Downfall of a Japan Vlogger: the full kanadajin3 (Mira) story

[@maggyfrog]

for long-time viewers like me, remembering this entire drama in the j-vlogging bubble feels like reminiscing about high school drama, even though i've never met a single one of you guys. feels strangely nostalgic.

[@unrested]

Right? Strange but nostalgic. Like I’m happy and sad for all this different stuff that happen but more than that it’s just nice to look back on and remember all we were doing during that time.

[@wesleyjackson1222]

Agreed 👍

[@LauraAKAyou]

It feels a bit like a fever dream. What a small group back then - found myself here after remembering about CaffieneJedi. Then kanadajin3 😅

[@dongdongvu1]

we miss the old peak Jvloging days of 2009-2015. all the new youngin's interested in Japan will never know the original crew

[@unrested]

Those were definitely the days haha. New stuff is good and all but I agree with you in that I enjoy this old style far more.

[@scarychewinggum]

As much as I love chris broad and the current faces (trash taste/pewdiepie/sharla/etc) that fill the niche, nothing beats that memory of watching old jvlog videos in my childhood bedroom at 1am, having school in the morning, watching at 360p on the browser on my first tiny nokia windows 8 phone, and beginning to learn about life outside of my small (sh*tty) scottish hometown.

[@SongmakersCry]

I hadn't thought about kanadajin3 for a long time. This video made me nostalgic. I used to watch most of the J-vloggers. I remember when you posted those videos about her. I'm feeling old now. 😊

[@unrested]

Thank you so much 🙂 we are all feeling old with you!

[@fdre3wsd]

That era was a special phenomenon on yt, the good and the bad

[@unrested]

Very true!

[@mattattack75]

This is deeplore, back when the ancient magics were written

[@betsybabf748]

Mira has facial features and personality symptoms that look like those of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, which always made me feel bad for her. She obviously didn't have a strong family structure, and just behaved in such an emotionally immature, lost way that as a parent I would be nervous in my adult child thought and acted like that in the world, nevermind alone in a foreign country. She definitely seemed to seek attention, even if negative, to grasp for self worth and identity. I hope she has grown past all that at this point, but I think there were also clinical psychological issues at play.

[@unrested]

I do honestly hope she is doing well somewhere in Canada. I think staying off the internet and keeping this all in her past has been the most healthy move she made after all of this.

[@CarolynnMarkey]

@@unrested she was in Indonesia according to her instagram but maybe she went back to Canada.

[@Meofalulu]

Some people have hypothesized that she might have Borderline Personality Disorder

[@scifigrl23]

​@@CarolynnMarkey Naive of you to believe anything she posts online. She never once told the truth.

[@CarolynnMarkey]

@@scifigrl23 I Never thought of it that way. you are probably right. Its hard not to trust people even after they burn you

[@BytheBeardofYmir]

Holy crap what a blast from the past. Glad you're back, Scott.

[@unrested]

Thanks for sticking with me!

[@Meofalulu]

I was following Rachel and Jun when they made the video exposing Mira, and that sent me down a rabbit hole where I eventually found your video on the matter and your channel

[@unrested]

You got the best ending!

[@SuitUpDubstep]

I was here when all this went down. I forgot almost all of it, so having you remind me of a lot of the stuff just had me go "oh, thats right, oh no".

[@unrested]

Man even for me, a person who went through it first hand, I couldn’t remember all the steps to this wild plot lol. I had to go back through my old videos to remember what exactly had happened. All I can say is It’s crazy that this was real life.

[@Existential8read]

feels really weird to look back on this era of youtube, I really enjoyed hearing your summary. Add me to the chorus of voices that are hyped to see you back again!

[@unrested]

Thanks a bunch for sticking sround

[@132oink]

Man this makes me feel like a 15 year old again watching all the J vloggers before so many people quit or burned out. What a wild ride its been.

[@unrested]

I’m right there with you!

[@chappiescollectables]

Ah the kanadajin villain arc

[@unrested]

I know right?

[@chappiescollectables]

@@unrested aka the KZbin glory days

[@N1GHTWALKER823]

First, I do want to thank you for continuing to post content and being active on KZbin after all this time, providing us with your insights on Japan. I really appreciate it. I've been following for over ten years now and definitely remember the "OG" Jvlogging days going back to the Kanadajin controversy. It was a trip hearing you recap all of it and remembering all the different aspects of it, was wild. What a time in Jvlogging history lol.

[@unrested]

Watching all the old vids surrounding it was a really weird trip down memory lane. Thanks for taking that trip with me all these years!

[@malerieglasser5276]

Omg this is the DEEEEP lore, while we're here yall remember Einshine?

[@unrested]

No I don’t…hmm I’ll have to look it up

[@dirtysweatshirt]

great video, scott. lots of nostalgia listening to all this. really is crazy to think about how i've been watching since i was around 17 and i'm about to be 30 this year. crazy! glad you're still making videos :)

[@unrested]

Always awesome when I hear about people growing up with these vids

[@LittlePass-pi6fb]

Hi Unrested! Love this video. I saw it on my other account and for the last 2 weeks I have been trying to find the time to log in into this one to leave a message! Awesome work!

[@unrested]

Hey I wanted to also just say thanks for your vid. It helped me a ton by listing references I could go back to and putting the time line in order. I honestly I wish you would make more vids. Your eat your Kimchi vid was also amazing. If you decide to hop back on yt again let me know and I’ll shout out your channel

[@celexapro_]

Wow I was so curious what happened to her and decided to look for her channel again, only to see it's not there anymore. Thank you for explaining it all to us

[@unrested]

Thanks for watching!

[@drphilisalwayswatching5993]

Thank you so much for making this video! I’m crunching hard on a project I have to finish before going to Japan in two weeks for a month and your content is getting me through it. I almost completely forgot about this girl but my brother had mentioned her to me a few months ago and I couldn’t remember exactly who he was talking about, this brought it back all to me! I even showed my brother and he was so hyped that we were able to put a name to this elusive girl we thought we had imagined existing 🤣

[@unrested]

Yeah I mean she completely vanished to point it was a little hard to research so i understand why you may have thought it was a fever dream

[@Gimmeabreakman]

"Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in." (Hey Scott!)

[@unrested]

Thanks for stopping by victor. Hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane

[@theadorkables3043]

I remember all this, and it’s been great seeing you post up so much again! I don’t always comment but I’m watching. You always impress me with your kindness and it was good seeing your take on this. :) I got the impression watching kanadajin that she was autistic like me, like how she described social things in Japan she took things very seriously and she seemed to special interest things, not just Japan itself and being Muslim, everything she got an interest in. And it’s part of what made her videos good. And that she made notes of Japanese etiquette to impress on people gave me the idea perhaps she had been caught doing those things and that’s why she is so adamant. Lots of autistic people are people pleasers cuz we suck at social things so we try harder than most cuz well we have to… I sympathize with her for doing stupid things, and cuz her massive popularity also came with massive hate when she messed up. Which cuz of people pleasing thing, can give autistic people great anxiety and panic, which fuels stupid things. The only things I stop sympathizing with her was the attacking other jvloggers part… she got way mean and crossed lines that are not so forgivable. Internet won’t forget/forgive. Some people can survive the hate and thrive some can not, with how she reacted to the hate with panic and desperation, I don’t think she can handle it, and I think if she returned it would just be a repeat.

[@unrested]

I mean I feel like as jvloggers we all did and said stupid stuff cause we were new to the platform and still new to Japan too. I look back at some of my old videos as ultra cringey or something silly that someone who had only spent a year in Japan would say. Nonetheless, the good and bad that came from all those years of videos and collabs are still really nice to go back enjoy the nostalgia of now.

[@ANDYDAVIRGO]

This was a great upload. She was different and I liked her channel at the time. Hope she reflects and grew from her experiences.

[@unrested]

Yeah I think after going offline she is probably doing way better mentally. KZbin can drive anyone nuts.

[@aisnow5788]

Hey! I'm subscribing. I remember we got into it in the comments once, lol. But, I always felt you were a good person and sort of related to you...maybe the adhd thing. I am glad you are doing well! I am subscribing again. You're amazing...keep up the great work.

[@JulianEriksson]

Been here since the beginning, but never commented (from what I can recall).Got hooked on your JFAQs before moving to Japan for the first time back in 2012. Great channel and fun times revisiting this weird bubble in time! Nostalgic to say the least!

[@unrested]

Definitely nostalgic

[@monogramadikt5971]

i love the old unhinged days of the internet, its all too sanitized, censored and polished these days imo, bring back the rawness and grit i say

[@unrested]

I agree. I miss the Wild West it once was

[@syrus3657]

LMFAOOO AT HER SPELLING and the reasoning behind blackface, lmfaoo. Rodis video "if you have to sleep at my house again, you'll have to be in your pjamas" LMFAOOOOO that shit was sooo funny omg.

[@unrested]

Rodis account of the situation is like some sort of fever dream of a romcom with no happy ending. She was in a hijab but wearing tight jeans and grinding up on people at the club. It’s like she looked up irreverent in the dictionary and wanted to be an incarnation of it.

[@theguitargeek12345]

I’m so happy you are talking about this Scott!

[@unrested]

I’m happy you are watching it!!

[@theguitargeek12345]

I live in Japan and other foreigners who know the this story are happy you are talking about this too

[@3dcow]

Entertaining video, keep em coming!

[@unrested]

Thanks for watching!

[@VOIDTheft1]

I wonder in which year K actually deleted all her online stuff.

[@danieljohnson2005]

I have nothing really special to say, Scott, other than it’s great to see you putting out new videos regularly. I’ve been watching your channel for almost 13 years. I was really into your channel and other jvloggers like Sam and Gimmeabreakman, though I have to admit I stopped watching a lot of that content once I actually moved to Japan. I remember when all of this drama with Mira was going on. It’s crazy to think how long it’s been. Anyways, it’s great to see you haven’t lost your passion for this and are still at it after all of these years.

[@unrested]

Not watching the same content once you get to Japan is totally understandable. Like I said even my closest jvlog friends and I were unaware of the newest vids simply cause we were living the topics daily. Nonetheless thanks for sticking with me for so long hope all is well!

[@Oden667]

Great video. I used to heavily watch a lot of J-Vlog stuff and like a lot of the other comments said, this was a wild trip down memory lane. Watching all the videos around the sock puppet controversy feels like a lifetime ago. Hearing you talk about it again is a real blast from the past

[@unrested]

Thanks for sticking with me

[@hikosaemon]

Hey Scott, loving these old vids, and yeah I had people coming to me for advice then too but was very careful not to openly get involved, but my general take was that she fell out of the crazy tree, and hit every branch on the way down...

[@unrested]

Yeah honestly I think she could have been where Rachel and Jun are today had she just kept calm and grinded out informational vids. Sadly jealousy does tend to take over some KZbinrs minds in the craziest of ways. Nonetheless glad to see you stop by Hiko I mostly keep up with you on Facebook. Glad to see you still hardcore with running

[@sleepyhunter]

Really enjoying story time with scott.

[@unrested]

More to come!

[@LadyDarkSunMoon]

I had been unaware of all this happening; thank you for sharing all that with us. It reminded me of a saying we have here in Québec which is "a beau mentir qui vient de loin" (which would loosely translate from French as " It's pointless to lie., you'll eventually get caught, no matter how far away you've come from"). Rachel and Jun do have a great channel and it's unfortunate they and the other jvloggers had to live through this ... I'm glad to hear you had found a good therapist and that helped you grow as a person and that you can document your past mistakes as milestones, admit them and move on!

[@unrested]

Thanks and I agree completely with your thoughts on lies and therapy. Truly we can only improve by admitting our most painful flaws and mistakes.

[@notspiritualenough3813]

I remember you made a video about her and some other youtubers were pissed that you deleted it later. They wanted you to keep it up. Mira never wanted to just be a white Canadian. She wanted to feel special and unique, something she got from moving to Japan. I also think she converted to Islam because she was in love and stalked Rody In Japan (does anyone remember that channel?). He was a half-Pakistani and half-Japanese Jvlogger, and I often watch him. Well, he wasn't too fond of her behavior and made like 2 or 3 exposed videos about her. I think she stayed Muslim because being a "Muslim revert" made her feel special and different and I think she got a lot of support from Muslim men online.

[@unrested]

I do remember seeing support in her comments from Muslim women which I thought was very nice for her. Unfortunately I think the sudden shift annihilated her channel in the algorithm and lead to the closure of her channel. The weirdest part was when she would be in a hijab talking in full Japanese reducing her video to this ultra niche style then saying that she was losing views and subs due to bigotry. I don’t know if she understood just how much she had pigeon holed her channel.

[@kerenzatheunicorn]

I remember this as it was all going down, I was 13 at the time (babys first internet drama!) and it was the wildest shit i'd ever seen. About a month ago I started thinking about it again, and then your video popped up. I watched you back then too, and you seem a lot lighter here than you did all those years ago. it's good to see you Scott, I hope you're doing well.

[@unrested]

It’s always awesome and flattering to hear about people who have been with me for more than a decade. As far as being lighter than before…yeah I think I took a lot of the internet stuff way too serious back then. Now it’s just fun and a great place to reminisce with viewers like yourself over all the wonderful nostalgia 😊

[@wesleyjackson1222]

Great video. I watched you, since 2011. Your channel is one of my top three for Jbloggers back in the day.

[@unrested]

This is one of my top three favorite comments in this video ❤️ thanks so much for sticking with me for so long!

[@wesleyjackson1222]

@@unrested Thank you. Can I private message you?. I am going to Japan from September 14-29th. I wanted to ask you something in private. Got some questions.

[@wesleyjackson1222]

@@unrested You have great content. It has been a pleasure watching you all the years.

[@wesleyjackson1222]

Just 4-6 questions.

[@wesleyjackson1222]

Email??

[@Thunderhumper]

Ah, I remember this was going down right when I became interested in Japan. Was an interesting introduction to the J-Vlogging community lol. I can't believe it's been 10 years! Where did the time go? I've been catching up on all the old channels I used to watch, and it's a little sad to see how much things have changed. Anyway, it's great to see you're still around and making videos, Scott. I'll be sure to stick around.

[@unrested]

Thanks a bunch for returning and sticking with me. Always fun to have a viewer who remembers the good old days!

[@Siknik64]

Oooh boy, I remember this name. We're digging up some ancient artifacts with this subject.

[@unrested]

This does indeed feel like a relic of the past and walk down memory lane.

[@Rbear-SF]

I created my KZbin channel after being inspired by kandajin3. Unfortunately, she began behaving erratically a few years back, targeting anyone who mentioned her in a video. I shared my story about starting my channel because of her, including a picture of her, which led to her attacking me. Eventually, she succeeded in getting my channel terminated with KZbin's support. It's a shame how things turned out with Miranda constable.

[@unrested]

I can’t check here in yt studio but if the channel is still going I’ll give it a shout out

[@Felice_Enellen]

Post-video thoughts: I really miss those early days, 2010 give or take, maybe partially because it was the time when I was still in a honeymoon period with the idea of Japan myself. Early on there was little to no drama and I'd just be happy to watch regular vids of people like you, Victor, Rachel & Jun, Sam, Texan, Sharla, Micaela, Kelly, and yes, even Mira... it really was kind of sad when things splintered, but that's just the nature of social groups, I think. People get to know each other too well, some of the less-stellar people forget to wear their masks and things get ugly, disagreements happen and things get awkward, etc. Oh well. It really was nice while it lasted though, so there's always the memory of that.

[@unrested]

I’ll always be convinced that 2010 was the best of times for jvlogging at least for me. It was so active and so fun and production could still be mid and get you new viewers. These days we old schoolers are shadows of the past. But at least it’s comforting to relax in the shade.

[@Felice_Enellen]

@@unrested I still listen to you and occasionally Victor. It is indeed comforting. The new wave of J-people is perfectly nice, but Chris Broad, the Tokyo Creative crew, the Trash Taste guys, Aki, Sydney, and hey, even Felix, they're all so high-production, media-oriented, and impersonal in comparison to the old J-vlog crew, where it was just a regular person talking to the camera about their personal experiences and life in Japan, just to share what it was like with us viewers, rather than making it a deliberate commercial enterprise. Chris sorta started out the old way, but I think he kinda pioneered the more professional J-vlog/docu that we see today. Back then, there was more of a sense of hearing a friend talk about their day and less feeling like an old human-interest program that would run in the afternoon or evening on local TV. But, times change, and that's not necessarily bad. I think Chris does a lot for both Japan and people interested in Japan. I just miss the vicarious feeling of hanging out with a regular somebody experiencing the novelty of life in Japan vs. basically watching what amount to mini-documentaries, even though they are quite nice.

[@hikkipedia]

Wow that was a blast from the past. I totally forgot about the dramas with Kat and Rodi and the Black face video. I used to watch Mira all the time, and as a Canadian from the same province as her, I felt like I could relate to her (at first lol) and knew her in a way. The most jarring thing was when she went from a hostess to a hijabi muslim lol by that point I had stopped watching her content after the expose from Rachel. She set her sights on moving to Saudi Arabia, a place she "had always wanted to live" because she randomly pointed to it on a globe, according to her. Why any woman would want to move to a place where they have next to no rights is pretty scary. Despite her nefarious and questionable actions, I feel a bit bad for her as she was clearly going through it and I hope she has found some peace and stability. BTW proud of you for sharing your mental health journey!

[@unrested]

Thanks yeah I mean we all go through rough stuff and being online isn’t really the best place to find a center point when it comes to mental health. I’m sure now that she is offline she is in a better place. Unless she really did move to Saudi Arabia…then I don’t know what to think lol

[@maria-lz3he]

thank u for making this video! mira was one of the first jvloggers i started watching at the time and i loved her,! then, i found out the things she did and i kinda stopped watching her. it was THE drama atm on youtube, good times haha. nowadays, just as you did, i think she didn't deserve that much hate. i miss her content, it would be very funny to watch her saying delusional stuff

[@unrested]

Yeah I remember hearing about how she locked onto the punk scene first, then wanted to be a Japanese housewife, and is now into the Muslim life. Whatever she chooses whatever she feels comfortable with I just hope she feels happy and wish her the best of luck

[@maria-lz3he]

💗💗💗💗

[@miniscus5]

Oh my! I am here for the throwback!

[@unrested]

Me too

[@crazy137788]

I do remember all of this. All of you guys even Mira played a huge part in me getting my life back together. Going back to University and moving to Japan. As silly as that drama was it helped me see that everyone has problems and deals with them differently. Since we talking about stuff that happened in the yesteryears. I think it's about time that you free my boy rhino. You did him dirty.

[@unrested]

Glad you got your life together. Rhino and I are on good terms. I’m more than willing to admit my falter on covering the rhino situation although I will say most including yourself don’t know the full story hence I’ll eventually make an extensive call back to that as well.

[@ktdoty9921]

Kanadajin3 actually has almost 200,000 subscribers, but if I remember correctly I think she used to have more than 300k subscribers

[@unrested]

Wow did she get to that level? Honestly if none of this had gone down she coulda been at a million these days

[@NeillWylie]

Wow a blast from the past!

[@unrested]

Tell me about it!

[@Felice_Enellen]

As I recall, Kanadajin3 was meant to be pronounced "Kanadajin-San", a la 2chan being "ni-chan". Looking back on it after learning more about human psychology, she really seemed like a machiavellian psychopath type. It's just that... well... she wasn't very _good_ at it.

[@CarlosKoji87]

Wow! I was just discussing this with a friend who wasn't aware of all this. I just started studying Japanese around the time I found that generation of J-vloggers. After a while, I remember all these videos about the drama being uploaded by KZbinrs in the J-vlogging community and then saw channels lose popularity one after the other. It truly was a unique and one-of-a-kind community and a very nostalgic era of KZbin and my Japanese studies for me. You were one of my favs, especially "Osoroshii Saturday". I still hope, not matter how unlikely, that we can have a community like that era of J-vlogging again someday.

[@unrested]

I think the community had its time on KZbin. All channels and communities have a shelf life on here. On the plus side though I will say I am starting a second channel for osoroshii soon so look for that

[@electronicraisin5956]

i watched your darkside of japan series in 2016, amazing content it was. Any plans to do more of those? Surely some things have gone from bad to worse since then?

[@unrested]

Yeah I’ll be making one soon in June when I return to Japan.

[@d3m0n333]

We want more osoroshii Saturdays!!

[@ibbysworld7085]

Oh my god you just brought back flashbacks from 2015 omg, I remember when you made the video about her trying to manipulate you and wow I feel like I’m 15 again hahahah she was really deranged and even wanted me to Skype with her showing my convos with Rachel and Jun and other jvloggers I was friends with at the time and thank god I never did now that I’m 24 she was really really creepy…

[@unrested]

I know it seems like an entire different life or some sort of surreal dream right? What strange times

[@MuRFaaY]

Found your channel from the whole quickrhino thing. Hate watched the first few videos and then I ended up sticking around lol

[@unrested]

Thanks for giving me a chance lol. I do plan on rehashing how all that went down even if it means pointing out all my own flaws and mistakes along the way.

[@MuRFaaY]

​@@unrested I would definitely check it out. Never did get the whole story. I wish he would have left his channel up.

[@manletsoup]

Scott, I've been a viewer since 2015. I remember a lot of the drama, this one included. Might i take the time to say, you've really matured a lot and your content has reflected it

[@unrested]

Thanks for sticking with me. Also thanks for the nice words it means alot

[@manletsoup]

@unrested yeah man of course. Thank you for still being here as well!

[@gothicmuffinofdoom]

I do remember some of this, especially the bit with the threats, I think I had made it to Japan at that point, I had stopped watching her because I felt her takes on Japan were weird and not really the info I was looking for. I learned about the drama from you and other Jvloggers. Funnily Enough, after 10 years here, You and "Rachel and Jun" are the only Jvloggers I still watch.

[@unrested]

The takes she has were a bit…different, to say the least. It reminded me of some of the ideas the older generations of Japan had about gaijin but if they were told to her by playing the telephone game and she only understood 1/4 and repeated only half of that 1/4 coherently

[@3DJapan]

I recall her doing videos with Sharla and basically doing things in the videos that made Sharla look bad and her own channel look better.

[@CubanDre]

Man having watched several of those channels what a blast from the past. I remember Micaela really being affected by all this. I cant believe these details that I knew nothing about. I'm Canadian, so thats what got me started on her channel but I always found her to just be awkward. But the Blackface stuff what that faaaaack, leaving her friend out to dry. I remember your videos at that time, you did publish a few videos on that. I enjoyed micaela, I should try to get back into some of these channels. Looking forward to the quickrhino story as well. I hope he is doing well, I enjoyed his content as well.

[@unrested]

Quickrhino vid is definitely on the way. I wanna break down the fact that it was pretty much my own self cancellation with how im handled it. Nonetheless thanks for comment and sticking with my Channel for so long!

[@mranimesamurai1]

A video on Ryan "Boundless" would be interesting.

[@helloryuu]

Like others have said does it feels quite nostalgic looking back at all of this drama haha While I never personally watched her myself, I learned about all the drama through osmosis from following everyone else in the J-vlogging community who was posting about all of this at the time lol On another note, I'm happy for you that you get to revisit Japan and be with your loved ones! Wishing you a safe and great trip Scott!

[@unrested]

Thanks for watching and yes I’m very excited to head back soon!

[@TheFoximusPrime]

I’ve always wanted to see that video of Kanadajin doing BF, but never could find it. I saw the picture and that shi- is WILD! I’m curious how she interacted with people while in BF 😱 I had been watching most of the main jvloggers that were involved in the sock puppet drama for a while, and it honestly made me sad to hear how hurtful she had been being behind the scenes. She let jealousy get the better of her. She literally was part of the “in” crowd as far as jvloggers, but secretly hated everyone 😵‍💫 I hope she has found happiness though. Even before the drama, she seemed troubled to me.

[@unrested]

She coulda been a million sub channel today I think if she hadn’t gone so hardcore on the bullying

[@mizuki_1516]

I really liked Mira’s videos. I was bummed when she took them down. I liked all her little segments she used to make. She seems to care about her little brother a lot. I have a little brother too so I understand her feelings in that way

[@unrested]

Yeah I wish she woulda left her vids up for nostalgia alone.

[@HallyuDan]

It was a different time, I remember watching you, Tokyozeplin, Tkyosam, and Rhyminggaijin. What a fun time on KZbin!

[@unrested]

Rhyminggaijin omg I totally forgot that one. That dude was so cool!

[@SuperDogWannabe]

I did happen to see an update from Kanadajin3. Right after she deleted her entire catalog of videos, she did a live that stayed up as a VOD for a little bit. She was in a Burka I believe, only eyes visible. It's been a while, but in summary, she expressed a deep sort of regret and vitriol for her time on KZbin. Going so far as to recommend that no one ever show their face on the internet, because you don't know who could be watching. I believe she mentioned having been stalked while living in Japan, and that she has left Japan. She eluded to her possibly now being in some sort of religious compound, but that she did not want to be found. She mentioned she started a new channel focused on Islam, but that there would be no way for you to know it was hers. She essentially renounced her identity on KZbin. People can change their minds over time, but the person in that video did not want to ever come back.

[@SuperDogWannabe]

I was around for this era of Jvlogging. Hearing Kanadajin and Sharla talk about how they decided fairly young to go to Japan to school made me feel bittersweet for a life-choice I didn't even know was an option. It was time of rose colored glasses for sure - it seemed like Japan was this other world that you could access and succeed in if you only listened. When I saw a new video from Mira I had a "oh wow?? What has she been up to?" moment. I was bummed when she said she was going to delete everything. I can't say I agree with many of her decisions, but I wish her happiness and growth wherever she may be.

[@unrested]

Very interesting information. Just as a side note Mira replied to this video and then later deleted it. She went on a rant about how the black face video was staged by someone who was trying to frame her and that we as KZbinrs should not be obsessed with fame (not sure why she thinks everyone does this for fame). Nonetheless I thanked her for watching the video and responding and also wished her health in happiness in whatever she was doing these days.

[@mangotreemafia6766]

I remember being a 21 years old JET teacher in the middle of woop woop Odate. Those J-vloggers pretty much the only japan content out there and pretty much the content I can relate to living in japan. Specially in those years being an expat in japan feels like you’re in a bubble unlike today that more and more Japanese actually know English.

[@ScoobyDad]

The member berries from this video … awesome summary

[@unrested]

Yeah definitely a dose of nostalgia

[@kenpls]

Jvlogging youtube history making me feel old

[@unrested]

Tell me about :)

[@VOIDTheft1]

Hello Scott. Thanks for the video. I will make a reaction video tomorrow. First I have to find my hat. Where did I put it? It's ten years ago.

[@unrested]

Thanks a bunch best of luck on your hat search. If you need to borrow my Time Machine let me know.

[@monogramadikt5971]

cant lie, feel pretty old watching this now

[@matthgr9371]

Damn, did I time travel? It's been 14 years huh.. Thanks for the memories!

[@unrested]

Seems like yesterday though I know

[@JeanRain17]

This was a crazy time. I never watched Kanadajin vids I found her a bit annoying when I saw her on the other channels. I started with Gimmeabreakman and got introduced to Rachel and Jun and Abroad in Japan, your channel, Texan In Tokyo, Sharla and a few others who I think don't post vids anymore. When Rachel and Jun posted the vid about the drama I was like "wow kanadajin is Fing crazy and sad" Considering I didn't care for her to begin with this happening was like wow damn. You framing this as part of the collapse of the community does feel about right though. Things changed so much between people at that time but also quite a lot of people left who were part of the community. It's a little sad because I do miss some of the collabs and such between some of the groups but it is what it is. Happy that some of my favorite channels are doing well still and you guys are all still cool people.

[@unrested]

Yeah this was one of many sort of rifts that started putting cracks in the jvlog community.

[@_monstercam]

That was definitely an interesting time. I remember there being a bit of a split where some people thought she did do it and others thought she didn't.

[@unrested]

Some defenders even showed up to this video….or maybe…just maybe. The sock puppets live on!

[@_monstercam]

@@unrested 😆

[@santiagowho]

The older I get the more things seem to have more meaning and depth, its like a never ending staircase of a library that makes the older simple minded assumptions seem so shallow and naive. And that goes especially for complex situations like people's mental health, getting stuck outside of their home country and not knowing what to do with their life. Glad to hear from you as usual Unrested.

[@unrested]

Yeah honestly at 44 looking back on this situation..it was so silly and petty but taken way too far.

[@CarolynnMarkey]

I have thought of this several times in the past few years. poor Kanadajin3. She needs help. Sharla is a gem.

[@unrested]

Both good points. Glad to see Sharla still doing great!

[@marbellaotaiza801]

Going in without having watched, I know this is gonna be fun...

[@unrested]

And….how was it?

[@Skopuningurin]

Well, this was a blast from the past. I hope she's doing well, wherever she is.

[@unrested]

I think now that she’s offline she is probably ok

[@toffeenut1336]

She has 189k subscribers. Apparently she had the idea before Lillee Jean.

[@unrested]

Lilee Jean is that girl terrorizing primnik right? God what a mess that all is. Another cyber psycho

[@scarychewinggum]

God, watching this now I realise just how many misconceptions about Japan I had, and how many of them probably originate from being 11/12 years old and watching kanadajin (my first j-vlogger). I now have a degree in Japanese, COVID did mess up my year abroad but I still got going for a couple of months, and throughout the whole experience sometimes I'd say something and get loads of weird looks. Like, I remember she had this video on menstrual products in Japan, and as a result I was really worried when I went that I wouldn't be able to find my preferred products. Low and behold, it wasn't a problem (beyond me not really knowing the vocabulary initially). Wasn't there something else she said about how you couldn't get hold of ibuprofen/paracetamol without a prescription in Japan? I remember asking my teacher that in first year and she was like "no, what are you on about, you can get that no problem in most drug stores". Even though I had that reassurance I was still a bit worried about getting ibuprofen in Japan (I mean, I'd believed what kanadajin had said for like, 8 years at that point), and I ended up needing some after getting a piercing during my time there - my only complaint was that it was really expensive compared to what I'm used to paying in the UK, but that could have been the store/brand/me being an idiot and paying more than I needed. Again, fine. There probably are other things from those days that I just haven't encountered yet but, absolutely mad the impact her videos had on me. I am grateful that she did nurture my love of Japan back then though. I hope she's doing okay - last I saw she was wearing a niqab having converted to islam, was on her third nikkah, and planning to move to saudi arabia - absolutely all the respect to her for converting to islam and living her life etc. but she did not come across as though these were decisions made in a clear, stable state of mind.

[@unrested]

If she really moved to Saudi Arabia then wow…I wish I had that chapter in this story

[@zoilalulu3798]

As a librarian, I can tell you that libraries are NOT quiet. That's a common misconception. We have a lot of children's programs and after school programs and there's always noise.

[@unrested]

Oh yeah that’s true I didn’t think of those activities. Also school libraries are not very quiet either. Good point

[@KenDeeMay]

I remember all of this...

[@malerieglasser5276]

I remember coming home from high school and watching these youtubers and all of this happen😭 I now live in Korea and suddenly remembered kanadajin3 while walking down a street and found this

[@unrested]

Haha got so many people telling me about watching this back in their high school days. Glad I can give everyone a bit of weird nostalgia lol

[@jamieshelley6079]

Yikes this takes me back!

[@unrested]

I hear ya!

[@Auritilien]

It's so weird to finally hear the whole story. I knew of the "I'm not Mira" picture and some other bits, but never the full thing. I hope everyone involved have been able to heal or at least won't feel the weight of this time anymore.

[@unrested]

I think pretty much everyone has except Mira. She left a few angry comments on this video before deleting them all. She still to this day denies any of this happened.

[@Mcgturtle3]

Those were the daysssss

[@unrested]

❤️

[@TTyger]

lol, I vaguely remembered this. Interesting to hear the whole thing laid out. Sounds like homegirl had some tough character flaws, but I hope she’s alright nevertheless.

[@unrested]

Now offline she is probably doing much better

[@jonathansakura]

I don’t understand I saw this in Korea too Foreigners move to another country And they go extreme with the culture Sadly, I recall going from being a massive USA lover to a USA hater And then I moved back to Florida and I snapped out of the extremist mindset I had 😅😅😅

[@unrested]

Too bad she didn’t move from Canada to America and then become hardcore into America and make vids about how to be polite at baseball games or how to use American slang.

[@BananasGoMooDev]

Wow crazy remembering all this lol. I used to watch most of the OG jvloggers and up until a couple years ago was still watching the more modern jvloggers, but now that I live in Japan I'm like you where now that I live here I'm less interested in Japan content because I can just experience it lol.

[@unrested]

Yeah it’s a real trip down memory lane

[@osakashogun1371]

Since you ask what we remember from that time, I just remember everyone talking about that girl. I remember Gimmeaflakeman and others covering it. I remember her wearing a hijab and thought she was being silly.

[@unrested]

I did think the Muslim aspect was a phase. Then her channel became Muslim and only in Japanese with no English subtitles and I remember thinking wow this has become super niche who is her audience at this point?

[@syrus3657]

Could you do a video on 1st generation japan vloggers? and then go through all the generations

[@unrested]

I would but I’m unsure I could even remember or find every video or name. Maybe I’ll ask viewers to help me

[@syrus3657]

@@unrested Sounds like another good 1 hour video dude, just hearing it from your perspective is enough

[@scifigrl23]

I remember searching for videos about life in japan becasue I was going to study abroad there. I found her channel and watched lots of her videos believing that she was telling the truth. I got to Japan, and learned it was all wrong. I remember making a comment asking if this was a satirical account and if I was just naive. She somehow found my personal email and sent harrassing emails saying evil things. Shortly after that, Rachel and Jun made their video outing her and it suddenly made sense. The harrassment continued for years. Her emails went into my spam account. Lol. She did email someone from my job, (eventually i worked and lived in Japan), she emailed in Japanese. They immediately knew she wasn't native and was attacking me for no reason. They responded with legal threats, and she stopped after that.

[@unrested]

Wow that’s just evil of her. Sorry to hear you dealt with that level of harassment.

[@scifigrl23]

@@unrestedThanks. I realized that she was a sociopath during that interaction. She gets no sympathy from me, though I do hope she sought professional help.

[@MakotoOPT]

I love how shes all like "you need to quit social media and live your life like I have when i became muslim" and shes on this post writing up dissertations keeping up the lies shes been trying to tell when all of this was heavily documented and sides against her

[@unrested]

Yeah I mean let’s theoretically ignore the black face video and completely absolve her of that and we’d still have comments about marriage and impregnation of 12 year olds on twitter to question. As I said before, she could come back, but it would have to be a full confessional vid acknowledging her checkered past not just another rant on endless denial. Alas there is only one person who will convince Mira that she has a past She needs to confront and that person Is Mira herself. Nothing any of us say will break through that fortress of denial.

[@MakotoOPT]

@@unrested I completely agree

[@YoshinoriOnYouTube]

Thank you for putting together this refresher course. I agree, she could still make a comeback, and I would be happy to see her again only if she would and could be totally honest. Amazing how the disgust I felt about her back then has been replaced by just nostalgia. (Can't deny, though, a (tiny) part of me is actually wanting to see the same old her again.)

[@unrested]

Yeah I have all the same feelings. I felt disgust betrayal and anger now I’m just like golly what a silly time. Weird how time can make everything feel special whether good or bad.

[@jeremy4925]

I followed her back in the day when she had so many alias names which were made public Miranda Anne Constable, Mira Nagayama, Lina, Miriam Al Fas, and I'm sure there are a few more. I am from Sudbury Ontario, our hometown so everyone knows of her. Today she is AL-Sakura-JP and Alkanadiya.

[@avatarLT]

I did hear about it rather late as I don't look much at the comments that much. Later on I think from one of Sharla's videos as I remember was Google who the heck is she but it all felt rather toxic so I didn't pursue it any further.

[@unrested]

Yeah she did Sharla wrong. Tried to blame her fake accounts on Sharla and say she did all the harassing. Sharla was innocent. IP addresses all zeroed in on Mira so she was caught red handed.

[@michey1978]

I saw Mira’s blackface video, she definitely made it and it was definitely not photoshopped when it was re-uploaded. Not a good move to say the least on her part. Despite that and maybe I’m too kind, I felt sorry for her. The hate towards her seemed disproportionate, until the Rachel & Jun and sock puppet account thing happened. I still feel a little sorry for her, but I never quite understood what motivated her actions. It maybe a bit age-ist of me, but when she started j-vlogging I think Mira was in her 20s & maybe some of her actions - particularly with Rodi - is due to being young.

[@unrested]

I feel sorry for her in the sense that she cornered herself and seemed to have had no social setting in her past that had taught her the value of coming clean or apologizing. I don’t have full knowledge of her background but it was depressingly apparent she hadn’t been raised with the experience of certain social situations that would allow her the proper context and POV that would allow her to better understand her situation rather than panic to the point of falling into an uncomfortable vein deeper hole than she had dug for herself.

[@teamsalvation]

So sad how one person has caused so much trouble and ruined things for many…. This is one person you just run from….stay away from her

[@unrested]

Yeah this was a sad day in the long decay of the jvlogging community.

[@teachergotgame2203]

Can you make a video about Hannah Minx 😊?

[@unrested]

She is actually on the list so yes she will be getting her very own video

[@rain1676]

I used to follow her back in 2011. She was talking about apartment hunting , working visa and other things about japan. In 2014 i went to Hiroshima for site seeing and visiting family friends. Once i got back i noticed kanadajin3 vs Rachael thumbnail from gimmeabreakman. I was wondering what was going on after hearing kanadajin3 has done it schocked me. Rachael and jun are very lovely people. What rollar coaster ride that was. I hope miura is doing ok. Good lord that was chaotic.

[@unrested]

Indeed a crazy time

[@luzvazquez4189]

I don't usually engage in armchair diagnosis, but looking back it sounds like she might have undiagnosed and surely untreated BPD. The lying, the narcissistic behavior, but most importantly: the obsession with certain people are all associated symptoms. She obsessed with these men to the point that she changed her entire personality to fit them. This is why I don't think she could ever attempt a real comeback. It would take self reflection and accountability, but without proper guidance and treatment she's never gonna be able to do it. She might eventually try to come back for shock value, when she's bored or she needs something new to hyper focus on. But unless she gets professional help for whatever she's going through, she's never gonna be able to live off KZbin anymore. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@unrested]

She came back to reply on this video and still denied it everything and said we were all full of hate cause we didn’t convert to Islam. I have no background in anything psych based but yeah something is wrong that needs professional help. I honestly just feel sad for her. No hate or anger just a hope she can come to grips with whatever is deeply troubling her.

[@KrissyMeow]

Nice topic! Definitely remember this as it happened. I remember Sharla being a pretty big part of it. Kanadajin and Sharla were pretty good friends, or at the least they collabed quiet often for a short time. So from the viewers perspective, it came as a big "wtf?!" seeing Kanadajin go after Sharla and blame her for insane things. It really seemed out of nowhere for us watching. The rest that I remember is all things you've mentioned here. That time period of KZbin is very nostalgic for me. KZbin just doesn't feel the same anymore. It's so commercialized now, and the channels that aren't into that just can never get ahead. Sucks to see. Edit: Hah! Your video from back then popped up! My comment was there for me to read. Neat getting to do that! 8 years+ watching! I wasn't sure how long it's been.

[@unrested]

Yeah it’s crazy I went back to research this topic and had my own archive staring me in the face 1000 vids later I thought,”oh no what did I say…” lol. Had to watch it and document myself being bamboozled. Cool though that you were there for that in the comments and still here now!

[@mandymagnolia1966]

44:29 love how I said yikes out loud and you said it a second later 😅 big yikes

[@unrested]

lol Recalling a lot of the actions in this story are best defined by yikes.

[@cetriyasArtnComicsChannel]

I feel so okd hearing this XD the internet majes you feel youve experience whole life time in less than a decade

[@unrested]

Yup going back through this was a real trip

[@Tsuki570]

I witnessed the fallout between her and Sharla and that was crazy. She went behind Sharla’s back talking smack and tried to influence Sharla to make videos that were in poor taste to kill her number of followers which were rapidly surpassing Mira’s. Sharla made a sharp and clear exit. Left Mira shook! 😂