Japanese Native Reacts to "History of Japan" 

I remember someone saying that this would be the perfect video to show during the first and last lectures of Japanese history course. On first viewing you grasp absolutely nothing and just laugh at the fast paced jokes, on the last viewing you can then enjoy actually understanding things since the video is basically just a fast forwarded summary of the course contents. =D

You expressed some relief that the creator of the video took a more neutral stance. This is how most Americans feel. We harbor (unintentional joke) no ill will toward Japan for WWII. It's not like how a lot of Koreans and Chinese loathe the Japanese. A lot of Americans actually idolize Japan. Same for Germany. We don't hold a grudge against them either. We may joke about things that happened in WWII, but it's not from a place of disdain. We joke about 9/11, too. The only countries we dislike are the ones actively trying to attack us in the modern day. Even then, many Americans still idolize those countries for who knows what reason...

he also did the history of the world and both videos are great to get a general idea of history but with how short and fast paced they are it's difficult to go into too much detail. the humor helps to have the important parts stay in your mind. it's a lot to take in for 10min thank you for the video :)

Btw something to point out. The firebomb raids by the United States took more lives (for obvious reasons) than the two nukes did. In western media and education we aren't ever really taught how devastating those firebomb raids were. I do believe Graveyard of Fireflies has displayed this atrocity but essentially the US rained fire and napalm down on cities in Tokyo, but not just randomly, strategically like bombing a circle around the city so the heat comes to the center to ensure 100% destruction, no where to go, all infrastructure and human life gone. The nukes were horrible, but the firebomb raids on cities, with all those civilians, objectively took more human life than the nukes did. Considering how much nuclear bombs have advanced it's worth always remembering nukes are unacceptable but it really overshadows how aggressive and regardless for human life the US was during it's campaigns in Imperialist Japan.

Rice kingdoms. Ironically, that's the literal translation of the Japanese word for the US. 米国。

So, it seemed like you rolled your eyes a bit and sighed when he was talking about the 2 big 💣. It almost seemed like you wanted to say something, but didn't. I'm interested in hearing what you have to say about that.

興味深い動画をありがとうございました。鎖国に関して補足させて下さい。ポルトガル船の来航を禁止したことにより鎖国は完成しましたが、オランダ船と中国船のみが貿易が可能でした。ちなみに朝鮮と琉球王国も交渉がありました。

Also they lacked to mention the friendship between Poland and Japan, as they were allies before the WW2 as they had a common enemy being the USSR. The war begun as Germany invaded Poland, which Japan was not really happy with as Poland was still an ally. Later, the Polish government in exile was forced by the Allies to declare war on Japan to get supported by the Allies. As a friend being on the other side of the fence, Japan just replied "no" to that war declaration.

Since I heard "Hokkaido is Japan's Texas" I always wanted to visit.

The great classical civilizations of Southeast Asia are Angkor in Cambodia and Champa in Vietnam. Much of our knowledge of early Southeast Asia is derived from Chinese and Indian sources. The builders of Angkor were the Khmers. The Khmer men were described by the Chinese as “small and Black.” In modern times, as early as 1923, Harvard University anthropologist Roland Burrage Dixon noted that the ancient Khmers were physically “marked by distinctly short stature, dark skin, curly or even frizzly hair, broad noses and thick Negroid lips.” Chinese dynastic records from as early as 192 C.E. reference a kingdom of Lin-yi, which meant the “land of Black men.” The kingdom of Lin-yi was known as Champa in Sanskrit documents.

I wish people did videos on the Ainu. No one talks about them.

good video another video suggestion - can you share with us how is ww2 taught in japan and how much it changed since the end of war? maybe your family/friends have different experiences? i would be super interested in that bonus points if you share opinions aboout the nukes, since so many american lefties dont like US now, its hot topic again so maybe mentioning it in title/thumbnail could boost the video thank you!

I agree with not using the rising sun flag but I found out they still use it for the japanese navy which is kind of questionable by the government

Great video! I was able to keep up and get an idea of it all even though he was moving a tab bit fast. Helpful view from a native this Is definitely a thing I don't see you guys do often still, so it's definitely appreciated. As for some of the subjects in the video while many countries are covered in blood dispute the bad it is still apart of the countrie's history. We should learn about the bad as much as the good. It is not to idolize, but to learn. No history should be forgotten good, bad, and sad. This goes for Pearl Harbor and hiroshima/Nagasaki on the topic of WW2. Don't want to go to into on those, but just to say that it's ok and what not. We can heal. I want to heal. As for the Rising Sun flag while yes it was used in a time of colonization and the atrocities committed around Asian and the Oceania that does not mean it has to been used or be ONLY seen in such a manner. For me I acknowledge the bad past of the flag, but I do not idolize that part of the flag's history. That is why in the US in particular you have people who appreciate the flag. I still enjoy the flag and you should too is what I am saying. The only time I have an issue is when people want to stupidly idolize that goes for anything not just flags. As for Japan post WW2 which is my favorite time period right after the Sengoku Jidai period while yes Japan did become outrageously rich, modernize, and engineer/re-engineer some of the best technology know to man even to date was it worth the loss and suffering pre-WW2? That is not for me to decide, but just something to think about. Or do you believe the sacrifice was necessary? Devastation vs. Growth? Necessity vs. Choice? All in all I just want to get along. I hope we can all heal and learn from our past war-time history. Peaceful conflict resolution is what we need to do now and going forward. I am also in full support of Gensuikyo 原水爆禁止日本協議会.

Watching your video I realized that I don't think I've watched the original History of Japan as I've only seen videos of Japanese creators reacting to it, so they were always interrupting to add their own info or perspective on things (some more serious, with reference to the history they learned, some more on the comedic side)....it is indeed very fast paced and mostly made with puns and visual gags, so I get how it can be overwhelming. Thank you for making your own take - as some of the comments mentioned, I think ppl (me obviously included) would appreciate your own story on the place you were born and the northern parts. For example, when he said the upper north was finally conquered, this made me go into another rabbit hole on yt to see what is there about the Ainu people, it seemed quite a tragic history and a minority of a native part of the population that was mostly integrated. It was a while ago, so I might misremember, but anyway - this would be an idea if you want to make content on that :-) Keep up the good work!

3:17 "are you guys keeping up" - lol, no. I had to watch it several times, and I'm sure that still I haven't caught everything.

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I would love to go to Sapporo one day! Since I love Hokkaido I am going to guess you are from there

Very nice reaction video. You have courage to face the bad period of history directly, not easy but you did it. Not like some other reaction videos I've watched. As a Chinese, I really appreciate that. Atom bomb is hard to take for sure, yet Japan invaded to Asian countries and what they had done there is hard to take as well (such as comfort women, unit 731,the Nanking Massacre). Not to start a war is the key point. Sun raising flag is just the military flag of Japan. 自衛隊 still using it nowadays. Technically no big deal using it. But Asian countries have no good impressions of 旭日旗 as you may know why. Hopefully, Japanese military is for defending themselves as the literal meaning of 自衛隊. After all what im saying, hope you don't get me wrong. I like Japanese ancient historical hero, I like Japanese anime, I like Japanese language, I like to talk to Japanese people. I study 日本語 myself, I like 漢字 in modern Japanese still have ancient Chinese meaning. People is just people, not politics. Some people just want make friends of other people and be happy. I wish I could travel to Japan one day，北海道 maybe wwww.

7:52 I see my country! 🇹🇼 love 🇯🇵

There's a nice restaurant by me with that flag in US. I love the old tradition. Very nice family. We all respect it🙏

So you're from Hokkaido? That's cool.(pun intended) cool😎❄️🌨 Also, think you can cosplay Hikari/Sho from Pokemon? They're from Sinnoh/Hisui, which is inspired by Hokkaido/Ezo.

Sorry to be so nit-picky, but I'd like to point out several small errors: Japan did not steal China's writing system. They adopted it with China's blessing. Kukai brought Shingon Buddhism to Japan, not Zen. The Mongol forces were destroyed by typhoons, not tornados. Those are rare in Japan and rather measly when they do happen. The castle shown to represent Edo is Himeji Castle which is gorgeous, but way out west of Kyoto. And Japan decisively defeated Russia. They didn't just get tired and stop fighting. But otherwise, yes! Great job.

I have loved Japanese culture for 58 years. Keep on being Japanese please. Loved my visit in 1981.

China was also allowed to trade with china. Portugal was ban along with any of its allies. It was only the Dutch east India company that could trade with Japan. The rising Sun flag is also still used as the offical self defence force / self defence flag. Although it’s was changed a bit it still keeps the general design of the original.

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You have to be from Hokkaido if you said your town wasn't shown, I made this comment before I watched the whole video and I was correct. I'm Scottish and Hokkaido reminds me a lot like Scotland in the UK

Aya Japan, hello , your English language is very powerful 👍. The video, that was presented, was very interesting to watch. Do your best, your channel will grow🌷.

I would like to hear the story from a Japanese perspective.

dont roll eyes about the bombs when he said nothing about korea or nanjing!

This is the first video I've scene of yours and I just have to say thank-you for reacting and I greatly enjoyed it! 😃

Japan didn't stolen its from Germany though 😂😅

Her hometown must be more northern like hokaido or something Edit: Hell yeah I'm a fuckin genius, big fucking brain I got such a strong brain holy shit I was right?! Deductive reasoning go brrrrr super smart, thank you.

尾張国を殆ど無視した（桶狭間の戦い以外）台湾の植民地時代も無視？

this "History of Japan" is not all correct. some parts are wrong.

似非レキシが大分混ざってるな

Alao do History of the world i guess

you should react to famous Japanese video "Punch Punch Forever"

As an american the fact that i knew half of japans history is kind of shocking, not sure if the world knows any of american history, but as an American, i have way too much knowledge about other countries religious culture and ethnic groups, i surprise immigrants all the time.

Good job.

Nice Video

Its False what you say about the flag not being used in Japan anymore. That "Old" Japan Flag is still used by the Japanese Marine but in a slightly different red... It's like saying that the Nazi symbol in Gray instead of black is acceptable to use (it's not ok ,which is why it's not allowed in any color in Germany, period.). I really don't understand how Japanese people still use that flag under which they tortured millions of people, did the most Horrific Bio Chemical test on Chinese population, forced up to 410,000 Girls/women to become “Comfort women” (se* slaves) of with most died of abuse and Diseases. And Japan NEVER paid any reparations for the women that survived, A South Korean court needed to force Japan to pay at last 16 survivors last year, but Japan still tries to do everything tot to pay the other still surviving woman, they systematically abused...

Where are the black guys? They said they are the first ones in Japan and it's their culture hahahahahaha

Okay, my heart kind of broke watching your expression during the WW2 segment. I fist became interested in Japan at the age of 5, watching classic Tokusatsu. I asked my father where all this cool media I was watching came from. He then began to tell me about Japan, WW2, and then showed my impressionable young eyes photos of the aftermath of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I suffered nightmares for almost a month.

I love your reaction to this, especially some parts like the world war II segment. It's nice to see when people can take a joke about their country and laugh rather than feel offended. And you had some wise words at the end. This was a fun video, I subscribed! 🙂

It's an American weeb take on things. Thanks for reacting. Keep up the good work.

The original Japanese people were Afrakans!! History of the Black Asians Before waves of Han migrations around 1000 B.C., the original inhabitants of China were black skinned people who dominated the region until a few thousand years ago. They were followed by the ethnic groups, who are part of the Austronesian people who have come from the Malay Archipelago 6,000 years ago. Pejoratively called Moor Negritos, or Little Black People, by the Spanish invaders who observed them in Southeast Asia, these black folk were still living in China during the Qing dynasty (1644 to 1911). At about 35,000 B.C. a group of black Chinese, who became known as the Jomon entered Japan, they became the first humans to inhabit the Japanese Islands. Later, another group; now known as the Ainu, followed. Genetically they’re more similar to dark-skinned groups found in Southeast Asia than the Chinese, Japanese or Koreans. Today, their genes can still be found in 40% of modern Japanese, as well as Mongolians and Tibetans, (Past and Present) Kings and Queens. Reference: AtlanticBlackStar

12:26 Yes we use.　You just dont know. It has become difficult to use it in international forums because China and especially South Korea are picking a quarrel. They just lie.

0:15 I left, because the video you reacted to is obious bullshit " Japan is AN island." '(???) Non more question asked about his missing qualifications....