I remember when all this went down lol. Kind of mind blown at how it puts into perspective how old I am and how much time has gone by. I’d just finished high school at the time and wanted nothing more than to go to live in Japan. Turns out that dream never came true but I still love Japan and have never stopped watching your videos over a decade later. Love the work you do, my friend. Hoping for another decade of good content
I haven't been able to travel to Japan for over 10 years, so the footage of you driving around was really nice! 😃 Really appreciate your ability to reflect on things and the hard work you put on every video to cover as many sides of the cases as possible.
It's really unfortunate to hear about this situation. We all mess up sometimes, but the important thing is to learn from it, improve, and move forward.
Dude- I've been listening to your videos since I was in high school. Thank you for your commentary and everything. Just wanted to drop this thanks after watching you for this bit
I don't quite remember when I subscribed, but I've been enjoying ever since. I think I've dropped most other j-vloggers though. I unsubscribe if I don't like the content anymore, not if the guy takes a break, even if it is for years...
Ah the nostalgia of hearing about Quick Rhino! It was you and him that I subscribed to years ago as part of getting excited for my move to Japan! Here I am after 11 years in Osaka and still subscribed. I even saw you one time cycle past on your mami chari with your kids a few years back 😂 Didn’t get to say hi though.
The audio is really good, don't worry about that! Wow, that must have been a hard lesson for you; it sucks that it ended up shooting that guy's dreams of Japan down enough for him to quit the whole RU-vid game and all, but I think all the dealing with the darker sides of fame might also have come into play. Being in the public eye is quite taxing and not everybody is well equipped to deal with that, especially for a prolonged period of time . Don't blame yourself too harshly; you made amends in the best way you could and the fact that you are taking responsibility for your past acts is quite commendable and inspiring. Keep up your good work and remember that everyone is a fallible human being and that admitting your faults and trying to correct the problematic situations in whatever way you can is already better than denying them or remaining idle. As always, I appreciate you being so open and honest about everything with us.
man i remember the quickrhino drama. i think he had a really funny video about ramen that i liked. the old jvlog drama scene was so spicy 10ish years back. so glad that it's not so prevalent anymore; for a while it was like the lifeblood of the jvlog community, and huge amounts of videos were solely focused on drama instead of, you know, the reason people got into it in the first place - video blogging about japan def suggest looking at something like a rode wireless go ii lav mic kit, super good wireless mic, on board memory, lightweight, clip onto your shirt or pants, built in mic but can add a wired lavalier to it, and not too expensive. can probably find in akihabara somewhere, but for sure on amazon. have used it myself, score it 10/10 and two thumbs up recommend. have a good time at the ryokan!
@@unrested the rode kit comes in 2 different versions, a 2 transmitter and 1 receiver set, and a 1 and 1 set. for your needs prob only need a 1 and 1 kit, maybe 150 bucks tops. there's a company called smallrig who makes a lot of camera accessories - my whole rig is their stuff other than my fujifilm gear - and they have a very similar lav mic system that's similarly priced. you'd get a lot of use out of something like that versus a bigger condenser or vocal mic, especially during travel. way easier to lug around since it fits in a pocket. looking forward to see what you're up to over there man. take care of yourself!
It's good to admit when you fuck up, respect. Not everyone does this. People that use such phrases as: "I don't know", "sorry I was wrong", they're special. I know way too many people that never admit they're ever wrong.
Over time I’ve found you can only grow mentally and emotionally by confronting yourself with errors you’ve made in life. If you don’t you will continue to repeat them
Wow, I hadn't thought about this for a long time. It was a while ago so my memory isn't crystal clear, but unfortunately I think I was one of those people who sort of was against him. As I recall it, it was two things that made me think that it was something fishy about his actions. Firstly, I think he had been to Japan before for a homestay or something similar, and he often mentioned his homestay family in his videos and that they still were in contact. So why didn't he go anyway and visit them since he had the money for the trip? I don't think the backers would have minded that, since it could have lead to some nice videos. Secondly, if I remember correctly, he posted a video, either just before or soon after his cancelation of the trip, of him visiting a casino. Not a good look at all when we knew that he had gotten a hold of a lot of money from the Gofund me thing, and also canceled the trip the money was supposed to go to. I have to highlight, though, that this is just what I thought then. Now, in hindsight, I don't think it was anything malicious going on. For some reason or another his host family might not have been available at the time, and the casino visit was probably just an unfortunate coincidence. Your thoughts in this video about the whole mess is probably more or less what happened.
Hey man, you probably won’t remember but I made a few intros and stuff for Osoroshii Saturday back in the day. Miss the old videos but glad to see you are still making some every now and again, hope all is good!
I do remember someone creating intros for that thanks again for all your hard work. I’ll admit I didn’t remember the name but thanks nonetheless. I’m actually working on creating a second channel for osoroshii content. It always got very low views and down votes on here cause I think it wasn’t every viewers cup of tea but it was some of my favorite content. Since reviving this channel I’ve had numerous requests to bring it back so I’m working on a fresh channel for it with a lot of editing and quality content involved. I hope to launch it at the end of summer
I'm glad you see the value of only trying to put out positive vibes these days. I was upset when you tried your hand at the art community drama channel a couple of years back and I was glad when you dropped the idea. It wasn't that you called out someone who didn't deserve it that time, it was just I felt like it wasn't good for you. ❤
@@Felice_Enellen not yet. I’m actually collecting all new stories that no one else has as well as footage and music that allows me to craft really solid stuff. I really want to take my time and curate the most original and high quality stuff so I can really enjoy and take a lot of pride in the content I put out there. I’d say by the end of summer it should be up and I want to start it with 5 videos ready to view
I can understand him just giving up and not going to Japan. I had a recruiter tell me that no Korean company would hire me because of my southern accent. That made me give you on Korea for 6 months until I finally had a Korean friend help me get a job there.
Funny how this video got into my recommended(your videos almost never do). I was a student back then and I remember not particularly liking my life; feeling kinda jaded and fed up in general. I watched a lot of videos from jvloggers including yours and QuickRhino's, and they kind of filled some sort of desire for change and novelty. Watching people talk about their different experiences in a radically different place really helped me somehow. I was pretty bummed out when all this went down so I remember this quite well. I can't quite recall the timelime exactly but I remember that around this time he had spoken in a video about being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and felt really bad knowing he wasn't going to take this well. I don't remember if this was actually before or after you had responded to him though. I do remember though that before he cancelled his plans, he had made a list of Jvloggers he'd wanted to meet up with, which included you. Primarily though, I definitely think it was mostly a matter of unfortunate circumstances and poor planning on his part as well. What you did, didn't help but it didn't make any difference in him being able to come to Japan and following through with his plans, ultimately; just an unfortunate sad short chapter in the Jvlogging community.
@@unrested Eh, it wasn't entirely an unreasonable thing to bring up, given that plenty of go-fund-me's turn out to be scams... But yeah, live and learn; don't ever try to be the hero if the villain isn't 100% confirmed to be a villain.
I was one that helped fund him, but I remember it being a bit different than just a regular go fund me. I bought a "sight unseen" t-shirt, that I did end up getting but it was kinda junkyard, but on point with his comic sort of style. It was a plain white shirt with a little logo about the size of a US quarter that said "+10 cool points" on the center of the chest. I do remember this whole situation though. Crazy times.
T-shirts were given out? I didn’t know that. I remember while trying to investigate more a lot had already been taken down. Do you remember if there truly was a lot of silence from quickrhino on what happened exactly? I remember reaching out a few different ways and getting no reply and that’s when the school he was going to work for contacted me.
@unrested yeah it was very soon after that it disappeared, I wasn't sure if I was going to get it or not. I can say I definitely didn't get anything refunded, but I also got what I "paid" for, so for me it was "meh, whatever". But it could be that he had a couple of funding things going on I suppose.
I enjoyed me some quickrhino. But I felt like he gave up pretty easily. All you jvloggers were excited to have him out there. Raising 3k back then was no easy feat. I was really hoping he would find another way. 6 months was a hella long wait. But back then if you weren’t working to make money to get to Japan it wasn’t going to be easy at all. Even with JET you needed like 3k in the bank. I was a med student then and I was working thinking maybe I could pay med school tuition and have money left over to go to Japan on JET for a year. And then he just gave up. I gave up too I guess. Got a million excuses. Like you came to nova in the most shitty of situations. And here I am still watching you on RU-vid damn 15+ years and here you are still in Japan. I wish quickrhino all the success he wants and hope he comes back. lol. I need to become a member. I just be lagging. I need that Mira clap back video after her comments. Totally didn’t expect that. Good to know she still keeps a toe in the community. Stay on that straight path Mira!
I remember this story. It's wild that this whole scenario was because of gofundme. A Gofundme campaign nowadays would be absolutely nothing. No one would bat an eye to any of this if this happened today.
Yeah the whole landscape has changed. 3000 dollars would event be mentioned when there are literally million dollar MMO scams on kickstarter or 700 million dollars games like star citizen that are still not finished.
Credit where credit is due; you've matured and mellowed out over the years. People make mistakes, but you didn't try to hide them or double down on them.
I’ve definitely mellowed out a ton. I owe that to my kids and family. Pretty much after you’ve dealt with internal struggles of raising a family. I feel like petty everyday problems or silly RU-vid stuff pales in comparison. After you wonder why you got so involved and worked up lol.
Man, this really takes me back because I remember that i followed both yours and his channels. Back then people weren't terminally online so they took any amount of criticism as a direct attack on their honor or something. I think he simply backed out of a terrible job prospect but he also didnt seem to enjoy making RU-vid videos as more than just a hobbie which explains his short one minute long videos that kept as much personal details out as possible.I think he simply didnt want to go to Japan without both Financial security and motivation to make RU-vid videos but he couldnt see a way to have one without the other. he would have stopped making his Japan videos even without the criticism. His videos were pretty funny and interesting.
Yeah I have a feeling the job wasn’t all it was cracked up to be which I’ve seen happen before in Japan. I think he coulda still done vids on Japan overseas but I also understand how disappointment can rob a person of motivation.
Damn 10k subscribers lost. That's devistating for a small channel. Canceled before canceling a channel was popular on Drama Alert. But your channel recovered over the years. And good on you for course correcting and doing the right thing.
Yeah it was rough. I almost thought about giving up on my channel after. Jun and Rachel also cut off all connection to me and my channel as well as they were big quickrhino supporters. Nonetheless it taught be a lot about how to handle drama in the future
Funny enough, the whole quick rhino drama is how I found your channel. From what I remember, I was initially on his side, but eventually became a subscriber of yours after I learned of the harassment that you got. Whatever the situation, you and your family didn't deserve that kind of hate. You also handled that entire situation in a really mature way in the aftermath, despite what was happening. That, and your content was genuinely interesting and fun to listen to (and still is).
7:08 I've always thought that's very cool about you. You not only never close comments, you seem to make a point to respond as many as possible, and enjoy the interaction.
Thanks and yeah I can’t imagine turning off comments. It would feel like ripping out one of the gears of a functioning RU-vid. Take out comments and we are back to the Stone Age of public broadcasting tv shows
@@unrested as a person who has a hard time listening to WhatsApp audios because of the sound quality, this wasn't hard to listen to; maybe your voice sounded a wee bit different but that's it. I loved the "slice of life" cityscapes showed with the audio; I loved that about your walk and talk videos. Would like to know the name of the tall building that appears at 5:05 the one that has that epic walking roundabout at the bottom that you pass under with the car. It's beautiful in a cyberpunk kinda way. I remembered the affair with Mira, but I didn't remember this one. It was brutal. As someone to whom people never apologize, it takes a lot of courage. Not only apologizing but you tried to make it right even when it was a tall order and it of your control. Speaks highly of you.
Maybe you jumped the gun by making that video without Rhinos side, but I also think you're being a bit hard on yourself. Hes the one that should have been straight with his viewers in the first place really.
I was one of those guys who unsubscribe back in the day on that video, which was deserved. QuickRhino overreacted with no comments and deleting his videos eventually - absolutely but the entire conversation was: QuickRhino stole the money: he will not refund it. And there was never ANY evidence to suggest as such and it was complete slander. So yeah from there on I remember Unrested as the guy who falsely accused QuickRhino and made him leave RU-vid. (especially because over the years sometimes I wanted to rewatch some videos I remembered and I couldnt...) Some people just react worse to things so QuickRhino only carries like 1% of the blame. (But I assume QuickRhino got a ton of hatemail calling him a scammer and fraud etc, so... it's somewhat understandable to not take it well) But... you can get swept up if everyone calls someone a scammer - probably happens today more than ever with drama videos.
Oh wow yeah forgot about him. I actually had a lot of interactions with him and the weird scams/problems he had over the years. Man I gotta cover that thanks
Anyone recognize of know the name of that tall building that appears at 5:05 and has that epic elevated walking roundabout at 9:29? I'm an architect, would like to know more about it.
Sound seems to be ok. For the situation with this video, I think I better stay out of it. Unfortunate that it happened, but it was at the same time a learning moment.
Honestly, you're probably better off not traveling with a mic. Some weirdo at customs would have accused you of carrying around a bomb. It happened with my 3DS and was just lucky the other person knew what it was. Hope you're enjoying your time back in Japan!
Bro, quick rhino is a loser. You have shown your true colors and gained a steady fanbase, and paid your dues in Japan. Nothing to be ashamed of. You are not a “flyjin”. Quick rhino 800 subs Untested 87K subs That tells you ALL you need to know
@@unrested Some countries still ask people to be vaccinated to come as tourists to enter the country. Do Japan does, or they don't care? Because I'm not vaccinated, here all travellers arriving in Canada no longer need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter Canada or meet COVID-19 testings.
Not sure what people using life savings to come to Japan and quickrhinos gofundme story have to do with each other. Did you just want to scream your comment into the void?
