1000 subscriber special Q&A video!

Hey, and welcome to the Q&A video. I've

been really excited to make this video

because we got a lot of great questions

over the night, and we also got a very

interesting question slash comment slash

mini essay from Almost Assimilated, which

I'd like to address at the end of this

video. Maybe I should be ignoring this

comment because it was very negative and

criticizing in general— criticizing?

Critical in general— and maybe I shouldn't

be paying attention to people like this,

but I feel like He took the time and

effort to write such a long and detailed

comment. I kind of owe it to him to give

him a proper response, and I feel like I

need to defend myself against some of the

points that he made. So I'll be doing that

after I finish all the other questions.

And today I'm drinking San Miguel. I don't

know how to pronounce it. San Miguel.

It's premium especial original lager beer.

Mmm, tastes like armpit. No, don't ask me

how I know what armpits taste like. I

think that being able to enjoy the bitter

taste of armpits is a sign that you've

really grown up and matured as a person.

Anyway, let's start answering some

questions before I get kind of drunk. So,

uh, first question, um, what do we have?

Why did you decide to start making videos

for YouTube, and how did you get over the

anxiety of filming for the first time?

Well, there were a few reasons why I

decided to start YouTube. One was, um, I

wanted some money. And no, the main reason

was because I wanted to overcome the

anxiety. I really felt uncomfortable with

how my voice sounded and what I looked

like, and I felt like if I could overcome

the fear of taking videos of myself, then

I could become more comfortable with how I

sounded and how I looked. And I do feel

like it's helped a lot. I feel like I'm

more confident with speaking, and I feel

more confident with my appearance and how

I look. So it has been helpful in that

way. Next question: Who is someone you

look up to the most, and what have you

regretted so far in your life? I don't

really have anyone in particular that I

really look up to. In general, I kind of

look up to people who don't take life too

seriously, are passionate and follow their

dreams, and know how to make money from

the things that they're interested in,

know how to create businesses or, you

know, make a living off things like

YouTube. And regrets, I don't really feel

like I have many regrets. I know In my

past videos, I've talked a lot about

negative experiences and things that have

happened to me that weren't so great. And

if I could go back in time and do it all

again, I would go back in time and do it

all again. I don't have any regrets. I

don't regret having those experiences.

For how long have you really been studying

Japanese and how long a day? That's a

difficult question to answer because it's

been like on and off. I started officially

learning Japanese about 10 years ago. And

before that, I had been watching anime for

about 2 years in Japanese. And I used to

Skype my ex-girlfriend about 5 hours a

day, and we used to just speak in Japanese

all the time. So that was really helpful.

And then I kind of stopped learning

Japanese after a few years, and I started

learning Japanese again. And these days,

I don't really study Japanese anymore. I

feel happy with the level I'm at. I can

have a conversation in Japanese perfectly

fine. I can't have like an in-depth,

really difficult, complex conversation

about things like politics or science or

difficult subjects. But then even in

English, I would struggle with those

conversations just because I'm not

interested in those kind of things. What

makes you genuinely happy? A lot of things

make me happy. Getting a lot of nice

positive feedback, positive comments on my

YouTube videos. Finishing a drawing that I

feel really proud of. Sitting in front of

the fireplace on my beanbag with my cat

sitting on my lap while I read YouTube

comments. That's always nice. Finishing a

hard day at work and not having to see

that bloody coworker for another week.

What music do you listen to? I listen to a

lot of metal and rock. This might come as

a surprise to a lot of people because I

don't really seem like a metalhead, but I

really like My Chemical Romance, Bullet

for My Valentine, Killswitch Engage,

System of a Down, that kind of stuff.

What is your favorite food and animal?

Favorite food, pot noodle. Definitely pot

noodle. I love ramen and noodles and, um,

mostly Asian food, stuff like sushi or

stir-fries. Chinese food I love. Uh,

favorite animal, definitely cats. I love

cats. They're just great. I love

everything about cats. What countries have

you already been to? Japan, South Korea,

Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore,

France, Norway, and Spain.

And I've also been to the airport in Hong

Kong, China, Switzerland, Germany,

but those were just layovers in the

airport, so I don't really think they

count. What are your plans for the future?

Um, grow this YouTube channel, do more

Japanese translation work, Try and get

paid for my artwork and quit my bloody job

at the petrol station. Does your family

know about you doing videos on YouTube?

Yep, they know. My dad used to watch my

videos when I was in Japan. My sister

watches my videos now. My mum doesn 't

really care. 何 か 日本 語 で 言 え ます か? ダ ニ エ ル

さん の 日本 語 が 聞 き たい です から。 仕 事 の 同 僚

が 大 嫌 い だから 今日 殺 そう と思 ってる。 秘 密 だから

誰 に も 言 わ ない で ね。 Say you get a million

subscribers overnight. Would you start

with YouTube full-time, continue as

normal, or create a new account? I'd

definitely start YouTube full-time. Even

if I had 10,000 subscribers, I would do

YouTube full-time. Um, I wouldn't continue

as normal. I'd quit the petrol station so

fast they wouldn't even know what hit

them. Or create a new account? I wouldn't

create a new account. Why would I create a

new account? If I got a million

subscribers on this account. So yeah, I'd

love to do YouTube as a full-time job.

It's always been a huge dream of mine,

and it's going to take a lot of time to

get to the point where I can say YouTube

is my full-time job. I don't even know if

we'll ever get to that point, but I'm

feeling hopeful. If you could choose

between living in Japan or England, where

would it be and why? I think I'd go for

Japan. I just like Japan more in general.

I feel like I fit in more there. I feel

more comfortable there. I like the food

there. I like being able to speak Japanese

to people.

Um, I would miss my family. I would miss

living in England sometimes, so it would

be nice to have a job where I could live

in both countries. Do you speak Korean?

네, 한국말도 할 수 있어요. Do you speak any Chinese?

Nope. Are there any other languages you

would like to learn? Not really. How do

you find all these girls that you've been

talking to online? Um, I found them

online. I found them on the internet.

JapanCupid.com is a great website. Also,

HelloTalk is a great way of meeting girls.

Lang8.com, also great. How do you not let

society's view of you/people who H.I.T.R.

get you down? What does H.I.T.R. mean? Is

it hiding in the room? Um,

I don't let other people's view of me get

me down, make me feel down, because I

don't really care what other people think

of me in general. What was the number one

thing that alleviated your depression,

whatever you would call it? I don't know.

There's not really anything that really

alleviates the depression. It just comes

and goes. Some days I feel depressed,

some days I don't. This is taking a lot

longer than I had expected. This is going

to take all day at this rate. Okay, let's

speed things up. Who are your favorite

YouTubers? I watch a lot of stuff. I watch

PewDiePie, DramaAlert, Philip DeFranco. I

used to watch a lot of Casey Neistat, but

then I kind of got bored. I Hate

Everything, GradeAUnderA. What else is

there? Poppy, that strange blonde-haired

girl who makes weird videos. iamseer, I

really like his videos. What are your

favorite games and what are your PC specs?

I don't really play games anymore, but I

used to really like playing Battlefield 1.

And when I was a child, my favorite games

were Halo, World of Warcraft, Star Wars

Galaxies, but I don't play those anymore.

What are your PC specs? I have a

water-cooled i5 processor, a GTX 750 Ti,

16 gigabytes of RAM. But I haven't

actually used my computer for ages. The

last time I turned it on was sometime in

January. What girls are you attracted to?

I'm generally attracted to Asian girls,

Japanese girls. I find,

um, quiet, reserved girls, feminine girls

to be more attractive. I'm attracted to

kind of nerdy, geeky girls as well.

What was your biggest regret in life? Um,

I think I answered that. I don't really

have any regrets in life. Do you still

program? Do you mean code? I don't do any

coding anymore. Why don't you move out?

Because if I move out, I'd have to pay for

rent and my My job is a 5-minute walk down

the road, so why would I move out? Why are

you still so skinny? I hate this question.

I'm really skinny because I have a fast

metabolism. It's DNA. I inherited it from

my father. You say you have got social

anxiety. Do you get really nervous or

choke when you are speaking on the phone?

Not really, but I don't speak on the phone

much. Has something like this happened

before? About the phone? No. How many

girls have you slept with? Maybe 5 or 6.

I can't remember. All Asian? Yeah, all

Asian. Are you bisexual? No. Which sports

do you like? I don't like sports. Do you

play any games? No, I don't play any games

anymore. It's strange, isn't it? Because I

used to be such a video game nerd, but I

don't feel like I have time these days to

play games. What's your biggest regret in

life? Why does everyone keep asking that?

Would you like to move to another country?

Yeah, I would like to move to Japan.

Would you consider having meetups with

your subscribers in London? Um, I don't

think so. I don't really feel comfortable

meeting random people off the internet

unless I know them beforehand. For

example, a few days ago when I met George

Trombly. That's a rare exception.

Oh, and if you're a cute girl, then I

would be interested in meeting you, but

right now I have a girlfriend, so I don't

think that would be possible. How long do

you think your social anxiety is going to

go on for? I don't know. Do you think

you'll ever overcome it? What would it

take for you to become an extrovert? I'm

not sure. I've tried a lot of things.

I've tried going to Japan and being

sociable. I've tried putting myself in

social situations. I've tried working in

retail. Nothing really seems to make me

turn into an extrovert. Nothing makes me

feel less anxious around people. Do your

family and co-workers watch your videos?

My family don't watch my videos. My sister

does. My dad used to when I was in Japan,

but I don't think he watches them anymore.

My coworkers don't. One of my coworkers

keeps trying to find out what my YouTube

channel is. I think he gave up. I was

trying to keep it a secret because I make

a lot of videos where I talk about him,

usually complaining about him, so it's

kind of awkward if he found out my channel

and saw those videos. It's one of the

reasons why I've recently privatized a few

of my videos, because I've— I'm a bit

worried that he's recently found my

channel. What's the name of the manga you

translated? It's called Heso Musaburi,

something like belly button indulgence.

It's basically a manga about belly button

fetishes. It's about this doctor who likes

playing around with teenage girls' belly

buttons, and then she gets blackmailed

into having sex with this schoolteacher.

It's pretty funny. Which part of England

do you live in? I live in the southern

part of England. What makes England's

countryside so marvelous? Lack of people

and the peacefulness, the quietness. And I

like seeing the animals. I like seeing the

horses and the sheeps— the sheeps— the

sheep. What don't you like about living in

Britain? I don't like the racism. The food

isn't that great. I don't like that public

transport is really unreliable and

inconvenient. Did you ever hit a wall when

learning Japanese, and how did you

overcome it? I feel like I've hit a wall

now. I feel like I'm pretty good at

Japanese. I can have a conversation easily

with a Japanese person, but if I'm

watching an anime, I still find it kind of

hard to understand, fully understand what

they're saying, especially if you watch

something like a science fiction anime

where they're using really obscure and

difficult words that you would never use

in real life. Have you ever been a

hikikomori or NEET? Yeah, most of my life

I've been a hikikomori, especially in my

20s. I used to play World of Warcraft all

the time. I'd get a job maybe for a few

months, and then I'd go to Japan, and then

I'd come home and And then I'd work for a

few months, and then I'd go back to Japan,

and it would just be like this cycle that

repeated itself. I only recently got my

job at the petrol station last year in

September, and I'm already starting to get

the urge to quit my job, take my savings,

and go on another crazy adventure in

Japan. As an introvert, I relate to you on

a lot of things, but I don't understand

how you are able to form deep

relationships over the internet with

girls. That's because even though I'm

introverted and I have social anxiety, I

still crave human interaction, and I still

want a loving relationship with a girl.

Girl, so I'd say my desire to find a

loving relationship with a nice girl kind

of overpowers my social anxiety and my

introvertedness. What was your favorite TV

show when you were a child? The Simpsons.

What movies could you watch over and over

and still love? I guess the original Star

Wars trilogy, Lord of the Rings, The

Hobbit. I really love those kind of

movies. What is the strangest thing you

believed as a child? I didn't really

believe anything when I was a child. I

didn't believe in things like Father

Christmas or the Tooth Fairy. If you could

eliminate one weakness in your life, what

would it be? Definitely social anxiety. I

really don't like not being able to speak

to people and not feel really nervous.

Does that make sense? I really wish I

could speak to people and not feel really

nervous and anxious. I wish I could just

be able to speak to people like a normal

person does. How long does it take for you

to make one of your videos, and what do

you edit and film with? It takes me ages

to make a video. Even a 15-minute video

will take me over 2 hours because I keep

having to edit out things and I keep

having to reshoot things that I'm not

happy with. And sometimes I find it

difficult to say stuff, like I keep

mispronouncing certain words and then I

have to redo it. I use my smartphone, my

LG G5, to film with, and I use

PowerDirector, which is an Android video

editing app, which I do all my video

editing on my phone. Why did you choose

the name Hiding in My Room? I don't know.

I thought it was funny at the time, and I

felt like it kind of represented me as a

person, because when I made this YouTube

channel, I didn't have a job, and I was

literally hiding in my room every day,

all the time. What is your relationship

with your dad like? Do you guys talk or

have anything in common? My relationship

with my dad isn't bad, I guess. We don't

have anything in common, so I find it very

difficult to find things to talk to him

about. I could talk to him about things

like YouTube or video games or movies,

and he would have absolutely no idea what

I'm talking about, and he would hardly

have any response. So I kind of just gave

up talking to him about my interests

because it's like talking to— it's like

talking to a brick wall. Does it occur to

you that he's white and you're Asian?

Yeah, I do feel like I look nothing like

my dad, and sometimes I find it hard to

relate to him. Do you still watch anime?

Recently I've been watching a few anime.

I watched One Punch Man and I watched the

new Neon Genesis Evangelion movie which

came out in 2009. But in general, I'm

finding it very difficult to be interested

in anime like I used to. I just, I don't

find it very interesting anymore. Where do

you see yourself in 10 years? I'm not

sure. It'd be great if I could be making

money doing Japanese translation, selling

my artwork, or making money off this

YouTube channel. It would be really

depressing if I was still working at the

petrol station in 10 years' time. How's

your gaining weight project going on? I

gave up on that ages ago. I lasted about 2

weeks trying to eat 3,000 calories a day,

but it was just too tough. It's really

hard work forcing yourself to eat food

when you don't want to eat food, and I

wasn't gaining any weight anyway. So after

2 weeks, I gave up and I actually lost

weight. I'm about 44 kg now. What's your

favorite season? My favorite season is

winter when it's cold because I can wear

lots of layers. I hate summer. Because

then I can't wear layers and I have to

wear t-shirts, and I look really skinny

when I'm wearing a t-shirt, and I don't

like it. At least when it's cold and it's

winter, I can put on layers and I can kind

of hide my skinniness. Besides the Asian

countries you've been to already, are

there any other countries you would want

to travel to? Not really. I've already

been to all the countries I've wanted to

go to. Outside of Japan, there aren't

really any countries that I feel like I

really want to go to. Do you have any

clothing that's not in dark color like

gray, black, or navy? If any, can you

please wear them in the Q&A video? Oh,

it's too late. This is kind of colorful.

Look, it's got blue. There was a period in

my life where I used to wear bright orange

and yellow and bright blue hoodies. I kind

of stopped that because I don't really

like wearing bright colors. How bad is

your eyesight? It's pretty bad. If I don't

wear my glasses, I I can't see anything

that's further than this far away.

Everything else just becomes a complete

blurry mess. Kichi, what is this question?

Would you rather date a fairly attractive

alien or an ugly Japanese human being?

That's a really difficult question. It

would depend on how alien the alien looks

like. If it just looked like a normal

female human but with like green skin,

then I wouldn't mind trying that out. But

if she had tentacles and 4 breasts, then

that would kind of freak me out, and I

don't think I'd be able to perform. Why

did you allow a gay guy to suck your

genitals in Japan? Are you bisexual? I'm

not bisexual or gay. I was just really

bored and lonely that night, and he was

like, hey Daniel, let's go to the park and

I'll give you a blowjob. And I thought to

myself, okay, why not? I don't have

anything else better to do. Why don't I

try it? Maybe I'll like it. Turns out I

didn't like it. It was really weird. It

was really weird, and the whole time I was

imagining a girl doing it. I'm not against

homosexuality. I don't hate gay people,

but the idea of 2 men having sex and

kissing kind of makes me uncomfortable.

Phew, so I think that's most of the

questions we've gotten through. Sorry if I

didn't answer your question. There were

just a lot of questions, and I didn't want

the video to go on for too long. And for

the final question, I want to dedicate it

to this guy called Almost Assimilated who

left a freaking essay of a question,

which was mostly negative things. I feel

like I want to respond to you. And his

first question is, how come you're such a

fucking loser? I guess in your eyes I'm a

loser because I don't have a good job and

I have low confidence. But in my eyes, I

don't think that's fair because a lot of

people don't have jobs. A lot of people

are unemployed and live off unemployment

benefits and don't have any intention of

looking for work. At least I'm working.

It's not a great job, I know, but it's—

it's better than nothing, isn't it? At

least I'm earning money and paying for

things myself. Why don't you make some

friends and actually improve your life in

England? I'm not really interested in

making friends. I just don't have time for

a social life. I have artwork to do, I

have translation work to do, I have

YouTube videos to make, I have my work,

my job at the petrol station to go to, so

I don't really feel like I have time for a

social life. Also, I find it very

difficult to make friends. There aren't

many people in the world that I feel like

I really want to be friends with them. I

could meet maybe 100 people, and out

of 100 people, I would only want to be

friends with maybe 1 person out of that

100. And that's because in general, the

majority of people I meet, I find them to

be really boring, and it's very rare for

me to find someone that I feel like I can

click with and be friends with.

I'm not your typical 20-year-old who likes

going out drinking or going to nightclubs

with his mates. I prefer to stay at home

and work on drawings or do some

translation work or watch YouTube and make

videos for YouTube or do internet stuff.

I'm pretty introverted. That's the whole

point of my channel. How come you have to

run off to Asia every time you want to get

laid or have some sort of meaningful human

contact? That's because I like Asian

girls, and the place that has the most

Asian girls is Asia. Don't you want to

make something of your life? Yes, I do

want to make something of my life. What do

you realistically think your future is

gonna be like? I'm not sure. I don't

really know what's gonna happen in the

future. Anything could happen. Why don't

you grow up and join us in the real world?

Because the real world is boring and

depressing, and growing up and being

mature is overrated. For me personally, I

don't really see being grown up and mature

as a good thing. I find mature and serious

people to be really boring and dull. I

want to be who I want to be without having

to conform to what people think I should

be. I don't really care if people think

that I'm immature or childish. I don't

care if people don't see me as a mature,

grown-up adult. That's not important for

me. One of the most important things for

me in life is to be the kind of person

that I want to be and not become the kind

of person that other people think I should

be. For me, there's 2 choices: I could be

happy being myself, or I could be unhappy

being a version of myself that other

people think I should be. Don't you have

any self-respect for yourself? I have

respect for myself in the sense that I

don't let other people's opinions mold the

kind of person that I am. Why don't you

want a happy and successful future? I do

want a happy and successful future. Why

would I not want a happy and successful

future? You've got 2 things going for you.

You often find desperate Asian chicks

online where you have some sort of fantasy

about your future life That's true.

However, none of these relationships are

gonna ever last. You never know, one of

these days I might find the one and we

might get married and live happily ever

after. You don't have a real job. I

consider working at a petrol station a

real job. I go there, I work, and I earn

money. That is the definition of a job.

You don't have any responsibility. I have

a responsibility over the petrol station

when I'm working there, especially when I

work there alone. I'm the only one in

charge of the whole petrol station

overnight, so I guess that counts as

responsibility. I have— you have extremely

low character growth. That's true. I don't

disagree with that. You have a few YouTube

subscribers. This isn't a good thing.

People are tuning in to watch the train

wreck. I know when I'm having a bad day,

I can say to myself, well, at least my

life isn't as fucked up as hiding in my

rooms is. Do you get off on people gawking

at your misery like it's the reptile

exhibit? At the local zoo. Watching your

videos is like misery porn. I think that

there's different kinds of people who

watch my videos. Some, like you say,

enjoy watching me making a mess of my

life. There's also a lot of people who

leave comments and say things like, I

found your story, I found your experiences

to be very relatable, I can really relate

to the problems and the issues that you

have. And if by watching my videos makes

you feel better about your own life, then

that's great. If people are feeling better

about themselves after watching my videos,

then I feel like I'm turning my negative

experiences into something positive, and

that's a good thing. And let's take a

minute to remember you got most of your

newfound support from a YouTuber that

commented on your videos that he learned—

that he learned Asian languages because of

the Asian girls. I know you said in the

past that you weren't a sexpat, but you

literally just met and collaborated with a

sexpat. Um, I don't really see him— see

George as a sexpat. Number one, he's

married, he lives in America. Also,

just because even if I did hang out with a

sexpat doesn't make me a sexpat. It's like

saying if you hang out with a vegetarian,

that also makes you a vegetarian. Also, I

don't really see what's wrong with being a

sexpat. So what? Men like to have sex with

women. How is it any different to guys who

go down to— go into town and go into a

nightclub to pick up girls? The only

difference is that a sexpat gets on an

aeroplane and is willing to travel further

to look for girls. I don't like to judge

people based on their sexual preferences.

So what if some guys like to go over to

Asia or to other countries to pick up

girls? It's none of my business what they

do with their lives. It's their own

decision, it's their life choice. As long

as they're not kidnapping or murdering or

raping or hurting people, I don't really

see what the problem is. Also, I don't see

myself in that sense as a sexpat because

I'm not just looking to bang chicks, as

you say. I want to find someone that I can

have a loving and meaningful relationship

with. I wish you would grow up, mature,

and have a successful and happy life. You

don't need to be mature or grown up to

have a successful and happy life. There

are plenty of people who are immature and

childish who make a lot of money and are

very happy with their lives. Look at TV

personalities or comedians. Are they

mature and grown up? I don't think so.

And I think I'm just gonna skip to the

last question. Do you think other

half-Asian guys should follow in your

footsteps and pursue a life like yours?

No, I wouldn't recommend my lifestyle to

half-Asian people. I wouldn't recommend my

lifestyle to anyone. I don't make these

videos on this YouTube channel to show

everyone how great my life is or how

everyone should be living life like I am

because I have such a happy and amazing

lifestyle. I'm just telling you stories

about things that have happened to me in

the past, and if people find that

entertaining or if they can benefit from

my experiences in some way, then that's

great. It's taken me a long time to

realize that it's important to have

interests and be passionate about things

and to follow your dreams. And to aim

higher than working at a petrol station

for minimum wage. Recently, with the

growth of this YouTube channel and me

getting paid for doing translation work

and people showing interest in my artwork,

it's really made me think, wow, I could

potentially earn money from doing things

that I'm actually interested in and not

have to work in a petrol station for the

rest of my life. I feel really motivated

and optimistic about the future right now.

If watching my videos makes you feel so

upset and angry, maybe you should stop

watching my videos. So that was the end of

the Q&A. Sorry to leave on such a negative

note, and I guess I'll see you next time.

Thanks for all the questions and goodbye.