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You asked why he showed Donald Trump at 8:37? Probably because right then he was talking about Tokugawa Ieyasu being the most rich and powerful of the five contenders for the throne; Bill Wurtz made this video in 2017, IIRC.
“Monkey fun” is a pun on the Japanese name of that style of theater, “Sarugaku” because the character for saru means monkey and one of the translations of the character for gaku is fun. So he’s making a joke by using the literal translation of sarugaku rather than the actual name.
@@hydnastridenti can’t speak on japanese but in chinese we have many words pronounced very similarly to each other, for example there’s a bit of a chinese meme where people started calling alpacas “草泥马” (pronounced cǎonímǎ) which literally means “grass mud horse,” to avoid being censored on the internet, because there’s also a term ”肏你妈” (pronounced càonǐmā）which means “fuck your mother” there’s a long continuation of the meme but the most well known continuation is that the grass mud horse’s habitat is being taken over by “河蟹”(héxìe）or “river crab” which is another homophone for the term ”和谐” (héxíe) meaning “harmonious society,” which is a term used to justify internet censorship
@@lolipedofinEnglish is my first language and German is my second, so I was surprised to discover just how much Dutch I could read. I can't understand a word of it spoken, tho.
Most Christian in whole history of the world didn't read bible, I don't know how it was in more distant lands, but in Europe and closest teritories people that can't read just goes to churches so it's normal.
In Finland, we were also taught that Japan won the war, and Russia losing the war to Japan was one of the major reasons (combined with the disaster that was ww1) why the revolution happened and thanks to the revolution Finland could declare itself independent from Russia/ The Soviet Union
@@Myjacob99 Well this video was before the Ukraine war when everyone still thought Russia was scary and it seemed like a good idea to avoid offending them.
Japan won the war, it's just that it was a limited war thus a (kind of) limited victory. Russia didn't commit 1/10th of what they committed for WW1. That being said, considering their lack of navy and the huge distance, I don't know if they could have done more at all. Russia was at its weakest in 1905, even just 9 years later for WW1 they'll be completely different.
I remember Robin Williams making a joke about different countries' approaches and how they could be out of whack sometimes. He said Japan said about America, "We don't understand your people. We bomb one harbor; you nuke our towns. But, you build us back up again and buy all our products... Nice people!"
As a non-westerner I find it a bit iffy that because Japan attacked their forward military base, America just firebombed the shit out of their civilians and nuked them. A bit of a contrast to the European theater where pretty much everyone suffered, the Pacific looks a bit lopsided.
@@foreng3095 Aussie here. Ex service member, trained by vets. The Japanese owned the Pacific, and they were brutal. Getting caught was worse than being killed. Japanese honour meant one could not resign oneself to failure. The invasion of the Japanese homeland would have required hundreds of thousands, if not millions of deaths. As harsh as it is, the delivery of the nuclear devices saved lives.
@@arespaulson414 Seconding this. If we had invaded mainland Japan, things would have been far more devastating. And I'm not saying that as a "Yeah, Murica!" bullshit mentality, but from a reasonable standpoint. The Emperor would have commanded the civilians to fight too - which would mean slaughtering until they just could not fight back. It's a horrific thing that we did, and that sin is on our hands. But the death toll that would have come if we hadn't used those bombs is far worse, as you have said. Its a disgusting, horrifying truth. But truth all the same.
Man, you’re hilarious. I’ve been living in Japan for 5 years and your jokes are so refreshing. Your English ability has seemingly allowed you to break out of the Japanese language barrier and has given you more awareness/understanding than most Japanese people. Putting your comedic spin on it is gold!
Man, That Joe Biden joke came out of left field and hit me hard. I laughed out loud so hard i woke up my wife 2 rooms away. Keep up the good work my man.
Well said Meshida. Joe Biden really is getting way to old to do his job. (Edit) Even the Saudis are lampooning him. And it’s fair and balanced considering the Tokugawa comparison to the previous US President
Legitimately 10x more entertaining than most comedians on Japanese TV. Seeing you fast-forward through WWII "just like Japanese schools" almost had me in tears. Good stuff! Subscribed.
I missed that joke at first and thought he was ACTUALLY trying to ignore it, that's pretty funny. It's sad how hateful Koreans and Japanese still are to eachother nowadays when it seems like they'd be natural allies in today's political climate.
As an American, I think one of my high school world history classes said that Japan beat Russia and that it was considered a major underdog victory at the time
Yeah, this video glosses over a lot, but I do wish they mentioned how Russia sent their "big bad navy" (actually a bunch of undisciplined drunks) and the naval battle that ensued did not end well for the Russians. Basically, Japan had forced Russia to send its baltic fleet to Japan because their Pacific Fleet was blockaded. Of course the Baltic fleet was Russia's Pride and joy. Unfortunately for them it turned out they were incompetent as all hell and got their asses handed to them. Fact is any half decent navy would have defeated the Baltic fleet, it's always been a paper tiger. Unfortunately Japan did not know this soo yeah.
As an American, I don't think I learned about this war because they were teaching us about Teddy Roosevelt beating up the Spanish instead or something. And then when I took world history in Uni we made it to the 1870s before the class ended because the teacher constantly went on tangents about stuff that didn't matter.
It was a big deal. It was the first time that a major European country had lost a war to a non-European country since the glory days of the Ottoman Empire. If you count the Ottomans as European, then it was the first time since the Mongol Empire. It humiliated Russia, and caused so much unrest in Russia that it caused a political revolution. It caused Europe to treat Japan seriously, as an equal, rather than as just some backwater.
@@CantusTropus I mean, I feel like America beat the UK out of America somewhere in between the dates you are listing there (as did Mexico remove Spain and really most of the independence movements of S. America).
You making fun of the shape of the Islands of Japan was unexpected and made me heave for air by the time I was done laughing. It would also explain why the other kami born during the Kamiumi are ALSO weird as heck, or plain insane. And why one of them (Kagutsuchi) finally burned Izanami to death at birth.
You are so underrated! It makes me sad your channel has so few views, I feel like many more people would love these videos, if they only knew of your channel
@@Meshida Awuh, thanks Meshida! It's so nice that you reply to fans. I love everything I've seen from you here, and I hope the TH-cam algorithm magic will eventually help you blow up to a bigger channel! You're one of the best, most charming and funny comedians and I hope the algorithm will bless you eventually and make you big! I love your personality, joke style, and I also feel like I end up learning things about Japan we don't know so much of in USA. Your videos help me get through bad times in my life, and I really appreciate your style! You are so talented and one-of-a-kind, I feel like you have to blow up in popularity here at some point! Your videos are just too good to not be more well known!
I guess at the end I just mean to say, keep it up! you do a top quality show, both funny and informative and charming. It would be so cool if you could make this channel as one of your main incomes if it ever explodes in popularity (or if youtube alogorithm magically has it's fates look upon your channel... I so hope) the quality is so good, I just hope more people run across you, you're almost a like a hidden gem out there, but so well made, well written and acted comedy. I know if more people came across your channel,many would love it! one of the best, most entertaining TH-camrs! Thanks for all the comedy and videos you've made, it makes my day a bit better when i get to see your videos:3 Also, big hug from USA! I wish you the best luck in your career! Thanks for all your videos so far:3
Fun fact from Polish perspective, regarding the Sunrise Land thing. In Polish the word for Sunrise and East are the same word. Same with West and Sunset, North and Midnight and South and Noon. So in Polish "Sunrise Land" would be just "East Land". We still call you the "country of blossoming cherries" lol and then make fun of the US that they're "the country of blossoming burgers"
@@Meshida you can look it up that it's legit! Japonia - Kraj Kwitnącej Wiśni (when someone wants to be respectful and poetic) And colloquially Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki - Kraj Kwitnącego Hamburgera (when someone wants to make fun of them, and it's an obvious reference tit he phrase about Japan) If you Google these phrases you will see it's real! Though you will probably need some google translate as the results will be in Polish :) Still, feel free to use this as an anecdote/joke with both your Japanese as well as international audiences :)
Sarugaku (猿楽 monkey music) was a type of theater in Japan (11th-14th centuries) that was really, really popular. Think of 猿楽 similar but not exactly like what we today (at least in Western & European countries) call the circus. It had acrobatics, juggling, pantomime, occasionally they would add or incorporate drums. The monkey part is because of the acrobatics and the fun comes from the music and entertainment.
it is true the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905 Japan won, but the peace treaty was helped negotiated by President Teddy Roosevelt. He won a Nobel Peace Prize for this.
If it makes you feel any better, many modern Dutch have realized their language is completely useless, too. That's why most of them speak German and English, too. Also I think his point about the war with Russia just stopping was that it was a relatively fast war. You definitely did win, though (if you look at his map, he shows all the territory Japan took from Russia).
They also completely destroyed the Russian Navy, well what was left of it after having sailed all the way around Europe from top to bottom shooting at everyone and themselves.
As a Norwegian, I love watching videos like this, as it shows hisotry from a different perspective. In Norway, we are taught in great detail about the viking age for example, which was a small period of time during the middle ages (for the rest of the world) were, as guessed, we were vikings. We also are taught well about how war started in europe, and also our involvments and such in the wars, but know very little of the eastern countries happenings in the wars, except for the pearl harbour attacks and the nukes. So watching this was not only intresting but also really funny, with all the jokes and silly faces.
It’s still kinda funny watching Americans vs Japanese reactions in this video mainly. “Who is Commodore Perry?” From Americans vs “ah Matthew Perry, we know this name very well.” From Japanese reactors. For Americans Commodore Perry didn’t do very much. He never accomplished much. But for the Japanese the man changed the course of their entire history.
Second comment, becase rules are for squares! The "Japan Name Controversy" was solved in a very characteristic manner by Empress Wu Zetian. At the time, Japan had sent another envoy asking if pretty please the Chinese could stop calling them "midgets". Now, Wu Zetian was a busy woman: she had an empire to run, enemies to execute and lovers to bone, so she decided that, yeah, whatever, let's call "tiny-town" the "Land of the Rising Sun" instead. But she also knew that she couldn't really act as if Japan was an equal empire to China or she'd never hear the end of it. So she issued an imperial proclamation, where she ORDERED "tiny-town" to change its name to "Land of the Rising Sun" immediately or face punishment. This anecdote really tells you all you need to know about Chinese foreign policy throughout history xD
12:49 The Russo-Japanese war ended with Russia and Japan just getting tired, but it might as well have been a Japanese victory, since Russia had a revolution immediately after. Russia wanted to distract their citizens from how bad the country was doing, and they thought winning a war with Japan would help… it did the exact opposite 😂.
In America, we had a high school history class debate assignment about the atomic bombs. There were differences of opinion but everyone agreed it could have been handled better with less civilian deaths.
The way I learned it (American here), is that before either bomb was dropped, Japan was financially and economically tapped out and was looking to surrender. At least one top American general (MacArthur maybe, don't remember for sure) was vehemently against the bombs, said they were unnecessary, and that if Japan were given a way to surrender and still save some face, it would be over. But Washington wanted to show off our "superiority" to the Soviets, so they decided to test out their new toys.
That sounds very realistic about wanting to scare the soviets. I watched Oppenheimer's interview and he stated it was believed by military intelligence the war would have continued and cost more lives both American and Japanese, so dropping the atom bombs overall saved more people. Even if true it begs the question, is killing 250,000 civilians better than killing 750,000 military personnel? @@robertlawrence2609
@@robertlawrence2609 well did you know it was speculated that japan was actually researching their own nuclear bomb. The reason they didn't unconditionally surrender is that they didn't believe the usa actually completed development. They wanted to surrender on their terms and the us wanted unconditional surrender based off war crimes of the japanese empire, along with various other reasons. War crimes such as releasing the bubonic plague, anthrax and others on small villages full of people. But regardless of all of that, there were strategic influences in where the bombs were dropped. But there were also miscalculations in how many people would lose their lives and how many people would be affected. There were other bombing spots that were suggested to minimize the damage to citizens. But they were hardly sure if the bomb was even going to work, or what it would even do.
-The greatest god of the Greek mythology, Zeus was also married to his sister Hera. There’s kinda a pattern there. -In Turkey, also we learn that Japan won the Russo-Japanese war. It was even a celebrated victory because of an Asian country beating a European one. There’s even a business named after the Japanese admiral Heihachiro Togo. A shoe store. Heard of people even naming their kids Togo back then, but not sure it’s true.
I think this is the 5th or 6th video of yours I have seen today and liked. Congratulations, you have earned my subscription. I look forward to enjoying the rest of your back catalog over the months to come.
4:57 yes, the first fujoshi shipping all their otps and writing fanfics about them 😂😂😂 And yes I know he mostly slept with women lol but let's be honest he wasn't shy about taking guys if he got thirsty enough 😂
As a Dutch person living in Japan I would like to add that when Dejima/Nagasaki port was opened in 1571 (450th anniversary is this year) The Netherlands were at the height of their golden age and arguably one of the if not the most powerful nation on earth. So it's not too crazy to think that Dutch was a world language... at the time. It has to be said that most Japanese people, even those tasked with interpretation, were comically bad at speaking/reading Dutch. To the point that a German, Engelbert Kaempfer, was smuggled into Japan by a Dutch ship through the captain calling him a "Mountain Dutchman". The Netherlands literally has no mountains.
As a french, thanks you for your comment. Of course japan won the war of 1905, it was a important moment, the first Time since ages when an european country was defeated by another non european.
Since ages? Since 1896! In 1896 the Ethiopians won the battle of Adowa, defeating the Italians and preserving their independence for 40 more years. 🪖🦁🔯
That attitude about ww2 was on point, as in that's how Japan seems to react to it anytime it's brought up.. even if it probably would have been a good idea to address some of that
American here. This vid by ol Wurtz is indeed great. A bit of information about the atom bombs. There’s no denying they were terrible, but they weren’t the default option. We had Operation Downfall planned, which was invading Japan itself. To say nothing of the civilians who would have surely suffered, our own boys would’ve had a nightmare to face. To put this into perspective, there’s a medal we Americans award to those killed or wounded in battle called the “Purple Heart.” We made a stockpile of them for Operation Downfall so massive we’re still handing them out of that very same stockpile as of today. Part of the reason the bombs were used was to avoid that possibility. It’s one of those morbid facts of reality that are understandably difficult to talk about.
"The same as young Christians today!" 😂 Very on-point my guy. Subscribed! LOL @ fast-forwarding through WW2 as well haha! I would too honestly. Not the best time ever.
The mix of jokes and added additional historical facts (because obviously some things will be missed in a 9 minute video) was super entertaining! Will definitely be watching more!
6:04 but really that doesn't disproof it though. I mean it is still one hell of a coincidence. And so you could still say it was either really lucky or that it wasn't an accident because "there's no such thing as luck" in which case you could say that the Mongolians dying in a tornado twice, was both 100% the result of their own choices but also 100% part of a divine plane. So it doesn't have to be one or the other it could be both.
A bit ago I waited tables and served a bunch of ladies, one was obviously Japanese, but had been in the us for a long time. She spoke good English but still had a thick Japanese accent. She was hilarious, picking on her friends. What fun.
I liked that comment about _Power Rangers,_ though I see the screenshots you used are purely from _Super Sentai._ I want to point out, just in case you're unaware, the show we got in the west was a weird Frankenstein mess where they used the fighting scenes (in the costumes and with the robots) from _Sentai_ (originally based on _Zyuranger_ ) but completely rewrote the rest of the show around them (basically all the parts where the heroes' faces are seen, plus a few where they're wearing the costumes), casting American actors and setting them in an American setting with different plots, while voicing over scenes of the villains, and of course putting their own theme song on it. In fact, instead of saying it was rewritten, it might be better to say it was a completely different show in the same genre that looked like _Sentai_ in some parts.
Lol I like how honest he is about the whole kamikaze, it's not god that saved japan from the mongols, just mongols being stupid and came at the wrong time. Twice. Man he also shares alot of details that were missed out by others, like how they were taught that japan won the war against Russia when the truth is it's a stalemate. I like this guy's knowledge
Wow, it suddenly makes sense why Japan's islands are shaped weirdly! Thanks, funny Japanese comedian man! Also, no... You're kinda right. Japan spanked the Russians because of Russian incompetence. It also doesn't help that Tzar Nicholas wasn't the most popular amongst Russians, so there were plenty of ambitious revolutionary factions in the country at the time.
I just found this video and your reaction was really funny but you had snippets of information. I'm glad I stumbled onto the video even if I'm a bit late to the party! Your comments about both presidents was very funny also.
14:08 here in Greece it is known because we voted in favor of Japan's motion for racial equality! It's unfortunately a lesser-known fact, but some people still remember it.
Meshida, my girlfriend is a Filipina and has a niece who married a Japanese man. Her children, about mid twenties, came to visit, but we could never get them to smile when being photographed. Also they always made a "V" gesture with their hands when the picture was taken. Can you explain this, please?
Another thing, we have in common. Most of us Americans don't remember history for long after final exams. Unfortunately, we now have wackos trying to rewrite our history.
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@@spectacularlyaverage3453 King of rice kingdom！
@Samuel Andrews Oh I'm glad to hear that! Thanks a lot!!!
i think monkey fun he mean is the kabuki theatre
You asked why he showed Donald Trump at 8:37? Probably because right then he was talking about Tokugawa Ieyasu being the most rich and powerful of the five contenders for the throne; Bill Wurtz made this video in 2017, IIRC.
“Monkey fun” is a pun on the Japanese name of that style of theater, “Sarugaku” because the character for saru means monkey and one of the translations of the character for gaku is fun. So he’s making a joke by using the literal translation of sarugaku rather than the actual name.
猿楽
Thanks, I deffo learned something today!
which feels like a very Japanese joke actually
@@hydnastridenti can’t speak on japanese but in chinese we have many words pronounced very similarly to each other, for example there’s a bit of a chinese meme where people started calling alpacas “草泥马” (pronounced cǎonímǎ) which literally means “grass mud horse,” to avoid being censored on the internet, because there’s also a term ”肏你妈” (pronounced càonǐmā）which means “fuck your mother”
there’s a long continuation of the meme but the most well known continuation is that the grass mud horse’s habitat is being taken over by “河蟹”(héxìe）or “river crab” which is another homophone for the term ”和谐” (héxíe) meaning “harmonious society,” which is a term used to justify internet censorship
So that's what the joke is! That's great.
"Oh yeah, Dutch is _totally_ is the global language! You should absolutely learn it!" -The Dutch (pretty much the only speakers of Dutch)
Just learn Deutsch, and then down copious amount of sake. Et voila! You are speaking Dutch. You learn 2 languages for 1.
Belgians: "Bruh-"
something about suriname
They even made into a cooler form!! (Afrikaans)
@@lolipedofinEnglish is my first language and German is my second, so I was surprised to discover just how much Dutch I could read. I can't understand a word of it spoken, tho.
"They believed in Christ even though they never read the bible, the same as young christians today." OMFG. 🤣🤣 you had me dying.
Not to get political but that's not exactly limited to young people, lol
@@i_will_not_elaborate definitely agreed!!
Sad but often true
Most Christian in whole history of the world didn't read bible, I don't know how it was in more distant lands, but in Europe and closest teritories people that can't read just goes to churches so it's normal.
That was a top tier joke. I laughed really hard.😅
"In order to become a real 'developed country' you must profit off aother country´s war"
This is the greatest geopolitic take I´ve heard in years.
"I like bread more than rice"
Japan: Wait, that's illegal.
Thanks"
Oragirimono!!
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"Even the bombs grew up unhealth" is a seriously underrated joke lmao
That was a sudden moment of spit-take theater for me. Mental image of Peter Griffin being dropped from a B29
Yeah 😂😂😂😂😂
In Finland, we were also taught that Japan won the war, and Russia losing the war to Japan was one of the major reasons (combined with the disaster that was ww1) why the revolution happened and thanks to the revolution Finland could declare itself independent from Russia/ The Soviet Union
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yeah i was taught the same as an american so my guess is he didnt want to offend the russians like that matters.
@@Myjacob99 Well this video was before the Ukraine war when everyone still thought Russia was scary and it seemed like a good idea to avoid offending them.
Japan won the war, it's just that it was a limited war thus a (kind of) limited victory. Russia didn't commit 1/10th of what they committed for WW1. That being said, considering their lack of navy and the huge distance, I don't know if they could have done more at all. Russia was at its weakest in 1905, even just 9 years later for WW1 they'll be completely different.
We learned the same thing in America.
I remember Robin Williams making a joke about different countries' approaches and how they could be out of whack sometimes. He said Japan said about America, "We don't understand your people. We bomb one harbor; you nuke our towns. But, you build us back up again and buy all our products... Nice people!"
Oh! thanks!
Which routine is this from? Now I'm curious!
As a non-westerner I find it a bit iffy that because Japan attacked their forward military base, America just firebombed the shit out of their civilians and nuked them. A bit of a contrast to the European theater where pretty much everyone suffered, the Pacific looks a bit lopsided.
@@foreng3095 Aussie here. Ex service member, trained by vets.
The Japanese owned the Pacific, and they were brutal. Getting caught was worse than being killed.
Japanese honour meant one could not resign oneself to failure.
The invasion of the Japanese homeland would have required hundreds of thousands, if not millions of deaths.
As harsh as it is, the delivery of the nuclear devices saved lives.
@@arespaulson414 Seconding this. If we had invaded mainland Japan, things would have been far more devastating. And I'm not saying that as a "Yeah, Murica!" bullshit mentality, but from a reasonable standpoint. The Emperor would have commanded the civilians to fight too - which would mean slaughtering until they just could not fight back.
It's a horrific thing that we did, and that sin is on our hands. But the death toll that would have come if we hadn't used those bombs is far worse, as you have said. Its a disgusting, horrifying truth. But truth all the same.
as a mongolian, i really want to visit japan. this time in peace. XD
thanks! I really want to visit Mongol!!
@@Meshida please! Come visit us!
Be careful of hurricanes
Watch out for the tsunamis bro. I hear they can be nasty.
Avoid monsoon season.
Lol, "Just the Mongolians came to Japan...
...in typhoon season...
...twice."
Hahaha! That's my punch line!
The original invading Russia during winter
Man, you’re hilarious. I’ve been living in Japan for 5 years and your jokes are so refreshing. Your English ability has seemingly allowed you to break out of the Japanese language barrier and has given you more awareness/understanding than most Japanese people. Putting your comedic spin on it is gold!
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“I’m joking… he forgets by lunchtime” - lol that was excellent!
So was the orange trump
@@Wildxroses Damn you sound offended.
Did he insult your favorite puppet?
Man, That Joe Biden joke came out of left field and hit me hard. I laughed out loud so hard i woke up my wife 2 rooms away. Keep up the good work my man.
Oh! your comment made my day!!
I try to make fun of everything. I need more Biden jokes!!hahaha
Well said Meshida. Joe Biden really is getting way to old to do his job. (Edit) Even the Saudis are lampooning him.
And it’s fair and balanced considering the Tokugawa comparison to the previous US President
@@Meshida Let's Go Brandon!
@@Meshida Also, the Orange Madman is nearly set for a non-consecutive 2nd term, the 1st since Grover Cleveland in the late 1800s.
@@Wired4Life2 Dark Brandon is the left's meme now
Legitimately 10x more entertaining than most comedians on Japanese TV. Seeing you fast-forward through WWII "just like Japanese schools" almost had me in tears. Good stuff! Subscribed.
I missed that joke at first and thought he was ACTUALLY trying to ignore it, that's pretty funny. It's sad how hateful Koreans and Japanese still are to eachother nowadays when it seems like they'd be natural allies in today's political climate.
@@kirktown2046 If China invaded they would become allies in seconds.
As an American, I think one of my high school world history classes said that Japan beat Russia and that it was considered a major underdog victory at the time
Yeah, this video glosses over a lot, but I do wish they mentioned how Russia sent their "big bad navy" (actually a bunch of undisciplined drunks) and the naval battle that ensued did not end well for the Russians. Basically, Japan had forced Russia to send its baltic fleet to Japan because their Pacific Fleet was blockaded. Of course the Baltic fleet was Russia's Pride and joy. Unfortunately for them it turned out they were incompetent as all hell and got their asses handed to them.
Fact is any half decent navy would have defeated the Baltic fleet, it's always been a paper tiger. Unfortunately Japan did not know this soo yeah.
The bay the Russian fleet was sent to defend was mined at the mouth. The fleet was nearly defeated before battle. Grossly incompetent.
As an American, I don't think I learned about this war because they were teaching us about Teddy Roosevelt beating up the Spanish instead or something. And then when I took world history in Uni we made it to the 1870s before the class ended because the teacher constantly went on tangents about stuff that didn't matter.
It was a big deal. It was the first time that a major European country had lost a war to a non-European country since the glory days of the Ottoman Empire. If you count the Ottomans as European, then it was the first time since the Mongol Empire. It humiliated Russia, and caused so much unrest in Russia that it caused a political revolution. It caused Europe to treat Japan seriously, as an equal, rather than as just some backwater.
@@CantusTropus I mean, I feel like America beat the UK out of America somewhere in between the dates you are listing there (as did Mexico remove Spain and really most of the independence movements of S. America).
Everyone in the US knows who Matthew Perry is. He played Chandler on the TV show Friends! :)
Thanks!
@@Meshida its actually a joke. Matthew perry is an actor.
LOL "A surprising twist is the basis of a good joke."
That little boy fat man joke literally made me laugh so much!
I laughed so hard I cried
Usually Japanese humor doesn't translate very well but there were a couple of times I legitimately laughed out loud. Bravo 😂
Funny...
From Wikipedia:
Sarugaku (猿楽, "monkey music") was a form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries.
Thanks! Sensei!!
What is mean by sensei
@@urp2171 teacher/master/guru
@@brentignacio1466 Are you indian guruji
In india we call techer as guruji
"I'm tired" Skips japanese involvement in ww2 xD
"just as history class" lmao
You've managed to learn English well enough for me not to need those silly subtitles. And a hell of a lot better than my Japanese.
Ohhhhh! Thanks a lot!
@@Meshida Seriously!
That video is too fast paced for most English speakers I know, but Meshida had it _down._ Not much at all got past you.
You making fun of the shape of the Islands of Japan was unexpected and made me heave for air by the time I was done laughing.
It would also explain why the other kami born during the Kamiumi are ALSO weird as heck, or plain insane. And why one of them (Kagutsuchi) finally burned Izanami to death at birth.
Thanks!
You are so underrated! It makes me sad your channel has so few views, I feel like many more people would love these videos, if they only knew of your channel
Oh! That's so sweet.
Thanks a lot! I'll upload funny videos!
A Big hug from Tokyo!!
@@Meshida Awuh, thanks Meshida! It's so nice that you reply to fans. I love everything I've seen from you here, and I hope the TH-cam algorithm magic will eventually help you blow up to a bigger channel! You're one of the best, most charming and funny comedians and I hope the algorithm will bless you eventually and make you big! I love your personality, joke style, and I also feel like I end up learning things about Japan we don't know so much of in USA. Your videos help me get through bad times in my life, and I really appreciate your style! You are so talented and one-of-a-kind, I feel like you have to blow up in popularity here at some point! Your videos are just too good to not be more well known!
I guess at the end I just mean to say, keep it up! you do a top quality show, both funny and informative and charming. It would be so cool if you could make this channel as one of your main incomes if it ever explodes in popularity (or if youtube alogorithm magically has it's fates look upon your channel... I so hope) the quality is so good, I just hope more people run across you, you're almost a like a hidden gem out there, but so well made, well written and acted comedy. I know if more people came across your channel,many would love it! one of the best, most entertaining TH-camrs! Thanks for all the comedy and videos you've made, it makes my day a bit better when i get to see your videos:3
Also, big hug from USA! I wish you the best luck in your career! Thanks for all your videos so far:3
@@stephengrissett8207 Oh!! That motivates me a lot. Thank you very much.
I'll do my best. when you come to Tokyo, please come to my standup show!
@@stephengrissett8207 Thanks
"I like bread more than rice."
Meshida's Great Ancestor: "Don't make me come down there, you punk!"
Fun fact from Polish perspective, regarding the Sunrise Land thing.
In Polish the word for Sunrise and East are the same word. Same with West and Sunset, North and Midnight and South and Noon.
So in Polish "Sunrise Land" would be just "East Land".
We still call you the "country of blossoming cherries" lol and then make fun of the US that they're "the country of blossoming burgers"
Hahaha!Arigato!
@@Meshida you can look it up that it's legit!
Japonia - Kraj Kwitnącej Wiśni (when someone wants to be respectful and poetic)
And colloquially
Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki - Kraj Kwitnącego Hamburgera (when someone wants to make fun of them, and it's an obvious reference tit he phrase about Japan)
If you Google these phrases you will see it's real! Though you will probably need some google translate as the results will be in Polish :)
Still, feel free to use this as an anecdote/joke with both your Japanese as well as international audiences :)
As an American...
Yeah, I really can't argue with the burger thing.😂😂
Even as an American I still enjoyed the jokes about us
Sarugaku (猿楽 monkey music) was a type of theater in Japan (11th-14th centuries) that was really, really popular. Think of 猿楽 similar but not exactly like what we today (at least in Western & European countries) call the circus. It had acrobatics, juggling, pantomime, occasionally they would add or incorporate drums. The monkey part is because of the acrobatics and the fun comes from the music and entertainment.
“Puppets, like Joe Biden”
Dude I’m dying 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks!
I fear for the future of my country 😪
@@jeremyanderson3035 Don't worry. Like that joke, we will all be dead before the end.
OMEGALUL That one hit different now.
@@jeremyanderson3035 We've had worse, don't worry
it is true the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905 Japan won, but the peace treaty was helped negotiated by President Teddy Roosevelt. He won a Nobel Peace Prize for this.
Yes! Thanks for that info!!!
@@Meshida He negotiated in the Tsar's favor, while the Japanese were expecting more from the peace treaty. They got pretty pissed over this.
@@Meshida For more context: th-cam.com/video/M5_JdMC0n3M/w-d-xo.html
Thanks
Arigato!!
You're very funny, smart, witty, and politically-savvy. Thank you for reacting to this--I really enjoyed your comments!
thanks!
Fast forward through WW2, just like history class.
Yep, that seems to be the consensus from Japanese on learning about WW2 in school.
This guy made me laugh even though he's speaking in a secondary language, that takes some talent and skill! Kudos.
Arigato!😝
4:02 suddenly Oreimo & Domestic Girlfriend make sense
If it makes you feel any better, many modern Dutch have realized their language is completely useless, too. That's why most of them speak German and English, too.
Also I think his point about the war with Russia just stopping was that it was a relatively fast war. You definitely did win, though (if you look at his map, he shows all the territory Japan took from Russia).
Oh! Thank you very much for watching this video and comments!
I really appreciate it!
They also completely destroyed the Russian Navy, well what was left of it after having sailed all the way around Europe from top to bottom shooting at everyone and themselves.
As a Norwegian, I love watching videos like this, as it shows hisotry from a different perspective. In Norway, we are taught in great detail about the viking age for example, which was a small period of time during the middle ages (for the rest of the world) were, as guessed, we were vikings. We also are taught well about how war started in europe, and also our involvments and such in the wars, but know very little of the eastern countries happenings in the wars, except for the pearl harbour attacks and the nukes. So watching this was not only intresting but also really funny, with all the jokes and silly faces.
7:10 damn, he throwing shots at Christians 😂. As a Christian, I gotta admit that’s funny.
Oh thanks!
It’s still kinda funny watching Americans vs Japanese reactions in this video mainly. “Who is Commodore Perry?” From Americans vs “ah Matthew Perry, we know this name very well.” From Japanese reactors. For Americans Commodore Perry didn’t do very much. He never accomplished much. But for the Japanese the man changed the course of their entire history.
Second comment, becase rules are for squares!
The "Japan Name Controversy" was solved in a very characteristic manner by Empress Wu Zetian. At the time, Japan had sent another envoy asking if pretty please the Chinese could stop calling them "midgets". Now, Wu Zetian was a busy woman: she had an empire to run, enemies to execute and lovers to bone, so she decided that, yeah, whatever, let's call "tiny-town" the "Land of the Rising Sun" instead. But she also knew that she couldn't really act as if Japan was an equal empire to China or she'd never hear the end of it. So she issued an imperial proclamation, where she ORDERED "tiny-town" to change its name to "Land of the Rising Sun" immediately or face punishment. This anecdote really tells you all you need to know about Chinese foreign policy throughout history xD
12:49 The Russo-Japanese war ended with Russia and Japan just getting tired, but it might as well have been a Japanese victory, since Russia had a revolution immediately after.
Russia wanted to distract their citizens from how bad the country was doing, and they thought winning a war with Japan would help… it did the exact opposite 😂.
In America, we had a high school history class debate assignment about the atomic bombs. There were differences of opinion but everyone agreed it could have been handled better with less civilian deaths.
The way I learned it (American here), is that before either bomb was dropped, Japan was financially and economically tapped out and was looking to surrender. At least one top American general (MacArthur maybe, don't remember for sure) was vehemently against the bombs, said they were unnecessary, and that if Japan were given a way to surrender and still save some face, it would be over.
But Washington wanted to show off our "superiority" to the Soviets, so they decided to test out their new toys.
The US spent an inflation adjusted $34 billion on inventing the atomic bomb their was NO WAY they weren't going to use them.
That sounds very realistic about wanting to scare the soviets. I watched Oppenheimer's interview and he stated it was believed by military intelligence the war would have continued and cost more lives both American and Japanese, so dropping the atom bombs overall saved more people. Even if true it begs the question, is killing 250,000 civilians better than killing 750,000 military personnel? @@robertlawrence2609
@@robertlawrence2609 well did you know it was speculated that japan was actually researching their own nuclear bomb. The reason they didn't unconditionally surrender is that they didn't believe the usa actually completed development. They wanted to surrender on their terms and the us wanted unconditional surrender based off war crimes of the japanese empire, along with various other reasons. War crimes such as releasing the bubonic plague, anthrax and others on small villages full of people. But regardless of all of that, there were strategic influences in where the bombs were dropped. But there were also miscalculations in how many people would lose their lives and how many people would be affected. There were other bombing spots that were suggested to minimize the damage to citizens. But they were hardly sure if the bomb was even going to work, or what it would even do.
Nz here, we were taught that the US wanted to end the war without any more soldiers dying
"I like bread more than rice"
TIL Meshida-san is Azuma Kasuma from Yakitatte Japan if he went into comedy instead of baking xD
-The greatest god of the Greek mythology, Zeus was also married to his sister Hera. There’s kinda a pattern there.
-In Turkey, also we learn that Japan won the Russo-Japanese war. It was even a celebrated victory because of an Asian country beating a European one. There’s even a business named after the Japanese admiral Heihachiro Togo. A shoe store. Heard of people even naming their kids Togo back then, but not sure it’s true.
Your English is so good! I didn't need to look at the subtitles even once. And you're very funny. Subscribed
Arigato!
"Same as the American people...even the atomic bomb grew up unhealthy." aaahahahahahahaha.. as an American I REALLY liked that one xD
このビデオの話に追いつけられるのは本当にすごいです。メシダさん､ あなたの言語力､勉強能力は素晴らしいです。
ありがとうございます。編集の力です。笑
I think this is the 5th or 6th video of yours I have seen today and liked. Congratulations, you have earned my subscription. I look forward to enjoying the rest of your back catalog over the months to come.
Thanks!!!
I read somewhere that 'The Tale of Genji' was the first novel ever written
The Mongolians were fierce warriors, but clearly terrible sailors.
Dude i found you cause of your video on japanese pop vs korean pop and you are hilarious! keep up the fantastic work!
"Yes, Japan was made through incest"
Zeus: I see no issue here.
Zeus: if there is a hole than there is a goal
I think it was in my junior high days that I once did an assignment on why Japan attempted to isolate itself from Za Warudo.
I have to practice reading fast when I'll visit japan
You won't know how many subtitles you'll see
Yes! I know what you mean!!!!
But Keep it up!!!!!
Dang, like any good comedian, some of these jokes are flying *real* close to the sun. And you're doing it in English to boot - love it, big props.
4:57 yes, the first fujoshi shipping all their otps and writing fanfics about them 😂😂😂
And yes I know he mostly slept with women lol but let's be honest he wasn't shy about taking guys if he got thirsty enough 😂
Hahaha😁
"Like Dave Spector"
That one got me hahaha.
Subscribed for that Joke alone.
As a Dutch person living in Japan I would like to add that when Dejima/Nagasaki port was opened in 1571 (450th anniversary is this year) The Netherlands were at the height of their golden age and arguably one of the if not the most powerful nation on earth. So it's not too crazy to think that Dutch was a world language... at the time. It has to be said that most Japanese people, even those tasked with interpretation, were comically bad at speaking/reading Dutch. To the point that a German, Engelbert Kaempfer, was smuggled into Japan by a Dutch ship through the captain calling him a "Mountain Dutchman". The Netherlands literally has no mountains.
hahaha!! Thank you very much for sharing it!!
I learned a lot!! historically we are not good at a second language!!!
Love your reaction! Please continue! Hello from France
Really want to visit Japan and know about the culture because its very distinct...
Love from India
Your perspective and little bits of information I didn't know we're great! This was very fun to watch with funny jokes mixed in.
10:15 It’s okay, many English speakers haven’t entirely learned English either.
This was so fun to watch... thank you!!!
As a french, thanks you for your comment.
Of course japan won the war of 1905, it was a important moment, the first Time since ages when an european country was defeated by another non european.
Since ages? Since 1896! In 1896 the Ethiopians won the battle of Adowa, defeating the Italians and preserving their independence for 40 more years. 🪖🦁🔯
"We realised dutch was completely useless"
No truer words have ever been said
I’m just sorry I found this video so late.
You’re hilarious, dude.
Arigato🥰
They should’ve focused on Nanking, unit 731
I just found your channel a couple of hours ago, and I'm really enjoying your videos! Keep up the great content
Ohhh! Thanks a lot!!!!!!
"Howatto da Hfakku"
... yeah. Imma be stealing that 😂
"Buddhist gods turn into Shinto gods like power rangers" 😂😂😂
"That's why the islands are shaped wierdly." 🤣🤣🤣
You are truly funny, I can see you have put in a lot of work in your facial animation to convey a deeper resonance with your audience.
Love your little facts that complement so well the video!
Said the gods changed like power ranger and we believed it... I laughed harder than I should have good one sir
Oh thanks!!!! I'm glad to hear that!!
7:39 As an American, I'm so offended...
...that I didn't think of that first! 😂😂😂 lol
That attitude about ww2 was on point, as in that's how Japan seems to react to it anytime it's brought up.. even if it probably would have been a good idea to address some of that
American here. This vid by ol Wurtz is indeed great.
A bit of information about the atom bombs. There’s no denying they were terrible, but they weren’t the default option. We had Operation Downfall planned, which was invading Japan itself. To say nothing of the civilians who would have surely suffered, our own boys would’ve had a nightmare to face. To put this into perspective, there’s a medal we Americans award to those killed or wounded in battle called the “Purple Heart.” We made a stockpile of them for Operation Downfall so massive we’re still handing them out of that very same stockpile as of today.
Part of the reason the bombs were used was to avoid that possibility. It’s one of those morbid facts of reality that are understandably difficult to talk about.
"The same as young Christians today!" 😂 Very on-point my guy. Subscribed!
LOL @ fast-forwarding through WW2 as well haha! I would too honestly. Not the best time ever.
The mix of jokes and added additional historical facts (because obviously some things will be missed in a 9 minute video) was super entertaining! Will definitely be watching more!
In order to become a real "developed country" you must profit off another country’s war - meshida.
Philosophical perfection.
hahaha😁
Great video! I really enjoyed your perspective!
6:19 Sarugaku, a form of theatre (11th-14th centuries).
oh! thanks a lot. you are my sensei!
...oh... hah, saru means monkey if Ape Escape taught me right XD
This was fun to watch. Thank you Meshida san
6:04 but really that doesn't disproof it though. I mean it is still one hell of a coincidence. And so you could still say it was either really lucky or that it wasn't an accident because "there's no such thing as luck" in which case you could say that the Mongolians dying in a tornado twice, was both 100% the result of their own choices but also 100% part of a divine plane. So it doesn't have to be one or the other it could be both.
A bit ago I waited tables and served a bunch of ladies, one was obviously Japanese, but had been in the us for a long time. She spoke good English but still had a thick Japanese accent.
She was hilarious, picking on her friends. What fun.
I liked that comment about _Power Rangers,_ though I see the screenshots you used are purely from _Super Sentai._ I want to point out, just in case you're unaware, the show we got in the west was a weird Frankenstein mess where they used the fighting scenes (in the costumes and with the robots) from _Sentai_ (originally based on _Zyuranger_ ) but completely rewrote the rest of the show around them (basically all the parts where the heroes' faces are seen, plus a few where they're wearing the costumes), casting American actors and setting them in an American setting with different plots, while voicing over scenes of the villains, and of course putting their own theme song on it. In fact, instead of saying it was rewritten, it might be better to say it was a completely different show in the same genre that looked like _Sentai_ in some parts.
wow! I learned a lot!!!
Thank you for sharing it!!!!
Lets be honest, the songs on power ranger were much better at least hehe
@@Meshida Haim Saban is a mad genius.
"Even the atomic bomb grew up healthy."
Damn man 🤣
Dude you did it for another time!!! So funny and informative. #Wurtz is da shitz #reactionjapan.
Dude?
Thanks a lot!!!
@@Bossjohinator74 Thanks again!!!!!!!
Lol I like how honest he is about the whole kamikaze, it's not god that saved japan from the mongols, just mongols being stupid and came at the wrong time. Twice.
Man he also shares alot of details that were missed out by others, like how they were taught that japan won the war against Russia when the truth is it's a stalemate. I like this guy's knowledge
Wow, it suddenly makes sense why Japan's islands are shaped weirdly! Thanks, funny Japanese comedian man!
Also, no... You're kinda right. Japan spanked the Russians because of Russian incompetence. It also doesn't help that Tzar Nicholas wasn't the most popular amongst Russians, so there were plenty of ambitious revolutionary factions in the country at the time.
I just found this video and your reaction was really funny but you had snippets of information. I'm glad I stumbled onto the video even if I'm a bit late to the party! Your comments about both presidents was very funny also.
Japanese and French have similar unique sense of humour and edgy characteristics. Interesting history and your humourous reaction.
I mean, if the Dutch are the only European contact you have at the time, assuming that their language is a lingua franca is understandable.
14:08 here in Greece it is known because we voted in favor of Japan's motion for racial equality! It's unfortunately a lesser-known fact, but some people still remember it.
OMG I laughed soooo hard, the original video is already superb but you managed to make it even better
Meshida, my girlfriend is a Filipina and has a niece who married a Japanese man. Her children, about mid twenties, came to visit, but we could never get them to smile when being photographed. Also they always made a "V" gesture with their hands when the picture was taken. Can you explain this, please?
4:00 i spat my water that caught me off guard 🤣
Another thing, we have in common. Most of us Americans don't remember history for long after final exams. Unfortunately, we now have wackos trying to rewrite our history.
I loved the video! I also love how you are not afraid to make some jokes! Hard to find that today, thanks!
At first the humor wasn't quite hitting, but you were just warming up, oh my gosh, you're hilarious 😂🤣