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Oneme "Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid"
Gaijin yonkoma
(moon. 外人四齣,
Gaijin 4koma
,
reaction guys
, etc.) - a montage of four (四) images in a column (bitards cannot read Japanese, so, despite the word yonkoma, there can easily be four images, both six and eight).
In each pair of images, the bottom shows reactions from four members of the editorial team at US gaming site ign.com. The meme originally appeared on Japanese Futaba. The name comes from gaijin
(foreigner, i.e. not Japanese, from 外人, literally "person from an outside country") +
yonkoma
(since in the original form of the meme there were four panels, the first pair with calm reactions, and the second pair with violent ones).
- preparation for 6 koma.
Gaijin Hunters
On the other side are the "Gaijin Hunters" : Asians - usually Japanese (let's be honest, they're mostly women) who are looking for relationships with foreigners - usually Caucasians. Ergo, the exact opposite of a person with yellow fever .
We want to point out that just because an Asian guy is dating a foreigner doesn't mean he's a gaijin hunter. The goals of these “hunters” are very diverse, but they all usually specifically look for foreigners for one reason or another. In some cases, a person just wants to talk to them to improve their English, without sex. We're talking specifically about Asians who only want to date foreigners for sex.
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If anything on this blog appears racist or harmful, that is not our intention and we apologize!
The term "gaijin hunter" comes from the words 'gaikokujin' (外国人) and 'hunter'. Gaijin (Japanese: 外人) is an abbreviation of the Japanese word gaikokujin (Japanese: 外国人), translated as “foreigner” or “person from outside.”
While all Asian countries have gaijin hunters, we will focus on Japanese gaijin hunters in particular.
In Japan there are "gaijin hunters" of all ages:
- Young high school students who have crushes on their foreign teachers or classmates
- Japanese boys and girls in their 20s, seeking to broaden their horizons,
- Japanese women aged 30 - 50 who may be tired of dating Japanese men.
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So, you have arrived in Japan. You are now a Gaijin. This is what the Japanese call foreigners, so no need to be offended. But how to be a good gaijin is the second question. After all, the rules of behavior and social norms of Japan, as they say, cannot be understood with the mind, and shakkanho cannot be measured in general. But you and I will still try. Bows
When addressing a Japanese person, you should bow. Don’t think that the Japanese are so arrogant with the guests of the country - they all bow to each other. Moreover, the depth of the bow should be directly proportional to the status of the interlocutor. A nod of the head is enough for a friend, a boss deserves a bow of about 45 degrees, but an elderly person receives 70 degrees. However, since you are a gaijin, you can get away with just bowing your head or bending a little at the waist.
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Looking into the eyes of your interlocutor for a long time is considered a sign of aggression in Japan. There is another interesting point: if the interlocutor looks away for too long, they may think that he is hiding something or lying. Therefore, you need to maintain a middle ground between the modest downward gaze and the unwavering gaze of any Bruce Willis hero.
Runny nose
If you have a runny nose in Japan, then you will have to become a real ninja and learn the science of quickly hiding from others before using a handkerchief (which is not accepted here) or a special napkin. But sniffling - even during a business meeting - is quite normal, and no one will judge you for it.
Collectivity
In general, it is considered indecent not only to blow your nose, but also to attract undue attention to yourself in any way - speaking loudly or communicating on a mobile phone in public transport. Any schoolchild in the Land of the Rising Sun will tell you that there is no worse misfortune for a person than individuality, and the most important thing in life is the collective. And he will immediately run away to his own people.
In the house
When entering a Japanese house, you must take off your shoes. For you and me there is nothing strange in this, but Europeans and Americans often make mistakes with this. The oddities begin further: you should take off your shoes when entering the office. Both in the office and at home you will be offered special slippers. However, even in these slippers, no one living dares to step on the tatami - otherwise you will definitely provoke the wrath of the dragon! When entering a room covered with these mats, you should take off your shoes completely. Individual slippers await you at the entrance to the restroom. The most important thing is to remember to put on those first slippers. Because if you mix them up, you will be funnier to others than rakugo - a Japanese sit-down version of stand-up comedy.
Feast
At the table in Japan, it is customary to sit on the tatami in the seiza position: legs tucked under oneself, back straight, like reeds on Lake Mashu. Men can simply sit “Turkish style” - in the agura position, but only with friends or relatives. A woman is only allowed to move her legs slightly to the side when sitting in seiza, and then only if she is a foreigner. But stretching your legs, and even more so sitting so that your socks point at someone present or, Buddha forbid, these socks touch them - even the fact that you are a gaijin will not save you. Touching a Japanese man with the lowest point of his own body is a terrible insult akin to the one for which Bill was killed.
Hashi
Hashi is the name for Japanese chopsticks. Some Japanese are still surprised when they see how easily foreigners can handle them. If only they knew how many sushi bars there are in one Russian quarter... If you still don’t speak hashi very well, then don’t be afraid to seem funny or clumsy - even the Japanese are not all friends with this device. However, there are a few things that you absolutely should not do with hashi.
What not to do with
Mayyobashi hashi is strictly prohibited! Simply put, you cannot draw with chopsticks on the table or point at something with them. Saguribashi is also not allowed! If you take a piece of food, don’t put it back - put it in your mouth. Sashibashi - under no circumstances! You can't pierce food with chopsticks. If all else fails, then in a circle of close friends, men can take sushi with their hands, and women can move their legs a little more to the side. Tatebashi is even more impossible. If you stick chopsticks into a bowl of rice, it means a dead person.
Other table rules The meal begins only after the word “ittadakimas”. This is such an abbreviated version of the prayer, meaning approximately “let us eat what is given.” If no one says it, and you’re already pretty hungry, you can say it yourself, just don’t forget to fold your hands palm to palm. You shouldn’t just start drinking either. First, one of those present must make a toast ending with another magic word - “kampai”. This is an analogue of our “drink to the bottom”, but it is not necessary to take it literally.
As you can imagine, these rules are just the tip of the massive iceberg of Japanese etiquette. On which, perhaps, cherry blossoms...
Their predecessors
The predecessors of Japanese gaijin hunters are the “ yellow taxis .” They were called so because of their “yellow” skin and because they were “easy to get” and could be “ridden at any time” by foreigners, like yellow taxis in the United States.
Back then, in the 1980s and '90s, yellow taxis were mostly wealthy , middle-aged Japanese women who took advantage of the strong Japanese yen of the time to travel abroad for romantic sexual adventures. They traveled mainly to the West, although some also stayed in Bali and Thailand.
I believe Japan is not unique in this. Russian women have long considered Turkey a place where, if not to find love, then certainly to indulge in the joys of inexpensive sex.
No one knows exactly when the term "yellow taxi" evolved into "gaijin hunter", but it may be due to the fact that the term "yellow taxi" had more overtly sexual connotations. In any case, Japanese people seeking foreign lovers are now called "gaijin hunters."
This Japanese man dated a cockroach and dreamed of having sex with him
Their natural habitat
It is obvious that gaijin hunters hunt in areas where foreigners usually live. Japanese gaijin hunters are usually found in " gaijin bars " that are famous for their foreign clientele: bars on American bases, popular tourist areas, shops, etc.
Despite the aggressiveness of the word "hunter", gaijin hunters are unlikely to take the initiative in order to preserve the Asian stereotype of restraint and gentleness. They will most likely just stand at the bar with a drink and try to make eye contact with foreigners until someone comes over to strike up a conversation.
The good news is that you are not in any danger. You will never be forced to go somewhere or do anything with them.
Where it occurs[edit]
- Classic console games on the NES (aka Dendy). Imagine the surprise of fans when, with the advent of the Internet, they learned that many childhood hits had never been officially released outside of Japan. And SNES is also included.
- The situation is similar with jRPG games as with visual novels. Recently, of course, the situation has become much better than in the 2000s. But in the West they still remain a niche genre, which is inferior in popularity even to indie games (also a niche phenomenon in the gaming industry).
- Strictly speaking, the creators of the setting themselves said that even if it takes place only in America, all the same, the territories outside the United States are no higher in level of elaboration than the part of the United States where the story did not exist. For example, is there at least something intelligible in the canonical games in Texas? The third part from the original developer was supposed to have a mission in Siberia. And some trivia about Mexico and Canada.
by Max Brooks. Throughout the book, the reader is subtly hinted that, in general, even against the backdrop of all possible failures and excesses, the United States and its satellites are the only normal countries in the world. In South America, the narrator certainly chews coca leaves, in China - trash and horror, India started a nuclear war with Pakistan, North Korea has completely disappeared somewhere, in/in Ukraine the military is firing at a column of refugees with chemical weapons just for lulz, in Russia theocracy and so pro... lost polymers that the Russians fight exclusively with PPSh and T-34s taken from military depots, in Europe there are suicidal attacks and the inability to organize defense, and in South Africa, “useless” people are fed to zombies in order to protect useful ones. No, definitely against the background of this, even the failure with the Land Warrior complex, the scourging of American pop stars, pharmaceutical cartels and eggheads, generally looks decent. And coupled with the adaptation of the “story about a real person”... In general, as you might guess, after the release Brooks was branded with all sorts of bad words, and not only here. Especially those who really hoped to see “almost a documentary” there.
- However, the reason is that this is a project from a small indie studio that simply does not have a budget for localization. Especially considering the amount of work: the game consists almost entirely of text.
the translation of branded names - and they wanted to choke that it might sound poor in the language of the northern barbarians. This is where Star Treks, Oblivions and Interstellar come from.
Communication
Some gaijin hunters don't care about the language barrier. Even if they don't speak their partners' language or their partner doesn't speak Japanese, they are open to starting any kind of relationship with a foreigner, be it a long-term relationship or a spontaneous, short-term fling (usually the latter, for this type of "gaijin hunter") .
Other "gaijin hunters" and their partners find a common language (we mean language, not tonsil hockey). These gaijin hunters usually speak some English , and they will target foreigners who have lived in Japan for some time and likely speak some Japanese.
Should you be friends with a gaijin hunter? The answer depends on what kind of person you are. If superficial, short-term relationships don't bother you, move on. If you want something deep, it's best to avoid them. When the only thing a person sees about you is your nationality or your genes, it's best to consider whether this is what you really want to do.
Selling sex is the only option available to single mothers in Japan.
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Why do they like gaijins so much?
You may wonder what the Japanese "gaijin hunter"'s fascination with foreigners is. Why is this passion, obsession so deep that some are ready to give up communicating in one language? If you ask them, you will get different answers. Here are some of them:
- Half-breeds . Some Japanese women say that they want to be with a foreigner so that she can give birth to half-Japanese, half-foreigners, who are now considered more beautiful. If you watch Japanese television or pay attention to billboards, you may notice that so-called "hafu" are represented in the world of entertainment and fashion. This leads to the belief that all Hafu children are beautiful.
- Escape from a sexist society. Some Japanese gaijin hunters believe that foreign men have a "women first" mentality where they open doors to women and treat their girlfriends or wives with chivalry and romance, in contrast to Japanese society where the social status of women is extremely low.
- Visa, green card . Some people want to leave Japan and live elsewhere and believe that marrying a foreigner is the easiest way to obtain a visa, green card or citizenship in another country.
- A foreign guy can also serve as a fashion accessory when going out or to show off in front of girlfriends. This type of hunter collects foreigners because gaijin are very popular nowadays.
Japanese boy wins girl's love by spreading poop on bicycle.
Here, an anonymous source offers another reason why she wants to date foreign men.
Answer: Japanese women are interested in marrying foreign men not because of akogare (“longing”) or watching foreign films. Having watched enough Hollywood films, narrow-minded Japanese women (like Russian fools) think that foreign men will be more favorable towards women who have made a career and understand them.
Other reasons include the belief that foreigners are better lovers, they have bigger penises, foreigners are more “exotic,” and that dating them would be “pretty cool.” The latter is controversial - are gaijin hunters really interested in this man or only in his foreignness and the opportunity to show off a rare specimen to his girlfriends?
If you have friends who only date foreigners, ask them why and share their answers with us!
“This place is like Sodom and Gomorrah” What were the stars doing behind the doors of the legendary US nightclub?
Studio 54 is a legendary symbol of the wild party scene of the 1970s. Absolutely everyone wanted to get there, from oligarchs and show business stars to ordinary fun-loving people. Here people had indiscriminate sex, cocaine fell from the sky, and entry into the establishment sometimes cost one’s life due to the strictest face control. Studio 54 lasted only 33 months, but stories about it excite minds to this day. What was going on behind the closed doors of the “abode of debauchery” - in the Lenta.ru material from the series about elite closed clubs.
The club opened on April 26, 1977 in the former New York City Theater building at the intersection of 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Its founders, American entrepreneurs Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, initially specialized in the restaurant business and had no experience in developing such establishments, but the theater building attracted them with its unusual surroundings, many secret passages, storage rooms and a huge stage.
This building was built in 1927 and housed theaters such as the San Carlo Opera, The New Yorker, Casino the Paris and the Federal Music Theatre. In 1943, it was purchased by the Columbia Broadcasting Co. (CBS) and converted it into a television studio with serial number 52 - Studio 52. Rubell and Schrager liked the complex layout and atmospheric interiors, and within a week they signed the documents and became the owners of the building.
This place made a strong impression on us. A lot of light. It was like Sodom and Gomorrah. I can't think of any other comparison
Ian Schrager
founder of the Studio 54 club
To turn the theater into a nightclub, the businessmen took 400 thousand dollars (400 thousand rubles at the 1977 exchange rate) from the American entrepreneur Jack Dushey, on the condition that he would receive 50 percent of the establishment’s profits. The renovation took only six weeks. The partners decided to name their club Studio 54, combining the number of the street on which it was located and the memory of its studio past.
On April 26, 1977 at 00:30 local time, the Studio 54 club opened its doors for the first time. About five thousand invitations were sent out to the party. Within hours of opening, the studio was filled with hundreds of guests. “After the renovation, we assembled a team, and the club took off. From the very first night it thundered like a lightning strike! It was something fantastic! The people rushed towards us like wild ones! Everyone was drinking, dancing, laughing... It was great!” Schrager recalled in his book Studio 54.
It was very difficult to get into Studio 54. At the door, visitors were greeted by such strict face control that even the most popular people in show business could be denied entry. The founders of the club joked that if they had not organized these parties, they themselves would not have been allowed into the studio. American artist Andy Warhol called the entertainment at Studio 54 “a dictatorship at the door and democracy on the dance floor.”
Party line at Studio 54, 1978
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For example, the British rock band The Rolling Stones were not able to visit the club for free in full force. Only Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were able to enter the establishment free of charge, while Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood had to pay a decent amount for entry. To get inside, visitors offered the security guards money and sex, changed clothes before entering, and even stripped naked.
Rubell explained this policy by the desire to see only selected, special people inside. He wanted the club to become a "chopped salad" of gays, lesbians, transsexuals, movie stars, the "hunks and the rags" and street youth.
If the party is too decent, there will be no energy; if it is too homosexual, the level of glamor will decrease. People who are too beautiful will get bored quickly. We want high energy guests who are ready to have fun. I wonder which dead person would love Studio 54? I'm sure Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Charles Baudelaire and Oscar Wilde would come to us
Steve Rubell
founder of the Studio 54 club
The most important criterion for successfully passing face control was an unusual costume. So, a regular at the studio, nicknamed Victor Hugo, arrived at the club doors in an ambulance. Friends put him on a stretcher and dragged him to the dance floor, and he jumped onto the stage and immediately began to dance. American writer and actor Truman Capote was once allowed into the establishment in a dressing gown and slippers, while guests in expensive suits were denied entry.
The desire of people to get into the club was so great that sometimes it led to not the most pleasant consequences. One person tried to get inside through a ventilation pipe, but was unable to get out and died from lack of oxygen. Several visitors tried to enter the establishment through the roof, but fell down, receiving many injuries. Then Rubell took pity on them and let them into the studio. To gain entry, some even tried to shoot the guards or came to the club doors in wheelchairs to arouse pity.
Studio 54 was huge in size - 100 meters long and 80 meters wide. What remains from the old theater are giant columns and balconies, giving it a solemn and bohemian feel. Above the dance floor there was a balcony with tables. On the wall in the dance area there was a moving installation called Man in the Moon, which represented a crescent moon with a human face and a spoon filled with cocaine. When the spoon rose to Luna's nose, narcotic powder fell from the ceiling. After the club closed, the set was moved to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, where it remains to this day.
Installation of Man in the Moon over the dance floor at Studio 54, 1978
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Studio 54 went down in history as “the abode of debauchery and drug madness, the apogee of freedom and the reckless disco movement.” The ideology of the famous Manhattan club was hedonism and drugs. The bar counter was encrusted with real diamonds. The ambiance of the room changed completely for each party.
In addition, the establishment had a special room designed for orgies. It was nicknamed the “Rubber Room” - the walls there were made of a special material that was easily washed off from any dirt. Here guests could safely have sex and use illegal substances. Several similar smaller rooms were equipped in the basement of the club. “Compared to the orgies at Studio 54, Sodom and Gomorrah were kindergarten,” said American DJ and club resident Nicky Siano.
Costume party at Studio 54, 1979
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American singer Grace Jones, in her memoirs I'll Never Write My Memoirs, described in detail exactly what the sex rooms at Studio 54 looked like.
These legendary rooms were dirty, unsightly, carelessly decorated with decorations from past parties. Here the wildest fantasies and desires came true. Moans and screams were heard literally from everywhere. One could only guess what was happening there. It was a place where people drank and indulged in the dirtiest pleasures, regardless of gender and age
Grace Jones
American singer
One of the club's regular guests was former US President Donald Trump - he was among the first visitors during the grand opening of Studio 54. That evening, Trump dined with socialite Nikki Haskell. “We were sitting in a restaurant, and I suggested that Donald visit a new club called Studio 54. He agreed, and we went to Manhattan. When we arrived at the building, there was not a soul there. About half an hour later, about 60 people were standing at the entrance. After 11 p.m., thousands of people filled the room,” Haskell said.
Traffic on 54th Street was stopped due to the endless stream of people. Among them one could notice Frank Sinatra, Cher, Brooke Shields, Warren Beatty and so on. Upon entering the club, we immediately found ourselves in the midst of an orgy. All the men present there almost simultaneously took out their penises, and the women walked around bare-chested. Everyone had sex with everyone
Nikki Haskell
from the book The Last Party by Anthony Hayden-Guest
However, Trump, she said, was not interested in this kind of entertainment. He quickly realized that the club had become a haven for the richest and most successful members of high society. Almost no one knew Trump at the time, and he began to regularly attend parties in order to mix with celebrities, make useful contacts and conclude business deals.
The legendary guest of Studio 54, who went down in the history of the club as the main star of the dance floor, was an elderly woman Sally Lippman, nicknamed Disco Sally. At that time she was 77 years old. According to eyewitnesses, at her first party, Lippman successfully passed face control, got to the dance floor and danced disco there until the morning. That same night, Steve Rubell noticed her. “I’m very glad you showed up. Come any time you want. They will always let you in,” the club’s founder told her. It turned out that shortly before the opening of Studio 54 she was widowed. The woman decided not to isolate herself and start doing what her husband had previously forbidden her to do. “I didn’t dance for 50 years because my husband didn’t like it,” she admitted.
Performance at Studio 54, 1978
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For each party, Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager spent from 2.5 to 100 thousand dollars (from 2.5 to 100 thousand rubles at the 1977 exchange rate). The entrepreneurs became some of the richest people in New York - they said that only the mafia earned more than them.
On December 14, 1978, Studio 54 was broken into by 30 IRS agents. They found a large amount of cocaine and wads of undeclared bills in the club. Rubell and Schrager were accused of concealing 2.5 million dollars (2.5 million rubles at the 1978 exchange rate). They were sentenced to 3.5 years in prison, but they spent only 13 months in prison. In 1981, after the release of the founders, the Studio 54 club reopened, but did not have the same success and was soon closed completely.
Jerry Hall, Andy Warhol, Debbie Harry, Truman Capote and Paloma Picasso at a party at Studio 54, 1979
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“Studio 54 was more than a discotheque - a sociological phenomenon, a historical event that has inspired dozens of books, articles, television shows, documentaries and feature films 40 years after its opening. In New York in the late 70s, nothing else could have been imagined. Getting into it was also out of the realm of science fiction. Those who succeeded became real stars, like rockers, actors, models, politicians and athletes. In my role as managing editor of Andy Warhol's Interview, I was there almost every night. So often, in fact, that Vogue quoted me as saying, “Living in Studio 54.” At the end of three wild, carefree, divinely insane years, the quote changed somewhat: “Tony Bennett left his heart in San Francisco. And I left my liver in Studio 54. And, fortunately, I survived,” wrote Interview magazine managing editor and club regular Bob Colacello in the foreword to Ian Schrager’s book “Studio 54.”
Progressiveness of gaijin hunters
Interestingly, although Japanese gaijin hunters love to date or have affairs with foreigners, they prefer to marry Japanese men. which, in their opinion, provide stability and security in the future.
This choice fuels the argument that behind the racially motivated subtext of "gaijin hunters" lies a progressive and feminist movement in which girls take control of their sexuality and go against the expectations or standards set in their patriarchal society.
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What do Asian men think of female gaijin hunters?
It seems that female gaijin hunters receive a lot more hate or criticism than male gaijin hunters, especially from Asian men. In Japanese, these people are sometimes called - pejoratively - gaisen (literally "foreign specialist").
As Asian guys say:
Asian guys really hate Asian girls who only date white guys. […] What we really hate is that these Asian girls believe that Asian guys will never be good enough for them.
The dissatisfaction of Asian men with gaijin hunters is understandable. Asian men are often ridiculed in mainstream media, portrayed in films (usually foreign ones) as unattractive geeks , nerds, or weird mathematicians with small penises.
All of these stereotypes make real Asian men undesirable, to the point that statistics on dating site OkCupid show that Asian men, along with black men, have the hardest time finding a date. On top of that, they now have to deal with gaijin hunters who are determined not to date Asian men? Their dating pool is constantly shrinking.
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But perhaps change is coming. The same media that used to suppress Asian men is now gradually lifting them up.
The Hollywood movie Crazy Rich Asians has an all-Asian cast. Men are presented there as attractive and desirable. In Riverdale, an Asian man played the role of Reggie Mantle, who was called the "star athlete" in the original Archie comics. Another Netflix production, Earthquake Bird (2019), features a love triangle with an Asian man who is so mysterious and handsome that two foreign women fight over him.
Times are changing, and so is Asian male representation in the media. Will this help open people's eyes to the attractiveness of Asian men? Will this reduce the number of gaijin hunters?
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