My Japanese business was almost taken over by a cult

[@CubanDre]

Haha. My man said ineffable!!! This was a great great story. Love these. Keep em coming! Feels like chatting with an old friend trading crazy stories.

[@unrested]

I’m happy to hear that. That is exactly the feel I’m going for on my channel

[@boris1387]

Love your funny anecdotes Scott 😆

[@dbw1114]

I feel terrible for your for friend Chris. Japan really, really has a long way to go to understand mental health.

[@unrested]

Yeah it bums me out when I hear stories like that from friends. Japan still has a long road to being open minded to mental health

[@michey1978]

It's true, I've noticed in that in the last 12 years how news articles in Japan talk a lot more about ADHD in way they didn't before. A law was revised back in 2016, one that was enacted in 2005 to include medical conditions like ADHD. And yeah, I've had experiences with cult members approaching me.

[@unrested]

Yeah it’s starting to become something Japan is taking more serious

[@baemheadshot86]

That's so creepy how sects like that can just sneak its way into the lives of ordinary people :O Glad that the situation resolved itself before she was able to create a massive situation, as in trying to win students over to her dubious group! I'm pumped for the walk&talk session :D I hope that somewhere in the background we will hear the family mart jingle. Man i miss that from while i was in Japan. That sound was always followed by something good to eat. Somehow impressive, how they were able to condition me over just 3 weeks xD

[@unrested]

Yeah it was real subtle at first until I asked her about having a degree in psychology. It kinda forced the mask off at that point

[@queerdor]

Great timing for a new video I was bored and hoping for something interesting to watch thank you Scott

[@unrested]

Thanks for watching

[@hikkipedia]

Haha that's crazy. At least she volunteered so you didn't spend too much on her. I stayed with my friend's family the first time I visited Japan when I was 20 years old. I found out when I was there they were members of "SGI" and attended a New Year celebration with them. I found out later it's a cult, luckily though they didn't try to push it on me or talk much to me about it. My friend chanted with them and participated in the religion while she lived at home, but eventually she moved out and disengaged from SGI, though her parents are still members.

[@unrested]

Yeah even Japan has its weird cults.

[@christopher_schwab]

It's just really good to see you back man!

[@unrested]

Thanks

[@jonathansakura]

I was planning to open a manga and videogame themed eikiawa 😅 Good to see this video 😅

[@Unalochy]

What a title to a video! 🤣

[@TylerTicklesTigers]

Thanks for the interesting video Scott. That was quite the story lol. Love seeing all your artwork in the background. Hope you and your family are doing well!

[@unrested]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@JoshIbbotson]

Damn Scott, what a wild ride that was hahah, thanks for sharing this dude

[@unrested]

Thanks for listening

[@tentomdrummer]

Man that was a crazy story!! I kind of feel bad for her in a way. It doesn't seem like she was trying to be malicious, but I feel like she may have had some kind of psychological issue. I wonder if she had ADHD too.

[@unrested]

Yeah I wasn’t even mad. I was so confused by the time she left and how fast everything happen that I was just sorta speechless

[@asilusx24]

Nah she was Japanese and spent time in the US, she had no issues. You have a country youre from who doesn't support mental illness and issues and you have America where all we have is mental issues and we keep everyone on drugs. She is what that crossbreed looks like.

[@asilusx24]

Nah she had no mental issues. She is from a country that doesnt support or believe in many mental illnesses or issues and she spent alot of time in the US, America is nothing but mental issues and illness and everyone is on medication or drugs. She is what the crossbreed looks like. 2 extremes living as 1 person.

[@lottipenta462]

Tried to search the cult but couldn't find it. Could someone who knows tell me which cult it could be?

[@hikosaemon]

In NZ I had a gf who got a job at a sushi place that turned out to be owned/run by the Unification Church. One day the Japanese owners “came out” to her and she never went back…

[@unrested]

She never went back to normal life or back to the sushi shop?

[@Felice_Enellen]

I dunno what pill you were taking there but if it's for AD(H)D then it might be the same one that American students frequently abuse to help themselves focus and study. If she got exposed to that in America and saw kids basically getting addicted to speed when they didn't actually need it for ADHD, I could sort of understand why she might resonate with that group and join them.

[@unrested]

No it was none of these. That version is not prescribed in Japan.

[@jakqatif]

Thank god she did not take anything 😓 Well at least she left in peace 🙏🏻

[@unrested]

Yeah for the most part she just left seeming disappointed my wife and I weren’t more interested in her “psych” help. But otherwise peaceful parting of ways

[@queerdor]

Did you need to get your meds from a doctor in America or did you find a local doctor?

[@unrested]

My doctor was my sister in law so I kinda had a lucky connection. I will say sometimes you do have to run a us rx through a Japanese doctor but it does work for the most part unless it’s something like high level pain meds

[@allaboutjapan237]

I saw one of these guy’s videos like almost 8 years ago. Hasn’t changed a bit. 😅

[@unrested]

You are very right haha I have stuck to a super simple format. Are you happy to see it the same way or were hoping for a change?

[@X0FOI]

have you ever considered doing a video on your religion/spiritual beliefs? Or maybe you have in the past? I’d be interested to know.

[@unrested]

Yeah I could talk more about that. I don’t think I’ve really covered much about it before

[@X0FOI]

@@unrested cool man, looking forward to it.

[@Xxharukapanda]

It's heaven's gate that you were thinking about lol sounds crazy

[@unrested]

Yes!! That’s the one thanks!

[@DioJeanBaptiste]

lol wow, that is super weird for sure

[@unrested]

It was an…experience for sure

[@Melissa0774]

Does your school just teach English to Japanese people, or do you also teach Japanese to Americans who need to learn it? Would you consider doing that?

[@unrested]

Just English. If I were to have Japanese I would have a native speaker teach it. People learning Japanese from me would just end up sounding like kindergartners.

[@Melissa0774]

@@unrested Yeah, I know. I meant you'd have to have a Japanese person do those lessons. It'd' probably take up to much extra space and money, I guess. I've been watching your videos for a long time. From what I can see, it seems to me that the thing that attracts so many Americans to Japan, (maybe not you personally, as much, but I think a lot of other people,) is that it's such an insular country and that fact makes it a nice place. It seems like so many people don't want to learn English because they don't see the need. They're happy the way they are. And they seem to be so conservative and old fashioned. I think that's what attracts a lot of outsiders and makes them think they want to live there. But part of what makes the country that way is the fact that they're not so open to outsiders. So it's weird kind of irony. Like, the fact that they've done so much to avoid foreign influences and keep to themselves, is what makes more foreigners want to move there.

[@eddenoy321]

Sounds like your volunteer was involved with the 'Happy Science or Kofuku no Kagaku' bunch. She was 'volunteering' in order to spread the word .

[@unrested]

Sorry about that forgot to get my settings right

[@Melissa0774]

I wonder where she was getting her money from to live.do you know if that cult pays people or something? How was she financially supporting herself? I could see how someone could do something like this in a country like Japan, but I bet in the U.S, a person wouldn't be able to get a job at a for profit business and decline a paycheck. It wouldn't be legal, and the business could get in a lot of trouble if the department of Labor found out. Now if you wanted to work for a nonprofit organization on the other hand, it would be totally fine. But a regular tax paying business, there's no way they would allow this.

[@eddenoy321]

@@Melissa0774 Japan and most nations have many dodgy religious organizations . For the most part, they bend the rules , and ,..as long as they pose no threat to public security, they let them do as they please.