Growing Up Half Japanese in Seattle | Meet a Halfie: Marina, Producer at WatchCut

[@MarinaTaylor]

yay! thank you for having me on your channel Max!

[@MaxDCapo]

I should be the one thanking you! WatchCut was awesome and to be in there was so cool. Looks like we might have to do another one in Japanese next time though haha. Japanglish?

[@act98006]

Max, thanks for going easy on the daughter.

[@christiankyleignacio4422]

Marina Taylor i fucking love u marina :*

[@ro-vl4qc]

you should apply for terrace house! would be so cool

[@jeremyk9553]

Marina, can I take you out?

[@user-bw9fl3df7d]

marina!!! your eyes are stunning wow

[@GodfreyARoa]

same here i love her eyes

[@esmecalderon7179]

Her eyes are always shinning, I love her, she kinda resembles (eye color) to Go Ah Ra, Gong Seung Yeon and Lee Sun Kyung.

[@jiminieugotnojams_5229]

kim seokflower😂

[@user-bw9fl3df7d]

ehehe armys everywhere :')

[@horangdanz]

armies yaaaa

[@MaxDCapo]

Subscribe to WatchCut, not fuzz deed... Hope you guys liked the interview with Marina!

[@chrmlgrc]

Max D. Capo love your videos! youre the only one with such a unique perspective and focus on youtube :)

[@shenglongisback4688]

Max D. Capo where is the strip tease too rass.lol im kidding always dope too watch hows joes book going?? is it published?.

[@83yong]

i already subscribed your channel...watchcut & hiho kids...i hope in future, you'll have more subscribers and viewers too max & make more interesting videos like this...gambate!!!

[@gioachurra]

bruh shes fucking gorgeous

[@zmorneault]

Great Gio beautiful

[@jah06100able]

Remember seeing Marina in another video, she's super sweet and pretty!

[@MaxDCapo]

miray erturk Yeah we threw down pretty hard in the other one. That was the night we met in person! Lol

[@astroboy_03]

Loved Marina speaking Japanese 😍

[@Gaish]

I loooove this I'm half japanese & my name is Marina too lool

[@MaxDCapo]

lol awesomeee, I love the fact how your name is both English and Japanese.

[@maririnn]

LMAOOOOO SAMEEEEEE

[@MaxDCapo]

Marina Konno what's with all the hafu Marinas coming out of the water lol

[@shenglongisback4688]

***まりにゃん lol very beautiful

[@loviedovie10]

I am also half japanese and my name is also Marina, haha

[@mythbusterslover14]

So after hearing you two speaking Japanese, i realized how bad i miss hearing someone other then my mom speak Japanese. It would be really cool to have a video with you speaking Japanese. But also everyone please if you guys can recommend any japanese youtubers, i would appreciate it

[@MaxDCapo]

Anna Emiko Man, you're right. I should do a few more videos with japanglish. And if you like sarcastic Japanese humor, you might like PDRさん

[@てい-w6y]

I recommend PDS!! He’s PDR’s brother

[@ashleyarquette2989]

She's so beautiful! I love how every hafu has a different story to share but yet we can still relate to one another

[@YOitsBritty]

Hapa representation is important. I'm half Japanese, half German and never felt like I fit in enough with either culture. Marina is a great role model!

[@simoneammon9874]

Brittany I'm half Japanese and half german and came to New Zealand at the age of 6 and struggled with my identity as I never felt I really fitted in to any culture. It took me a longtime to finally feel at home in New Zealand and to accept my ethnic background. I think becoming a christian really made the difference as I realized that "I'm a child of God" and that it doesn't matter what my cultural background is. I'm not ashamed of my culture, but now I don't feel like I need to fit into a "box". People still often ask me where I'm from as an adult but it doesn't bother me anymore, I realized that I am unique, fearfully and wonderfully made by God 😊

[@YOitsBritty]

That's wonderful to hear. It's always nice to meet people from the same ethnic background and talk about each of our experiences as halfies. Thankfully, I now embrace my cultural ambiguity and am not bothered when people ask me what I am.

[@monetkumazawa183]

I love this video!! I was born in Japan but raised in Bellevue but currently live in Seattle, I appreciate the local aspect that Marina and I can share. This is a neat video, and I like the casual conversations inside the interview. Blessed to be Japanese!

[@mvddiekay]

She is so pretty! I love her eyes *O*

[@iknowexactlywhoyouare8701]

eh

[@alcirocpapi8307]

She's got eyes you could write poetry to. If i ever run into her in seattle i'll embarrass the hell outta myself

[@FrenchCraziness]

and you can be sure you'd embarass her as well. Just a word of advice, if hitting on her include poetry or one of you being uncomfortable, then just abort mission.

[@ctsd623]

Poor girl, feel bad for marina when I see all these creepy posts. I am not religious but pray for her sake she never runs into these people

[@mooominpapa]

@@ctsd623 ??? You guys are too much. He just said her eyes were worth a good poem. He didn't say anything about marrying her, eating her eyeballs or whatever. I'm a girl and I thought that was a harmless compliment.

[@ML-yu8hr]

she's cute!

[@edsonsatiomatsumura1390]

Hi! I was watching Cut videos and ended up here. Well, I came to thank u both, Marina and Max, for what u've been talking about in here... I was borned and raised in Brazil, but all my grandpas and grandmas came from Japan to Brazil during the early 20th century. I hadn't figured any identity crisis in the childhood nor adolescence.. but now, looking back to the experiences I've choose to have and to wich paths I have been taking... I have to admit that identity has always been an important issue to me... By 2012 to 2013 I had the chance to pass a year abroad where I could met some others japanese descendents from other countries and also some japanese people living out of Japan. Since then I had been paying more attention to my own cutural identity and I am learning to review and to be grateful to my own background as a brazilian-japanese person. All those videos, articles and groups I am getting to know now are making me feel a different and new sense of belonging... and to understand better some anguishes I didn't recognize since hadn't had a name to put on. Well, I feel like I could go all day long talking to you guys... but for now I will stay here.. tks again Sorry for my english. To 2018, I hope we all could see better our similarities as human beings. ;) hugs from Brazil

[@endtroducing]

such a cool interview. thank you both max and marina ~

[@spennyb89]

This is literally the first time in my life that I've heard "American" used ethnically.

[@DT-yw9kg]

she said, American as in 6th or so generation and she tried to explain like swedish? some family just don't talk about ethnicity just because they're so mixed and it happened a lot in the US and Canada. don't just jumped into conclusion..

[@spennyb89]

Daniel Takakura Yeah, so she used it to refer to her ethnicity, not her nationality. Look, I never assumed that she had problematic thoughts or beliefs, but she used 'American' to counter balance her Japanese ethnicity. That doesn't refer to nationality because you can't have half nationalities, and because nationality tells you nothing about a person's appearance. And this is the first place I've heard 'American' to refer to ethnicity. I will say that it is problematic to use 'American' to refer to ethnicity. Obviously, she meant it to mean 'white'. But that implies that 6th gen white Americans are somehow more 'American' than non-whites or the recently arrived. However, nationality applies equally to all, and we're having trouble appreciating that in America today.

[@harlemw651]

You know what? I watched another video of half Asian/half White young adults and the MAJORITY also said that they were half (insert Asian country) and 'half American' when they were asked what their ethnicity was. I found it very odd. How are people who are born and raised in America so limited in how they view what an American is? Do they not even consider themselves 'full-American' because they are only half white even though they were born and raised here? Interesting.

[@spennyb89]

harlemw651 Yeah, I've begun to notice that too. I have a couple thoughts. On Japanese variety programs, they will often have people from different countries describe differences between their home country and Japan. The 'American' is almost always white, I can't recall it being otherwise. Japan's citizenry is 99% Japanese. Conceptually, they must conflate ethnicity and nationality. So they must look at America, predominantly white and mostly white in its leadership, and see whites as ethnically American. Someone growing up in a Japanese house with Japanese parents, I don't know, might get a similar outlook. My second thought is that maybe for mixed-race Americans who have their nationality questioned on the basis of their Japanese appearance come to see their Japanese features as 'not American'. White guy here, living in America, no one asks me where I'm from. So if it's only your Japanese 'half' that gets marked as non-American, you might come to view your white half as American. That invites the cultural comparisons as well. "Ah, not only are some of my features not American, but my bento, my family's language, etc., are not American either." The natural step is to assume that those counterparts (lunch boxes, English, etc.) are American. And there you have it. A conceptual splicing of whiteness and Americanness. None of this would be a big deal if we didn't have people in our country right now trying to fight for an "American" America.

[@harlemw651]

Yeah, I could totally see a Japanese person or someone who hadn't been to the U.S. or studied it's history equating 'American' with White, just a little jarring to hear so many young, especially non-white (or not fully white) Americans describe it that way. But, if they also only grew up in all-white or predominantly white areas, which I think many hapas have, maybe they really haven't experienced a diverse America themselves. So maybe they have the foreign parent who moved to America with the idea that white = American, and then grew up in an all white area that solidified that thought, and then they had an American parent that, perhaps, never corrected that line of thinking or that maybe wasn't in the picture at all. From the videos I've seen it seems like a lot of hapas aren't really close with the white side of their family. Either way, I hope as Americans, especially non-white Americans, they have experiences or do research that expands their thinking. They are fully American, too, along with all the non-white citizens that they share their country with.

[@AdautoMedeiros]

Marina is gorgeous!!!!

[@terra1100]

yay marina!! so glad you did this video! btw i love your YT icon picture

[@yumishiratori601]

I REALLY love your videos! i'm kind of hapa because my grandparents were the one who came to Argentina and my dad was born here and married my mom who has spanish roots, but i grew up with this beautiful culture around me and i relate so much with all the things that you share, it wasn't easy for me as little to explain the other kids why my name was Yumi and where my family was from because we are not so many japanese families here but i've always been proud of my roots and i try everyday to learn more and more about my cultures, thank you for sharing this videos!

[@patantipolo7629]

I love Marina. She's so simple and creative. I follow her on IG. When I get to see her on hiho vids, she looks so beautiful.

[@McWhiskers]

so interesting getting other insights to growing up as a hapa. I'm hapa, but filipino and white, but I faced a lot of similar identity crises, especially with relating more to my asian half. my boyfriend is hafu (japanese + white) but 3rd generation so I see a lot of struggles in terms of him trying to connect with his japanese culture, but not having a lot of exposure taught to him growing up because his japanese mom was born and raised in california. thank you!

[@yukijiyuki1762]

Im also a half Japanese ✌🏼️and just discovered this video somewhere on my feed, after watching this I immediately check your account and found a lot of videos about being a half. So, Max, count me in as one of your subscriber! 👍🏼❤️

[@MaxDCapo]

Yukiji 古和利 welcome to the club/channel! :)

[@cablecar10]

14:38 AHHHH. Cat Blues from Cowboy Bebop! You just ear wormed me. Thanks!

[@SilverforceX]

Both of you have such strong Japanese features, it's amazing how strong the genes are!

[@sykes758]

I was stationed in Hawaii in the Marines and more than Hapa the population is Hapa. I went to school with several Eurasian kids. They were good students, good athletes and very popular. Wonder if there is a name for 1/4 Asian people. Hapa may be a large segment of the population soon.

[@georgeralph8031]

I'm a hapa too. Is that correct? Hapa or is it hafa? Oh, well whatever. I'm 66 years old and my mother was a Japanese 'war bride'. My father was a soldier in the US Army. It was 'illegal' for them to get married at the time. My mom is now 92 and living in a Japanese assisted living place. I don't speak a word (or read or write) of Japanese because it was frowned upon back in my day. Learn English only, my Dad said. Sad, but true.

[@notsure6187]

George Ralph is your mom from Okinawa?

[@kaleimaile]

It’s a Hapa & it’s a Hawaiian term.

[@tasha6151]

Hey George, sorry to hear you didn't learn Japanese -- but it's never too late! I'm the father of a hapa, 64 years old and living in Japan. Just recently decided to study kanji after avoiding it for years. 頑張って！(Good luck!)

[@Mrs_Yu]

Thank you, that's interesting interview. I appreciate with hiho and this cannel.

[@hn3249]

Marina!!love you from Japan‼︎‼︎‼︎ also love hiho kids and other watchcut video♡

[@schmooncakes]

This was really insightful! Really interesting to learn about Hafus

[@whatdhillanwhat]

jeez dude, you can just tell you're so nervous interviewing her. lol

[@azzaalzakwani5015]

Because, he loves her also he's a halfie Chinese American.

[@Locutus]

He is like that with everyone.

[@palomaharper2810]

Hes just a nervous awkward guy

[@stvsueoka1]

Wow! Marina is amazing! I've been watching her videos for a while.

[@R3UQZ]

She has me shook. I'm crushing hard.

[@feslenraster]

she's the main reason I watch Cut/HiHo Kids!

[@ungobungo7986]

@@feslenraster i literally check the notifications every day to see if its a video of her lol but the content is still good regardless

[@melanieledger6999]

Here from Marina and as a half Asian I've never really seen a video like this before which resonated with so many things and feelings I've rarely discussed. Really cool!

[@havefunfuncc4270]

Love this video. Marina is sooo pretty!

[@ErikaDenver]

I love this! I’m half Japanese as well and this inspires me to make more content on KZbin about it! 💛🇯🇵

[@MaxDCapo]

Go for it! I'll be on the lookout for it

[@ErikaDenver]

Thank you so much for the response, I appreciate it!

[@williamcarroll5402]

She's really pretty and you can see both sides of her depending on how she wears her hair

[@사타케레베카]

I’m half Korean and Japanese and I live in japan going to international schoo I love being half. I feel like I’m special.

[@kyoka9684]

I’m half Thai half Japanese

[@adeleparry7734]

like kimora Simmons.lol

[@사타케레베카]

Max Ma18 nice!!

[@shen4361]

@lina sad double colonizer

[@itsallgood5314]

Marina will forever be stunning.

[@notsure6187]

It's all good until she hits 50 haha jk

[@cocopopp-6865]

I believe "Motoki maxted" is also a halfie!!

[@batangrapper]

Every asian kid had the packed lunch moment even here in the UK. Looking back at it now everyone was so weirded out with my chicken adobo and rice but they were eating ham and mayo sandwhich. My mum actually cooked and seasoned my food not just put things on top of each other and called it food. I always ate my chicken adobo on lunch times.

[@john2011m]

wow. i love this video. i myself am bi-racial. korean and italian mix. its good to hear other bi-racial american stories

[@spiritshadow5579]

Half-Japanese as well, born and raised here in America. Went to a elementary/middle school that offered Japanese as a language along 3-4 others. Finishing senior year in high school where the same languages as elementary/middle school are taught. I struggle heavily with Kanji (Reading and Writing) but I can talk extremely well. Didn't know Marina was Japanese lol

[@yilmanbabilonia]

I have a huge crush on her. She is also so good at producing video. And her laughter ...

[@Sagemirei]

I'm half Japanese, my mom is Caucasian (English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Italian, Slovenian, Croatian, French.) and my dad is Japanese. I look a lot more Asian but my sister looks a lot more white.

[@anatheistmyself]

+Sage Mirei I am Chinese-Czech. 7/8 Chinese, 1/8 Czech. Compared to my sibling and cousins, I look the most European. I feel proud to have 3% Czech as part of my DNA! It is all about genetics!

[@alineeglais1813]

She just looks like a doll that is so beautiful

[@nellyesendi9160]

I love how this guy is excited from beginning to the end

[@popcornshower]

My HAFU son and I just moved to the PNW from Tokyo, Japan in October 2017. He did grades 1 - 3 in regular shogakko. I hope one day he can be in a CUT video!

[@robschilke]

Half Filipino living in Seattle. So many halfies!

[@jasmine3572]

Rob Schilke yep but I'm half South Korean and half Latina

[@NachaOnisawa]

She’s so beautiful😍 I’m half Japanese/Peruvian. Born and raised in Peru and from 15yrs moved to Japan !

[@luismiplays]

This reminded me of olden MTV shows "Next" or "Parental Control" from the second half on. Awesome video anyway.

[@christineaman]

Love ya, Marina!

[@Dawoudkhalifa]

So if you guys get married, will your children be considered, half Japanese and half whit as well ?

[@Burps___]

Dawoud Khalifa They would be considered 1/4 Japanese, 1/4 White, 1/4 Japanese, and 1/4 White.

[@BaldLezB_In]

Cool One so half Japanese and half white then? Lol

[@faitht.685]

Dawoud Khalifa yeah they'd be 1/2 Japanese 1/2 white

[@swtlikecndy4119]

AID LEGGO ARMY IGOT7 it was a joke and that's not how you add fractions :0)

[@UrbanTiger74]

Theyd be 100% hapa. Lmao

[@lbdoingyoutube]

she does car commercials in......JAPAN :p

[@amairanihernandez2266]

Just Me Really?😱

[@tronalddump2444]

@@goeast12 that's what I thought.

[@hamahsalvador7450]

Love you, Marina! ❤️

[@blossoms256]

Omg, this studio is actually not too far away from me. It seems that there are actually so many hapas in Seattle!

[@Vesnicie]

Melinda of course there are. There are shitloads of immigrants from East Asia on the west coast.

[@mYsTiCaLiEs]

@@Vesnicie there are shitloads of immigrant from West Europe on the East coast

[@mYsTiCaLiEs]

@@Vesnicie there are shitloads of immigrant from West Europe on the East coast

[@Vesnicie]

@@mYsTiCaLiEs That's my point. Neither state of affairs is exactly unique.

[@projektsnowkone]

Really enjoyed this video :)

[@anatheistmyself]

Curry Bread in Chinese is: Cantonese: 咖哩麵包 (gaa lei min baau). Mandarin: 咖哩麵包 (ga li mian bao).

[@LONE-WOLF-FILMS]

She is so pretty. Her eyes look like Alita's from James Camerons version of the Manga film 'Battle Angel Alita'

[@DontConfess303]

When you realize how beautiful she is and just....💀💀💀

[@grahamward792]

I’m half Japanese, half English and I’ve lived in London my whole life. As a halfie, it feels so difficult to feel at home anywhere.

[@anatheistmyself]

Interesting! Marina's name in Cantonese (Traditional Characters) is 萬里奈 - pronounced: maan lei noi.

[@ohkrrrr]

It's amazing hearing marina talk in Japanese

[@rhasegawak5912]

Her life and mine are very similar except the fact that I'm full Japanese. And I lived in California. It's a long story but it's very similar. (I'm 13.でもすごい似ていてびっくりした！)

[@donovanmartel4382]

I am a half as well my mother is third generation Japanese and my father is third or second generation American but originates from all over Europe. I'm 13 and have lived in ca for my whole life. gladly we could relate

[@nora6731]

I love her so so sooooo much

[@overthewebb]

He toook both. I'm still here. I still love them

[@rickywang7071]

And yet some of the Hiho Kids are mix-raised too. Maddox, Crystal/Kristen, Gigi/Justin, Ethan/Helena../ Ernie

[@MJ-dj4yf]

I knew she was Half Japanese since I first saw her on WatchCut. I'm half Japanese and named Mari as well!

[@eucalyptusrain2624]

I was in Danny's 2nd and 1st grade class at C.R.E. and my little brother was in Marina's class.

[@marinaascalon4502]

It's nice to see another person named Marina

[@krishnashah3941]

Growing up, my mom gave me Indian food up until middle school so I got used to the lunchbox moment really quick. Haha Love the interview! Marina is so sweet :)

[@arbaabsheytaan6723]

She's a stunner !

[@billyriedel6449]

I am Filipino on my dad's side, but not sure if it's half because my dad's Mom is German and Italian while his dad is Filipino. On my mom's side it is unknown because she was adopted

[@thenobleone-3384]

Max I currently live in Portland I haven't connected with any Asians yet. I like Filipino and Korean women and I have been fascinated over Hapa Kids for a long time

[@sylvialehman]

wow these two are the proof at how stunning mixed persons are!

[@Wra8h]

13:00 is that tall boy her brother???? maybe happens to be the one with the dimple too??doesnt matter really any of the both uhm I need their like instagram accounts maybe please

[@michiejap9]

omggg I watch all the cut vids! I knew she was a haafu!

[@MaxDCapo]

Sophie K I know I'm so glad she initiated this :)

[@tadashihatsudai]

5:50 I find that the placement tests aren't very helpful for native speakers (aka heritage language learners) who can fluently speak the language but can't read kanji or other forms. The system pretty much puts ignores verbally bilingual students who can speak native level Japanese but haven't had opportunities or time to learn reading and writing in Japanese. Because of this, I refuse to opt for non-native speaker versions of the tests because its structured towards foreigners/people learning Japanese as a second language. After all, there's no point for me to learn speaking and listening skills in Japanese when I've already developed those skills. I'd rather learn reading and writing on my own and have been doing it since 10-13 years old. Hiragana and katakana was the easiest parts (all thanks to anime with trading card games). So instead of using textbooks like the Genki series, I chose "Kanji Practice Note(s)" by Noriko Matsui to learn kanji.

[@kristimitorres3958]

Marina needs to be in terrace house haha

[@Miumiu0404]

I'm also hapa. Well technically not really hapa. I'm 3/4 Japanese and 1/4 Scottish. My dad is half Japanese, half Scottish and my mom is a full blooded Japanese. However, I got most of my dad's Scottish genes so I somewhat can still look "white" to some Japanese. My older brothers however look more "Japanese" than me. lol

[@anatheistmyself]

The word 'kindergarten' in Cantonese is 幼稚園 - jau zi jyun (the 'j' is pronounced 'y'). And 'elementary school student' is either 小學學生 - siu hok hok saang or 小學生 - siu hok saang. ... It is amazing how technical words in Cantonese, Korean, and Japanese are so similar!

[@Official-OpenAI]

14:00 this is why I love Marina. As a true Ramen lover, she knows whats the shit.

[@Roman888]

"My dad who speaks Japanese...who was more involved in the Japanese community than I was...." Oh, that guy. Not to make a snap judgement or anything.

[@crossingfingers123]

Tooty Futts 9

[@JordyCordier89]

Marina is such an inspiration! :D

[@cherushi3]

I’m so happy to know she is half Japanese!!

[@SunnyFernandez]

wohhh kid marina is super adorable than now...

[@miwakoguerreo6282]

Wooow! Halfie like me! It´s great to know there are people and how we create our identity from the cultures and believes that our parents have us practice as a custom. And I love the lunch box moment, even though it was a cringy moment for me during middle school and high school XD And don't feel bad about having identity crisis, it's worth going through! Keep being awesome you guys!

[@MaxDCapo]

Miwako Guerreo Thanks! Yeah I like how just being mixed Japanese can make us all relate, at least a little, to each other. It's really fun!

[@oliviagordon2865]

I love these vids! My son is a halfie 👍🏼

[@kijnek]

Setagaya! That was my mom’s hometown. My sister and I used to stay at my grandparents house in Setagaya when we were kids. 👍

[@apeeps91]

Im a halfu in Seattle. I remember going to saturday school at Megumi school in bellevue. I have an interesting halfu upbringing story. Id like to share

[@natalie6092]

I love cut and I love marina!

[@salemali8859]

she is amazing so pretty

[@ConcreteAngelx3]

I love her!

[@LvnThatLife]

My hearts melting she so gorgeous

[@hushbaby435]

MARINA!!!💜💞

[@idkwerefashionblogrs]

Caucasian doesnt equate Western or Northern European.. Caucasian means from Caucasus so countries like Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, Turkey

[@spennyb89]

Haha, unfortunately for etymologists, the meaning of a word is determined by its usage. Everyone I have interacted with has understood Caucasian to refer to 'white'. As long as no one is legitimately confused, it seems fine to go on using it like that.

[@lenabystrova1627]

Ethnic Russians are Slavs, which means they are Northern European. Some regions of Caucasian mountains technically belong to Russia but the inhabitants there are not Slavs so I don't really think it's a good generalization. Armenians and Georgians if my memory serves me well are somehow interrelated but I'm not so sure if there are any connections to the ethnicities inhabiting Turkey and Azerbaijan

[@lenabystrova1627]

And yeah, all the aforementioned nations are considered white anyways

[@支那人-p6d]

White gene give you bigger breast and whiter skin Asian gene give you younger look, cuter face

[@chvhndrtntlr3482]

Is iran more like persian than caucasian?

[@chiragkc9374]

i love marina!!!!!!

[@aa-dk8zm]

great personality

[@dl-iy8jf]

She is so beautiful