The Jvlogger who HATED Japan

[@NukerOfFace]

Say what you will, Ryan Boundless never told a lie. He lived in Japan for a long time and genuinely did hate it here but what kept him complain about it was the number of people on the internet that deify Japan and minimize/ignore/justify/deny the shit aspects of the country. Having one person who lived in Japan and would shit on it on a daily basis prepared me for life in Japan more than 100 glorified travelogues which made up the Jvlog community. In the end he moved around and still bitches and moans about the countries he lives in but is clearly a lot happier. I think that's just his style.

[@icecold__]

If you call that “happier”, he caught multiple diseases and had been contemplating moving back to the states for money. He gets super depressed and you can tell when he has depression fits because he starts to make “I get so many hot women” videos. He makes decent content but when he starts doing the “Im such a Chad” thing it is very cringe. I do think there needs to be some sort of “dreamcrusher” series again that keeps people with mental illnesses thinking Japan is going to “magically fix it” from going. Lots of things people need to be aware of before committing to live there.

[@-RoyBatty-89]

@@icecold__ I dunno man, looks like an adventure he's having to me. Living by his moniker while getting some prime African ass.

[@unrested]

It’s true. The darker parts of Japan need to be realized and yes moving here to cure mental illness is a super bad idea lol

[@Mefistosteles484]

???????? 99,99999% ogf people who lives in Japan hates the country. I don't know any other country on the Internet who gets that much hate as Japan, not a single one. The funniest thing about all of this is that always introduce themselves as the "only one" who shows you guys the "dark side of Japan" when in reality every single person who lives in Japan (and even who doesn't) are always talking on how terrible this country really is. I insist, I have never met a single person who lives/has lived in Japan who's happy living in the country.

[@ramencurry6672]

It’s possible but it’s also possible that he was looking for the negatives. If you’re a cynical person, any environment can be bad. Also negativity gets more views on KZbin. It’s sort of a “dirty secret” many KZbinrs utilize for extra clicks. And if I remember correctly to fight off a “troll” he did admit to making money off his videos

[@thrusteavis]

Godspeed on ur flight, Ryan sounds like he was desperately needed. Weebs glorifying japan ESPECIALLY back in the late 00s early 2010s was super common. The first kinda content i ever encountered bringing japan back down to earth was yours and that put things way into perspective for me

[@unrested]

Yeah it was bad in early 2000. I used to get a ton of hate even slightly mentioning something weebs didn’t like.

[@BananasGoMooDev]

I agree, I think a lot of things Ryan said were really important since a lot of people at the time were only talking about how great japan is. I really like japan but there a lot of things that arent covered by most vloggers cause most people arent talking to people planning on living in japan. They're talking to tourists. Quite a few things that he mentioned in his videos arent anything ive experienced but its still useful information.

[@unrested]

Yeah he really took one for the team. We were mostly covering happy upbeat things because the views were good, but Ryan was never worried about that. He was going to tell it like it is

[@Zeitgeist6]

Honestly, from the title I thought you would talk about Hiding In My Room.

[@unrested]

He seems like he hates women more than anything. Women and anyone trying to be his friend.

[@samuelgarrett8713]

Love this series. So nostalgic. These jvloggers were my entertainment way back then. Now I've been living in Chigasaki for almost 4 years and I'm grateful for everybody's advice, including yours.😊

[@unrested]

Glad you like them!

[@betsybabf748]

As soon as I saw the title, I knew it was Ryan Boundless. How he acted -with women gave such an ick factor.

[@unrested]

Hahaha yeah…no comment on that

[@BlindManTravels]

I remember that dude. He had a girlfriend and was blogging about their lives and then did the dreamcrusher series. Not saying he was wrong, because I had not traveled there at the but I have since. That being said I have not tried to live there. But I will say that no country is perfect. My opinion is that there are jerks and nice people in every country on this planet.

[@unrested]

This is very true

[@PepGuard-tp4ny]

A Debito video would be great.

[@unrested]

Will do!

[@elliefors6006]

The conbini sandwiches are always funny. Cut in half, shove all the contents to the front to look like a big juicy sando, but look at the back half of it and it’s empty. 😂

[@unrested]

Yeah I hear that. Always so disappointing

[@Jerry-rp6sx]

I've been trying to remember his name for years to check how he's doing... I remember bumping into him outside Osaka-jo when i was living there in 2016. His attitude on video reflected him in real life but i still feel like he was misunderstood and at heart a nice guy. Side note, i remember you bought something (i don't remember what?) off me in 2017 from Sayonara Sales when i was leaving Osaka. I was living in the high rise in Temma. You've always been a J-vlogger i've enjoyed, Japan content aside you're a likable dude. Hope you're well wherever you are mate.

[@unrested]

Was it the lighting set? Thanks for sticking with my channel btw.

[@TheTezExperience]

I went to Japan on the Jet Program back in 2013. Side note Scott I remember you randomly commented on my picture of my money I exchanged before going over there lol. I did Jet for 3 years and a two year master degree program. After getting my master’s I thought I’d stay in Japan and probably teach at a university. It’s better than being an ALT I thought. Well long story short, the goal post for becoming a university professor got moved. Now at that time in 2019 you needed to have a PHD published at least 5 research articles and have teaching experience. All to get a job you can only max out in 5 years unless the university really likes you and want to make you tenured. So I went back to the US to teach because as a teacher, not only did I make more money than a university professor in Japan, I have upward mobility and am working as a vice principal in a high school and can move up even more. My salary is like 4 times than it was on JET or what universities were offering.That’s something that would never happen in Japan.

[@unrested]

Yeah wow sounds like my situation. That’s why I moved back. I merely work as a simple art electives teacher for k-12 and I make 4 times what I made teaching or running my own business here. Even right now as I am not working and chilling in Japan for 2 months I’m making the most I’ve ever made. It’s really unfortunate that Gaijin are given little to no chance to live even a simple middle class life here on the pittance we are offered. I guess that’s why we always get the question “when going home?”

[@TheTezExperience]

@@unrested Japan should adjust the salaries in general. You are absolutely right. I’m glad you are able work in the US and still enjoy Japan in your off peak summer time and not have to live paycheck to paycheck like I did as an ALT in Japan like I did. It was cool while I was 23 just out of college but got old real fast as a 29 year old. Lol

[@unrested]

Yeah that is one thing that was killing my spirit here in Japan. Imagine I’m 40 and I’m earning the wage of a freshly graduated college student. It was crushing to my mentality to never be taken seriously by peers and just salary wise in general. I honestly felt like I was letting my family down. My first year back in America I was able to buy a car and then a house and secure a safety net for my family should japans situation ever get too dire. For the first time in ages I felt like I was living up to being the man of the family and that Japan had never given me that opportunity and most likely never would. I understand japans resolute stand against mass immigration as even being liberal myself I can see how immigration run amuck can upset a place like NY. But for those of us who relentlessly pay taxes, insurance, and retirement here (something I’m still doing abroad in America) and will never see any benefit from we should be given a chance to succeed. Alas we are forever seen as the dancing bear, a novelty where we work and live. Meanwhile I’ve added more Japanese children to the population than the average family which is below 1 child a family now. I love Japan I really do but I fear sometimes its stubborn ways will end up bankrupting the entire country. Anyway, thanks for convo it’s so refreshing to talk to someone who completely understands what I went through job wise

[@AntonyKeanMusic]

Damn I just had a massive hit of nostalgia. I was just tidying the living room and had this vid playing on in the background and it transported me back to 2011 😂

[@unrested]

Then it did its job!

[@michey1978]

I very much agree with you about Ryan’s being “blunt” how there was something to be admired about that and how he talked about his experiences in Jan vis-a-vis mental health long before that was really done on social media. I never quite understand why people hated so much on him, if they didn’t like his content, why keep watching?

[@unrested]

There is a lot of hate watching but yeah totally agree with you

[@latinstuff1]

Bro you need a podcast version of this lol. In literally in my way to the gym here in Spain and I’m listening to your video with the KZbin app opened but boy would a podcast version of this be nice lol. Greetings unrested

[@unrested]

Ok I’ll have to look into it. I listen to KZbin the same way so I understand

[@MakotoOPT]

Haha I always listen to untested while working out it's nice

[@yourdissapointeddaddy2057]

Just brave app to listen while your phone is off F yt premium.

[@latinstuff1]

@@MakotoOPT he is very therapeutic honestly lol I have loved the guy since day 1

[@latinstuff1]

@@unrested thank you sir! I appreciate all you do, please never stop, seriously.

[@Kitsunetim]

before watching the video, i saw the title and was guessing, "Ryan Boundless?" because he was the only one I could think of who hated Japan and I used to watch his videos before. and few seconds in, I was right.

[@Thunderhumper]

This is a cracking bit of J-Vlogging lore! I used to love pre 2015 Ryan's vids as he just seemed like a normal guy living in Japan trying to get by like everyone else. He offered a different perspective from the barrage of "OMG a convenience store... IN JAPAN" videos that were popular during the peak J-Vlogging era. I always thought he was actually quite talented at telling stories, and I enjoyed his daily life vlogs about life in Kobe and Osaka. They had a really cozy vibe to them. He didn't shy away from the negative aspects of Japan, which was very refreshing and needed at the time, but he still seemed like a decent guy overall. You could always tell he was quite unhappy living in Japan tho. He often seemed kinda down and legit frustrated about living here. Although, to be fair he didn't seem to do much to try and improve his situation like making a career for himself etc. Idk why he even stayed that long as he came only for a girl he liked, but that was like 20yrs ago. When he started with his "dreamcrusher" series and onto ragebaiting weebs full-time, it was the start if his slow decline. Ryan went completely bonkers after that. At first it was quite obvious he was taking the piss just to get a rise out of people obsessed with Japan, but it wasn't that serious and he'd go back to his normal content. He started milking the trolling thing so hard as it got him a lot more views. This would eventually morph into his future persona. Over a next few years, he privated most of his videos, successfully alienated almost his entire original audience, and finally left Japan for good. Now he's off gallivanting around Africa and probably up to no good. Good for him lol if he is happy. BTW he seems to be back on a seperate channel under his old "Ryan Boundless" name and is making content again.

[@unrested]

Yeah he is doing Ryan boundless in Africa. Interesting though about privating a lot of vids

[@eviscerations]

i had numerous interactions with ryan, mostly over LINE, while i was doing a mamachari ride from aomori to tokyo. was actually really engaged and communicative, and very friendly. i hope he is doing well. safe travels scott. hope you have a good time with your family.

[@unrested]

Yeah I had nothing but pleasant interactions with Ryan. He’s a genuinely good dude

[@eviscerations]

@@unrested same. i know there were a lot of people who were giving him a lot of shit around the time he was going through the stuff with his old lady, mostly because he was in their eyes expressing a lot of negativity, but given what was happening i don't think it was justified. he was always genuine with his emotions, and told things from his perspective, which i really appreciated. he did a few videos covering my trip, and i never did a follow up like i intended, and i legitimately feel bad about that. always happy to see that you keep posting new stuff. looking forward to seeing your vids every weekend. enjoy your time in japan; hoping you get some great shots while you're there, and excited to see what you come back with. take care scott!

[@wicreed]

Looking forward for more videos coming from you; I remember Ryan vaguely I have not watched his channel for a long while.

[@unrested]

Much more to come!

[@5pam_musubi]

As soon as I saw that title, I immediately thought of Ryan Boundless

[@unrested]

Everyone knew I didn’t even have to add it to the title lol

[@DJ-XLR8]

This is insane. After years I was like “what the hell was the name of that dude who vlogged his shitty time teaching English in Japan” and it was killing me for years. Just 4 days ago I sat down with ChatGPT, Google, and a Coffee and did some proper digging around. I had no idea what his name was, just some vague hints I could throw at gpt and Google and go from there. It took a couple hours of digging around, which is where I found your channel, and discovered the ridiculously large number of what I now know as “jvloggers”, but I eventually found him, almost by accident even. Turns out dude scrubbed his Japan content is now manwhoring it out in Africa or something. So I wanted to know what the jvlogging community thought of Ryan, and was kind of surprised to see not many talked about his channel, though the few bits of content I did come across were surprisingly supportive of his harsh takes. And then you upload this video about him LOL Incredible timing.

[@unrested]

It’s funny, the more I do these nostalgic flashbacks the more I get messages like these of people who were trying to find these long forgotten jvloggers. Yeah I think we are supportive of Ryan was the fact that he pretty much laid on his sword and destroyed his channel just to talk about all the negatives of Japan. Some were exaggerated but most were pretty true and things that pissed us off too. So I think most of us were happy that he would complain the way some of us wanted to but at the same time didn’t want to turn our channels into Japan hate channels.

[@jimvegas247]

Hi my name is Lauren I am commenting using a friend's youtube account. I am loving all of these throwback videos you are doing, it really brings me back! I was just thinking about Mira and came across your recent video on her and now this one. Ryan Boundless. I don't know what to say about him, but he was entertaining. I remember he posted a video venting about "how rude Japanese people," were. His words not mine. Anywho, he went on to describe an encounter with a Japanese person that he thought was so rude because they would not look him in the eye while they were talking. He blocked me after I made a comment pointing out the elephant in the room: Ryan had (at that time) a lazy eye, and a quite pronounced one at that. Maybe the Japanese person he thought was rude didn't know which eye to look in! I know it might not be the nicest thing to comment but I meant it in all honesty.

[@miniscus5]

Remember this guy! He was quite negative, but that was in a way the beauty of his channel, learnt a few things that others didn't really mentioned!

[@unrested]

Yeah gave everyone a different view

[@fairygodbrother]

I knew just by the title this would be about Ryan Boundless. He was a good one in my opinion for seeing negatives in Japan. I certainly agreed with some of his points

[@unrested]

Yup 👍 exactly

[@TheCajunGaijin]

Goals: Be around long enough, or be cool enough to make it on Unrested's: Natsukashii JVloggers series. Ryan's channel was the type of channel that people needed. People need to see the realistic side of Japan, of course he sometimes went over board. I didn't see all of it, just snippets over time. For some reason the realistic videos always either do really well or really bad. Someday I'll get back into it. Also when do we get a TKYOSam video?

[@unrested]

We should tell the story sometime about how you lost all your teeth in Japan. I still can’t believe you went through all that. Some of these episodes seem like a surreal past

[@kkrddr225]

Yeah Ryan was sincere. I got annoyed back then with people basically calling him a d***head for being unhappy, because people can have differing experiences. It's like telling someone with depression to just get over it, but for life experiences instead of mental health. (And yeah Ryan was also upfront about his struggles mentally and emotionally - that's also what annoyed me a bit, some of the people who were throwing shade had clearly struggled, you could tell, but they didn't have the damn balls to talk about it.) Obviously there are people who romanticise stuff too much just as there are people who go out of their way to spread negativity. Ryan was not really the latter, but yeah it's not like anyone is necessarily going to experience everything bad that he did, many people are in Japan and happy... The 'Japan isn't a first world country' takes seemed a bit goofy to me because if you live in enough developed countries in Europe or Asia you'll see plenty of comically 'backwards' stuff. I think a lot of people with perspectives like that are from fairly developed areas of the US. I also think really in a lot of cases when people speak about racism in Japan they're experiencing for the first time the microaggressions that come with being in a minority group (in a country where minorities are actually still pretty rare no less), and being like 'damn this is racist af' but actually it's kind of just like, not even the teeniest tip of the racism iceberg. I'm not saying that makes it OK or that there aren't more severe forms of discrimination (at both an individual and systematic level) nor am I trying to diminish people's experiences but... yeah. This all said Ryan was still kinda sad last I saw his stuff. Guy deserves a break.

[@unrested]

Haha yeah there is backward stuff everywhere in the world

[@Shango-JDinFLA]

Insightful retrospect of Ryan's mindset, I agreed with those who thought he was negative without disdain for his Content outside of little interest so this changes my perception. Arrgh Gary had a video "What ever happened to crybaby Ryan Boundless" that had me laughing pretty hard back then!

[@unrested]

Arrgh Gary has the most insane and hilarious takes on everything j vlogging. I honestly wish that guy had a bigger audience and better production quality. Id recommend him more and watch his stuff more if he did.

[@osakashogun1371]

I knew exactly who you meant when I saw the video under the bell.

[@markrutte5637]

He was entertaining af

[@SuitUpDubstep]

Safe travels to Japan!

[@unrested]

Thanks

[@Naturenerd1000]

Before ww2 every building in Japan was made out of wood. It's tradition.

[@unrested]

Yeah it’s not really a bad thing

[@nagoyajon]

Love the videos. Small correction; Debito is American born, not Canadian. Bon voyage

[@unrested]

My bad thanks for correction

[@drunkenprayer8390]

Ryan always seemed like a decent dude from his videos. Even if his videos focused a lot on the negatives I never personally thought it reflected badly on him as a person. He just spoke his truth even if it wasn't what everyone wanted to hear or completely valid.

[@unrested]

Very true

[@DreamcastDave]

i used to love his videos idk what happened to him

[@unrested]

He’s still making vids search Ryan boundless Africa

[@avatarLT]

Have a safe travels:)

[@unrested]

Thanks 😊

[@marbellaotaiza801]

I remember you made a video about him, felt sympathy for him, but never actually watched him. I watched J-Vlogging for amusement purposes and not to get bummed. So he's an A-Vlogger now? Glad his happy. I'd love it if this guy from Eat Your Kimchi became a P-Vlogger: Lisbon is a beautiful city but I haven't been there in two decades... God speed your trip back to Japan 🙌

[@unrested]

P vlogger sounds like it should be on orange KZbin lol.

[@marbellaotaiza801]

@@unrested touche. Let's not shorten it and call him PortuVlogger for decency's sake...

[@ashharkausar413]

That's a name I haven't heard in years. Glad to know he's doing ok...I always wondered what happened to him.

[@unrested]

He’s still making vids

[@Mcgturtle3]

I just got back from my first trip to Japan and everything was so cheap it was crazy

[@unrested]

Yeah dollar is strong now

[@chaii_latte]

Oh man.. I remember him! I watched his videos!

[@Harrydog88able]

I remember a long time ago, 2015? Barry Abroad shared a terrible experience with teaching English in Japan . He had high expectations and good intentions, but in the end he was greatly disappointed and people gave him shit about it

[@danh9922]

I thought you were referring to slightly newer vlogger hidinginmyroom.

[@NukerOfFace]

hidinginmyroom is a rollercoaster. He is a borderline lolcow.

[@unrested]

Haha not sure I’ll ever cover him

[@CubanDre]

ahahaha, I remember picking my konbini sandwich based on how it looked. Layers and layers of meat. come to find out it was just one piece all folded at the front to look like layers, and just the piece of lettuce and bread. Same thing with the strawberry sandwich. Strawberries all sliced to look like strawberries spanned the whole sandwich. NOPE. ROBBED!!

[@senkuishigashi6651]

Ryan Bondless is a JVlogger OG. Although, his new content is somewhat out there.

[@unrested]

lol yeah that’s a good way to put it

[@3DJapan]

I honestly forgot about him. I actually enjoyed some of his videos.

[@blondegaijin]

He was maybe the one and only completely honest Japan vlogger..? Not hateful but he gave it to you straight. The vaaaaaast majority of people seeking out Japan-related videos are anime/manga fans deeply resentful of any Japan-related presentation which is not completely spotless. 95% of them will never reach Japan. Of those that do, 90% will never develop the Japanese skills to really know the country; they'll have a two-week trip around Japan and consider themself some kind of "Japan expert". A smaller number of dedicated gaijin will leave Japan within 3 years, probably less than 2. Of those who stay a long time in Japan, 90% are people who started out with few job prospects in back in the Occident, or they did have some job choices at the beginning, but those diminish the longer one stays in Japan. You end up STUCK in Japan. Could be u have a half J family and mortgage, or for some more pathetic ones, that's the best gig they can land. See, a gaijin is similar to parsley on the side of a big steak dinner --the parsley LOOKS nice. But who wants to eat a plate of parsley? NOBODY. You're a quaint decoration and little more, you're not going to be taken really seriously, even if you wave a Japanese passport around. You're not REALLY Japanese, and that absolutely is a racial thing. The gaijin disputing that is stupid or a liar. The smart gaijin will bail, go home and then make Japan-related videos for otaku or Engrish learners --rest assured those gaijin will really, really watch their asses and will hold back very much they learned about Japan. They're going to feed their audience the info that sells, which is ALL positive info. The one surprising aspect is even if you can speak/read Japanese fluently, your skills after returning are not really marketable (outside of YT vlogger or maybe freelance translation). The vast majority of tech companies in the Occident doing biz with Japan want an ETHNIC Japanese, and that's true even if they're spouting off about multiculturalism and globalism 24 hours a day. Honky J expert...? NO THANKS...!! That's their attitude, even if they don't say it.

[@unrested]

I mean yeah there are some that only spout nice stuff but I’d like to think most of us these days are a little more balanced

[@AKHalex]

As negative as he was, he was actually one of the j-vloggers I genuinely enjoyed watching. His videos showed me a side of Japan I didn't know about, and I think his complaints were pretty accurate and valid. But he did go a bit overboard and eventually started acting weird. I guess it was the depression, lack of money, and resentment of Japan that pushed him to go all in on the one role he knew how to play.. the grumpy American chad with the hot ladies.

[@unrested]

Japan can stress out even the best of us

[@HarashiKalou]

What a nostalgic video Now that I think about it, it does make sense that you would meet because he also lived in Osaka but I never realized it back when I was watching him back in '13 Although I also disliked the whiny attitude present throughout his videos, I still found his content interesting as it was a genuine reflection of human experience. I watched for the same reason that makes tragedies worth reading read. Some downfalls in life can have sad consequences and deserve to be illustrated, mentioned, narrated and thought over for other generations to avoid. No idea who Debito is, I feel like I missed out on some adventure 😁the lore is 2deep4me

[@BokushingusKendoTV]

What’s your IG where I can view your art? Looks really good! I’m a creative photographer and sell my work at art shows. lol btw, I did Kendo in Japan 12 years ago in dojo with a bunch of older Senseigata. lol they insisted that I join the public shower after practice. My friend told me they wanted to see if the rumor was true about black guys…. I thought it was funny. I was just in Neyagawa in April. I didn’t do Kendo. My wife is from Osaka. We went on vacation to her hometown to see friends and family.

[@cetriyasArtnComicsChannel]

Maybe it was my experience, but portions aren't small? If you think about price, you can have 2 and still be cheaper. Still, most single portions was good. Seems also things changed a bit here and there this past few years. 2024 vs 2000s and I only visited

[@unrested]

Yeah after you’ve been there a while it doesn’t seem small at all

[@ImRezaF]

Eh, what's wrong with individual AC as opposed to central AC ? Won't central AC be less flexible to individual need ? Like, my mom and i have completely different cold tolerance. Anything below 28C is just antartica for my mom, while i cant survive anything above 22C.

[@unrested]

Have you felt both? Space cooler AC is pretty inefficient

[@ImRezaF]

@@unrested For me, it's not really a matter of efficiency as it is more about flexibility. I gotta admit that i'm not very familiar with central AC since i came from countries that mainly use individual AC but central AC gave me the impression every room gonna have the same temperature and with no ability to have different temp for different rooms.

[@Gimmeabreakman]

Yen is not half. More like 75% but yeah inflation has barely affected rent, salaries, and many prices. But there has been product inflation.

[@unrested]

Yen weak dollar strong!

[@Kazuo-ll6hr]

​​@@unrested how is the dollar strong when a Starbucks drink will cost you 8 bucks there in US? It looks like it's not worth much if you spend 1400yen and leave with only one cup in your hands lol. The only thing giving you impression that it's strong is the fx which is manipulated. In Japan, 30 years ago, drink at machine was 110yen, today, 120yen. Purchasing power keeps constant while dollar lost like what, how much was a Starbucks drink in the 90s?

[@IEgOImkAwx]

@@Kazuo-ll6hr Educate yourself a little bit before speaking. I'm within the money world and what you responded to was not wrong. Quit contemplating these nonsense takes and do something else.

[@Gimmeabreakman]

This’ll be fun. Lol

[@shanesiam3861]

I'm still curious what happened to Sandra No Seki went she just completely left youtube shortly after she left Japan. Seemed like a nice individual from my very few interactions with her.

[@unrested]

I can research further not sure how much is out there

[@chloehart8904]

WOAH!!!! Long time no see!! XD

[@unrested]

Hiiiiii

[@turnerwright]

I'm pretty sure Debito was American.

[@unrested]

Perhaps I need to do my research proper before making the vid

[@MajorG25]

David Eito? He got divorced & left?! I need to hear more about that

[@maxxrenn]

Smaller portions is a feature not a bug. Give me that over American food any day

[@TheArbiter10]

Ryan Boundless, now there's a blast from the past, lol. KZbin would not stop recommending him to me when I was first interested in moving to Japan, around 2014-2016. There were J-vloggers who focused only on the positive aspects of life in Japan, making it out to be all sunshine and rainbows... and then there was Ryan, who only focused on the negative aspects (and seemed to just be unhappy and an unpleasant person to deal with in general), most of which were likely exacerbated whenever he dealt with them by his terrible attitude. Not sure why his wife would want to divorce him, he seemed like such a catch /s. Saying all that, I can see that negative downward spiral Ryan was on being an easy trap for gaijin to fall into, especially if you're moving to Japan expecting life there to be like your favourite anime or all the glitzy travel vlogs.

[@unrested]

Yeah I mean I’ve seen so many come here and do nothing but focus on the negative aspects of Japan. It’s an easy trap to fall into.

[@BillyViBritannia]

Maybe it's just me but if someone asks to touch my hair or if my eyes are real out of genuine curiosity... I don't think that's rude at all. It would be rude if they touch without asking.

[@unrested]

lol ok so there are times I feel like no big deal but I got asked even as a first day on the job question which was kinda awkward. Wearing colored contacts to a teaching position in Japan would be frowned apon. So I’d always be confused why I’d be questioned about this. Blue eyes and brown eyes wearing blue contacts look REALLY different

[@BillyViBritannia]

@@unrested true, but I suppose if they'd never seen any of those up close they wouldn't know the difference. I understand why it could be kind of offensive if the question implies you're being indecent on your first day at work though.

[@AlexScene]

Has unrested already done a video on TokyoCooney? I loved his videos back in the day and he fell off kind of mysteriously. Gimmeabreakman kind of hinted at him having immigration problems but I don't think he elaborated.

[@unrested]

I have not but he is on the nostalgia list.

[@AlexScene]

@@unrested Nice! TokyoCooney was part of the reason I moved to Japan to be honest.

[@Its-Kat_]

In my 5 years in Japan as a mixed white, who looks white, I've never been stopped to see my residency here thankfully.

[@unrested]

Wow really?! When I taught in inaka areas it happened a lot

[@Its-Kat_]

I was in inaka too but never been stopped. And never since I got back here 5 years ago.

[@Harrydog88able]

Unrested , if you remember him, can you do a vid on Barry Abroad?

[@unrested]

Barry abroad? I can’t say I remember him but I will look it up

[@dongdongvu1]

he wasnt a jvlogger. he just made 1 video that went viral and then he disappeared, ryan boundless might know him.

[@unrested]

Sounds interesting I’ll have to look into it

[@MariaRyoYoshida]

I find any foreigner praising almost everything about Japan rather unnatural. I mean, I’ve been living here in Japan for nearly 50 years as a Japanese national and I’m still struggling to blend into this small suffocating society. Every day I try to keep a smile on my face as if nothing disappointing is happening but deep down I feel crushed so many times, really. Some of the things those so-called dream “crushers” bitterly say about Japan are actually right. They just show you the reality of Japan. In order to be able to accomplish what you aspire to do you need to discern which dream to follow as a genuine dream and which one to actually see as a delusion and thus to crush…😢

[@unrested]

Very interesting take. Would love to hear more sometime

[@ReallyTwistedHumor]

I don't think "Missed" is the word most of us would use lol

[@unrested]

Hahaha come on now

[@ReallyTwistedHumor]

@@unrested I mean let's be real, he gave his honest opinions and experiences but at the same time he's complained about his life across multiple countries and continents....At a certain point the thing that all your problems have in common is you. And he was giving off some serious sexual predator vibes in Africa.

[@TheDigitalPanther]

Ryan's fall was insane. Went to Africa as a sex tourist and started making x rated videos with locals who were financially reliant upon him.

[@unrested]

Whoa I had he had made a porn. I thought that was a singular incident.

[@dongdongvu1]

yup Ryan's a good guy and brave moving to Africa, Japan discriminates against any foreigner except maybe Dave Spector he's highly respected i hear.

[@unrested]

I’m sure even Dave has his stories haha

[@Kitsunetim]

i remember when buying food in japan, I spent around 1300 yen, it was cheap and the food was plentiful. it was cheaper than America. if I bought same amount here, it's about $13 or more.

[@unrested]

Yeah Japan is way cheaper than America now.

[@Kitsunetim]

@@unrested yep. been to osaka and loved it. want to return. i get it that japan is no paradise, it has a lot of flaws and I agree, all countries do. and I also agree that America should eat smaller portions too. when I ate food there, I spent so little and still had food left over to save. i don't eat as much as I used to.

[@unrested]

Yeah that’s something I really noticed returning to America. I eat way less than Americans these days.

[@3DJapan]

I did not realize you're not in Japan now.

[@unrested]

In Japan as of tomorrow

[@3DJapan]

@@unrested yeah I missed the video about you spending summers in the US. I've watched it now.

[@IEgOImkAwx]

The guy has highly depressive outlooks on many parts of life masked as having a strong sense of realism, which is something I've seen mostly long-term depressive people do and I believe it's a primary method of coping. To me, he appears like a man who was permanently wounded mentally by his earlier adult life and has never learned to appropriately move on and grow past it. His content creation existence today is just an echo chamber of non-sense in my opinion which is unfortunate.

[@mranimesamurai1]

I was kind of hoping you might give him a little more of a hard time or tease him a bit, at least for entertainment purposes.:p

[@mentalalchemysubliminals]

Unrested- are you not based in Japan anymore?

[@unrested]

America and Japan. Literally on flight back to Nikon today

[@Gimmeabreakman]

Opinion is not truth. People conflate them these days though.

[@unrested]

Haha I will say Ryan’s videos were based highly in the realm of subjectivity

[@Felice_Enellen]

I would have had more respect for Ryan's honesty if it didn't seem to be exclusively out of anger and spite after his Japanese wife divorced him. Where was his honesty when he was married?

[@unrested]

Perhaps he was a different man at that time

[@IEgOImkAwx]

Spot on.

[@allaboutjapan237]

I don't know why he gets hate for living in africa, he is doing what he wants to do and not bothering anybody. And yah, his dream crusher videos are the real deal and belong in an archived bunker lol

[@unrested]

Yeah I have looked into his Africa videos deep enough to understand the hate

[@toddboothbee1361]

Try teaching as a university adjunct. I made more money mopping floors part time.

[@unrested]

Oh yeah been offered those jobs in art. The hours were far too little

[@chasemathis2016]

Who askes if your eyes are real? What a stupid question that is.

[@unrested]

They were asking if I was wearing colored contacts is what I think they meant, but yeah my eyes are blue. Blue contacts on brown eyes doesn’t even slightly look real but maybe they honestly didn’t know

[@asilusx24]

Mmm, yea its not a 1st world country. If you need to work 12 hours and basically spend your life at work only to appear as you are doing well and the country is doing well, the country isnt doing well and you aren't either. You devote most of your life just to make it seem like things are goin good, devoting all that time and energy to create an illusion that things are good and the system there works... Mmm, thats why the Japanese currency fell to half of the American after the pandemic, they couldn't keep going to work to keep up that illusion in order to maintain the delusion. Ehh, if you dont know that it offends, its not really being racist. When I was a kid just started working, I asked a African American guy I worked with why his hair was greasy. He became enraged and I had no idea why and became confused. I myself am not and I didnt expect that to be offensive, it was something different and I wanted to know why. I couldnt imagine how it would become like that, so I asked. Turns out thats a racist thing to ask, I didnt know it at the time, I do now, but the point is some things you end up having to do before you find out its racist and offensive and not do em anymore. I imagine the Japanese are pretty much the same in alot of cases. They dont teach what is offensive to ask another race anywhere, so you gotta guess.

[@kludge11]

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[@23Lgirl]

You sound American most countries are like Japan and not American. For example an African will never be European. Multicultural culture is an very American thing.