How JAPANESE See Americans VS How Americans Really Are

[@sorathetroll]

Americans tell me how accurate this was (or any people who have american friends or whatever)

[@teshyatan7346]

Thats right

[@dirtwater796]

it is very true

[@krishnao3472]

Y E S

[@NJDJ1986]

Yoo!!!

[@levant69420]

100% accurate. Although it would have been funny if you had the skit for the American asking for directions being the same for both

[@benjamingroff122]

Japanese people: AMERICAN CULTURE IS SO COOL, I WANT TO MOVE THERE! American people: JAPANESE CULTURE IS SO COOL, I WANT TO MOVE THERE!

[@gelusvenn5063]

This is it, it's 100% this.

[@jasonstarrising]

Yep.

[@uranian-Umbra]

Either will disappoint

[@dogelife7901]

It's all facts

[@tivednagol9127]

Warms my heart.

[@Tetsuza_3]

Being Australian korean in Okinawa I take great pleasure out of confusing literally everyone whether I am Korean, Japanese or cowboy.

[@idrawanime0119]

cowboy 😭

[@Tetsuza_3]

@@idrawanime0119 Rawhide Kobayashi Yi

[@mistyblue2917]

Bro ure living the dream 🤠 Signed, A Korean-Japanese-American who hopes to live in Okinawa someday

[@mistyblue2917]

PS: i love 너구리! Both the 🐾 and the 🍲

[@julespumachu]

I love this comment.

[@malokeytheallaround]

My life motto is “be the American the Japanese think you are.” Because dang, you guys flatter me. Love you, Japan 💕

[@SpawnedInTheHades]

Dude, that is amazingly inspirational.

[@dood3530]

Truly words to live by.

[@DuchAmagi]

"Be the American that the Albanians think you are." kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2PVhZScl7aYpsk

[@leefairweather5772]

Sage advice

[@CandyThePuppy]

Same

[@SlygothaTheBroodmother]

We hosted a Japanese exchange 25 years ago when I was a teenager. A lot of Japanese students want to come to " cowboy" places like Montana. She was really sweet and brought us some very cool gifts, even showed us how to do a Macha tea ceremony and brought us a kimono for the girls to try on. We took her riding, fed her steak and hamburgers and took her to Yellowstone Park. She even brought us painted chopsticks and taught us how to use them, it was a wonderful exchange.

[@sarinabina5487]

aww thats so sweet!!💖 i hope i get to exchange cultures with someone in a similar way to this sometime:)

[@Dontgetyongbo33d]

Damn so lucky. Nowadays most parents don’t even let their children outside without supervision and won’t let go out with friends😕idk if it’s just me

[@kayemonk9712]

​@@Dontgetyongbo33d Yeah it's just you, unfortunately

[@CBman11037]

​@@kayemonk9712 I love how stone faced you said it

[@astral_haze]

​@@Dontgetyongbo33dring doorbell karens who think the neighbors doordash guy is a gang hitman there to kill them

[@notsoberoveranalyzer8264]

I’m SO glad you brought up Micky Ds. I’d try to tell my friends, “with US McDonald’s, you gotta find the “good one”, and even the “good one” is bad 50% of the time.” And they couldn’t understand how I was blown away that EVERY fast food place in Japan ALWAYS has crispy fries, the food orders are always right.

[@hehashivemind6111]

That's so much of fast food in America, lmao. Finding the "good one" is always a thing. Or hell, its just straight up different. Wendy's in Texas is infinitely better than Wendy's elswhere, and this is speaking as a Californian. We do have good burgers but the Wendy's near me is so mid compared to what I had in Texas. Also the Burger King and Jack in the Box near me are actually pretty good but both chains always get shat on both some people because of their own bad experiences at bad locations.

[@xclrtr5747]

@@hehashivemind6111 yeah most of the places ive been to near me are pretty good like mcdonalds and burger king aside from getting orders wrong here and there I always enjoy eating the food

[@zibbitybibbitybop]

I have literally never gotten fresh, crispy fries from a McDonald's. Not one. Single. Time. It's truly astounding.

[@jessesleight9631]

Eastern Asians are so accurate. As a doordash driver in the US, it's impossible for Chinese restaurants (I know your comment was about Japan) to make a mistake in the order.

[@cheshirenevande4701]

It's so ODD. All our fast food places taste better in other countries. Why do we get the shit version? Except Waffle House. The food is only good when it's sketchy.

[@maggiem6209]

I find it hilarious and comforting that both Americans and Japanese seem to always be observing each other and idolizing their fashion or culture, yet we are just people at the end of the day. This really made my night.

[@MythicMachina]

And then looking deeper you both realize "Wow. Living must kinda suck."

[@NullCantHandleFreddie]

​@@MythicMachina fr And then they become soulmates/jk

[@bryanmullins379]

​@@NullCantHandleFreddie enemies to lovers arc

[@filmandfirearms]

@@bryanmullins379 Japan and America keep flip flopping between the two states. 19th century, enemies Early 20th century, friends Mid 20th century, enemies Current day, friends

[@sicsempertyrannis4351]

Look at how America burns down their local shops because of LIES told by BLM, compare it to how the Japanese sacrificed themselves for one another during Fukushima, and then tell me they are "both just people." Sorry, but Japanese are people. Americans are BLMer LGBTQ^80 authoritarian beached whales.

[@riceguyy]

im convinced sora is secretly an american pretending to be japanese

[@geoffreyherrick298]

He should change his name to Sora the Weeb!

[@ReloGP14th]

he did say he studied in the USA for his english major or something like that i think

[@Perrirodan1]

He is a weeb from Ohio, this is public knowledge...

[@bumblebeeyellowdragon]

​@@Perrirodan1 Was it the chemical spill that turned him Japanese?

[@PuffPastry-ke3cm]

This is very accurate. American Mcdonalds is for when you're hungry but don't care about food quality.

[@gravygraves5112]

Quite literally the "I've been driving 6 hours straight with no meals and I still have 4 more hours on the road" type food.

[@chaost4544]

There's so many better options for a burger in the United States.

[@ErikratKhandnalie]

​@@chaost4544 like, literally every other option is better.

[@AHungryHunky]

I will pass by 6 McDonald's while on a 12 hour empty stomach looking for something that won't make me feel sick after. Last time I ate McDonald's it felt like I was carrying a 2lb rock in my stomach and it went through me so quick i used the bathroom and was hungry again within 2 hours. Not going to waste money on that junk anymore if it's not even going to keep me full.

[@Irys1997]

@@AHungryHunky Given your hungry nickname I give your testimonial on hunger more weight. If you intend to comment on hunky things please give me a heads up

[@mckinneym.2743]

"Where your denim jacket?" "What?" Got me so bad. I think its funny cause as an american its easy to think of the japanese as super fashionable especially the street wear scene. Thankfully Ive been aware enough for awhile now that every place has a cool fashion scene but most people just do what works for them! Edit: the food and interaction thing are both amazing also. Speaking another language to a native speaker is really scary as a monolingual. In terms of food, while Japanese cuisine isnt for all of us, most have a lot of respect for the craftsmanship and enjoy the unique flavor!

[@LetsPatchItUp]

My denim Jacket is back in 1988😅😊😢😂

[@KonglomeratYT]

Reading these comments helps me understand the box that weebs lives in. Weebs here seem to think they = all Americans. From NYC to the south, almost every American I have ever met knows nothing about Japan other than nukes and pearl harbor. I have never once heard any American talk about Japanese fashion. I've never heard anyone except a weeb and a history nut bring Japan up at all. The average person treats Japan as "uncool" because they see it as a history topic. Weebs are vastly delusional about how the world outside of their weeb bubbles are.

[@Sephiroth5200]

American fashion is mostly relaxed and comfortable, McDonald's is considered trash, Japanese food is viewed as either amazingly weird or very traditional and most Americans who try to speak Japanese in Japan are indeed having a complete internal meltdown hoping they don't screw up speaking to anyone. 10/10😎

[@stiimuli]

100% correct.......except i freakin love Micky D's

[@lainiwakura1776]

@@stiimuli I found the under 13!

[@dadaniel2k11]

Depends a lot on the state and even the city whether a McDonald's is trash or amazing. Most of the time it's still better than Burger King...

[@stiimuli]

@@lainiwakura1776 if only you knew how wrong you were

[@Brualty]

@@stiimuli Same boat comrade 😤

[@DodgimusPrime]

That last part... I laughed so hard. As an American who lived in Japan for 9 years and still regularly visits, I'm always surprised by how many Japanese people will say my Japanese language skills are good even when they're basically sh*t.

[@robertcastel1565]

it's sad that Americans don't say that about Chinese or other Asians who immigrate to the US and know English, no one says hey your English is good or anything like that ever to the asians.

[@h3lblad3]

Your Japanese is always "jouzu" until it is actually "jouzu", then it's not "jouzu" anymore.

[@phylocybe_]

@@robertcastel1565 we don’t really say that to anyone unless we know them well

[@CrizzyEyes]

@@robertcastel1565 Not sure who you talk to, I'm impressed by people who speak good English all the time.

[@zephyrias]

@@CrizzyEyes same here! Based on a person’s grasp of spoken english with certain words, and pronunciations, I can gauge how far along they are in the language.

[@ArsenicApe]

This reminds me of the time I met a pair of girls from Okinawa who knew almost no English and they started throwing fake gang signs and talking like rappers saying "gangstaaa" repeatedly and it became obvious that most of their knowledge of American culture came from rap music videos. I think they were really disappointed that I wasn’t like that and just smiled and nodded awkwardly. I kinda felt bad that I couldn't live up to their expectation.

[@kie7124]

Maybe it's for the best though 😂 imagine someone throwing gang signs to an actual American gang member

[@NullCantHandleFreddie]

Awwwwhh

[@pharuhs]

​@Kie you have a point! 🤣

[@rocketta.chique5761]

Nah man that’s an American stereotype you don’t want to live up to 😂

[@TheMewtata]

That… please tell me you explained how serious gang signs can be. They could get seriously hurt if they flash those to the wrong people.

[@notequalto5179]

I spoke to someone in Japanese at a department store today with my friends. I didn't even get the "jouzu desu yo". The guy's mouth just dropped in shock.

[@36Revenant]

After living in Japan for three years, i was dying laughing because i've had conversations with my japanese friends exactly over them thinking things like this, especially the DENIM

[@COAagent]

Accurate video "Your Japanese is good" made me laugh out loud as I've been told that exact thing while I was internally panicking.

[@DelphineDofain]

The last part is so true. I participated in a Japanese exchange at work and although I couldn't align more than 2 words of Japanese, the Japanese people were very positive and encouraging. As for food, ye, us French are just born good at cooking

[@slook7094]

That was what was so nice. They were so encouraging when I tried to speak my mangled Japanese at them. It was only when I came back that I learned this is what they say to all foreigners who can put two words together in Japanese and it means you actually suck at Japanese and they don't know what else to say to you.

[@TommyTako]

That might be Tatemae, praise as the manner, but yeah speaking is great war to learn the language! And I'm starving for the French food now, I guess the Japanese has more stereotypes for the France like the Paris syndrome😂🇫🇷

[@巻木トリスタン]

@@slook7094 it doesnt mean you suck at all, japanese people are so emphatic and there are people who can not avoid helping others, is just a way to encourage you to keep practicing because they assume you want to do so, the way they see it is this way: he is trying to talk if i do the same in english i would have hard times as him/her, also this is a way how they start conversations too, i made a tons of japanese friends and once you make a mistake in japanese they praise you, same happen with chinese, i did the same to them when they make mistakes in english or spanish to see the reaction and what to answer is a form to connect with them is funny because some answer the way i answer like when the reject compliments in english or just tell im so kind

[@senthemink]

That last bit made me feel good, I'm not great at my japanese but remembering how supportive japanese people are to those learning their language is comforting

[@michaelwolf8690]

"No! IT's dog shet!" I think I've literally said that about McDonald's. I think American interest in Japanese food varies a lot depending on taste and the food. I've actually just recently started nerding out about KZbin Videos about Vending machine style cafeterias and travel blogs that show the kind of foods you can get on a ferry. Americans really don't like surprises from our normal ordering procedure so the kind of intricate systems you guys have for getting dishes made and how well it comes out is kind of surprising. Also we generally have really poor prices and food quality when you're stuck somewhere like a ferry so seeing the quality and affordability of meals you get traveling between islands is astounding to us.

[@sheeplessinohio]

The subtitles “Ah suh due” made me laugh. Also, I love that the “real reaction” to the sushi video was “awesome”. We do indeed think everything is awesome and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t overuse this word too.

[@kameronpan2939]

I really thought you were gonna do a segue into "Everything is Awesome" from Lego Movie there

[@sheeplessinohio]

@@kameronpan2939 I definitely had the song in mind when I said this, haha.

[@gypsywoman9140]

😅 I'm Canadian and also find myself overusing "awesome" more than Dean Winchester

[@jesusofbullets]

It was oddly satisfying being a Texan in Japan who’s grandparents are actually cowboys. It’s one thing to say you’re American, but everyone knows Texans. It was so funny to see their eyes light up when I confirmed that I did at times ride horses and shoot lots of guns. I miss Japan, can’t wait to go back.

[@milewesler9592]

Tbf, old texans and old school city gangsters are the cool americans too japan.

[@veziculorile]

ban guns already. Why so many texan big kike sumo love tyoe 2 diabete?

[@SuchSweetChaos]

As a Texan, Ive only ever rode a horse twice in my life. I also don't really get to shoot many guns, and the only ones I've ever shot were BBs.

[@veziculorile]

@Chelsea Lindsay yankee big man on horsey

[@scarecrowjones1]

@Chelsea Lindsay that’s so cute

[@PsychicGirl]

America isn't really one culture, but 50 separate ones that are all loud in different ways.

[@jamesbright3439]

Thank you! If you're dealing with our government from the outside, emphasize the United part of our name. If you're dealing with us as people, remember that there's fifty separate states and we all have our quirks.

[@anonymousonechannel]

@@jamesbright3439 Japan has prefectures too. Every country in the world is amazingly varied, but every country also has one umbrella culture, which is what people are talking about when they say “American culture.”

[@CalvinVance]

Even within one state, depending on where you go you can get McDonald's that taste like poo or McDonald's that's surprisingly good. That's how diverse we are.

[@diablo.the.cheater]

@@jamesbright3439 Yeah no, there is more cultural difference between 2 adjacent towns in any European country than all the differences between states in the USA combined. USA states are not that different, they are just kinda different, but more adjacent subdivisions of region in other parts of the world are even more different, so in comparison USA states may as well not be different at all.

[@JohnSmith-fj2yd]

Disagree. If you go from Ohio to Michigan, you're still going to see the same buildings and people(except when it comes to (American ootball). Though I will admit that there are some regional differences, there definitely isn't 50 big ones. Instead, you have the Southwest, the South, New England, California, Northwest, etc...

[@antoniomolina3612]

Bro the awkward stares he does when faced with reality 🤣🤣🤣 never change man these always make my day!

[@devintheguru]

Sora's got all the voices, man! From chill to melodrama and from English and Japenglish to Engurishu and Japanese! 💖🌺🙏 本当に上手ですね？！真実はそらくんが最もカッケェ！ This video is ✨️✨️✨️. That initial buildup to "AH SUH DUE" so perfect! Got me so good 😂🤣🫠

[@rzero21]

I'm still amazed how Sora can speak English, Engrishu and Japanese so well!

[@huskiefan8950]

Ya, I gotta work on my engrishu......my English is good though 😆

[@itsprobablysarcasm5977]

T-shirt Sora isn't real. He can't hurt you

[@iambixncaaa_]

my eyes

[@SalsaBriosa87]

😰

[@yin2586]

You don't know that...

[@claudiaficicchia446]

He didn’t look bad actually

[@fernandod4046]

What if I want him to hurt me?

[@CuteBurmeseCat]

As an American who has been to Japan-just want to say that Japanese McDonald’s has some different menu items that you can’t get in the US. Kind of fun to try it 🍔🇯🇵

[@Theohybrid]

Tried some KFC sandwiches over there. It's very formidable. 😂

[@Hydrocarbonateable]

As an American, I found Japanese McDonald's to be better IMO. Maybe I was just really hungry (possible) but I was told it's because the beef comes from Australia, where it's all grass fed with no antibiotics and such. Also people are paid better (it's considered a "real job" rather than a "part teenager job") so the restaurants seemed to be tighter run ships. 🤔

[@Theohybrid]

@@Hydrocarbonateable I actually believe that. When I went to KFC, the people working there actually was happy to be there than a disgruntled teen who just wanted the day over with and you were just an obstacle. Even still, there were an considerable amount of elderly people working there but to see them happily working made my customer experience; in addition to the food, much more delightful. It's sweet to see their countenance/ face light up to interact with you. It's terribly pleasant to experience.

[@Allaiya.]

I think that’s true of McDonald’s around the world. They usually tailor the menu to the location.

[@わわ-l8w]

日本人です。これは本当ですよ。 基本的に日本人が思うアメリカ人はかっこいいです。 「ニューヨークは世界一のスーパーメガシティで超ハイテク、超高度な文明でアメリカ人全員が郊外の大きな家に住んでいてそこから車で通勤している。アメリカ人は全員金髪の白人です」 これが日本人のアメリカに対する平均的な印象ですね。

[@kyuubitao]

Absolutely accurate. We're just trying our best like everyone else. And constantly judging ourselves for not being good enough (I assume like everyone else?).

[@AuntieHauntieGames]

"No." "It's shit." I had this exact conversation with Japanese friends while I was living in Tokyo, yep. Even the Japanes McDonalds is not that great so I would always take my friends to Castlerock near Shinjuku Ni-Chome instead. Now that is a real American style burger.

[@jfast8256]

Japanese McDonalds isn't great, but it's at least edible. American McDonalds isn't even really edible.

[@thebighurt2495]

​@@jfast8256 It doesn't help that in the States, there are much better burger alternatives everywhere to compare them against. McDonald's is the Taco Bell/Panda Express of American food.

[@jfast8256]

@@thebighurt2495 that's actually pretty valid. But I swear, the quality I got in most Asian countries was....... good compared to running out of food on the carrier "ship food". Okay, you really have a solid point and I'm realising that I may be comparing Asian, to include Japanese, McDonalds to inedible ship food. Also, I was generally extremely hungry which is why I would buy the McDonalds after hitting port. A small snack to tie me over until we got to where the really good Asian food was.

[@peterx2016]

This is probably the most realistic skit so far Not that the others aren't realistic enough but still, this is how most normal people would react Gimme more CRINGE to spice up my life, Sora!

[@amalaylay]

My husband wore athletic clothes 95% of the time we were in Japan, so I’m sure we were a great disappointment 😂

[@veziculorile]

another slob style american like Jared Fogle slobway

[@thehappycloud4519]

I have a Japanese cousin that I only see every few years and whenever we meet up we go over how our lives are different. From traditional meals, to school schedules, it’s really fascinating to learn about another culture first hand!

[@dandrive3249]

It’s so cute how both Americans and Japanese have this romanticized view of each other. It’s so nice to see because Americans tend to believe that the rest of the world sees us as a joke.

[@toganium4175]

As an American myself, I don’t see why anyone would make a big deal out of us when we’re not that interesting.

[@accuset]

As a fellow American, I can see we have great taste in waifus, Mr. Toganium.

[@anon7596]

we are soooo not interesting.

[@БелыйКузнецов]

@@anon7596 you guys are right. (Just kidding) you guys are alot to take in but so would be same for everybody who is not used to new cultures. Everybody is interesting!

[@nightmarefanatic1819]

I think that's true for any country. The Japanese probably don't find themselves as interesting as we do. Probably because to us everything that's seen and cool or weird is normal to us.

[@bobskywalker2707]

I disagree. Americans are VERY VERY interesting. Just not always for a good reason.

[@Serphz]

I literally fell on the floor when he said "your Japanese is good"

[@SilverStormPax1996]

I honestly would love to see a Japanese reaction to an American Walmart. Bro would see the underbelly of America real fast 😂

[@dressednplaid4875]

Don't do that to them

[@thebighurt2495]

In some cases, literally.

[@arandompasserby7940]

You know what I really miss? Post-midnight Walmart shopping. It always felt so surreal, I honestly loved it.

[@314rft]

As an American, here's my 2 cents: Fashion: Yes we do tend to just wear basic clothes, but more complex outfits do pop up from time to time. It's mainly based more on if someone's going out to go out and want to look cool vs if they're just going to the store or something and just need to wear something. Also, just flatly saying "sup" as a greeting is 100% accurate and something I do a lot. Our thoughts on McDonalds: The idea that McDonalds is shit is SO culturally ingrained here, that literally putting "Mc" in front of something denotes that it is poor quality and basically garbage. Like how cheaply built large houses are called "McMansions". Yes, that is a real term, and it's so real KZbin didn't even mark it as incorrect! Sushi: Yes, sushi is really normalized here, and actually is very widely eaten all across the country. It's so common, that there's even different tiers here, where fine restaurants serve high quality sushi that costs a lot, but gas stations serve cheap and poorly handled sushi that can probably give you parasites. At this point, it, as well as a bunch of other Japanese (and even east Asian) staple foods have become so commonplace that nobody thinks twice about them. Talking to Japanese people: Actually while the "actual" is true (and probably true for everyone when they visit a country that speaks a different language), the "expectation" actually can happen, because we do tend to be surprisingly outgoing with even strangers, and a few of us 100% would randomly try befriending someone in Japan, due to wanting to get closer to Japanese culture.

[@yaminokiros4010]

That “Your Japanese is good” got me!! Every time! 😂

[@rushthewolf64]

As an American, I would say this is accurate, especially with the simple clothing we wear lol.

[@cyclonechaos]

I actually prefer punk and visual kei from Japan styles over anything we wear over here in the states lol. Our style is just too bland for my taste. Plus we waste a lot of money on brands. o.O I hate brands.

[@esavvysavokiii1277]

I live in the midwestern USA where Japanese people are few and far between especially compared to places on the west coast. However, there's a hotel near the grocery store I work at that apparently hosts business conferences and occasionally some of the members fly in from Japan, so every few months or so I get a chance to use my Japanese skills at work when they come by to get something to eat. Can confirm that I always freeze up and get super nervous in the moment, but they always seem pleasantly surprised to meet someone who knows any Japanese at all. There are some who seem to have been to the US enough times to know what to expect, but most of them I've met have seemed very surprised to find that we have such an extensive selection of freshly-prepared sushi (and that it's actually pretty good), and just how popular it is. They also seem surprised at how detached Americans are. Like yes, we'll smile at you if we accidentally make eye contact or pass by you (this isn't Europe!) and customer service greets you when you enter and exit a store, but it's rare for anyone to just strike up conversations in public. You really have to have two people with the right personalities under the right circumstances for that to happen. Another thing that surprises them is the diversity. Even in the midwest where we're less of a culturally diverse place than, say, California or New York, I'd say that 1/5 customers I speak to on a daily basis are very obviously not native English speakers. There's a large portion of South Asians and Latinos mostly, but also lots of Southwest Asians/Middle Eastern people, Chinese and Korean, along with a lot of Eastern and Southern Europeans and even a few who I think are either West and/or Southern African by their looks and accent but I'm not sure as I've never asked. But I think the biggest thing that struck me was when one man said I seemed exactly like the kind of women my age back in Japan, with the only difference being my appearance, and it surprised him how "normal" everyone was. And it hit me that while cultural differences are definitely there, and there are things that make everyone unique, I think our perceptions of how "different" other people are largely hurting our ability to connect in a meaningful way, because people are a lot more like ourselves than we think!

[@jessesleight9631]

The best cultures are the non-arrogant ones. Often, but not always, that is East Asians and Hispanics and Sub Saharan Africans. For the British and the French, their own arrogance is literally their own cultural demise.

[@SydwasheretheIII]

I lived overseas (Malaysia and the Czech Republic) for a few years, and my biggest takeaway was absolutely that people all over the globe are much more similar than they’d expect.

[@DaniTheBlueRecluse]

This is hilarious. I’ve always wondered what people in other countries think of Americans other than loud and disrespectful. Great vid. (Also learning Japanese and love when I can catch what I’m learning in your videos and go “I understood that!!”)

[@E4439Qv5]

Had some 'wakaru' moments myself in this one. 😙

[@compact-disc]

そうそう！それは分かりました！

[@JohnSmith-fj2yd]

It's nice to see a break from people thinking the United States is a country 4th world, corrupt dictatorship.

[@JelloFluoride]

I feel like we both admire eachother for different reasons. But the important thing is that we wish to understand each other more. Japan is beautiful and the people there are incredible in so many ways. We both just need to improve our English and Japanese so we can talk about what we all have in common.

[@ilovelambs5534]

It’s really accurate… I hosted a Japanese exchange student and she’d show me things expecting me to be like your example, but I was just like “oh cool” and she’d be confused lmao. She also thought there was a lot of fat people and then told me she was surprised most people at my school were thin. She was kind of mean sometimes. This got depressing

[@noahpaulette1490]

America has tons of fats it's sad. The prepackaged processed food is almost always terrible along with fast food. They needed to make it cheaper and it cost us our helth.

[@Erinyes]

I am taking Japanese classes and my teacher doesn’t speak Japanese in Japan. She speaks in English because that makes Japanese people treat her better (we are SEA), and Japanese people just get more excited when they can respond in english, apparently.

[@hehashivemind6111]

That's kind of depressing actually

[@Theohybrid]

Weird, isn't it?

[@dirtwater796]

this video is so realistic i felt my ancestors coming inside of me

[@snuffly_legend0513]

Wait what?

[@dubuyajay9964]

🤯

[@secretaryfig5364]

BRO?

[@accuset]

AYO?!

[@Vodka6329]

You could've worded that better...

[@PenneySounds]

You should do one where it's a Japanese person's expectation of an American meeting an American's expectation of a Japanese person. Just like a Hollywood celebrity meeting an anime character. Then have the reality when they're just two awkward and uncomfortable people.

[@yarg8906]

im american and i gotta say, u hit the nail on the head every time man. most americans dress comfortable, id say. t-shirts and sweats. maybe jeans if ur classy. mcdonalds is probably some of the best fast food we have, but the big mac is kinda shit. just a regular cheeseburger is where its at, and their fries. unless ur friends are hyping u up for something, the reaction usually is along the lines of "ohh that looks good. we should try that some time" and although i havent been to japan yet, im going in a couple months and have feverishly been brushing up on japanese survival phrases (like how to get to tokyo station). absolutely terrified of speaking japanese with natives but i'll do my darndest

[@jessejarmon2100]

As an American who's never been to Japan, this was very insightful! Thanks for the perspective, Sora!

[@yellowronos]

The last part “日本語上手ですね” “your japanese is good” is always accurate whenever I say any broken-Japanese words like “ore.. nihonggo… wakannai!” “俺。。日本語。。わかんない”

[@qwmx]

I love the culture of providing support (and it's in other English speaking cultures too), BUT as a learner, I don't want people to compliment me UNLESS it's legit good 😂

[@巻木トリスタン]

your japanese is above intermadiate, i get that one often when i make a mistake lol

[@巻木トリスタン]

@@qwmx everyone have hard times with that you gradually get used to that and before you know it you will have a normal conversation, if you dont like it or dont want to get used to it, just tell them that and they wont do it again, i knew a guy who did that and they stopped doing compliments, you can be direct but not all the time

[@qwmx]

@@巻木トリスタン I am direct. I'm also annoyed about the culture in GENERAL about telling people if their handling of the foreign language (e.g. English) is good when it hasn't improved. I should've also put that down in my comments.

[@mellow_melody]

Accurate. In fact, you acted the American part a little too well. Mighty suss there, Sora 🤔 lmao great job, as always 😆❤️

[@loveluna9653]

It's nice to know that Japanese ppl encourage foreigners by complimenting their language skills. Positive reinforcement makes ppl more confident and continue to learn.🥰 Plus, I've noticed that when feeling a little confident ppl are less likely to stutter their words.

[@jessesleight9631]

And that, my friend, is why French, and possibly to a smaller extent some other european languages, will fall. Cause like, the French may think you are an "uncultured, selfish, insular, oblivious american" if you dont speak french.

[@thewallsspeaktome3507]

@@jessesleight9631 don't worry they're not like that to just Americans. They're like that to literally everyone who doesn't speak french

[@supC_]

@@jessesleight9631If you actually try to speak any french (even if it’s just “parlez-vous anglais?”), french people are usually perfectly willing to meet you halfway and be patient. The only people I’ve actually seen them be rude to (aside from a handful of individuals who were just rude in general, but you can find those anywhere) are people who had an attitude of “everyone speaks English anyway” and just expected to be catered to with zero effort. I live fairly close to the border and have made dozens of trips in and through France and have never had any problems.

[@vi2e]

If a japanese person says that your Japanese is cool you probably suck! Like shown in the video above!

[@MissesWitch]

1:45 I feel so sorry for Sora in these clips! Like he is having his hopes and dreams crushed!

[@Moosepunch]

The "your Japanese is good" at the end is so real.

[@little.red.corvette]

"Where's his denim jacket?" is the funniest line LMAO

[@AmbiCahira]

I'm Swedish living in the US and related to both the view on Americans when I was younger vs the friends and such I know now. XD Too accurate xD

[@Random_hyacinth]

I don’t see how Japanese people think we’re cool I really think Japanese is such a cool language

[@jamesbright3439]

Japanese people think of movie stars.

[@Random_hyacinth]

@@jamesbright3439 haha well I’m not one

[@jamesbright3439]

@@Random_hyacinth most of us aren't. Personally if someone asked me to spend time with a newcomer to the states, I'd ask if they'd gotten over the culture shock yet so I'm not a letdown.

[@petelee2477]

I personally failed to learn the language. Katakana and herogani wasn't bad but kanji had so many characters that I couldn't possibly learn them all

[@el-karasu6070]

@@petelee2477 What's herogani lol

[@CoffeeCode3D]

The Japanese complement on a single word of japanese was hilarious 😂

[@kate2create738]

You hit every mark on this video, even spin this around and the same scenario can play out for the American’s perspective of the Japanese. We might hype up the expectations, but somehow we still have a good time learning about each other. Even remembering the human aspects we tend to forget about.

[@ultimas20]

The last one is pretty accurate to how this girl in front of me in line at customs in Haneda airport acted. Everything seemed to be going fine, like there wasn't any trouble and the attendant told her she could go but then she got extremely flustered and very loudly yelled "DOMO" at the shocked attendant. Ironically I did actually wear a jean jacket pretty much the whole time I was in japan too. I didn't realize I was wearing the American uniform. Might explain why everytime I asked for koiki I kept getting offered American Spirits.

[@teshyatan7346]

More like how Japanese sees Sora vs how Sora really is

[@hydraulichydra8363]

In America, Japan is also kind of seen in a semi-fantastical light, assumed to be a kind of futurist utopia. I kind of assume that everyday life (like it is in America) is a little more grounded than most think (correct or confirm if there are any Japanese folks reading this), but I do think it's a very wholesome and good that we each have so much respect for eachother.

[@Theohybrid]

I thought the exact same until I came over there. Weirdly enough, it felt like my thoughts about it stayed in 2007 because it felt like it. .don't get me wrong, it's beautiful and convenient but it didn't "feel" futuristic. It felt different and sometimes a bit dated, in a weird way. Moreso nervewracking since I barely knew much Japanese to actually have a conversation but those small moments of random people gathering courage to greet you & assist; or have a laugh when you bought one too many things at the 7/ eleven. Those are moment I am fond of.

[@KonglomeratYT]

Americans definitely don't see Japan in a fantastical light. My whole life Americans find Japan uncool because they see it as a history topic. Pearl harbor and nukes. The only exception are history nuts that like that stuff, and weebs. And weebs, to the average American, are considered as repulsive as furries. But feel free to keep lying about 300+ million human beings XD At the end of the day, only weebs will believe you anyway.

[@orsaz924]

The sheer disbelief on his face at 3:36 😂😂 Great skit, by the way ! I really like the subtle camera shake 👍👍

[@Otomatonom]

THE FASHION BIT no lie my partner and I obsessed over the clothes we brought on a trip to Japan bc everyone was SO STYLISH ALL THE TIME.

[@adilsongoliveira]

As a Brazilian who dealt a lot with people from other countries I can relate. When people think of Brazil, they imagine gorgeous beaches, carnaval, Rio de Janeiro, etc then, they come to São Paulo for business for instance and find this massive, (relatively) cold and rainy city or go to the south and discover many places with a heavy European influence, it is disheartening :) BTW, São Paulo has a neighbour called Liberdade (Freedom) which concentrated a lot of people that came from Japan during the wars and has traditional stores, street signs in Japanese, etc.

[@gouravchakraborty9801]

Sora, as a bumbling bilingual, speaking Engrish, cracks everyone up.

[@observerandrea]

As an American this is weirdly accurate also surprisingly wholesome. Yeah McDonald's in the U.S. is overated I think Wendy's is better.

[@rekushi_7881]

I'm a Rally's person myself

[@dreamtraveler6135]

​@@rekushi_7881 what's a rallys?

[@joebungus3447]

@@dreamtraveler6135 rally’s is a burger fast food restaurant, it’s has a more homemade style and they have the greatest fries in the world.

[@dreamtraveler6135]

@@joebungus3447 Damn, that sounds good. I can't recall the name of the fast food I went to but they'd sell seafood, chicken and fries

[@ralphy2000]

U.S just has awful fast food compared to practically everywhere else . Every time I’ve had an American chain in a foreign country it’s always better than here.

[@kytten4506]

The anxiety when speaking to foreigners in their language is real 😅, I swear one time I really had to go use the restroom because I felt like I was gonna vomit, and so I wanted to ask where the nearest public restroom was and when I found someone willing to talk to me I had a brain fart and didn't know what to say so I ended up saying "nani unko uchi manko??"

[@ories]

lmaoo i wonder what their reactions were

[@sadman6014]

This is gonna traumatize whole life of yours. No matter the reaction.😳

[@MrChristianDT]

I just wanted to come out & say that Google Translate tried to tell me that what you said means "a thousand poops."

[@gypsywoman9140]

@@MrChristianDT I would like to know if that is accurate 😅😂 The only somewhat coherent sentence I know in Japanese would only be useful if I had intentions of getting some "Watashi hoshi anata chenko, fuzakenayo!" (My spelling may be off, but pretty sure it means "I want your 🍆 💩head!") But dang if it wasn't so fun to say! 😅

[@stevekennedy6241]

@@gypsywoman9140 TBH, in text, this comes across as sarcasm, because it is more like: "I want your chinko? You've got to be effin' kidding me!"

[@kalel4677]

I feel like this is going to be the start of a new manga series, an American guy gets reincarnated into feudal Japan or whatever time you want and he has to save the world with Hamburgers, whiskey, and pistols. You can title it something like, The hamburger pistol from the whiskey west. I'd totally be down to read that series.

[@TheAxeLordOfFire]

I’d 100% read that!

[@angrybirdnate0626]

1:40 funniest bit I've seen from sora yet

[@kakizakichannel]

Sora puts more effort into his fit during his cringe tours than I do in the morning

[@SilverStormPax1996]

Dude this is so accurately us! 😂😂 Most people think McDonald’s is shet! And our fashion!? Haha yeah no, fashion only exists online or in movies 🤣🤣

[@FentonHardyFan]

One of my younger sisters puts lots of effort into her outfits, and looks great most of the time, even when she’s attending class at the local community college. (She wears crop tops and pleated skirts, cute dresses, cozy sweaters with matching accessories, etc.) And while I’m not “fashionable,” my hair is a yard long, and I pair my cargo capris and t-shirt with eye-catching neon socks and odd jackets, like frock coats or anime replica pieces. (And I wear this stuff *everywhere*, work, college, the grocery store, friends’ houses, church.) So _some_ of us Americans are fashionable, (or at least visually interesting/unusual.)

[@waytogo_roblox]

**Random foreigner speaks Japanese* Japanese people: Your Japanese is good 😊👍

[@Danap-mykaykat]

I love watching your content ❤! I *love* learning what other cultures really think of us- be it good, bad, or hilarious! It’s comforting to know that people are…well, people!

[@empressmarowynn]

My parents ran an exchange student program for 15 years and every year the kids in our Japanese groups wanted to buy jeans. Like they would come with an almost empty suitcase and take back ten pairs of jeans, for themselves and presents for their families. And the university students would buy coffee makers.

[@ReloGP14th]

3:29 Ngl rare moment of Sora perfectly nailed the American accent

[@JasmeowVT]

the cut at the end was hilarious lol this also applies to Australians as well (and probably a lot of "westernized" countries)

[@shrimp3486]

It seems ''Your japanese is good'' is like a pre programmed dialogue whenever a someone non-japanese speaks japanese

[@Worm._.With._.Glasses]

Honestly as an American this is pretty much accurate..

[@Nothings_Shore]

😂 this content is great man. As an American I stand by this super cringe comedy routine you got going on. It’s not too cringe to where I feel awkward and embarrassed at the same time. It’s the Goldilocks zone where I can laugh and just say I can imagine that happening. 👍two enthusiastic thumbs way way up bro👍

[@solame4983]

This is exactly how Americans act in Ohio. It’s very suspicious how much you know about Ohio, Sora.

[@Katie-uwu]

I am definitely going to send this to my American sister who's lived in Japan for the past 5 years! XD

[@Randamono]

Ah yes, more proof that sora is actually 100% American and has been tricking us all this time…

[@ellac1399]

okay but the "stereotypes" about American clothing and speech are literally accurate lmao

[@ellac1399]

like jeans are completely normal to wear? and a lot of people wear denim jackets and flannels, especially if they're younger and trying to be fashionable

[@D0S81]

Tbh honest it's just nice to see you two getting along so well after....ya know...the fights you had in the playground when you were younger. Such scamps. But now look at u. America and japan, best friends again.

[@Sophie_chan00]

I don't know much about Americans but this video still made me laugh 😆💕

[@wolfbyte2468]

As an American, this video was 100% accurate lol

[@tgrey5647]

This is 100% accurate, especially about the clothing and McDonald's. 🤣🤣

[@Kirielive]

When I was visiting Tokyo I had an experience just like the one in your video! I’m happy you made this🎉

[@NatsuHoshiyomi]

The 日本語上手 made me recall the memory from two years ago when I was a newbie in Japanese w Thanks for the funny video!

[@TheSpiritwockie]

American born and raised, this has me laughing so hard, 10/10 video dude, subscribing now

[@davids339]

Sora's videos seem to be getting better and better!

[@Mr_Poopybuttholes_Waifu]

Lmaoooooooooo as an american this was verrrrryyyyyy accurate!! 😂😂😂 Especially when i hear Japanese people say “we dress well”. I always think, “huh? Where?” also, the かっけえええs were killing me!

[@assassinfrenzy2136]

Petition to make John a recurring character

[@ZombieApocalypse09]

The Denim Jacket is definitely something some people wear here but it is more common in Canada. That's why Americans often refer to the all jean outfit (denim jacket, denim shirt, and jeans) as the Canadian Tuxedo.

[@dkhosh7380]

man this weird cultural exchange we have nowadays as a more globalized society sure is some good wacky fun

[@dkhosh7380]

and then like 90% of it is just a product of what we consume from whatever foreign country it may be but fuckit im down to clown ig

[@LordVittaminn]

Only someone as truly American as Sora can truly understand us. Bravo!

[@hergergy]

Your japanese is so good it seriously sounds like you’re a native speaker

[@NJDJ1986]

@2:07 John comes out of the wardrobe like he's a cool action star!

[@lucwarfel]

Tbf America does have the worlds greatest and largest mcdonalds down in orlando, they legit hand cook pizza and pasta too in full view of yhe customers. Its just that america is VERY big

[@kerch-e]

Im an American, and you nailed it.