A very muscular man who has a cute smile
If someone like the Rock actually was scared of ghosts, that would be very cute
Hey guys and girls.... on Ask Japanese it's your flashy fashion reporter CathyCat
Here from the Tokyo summer coming out to you guys
Guess what this time we are gonna ask Japanese people...
If they feel the word "GYAPU MOE" with foreigners. That is the kind of like
Breaking expectation in a cute way that make you go like "that's cute I did not expect that"
Let's find out when they look at a foreigner, what surprises them and makes them go "oh that's actually kinda cute"
Let's go and Ask Japanese
GYAPU MOE is a very Japanese cultural word but
Have you ever felt a Gyapu-moe moment with a foreigner?
When a man who wears sunglasses and looks quite scary
does something nice, like offering an old lady a seat
I feel that when a foreigner, despite their looks, does something nice.
Like ladies first treatment? - Yes
Or a very muscular man, who has a really cute smile
A man with many scary tattoos who looks scary
And then his smile is just cute. That's Gyapu-moe
Did you see a thing like the seat offering?
I saw that on the train...
We were both talking about the scary looking foreigner. Then an old lady got on the train
without saying anything, he got up from his seat for her.
That's so nice. Thanks for that story
Since you mentioned muscular men, any kind of food that he ate that would give you that emotion?
If he ate sweets - What type?
Things with a strawberry on top or a pancake. That would be cute
You mentioned guys with gyapu moe, do you feel like that with girls? (the answer was no)
Looking at foreigners, who gives you the gyapu moe
If a foreigner wore cute Japanese characters on their clothes
Scary looking guy with a pokemon keychain - that would look cute
What is gyapu moe to you?
When despite their looks there is a glimpse of another side of them
A gap in what they present to the outer world
If I wasn't a pink frilly girl like I am now, but a super suits wearing career woman
What would I have to do for you to feel that gap?
If you were a little bit clumsy
Little things like, forgetting to turn your microphone on
Oh no it's off
Also if your reaction was expressive
I would feel that gap
Gyappu moe is used in Japan, there is no direct translation in English
When looking at a foreigner, what surprising gap moe moments do you see?
When a scary person does something nice
When a Yankee deliquent
saves an old lady
When I went to America... see in Japan we have a bad image of people with tattoos
In america some wear it like fashion
A scary looking tattooed guy helped a lost girl in a supermarket and explained it to the staff
She found her parents in the end. That breaking of expectation despite his looks was quite heart warming
Super nice story... and we are getting lots of non-consensual sneaky picture takers right now
Wow is this happening again? Earlier there was a guy who carried a big camera and kept filming us
Well well well
After that experience, did you realize that a foreigners looks and heart are different?
Since I was raised in Japan, I had a bad image about tattoos too but
When I got used to life abroad, I learned to live with it
I realized that that is not a gap in expectations, but that he is simply a good person
Did you ever feel gap moe with foreigners?
I used to think all foreigners are great communicators, and was surprised to learn there are also shy people.
In Japan there's the image that all Americans are super friendly yay but there are also shy people - exactly
Do you know THE ROCK?
If you had to five THE ROCK a gap moe point what would it be?
He is so muscular, so It would be funny if he was scared of ghosts or something like that
When do you feel the gap moe with foreigners?
When a muscular guy has a tattoo that says in Japanese "I love"
Seeing tattoos like that is kinda cute - Cute
When the kanji is WRONG would you feel that too?
I would not feel the gap moe but I would at least know he is interested in Japanese culture
There are some girls on Tictok who are super pretty but are showing their face without makeup too
Their no-makeup face looks so tired but their makeup looks amazingly cute
Being able to show that is nice. - Nice
When do you feel gap moe with foreigners?
When a foreigner likes a Japanese anime character. That's a gap
Why
Foreigners seem to be so slender
Rather than cute things, abroad beautiful things seem to be a thing
When instead they are attracted to cute things, that is a major stretch
What anime would a foreigner have to watch for you to feel that way?
Ponponpurin - That cute character - Super cute right
When would even a foreigner give you gap moe feels?
A cool looking person that comes to Japan just to look at cutesy things
That's breaking expectations for me
What cutesy things?
People like you girl, who wear super cute clothes
Or who come to enjoy cute characters
Which characters would be cute?
Sanrio Characters and such
Sanrio! You are wearing their My Melody
That character is so cute
So no matter how cool someone is, if they enjoy cute things, you feel gap moe?
I feel that a lot
Gyapu Moe is apparently something you feel when you look at Bob Sapp...
He is loved here in Japan, he looks very very strong...
But he also has a very cute and endearing smile and...
I know that because of my podcast in which my co-host Ladybeard
pulled me apart for not knowing Bob Sapp
And I still feel absolutely terrible lol
I will probably never live that down but if you are curios about my podcast check out my socials
I actually do a podcast with the Wrestling, Idol multi-talented Ladybeard as wellJ
It's called CAT WITH BEARD
If you would like to find out more things about Japan, Cat with Beard is the name of our podcast
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