British Guy Reacts to "history of japan, i guess" | FIRST TIME REACTION!

[@GOTGames]

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[@elindayana8174]

Can you react to "VALSHE - BUTTERFLY CORE"? She has a unique beautiful voice. Oh by the way, Valshe looks like a boy, but she is a woman. 😍🔥💕

[@Petq011]

From what I remember, Japan was never really "close" to the UK. The "people" were almost always against it, and it was only really a couple of the higher-ups who were like... "We could say we are okay with this until we aren't." Or something like that.

[@masonjordan5958]

i don't really like videos like this, the info is pretty accurate but it leaves out so much context all most everything really but the conclusion to the event, witch is fine and works as a summery when showing to people that already knows the context behind what's being discussed but to people unaware of the much more complicated history of japan this video should only be used as a very brief introduction into or a million mile overview of the history to understand what lead them to do the things they did and how it snowballed into creating their very complicated moral ideology they lived by as a country, you really have to go in-depth on these events, clans, shoguns, key figures and turning points when their society shifted and what they shifted to which i would strongly suggest to anyone go read up on it , you will learn about some fantastic story's and about some amazing people and leaders that revolutionized thinking and strategy during times, along with many very dark and heavy heart breaking stories and people to its very complicated many people try and map todays Japanese society onto what they were less than 100 years ago and that is completely wrong to do, they are almost unrecognizable now from one another and I'm not a historian and wouldn't ever claim to be, go read or watch from the many sources out their already, you may find it to be very enjoyable, i know i do

[@bryanwells4063]

Overlord for the win (for next KZbin watch along)

[@joshbrosh6626]

Oversimplified history videos are great vids to react to since you liked theese 2 vids

[@thedingokid8325]

My personal favorite bit of trivia involving Japan is that there is a 22 year period where a samurai could have sent Abraham Lincoln a fax

[@GOTGames]

Well... I love that 😂

[@lreadytaken]

samurai taken picture in front of the Sphinx in Egypt in 1863 they were busy

[@wondersmith]

11:44 "the nations who don't wanna conquer" lol nah bro, the English may not have wanted to conquer Europe, but you don't get an empire that controls a quarter of the world's territory unless you do, in fact, want to conquer (fun fact, more countries have an official national holiday to celebrate independence from Britain specifically than have Christmas as an official holiday)

[@GOTGames]

Well... True

[@wondersmith]

🤣@@GOTGames

[@あんず-w6y]

日本からコメントします。 日本の歴史に興味をもってくれてありがとうございます。 アニメやJ-POPには、日本の精神性の理解無しには分からない部分があります。 歴史は、立場が違えば見方も変わります。コメント欄でのアイヌや神風に関するコメントはその良い例でしょう。議論することは楽しいし、否定するつもりはありません。 日本人としては、歴史上の出来事より「日本語」について興味をもっていただきたいです。 英語をはじめとする多くの言語は、互いに向き合い議論する言語ですが、日本語は互いにに寄り添い共感する言語です。 この事を理解するとアニメもJ-POPもより深く楽しめると思います。 是非、日本にいらしてください。そして今の日本をたくさん感じてください。お待ちしております。

[@Mercure250]

Fun fact : The reason Japan was cool with the Dutch is because they didn't really push their religion onto the Japanese that much, unlike other European powers (mainly Spain and Portugal, who tried their damned hardest to convert everyone to Catholicism). But just like any colonising power, I wouldn't say they were "chill" in general. Also the thing about technology at the beginning was kind of ironic; it didn't mean Japan was more advanced or anything. This view of them being advanced is a pretty recent thing.

[@TheMakoyou]

To add, there was a letter from a missionary to the king when Dutch pirates attacked a Portuguese ship. In it, he wrote this. "It is not difficult to colonize Japan." The Dutch took the letter to the Shogun, and in exchange they received exclusive trading rights.

[@kyowomii]

11:41 i’m not too sure if you’re aware but britain has done the most colonizing out of any country in history

[@GOTGames]

... Well damn

[@MrInuhanyou123]

@@GOTGames yeah American exceptionalism of our type came directly from our parents you guys. Sorry bro 😅

[@Shadowcat31]

i came here to say the same thing 😅 Britain, Spain and France were the "Big 3" of colonization for a VERY long time, and then America came in and went "I may be younger but I bet I can get more territories than all of you, thanks for teaching me Daddy Britain. Hold my Beer!"

[@runeanonymous9760]

@@GOTGamesyeah- when the Allies decided that they weren’t cool with conquest was when Japan left to join the other guys

[@TheMakoyou]

An Englishman who is not well known to the English people was in the service of Shogun (Ieyasu Tokugawa). His name was William Adams, a navigator. His Japanese name was Anjin Miura. The town around the house where he lived was called "Anjin-choi" until the Edo period. The name of the town does not remain now, but the name of the road, Anjin-Dori, remains. His residence was within a kilometer of Edo Castle. In its current name, the town is called Nihonbashi, near Tokyo Station, in the heart of Tokyo. Records indicate that he was born in 1564 in Gillingham, Kent. He had two children with a Japanese woman, Joseph and Suzanne, but there is no record of what happened to them after William's death. William's grave will be in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Note that there was also a Dutchman named Jan Joosten van Lodensteyn who came with William and also served Ieyasu. His Japanese name was Ya Joosu. The town name Yaesu, named after him, still remains, and the south exit of Tokyo Station is called "Yaesu-guchi" (Yaesu Exit). Jan drowned near Indonesia when his ship sank while traveling to Southeast Asia from Japan on business.

[@和久井淑子-v2e]

Unlike Portuguese/Spanish who had an agenda of converting Japan into Catholic colony, Dutch was only interested in trade with Japan. That's why only Dutch was allowed to come even after Japan closed off to all other foreigners.

[@Fvoarin]

"The Dutch were very nice" Don't read into the Dutch empire then xdd You'd be shocked. They were smaller than other Empires of the time, but they were somehow even more batshit insane

[@sandervankampen8537]

could be worse, like belgium and the congo ^^

[@xenotypos]

All people that could conquer, did conquer. Only those that couldn't, didn't. There are no nice people in history, since prehistory only the powerful conquered and multiplied, you can trace that back endlessly so much that any homosapiens is the descendant of those conquerors, to a degree.

[@Fvoarin]

@@sandervankampen8537 True, Belgium were psychotic

[@satomz]

The Dutch were "nice" in the way they only cared about making money through trading, as opposed to the other Western countries that were interested in Christian missionaries and conversion. Think like Age of Empires, when you are just trying to build up your country's economy and upgrades, you don't want guys going Wololo on your shores but you can definitely have trade ships.

[@Heiryuu]

@@sandervankampen8537came here to say Belgium did some wild things during their colonial period

[@RenderingUser]

Please do more content from his channel. bro has his OWN GENRE. like... you CANNOT find that kind of content anywhere else

[@GOTGames]

If the people want it I'd be happy to 💯

[@椿-g1k]

I'm japanese watching you react to japanese anime and songs. I was so surprised you reacted to japanese history lol. Thank you for your reaction. I'm looking forward to your video.!

[@megg734]

Britain formed an alliance with Japan to check Russia's expansion into China and India. Japan's victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905 was partly due to the behind-the-scenes cooperation of its ally, Britain. Mikasa is the name of the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet that defeated the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Empire at the Battle of Tsushima during the Russo-Japanese War, and is the origin of the name Mikasa from Attack on Titan. Battleship Mikasa was built in Britain. Her captain, Heihachiro Togo, was dubbed the "Nelson of the East" by British journalists for his naval victories. The older brother of Saneyuki Akiyama, a famous staff officer in this battle, is Yoshifuru Akiyama, a major general in the army, and he is the model for Commander Pyxis's appearance (see a photo of him in his later years).

[@macaronlaaskb]

日露戦争では、強大なロシア帝国に日本が勝つとは誰も思わなかった。そのため日本は戦費を集めるのに苦労した。 そんな時代に、戦費の40%という巨額の金を日本に貸してくれたのは、アメリカ・ウオール街の、ジェイコブ・シス。ドイツ系ユダヤ人の投資銀行家です。彼にとっても不条理で危険な賭けだった…けれど…ロシア皇帝は彼らの敵だった。

[@macaronlaaskb]

イギリスが本気を出したのは、イギリスの客船をロシアが誤射して沈没させたうえに、救助もせず立ち去った事件からですね。

[@Poluact]

11:35 good? Nations who don't want to conquer? Like what? British Empire who had colonies all over the world? Or maybe France who had colonies all over the Africa (and let's not forget Napoleon). Those nations? Riiight.

[@valmoer]

I'll take the enormous L on all the French colonizations across the world, but Napoléon's villification (led by who else - the British) has to stop : he was no better nor worse than his contemporaries, yet was the only one demonized - and out of the Seven Coalition Wars, the European Powers were the agressors in 5 - most of Napoléon's conquests were counterattacks.

[@GOTGames]

👀👀👀

[@plugshirt1762]

@@valmoer For real Napoleon only gets hated on because he was so much better at what he did than his contemporaries

[@valmoer]

@@plugshirt1762 To be fair, he did reinstate slavery (that the First French Republic had abolished). By far his biggest black mark - pun unintended.

[@matsukazetonbokiri4874]

この動画の正確性にはいろいろと問題があるのは間違いないが基本中の基本だけを学ぶにはいいかもねくらいの気分で見てほしいかな

[@davida8102]

神風説について一言、確かにモンゴル帝国の艦隊を撃破したのは神風(台風)だと同意します。ただ、艦隊を上陸または内海への侵入を阻止したのは鎌倉武士団以外の何物でもないと思います

[@RuiCBGLima]

He should've mentioned that the first europeans in contact with Japan were the Portuguese (me as Portuguese)

[@laxmi777-youtube]

Japan is home to a civilization that produced the world's oldest pottery called Jomon pottery.

[@sorakirisaki5330]

Im so happy you reacted to this so quickly, cant wait for 400k subs 🎉

[@patec7485]

To be fair. At the start of his rise to power Hitler never really saw the UK or US as his principle enemies. That was always France and the USSR. He was even hopefull he coule persuade the UK to join him or at least stay neutral in all of this. From his point of view the UK was sort of his natural ally against France and Russia. From Japan's point of view their principle enemies were also the USSR (remember the previoues wars they fought which were also briefly mentioned in this video?) So it made sense to ally themself with Germany and Italy to fight the Russians. The fact that the UK and the US would join an aliance against them was perhaps nothing they had forseen at the beginning of the war.

[@WalkingCorpse736]

Except for the fact that, you know, the U.K. and U.S. kept telling them for years that if they kept f*ing around they'd find out.

[@GOTGames]

I had actually forgotten about his views on the UK but yeah... Does make more sense with the Japanese background and relationships now when you think about it 🤔

[@悠々彼方S]

That is why Japan allied itself with Germany only to use German power and ignored requests to arrest Jews in Japan.

[@macaronlaaskb]

不凍港を求めて絶えず南下するロシア帝国は、日本にとって脅威でした。でもそれ以上に、共産国家になったソビエトと、天皇を持つ日本とでは相性は最悪ですね…

[@macaronlaaskb]

@@悠々彼方S ユダヤ人に関するドイツの要求を無視しよう~という日本の文書は多く残ってます。軍事同盟とユダヤ人は関係無い。アメリカがユダヤ人難民を拒否して追い返してた頃、東欧のユダヤ人難民は、シベリア鉄道で大陸横断し日本海を渡り、続々と日本に入国して新聞にも載りました。戦争末期には彼らは上海に移動しますが、日本人とユダヤ人は友好的でした。そもそも争った歴史が無いのです。

[@uenokouji811]

There are a lot of random comments about the Ainu people, so I'll write an accurate history here. The Ainu people originally lived in Sakhalin, and were attacked by the Mongol Empire during the Mongol invasion of Sakhalin from the mid-13th century to the 14th century, and fled from Sakhalin to Hokkaido. Hokkaido was inhabited by the Jomon people, the ancestors of the Japanese people, even before the Ainu people immigrated there. The Ainu people are not indigenous people, but immigrants who migrated from Sakhalin in the 13th century.

[@genchan1224able]

日本の歴史に興味があるならぜひ旅行で遊びに来てね。京都や奈良、東京がお勧めです✨

[@AniMewAlex]

僕はイギリス人です。日本 へ 行きましたthis year. 日本が大好きです! I am also working on my Japanese as well! UK X Japan.

[@GOTGames]

I would absolutely love to!

[@TicoMachi]

Bill Wurtz is such a unique and talented content creator. He's actually done a bunch of songs as well, and they are still very much in the same style as the two videos you have watched. I would recommend "Might Quit" and "Mount St. Helen's Is About To Blow Up"

[@TheTenguwarrior]

3:25 The conquered it from the native Emishi/Ainu people who lived there before the Yamato arrived in Japan. Imagine the tribe von Ashitaka in Princess Mononoke or quite a lot of characters in the newer Anime Series Golden Kamui

[@MrInuhanyou123]

Basically the native Americans of Japan

[@Oh_Japan]

Just to avoid any misunderstanding, all Japanese people are indigenous peoples. The difference is whether they were inside or outside Japan's governing structure.

[@xenotypos]

The Ainus remained the majority in Hokkaido though (the northern island), which was only colonized in the 19th century. It was a bit like the wild west in USA, but for them it was the wild north.

[@xenotypos]

The Ainus remained the majority in Hokkaido though (the northern island), which was only colonized in the 19th century. It was a bit like the wild west in USA, but for them it was the wild north.

[@xenotypos]

​@@Oh_Japan The indigenous people of the northern half were just the Ainu people. Especially in Hokkaido, in which Japanese settlements are relatively recent from an historical perspective.

[@airiquelmeleroy]

Luke... I believe you are now ready to react to Bill Wurtz songs. I recommend you listen to "Here comes the sun"

[@runeanonymous9760]

Japan is basically the fancy gourmet version of Britain- or at least the Fast Casual to Britain’s Fast Food; Japan had to speedrun its Imperialism, and without slavery they kind of had to jump straight into immediate and apparent atrocities, but you guys even have similar culinary philosophies! It’s just that the differences in historical ingredients (rice vs wheat, etc) means that Japanese food mostly tastes good

[@syaondri]

"Dutch are very nice" Dutch ex-Colony: I dunno about that sir XD

[@tsubasahaneno]

Oh, I'm so happy you're reacting to this! Since I did hear a thing or two in my japan history classes and still remember some bits and pieces, let me answer some of those: -They took the north from indigenous people like Ainu -The mongols invasion is where the world "Kamikaze" actually comes from, Mongols did try to invade japan two times and both of those times, despite having an overwhelming advantage they lost because both of those times a typhoon whiped out their ships. Japanese believed that the Gods saved them and thus named those typhoons "Kamikaze" which means "Divine Wind". Yes, the Kamikaze pilots in WWII were called that in reference to the typhoons from Mongol invasions -I feel like before WWII it's not like they were on the "good side", they did not care that much about world outside their imidiate surroundings, there was a lot more internal stuff that happend and they had no reason to care about why people on the other side of the world fight between themselves

[@jfk2074]

They had german prisoners they got after WW1 and they got interested in the music and culture/art of the germans after they saw that they were cool and that brought them to consider to sign alliance with germans. So they tried to reach out to know more and the rest you know now. The culture was even after the war so heavenly liked they even included it in a lot of anime. (Monster, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Elfenlied, Guilty Crown(Opening 1) and more) (Just the names and the Music says a lot) By the way they released the german prisoners and a lot of them Chose to stayed there.

[@あふりか-s4w]

北海道含む北側もまた同じ、同じ日本民族が並行して住んでいて別の国があった。むしろ北のほうが日本人（縄文人）の血が濃い。だから同民族が統合されたにすぎない。その際に苦労したのがバレたくなかったのか、徹底的にその（北の）国の痕跡をもみ消したらしい。アイヌはのちにモンゴルから逃れて北海道に逃げ込んできただけで先住民ではなく、日本人と完全に交じることで溶け込んだ。また、神風は吹いたとされるのは、宗教の関係者が力を得るためにそういうことにしただけ。モンゴル軍は、数だけで質が悪かった。なんせ、支配下地域からかき集めた兵でやる気はないし、そもそもモンゴルは海や島では強くない。その上侍がヤバかったらしい。

[@GOTGames]

Thank you for clarifying and adding a few things, very interesting 🤔

[@longmink]

@@GOTGames Just to clarify, the Northern part of the main island had the Emishi peoples/tribes, the Ainu lived in the northern island of Hokkaido (which was also colonized eventually) but much later on then when was asked in the video. Everyone seems to know the Ainu now because they have become more mainstream now with anime/manga like Golden Kamuy becoming popular.

[@UMA-chan]

アイヌが北海道に住む前から大和民族はいたと解明されています。

[@flyingeagle3898]

3:17 mostly societies that didn't engage intensive agriculture like the people of Nihon these groups include the Ainu and other descendants of the ancient Jomon. They didn't actually finish this process until the early 1800's when Hokkaido was formally annexed into Japan 4:37 yes mongols invaded twice during typhoon season and got their fleet wrecked twice by a hurricane/typhoon(the same thing). This is the "divine wind" 13:13 yeah sometimes less is more here 14:30 same thing happened to Italy they were on the allied side in WW1 but flipped for WW2, but UK pretty much built the Japanese first large naval force. Recommendations: Extra History's the Three Kindoms, and The Seminal Tragedy. The first is about china, the second is about the lead up to WW1

[@flyingeagle3898]

@@-Time_Stamp__-Mind.Set-___ ??

[@MrInuhanyou123]

According to many historians in japan the russian japanese war was basically the start of japans imperalist ambitions where they belived they were invincible and so could invade any place they wanted. Because russia not only didnt win but got absolutely crushed by the Japanese. It wasn't just a quick thing though. There were both fascist elements inside Japan who believed in might makes right at that time and peaceful people who wanted coexistence. The people who wanted peace were in control at one point and the ones who wanted war took over after those people aged out of service

[@georgesmith6218]

> Britain > Don’t want to conquer stuff Best joke so far…

[@GOTGames]

👀👀😂

[@tcrzsppr3163]

I can't stress how good it would be if you reacted to Bill Wurtz's songs, they're truly an experience.

[@kawaiimiisha]

Thanks for the reaction :) And combining history with anime, how about some Hetalia? ;)

[@NotCYP]

So it's time for 'The last samurai' react,Luke🎉

[@fireaza]

"Monkey fun" is a reference to "sarugaku" which was a circus-like performing art. The name can be literally translated as "monkey fun", though the more accurate translation would be "monkey music".

[@VIRIDIAN_TINT39]

William Adams, the first foreigner to receive the title of samurai, was English. He became a retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the Edo shogun, and was given territory.

[@akasa8jp]

この動画はかなり短い上に、コメディエンターテイメント色が強いので、正直日本人の視点から見ると正確性にはかなりたくさんの問題があります😅でも、日本の歴史のほんの一部、あくまで本当に表面的な部分だけを少しだけ楽しく覗き見るのには良いかもしれません。日本の長い歴史と複雑すぎる文化精神性を学ぶのはかなり高難易度なのでこのような動画で簡単に学ぶのは難しいです。 This video is quite short and has a strong comedy entertainment flavor, so to be honest, from a Japanese perspective, there are many problems with its accuracy. However, it may be good for a fun peek at just a small part of Japanese history, just the very superficial part. Learning about Japan’s long history and its extremely complex cultural and spiritual nature is quite difficult, so it’s difficult to learn easily from a video like this.😂😅

[@fireaza]

The interesting thing about Matthew Perry ("stop having it be closed" guy) is that he became a beloved historical figure in Japan. He and his famous "black ships" make frequent appearances in Japanese media, often involving references to opening something. I can imagine that everyone was mad at first, but in the end, opening the country brought trade to Japan which ended up making the country very wealthy.

[@azorahai7837]

4:40 Yes, Mongols tried to invade Japan twice and both times their fleet was DEMOLISHED by very strong typhoons (so convenient lol). This gave birth to the idea of "Kamikaze" which translates to "Divine wind", basically (and it makes sense why) people started to believe that gods saved Japan. I'm sure you know of Kamikaze suicide pilots of ww2. The idea was similar, to stop US navy before troops could land, although this time no typhoon came so pilots became the "wind" that should've stopped the enemy.

[@MRST0R]

Wow that’s so interesting I never knew that 😮

[@お猿の陰さん]

最近の研究だと普通に鎌倉武士があっさりモンゴル軍を追い払って、手柄を大きく見せる為に神風が起きたと証言していた説が濃厚らしいけどね。

[@bayako-t2b]

この動画自体結構前の動画だったと思うしの元寇の説明は古い時の物ですね、台風は実際あったみたいだけど戦況にはそこまで影響が無かった。

[@VerchielxKanda]

Conquering means claiming something for yourself. Yup, the Mongols indeed tried to take Japan. But the Kamikaze(Divine Wind) stopped them. Did the British do something is ABSOLUTELY hilarious coming from a British person. XD Have you heard of the man who survived both atomic blasts? Tsutomu Yamaguchi is his name. He lived in Nagasaki but happened to be in Hiroshima on business.

[@halmachi3627]

Regarding Japans' relations with GB and the allies/Entente; before the cold war time, country alliances were not as "fixed" as in modern times. GB and France were never friends if not against Germany together and even then only because they had to. Prussia and Austria-Hungary fought several times before joining in WW1. Countries acted solely on their imperialistic benefit before the ideology war against communism and facism turned up. And even that is more imperalistic underneath as France and GB were still colonial empires. So its not like Japan and GB were big friends and then broke up. Their goals simply aligned in WW1 and afterwards not anymore. Fun fact as I love naval history: This friendly relationship against Russia that Japan and GB had led to GB building a modern battleship for Japan: Kongō in Barrow-in-Furness with three sister ships later build in Japan following that design. The four battleships saw lots of action in WW2, also against british territory.

[@zeroknight1311]

A head's up, if the "History of America, I guess" mentions the underground Cheese vault. Then that's just due to how we have a lot of cheese and needed a place to store it. Also, I found this out via "The Food Theorist" channel.

[@WardOfSouls]

Having learned that a lot of the things prohibited by the Geneva Convention are just "things the Canadians did during World War One", calling the Dutch the Canadians of Europe is much funnier than you realize.

[@bryanwells4063]

Popping in to recommend Overlord as your next youtube watchalong!

[@丑寅電界]

In ancient north of japan, Emishi(蝦夷) Ethnicity lives there. Then Yamato conquered Emishi. So we Japanese are mixed ethnicities like Anglo-Saxons and Celtics. The Mongol invasion is a historical fact, and Ghost of Tsushima is based on it. Samurai in Tsushima lost, but Kyushu and Kamakura armies almost destroy Mongolians armies in north of Kyushu even without tornado. Yeah UK and JP alliance was so cool. Both of countries has Royal family.

[@johnhakim7037]

I think one of the reasons Japan sided with Germans in WWII is because Japan was is a conflict with Russia, so the enemy of my enemy is my friend kinda thing here, not sure accurate that is don't quote me, if anyone knows feel free to correct me.

[@sDert.]

I remember it was something about when they stopped japan from invading russia they took the benefits of invasion for themselves not leaving anything for japan and obviously japan who spent resources for nothing was mad

[@macaronlaaskb]

日本とドイツは、反共産主義の国ではありますが…。ロシア＝巨大な共産主義国家ソビエト（革命後、赤軍に追われたロシア人難民が日本にも逃げて来てます）と、日本は関わりたくなかったのでソビエトと不可侵条約をむすんでたのに、ドイツがソビエトに攻め込んでしまい、日本はけっこう困ったんですよ。 日本とドイツの軍事同盟は、武器の贈与はあるけれど、別々に戦ってる感じ。

[@macaronlaaskb]

アメリカで起こった世界恐慌に、植民地を多く持つフランスやイギリスは耐えることが出来た。でも、ドイツ・イタリア、最後に参加した日本の三国同盟は、世界恐慌で突き落とされた国々です。違いは多いのですが、この点は共通してます。

[@hadimustafa3378]

The meiji restoration and Hein period are my favorite parts of Japanese history simply because how big of an impact it had of japan especially the meiji restoration

[@JLo2025]

イギリス🇬🇧のエリザベス女王陛下が生きていた時、今の日本天皇がイギリスの大学へ留学しました。 女王は国を守る事や、いろんな事を教えてくださいました。 私達にとっても特別な女王でした。ありがとうございます🙇

[@Elzzaw]

Something I have always held firm to is that post-crisis countries have always went mental with their growth. It's like they have a fire lit beneath them to absolutely cement themselves back into the world and grow. Every country that has experienced catastrophe has bounced back with improvements that the world can benefit from. It's a sad thought but turmoil has always inspired innovation.

[@pichi8599]

I'm Japanese. I reluctantly forgave his prejudice. But I couldn't forgive him for taking a map of Japan and putting it next to England. He should study geography before history.

[@Witch_of_Pandemonium]

You gotta check out some of his songs.

[@insertenombreoriginal5897]

4:35 the anime Angolmois relates a bit of that war (in a bit of a fictitious setting, but real enough) And the opening for that anime, Braver, kicks ass as well

[@きせっち-y6i]

ちょっと間違ってる

[@vanille5524]

You can also watch "the universe is way bigger than you think" for the next mindblow xD

[@ben-san9677]

6:53 "There are only two things I can't stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch."

[@TheZedEllBee]

max0r's genshin videos would probably be something worth watching on this channel

[@mndy129]

Except for the spoilers, even going so fast, you can easily catch some stuff that's a big revelation

[@snurgles3952]

6:55 speaking of Dutch, a foreign samurai named William Adams existed from the Dutch ship named Liefde

[@ero-senninsama1734]

Honestly, if you are wondering about "that", Ukiyo, which was mentioned a lot earlier in the story is the first version of "intellectual material to be consumed alone", so it was a while like that, and Im sure it was like that around the world as well. Also, anime had its begining around 1918, until it became what we know it like around the 60's

[@esrohm6460]

fun fact after ww1 did japan take german war prisoners and those germans were so hard workers that they just stopped being prisoners. even held a culture festival and not all wanted to return to german. i'm sure that is the entire reason why they wanted to be buddies with germany in ww2

[@honkai8692]

Japan in ww 2 has different relationship with us and the allies throughout the timeline, because japan has very little natural resources for its industry, whether its civilian or military, so when they start wars in asia initially they attacked china and appeared to attack the ussr as well, and the uk and the west generally hated soviet, so they are more neutral to japan s invasion of china, plus they get to do trades with japan, if you know something about total war in the industral era its always like bleeding on your own economy, particularly a country like japan who has zero resources, and heavely rely on inporting, as the japanese government quickly runs out of money to buy allies's resources, their attitude towards japan is slowly changing, and the finally ends of this west-japan neutrality situation is when japan starts to invades resources rich area like south east asia and malaysia which is controled by uk and deuch people at the time.

[@irwansigieo2362]

and the interesting one is : Genetic and anthropometric studies on Japanese people. ancient ancestor of japanese people comes from yayoi people/tribe and jomon tribe/jomon era or period/jomon people and A study in 2017 estimates the Jōmon ancestry in people from Tokyo at approximately 12%. Java people, and Sulawesi people etc. wich is indonesia people. and hypothetical they comes when big flood era. . A 2021 study concluded that the Jōmon people descended from a common Basal-East Asian source population in Mainland Southeast Asia, which also gave rise to the other East Asian-related populations. The Jōmon people however became isolated from other East Asians on the Japanese archipelago at about 15,000 BCE, which resulted in their relative more Basal position compared to other East Asians.[41] A review article in 2022 by Professor and historian Melinda A. Yang, concluded that the main Jōmon lineage is closely related to other populations on the "East- and Southeast Asian lineage" (ESEA), which descended from a source population in Mainland Southeast Asia, and gave rise to all modern East and Southeast Asian people, Indigenous peoples of Siberia, and Indigenous peoples of the Americas, as well as the ancient Hoabinhian lineage and the Tianyuan lineage, and which is distinct from the Australasian (AA) or West-Eurasian lineages.[42] and idk if the old higher up of goverment of japan alrd know or not bcs when world war 2 when japan charge n they occuppied indonesia (well at that time indonesia still not unified to be one who called indonesia n split up by their spread isle, the japanese people comes n giving help to kicking out netherland and say we are old brother) well even after that they're occupied indonesia as well on java etc . yayoi people is more ancient chinese n korean genetics who migrate to japan island . but much modern japanese people at this era in tokyo is more comes from yayoi rather than jomon, but there's bunch of yayoi who asimilate with jomon n vice versa n becomes hybrid??? idk what it's called the funny things before the yayoi comes at japan isle, this jomon people was already be there (this people is more ancient before the yayoi who comes from china n korea) . well maybe u can say in america : jomon is indian yayoi is british english uk

[@Ozai75]

Mainly a peoples called "Ainu" Golden Kamuy the anime/manga goes into depth about the Ainu culture, religion, belief systems and way they live.

[@uenokouji811]

Some people say that the Jomon people and the Ainu people are the same, or that the Ainu people are descendants of the Jomon people, but the Jomon people and the Ainu people are completely different. The descendants of the Jomon people are Japanese.

[@falk7718]

@11:46 Ahh yes, Great Britain, famously known for its distaste of conquest

[@jackpatterson7110]

Asian history is so fascinating... despite having crazy tests (which I won't get into), the Asian studies class I took in my final year of high school is still one of the best classes I've taken. While I wish we did a lot more of Japan, it gave me an excuse to find out so much more by myself! :)

[@hannesmayer3716]

8:10 The old Shogunat government got help from the French in their afford to modernize the country (and France got influence in Japan). The British supported the rebellion against the Shogun in the Boshin War, and the Meji Reformations after that (and became the most influential western power in Japan). The alliance between the UK and Japan mentioned later was based on this arrangment.

[@ero-senninsama1734]

I mean, more like being on the "good" side or the "bad" side (there are no good or bad, just interests), I think Japan was just alligning themselves to whoever let them expand their territory.

[@tosuchino6465]

The problem of an abbreviated history is that it could give you a very simplistic view of each era in te history, like you seem to have gotten. The territorial exansion was not the main interest for the Japanese until the European imperialism started to threaten pretty much the entire world.

[@mococomocomoco4308]

出来たらこんないい加減な日本史を真実と勘違いして欲しくないですね。

[@Ween4ever]

Me too. Even though I’m born in Canada, I’m Japanese in heritage and this is kinda all over the place. 😊

[@nansyraccoon7095]

It is kinda joke with a little bit of truth )

[@foxross]

The Dutch are just nice. They’re very nice. My dude, they ate their own prime minister.

[@devstation5197]

I love Bill Wurtz, and that these videos are still making their way around KZbin. So happy he came back in 2020 after a few year hiatus. I definitely recommend checking out his music as well. La De Da and Here Comes the Sun are some of my favourites.

[@luxiuo]

Hey hey people, Seth here. Today I think GOT should react to space station 13! Who agrees? -sponsored by the merchants guild

[@usernobody3768]

"what was on the north?" Did you never hear about the Not Japan?

[@iRoboticGaming]

Please Please watch Golden Kamuy, you will learn a lot about the indigenous people in Northern Japan as well as history of the early 20th century, all under the guise of a perfectly written historical mystery adult comedy thriller with wonderful characters, writing, acting and great animation (excluding one pretty hideous CGI animal very early on)

[@izakimanuelkailola1125]

"Dutch pretty trustworthy" Not for a certain 200+ milion people💀

[@williamg5495]

6:48 I don't know if it clicked to you but, remember in genshin impact inazuma storyline ? that the raiden Shogun is collecting everyone's visions (like the sowrds from the samurais) and the country is closed by the sakoku decree ... that is the period of time that inspirated the initial state of inazuma in genshin

[@langleystrangley3351]

I really recommend watching and listening to Bill Wurtz's songs that he made, like "i think i might quit", they're really really good!!

[@Alfrodo8]

Hi, I found this channel like a month ago through your Taylor Swift reactions! I gotta say I really like it so far, but I have a question: why is it called G.O.T *Games* ? Cause so far I haven't seen any gameplay videos so I'm kinda confused XD. Anyway, all this to say, since you have a lot of variety, what are the chances of you maybe starting a playthrough of some game? My first thought while watching this video was maybe you'd like The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles since it touches on the relations Japan and the UK had back in the 1890s-1900s. It's part of the Ace Attorney series, and tho they're the last two games to be released (it's a duology) they're a great introduction to the series. I am definitely not biased btw XD.

[@papi-L-jp]

13:37 I know 😂. I think so too 😂I wish someone would make a video about the political, economic and cultural growth of Japan from the post-war period, high growth period, bubble period, blank period, etc. to the present. 13:59 Yes, I thought Japan was Americanised by post-war education, but actually the British influence is the strongest. Most of the foreign words we Japanese use in our daily lives are British, followed by Dutch and Spanish. In particular, the British pronunciation of the words water and tomato are clearly recognisable. The British pronunciation is easier to hear and more familiar.😊

[@matthewzeller5026]

If you want some more KZbin classics check out True Facts About Animals by Ze Frank. I watched them with my best friend in highschool but he stopped uploading for a while and I was so excited when he came back.

[@dazzybear3477]

It would be fun if you react more geograhpic video such as deepest part of the ocean, etc~

[@Mentaljedi]

I had the same feeling, UK and Japan have a lot of similarities

[@IlseCastro-wu1sz]

Hablando de samurais me acorde de la película "El Último Samurai" es muy buena la recomiendo ❤

[@Fujitsyu]

On the topic of history you should really take a look at British artist Dan Bull's song Civilization!

[@racool911]

I see you preparing before you arrive at Inazuma lmao

[@anniezhong5277]

I would highly recommend PAINT's after ever after series. They're these acapella parodies of classic Disney songs and stories and they're absolutely hilarious XD

[@xenovious]

would be cool if u keep reacting to stuff about the world e.g my home country Singapore has pretty cool history etc imo or other documentaries from Business Insider channels maybe even VSauce/Veritasium science and such

[@szacsesz]

There were quite a few surprises there. Interesting.🤔

[@emeraldjaco7357]

yeah ghost of Tsushima is a fictional telling of the first time the Mongols died in a tornado, also that game would make an awesome stream

[@josepha.brosnan8185]

You can't possibly react to it as a matter of content because it is waaaay too long (20+ hours) bit there's this guy, Dan Carlin, who has a series that may still be on youtube called "Hardcore History" where he goes in DEEP on primary and secondary source accounts on parts of history. He made a chapter called "Supernova in the East" which explains the vsst bulk of Japan's modern history from around when the country was reintroduced to the rest of the world up to post World War 2 - it is fascinating and transformative, but really long. I still strongly encourage anyone to take that dive and look into it.

[@yozarian86]

No one spoil anything in case he gets there, but… anyone else feel like they were watching One Piece for a good chunk of this video? Lol Very different kind of reaction than I’m used to, but very good. I would’ve never known about this history video.

[@翻訳商会]

ちなみにイギリスは1863年に薩英戦争と呼ばれる揉め事を日本で起こしています。これは薩摩藩の武士がイギリスの役人を江戸から京都へ向かう道の途中で切りつけたことがきっかけです。

[@RwandaBob]

i’m american of european descent and i hate when europeans themselves shit on themselves for conquering most of the rest of the world that’s something to be proud of, not ashamed of

[@renookami4651]

Random anime recommandation since a certain topic seems to have caught your attention: "Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion"

[@MrInuhanyou123]

The mongols invading Japan was the basis for the fictional historical drama video game ghost of tsushima. Really great game

[@Triring65]

There is no history book(that is aknowledged) of nations/kingdoms that had been conquested so Japanese scholars are still debating on what was happening in the North.

[@S_Miclemie]

If you want to continue on watching videos like this I would recommend watching Oversimplified, although his videos focus more on specific things (like WW1 snd 2, French Revolution, William the conquer etc) his videos still are really comedic history videos which if you enjoyed this then you will definitely enjoy them

[@IsenoAlpha]

If you want more history ones, Oversimplified has a lot of videos over various wars.

[@cbtowers4841]

The Uno reverse card has a deeper explanation, one they don’t teach you in your history books - as written by the victors. Japan started warring against China in 1931, a decade before the Allies declared it an enemy. They were originally supporting Japan’s invasion of China as it went northward into the USSR. The Americans encouraged and supplied Japan to keep the USSR in check while simultaneously relying on the USSR to keep Japan in check. If two powerful militaries are warring against each other, it keeps them from becoming threats. But Japan finally said, “nope. We’re going south.” South meant towards the British colonies Hong Kong, Malaysia, French colonies in Indochina, US colonies in the Pacific. That’s when they imposed restrictions on Japan and declared it an enemy. None of them gave a rat’s ass about the Chinese. They were protecting their own interests.

[@Pablo360able]

I'm sorry, but in no way is Great Britain one of "the nations that don't want to conquer"

[@johnhelwig8745]

Happy New Year! I've been watching the "Fat Electrician" channel on YT. He has a great delivery, but beware of the language. His videos are mostly history and a lot are war stories. For example "America Stole A German Submarine And Stuck It In Chicago", "Berlin Airlift - Biggest Logistical Flex Of All Time" or "The Limping Lady - Deadliest Spy Of WW2 - Virginia Hall".

[@kopjevla]

i'd love to see you watch to some more normal videos, maybe about certain anime, or maybe videos from anime youtubers like gigguk