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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 มิ.ย. 2024
- Hoping to spread some of the experiences of Half Japanese / Hafu people (or mixed Asian, Hapa, or even mixed race or just plain bicultural) to the world! :)
Anyone wondering about the "You can't be proud of being white" comment, please read:
You totally can be proud of your heritage! But the unsaid joke was if you claim white pride (in the U.S.), you'll possibly get in trouble and look racist... D: (unfortunately to Europeans)
Please don't feel like you can't ever ask halfies these questions, we just wanted to make a humorous video showing what we hear all the time.
*Update*
Max is in America now ;)
日本のハーフがいろんなことを経験します。これはその纏めた経験の１２です！ハーフ達の経験を世界に伝えましょう！
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I am half Japanese, when I first got to California I got "Are you American Indian? This happened multiple times. LOL
+John M. Johnson what's your other half?
Exactly half Japanese, half Swedish.
OMG JAG ÄR OCKSÅ HALV JAPAN HALV SVENSK
+Rika Furude hahahahaahha
+John M. Johnson indian are descendant of japanese people, i heard that some indian language have similarity with japanese language, well to me i don t see much similarity in the face, maybe more between people from south east asia and indian , but apart from pictures i never really met indian people, i like to do portrait but i may not be that good in similarity, in fact i m totally clueless sometimes i don t recognize a person because he s not wearing the same clothes, and i m not talking about people in other
Shizuka is very beautiful.
I am from Brazil and I am half japanese and half Italian but Brazil is a mixed country so I never had problema with it HAHAHA Brazilian people say that I am full japanese because of my eyes but japanese people say that I am not because my hair ir not dark
you must have the most gorgeous tan! I just grew insanely jealous xD
I was wrong
+Enkee Natsag I am also quite a rare mix. Instead I am half Chinese and half Slovakian, living in London. If that was not unique enough, I am also an identical twin.....
+Samantha Orr wow!!
+Midori anyway você é muito bonita!! Abs de outra ハーフ ;)
The guy definitely looks half and half. Actually, he looks like anime come to life. The girl, though, at least to a paleface like me, looks 100% Asian.
christopherscottb I'm Asian and she looks 100% Asian. Some Japanese girls have higher noses... so pretty
She looks hot.
Max looks European to me. Maybe closer to Eastern European (eg russians) though.
@@FinalLugiaGuardian He looks Eurasian. Even Arabs don't usually look like him.
It’s like my brother and I. He looks more Asian than I do.
I'm Thai/Norwegain and I refrain from using the words half or similar words. I've had quite the identity crisis that really made my childhood miserable. My mom never taught us Thai so at school in Norway we were expected to be martial artists and always eat rice and in Thailand we were the gorgeous foreign children who looked so European and beautiful and couldn't speak a word Thai. Living every day in Norway accepting the Asian stereotypes and embracing them (it's exotic being different, right? lol) and then coming to Thailand only to find out that we weren't Asian enough and couldn't even speak the language, and we were just foreigners (getting foreigner prices when mom got normal native Thai prices etc.). Being excluded from something you saw yourself as a part of. That split between expectations, perception of self and reality gave me quite the trauma. But things got much better. I went to Thailand on exchange and I'm finally content with who I am.
I'm equally Norwegian and Thai, regardless of language skills or where I've lived. My mom is as Thai as anyone from Thailand and same with my Norwegian father.There is nothing illegitimate, mix blooded/half blooded or halfbreed about me. That's why I don't like the word "half" or other words made to describe children who have parents from different countries and parts of the world. It's tossed around like it's nothing, when in fact it judges someone as incomplete. I'm not half - it's not like my blood is divided into a Thai half and a Norwegian half. I am one person, with two countries, cultures and a more diverse gene pool. We shouldn't have to divide ourselves or having to choose where we belong. We are part of both and we can take the best from both worlds.Language is a lot more powerful than we think. If we start calling us "half" just because it's commonly used, we become half. Aren't we full human beings? If we divide people into race we create a subconscious division that's not supposed to be there. (We are all one human race after all
Hey, I’m expecting a Hapa son in December... I’m proud and excited for the boy, but I see these “complicated Asian identities” online, and I worry... Please, do you have any basic advice for what a father needs to give a Hapa-child? I’m the tall white male with a beautiful, loyal, tiny Japanese wife. I’m at least glad to be bring the child into a healthy, loving home, but what else should I do to prepare?
As a Chinese/White mixed woman...this spoke to me so deeply. Thank you
I'm half japanese and half European and I get "half babies are so cute" "I wish I was a hafu" and it is really akward
Mao Aldred Aren’t you flattered?
Hey, I’m expecting a Hapa son in December... I’m proud and excited for the boy, but I see these “complicated Asian identities” online, and I worry... Please, do you have any basic advice for what a father needs to give a Hapa-child? I’m the tall white male with a beautiful, loyal, tiny Japanese wife. I’m at least glad to be bring the child into a healthy, loving home, but what else should I do to prepare?
I'm a three-way mix (only 1/4 Japanese), and oh boy. I've never literally gotten the "half babies are so cute!" thing, but as a kid I basically got treated that way when we'd visit family in Japan. So many little old ladies would come over and coo and fuss at me because I have curly, very Latina hair. I was literally having strangers come over and pet me like some sort of exotic kitten! So awkward.
@Danny Wade Most attractive Koreans are plastic.
I honestly love being half
Half chinese. Mom's white. My favorite response will be when she picking up my brother from while pregnant with me. Random woman comes up to her and says "isn't the darnest thing, you adopt a baby and you get pregnant yourself." My mom was so upset. With that being said, I do get asked a lot if I'm adopted when they see my mom is white.
i have been a victim of this. Mixed bloke here . I distinctly remember hearing someone at the airport as my mum where she adopted me. this question usually catches me off guard and a few times i have lashed out lol!.
I feel bad
Lol 😂 oh gosh I’m sorry but that’s kinda hilarious
I'm half black half japanese. And I live in Japan and this is my dad who is japanese lol, that's not always the mom. And I usually get mistaken for being Filippino hehe :)
Nice video ;)
I love hearing stories like yours. Appreciate your background man!
Hey man, thanks for watching and glad you could relate! My Filipino friends sometimes claim Filipinos are the black people of Asia, so maybe that's why you get mistaken for a Pinoy hahah.
Michael Stone Heeeey glad you enjoy the way I'm, that's not the same in my class cuz everybody is full japanese and i'm not they find me weird xD
Max D. Capo Yeaaah I also think so hehe
Well in Japan it is sort of a big deal to them, especially considering anyone not all Japanese is a unicorn out there.
I went to Japan last week and got the "happa" nod from every non Asian looking person there lol. I also tried to speak Japanese to a girl I was sitting next to at disneyland, she looked at me all confused and said in English "No, I'm Chinese."
+Justagirlwithasmile lmao
+Justagirlwithasmile Hahaha, same thing happened to me at Tokyo DisneySea, except the couple was Korean
The "hapa nod" is totally a thing! It's happened way too many times.
Sometimes I also give (and receive) the "hapa nod" from bi-racial couples with newly-born hapa babies. They must be wondering if that's what their kids will look like 20 (ok, 25) years from now. Great video!
I get the same thing, haha. I try to fight back a smile cause I can feel the parents looking at me curiously.
I love this video so much. They explained, discussed, and laughed about all my life experiences I’ve always kept to myself. Love the halfu community!
You two are so nice to each other and the audience! It's very heartwarming. :)
I'm actually not a hapa but I've met a few hapas throughout my life. Although... I actually come from a country that's literally half European and half Asian (Russia) but I look white to most people BUT I also grew up in a Chinatown in the U.S. So I'm like physically white looking but mentally and spiritually Asian. So whenever I talk to actual white Americans or even fellow Slavs, they're always a little surprised at how I talk and the way I think. So the hapa community is the one place where I can sort of relate but in a complicated sort of way.
I talked to this old guy one time. He came up to me and started to complain about the Japanese.... He went on and on about radiation and WWII, then he asked me where I was from, so I said, "I was born in Japan... my mom is from Japan and my dad is American...")! He walked away...
well thats a little rude! and same with me, i was born in japan and my mom is japanese while my dad is american :) its so awesome finding half japanese people just like me
Yes its cool to meet other half people. We all kindof have our own race... mixed. lol Like when you take a test and sometimes it will ask about your racial background... check by the mixed category. lol
did he say sorry?
i live in america, and everybody loves the japanese in my city.
if i were you, i would've lashed right back at him. give him a good dig somewhere.
No, but he was a old man. I understood that he grew up in a different time and era. It didnt bother me that much. I just laughed it off and moved on.
Michael Taishi Singleton
he probably is more concerned hating other minorities like the hispanics/blacks/muslims anyways.
Haha awesome video guys !
I'm half Japanese & Polish who was born & live in Paris now so seriously i get all of those same questions & confused from people haha. (i just laughed so much at the halfie nod & at the 「花が高いですね」 things HAHA).
The identity crises happened to me, when i was back to japan for summer vacations at the age of 14, and people starts to talk to me in sort of strange english & saying 「日本語上手ですね」. I was kinda shocked when i see the differences back to when i was younger and people were talking to me in japanese without thinking about my looks? haha.
And the other thing is that, i can speak french, japanese, english & little polish but i get many troubles when i was younger at school in France, cause i never get one language where i was strong enough to talk easly so it was hard for me back then.
Anyway, keep doing great videos ;) you guys are funny ! お大事に～
Hi Max and Shizuka! I've been living in Tokyo for over a year now and have been really enjoying your vids!! Please keep up the great work! Fun stuff!!!
+Alex Guevara Thank you!! So glad you've been enjoying them! :)
Big thanks to Océane M. for doing the French subtitles!
Merci!
Merci Océane but it's pretty confusing x) I mean, listening a language and read another one is a bit difficult xD mais merci quand même, je peux m'entraîner a parler l'anglais :D
I'm Cambodian/Thai and Puerto Rican. I get all of these comments all the time! People usually think I'm Filipino, Vietnamese, or Mexican. They don't even ask. They just come up and start speaking to me in their language.
I even had one guy ask me if I was half black and when I said no, he said, "Come on. You don't have to be ashamed of what you are." I'm not ashamed. And I'm not black.
Elisa Rivera same here, Chinese people come to me and start speaking on their own language,....I wish i could speak chinease language but I can not, at workplace Indian people ask me why I have similar to Indian name? I have to explain all about my country geography culture etc again.....some time i get annoyed and say nothing about it.
Great job putting all of this together.
Yeah, thanks so much! More to come.
People think I'm Mexican but I'm half Japanese and black
Big thanks to Sheentong Ren for doing the Chinese subtitles!! Xie xie!!
Thank you! I relate so much. My birth father was Japanese and my mom is of English/French descent. My brother and I were even filmed for a telemundo commercial at Disneyland.
omg i never thought the halfie nod happened to anyone else! XD
Just got it again the other day...
Dude your not alone on that "nod" lol ^^!!!
I've been watching your videos recently and I love it man!! I totally agree with these 12 questions!! i'm half Australian and half Japanese living in Tokyo but I don't look like Japanese so I always have that Gaijin gaze (sometimes, it feels good haha) I'd love to see you when you come to Japan next time!! I wanna wear that konnichiwatsup t-shirt haha
you guys are the best, made me laugh out loud multiple times! My parents are both Brazilian but I grew up in the US, speaking Portuguese at home but with European ancestry-- so I look like any other US kid and I have no accent in English. I had to make Confushizuka "you're cool because you're you" my desktop background as a reminder that it just doesn't matter!! :)
+Sergio Bastian Lol you made that your desktop background!!! Hahaha, that made my day, thank you! And you really are cool because you're you! ;)
I've had a bunch of these even tho I'm "pure" American (well, German, Russian, Cuban, so white anyway) and I speak Japanese pretty comfortably, so people assume I'm "half", they ask which one of my parents are Japanese, if I was born in Japan, etc. OR! if I'm with my husband in HI and we are speaking Japanese, places that have Japanese speaking staff get confused and speak English to me, speak Japanese to him, ask if I can speak Japanese, lol....actually since he looks a little bit Korean (tall, "high nose" and cheekbones) Korean people speak to him in Korean.....and then I answer back in Korean that he only speaks Japanese, which makes their brains explode XD
What is "pure" American?
Are you a native American?
dont go around saying you are "pure" american because you are not, american is just a nationality not an ethnicity. you are just perpetuating the stereotype that all americans are white, when in actuality the US is very diverse and barely majority white anymore. besides it is offensive to people like me who are actually pure american.
OMG that is hilarious!
I'm half Japanese half Mexican... and everyone's like "what's my name on japanese?" even though I always tell them that i've been born and raised in México and I can barely speak japanese, but the only thing I want to say to those people who ask that is "B*TCH your name is the same! It doesn't change at all!" =.=
+MrTacoExplosivo true lol although im japanese and korean, I was born and raised in the states and everyone is just like " what's your name in korean?? how do you say your name in japanese?? Are you more korean or japanese??" It's so frustrating. My name is my name. It doesn't freaking change!
+Ada Red Wong Hola! xD
It changes a bit tho. If your name is Jorge, you would be called Horuhe in Japanese.
+MrTacoExplosivo lmao XD
a lonely dango Sep, siempre pasa. D:
Yes yes yes 😂 this video is the best thing I've ever watched so relatable!!! Especially the " what are you” and " you're so exotic " .... Thank you for this video
You guys are awesome. Im glad you have a positive attitude
being half Japanese and half white, its so refreshing to see people just like me ethnically. Ive only met one other person besides my sister who is half and half and I remember seeing her for the first time and feeling an odd connection. I didn't know at first until I asked her about it then felt such relief finally hearing it. Idk why, its just so strange but comforting meeting someone with a similar ethnic background.
I am so happy to see you guys so happy, laughing about it. I was kind of brooding and miserable growing up mixed in US. Times a little different. I have no idea how my daughter will fit into Japan as half/mixed/double but yeah she is already getting the half ga kawaii and hana ga takai... Hopefully you will blaze a good trail.
Thanks for the message. Hopefully I can do a small part by creating a community or something through this channel :)
This was great! Though am half Korean my mom was born in Osaka Japan. But I still get this all the time! I love that y'all addressed the nod!! 😂😂👍🏼 my lil nephew even asked me when does the questions stop, I told him never. 45 years and counting and I still get them lol thanks for this video!!
I appreciate your honesty. Very good video.
This is interesting, great video. I'm an asian mix of Japanese and Korean born and raised in America. For number 9 I felt the opposite, I always felt like I was Japanese/Asian until I came to Japan I realized how un-Japanese I was and how American I actually am. Also I don't look half enough for most people to notice so I can be sneaky if I want.
Lol!!! The covert Korean in Tokyo and the covert cute Japanese girl in Seoul!!! As long as you can speak and write in both Japanese and Korean it works!!! LOL!!!
"Oh I thought you were Mexican!"
Omg I'm cracking up. I'm half Japanese and half Italian and I get that all the time. Hapa pride!
Gina Oshiro Makes me wonder if Mexicans are the original half Asians, haha
Honestly Mexicans and Hispanics can pass of as any race!
Max Capo I'm going to kill myself because because this comment.
Max Capo Have you seen the research on some Native Americans having part Chinese blood?
Max Capo that's because we are not a race but a nationality.
latinos are not a race either we are all a mix of a bunch of stuff.
I find it interesting to see any variety of mixed ethnicities. My nephew married a Hawaiian lady who is genetically full Japanese so my great nephew is a Hapa ( never heard this term till your video). I remember the term "Amerasian" given to the kids whose fathers were soldiers in the Vietnam war. Nice video.
Hey! I just wanted to say that I can totally relate to your video. I'm Hapa (half white/ half Korean)...it's so nice to hear other Hapa's go through similar experiences *nod*
My challenge to all in regards to question 4 (half-ness) is that while by "blood" we may be half-half, but who we are is doubled: I, as a person (my cultural identity, my heart, my ethnic identity), am not half Japanese and half American (in my case) -- I am both. But thank you for this posting. I've lived with this "half-ness" or "both-ness" for 50+ years, and am proud. As I talk about this among people on both sides of the ocean and beyond, people generally understand and accept me for who I am.
Good to hear. We ourselves did discuss the idea about "half" as a term that some people would rather see described as "double". It didn't make the final cut of this video, but we were thinking to possibly put it in another video! Thanks for your comment.
I'm half Japanese/German and i cannot even express how many times people have said "wow you would've been killed during World War II!"
THIS IS SO RELATABLE! Omg I love this video. Theres a guy at my school who is also hapa and we had that "oh you're hapa too" moment lol
Lol. This is the story of my whole life. Thank you for sharing your tales of being hafu! I am doing a project on my hafu life for my multicultural counseling class and I am including a link to this video.
I had somebody get mad at me because he was ANGRY that "mixed people are so beautiful". Being the self-conscious person that I am, I felt awkard, ashamed and scared at the same time. Adding in my bountiful freckles, I definitely get #12 hard core.
Hey nice to meet you the other day!!! Well I have to say I can relate to this very well!!! hahaha funny
Nice meeting you too! And I'm glad you liked it; I'll be posting some more like this soon :)
Hi! This video and your other videos are great :) I'm hafu too, Frapanese, French and Japanese. But I've lived in the UK for more than half my life, so I have a British accent. So I get major confused face by westerners, very funny. I wondered if you could do one for those who are hafu, but want to move to Japan, you know to get back to their roots (kind of what I've done) the processes involved and what to expect? For example boring but necessary bureaucratic stuff like juminhyo or koseki tohon's. There's so much information online for those completely foreign and how to do things. But I'm sure as you know its a different story when you are hafu.
Also I get called exotic, ha like a rare exotic bird.
you guys are sooo funny! i couldn't stop laughing. you make a great team. :)
I watched this a couple years ago, but then again today! I'm not hafu, but I can really relate to most of these!! Great video!
Thanks!! And I’ve actually been watching your videos lately haha :) Arigato!
That guy's so handsome 😍😍
and his accent in Japanese - *is dying* I need a moment now XD
Rere mexw hello Chanyeolllllll
fuck off, he's not korean you koreaboo
He’s gay
He looks weird.
Being half Japanese is kind of strange. I'm Japanese and black and everyone thinks I'm Samoan or Filipino. I always get the exotic comment and the mom being Asian question. My mom is black though hahaha
Kiarri Takahahn That probably blows their mind haha. Defying those stereotypes
Guys, just showed this to my half Japanese/half European/all New Zealander/now in America twin 8-year-olds. A great way to help them make sense of who they are, how they fit into the world, and that they are by no means alone. Thank you!!
Such a great video! I'm half Japanese and half Swiss and I can relate to many things you said! We're three sisters and in Japan almost everyone assumes that we're half American. So a lot of people speak English with us.. Even if we answer in proper Japanese lol! As for my identity, if I get asked I always tell people I'm Swiss/ Japanese. I don't see the point to say I'm Swiss (that's were I was born, grew up and still live), because I'm not. I'm both. It's also very interesting to see how other halfies look like! I think I look pretty much half, but one of my sisters looks very white. :D
+kirakiranail Thanks for sharing! Glad you found the video too, that's why we made it. I guess I slowly started to realize that we weren't the only ones out there. All of us halfies kind of have funny stories, being part of both a Western world and an Eastern one. It's fun to be half/both :)
Did anyone else think of "Texan in Tokyo" when that image popped out in the bottom right corner at 4:37?? :D
you guys are lucky you at least look asian T^T I'm half Japanese and half white too, but I don't look asian at all.. There are people who can tell I am, but... most people can't unless I tell them and they stare at me for a long time..
RubyRose78 I like to think it helps when there is context, hah. So many people in Japan couldn't tell I was Asian; they thought I looked like Tom Cruise...
Lol, im doninican but with alot of different Asian races mixed in cuz of my great grandparents, and I had this funny awkward moment when I went in japan for a language intensive course where people kept touching my hair because they said it was soft and shiny and kept commenting about my eyes. Ut was funny because a friend of mines told me that they wetter arguing whether I had some asian in me because of my eyes n hair.... Right in front of me, haha XD
Max Capo I have this problem as well, I don't look Asian at all. I'm a halfie
I have cousins that are halfie, but not Asian (though....they could kind of pass for it in some traits). They are actually half Caucasian, half Black Foot Indian. Personally, I think the mix ended up making for some very lovely kids! I'm so jealous of the hair the two boys got! It is /so/ silky sooth like my Uncle's. My cousin Vicky has the much paler skin (paler then me with my olive overtone, red under tone) but she has jet black hair and you can mostly see her Native American side in her eyes, cheeks and nose. Cousin Jared is also very pale with jet black hair, but he has a lot more of the slender boned side of our over all family, and the youngest is dark olive with light brown hair and also shows the Black Foot facial structure. People often don't know we are cousins, as we look nothing alike, but you /can/ see their mom in there too. And my nephews, cute little boys that they are, are also Caucasian/Native (Crow Indian). They took a lot after their dad who was Native, but at least one of them has a very red cast to his hair like mom. I can't wait to see what they look like when they are older ^.^ The oldest we can already tell is going to be super tall.
ya really. also my dad is the asian one. I'm a hapa but my dad is half chinese/half japanese. Grandpa is 100% japanese born in California and my grandma is 100% chinese born in China. My mom is white (french canadian and german mostly.) everyone thinks I'm hispanic. its quite hilarious
They are both very beautiful people! No only because of the way they look, but the way they react to things. I like the fact that they receive people's curiosity politely and being very understanding about it. Thumbs up for you guys!
I appreciated hearing you two talk about your experiences. My wife and I (Caucasian American and Japanese respectively) have a 5 month old daughter who will be growing up here in Japan. These kinds of stories are interesting and helpful to listen to. And you guys are pretty fun to watch, too. Thanks!
I am half Chinese half Korean, and I had a friend once who was half Chinese half Japanese. Interestingly some people mistake me for being Japanese, I always take it as a compliment. I also had a friend who was half Japanese half Armenian, and she was very beautiful and tall
I'm 5+ mixed ethnicities, Japanese included, and aside from having experienced all of these, the "halfie-nod" was most interesting of this list because I exchanged it with someone who wasn't of Asian descent, but we could tell the other was mixed. It's really interesting how there's a subtle language of acknowledgement like that.
I fkn LOVE that halfie nod!! It’s like “hey, we share the same experiences! We look similar!” Always a slight grin too
jeez max I would love to meet you in person! you have such a relaxed personality, nice!
Amazing video! Every single time I meet new people I hope through some of these... I got the "exotic" one very recently - my DAD's family (not my mum's) is from Japan (Okinawa, to be more precise) and my mum is Brazilian, so everyone goes "wooooow, that's so cooool!!" (which it is, to some extent, but I had never given it much thought before being asked).
I was an exchange student in Japan for one year and never had any problems with people not knowing which language to use to speak to me, because I was speaking to everyone in Japanese (both the Japanese people I met and the other exchange students)... but all the time when I was living in Brazil, in school and with friends from other places, I was indeed THE Japanese kid - my nickname has been "Japinha" (meaning "little Japanese") since I can remember... And there was one time in Japan when I was really proud of my "Japaneseness": I went to Shinagawa with my then kind-of-girlfriend (another exchange student, from Slovakia, who has been my wife for almost 6 years now) to try to get a permit for doing アルバイト, but since we had never been there before we had some trouble to find the exit from the station... then someone who worked at the station came to us and asked if we needed help, and we explained we were trying to get this document, and he told me "oh, ok, you're doing it for your girlfriend, then?", to which I said "no" because I was also a foreigner, and the guy said "OMG, I really thought you were Japanese!!", so I couldn't stop smiling for a while after hearing that... XD
Again, great video and sorry about the very long comment, but I could totally relate to the subject...
I also get:
"Youre half asian? Wait I cant see it.... wait... *stares intensely into my eyes and soul* ohhh now i see it, its in your eyes!"
Or
"Half asians are the prettiest"
Im like : okay...? Thanks?
sunflag90 I'll take whatever comment, as long as it's positive, hah :P
Its normal to get comments, everyone notices other people's appearance, and its very human to wonder which race they might be (I mean its not racist or hateful, its just normal). I've had that all my life too, people asking if I was Native American (I am part Native American), but there was no demeaning comments, they were just curious about my ancestry, and I can understand that. And of course it you tell them that you are half-Asian but it is not obvious, they try to see if you have Asian physical traits that they haven't noticed. Unless they make demeaning comments of course, then it not ok.
Sarah G They don't offend me at all. They have good intentions and I appreciate their curiosity but I just get a bit uncomfortable when someone I don't really know stares into my eyes for a while... or random free compliments. I really appreciate compliments but they make me blush and I don't know what to say(like ...should I return the compliment?)
+sunflag90 Yes for sure, it must be uncomfortable (and annoying), sometimes people just don't realise they are being a bit rude (in fact if it makes you uncomfortable you can just tell them, you don't have to let them do something that makes you uncomfortable). And I don't think you have to return the compliment unless you feel like it, just a thank you is perfectly fine. :o)
I just got this exact response today lol.
My grandfather is japanese, my dad is half black and half japanese and i'm mixed black and white. I have 1/4 japanese blood but people don't believe me because of stupid stereotypes😑Many of my family live in Kanzawa (Japan). So,i'm proud to be blasian😊
+Azuree Ingvild Hjøllund Beck Heck yea, I am actually near Kanazawa visiting now. Mixed people ftw? haha
+Azuree Ingvild Hjøllund Beck you're complicated
Same, but my family is from Kyoto and Nagasaki.
hi love your channel. My husband is half Japanese but when I met him I had no idea. OOOps!! But we hit it off pretty much instantly, maybe the fact that I didn't treat him like it was an issue helped the relationship. I found out by meeting his parents, but long before meeting him I had already developed a respect for Japan so it only made him more attractive to me. hope that's not wrong. anyway I'm very glad he is also open minded, as I am Latina. We have been married near 17 years and still very attracted to each other. Id love to hear more about Hapa culture and possible visit my husbands family in Japan some time, so these are very helpful
ビデオありがとうございます！！うれしかったです！あたしもアメリカと日本のハーフで自分以外のハーフはあんまり会わないんです！I was super happy to know that there are other people like me with the saming problems!
These two are awesome. They are so chill.
Hahahahahahaha I have to admit... I'm from Costa Rica and for me he looks more like a latino than Japanese...
For me she looks totally Asian XD
and I'm white (my parents are from Europe) so many people asks me if I'm gringa (US citizen) or begin to speak to me in english... and yes... I get the question "where are you from" and "where are your parents from" a lot...
And even I was born and raised in CR I still have french accent (less than my parents) and for several years I worked in a call center giving assistance in french, so the accent got worse, so much that some people told me that feel I was playing as turist more than a local (is impossible do not have french accent when you parents speak french all the time)
maczu mangu true... but in CR many people call themselves whitr when they are not (it was a professor in my population class that openes my eyes on that) and sadly I don't look like a costarrican, so it happens a lot that people think I'm rich or gringa... less now than before... but it still happens sometimes when I'm in SJ that someone stops me and ask if I speak spanish o begin to speak in english...
maczu mangu the same as in USA people don't see Asians as part of them or China don't see their white population as part of their population...
I'm a white latina... but many people don't understand that I'm speaking about metizos if I don't use the word latinos to describe them...
And what is race? My friend married a mulato and have two children, both have the same skin color, but because the boy looks like his father people say he is black while the girl look more like mu friend and people say she is latina (they live in USA)... and they have the same skin color...
So race is what people want to see... in my case I was born and live my life in a latino country, so I grow up thinking that meztizo is white and that I was ghost color skin girl (turist are normally tanned)...
It was a teacher that told the class to stop call the mestizo white... when they are not (only a few mestizos are in reality white), that sadly think being white is better and bla bla bla and that is why they call themselves white when they are not...
And is true... many people here say they are white but they have a nice canela color skin...
And in my case... I learned that I'm still a ghost color skin girl even for white people, only albinos are whiter than me and I really want to have more color... have white skin is not really funny... :(
So you speak Spanish , French, and English?
@er lo You can't tell if someone in Brazil is full Asian or mixed. You can be mixed and look Full Asian, African, or European. My great-great-great grandfather was Italian, and the rest is Japanese and i look full Asian as well when I'm also A European Brazilian
Idk why I've never come across this before but god this is so relatable :'). I've grown up in Australia all my life but because both my parents are mixed (half indian/half chinese and then burmese/iranian/european) I apparently can't possibly just say I'm Australian when people ask me where I'm from haha
This makes me soo happy.I love being able to relate to other halfies!! (Half Japanese, half Australian here!) :P
So glad you found this vid! Yoroshiku :P
Also, your name makes me think of that 70's show, just FYI lol
Not sure which show you're talking about.. 🤔
Weird question: Do you have a dual citizenship for Japan and America?
+Rika Kelso It's literally called "That 70's Show" and Ashton Kutcher plays "Kelso". Maybe it's not popular in Australia? Lol
Your second question is something private, but you can contact me about it on my social media.
Ohh! I thought you were talking about my first name! I was thinking 'Rika doll' nara shitteru kedo...
I do know of that show! AHAHA
Will do, check FB :)) ✌️
I'm asian, precisely chinese, but my parents went to italy, so i'm born and raised in italy (they meet there), i feel totally italian, i mean i speak perfectly italian and. I have an italian accent i love italy, but my aspect obviously is totally asian, yeah i know, but sometimes i just feel ankward, because people always ask me: do you speak italian? (With hand gestures) and i feel bad; sometimes i just want to be italian, but then i think, ha! I know two languages! And even thought i'm not half i feel like a mix of cultures!
GhostixXoX how can you write a comment in fluent english then
Captain Insane English doesn’t really count as a language to Europeans, it’s more like a basic skill.
Genmaichi But Naturally Id expect any Bilingual person of Bloody Japanese which we all know is Hard enough and to speak Italian on top of that.Youd expect the person to have their hands Full with that Let alone a third Language she's not only Fluent but to an Expert level as you can read.So Props to her and thats why i was so Curious
I'm half Japanese half English.. People usually have the need to tell me how much they like sushi or they ask me to say something in Japanese. This video is great because I can relate to it so much!
WOOHOO !! I always get identity crisis ! half-Filipino half Japanese here :D nice video
They are so cute! Love this video !
I don't understand why mixed people make a big deal about being mix.
Exactly! They make it a big deal when it's really not!
sweetzs100
Maybe I should make a BIG deal about mixed breed dogs and cats.
If it wasn't a big deal people would not try to question their race all the time or give them comments all the time on their mixed race. if it wasn't a big deal they would not have 11,000 views 200 likes and a whole discussion thread. Society is weird, it's not their fault that other people make it a big deal, it is not them... Especially in asian countries people make it a big deal there alot.
chinchillat505
Okay, so somebody should make a BIG deal and post a video of a mixed breed German Sheppard and Irish Setter dog because people in Japan have never seen one. lol
Because non-mixed people make such a big deal out of it. Being mixed is more common these days, but years ago almost EVERY time I met someone new, they would be curious about my background. I actually enjoy it because it's a good way to make for an interesting conversation. (Asian/White)
What are you? I'm human. Then walk away.
It's interesting though to know the origins of people. Saying "I'm human" is very bland and doesn't tell much of a story.
Me I know. But what sort of human are you?
When you try your best to communicate but you attempt fails miserably lol
lfmaoooooooo what is your human origin
Yep...Earth!
Hi guy ;)
Thanks for nice video!
I am 25% Spanish Japanese who has many problem as mixed blood .
For example
When I was in the airplane with my classmates (it's school trip ) , CA gave me a tax form in English .
Even I talked something in Japanese...
I don't mind my nationality anymore however I could understand what you guys saying
+Yoshira TV Same here! Now, I don't care whether I get handed an English form or Japanese form. It takes too much energy to mind that... haha. Keep your head up!
@@MaxDCapo Do you consider peope who are 1/32Jpaanese and who have a Japanese great-great-great grandfather to be Japanese?
loved this video XD even though im not half japanese, im half canadian and half korean and most of these. The nod is definitely a thing and also the hair color,i have dark brown hair, the interesting i guess thing with me is my eye color because i have grey/blue eyes but i have the asian eye shape so people ask me if im wearing contacts haha
The half Japanese combos that I have encountered:
Japanese Filipino
Japanese American
Japanese Mexican
Japanese German
Japanese Australian
Japanese Canadian
SO MANY COMBO!!!
I'm half Japanese and spanish
I’m Japanese and Brazilian (btw don’t get confused with my profile, it’s someone famous 😂)
half japanese and korean lol
I'm Japanese/Filipino and a little korean or so says my mom.. so yeah... I feel your pain guys
zeehee1231 people think I'm spanish thats why. they ask "what are you"
zeehee1231 Yeah, or are you saying it is not considered it as being half, because it's both in Asia but two different countries?
exactly
Yuuko Kanda LOL you are not spanish! hahahahhaahahahahahahhaha
shh shh its ok engine
Interesting video!
P.D.: Shizuka is beautiful!
わかります!! 私は日本人 、黒人、あと白人のミクスなので、よく言われます. 特に日本に行くと言われるので時々嫌な思いもしちゃいます www
I totally understand where you two come from. I'm mixed with japanese and white/black so i get "what are you??" or "THATS your natural hair color?" alot. Its kind of annoying. I'm so glad this video exists because hafus aren't very common where I live. Great video :)
I'm a half Eritrean and half Bosnian which grew up in Germany and lives in London.
Whenever people ask me where I'm from they get really confused and think I'm lying because it's such a random and rare combination, not to mention I look strange but not in a bad way. I really wonder if there's anyone out the like me, it's strange knowing that you might be the only one of your kind and don't have a place you can truly call "home" and be accepted by the people. When people ask where i consider myself at home i just say Earth xD
+Lovasz I'm Eritrean and I don't find that combination weird, our people are refugees and are spread all over the world, sometime they end up all alone in a country with no other relatives to contact so it's normal it they end up marrying from a different race or something. I don't know about the Bosnians but Eritreans will always think of you as one of them where ever you go or no matter how you look, most Eritreans nowadays are mixed with green\gray eyes and super light skin and I never saw anyone commenting about them not being "African" or "Eritrean" so don't stress it.
Slavic African HAHAHA
Do you speak any bosnian? :D
Lola ??? Is that Leyla Aldobasic ??? Are you Bosnian Lola ??
What's the song that's played right at the very end? I'm sure it was in Fast and Furious: Tokyo drift I have been wanting to know the name of the song for so many years
+TheLauren3256 Well, need for speed is a video game (lol) and Tokyo Drift is Fast and the Furious, but yes, it's just called "Tokyo Drift" by Teriyaki Boyz.
+Max D. Capo omg I can't believe I got them confused 😂😂😂 I should have realised and thank you so much!!
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The topic could be difficult for the sensitive. You two went right in and showed how well adjusted you both are.
This is SSSSOOOOOOO on point! I'm half Japanese, half swedish. It wasn't even a thought to me until I went to school in Japan. However.... It was a little different for me because I look a lot more white. But, I relate to ALL of this! (My best friend is also a "hybrid" like I am. He's Indonesian and Swiss) our hall-ness is how we became friends.
I'm quarter japanese and i get asked these questions a lot
Max is so gorgeous 😭
Does SHizuka have her own chanel? I love to see more videos of you :)
My hair is so black its blue...And they still ask..Did you dye your hair?? Great vid guys , glad I found your channel Max. Keep it up!
Glad you found the channel too man. Thanks!
I am half Korean/half Estonian in Japan, speak fluent Japanese and English, with ambiguous looks - and get all of these comments and then some ('oh, you do not look half Korean, you look half Japanese'... for example! haha). But yes, when people try to guess where I am from, I think I have gotten just about every single interpretation possible. I guess I am great at confusing people :D
Lol I do the first one all the time.
Person : Where are you from?
Me : Birmingham :)
Person : Where are you from originally??
Me: ... Birmingham, I was born there. :)
Person : Nooo, like, where are your parents from?
Me: Earth... ;)
Omg I can relate to this so much thanks guys!! 😂😁
Cool video! Interesting opinions. I've lived in Japan a year and a half now and regarding your last point, people get confused if they should speak English or Japanese to me even though I am Hispanic and definitely look Hispanic. Perhaps Japanese people just assume you speak both? Not sure. Anyway, I think you guys are beautiful because you're both examples of what happens when love crosses cultures and races. My future children will be quite a mix mash of different ethnicities! Half-Nicaraguan and 1/4 Japanese, 1/8 Spaniard, 1/8 Filipino, 1/8 Hawaiian and 1/8 Chinese.
+LiThisIsEpic Your fractions add up to 125%. You fail at maths.
How exactly can you look like a Spanish speaker? Maybe it would make more sense to say you look like the hispanic stereotype
alf-asian and alf-caucasian are beautiful mix
Stop fetishizing you hillbillies !
Thx, my dad is canadian and my mom is japanese!
Very interesting video, you guys are cool. Subscribed ^^
Thanks man
I'm mixed: Filipino, Ecuadorian, german, and Irish. I am from Hawaii and as diverse as Hawaii is I have been asked almost all of these questions. most of the time I just turn it into a game and ask them to guess what ethnicity they think I am. it's never been an issue for me to be mixed but in Hawaii it's intriguingly relatable to interact with various persons and understand and appreciate each other's cultures. we are a big melting pot of culture, I love it!
I can relate to your comments. I'm half Japanese. Grew up there the first part of my life. It was my long hair that the Japanese commented on or wanted to touch. While walking down Haiwadori in Naha in the 70's an Obasan came up to me and grabbed my hair. Scared the wits outta me! Lol. I'm 50 now and just this past month went to a Japanese restaurant. The Japanese waitress commented on my hair. She said Hafu have nice hair. I didn't realize they call us hafu until recently. I always knew us as hapa.
I'm not Japanese but my dad is German and my mom is Mexican.I totally get you guys,I have blonde hair and blue eyes and people say I don't look "Mexican" lol
chiara light
Very true. I went to Mexico this summer and there were plenty of European looking Mexicans and they spoke Spanish and on rare occasions an indigenous language.
It's not that people from the states are only exposed to Indios and not exposed to light skinned Mexican people. In the United States if you have light skin and a western last name you just get labeled 'white" you can go to El Paso Texas and come across white skinned people who speak no English. Only 38.2% of Texas population is "white non hispanic"
+shutup Germans and irish have been moving to South america since the 1400's
+chiara light Well said.
Those people who said that to you are very stupid, and very ignorant thing to say. Let me guess, Americans said that to you correct? lol My descendants are Iberian Portuguese, Iberian Spanish, French, Italian, Irish, Ashkenazi-Polish, Czech, Greek, Finnish, Egyptian, and Turkish. But my main nationality is Mexican-American. Nice to meet you fellow friend. ^^
When I lived in Japan I saw a Hafu little toddler with a Japanese face and the most beautiful rust color hair. It was very exotic looking. My son is only a quarter Japanese but when he was about eight a classmate was walking behind him and said, "move it Chinese boy!" Lol
I'm 1/32 Japanese and my son is 1/62 Japanese, but we look full white
a totally relatable video...
I'm half Japanese and half Bolivian, but I grew up both in Japan and the United States (& I currently live in the States), so when it comes to identifying myself, i can't really define myself from a specific country.
And if you ask me, there's only 10% or less Bolivian about me (especially 'cause I forgot Spanish in exchange with Japanese)
I'll say I'm Japanese because I have a Jp passport, but if you ask me what I am as a person, I'd say I'm international/diverse/any term that's got a similar meaning.
And I barely have Japanese friends and growing up in Japan, I'd always hang out with my dad's friends/co-workers who were all from different countries but spoke English, so now I'm realising that there's so many things I don't know/never realized about regular Japanese people; whether it'd be their perspectives toward people like us hafus and even the way they interact when they get older (around high school and above)
Anyone out there who can relate to me?
Wow this was great it's great to know that other people feel like this too
Yay for hapas! Chinese mix here.
OMF IM HALF JAPANESE AND HALF MEXICAN THIS IS SO ACCURATE IM CRYING
This whole video is soooo true and I went through this my whole life!
Very interesting video! Especially about mentioning the "crisis". This heavily reminds me of my friend who is actually 100% Japanese and is bilingual and has lived in America her whole life. She actually has the crisis whenever she visits family in Japan. She told me that many Japanese people do not accept "foreign" Japanese people as "full Japanese". And therefore, she is sometimes treated differently.