/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>33116860
>autistic, stupid AND unrealistic?
This is true, but I kinda feel for you.

I've studied abroad at a university in Japan and worked, albeit briefly, doing white-collar work in Japan. It sounds so fucking appealing until you realize the reality of it.

Japan is a phenomenal fucking place to visit. Amazing food, cool people, weird culture, blah blah. When you live there, it becomes a different entity entirely. Small things (e.g., having athletic hobbies outside of work, stocking up on groceries so you don't have to go shopping every time you cook, etc.) become a huge fucking hassle, especially in Tokyo. You can be reasonably good at the language, but the combination of your looks and your lack of perfect N1 skills will always be a sort of roadblock. Dating and fucking every manko that moves is fun for two seconds until you begin to realize it's all a house of cards and you're constantly at risk of some girl trying to spermjack you for a halfu baby. You begin to wierdly miss more permissive aspects of Western culture, like having the ability to leave work at a reasonable hour.

The JET program is unfortunate. As someone from the outside looking in, all the people in that gig really do seem miserable, thanks in no small part to the mindless job and the low pay. I had a shitton of money when I was in Japan which afforded me the ability to do little stress-reducing things (e.g., weekend trips, fancy restaurants, etc) that they unquestionably couldn't afford. Those people seemed like they were constantly being hit in the face with the realization that they were at the bottom rungs of society in a lot of ways. A lot of my buddies from the Japanese university are now back in the US and, contrary to what you might think, seem genuinely happier with their lives.

Here's what I recommend you do instead: get a nice job in your home country, save up money, and go to Asia as much as you want with that saved-up money. Pre-COVID, I'd go every year at least twice. If you can telework, it becomes inconsequential - get some cheapass crash pad in Thailand for a bit, bop over to a cheap hotel in Taiwan, stay in Tokyo/Seoul for as long as your money reasonably lasts you, then bop back home full of stories and food.