If it's still funny it's alright but...
... sometimes they do things that actually quite bad ...
It's like running an endless marathon.
I have the image that they must be quite rich.
Hey guys it's Cathy Cat.
As you know Ask Japanese has reached over 100,000 subscribers!
But what kind of channels do Japanese people
actually watch?
So let's go and Ask Japanese.!
What's the image you have of Japanese youtubers?
They just fool about.
They buy large amounts of things...
or try out how many things of one sort they can buy with a certain amount.
They are pretty stupid really.
That's the impression I have from them.
They try everything to make their viewers laugh.
What does the Japanese society think of them?
If it's still funny, it's alright but...
... sometimes they do things that actually quite bad ...
Can't really say anything then...
It might be good for them to pick up trends...
but they waste food and other resources for their videos...
and I think that's not on.
At the beginning YouTube doesn't really get you money, right?
Some people were just doing what they wanted.
But recently there are YouTuber networks, right?
And since them things are a bit more scheduled and properly planned.
I think about the same but...
I think some YouTubers are very serious about what they do.
Someone said doing YouTube is like running an endless marathon.
And the people who are prepared to do that...
must be really hard working in my opinion.
It has become a type of work now.
In primary school, many kids say they just want to become YouTubers.
I think this kind of work has become more steady in society now.
I have the image that they all earn a lot of money.
You need to be very brave for it I think...
I think that's quite admirable.
Most just do as they please.
Do you watch YouTube?
I watch it.
- Me too.
That's good. Do you have a favourite genre? What do you watch?
I mainly watch music.
I watch music videos and such.
I used to do dance, so I watch a lot of dance videos.
-  I watch youtube.     - I watch it a lot!
- I watch it too.
What type of videos do you watch?
I watch music and variety shows.
I watch experiments and such...
So I watch famous people like Hikkakin and Hajime Shacho.
OR Mizutamari and such a lot.
I watch more beauty related channels.
About doing hairstyles,  makeup and such. I watch those channels a lot.
Do you get influenced by that?
- I am super influenced by that.
Do you go to some kind of beauty school right now?
We all just go to a normal university right now.
But I like that topic myself, so I am learning about it myself.
What's your recommended channel?
Toukai on air
What type of videos do they do?
- Just a variety really.
Little things. They are funny.
There is a beauty youtuber called Yokiki-kun and he...
has recently become famous. I watch his recent videos cause they are good.
I watch YouTube.  - I don't really watch it.
- I barely watch it at all.
When you watch it, who do you watch?
I used to watch Hajime Shacho.
What genre do you watch?
Just like the funny ones.
And sometimes makeup videos.
When you watch it, what do you watch?
The live performance footage of my favorite musicians.
The music video of my favorite singers or...
how to do my hair and such.
I watch the hairstyle, think I wanna try, but then never do.
Have you ever tried it out?
- No I got two left hands.
Do you sometimes watch Japanese Youtubers?
- I do!
I do watch Youtube a lot....
What is funny about Japanese YouTube channels?
I watch the makeup videos ....
and also some that don't really have much content and such.
I watch a lot of product reviews too.
I watch the "all you can eat" ones.
Or the ones where people try out all flavors of one thing.
I watch the stupid videos, I think.
What would you do if you have a Youtuber friend?
I actually have one but...
They are my friends, that's why I watch it...
They are not that funny really.
I watch a youtuber called Skypiece.
I like him and watch him a lot.
What does he do?
- A lot of stupid things.
Pretty silly, right!
Like having a major debut by doing a single or...
using 10,000 yen and having to eat that value in order to go home.
Stuff like that.
Those were all our questions, thanks so much.
"Live doing the things you love" is the title here that is
kind of the slogan of Youtube here in Japan.
There is a variety of youtubers specializing in different things
from fishing to fashion to anything really.
What I see is a big trend with the Japanese YouTubers
They spend a lot of money on things that normal people wouldn't spend their money on
and then just try it out.  So for example...
Using all of those heat patches that are there and  buying hundreds of them
and seeing, if your bathroom can become a sauna
Kind of, silly things that a general person couldn't do though.
I heard about a YouTuber team what they do is...
They try to do everything with maths but silly things with maths.
if a boat in an RPG game goes around with that speed around the world,
how fast is the boat actually, because the map is that big.
So they use maths to do silly things.
But they are kind of impressive because they use maths and do clever things.
Broad variety of what YouTubers do here in Japan.
Some have subtitles, some have no subtitles.
So you are left to your Japanese ability to find out what they talk about.
How about your country? Are there any famous YouTubers in your country
that are cool, that are fun and maybe have subtitles so I can check them out?
Let us know! In the box below leave us your Youtuber recommendation.
So we can maybe check out other YouTubers
Let me know what you enjoyed about them. Don't just drop the name.
Actually give us what it is about.
So we can actually enjoy it.
Mentioning YouTubers...
You know I have my own channel! If you haven't been there yet
be sure to come over and visit me on my channel.
And see all the crazy fashion things I or just like,  my life in Japan.
Would be nice to see you there. Looking forward to seeing you on my channel.
I am a bit more interactive on my channel... (to director) you might wanna cut that out
Anyways, there we go, wish you a lovely day and catch you soon on Ask Japanese
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