Japanese people often judge other people's personality based on their blood type and there is even a word named “Blood Harassment” where people are discriminated against or bullied because of it. Type A: Organized, serious, modest Type B: Curious, individualistic, optimistic Type O: Generous, sketchy, enthusiastic Type AB: Mysterious, imaginative, genius-like By the way, I’m Type O, but I’ve never met anyone that guessed my blood type correctly. Even though it has been scientifically proven many times that there is no connection between blood type and personality, why do Japanese people still care about their blood type so much? The Japanese people have lived in a collectivist society for over thousands of years, and historically speaking, the transition to an individualistic society is fairly recent. Therefore, Japanese people often have poor communication skills and are not good at expressing their own opinions or finding out what others are thinking. It is said that some people want to reduce the stress of communication by thinking that they understand the personalities of others based on their blood type. *The content is based on personal studies and experience There is no intention of denying other theories and cultural aspects

@kamadotanjiro1159

2 жыл бұрын

Same thing with Zodiac signs.

@kittyn5222

2 жыл бұрын

Respect for taking time to write it

@kittyn5222

2 жыл бұрын

@@kamadotanjiro1159 it's kinda useless I'm a Sagittarius and I have the personality that a Sagittarius should have so it's 40-30% effective Im not saying it's effective I'm just saying it is sometimes correct

@k1n9_

2 жыл бұрын

@@kamadotanjiro1159 nah that's kinda white

@InvertedHorizons

2 жыл бұрын

So it's like star signs in America but a thousand times worse and more excluding

Astrology girls: Ugh! He's so Gemini! Japanese people: Ugh! He's so type A!

@cloaker7237

2 жыл бұрын

Talk about a Type-A personality

@sofialmeidah

2 жыл бұрын

I believe in neither, but I'm both haha

@desk1185

2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe he'd do that to me!!11 Talk about A types 🙄🙄🙄

@AlexBlake48

2 жыл бұрын

@@sofialmeidah me too 😂

@Vexxy197

2 жыл бұрын

Ugh, he’s such a O-! So common 🙄

Well, honestly, it's just horoscope with less options --'

@wareforcoin5780

2 жыл бұрын

At least horoscopes have enough random traits thrown together to at least _seem_ right.

@BurningSpear213

2 жыл бұрын

The vast majority of people don't take horoscopes seriously though.

@sixspadez7548

2 жыл бұрын

@@BurningSpear213 have you met a woman before?

@TheHollisterPerson

2 жыл бұрын

That's also what it reminded me of!

@user-cj4fu8qq9b

2 жыл бұрын

@@BurningSpear213 fortunately

“Our love can never be for I am type B and you’re type A”

@BIazy

2 жыл бұрын

21st generation Shakespeare

@therealmckoy6772

2 жыл бұрын

If you switched the letters it would rhyme

@trinny_y

2 жыл бұрын

@@therealmckoy6772 never ever never ever ever ever rhyme the same word together

@gin_geraf1947

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@evm6177

2 жыл бұрын

🍷🤦‍♂️😆😆 Now that was dramatic and crazy !

"You supposed to be Asian not Bsian" - my friend's mom

@ThatOneAmpharos

2 жыл бұрын

typical neighborhood conversation

@peachycream8674

2 жыл бұрын

This one got me I’m crying

@whi2gan

2 жыл бұрын

😶

@maxwellquipey1

2 жыл бұрын

Steven He: *time two lawsuut u!*

@jam-ui1zc

2 жыл бұрын

This hurts, simply reading this I can sense my moms slippers hovering over my neck.

For a country that prides itself on harmony, they alone have invented soooo many ways to set people apart.

@octoberflower6943

2 жыл бұрын

Especially their women

@comradekenobi6908

2 жыл бұрын

@@octoberflower6943 what do you mean

@boobgoogler

2 жыл бұрын

@@comradekenobi6908 research rape in japan, it’s so bad that women literally need their own subway car

@rawfermews4186

2 жыл бұрын

? Why tf you acting like every other country hasn’t done that before.. I mean.. hello..?? Slavery?? The holocaust?? Sexism?? Homophobia?? I mean the list goes on

@comradekenobi6908

2 жыл бұрын

@@rawfermews4186 how does that make what he Japanese doing better?

My solution to this: Just B positive :D

@myaccount7321

2 жыл бұрын

Haha 😂

@VolloVy

2 жыл бұрын

What a pun. :D

@Leo-zr1qv

2 жыл бұрын

Same and it’s noting like me 😂

@someomeoutthere1215

2 жыл бұрын

ba dum tss

@FionaPGT

2 жыл бұрын

...no, get out XD

meanwhile the US "I'm 0-..." Doctor: *heavy breathing*

@Aaron-kj8dv

2 жыл бұрын

Is that the universal donor or the one that's super hard to get?

@Thomas-ry8ws

2 жыл бұрын

@@Aaron-kj8dv 0 negative is universal

@Centzaurion

2 жыл бұрын

@@Thomas-ry8ws universal donor, but not universal accepter 😔

@eugeneman1845

2 жыл бұрын

They would suck you dry💀💀

@jin_cotl

2 жыл бұрын

@@Centzaurion bro 🗿

"Japanese people have poor communication skills" Im more of a Japanese person myself

I always thought people who were type O were the coolest growing up because they could save anybody with a donation! So hearing that they were stereotypically 'sketchy' really threw me off! 🤣

@nelzmcmillan9237

2 жыл бұрын

Not so it's o negative that can donate to anyone not o positive

@michellerabey6637

2 жыл бұрын

@@nelzmcmillan9237 Yea I've learnt that since - as a kid I didn't know that though.

@zandaroos553

2 жыл бұрын

As someone who’s type O, nah I’m pretty sketch

@solsystem1342

2 жыл бұрын

@@nelzmcmillan9237 o positive can still donate to anyone that's positive so, more then most bloodtypes.

@MizantropMan

2 жыл бұрын

I at some point liked joking that I have the best bloodtype as AB, because anyone can save me, but I can barely save anyone, so nobody is going to ask.

I love how Shogo basically says everything about Japan links back to its roots as an ancient society with lots of natural disaster. It's a very interesting development, culturally speaking.

@melelconquistador

2 жыл бұрын

You would think that the regard for dissaster readiness and cohesion in groups would include effective communication.

@yeethot6275

2 жыл бұрын

Also as an island, that one too

@CallanElliott

2 жыл бұрын

@@melelconquistador In a way, yes, but also, as Shogo has stated before, you also can't afford to have anyone who stands out. This was made worse by the totalitarian control the Tokugawa exerted during the Edo period.

@guacre2675

2 жыл бұрын

Even though it often sounds like a romantic idea, I don't think everything can actually be blamed on ancient roots haha. Not that I'm disputing it here though.

@revolvency

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, just read 'guns, germs and steel' by Jared diamond. Every civ progress can be tracked back to it's geographical context

"The moon is beautiful, isn't it?" "No, we can't be together because of your bloodtype."

I feel like this is the Barnum Effect coming into play. The traits described are so general that pretty much everyone has aspects of each one. It works the same way as astrology in the western world.

@eldermillennial8330

10 ай бұрын

“There’s a sucker born every minute”, is what you mean?

And I thought me being harassed because I'm ginger was one of the weirdest ways people bring each other down

@camidonahue8882

2 жыл бұрын

You can thank South Park for producing that awful content in our culture.

@idonhaveanyideawhattocallm1472

2 жыл бұрын

@@camidonahue8882 blame the English and their anti Irish anti Scottish propaganda

@latronqui

2 жыл бұрын

It still is.

@juliee593

2 жыл бұрын

@@camidonahue8882 South Park is not a thing where I live, yet I was still kind of bullied for being a redhead and my grandmother was flat out excluded from friend groups and called a witch for the same reason. There are stereotypes about red headed people having no souls and stinky pussies that come from centuries ago. Seriously, you gotta realise the US is not the world, and the world did not start when you were born. South Park did not invent any stereotype or social concept.

basically a simplified version of zodiac signs

@AyDotHam

2 жыл бұрын

Wayyyyy more simplified

This is like Japanese star signs. Like "oh, I'm an AB, and you're an A type so we won't work out"

@yuan713

Жыл бұрын

Well that is something that would effect your kids state of being, so its really not too crazy to think like that

Type O as well. Never thought of my self as sketchy before…

Me : I'm B Japanese folks : 😀 Me : ...negative Them : 😒

so i'm fairly sketchy in japan. note to self: don't reveal my bloodtype to ppl

@gamaactive8278

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure you're only suppose to tell your doctor or family members

@JuMiKu

2 жыл бұрын

I googled it. According to the BBC it's B and AB that are viewed negatively.

@chesh1rek1tten

2 жыл бұрын

Same. =)

@Aaron-kj8dv

2 жыл бұрын

Or just make one up "yeah I'm type X, its super rare"

Type b: optimistic, curious Me: pessimistic, depressed.

"Japanese people are bad at communicating." Me: *Guess I'm Japanese*

I misread “sketchy” as “stretchy” and I was very confused

@xXx_Regulus_xXx

2 жыл бұрын

a country full of one piece fans takes things a bit too far 😅

@krisdiane

2 жыл бұрын

As a type o with hyperflexibility that works too 🤣

Mom, can we get *Astrology girls?* No, we have *Astrology girls* at home Astrology girls at home:

Me: "Ooo, that's fascinating." Also me: "Should I tell him I'm an O type? Will he break up with me?"

Would never have guessed this was a cultural phenomenon anywhere. I’ve learned a lot on this channel.

This is the same as judging someone’s personality from where some star was thousands of light years away when they were born

@alferdhicks3063

2 жыл бұрын

Or they're race or skin color 🤦‍♂️🤣😅

@LoveValentineXO

2 жыл бұрын

That's totally something a scorpio would say...

Westerners do this with astrology even though scientifically, there's no link between where the planets are in the sky at the time of your birth, and your personality type.

@wareforcoin5780

2 жыл бұрын

Planets, no. The mood of the general populace when your brain is still developing, maybe. Wouldn't it make sense that someone would be more spontaneous in life when their first lessons were learned in spring? (People wanting to get out of the house going "let's get out!" in spring versus someone's first lessons in life are to be homebodies in the middle of winter.) Probably find less of a connection in climates that aren't the same latitude as much of the US and Europe.

@btat16

2 жыл бұрын

And Myers-Briggs if you want a more educated flavour of pseudoscience

@jonh4872

2 жыл бұрын

@@wareforcoin5780 OK but have you considered twin studies where 2 identical twins with identical DNA and same birth time have completely divergent personalities?

@jonh4872

2 жыл бұрын

@@btat16 at least the MMPI is accurate.

@btat16

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonh4872 I had actually never heard of that one! Thanks for giving me something to learn today.

Every problem of Japan: *"We live in a collectivist society"*

That explanation of moving from a collectivist society to an individualist society was thought provoking! I never heard this explanation before 👍

*b l o o d h o r o s c o p e*

This reminds me of how astrology girls judge others based on their sign.

@Kalani_Saiko

2 жыл бұрын

"Of course I'm a jerk, I'm a Scorpio!"

@Mitraxxi

2 жыл бұрын

You are forgeting that astrology is a serious stuff... excepting when you only judges based on the solar sign. One single variable is very dogmatic.

@morningowl43

2 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of how people who are slightly annoyed by pretty girls liking astrology judge everyone that does it unironically and unfairly cause they don’t understand what having fun is

@TheNamesArif

2 жыл бұрын

@@morningowl43 speak for yourself

@AA-bj5bb

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mitraxxi you know it's not real, right?

I'm type A and I'm in no way organised 😂

Ab A= always B=Born to be mysterious

Interesting. A quick Google says that 40% of Japanese people have type A, possibly the "best" type for a collectivist society. The remainder: B 20% AB 10% O 30%

THAT is where all this came from?? I remember being a teenager on the internet wondering how people came up with that type a and type b personity game

This explains so much. I watch an anime and some was like'his a type O' and everyone screamed in horror. Now I get it😂😂

I now understand that scene from Ouran High School Host Club... Thanks for the clarification!

Well in my country they judge personality by born rank. Like siblings: the oldest more to lead someone or something, the second is like stubborn and go by themselves, the third is balance like aggree/disagree to other thoughts and for youngest is like more loving and romantic

@luffytarousenchou

2 жыл бұрын

Where country you from?

@carmengogeidnas9670

2 жыл бұрын

There's actually a lot of real science about birth order. Among other things, the oldest is usually the smartest/most successful in their careers; the middle children are more likely to struggle with mental health issues, and the youngest are more likely to become comedians or work in the entertainment industry. It's not always true for everyone but it's not based on superstition, it's based on ✨science✨

@zanraven6980

2 жыл бұрын

@@luffytarousenchou マレーシアから 🇲🇾 😁

@luffytarousenchou

2 жыл бұрын

@@zanraven6980 なるほどねグアテマラから挨拶です

@zanraven6980

2 жыл бұрын

@@luffytarousenchou 😯 I thought never mind.... Nice to meet you

I had heard somewhere explained as similar to astrological signs like libra, Taurus, etc. could’ve been an extremely over simplified explanation of it. The other things, I had no idea. Thanks for this little quick lesson

Its about ancient bloodlines, seedlines, & lineages.

I'm actually O- it's the only reason I donate, because it's hard to get ahold of

@TheKa89

2 жыл бұрын

Yep! My grandpa was O- and I'm O+, we both donated at least regionally, because it's in high demand or can be used for others.

I love how you give us some information about Japan, the History, and other things! :)) I am type A, and I am the complete opposite.

@terryenby2304

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@lucifers.morningstar3805

2 жыл бұрын

Somewhat same

@grass1659

2 жыл бұрын

Yo ive been scrolling through the comment section and all the people that said they’re type A say that they’re the opposite I too am type A and I definitely the opposite

I'm not sure I follow the logic/connection between becoming more individualistic/having bad communication skills in a collectivist society and stereotyping/harassment, but I loved your expansion up to that point! :)

This is why character bios for fictional characters sometimes list their bloodtypes, like the cast of Street Fighter

I'm type A and I'm none of the three things. Especially organized. I'm a creature or chaos!

This is the Japanese version of horoscopes

That one scene from Ouran High School Host Club makes sense now...

Thank you. I watched a show and didn't understand at the time now I do!

I'm type M for "Mind your own business" Jokes aside, think I am O negative.

@Leo-zr1qv

2 жыл бұрын

Ah that explains it

@stay_coolXD

2 жыл бұрын

That's rare

@hashtagneko

2 жыл бұрын

Wait, O negative people exist? I have never met an O negetive person in my life except for myself

@DenSoua

2 жыл бұрын

LMFAO imagine if that was real

@callistocryptic

2 жыл бұрын

@@hashtagneko mhm! Im also O negative :D

I din't like to talk bad about other people's country, but that's pretty lame.

@lauvboi5169

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't know that cultural difference and diversity could be labelled as *lame*

@ThaFuzzwood

2 жыл бұрын

@@lauvboi5169 People taking something that you have no control over and hold it against you is always lame.

@LizzyThatB

2 жыл бұрын

@@lauvboi5169 ofc it's the anime pfp

@lauvboi5169

2 жыл бұрын

@@LizzyThatB always have been

@zacattack8123

2 жыл бұрын

It's the same as star signs

Well that just sounds like horoscopes with extra steps

Me, a Type A: PFFFFFTTTTTTTTT

So.... it's their astrology? Got it. I'm AB+ . Dunno what that means but cool.

@thistleserbel2214

2 жыл бұрын

Apparently your a genius... Well that doesnt match up sense if you were you wouldn't even be on the internet.

@ashleyann7516

2 жыл бұрын

I’m AB+ as well haha

@ApokR

2 жыл бұрын

@@thistleserbel2214 its just the barnum effect overstretched

@sundaymourning5329

2 жыл бұрын

@@thistleserbel2214 so geniuses don't go on the internet?

@Watthead80

2 жыл бұрын

AB negative here.

Haha.. love this 😂 I have type A. Let's just say my organizational skills could use some work. A lot of work.

I'm glad you're prideful in your heritage enough to call out the negative, wish people were like this all round

This was fascinating and thank you 🙏🏽

Its literally just like star signs

Me: hey mom what bloodtype do i have? Mom: oh em i think AB why? Me: YOU DONT KNOW ME

Finally a new form of discrimination I can use in my daily life

I just found your videos and I find them so informative and leaving me wanting to watch and learn. Thank you

We have that in the western world too, it's called "astrology".

@AyDotHam

2 жыл бұрын

Astrology, though is all over the world; including Japan. Also astrology is a belief, many religions have it as a part of their belief system. Just like any other religious beliefs, people who don’t believe in it should respect that it’s some people’s beliefs and those who do believe in it shouldn’t use it as an excuse to judge people.

@tonioene2262

2 жыл бұрын

@@AyDotHam He obviously meant Western Astrology. 🙃

@AyDotHam

2 жыл бұрын

@@tonioene2262 Western astrology is also practiced all over the world. I mean astrology as in Cancer, Aries, Leo, etc. I’m pretty sure it even started in Africa.

@solsystem1342

2 жыл бұрын

@@AyDotHam I mean, the astrological calendar is off by almost a full month now so... I feel pretty safe as an astronomer saying that it's quite silly to change your behavior based on which constellation the sun was "in" (when it usually isn't in that constellation for people with that sign). Not to mention many stars in constellations are closer to us then they are to other stars in their constellation so the patterns we see are mere happenstance and have even shifted somewhat since humans first started using them. Which, fun fact, means one day the modern constellations will no longer exist. Edit: they were also different in the past. Not a ton in recorded history but definitely over the history of our species.

Don't worry Shogo, everywhere on the globe there are 'things' that predict personality, of which, none are scientifically proven. Tho outside of Japan and a few other countries its mainly woman that hold these believes.

@healinggrounds19

2 жыл бұрын

Woman? You mean "women", the plural. This, by the way, is an extremely hateful misogynistic thing to say. You must be Male. For your information, there are just as many men who buy into such nonsense as astrology and numerology around the world as women. In some areas of the world, only men are allowed to participate in such "careers". Please do us all a favor and educate yourself before making such statements again.

@ParisFrosty

2 жыл бұрын

@@healinggrounds19 ​I'm just pointing out the difference I notice on this subject, when its about superstition that is about predicting personality, they are mostly held by women around me, that's not to say that men and women do or do not have a lot of non predicting personality superstitions that aren't proven through the scientific method, and honestly if it bothers you that much I can just edit it out =.=

I can’t express my opinions and emotions through my language because as a family, we never talked about these stuff. However, I can do this so skillfully when talking in English as I have seen people express a lot through that language since childhood.

Oooh now I can step up my game and be a type B Aquarius😎

me minding my own buisness in youtube* "People who are type o are often *SKETCHY*" Well that ruined my day :/

Is that where “type A” personality comes from? Because we use that all the time in the US to refer to the same kind of person

It's almost as insane as people judging others by their zodiac signs

Hearing the descriptions of the personality types, I think anyone who knows me would guess ALL other options before getting to my type

Wow I'm type O and I couldn't be more different from how they are described 😂 I guess the closest for me is type AB in terms of personality

Im a type o, theyll never know

🎶Been spending most our lives living in a vampire paradise🎶

I really appreciate you doing this. I recently started looking in to travelling to Japan as a European and your videos are really helpful! Thank you!

Can you elaborate on 'sketchy?' In English this is usually used as a negative trait, but all the other traits in the lists are positive.

@weareallbornmad410

2 жыл бұрын

Right? I'm wondering about that too

That’s one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard…..

It already felt like the zodiac controversy😭

I'm type O and one of my personality match what u said. I have 2 personality, i think, cuz my emotion flies way too far even when I'm calm

“Oh Hannah? Yeah she’s type O don’t talk to her”

Where did this come from if you don't mind me asking? It seems like such an esoteric thing to assume someone's personality off of.

@deonm4759

2 жыл бұрын

It was probably invented by Japanese vampires for some reason

@juliee593

2 жыл бұрын

It comes from bad scientific studies in the 20th century.

@deonm4759

2 жыл бұрын

@@juliee593 bad scientific studies made by vampires in the 20th century

This has the same energy as people basing all their social opinions on a person's zodiac.

So I'm mysterious, imaginative and genius like? Fits perfectly. 😂

So basically, it's something that you're born with, has been scientifically proven to have no link to personality, and is still a concept today because of a lack of communication skills that make it hard to develop their own opinions? Now, what does that sound almost _completely_ identical to? 🤔

This sounds so similar to “astrology”

Bor they just took astrology to a whole new level

It's like the Japanese version of zodiac signs

Interesting, O type here as well 😅

@deanasaurs

2 жыл бұрын

Were sketch

Bloody astrology

This is even worse than judging someone by their arbitrarily assigned Zodiac sign.

As an A type, I can confirm those 3 traits in myself.

So it's like astrology in America. The one where you pick your friends on when they were born.

We have the same thing about astrology out here in the states.

I never realized this is where the phrase type A personality comes from.

Shogo: describes the traits of O type Me: looks up from my sketchbook

I'm A- ....I'm Def organized......with my manga collection at lowest XD But the rest of my room looks like I got kicked out of my old apartment and just moved in XD

Haha how about type rh null

It's like judging people by their horoscope sign

Long story short they find properly understanding people hard so they just make sweeping guesses instead.

This is just like astrology and maybe worse

How in the heck am I sketchy? I'm literally like a walking buffed 17 year old that looks like I'm about to buy drinks while wearing a Ahegao hoodie with a mask and a red cap cause thats literally what I do when I go out and by drinks I mean C2 or pepsi

@BiscuitGirl9154

2 жыл бұрын

R u ok, babe?

This is a great video and a well structured one.

Me who has no idea what mine is: you can not even touch me