Why is japanese history so overrated?

>Be japanese
>live on a tiny island
>become civilized hundreds of years after your neighbours
>have all your culture be a copy of Chinese culture
>have meaningless wars over pity feudal disputes for almost a millennium
>only reason mongols didn't invade was because you where lucky enough to have them hit by a large wave
>didn't bother to try and do a major invasion again because your island is so insignificant
>have shitty resourches so you invent the most overrated weapon of all time: the Katana
>your warlords sells part of your population to portugese merchants who then sells them as slaves to African warlords
>stay in the medieval era all the way to the mid 19th century because you isolate yourself like an autist because reasons
>Industrialize
>pretty much copy western culture the same way you copied chinese
>get forced to end your isolation and trade with the rest of the world because the americans parked four scary looking ships in one of your ports
>wage a meaningless war against your former feudal warlords that chimped out because of industrialization
>win a meaningless war against russians because of sheer luck
>some years later
>start to attack your neigbhourse when they are weak because of civil wars
>attack european colonies when they have their troops fighting in europe
>think you are creating a great empire
>get hybris and attack America
>oh shit they aren't weak like our neighbours
>don't have enough resourches because nobody wants to trade with you anymore
>literally have to send young men on suicide missions
>can't feed your own armies
>get your ass kicked by america
>surrenders
>Emperor rejects his divinity, pretty much proving that millions of you people died for nothing
>stil worship him like little sheeps
>don't have any military so they are an american protectorate instead
>make cartoons for autistic manchildren
>work like ants
>males are too beta to have a gf so they have fake viritual gfs
tfw you realize japanese are the KANGZ of East Asia

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Because people are attracted to the Zen-style aesthetics of certain aspects of the culture and the ways in which the history both mirrors and differs from European history.

But yeah, I don't even know what the fuck the point of the Russo-Japanese war was. What did the Japanese gain other than bragging rights and some bare land? Did they gain anything worth 50,000 or so dead Japanese boys?

It's overrated because everyone forgets the Heian period like you did

>have meaningless wars over pity feudal disputes for almost a millennium
You act as if this wasn't a guarantee of interest from the masses and the experts both.
Stability is boring, man. There's a reason the middle ages are far more talked about than the early modern period.

t. kim longbong

youtu.be/Mh5LY4Mz15o

Here's a great video on the topic

But the early modern period was chock-full of wars

feudal europe was boring as shit, it only became interesting during the early modern period

>literally the only east asian country to industrialize and modernize basically over night without european subjugation
>which proceeded to win a war against a european superpower, which was the first time in fucking history a european power lost a conventional war to a non-european one, absolutely shocking the entire world
>becomes the hegemon of the far east until USA fucked their shit up

Meanwhile, chinks were charging machine guns unarmed because they thought they were protected by magical powers, lmao. Also, regarding western interest in the sengoku jidai period has probably something to do with the fact it's analogous to european middle ages, what with the knight/samurai superficial similarities, so it's kinda familiar yet still distinct.

>make cartoons for autistic manchildren

You wouldn't have a place to post your butthurt drivel if not for those cartoons, Xinghao Kim.

Tbh Kofun&Yayoi periods > Heian period.

>early 20th century russian empire
>superpower

>>literally the only east asian country to industrialize and modernize basically over night without european subjugation
literally the only asian country stable enough to do it
>>which proceeded to win a war against a european superpower, which was the first time in fucking history a european power lost a conventional war to a non-european one, absolutely shocking the entire world
stil it's literally a meme war over useless land only won by sheer luck.
>>becomes the hegemon of the far east until USA fucked their shit up
stil literally a paper tiger, only become powerful because of the power vaccum that happend because China was destabilized
>You wouldn't have a place to post your butthurt drivel if not for those cartoons
it's ineviable that something similar would be invented sooner or later, the idea of an imageboard ain't that revolutionary

>hurr japanese extremely distinct historical achievements for a far eastern country don't count 'cause reasons

epic

>it's ineviable that something similar would be invented sooner or later, the idea of an imageboard ain't that revolutionary

I mean, yeah, just fucking look at all those other popular alternative imageboards that aren't rooted in anime subculture one way or the other!

The only reason Veeky Forums became a thing was because a 15 year old american anime fan wanted easier access to hentai for him and his buddies from an anime subforum. The proposition that something similar would simply pop up all by itself is rather tenuous.

>hurr japanese extremely distinct historical achievements for a far eastern country don't count 'cause reasons
what achievments aside from sacrificing thousands of men for meaningless land,.
even fucking mongolian steppe niggers had a bigger impact on history
>epic
dosen't make it less true weeb
>I mean, yeah, just fucking look at all those other popular alternative imageboards that aren't rooted in anime subculture one way or the other!
what is this suppose to prove, my point was if it wheren't for anime imageboard there would be something similar anyways, only reason those aren't popular is because Veeky Forums came first
>The proposition that something similar would simply pop up all by itself is rather tenuous
a site where you can post anonymous still isn't revolutionary, it existed before Veeky Forums, it's inevitable that someone would figure out that it would be a good idea to allow people to post images too

*forgot to put in questionmarks

Feudal periods are boring and uninteresting. Europe becomes interesting mid 15th century with the end of the Middle Ages

>which was the first time in fucking history a european power lost a conventional war to a non-european one
Lmao Mongols fucked up europeans before the japs

WEW LAD, another quallity /pol/ thread.
Opps I meant ?his/. It's getting difficult do tell them apart

I prefer Heian but I only mentioned it because it escapes all categorisation by OP since it's that time between Chinese influence and feudal disputes. A good 400 years omitted.

>your warlords sells part of your population to portugese merchants who then sells them as slaves to African warlords

Anyone got more info on this? This is an interesting and unexpected slavery type.

It's from wikipedia but whatever there are sources on it
"Japanese slave women were even sold as concubines to black African crewmembers, along with their European counterrparts serving on Portuguese ships trading in Japan, mentioned by Luis Cerqueira, a Portuguese Jesuit, in a 1598 document"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Portugal

I think the disputed region had coal and iron desu, just like that territory Bismarck conquered from France that I forgot the English name.

>meaningless land

The end of russo-japanese war resulted in russia fucking off for good from their colonial ambitions in the the far east, manchuria and korea isn't "meaningless land" you humungous faggot.

>what is this suppose to prove, my point was if it wheren't for anime imageboard there would be something similar anyways, only reason those aren't popular is because Veeky Forums came first
>a site where you can post anonymous still isn't revolutionary, it existed before Veeky Forums, it's inevitable that someone would figure out that it would be a good idea to allow people to post images too

Look you stupid nigger, anonymity isn't even a defining feature of imageboards, it's posting images. Literally every "Veeky Forums styled" imageboard is a clone of futaba in both functionality and appearance. The japanese invented imageboards, and the only reason they spread to the west is becuase moot liked his cartoons so much he machine translated japanese software. Deal with it.

Interesting. Didn't know it had that stuff.

It's obvious we're talking in the context of the modern period when europeans were military unrivaled more or less.

To add to this the japanese were the only non-europeans that engaged in overseas empire building.

Not him but, to be fair, I wouldn't really consider the invention of the technology that allowed Veeky Forums to exist an achievement

>it's posting images
not an revolutionary idea either faggot

>manchuria
just some barren wasteland
>korea
a bunch off rice farmers

It's one of the most defining traits but not the only one, but you know, keep strawmanning, it won't make you any less wrong, you pigheaded retard.

Korea was full of iron and coal deposits, something that was in chronically short supply on the mainland.

>have all your culture be a copy of Chinese culture
stopped reading here
study moar

>A Brief History of Japan (Youtube)
fucking when?

As fucking retarded as Korea is (chopping up those harsh features to look like children wew), they have more right to proud than le Nippon. Even with massive artillery batteries pointing right at their most populous city just waiting to potentially kill millions in mere hours.

The Japanese ethnicity, the Japanese nation, is barely older than Constantinople

They're Fillipinos mixed with Koreans

>Chinks buttblasted that the Mongols and communists destroyed their ancient culture completely and modern Japan has a stronger claim to it

Kim pls. You were literally living in mudhuts like Africans before the Japanese civilized you.

>all those western buildings instead of traditional east asian architecture
what a disgrace

I'll take western buildings over fucking mudhuts.

>modern Japan has a stronger claim to it
>Chinese culture is all about repeating T'ang Dynasty memes lmao.
No Mandate = No Claim.

By the way, they didn't destroy any of the decent East Asian architecture, just the shitty mudhuts.

Who cares if poor peasants live in mudhuts? they should know their place

>let's stay in the Middle Ages when we could improve instead

Shit, was even feudal Japan like this? Korea looked like an African tier shithole.

except only japs got to enjoy those luxuries, and yes Japan looked like that too,
and cherry picking images from Korean ghettos won't prove anything.
also there is nothing wrong with whipping women as punishment and the japs even did shit like that too

Your butthurt is interfering with your normal brain function, kim

>To add to this the japanese were the only non-europeans that engaged in overseas empire building.
Wrong!

That OP doesn't have the minimal notion of Japanese history.
I think you should study before shitposting at Veeky Forums.

>Unfortunately there are no Chinese amongst the modern Chinese race.
So this is the exact same thought process as nordniggers and their ilk.