アンちゃん、私、こういうセリフを普段は用心深過ぎて、滅多に吐かないんだけど、この動画見て(もともとアンちゃんに好感持ってきてましたが、それが一気に加速して)、アンちゃん、大好きーっ!って単純に思ったというか、感じました。私の国をそんなに大好きでいてくれて、と、しかも、家族の方たちも同じ行動するのかなと思いきや、そうではなくて、えっ、(今の時点では)アンちゃんだけがとにかく日本人になるってこと?とちょっとびっくりしながら、感激したんです。同時に、自分の故郷の国と、故郷でない国(私の場合、アメリカ)に住むこととでしょっちゅう揺れ動く気持ちできている私自身なんですけども、アンちゃんの潔さとその潔さの「もと」である日本への愛というか、心の結びつきというか、何と言っていいか分からないけど、「これが私」という決心に、心打たれたんですよ。だって・・というか、特に、コロナ禍で日本の嫌なところを分かった上でも、それでもってことじゃないですか、だから私もいい意味でノックアウトされたわ、って感じたんですよ。上に「私の国をそんなに大好きでいてくれて」という、感謝に当たるような気持ちを書きましたけど、それだけじゃない感謝の気持ちが私の中にはあるなと、書いてて気づきました。それからアンちゃんの話すなめらかで、トピックがこの「帰化」でなければ母語話者が話してるとしか思えない日本語、特に時折ほんのちょっぴり混じる私には懐かしい北部九州訛りにも、結びつきの強さを感じます。日本語ペラペラな、ある有名アメリカ人タレントの方は、「アメリカ国籍捨てたら、アメリカに高額な税金を納めないといけなくなるから」、と、アメリカ国籍を捨てない理由をおっしゃっていたのを覚えているんですけど(で、その額については知りませんけど)、そんなことなんかも吹き飛ばすような、アンちゃんの日本人として生きていく気持ちの強さが、聞いていてとってもすがすがしく思えました。長くなってごめんなさい。本当に嬉しいです。とにかく、アンちゃんのご決心におめでとう!と言いたいです。それでは、手続きも根気が要ると思いますけど、I'm rooting for you! Thanks so much also for providing tons of valuable ESL/EFL, cross-linguistic and cross-cultural learning materials! May the Lord be with you and bless you continuously.
Hello :) Thanks for sharing your wonderful video. I am Japanese woman who moved to overseas (France), since I was exhausted of the Japanese society. In the news, it says the number of Japanese women who immigrate to overseas is the largest this year. Young women are moving out of Japan not being able to provision their future in Japan. Under this circumstance, I am very impressed to see non-Japanese loving Japan so much and trying to change her nationality to Japanese. Thank you very much for loving Japan this much and I really hope your channel helps Japanese people know the new world outside Japan, learn global mindset, have different perspective, and be open minded. Wish all the best :)
@annecrescini Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comments!! I realize Japan is not perfect and it makes life hard for a lot of people sometimes, especially women, but I want to spend my life here trying to bring about positive change because I love it so much. I hope you found happiness in France!!
@yo2trader539 Жыл бұрын
グローバル・マインドセットなんても存在しない。欧州に住んでればそれぐらい分かるはずだけど。
@cfromnowhere11 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, I highly suspect that almost in almost all these cases, the reason of moving abroad is international marriage. My suspision is out of my own painful experience of trying to settle down in the UK by working there after getting a MSc from a notable UK university. I failed and had to returned to China back in August. Keep in mind that my reason to leave China is not the vague "I don't like the country I was born and raised in" but out of real concerns of eroded civil liberty in which just criticising the government can have serious consequences on one's safety. Anti-immigration sentiment is increasing in the West and getting a PR without marrying to a local is almost impossible. Even when there are little restrictions policy-wise, finding a job in the UK is extremely difficult for an East Asian person due to intense discrimination. They basically toss out your CVs just by looking at your East Asian name. Those who are lucky enough to get a job often find themselves dumped when their Graduate Visa is near expiration. For women, marrying a local person (mostly a man) is almost always the final way to settle down legally. After my unwilling return, I learned that almost all Chinese women who moved to the UK married British men before their PR applications, including accountants and engineers, those who should have to get their PR totally by themselves. The only exceptions are the rare talents, like scientists and very successful artists, but few of them exist and we are certainly not them. I found Japanese users on Twitter who live abroad and all but one women in this group married to locals and many have multiracial children, indicating their kids were not from previous relationships in Japan. The only exception moved to Hawaii, where if you know...basically equals not moving out of Japan at all! I have to say, I get disillusioned with the West after my traumatic experiences. I am actually looking forward to Japan as an option now. Immigration expenses are cheap, more job oppotunities, other East Asians are favoured over other racial backgrounds (which is not fair TBH but I need to take care of myself first), no daylight saving time (which is good for my rare sleep disorder), similar climates, cultural traditions and cuisines. Things I am familiar to but a democracy where there is freedom of speech/information, right to protest and assembly and rule of law, my ownership over private property is protected, I can vote after naturalization, etc. These basic things. I don't want career achievement or a lot of money or showing I am an equal with men by competing with them. That is all.