. Cheers Qxir.
I already knew this story but, your way of narrating it, the animations,the humor is just so good I watched it and loved it, and so is true for your other videos,they're really great 👍👍
4:40 a while back I've read Hiroo Onada's book, and if I remember correctly, he actually came back and tried to convince them;
I might be wrong and confusing him with someone else tough.
Good work
Ur first btw
@@420-v3z like dust in the wind, none will remember
@@esoopthederp7672 well that’s sad
This is filling me with so much emotions. Imagine you. 4 guys. Left behind with a mission. And you all decide to not give up. What kind of bond that is.
I always look forward to these videos. Thanks for making them.👍
Somebody this indoctrinated to military code, I'm surprised he didn't have a "war on/war off" switch.
This is a story I’ve heard multiple times, but I love your story telling so much, I’m gonna listen to it again. Keep up the amazing work!
Mad respect. He followed the first general order to the letter.
I will guard everything within the limits of my post and quit my post only when properly relieved.
Warped comedy and i learn something? You have a gift, bro. Keep 'em coming 👍
Now THIS, is a tale from a bottle
Why I adhere to the strict policy of ALWAYS being a Superior Orficer.
Swear you always upload when I'm drunk, must be the Irish connection
Its called tales from the bottle.
Sooo...
Cheers.
Or it just means ur drunk all the time
My Grandma was one of his nurses when he was recovering in hospital
Imagine what his superior thought when they told him he needed to go convince this guy the war was over. How would that conversation be. "Hey, so, did you kind of forget a couple soldiers 2 decades ago?".
What a dedicated patriot and unbreakable soldier. Honor is given to this man, his country and its sanctity must have meant a lot to him.
"He was pardoned of his crimes because he claimed to believe the war was still ongoing."
Yeah, I mean, it's not like killing civilians is against the Geneva Conventions or anything.
Yeah wait a minute they killed mostly civilians didn't they?
@Luca Augment Especially considering the US killed tons of civilians when they bombed Japan not once but twice.
Yeah, but Japan never ratified the Geneva Conventions.
Though I still think they violated all kinds of rules and customs of war.
@@Keznen If included fire bombing which in effect as destructive as nuclear bomb. It wouldn’t be twice, but sixty-nine times. US “terror bombing” was a war crime comparable to the Holocaust yet done by the victor so it’s okay.
@@ThitutUhthalye not comparable at all: since when does bombing cities in the air equate to luring prisoners in a room and gassing them?
I just watched one of your videos and you uploaded. Nice Christmas present
1 view, 9 comments, 31 likes. I think UA-cam has had too much whisky again.
That gave me 301+ flashbacks
Thx for the vid! I love WWII history, so thanks for talking about this!
I love these videos
FUCK YEAH!
New video from my absolute favorite UA-camr!
Found you channel 2 day's ago
In 2 day's i watched all of your videos
I wonder if they’ll back date his military pay for him?
lol
i havent heard this story in years. its underrated and shows the impact of war on ones mind
I remember reading an interview with him. He said he only got sick once in 40 years, by
eating something that didn't agree with him. In the later years, he admitted he was a "fool."
Thanks for the constant uploads, you're a treasure.
War: ends
Private Nakumara: I literally don't care
Heard this story many times, but if Qxir does it then it's definitely worth rewatching!
You either die a hero or live long enough to become a hiroo
💯💯💯💯💯 love how you do these videos Brother... The characters are hilarious....
I mean - give him a break, he didn't know squat about nukes. He thought "How can an island of 300 million be invaded so fast?"
Without technology era US could never invade.
Island of 300 million? Japanese population was around 70 million in 1940
Lover the cynicism, keep the great work up!
MAKE THE OKLAHOMA BOMING VID ALREADY!!!!!
lol
Fair fucking play. Nearly 30 years and his equipment was all still fit for service. That's some serious discipline.
You should do a video on the Toledo war. A war between Michigan and Ohio for a relatively small strip of land
I was refreshing your videos page hoping to see your next video. The end of your last video made me worried you were quiting and I got spooked.
No the hijacking was successful
@@Qxir I hope then you went somewhere nice.
Imperial army japanese fights for a long time, sees all that anime shit in japan and left
steps of boat into japan
looks left
looks right
gets back on boat
" fucking weebs"
Thanks for the continued terrific videos. Informative and hilarious! Cheers!
This man was fanatically ignorant. Imagine thinking a war could last 30 years with absolutely no soldiers in sight and ignoring any evidence that Japan actually surrendered.
@Cameron Campbell Eh even so he should eventually see reason. A few months, sure, but thirty years?
@Cameron Campbell Willful ignorance is ignorance by both name and definition. He had a worldview and was absolutely determined to maintain it regardless of contravening facts.
And he murdered people in the process.
Honestly, he's a fucking war criminal and should've been treated as such.
It's kinda like the flat-earfers. They only beileve what they want to ear.
I don't think anyone can make a rational decision when they spend years living inside a rat tunnel and eating nothing but bananas.
@Cameron Campbell This was not always the case, and claiming so of all Japanese troops is both false and dangerous. The majority of Japanese troops would not commit suicide if given the chance, this is exemplified by Japanese troops whose COs were killed in battle and who surrendered shortly after or alternatively by Kamikaze pilots who often returned to base.
Japanese culture and customs do not (generally) stump human survival instincts, without someone who could just as easily get them killed as the enemy the Japanese troops often refused to continue fighting.
Granted this wasn’t always the case, plenty of units were extremely brainwashed and dedicated, these were the same units which committed the atrocities that happened in China and the Philippines.
It’s however important for me to note that the suicidal charges and kamikaze attacks occurred as a symptom of *social* stigma and pressure, there was no real social stigma nor pressure for him to continue fighting as his comrades had long since passed or had no real power to question their “leader”.
He certainly was ignorant, however he was willingly ignorant. It’s just a case of the sunk cost fallacy, basically he spent so much of his life in service of the Empire of Japan and has survived in the name of Japan in the jungle that he simply refused to accept that surrender was possible simply because it would mean most of his life would’ve gone to waste for nothing.
Haha absolutely love the Capn America quip at the end. Keep being awesome
Whoever is drawing these is quite good.. Love it...
Imagine theres a 110 year old soldier chilling in germany rn from ww1 not knowing the war is not only over, but there has been a second world war
EVERY DAMN VIDEO IS A BANGING SLAPPER
Other youtubers: a brave and loyal soldier
Qxir: a crazy fookin larper
I knew all about this, but I fucking love your videos!!! Great presentation!
Wooooo qxir makes this day even better :D
You're a godsend. Love your stuff.
“Refused to surrender” so the opposite of chess players?
Thanks!
I’m not crying, you’re crying
I was just thinking that you should make a video of this!