Japan's OBSESSION With High School Anime: A SAD REALITY
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Love it or hate it, the high school setting in anime is iconic in its own right. But that begs the question, just why is it that anime loves high school. The answer I found goes a lot deeper than you think, and stems from the very core of a huge social problem that plagues Japan - Overworking .
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I had a lot of fun making this video. Between doing research and trying to get the facts right about the topic and balancing it between the emotional storytelling I was going for. I'm really proud of how this video turned out. Also I was horribly sick while recording some parts of the scrip, that's why I sound weird in some parts.
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Nah man good work, good thing to be proud of. Was well done and got me hooked.
the quality of the vid is something i'd expect to see in a channel with hundreds of thousands of subs! great work
i ended up watching another vid
it was very well done as well but the random cuts where you shove in your OC is distracting and often breaks immersion. it's like one moment im focused and thinking about the topic at hand then the next i see a 3D model dancing and im like "huh?" and my brain throws an error
i still enjoyed your content overall but i need to take a break. at first i was fine but the constant breaks in attention wore me out a lot and im struggling to watch more
Broo , great video!!!. The last montage eas cherry on top , can u please share the name of music in the last montage
Anime peaked in high school?
Japan is obsessed with high school because that was the last time they got to happily socialize and live life before their corporate masters enslaved them.
Literally
More like their managerial masters
It's still better than Korea because In (South) Korea their masters enslave even before graduating high school.
Korea is degenerate clone of Japan, really.
@@seraphim6245 Bruh,be common person or high status guy,become tired slave of giant cog machine.Even privilege guys can't escape this hell.
And even then, those high schoolers are too busy studying for entrance exams. There seems to be very little time for young Japanese to socialize and have fun.
Japan is a society that has gaslit its youth into peaking at high school, and that's REALLY depressing to think on.
Took the words out of my mouth, my father worked in Japan before, and from what I’ve heard, the work force needs who is controllable and often you hear “you live to work” and “everything else is to make sure you work better”
Yeah
@@JohnZ_GG That sounds like a nationwide work camp
@@JohnZ_GGsounds like america
Makes me all the happier to not live there
”I’m 25 and that’s old” Dude try being 38, getting out of depression and catching up to life, missing milestones and everyone looks weird at you.
feel you man, im also "behind"
i just try to remember that life doesn't have deadlines or a true objective. theres no shame in taking longer to get somewhere
there is no merit in productivity for productivity's sake
life's "goal" is to try and see joy in as many days possible, nothing more
@@nekogirl2009 Very well said. We *really* need more people to realize this--would seriously save a lot of stress over growing older/the pursuit of future endeavors.
@@nekogirl2009nekogirl2009 dropping wisdom 🙏
someone will always have it worse, and someone will always have it better. just make sure to enjoy what you're able to achieve
Man I'm 18 and I feel like I missed half my life and now I'm stressed about what to do with the rest of my life.
Bros acting sad about being 25.
35 year olds: 💀
Tell me about it...
20s ain't old lol. Unless they still think they are children. As a 30 year old, a 20yo is no different than a teenager. Both look and act the same still.
43 year old, can relate.
@@kstreet7438 I understand people who want to stay young or would like to be young again,but I wouldn't want to be 20 years old. No one takes you seriously at that age.
/waves
God I wish I was still in my 30s. Enjoy them.
adult freedom is a paradox because you dont take direct orders from your parents anymore but you have bosses and governors who expect everything out of you.
But your possibilities of life and choices are way bigger too. You just depend on yourself when becoming a adult, so you can go for whatever path you chose... if you're brave or stupid enough to face the consequences, at least.
The difference is that good parents will accept you for who you are unconditionally but IRL, there's this constant pressure to be the "model citizen" or face the consequences.
@@Riven0x I have yet to see the consequences of being the opposite of a "model citizen", other than occasionally getting fired from burner jobs, banned from online platforms or spending short bursts of time incarcerated. I'm still getting wealthier as I age, too. Honestly I'm beginning to think those consequences are little more than an illusion designed to fool those who are too afraid to test them.
@@jesuschrist6878You're certainly not wrong. I look up to Terence McKenna and his work in this regard too. I do think there is truth and goodness in a certain social cohesion by having a certain amount of order, but that becomes corrupted if it's astro-turfed or enforced arbitrarily, so it's best if everyone gets on the same page organically. And that's easier than many people I see assume, but it's harder with the astro-turfed hyper-division running rampant today. I want to see more people accept harsh but universal truths about the human condition rather than giving their belief and faith over blindly to toxic ideologies and corrupt moral compasses. Here's hoping we get a leg up, everyone reading this. You all deserve it. Don't be too hard on yourself, but discipline yourself fairly but enough to get where you need and/or want to be in life. But above all - stop bullshitting yourself to hide from the truth, be unconditionally honest with yourself. That's the best general life advice I can give right now without typing an essay that I'm concerned not enough people will read and be affected by to make it worth the effort. Haha
It's overwhelming yes. But you have to take the reigns
Just how terrible must being a working adult in Japan be if everyone agrees that those three years in high school are always the best life can possibly be even wile HS in Japan is known to be a hyper competitive crunch compared to most of the world...
Like I like university way better than high school and now working I like that way better than university lol. Like you have to pay me a lot to want to relive high school again I'll tell you that >.
I fucking hated hs, I can't imagine anyone actually being nostalgic for all that bullshit.
@@st.haborym you know life for them is bad when that was peak for them XD
When you're going through hell and the only thing to look forward to is going through an even greater hell for the next 40 years once the first one is over, it's easy to understand why they want to go back to the first one.
@@RexZShadow Yeah kinda depressing when you think about it
Japanese highschool is considered the last safe haven of adolescence like how Teen dramas and college movies are in the US.
I think you have to set things in high school. That allows the most interaction daily with the largest friend groups. If the person works quietly in an office you will have almost no meaningful interactions. Certainly no fist fights. College has smaller friend groups and maybe drinking parties. Not the same level of socialization
@@dearthditch look at current cour's "last train to the end of the world" or whatever it's translated. It could have been set in university with absolutely nothing else changed. It could have been a group of part workers at a restaurant chain and one of them decided to pass the lawyer bar exam. It's a group of 5 people, it could be set in any other way, but they still went with the highschool trope.
@@skt453 this angle of criticism is even more glaring with shows like monogatari which have absolutley no business being so sexualising to the characters in that series. but there was an easy way out. set it in college, theyre over 18, get rid of the pedo shit, and youve got an amazing narrative with some of the best animation ever made. but nope, cant have nice things
@@lucqq3792 no monogatari is perfect as it is
@@lucqq3792 Highschool is a nice thing. Then again America has no business being that violent in their media so fair is fair I suppose. Cultural things ;)
I had a friend that gave the most cold-blooded response I've ever heard.
A Japanese guy said that, because he was America, he was lazy compared to them. His response was "Yeah, that's true. And what you hate the most is you can't be me."
Bro sent him to the hospital
The j-guy didn’t think it through before his comment. Large superpowers are not built on laziness.
No even the hospital can heal that burn
@@richerDiLefto we’ve kinda been in decline since Cold War.
Wow! That was bold.😂
“Japan technologically is 20 years ahead of everyone else”.
Considering the economic crisis of the late 80s and it’s consequences, this is a myth.
I like the saying: “In Tokyo it is always the year 2000. It had been in the 70s, and it still is in the 2020s.”
It is more the other way around. The way social culture is developing world wide, Japan is ahead of the curve 20 years, the thing just is it is on a decent by now.
japan is outdated in a ton of ways.
Much of the technological advancement in East Asia are actually from South Korea and China in the past two decades. Japan was a technological powerhouse in the 70s and 80s, but Japan (as well as many other Asian countries) faced a huge recession in the 90s, that's when Japan's influence started to decline. While Japan is still, no doubt, advanced, it's not exceptionally so anymore.
The economic crisis was caused by a drop in birth rates that resulted in a drop in the working age population.
You can actually see this very clearly from just two graphs: Japan's GDP per capita peaked in 1994----almost exactly 20 years after a significant drop in the fertility rate, around 1974.
The economic crisis was always about the fertility rate. It was never about anything else.
Why did it drop?
It's always cute hearing people younger than you say they feel old
Knowing my ancestors looks I’ll look 30 at 75 but still have back pain like now when I’m 19 I’ll never know what “old” truly feels like
Young people nowadays have lived through so much more events than older people have. We have seen the world change so much in the past 8 years while it feels like we barely got a chance to change at all. That’s what is making us feel old.
@@Betoruffo Very true. No generation of humans has seen so much technological variation, economic fluctuation, global political instability, etc. But I think older people are "wired" to base part of their self-esteem on being better than younger people. A small part of that is biology, but most of it cultural. Therefore, I don't think we'll ever get many older people to admit that young people are going through an unprecedented era. Which is really a shame.
@@Betoruffo 2014 to 2024... More of the same, more of the same. Can't say it's that different. Describe some of the change you mean.
@@TheElementAce It just depends what generation you're talking about. Most of what Gen Z and Millennials have experienced isn't outside the realm of usual history... Of course being in the modern era changes the playing field, but the concepts are still there...
"back when i started highschool in 2010"... dude, that hit harder, that's when i finished hs...
Same
@@FlowWolf7 the nursing home is lively
same
1999. 😂
LMAO OLD ASS MF OVER HERE (I finished 2011)
It's funny how in Japan they idolise high school and in the west we hate it.
Obviously
Pretty Little Liars, Glee, Harry Potter... Naw, we're the same. It's not just about reliving the glory days. For a lot of us, it's trauma bonding. Adulthood was way easier in many ways, but we're still trying to process why it was so traumatic.
Sure work can be tough, but you can usually change your job. You're often stuck in high school.
Anime run a range of sweet buds in high school to horrifying high school experiences. Think it has more to do with where you fell on the social pecking order.
Bruh, I’m American and I miss HS. It was a much simpler time and a better time when I was in HS, which I graduated in 2013.
Great video. However, there is a minor correction.
The escapism doesn't start at adulthood. High Schoolers love high school anime. People will learn escapism once they've taste depression.
True
that feel when escapism started before having teen at the end of your age
Fax i am an Indian high schooler , with a education system like or if not worse than Japan's and anime and video games are my escapism
As MuxedoTask said in the video , even high school is pretty stressful and in high school anime only the good part of highschool is shown , hence being exactly escapism
I got bullied in high school. Escaped into videogames, fantasy books, tv series, anything to escape my reality. Thought up entire worlds and characters to pass the time.
I can easily imagine people liking isekai stories, if their own life is bad.
@@Mousse9 is that a fellow world builder i see
I fucking HATED my times at high school and I am loving being a adult. Having my life, achieving my desires through my own efforts and having understanding of myself, it is beyond comparison to being the dumb and awkward kid on the class that got bullied by being too stupid to know basic social interactions on a country where people interact the most. I can understand the japanese's appeal for that kind of thing, but it's totally not for me. When I was on my teenage years, I watched and thought "damn I wish I had a nice school life like that", but now I think "damn... imagine having THAT as your golden years..."
I got you. Also in adulthood you can legally watch porn, smoke and drink, sex and live alone. Childhood is one of the boring time. There is no drugs and sluts, party time and you cant work to make a money.
It’s nice that I found someone I can relate to on this case.
It’s all a major cultural difference, but yeah while obviously high school experience is not the same for everyone (for me it also sucked) if I were on their shoes I would rather pick those years rather than the other hell that awaits me
@@-dark-paradise Yeah, that's true. But watching a japanese channel called Ask Shogo, I saw that there is other ways to move on with life other than just trying to fulfill such absurd stardards. I like his channel, he gives some nice insights of what is being japanese.
Are you Japanese? Cus if you’re not, how can you say “it’s not for me” when relating it to how Japanese ppl miss that time?
Schools and culture around the world is different.
I’m glad your life is better than HS tho, but how ppl see highschool is gonna vary depending on so many factors. Theres bullies in Japan too, you know.
Interesting what you mentioned about isekais. I think that 20th century isekais are different from 21st century (especially 2010s onwards) isekais, since in the first ones the protagonist, at least, accepts our world as their home (with all its imperfections) while in modern isekais they despise and reject it: in the anime No Game No Life, the protagonist thinks directly about this at the end of the first episode, I think (he says something like "in the isekais, when the protagonist ends up in another world, he always wants to do anything to come back home... but who would want to leave a world like this?").
Finally someone says it, that's why I loved isekai animes in my childhood (og digimon every sunday!) but not these days (aside from getting older, I know younger me wouldn't be that interested too).
In 90s and 00s, the message was still, "find your own courage/talent/heal-your-heart/etc in fantasy world so that you can be a better person in real world"
I never watched no game no life but probably the shift began around its time, yeah
@@letsreadtextbook1687that is some amount of bs....
Dang i never thought about this but you right. Been watching Inuyasha for the first time and kagome wants to go back home, she does so many times, but she also wants to help Inuyasha
'our world' bro you don't live in a fantasy world wtf
100%
Modern day isekai doesn't even bother returning to japan and instead the main character goes on a quest to make soy sauce and rice.
I guess it's not just Japan anymore, all you said can be also be seen today...and i think thats why anime is becoming mainstream
Attack on Titan is big because Americans enjoy Hugo boss uniforms AND extinction of Gaza, equally more than breathing, as is seen from the tax expenditure breakdown.
Sad reality should be taken with a hint of self-awareness first, when "non school anime", even since Toei's TMNT 1987, glorifies child soldiers.
And USA recruits kids younger than they can buy alcohol, or ARE ADULTS. You know what Japanese people do at school? Finish it. What's your excuse to keep funding foreign wars that never get done, just extract more wealth from China and Korea as thanks for "ending" wars.
I agree %100
Life is so shit for most basic working individuals, so anime, especially Isekai anime has become so prevalent
Was about to say this. With the economy the way it is and more people needing to work longer hours and/or more than one job/side hustle, many people miss the high school/college experience.
Before recent years, I began to get tired to high school settings in anime, but lately, I’ve been missing it.
Highly Debatable, It's that Japan and South Korea stuffers the most out of this and refuses to acknowledge it. Compared to the west it's not that big of a deal.
It's because this is the time when the characters are old and developed enough to have mature thoughts and bodies but not too old to lost all their innocence and dreams through the hell that awaits them after school.
Dude, I'm 40 and 'i was there' when everything still had to be fan translated and bootlegged on VHS.
And I STILL love a good High School anime.
Damn something is wrong with your life😂
@@thomassmartphone7125 i dunno bro, everyone i grew up with went on to mentally stunted woke bullshit on netflix and meanwhile here I am watching Nagatoro and Senpai at the aquarium.
I think I won.
@@TheSpiritBeaverLmao i hope i ll still enjoy anime like nagatoro when im 40 😂 few years ago i had a period where i was bored of anime and not really watching it anymore, and it didnt feel good
@@SToXC_. I still go back and watch Slayers and Lodoss War and other 90s classics and all the 2000s studio bones classics, too. I just love anime. It's such a saturated thing these days and there is soooo much garbage.
Nagatoro just hit home. As everyone else says, Nagatoro is a fucking FLEX from this mangaka. It's just so much better than the premise gives it any right to mean.
@thomassmartphone7125 "When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." CS Lewis
The worst part of the adult life isn't that paradox you point out about "no one telling you what to do, but no one telling you what to do"... but the fact that actually everyone expects you to do things, and do them in a certian way... but no one "tells" anything to you openly. The societal pressure to conform to expectations, unwritten rules, etc. never goes down. When you're a teen you just rebell, or whatever. Inside the little bubble where you're constructing your identity and your vision for the future you're protected from the real world. You spend most of the time in a walled garden with little real responsibilities and consecuences; one were rules are clear, but rather simple and explicit. As you wery well explained in the video, school is that. You spend most of your time away from authority figures (or around limmited ones) and ammong your peers; you can dedicate your time to things YOU like without having to justify them to anyone. And then you adult... and suddenly everyone gives you the stinky face if you're being "unproductive", if you have no material independence, if you choose a path that isn't giving you economic solvency, if you have no partner at age X, if you are too happy, not happy enough, if you have no kids at age X, if you haven't "made it yet", if you are failing at something, if you are not ambitious enough, if you are too ambitious... So, yeah... when you're an adult everyone "tells" you how to live your life, but no one does. And that "limbo" pressure is the worst, because you can't even argue against anyone, because no one is standing up and saying things to your face. Maybe that's why at some point we all end up having some kind of argument with our parents about "our life" and stuff. They are probably some of the few who will actually tell you things to your face; so they become the only ones that we can stand up to and get mad at. We probably tend to given them a lot more flac than they deserve, but it's because they make themselves a stand in for societal pressure as a whole I guess.
Realest thing I read all day. Thanks man, gonna try to be a little nicer to my parents...
Also the reason why our parents tell us things straight to our face is because they generally do want the best for us, though sometimes it's based on their own ideas on what is best for us and not necessarily what is really best for us.
In my case, I've basically been an outcast for most of my life and I'm not about to stop yet, so in my case I've just spent a lot of time learning to not let pressures like that get to me and I'm completely at peace with being who I am, working to improving myself in the areas that I care about and realising not everyone will like me, a lot of people will in fact despise me and may not agree with the way that I live my life, look at life or the way I do things.
But ultimately I have to live my life and I won't let other people try to live it for me, even if it leads me to despair at least it's a hell of my own making and not a hell made for me by someone else.
Wow, usually anytime someone types some “Societal observation or philosophical bullsht” on YT. 9/10 ive heard it before. Im 33. Ive heard alot, but this specific take i have not. Very interesting, ill take this.
To put it simply, no one wants to spend more "communication costs" on you, but their expectations are still there, if not more than ever.
@@leegunring Nah, your simplification skips way too much. He said alot more than that.
This is a common misconception. While many people in Japan view their school years (which often does not mean high school) as having been the most "fun" in their lives, it's also relatively common for people to view existence as a process of lifelong improvement, which is where shonen culture originates. Some people in even their 70s or 80s still view themselves as actively developing their skills.
Many people in Japan consider middle school to have been the most fun in their life. For others, it's college, or adult life. High school is not chosen because it's the most fun overall, but because of other characteristics that make it useful for storywriting purposes.
The foremost one being that high school is simply the most relatable setting for most people. In Japan, 95% of people go to high school (the corresponding figure appears to be 90% in the US). It's more difficult to relate to a setting that you've never experienced in your life, and there's no job in Japan that 95% of people would experience in their lives, hence why high school serves as an adequate one to default to. It's also easier to relate to for adults than middle school, since high school students are more mature.
Mangaka and anime writers tend to have even less work experience than the average person aside from that pertaining to their own field. Which means that if they want to use their own experiences to write a believable story, they have to default to a school setting, or alternatively a fantasy world that allows for easier suspension of disbelief.
High school is also more useful than college because most people attend it out of a sense of obligation. Which means that a writer can easily justify collecting a diverse cast with varying skills, quirks and interests. In a college setting this would require more suspension of disbelief, since many people choose to attend specific colleges and courses that match their interests. And many choose not to attend at all---only around 60% of people in Japan attend college at any point in their lives. This means that certain types of characters are unlikely to end up in an average college----a delinquent-type character would generally not attend at all, an athlete might attend a school geared for their own sport, a medically oriented character would generally attend medical school, etc.
Another useful aspect is that high school students are mature enough to be usable as "adults" (i.e. you can justify an intelligent character acting very mature) while also immature enough to be usable for creating various types of drama. Adults are generally much more mature and stable, and therefore more "boring" / less useful in this sense from a writer's standpoint.
This is also reflected in anime in general---going back to the initial point, older characters are often treated as having mastered their trades, and as having reached a higher level of wisdom. These types of characters can be useful as mentors, heroes and such, but a writer would generally not want them as their main protagonists, because there is no growth to be depicted, and they are more difficult to use for cheap drama. Less mature adults can work for this purpose, which is why you do see them in some anime.
Anime viewership rates are higher among people aged 10-19 than any older age group. And while viewership rates are even higher between the ages 0-9, children of this age group tend to look up to high school students, which is why their preferences are not in conflict with the use of high school settings. The third most prevalent group in terms of viewership rates is people aged 20-29, for whom high school is a relatively recent memory.
It should also be pointed out that, while this appears to be controversial for many people in the West, in Japan, high school-age females ("JK"s) are seen as being the most attractive by males of various age groups. Younger men are also rather popular among women, though the trends appear more defined when it comes to male preferences. Similar correlations have been observed in Western countries as well (some studies show that men in the US prefer women around the age 18 or 20, and such studies generally do not include younger ages) though, so this alone would not explain the trends we see in anime.
On a final note, in terms of 4:49, the rates shown here show similar trends in age dependence in most developed countries, e.g. the US and many European countries. This is not unique to Japan. The points mentioned on work-life balance here are correct, but I don't see any evidence for them being the primary reason for the use of high school settings in anime.
Exactly, most anime at their core are about progression. Especially Shonen anime which is what kicked off the anime craze in America. Therefore, you cannot have your main character already be in their physical or mental prime or you limit the scope of your story.
Also, high school is an experience that most people in the developed world can relate to.
I absolutely adore this, because I have never seen this side of the "debate." You touched on how different cultures view high school, but also explained how a lot of it comes back to freedom of writing and literary devices.
Anyway, it's interesting to realize that so many mangaka are limited in the scope of experience they can pull from, and may be writing for readers that also don't have a lot of experience to relate with. This is true in any culture, but seems more prevalent in Japan. I'm assuming that even if a mangaka had more worldy experience to influence their work, it just wouldn't sell as well because it's not as relatable or comfortable.
So what do you think of how Japanese viewers see western media? Is it regarded well because it's so different? Or does it keep readers/viewers away because it alienates them?
@@Sykroid Western TV shows (海外ドラマ) are very popular in Japan. People tend to appreciate them in much the same way as anime fans enjoy anime, i.e. the differences in culture give them a unique feeling compared to domestic dramas.
There's even a dub vs sub debate in Japan regarding the optimal way to consume Western films and TV shows, with around 50% preferring subbed (字幕) and the other 50% preferring dubbed (吹き替え) according to online polls. I remember seeing some Japanese comedians talking about this on some TV show (I think it was Shabekuri 007) and the arguments that were raised were strikingly similar to those shared by anime viewers---with the pro-sub side arguing that subbed versions are better at retaining the emotion of the acting, while the pro-dub side said that they couldn't follow what was going on if they had to focus on reading (or something along those lines).
its because we are social rejects who had awful or lame experiences in high school and most of these animes appeal to the power fantasy of "how things coulve been if" orrrrrr people are still going through high school and the only way to make it bearable is to cope with animes like this that make it seem "cool"
Yup it’s tru
god damn, couldn't have said it better myself
Fk that I ain't no social reject, hs anime pisses me off now
Yep, completely hit the nail on the head on why I watched so much of it immediately after high school. Everything from the people I was surrounded by daily, to the first people I dated was just so monotonous and boring. Even worse, it seemed like a generational thing, because the graduating class 2 to 3 classes up from me seemed to be having the experience I thought HS was going to be.
This is the most relatable comment on here. It's always nice to imagine that the weirdo that gets pulled by some girl to go on an adventure and in the end finds love could have been you.
Instead you are working your ass off and spend most of your time on your own, having never experienced love or true friendship.
At least that is me. Don't get me wrong, I don't have a bad life. I own a house, debt free, healthy. Yet love and friendship just never happens. And I tried, I really did.
To me watching my hero academia, albeit it was cringe, was so refreshing. It made me feel like that could have been me, getting friends, even having a girl crush on me. Oh well, all copes must come to an end :D
There is a big difference between the highschools in Asia Pacific vs America coming from a asian/canadian. I can tell you guys that i remember school festivals or so called intramural week as one of those best memories of schools in asia.
Most anime are set in highschool because according to the Anime Man, most Japanese in the Millennial generation didn't go to college. Now with Japanese Zoomers 40% of them have Bachelor's degrees in comparison to 17% of Japanese Millennials.
Really that’s interesting
thats so suprising!! millenials, meaning people in thier 30s dont have college degress?
@@samuraijosh1595Correct. Japanese college attendance is competitive, but also rarer relative to the US. Ironic for a society that values education, until you realize that it's because they cram more education into a younger age. The other thing that'll surprise you is that public colleges are more prestigious than private ones, because everyone knows it's harder to compete for a public slot.
@@user-do5zk6jh1k how do millennials find employment then? Japan doesn't sound like the kind of advanced society that only values skills without credentials
Do you know what Anime Man video it was?
"I feel so old being 25"
Just wait till you're 30, I am and I could've sworn I was 21 yesterday.
fuck man time just fucking flies its sad
Yeah I’m 23 and I feel like life is passing me by.
31 here. I miss being able to run around and be springy without hurting afterwards. I always wanted to try parkour but I can't take those falls anymore lol
I’m 37 (38). Anime has Really grown, Changed, and Evolved!
But it’s also gotten Oversaturated, and Just so damn Recycled! Isekai in particular has changed from what Magic Knight Rayearth, and Escaflowne!
Oversaturated and frankly designed with the western audience. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it's not why I was so obsessed with anime as a kid. I spent more time trying to figure.out the cultural differences. Straight up five year old me was trying to figure out where Sailor Moon was located. Despite the 90s dub censoring, the locations didn't look familiar to me. 😂
Still some modern day bangers but most stuff is Moe anymore (ftr I like Moe but there's too much of it). We need more unique anime like Jojo's bizarre adventure, Vinland Saga, Serial Experiments Lain, etc
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Or you need to delve into Tokusatsu, Japan’s other popular medium.
In the words of a philosopher I respect.
Imagine if every night you could dream any dream. You would spend 75 years of life everytime you fall asleep. What would you do in those dreams? Have grand adventures, harems, children, etc. But after a few nights of having dreams filled with absolutely everything you ever wanted, you'd start to want more, you'd start to want the dream to pleasantly surprise you. But if there are to be pleasant surprises there must also be unpleasant surprises. Rude shots. You'd want to stop controlling the dream in which you can do anything. You'd want to forget that you're having a dream while you dream. And in so doing, by adding more and more things that are out of your control into your dream, you'll eventually arrive at the same life you're living in today.
- Alan Watts, paraphrased (i cant be bothered to find the direct quote, my obsidian is a mess.)
Reminds me of Junji Ito's The Long Dream
@@Sorrowdusk A light novel about Itachi and even inception has these themes. Yes. Except they play on the fact that a human psyche can’t handle such things. And perhaps it can’t, that’s why we forget 99% of dreams we dream every night.
I can respect someone who says it too.
That is scaled up to extreme, but why cant I just have one life where things go right then? Of course if you did it lot of times it would get stale but once it would really be cool so bad argument against wanting a prefect life (maybe I misunderstood you and your point was sth else)
@@rokarege9058 In this example you can't have one perfect life because you've already had it, except you don't remember because you wished to forget, to better experience the struggles... I mean surprises of this one.
Big part of Alan Watt's philosophy and that of Buddhism, and many other asians ones, is that expectations bring us pain (4 noble truths). We expect too much of life instead of just feeling it. Unless you're stuck in an oubliette, which is a horrific way of torture, feeling good is a matter of perspective.
And this isn't even that unique to asian philosophy. Albert Camus famous work, the "Myth of Sisyphus", where Camus urges the reader to think that Sisyphus is happy, doing the same meaningless work everyday.
Even many ancient greeks, that never had contact with asia, came up with many of the same ideas.
"If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament." - Socrates.
I don't expect you to agree or even understand this. Hell, I still don't, and I technically majored in this bullshit. But I remain hopeful that I'll eventually attain Attaraxia (Ancient Stoic version of Nirvana, roughly meaning "tranquility").
And to finish this giant wall of text, I'll quote Alan Watts once more.
"This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play."
This isn't an issue for Japan, it's just a general problem. My friend used to be the same, she was the one that work the hardest to achieve and accomplish in her life, and almost never let herself be vulnerable to any of us, and she did just that. But even with all that, she was the first to take her life.
In hindsight, i always wondered what got her to that point. Its been years since it happened, and its all clicking with me.
The worst part about, is that i understand her, now, and yep, you can never go back.
Im just tired of it all, i dont want to wake up anymore. I hope I'll be able to see her one more time.
Hey there, just wanted to say I feel for ya, and hope you can move forward from this.
Live your life with a focus, a focus doesn't need to be defined as a career job or a test grade, or anything you need to accomplish immediately. A focus can be generally wanting to help people in the world, seeing yourself living in a better place, getting something for your parents/siblings that they only dreamed of. The hows and whens will come in time and you will have to decide when to push pedal to the metal but it doesn't have to come right now, tomorrow or even a year from now.
The fact that you are alive, you are a human being, you manage to see this computer screen and understand the things that surround it is a miracle in of itself. Please do not take that for granted, to be alive is a miraculous thing, to throw it all a way is a waste of the miracle, and to use your life to do something (even just for yourself) is a privilege.
There will be more friends in life, there will be more sunsets and sunrises, take one day at a time and do not be so hard on yourself -- after all, we are our own worst critic/enemy but at the same time, we can also use that doubt to strive for better. You are not alone in the struggle, just know this, there are countless others figuring it all out and we will get there.
I know it might not help but consider learning about Marxism socialism and communism.
The idea that all these are tyrannical dictatorships that are after what little you have is an idea given to you by the same people who told you your live your dreams and make you work and work for nothing. Will you believe them?
You have nothing to lose but your chains.
There is a better world. But capitalists will not give it up without a fight. After all, how many kings gave up their crowns willingly?
Start with some videos and books communism. Secondthought, Hakim.
And you can transform that sadness into anger. And while you and I will die in this struggling world, at least future versions of ourselves may yet see a different one.
That’s what spared my life. I found meaning in fighting. Literally, physically, against the ones who shackle me.
I feel you as well, there's days where I ask myself if all of this hard work is even worth it, the monotony killing me, but always look at the bright side of life all the good things small or big are worth living.
Take care of yourself brother, life is very much worth living so you can pass down accomplishments and tales. It might be tough now but we make the most of this simple life with the chips we are handed
school was a very unpleasant experience for me, high school centric anime's don't make me feel nostalgic but resentful of those who have happy memories of those times.
Feels bad hope you can find peace one day
me too
@@Mowai. my psyche is too damaged to find peace, but i do appreciate teh sentiment
I get that entirely. I found time and solitude to myself after getting out of HS, got some real peace of mind. I was rather estranged but I've become a lot more sociable now that my time isn't being spent getting hazed by bullies, on top of being ignored by everyone else. Used to be a real hothead because of that. Took the time to take apart things, about why I felt them and all that, and found that it was societal pressure that was actively damaging me, so I mentally-ripped out some parts that had to do with that. Things that weren't being useful/educational anymore like shame.
To me, I think being resentful of them is a waste of energy. I don't think about those people at all. Their pasts do not matter, either. I can't even recall their names and I used to despise and hate them for all the crap they gave me for the flimsiest reasons that I did not have the capacity to control. Occasionally someone says they know me and I simply don't know them, to their chagrin or irritation. I'm an entirely different person now, even with the same name and body. If someone had fun in high school, good for them. That's all there is to it. Some people were happier then. I'm happier now. We both move on all the same.
Same as the high number of Japanese people who were viciously bullied as a teenager, but I guess this works as another escapism for them
I think one of the things you miss about high school is when you get stuck in your current life its so much harder to reinvest in things that interested you or complete past goals you put on hold. In high school I could do anything at any time and changed interests often. Now that I'm older and in my career I *can* change but it would take years to catch up to where I am now if I could at all so there's no appetite to do so. Fortunately I don't hate my job or anything but its difficult to find artistic outlets with my job being in IT it used to be fun that I had different logic puzzles every day and could think about new things. Now though, I miss the artistic outlet I had in high school with drawing/3d modeling, playing music, and writing. I put all of those things aside one day in college to really buckle down and dedicate my efforts to professional growth. I think that was the right decision but its been very difficult to pick those things back up and often times I have to force myself to make time for them. I miss how structured and separated high school was with morning activities lunch afternoon activities after school - dinner - hw - free time. These are all things you could potentially block out for yourself but its hard when you work and might work late or have crunch times when your schedule is different every night.
Even when you're home, as an adult, you have more responsibilities. You may block out time for something fun, only for random chores or urgent errands to come up...
I can see why Japanese anime is obsessed with Europe. There really good quality of life and work life balance and benefits, paid vacation and paid parental leave and retirement.
Exactly. It’s either high school or Japanified Europe.
quality of life getting worse due to open borders, but europe is still ok for now
@@Dave102693 Apparently you haven't watched the entire spectrum of anime to make such a comment
A nice middle ground between the unregulated freedom of America with the governmental safety nets of Europe and the cultural cohesion of Japan would probably make the best country in the world.
the grass isnt greener in europe. poverty is still high and the safety nets are minimal too
Holy crap what a good video, I’m 27 and have been watching anime since I was 7. And still to this day I hunt for those feel good nostalgic anime.
I’m an aging nerd, passing it on to my kid. I still watch anime but I’ve noticed what hold my attention has changed. I’m from the 90’s era where it exploded in the US,(toonami, weird irreverent era) so there wasn’t a lot of school trope for me as my younger siblings.
I def think a lot of it has to do with target audience, but also story’s tend to be about coming of age or major changes in life, things feel and seem more dramatic when you’re younger too. You have different priorities.
But I’m sure there’s something to be said about wanting to return to our youth and simpler times. I notice it usually doesn’t stay in the school though, if anything it’s like starting again, a “what if?”, another path.
I don’t think it’s a bad thing, but like anything, an obsession is unhealthy, there’s nothing wrong with dreaming and escaping every once in a while.
I wish you also explored how the Japan's asset bubble crash in the early 90s and subsequent lost decades also had an impact on storytelling being set in high school. School was not the default setting for anime before the crash and the majority of characters back then weren't adolescent or teenagers. I don't have any hard evidence if the crash truly played a part in anime storytelling today, but ever since the crash, the average age of anime characters are progressively becoming younger and younger.
It's only in the last decade when the isekai/tensei boom started that the age of the characters slowly increased, but only to decrease once they've reincarnated into a younger person -- it's like the ultimate form of going back to your youth, but quite literally this time. Anyway, this goes to show that anime is not just an entertainment medium, but it can reflect the realities of Japanese culture and society.
Which isn't unreasonable. I dont yearn to go back to high-school. I have a good life now, job I like, a wife. But if I could go back to the physical body I had 20 years ago, who wouldn't? Even if I didn't get increased life expectancy, just less pain, better function, it would be great.
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@@isaaccaldi497 This comment was made even more amusing as I tore a hamstring over the weekend playing in the yard with kids
This is so true that even shounen protagonists like goku aged with the audience, going from a kid to an adult with a family
deserves more views, great video.
The "YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK" at the end of the video hits hard
I still in my early 20s yet i feel old
I especally like the Massage at the End. "You can Never go back".
Remmber to enjoy your Young years. Because you will never be this young again.
I've had the opposite experience.
Early years were complete shit that made me an objectively worse person, but I've been having fun with even mundane things after getting the opportunity to chill out as an adult with everyone stuck in the same crappy boat proper. It's probably why I hate HS anime most, there's just no commonality to it for me. Absolutely none of it applies or resonates with me. "I can never go back" thank god for small favors.
@@marthedgeagreed. I would rather get my eyes plucked out than return to those times. Unless I could fix my mistakes back in those times I will not go back.
Oh yeah how to miss the years of constant rejection and sad nights seriusly i would love to forget those years
As 40 year old man now, I still have dreams im in high school and really miss those days. Think part of it is writers know core fan base is that age, and adults also all went thru it and likely miss it. Not every one had a amazing time in school, but id say 80% plus did or at least had not 100% negative. Also Anime rarely likes to show older people, 30 year old's treated like they are old people in anime. Also even younger kids yet to get in high school, want be older, and older want be younger, = easy setting for writing.
I remember my high school years fondly, but not for anything that happened in school save for a few memories. Most of my time in school beyond primary school is just a blur to me because I was always bored, never understood the point of it all and as an adult I'd say that my younger self was spot on about that.
Everything that I got up to outside of school back then is what I like to remember.
I'm just a little younger. I miss it a bit too because that was basically the last time I had friends. I rarely went to school, partied all the time, and yet I still became one of their best students, which to be honest I'm still proud of to this day.
Also 40. High school, and the few years directly after it, was the last time I saw my friends on a daily basis. Now I have dear friends that I miss and haven’t seen in years, or they’re gone forever. High school has a similar structure but you have more freedom than when you’re at work as an adult. The Office (US) actually kinda has more in common with high school than the office setting it’s set in if you really examine it.
I think there's one more thing to add. High school is in many societies the last common experience for many people. I had a group of friends, we had known each other since we were 4-5 years old. We went to different schools, but met every week or so. After graduating from high school we went to different universities, but since we lived in the same city, we could still meet each other just like before. But something changed. It became harder to share our experiences, hardships and joys. Studying at different faculties at different universities gave us much more different lives than the different high schools did. This became worse when we graduated and started working. The common elements just slowly vanished and we drifted more and more apart. In high school we all had Maths, History, Biology, etc. In university my subjects at law school had nothing in common with the ones studying architecture, medicine or engineering. One time I talked with a friend studying archtecture about our difficulties in a subject we both called Stats. After a few minutes, it came out that I meant Statistics, while she meant Statics. It was kinda funny, but bittersweet, since although we both found it challenging, this realization shattered the illusion of a common experience.
So I guess the popularity in high school anime and high school settings in western shows and movies is the fact, that this is a common experience for most of the audience - the last of it's kind. The next section of life, that would be as common, as that would be retirement, but by that time our lives are so much drifted apart in this highly pluralistic world, that common ground is difficult to find (and also since the majority of people wouldn't lived through it yet, an anime about retired people couldn't awake nostalgia)
I’m 30 and I’ve gotten more sicken by anime made for teenagers more and more.
In my case i got over games and music obcession anime is more of a so-so optional time's too limited.
Same, anime in college and beyond are more interesting.
I can enjoy it in limited quantities but yeah it's just not all that interesting for me. That's why it's great the isekai thing took off...moved the stories outside of that damn classroom.
Didn't used to be that way. At lease the anime I watched. Saw Priss sing a rock song before going to her real job, where her fashion store owner boss, an aerobics instructor, and a pink haired police officer bust up killer cyborgs at night. Or a circus pilot taking up a transforming robot and become part of a large world ending war against giant humans living in green starships and in a love triangle with an idol singer and the first officer of the Macross. Saw a villager take up his father's sword and join a gorgeous elf, a young priest, a dwarf, and others to stop the resurrection of an evil goddess. Wasn't really into the high school anime, except for Sailor Moon and Devil Hunter Yohko, but these are more the struggles with everyone fighting demons and trying to balance school and battle. Maybe as a highschooler back then, I gravitated towards the grownups with the large robots.
I’ve just turned 29 ✨ high school anime and fiction have actually helped me process the loneliness I went through as a teen. It’s helped me to reframe what I went through and grow through it. I didn’t get the socialization I needed at that time, and in a lot of ways I’m starting over better now. I’m excited about the next chapter of my life. I’m writing a different narrative now, and fiction has helped me determine my direction by realizing what could’ve been then.
In short - it’s never too late to determine a new direction in life, and escapism fantasies can help if you use them as a tool for self discovery.
that end credit hit so hard, you're a good storyteller
Loved this video. Very well edited and had the perfect mix of information, comedy, relatability, and to top it off, a great message at the end. Thank you for this
Before watching the video, my explanation would be because most anime are geared towards young male teenagers from the ages of 12-19, so it would make sense to make them relatable by setting them in high schools. I reckon most Anime set in College, Workplace etc. are perceived as “boring adult stuff”, not as a magical place of adventure and youthful hopefulness. Also a lot of Japanese people look back fondly at their school time and remember them as the best time in their life. Nostalgia oftentimes embellishes the positive experiences and tunes out the negative ones, giving us a skewed perspective of our past.
Yea but then you realize Japan has an aging population, meaning most of their population are adults, so who are these child focused anime aimed at? If grown adults are fantasizing these things, especially when it's focused on minors, then you can see how that's problematic and can lead to some degenerative behaviors.
I’m 27 and consider myself a casual anime enjoyer now. I started watching when I was around 9 yrs old and was absolutely obsessed. I was a pretty shy kid (like most lmao) so anime was my escape, gave me something to look forward to after school & made me hopeful(?) for high school & the future. As I got older though…idk it just doesn’t feel the same. It’s rare for me nowadays to enjoy anime as much as I used to, especially newer ones. I still enjoy video games and an occasional anime rewatch for nostalgia purposes, but for whatever reason high school anime are my absolute LEAST favorite. The circumstances are so boring now, I just feel a huge disconnect from most of the characters and a lot of the plots feel very recycled.
I’m 28 and have the same thoughts! I left a much longer comment about it. Some of my friends have just grown out of anime and only watch nostalgic stuff as well. Same for me, I either watch for the nostalgia (or honestly straight up, random shows that my mom banned nerdy child me from watching so I never finished LOL) or just whatever interests me.
And typically I’m drawn to slice of life slower pace stuff or that has more complex themes…Nana for example, or Kotaro Lives Alone. I’ll still watch things with younger characters but it just doesnt pull me in the same way as it used to. Occasionally I’ll find a show I really like the premise or characters, like I’m really loving Apothecary Diaries right now. But it’s usually not the popular stuff that’s everywhere. Some of the stuff that gets bigger feels stale and recycled, or straight up I watch it and can’t get past the fact that they could’ve made the exact same plot line in uni and have it be just as good.
There’s certain things I can’t really stomach in anime anymore either, like the plain Jane no personality oblivious asf main male characters, unnecessary fan service, age gap relationships, miscommunication tropes, etc. I guess with growing up some of these things are easier to see through or less appealing (or were never appealing) as compared to when you’re younger. At times it feels like we grew up but the shows didn’t.
Part of it is that anime isn't the medium it used to be. As it grew in popularity, newer animes started imitating what already sells (more isekais inbound) and kept imitating the same old styles ( the stereotypical big eyes, cutesy Sailor Moon derivative).
Older animes took more risks so there seemed to be more variety, with popular anime having everything from kids Digimon to adult Cowboy Bebop. This variety has hit rock bottom in the mainstream.
If you want original stuff you have to dig deep and beyond the well known stuff.
This might also be the time to go back in time to older anime that seemed "uninteresting" growing up.
Stuff like 70s stuff or 80s anime that set trends that are still going on. That's the only thing I can suggest.
Aside from that, trying Japanese novels is also a good step forward, and their cinema also has plenty of great films that rival anime.
Asian cinema really has a lot to offer, so UA-cam that. Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea all have healthy and diverse films and TV.
That’s entertainment as a whole. Everything is tropy and everything has been recycled or taken. Its even worse in Western Entertainment.
really well made video, i’m surprised this doesn’t have 100x the amount of views
It does now
For most people, their peaks where high school or college. Why? Because adult society fucking sucks, and it still sucks for about 99% of us. High school and or college was the last time people had to still be free of of the shitty adult responsibilities while still being old enough to make your own decisions and be cognizant of them.
Basically its the peak of youthful fun and personal freedom before you have to die and face mental exhaustion from the daily grind called modern adult reality.
Not all of us had this or have ever had this, but most have, and for an ethnically and almost culturally similar society like Japan, you can bet almost all of them can relate to the idea that their peak was high school or for some college.
So unless you are rich enough to never work or you are rich but find your work fun, its likely that you are suffering in the hell called being an adult .
Its the nostalgia of "simpler times"
Everything is said.
exactly
Great vid. I love what u did with the script, balancing factual with casual and somewhat personal tone of writing. Looking forward for more !
You can never go back
But you can make what you have now better
Or make media capitalizing on nostalgia, with (or without) the insight of your time
the whole point of anime mainly taking place in high school is bc that’s where a lot of people said they had the most fun and felt like they were free. after high school it’s either college or you work a grueling corporate job. not many stories to tell of that compared to the endless high school adventures.
It's not even true...
Excellent video, I'm glad UA-cam recommended it. Cheers from France ❤
I don't think this is exclusive to Japan at all. Interrogate any 30-something American and they'll opine for their high school days. "Nostalgia" fueling stranger things, marvel movies, etc. is a multi trillion dollar industry.
Really, the culprit is greed. Poor society designs (eg, let's let corporations extract maximal wealth and distribute not even 1% of it back to normal people) and excess (eg, people living vicariously through the internet instead of going outside)
I think it’s happening in America as well. Although, I’m not sure if it’s recent or it happened in the past, too, and maybe our parents and grandparents just accepted it. Or perhaps, it happened in the past, but to a lesser extent. People enjoyed the nostalgia, but had no reason to live in the nostalgia. Whereas it’s gotten worse in the present world because now more people want to live in the nostalgia with how horrible the world has gotten over the years.
In Japan people don't really have the time or energy to go outside because of the way their work culture is.
while I love capitalism, think it's the best economic system and have a great deal of respect for people who start their own businesses, I do recognise that not everyone who starts a business or owns a company is a good person and that there does need to be something in place to protect workers from the kind of thing that happens in Japan.
I can rant and rave all day about education systems and corporate relationships with the government, but I'll spare you of that.
@@TearThatRedFlagDownJapan and South Korea have the negative sides of capitalism without the benefits (eg, corporate greed/no free time, but no individualism)
@@TearThatRedFlagDownthat being said, I don't think that means it's better stateside. We have different problems, many of which revolve around a hypocritical culture saving face on the global stage while denying the dream promised to it's people at every opportunity for profit.
@@CaelWhiz Well the problem we and both Japan and Korea have is that what we have is a lot more like corporatism.
Corporations have a mutually lucrative relationship with the government which skews the market heavily in their favour, which results in the state our countries are in right now.
This is also how corporations get as big and powerful as they are, it can't be done without government help.
But the idea behind capitalism is that government should be small with very little centralisation, where it's easy to start your own business rather than the big governments we all have now with their bureaucrats meddling in every level of society, inevitably making life worse for regular people.
I really enjoyed this video! Super High quality. Love the video format and progression.
Watched this at 2:39 am for no reason, AND GIRLS UND PANZER MENTIONED !!
👍 I haven’t seen that show yet though.
I watched this at 2:36 am
When the big, dedicated anime channels on UA-cam seemingly avoid Girls und Panzer like the plague... 😢 It warms my heart when the show gets mentioned.
man this shit is too relatable, highschool was the last time in my life where i enjoyed life, had friends, had something to look forward to, my life has been nothing but a downwards spiral ever since i graduated
While sad to see this reality, this is a great video. Thanks for sharing man.
I’m 26 and I remember highschool was torture. I had no friends all 4 years. So when highschool is portrayed as fun I never understand it.
I really am kinda fed up with the high school setting. I'm 30. I don't want to relive adolescence. I want relatable ADULT characters.
It is almost the sole reason i kinda quit watching anime.
How almost every trope kinda devolves into High School or some sort of school setting somewhere midways or later on in the show.
Had me pretty much loose interest in Anime overall. Because every school setting always falls into the same very predictable tropes.
Rarely do we get fresh breaths such as Dungeon Meshi, and Cyberpunk to name a handfull few.
It is a bit of a twisted reality but being from the west and having a genuinely terrible highschool experience (depression, failing, switching schools, all the works) I find solace in the fantasy that highschool romance drama anime have to offer, I’m not lonely irl or anything but truly it does kinda hurt wanting something from a past you know you’ll never get back.
Hi hun, this was a LOVELY documentary/thoughtpiece on anime and nostalgia! I loved it!
I'm pretty sure the Isekai genre came out of exactly this desire to leave this depressing reality.
- Watches anime
- Paradox gamer
- References SCP
I think you just earned yourself a sub good sir.
Very nice clip and pretty good editing hope to see more from you
Don't stop making this kind of content, its so much fun to know that anime isn't just entertainment
High school in Japan like in the US is the last universal culturally shared event. Not everyone will have the same kind of job, but most of us lived through highschool.
Catering to the target audience is nothing unusual or impressive. They aren't obsessed with high school, your view of Japan is simply a skewed anime-centric one. Japan has other forms of entertainment and not everyone watches anime. Some of those milestones you mention aren't really revolutionary. I was there for Nausicaa and the birth of Ghibli, I was there for Evangelion. These days lots of "milestone" anime will be forgotten in a couple years for someone from the next generation to "rediscover."
Bro ya killing it, this is a great video and as a dude whose studied Japan and works here its very true.
great video and relatable. I'll rewatch this video again if i ever need another wake up call.
So much pressure put on many young people to exceed especially in asian countries.
I remember here in ireland my friend passing out during an exam due to stress...i also heard stories of kids commitimg suicide getting bad grades.
I couldnt believe this...my parents where so laid back BUT my dad went psycho about my terrible grades....i willnever forget him coming to my school to get my GCSE results...he was very disappointed, 😅
Dragged me to college to do a trade.
I wanted to do Art 🎨
Life doesnt always work out the way you dream it.
I. Literally work as a cleaner in the same building 15 years ago where i took my art test to get into art...i passed but my father didnt allow me to continue and made me work in a trade in electrical engineering...i hated it
So boring.
But yeah, to anyone worrying about school and grades, try and make the best of it and even if you fail like me, things can still work it well.
And yes i was super introverted...i was put into the big world totally unprepared but it was a massive learning experience...
I was incredibly shy, hated small talk..
Now i consider myself very good in social situations and conversation.
It takes alot of work and these anime shows reflect my own teens growing up
Its also a reminder that being introverted is way harder to get by in the world when you're not good at studying or not suoer smart..ive always seen the smarte quiet kids get far in life compared to the quiet not so smart kids(myself)
I was in the 3rd dumbest class, 10C
The 2 other classes had the craziest students ever..i dont think any could read a primary school level book.
I was just inbettween dumb and normal I.Q 😅😂
The smart classes were all well behaved and smart..no screaming or making animal noises..all orderly and behaved.
Mines was a like a zoo.
Terrible situation for an introvert, terribly awful 😖
Really good video man. Commentary was 10/10
I always thought those settings just make the storyline is easier to make? Like there is almost always a rich friend that help the main character who parent's usually work outside japan and lives alone. Then add childhood friend, a tsundere for comedy and such characters. More money, more free time, ez relations, ez to make a story.
I clicked this video randomly for no reason, but I must say I was entertained the whole way through. Good video man keep it up
You killed the ending of the video, keep up the good work bro! Love your content!
First anime ive ever seen, i was bout 7 or 8. It was Ninja Scroll, playing on Teletoon at like 1 am, and when i began watching, the rape scene with the rock man happened. I was shook...never thought "cartoons" could be so insane, and have been watching since lol
Mine idk what it was but was from cw4kids channel that showed Pokemon, spider riders, dragon ballz yugiho etc
My first anime was the uncensored School Days I was 9
Damn haven’t heard of that channel in years
I'm turning 25 in September, I'll save you a recliner at the nursing home.
Same.
It's over for us grandpa's.
This was really good man, great video!
That was beautifully written, great job Muxedotask!
Holy shit the quality of edits and audio mixed together and I see less then 1000 subs….. bro take my sub you earned it
Great video, interesting topic to think on.
That's something that happens in real life you know. I've had a dream or two where I have a completely different and full life. Only to wake up to the "real" world. It messed with me for a while. I still think about it at times.
Well put together analysis. The answer is quite simple and some might find it obvious. But the part leading to this conclusion was interesting to follow.
Really great video actually!
Man I wish people would start saying man I'm old when they are 45 not 20s or 30s. I had to hear it all throughout my twenties you're not old you're just out of shape and can't stop eating junk food that makes you feel and move you like you're in your 60s.
True
In the society, you're considered old past 24. Then in life you're basically old from 25 up to 99. :)
@@lisehooverNot really. 25 is still a young adult.
@@kstreet7438 You should ask people or roam over the internet. Everyone will tell you they're old at 25.
im literally skinny as fuck and i feel old as fuck at 22
What really hits me hard was the fact that graduation was a black hole. I remember when I was to graduate university asking myself what’s next and still asking 10 years after.
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oh god Japan peaked in high school
DUDE YOU ARE SEVERELY UNDERRATED! This video is insanely well written and high quality for such a small channel! I hope you grow more because this is really quality stuff man!
Japan: if that guy who peaked at highschool was a country
I got into anime in 2010 and I turn 31 in August. I don't have a job (if I were to get one, I can only get a part-time job due to how screwed I would be if I had to work more than a certain amount of hours as I have autism) but I do admit of having similar desires as the Japanese working adult at times, thinking I can go back and try high school all over again, even if I know it would never happen.
Discovered this video in the recommendations when I woke up this morning and subscribed after watching as this was really an insightful video.
Watching this i just kept thinking America had this same growing obsession with college based media in the late 90 and early 2Ks. But then it stopped because our society ruined the college life experience with useless degrees and student debt
I like how it’s not even some sort of speculation that the Japanese obsession with high school is duo to the rest of their lives generally sucking on an epidemical scale.
Plenty of anime producers straight up admitted it. Very directly so.
Doesn’t take much to understand why escaping to another world happens to be the other most popular genre.
one of the best videos ive watched all year. This legit broke, tore down, and ripped apart my reasons and wants for living in japan and replaced them with my own satisfaction for my current highschool life. AMAZING VIDEO. THANK YOU
It's literally the best years of their lives before the crushing reality come in working for a company That you hate not being able to spend time with your loved ones
One of the reasons this anime "escapism" hits especially hard for me is because of covid; I essentially spent my last high school years in 2020-2022 locked up in my own room, sleeping through online lessons and feeling like i missed out on a lot of the social experiences I could have had otherwise. I'm glad I slowly feel like I'm making up for it by putting myself out there more in university, but as a 'nerdy' introvert it remains an uphill battle.
On another note, I really like your video and storytelling style, look forward to more of your videos in the future :D
Make the best of college and squeeze out of it as much as you can. Don't let the negativity/dysfunctions chain or cripple you.
I too was very introvert and lonely in my high school years…
Today, that is 6 years after that, I know Jesus Christ.
If I knew Him before, everything would’ve been so much more bearable.
Know Him, so that you may know peace and happiness, so that you know you are not alone.
He is the way, the truth and the life.
No one can go to the Father except through Him.
All who follow Him will attain eternal life and happiness in heaven by having their sins payed for on the cross, but whoever does not will have to pay for their own sins in the lake of fire for all eternity!
I complained about this also. It's also a reason why I avoid most anime because they are set in high school. I just can't relate. My Japanese language partner speculated that perhaps high school was the happiest time in Japanese people's lives with so many potential possibilities of life and things to happen. So they always make stories from high school periods for that reason.
I remember getting depressed being as young as 17 years old, mainly thinking to myself “Is this is? Is this all the freedom I’m ever gonna get? Are these all the adventures I’ll be going through?”
I guess my little teenage brain already knew that, once I was out from school, life would become much more difficult.
Depression stayed with me for a decade, I even thought of joining the 27 Club, but somehow life decided I should stay.
It is still hard to see this kind of Anime for the same reason many people love them; Nostalgia and the promise of freedom, when you know there’s none.
It always felt so weird to me that high school in anime made me think that its the best thing you'll ever experience in school, but the moment you graduate from that point on you're no longer being told what to do by teachers or your parents, you're pretty much on your own, but at the same time im glad that i stumbled into high school settings in some animes.
Finished school in 2008 and went to college until 2012. Can't say I liked school all that much but did enjoy skipping it 4 out of 5 days a week to wander in the woods. I enjoyed college a lot and made a lot of good friends and memories there then worked 7 hours a week at a sweet shop until 2015 when I got my first full time job doing data entry. I remember sitting down on my first day knowing all my free time was going to be work time from now on and I nearly cried then and there. Eventually I made good friends there and actually went to Japan with one of them and 9 years later I'm still at the same company just doing a different job. I work from home now so I slack off most of the time but I'm still shackled to the corporate life. I remember how full of joy and life I was when I started working but my soul has been sucked away over the years. I'm 32, and probably won't be able to retire until I'm in my 70s which is extremely depressing to think about.
There’s gonna be some dumbass replying with
“Just get rich bro”
Japan used to be a technology advanced country in the bubble era, not anymore
Great video dude, kept me watching till the very end❤