Japanese Reacts to "History of Japan" Bill Wurtz【Reaction & Commentary】 

When Bill Wurtz left some silence after his explanation of the United States dropping two bombs on Japan, he meant it to be respectful. I admire him for that. Edit: Can you guys stop fighting in the replies? I meant this to be a nice comment, not a debate.

0:50 "Ding dong, it's the outside world" is not used to describe any country here; it's used as "the outside world rings the doorbell". Ding dong is the onomatopoeia for a ringing doorbell in English. Compare with ピンポン in Japanese.

I admire Bill Wurtz because he makes history sound like a meme but in a respectful way

Nuclear war is a strange game the only winning move is to not play.

I like your explanation of why the US didn’t bomb Kyoto, that it was to protect important cultural sites - I had always heard that Kyoto didn’t get bombed simply because it was too cloudy that day.

Your commentary was very interesting.

he wasnt calling any country "ding dong" he just meant like, the noise that doorbells make

I'm an American and I can honestly say... no matter what side of politics you are on in America? We hope Nuclear Bombs are never dropped, ever, again either. It even terrified us.

It's nice to see one of these where someone actually explains some of the history.

Good video! It annoys me when RU-vidrs records themselves watching a video, makes some giggles and "yeah" comments and calls that a reaction. That adds nothing to the video. I appreciate that you took the time to pause and give actually interesting commentary to what you were watching.

Some of the reasons Kyoto was spared from the bomb: 1) Kyoto was one of the largest intellectual centers of Japan and the U.S. decision-makers felt that protecting Kyoto would be an advantage because those same intellectuals who lived in Kyoto would be the best equipped people to understand the device that had caused so much destruction, and that they could do more good for the U.S. by influencing the rest of the country once the bomb had been dropped on another city. 2) The U.S. Secretary of State was the top official (besides the President) working on developing the list of targets. He had been a top administrator in the Phillipines in the 1920's and had visited Kyoto, possibly spending his honeymoon there with his wife after getting married. He had developed a great personal affection for the city at this time and became the strongest voice for saving Kyoto. He ordered the Air Force not to even drop any regular bombs on Kyoto without speaking to him first. 3) Stimson also felt very strongly (and told President Truman), that destroying a city such as Kyoto- which was so respected and so loved by the Japanese people- would make it much more difficult to reconcile with the Japanese after the war. The Americans were very concerned that Japan might shift over to Soviet influence after the war, and so Secretary Stimson and President Truman agreed that preserving the city would assist with a post-war relationship between Japan and the United States. Fantastic video you made. I enjoyed your pauses for extra information. Many blessings on your family and their health during these crazy times.

Dude, your interaction was on point. Not only I enjoyed your reaction, but I ended up learning a lot. Keep this content man

I am from Brazil and I would like to say that your react was certainly one of the best, because your comments did add a lot to the video, like the origin of the word Kamikaze. Very interesting.

I have watched several Japanese RU-vidrs react to the History of Japan video and whenever it comes to the nuclear bombs the reaction is generally the same; silent sadness. As much as people of the US love posting "never forget" 9/11 memes I generally observe a much stronger emotional reaction about the bombs dropped on Japan, even from those generations that came long after the bombs.

Argh it’s always awful to see Japanese reactors during the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombing bit.

I also think the firebombing of Tokyo doesn't get talked about as much as it should, in comparison to the atom bombings. It's undeniable that Imperial Japan's military committed a shit ton of war crimes, from Nanking, to the death march, to Unit 731, etc. However I'll always be of the belief that the civilians didn't need to suffer for the military's actions, though the whole subject is made really complicated by the fact that in the case of an invasion the Japanese government had planned to forcefully conscript all civilians to fight. It's also true that Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night was scheduled for only a few weeks after the bombings, so it's hard to say if they had a choice or not.

"Ding dong" is an onomatopoeia that is used to describe the sound of a doorbell, he wasn't calling Japan "ding dong".

Bill : *was about to say that the guy gets killed by his assistant* Japanese guy : "Pause ! Now this looks like a job for me"

Me an american watching the nuke part: welp thats awkward

So you're saying this dude could listen to like, 10 arguments at once and deal with them at the same time without issue? That's like a superpower! I couldn't do that, very impressive.

I've seen Bill Wurtz's video over 10 times and never get tired of it. I'm glad you enjoyed his brief interpretation of Japan. I also really like your suggestions to different the places, historical figureheads, and cultural landmarks, because I really want to travel to Japan one day.

A "funny" thing to note about the Manhattan project (and the video kind of mentions it) is that it started because the US was afraid that Germany would make a nuclear bomb first -- and in fact it was two German physicists who discovered nuclear fission (Otto Hahn and Liz Meitner). Hahn, and his colleagues at the time, chose to NOT tell the Nazis about the potential for a weapon.

I assume Perry showing up with the gun boats is taught as an important blip in Japanese history because every Japanese native that I’ve seen that reacts to this video knows exactly who Perry was. Which is strange because most US schools don’t even talk much about Perry. He’s more of a side story to the overarching story at the time in our history.

Hearing more about Japan from a Japanese is so very interesting. I have been studying Japanese culture when I went to high school and I really wanted to visit Japan ever since. *w*

What’s so crazy to me is that a lot of people here in America have a tough time remembering our history but people from Japan have like an extra thousand years of history to learn about 😂

I didn't know that Christianity was a persecuted religion in Japan back then. I will definitely have to check out "Silence", because I am very interested to hear more about this! Thank you for using the Bill Wurtz video as a way to teach people more about your country's history!

moon: OK STOP me: omg bill wurtz must have just said something really innacurate moon: this guy's face used to be on our bills 😊 me: oh okay 😊

New subscriptor here!!! As someone who's heavily interested in history in general, I really appreciate the fact that you complemented the video with other facts that the original didn't mention. Thank you so much, and hope to see more of your content in the future!!!

You are one of the few youtubers that give the word "react" a new meaning. With your comments and additional information, you make the video a lot more interesting, I absolutely love watching the video! Hope you are doing fine and keep up the great work man!

I loved how you added more info to it. The bit about the beef stew was super interesting!

Donald Trump's face flashed over Tokugawa for second. xD Also Russia had always struggled for a port with warm water, because the moment the winter came, everything would freeze.

It was nice to see someone react to this, I'm glad you seemed to like it!

I like how he says "ok stop" like he's speaking to someone lol

it's worth noting that, irrespective of whether the atomic bombings were justified, it is likely that russia's declaration of war on japan had a greater influence on their decision to surrender than the bombings did.

I find it hilarious that I know the names of most of the shogun and Japanese warlords because of a Pokemon spinoff of Nobunaga's Ambition. So thanks Nintendo? I guess?

I remember reading Einstein went to Japan to apologize after he learned about the devastation the bomb caused. (That and he really loved the country)

the whole Nuclear bombs thing is so interesting because the one country who thinks certain countries shouldn't have them is the only country to ever use them

I've learned about Japanese history at high school (from edo era to WW2) and a bit more in depth when I entered the Japanese literature major (I still remember the jomon era and the haniwa). But I really like hearing about the trivias you told us in this video such as nikujaga, the... hard situation for christian believers in edo era, and the reason why the US didn't choose kyoto for their atom bom target. I've learned more from you. Thank you! 本当に勉強になりました。ありがとうございます。

Very interesting to hear the history of Japan

The Manhattan Project's head scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, was also traumatized by what he helped make, which sent him into a deep depression that he never fully got out of. To be honest, the poor guy's life was pretty sad... Hopefully we can prevent anything like that horrible from happening ever again, though.

man youre the best reaction type+commentary type youtubers ive ever seen...u even took the time to explain...its like im in a class and youre the teacher

this reaction is really really good!! you know so much about history. in all the reactions of this video i watched, yours was the only one i learned a lot from!! thank you :)

I appreciate you stopping the video to add some additional info. Love the content, keep it coming!

Loved seeing your perspective on this clip. It really helps to understand the context of the information being presented, even the cringeworthy historical moments. Thank you!

It’s really interesting to hear these events that he just mentions explained in depth. Great video!

I like how you weren't just reacting but you were giving a lot of extra information on the events. Thanks for the cool video!

I love watching reactions to Bill Wurtz videos they never get old to me - but this one was especially great because you gave SO MUCH extra information about Japanese history. Great reaction!!

Loved your commentary, it made me love the original video even more. Thank you.

I'm an American and a US Marine. I was blessed with the opportunity to serve on Camp Foster in Okinawa Japan in Ginowan City for two years and I absolutely fell in love with everything Japanese. The language, the culture, the food, anime, history, the religions (Buddhism and Shinto) all of it. When I walked off the plane in 2005 it was like stepping into a different world and to be honest, it scared me. ...but when I left it in 2007 it was like leaving home all over again. Great reaction. I share your opinion of the atomic bombs and I cringe every time I see that part in this video. I have gotten to go to Kyoto and I am so so glad that it was turned down as a military target. It is almost unreal the amount of history that is in that one place and how old some of the buildings and temples are there. It's loss would have been up there with the libraries of alexandria and I am so glad it has been preserved. The thing I find amazing is that after all of that bad blood in the 1940s between the US and Japan that we can now be friends. I hope we remain so for many many decades to come. Japan is an amazing place. Again, great reaction and take care :).

Wow! Great reaction and you're so knowledgeable about a lot of things! A lot of reactors are just watching and giggling the whole time, but you pause the video and do some commentary about it. Which is nice! Keep up the good work mate. This video deserves lots more views 👍

Super cool to hear your commentary on the video! Makes an already interesting video even more interesting!

First watched the original video 5 years ago, still learned something today from its reaction videos. :) Thx for the supplementary info!

Bill Wurtz did a great job, but I love your extra commentary! Very informative and interesting! Thank you for posting 🙂

I loved the information you added.

You seem so chill! I loved how you added information durring the video. Really liked your reaction!

Thank you for this!! I really appreciated the extra info!!!

I really appreciated this video. I learned some very interesting information on the history of Japan thanks to this gentleman. It's actually given me inspiration to maybe one day visit Japan and pay my respects to those fallen during the world wars, and with that, bring respect to the culture and history of Japan as well. Thank you for this.

I've been on a binge watch of Japanese youtubers react to this video, and I don't know why but it really hurts to see your reactions when it gets to the part about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It's a sinking feeling deep inside, a mixture of both trying to understand your feelings, and at the same time realizing I will never understand what the people of Japan and especially those who witnessed it with their own eyes felt inside.

They sent a message to japan telling them to surrender or they'll drop the bomb, the receiver said "hell no" and didn't even send the message back to the emperor. You know what happened next.

Thank you for this video!!!! I love it owo

About the bombs... People talk about it like it's some atrocity America commited. While it's not pretty, it's not an atrocity at all. Japan is not a country you can just invade back then. America struggled to just take the islands solely due to the Japanese mindset. If America were to invade Japan, they would have to kill every single person who fights because they would fight until death. America already had the bombs and didn't want to lose their own men, much less practically kill every man in Japan, so they went to Japan and said "Look, we have bombs. On this *exact* time and date, we will drop them on these two specific cities. You may want to evacuate." Japan turned to them and said "No" On the specified time and day we did exactly what we told them we would do. We gave them time, we told them exactly when and where we would drop the bombs, and while we did bomb 2 cities into oblivion, if we were to invade Japan, *WAY* more people would have died on both sides

*Anime:* _the aftermath of getting nuked twice_

Really felt like you added a lot of value to Bill Wurtz’s video with this. Your input was very interesting!

It was a really good video! I'm glad I found it. It was really interesting to hear your commentary. I learned a lot.

+ The acts of cruelty that Japan inflicted on Corea, China etc I think he forgot some very important things ...

Can we appreciate how this person uploaded this two months ago yet still likes and replies on his comments? Either he’s bored or so incredibly productive that his schedule is constantly clear

Very good video! I learned a lot, thank you!

ありがとうございました。I learned so much from your commentary that it gives me direction for how/where to learn Japanese history.

I read a book on the atom bomb in WWII. Japan wasn't surrendering. It was tragic. 6 million allied soilders would be have to be used to invalid japan. It was a very sad scenario. Kill millions or kill millions more..😞

The only inaccuracy is that RUSSIA deserves credit for stopping the advance of the Nazis after the battles of Linengrad (now St. Petersburg) and Stalingrad.

i enjoyed your additional comments about history stuff.

Thank you for all the extra information on history of Japan. I love it.

Why japanese people aren't aware about the atrocity they've done during the 1st half of the 20th century ? School don't teach them that part of history, and it's sad. Germany, in the other hand, are teached about the atrocities they've done in the past and move forward. Love Japan, from Switzerland ! Wanna go back there

Your English is very good!

どうもありがとう！ Thanks for the video! I enjoyed your input. It helped broaden my perspective. Now I wanna learn more about Japanese history. Lol

great reaction! thanks!!

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It's interesting that all the reaction videos i've seen to this by Japanese peeps seem to know exactly who Matthew Perry is. If you brought up his name in America people would think you were talking about Chandler from Friends.

That was very informative.

your commentary might be some of the highest quality reaction content on this site i'm not even lying

God I can’t even imagine sitting in the war room trying to decide which cities to *wipe from the face of the earth, permanently.* So horrible.

7:10 starting to remind me of nagasaki, also the place that got bombed in ww2 which also have a movie about nagasaki and what they do to people that didn't give up christ

I’m glad that you added onto what Bill Wurtz said in the video.

Great commentary! You added so much valuable information. You have my sub, king 👑🔥

Would love to visit japanese historical places ❤️

Bill forgot to tell about Hirohito's Death

Been a fan of Bill's for over a decade, he is a brilliant musican an ingenious with emotionally comedic word play and timing.

Cool commentary 👍

I like how you added some more detail here and there about notable figures in Japanese history. Was pretty cool. Quick question: if Japan took all that land from Germany in WW1, why did Germany agree to an alliance with them in WWII?

If Japan never invaded Machuria, then Japan most likely would still include Korea to this day. I wonder how different that Japan would be to current day Japan?

Only went here to hear your reaction to the hey dipshit part because I found it pretty funny then I stayed and Im happy I did. this was fun and the little pauses with little bit of more facts was pretty fun to hear :)

Great video

Just to provide some feedback, i appreciate that you do pause stop the video in areas to add extra context and information.

i learned more about japan in 14 minutes than in my school

Very cool reaction, learned a lot stuff i didnt know about. 👍

I learned a lot from this, thanks for talking about the history too 😊

I understand how devastating the atomic bomb was to Japan and how devastating war in itself to civilians. However, during that time, Japanese soldiers did horrible things to their invaded country which still cannot be forgotten by many today. The Atomic bomb, though claimed so many innocent lives, i believe woke Japan up from getting overly drunk on power and from their illusion of superiority over other races.

So I just want to add. While the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, are... well... horrible. They somehow are still paled in comparison to the (fire)bombing of Tokyo at the time which took about to same if not more lives than either of the atomic bombs. There is an argument to be made for these actions, the purple heart medals the US produced for the expected invasion of Honshu are still being awarded to this day. But it doesn't take away from the fact that these actions were downright war crimes to the core.

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I love the video bro and you explaining things, new sub