How One "Man" Fooled Us All - The Strange Story Of Samurai Buyer | TRO

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  • How One "Man" Fooled Us All - The Strange Story Of Samurai Buyer | TRO
    0:00 - Intro
    5:59 - The Rise Of Samurai Buyer
    12:26 - i Dubbbed
    19:02 - Cherry Blossom
    25:57 - Stormy Weather
    33:09 - Collateral
    43:39 - Samurai Liar
    52:29 - Sayonara
    Intro:
    Image can be reflected in our demeanour, our actions, our comments, and equally, it will be defined by how people interpret that behaviour. When we encounter people, and other alike entities, we spend a lot of time attempting to paint a mental picture in our head for how we envision them. Now, we cannot look into their minds and read their every intention, but some judgement is always necessary, because when we have to make a decision which may involve bestowing responsibility or trust in certain people, then that mental picture has to be factored in.
    However, this is typically reserved for personal relationships, and although we may hold greater opinions about certain issues, we won’t typically assign a face to it. This is particularly the case with corporations. Now, it’s completely valid to have distaste for companies and their conduct, but it’s also reasonable to accept that most companies are made up of a lot of interacting tiers, and this can lead to them pretty much being separated from the idea of consciousness altogether. Although I wouldn’t actually agree with that, and urge others to keep in mind that a decision will typically have a person behind it, it is often hard to conceptually feel any emotional connection to what a company may do, hell, if we did we’d probably never stop being upset, and we need to look out for our mental well being too you know.
    CZcams occupies a weird medium between the world of intimacy and distance, because although we may not feel a connection to a lot of creators on a personal level, their success partly relies on the direct support that we pledge towards them. A lot of celebrities feel a bit beyond our world, and CZcams creates communities that people can be involved in, however, because of that, there is a bit more direct accountability, and a judgement that does feel a little more personal. Therefore, we tend to apply certain standards for creators that we may not give to large multinational corporations, partly because of that connection, and partly because we actually have the power to hold them accountable.
    Over the last few years, we’ve witnessed companies attempt to be quote “woke”, and relate to the human condition, yet it never feels particularly real because, although amusing, you receive the impression it’s just another campaign focused towards the demographic of depressed teenagers who occupy the Twitter hellscape. On top of this, the Tweets are never really channeled through the mind of an individual, and therefore we never put a face to the company or develop a personal connection.
    However, in 2015, a business managed to infiltrate a budding CZcams community, through a character who would become almost synonymous with the product that he was offering. Yes, long before BetterHelp would cause many creators to reevaluate how they keep an eye on the sponsors they collaborate with, there was an even more bewildering controversy, surrounding one of the most iconic CZcams sponsors: Samurai Buyer.

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  • @TheRightOpinion
    @TheRightOpinion  Před 3 lety +6932

    EDITING CREDITS/REFERENCES BELOW: Ahhh have an extra video because you guys are epic (Also sorry for a few visual glitches, frustrated, but life must go on, *please do not blame the editor it was a mistake that occurred in post/render* , it is my responsibility to notice these things as much as it is anyone else's)
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    • @LadiesHideYourMans
      @LadiesHideYourMans Před 3 lety +28

      Are you and primink married yet???

    • @alexanderl7059
      @alexanderl7059 Před 3 lety +30

      Hi The Right Opinion I don't have anything to say so I'm just leaving a comment to help in the CZcams algorithm

    • @4skin-gaming
      @4skin-gaming Před 3 lety +4

      @@alexanderl7059 do you want a medal or something wow you are so amazing (im being sarcastic)

    • @playerdreamer181
      @playerdreamer181 Před 3 lety +12

      am i the only one that reads all the special thanks?

    • @anonymosity4life
      @anonymosity4life Před 3 lety

      MEAW

  • @squid1712
    @squid1712 Před 3 lety +12524

    "CZcamsrs have clashed with far worse corporate entities"
    Its ok you can say CZcams.

    • @Cinko420
      @Cinko420 Před 3 lety +303

      The Jester
      The one word that won't get you demonitized is CZcams itself.

    • @brgan557
      @brgan557 Před 3 lety +92

      His elegance will not allow it

    • @aloadofbollocks988
      @aloadofbollocks988 Před 3 lety +70

      Cinko515 “You” is actually slightly prejudice to the proletariat; we much prefer you use “our”.

    • @helix5031
      @helix5031 Před 3 lety +38

      @@aloadofbollocks988 what about RedTube

    • @Minto8384
      @Minto8384 Před 3 lety +16

      @@helix5031 Ugh don't make me vomit

  • @gottabesandi
    @gottabesandi Před 3 lety +6495

    “The moment you think someone can do no wrong is probably the moment you underestimate them.” Hits hard.

    • @missasyan
      @missasyan Před 3 lety +42

      @prende 87 wait this IS a joke right
      can you please add /s because i'm dumb and cannot sense it
      also nice cat pfp

    • @bitchwormpuddin1499
      @bitchwormpuddin1499 Před 3 lety +24

      @X Æ A-8gu468h dont ads make you wanna buy from there? I dont wanna after watching this

    • @omnical6135
      @omnical6135 Před 3 lety +29

      @X Æ A-8gu468h
      TRO: *exposes company for doing bad thing*
      you: "IT WAS ALL AN AD, I'M COOL AND *DEEP* TOO RIGHT?!"
      edit: unless you're trolling and have cranked a soulja boy on me

    • @akiluckyakilucky7524
      @akiluckyakilucky7524 Před 3 lety

      True

    • @Koozomec
      @Koozomec Před 3 lety +5

      Tbf acting right and some people will think you're weak too. Everyone need to be a D to remind others it's not the case.

  • @brosef4154
    @brosef4154 Před 3 lety +5885

    The fact that "Misaki" was an African and wrote "I'm not a nigga, I'm yellow" is about 1,000x funnier now.

    • @mariemacfhionghuin11
      @mariemacfhionghuin11 Před 3 lety +261

      If I can recall, I believe TRO said he hired an African man to work the mailing list

    • @flyaround312
      @flyaround312 Před 3 lety +387

      The person who wrote that _was_ Misaki, not the African employee who had sent the original emails to CZcamsrs

    • @casparjackson4075
      @casparjackson4075 Před 3 lety +37

      MISAKI WAS BLACK?! WHAT- WHY WOULD HE LIE?!

    • @s-dew
      @s-dew Před 3 lety +121

      This is not true. Misaki and the african spam dude are different ppl.

    • @Ezzy1331_
      @Ezzy1331_ Před 3 lety +5

      WHEEZE

  • @Cheetahgirl_Studios
    @Cheetahgirl_Studios Před 3 lety +5580

    For a guy called “Samurai Buyer” he sure has a lot of dishonour.

    • @applepopapplerancher3211
      @applepopapplerancher3211 Před 3 lety +94

      I bet he's the kind of guy to kill Solaire.
      I bet he's the kind of man to hit Grimm as he bows.
      I BET HE'S THE TYPE OF MAN TO LEDGE PEOPLE IN 1V1 DUELS.
      Alright, alright, anyways.

    • @nataliealphonse4634
      @nataliealphonse4634 Před 3 lety +29

      For a country so obsessed with honour they sure are a bunch of dishonourable curs

    • @HuneeBruh
      @HuneeBruh Před 3 lety +12

      Applepop Applerancher you’re a hollow knight fan?

    • @theconmantube3449
      @theconmantube3449 Před 3 lety +53

      Samurai actually had no honor at all, they’d harass villagers and kill civilians

    • @iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis
      @iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis Před 3 lety +28

      He needs to capture the Avatar in order to gain his honour.

  • @vordjoncus
    @vordjoncus Před 3 lety +6394

    "Samurai Buyer." Now that's a name I haven't heard in years.
    Also, Merryweather is the *last* name I expected to come up in this! I started reading some of his stuff this year, and I had never heard of any of this before.

    • @OBlindBandit
      @OBlindBandit Před 3 lety +242

      * Takes out cigarette * I haven’t heard that name in a long timmmeee

    • @Luciditation
      @Luciditation Před 3 lety +111

      Me neither bro this gives me flash backs to bad unboxing

    • @durzoblint415
      @durzoblint415 Před 3 lety +18

      Pepperidge Farm remembers

    • @rollingvice
      @rollingvice Před 3 lety

      Isn't that the guy that buy samurai

    • @cushchristian1257
      @cushchristian1257 Před 3 lety +2

      Oh ie.. *takes hat off* years..

  • @mr.dr.prof.pokenerd5826
    @mr.dr.prof.pokenerd5826 Před 3 lety +8081

    Shout outs to how TRO actually uses the segment feature on CZcams and places his ads during actual breaks in speech and/or between segments.

    • @minikipp8549
      @minikipp8549 Před 3 lety +593

      I like how the ads being there makes it much easier to follow meaning you don’t get mad at the ads you just accept them as I’m helping this guy eat this week

    • @cristiana8044
      @cristiana8044 Před 3 lety +171

      I AM SO GLAD SOMEONE SAID THIS , IT’S SO HELPFUL , I LOVE IT . (If I know about the person it’s nice to get to the juicy bits.)

    • @mrminey
      @mrminey Před 3 lety +47

      It automatically happens when you add timestamps in the description

    • @xxonspotlight
      @xxonspotlight Před 3 lety +35

      Amen. Smoothest transition in all my days.

    • @TheChurchofJim
      @TheChurchofJim Před 3 lety +32

      @@minikipp8549 I hope you know that to actually help them you have to watch 30 seconds or the whole ad (whichever comes first) otherwise they dont get the revenue for it.

  • @trollgod1233
    @trollgod1233 Před 3 lety +3361

    Pretty weird how outta all the youtubers it was filthy frank that saw through it right away and even called him out on in

    • @tonys6620
      @tonys6620 Před 3 lety +289

      @Cidney Lysander lmao not only half Japanese but half Australian also. It's insane

    • @ketchup901
      @ketchup901 Před 3 lety +9

      When did he do that?

    • @asrieldreemurr1988
      @asrieldreemurr1988 Před 3 lety +61

      @Cidney Lysander Jaiden is half Japanese

    • @Samantha-vt8zt
      @Samantha-vt8zt Před 3 lety +246

      @@asrieldreemurr1988 I think that its more that Joji is well, himself, he's kinda not easily fooled by anyone.

    • @Dan_Kanerva
      @Dan_Kanerva Před 3 lety +147

      @@Samantha-vt8zt no shlt , George is a japanese street connoisseur... he knows japanese bs when he sees it

  • @Dardessia
    @Dardessia Před 3 lety +1657

    Damn, this happened so long ago that Filthy Frank was still around

    • @omnical6135
      @omnical6135 Před 3 lety +15

      damn

    • @happydabber4882
      @happydabber4882 Před 3 lety +18

      Joji never left... you feeel me dawg?

    • @liseegeskov8769
      @liseegeskov8769 Před 3 lety +28

      The creator of filthy Frank is doing different stuff now and Im happy for them

    • @Get_yotted
      @Get_yotted Před 2 lety +8

      @@liseegeskov8769 Happy for him, but his new music is shit as opposed when he was doing Joji vlogs and the Chloe Burbank mix was just the peak. 88Rising has destroyed his music.

    • @Bl4ckD0g
      @Bl4ckD0g Před 2 lety +6

      @@Get_yotted yeah, once he made the hard switch to just Joji and his new 'music' I lost interest. I gave it a shot but Joji's music is just not my thing I guess. Sounds like all the other sadboy Soundcloud trash.

  • @katbird2699
    @katbird2699 Před 3 lety +3684

    Hearing people call him "Ian Idubbbz" will never not make me smile

    • @Laiser
      @Laiser Před 3 lety +98

      Slamming his head into his keyboard, Ian Idubbz had been pushed over the limit, he began to scream and yell, with the extreme power of a Dragon Ball Character. He cried hard,thrashing around his room, and then began to suck his swolen thumb to calm himself down, he glanced back to his keyboard, his eyes still flustered with blind rage, the comment still stood there mocking him ;
      "
      Kat Bird
      16 hours ago
      Hearing people call him "Ian Idubbbz" will never not make me smile"
      Shortly after his tantrum, Ian Idubbz entered a school district and shot 24 students dead. Before loading the gun up into his mouth and pulling the trigger.

    • @katewong7118
      @katewong7118 Před 3 lety +46

      @@Laiser I- huh???

    • @hairyputter5363
      @hairyputter5363 Před 3 lety +43

      @@Laiser and thus idubbbz died but wait! His supposedly lifeless corpse is moving. It's moving as if someone or something is trapped in him, what is it we'll never know.
      There were no cameras to record it only a couple of eyewitnesses. Some claim it was his soul while others believe a darker story- a story so unnatural that it's beyond comprehension of a human mind. It requires real deal to wrap your mind around this. They say his body moved vigorously, violently and then it burst open blood splattered on the incident due to the aftermath of what had just happened, only to be vanished in thin air. They say a man resembling idubbbz in stature stood over once great youtuber's body- wearing parrot green body suit. He resembled the sun, so bright, so hot that human eyes failed to capture the beauty.
      Some internet users even started comparing him to God sometimes even above God, they have named him idups.

    • @tuser8
      @tuser8 Před 3 lety +8

      Seeing all these replies were written in an hour is odd because when I started the video there were no replies to this.

    • @hairyputter5363
      @hairyputter5363 Před 3 lety +6

      @A Lion bruh... It's midnight here

  • @iwakeupandboomimarat
    @iwakeupandboomimarat Před 3 lety +7067

    honestly watching jaidens vids on him and seeing her mention how he was a scammer was. very odd to younger me considering the only scams i knew were from club penguin

    • @suneeeeeee11
      @suneeeeeee11 Před 3 lety +113

      you heard of the club penguin pedo rings lol

    • @Tetrabyt
      @Tetrabyt Před 3 lety +164

      DarrenVeryCool not with in game items, I think people used the membership thing as a thing to scam people with, saying if you gave them your account etc. Wow, back then scamming was way simpler than these days..

    • @waltervaquerano7608
      @waltervaquerano7608 Před 3 lety +40

      Which video did she mention it?

    • @gokinezula1689
      @gokinezula1689 Před 3 lety +1

      same tho

    • @PointsofData
      @PointsofData Před 3 lety +63

      @@Tetrabyt ohhh yeah. Vaguely recall stories of this ilk.
      There was also catfishing. My friend and I would use her membership account to pretend to be a teenage boy. As tween girls.
      What a weird friendship.

  • @gregq8
    @gregq8 Před 3 lety +434

    Fucking LOL @33:24 Keemstar had a golden opportunity to do the right thing and score a juicy scoop but went "Nah, my fans won't enjoy this". This man's ability to be an antagonist in every internet drama ever is beyond legendary.

    • @GumSkyloard
      @GumSkyloard Před 2 lety +10

      This scoop would've been legendary.

    • @A_Ducky
      @A_Ducky Před rokem +8

      But why would he help people instead of making the bag? Typical keem

  • @waterwater8911
    @waterwater8911 Před 2 lety +1329

    honestly the whole "uwu japanese man can't speak english is so cute 🥺" is the best real-life example I've ever seen of the infantilization of japanese people, and it's honestly disgusting to watch everyone fall into the habit of treating what they deem to be a grown man like a toddler.

    • @maddogg-
      @maddogg- Před rokem +110

      Right?? I was so uncomfortable with the clip of Jaidens video. Infantilisation at its worst 🤢🤮

    • @goosedbanana
      @goosedbanana Před rokem +42

      @@maddogg- i mean, yeah, but jaiden's also japanese? is it possible for a japanese person to infantilize someone of their own somewhat heritage? /gen

    • @kilobucket
      @kilobucket Před rokem +152

      ​​@@goosedbanana i think it's still weird (i like her!) just like how trans people can infanitlise others (the whole soft boy trope), and the same with gay youths doing the same with adults. its not out of predejuice obviously, but still awkward and an issue since she has a platform

    • @goosedbanana
      @goosedbanana Před rokem +22

      @@kilobucket that makes sense!! thank you very much for explaining it to me :)

    • @kilobucket
      @kilobucket Před rokem +4

      @@goosedbanana np =)

  • @pitfall4222
    @pitfall4222 Před 3 lety +5012

    The Anime Man is half Japanese and is fluent in the language so it makes sense that he had no wacky interactions with Samurai Buyer

    • @FractalPrism.
      @FractalPrism. Před 3 lety +66

      hardly matters if SB speaks english in the first place

    • @sasuxsakuxfan
      @sasuxsakuxfan Před 3 lety +14

      i wouldn't say fluent

    • @pitfall4222
      @pitfall4222 Před 3 lety +536

      @@sasuxsakuxfan he's told plenty of stories on his podcast about where Japanese people were surprised to learn he was half Australian because of how well he spoke Japanese. he's fluent

    • @nagisa0931
      @nagisa0931 Před 3 lety +305

      @@sasuxsakuxfan lmao dude legit reads manga in Japanese. What more prove do you need to know wether Joey is fluent in Japanese and not?

    • @kishinslayer2228
      @kishinslayer2228 Před 3 lety +379

      ​@@sasuxsakuxfan he passed the N1 level of the JLPT so he's definitely fluent, and he's also said it was actually his first language. iirc he went to a school for bilingual kids too. hell, a long time ago he did a kanji contest with kizuna ai and kicked her ass lmao

  • @Biogrrrl
    @Biogrrrl Před 3 lety +1314

    LOL I remember Filthy Frank making a video where he got really angry at Samurai Buyer, started talking to him in Japanese, telling him that he wasn't fooled by his persona. It was great to watch

    • @idfk3199
      @idfk3199 Před 3 lety +236

      Dudes from osaka theres a lot of ppl like misaki there trust me so he knew whats up thats why he spoke in osaka accent to show him where hes from and he wasnt fooled god i love joji that mans smart af

    • @NotisSenju
      @NotisSenju Před 3 lety +5

      @@idfk3199 what did he say in japanese?

    • @MACMETALFACE
      @MACMETALFACE Před 3 lety +17

      @@idfk3199 I live in Osaka, I am just curious how do you know so much about Osaka?

    • @dillonf1905
      @dillonf1905 Před 2 lety +6

      I know this is an old video, but does anybody have a link to this? I've only been able to find his unboxing video.

    • @kifferkang9567
      @kifferkang9567 Před 2 lety +68

      @@dillonf1905 if you're talking about frank calling out misaki it's actually in his unboxing video at 1:22
      you can find a translation of what he said in the comments if you want but if you can't then here's the translation from onnt758
      "Bring it on, fool. Huh? Come over here. Bring it. Who do you think you are? "
      "I'm gonna open this box for ya. Are you watching this video, fool? Huh?"
      "I AM GONNA OPEN THIS FOR YOU!"
      "You know what? If I see you in Tokyo I'm gonna beat you up."
      "What the f*** did you send to my PO BOX?"
      "Just kiddiiiiiing!"
      "Anyways, I'm gonna open it for you! Because I'm a nice guy. I'll only say good things "

  • @aerynharris7688
    @aerynharris7688 Před 3 lety +2570

    idk i always thought it was condescending that people considered misaki "adorable" because of his supposed difficulty with english :/

    • @wannabeth2815
      @wannabeth2815 Před 3 lety +302

      Agree, it does have that taste of superiority I certainly don't like

    • @violenciarivas7797
      @violenciarivas7797 Před 3 lety +464

      I guess sometimes it was condescending but it also reminds me of when a grandfather tries to be hip and cool towards his grandchildren. I think it is more about the effort in trying to be informal when you're unexperienced on something. That is seen as endearing and well-intentioned, thus being considered adorable

    • @ZoltanHercules
      @ZoltanHercules Před 3 lety +257

      Nothing to do with “superiority” or “difficulty with English”. It was the fact this guy tried to fit in with western culture. Using turn of phrase that could be misconstrued as insulting but in such a wholesome manner, that the person obviously didn’t mean disrespect. Akin to when you see people go to a country and try to learn a few phrases... amazing. Actually quite surprised the R words wasn’t brazenly used here.

    • @aerchii8643
      @aerchii8643 Před 3 lety +75

      Me too. As much as I liked JaidenAnimations I always felt weird when she talked abt him

    • @tonys6620
      @tonys6620 Před 3 lety +33

      it's like a fake innocence thing. You can't help but feel pity or condescending towards someone supposedly trying to fit in with western culture

  • @therookie_
    @therookie_ Před 3 lety +292

    I never thought i’d see these two in a thumbnail together. they are polar opposites

  • @wall-nutgang8654
    @wall-nutgang8654 Před 3 lety +12487

    I like how some of the editors censored swears while some didn’t

  • @umbreonic136
    @umbreonic136 Před 3 lety +1871

    Hot take: This video was made just to share the spongebob squarepants scene and the Misaki thing was just so TRO could put it on his channel

    • @BigBangAttack-mt6pz
      @BigBangAttack-mt6pz Před 3 lety +28

      *All secret service agencies want to know your location*

    • @user-jl7cz2pe6d
      @user-jl7cz2pe6d Před 3 lety +1

      This comment came up right before that part of the video played

  • @yissssss
    @yissssss Před 3 lety +341

    The legal threats definitely make more sense in the context of the Japanese legal system. You can be sued for libel in Japan for damaging a business even if the things you are saying are true.

    • @yissssss
      @yissssss Před 2 lety +72

      @@amandak.4246 You just described the Japanese legal system as a whole.

    • @desykee3088
      @desykee3088 Před 2 lety +19

      I know this is old but I guess that explains why the merry guy was scared because he lived in Japan where as the American CZcamsrs didn’t care because they couldn’t take any legal action other than try to remove the video.

  • @walnut_raisin2621
    @walnut_raisin2621 Před 3 lety +356

    I’m not surprised Joey was one of the first people to upload a video on samuraibuyer
    I did not expect Merry to be involved-

    • @thatvirgo
      @thatvirgo Před 3 lety +9

      Yea that came out of left field lmao

    • @icarue993
      @icarue993 Před 2 lety +12

      I was like: I know all these creators. Neat!
      Although seeing them in these context is a bit sad... sad cross cultural polination.

    • @walnut_raisin2621
      @walnut_raisin2621 Před 2 lety

      @@icarue993 exactly

  • @damnryn_
    @damnryn_ Před 3 lety +7112

    Samurai Buyer?
    🚬🐠
    I haven’t heard that name in years.

    • @nquisitiv3471
      @nquisitiv3471 Před 3 lety +269

      He is smoking it backwards

    • @damnryn_
      @damnryn_ Před 3 lety +209

      !nquisitiv3 ciggy points the way it wishes

    • @cocoroach_ok
      @cocoroach_ok Před 3 lety +104

      😗🚬

    • @Jayden3649
      @Jayden3649 Před 3 lety +87

      @@cocoroach_ok that's backwards to me

    • @Jayden3649
      @Jayden3649 Před 3 lety +113

      🚬😮 is the right way round for me

  • @teaslut6135
    @teaslut6135 Před 3 lety +2154

    Why I watch TRO's videos
    25% Interested in what he's talking about
    75% Interested in just listening to his voice

    • @darthjc4
      @darthjc4 Před 3 lety +26

      Why I watch him...i see him as a classy 2nd coming of colossal is crazy lol

    • @spectralknight7142
      @spectralknight7142 Před 3 lety +87

      I honestly just tune out accidentally and listen to his voice and have to rewind because I have no idea how we got here

    • @natsukimarx2265
      @natsukimarx2265 Před 3 lety +12

      That’s quite the insult to his content.

    • @finnpom7795
      @finnpom7795 Před 3 lety +53

      @@natsukimarx2265 have you HEARD his voice

    • @teaslut6135
      @teaslut6135 Před 3 lety +51

      @@natsukimarx2265 I love his content obviously dude. I watch all his videos and I'm subscribed to him. I admire all the research he puts into his videos and actually learn stuff from it. His voice makes it that much better though and keeps my attention. Just let me make a little joke lol

  • @ultimetacooler
    @ultimetacooler Před 3 lety +748

    Samurai Buyer officially shuts down on Dec.31. It’ll be in a way, an end of this saga, it’s an interesting lesson for companies about the power of social media. A nobody middle man shipping company got big because of large content creators, but certain individuals got a big head and thought they could do whatever they wanted and the repercussions of that decision affected them to the end. Even if Merry’s troubles didn’t end the company immediately… since due to the nature of companies they can stay active even if they are losing money for a certain period of time. It would seem this drama and the lack of professionalism of Misaki among other things started this slow collapse. In the age of social media; companies should try to avoid fucking people over for a small gain.

    • @iampidgeon6923
      @iampidgeon6923 Před 3 lety +11

      LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

    • @DemBigOlEyes
      @DemBigOlEyes Před 3 lety +36

      Its not just that. The fact that the company continued to employ Misaki after shit went down instead of realizing their mistake and bandaging the wound while its still fresh, they allowed it to fester until nobody could trust their representative anymore. If they had fired Misaki from the first instance and claimed ignorance over his treatment of Merry, they could still save face(or replace it) but by letting things get out of hand, they earned their dismissal from the community.

    • @icarue993
      @icarue993 Před 2 lety +16

      @@DemBigOlEyes Yeah, as a company they should have let go of Mizaki as they let go of Merryweather. Mizaki was doing more harm than good by staying there, and as you said, letting him go would have been a form of reparation. However, Japanese companies being Japanese, it's very hard to let go of a Japanese employee. Gaijin are fine to let go, our true patriotic Japanese should stay.

    • @doctorsnakeeater1997
      @doctorsnakeeater1997 Před 2 lety +1

      @@DemBigOlEyes I like to imagine Misaki's real attitude got him in trouble somewhere with Yakuza or something else and got the shit kicked out of him.

  • @patrickmckiernan1676
    @patrickmckiernan1676 Před 3 lety +188

    This guy does more research for one YT video than I do for my finals

  • @Octoboobs
    @Octoboobs Před 3 lety +4084

    Fun fact- after the whole Samurai buyer situation Merryweather went off to create pretty successful private security company

    • @galactis5917
      @galactis5917 Před 3 lety +142

      This needs more love

    • @FourDozenEggs
      @FourDozenEggs Před 3 lety +143

      *Tevor Phillips Intensifies*

    • @cimbrius5583
      @cimbrius5583 Před 3 lety +296

      I wonder how many people think this is real and not just a GTA reference lol

    • @iljaradenkovs7150
      @iljaradenkovs7150 Před 3 lety +377

      @@cimbrius5583 your telling me an anime artist didn't form a highly trained militia? Yeah right.

    • @aidenmcnamara4412
      @aidenmcnamara4412 Před 3 lety +41

      I heard they just got approval by the government to operate on US soil

  • @metalgearlikersupreme
    @metalgearlikersupreme Před 3 lety +5450

    I genuinely thought misaki was just some character idubbbz made up lmao

    • @jessehart520
      @jessehart520 Před 3 lety +148

      Deadass

    • @jdbceb
      @jdbceb Před 3 lety +60

      Same.

    • @robby_skaz2167
      @robby_skaz2167 Před 3 lety +30

      literally same bro

    • @begonexthotx2293
      @begonexthotx2293 Před 3 lety +202

      I did until the last few videos when he started getting more aggressive towards samurai buyer

    • @TrendK1ller
      @TrendK1ller Před 3 lety +42

      I thought the same thing for the longest time. Only just recently I stumbled on this samurai buyer thing on the internet and had a moment of realization. Lmao

  • @bethanykaylor6605
    @bethanykaylor6605 Před 3 lety +517

    can we talk about how tro is actually the GOD of paraphrasing? can you help me with my essays pls

  • @MajorasMaskFreak1
    @MajorasMaskFreak1 Před 3 lety +429

    Just checked the website, turns out they're shutting down.

    • @jumbokitty
      @jumbokitty Před 3 lety +5

      aw wait fr

    • @dizzlewood
      @dizzlewood Před 3 lety +31

      @@jumbokitty just checked the website and they're shutting down on the 31st of December

    • @qombie
      @qombie Před 3 lety +19

      @@dizzlewood dam its December 30th I guess its gonna shut down tomorrow

    • @wholesomebaker5410
      @wholesomebaker5410 Před 3 lety +9

      good.

    • @iampidgeon6923
      @iampidgeon6923 Před 3 lety +16

      Samurai buyer is officially gone.

  • @krobble1983
    @krobble1983 Před 3 lety +2407

    “The home of a twat with too much time” yeah same mate.

    • @vinnyreed723
      @vinnyreed723 Před 3 lety +37

      *free time

    • @Floedekage
      @Floedekage Před 3 lety +4

      @ClaraLara XOX 💜

    • @Izzarellasdvx
      @Izzarellasdvx Před 3 lety

      I wish i had free time

    • @skyes4552
      @skyes4552 Před 3 lety +11

      Aren't we all just twats with too much freetime

    • @scarlet8078
      @scarlet8078 Před 3 lety

      I'm guessing that word doesn't mean the same thing in the UK that it means in the US. If you say it here & it's overheard at work, you're getting fired. It's 1 of only 8 words that can't be spoken in US broadcast

  • @baddabingbaddaboom2731
    @baddabingbaddaboom2731 Před 3 lety +1452

    I forgot what Samurai Buyer even was and it clicked after a few minutes. The last I heard of it was Jaiden and Akidearest so I didn't even know this stuff happened so I'm glad I clicked.

    • @BoltyLive
      @BoltyLive Před 3 lety +20

      Same, it literally took until the miraki guy was mentioned for me to realize it

    • @ebkits10
      @ebkits10 Před 3 lety +4

      Ya same

    • @craig205
      @craig205 Před 3 lety +15

      Jaiden made that video like 4 years ago. That's a long time.

    • @strawberrykisses4585
      @strawberrykisses4585 Před 3 lety +20

      Baby Elmo that was four years ago?? Istg, it feels like I watched it for the first time like a year ago

    • @abandonedacc420
      @abandonedacc420 Před 3 lety +2

      same

  • @poobiesims
    @poobiesims Před 3 lety +479

    To be fair: my boss is Indian. He still has the accent and on minimal occasion speaks broken English but all in all he speaks great English. But his writing and texting is still very very broken.

    • @o_p0tterhead
      @o_p0tterhead Před 3 lety +42

      Imo, that kind of thinh is understandable. When I first learned English, my pronunciation sucked because I only needed to know how to spell words for school. That means I never bothered to learn how to actually pronounce things and how to communicate - simply because I didn't really need it at the time. I imagine it being similar for your boss, especially since Indian and English aren't really related.

    • @mattie1791
      @mattie1791 Před 3 lety +6

      @@o_p0tterhead Indian isn't a language

    • @Thatonebackgroundcharacter42
      @Thatonebackgroundcharacter42 Před 3 lety +22

      @@mattie1791 maybe he's talking about Indian people and English people

    • @mcplumpkin6191
      @mcplumpkin6191 Před 3 lety

      @@-Fozzy- i didnt know indians spoke arabic

    • @mcplumpkin6191
      @mcplumpkin6191 Před 3 lety +15

      @@-Fozzy- ..i think you mean hindi.

  • @myname6482
    @myname6482 Před 3 lety +179

    This sounds to me like an old episode of South Park "Chinpokumon"
    Cold & cunning Japanese businessmen playing up a subservient & self-deprecatingly disarming persona to perfectly disguise a much more calculated (and sinister) alterior motive

    • @angelai4556
      @angelai4556 Před 3 lety +4

      God damn it they're good.

    • @JK-gm6kk
      @JK-gm6kk Před 2 lety +7

      So small

    • @massgunner4152
      @massgunner4152 Před rokem

      My favorite part is when they reveal that they really mean it about americans having big dongs and then they demonstrate why

  • @beanburrito4405
    @beanburrito4405 Před 3 lety +2621

    I love how “Man” is in quotes in the title. Super fitting

    • @Cream12345Ice
      @Cream12345Ice Před 3 lety +11

      I dont get it

    • @marshdidit1676
      @marshdidit1676 Před 3 lety +77

      *Is he a woman? A man? OR NON BINARY?*

    • @marshdidit1676
      @marshdidit1676 Před 3 lety +43

      @@Cream12345Ice he isn't a man in the sense of gender for no reasonable or good person would do what they did

    • @josephstalin7506
      @josephstalin7506 Před 3 lety +68

      @@marshdidit1676 man is in quotes as if there's a lack of humanity?

    • @fdfsnrs
      @fdfsnrs Před 3 lety +168

      Probably it's implying it's a whole company/organization that's disguised by a one man business

  • @Thebes342
    @Thebes342 Před 3 lety +3912

    Idubbbz and Jaiden Animations are two people I never thought I'd see in the same thumbnail. Then again, I also didn't expect to see a video on Samurai Buyer in 2020.
    Only here on TRO.

    • @adwitatherealadwita
      @adwitatherealadwita Před 3 lety +161

      Jaiden has actually mentioned iDubbbz and even played Asian Jake Paul in one of her videos.

    • @clarity425
      @clarity425 Před 3 lety +6

      Bruh

    • @welcometothefuneral
      @welcometothefuneral Před 3 lety +83

      They both have songs with boyinaband

    • @silverdeathgamer2907
      @silverdeathgamer2907 Před 3 lety +10

      I can't watch videos from commentators who just make some random avatar move around the screen while they talk without cringing so I just listen to it instead.

    • @beepobeepo
      @beepobeepo Před 3 lety +61

      @@silverdeathgamer2907 why is it so cringy?

  • @bobo-xb7yt
    @bobo-xb7yt Před 2 lety +58

    The fact that I used to get shat on and bullied in middle school because my english was terrible (English wasnt my mother language) and Misaki was being praised because his english was bad, makes me question basic human functions at this point.

    • @suey1690
      @suey1690 Před 2 lety +32

      The difference in treatment probably stemmed from you interacting with socially underdeveloped middle schoolers while misaki was interacting with grown adult youtubers. Kids can be as cruel if not more cruel than adults.

  • @spicycatgames1448
    @spicycatgames1448 Před 3 lety +62

    Noone realizes they're being fooled because they're too busy laughing at the fool.

  • @nopewmv3377
    @nopewmv3377 Před 3 lety +882

    I remember filthy frank opening a crate from them, and swore at them in Japanese about the shitty quality

    • @superzitrone7720
      @superzitrone7720 Před 3 lety +3

      Weeb

    • @BichaelStevens
      @BichaelStevens Před 3 lety +9

      Link?

    • @flareflareon
      @flareflareon Před 3 lety +42

      @@BichaelStevens czcams.com/video/iFx94Go8ve8/video.html

    • @lily-oj5ge
      @lily-oj5ge Před 3 lety +1

      I forgot about that lmaoo

    • @nopewmv3377
      @nopewmv3377 Před 3 lety +67

      "Do you want to fight with me? Huh?"
      "I don't know what are you thinking..."
      "I'll open this package. I'll punch you if we ever meet in Tokyo."
      "What strange thing did you send to my PO box!?"
      "Just kiddi~ng!"
      "Anyway, I'll open it because I'm a kind man."

  • @f1ggyc
    @f1ggyc Před 3 lety +3408

    Not gonna lie I thought you would say that Misaki was actually a girl

    • @animegod1675
      @animegod1675 Před 3 lety +16

      Imagine

    • @That_One_Xatu
      @That_One_Xatu Před 3 lety +41

      Back in the peak of people wondering "Who is Mr. Misaki", this was actually a really common theory. It had something to do with the marketing on their Twitter, I believe.
      This info may be redundant though; I haven't watch the video yet.

    • @That_One_Xatu
      @That_One_Xatu Před 3 lety +6

      @Glitch They're just a character being played by a real Japanese man apparently named Misaki.

    • @trstmeimadctr
      @trstmeimadctr Před 3 lety +9

      He definitely has a girl name. Like even in Japan I think that is usually a girl's name

    • @shimmershine6902
      @shimmershine6902 Před 3 lety +9

      Nightlox 8 Woahhh there, buddy. Cool down a bit, yeah?

  • @MatthiasFallon
    @MatthiasFallon Před 3 lety +83

    Idk if this is just me but this content is like the perfect stuff to put on while trying to sleep

  • @mariecelestejetzer2193
    @mariecelestejetzer2193 Před 3 lety +32

    "A guy named the anime man"..... AAAAAAaaaah holly fuck I forgot this guy existed! I used to watch him, akidearest, misty, and lost pause so much back in my weeb days.

  • @shiyuan6975
    @shiyuan6975 Před 3 lety +5397

    I feel like this is something that needs to be made more clear about being a foreigner in Japan in general. I lived there for five years, and what I observed is that this sort of behavior by organizations and individuals in positions of power is unfortunately widespread.
    Managers and companies regularly expect work hours beyond the legally allowed shift limits from their employees, and extra duties their workers were never hired for and will not be paid for. Do not expect pay for overtime in Japan, unless you're a CEO writing his own paycheck. For a native Japanese citizen, being taken advantage of in this manner is just accepted as part of living in their "unique" and "special" country. Trying to use actual recorded Japanese law to fight such exploitation by employers is pretty much pointless, as it's widely understood that a company will just fire you for made up and unspecific reasons (much like what you saw with Merryweather) and most government agencies who are ostensibly there to enforce the law will just accept their undefined reasons for termination. And that will often lead to this particularly Faustian rationale: since you were fired, you must have been a bad employee, so there is no longer a reason to continue an investigation about your mistreatment as one, and your case is summarily closed
    This sort of bureaucratic betrayal by an agency that's supposed to protect you is usually followed by your name and picture (btw, all job applications in Japan require a photo of your face... for all of the wrong reasons you can imagine) being put on an entirely illegal but never criminally investigated black list for all the local employers who all embrace the same abusive work practices. Chances are, you will end up jobless and un-hireable, and you will either have to move to another place entirely or take the risk of looking for opportunity in the underworld. To the average good-hearted and pacifistic Japanese citizen, this is a terrifying prospect, and they will usually accept most demands made by their employers just to avoid this situation.
    This is exactly why Misaki acted the way he did after being exposed, because in Japan, vague threats like that actually work, and most Japanese without the money or power to fight back will just cave to these threats immediately. His mistake is a common one, he tried to use Japanese style intimidation on Westerners, which pretty much always falls flat if they're not in Japan and vulnerable to Japanese authorities. In this case, he got rightfully punked by the CZcamsrs involved, but always remember, folks like him in Japan generally are the "winners" in life. For every public shaming he's received online in our virtual world, he's probably fully taken advantage of and/or crushed an unfortunate Japanese citizen who happens to be lower than him on the totem pole with implied threats and requests that are presented as formal letters or official documents provided by cooperative local officials. Japanese bullies are paper tigers, but unfortunately in Japan, papers are very real weapons.
    Now imagine being a foreigner with even less legal knowledge of Japan, it's an even more sketchy experience. Some companies will actually coddle their foreign employees for PR reasons, as they see their foreigner as more of a living mascot, and thus get much better treatment than native Japanese employees. But some also fully abuse the fear and confusion of their foreign employees to maximize every little profit or work they can get out of their essentially helpless laborer. If you look around, you will find horror stories of foreigners having their passports taken by their new employers for “registration purposes” but then never get them back, realizing that the company is holding it hostage for their compliance. So if you want to rock the boat, they just report you for being an undocumented foreigner and the Japanese government deports you and bans you from the country without caring you actually have a visa since you can’t produce it. And if you try to fight it and rightfully accuse the company of taking your documentation, good luck, because generally the Japanese do not care about the law when it comes to foreigners, unless it will get them in actual trouble with a major power’s government.
    For proof of this attitude, look up the fact that “Japanese Only” establishments still exist in Japan, despite the country’s own constitution declaring that kind of discrimination illegal. By Japan’s own core legal document, no business can be allowed to deny services purely on a racial or ethnic basis, yet they do it rampantly throughout the country. Reporting it does nothing, as the government body tasked with “enforcing” that law is the Jinken Yougobu, or Bureau of Human Rights, and they literally have no power to enforce anything. They can’t force discriminators to desist or even send police, just send a strongly-worded (which in Japan basically constitutes not using the words “please” and “if you would be so kind” every other sentence) letter that will be ignored.
    Importantly, if you ever decide to move there as a foreigner, always remember that there is no Writ of Habeus Corpus in Japan. This means Japanese police can arrest and hold you without warrant or charge for up to 23 days with no phone call and commonly no lawyer to get a confession out of you, any confession they want. You want to maintain you have a legal visa to be in this country and that it’s being held by your employer against you will? The police will just keep you in interrogation for 3 days straight until you break and admit that you made up the entire foul accusation to sully the unimpeachable honor of your Japanese employer just to get out of the interrogation.
    This brings us to the Japanese legal system. The Japanese justice system only brings guaranteed convictions to trial because they believe acquittals in court de-legitimizes their legal system and makes Japan look imperfect or weak. Thus, Japan’s low crime rate is not indicative of lack of criminality there, but the fact that many crimes are actively swept under the rug when it involves only Japanese nationals. This is done through the tradition of jidan, a type of apology that takes the form of monetary compensation. The aggrieved party agrees to not file charges or withdraw them by accepting financial compensation from the guilty party. This type of resolution is actively encouraged and sometimes facilitated by Japanese police to simplify their own workloads, as a jidan means they don't have to actually finish the investigation and write any more reports. This is used for crimes as minor as theft to as egregious as rape. Keep in mind, rape as a crime in Japan is only vigorously pursued when the assailant is foreign.
    By Japan’s own law, rape only occurs if the victim can prove they actively fought back, by having evidence of violence like bruises or cuts on herself and the attacker. If you’re drugged and raped in Japan by a Japanese man, congratulations, you just had consensual sex, and now you’re just a dishonest woman trying to ruin the life of a good decent Rufie-carrying family man. But you just have to suggest a foreigner may have raped you to send the Japanese police smashing through said foreigner’s front door in the middle of the night to arrest them and hold them for 23 days without a call or lawyer until they confess to it. This is not in anyway stating that the publicly well-known and tried cases of rapes by foreigners like US servicemen are all false accusations, but just pointing out that justice in Japan is severely unjust.
    Now imagine that entire legal paradigm applied to a foreigner of little power or influence, and they’re accusing a Japanese person or entity of wrong-doing. To bring it to trial is a stain on their nation’s honor by allowing a foreigner to publicly expose Japanese misbehavior, and even if they acquit the Japanese employer, it’s an unforgiveable disruption to their near 100% conviction rate while also giving the public a whisper of a suspicion that discrimination or corruption may have affected the outcome. All outcomes cannot be countenanced there.
    As far as the Japanese legal system is concerned, you’re just another foreign troublemaker trying to pollute the “purity” and reputation of Japan. All of this can happen to any visitor to the country that happens to upset the wrong Japanese national, but especially those who are seeking work or a new life there. Serious cases of coercion and entrapment have happened to people ranging from unfortunate prospective English teachers who got involved with unscrupulous English schools to young Filipina or Southeast Asian women who were lured to Japan on promises of maid work or other domestic jobs, but find themselves suddenly deprived of their documentation and forced into the red light district business like hostess clubs and brothels like soaplands.
    Japan seems to get a pass from Western countries due to their image of being obsequious and cooperative to Western governments when it comes to international politics, but they have serious internal issues with basic human rights that are swept under the rug of the Japanese concept of "Yamato Damashii," or the "Japanese Spirit" or what I would call "the greater good of the Japanese people." It's this sort of warped manipulation of the 18th century samurai myth of selfless sacrifice that is used to exploit their own citizens alongside hapless foreigners. Japan can be an enchanting country with its preserved natural beauty and near-pristine maintenance of its historic sites and culture, but there is a definitely draconian and calcified skeleton inside that pretty closet.

    • @jamiewall7097
      @jamiewall7097 Před 3 lety +981

      That was fantastically long and well written

    • @yukiandkanamekuran
      @yukiandkanamekuran Před 3 lety +824

      This is disturbing and eye opening, thanks for writing about it

    • @thecroutoncave1924
      @thecroutoncave1924 Před 3 lety +210

      Well said my man.

    • @Blublbub
      @Blublbub Před 3 lety +604

      My man rly just put his essay in the comments very cool

    • @MySingerlover
      @MySingerlover Před 3 lety +765

      To add on, Japan in notorious for labelling any crime that resulted in death as "suicide" or a health complication (ie. heart disease, even if patient history says they had no heart conditions presented before). This is in order to keep giving the image of how the police look to people, and showing that their (investigative/detective) capabilities are high. Unfortunately, the motive is the fact that this is the only way for them to keep their position as officers, and they will play dirty just to keep it that way.
      "Without autopsies they can keep their percentage [of solved cases] high. It's all about numbers."
      In terms of unnatural death, Japan autopsies only a mere 11% of the cases nationwide (whereas natural death autopsy is practically zero, which can avoid investigations for medical malpractice). They do not want to investigate due to a number of reasons: the family does not want to (cultural idea of "leave the dead alone" (while ironically falsely labelling the dead) in conjunction with social stigma aka "The nail that sticks out shall be hammered down" ), it is expensive for the insurance companies to compensate if the death is unnatural, giving proper punishment if it is someone who may be in power is impossible, and police want to keep those numbers of solved cases high.
      The disturbing fact is that unless the killer is obvious, they will not request autopsies, and one can easily get away with murder if they need to.
      Here's a Case of Takashi Saito, a 17-year old who's severe head injuries, chest injuries and "battered" looking body was announced by the police as a heart disease-related death. The police initially refused the family to see the body until pressure caved them in and the family saw the horrid state of their son. It wasn't until a month later that they decided to investigate, which was after the case had gone viral. (links also provide quotes and stats that I used for this comment)
      web.archive.org/web/20190401043622/www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-nov-09-fg-autopsy9-story.html (non-archive version still available, but it forces you to subscribe to the newsletter)
      www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/02/27/editorials/troubling-low-autopsy-rate/
      now you know another reason why Japan has a high suicide rate while having a low homicide rate

  • @themcguinnessexperiment617
    @themcguinnessexperiment617 Před 3 lety +822

    TRO uploading is like a national event: it garners an audience and there's a lot of entertainment to be taken out of it.

  • @neryn-2924
    @neryn-2924 Před 3 lety +12

    They're shutting down it seems, got to love the message they have up "As a small startup, we had to learn a lot along the way and we’re honored that you stuck by us every step of the way. To everyone who's bought something through us, mentioned us on social media, or even just shared a youtube video we were a part of, we want to say thank you so much. It might be a bit clichéd at this point, but we truly could not have done it without you.
    "

  • @Harry_SS
    @Harry_SS Před 2 lety +191

    I Honestly just thought misaki was a made up idubbbz character.

    • @Trisket
      @Trisket Před 2 lety +23

      I thought the whole thing was MaxMoeFoe and idubbbz doing a bit, I never saw Samurai Buyer promoted anywhere else.

    • @desolateink7729
      @desolateink7729 Před 2 lety +12

      @@Trisket I just assumed it was Joji and idubbbz because like. All of the letters he got were very homemade looking. Shocked to find out it really was a real person and real website

    • @autumnreign4693
      @autumnreign4693 Před 2 lety +8

      Duuuude same i watched the whole Samurai Buyer unboxing series when it came out on idubbz and I was like this has got to be a joke but I guess not

  • @Colin-kh6kp
    @Colin-kh6kp Před 3 lety +2807

    That site is a scam, they wouldn’t take any of my skilled samurai warriors.

    • @clouddd8053
      @clouddd8053 Před 3 lety +144

      Aww maan, I really thought I found a website that would buy my samurai 😔 guess I got to keep looking

    • @icantpretend726
      @icantpretend726 Před 3 lety +103

      Seriously though, what can I do with my dozens of samurai I've trained?

    • @blortbugman8722
      @blortbugman8722 Před 3 lety +88

      Train them to dance and sing as well, then you have a cool show to sell tickets for lol

    • @keyan1219
      @keyan1219 Před 3 lety +24

      BLORT BUGMAN stonks

    • @Hanzel06
      @Hanzel06 Před 3 lety +54

      "How are you supposed to protect your shit, from Criminals?"
      *HIRE A SAMURAI*

  • @Linnea-nb2jh
    @Linnea-nb2jh Před 3 lety +2349

    BRANDS AIN'T YOUR FRIENDS
    COMPANIES AIN'T PEOPLE

    • @nman551
      @nman551 Před 3 lety +30

      They are hollow

    • @privateemail9755
      @privateemail9755 Před 3 lety +41

      But they are considered "people" by technicality and by us law. Thanks to the railroad company and California.

    • @privateemail9755
      @privateemail9755 Před 3 lety +18

      That's why companies can destroy their "property". And tbh the US is a corperation so.......... It's a pretty dire situation.

    • @abeljames3660
      @abeljames3660 Před 3 lety

      Batul Bratha

    • @Gabo-wg3dv
      @Gabo-wg3dv Před 3 lety +3

      Ok commie

  • @irtehmrepic
    @irtehmrepic Před 3 lety +96

    >punishing whistleblowers
    Yep, he's definitely spent time in Australia.

  • @craigjones9992
    @craigjones9992 Před 3 lety +15

    Huh. Never seen Ian get that damn emotional. He was legit tearing up. Wow.

  • @r.--9857
    @r.--9857 Před 3 lety +1075

    Sad to hear the only brand deal jaiden has done was a "scammer"

    • @justsomerandomguy239
      @justsomerandomguy239 Před 3 lety +320

      Yeah, Jaiden always said that she doesn’t want to take sponsors, though I don’t think she got paid to advertise Samurai Buyer it’s still sucky the only time she advertised something... turned out to be a scammer.

    • @Romanticoutlaw
      @Romanticoutlaw Před 3 lety +161

      at least it wasn’t Raid: Shadow Legends

    • @brgan557
      @brgan557 Před 3 lety +86

      @@Romanticoutlaw the day she advertises raid is the day humans go extinct

    • @0riginal_zer030
      @0riginal_zer030 Před 3 lety +74

      @@brgan557
      Speaking about things going extinct, have you heard about this cool game,
      Plague Inc Evolved?

    • @dragonstory15
      @dragonstory15 Před 3 lety +25

      @@0riginal_zer030 man, thats a great game. Not sure I like this worldwide real life event they have right now though.

  • @sawyerpaddock8626
    @sawyerpaddock8626 Před 3 lety +751

    i haven’t heard anything about samurai buyer in like forever holy crap

    • @WeirdDog18
      @WeirdDog18 Před 3 lety +9

      I know, The last time I heard about samurai buyer was the Jaiden Animation video and nothing else so to see this in my subscription box was very surprising.

    • @craig205
      @craig205 Před 3 lety

      @@WeirdDog18 Same, I remember when he just seemed like an awkward, nice, Japanese man.

    • @imaginekudryavka9485
      @imaginekudryavka9485 Před 3 lety +8

      @all panic no disco Can I just say that I love your username?
      It gave me a chuckle, and that's worth something in today's world.

    • @harpywarpyowo
      @harpywarpyowo Před 3 lety +4

      @all panic no disco i relate so much to your name

    • @onerosegrowing3664
      @onerosegrowing3664 Před 3 lety

      can I just say, your user name is sooooo funny!

  • @necronightmareify
    @necronightmareify Před 3 lety +81

    the whole idea of "Japan is the safest place" "japanese people are very kind" basically the country's reputation played a role in it. Its pretty much like you're an english speaking guy that went to a different country that's well known to be safe and some local told you that "blah blah" in their language is a greeting but in reality it's "I'm a retarded foreign whore". You've heard this quote plenty of times "Don't judge a book by its cover". Tip for all you travelers, specially streamers out there, it's best to learn the country's swear words or dangerous words first. Imagine some Japanese dude went to the US saying "gang sht" "Im Blood" "n-word" that his foreign "friend" told him to say as a formal greeting in a ghetto part of town.

  • @pokepearl
    @pokepearl Před 3 lety +106

    Kept noticing the “I’m hungry!” Banner from Jaiden, I’m sad now

    • @doctorbone3655
      @doctorbone3655 Před 3 lety +3

      What happened? I don't know that youtuber

    • @temutemacular
      @temutemacular Před 3 lety +13

      @@doctorbone3655 she has an eating disorder, but i think shes getting better having had a therapist and the support she needs :^)

    • @asmou2171
      @asmou2171 Před rokem

      @@doctorbone3655 she helped miskai come up with the slogan

  • @cristiana8044
    @cristiana8044 Před 3 lety +827

    Without reading the entire title I genuinely believed that Jaiden was secretly posing as Idubbz to escape a samurai.

    • @emilyk3500
      @emilyk3500 Před 3 lety +55

      With the way everything's going, I'd believe it

    • @tanwenwalters7689
      @tanwenwalters7689 Před 3 lety +39

      I'd seen her in person and misread it thinking she was some alternate persona by Idubbz or some shit.

    • @RealVidjag
      @RealVidjag Před 3 lety +2

      @Berry O by "pyschopaths" you mean toddlers

    • @user-np2xl4qk4w
      @user-np2xl4qk4w Před 3 lety +4

      @@RealVidjag nah that's the other 30%

    • @sketchycat-9078
      @sketchycat-9078 Před 3 lety +2

      Are you high

  • @Peace1234555
    @Peace1234555 Před 3 lety +3487

    PLEASE do Cryaotic. he was one of my favorite youtube idols growing up and his recent disgusting and disturbing fall from glory has given me flashbacks to my school's numerous takes of the Ice Bucket Challenge.

    • @farrastaufiqurrazak9531
      @farrastaufiqurrazak9531 Před 3 lety +75

      Oh no, what happened to him?

    • @kaitlynv623
      @kaitlynv623 Před 3 lety +395

      Farras TR TehMimi did a pretty good dive into Cryaotic. He basically started going after minors :(

    • @farrastaufiqurrazak9531
      @farrastaufiqurrazak9531 Před 3 lety +217

      @@kaitlynv623 oh. Oh no

    • @farrastaufiqurrazak9531
      @farrastaufiqurrazak9531 Před 3 lety +127

      @@kaitlynv623 thanks for the info, I'll check it out -- that's more than a little shocking, not gonna lie... :(((

    • @kaitlynv623
      @kaitlynv623 Před 3 lety +183

      Farras TR yeah, when I saw TehMimi’s thumbnail a part of me wished it wasn’t Cry because I loved him so much when I was younger. Had a little crush on him... It sends chills down my spine because he was so charming....

  • @chrisgoblin4857
    @chrisgoblin4857 Před 3 lety +34

    Your editor Biodegradable has a cool style. Props to all the editors!

  • @gabrielotoole
    @gabrielotoole Před 3 lety +5

    Yo bro, just wanted to say that I slap your videos on whenever I'm doing something that takes 40+ mins and it really chills me out, cheers

  • @biancavanzyl3262
    @biancavanzyl3262 Před 3 lety +616

    I find it really interesting that Misaki recognised the marketing potential in the tendency to infantilise non-westerners. It seems to me that Samurai Buyer came to realise that pandering to racist stereotypes sells. Honestly, this is a fascinating by-product of the 'edgy-humour' era of CZcams - thanks for making such a great video on it

    • @skatergurljubulee
      @skatergurljubulee Před 3 lety +100

      Exactly. He scammed them, but if they weren't infantilising him because he was Japanese, the scam would have fell through.

    • @EvilParagon4
      @EvilParagon4 Před 3 lety +1

      Edgy-Humour Era?
      idubbbz hasn't changed. If that was an era of CZcams, we're still in it today.

    • @aloadofbollocks988
      @aloadofbollocks988 Před 3 lety +29

      Lol. Why has everything always got to be attributed to racism. Maybe people just found it endearing, and Japan is a stable, functional country and culture so it’s more trust worthy.
      Anyway, despite making up only thir...

    • @sanscudo1716
      @sanscudo1716 Před 3 lety +38

      Having positive and innocent feelings about a businessman seems like a really gullible and stupid thing. I guess hindsight is 20/20 though, and they were young.

    • @succubastard1019
      @succubastard1019 Před 3 lety +65

      Exactly: I was always weirded out by people considerimng Misaki to be such a wholesome, friendly adn endearing persona. The very moment he """"""accidentally""""" referenced racial stereotypes and started using edgy humor, it became clear to me that he was playing a character to a ppeal to the youTube community and gain clout.

  • @lordofgeese6437
    @lordofgeese6437 Před 3 lety +1278

    Merryweather, Slazo am The anime man were three names I did not expect to hear this video

    • @ellaphant-6885
      @ellaphant-6885 Před 3 lety +19

      Same, especially after the slazo video he made

    • @CrafterboeyMiner
      @CrafterboeyMiner Před 3 lety +3

      @@ellaphant-6885 And why because of that?

    • @CalderTF2
      @CalderTF2 Před 3 lety

      Ikr

    • @ellaphant-6885
      @ellaphant-6885 Před 3 lety +4

      To Anthony, because Slazo, he was apart of another drama, he could've been a bad guy. I wasn't expecting him to be connected to this at all considering.

    • @rikumajumder1558
      @rikumajumder1558 Před 3 lety +39

      @@ellaphant-6885 But Slavo wasn't the and guy in that drama. That chick who was Slazo's and also Pyrocinical's ex, iamAlexxx and their friends were the bad guys to destroy Slazo's image...

  • @mikaylam.9117
    @mikaylam.9117 Před 3 lety +7

    Thank you for going so in depth! Keep up the good work! Many other commentary channels just touch on the basics or assume you already know everything so I appreciate the care you give to actually digging for these videos

  • @Bacchasnail
    @Bacchasnail Před 3 lety +13

    Thanks Joey, for having me take another look at this video. Honestly hope that TRO could possibly appear on Trash Taste some day

  • @red2745
    @red2745 Před 3 lety +319

    I remember when I was younger I almost managed to get my parents to buy something from Samurai Buyer. I had seen the name pop up alot in Jaiden's videos, and I was a massive weeb back then, so I begged and begged my parents for anything off of the website. I'm just glad that Jaiden posted a "warning" in the descriptions of her videos in time, otherwise my parents would've been absolutely fucked over.

    • @mariakutsu5946
      @mariakutsu5946 Před 3 lety +10

      I never saw the warning. What was it?

    • @urabouttoloseurjob842
      @urabouttoloseurjob842 Před 3 lety +6

      I didn't read descriptions and wasn't a weeb but I'm glad y'all didn't get screwed over lol. They seemed really sus

    • @Potatotenkopf
      @Potatotenkopf Před 3 lety +8

      I always wanted a model Zero fighter, not really a weeb item, but I want one straight from Japan for the lulz and historical value, and a model Ha-Go because it's a wonky little thing.

    • @krisdoesart9643
      @krisdoesart9643 Před 3 lety +25

      I don't actually think the website is a scam, you probably would've been fine ordering from them

    • @Sin_Alder
      @Sin_Alder Před 3 lety +24

      @@krisdoesart9643
      It may not be a scam (as in you will probably receive the item you've ordered), but as someone that's had the displeasure of ordering from them (and I can't speak for anyone else, so others may not have had this problem), it's absolutely a possibility that they'll rip you off on their additional fees after you've already paid for the product itself. Don't be surprised if your order a tiny figurine or something and they end up charging you $30 for their services. As someone that's imported from Japan with many other services, I can guarantee that in my personal experience with them they've definitely overcharged to an outrageous degree.

  • @gracehasfallen7048
    @gracehasfallen7048 Před 3 lety +617

    When I saw the title I was like “wait Jaiden’s a man?”
    No, she is not

    • @melisslaying7178
      @melisslaying7178 Před 3 lety +18

      unrelated but i love your profile picture, im a hamilton fan too

    • @gracehasfallen7048
      @gracehasfallen7048 Před 3 lety +7

      Just Some Alien With Internet Access ooooh you got a fancy Hamilton profile pic

    • @Abbie_Lycan
      @Abbie_Lycan Před 3 lety +19

      Hamiltrash unite

    • @arizonacykablyat3335
      @arizonacykablyat3335 Před 3 lety +27

      I looked at it and thought the video was trying to say the same thing. But as far as I know, having gone to high school with her, she is indeed not a man.

    • @dabirdie1797
      @dabirdie1797 Před 3 lety +3

      I have never been more happy reading the replies to a comment before.

  • @Zeitgeist6
    @Zeitgeist6 Před 3 lety +18

    Ha knew Mama Aki would be in here.
    As someone who orders from Japanese sellers a lot btw, I have to say that broken English is not uncommon when communicating with them.

  • @naprizodenvtuber2529
    @naprizodenvtuber2529 Před 3 lety +61

    Didn’t expect to see Merry’s anime backstory.
    But jokes aside, what they did to him was messed no matter how you view it, and the fact they are keeping that narrative is beyond childish and insane.

  • @ImpassiveCanine
    @ImpassiveCanine Před 3 lety +866

    (Early middle school memories of watching Lost Pause, The Anime Man, and Akidearest)

    • @gaesimp__
      @gaesimp__ Před 3 lety +54

      I still watch them, I recommend watching them again and Nux Taku

    • @Prismashatter
      @Prismashatter Před 3 lety +34

      I distinctly remember watching Lost Pause's Sakura visual novel videos every day after coming home from a summer music school, good times

    • @tiffany15O5
      @tiffany15O5 Před 3 lety +68

      I stopped watching the anime man when he kept talking about loli's, and started looking like a greasy degenerate

    • @dylansomera1233
      @dylansomera1233 Před 3 lety +27

      I don't know how anybody watches that lost pause guy

    • @kaitotatsuya
      @kaitotatsuya Před 3 lety +6

      Sad middle school I say.

  • @goatshenanigans6090
    @goatshenanigans6090 Před 3 lety +1948

    I thought that the quotes around “man” indicated Misaki was revealed to actually be a woman whole time.

  • @devin5415
    @devin5415 Před 3 lety +1

    This is the 3 video I've watched on this channel and I am absolutely hooked, I live the idea, I love the effort, I love the plot, your doing great, props to you and your crew, keep up the good work

  • @AshtenPassion
    @AshtenPassion Před 3 lety +23

    Damn all I remember of Misaki is that he’d send akidearest weird outfits to wear in the thumbnail lmao

    • @mrpiggy6960
      @mrpiggy6960 Před 3 lety +2

      I remember that and jaidens video

  • @user-cx4ic6he9k
    @user-cx4ic6he9k Před 3 lety +472

    That tweet by Merry where he asked for help saying he was scared, that broke my heart.
    Those are the words of a broken man.

  • @transonicfob2293
    @transonicfob2293 Před 3 lety +454

    Man poor Merryweather, I didn’t expect him of all people to be mentioned

    • @akira8393
      @akira8393 Před 3 lety +18

      Not surprised consider how popular he got

    • @VanillaSchleep
      @VanillaSchleep Před 3 lety

      @@akira8393 i didn’t know that this was how he got famous i thought it was from the comics

    • @missasyan
      @missasyan Před 3 lety

      @@VanillaSchleep he got famous from comics, yes, but the controversy helped bring attention to him
      some people prolly followed his accounts to try to cheer him up or whatever, and then when the comics popped up maybe 10% of people were like "oh it's that guy" but most people like me just came from the internet explorer memes and webtoons

    • @chidile7567
      @chidile7567 Před 3 lety

      Shouldeve just said sperm or the n word

  • @momoadachi123
    @momoadachi123 Před 2 lety +7

    This was highly entertaining. I came across by you by accident and have watched a few videos. Even the 4 hour long one about the avocado. Kudos. You and your team do an amazing job.

  • @LordKreiden
    @LordKreiden Před 3 lety +6

    You , and your team of editors,
    are turning what you are doing,
    into an ART form! Bless you and your team 🙏

    • @cyclic7772
      @cyclic7772 Před 3 lety +1

      Not really, the tweets in a slanted format and most of the text was unreadable with someone who has a small monitor (including phones)
      The text for me is like 10 pixels big lol, it's inconvenient and serves no other purpose than being a stylistic choice.

  • @ladybirdg5658
    @ladybirdg5658 Před 3 lety +4880

    Me: I hate how everyone ises the word "weeaboo" to describe anyone who likes ANYTHING from Japan smh :/
    TRO: Japanophilic
    Me: p... please just say weeaboo

    • @zyaicob
      @zyaicob Před 3 lety +430

      That sounds like something a *weeb* would say

    • @gunswinger3110
      @gunswinger3110 Před 3 lety +134

      maybe dont get worked up about words that people generally use? just like what you like dude

    • @survivinggamer2598
      @survivinggamer2598 Před 3 lety +370

      @@gunswinger3110weeaboo has a strong, negative connotation behind it.

    • @tofusrvng
      @tofusrvng Před 3 lety +25

      weeb

    • @vordjoncus
      @vordjoncus Před 3 lety +288

      "Is that a *Japanophilic Comic* I found in your room?"

  • @BeeCrab
    @BeeCrab Před 3 lety +188

    "In the world where the corporate and the personal become one, the heavens will collide with the earth" hot dog that's a spicy quote

  • @vtgalover8213
    @vtgalover8213 Před 3 lety +14

    You should make this a podcast on spotify I love listening to this

  • @BelaCurcio
    @BelaCurcio Před 2 lety +1

    when I like this video, it's not just to compliment you, it's because this is the exact type of content I want youtube to recommend me more of

  • @shrekfrog
    @shrekfrog Před 3 lety +768

    i have no idea who this man is, but damn right do i wanna know how he fooled us

    • @iiinterpreter
      @iiinterpreter Před 3 lety +16

      Watch idubbbz samurai buyer videos. They are pretty funny tbh even for just the first couple minutes

    • @flinggonza5688
      @flinggonza5688 Před 3 lety +3

      I didnt like samurai buyer in the first place, he manipulated multiple youtubers just to advertise his company

    • @chishiy4
      @chishiy4 Před 3 lety +7

      @@iiinterpreter he's racist i'll pass...

    • @chishiy4
      @chishiy4 Před 3 lety +7

      @@gohom3882 i- nooo

    • @babyrage5678
      @babyrage5678 Před 3 lety +1

      beedrill coochiesnatch are you the guy who spams on Pokémon Twitter with out dated memes? If I’m wrong let me know

  • @symmetryisntart
    @symmetryisntart Před 3 lety +139

    opening a section with "in the spongebob squarepants movie..." really startled me lmfao

  • @alekm.3512
    @alekm.3512 Před 3 lety

    I gotta say your video have always entertained me the quality and effort you put into them really pays off

  • @cameurysm
    @cameurysm Před 3 lety +6

    ik this is besides the point, but i loved all the different artists and different editors who worked on this. i think the different styles really adds to the video and keeps it fresh. just thought id say this

  • @apoopamoose857
    @apoopamoose857 Před 3 lety +598

    Watching TROs videos: Interested in what he’s talking abt: 40% Feeling like a smart boy: 937393%

    • @No-zl3ui
      @No-zl3ui Před 3 lety +10

      9600% go back to school

  • @misterkad9979
    @misterkad9979 Před 3 lety +266

    This may be a little bit of a difficulty to believe, but I was mutuals with the Samurai Buyer account on Twitter back a few years ago. And it wasn't even business relations, that account was added to a group chat that I was apart of (and still am in) some years back and would talk with the rest of the people in the group about various things. Something that's really irking me after the things you described here, is that whoever was operating the account could speak perfectly well English, or at least hadn't fully utilized the "broken" English that Misaki(?) would do elsewhere. They were generally empathetic and easy going. We would generally converse about our daily lives and struggles with depression and the like. I may have been interacting with a totally different employee.
    Like I said, you guys might have a but of difficulty in believing me, but I'm just gonna sit here and try to rack my brains on any memories, and if I have anything off an old account what our conversations were like, I'll absolutely add more to this. Seeing the account in screenshots also doubled my confirmation to myself it's the same account I interacted with.
    (Update): The person I befriended in the end was not Misaki after all, it was a different employee that they passed the account to for a while. From what he described he dipped FAST when he started realizing what he was getting himself into. Ironically you helped me remember him and now I have met up with an old friend again, thank you very much for that.

    • @misterkad9979
      @misterkad9979 Před 3 lety +19

      Basically just learned I was friends with a scammer whew idk how to feel about this

    • @johnryu2317
      @johnryu2317 Před 3 lety +3

      Damn, that's actually pretty interesting

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Před 3 lety +13

      Samurai Buyer has a comment on this video, now near the top of the comments. They state that the social media team is now pretty much new people so few really have the complete ins and outs on details of what happened, but you're able to read their whole statement.

    • @misterkad9979
      @misterkad9979 Před 3 lety +19

      @@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Thankfully the staff person was one of the new ones, I don't think he's with them anymore but I'm still glad I found out it wasn't the other guy lol.

  • @Keiisnotreal
    @Keiisnotreal Před 3 lety +1

    AYYEEE ITS MY MAN JOEYYYYYYY!!!!! IT FILLS ME WITH PURE JOY TO SEE ONE OF MY FAVOURITE CZcamsRS TALK ABOUT ANOTHER OF MY FAVOURITES

  • @pixelchu
    @pixelchu Před 3 lety

    Woah what. I just came across this video just remembering about this story...and your videos are like hours long.
    I sense the quality. Subbed. 👍

  • @morningmilk257
    @morningmilk257 Před 3 lety +273

    I literally thought that you should have a section called "samurai liar" while watching, and then I got to the samurai liar part

    • @AngieAJ
      @AngieAJ Před 3 lety +14

      Scamurai liar

    • @sackydzNG
      @sackydzNG Před 3 lety +1

      Angie the Birb Scamulie liar.

  • @hekickedmydog
    @hekickedmydog Před 3 lety +1122

    Is this the same person that would send "sexy" outfits to Akidearest??

    • @kaibruh9985
      @kaibruh9985 Před 3 lety +128

      yeah, it is

    • @luv6707
      @luv6707 Před 3 lety +129

      Yeah. Creepy af imo

    • @Hesstiia
      @Hesstiia Před 3 lety +463

      @Toori Baba off to horny jail

    • @wisterwilson8774
      @wisterwilson8774 Před 3 lety +184

      @@luv6707 Yeah. I mean I guess its okay since she was cool with it, but honestly it's still creepy as shit. Like I guess appealing to the horny is a good marketing scheme but holy moly.

    • @BigBangAttack-mt6pz
      @BigBangAttack-mt6pz Před 3 lety +27

      @@Hesstiia I read that in the Oblivion guard's voice

  • @HeyItzRosie
    @HeyItzRosie Před 3 lety +93

    i feel like i'm the only one who's never heard of samurai buyer

  • @jekomauser9414
    @jekomauser9414 Před 3 lety +3

    It's 12am and I am now 19, and I couldn't think of a better way to usher in my birthday than to listen to your smooth British voice😂

  • @Lorgar64
    @Lorgar64 Před 3 lety +459

    Ah, Merryweather...
    The world: [Literally anything]
    Merrweather: "You want thighs with that?"

    • @Potatotenkopf
      @Potatotenkopf Před 3 lety +30

      I don't really like the execution of plot points in his stories, but his art is undoubtedly very good and worthy of praise.

    • @ohitsstar1241
      @ohitsstar1241 Před 3 lety +7

      I know him on this meme posting website

    • @fuckyoustudios5246
      @fuckyoustudios5246 Před 3 lety +1

      Gamer Bread

    • @gunswinger3110
      @gunswinger3110 Před 3 lety +11

      @@Potatotenkopf good artwork, but fr tho his story stuff is pretty disjointed

    • @zatilaqmar3427
      @zatilaqmar3427 Před 3 lety +15

      Meep Meep Marryweather does not draw his comics,he only writes them.He hired artists,why do you think his art style are different from each story?

  • @katziliaf
    @katziliaf Před 3 lety +137

    I swear to GOD I knew it right away!
    Like, I still remember when Jaiden first posted her video about Samurai Buyer, referring to Miyasaki as "the most innocent cinnamon roll" and when she brought up the conversations she had with this guy, I just felt it deep inside my bones, something was off with guy!

    • @sadface7463
      @sadface7463 Před 3 lety +1

      Guess I’m an idiot

    • @sweetloutstea1688
      @sweetloutstea1688 Před 3 lety +15

      Not only that It was the box and the stuff he sent her yall can get that shit on amazon easily

    • @MimiCupcakeDean
      @MimiCupcakeDean Před 3 lety +6

      GOD i hate that term sm

    • @alexanderpumpkin3423
      @alexanderpumpkin3423 Před 3 lety +2

      SellaRose. I mean it was like 4 years ago. Nobody really uses that term anymore. At least not that I see!

    • @0rion-u
      @0rion-u Před 3 lety +4

      @@alexanderpumpkin3423 You'll see it everywhere in mha fandom it's pretty...cringe.

  • @tomatodamashi
    @tomatodamashi Před 3 lety +15

    They went out of business today. Their website is closed, but their twitter is still up for now. I guess good things can happen in 2020, but it took until December 31st to get there.

  • @seafoamtaide
    @seafoamtaide Před 3 lety +5

    The amount of random connections (as in, things I remember seeing or experiencing or names/people I have seen or watched) I have to this topic is insane considering I never knew about the full scope of it.

  • @Scrinwaipwr
    @Scrinwaipwr Před 3 lety +191

    TRO is one of the few people who can talk to me for over an hour about someone I never heard of before and don't care about without me getting bored.
    EDIT: Actually I *do* remember I Hate Everything's video on Misaki/SamuraiBuyer, totally forgot about it!

    • @hciapetus1251
      @hciapetus1251 Před 3 lety +1

      When I read the title for this video, I swore I knew what Samurai Buyer was but couldn’t pinpoint it. Then decided to finally watch the video, and once I heard IHE, I was like “oh yah, now I remember!” I feel like I watched that video sons ago.

    • @chidile7567
      @chidile7567 Před 3 lety

      Other way around for me I’ll watch him for the topic but his extreme proper ness irks me it’s annoying how many extra words he uses

  • @calamaria9221
    @calamaria9221 Před 3 lety +76

    Man it's been a while since I heard about Samurai Buyer. I remember JaidenAnimations mentioning that he wasn't as wholesome/innocent/nice as he seemed when she had people asking why she hasn't mentioned him for a while (since I'm pretty sure she helped design a Pokemon banner for the site).

    • @SarcasticPossum
      @SarcasticPossum Před 3 lety +6

      She and Akidearest were the last time I heard about them.

  • @Tiffanado
    @Tiffanado Před 3 lety

    love your content! awesome as always

  • @GustavGaming1
    @GustavGaming1 Před 3 lety +1

    Im really loving the content man, i usually dont sub but your video's are very intetesting and obviously take a lot of work and research. Im surprised you're not at 1m already

  • @Foxbyn
    @Foxbyn Před 3 lety +200

    WAIT THE SAME PERSON WHO DOES THE INTERNET EXPLORER ANIME COMICS WAS ALSO THE PERSON WHO MISAKI FIRED???

    • @lonesome1689
      @lonesome1689 Před 3 lety +8

      Yes

    • @dimyell
      @dimyell Před 3 lety +3

      Merrys comic on the girl with the green scarf was what I recognised

  • @D3w10n
    @D3w10n Před 3 lety +142

    To break the 4th wall: This video was sponsored by SamuraiBuyer

  • @RadiantSkiddMarx
    @RadiantSkiddMarx Před 2 lety +11

    46:20 I can never get over how aggressive Ian is, it always makes me laugh.