>verry originar curture, do not stear
>stole everything from the Chinese
>>1861530
And made it better, more efficient, and cleaner.
What is tentacle rape for 100, Alex
>hooaaah we ahh verry honoriber curture
>bayoneted children and babies and vivisected everybody else
>stole everything from the chinese
>nearly everything but the written language is obscenely different
>even the written language is obscenely different from chinese past some shared kanji meanings
delete this thread, you killed it at the start.
>>1861530
>stole everything from the Chinese
"no"
The Japanese are masters of adapting elements of other cultures.
From the Chinese they got their writing system, rice culture, and early high culture
From the Manchu, horseback archery.
Then the Europeans arrived. They got guns and better boats from the Spanish and Portuguese.
Then they just got general science and shit from the Dutch for 200 years.
The the Americans arrived and dragged them in the 19th century.
But they lost interest. So the French and British moved in, modernised the fuck out of the army, then they had a little proxy war, the British won. But the Emperor who was supposed to fight to expel the barbarians just turned around and said "lolno, come in we're open guys."
He sent an embassy around the world, who came back saying they had a lot of shit to catch up on.
So they took the British and French navy, the French and German army, the British education system, French laws with a British-German constitution on top, and then just a mix of industry from Britain, America, France, Germany.
Apparently it worked , cause 30 years altern they were a worl ,power
not to mention that bushido is a farse. It was forged by Nitobe. They never had such a thing. Samurais were barbarians.
>>1861850
No shit, chivalry was a farce and knights were barbarians, too. It's almost like killing people on a regular basis makes you fucked up.
>>1862031
This is what people don't get, these military leaders they talk about were murderous bastards by today standards, either you accepted to be basically their slave or they would kill you and your whole family.
>>1861564
Slander.
>>1861564
Surely the Japanese weren't always super fucking evil. Just look at how they are today. So what drove them from "proud and xenophobic" to "monstrous rapists compensating for their tiny penises?"