What I'll Never Understand About Japan
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- čas přidán 31. 03. 2020
- Japan can be a confusing place. In this video, I reveal the things that still confuse me, the strangest thing I've seen in the country, and the frustrating time I was refused an apartment. Also, is cheating common in Japan and who will win the sword battle between Natsuki and Ryotaro?
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NOTIFICATION SQUAD: Natsuki and Ryotaro united at last! What more could you want from a video? For the next few weeks Abroad in Japan videos are going old school; which basically means it's just me in a room eating cup noodles. But do any of you share my childhood fear? And do you want to see Natsuki quit smoking?! Let me know in the comments.
And don't forget to check out the new Abroad in Japan website and steal some soundbites from the soundboard! Enjoy! (www.abroadinjapan.com/)
Stay safe guys
Natsuki should at LEAST Vape. Its a little better.
Love the content, keep it up
I don't think I would enjoy watching Natsuki try to quit smoking. Getting him in shape would be better.
Natsuki, take care of your health! Actually, Everybody stay healthy and safe!
tell natsuki we love him :)
When I visited Japan, my hotel room had a soap dispenser labelled "Soup"
Suffice to say, it did not taste like soup.
i guessed they got confused by the way we stuffed a random vowel into the middle of the word soap
That’s a damn shame.
Did you try their Miso Soap then?
Well kanji for hot water for chinese also mean soup....
@@izraa24 lots of pantothenic acid in them, yes?
"No one could ever bring himself to kill Natsuki" 2 minutes later, Natsuki dies.
Hahah, there's only one man who could do it.
Me
@@AbroadinJapan Well, gotta be honest, Chris. I think we all thought one of you would end up killing the other.
It's how he dies is the pain killer... Ouch!
he'll be fine he can return by death
My favorite crazy Engrish in Japan is from when I went to a mountain in Kobe, and there was a sign for some kind of show. There was a note that was trying to say that when there is bad weather, the show will be canceled. But the sign just said "The weather stops."
Helping Natsuki to defeat his addiction is the greatest thing a friend could ask for...
"The Easy Way to Stop Smoking" by Allen Carr
I used to smoke for 17 years, and I was addicted to it. That breakfast that Natsuki enjoys is called a "Fisherman's Breakfast", and it is every smoker's breakfast. Smoking suppresses hunger, so it would obviously replace actual food for breakfast. I also used to smoke as much as Natsuki, roughly.
But, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I just woke up one day and said that I'm done smoking. However, you can't force a person to quit, because they will get pissed off, and they will resist quitting more. I certainly did. It is tough, man, but it's a decision that needs to be made by Natsuki.
A couple of things that helped me:
- Don't drink coffee or alcohol for about a month (both lead to temptation of smoking)
- Replace smoking with another activity (I replaced smoking with exercise)
- Keep your hands busy. Half of the anxiety that comes with quitting is that you need something to do with your hands.
- Don't make a big deal out of quitting (the more you focus on it, the more you crave). I had actually forgotten how long ago I had quit, but apparently I'm on my 8th month. Woohoo!
- Never say "I'll just have one". We all know what that means with booze, so it's obviously the same with smoking. One is never just one.
- And, lastly, avoid social gatherings for a while. They generally tempt you into smoking, as well.
Natsuki, if you want to quit, these are some things that helped me overcome an addiction that I thought I never would. I know that you can beat it, bud :) (if you want to, of course)
damn thanks for taking your time writing those out and I'm happy to hear your progress of not smoking! One question though, have you try or heard the chewing gums trick? I heard it also helps you since you keeping your mouth busy from smoking. Hopefully Natsuki can gradually lives a healthier life so I'm looking forward as well for the documentary if he ever going to make one.
@@KryKaizen It's my pleasure :) and thanks!
Gum works for some people, but I just ate some snacks, instead. Partnered with exercise, the food did my body good, considering that I was burning a lot of energy.
I completely agree! Unfortunately, smoking is an addiction. The amount of times I said "I know that smoking is bad, but I just enjoy it so much". It sucks letting something have that much power over you.
Natsuki will make the decision for himself, and he'll have good friends to support him. I hope they're prepared for cranky Natsuki, though. It's unavoidable.
"I'll only have one" are words from the devil
Also remembering that the craving goes away if you resist for like 5 minutes. That's what did it for me. It's in my mind, I resist and then it's gone for an hour. Repeat and it goes away for a longer time.
For all those who want to be non-smokers.... I always recommend “Easy Way to Stop Smoking” by Allen Carr. It’s been translated into about 26 languages, I don’t know if Japanese is included. The English audiobook is amazing. I did try to read it once, but I found the material stuck better with audio. It’s only a 6 hour listen. I sometimes go back and listen to specific chapters if I need too.
It’s a powerful book, and seriously.... I cannot recommend it enough.
I think at this point japan is just trolling us with their "engrish" because they know we love it soo much.
Fully agree! Shimokitazawa was awash with a sweatshirt featuring two Pomeranians in space helmets with the words, 'GIRL POWER!'. Blatant tourist bait :-D
You're not alone. E.T. was scary as fuq to me growing up. That scene in the field, where he is screaming at the kid wrecked my sleep for years.
E.T. and Michael Jackson's Thriller TERRORIZED my childhood
No
I lived in Shibuya for about three years and totally fell in love with Japan and the Japanese people. I’ve enjoyed binge-watching your witty and entertaining videos, which bring back great memories. Thanks and hope you’re doing well.
I'm assuming you left Japan then. Why?
@@cybersifygaming I returned to Los Angeles for work
@@BonanzaRoad Ah, but did you want to stay?
@@cybersifygaming I definitely wanted to stay but had to return to Los Angeles because of important job opportunity…
I quit smoking and it was hell but so worth it in the end, 7 years clear turning sixty two in 6 days.
Do you still get cravings
@@soufianvino7878 no, they used to come once in a while but not anymore. I also have winter to remind why not to start again
Congrats, man!
I unfortunately have no more than one like to give to you, but its given with the most sincere respect.
Well done, sir.
You would be able to spend hours wandering around the streets in Japan *no problem* !
@@YMangaka I have seen much of Japan through various CZcamsrs. I would enjoy it for sure, thank you.
"I don't think anyone could kill Natsuki."
*Ryotoro kills Natsuki
the only one who can defeat Natsuki is Natsuki.
Monika killed Natsuki.
YuriIsMyWaifu nice
Natsuki killed himself by Seppuku to the balls.
At least smoking can (and most likely will) kill him ^^
Couldn't agree more about E.T. I always found him scary and creepy. The part where Elliot is wandering around the field at night with a flashlight and suddenly shines it on a frightened, screaming E.T.'s face was one of the most chilling moments of my childhood. And the way you can see his glowing heart thumping in his chest like the ghost bride from the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland? That's supposed to be cute? **Shudder**
I'm absolutely dying reading all of the E.T comments 😂😂😂
Nah
ET scared the crap out of me when I was a child as well. You're not alone.
I've been terrified of ET since a young child also. It was made even worse when I was made go on the ET ride in Florida universal studios 4 years ago. I had a full blown panic attack and remain traumatized.
You are not alone Chris.
God help us.
Damm you guys are scared of ET? IM TERRIFIED OF THE FU**ING WALL-E MOVIE😭
Same here!
When my parents rented ET when I was about 4, I hid behind the couch for an hour.
I'm so glad there are other people who don't like ET. My family can't understand how I don't find his earthworm like characteristics "cute".
I watched Nightmare on Elm Street as a kid,and thought it was scary-funny.I saw ET and that was NOT FUNNY,legitimately scary,didn't even watched whole thing,and i was couple years older!
#askaroad
Did the read andswer single questons?
#askabroad when will you learn to eat food with chopsticks normally and not bite the GOD DAMN STICKS FFS?!
with love
Why did the chicken cross you?!
@@HartleySan lmao underrated comment
Lmao he hearted it
Yes! finally someone gets me! I was afraid of e.t. when I was a child and nobody else understood why lol.
I started watching this channel before covid, forgot about it and today it came back up. I’m happy that you are healthy and doing well.
Super excited to go back to your content and after over a year of being indoors to reinvigorate my desire to one day travel to japan.
Thank you for all the insightful info and entertaining content 👍🏼💯.
I don't know, a Ryotaro movie might be interesting. He's seems well dressed, well connected, and introduces you to new cuisine all the time. If I was going to Japan I would definitely want a friend or a guide like him.
but he wears fedoras
I was the 69th like.
It might be that he never had any true struggles in his life, and I think Chris wants to focus on more gritty issues. But I also think Ryotaro movie would be funny as hell.
Chris mentioned in an earlier video that Ryotaro is completely different when speaking in Japanese. Would like to see that.
He is also a Masco... He also KNOWS a Mascot Expert
This video was created with high functionality.
Chris shows some editing Hi-Fu
Hahaha
and Pantothenic Acids
You are not alone. I was terrified of the dark up until midway through high-school, all because I watched et as a young child. I had frequent nightmares about it for years, it made it hard to get a good night of sleep in.
Love your channel! Your candid humorous information is the best.
Those transitions into comment and hate mail of the week are so nostalgic. Its crazy to me that I was watching your videos and dreaming of Japan almost 5 years ago. Now I'm living in Japan myself. Thanks bruv.
Thanks for still watching! I hope Japan's treating you well!
E.T. is so gross, I can't stand looking at it.
I haven't watched Natsuki: The Movie, but seeing his face in the clip you showed of him talking about his breakfast of coffee and cigarettes, he did not look happy about it, and I honestly felt sadness for him. I think if you did your documentary and it helped him with his addiction, it could be the greatest thing anyone could do for a friend. So I vote DO IT!
You should watch it. It's great. Plus I totally agree. It would be amazing if Chris could get him to stop smoking.
I wanna throw this out there as somebody who chainsmoked and had even other worse addictions - maybe start with Nautsuki cutting down gradually. It's simple, but less traumatic.
A bit late to the posting here, but I just watched this and it hit home! My name is also Chris and I was afraid of ET all of my very early childhood.
When I was very young my Mom hung a poster of ET on the wall near the entrance to my room...Every night for 2 years I slept in fear, frozen in place, scared to look away from the wall.. I can still remember it vividly... damn ET.
One random beautiful day I came to the realization that I had the power to take the poster down... so I ripped that sucker down and life drastically changed (not even exaggerating!). So, ET is an evil ugly bastard... but I owe his demon-looking ass for helping realize I have the power to make changes in my life lol.
When you ripped it down, there was a hole behind the poster where E.T. lived!!
@@mikiex Bwa-ha-haaaa!
ET ruined my dreams as a child. This is so nice to hear.
😂😂😂
that E.T. stuff made my day. thx man i am with you
"Bucket of dried sodium" is the realist thing I've heard all day.
My daughter pissed herself laughing at that comment. It was gold.
@@sweetarchangel6748 family goals right here. also, piss and gold in the same context
I'd like to see two new segments:
1. Chris saves Natsuki from lung cancer: Journey across addiction.
2. Jun saves Chris from high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke: Journey across learning a basic skill everyone should know.
Jun? Rachel's husband?
@@madhavpatil1206 the one and the same. He has a channel called Jun's kitchen. If anyone can help this man, it's Jun.
On the subject of Rachel doesn't she really like squat toilets?
@EvenInArcadiaIExist yeah I think Rachel even made a video about squat toilets once
Zing.
I mean, my dad had a sticker of ET on his guitar case and it creeped me out so much.
I'm still a bit scared of him now and I'm a 35 year old FIREMAN 😂
I never got the appeal of E.T. The way it looks. I know the movie is iconic, but why do people think this thing is... cute. ugh
I love how he said that Q&A vids don't do well and this one did insanely well.
I love how, in spite of Yamamoto-san clearly working through a tenuous grasp of the English language, he still managed to get "it's" and "you're" correct. He is officially a better English writer than 90% of the people in my social circle.
That's sad.
Same
Still don't understand how native speakers always meas this up.
It's so easy and it's weird to see it get messed up all the time as a "non native english speaker".
This kind of mistake is much easier to make for native speakers, because they first learn how to speak and only several years later they learn how to write, essentially as a process of coding the speech into graphical symbols. So it's easy to mix up things that sound the same, even if their meanings are obviously different. Non-native speakers usually learn writing along with speaking and their minds associate foreign words with the words in their native languages, where they probably sound very different, and thus the risk for confusion is minimized.
It happens in other languages as well. My native language is Portuguese and we pronounce the words for "plus" and "but" ("mais" and "mas") in the same way, so a lot of people keep mixing those two up when writing. Obviously, for someone whose native language is English, it is impossible to accidentally swap "plus" for "but", so if you think of a sentence in English and translate it word for word to Portuguese in your mind, you won't be making this mistake that a lot of proficient Portuguese speakers make.
@Cameron I'm sorry but even for "quickly typing" it's not that hard to know the difference. I understand messing up a lot of words but your and you're must be the easiest grammar of the english language.
5:13 Pantothenic acid is vitamin B5, Misoshiru soup has lots of it.
The more you know
Oh good to know. Thanks for that translation.
miso soup soup
Just discovered your channel! You're a journalist, comedian and storyteller all in one. The videos are amazing..... insightful and amusing. I don't see myself ever visiting Japan, but you make an endearing case for it. Thanks again for your time.
P.S Is Godzilla/giant monster attack insurance a real thing over there? I read somewhere it is. Just curious.
4:20 This is the best thing I've ever heard in my life. The voice really did it for me.
E.T. is definitely a monster, just imagine the phone bill when he phones home.
I think his calls are covered by the receiver that's why they never pick it up.
I was actually scared of ET as a kid. There was this toy my parents had got us that was creepy as hell. You're not alone!
Thank god! Cheers!
@@AbroadinJapan ET gave me nightmare and even at the age of 31 i aint watching the damn movie
thank god im not the only person
Thank god I didn’t get any toy cause watching the movie already creeped me out.
The begining of the movie always reminded me of a horror!
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who was terrified of ET as a kid jfc, like I genuinely had re-occurring nightmares of him for YEARS. He still freaks me tf out as an adult and I'm not ashamed to admit that
You are not alone in thinking that ET is scary as hell. When I was 5 years old my parents took the family to universal studios, this was the early 90s so there weren't as many rides there as there are now, the main two rides were the studio tour and the ET experience. On your way into the ride everyone's first name is taken down, and at the end of the ride there is an animatronic ET telling everyone by name goodbye, when ET said my name I freaked out and tried to jump out of the ride, that wrinkled toe of a face still haunts my dreams.
I'm with you!!! I used to get so mad at that scene when E.T. is hiding amongst the plush toys. I was screaming as a kid!! "How do you NOT see the DEMON????" 😆😆
Nah
born 83 here, also was scared of ET as kid and worried would have aliens in closets or under beds
"Has high functionality"
Proceeds to spill a cup of instant noodles on the floor.
Yup, high functionality.
*Insert moai man
hie fungshunalitea
"HIGH"
Hey no one said the functionality Chris has was good functionality. He could be sharpening his bad functionality. Lol or maybe we should focus on the "HIGH" part..and not "functionality"
As I'm scrolling through the comments at the same time as listening to the video, I reached this one as the noodles hit the floor
it could also just mean functioning while high
My girlfriend just screamed with joy when she realised she is not the only one terrified of ET, you are the first person who has ever mentioned it.
The Rx7 roadie BURPLE RX7 I also screamed OMG I thought I was the only one that couldn’t watch it as a kid
Absolutely refused to watch it until I was 15
I'm not saying he's not creepy, but just about any character in the Wizard of Oz is creepier lol
I HATE ET
I legit thought it was supposed to be a scary movie for the longest time. Lots of creepy characters in the 80s.
Thanks for the tip on the soundboard. I've gone over and shanghaied a good number of them for my stream deck. Cheers!
Love the show so entertaining🍜
"These episodes just don't do that well"
*1.4 million views and 4x the like goal later*
Yeah I was going to say that, how does 124k likes and 1.597 million views do for you? Lol
I mean half a year later, sure. Some videos do better over time.
Ryotaro and natsuki fighting is like two series you wouldn't think would ever collaborate
def do another of these
2:24, lovely, you made me laugh a lot with everything on that little segment. Wonderful :D
not gonna lie, that Natsuki v Ryotaro battle was more epic than the final Avengers Endgame scene 🤯
Natsuki: Just is Delicious.
Chris: Justice Delicious?
Natsuki: Just is Delicious.
Chris:That makes no sense.
hahahahaaha
🤣🤣🤣 Never crossed my mind but that's actually what would happen! and omg Chris put those soundbites up on a site! Imma downloading Like a Magic right about now!
和牛は正義である。
It was when I was stationed in Korea, not long ago(2015) and yeah, I don't understand the ground toilets. I walked into a stall at a rest stop, looked down, said "F*** NO!" and walked out.
Watching your channel brings up such a strange mix of emotions for me. I love your channel, the quality is fantastic, your humour is on point, and you teach me about a place that I have always been curious about. However, it's bittersweet because you remind me of one of the best friends I've ever had, a British dude from London, who now lives in Singapore and for the most part we have lost touch. Maybe this series will inspire me to make my way to Asia and reunite with my long lost friend. Love from Canada, Zach
Chris really getting his money’s worth out of those stock footage clips! Congratulations! Chris truly “has high functionality”!!!!!
Skywalker Sounds I agree it’s a well put video
69 likes on this comment, the video has 69k likes, please don't like it
my brain went stupids and read your comment as "Chruly tris has high functionality".
Quite dissimilar from my reading abilities....
Patrick Haley 😂😂😂😂
Can relate on the ET. I was gifted an ET doll as a child one Christmas with a voice box that played his famous quotes from the movie. Complete with red cape and everything. The voice box would just never die, there was no visible off button either if I remember, or battery bit. I developed such a fear of this doll that my parents put it in the cupboard where it would wake me up a few times with a muffled ‘eeee....teeeee phone home’. I don’t know where it went - I was six at the time but I hope it stays away..
I hope it's melting in the depths of hell where it belongs.
i watched a few of your vids now, and this one got me to subscribe to your channel.
Dude...I am right there with you on the ET thing!
I never really thought Chris didn't know how to cook, I've always seen him as a high functionality person
Well, highly functional doesn't always suggest completely functional :P
This might be the perfect opportunity for him to learn. One day, he'll get so bored and so out of cup noodles and fried chicken (the fried chicken shop will be closed by then), that he just might start cooking. I'm rooting for you, Chris! :D
Everyone has their talents. Two siblings of mine can’t really work their way around a kitchen. However they have patience and understanding in areas I do not.
"Bucket of dried sodium" is likely the most accurate thing I've ever heard. Nothing like a flavour-style sachet of monosodium glutamate to boost morale.
I somehow knew that you'd say E.T. and I had to minimize the video. Still scared of him. Years later I learned that basically a horror/sci-fi script called "Night Skies" was floating around Hollywood. And it eventually served as the basis for E.T. and Poltergeist. Since then I'm no longer ashamed about finding E.T. scary.
Make the movie, Chris! Natsuki: Marlboro-man! In all seriousness, thanks for your channel and it’s content. Always uplifting and entertaining.
I bought a nylon arm warmer from Dondonki in shibuya that said "If you stay clam, life get more better.".
I guess my life didn't get better because I wasn't a clam.
😂
I'm feeling pretty clammy in the Florida heat and humidity, and I certainly don't think it's made my live any better. Better than dealing with snow I guess, but it would be nice to have dry clothes.
"I don't think anybody could ever bring themselves to kill Natsuki" I would love to see Risottoro's reaction to such lovely comment from such a good friend.
"I feel he has no story to tell"
@@turinmormegil7715 I also thought that was kind of a weird, rude-ish choice of words ^^
@@Serjo777 I'm sure they're close enough to say these kinds of stuff
@@xLeidenFrost Are you even aware what quote I'm referring to?
TIP: If you ever have to use a squat toilet for number 2s, don't squat for say longer than 3 minutes, because your legs will seize up and it will take you 5 minutes to stand up again.
dude I love you, you always crack me up
To be fair, Creamy Dreams is a far worse thing to have on there...
That's why you have a service before sleep.
@@RichardLeslieWhereat And what if you had that during your sleep because of a dream? :P
@@Coelancanth I would be surprised at being a teenager again.
Yes
It sounds nice at first, then you realize about wonder world alabama and goes like: "inhale... fack!"
I would love to see a movie on Natsuki's struggle with smoking, especially if there's some real educational value.
Should atleast get him to swap over to vape. No reason to keep sucking on cancer sticks current year that coats everything in tar --someone who quit smoking for 10yrs after 8 yrs of addiction. Not to mention the major health detriments
ngl .. ET did creep me tf out the first few times i watched it .. you are not alone
7:30 I'm sure this man is enjoying his time in Russia now.
He's probably sitting in a hole in the Donbass region lol
ET is the creepiest most disgusting thing I ever had the misfortune to see. Terrifying. You're not alone Chris
I concur. I always thought it was just me.
Are we sure he did not mean to say "Just is delicious" instead of "justice delicious"? The latter one sounds more fun though xD
Ongoing joke from when Ryotaro said Just As Good very quickly and it sounded like Justice Good. And the rest, my friends, is history
Funny thing is me and a friend had a similar joke about misspelling "just as planned" as "justice planned"
I guess it's so delicious that it brings justice to the world of gastronomy
OMG - Serious question??
I think he was trying to say "Just Delicious" but added an "is" unnecessarily. A pretty understandable mistake imo since he's not a native speaker
After watching several of your videos, Subscribed! I enjoy your vids. 5/5
Very cool Dave in Japan
My Dad found the perfect apartment in Tokyo, but they would not rent it to him because he was a foreigner. We ended up living in another one that worked out well.
One of the essentials of a Japanese quarantine: FamilyMart fried chicken
can confirm: it helps numb the pain.
That is so relatable
I'm so glad I'm not in quarantine in Japan, I'd probably double my weight in 2 months...
I'm so sad that my country doesn't have fried chicken basically anywhere... No KFC or similar, nothing in stores, there are nuggets but they suck. I found fried chicken in a quite fancy restaurant, it was so good. I wish I had more fried chicken... and fried chicken onigiris...
@@ninjal7588 which country is it?
I actually know a little something about the history of squat toilets. I lived in Japan for a total of 25 years out of my life and learned around the time I was leaving the country that squat toilets were preferred once at some point because they make people’s legs stronger. Also, they’re actually a bit more sanitary ( even though they don’t look it) because you’re not sitting directly down and making contact with a toilet seat that someone else previously sat on. Btw, I love your collection of hats and T-shirts and pencil cases with messed up English written on it. There are way too many of them to remember but I will never forget a strange quote from middle school. I think it was on a tshirt and it said; “love, and peace, and funky” lmfao
@@Oto000dot had my own experience with a squat toilet when I visited China a while ago. I desperately needed a toilet, because of some bad food. And, almost all public restrooms in China are squat toilets (you gotta go in restaurants for the seated ones). But, I have a problem with my knee (I can’t feel the strength in my left knee due to an accident when I was younger, so my right knee stiffs up and loses strength very quickly), you can the struggles and a bit of trauma that I went through
During my childhood I was absolutely terrified of puppets especially the howdy doody puppet. Still gives me shivers
"No amount of fish and chips and Harry Potter can get you this apartment, go away."
Amazing.
You are not alone...I was terrified of ET when I was a child. That scream of his is the stuff of nightmares.
Keep up the great content!
I enjoy your vids...a nice balance of intelligence, information, and humor. I will also say I've been a huge Monty Python fan for most of my life and your appearance and humor makes me think of Terry Jones.
Lol love the sound effects
As someone who lost their mother a almost 2 months ago to lung cancer from being a smoker of 47 years, if we it could get Natsuki to quit smoking, that would be wondrous.
As someone that started smoking from 12 to 27 years old and has quit for over a year now I can tell you that him quitting successfully will have nothing to do with us. It will be up to him. I don't mean to sound contrary though I do agree and I hope for everyone to be able to quit smoking as soon as they can.
I'm sorry for your loss, I hope you can find it in yourself to have a nice day and are able to spend time with someone you care about.
I don't want to speak for Natsuki, but I don't think he really is interested in stopping to smoke. I think he doesn't care about death, nor life. He often seems to be trapped, with no real goal in life. It's not like he can't enjoy things, but he takes life as it comes, I doubt he really has sth like a bucket list.
So I just wish him to find his place in life, to be happy, and if that is reached, healthy without smoking, to make that life enjoyable as long as possible.
When you started talking about the children’s character that used to scare you I immediately thought “ET, please say ET” and then you did and I lost it. I was terrified of ET as a child. I used to lie in bed afraid that his head would appear from around the door frame. I don’t know what I was afraid of him doing, but goddamn he was terrifying. And I truly never understood why none of my friends were terrified of him too.
Same here!
I mean.... He has big eyes. Big eyes are cute right? 😂
I don't know why I don't find him terrifying either.
It's only now, 12 years into adulthood, that I have seen someone else agreeing with me that ET is fucking terrifying. The stuff of my childhood nightmares.
same here xD even to this day i can't watch this movie. and then i sit there watch the thing or alien and I'm like... you're cute xD i don't know what's wrong with me
ET and Alf. I hated Alf. He was more terrifying for me than ET.
No, you are not alone! My brother ran out of the cinema as he watched E.T. because he was terrified
I support your preset too!
I am now going to do something here, that I have always hated when other people did 🤣
Dear Natsuki.
I am an old smoker. I smoked 40 cigarets a day for 20 years, and before that I smoked between 20 and 30 a day for 23 years. I started smoking at the tender age of 12.
Last year on Christmas eve I decided enough is enough. I put out my cigaret and threw away the rest of the packet. I have not smoked since. Still get these pangs where I look for a cigaret and it is HARD. But most of the time I do not think about it.
In my life I have tried many, many times to stop. But I never succeeded. I believe you need to be ready for it to work. It does not matter if your friends and familie are ready for you to stop, If YOU are not. How do you know, you are ready then? I do not have the faintest idea. All I can say is this, if and when you think. "I want to stop". Go for it. Maybe you are ready, maybe not. But at least your body will benefit from the days you succeeded in not smoking, or smoking less. It wont hurt. And one day, you may just hit the right moment like I did. And then you are a former smoker.
Good luck and stay safe
good luck further
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I was 2 packs a day for 30 years; I finally quit by tapering off nicotine using e-cigs for a few years ( in the time between when they were silly and when they became ridiculous). It probably won't work unless he is seriously ready to quit.
I would heartily agree with what you are saying. Being a pack a day currently for the last thirteen years, it takes a sea change to get up the gumption to quit, and believe me, I have tried.
Ever heard of vaping?
Natsuki's too much of a cinnamon roll to ever win in a duel versus Ryotaro, who we all know is still planning Chris's untimely demise as we all speak.
yep its may time for the QnA section
Thank you for mentioning the death metal bar.
Yessss we passed 30K, already looking forward to #AskAbroad in May!
Also: SO DOWN for the Natsuki documentary!!!
I also found E.T. incredibly terrifying as a child and had forgotten about it until this video. Thanks for bringing up repressed fears about E.T.
OMG THANK YOU! As a kid I was scared as hell about ET, for me it was him under the bed instead of monsters or whatever. I feel you mate.
Have a good time in Japan, がんばって!
Glad to finally see Risottoro and Natsuki in the same video, sadly it had to be a fight where evil wins
"I don't think anyone could bring themselves to kill Natsuki."
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Sees that last clip.
Uhhh, except for Ryotaro, apparently.
As a side note, I guessed correctly. Would also love another Natsuki movie, and more of these Q&A videos.
And cigaretes
@@klemenator That too, but he's doing that to himself. So aside from Risotoro, it turns out only Natsuki can kill Natsuki.
@@devontabris5807 I also have a smoking addiction Its such a subversive way of harming yourself. Wellp. Gl pal
I just noticed this, but E.T.'s head looks like an earbud. Now that is scary.
You reminded me more of Terry Jones, and I found it endearing to think Terry moved to Japan.
I want that shirt so bad, lol. Put it on your merch site Chris!
Of course Risottoro wins. He's been trying to kill Chris for ages.
Also he have like 400 years or even more of swordsmanship experience
"High functionality" proceeds to eat ramen with chopsticks upside down
You're not alone. E.T. scared the piss out of me for a long time!
I've been afraid of ET forever also! I never thought anybody else was afraid of him either. I am so glad that you had the courage to admit that thank you Chris!!!
Fun fact: as an adult I still find E.T way more scary than almost anything else
I know, right!?
Still haunts me...
Aliens man they could've been on some nefarious game
HP Lovecraft and John Carpenter's _The Thing_ concurs.
Your comment made it to comment of the week, congrats
ET was definitely horrifying. Especially the scene at the end when he was all sick and white. Scarred me as a child! Did not like the movie.
Can 100% relate to this. It was bad an experience for me our family banned the movie. Which was great since it was on TV every Thanksgiving (USA) holiday and my family still chooses to mock me for this 😰
Ah, but that part was supposed to be horrifying! For me I will give thanks to ET for teaching me the insult "penis breath" at an exceedingly young age for use against my older brothers.
It was that horrifying squeal it did that messed me up. My sister was given a stuffed ET cuddly toy and she used to torment me with it. I'm probably gonna have a nightmare tonight!
I'm right there with you with ET. That movie freaked me out as a child.. That cornfield scene, ugh!