Things first start off in groups
Praise and applaud
protection and support
mocking and hating
talking about your likes and interests
touching
they will research what you're doing on your day off
they will do something nice and unexpected for you
jealousy
number 10
Hey guys and girls on Ask apanese it's CathyCat this time we're going to talk
about 10 signs that a Japanese boy might like you
based on Japanese Shojo Manga. Hehehe.
Not just in your country but everywhere around the world girls, especially girls
but also guys
E verywhere around the world girls also guys but very much girls
love to talk about love and romance and similar
things like that and the director walking through the
screen and today we're going to talk about
set 10 signs that a japanese boy might be into you
What did you just do director???
Number one: things first start off in groups so
generally in a shoju manga setting that might be the school or similar things
like that but generally maybe a club within the
school or some kind of common hobby or going
somewhere with the group of friends... might be amusement park
karaoke things like that and in that group
there might be that one boy who just talks a little bit
more with you, spends a little bit more time with you
comes a little bit closer to you, maybe that boy is a little bit more interested in you
or maybe he just wants to find out
what kind of person you are. So this is your first chance to
get a little bit closer with a japanese boy is: first go out with the big group
That's because generally in Japan a guy and a girl just hanging out by
themselves friendships and stuff doesn't it depends
on which people you are but at the start generally people tend to first
do things in a larger group and then the larger group will get smaller and smaller
so your first chance is actually that and
one of the boys in the group comes a bit closer hangs out a bit more
maybe you got a chance...
Number two praise and applaud
Have you ever seen a girl getting like loads and loads of attention and praise
from a boy well that is something that
already shows that there are certain interests between both of them
happening so for example: If you do something very very good or
work on something ... if a boy comes up to you and praises you for that
then might be it might be a sign
so for example go with the anime cliche
if you say you can cook very well he said
he might say "Oh that is great that you can cook so well"
and then he might think "Oh i wish she would make some food for me" and that's
your chance to make him a nice bento box oh bake some cookies I guess
or if you get a really good score on your test you might say OMEDETOU (congrats)
and maybe think to himself "Now, i need to study a bit harder"
and you're like "I cheated on 90%"... just kidding don't cheat on your tests!!!
If you say you're going to go on a diet then hopefully he'll say
"You don't need to go on a diet"
But generally any kind of praise or applaud or kind of attention and stuff
like that is hopefully hopefully hopefully a good time
What kind of praise .... would you actually like?
I think I must say I prefer to be praised for for the things I do
for other things I do like
I prefer to be praised for the hard work I put into things I guess
But how is that for you? Let me know in the comments
Let's move on
Number three: protection and support
When a boy is interested in you
he will try to protect you he will save you in troublesome situations
and he'll try to support you. That might be simple things or dramatic
in the anime and manga sense
So for example... while you just went to karaoke
"Oh my me! I lost my wallet!"
"Shall I call the cops?"
"Thank you! You're so helpful!"
"You are so cool!!!"
"Oh noooo a roach!!!"
Leave it to me girl!
"You are so cool, you saved me!!!"
"Ok I will make the curry!"
I will peel the potatoes, give me a knife!
When boys like a girl they'll generally want to help her and save her and take care of her
because your unhappiness is their unhappiness meaning making you happy
makes them happy! So even if they have to go out and do a
dramatic hero rescue they might do it... they might even do the anime scenario
and stand in front of the class and go like
"Don't you go bullying on Eiko. Eiko is such a good girl actually truly..."
i wish someone would have ever done that for me ever (school sucks)
But yeah that was point number three
Number four: mocking and hating
In Japan there is a phrase called "The opposite of love"
Meaning the opposite of love is hate it's like two sides of one coin
and that might apply to the guys
who seem to mock the main girl or mock the girl quite a lot
they wanna see her reaction they wanna see "What does she do
if i do this or i do that?"
and what uh ...? yes look at the cool t-shirt!!!
It's splatoon! So for example if the girl eats a burger he'll go
"If you eat that much you will get fat!"
Or he will tap your left shoulder but actually walk on the right shoulder
things like that... or you have a snack and you go "Can I have some?"
and he just gives you the wrapper....... And you're like hmmm
If the mocking however gets a bit too extreme and it actually gets kind of
mean you should definitely call them out on it.
But if it's like cute little things and if there's not too many of them
then it's definitely cool to see
how they want you to react and then maybe maybe reverse the thing maybe mock
them back a little bit
See how that goes (only friendly banter though!)
Have some tea for your break!
Whaaaat? ........ like that
Number five: talking about your likes and interests.
Now for girls you know when girls are with each other it's easier for us to talk
with each other about like "what kind of what's your type?"
What's your type or what do you like now? That's a lot harder between a
boy and a girl especially in Japan so going...
reaching that topic is pretty difficult because japanese boys don't tend to talk
about it that much
and especially compared to the west it's
again shrouded a little bit in mystery, you know very difficult so
It might take you some time to find out these things.... don't break it into them
right at the start... wait for it, take your time and once you reach a good situation
where you can kind of like sniff around each other and find out
what your kind of type is... then you're already in a good area because if
they're interested in what your type is, they're kind of
already doing a little bit of research in what you like
Would they classify as your type? Things like that.
And if they don't like you...
they're gonna try and get out of that conversation soon
or at least in that conversation somehow make it known that
you're not on their range of interests during that time so if you're
lucky and you are going getting close enough
to a boy to find out what kind of types they like
then you're already on a good on a good range just
Just don't make mess it up by... given your ideal that is way far away
from what they are... unless that's what you want to i don't know
don't scare them off with a really high ideal
Also generally Japanese boys don't really
like to hear about previous partners or similar things you had before...
So maybe... I wouldn't say don't keep it a secret but if they don't ask for it and
if they look that they don't want to know it..............
Maybe don't rub it into their faces. That's something you can
talk about with each other once you feel a bit more comfortable with each other
Number six: Touching. Now you might already know this from our interviews
but japanese people don't really get that physical
Even couples that are in long-term relationships
don't really get physical in public and especially married people in Japan
don't get very touchy in public... never seen it
So on that note, also having some kind of touching happening in public even when
you're not together is a real rare thing so don't expect them to come and give you
like a big hug or a kiss on the cheek
All these kind of things it's a lot more subtle in Japan.
When you look into the books maybe there's like....
In some mangas they're very outgoing boys who do that
but generally the shy types, the ones that are more modeled on real life...
don't tend to really do that and it also takes them some time
and then once they come close it might be little things like
Just as a slight tap on the arm or a slight touch on your shoulder
or when you've done something really well that's a Japanese thing i think
they pat your head like "Good job" and pat your head
and little things like that. It's short it's generally not too close
and those kind of little gestures show that they would like to touch you
but they're kind of still holding it in and holding it back
So these little little nuances are something to look out for
And you can for example see the other way around the same anime and manga is
A girl will not randomly grab a boy's arm
direct skin contact but she might just pull on his sleeve and hold him back
if he's walking too fast, so very very subtle compared to the West
but yeah watch out for those little little touches
he might not give you a big hug and he might not kiss your cheek but
When you're walking next to each other for a brief moment
your hands or your arms might touched and it's like "Oh my our skin just touched!"
Oh when you walk, you're strain your ankle then he'll
come and he'll gently gently touch your ankle
and then take off your shoes because your shoes are hurting so much
and then he takes you in a fireman's lift like a princess and carries you all
the way home..... ah so realistic and then you have a
paper cut while you're also getting carried.... and then you
have this paper cut and then he just comes over and then he
he he generally he uh puts your finger in his mouth and this is totally not
happening in real life
That stays probably only in the world of manga but
a girl can dream a girl can dream...
Ew
Number seven: they will research what you're doing on your day off
And that's actually a vital part because they will not ask you what you're gonna
do next weekend, they'll ask you what you did last weekend
and in that way they're trying to find
out: "What does she like? What does she do on her day off? What are her hobbies, her interests
and is that maybe something that matches with me?
Is that maybe something that we can do together
So for example if you say you went to a nice cafe maybe he might go and research
a couple of cafes in case you guys go to somewhere so he
go he can show off that he knows about this or if you say you have a certain
interest in something that's what he did last week and then he
might go: "Okay maybe when we go somewhere i can take
her to something like that!" So if you say "I like classical music"
and you've been to a concert last week
Maybe he'll look up classical music concerts go like "Oh you know what i just
happened to have two tickets to this classical music thing...
Would you like to come with me?!" So he's not gonna ask you what you're gonna
do in the future but the past, to find out more about you
apparently if you go and and some guys just commented
just ask "What are you going to do next week and you want to hang out?"
Then then they might be a bit shallow, they might be on the shallow side but if
they first find out what you really want and
spend some time and effort being interested in that and looking
into that and researching into your likes and dislikes
It shows that they already want to go one step ahead research into your life
and see if they can make you happy with all that research... that they have done.
Number eight! Oops number eight: they will do something nice and unexpected for you
so uh with all that research and all these things they might be just doing
something really really nice and unexpected
They might just come up with maybe that ticket or they might just
go like "Oh i bought too much of these sweets have some"
even though they actually bought them for you ....or little things or like
A really dramatic anime scenario that might be coming:
cycling all the way just to give you this one thing or wish you good luck
it's that little unexpected kindness that kind of makes you go "AAAh!"
"Unexpected kindness! Thank you so much! You thought about me
or you remembered this day or you're the only one who remembered it was my birthday or the
only one who remembered this was this very special day with this very special
thing i was about to do
So much romance.
Number nine: jealousy!
Your manga boy might be perfect in every aspect: kind, gentle, sweet thoughtful but
they might actually get jealous! Meaning in certain situations they will
certainly react out of the blue not the kind of same way that you would
generally expect them to react so if you may be talking too much
with another boy they might suddenly come into that conversation and try
get into that conversation or they might go "What did you talk about with him?"
So what did you talk about with them? Or if you maybe
are in a situation with your other boy who's making you feel uncomfortable
they might actually come in and go "Don't dare touching my girl!"
Similar things like that... so these might be the situations where they're so
kind, gentle and sweet and kind of soft boys might turn into
....might show a little bit more of the jealous side
subtly or maybe more outcoming... so that way you also know why at least
they're that much interested in me that they're kind of getting jealous
obviously if they're getting too jealous or possessive
that isn't a good thing either.... but the manga boys
ah the manga boys they just get the balance right
Number 10 is actually gonna be your turn let me know in the comments what a
typical sign is that a japanese boy a manga boy might like you!!!
Any tropes or random ideas you have let
them know let them be known in the comments and we're looking forward to
reading those. So give us your trope ideas what
what would show best that a Japanese anime manga boy
likes you shoujo style!!!
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