Are you wapanese?
 

Quite simple, do you consider yourself being a wapanese, or do you just have Japan related interests?

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can you clarify what "wapanese" is, please?

wats wapaneese?

It's probably like wanna be Japanese........

hmm....well in that case, hell yeah. and i'm not afraid to admit it.

A vulgar, but close to the truth explanation can be found here.

lol oh nope not a wapaneese lol
i jus find the culture intrestin lol^^
nothn else at times i do think som pple take it to far

Fully agree with you on this one

K....the guy who wrote that is an idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!......and yes I am somewhat Wapanese......not too bad though.....or good I should say.....cause it's cool to be Wapanese...

1st of all, why the Hell, do you think i am an idiot, if you don't like the question, don't answer it!
2nd thing- god damn it, i wish i could make you answer for your own words in the real life...

well, after viewing that, i'm still kinda saying yes. but i so totally understand the wigger comparison. but i don't try to be Japanese. i understand that i am white (french, british, and lebanese, to be exact). i am just a big fan of the japanese culture. and kids at my school who are Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, or any other Asian ethnicity, they dont' really embrace their culture. and i've never understood that. ever since i can remember, since i was like 4, i've been obsessed with Japanese culture. but i guess they're just like me...only opposite.

wait.....you wrote the thing on wikipedia!!!!???......just goes to show how bad of a site it is!!!!:rheart: :rheart: :rheart:

All wikipedia type sites are edited by common folk such as ourselves. Teachers where i live are starting to downgrade reports and projects if a student uses wikipedia for this reason.

No, i did not write that... and the site is not wikipedia, it's encyclopediadramatica btw :P

sorry for getting the site wrong.....I was only on for a second or two, got disgusted and left......lol.......

yep i am i will admite it

Wapanese isn't that you like Japanese a lot. Its more or less the white (generally American) version of an Otaku ( fan boy/girl) heres a better explanation.


haha never mind

And No I don't consider my self Wapanese. I more of a lover of the Language and culture.

same here.

Some one had edited that on wiki and its gone now... well any ways

Shouldn't the word be Japanophile? =___=
Bah if it means I like Japan a lot or too much then yes!!!

What's wapanese?

Rikku how do you know that person!??

Japanophile actually means that you have a strong interest and knowledge/scholarship in one or more aspects of J-culture (same as Francophile, Germanphile, etc goes to their corresponging countries).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanophile

Wapanese, on the other hand, is a person who idolizes everything about Japan, believing that the grass is greener there and the sun shines brighter, that is why one will try to be as similar to Japanese people as possible... quite oftenly, taking it too far and becoming an exile of their own culture. The term "wapanese" (White + Japanese = Wapanese) has been typically used on Americans who tend to be/ act like they were Japanese, but recently this label is being attached to people from all over the world, who have exaggerated interest in Japan...

Er no, not entirely.

I love Japanese people, their counrty, history, art and culture. Yes I also love the anime and manga. However, I do shower, and I don't spend my days buying bunches of "plastic craps". I do have action figures though, lol. :p

That site is rediculous. Its just stereotyping.

Theres nothing wrong with enjoying another culture more than your own. Its all personal opinion. They love America for the most part, and try to be like Americans. Not all of course.

i am japanese living outside of japan or so we call
外国日本

WoOT I luvv japan. But I'm not a wapanese. Because I'm black and not white. America rulez....after Japan.

haha, i would have been.. but then i found reggaeton music, and i cant stop dancing to it.. though i love my jrock

lol^ name me sum artists u lik?

hey thats pretti mean u knw
gosh its not lyk anyone goes against wat u start for a thread!

hey thats pretti mean u knw
gosh its not lyk anyone goes against wat u start for a thread!:mad:

Wapanese? Hillarioussss! Definetely not! But I thinks it's quiet funny word!

Nope. Asisans can't be wapanese can they.

Why not? Can't it be anyone not Japanese?

Edit: You mean asians, right? =_=
Or assassins? >.>

hey man.....ouch....that was kinda cold...........lol.....yeah......I was a tad harsh.....:rheart::rheart::rheart:

haha lol
i'm not wapanese
i like Japanese things but i don't take it too far as to dress like a lolita (hate them) or go to anime convetions...i admit i watch anime and listen to jrock but i know what i'm sayin when i speak the lil japanese i do know.i've never had pocky and i'm not gonna kill myself to get it.like i said i like Japanese things but i don't take it too far....

no i'm not :D

but I wasn't talking about the thread.....I like the thread.....I don't like the little article.....:rheart:

I know that i'm not wapanese because wapanese means white japanese...just like how wigger means....well, you know :ywave:

Anyways, I follow my own style, eat what I like, and talk however i like. I don't try to be japanese by calling ppl blahblahblah-san or w/e. That'd be just very annoying. I just adore the music and I just have an interest in the asian cultures.

Im not even white. lol
So what would you call a native wanting to be Japanese?

And with my first post here I respond to this topic.

Wapanese and Japanophile are one in the same. Wapanese/Weeaboo means wannabe Japanese not white Japanese. ED tends to go by the internet rule "racism is always funny".

As for Japanophile however it's termed.
親日派 - Wikipedia
There's the Japanese word. Seriously, put Japanophile in wikipedia, click on the 日本語 link.

kanji: 親日派, hiragana: しんにちは and romanized as shinnichiha.
And it means any not Japanese person who holds a positive opinion of Japan. Basically, the opposite of a Japanophobe.

And yes, I am a Japanophile. I signed up for this forum because I am a Japanophile and want to talk about Japan.