What I REALLY Think About Japanese Youtubers Reacting To My Videos 

Nice

Do an live

we stan

Glad I clicked fast

We have to go deeper.

absolute chad move tbh

Oh hey, it's the OG man of culture.

What a madlad

I would like this post, but it already has the optimal number of likes. Nice.

i heard u talk about it with him in the Abroad in Japan podcast

The man himself

Can't wait for the collaboration between you and Chris in the future

that cameo was badass dude.

😍😍😍

You seem like a pretty chill and humble guy

I think it varies on what area you're in. If you're near food stalls/places where you literally can't go and sit to eat like a busy shopping district, look around and see if others are also eating. Generally, don't buy something from a convience store and then walk while eating.

They call it 'reading the air' but non Japanese struggle with this concept.

​@@itsumotanoshimi We do? 😂 How'd you know? I seriously don't know if you're japanese, practicing ignorance without bothering about knowledge, or if you're a pick me weeaboo. I also don't know which would be worse.

​@@lethfuil I know because I've been teaching Japanese language and Culture to foreigners for over 35 years. DOH...How is that foot in mouth disease? The biggest issue in social interaction and communication in Japan for foreigners is the inability to 'read the air'. Foreigners are always getting into trouble because of this and generally it is their lack of education and understanding of the Japanese culture. Every culture has a way of 'reading the air' and unless you understand that culture very well...anyone will struggle with 'reading the air'. This is common logical knowledge everywhere in the world, it is hard to comprehend and understand anything when you do not have an education of that subject... Weebs struggle with the concept, so they indulge further into cultural habits and over elaborate and enhance that habit or feature as they can't grasp the ability to 'read the air', so they compensate. To attack me without just cause and reason just shows me you are an uneducated, disrespectful person that is one of those weebs that can't 'read the air'.

@@foxjm470 No I am not trying to say that and did not say that... Don't put words in my mouth and go back and read the third paragraph. I did not place any value on any culture high or low as this would be discrimination against the people to rate them as a lower culture than other cultures. I said 'Every culture...' there is 'reading the air/room' it is part of all cultures and to understand how to 'read the air' is having knowledge of the culture...

So agreed, it was brilliant and powerful.

I came here to say the same. Cheers.

I think the issue really is that when it comes to on demand media, if faced with a choice between a documentary on a disaster that is likely filled with sad, if uplifting, stories or a video that is going to be goofy and cheerful... most people will probably prefer the 5 minute "x to (not)do in y" since it's short and digestible and fun over the documentary about one of the biggest nuclear disasters in the world. Why depress yourself with such a thing when you could get a quick and cheap laugh out of a British man unwittingly offend people around him with cheerful Brazilian music.

Narrator: "There are 37 agents under Her Majesty's command."

How do you know about this secret organisation

It was kept secret for many years

I'd watch that movie

agent 037

That was quite a great burn XD

Omg burn🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I thought I was watching george but then I realized it's still Chris's video

Lmao 😂

Lmaooo

Yes Norm you should

Yep Norm ... welcome to the Twilight Zone 😱

Noo! You're to good to be doing react videos like everyone else! Lol. This was a one time Chris moment. I prefer to see your new original videos 😉

Please do. ahahahahah

In 480p please...

It's always cool when you see that a youtuber you like also watches another youtuber you like, even more when they're so early to the video! Your MTB videos got me through the start of quarantine when all I wanted to do was go out into nature!

Who is that?

Hanae natsuki?

I'd pay to watch him react to "Ryotaro's Japan"

@@AbroadinJapan i had no idea Ryotaro had a channel

Happened to me once (fell asleep with a cotton in my nose because of nosebleed), i woke up with a terrible migraine and it's only 5h later, in the plane back to Switzerland that I realized i had a thing stuck in my head... I blew my nose and I could feel the freaking cotton go down my nostril... It was disgusting but god did it feel satisfying.

LMAO

@@rinlila6974 what the- wow

I can't give you more than one thumbs up or I would.

what the fuck did i just read

Wouldn't be the same without it

true! 😂

What in TF are you doing here Mr Veitch?!? Shouldn't you be collecting photons back in Manchester?

@@mekkimaru2365 doing that now but I love Abroad in Japan Chris is my kinda guy

@@CharlesVeitch we dont choose our face but yours look like the type who beats people like Chris

Who were the people he showed? I recognized Gordon Ramsay (Love some of his videos.) but not the other two.

@@kaltaron1284 simon cowell and piers morgan

@@kaltaron1284 Simon Cowell is a judge on a talent show (the X Factor, if you're interested) and I'm not really sure what Piers Morgan does but I think it's probably journalism. Both are known for being incredibly blunt and abrasive.

@@BenOlding Thank you.

lol same with US

I wouldn't take that, Chris!

I so disagree - the longer these Corona lockdowns last the more kissable I think Chris looks!

Thug life

Hahaha 🤣

That was a "OOF-level" roast

I need this

I’d consider it an insult if you didn’t

@@AbroadinJapan I have the blessings of Family Mart Fried Chicken King.

Stop it!!! Till RU-vid did not collapse into reaction singularity!

My two favorite youtubers! I can't believe it!

You should call him "Mr. Worldwide" instead

Must tell your teacher to change his second name to Chris Washington 👀lamo

I knew a guy in the Army whose last name was Mormon. He was a Catholic.

Pfftttt That got me

My doctor's called Dr French and he's English

It really does

@@spacechimp3199 how the fuck 13 years ago

@@spacechimp3199 never mind

Sounds like a porn star name

@@drakehater pieck supremacy

Chris England, Abroad in the UK

definitely got to be a Chris Englund out there somewhere, you got Robert Englund, who played Freddie Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street series after all.

Dave Kawaii

Name already taken.

true, it sounds authentic

I wonder how that conversation went. Mr. Japan can you please react to my video, about you reacting to my video ?

George Japan is a cool guy. Not as cool as Chris of course.

@Abu Dabu do you need a hug

I loved that!

Yeah they actually collabed!

Tbh i didnt expect that!

I lost my shit at that part

I loved it when George said: "Please be kind to me" and Chris said: "Sorry George that is not how the UK works". I love Chris' sense of humor ... or maybe that was just brutal honesty 😆

That was my favorite line in the video XD

We speak only in sarcasm and insults ~

Never been to the UK for long, but meeting people from there online definitely does it justice

Is always priceless when they watch content made by Georgie.

True, I even tried to recommend them to watch Calebcity videos. Most of them don't even finish the "People who think they can speak Japanese just because they watch anime" series.

I don't think this is an issue, if they have an idol status in foreign countries they are also aware of their habbits, and she they might be uncomfortable but you asked they very much had a chance to deny you. Like george said if they come to us they are also trying to fit in.

I loved your videos

He should do a video about 12 things not to do in the UK, directed towards Japanese viewers. In English though, so they get a good taste of the general British attitude to foreign languages. :P

Oh did you change your profile pic it's very subtle but I noticed the difference.

PLEASE REACT TO GEORGE NOZUKA - TALK TO ME AND I PROMISE YOU, ALL OF CANADA WILL SUBSCRIBE TO YOU BECAUSE HE IS JAPANESE HALF WHITE CANADIAN AND MICHAEL JACKSON, THE KING OF POP IS HIS ULTIMATE IDOL 🐷🇯🇵🇨🇦

CZsWorld Even though he's a foreigner trying to explain other people's countries?

When he popped up I choked on the water I was drinking cause I was laughing so hard!

He looks better insulting anyway 😆

Now this, right here, is some quality English ribbing.

I died.

I FUCKING LOST IT HAHAHAHAHA

Yeah I came here to say this if it wasn't already said. A perfect example is like when they start saying how plenty of people walk while eating, there's a special term for it, and there's like half a dozen places in the country where people sometimes do it without being judged and young people even drink Starbucks while walking. To someone outside of Japan, that perspective is already culture-shock on its own. This guy just demonstrated the textbook definition of the exception that PROVES THE RULE. Like I appreciate when Japanese RU-vidrs can step out of their own shoes and say things like "oh is that even more acceptable in other places in other places in the world?" rather than the closed-minded view that within their worldview there's already some walking while eating going on in Japan, so this Englishman doesn't know anything.

Well stated... 👍👍👍🌋 And No VOLCANO stuck in my head still, thanks Chris..

As a Brit, I'm more embarrassed when I CAN'T blow my nose in public. Someone actually had a pop at me for it once. I think we find the incessant sniffles more rude and inconsiderate than the actual act of blowing the nose once or twice. Doesn't that piss Japanese people off?

I was also thinking people might be more “harsh” towards a foreign person than a native Japanese person who “breaks the rules” . You’re already under a lot of scrutiny and if you do the “wrong thing” then someone who’s already like 👀 might easily get more annoyed.

It's really easy to miss things about your own culture/language just because it's so natural to you you don't notice it and you may not have compared it to something else before. I used to have a roommate who didn't really speak English, but absolutely insisted to me that in English, our questions ended in a falling tone if there was a 'w' question word in there. I said no way, questions have a rising tone in the end. She made me listen to myself ask me a few questions before I realized she was right😅

He's not even french lmao (I'm french)

@@qqn4531 most people should know that's actually Pete

Yeah Pete is amazing !

@@SilverReviews Exactly ^^

@@SilverReviews I don't know him

Lol didnt expect you to be here, im sure ive seen u in his video. Please correct me if im wrong

Not intentional but so funny!!!

I want to see a video of you reacting to his crack about Dalmatians dying for your shirt :)

Hope your chin is safe

Lol

I doubt Japanese people have a good image of foreign soldiers.

Meanwhile I’m wondering what your favourite tea is?

@@burkles4456 i don’t think ANYONE has a good image of foreign soldiers especially if they’re from america lol

Man, can I ask how did u learn Japanese in 7months? That's impressive bro!

@@miles611 by living in japan speaking it every day to natives, thats the best way to learn a language

same :'D

Watch it to make yourself feel the feels 😊😯😧🥺😨😊 And get informed 🤔

Already watched it. Very well done and educational, but I can understand how it gets fewer views because YT is often a break from reality where you just want to be entertained.

I'm already making my Reaction video to the Fukushima vis as we speak. YOU CAN'T STOP PROGRESS!

To late been there already as well as anyone with a brain I bet who it not stupid enough to be drawn away by thumbnails with flagrantly fake expressions of shock and red circles and more red circles or red arrows

I watched the Fukushima video when it was published and not just because I subscribe to the channel. I am genuinely interested in content of this type and I actively seek it out on RU-vid.

The exception confirms the rule.

In the US you are allowed to drive 60 MPH. So I drive 60 MPH on the sidewalk all the time. have you not seen the signs!?!? it says 60 MPH!

@@thany3 literally explained Chirs's point disagreeing with him lol

@@wweeks 60mph is the minimum

@@wweeks What point are you attempting to make here?

Agree..

I agree, though it took me a little while to get around to watch it because I felt I had to get into an better mindset first, but now I'm glad I did and Chris' effort is clearly visible

I agree! I was blown away watching the documentary. It clearly showed that it was a passion project.

100% agreed. it's a shame he may be inclined not to produce videos like that as often due to the views, but it was such an insightful watch.

I learned a lot after watching that video. There aren't many documentaries that mentions Fukushima as Chris did.

I think it was the title

It is incredible and I'm personally hoping for more such content down the road.

Totally agree I loved that video. It definitely gave me some ideas on where to go when we can travel again. We planned to do a few months travelling Japan. Then the Pandemic happend. Although just makes us more excited to go back there now.

[shows pictures of Gordon Ramsay, Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan]

@@CeruleanFilms Wait Gordon Ramsay is british?

@@eyexha yes... hes literally from scotland, yknow, one of the countries in britain. where the fuck did you think he's from, have you never heard him speak?

Hey Iron, could you please stop following me around the internet? XD

What's up Haigs, a fellow War Thunder weeb

Why is iron suddenly everywhere

@@supakritpulmanausahakul1650 because I enjoy leaving comments

I upload in 720p, I think, or I messed up the settings and its lower, oho well you can still see something, who needs 4k anyway, everybody watches RU-vid on a damn phone anyway...

yeah cant take foreigner opinion if you cant take other complain, how do you improve your company,your self, country

I thought the same thing--I bet a local has very different experiences than a foreigner, and probably can get away with more without attracting negative attention. And personally, if I want to know what how I should behave as a foreigner in Japan, I'd probably rather hear from a foreigner in Japan.

It actually works the other way around... Foreigners in Japan often receive the "foreigner pass" whenever they do something stupid or unrespectful.

@@Seeking_Solace I live in Japan... sure, often foreigners get a pass because Japanese are generally tolerant and understand cultural differences. But that is not always the case, and like I said, since Japanese can immediately see you're foreign, some who are less forgiving of faux paus WILL be *more inclined* to judge you. That's why it's important to know what the general expectation is. You can still disregard it as some Japanese occasionally do, but you should do so knowing that you are likely to attract more attention for it and shouldn't expect not to be judged for it. I've gotten the look before and even comments (usually by older Japanese) and the further out of Tokyo you are, the more likely you are to get looks or comments - whether it's because you're not covered up enough or you're being loud on a train.

Every one has their own experience. Full disclosure, I’m Asian American and blended in physically. When I broke those rules, I’m embarrassed about it but Japanese strangers wouldn’t even care once they know I’m a foreigner. It’s not like there is an ethical or righteousness police to arrest you if you break the rules. My obvious foreign friends who were non-Asians would get the stares and reaction but it never became a scene. I asked my Japanese friends and locals about this and they said foreigners are making it a bigger deal than it needs to be. That’s why more Japanese are making “Reaction” video to tell Chris it’s not a big deal.

we need more Berry Reaction

What do you mean homeless man ? That was poor Dave, who has been locked up for months and finally let out for a few minutes to help with this video 😉

Hahahaha

Thanks dad

hello young gojo satoru

It has always been Chris' dream to become an influencer 😉

Should probably check in with a doctor about that. Uric acid innit

I used watch your video few year ago

Gaijin Goombah! Love your work, dude!

Hey GG! 👋

PLEASE REACT TO GEORGE NOZUKA - TALK TO ME AND I PROMISE YOU, ALL OF CANADA WILL SUBSCRIBE TO YOU BECAUSE HE IS JAPANESE HALF WHITE CANADIAN AND MICHAEL JACKSON, THE KING OF POP IS HIS ULTIMATE IDOL 🐷🇯🇵🇨🇦

Lad? More like thad

what does it have to do with this video?

@Mog X yup

In the quote "their job" = making reaction videos and "our job" = making the videos they are reacting too. Reaction videos are a kind of critical writing.

I totally agree

Agree, maybe it doesn't reflect in the views, but mostly spending time on youtube (even vids of chris) leave me with a sense of "shit I could've done something more productive in this time", unless the vids show in-depth stuff or informative things. Like the Fukushima ep, so yeah, make more like those please :)

I’d like to see somebody reacting to it.

Me too. Its rare to see videos of that quality on youtube.

It's Kame all the way down.

Abroad in Japan: What I think about Japanese RU-vidrs reacting to me reacting to Japanese RU-vidrs reacting to me.

So this is what it feels like to be in "The Twilight Zone" 😱😱😱

It's going to happen XD just give it a week

i didnt read the whole thing but amen

You might want to check out Blind Wave. They do the most thought commentary in the reactions of all channels I've watched.

I also feel it's a bit lazy to just take someone else's video they probably spent weeks on just to react without any real input. As Chris stated if you're going to piggyback on someone else's idea at least put a spin on it to make it worthwile...or just make your own video.

I think a reaction video where the watcher doesn't do anything is the most honest kind of reaction video. Most of us IRL would just be sitting there looking bored with maybe the occasional brief chuckle or eyeroll. And shouting or crying always looks so fake.

With music video reactions you can really get away with it if you have the charisma, the only guy I watch often misses big details, but he’s energetic, makes good jokes and always has a positive attitude no matter the genre.

Right? The editing and curation of amusing moments was so on point!

Rissotoro's reaction is pretty entertaining too, lol.

he actually edits unlike almost all the others

That is obviously a Brit joke. Chris gave George that joke 100%

As a good British person should do. LOL

Brits are good and funny also they good

@@user-ri5oc5rw5b Too bad they have to live in Britain

@@cooldud7071 yes, rain bad

Yeah their country is a shithole where it rains every day and the only beer they get served at the pub is guinness. Can't blame em

Careless memories?

At the point that they’re doing RU-vid those people are already outside of the “Japanese norm”

6dm Good point haha

@Sir Kyushu I think you're assuming this is an ethnic thing? And not just meaning homogenous in a more general way?

@Sir Kyushu I'd assume other people assume that japan is very collectivist and the people there never really stand out. Like china but with less cardboard skyscrapers.

@@cooldud7071 if you actually look into China though and its people, they’re not really homogenous