I like Geoguessr and watch Japanese YouTube, and I have NEVER seen a Japanese person play any map but the Japan-only one, including any of these Vtubers. The vast majority of Japanese people literally think of the world outside of Japan as simply "not-Japan", and almost never refer to countries or people by name. I have been asked about what "海外" (overseas) is like, but about a country that is literally thousands of miles from me, way too many times.
Those anime girls you watch think they're all the same, so shut up, YouTube commenters.
Japanese Vtubers usually just go WOW AMERICA, HAMBURGER SUGOI when prompted about America which delights American weebs. An European being just generally unimpressed with the States probably really gets under their skin by comparison.
I have to say, it is genuinely impressive how clueless Japanese people can be about the rest of the world. I thought Americans and Brits were blinkered but I am just floored and dumbfounded by the sheer ignorance I see in Japanese videos, comments, etc
i mean, for reference I just saw this incredible post full of Americans claiming they didn't know there were other countries until they were 10. The competition for imperial obliviousness is really stiff.
I've had more than one Japanese person react with shock when I've told them KFC isn't from Japan. McDonald's and seven-eleven too. One person I met asked if foreigners celebrate Christmas.
As I have said multiple times on this forum, Japan is the only country I know of where the average citizen is more self referential and up their own ass than the U.S. The only reason anime is at all interesting is because of it's strict unyielding adherence to Japanese cultural tropes and references, the more obscure and odd the better. It is one of the few entertainment markets that is heavily marketed to the U.S. but with the U.S. as an afterthought.
Truely baffling how it has gained so much cultural clout rather than say, Telemundo.
I like Geoguessr and watch Japanese YouTube, and I have NEVER seen a Japanese person play any map but the Japan-only one, including any of these Vtubers. The vast majority of Japanese people literally think of the world outside of Japan as simply "not-Japan", and almost never refer to countries or people by name. I have been asked about what "海外" (overseas) is like, but about a country that is literally thousands of miles from me, way too many times.
Those anime girls you watch think they're all the same, so shut up, YouTube commenters.
Japanese Vtubers usually just go WOW AMERICA, HAMBURGER SUGOI when prompted about America which delights American weebs. An European being just generally unimpressed with the States probably really gets under their skin by comparison.
I have to say, it is genuinely impressive how clueless Japanese people can be about the rest of the world. I thought Americans and Brits were blinkered but I am just floored and dumbfounded by the sheer ignorance I see in Japanese videos, comments, etc
i mean, for reference I just saw this incredible post full of Americans claiming they didn't know there were other countries until they were 10. The competition for imperial obliviousness is really stiff.
I've had more than one Japanese person react with shock when I've told them KFC isn't from Japan. McDonald's and seven-eleven too. One person I met asked if foreigners celebrate Christmas.
As I have said multiple times on this forum, Japan is the only country I know of where the average citizen is more self referential and up their own ass than the U.S. The only reason anime is at all interesting is because of it's strict unyielding adherence to Japanese cultural tropes and references, the more obscure and odd the better. It is one of the few entertainment markets that is heavily marketed to the U.S. but with the U.S. as an afterthought.
Truely baffling how it has gained so much cultural clout rather than say, Telemundo.