Not to show your arrogance is the very point when speaking Japanese language or living in Japanese Culture. It is Okay that Emily speaks very broken Japanese language, it is nice. But when you speak to the public, there is the way it should be. After watching her newest video in which Emily talking about her 'event' , I (and maybe most Japanese people) easily find Emily has almost no education or never learned what politeness means in Japanese Culture or she is far from a mentally well-trained/matured person. Okay, it could be a problem of cutural difference, But at least i could say she never tried to learn what behavior is desirable in Japanese Culture, which makes a costract with tha fact that she could speak some japanese language even if it is broken.
>>67 Emily isn't educated formally in Japanese, insomuch as she has never actually learned the basics from a real instructor. She isn't purposely mixing anything, I think she's just doing what sounds normal to her, or even what makes her "sound" fluent by using tricky slang or something needlessly obscure. However, for being in Japan and attending language school there, what's her problem? I was a teacher's assistant for a Japanese teacher at a college a little bit, and she was extremely strict about not letting students talk like idiots or sounds like impolite punks. I don't know what her excuse is... people on my blog commented her accent is actually worse and awkward. How could it be? Unless she's just so cocky about living there so long and being "fluent" (lol) she just speaks however she wants without a second thought to how it's making her come across even more like a non-native speaker.
Emily doesn't know anything about Japanese history or culture. She's not an educated person. Her way of language may be good for YouTube videos because it's excusable, but did you see A-TOP's comment why she was dismissed from the agency? She didn't understand how things worked in the business, and there were comments found a long time ago from A-TOP representatives that were trying to warn her about her speaking because she was either using the wrong words ("sakana" instead of "senaka") or speaking like an embarrassing dumbass.
I don't get her. Anyone else would've learned by now if they had a free year and a half or so of being in a foreign country with their daddy paying their way entirely to go shopping and pretend to be famous.
i meant "contrast" , not constract. my poor english.
>not letting students talk like idiots or sounds like impolite punks.
Not being so educated is not always shame, but Speaking ONLY like idiots, or not knowing how to be polite is always shame (especially in Japan).
Emily's trying to be kewl (on that video) is rather annoying and almost painful. Yes, her Japanese got fluent ・・・ fluent in very idiotic way, which implies what kind of people Emily is getting along with.
And Sadly most of these trushy people could talk in more polite way (at least than Emily) when it is needed.
"hello buddy praise me" style is not too bad, however, once people understand that emily could behave only like that, what is next ?
It would be better for her to go back to USA and talk with Mother/Father or Sister/Brother.
>>70 Most people thinks she needs to go back to America and straighten her life out, but why would she? She has her dad paying for her to do nothing without really working, what teenage girl would give that up to go to a real school and get a degree? She thinks she's a rock star because she's spoiled and gets to go shopping and buy Starbucks everyday. We've said on my blog she will probably marry a Japanese guy before she has to go back. Could you imagine if her dad cut her off and she actually had to pay for her lifestyle like every other adult?
Some people who commented on ur blog, sometimes say "Japanese Fans" But is there any ? We already know that people didn't buy her stupid DVD so much.
Lets see how many "fans" are going to visit Emily's "Live Event", Putting "Emily wa Kawaii ne" comments on Emily's Blog does not mean they are Emily's "Fans".
Telling her "Kawaii ne" is one thing, consuming money and time for her crapy event is another thing.
>>79 I agree with you because online "fame" does not translate well offline. Her DVD sales show that even with what her agency believed was a substantial fanbase on the internet, even her own "fans" wouldn't buy a DVD to see her in sexually provocative poses and clothing. Now her DVD is on sale for $3-$4 on some online stores in Japan.
Where is the "live event" anyway? I don't want to watch her videos to know. I hope no one shows up, but I feel sorry for any Japanese people that happen to see her.
We don't see anything about any of Emily's Japanese friends on her blog. What's going on ? She has been there for one year (or longer).
All she did/does in Japan is
1, failed to learn formal Japanese at laguage school and quited 2, got a stupid semi-porno model but fired 3, did e-Begging with no effort to earn money 4, always shows her arrogance with no shame, she treats everyone as if he/she was one of Emily's fans who are supposed to help her for nothing 5, always pretendeting to be someone who is going to make a success in near future, despite the fact that she is actually nothing, which is the reality Emily never accepts.
Now, who could be Emily's friend ? Japanese ppl are supposed to accept a girl like this ?
>>87 Yeah, that's a good point - where are her Japanese friends? Even her boyfriend is a Cambodian guy from Quebec, Canada, but I guess she had to settle with a non-Japanese to use him for his musicianship. When Kynapple wrote publicly that Emily used her e-begging money to buy gifts for herself they ended up not being friends anymore.
I don't think anyone with respect for themselves would really befriend Emily, Japanese or not, but it is funny that the kind of people Emily associates with the most aren't Japanese. She's way too arrogant, obnoxious, loud, and essentially repugnant to Japanese cultural sensibilities that I understand from others and some of my own limited knowledge.
Emily is boring because she doesn't actually do anything, but instead is all image like you said. Everything is a promise to make it big but the only reason she is still there is because her dad pays for it. Is that an accomplishment, to have your daddy pay for your living expenses so you can buy nice clothes, hair styling, and take pictures at nice places in the city? That's not success and that's not any accomplishment. The highest pinnacle of her success in Japan is a gravure DVD that is now at the bargain bin and being kicked out of her agency, yet she pretends that the realities are something else.
The people who visit my blog and whatnot want to see a person like that make a fool of themselves and crash into the ground, the latter which inevitably she will do. No one roots positively for a person like Emily except American weeaboos and others who know nothing about her, her reputation, or her history. Even then they just leave nice comments and she somehow translates that as having a whole crowd of people who think make her a celebrity.
When she said "Dou-demo E" she is far from Kawaii style. and another moron who is sadly nothing and trush in his country and just showing himself as if he is doing something meaningful in Japan.
>>94 Yeah a bunch of people harped on this thing on my blog. I skimmed through it, I honestly can't stand watching her videos because she is so fake and unlike real life the way I know her... good or bad it's hard to watch someone you know purposely act so arrogant when she's nothing.
People speculated he's using her for hits for his own YouTube channel. I don't know what his deal is, but I recognize him from the YT event in Japan Emily made a huge fool of herself at. In that video someone said he grew up in Japan, and in the end of this newest video, he repeats that he grew up in Japan and was "schooled in NYC". Another rich kid? Maybe, but it was kind of dorky how the two times I've seen that guy randomly he was adamant about making sure everyone knows that.
These are bad stereotypes of foreigners... somehow that guy grows up in Japan and still comes across that way. I've traveled overseas before and especially when I was in Japan I made sure to be an easily amused jackass just because I was a foreigner there. I think it's extremely tacky to go to Japan as an American and act that way, and even though I was a foreigner I tried my best not to be obnoxious and show some respect to the social norms and unwritten rules there. Of course I got a ticket for smoking in Akihabara but that was a mistake because I hadn't known; it was my fault and I learned a lesson. I bowed to the police and apologized.
Anyway, I hope it's the last time I see that dork on YouTube. Honestly I think it's a passe gimmick to be a foreigner in Japan showing off how "cool" and "weird" it is over there. It's annoying. I'd be equally annoyed if someone from Finland came to my city to do the same dumb shit with a video camera.
KGKGKG and エミリー have announced that they are teaming up for an tour of エミリー ( without シェリー ) this summer.
The veteran YouTuber are set to kick off the tour on May 23 in 新宿, 東京. They'll hit cities including 京都, 京都, 京都 and 京都 before concluding on August 15 at the 京都御所 in 京都.
This tour will mark the first time in 40 years the legendary YouTubers have shared the stage together.
Kyoto hat den KGKGKG. Er ist ,,das Symbol des YouTube und vertritt Kyoto formell und zeremoniell. Er wphnt mit KGKGKG Familie in Palast. KGKGKGist keine so kleine, wie Sie danken. KGKGKG ist fast so gross wie エミリー.
Emily wanted herself to be regarded as a Kawaii girl at first (and still has a secret desire like that), After she had to understand ppl wouldn't look her as kawaii girl, Suddenly, Emily decided to try to make herself 'Cool and Rock' girl, which is just painful though. To show clothes, goods, being at starbucks, does never be cool. She has too many obsessions on various stupid things to be "rock" Everyone finds it so easily that Emily just wants to be famous and regarded as one of celeblities without any serious efforts. This kind of ppl never be cool or rock, only a crybaby.
I'm not the most confident or outgoing person, in fact mostly the opposite because I'm pretty shy and reserved (or "chill" as I'd rather call it lol). However, for me personally, regardless if I was mostly a very non-social person growing up all the way to me dropping out of high school, I found there are people in this world who I can connect with naturally. It's a lot like having positive steps, and for me having that connection to someone I loved motivates me to think I can have it again, you know? So let's not get too mushy or weird about such a question except for me to say I found things like music help me best to find a person to meet, hook up, date, etc, so I can look forward to being more comfortable opening up at things like concerts or raves. You should see me at a rave sometimes, I go embarrassingly wild.
All in all I seem to fall smitten for girls that are more wild but have a heart, and they're usually out doing the things I like to do too. w
I'm not the most confident or outgoing person, in fact mostly the opposite because I'm pretty shy and reserved (or "chill" as I'd rather call it lol). However, for me personally, regardless if I was mostly a very non-social person growing up all the way to me dropping out of high school, I found there are people in this world who I can connect with naturally. It's a lot like having positive steps, and for me having that connection to someone I loved motivates me to think I can have it again, you know? So let's not get too mushy or weird about such a question except for me to say I found things like music help me best to find a person to meet, hook up, date, etc, so I can look forward to being more comfortable opening up at things like concerts or raves. You should see me at a rave sometimes, I go embarrassingly wild.
All in all I seem to fall smitten for girls that are more wild but have a heart, and they're usually out doing the things I like to do too. w
I'm not the most confident or outgoing person, in fact mostly the opposite because I'm pretty shy and reserved (or "chill" as I'd rather call it lol). However, for me personally, regardless if I was mostly a very non-social person growing up all the way to me dropping out of high school, I found there are people in this world who I can connect with naturally. It's a lot like having positive steps, and for me having that connection to someone I loved motivates me to think I can have it again, you know? So let's not get too mushy or weird about such a question except for me to say I found things like music help me best to find a person to meet, hook up, date, etc, so I can look forward to being more comfortable opening up at things like concerts or raves. You should see me at a rave sometimes, I go embarrassingly wild.
All in all I seem to fall smitten for girls that are more wild but have a heart, and they're usually out doing the things I like to do too. w
Nick would have a nice future ! I wish Nick study harder and gonna make a success ! I don't think the way nick is going is wrong. may be a peace in your heart.
Nick, someone featured Emily in his video. Do you know that? At the moment, seems like he is taking advantage of her large audience in youtube to get more attentions to his own videos.
He tries to make friends with other youtubers living in Japan, making response videos, commenting on their videos and all that.
He may go to her live to shoot a video. He looks like a cheerful man. He grew up and raised in Japan and went to uni in USA.
He said he'll definatly go to her live. Check those videos out if you're interested. Maybe connecting with each other on youtube is a win-win situation.
>>131 Yeah, I commented about him in this thread. I don't know him, but he's still a douche for going around Japan with a video camera gawking in awe at how weird and strange modern Japan is. Emily makes friends with someone like him because they can use each other for hits and self- promotion.
I think that guy should instead put down his video camera and instead go get laid. He would be much happier having a real life instead of obsessing about his status on YouTube and the internet lol.
>>133 Who calls themselves a "video otaku"? He's just some dork who makes videos of Japan for foreigners so he can make a name for himself on YouTube and get some internet status. Labeling yourself some bullshit term doesn't change that... it's annoying how people have to act like they have a chill attitude or excuse for doing things when really it's just so they can have attention for themselves and get hits/views.
I think my dislike of him comes from the fact he validated what I'm bitching about by interrupting his video to show Emily's YouTube ranking?... *sigh* Yes, now you're cool, sir.
I borrowed my wife's PC without asking her and was surfing the Net. I was enjoying porn websites spree, watching vulgar photos and all that. Believe me. Now I can't remove a porn image desplayed on the monitor for some reason. An image of Winnie the Poh was there on the back of the monitor before, but now an image of Toyomaru with an electric dildo inserted you-know-where is displayed. It's been there and it won't go. I tried rebooting in vain. I've got to get her PC back to the way it was ASAP. She'll be back from her night shift in no time. (She's a certified nurse, by the way.) I need your help. It's urgent!!!! The OS of her PC is Windows ME. Thank you.
>>141 I am curious about him. Didn't you hear was in Ehime Prefecture paying hundreds of dollars to erotic masseuses to stare at their vaginas? Fucked up shit. You aren't the least bit curious what kind of guy with his history is like now? Japan gives Segawa a platform to go on TV and write books, and he was a grown adult during his crimes.
>>143 Right-click the Desktop, click 'Properties' on the bottom, go to 'Desktop' tab, and change the wallpaper. I don't know if it's too late or not. If it is too late, I want to know what happened. Good luck!
>>144 Now I understand what you mean, but as for me, I'm not interested in him at all. I heard he was given a new name and living a normal life somewhere in Japan. A magazine tries to trace him where he lives now and what he does. but that's not commendable in my opinion. I understand some people want more info about him, though because nobody wants a neighbor like him.
>>146 I got you! As 145 says, it's an English version of famous copypasta popular long time ago in 2ch. Maybe it was from the days when dial-up access to Internet is common.
>>147 Yeah, I mean I think he should be allowed to live his life if he was deemed rehabilitated enough to release. I heard that some people say he was innocent of the charges, but it's hard to find resources about that unless it's in Japanese which is harder for me to understand than English (obviously). Have you heard things like that? Is it convincing?
Haha I thought it was weird when it said Windows ME because that's really old, but I hadn't seen a copypasta like that on 2ch in English. I'm still a novice to this but I like to learn.
>>148 Definitely not. As far as I'm concerned, I've never heard of that. Isn't it just one of those rumors circulating on the Net? I've never heard of any civic groups or anything which are protesting against his charges.
Maybe be it's like some people think 9/11 is what US government masterminded, which I'm not convinced.
>>151 It says on the English Wikipedia site about Sakakibara: "A number of people, including Sh?jir? Got? (a lawyer who dealt with many false accusation cases), Hidehiko Kumagai and Nobuyoshi Iwata (former principal of the junior high school that Boy A attended), insist that Boy A was wrongfully accused and point out contradictions in the announcements and judgment of investigative authorities. Hidehiko Kumagai's writings in particular are considered important proof of Boy A's innocence by adherents of the theory."
This made me extremely curious because it had its own sub-article, but I had little clue how this made sense or what the consensus was in Japan, if this was an issue at all. I don't like conspiracy theories, I'm a big skeptic-minded person, and I absolutely hate idiots who say the US government did 9/11. The US government couldn't even cover up a break-in at a psychiatrist's office and President Nixon resigned. How can they orchestrate and execute the most surgical and precise military attack on their own country and keep it a secret? Stupid shit.
>>149 ユダヤ人じゃなくて、無神論者です。 My relatives were Russians who fled Soviet Communism but were still atheists and thought religion is mind poison. I say the same thing now.
>>155 I see. Thank you for your perspective. It's such an interesting case to me, I've been fascinated with it since it happened, to be honest... however it's hard to know much of anything about it. Nevada-tan never interested me very much, but Sakakibara has an alluring viciousness I can't get over.
It's excuse-making to avoid criticism and responsibility. The problem is it's worthless to make excuses like this if you're still charging what you want. If she cared about potential fans like any real musician, which she is not, then she would be playing all sorts of free or cheap shows to already benefit off her advantage which is relative YouTube recognition. However, she doesn't give a shit. This is about hyping herself up, in a way implying: "Seeing me costs $50 because I'm that important." No, Emily, you aren't. It just comes across as really greedy, self-serving egoism.
"I don't set the price, not my fault, but come to my show and pay it anyway." 普通の日本人にとって、どう思いますか?
At エミリスレ less and less ppl are willing to justify what emily is doing. (You see almost only KG is acting like that) And Emily has no Japanese friend (even yuko has gone) while she's been there for one and a half year, which tells something wrong of Emily's life in Japan.
You could imagine what you can do, what you can buy, what you can eat with $50 in your hands. but Emily cannot. She wastes time and money in starbucks, never knows how to enjoy in Tokyo. A sad girl. Still cannot get any sympathy cuz of her arrogance, A sad girl again.
>>163 is absolutely right. A girl that spoiled who has no concept of money except when it's given to her for no reason can't understand that $50 is a lot of money. That's why she feels she can charge that. Even so, when she was begging for more money, she would only write you some bullshit "letter" if you sent at least $5 and nothing less. I think if someone gave me free money, $1 or whatever, then the least I could do is owe them some personal thank you. Then again I would never beg for my money, and I don't think Japanese look upon this highly...
For $50 I can do a lot of things. If I had that money, I'd save it, or if it's for recreation, to go to a couple shows - in America there is no show by even real, famous musicians at a regular venue that costs $50. Or I'd take someone out for good food like >>164 says. Why would I want to give it to Emily knowing I'm being ripped off and tickets in general should never cost this much? Giving $50 to her means you're showing up at her "birthday party" to give her attention, feed her ego, and let her perform her bullshit songs for her audience while not giving credit to her Canadian leech boyfriend Serey.
Where are all her Japanese friends and colleagues? Even A-TOP fired her ass and she doesn't seem to have any relationship to Stickam. She can't even get a Japanese boyfriend.
I just recently found out about "HIMEKA" on this very board. She's a Canadian who, according to her profile etc wanted to be a anime -song-singer all her life. And she fulfilled and is living her dream. She comes across as a bit stingy, but all in all seems a nice person.
According to her wiki and interviews etc, she wanted to come to Japan so she took on a second job adding to her day job, and seeing that the clock is ticking took a chance and moved to Japan via working-holiday. She waited tables etc for money, paid for solo-karaoke for practice and voice training, and finally made it pro: she participated in a anime-song contest which she won, and that led on to a SONY contract that landed her the main theme gig for the new anime series 戦場のヴァルキュリア (Valkyria Chronicles) which is based on a PS3 game.
Now check this; that PROFESSIONAL singer backed by SONY MUSIC who has her songs played on TV and radio constantly had her first event as a pro: A FREE outdoor event in a park outside a suburban station (half hour out of Tokyo, she did two short sets in a day), and following that is a show in Nagoya at a venue. Price? 1000yen advance, 1200yen at the door. And she's not even headlining, it's part of an all day event with talk shows of voice actors and shows of other singers.
I did do the resarch and stuff because I found it all interesting, but I wouldn't say I'm a fan of HIMEKA. But I commend her for her efforts and accomplishment so far, and she can actually sing so I can say "ganbatte" to her. Now compare that to someone we know.
If someone gets confused and happens to feel like he/she wants to go to see Emily paying $50 Tell him
1, Wait untill you get hungry 2, Use google to serch pictures of Ton'Katu or Ra'men or whatever you want to eat 3, Remember how much they would cost you 4, Watch Emily's Video 5, Remeber watching this shit in live will cost you $50 or more 6, Ask yourself sicerely what you really want now.
then he will be saved
>Canadian leech boyfriend Serey
Leech Boyfriend ! Ecaxtly true. Maybe I learned another useful English expression. But what will happen ? Once Emily cannot stand with the fact that ppl are saying "Especially, guitar is so bad and less than amatuer-quality" Poor Serey, He is going to be supposed to be resposible for all of failure.
Man this HIMEKA girl is something else, I hadn't heard of her before I read your post, >>166. Did I miss something? Anyway, she is obviously very talented and a natural for these kinds of songs because she can sing powerfully but gracefully. Now that I read her bio on her OHP, I respect her for coming to Japan, working, and getting by on her talent. The difference between Emily? Everything. I've been watching her videos from this Grand Anison competition and she seems humble. She's talented. She's obviously worked to sing that way, and she works a job for money. I say "ganbatte" too. Thanks for showing me.
>>167 When is this thing anyway? On her birthday? This is going to be phenomenally stupid because it's not even a real show. It looks more and more like just a party to celebrate her, and the fact she's charging people $50 for it is hilarious. So she expects people to pay lots of money, sing "Happy Birthday" to her, watch and listen to her Lily Chou-Chou wannabe act, then stand in line to shake her hand. Lol... you don't need to look at tonkatsu to be convinced this money can be well spent on something else. Shit, if I were in Japan and had money to blow I'd be seeing Shinichi Osawa and getting out to dance and have fun. Why would I want to not see real acts I am a fan of to pay to see this girl pretend she's famous? まぁ、全然分かんないよ・・・ プレゼントが欲しいので、エミリーは「あたしの誕生日です」と言及し続けます。 キャロリンさえそう思いますよね。
>>168 I guess it is not only becuse she wants お誕生日プレゼント, Also she can make an excuse by telling ppl "it is my birthday today, so plz celebrate" before her (boring) perfomance or she is going to blame ppl who critisize her song like "How could you be cruel ike that when today is my birthday" She never thinks she has to do somehing worth $50, "Birthday Party" is going to be her excuse for charging $50 for nothing.
>>171 I hadn't even thought about the birthday aspect of this until after I had written my blog entry. I agree that having this "live event" on her birthday will really end up being twisted and used a lot to promote her shit in a way that people will have to be extra nice and generous with compliments. You are correct to suspect that.
Who charges people for your birthday party and show you put on? It's beyond words. If anything, I would think a birthday/live would be free because 1) she's a nobody and 2) it'd be like a gift for fans. She can't have that though. It's almost delusional and in another world she thinks she's in... I can't wait to see if anyone will show up for $50 and really regret it the next day lol. I hope they come to my blog and tell us all about it. I think some people are trying to chip in and send one guy who reads my blog to go see the show and report on it. I don't know if I support this though.
>>174 カレーライス、メキシコ料理、アイスクリーム、スープなど・・・毎日果実と野菜を食べます。 そう、サプリメントを摂取します。Iron, soy protein, マルチビタミン、その他・・・ I have anemia so some things I need to take. 多くのアメリカ人が太っていますが、健康でふりをするために補足を買うと思うねw
Im sorry but your are so fake and never look like or never succeed to talk like "Japanese School Girl" I could even say that it should have been better that you acted naturally as an american girl talking in broken Japanese. In spite of her painful effort to make herself look/sound like "Japanese Kawaii Idol", Her way of talking is far from that of "Japanese Idol" Emily's Over-Pretending should be uncomfortable to most Japanese people. Cuz she emphisizes on the difference between japanese girls and American girls too much, which makes herself look very unnatural and far from the reality.
Still her attitude implies that you have to see and think Emily's behavior looks like that of Japanese idol. "Your attempt failed" comments are going to be deleted, and only "kawaii" "saikou""sugoi" comments are going to be accepted.
I couldn't stop laughing when they said "you can take a picture with REAL Emily, WOW !"
And I understand that Mr.BornInJapan is not only trying to get access and attention, Also he is trying to earn money with using Emily and her "internet fame" (what he believes) like
Emily: I want to set my live event but i dunno how Mr.Moron: oh well, I can set it ! trust me.
I think the comments from Japanese people are what are most interesting since they are her audience. So, thank you for sharing your thoughts. I would also think her way of acting and gimmicks make Japanese people uncomfortable.
>>181 You're very welcome. I understand now, and that makes sense. Someone from my blog actually emailed him about Emily, her reputation, et al. and his response was surprised and sort of bullshit about "well, now I know, thanks." Will he still promote her? We will see. She probably needs all the promotion and help she can get, but do you think that guy is going to change anyone's mind? Lol. Money is money.
Your English is really good. ('∀')b I feel bad my Japanese is not as good as your English.
"What? Is Emily there ? Emily of Youtube ? Woooot ! I must see her ! Emily, Emily!"
"Look ! She is #2 Youtuber ! wow ! How Amazing ! cant believe it !"
"Only 100 seats are prepared ! Hurry up ! You can take a picture with her ! Yes, it is Emily you know ! What a great chance ! You cannot miss it "
Thta's too much, Mr.BornInJapan. And i don't think this way of advertising is going to give favorable impressions. Because he doesn't explain what is nice of her at all.
I don't think her voice is bad, I can praise her if it is shown as one of "me singing XXX" videos on youtube or niconico. But when it comes to that she thinks herself to be going to be a professional singer seriously, people have to tell the truth.
She is just an amateur singer with her voice never trained, has no special skills to sing a song. She cannnot tell you any impressive/true emotions through singing a song. She has no originality. You feel like you have heard a song like this before. Her songs are just stupid copies of Salyu or Shiina Ringo. And finally she has nothing to compansate these bad points.
>>186 Yeah, as if there is a big crowd somewhere on the internet thinking, "I totally wasn't going to go, but because this guy is so enthusiastic to talk about it, now I can't wait to pay $50 for some bullshit show by an amateur teenage girl!"
>>187 Talent is relative. As an amateur at a school talent show or something then she's not bad at all. As a professional musician she has no chance, first and foremost because she's not a musician and lacks vocal training. The problem is it isn't about how necessarily good you present yourself on the internet, you have to really impress people and beat out a lot of competition to make it, and Emily is galaxies away from that level. Can you imagine Emily going to a competition or audition with thousands of girls and being picked as the one winner out of everyone? I doubt it, a lot of these girls are really dedicated and have been for a long time to put themselves on a higher level of ability and harness the talent they do have. Emily is lazy and expects to get to the top without work. Is this supposed to impress Japanese scouts and talent managers?
Plus like you said she has no originality and her singing is completely unconvincing because she knows it's not from herself, it's just copycat shit from better, more talented, famous people. That's why I said in my blog her kind of music with Serey is a dime a dozen, and you're not going to make it being a very amateur or even just average act if you're competing in an already saturated market. I said if I wanted to listen to that kind of acoustic vocal music, I'd listen to Rachael Yamagata or something. You know, someone who writes all their own songs and lyrics and is actually really talented.
>>188 The way she speaks Japanese makes me think she was born and raised in Japan. If you grow up in a bilingual family, you can be bilingual. Some such families set a family rule where you can only speak to your dad in English at home if he's American for example.
She might have gone to International school where all classes were taught in English. Wikipedia's article says her parents are from Slovakia and Senegal. No mention which is which.
Yeah, she looks kind of embarrassed. Maybe partly because she wasn't recognized as a person in show business and partly because she was abruptly given high five and maybe asked to be a part of Emily's video. She doesn't make appearance very often, so it's natural Emily recognized her as a person in show business.
Wikipedia's link to her ("their" as a comedy duo) official website is dead.
>>191 おおそっか。I've seen Blade Runner but never heard of Streets of Fire. いつか見ます!
>>192 Oh, I thought perhaps she was half or part Japanese?... She surely sounded like she may have been at least raised in Japan for a while and get into show business too. Slovakia and Senegal... cool combination.
I don't even think Emily knew who she was. It could have been Emily was simply high-fiving everyone around her since it seemed pretty indiscriminate. I don't remember if Emily said anything in the video, so maybe I'm wrong, but perhaps when editing it someone left her in. Is this really a socially normal thing for some girl to troll an anime convention by high-fiving everyone and recording herself for attention? It's embarrassing and she still thinks she's in America...
>>193 First, correction... X She doesn't make appearance very often, so it's natural Emily recognized her as a person in show business. O She doesn't make appearance very often, so it's natural Emily didn't recognize her as a person in show business.
I don't think it's common to shoot the video there and give high fives for that matter. The man who shot the video is a youtuber, Emily's new friend mentioned in >>131. He is very active person so maybe he gave some instructions to give high fives or anything.
They(Emily and him) look foreigners so it can't be denied that they are taking advantage of what's called Gaijin status in Japan. I think some Japanese in the video don't mind being in the video, but some are unwillingly in the video. You know, if two gaijin looked like a having fun shooting a film and asked Japanese people there to make appearance in the video, high fiving and all, some of them can't refuse the offer, a bit intimidated.
>>197 I think even she knows that having someone translate your lyrics isn't really a selling point when you're trying to become a musician... forgetting that she's a joke anyway, and Serey is the one writing the music since Emily doesn't play any instruments. If someone writes her music and another person translates her lyrics, then why is she relevant?
>>198 The way you put it is how I feel. It is "gaijin status", and funny enough when I was in Japan telling a friend online how things between Emily and I were souring and I was bored, he told me to go out and take advantage of my "gaijin status", although that's not really me. I'm way too shy and chill to act that way, I just think it comes across as obnoxious.
Emily has just uploaded her new video on youtube. She looks depressed. I don't know much about her but she wasn't raised in an ideal family, parents divorced, changing schools often. Maybe these things have affected her personality. That's what I empathize with about her.
Anyway, in her new video, she even can't look straight at camera. It's like a dog who's scolded by his owner for peeing on carpet and can't look the owner's face, feeling restless and guilty.
Her facial expression and the way she speaks in the video reminds me of the video where she begged for money. She seems to know both begging for money in the previous video and price setting of her live and urging people to come to her live isn't something commendable. Regarding the price setting, she may be passing the buck to someone else.
Unless many people come, her new youtube friend, who shoot the video at anime convention, maybe mobilize his friends. Of course, Emily couldn't demand they pay for their tickets in that case. He would do whatever he can do to look the live a success in his video, with nice camera work, lighting and sound effect.
I implied Emily passes the buck about the price setting but she might be right about someone else decided the fee.
The guy who shoot the video at the anime convention is involved in her live more than I thought. He seems like kind of a producer of the event. Actually, the live venue seems like the first floor of his workplace he uses for his company/company he works for.
>>204 So what if her parents divorced and she changed schools often? I did too, it didn't turn me into an obnoxious bitch. You can think of anything from someone's past to justify their present behavior but in that case I'd say that's ridiculous. If Emily is "depressed" in her latest video it's because she wants to look sympathetic so people come to her live. Like you said, same thing with her e-begging, she wanted people to give her money and she lied her ass off about only eating one soyjoy a day. Don't buy her act...
>>211 You can't be an obnoxious bitch because you're a man. Joking aside, yeah, it's not that all the people whose childhood was like her makes them the way she is. Maybe I'm deceived by her.
>>212 People are people and they have innate personality traits. Sure, some of them may be agitated by circumstances growing up, but nobody becomes like her from divorce or moving around. If you look back far enough or knew her like I had, this idea is false. My parents separated and divorced when I was a little kid and I moved back and forth all the time, losing friends and having to start over. Sure, it made me withdrawn and all that and I hated high school which is why I dropped out, but I'm still me. This is true for innumerable people in identical circumstances, divorced parents and moving around isn't terribly unique in this country. I don't deserve sympathy and I don't want it for my personal circumstances, unfairness, or things out of my control that negatively contributed to my life. That is life in general.
In Emily's circumstances she has a pattern of almost pathological lying and foolishness to create a sympathetic image for herself. She has a childhood story about being abused by neighbor kids which has about 5,000 different and very inconsistent versions. She creates a blog in '07 about being raped and writing about a "rape anniversary" then joining a rape survival group on LiveJournal. When someone told her to call a hotline to seek help, she turned it down and just said "just find my AIM screenname on my profile and IM me." She writes in the same blog with a subject heading of "abortion" in Japanese then writes "fuck." In fact, for all I've known her, she has always lied or exaggerated things so she can reap the rewards of sympathy. I realized this more and more as she couldn't keep the same story twice in a row.
So to give sympathy to people like this is a mistake, in my opinion, not just for Emily but in general. Sympathy is okay but some people crave it and need it. Emily claims to have Asperger's Syndrome which is an autistic disorder, except within her claim she completely misunderstands the disorder and only says she has it because she thinks it makes you more intelligent. She forgets people with Asperger's Syndrome have a significant incapability of socializing with other people and come across as mentally autistic. She is nothing like this.
If you want to get a good picture of somebody you pay attention to their patterns of behavior and words. In my personal experience, from what I've known of her and the time I have known her, I wouldn't trust her for directions much less give her a pass for the things she does or says when she knows exactly what she's doing.
エミリの話し方は不自然ではない。そして不愉快でもない。At least on the surface. だけどエミリは誰かの話し方のマネをしています。 そこが少しヘン。 日本の何人かのアーティストは、インタビューを受けると、あのような話し方をします。
「ねむい」「つかれた〜」「えーっと えーっと」「まーそれだけ」
this way of talking is sometimes shown to imply that he/she is shy and does not used to speak to the public or sometimes imply that he/she does not expect you to undestand himself/herself so much.
so you feel strange once you noticed that Emily is talking as if she was someone/something in Japan.
>>213 I see. You experienced similar childhood to her but you are not like her. Your point is persuasive because you are talking from your own experience. But some people are affected by such childhood and become unstable personality-wise and they try to get as much attention as possible because they are hungry for love and attentions which should have been gotten by her parents and friends when they grew up.
He personality may not attribute to her childhood but a possibility of her being affected by her childhood can't be denied. I'm not an expert of psychology but I've heard a story like that.
Emily did bad things to you while you traveled with her. didn't she? I don't know the details, though. Let's say her personality is affected by her childhood. But doing something bad to a travel companion is unacceptable. If I were you I'd have a negative image about her, too.
It's sure she's spoiled by her parents. Her dad must feel guilty of his divorce so that may be the reason he goes too easy on her and give her financial support. I don't like her begging for money in the video. I don't sympathize with her lack of money she claims. She can be more thrifty by cutting back on living costs. While she says she is lack of money, she goes Starbucks, buy clothes, CDs and all that. That is ridiculous.
>>215 No, I think you're analyzing too much an issue that is fairly simple. Emily didn't suffer psychological trauma which is the usual case with people who may have problems in their adult life in numerous ways. To say moving a lot and having a divorce makes her selfish and starved for attention is excuse-making, and it does little to persuade the common sense argument which is she's a teenage girl. Let's not forget a girl like Emily has advantages most of us don't, namely that her father is very wealthy. For all I've known her, she has no trauma. Instead she has stories which change each time you hear them which is simple attention whoring and fishing for sympathy. I don't believe she is the way she is for reasons she's helpless over. She makes choices knowingly for her own gains above others. That's not a disease, that's just being a spoiled brat.
My stepmother is from Okinawa and made sense of what she did on the trip this way: She didn't want to go alone, she was afraid to go alone, so she invited me. After she got used to the country and comfortable in it, she didn't need me anymore and thus it is that simple. It makes sense to me, she saw me as a drag because she felt obligated that she couldn't do her own thing her way since she didn't need me. There is no real need to psychoanalyze it, it just happens with some people. No doubt getting her ego fed by the Stickam guys sure helped her decide she didn't need me for anything.
As for your last point, she's spoiled, what do you expect? There is no valid reason to give her a pass over her childhood, otherwise we could all nitpick things and say the same. Some things for myself were very hard growing up as a kid through high school, but so what? I pull through and don't want sympathy since it's worthless to burden others. I'd rather have people be proud of me than feel sorry for me. More than that, I wasn't a spoiled kid. My parents are tough but fair, and considering my dad comes from a place very different than America he doesn't bullshit around. Even with my own problems, ones I can control or not control myself, my parents didn't coddle me - they supported me but they never gave in to anything but pushing me to help myself. So if I were Emily, my parents wouldn't give me money for nothing. If they had that kind of money, I assure you my dad would cut me off unless I was getting a legitimate degree, working, and keeping up my grades in Japan, otherwise he'd not hesitate to tell me the money is for my future, not bullshit, and I should show my thankfulness by making use of an advantage such as that. Emily doesn't do shit. She blows her money because she gets a free ride then whines about made-up bullshit to get sympathy and attention on the internet. Then she begs for money.
I use myself as an example because it's the best one I can illustrate. You can't put blame on Emily's childhood for who she is, because hers was no different than half the kids in the country, if not better than theirs because she never had to worry about money. No trauma, no disease, no tragedy. What exactly are you going to give her a pass on?
>>216 I understand your point but I don't still leave the possibility out that her childhood affects her personality.
I didn't understand your second paragraph where you wrote about step mother. You don't have to go into detail about your childhood for anonymous like me, though.
>>226 Childhood affects your personality, but that is true for everyone, and not everyone is a narcissist. If anything her attitude comes from insecurity, not trauma, as she doesn't have any. Her attitude could be fixed if she grew up and lived in the real world on her own without an inflow of free money from her dad as a reward for doing nothing of value or productivity. I still don't believe you can give a pass to someone's behavior by saying "their parent", "their childhood", etc. without citing something specific and in detail.
My stepmother pretty much just told me a reason very simply of what happened during my trip with Emily that summed it up perfectly. I'm sorry if that was confusing, I cited my stepmom but was talking about Emily and the trip Emily and I shared together. Now that I read it I can see I should've done a better job of making it clear.
what a fake, what a disguise. The song should have been named "The Lord has donkey ears, so does the Queen" or something like that.
The song itself is no bad, Also the way the video is taken is no bad. The vocal matters. The actress matters. And no originality, no creativity, never sounds fresh, never impressive.
>>239 If you think you have to match people to criticize them you're missing the point. Neither of us are spending our lives trying to become famous, so if he or someone else wants to say "She should go get voice lessons, her singing is flat and sucks", that's legitimate. Emily is looking to entertain and appeal to an audience publicly, so if one presents themselves, she gives the right to others to make fun of her for failing.
By the way, Emily should go get voice lessons. She should get everything lessons.
>>241 Lol, why do you have to take this so seriously? She presents herself publicly for attention and appeal so she may reap the benefits of being some sort of pseudo-celebrity; however, in doing so she should be able to take criticism. I don't watch every move she makes, others do and write about it, and they do it because they can and want to. I look, observe, comment, laugh, repeat.
This is in general, because what's not forgotten is this same girl is also a spoiled narcissist who begged for university money on the internet when she had no actual plan to go to university. Do you support someone like this? Why don't you give her some of your money? It's a lot easier to come here and make it serious business, isn't it?
>>243 No real plans, although I'd love to go back and travel around there if I I ever have money to do so. Maybe I'd go to school there if I could get a scholarship but it always comes back to affording these things... even so I think I'd rather go to school in Netherlands or something. It really just depends what chances life gives me and what I would take. Japan would be at the top of my list though.
As I understand it, sympathy is when you feel for a person, empathy is when you feel as that person.
>>244 Netherlands. I heard somewhere that people there speak the best English as a second language, so if you go there, I guess there's no language barrier.
Sympathy and empathy is hard to understand but I think now I understand better. Thanks. One more question. Which do you think is better, the following and >>143? I want to get your feedback and comment English-wise about the two. This is a serious question although the content is a joke.
I was just endlessly browsing porn on my wife's PC, you know. She doesn't know anything about it, of course. Then, the next thing I knew, there was this naked woman on the desktop, and I just cannot get rid of the image. My wife's favorite Winnie the Pohoo on the desktop was replaced with Toyomaru the porn star with a dildo stuck in her XXX. I tried rebooting to no avail. My wife is a nurse and she's working on a night shift right now. I have to fix this before she comes back home, or I'll be doomed. The operating system is Windows ME. Please, please help me!
>>245 Yeah but I also hear they're the most annoyed at tourists, so I'd make the effort to learn Dutch and adapt. I've always wanted to go, and I am visiting for a day or two on my way elsewhere when I travel soon, and I've been told it's a good place in Europe to be. We'll see. I have relatives on both my mom and dad's side living in France and Germany as well.
>>143 sounds more fluid if you're comparing how much more naturally in English they each come across. The one you pasted is understandable English, but it comes across as it was written by someone who understands doesn't speak English as well as >>143, in such a way that yours is more... rigid-sounding? That's what I mean by "fluid" or natural-sounding.
And actually, the version in >>143 was written by me. I asked the person studying for Ph.D. to give me feedback about it in a thread of English board and he said 143 doesn't sound so casual.
You don't read the original version written in Japanese so you can't judge which is better "as translation." Because translation is about how well the original meaning and nuances are conveyed in another language. So I asked which is better as English, not as translation.
>>248 Well, I'm not a Ph.D. graduate, but I'm giving you an honest answer of how it sounds to me, but that's an interesting twist... still, my opinion doesn't change. Maybe I instilled some confidence in you though.
>>249 Who said anything about translating from Japanese to English? I read two English variants of some copypasta and felt that one sounded more natural than the other. I wasn't even aware there was a Japanese version, but maybe you have a point. I would have to read the Japanese version of it to approach it at that angle but my Japanese isn't good enough to warrant a very effective opinion...
>>250 I'm also without much to do and I'm happy to help someone who asks for it lol.
>>251 Thank you again. I can't even judge myself whether my copypasta is well written or not so that's why I asked you and him feedback. Your comment sure is encouragement.
>Who said anything about translating from Japanese to English? I didn't expect you'd comment that my version is more natural so I just wanted to mention that which is better English is one thing and which is better as translation is another. I don't mean to act like a wise man.
>>250 I know what you mean. Good to know he doesn't mind answering a question about English.
>>250 I'll be your English teacher for the day. You used the term "don't never". That's called a "double negative" and is a major nono in the English language.
>>251 Guessing it's about time for a new entry on your blog, I just wanted you to know that I thought your last entry on the chatlog was rather low. As much as I'm entertained by this drama and get into a state of メシウマ watching her fail, posting private chatlogs are kinda like posting naked pics of your ex - which is a valorous act and something every man shouldbe commited to do by law, but till then should only be done "by accident"; under the influence or a "oh noes my PC/account got a trojan and/or has been haxored" deal. Think about it.
>>253 I had nothing to update with so I went back to dig at the well. I sort of agree with you but the AIM log wasn't very personal or revealing. It was just sort of funny and characterized the person she is in a very summed up way, don't you think? I don't care about updating my LJ, the content is already there which are the original entries, and when I do update it's just because there's too many comments to read. When they go 200+ I'll try to write a new one for a fresh slate. Give me ideas because I have none.
Now if I posted naked or inappropriate photos of her I'd agree, but that hasn't happened. I feel bad about the original AIM logs about her STD and whatnot, but what's done is done, and I deleted my LJ because of it until her dad called to bark threats and be an asshole.
I try not to be a bad guy, but in certain circumstances it's hard to predict how you react. I could say and do a lot worse but that's not me. If you meet me, I'm very shy and I do my best to please people, although I'm not a robot either. It may be fair to judge me on certain things like posting AIM logs or hosting that blog, but whatever choices I've made within this subject of Emily and whatnot were weighed out and thought out. It's not all spite, you know. I care more about people that visit my blog than Emily, for one.
>>256 So does Emily know like no Japanese people? Lol. Shameless promotion from yet another foreign guy from YouTube... she's stuck in YouTube and can't seem to translate anything else into the real world. Interesting though, thank you for the link.
I also noticed on his description information Emily's prices are certainly reduced by only 2,000 yen. You know, because reducing something that is already a rip-off by $2 is enough to go "OH FUCK YEAH NOW I'LL GO." Everyone we seem to know is going isn't a random person paying for a full ticket price... anyone who does go should come to the venue and find out it's an Auschwitz gas chamber with Shintaro Ishihara flipping the switch in maniacal laughter.
Hikosaemon is actually a pretty descent Youtuber. It's unfortunately that he has become yet another person for Emily to use. Especially since he is ACTUALLY fluently in Japanese unlike Emily or Chris Gen (StreetEnglish) for that matter. But then again he does like DJing so maybe he volunteered to do it. I know he will be making a video of this event too, even if it does go horribly wrong. 彦左衛門は適正な人だよ。 でも、彦左衛門はほんとにDJするのが好きだと思う。たぶんボランティアしただろう。 彦左衛門はこのイベントがビデオを作る。いえ実際は、それが可能だと確信している。駄目になったらなのに。 彦左衛門は日本語でペラペラを話す。
>>260 He seems okay but look at this guy's profile. There's like 20 other profiles and shit with his name on it recommending everyone to look/join along with the 4,000 other YouTube channels he's promoting. What is this weird narcissistic internet culture of self-promotion?
Of course he'll make a video. They all will make sure they do because he said a lot of "YouTubers" will be there which probably means the creepy Gimmeabreakman will lurk in the shadows trolling for more white girls in Japan to prey on. Perhaps he will have a battle with KGKGKG like hyenas over a carcass.
This guy from New Zealand may speak Japanese well and know the place, but I don't get these people who have nothing better to do than promote themselves on the internet. How fucking boring and shallow that must be, depending on others for validation and popularity over the internet... I don't understand.
I dont think leah dizon is a good singer. But at least she has something to have made her success in Japan. (Not only because she is a half asian. I dont think the reason is a simple one like that.)
And Emily. She didnt hesitate to imply that she doesnt feel like Leah is very beautiful, a good singer, has a good personality. Emily never tried to understand what made Leah one of the most successful pop stars in Japan.
There is a reason, but she wouldn't undestand or accept it.
Hmmm. You do have a point there. I think it depends on the Youtuber really. Some do it out of sheer entertainment and are fun to watch, but on the other hand there are really bored people out there who made idiotic videos and think they are so "speshul." Like Emily, and Boxxybabee.
I commented one of KGKGKG's videos and from what his reply it is clear that he knows Emily is bad but still likes her.
Here's what he said to me:
"She also has an arrogant part, but that's also her allure. I see her like Paris Hilton. " and another one saying:"危なさも魅力ですよ。" (Both dangerous and fascinating) Wow, how very bleak of him.
>>262 You're correct, Leah is popular and famous for reasons Emily doesn't want to understand. I think we know what those reasons are. Too bad Leah decided to get pregnant so early but in the long-run it'll probably help cement her popularity when she comes back.
>>264 What does "YouTuber" mean?... Anyone with an account who makes videos? Someone popular, but then how do they judge who's popular and not and who gets to judge? What a stupid approach, they should just say "anyone we can use for promotion and popularity gets a whole 1500 yen discount." A bunch of Japanese and foreigners should make stupid nothing videos on YouTube, go to the event arguing why they don't get a discount if they're a "YouTuber". Then they should just not pay for a ticket anyway.
>>265 Youtuber in the latest videos of his, means the ones who have at least 150 subscribers. I think there aren't so many youtubers who meet the qualifications. The notice video is spoken in English and the descriptions of the video is mostly written in English so youtubers who managed to meet the condition are foreigners in Japan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnIjkRJk-5c&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eyoutube%2Ecom%2FStreetEnglishTV&feature=player_profilepage So I'm not eligible since my channel is for viewing videos only. It's not that I would go if I had qualification, though. I wonder if he is expecting viral marketing from this kind of "influential" youtubers. But that viral effect is for the time after the party, I guess. It's too late for them to make a video announcing, "Hey I'll go to the Emily's event." At least a few days prior notice is needed to expect word of mouth effect.
I wonder how many people will go to the event in the end. The guy who plays a guitar may be a kind of person who don't like to draw attentions and I've never see him speaking in any video.
On a different note, If I hadn't been around on youtube board in 2ch, I'd never known neither Magibon nor Emily. I seldom check all-time most viewed or most subscribed channel. What I check on day to day basis is most viewed videos in comedy and entertainment category and they are all from TV shows. You have to keep posting videos quite often to draw my attention on youtube.
I doubt all of Magibon and Emily fans are 2channelers. I wonder how they got to know them. I think I first got to know Magibon in 2ch in English board and then Emily and gimmeabreakman in youtube board. And then, I think gradually get to know other channels of foreigners living in Japan by watching "response videos", "recomended channel functions" on youtube as an individual youtuber who broadcast themselves in a real sense.
I found this video from his second channel he uses mainly to post respond videos to youtubers and whatnot. Some videos in the channel are for camera spec check. In a few of the video in the channel, Emily is filmed with him.
The video I linked above is the one to promote his company whose part of the revenue seems to be earned by renting spaces there, roof top for barbecue, other floors for partying, live events, photo sessions and all. So from I gather, his company rent spaces other than shooting and editting videos and all.
I saw him in someone's video, maybe Tokyosam's video that shows the event of the official Youtube party. If I'm right, it was held in December. So, Before he made his own channel, StreetEnglishTV, he seemed to be very active getting involved in Youtube event and be socializing with other youtubers.
His Japanese is 98-99% perfect but in the video I put the link to, His Japanese is mixed with formal wording and very casual wording. In some scenes, you can see very casual phrase in very formal tone of Japanese. That sounds kind of weird to me. And I feel like he lacks in vocabulary compared to educated Japanese people. But you can call him a bilingual. That's for sure. He said 25% Japanese in a video. He went to one of the most prestegious private elementary school in Japan, Keio elementary school. That's what he heard in one of his response videos. It's not he bragged about it, it was touched on when he was sort of introducing himself in a response video.
And the building is the place where Emily's live is held. The walls has an artistic tone with various color paints left on. That's because the floor or the whole building was used/owned by an advertising display maker. That's what he explained.
>>254 Well, the comments on the entry about the chatlog was well over 200 when I posted >>253. That's why I guessed you'd be making a new entry soon.
I'd say there's a bunch of material to post about, even from comments on your blog, but your policy of not wanting to post about her videos and her blog because it'd be promoting her (which is understandable) really narrows things. She's been making laughable replies to comments on her videos, so why not post about that? Just display all the comments and search for her username.
>>255 Yeah, you should definitely "learn what typo is !"; you didn't make one in >>250. What you made is called a grammatical error. People don't accidently push the 'n' key when typing "ever" in "don't ever", especially after using an apostrophe in "don't". And while I'm being a dick, I'd also like to point out you succeeded in messing up the two sentences you made in >>255.
Seriously, learn the language PROPERLY before you butcher it, let alone try to flame people with it. Else you'd be making a fool of yourself like Emiry when she speaks wapanese.
>>260 Nothing pos/neg to say about Hikosaemon, youtubers use eachother to "network"; to make friends and to boost their egos and I just see him as doing what a "youtuber" is expected to do. I'd think he doesn't care much for Emiry but is doing it because it isn't costing him, and that it's a place where people would recognize him as the "youtuber Hikosaemon" instead of just a bald kiwi in Japan.
The Chris fag is actually real fluent in Japanese from the couple videos I've seen him in. He almost doesn't have an accent when speaking JP, and that is pretty remarkable. He probably isn't a bad guy, but the way he whores for attention is offputting and automatically makes him a fag. It's sad and painful watching a guy spreading his buttcheeks to the world with a fake smile plastered to his face.
>>266 You forgot to mention there will be POPCORN AND POKKI(sic) served at the par-tay! Woohoo! Popcorn and pockey at a party where you pay \4800 to get in, and have to pay \500-1000 for each drink, and paying for one drink at the door is obligatory. Instant win.
Too bad the forecast calls for a hot and sunny saturday, though it's obviously going to rain today (friday) and seems there's a high chance of rain on sunday.
>>266 I see about the requirements to get the big discount which goes to show it's turned into a YouTube event. It went from EMILY LIVE 〜UNPLUGGED〜 to YouTube's all-star gaijin spectacular. Poor planning and little preliminary success most likely brought this on. It's become less about Emily and more about YouTube since that's all she has, and even her rank is falling. I'm curious to know who shows up to, but on Saturday (at least in CA time) I'll be going to my own overpriced event, ironically.
We're fairly certain Emily's fanbase is mostly Westerners who are miffed she seems to ignore them because she favors her invisible Japanese fanbase. I think Magibon has more Japanese fans but that's just my guess, I don't know terribly much about her although she seems like a nice girl. Your example shows they are all about cross-promotion because it works, however it shows they can't break out into any mainstream. On YouTube they begin, and on that website they'll remain unless they do something that actually matters in the real world.
>>270 Maybe you're onto something, but I haven't seen her comments brought up and I certainly don't look for them. Sometimes I just go to her blog because she never fails on giving me material when I want it.
Don't be so hard on someone for grammatical errors and whatnot. If such a reaction was warranted toward me for my Japanese I'd be pretty chewed out, wouldn't I?
>>271 Hikosaemon doesn't seem like a bad guy at all but I look down on what he does, regardless if it's the "norm" or not. It's off-putting to me and doesn't speak well of someone's character if they're way too into promoting themselves on the net. Can't people do things that have more satisfaction and happiness? There's a whole world out there to give yourself happiness than relying on strangers to give it to you in this shallow way. All of this is just my opinion though.
>>272 POPCORN AND POCKYですか すごくかわいいよ^^ Lol what bullshit. Even so, it's probably to sell drinks the same way bars serve free salty snacks.
Chris went to Keion too? I think I know too much of this dude considering he takes any opportunity to recite his personal history. I know he's 1/4 Japanese, raised in Japan, went to school in NY, and now he went to Keion. I suspect the more I watch this douche I'll eventually know his mother's maiden name, his first pet, and the day he reached puberty. He may or may not be a bad guy, but paling around with Emily and failing at promoting events doesn't speak well for him. I seriously detest this narcissistic internet YouTube culture.
So apparently Chris is pretty shady. He lets Japanese pay full price for the costs so he can let his friends in for free under this scam of a "YouTuber" discount. Lol... are people still going to this? Are people like Hikosaemon still associating with this "event"? Not very good publicity for Chris and Emily just before the date.
Nick: As long as Emily and Chris keep up with their "act" most Japan vloggers will be ignorant to their true colors. Once this does go badly many Japan vloggers will be disappointed and perhaps some with post their videos with the title: "Applemilk1988 and StreetEnglishTv EXPOSED!" or something to that degree. But who knows, Emily could just as easily turn on everyone at the event. Maybe this public humiliation will lead to her going back to America or committing suicide (I highly doubt this option though).
>>278 It's hard to assess what will happen but I know what you mean. She's played on this act for a long time, and it means nothing if she fails again. She doesn't learn anyway. So maybe my blog entry will mean something, maybe not, but it's there for people to read. I'm curious if this will spurn any Japanese or others from this event because they see what Chris is like.
It sucks enough, when he says Non-"Youtubers" need to pay $50 while "Youtubers" need to pay $15, And actually Chris's gaijin friends dont need to pay anything !It does not matter if u r Youtubers or not. ( Chris is a lier ! )
What is more, it is said "セセディーユ first mini live + Emily's birthday party" but it turned into "Gaijin Youtubers say hello each other party" now. Still he gives no explanation, no excuse.
What a childish way ! though i dont think anyone is going to pay $40-50
He is like "ppl say I am just a rich kid ! but I will prove myself and show you how easily I can earn money. i am an able man !"
>>280 Chrisは詐欺師だと思う・・・ He is inept and clueless what he is doing, so to save face and embarrassment he turned this event into something else for the benefit of him and Emily and the gaijin all-stars of Japan. It's very disgraceful that he had to brag about making Japanese people pay full cost while he gives random discounts and free entry to his friends just so people can fill up this venue. I don't think he is a good person at all, if someone I didn't know anything about did things like this I would say the same. He is really shady and arrogant.
He's a conman as far as I'm concerned, and I'm sure Emily and Serey knew what was going on. Emily must've had to consent to Chris to turn this event into a gathering of their friends rather than her own live event once they saw sales were dismal at best. So at the last minute, they get Hikosaemon to sign on and promote it, and they decide the real goal is to fill it up and come up with bullshit about a "YouTuber" discount when really it's a way to shove the cost on Japanese people for their party.
>>274 >Chris went to Keion too? Who else went to Keio. It's Keio, not Keion. The tuition of it is very high. Keio has elementary school, junior high, high school and university. Some enter elementary school and all the way to uni, some from junior high, high school, or university. Households who can manage to afford to pay tuition of Keio elementary school, (and further) have to be be wealthy.
I don't think he went to Keio university. His self introduction page of his yuotube account says, 学校 Temple University Japan.
>>277 Is it a personal message from to someone's Youtube account? Whose account is it on Photobucket? If it's OK, I mean, nobody is going to be damaged privacy-wise, I'll put the link on his ameblo and ask what this shit is all about.
Eh, I thought the "special VIP guest" would be Danny Choo, since he'd probably be the only "celeb" they know and the youtubers would recognize. But though Danny advertised the event on his twitter, he also states in the same entry that he can't go.
The loooong shot would be Magibon, but I highly doubt it cosidering how; a) Magibon is bigger (e-famewise) than Emiry and would steal her thunder. b) Emiry obviously mocks and detests Magibon (she IS a joke, after all). c) Not just Magibon, but if it was ANYBODY remotely famous to the public I'm sure they would promote it and make a big deal about it, seeing how desperate they are.
So my guess for the "VIP" would be that no-name band girl, that Emiry posted about in her blog recently. It would have been funny if it actually was Magibon though; having two e-begging scammers in one room would be classic.
So I think it's safe to say that having a "very special VIP guest" is false advertisement, though I'm sure they'd protest it as a "promotion technique". Sure they can say that, but it's also a great way to turn away repeated customers.
As for the event, seeing how it's become more a YouTube Tokyo event than being about Emiry, I think they'll have a fair attendance, enough to claim "it was a blast". But guessing that the majority of people wouldn't be giving a shit about Emiry, it would be amusing to see how the 握手会 (shake hands with Emiry event) at the end goes down. Popcorn and pocky ftl.
This is like "Lord ChrisGen Holds the party to celebrate Lady Emirii's 20th birthday".
I guess North Korea's propaganda will fit them
"Free Popcorn and Free Pocky ! Citizens appreciate the Great Lord ChrisGen and his merciful policy" "Lady Emirii is willing to shake hands with citizens and always encourage them. Her great kindness always makes citizens cry and move the whole world" "Guests coming after coming from Youtube. The greatness of the Great Lord ChrisGen and the Kawaiiness of the Kawaii Lady Emirii" "General secretary Hikosaemon congratulate our Great Flower Lady Emirii and admires our Great Leader ChrisGen"
I forewarn you, there isn't much to see, so you can pretty much skip it. Skip it, as in skip even going to the link and watching the video. There's still no shot of the floor and supposed crowd.
>>339 ニックはかれこれ2年も粘着しとる >>340 emilys haters are jealous of emily, cause she is beautiful and very talented person she can speak japanese fluently and her japanese still getting better she can enter famous univercity in japan nick is just emilys stalker who has been stalking emily for 2 years
KGKGKG>We are NOT jealous of Emily and the fact the you think she's fluent is sad. You for one knows she is not and you are too old for Emily. Emily doesn't even care for you anymore. Once she's done using you, you'll be nothing be a disgusting fan. She didn't enter university and is attending another language school. She's using her father to pay for everything. Idiot! Nick was Emily's bestfriend dumbass until she decided he was only useful for paying for her little things. Nick is very successful and Emily is a failure. She WILL return to America humiliated and well hated. KGKGKGは小児愛者なんだよ! エミリーはKGKGKGさんは大嫌い! エミリーは失敗したら、自殺しょうください!皆の日本はエミリーが知らない! KGKGKGさんは自身がはがいい。彼はエミリーとセックスをしなきゃ! KGKGKGさんはたくさんの男をレイプしたい!お前、エミリーは大好きと、死ね! KGKGKG is a pedophile who can't get laid and over wishes Emily would have sex with him. KGKGKG is a disgrace to all of Japan and should commit suicide. KGKGKG stalks Emily on AMEBA and StickamJP