Why she got attention from Japanese E-audiences is because she speaks like young Japanese gals, imo. Personally, it's kinda disgusting. lol But yeah, it's also sort of surprising that a non-Japanese person has been teaching herself Japanese like this. She has a fan thread in the Youtube board of 2ch. (she doesn't seem to come visit there, though.)
Well, I enjoyed visiting a shrine the day before yesterday. I was hanging around watching fair vendors. At home I was watching dramas, Lost Desperate Housewives. Yes, I relaxed.
If I'm coming on strong talking to you with no self-introduction? forgive me, please.
The next one is, Victor in the world. Not sure if famous is the right term to describe him, but he is doing vlogging in Japanese, is chosen as editor or something like that. The video below is sort of conversational. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehFy8ZOTAk0
>>108 Ah, to my knowledge, applemilk1988 didn't grow up in Japan, but as you guessed, she was here in Japan for sightseeing or something last summer/fall. She says she loves to listen to Gackt.
Ah, it must be nice going to a shrine on New Years, but probably crowded, right?
I'm still watching different videos, but kerorin is interesting from what I can tell.Her japanese is fluid, and she seems like an average down to earth girl. Is it really that uncommon for foreign people to have fluent japanese? I mean, she even went on a TV show because of it? Strange. :O
Thanks for these videos. These youtubers are MUCH better at japanese than I am, so i'm trying my best to understand them. xD
Hopefully, someday I can be just as talented. :D
>>116 Thank you! I'll try my best when I do. n__n I think that I'll probably do most of my blogs in english, but maybe some in japanese too, since I need to practice. :) It will be at least 2 weeks though, since I'll be on vacation, but as soon as I get back I'll try to buy a webcam that isn't too expensive. n_n
>>118 Hmm, good question. I don't think it's uncommon for non-J people to speak Japanese. Still many of us think it's tough to learn a different language on ones own. People say we Japanese are made to learn English at least for 6 years, and still most of us weren't able to speak English. That's probably why we think the same goes for foreign people. Get the picture? And another reason that's come to mind is like "on fast-come fast served basis", I mean, she posted her first Japanese vlog when no other girls did so. That's why she drew attention, imo.
As for me, however, I came to understand spoken Japanese is kind of easy. Japanese sounds/pronunciation/accents are quite simple compared to other languages such as Chinese, French, and of course English. That makes it easy to learn Japanese.
To answer your second question, I would say, just because you speak fluent, it can be amazing to Japanese people. You know, for Japnanese people it's much harder to speak fluent English. So we are surprised to hear foreign people having fluent jananese. That's how I see it.
>>128 Yes, I still live there. I'm going to go to sleep now, but I can talk with you tomarrow if that's okay. n__n See you tomarrow! (It's still Friday here. lol)
Thanks a lot for replying. "Boquense"is a Spanish word and it means a big fan of Boca Juniors(Argentine soccer team). I'm a Japanese but I was born and lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina and I love the team so I decided to use this word as my nickname.