a warning to anyone who does try to move
here this is the cockroach infested
fridge that I bought on Craigslist this
is where I let's say I'm probably not
gonna do this again hi it's me you may
have saw on Twitter that I posted this
picture saying I'm moving to Japan
that's true I'm currently in Japan right
now and I've been here for about a month
first off let's answer all the obvious
questions what how why when on God's
earth and why did you decide to do this
you exorbitant sweep is that the right
usage of the word exorbitant a price or
amount charged excessively high it's
close but it's typically reserved for
money so I did use that word incorrectly
see only a month in Tokyo my English is
already gone poorer than it was point is
let's answer the obvious questions first
of all why why did you move to Japan
this is gonna sound like the dumbest
reason but honestly I had nothing better
going on like such a dumb reason but I
was in the very fortunate position of
being a youtuber who films videos in his
bedroom which means I can do my job
anywhere as long as I have a room with
all my stuff that I need to record a
video in thank you car for pawning your
hone I don't know hoarding your home
beeping your horn honking your horn
anything except for hoarding your horn
I've been living in London for about two
years and I was quite happy with London
I had a lot of good voiceover work that
I really enjoyed doing I really liked my
friends and all that but I'm 23 and I
got offered the opportunity to move to
Japan I'm single I had nothing really
keeping me there and I liked the idea of
moving to Japan I mean it sounds fun I
like anime I like manga of course there
was a part of me that was like okay and
another question if I'm thinking is
Connor do you speak any Japanese no not
at all not actually zero nothing and
Japan isn't known for being able to
speak a lot of English but it's been
fine so far I have done a lot of
practice and I have been learning quite
a lot I can read hiragana katakana now
which is somewhat useful but still I
know enough everyday phrases to get by
anytime I need to understand someone
desperately I will pull out Google
Translate on my phone and that normally
is completely fine yes it's not ideal
but I am learning and I am going to
classes to learn more Japanese because I
do want to improve it as I feel like
it's such a waste to move to a new
country and not learn
language I mean you're in the perfect
place to do it right so I'm doing that
I'm doing that third question is how did
you get this opportunity
what who just asked if you want to move
well I'm sure you guys know that I've
worked with a book or a lot I'm not
really sure what I'm allowed to say and
not say basically it's like an agent if
you will you're solving my sponsorship
deals for me because I hate it are you
talking to brands it was very
frustrating and I felt like it took up a
lot of time whereas I just wanted to
focus on making videos and I wanted to
focus on being creative having an agency
offered to help me do that is amazing
and please if you're watching this
please please do not worry this might be
another like defy media or another you
know machinima thing it's it's nothing
like that
they have zero control over me and my
channel I can do whatever I want I say
yes or no to everything everything is my
decision at the end of the day they just
bring me sponsors and they take a cup
it's pretty standard stuff so the
content please do not worry it will be
the same with a few little special stuff
sprinkled in as you'll see right here of
me going to your cafe
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a book yeah are you gonna do the noises
like sometimes do the normal stuff is
not going away the core of the channel
is still gonna be me being an idiot in
my bedroom I promise you that but there
will be a lot more just really
interesting and ambitious stuff
sprinkled in that's what I want and you
know for me as a content creator I
wanted an opportunity to make more
ambitious and more fun staffers I just
always want to keep pushing myself you
know if you've been a longtime viewer of
this channel one thing you know that I
do is mix things up a lot I have a very
different channel from when I started
I'd like to evolve I like to evolve with
my content and I'd like to think that
you the viewer also evolves with me and
your tastes change and hopefully I
adequately represent that and then
hopefully you keep enjoying what I keep
it floating that's why I'm hoping at
least by someone at my door got down at
your back oh yeah there is just some of
the packages I've ordered from China
there is way more down there I missed
you so much
yeah the hair thing hey it looks like a
midlife crisis I mean that's the only
way I can I can say it is let's say I'm
probably not gonna do this again but
chai monster I'll link her Instagram
down below she's an amazing hair stylist
offered to mess my hair up I just
couldn't resist I said yes yes but yeah
I don't think it's for me so I think
when this is gone you can expect the
brown hair back at some point
I'm really sorry for having to look at
best just this in general I mean and
this but yeah I've been here for a month
so what do I think what are some stuff
that I like some stuff that I hate
there's this thing that goes off at 4:00
p.m. every day and it creeps me out
feels like the purge is being announced
yeah I don't really get what that is I
think it's school ending because it's 4
p.m. right now like on the dot so I
think a school just ended but there's
always like cute sirens playing and
stuff and like I could be dying and I
wouldn't know because everything sounds
so positive here I miss greasy foods
sometimes I'm not gonna lie I love I
love Japanese food it is amazing it is
amazing but sometimes I just want a
really greasy pizza or you know and it's
it's so expensive it's like 30 bucks for
pizza I'm not paying 30 bucks for a
pizza I to me Domino's should be like 12
15 bucks max max but I'm not paying 30
bucks for a pizza
come on you can't expect me to do that
I'm already fat enough I don't want to
feel bad about buying the pizza and then
feel bad about eating it I want to feel
bad only about the second part right
that's normal I also had to buy a new
phone that was really fun and buy really
fun I mean not fun because I liked my
old phone and I had to buy a new one
because cell phone carriers don't work
with every phone here and even if they
do some networks just won't accept it
like you have to you have to buy the
phone through the network like you can't
just buy a SIM free phone like I had so
I had to buy a new phone and then cancel
the contract that I bought and then get
a new one and then that worked but then
that was 70 bucks a month which is
insane because that was like the
cheapest one how I might be ripped off
did they just rip me off because I'm an
idiot I mean yes I am but like what
being here now and being here for month
a and kind of being I Tim settled in
maybe I'd like to think I am at this
point it's weird it's weird being here
it definitely felt more like a vacation
for the first two weeks and you know
spending like a whole week or two weeks
just building furniture straight was a
nightmare
the furniture on Amazon sometimes came
with like the wrong screws and then
maybe I lost a screw and so I spent that
for like 20 minutes screwing in the
screw I realize I put it in wrong
because I can't understand the Japanese
instructions how to take it apart put it
back together
oh wait every others I did it right the
first time and then I take apart again
but the point is I have been here for a
month and yeah I'm really enjoying it so
far and there's a lot of like you know
things that might weep self really
enjoys the fact that I was able to buy a
jojo's manga in Japan
and yeah I can read hiragana and so it's
kind of cool cuz the kanji they always
put the hiragana next to it in like tiny
mini hiragana so if you if you do want
to read it you still can but you
obviously need to speak Aragona but I
translated it while ago and yes it's
very slow and totally ruins the manga
but it's a fun way of feeling like I'm
learning a little bit of Japanese whilst
also reading something super cool so
hopefully one day I can say that I
learned some form of Japanese from
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure that's that's
the only reason I've come here which one
I want to make that video I'm never
getting Shepard II that way and I also
made a tweet yesterday saying like how
my twelve year old self would freak out
if he knew I was gonna be playing
Pokemon like living in Japan it's like
little things that like oh and yeah I'm
really really loving it here I love life
here and people are very very polite and
I'm really nice to you I'm trying not to
do anything rude at all
I'm completely paranoid at all times
that I'm doing something rude like if I
just like shimmy the wrong way on a
train like I like you know I'm freaking
out because I just I don't want to I
don't upset anyone and I'm really
paranoid about doing anything wrong here
because everyone is so nice and they
just want to get on with their lives and
I don't want to ruin that which is why
you'll never see me filming in in like
on a train or anything because I can't
that social secondhand embarrassment
would murder me inside I'm too British
for that I only want to see just
pessimism and people drinking tea and
sadness that's what we want you know
being British I realized I'm completely
rambling here and I'm so sorry I guess
the main reason I want to make this
video is to say thank you and give you
guys in the loop I feel that you guys
deserve to know you know any any big
things in my life you know especially if
it's gonna affect the content on the
channel of what we're making and this
will be a big thing in a good way let me
add that asterisk it's not a bad thing I
didn't I didn't go to a forest yet okay
forest intensifies oh I should do a
house tour otherwise people gonna be mad
and comment on it right so we'll do that
this is my office
welcome there is Kermit it's pretty good
I'm honestly I'm coming I'm kind of
digging it this is the pile of wish and
cosplays that I thought that we will be
opening very soon go to my other rooms
this is the tatami room which is a like
a you know like the traditional flooring
I'm absolutely terrified of putting
anything in this room because I'm this
stuff feels like it would break super
easily so I'm not gonna do that this is
my bedroom it's a mess this is my living
room
it's pretty nice pretty nice let's go to
my kitchen this is the cockroach
investment fridge that I bought on
Craigslist for $50
I didn't know how cockroaches in it
until I got it three days later about
five cockroaches fell out so that was
really good what I've learnt from this
is uh don't buy stuff anything from
Craigslist I don't know why I thought
that was a good idea yeah I've cleaned
it I bleach the hell out of it it's all
good now it's all good
we have food now we have food it's it's
kind of a cute little small kitchen I
won't lie is my bathroom
sadly my toilet is not a amazing one
it's just a normal one I really want
hope that it had one with a foot warmer
and a butt clean up but yeah you can't
get everything on the miss use my
bathroom I didn't Paris properly I've
did a Jojo perfect this is where I judge
your purse every morning as you can
imagine I should really clean that but
I'm not going to do it we both know I'm
not gonna do it so let's not pretend
like I'm going to the best thing about
the bathtub right if you press this
button and then this button the bathtub
will start to fill automatically isn't
that cool
let's not waste water I don't wanna hurt
the water so that's a tour of my place
and probably filming some more videos in
the tatami room like the cosplay videos
and the unboxing videos so hopefully you
get to see more of my house there you go
that's the place is it way more room
than I need yeah I don't know why it was
so cheap though but hey here we are
maybe someone died in here I don't know
I haven't checked though please don't
jack I don't want to check I'm not going
to check that that's because there's
someone dead in here I'm gonna feel
awful and the reason it took me a month
to upload this video is mainly the
reason that I did want to have something
to share for the move to show you that I
was taking this seriously and that this
move is a big deal to me and I'm really
excited and also I want it to look and
sound amazing so we have a film crew for
it I bought some new expensive audio
equipment which my bank hates me right
now
but it's gonna sound and look amazing I
hope and you know what's the point in
moving halfway across the world and to
make videos specifically if you're not
gonna upgrade the quality if you're not
gonna make it look and sound amazing you
know what I mean I feel like it'd be
such a waste and I think you guys
deserve that kind of quality for me I
feel like I've been on YouTube for four
years you guys expect and want the
funniest okay maybe not the funny I mean
like mediocre level you know I mean at
least sound and look amazing you know
I'm a voice actor I've no excuse for not
sounding amazing oh there's also tons of
cat cafes here which are really
reasonably priced where you can play
like Smash Bros and get unlimited hot
drinks and and now I'm what I'm saying
that out loud I'm realizing why did I
live anywhere else for any amount of
time what may have cafes here hey a
warning to anyone who does try to move
here that isn't unlike a student visa or
anything it's really hard and it took a
very long time and we've been you know
planning this for about two to three
months in total I think and yeah my god
this round and I'm sure in the first
recording of this video I probably
looked way more stressed than now
because my god I was just like at the
end of my rope because it was just like
everything goes wrong you know with
visas and and how's anyone who's gone
through visas and and gone through
moving in and having to do both at the
same time it's like trying to juggle a
Rubik's Cube while trying to solve it
with your tongue only it's it's not fun
it's a little bit stressful and your
whole family will die if you don't solve
in two minutes it's kind of like that
kind of stress I imagine to say the
least
a cluster stress and anyone who is
thinking about moving to Japan not on
like a student teaching thing you know
because those visas are a lot easier and
normally everything is like sorted for
you if you are moving here on your own
or you are moving here for work just
prepare for it to be very difficult very
strenuous and just so long
so so long but now that I'm here I can
say that it's worth it and I feel very
happy about this choice and I feel like
I made the right choice but I did just
want to take this moment to genuinely
say thank you thank you the viewer for
sticking around and you know even when
you see one of those thumbnails or
titles you're like Connor the FBI is
gonna be knocking my boy if you don't
you'll calm down reading the girlfriend
application
Vidia was a really weird idea I don't
know why I did it but I'm really glad it
was a lot of fun but I admit I admit
that title was a little scary it was a
little like Conor Clark good bit of I
really really really oh god can I just
take one thing seriously for like 30
seconds or more no I can't because
talking about my feelings is really
scary and I should open up a lot more
and I'm trying to I'm trying to but
every time I'm talking about feelings I
got a cracker Joker I just put up with
it but over there but genuinely like
thank you I wouldn't be here without you
guys and the fact that you all support
me and give me memes on Twitter and that
one account on Twitter that keeps
replying to me the pictures of cocoon
from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is amazing
thank you keep doing that wherever you
are just dumb stuff like that really
makes me smile and the fact that people
shout at me when I'm tweeting really
late at night and tell me to go to bed
it's really sweet and genuinely feels
like you the viewer cares and cares
about me and cares about how I am and
what I'm doing and that means a lot
because I really care about you and I
really care about making content that
uplifts your day I get a lot of ladders
I got a lot of emails of people telling
them you know how much my content means
to me I mean wow I mean your kana your
videos mean a lot to you man that's
really cool you keep that up alright I
said what I say I'm talking about for
like that perspective them saying how
much my content means to them and it
really does mean a lot I may not have
time or the ability to reply to everyone
but I do read them and it does me a lot
that you know maybe my content or my
video helped you get through something
or maybe just made you smile on a bad
day I know how important that can be and
how much that can help and I just want
to say thank you and then I am trying my
best to make content that will make you
guys proud and that you content that you
guys can enjoy as well as content that I
can be proud of in content that I feel
expresses me and expresses my humor
accurately so thank you thank you so so
much for allowing me to be here and do
these crazy things I know this adventure
feels like it's just starting even
though we've been doing this for four
god damn long years
it kind of feels like it just started
all over again and I'm really really
excited for that and I can't wear to
wear those cheap Chinese cosplays in
Japan baby oh you know it's not these
nice so let me just say this I hope that
you all have an amazing day and I hope
that you continue to have an amazing
year I will make the best content that I
can for you and I will see you beautiful
weebs rather soon I'm gonna wheel away
now
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