weeaboos

[Llust]

Think of being an American in Japan, and Japanese people continuously obsessing over you because of your American-ness, asking you to speak in a Southern accent, trying to "talk gangster", how often do you eat McDonalds, etc.

ugh, i really hate when this happens. i paid a visit to vietnam over the summer and that was actually my first time there. my relatives were so fascinated by how 'american' i was bc my viet accent sucked, i couldnt do anything asian properly and its just hard to explain. in general, i was just different. the whole time i was there, i was pretty much just followed around by my cousins forced to say words in english and tell them about the things that go on in north america. it was fun at first but quickly got really annoying. like..when one of my cousins first saw me, he was like 'omg i seriously didnt expect you to be this skinny, i thought all americans are supposed to be fat,' like wtf??

 

[Izzy Reincarnated]

ugh, i really hate when this happens. i paid a visit to vietnam over the summer and that was actually my first time there. my relatives were so fascinated by how 'american' i was bc my viet accent sucked, i couldnt do anything asian properly and its just hard to explain. in general, i was just different. the whole time i was there, i was pretty much just followed around by my cousins forced to say words in english and tell them about the things that go on in north america. it was fun at first but quickly got really annoying. like..when one of my cousins first saw me, he was like 'omg i seriously didnt expect you to be this skinny, i thought all americans are supposed to be fat,' like wtf??

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

THATS HILARIOUS

"THEYRE ALL FAT"

LMAO

 

[crystalmilktea]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

THATS HILARIOUS

"THEYRE ALL FAT"

LMAO

Eeep it's true one of the stereotypes is that Americans are fat...(correct me if I'm wrong but they are relatively bigger compared to people in Asian countries in general)

 

[Izzy Reincarnated]

Eeep it's true one of the stereotypes is that Americans are fat...(correct me if I'm wrong but they are relatively bigger compared to people in Asian countries in general)

It kinda is true, I guess..

I went to Vancouver, Canada recently and it was packed with Chinese people. (To the point where there's simplified Chinese everywhere and it's almost like a 2nd language there) I remember a lot of them were really tall, like around 6 feet tall, but they weren't fat. I guess that just depends on your ethnicity/genetics.

A lot of the people in Vancouver were taller than the people here in Los Angeles haha and people are more fat here

 

[mirukushake]

probably a marvel cosplay with some shirt saying "i love anal"

lol to be serious yes it would be kinda interesting, or see someone japanese give their perspective to western weeaboo-ism. i knew this girl over at gaia somewhat who lived in japan and visual kei and that kinda music weren't as huge as jpop and stuff.

I asked my Japanese boyfriend what he thought about American otaku, since the idea of "weeaboo" doesn't really exist here in Japan. As a disclaimer, he doesn't speak English, has only been to America once for a week, and I am his only American acquaintance but... he thinks guys who watch hentai or ero manga and think it's cool are gross. For girls, he'd be really curious about their background and why they like Japan so much. And for people who say things like they want to become Japanese, he thinks it's interesting and as a Japanese person he would welcome him.

Only one Japanese person's opinion, but there you go! My thoughts as a foreigner in Japan are way different though, haha.

 

[Alienfish]

I asked my Japanese boyfriend what he thought about American otaku, since the idea of "weeaboo" doesn't really exist here in Japan. As a disclaimer, he doesn't speak English, has only been to America once for a week, and I am his only American acquaintance but... he thinks guys who watch hentai or ero manga and think it's cool are gross. For girls, he'd be really curious about their background and why they like Japan so much. And for people who say things like they want to become Japanese, he thinks it's interesting and as a Japanese person he would welcome him.

Only one Japanese person's opinion, but there you go! My thoughts as a foreigner in Japan are way different though, haha.

No that was actually nice and interesting to hear. As for my interest in (older) Japanese movies and music I always had a kinda obscure taste in the area be it Asian or not. I just think they had a nice scene back in the 60s and 70s with both their more traditional enka and later kayo/showa pop scene and their western influences when it comes to folk and psychedelic rock. Also a lot of my favorite authors are from Japan so it does help I guess

I don't really read watch and hentai and related a hell lot either, although if people want to do that I don't care, just don't go spill it everywhere and think it's overly cool. I can see the gross tendencies, especially when they post loli/shota borderline stuff all the time.

I would love to go Japan at one point in my life due to my huge music interest, I might need to learn the language a bit better firs though

 

[Izzy Reincarnated]

I've been to Japan once with my best friend over the summer. It was a few years ago but it was really fun

 

[Soraru]

I once had a friend who I would consider a weeaboo.

She isn't japanese but she implies that she is japanese online. She has a japanese username and planting cute filters and rilakkuma stickers all over her photos and typing in hiragana in whatever phrases she learned in class. She likes anime, kpop, you name it.

I got no problem with that. Its just a username, its just her liking to use japanese phone apps to filter, deco, whatever. Thats cool. But I didn't think it was okay when she lied to people that she is japanese, especially boys who thought she was cute and messaged her thinking she was japanese. And I found it really weird that she kept shoving the country in a godly worshiping pedestal like its the best thing in the planet and she never once traveled to it.

The thing I get annoyed by is when she speaks in her "japanese anime baby girl" voice. She speaks in lung straining high pitched, tone and ends almost every single on of her sentences in either "desu" or "nee". And calls me "senpai" and I'm in the same grade as her. She often speaks random sentences to me too because she wants to speak with me in japanese. "my name" chan kawaii desu nee?" and I just answer in english. "No."

I talk to my mom who is Japanese, (like, legit Japanese. not Japanese american.) and I asked her what she thinks about these types of behaviors in Americans. (I had to explain to her the meaning of the word "weeaboo" she didn't know. But she knew "otaku".) She said "I think its nice that people are interested in Japan and what they like that Japan has to offer." and something else along those lines.

But in conclusion, I guess people are people. As long as anyone isn't mean, a bully, or being racist. Then its okay. I'm not really friends with her anymore not majorly because of her japan fetish, but more because of her personality.

But there is a reason why I don't ever join anime club in my schools.

 

[vhdekker]

i would probably want to go to some conventions if it weren't for weeaboos smh

I read this sentence too fast and thought you were talking about a weeaboo convention

 

[The Hidden Owl]

I read this sentence too fast and thought you were talking about a weeaboo convention

AHAHA same for a moment >v<

 

[seliph]

I read this sentence too fast and thought you were talking about a weeaboo convention

isn't that basically any anime convention though

 

[vhdekker]

I once had a friend who I would consider a weeaboo.

She isn't japanese but she implies that she is japanese online. She has a japanese username and planting cute filters and rilakkuma stickers all over her photos and typing in hiragana in whatever phrases she learned in class. She likes anime, kpop, you name it.

I got no problem with that. Its just a username, its just her liking to use japanese phone apps to filter, deco, whatever. Thats cool. But I didn't think it was okay when she lied to people that she is japanese, especially boys who thought she was cute and messaged her thinking she was japanese. And I found it really weird that she kept shoving the country in a godly worshiping pedestal like its the best thing in the planet and she never once traveled to it.

The thing I get annoyed by is when she speaks in her "japanese anime baby girl" voice. She speaks in lung straining high pitched, tone and ends almost every single on of her sentences in either "desu" or "nee". And calls me "senpai" and I'm in the same grade as her. She often speaks random sentences to me too because she wants to speak with me in japanese. "my name" chan kawaii desu nee?" and I just answer in english. "No."

I talk to my mom who is Japanese, (like, legit Japanese. not Japanese american.) and I asked her what she thinks about these types of behaviors in Americans. (I had to explain to her the meaning of the word "weeaboo" she didn't know. But she knew "otaku".) She said "I think its nice that people are interested in Japan and what they like that Japan has to offer." and something else along those lines.

But in conclusion, I guess people are people. As long as anyone isn't mean, a bully, or being racist. Then its okay. I'm not really friends with her anymore not majorly because of her japan fetish, but more because of her personality.

But there is a reason why I don't ever join anime club in my schools.

When in Rome act like the Romans. Tell her to not act like that when you're in the US. It's like forcing Japanese people to speak up to their bosses or shake hands and be extravert and more outgoing. This is the US.

Don't tell it in a rude way (or don't tell her at all, it's your decision), it's a tricky one because at the same you want to give her the space to be herself and obviously she enjoys it very much. Just tell her that you're not comfortable around it?
And I think your mom is just being polite

 

[Ichigo.]

I once had a friend who I would consider a weeaboo.

She isn't japanese but she implies that she is japanese online. She has a japanese username and planting cute filters and rilakkuma stickers all over her photos and typing in hiragana in whatever phrases she learned in class. She likes anime, kpop, you name it.

I got no problem with that. Its just a username, its just her liking to use japanese phone apps to filter, deco, whatever. Thats cool. But I didn't think it was okay when she lied to people that she is japanese, especially boys who thought she was cute and messaged her thinking she was japanese. And I found it really weird that she kept shoving the country in a godly worshiping pedestal like its the best thing in the planet and she never once traveled to it.

The thing I get annoyed by is when she speaks in her "japanese anime baby girl" voice. She speaks in lung straining high pitched, tone and ends almost every single on of her sentences in either "desu" or "nee". And calls me "senpai" and I'm in the same grade as her. She often speaks random sentences to me too because she wants to speak with me in japanese. "my name" chan kawaii desu nee?" and I just answer in english. "No."

I talk to my mom who is Japanese, (like, legit Japanese. not Japanese american.) and I asked her what she thinks about these types of behaviors in Americans. (I had to explain to her the meaning of the word "weeaboo" she didn't know. But she knew "otaku".) She said "I think its nice that people are interested in Japan and what they like that Japan has to offer." and something else along those lines.

But in conclusion, I guess people are people. As long as anyone isn't mean, a bully, or being racist. Then its okay. I'm not really friends with her anymore not majorly because of her japan fetish, but more because of her personality.

But there is a reason why I don't ever join anime club in my schools.

I might be making baseless assumptions here, but I feel like Japanese people who think "it's nice that people are interested in Japan" haven't had first hand experience with weebs. But I mean, if they have and still think the same, more power to them. I can't imagine how anyone wouldn't find it extremely gross though tbh.

 

[vhdekker]

I might be making baseless assumptions here, but I feel like Japanese people who think "it's nice that people are interested in Japan" haven't had first hand experience with weebs. But I mean, if they have and still think the same, more power to them. I can't imagine how anyone wouldn't find it extremely gross though tbh.

I think I know what you mean. Japan is a very monocultural country and they have little to no experience with other cultures outside of books and tv/internet. It could also be that's it's not "the Japanese way" to be disrespectful towards others so that's why she says that it's nice she's so interested. It could be a none-answer with good intensions. Even if she dislikes her behaviour she might never say it. I think that's the Japanese "live in harmony" mentality speaking. I don't know your mom personally so please don't take this too serious. It's an assumption.

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I asked my Japanese boyfriend what he thought about American otaku, since the idea of "weeaboo" doesn't really exist here in Japan. As a disclaimer, he doesn't speak English, has only been to America once for a week, and I am his only American acquaintance but... he thinks guys who watch hentai or ero manga and think it's cool are gross. For girls, he'd be really curious about their background and why they like Japan so much. And for people who say things like they want to become Japanese, he thinks it's interesting and as a Japanese person he would welcome him.

Only one Japanese person's opinion, but there you go! My thoughts as a foreigner in Japan are way different though, haha.

I think it's weird to see watching hentai as "cool". Not that I have anything against hentai but bragging about watching it is like bragging about watching regular porn.
Hentai is like the regular porn of normal anime.
Although there is a very vague line between anime and hentai sometimes there's an obvious difference between let's say Naruto and some hardcore tentacle loli OVA.

You could compare it like Hollywood versus Porn movies. The first one is very mainstream and respected as the other one is either looked down on or just not talked about very much (only in private conversations).

At the same time there's less political correctness or censorship about risque or ecchi/pervy images in Japanese media/ads. Check JPCMHD on youtube, it's a Japanese ads channel. You'll see boobs and dirty stuff a lot(sometimes subtle sometimes not so hehe) in ads for banks, cars or telephone companies.
Think about master Roshi and him staring at Bulma's boobs in a (then) kids show! If American shows did that there would be riots!
It's "normal" in Japan, just the bragging part isn't I guess.

I would be interested in what your bf thinks about what I said

 

[vhdekker]

i got a serious question here. how do you actually pronounce weeaboos? like wee-boos or something? lol

 

[Soraru]

When in Rome act like the Romans. Tell her to not act like that when you're in the US. It's like forcing Japanese people to speak up to their bosses or shake hands and be extravert and more outgoing. This is the US.

Don't tell it in a rude way (or don't tell her at all, it's your decision), it's a tricky one because at the same you want to give her the space to be herself and obviously she enjoys it very much. Just tell her that you're not comfortable around it?
And I think your mom is just being polite

haha i havent spoken to her in half a year. but dont worry there were plenty of other people to tell that to her for me.

and you're right. my mom is being polite. she just hopes that that is where their interested start and soon they will become more interested in other aspects of japan.

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I might be making baseless assumptions here, but I feel like Japanese people who think "it's nice that people are interested in Japan" haven't had first hand experience with weebs. But I mean, if they have and still think the same, more power to them. I can't imagine how anyone wouldn't find it extremely gross though tbh.

well with your assumption, your right with my mom at least. she hasnt met them first hand. but she did talk about a friend she once had who was the same thing about westerners. she wanted her middle name to be "Nancy" she spoke in broken english.

 

[visibleghost]

i kinda pronounce it as wii-booh... i've heard many people say weeA-boh and wee-boh too so uh. idk...,,