Comments on: Picking Up in Japan - Part One: Leading

By: 40 Year Old Virgin

40 Year Old Virgin — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:20:34 +0000

The commenter who said it\’s arrogance has got it backwards. It takes humility to admit to yourself that you could benefit from advice on how to attract the opposite sex.
It also takes courage to put your ego on the line and try to meet women on the spot, without introduction and, especially, when you know other men are watching you.
I\’d wager that the snarky comments here are from men who are either too weak or to arrogant to admit that they can\’t attract the opposite sex as well as they\’d like to. As such, they deeply resent anyone who has the simple honesty to admit that they like to pick up girls and the gumption to try and get better at it.
It seems to me that what \”The Osaka Crew\’\’ — OK the names and lingo ARE a little ridiculous — teaches isn\’t at all about disrespecting women nor preying on them nor lying to them.
They seem to be taking a very common sense approach and just amplifying it and presenting it in a way the people feeling comfortable and motivated to learn.
I do agree, though, with the guy who said you needn\’t spend money to get this kind of advice. It\’s all over the Internet. Still, if the fees don\’t make too much dent in your budget, it\’s always more fun to learn from teachers than by yourself.

By: ALNAMEL

ALNAMEL — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:17:53 +0000

By: johnson

johnson — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:19:58 +0000

your gaijin sister’s next after you took my japanese sister.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:22:42 +0000

Seems a little short sighted to me… ‘how to pick up a girl’, how about, ‘how to keep a girl’, how to be an interesting person? No?

By: bentoman

bentoman — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:47:03 +0000

If these guys can’t get a woman by being themselves, they need to change something more fundamental than their bar game. Japan attracts some of the biggest lowlifes the West has to offer it seems.

By: RedpoleQ

RedpoleQ — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:42:35 +0000

A lot of guys don’t have the confidence to be themselves. In this case, we have to teach them that there’s nothing wrong with being themselves and that they are very cool people that women would be lucky to be with.

A lot of other guys see themselves as being guys who can’t have women–guys who women are not attracted to. In this case, teaching them to be more themselves is not the answer, because if being themselves attracted women, they’d already have them.

Just like acheivement in any part of life there are no simple remedies. If there were, they wouldn’t be looking for help.

By: Hideki...Kangeki!!!

Hideki...Kangeki!!! — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:45:09 +0000

Bentoman & Kelev - couldn’t agree more!

This article is not too bad, but some of the other “pick-up technique” sites I have seen are disturbing at best; scary at worst.

I have a suggestion…when picking up, how about just being yourself?

The existence of “pick-up technique” sites makes me think that there must be a lot of people out there who aren’t confident enough to do that.

By: Kelev

Kelev — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:08:43 +0000

What a load of arrogant bullshit this article is…too bad the writer doesnt believe in serendipity….he must have a sad past to have to make such a Herculian effort to be cool and get laid….no wonder so many japanese woman call gaijin men ‘back home losers`…..

By: bentoman

bentoman — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:35:15 +0000

I’m not sure why I’m bothering to read this. But looking at this just reminds of me why foreigners here have the stereotype applied to them that they do. Every site relating to Japan done in English I come across has something like “Making Out In Japanese.” I’m not commenting on anyone’s behaviour. But the community on the net that surrounds these habits is the disturbing part.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:46:39 +0000

So after dating Japanese women exclusively for a while (and then eventually marrying one) I think it would be important to include a little note in this article that Japanese girls are nuts.

It would help, you know, people.