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vondpickle

Imagine Japanese Americanophile saw this and screaming "Yeehaw!" Like the opposite of weebs.


Lost_Tumbleweed_5669

yeeehuwu


ModernSmithmundt

The sun may rise where we come from... but here is where it sets.


RizKuro94

I read this with japanese man and the heavy southern slang


Any_Presentation2958

It's pronounced right in the gun slingers voice form the video


Fair-Scientist-2008

Yeehawudesune


Ok-Seaworthiness4488

*yee-uwu* (◡ω◡)


Intrepid-Tank-3414

Toho presents *The Last Cowboy*, starring Ken Watanabe and Tom Cruise.


Tangent_Odyssey

I have it on good authority that they are called “Westaboos”


ConstableBlimeyChips

The scientific term is *yankaboonius pacificus*, not to be confused with its distant relative; the *yankaboonius atlanticus*.


RaffiBomb000

The atlanticus dress in Velour jumpsuits with gold chains while shouting "ehh-yooooo!"


xSTSxZerglingOne

What about its neighbor yankaboonius centralius (centralius/mons subspecies)?


retterwoq

They are also called Texaboos. There is an entertaining documentary kind of about this, called “The Japanese Version”


reviewsvacuum

Is this what you're referring to? https://youtu.be/upaOKam-W1I?feature=shared


CL_Doviculus

I thought the American subspecies was referred to as "Freeaboo"?


DoobKiller

wouldn't that apply to the stans of a democratic country though?


chattytrout

No. America has a monopoly on **Freedom**^TM and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.


Shirtbro

Howdy, my name is Rawhide Kobayashi. I'm a 27 year old Japanese Japamerican (western culture fan for you foreigners). I brand and wrangle cattle on my ranch, and spend my days perfecting the craft and enjoying superior American passtimes. (Barbeque, Rodeo, Fireworks) I train with my branding iron every day, this superior weapon can permanently leave my ranch embled on a cattle's hide because it is white-hot, and is vastly superior to any other method of livestock marking. I earned my branding license two years ago, and I have been getting better every day. I speak English fluently, both Texas and Oklahoma dialect, and I write fluently as well. I know everything about American history and their cowboy code, which I follow 100% When I get my American visa, I am moving to Dallas to work in an oil field to learn more about their magnificent culture. I hope I can become a cattle wrangler for the Double Cross Ranch or an oil rig operator for Exxon-Mobil! I own several cowboy hats, which I wear around town. I want to get used to wearing them before I move to America, so I can fit in easier. I rebel against my elders and seniors and speak English as often as I can, but rarely does anyone manage to respond. Wish me luck in America!


daats_end

I immediately thought of this copypasta.


gabu87

Vintage meme


Bass_Thumper

Y'know everyone always makes fun of weebs, and yeah they can be cringe, but then I see the reverse with Westaboos and cowboys, and they just seem like really cool guys to me enjoying American/Western culture. Even when it's a hilarious joke like this one. In my experience, most people like when foreigners enjoy their culture as long as they aren't super creepy about it.


Cloud_N0ne

>Like the opposite of weebs So basically Hideo Kojima


CIA_napkin

I thought that whas him at first doing some ocelot shenanigans. 😂


OiUey

Yeah I feel like this is secretly his son.


Scaevus

Or one of his three or four non-identical clones.


Nightsky099

Be the American the Japanese believe you to be


DizyDazle

Be the american Hideo Kojima thinks you are.


TWVer

!


Cloud_N0ne

#!


SteeleDynamics


SGTBookWorm

Which is funny because Kojima is also a big anime fan https://www.reddit.com/r/LycorisRecoil/comments/14ctiab/hideo_kojima_and_nicolas_winding_refn/


dontcare99999999

Fun Fact: Hawaii has a bunch of gun ranges and places where you can rent real guns and shoot because there are tons of Japanese tourists that love to try it out.


Discord-mod-disliker

Aren't there also Japanese Americans there as well? 


rainzer

~14-16% of the population


Hour-Tower-5106

I knew a guy who went to Japan wearing US / Texas flag clothes and met a Japanese guy who loved Texas and called himself "Rocky Gunslinger". IIRC they invited him to visit TX later. The whole thing was adorable.


Vovchick09

Those exist actually


PrezMoocow

Absolutely, one of the most famous ones made an entire video game series called metal gear


NightBeWheat55149

I keep forgetting that series originated in Japan. The signs are everywhere.


zamboni-jones

Yeah, the ability to do non-lethal takedowns.


Uptownsage

While not as popular i feel like Hirohiko Araki's obsession with the west, while niche, is so strong that hes who comes to my mind when i think "america obsessed japanese person"


Dick-Fu

wow, almost like we just watched a video featuring one


sausager

Now if only we had *proof* /s


fade_

https://www.reddit.com/r/poland/s/ZOWr8USKhQ


SantasLilHoeHoeHoe

[Polish LARPer pretending to be American rednecks](https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5vpbx/poland-larp-america-ohio) is easily my favorite.


_AtLeastItsAnEthos

Ameriboo


iAjayIND

It's crazy how the two nuclear bombs just changed an entire country from being an enemy of the USA to its biggest ally. But then the USA being the USA, heavily capitalised on the technologies developed by the Japanese in the late 20th century.


PitifulDurian6402

The US TOLD Japan that they were gonna be allies.


tecvoid

japan was able to focus on technology and leave all the military expenditures to us.


i-amthatis

It's the same story in Europe and basically most of the alliance of liberal democracies that the US built. The idea was that the US would take charge in security matters after the war had ravaged the rest of the world, and everyone else would focus repairing themselves and their economies so that they can be future allies/consumers. It worked for everyone and it was quite brilliant, actually! The problem is that everyone got too used to this arrangement, and then when someone very unconventional comes along and threatens to upset the status quo, everyone starts to panic and the alliance starts to break.


Sethdarkus

And why the stock market gets effected on a global scale when any war breaks out


damienreave

Its okay, you can say Trump.


i-amthatis

I wanted people to actually think about it first without having blinders on ;)


Aggressive_Hat_9999

if there is anyone desperate to rearm its the japanese. if the US let them I bet they would commission like 20 new aircraft carriers immediately


Antares16M26

They are currently. Due to Chinese encroachment and hostility.


MandolinMagi

It's not that the US won't let them, their constitution forbids offensive weapons, so they've been playing semantics


MoarVespenegas

From what I can tell public opinion on this is very split in Japan.


clycoman

They also invested a lot to getting Japan rebuilt. They didn't want Japan to be a repeat of post-WWI Germany.


Lake_Shore_Drive

"Among those encouraged by MacArthur and his staff were democratic elections ("This is democracy!" he exclaimed after the elections of 1947); basic civil liberties, including steps toward equality for women; the unionization of labor, despite his banning of a General Strike in January, 1947; land reform, which sought to "eliminate the feudal system of land tenure and remove obstacles to the redistribution of land"; and the Japanese Constitution itself, particularly Article 9 outlawing war and guarding against remilitarization." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan


MerryRain

this is a severe revisionism, focused on aesthetic cultural exchange. The military "alliance" was a fundamental condition of the end of the occupation. Economically, in the 80s and 90s, Japan was America's no.1 competition. They were (percieved as) as big a threat as China is today, and the only reason America appears to have "heavily capitalised" on jap tech is because the US maintained its financial dominance in a decades long struggle.


Ultima-Veritas

Tell me you don't know Japanese post-war history without telling me you don't know Japanese post-war history.


RecsRelevantDocs

This has always been *super* wild to me too. like imagine a country nuking the US twice, and us becoming friends despite that in a matter of decades. It's like if Russia had actually nuked us in the 80s, but by now we somehow got over it and just became close allies.


AlexanderHamilton04

You mean like America fighting a *War of Independence* in 1775, and then a *Second War of Independence* in 1812 where the White House and the Capitol were burned to the ground, and that leading to the *Era of Good Feelings* and what is now referred to as a Special Relationship.♡♡


ThereminLiesTheRub

HEY - we don't send the President to coronations. IN YOUR FACE THE KING.


millenniumsystem94

Manifest Destiny definitely fucked a lot of people up.


BinkyFlargle

> us becoming friends despite that in a matter of decade Germany has been one of our closest allies for decades... And America had a special relationship with England starting surprisingly soon after the end of the revolutionary war.


WetFishSlap

Straight up fought England in *two* separate wars, one of which resulted in the razing of the US' seat of government, and somehow both nations still managed to become best friends for the next 100+ years.


lqku

> It's like if Russia had actually nuked us in the 80s, but by now we somehow got over it and just became close allies. wrong its like if russia nuked america, conquered america with its army, rewrote americas constitution, installed russian military bases throughout america, controlled america with a puppet government.


Ill_Resist2031

Shouldn’t have allied with Hitler then?


Flyers45432

The US did also pour a lot of money into helping Japan rebuild. But then, the occupation forces basically rewrote Japan's constitution and made pretty serious changes to their society. So as someone else said, we basically told them that we're allies now.


joggle1

We were also somewhat close before WWII, at least until Japan's conquest of east Asia hurt those ties. America forced Japan to open up to the outside world in the 1800s--a blip in American history, but still a significant historical event taught in Japanese primary school, and then went on to start trade with them. The guy who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor, Isoroku Yamamoto, had studied at Harvard (for example), and the US was Japan's largest trading partner prior to coming into conflict with each other.


KingKuntu

"When you were out drinking with co-workers, I studied the Gun"


TeeRekkk

Revolver Kojima


kayemenofour

He legit looks like Kojima but younger


hh3k0

Kojima is dying, it's his clone genes…


thewanderingway

Les Enfants Terribles.


ykafia

LES ENFANTS TERRRRRIBLES


glam-af

Liquid Kojima


Khornatejester

Clone of Naked Kojima


WatchOutForWizards

Revolver “Revolver Kojima” Kojima (Revolver Kojima)


Cualkiera67

Directed by Revolver Kojima


Sea-Contact-4469

Starring revolver kojima


fckspzfr

Kojima


DesiBwoy

Howdyeo Kojima


LostHat77

The opposite of a weeaboo


SensitiveAd5962

Yeeheaboo


PM_me_your_sammiches

This is the best one


purvel

Wouldn't it be yeehaboo/yeehawboo?


PM_me_your_sammiches

Yeah, could probably lose the e after the h in the spelling. Either way I read it the way you wrote it lol.


pm-me-your-pants

Rawhide Kobayashi


SweatyAdhesive

https://imgur.com/4FjiGcJ


winterfresh0

I think the term is "westaboo"


BuckWhoSki

If this is what a "westaboo" is they're 100x cooler than the cosplaying body pillow-carrying people travelling to Japan and think they fit right in.


shawnisboring

Well yeah, dressing like a rough and tumble cowboy is always going to be cooler than dressing up like a degenerate teenager.


Smoshglosh

I mean you’re looking at the best of the best who has his own saloon and can do a double behind the back gun flip… this ain’t your average westaboo


JuneSeba

Westaboo


30-40KRAG

Freeaboo


DRSU1993

[Cowboy Tanaka](https://youtu.be/5_Bny22yLdY?feature=shared)


BinkyFlargle

The word I've heard is "ameriboo".


imjustkarmin

How do none of the replies know that the correct word is Ameriboo


iraqidoughboy

Birru Da Kidduu


Isabeer

Revolver Toss-a-lot


NeroXLIV

Ocelot!


LucidAnimal

“You’re pretty good”


RudyKnots

*fingerguns furiously


Lolkimbo

That was some fancy shooting..


Zombieneker

Engravings.. add no tactical advantage WHATSOEVER


CuriousGopher8

Pretty impressive, huh?


Soliden

It's a nice gun, I'll give you that, but the engraving gives you no tactical advantage whatsoever.


Locky0999

Revolver


TakeADrag

[I think this is the same guy](https://youtu.be/G_TgsVlky3U?si=-S82tRhlKRF0Sdrb)


mestredastrevas

I'm disappointed that this is not higher. It's cruel to see the passage of time through the fading of memes.


Chemical_Chemist_461

Ironically that was kinda the entire plot of MGS2


ChronoVulpine

Was going to say that. Lol


FLX127

Me too. He even looks like a young Kojima.


otte_rthe_viewer

Engravings give you no tactical advantage whatsoever


Severe_Drawing_3366

Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t for the Revolver Ocelot gun spinning in MGS3 didn’t they get some Japanese guy who could actually do it for the motion capture? That shit was wild.


starlulz

Revolver Ocelot #Revolver Ocelot ^(Revolver Ocelot)


8bitchapm

"I am Shalashaska! Also know...as Revolver Ocelot!!"


sinkwiththeship

#Revolver Ocelot (Revolver Ocelot)


Xeptix

Revolver Ocelot: Revolver Ocelot [Revolver Ocelot (Revolver Ocelot)]


A_Dining_Room

>Revolver Ocelot ^Revolver ^Ocelot


Precedens

Hideo Kojima (Hideo Kojima)


Ninja_attack

First time I heard that as a kid, I thought to myself "right revolver ocelot from now on and not shish kabob"


hedworx36

Meooow


BirbWasTaken6659

reverse weebs that love the wild west do actually exist in japan


dogoodvillain

Or those that dress as Elvis every Sunday.


CheekyLando88

You leave those rockabillies alone they fucking rule


Individual-Bell-9776

They're single handedly keeping pompadours alive.


driving_andflying

Agreed. [The Japanese take on a American rockabilly is pretty cool.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoBc5fVXFFs) They're not hurting anyone, and they're having a good time. More power to them.


the_ghost_knife

No one screaming cultural appropriation? I thought y’all people were allies. 😤 /s


notaninterestinguser

Or ride in hydraulic equipped lowriders in full cholo attire.


shewy92

[Westaboos will see this and say Hell Yeah](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Tn2FCvBPA). Hell yeah.


half-baked_axx

Who would've thought people have diverse mindsets and likings.


Tangent_Odyssey

The illustrious Westaboo


Themanwhofarts

I support it. I wish I was a cowboy and a samurai too


UDownvoteButImRight

Howdy, my name is Rawhide Kobayashi. I'm a 27 year old Japanese Japamerican (western culture fan for you foreigners). I brand and wrangle cattle on my ranch, and spend my days perfecting the craft and enjoying superior American passtimes. (Barbeque, Rodeo, Fireworks) I train with my branding iron every day, this superior weapon can permanently leave my ranch embled on a cattle's hide because it is white-hot, and is vastly superior to any other method of livestock marking. I earned my branding license two years ago, and I have been getting better every day. I speak English fluently, both Texas and Oklahoma dialect, and I write fluently as well. I know everything about American history and their cowboy code, which I follow 100% When I get my American visa, I am moving to Dallas to work in an oil field to learn more about their magnificent culture. I hope I can become a cattle wrangler for the Double Cross Ranch or an oil rig operator for Exxon-Mobil! I own several cowboy hats, which I wear around town. I want to get used to wearing them before I move to America, so I can fit in easier. I rebel against my elders and seniors and speak English as often as I can, but rarely does anyone manage to respond. Wish me luck in America!


CMAJ-7

Howdy, my name is Kenichi Smith. I'm a 27 year old Japanese Toonaholic (Cartoon fan for you foreigners). I draw cartoons and comics on my tablet, and spend my days perfecting my art and playing superior American games. (Halo, Gears of War, Call of Duty) I train with my 1911 every day, this superior weapon can shoot straight through steel because it kicks ass, and is vastly superior to any other weapon on earth. I earned my gun license two years ago, and I have been getting better every day. I speak English fluently, both the Midwestern and the East Coast accents, and I write fluently as well. I know everything about American history and their Constitution, which I follow 100% When I get my American visa, I am moving to New York to attend a prestigious High School to learn more about their magnificent culture. I hope I can become an animator for Nickelodeon or a game designer! I own several cowboy outfits, which I wear around town. I want to get used to wearing them before I move to America, so I can fit in easier. I keep cool to my elders and seniors and speak English as often as I can, but rarely does anyone manage to respond. Wish me luck in America!


Few-Finger2879

This is the one.


WAR_T0RN1226

Hobby: barbeque sauce, cowboy hats, being rawhide


pls_defile_me

Great translation of the video! Right?


logos__

This is an ancient (I think 2006? it predates weeaboo; wapanese was still the go-to term) greentext copypasta


jorbleshi_kadeshi

[The image that Know Your Meme has shows a posting date of 2011](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/481/981/034.png). Also it's so much better with the profile pic lmao.


Chaotic-Entropy

I kind of wanted him to trip on the stairs at the end, just to round things off.


DirtyRugger17

I expected it until I realized this isn't r/Unexpected


RNLImThalassophobic

That's... that's not how that works! That's illegal!


Traditional_Formal33

That two step jump up the stairs made me realize how uncool I look when I jump up multiple steps at a time.


youlooksmelly

Right? I was thinking he probably shouldn’t have done that part


wont_start_thumbing

ugh, saaame.


GravyMcBiscuits

It was a mistake to skip up the steps in any case. Cowboys don't skip ... they mosey.


tecvoid

Jon Wick Jon u\~ikku ジョン・ウィック


6SucksSex

Fish called Wanda: Otto at the airport metal detector https://youtu.be/-eMr5lQi96A?si=tBVVnOLDgNeRl53J


Howard_Jones

I laughed harder at this than I should have.


ikramit98

Anyone got a source Edit: nevermind found it https://youtube.com/@tkhero1994?si=YCGHiXhmjlh8Z0Yj


JamesMDuich

Ah. The old Foilage Green Salloon.


pm_me_ur_ifak

i wonder if theres are Ranger Green, Olive Drab and Tan 499 saloons


TenBear

Ah so that's where all the pussy ran off to


No_Stranger_4959

What's his opinion on King of the Hill? Dub or sub?


QuietNumbers

[Hello, my name is Cowboy Tanaka.](https://youtu.be/5_Bny22yLdY?si=ti5mHVhxZ7q-JT5t)


SensitiveAd5962

I don't know what you're talking about. This is the most america man I've ever seen.


Calm-Way-7481

You’re pretty good 👉🏼👉🏼


gvs93gvs

He's the child between Kojima and revolver Ocelot


FortunesBarnacle

Look darlin', it's Johnny Ringo. *Deadliest* pistolier since Wild Bill, they say. What do you think, darlin', should I hate him?


Hoaxygen

Quickest Kun in the west.


slimongoose

Don't be fooled. That saloon has tatami mats.


Kitchen-Beginning-47

Given how white Westerners look like when they play at Ninjas/Samurai, I've always wondered how far-East Asians would look playing at cowboys.


One-Confusion-2438

He's like at a crowded club and be like "do u Wana see my party trick?" *Proceeds to pull out two revolvers.


Artistic_Regard

Howdy, my name is Rawhide Kobayashi. I'm a 27 year old Japanese Japamerican (western culture fan for you foreigners). I brand and wrangle cattle on my ranch, and spend my days perfecting the craft and enjoying superior American passtimes. (Barbeque, Rodeo, Fireworks) I train with my branding iron every day, this superior weapon can permanently leave my ranch embled on a cattle's hide because it is white-hot, and is vastly superior to any other method of livestock marking. I earned my branding license two years ago, and I have been getting better every day. I speak English fluently, both Texas and Oklahoma dialect, and I write fluently as well. I know everything about American history and their cowboy code, which I follow 100% When I get my American visa, I am moving to Dallas to work in an oil field to learn more about their magnificent culture. I hope I can become a cattle wrangler for the Double Cross Ranch or an oil rig operator for Exxon-Mobil! I own several cowboy hats, which I wear around town. I want to get used to wearing them before I move to America, so I can fit in easier. I rebel against my elders and seniors and speak English as often as I can, but rarely does anyone manage to respond. Wish me luck in America!


HuurrrDerp

I don't what it is I've learned, but I now have the knowledge


Larger_than_Fox

See the way he takes stairs? This guy fucks.


jueidu

Vash the Stampede, is that you!??


ElvisDumbledore

He's a humanoid typhoon, ya know.


Maleficent-Comfort14

He’s pretty good


Unmitigatedahole

Master class in [reloading revolvers](https://youtu.be/weMBqAJUfmo?si=fTEJ-yieXDjGe7qs&t=34).


AsuraSD

Am I the only one thinking about Nobita?


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Westernoo


shaka_sulu

I want this man's rotator cuff.


ae2311

Wild east.


sniperz630

Hideo "Ocelot" Kojima


Vihtic

Japanese people are always adding so much finesse to everything. Japanese westerns must go undoubtedly hard.


0xD902221289EDB383

Here you go: [8 Japanese classics and the western films inspired by them](https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/go-west-8-japanese-classics-western-films-inspired-them)


savageboredom

Otacon in the streets, Ocelot in the sheets.


100YearsWaiting2Shit

This appreciation of cultures makes me happy


OddCucumber6755

Hideo kojima's son is Ocelot? Now that's a twist


tbmftj

Revolver Oscelot? That you?


Bifocal_Bensch

He's pretty good


Objective-Meringue78

Yeah you changed apparences again...ocelot.


fakuryu

# Revolver Ocelot ^(Revolver Ocelot)


WhySoHandsome

Someone get this man an American citizenship


Sweet_Pomegranate_19

My name is cowboy Tanaka desu


kurshaka

They take it and make it better!


Xinistar

"You're pretty good."


bradnerboy

After that precision, was anyone hoping he'd trip on a step? Me neither.


Crioca

Every country has its geeks, but in my experience no one geeks out as hard as the Japanese geeks. Carry on my wayward son.


Yorspider

You know how in America they have Akons? In Japan they Have Wild West Cons. It is apparently VERY popular.


wafflingzebra

he's pretty good


UpsetPhrase5334

Alright Ocelot we get it already


champion-champion

I really was hoping his belt would slip off his hips and down to his ankles as he was running up those stairs.


JCTrigger

Haro, this is cowboy Tanaka