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36148899 No.36148899 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /jp/ old fags, old fag here.

I'm curious how your life went. It's been over 10 years now. Did you remain a NEET? Did you ever travel to Japan? Did you grow out of your /jp/ phase and stooped visiting? Did you learn Japanese? Did you give up? Did you an hero?

Tell me about your lives.

>> No.36149231

I an heroed.

>> No.36149241
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>>36149231

>> No.36149248

Yes, No, No, Yes, Yes, No

I'm on autismbux which is nowhere near enough to ever go to Japan and I'm losing interest in what I learned Japanese to consume so I'm forgetting a lot. My only hope is to improve at drawing and maybe get some furry porn comissions coming my way.

>> No.36149252

>>36149231
RIP anon, he was a really shitty poster.

>> No.36149310

>>36149231
I'm glad to know that as a soon to be spirit with strong regrets that I too will be able to browse /jp/ from beyond the grave.

>> No.36149330

>>36149231
So like do we get to internet in heaven/hell and did you isekai or what happened?

>> No.36149478

Sup.
I remembered the buyfag thread from 2011 and bought my first daki using that guide in 2012.
I was in high school then. A pretty dark time.
I'm not a NEET, but I still spend the majority of my free time in front of the computer with minimum human interaction.
Stopped watching new anime somewhere in 2014~2015. Now I just go back to the trusted series like Psycho-Pass or Death Parade whenever I feel like introducing someone to anime.
Still follow like a dozen manga series.
Nope, haven't made enough money to go to Japan.
Yes, I stopped visiting a long time ago.
Managed to learn a bit but now I have to focus on career-related certs.
A bit lonely depressed here and there but not too bad all in all.

Besides anyone remember a link to look up high-res image from multiple sources like zerochan, etc.?

>> No.36149495

>>36149478
>anyone remember a link to look up high-res image from multiple sources like zerochan, etc.?
you mean saucenao?

>> No.36149534

I miss the xbox kid meme.

>> No.36153212

I just go to work, socialize a bit here and there because of obligations, then go home like your average joe. Already stopped following anime and visiting image boards a long time ago though I still regularly read manga and practicing various anime songs I found interesting on guitar or bass just out of habit

Got my start in otaku hobby from playing various Japanese PS2 games and Ragnarok Online and fascinated by how pretty and cute their illustrations are. From there it's all down the rabbit hole like reading manga from Onemanga and Mangafox, following Bakatsuki regularly (when the only titles they have are early Baka to Test and Haruhi), and discussing anime and manga in online forums like animea. Nowadays I don't consider otaku things as a hobby honestly, it's just a thing I do out of habit and old habits do die hard

>> No.36153544

>>36153212
Anon you have been hacked! You stopped visiting image boards but this appeared on 4chan while you were posting on your social media!

Buy a dog!!!!!

>> No.36155323
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36155323

Was here around 2008, but back then I was considered a newfag
>Did you remain a NEET?
I wasn't back then but now I am
>Did you ever travel to Japan?
No
>Did you grow out of your /jp/ phase and stooped visiting?
Mostly left but I come back when I feel like there might be something interesting. These days it's 07th expansion threads whenever I watch the new higurashi. Also left most other boards but will also come back to them from time to time
>Did you learn Japanese?
Nah. I've played several games in jp and even do translations for small stuff but I still feel like I don't know much, plus I can't talk/compose for shit.
>Did you give up? Did you an hero?
I wish. Life's mostly good but to say it's worth it would be a stretch.

>> No.36155816

>>36155323
this website is for 18+, you 13 year old faggot

>> No.36156149

>>36155323
Stop LARPing, kid

>> No.36156243

was a depressed neet, was a depressed student, became a depressed wagey, went back to being a depressed NEET.

This world sucks dick. Trucksekai me into Gensokyo already ffs

>> No.36156937

It's been pretty great. I've been a NEET the past decade, never been to Japan because I have no desire to go, and I visit /jp/ occasionally but janny killed all the fun years ago so it's mostly trash. I know Japanese well enough to consume everything I want, so that's pretty nice too.

>> No.36156990

It's kind of, meh. Never went to Japan, never quite grew out of /jp/, just lurked more. I did try to learn Japanese in earnest but I gave up after a while. But whatever I did learn I used to translate 7 games in a single series (it was actually pretty neat when the actual dev showed up on /jp/ and two of the games got English releases). Now I mostly horde and play PC games.

>> No.36157242

>>36155323
Image checks out

>> No.36158166

>>36156149
Don't even know which part feels larpish for such a normal answer. If it's the translations I don't mean paid work, I mean shitty song subtitles on youtube which is about as much as I can do.

>> No.36158201

>>36158166
I think he just mistakenly considered you a child because of your shit taste.

>> No.36158662
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I started coming here when I was 13. I've been out of HS for 4 years, working as a line cook in a Japanese restaurant, saving money to go to university in Japan but Corona fucked me over. Now I'm back in school for Engineering. If things go as planned I should be in Tokyo somewhere 3 to 4 years down the line. I stopped visiting imageboards in general as much as I used to back in HS but I like to pop in once every few days.
I'm actually getting back into anime and manga after having stopped back in 2015. Lots of kewl shit I have missed.
I have learned Japanese and most of the media I consume these days is in Japanese, especially books.

Life is good.

>> No.36159405

Since you're talking about old times, it seems Youtube deleted the original video with subtitles of this song. Does anyone have the original video? The one with no animation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCSM4W8vk3Q

>> No.36159529

No
Yes, in fact I live here (not as an English teacher)
Not really, but I think that /jp/ elitism is stupid, because having a profound interest in Japanese anime culture does not make you superior to other people.
A bit
No, a human is someone who must overcome
No

To be honest, Japan is way too romanticized by foreigners. Of course it is like my animes in most aspects, but they are mundane once you get used to it.

>> No.36162530

>>36148899
I am a productive member of society. Earn well from the comfort of my own house with no need to place a foot outside my home for days, if not weeks.

At the pace it is going, I think I can retire in 10 years.

>> No.36162996

Yup, still a NEET.
Never really expected to travel to japan, too expensive.
yeah, mostly just come back here every now and then to check on the denpa threads.
Never got anywhere learning Japanese until a couple of years ago and now I'm actually making some progress.
Came close a time or two but once I realised all the drugs weren't helping, cleaned myself up and found less wasteful ways to spend my time I've gotten pretty content with my life even if the world outside just seems to be getting more and more depressing as time goes on.

>> No.36163090
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Still a NEET, I get autismbux from Rheumatism and I take it easy. I've been to Japan multiple times and I want to do the Shikoku pilgrimage next time the borders are open, I want to see all the beautiful scenery one day while I'm still young and while my body hasn't faltered to this disease yet.

I learned a bit of Japanese but I don't bother much, I just spend my time learning to draw and paint.

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>>36163090
you're praying for alleviation of your illness, right?

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Japan is more and more dystopian by the day everytime I read about it's politics. I gave up on that otaku lifestyle long ago because it just made me depressed and locked in my own bubble. Right now I'm working part-time as a cashier at my local grocery store to build proper social skills that I missed out from all these years. And recently a life long friend came out to me and now we're dating. Life is good so far..

>> No.36168588

I wouldn't have my NEET period if it wasn't for jp desu, currently just your average wageslave. Miss the early shitposts era and frankly only came back because of the new higu.

>> No.36169781

I graduated around 2012 and got a job working from home. When the pandemic hit I was hardly bothered, I haven't left a 15 mile radius of my house in a decade anyway and if it weren't for my brothers checking on me now and again I have almost no human contact outside of work.

>> No.36171106

>>36148899
Nowhere, still the same NEET life as always.
Although I managed to get some money translating and subbing some old movies thanks to my imouto, and that was enough to buy a new computer, around 2 years ago. I've never been happier.

>> No.36173006

>>36155323
faggot

>> No.36173300

Going to uni and working combined with lack of social life killed all my desire to consume media, not limited to things otaku. I'd like to go back someday.

>> No.36177574
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> Did you remain a NEET?
I was never a NEET, even I wish I were one. I have various weird diseases which are more than enough to make work or life in general painful but not enough to receice any kind of neetbux, so I just have to endure it.
A lot has changed in the last 10 years but at the same time things are still the same, I was in school back then, then got a job almost by accident which thankfully I can endure. Also the pandemic was a godsend and now I can partially work from home. If Kaguya is the icon of NEETs, Yamame should be the one of those working from the comfort of their home.

> Did you ever travel to Japan?
When I don't have to go to work I don't even leave the house, so how could I?

> Did you grow out of your /jp/ phase and stooped visiting?
No. /js/ has changed a lot but so did the rest of the Internet.
This board is one of the last places on the Internet that still retains some of that warm feeling of being among other people like you, sharing the same interests and enduring the same kind of lives.

> Did you learn Japanese?
I need to be way more serious about my learning but I made some good progress over the last few months. I feel like it'd be a waste to stop now after all the time and effort put into it.

> Did you give up?
I only think about giving up 50% of the time.

> Did you an hero?
The above number needs to reach 100% before I'm doing that.

>> No.36177680

>>36159405
I have the video but not the subtitles sadly.
Dumb younger me didn't thought I'd need it one day.

https://mega.nz/file/7p50xaoY#8eZXt-pRPeSevdY8LW-XtLpJ6V0bwm6VTHPy7W_8s30

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36177824

FBI here. Thanks for the info guys, I can now attach your posts to your IPs and do a correlation for someone we’re trying to find.

Peace out.

>> No.36178673

>>36177824
Ok, it seems that you tried to make a joke, but you forgot to write the funny part.

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I got over neeting, gradually playing more Japanese games
/jp/ is shit

>> No.36178969

>>36178673
Ok, it seems you tried to be a woman, but forgot the dilation part.

>> No.36179183

Ignore that retarded troll, though I shed a tear for the poor little guy, so attention starved he wastes his time posting like this, but he'll only learn if we wean him off his precious (You)s.

>> No.36179592
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Gomenasai, my name is Ken-Sama.

I'm a 27 year old American Otaku (Anime fan for you gaijins). I draw Anime and Manga on my tablet, and spend my days perfecting my art and playing superior Japanese games. (Disgaea, Final Fantasy, Persona series)

I train with my Katana every day, this superior weapon can cut clean through steel because it is folded over a thousand times, and is vastly superior to any other weapon on earth. I earned my sword license two years ago, and I have been getting better every day.

I speak Japanese fluently, both Kanji and the Osaka dialect, and I write fluently as well. I know everything about Japanese history and their bushido code, which I follow 100%

When I get my Japanese visa, I am moving to Tokyo to attend a prestigious High School to learn more about their magnificent culture. I hope I can become an animator for Studio Ghibli or a game designer!

I own several kimonos, which I wear around town. I want to get used to wearing them before I move to Japan, so I can fit in easier. I bow to my elders and seniors and speak Japanese as often as I can, but rarely does anyone manage to respond.


Wish me luck in Japan!

>> No.36179709

>>36178969
>dilation
You don't belong here

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>>36177824
Shitty twitter-tier meme

>> No.36180029

>>36148899
No, yes, I tried but I failed, yes, yes, no.

My real life will start soon.

>> No.36180148

>>36148899
I found /jp/ in 2010 when I was in college. Then did some time as a NEET in 2012. Now I have a job and enough money to afford travel, but I kept delaying a trip to Japan. What would I do as a solo foreign traveler who doesn't even speak Japanese? I felt like I would need to meet up with someone there. So I did some international travel to Thailand twice because there was someone to meet there who could guide and translate, but Japan was still on my mind. Then the pandemic happened and Japan is still locking down. I don't feel hopeful for the future.

I still love Touhou characters and music but I'm more of a secondary now. I only ever cleared a game once and it was on normal with continues. Nowadays I spend a lot more time with vtubers.

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>>36180148
>Nowadays I spend a lot more time with vtubers.

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>>36179592
The only good post here, glad there’s still olfags and non autistic manchilds here.
Have a good one.

>> No.36180237

>>36180224
Fuck off, phoneposter!

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>>36180148
>I'm more of a secondary now
>I spend a lot more time with vtubers

>> No.36180884

>>36148899
>Did you remain a NEET?
Never was.
>Did you ever travel to Japan?
Once in 2019 with a few imageboard friends, went to comiket and such.
>Did you grow out of your /jp/ phase and stooped visiting?
I grew out of any interest in staying in /jp/ long before, though traveling is a different story.
>Did you learn Japanese?
Some, I can read doujin and be understand in basic Japanese if need be.
>Did you give up? Did you an hero?
Currently in a downward slump right now, but definitely could be worse.

>> No.36181281

>>36148899
I havent been here in years.
i Have been working. i have no understanding of this place anymore.
keep up the good work.

>> No.36182115

>>36148899
I'm not at the 10-year mark since I got into /jp/ around 2012 so close but, no cigar. But, still felt like I should answer.

>Did you remain a NEET?
No, I had to work to survive and support my hobby. So, no I' definitely no longer a NEET.

> Did you ever travel to Japan?
Was planning on around this year ironically, but with covid, it never got off the ground. Still planning to if things open up.

>Did you grow out of your /jp/ phase and stooped visiting?
I confess I'm barely on 4chan in general. Too busy and less interested

>Did you learn Japanese?
I learned enough to read some untranslated eroge and eromanga but nothing too deep. Still learning to be honest, though I slowed down I still have the desire to study and learn.

>Did you give up?
No, I'm still here and it hasn't been easy hanging on. But, Im still trying.

>> No.36182480

https://youtu.be/2Q88TXWEc80

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