/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

How many of you who can speak Japanese visit japanese image-/textboards?
How different are they from ours and how do they react to gaijins?

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They mostly don't care. Swap nationalities and boards and you'll understand how no one really cares much about it.

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>>9144749
I don't know Japanese enough to talk to people but I looked around in 2chan and it's a LOT slower than 4chan.

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>>9144954
>2chan

Don't make me go full autism on your ass.

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>>9144967
Fine, Futaba Channel ?

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^

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>>9144766
How about in 2ch's Japanese Pride board?

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Going on a Japanese board and saying "btw I'm a gaijin" seems to me like the exact same thing as coming to 4chan and saying "btw I'm a girl"; that is, it seems like a shameless attention whore move. Therefore, I don't do it often, and thankfully I speak Japanese well enough that people assume I'm Japanese unless I state otherwise.

There's this one well known poster on Futaba's img who's from like Austria I think, everyone knows him as "Austria". He's like the one well known white namefag on img. I'm white too, and I post there a fair bit, but I don't usually say anything about being white. I also happen to live in Japan, and I go to Futaba meetups a lot because I like offline meetups in general. Inevitably, when people who I haven't met before show up, they always say "oh shit, are you Austria?" And I have to explain that no, I'm not him, I'm just a random white guy who happens to post on the board. It's kind of like if you went to a /jp/ meetup, and there was a black guy there, you'd probably ask if he was Arc, right?

Anyway, most Japanese message board users, Futaba, 2ch, or otherwise, don't really care what race you are. Everyone makes fun of coreans and chinks online, but it's the same as /b/tards talking about bix noods; nobody is really hardcore right wing or racist. And since it's the internet, there's no way to know that another poster isn't Japanese anyway unless you meet irl. So yeah it pretty much doesn't matter.

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>>9145485
Do they have a lot of offline meetings ? I can't imagine 4chan offline meeting would be any good.

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>>9145493
There are 2ch meetups everyday, 24 hours a day. If you live in Tokyo, you can pretty much go out anytime and meetup with other Anons from 2ch. It's a mixed bag, sometimes really fun, sometimes really lame, and sometimes irritating because everyone is trying to hookup with the one or two girls who happen to show up.

Futaba offline meetups on the otherhand aren't that common, but they are really high quality when they do happen. There is a Futaba doujin convention once a year, around which there are usually a number of fun meetups. I admit this sounds kind of like a stereotypical misogynist /jp/ thing to say, but one of the best things about these meetups is that there are no girls there, and thus nobody is trying to hookup.

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>>9145514
How hard is it to get yourself in a state being able to live and work(?) in Tokyo?
Are you JET?

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>>9145514
That sounds interesting, I bet you can find yourself a Monster Hunter partner without any problems.

And the no girls part sounds true, I'm not a misogynist either but some things are fun with just guys around.

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>>9145526
I know, like masturbation and stuff.

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>>9145518
I don't know how "hard" it is, because I sort of just randomly did things until I got the job I have now, and it happened to work out.

I started out living over here as a student in a college for study abroad folks, then quit school and was a neet for a year or so. When my visa was going to run out, I entered another normal Japanese school (senmon gakkou) since my Japanese was pretty fluent by that point. After graduating from there I was a neet again for a while, and in debt from all the education fees. After that I again started working a job to update my visa, but quit again and became a neet for quite a long time. Then when things were really looking bad for me I found my current job which I'm fairly satisfied with.

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>>9145680

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>>9145493
That's because the userbase is too divided across too many places.

A 4chan meetup would attract bronies and the kind of faggots who browse /v/ and /b/.

Internet "culture" is dead in the west.

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>>9145841
Japanese people are pretty homogenised to begin with.

Western society is hugely fragmented.

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>>9144749
Who cares what some online faggots think about you and why do you need to advertise yourself?
You're never gonna meet them. You're there to exchange ideas, not get to know each other. If shit gets too stupid, abandon thread.

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how different is /jp/ compared to futaba?

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>>9145992
Blue

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>>9145781
Where are you from?

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>>9145493
lol, imagine a /v/ meetup.

I once saw an image of abunch /v/irgins, and look like they've never been punched in the face before.

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>>9146179
I can't imagine it being any different than previous /b/ meet ups. As in nothing but a bunch of 14 year olds with guy faux masks.

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>>9146193
And awkward silence.

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>>9146179

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>>9145841

Having been to a meetup just last year, I really don't think that's entirely true. There were anons from /fa/, /cgl/, and /a/ but there wasn't anything annoying like that. I was pleasantly surprised and I think we shouldn't give up hope yet.

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>>9146205
I imagine the offline meets the other guy described had their fair share of awkward silence.

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>>9145781
>>9145485

If you still are here I'd love to here more about the futaba offline meetings you've been to.

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>>9146628
Same here.
I'll never attend a meeting but I'm interested to hear about it.

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>>9146572
This looks staged

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>>9146747
>Monster Hunter is more important than sluts
Seems about right to me.

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>>9146572
>>9146755

What a bunch of faggots

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>>9146747
If I'm remembering right it's a group that goes around and does things like that next to groups playing video games and takes pictures. It's meant to be humorous apparently. Fuck if I get it though.

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I see people on /jp/ talking about meetups a lot. Am I the only person who's completely uninterested in making friends and hanging out with people, regardless of what internet subculture they hail from?

It feels like social people are taking over.

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>>9146774
impossibru

No guy will ever miss even the opportunity to give girls the dick

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>>9146755
Hot

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>>9146777
People who are uninterested in meetups don't post in meetup threads. This isn't even a thread for organizing one of those, it's a thread about gatherings by an exotic and faraway people.

The only time we actually have those is when there's an event coming up.

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>>9146777
Same here. I like talking with you guys online, but I can't imagine enjoying being around any of you (and it's probably mutual).

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Meeting people from /jp/ would just remind me of myself. I'd be happier to be on my own forever.

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>>9146572
>>9146755

Is there more pics of this?

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[Anonymous No.]

I remember a Futaba thread where a foreign guy and 2chaners were talking about occult Shinto and whatnot. Foreign guy wrote in english, but they all understood eachother pretty well.

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>>9147077
I could have sworn I had some more...

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>>9150581
This is honestly the saddest thing I've seen all day. Look at his father.

[Anonymous No.]

Who wants to meet up next week in Yakutsk?

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>>9150591
>his
Summer is pretty nice, huh?

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>>9150581
he's a boy?

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>>9150632
>her
Oh you.

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>>9150644
>>9150638
>>9150591

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beckii_Cruel
You guys gotta be kidding with me...

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Why people no learn

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>>9150650
But they don't block foreign IP's now.

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>>9150650
Who are you quoting?

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How many of you would be in Japan for august comiket?
I need someone to go on friday to get stuff for me since I actually have to work on friday
I am thinking of going to Yokohama for the type moon fes as well.

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>>9150654
>jp以外のipアドレスです(not jp)

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>>9150656
\hes not quoting anyone??

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>>9150659
If you are willing to pay a ticket from Europe to Japan I will keep you company free of charge.

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>>9150659
I do it, if I can suck your cock.

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So /jp/,I'm thinking of moving to Japan, especially considering my Japanese is very fluent from all that vidya, eroge, 2ch browsing, etc., so I'm thinking of applying for a Japanese university. The one thing that makes me reluctant to pursue this is the fact that I'm half black, and basically look like a black person except my skin color is a dark tan rather than brown. So my question is, in addition to being a gaijin, would I have it significantly harder than a white gaijin, or are all Americans the the same to them?

Being raised by 4chan and all, my insecurity about the fact that I'm half black is probably the biggest reason I'm a hikikomori, and I often find myself harboring feelings of resentment toward my white father for breeding with a black woman. It doesn't help that I honestly do see the average nigger as subhuman, considering the average IQ of an African-American is what, 80? And it shows. It makes me sick knowing that I will forever be associated with that group of people.

/my blog

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>>9150711
I can't give you a clear question but I'd like to say that the guy who appears in most Japanese commercials is black and from an interview with him it seems like people were pretty nice to him.

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>>9150718
I meant a clear answer.

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>>9150649

Wow, I am jelly.

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>>9150711
The nips love black cock.
I dont see what is the problem.

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>>9150711
Even most Europeans would view you as a lesser person for being black so I don't see how it would be any different in Japan. Of course no one's going to say anything to your face but you'll have to deal with the fact that you stand out like a christmas tree in the summer.

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>>9150581
dat disgusting nose

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>>9150711
I don't know if you have heard of Khatzumoto and Ajatt.com. He's black and I think he works and lives in Japan without much problem.

Anyways you'll probably get more respect and attention then a white person but people may only talk to you because of that and I think that can be a lonely way of living. Hate crimes and violence is rare but you may get mistreated by cops (Like all gaijins in Japan).

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You niggers don't remember Gaijin Smash?

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>>9150773
He can use his color as a way to make friends.

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>>9150649
>Born in 1995.
>People born in 1995 will turn 18 next year.

What in the actual fuck?

On a side note, who thinks we will see her doing gravure soon, like that applemilk slut?

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>>9145485, >>9145514, >>9145781 here.

>>9146064
America originally. I've been over here for about 7 years now though.

>>9146628
Futaba meetups are a lot of fun like I said, but they are not that common. Often times the Futaba meetups I go to are very large scale and are planned around the Futaba Gakuensai doujin event. Futaba users tend to be very knowledgeable about pretty much all kinds of otaku and internet culture, much more so than 2ch users or other otaku. They are also extremely perverted. So just drinking and talking is very fun. But Futaba meetups are rare, and usually just an extension of img. the real "meetup culture" is on 2ch.

2ch meetups are sometimes fun, and sometimes shitty. Often a bunch of uninteresting "normal" people show up, or a girl or 2 comes, and then everyone is just competing for the girl's attention. There's lots of different continuing 2ch meetup threads with different themes, and meetups happening literally everyday, all over the place. (I could go walk to one right now if I wanted.) The quality of the meetup and the type of people who show up depend a lot on the climate of the thread. But despite them being shitty I still go to a ton of them.

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One thing I think a lot of /jp/ers misunderstand is that meetups aren't for making friends. That's the main reason I like them in fact; they allow for real life interaction with other like minded people, without and of the bullshit that comes with having friends. When I'm done with a meetup, I go home and never contact the people again. It's not because I didn't like them, it's just because I prefer not having to "keep in touch" with people. Sometimes I'll meet the same person again, and we'll be like "oh yeah, we've met before." But with 2ch at least, it's almost always new people because the turnover rate is so high. In fact, I'm usually considered a really "oldfag" when I mention that I've been going to 2ch meetups for about 5 or 6 years or so.

In that way, 2ch meetups are really the closest thing to Anonymous posting that you can get in real life, which is why I'm so addicted to them I think. Often times there will be obnoxious people there, and a lot of times someone will get blasted in the thread afterwards. But people brush it off, because really it's about the same as having an Anon call you a faggot online. A lot of people at 2ch meetups talk about how they want real friends and a real social life, not the artificial friends offered from meetups. But personally, I much prefer the meetups. A lot of times I can talk about things that I'm not sure I'd be comfortable talking about with someone who wasn't a random Anonymous 2channler. I don't consider myself a social person, and I consider myself pretty shy, but for some reason when it's a meetup, I can talk to people the same way as if I was posting online.

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Another thing I wanted to touch on that always confuses me when discussions about living in Japan come up is the idea that Japanese people are racist against white people and that living in Japan is somehow hard, like in the same way it might be hard for a black person living before the civil rights movement. There's really no discrimination like that. I've never gotten any negative comments about being white at meetups, or online afterwards, and trust me, people don't hold back on 2ch, if they have something to say they let it out. 2channelrs are surprised to see a white guy often, but most people get over the novelty within a couple minutes. About the worst thing that can happen is I'll be trying to talk about anime or whatever with one guy, and another jackass will keep asking questions about America, or asking how to say XYZ in English, and so on, and it gets old. But that's not racism, just general asshattery. And sometimes it's actually nice because it provides a conversation starter, or something to fill awkward silences. In fact, now that I think of it, one of the non-Japanese things I end up talking about most is 4chan, and how it's similar/different to Japanese message boards, since a lot of people are interested in that and I like talking about it.

Damn I typed a lot. I need to go to bed soon. Sorry for blog posting.

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tl;dr

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>>9151508
This is interesting.
Aside from those meetups, did you manage to make any friends in Japan ?

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>>9151517
I have a couple really good friends, and a few other people who are kind of connected to one of my good friends, who I don't see that often. Although I did meet all of them on the internet originally we're normal friends now. But like I said I prefer the carefree come and go attitude of offline meetups to having a big social circle "in real life."

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How old do Futaba users tend to be compared to 4chan?

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>>9150654
only on the IPv6 board.

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>>9151555
Futaba users tend to be later 20s and 30s, with a few younger guys in their early 20s. Although, there are a couple older people who show up too.

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So I'm a girl (don't get mad at me its part of the question) and I am very interested in this but as you said before in a room full of men I'd probably get hit on so are there any majority female meet ups?

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>>9151578
Dress up as a guy and come to the futaba meeting.

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>>9151578
Are you a pure shrine maiden?

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>>9151578
you'll get raped

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>>9151508
>There's really no discrimination like that.
Sure thing, bro.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzmgyFQNvvU#t=135s

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>>9151578
There's a fujoshi only thread, and a normal otaku girl thread on 2ch's meetup board. I've obviously never been to those though because I'm a guy.

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>>9151591
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzmgyFQNvvU#t=135s
Aren't there some extremist everywhere ?

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>>9151591
That looks like some kind of crazy right winger march or something? I mean I suppose people like that exist, but I've never run into any before. It's probably about as likely as running into a hardcore KKK member in America.

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>>9151555
>>9151574
are majority of futaba people just older? to be fair there is a grandpa for the last jp meetup though.

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>>9151596
Of course, but >>9151508 implied there's nothing like that in Japan.

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>>9151584
I don't think I would be passable as a guy
>>9151589
I doubt it
>>9151593
When you say "fujoshi" do you mean female otaku or yaoi fangirl?

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>>9151602
This guy ?

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Why was this deleted...?

>>9151602
Futaba's an old board, and it's fairly closed off with a low turnover rate, especially img. So most of the people who come to meetups are old timers who've been on the board since its creation. So I guess that's why they are older.

>>9151605
Hepty derpty, I obviously didn't mean that there are absolutely no crazy people in Japan. I just meant that, in every day life, there's no discrimination like the stuff I always hear talked about on 4chan by people who've never actually lived in Japan.

>>9151607
Fujoshi usually means yaoi fan, but here most fujoshi are more shy and reserved about their hobby, not loud and assertive like the typical image of yaoi fangirls in the west, so I don't know if I'd say "fangirl."