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20610179 No.20610179 [Reply] [Original]

I'm getting blackpilled about Japanese culture. I took 2 classes on the language and read/watch stuff in the language pretty often but I'm really falling out of love.

For people this has happened to before, what sort of things have grabbed your attention back so that you renewed your interest overall?

>> No.20610265
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>> No.20610353

I dislike their country and rigid culture, I just like otaku media. So can't help you there.

>> No.20610407

>>20610179
I'm the opposite. The more I learn and discover about actual Japan life the less interested I am in doing anything beyond tourism to otaku destinations. And even then, some areas of the whole otaku industry bother me.

>> No.20610414

How long did it take you to become good at English?

Now sit down, then realistically reflect on how long you'd take to achieve a similar level of proficiency in Japanese.

>> No.20610465

Realizing how much doujin content (and manga) there is that never gets scanned nor translated made me interesting in the language, but eventually the language itself and other aspects of Japan became the motivating factor for me.

I was always aware that I'd stop studying the language if I lost interest in doujin and manga content the country produces, so I wanted to find other reasons to keep studying it in case of losing interest in those few subjects. Thankfully the language itself is very fun and beautiful despite its difficulty that it keeps me going by itself. Getting good filler for CV and being able to talk with locals and bragging rights about having learned a language like Japan by studying it alone also impresses other people, since they don't know what level of Japanese actually is impressive.

>> No.20610475

>>20610179
>blackpilled

>> No.20610510

>For people this has happened to before, what sort of things have grabbed your attention back so that you renewed your interest overall?
Not being a pussy-ass faggots who think all the bad outweights the good and just focus on the things I like of it just like I'd do with any other culture.

>> No.20610567

>>20610179
i became a sinophile instead
japan just ripped off everything from them anyway
hail mao

>> No.20610644

>>20610567

How is Mandarin Chinese compared to Japanese

>> No.20610749

Why is losing interest in a hobby necessarily a bad thing?

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>>20610179
>blackpilled

>> No.20610779

I hate nips
their so ugly

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ｄｅｌ

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I'm learning japanese so one day I will walk by a japanese high school after classes end and I will walk into a japanese beauty comparable to Komi. I wouldn't communicate with her at all, but look at her beauty for about a second or less before I go back home to my home country. Wish me luck in finding a japanese beauty comparable to Komi!

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Live free or die, nip-nops.

>> No.20611345

>getting blackpilled
What did OP mean by this? Is he turning into a black pill?

>> No.20611366

>>20611345
It's a way to refer to nihilism.

>> No.20611526

>>20610644
spoken is much harder
reading / writing is weird because of minimal grammar but wouldn't say it's harder than kanji

>> No.20611540

>>20611526

I've never tried to learn Chinese but the tonal pronunciation and everything written being absolute kanji hell make it sound significantly harder than Japanese

>> No.20611738

>>20610179
good post OP

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>>20610353
Are you me? wanna marry me? i'm single and i have a business.

>> No.20612100

>>20610567
I would love china if it wasn't for their commie period where they purged all good culture and genes

>> No.20613334

>>20612043
Your Amway brokerage isn't a "business"
>>20612100
Most of traditional Chinese culture was pure moralfag autism.

>> No.20616436 [DELETED] 

https://discord.gg/DQArwZ

>> No.20616454

>>20613334
>moralfag autism

Read more Taoists

>> No.20616484

>>20616454
Taoism was for people buttblasted that they couldn't get to be the government

>> No.20616501

>>20616484
So was Confucianism. Read the essay on the life of Confucius by Simon Leys.

>> No.20616506

>>20616484
>what is the Huainanzi

>> No.20616827

>>20610179
visit japan and youll be further pilled

>if youre a foreigner youll always been seen as a token-something and never be a """true""" japanese by a MAJORITY of people
>respect is vertical, not earned
>not everyone is obsessed with anime
>anime is getting shittier
>japanese school girls literally look like kids despite being senior ( you can almost say the same for college students )
>that standard of living
>ramen isnt that good ( compared to commiefornia )

and i mean,>>20610414 is right - youre an adult, youre going to cram what takes years for a baby/kid to learn into a few semesters because youre fully developed

>> No.20616873

>>20610567
Neo-China arrives from the future.

>> No.20616885

>>20610407
Does sound like the opposite.

>> No.20617014

That's nice OP, but this is not the board to discuss Japanese culture; that'd be /int/

>> No.20617021

>>20616501
Confucianism existed for like three hours before the warlords who ran the government(s) at the time looked at it and said "we need this but let's cut out all of the bits where the rulers have concrete responsibilities" and invented neoconfucianism where you got government jobs by memorizing massive scrolls and then repainting them from memory inside a straw hut

>> No.20617029

>>20617021
I'll still read that text but I'm the correct individual in this conversation

>> No.20617118

I don't know guys, I've been living here for years and I always have a blast.

>> No.20617449

>>20617118
Do you work in a japanese company

>> No.20617802

>>20616827
>>if youre a foreigner youll always been seen as a token-something and never be a """true""" japanese by a MAJORITY of people

Isn't that a given? What are you even complaining about?

>> No.20617832

>>20611263
imagine having the sex with her

>> No.20621242

>>20610179
>blackpilled

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>>20617832
someone else would be having sex with her and all i wish is that he loves her too

>> No.20622453

>>20616827
>if youre a foreigner youll always been seen as a token-something and never be a """true""" X by a MAJORITY of people
Welcome to pretty much everywhere that's not Burgerstan

>> No.20625352

>>20617449

Yeah, but they're pretty chill. I rarely do overtime and the pay is more than enough. But maybe it's because I live in the Kansai region? My impression is that things in the Kanto region are more strict in general.

>> No.20625373

>>20610179
nigger im stucked, already 2 years in jap classes and i want to quit so badly, its soo much work for nothing in reward, i will never get a jap gf nor go to japan i would only be able to play vn and some vidya thats literally it, i just like jav now nothing else

>> No.20626339

You EOPs are hilarious.

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>>20610179
Can't say I share the same feeling, OP. It feels good learning Japanese at a slow pace since I only use it as a tool for my japanese-related hobbies. Whatever new info or trivia about japanese culture I get from my practice is a bonus. This is why you set a goal instead of going full weeb.

>> No.20626394

I'd like to learn Japanese, but I don't think I should. Going down that rabbit hole and getting access to alllll those vns and mangas and porn just sounds like a bad idea.

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>> No.20629015

>>20621295
I can relate with that. There's nothing greater than worshipping Goddesses like Komi-chan. I don't care if it's not me, just seeing her happy and fulfilled is enough.

>> No.20629204

>>20626371
this picture is deep man

>> No.20629666

>>20610179
Maybe you just burned out on it. Try some other hobby for a while then come back to /jp/ when you feel like it.

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i started learning because i got absolutely nothing else to do

i hate games, 98% of all new anime is absolute trash, and i've watched the old ones countless times, and i only masturbate like once a week because porn is boring and im getting older

i do have a job, but its a garbage factory job, it screws with your head, but it pays well i guess

im pretty good at nihongo, but now im starting to think, why bother? i will never go to japan, i hate traveling, i hate leaving my parent's house, no one will hear me speak the language, i will screw up anyway, heck i dont even read anything japanese unless im practicing

i kind of want to quit my job and become a NEET since i dont even use the money on anything but lottery tickets lmao, but dont want to disappoint my parents any further

life is a joke and i want off the ride

>> No.20629838

If I can even learn nihongo what jobs can a baka gaijin get there?

>> No.20629839

>>20629727
consider sending all your money to me

>> No.20629856

>>20629839
sorry pal, before i go i'll definitely go all in on the lottery tickets and use everything i have on it, if i win, cool maybe there's a reason to live now, if i dont, more reason to end it all

>> No.20629947

>>20610407
Rare do I get to see an intelligent comment on this god forsaken board.

>> No.20629960

>>20629856
please consider sacrificing yourself on a ritual circle to yukarin when you're ready

>> No.20630664

>>20610179
If you're really into this stuff, there's no escape even if you wanted one. Spend time on something else that interests you and you'll most likely naturally drift back towards otaku media after a while, without the need to force yourself. Otherwise, stop wasting your time trying to keep your interest alive when you're not that into it.

There's no need to take Japanese culture as a full package either. You're just learning the language, not learning to become a Japanese.

>> No.20633268

>>20629838
konbini cashier

>> No.20636927

>>20616827
>ramen isnt that good ( compared to commiefornia )

this is true. every god damn ramen I ate during my trip to japan few days ago was bitter and awful compared to a recipe I learned on a random website...

>> No.20637398

Sour Grapes - The thread.

>> No.20637595

>>20610353
I feel the same, considering how otaku culture is a sort of counterculture it's not that strange

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