Japan is an island by the sea, filled with volcanoes and its
♪BEAUTIFUL♪! In the year -1,000,000,000, Japan might not
have been here. In the year -40,000 it was here, and you could walk to it. And
some people walked to it. Then it got warmer and icebergs melted so it became
an island and now theres lots of ♪TREES♪ (because its warmer)! So now theres
people on the island and now they’re basically hanging out in between the
mountains eating nuts off trees and using the latest technology. Like STONES.
And BOWLS. Ding dong! It’s the outside world! And they have technology from the
future. Like really good metal, and CRAZY rice farms. Now you can make a lot of
rice really really quickly. That means if you own the farm, you own a lot of
FOOD, which is something everybody needs to ♪SURVIVE♪. So that makes you king!
Rice farming and rice kingdoms spread across the land, all the way to here. The
most important kingdoms were here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. But
THIS ONE was the most MOST important. Ruled by a “heavenly superperson”, or
“emperor” for short. Knock knock, get the door, it’s RELIGION! The new prince
wants everybody to try this hot new religion from baekje.“please try this religion” he said.
“no” said everybody else.
“try itttt” he said.
“no” said everybody again, quieter this
time.And so the religion was put into place,
and all the rules had came with it. Then the government was taken over by
another clique, and they made some reforms, like making the government govern
more and making the government more like China’s government, which is a
government that governs more.“hi china” they said
“hi, dipshit” said china
“can you call us something else other
than dipshit?” said japan“like what?” said china
“how about ♪SUNRISE LAND♪?” said japan.
And they stole China’s alphabet and
wrote a book about themselves. And then they made a lot of poetry and art, and
another book about themselves. Then they stopped moving the capital every time
the emperor died and kept it in one place for a while. Right here. And they
conquered the north, finally. Get that squared away. A rich hipster named Kukai
is bored with modern Buddhism, visits China, and learns a better version which
is more ♪♪SPIRITUAL♪♪, comes back, reinvents the alphabet, and causes art and
literature to be ♪GREAT♪ for a long time. Then the royal palace turned into
such a dream world of art, that they didn’t give a shit about running the
country. So if you live outside the palace, how are you supposed to protect
your shit from CRIMINALS? ♪♪HIRE A SAMURAI ♪♪.
Everyone started hiring samurais. (Correction: rich and important people hired
samurais. Poor people who could not afford samurais did not hire samurais.) The
samurais became organized and powerful, more powerful than the government. So
they made their own military government (here). They let the emperor still be
“emperor”, but the SHOGUN is actually in control.BREAKING NEWS: the Mongols have invaded
China.“WE’VE INVADED CHINA” said the mongols.
“PLEASE RESPECT US OR WE MIGHT INVADE YOU AS WELL”“okay” said japan.
So the
mongols came over, ready for war, and died in a tornado. But they tried again.
And they had a nice time fighting with the Japanese, but then died in a
tornado. Then the emperor overthrows the shogunate. Then the shogunate
overthrows him back and moves to Kyoto and makes a new shogunate. And the
emperor can still dress like an emperor if he wants, that’s fine. ♪ ♪NOW THERES MORE ART! ♪ ♪ like painting with less
colors, collaborative poetry, plays, monkey fun, tea parties, gardening,
architecture, flowers. ITS TIME FOR “WHOS GONNA BE THE NEXT SHOGUN?”. Usually
it’s the shogun’s kid. But the shogun doesn’t have a kid. So he tries to get his brother to quit
being a monk and be the next shogun, and he says ok. But then the shogun has a
kid. So who’s gonna be the next shogun? VOTE NOW ON YOUR PHONES! And
everyone voted so hard, the palace caught on fire and burned down. The shogun
actually didn’t care, he off somewhere doing poetry. Now the whole country
broke into pieces. Everyone is fighting with each other for local power, and
it’s anybody’s game. Knock knock, it’s Europe. No, they don’t want to take over
(yet). They want to sell some shit. Like clocks. And guns. And ♪JESUS!♪.So that’s cool. But everyone’s still fighting with each other for
control, now with guns. And wouldn’t it be nice to control the capital? Which,
right now, is puppets, with no one controlling them. This clan is ready to make
a run for it, but first they have to trample this smaller clan which is in the
way. Surprise, the smaller clan wins. And the leader of that clan steals the
idea of stealing the capital. So he invades the capital, and it goes very well.
He’s about halfway through with conquering Japan, but then someone who works
for him kills him. And then somebody who works for HIM kills HIM. And that guy
finishes conquering Japan. And then he confiscated everybody’s swords. And made
some rules.“and now im gonna invade korea, and then hopefully china” he said, and
failed, and also died. But before he died, he told these 5 guys to take care of
his 5 year old son until he’s old enough to become ruler of japan. And then the
five guys say “yeah right, its not gonna be this kid. Its gonna be one of us
since were grownups.” And its probably gonna be this guy, who happens to be way
more rich and powerful than the others. A lot of people support him. But a lot
of people support not supporting him. So they have a fight and he wins. And
starts a new government here, in ♪EDO♪! And he still lets the emperor dress
like an emperor and have very nice things. But don’t get confused, this is the
real government, and it’s very strict. So strict that it closed the country. No
one can leave, and no one can come in. Except for the Dutch, if they wanna buy
and sell shit. But they have to do it right here. Now that the entire country
was not at war with itself, the population increased a lot. Business increased,
schools were built, roads were built, everyone learned how to read, books were
published. There’s poetry, plays, sexy time, puppet shows, and dutch studies.People started to study European science from books they bought from
the Dutch. We’re talking geography, skeletons, physics, chemistry, astronomy,
and maybe even electricity. Overtime, the economic and cultural prosperity
began to gradually slow do-KNOCK KNOCK. It’s the United States. With huge
boats. With guns. Gunboats.“open. the country. stop having it be closed.” said the united states.
There’s really nothing they can do, so they sign a contract that lets
United States, Britain, and Russia visit Japan any time they want. Choshu and
Satsuma hated this.“that sucks” they said.
“this sucks!!!!” they said.
And with almost very little outside help, they overthrew the shogunate
and somehow made the emperor the emperor again, and moved him to Edo, which
they renamed “eastern capital”. They made a new government that was “a lot more
western”. They made a new constitution (that was pretty western), and a
military (that was pretty western). And do you know what else is western? That’s
right, it’s conquering stuff. So what can we conquer? Korea.So they conquered Korea, taking it from it’s previous owner (China) and
went a little bit further. And Russia rushes in out of nowhere and said “stop,
no, you can’t take that. we were gonna build a railroad through here to try to
get some warm water.” And Russia builds their railroad, supervised by a
shit-ton of soliders. And then when the railroad was done, they downgraded to a
FUCK TON. Did I say downgrade, I meant upgrade.And Japan says “can you maybe chill?”.
And Russia says “how about maybe YOU chill?”Japan is kinda scared of Russia. You’ll never guess who is ALSO kinda scared
of Russia. Great Britain! So Japan and Great Britain make an alliance together so
they can be “a little less scared of Russia”. Feeling confident, Japan goes to
war against Russia, just for a moment. And then they both get tired and stop.♪~ITS TIME FOR WORLD WAR 1~♪
The world is about to have a war
because it’s the 1900s and weapons are getting crazy and all these empires are
getting excited to try them out on each other. Meanwhile, Japan has been having
fun conquering stuff and wants MORE…. and the next thing on their list is this
part of China and lots of tiny islands.All that stuff belongs to Germany,
which just had war declared on by Britain because Britain was friends with
Belgium, which was being trespassed by Germany in order to get to France to
kick France’s ass because France is friends with Russia, who was getting ready
to kick Austria’s ass because Austria was getting ready to kick Serbia’s ass
because someone from Serbia shot the leader of Austria’s ass. (Er, actually, he
shot him in the head.) And Britain is currently friends with Japan. So you know
what that means.Duh, ♪~JAPAN SHOULD TAKE THE ISLANDS~♪,
which they wanted to do anyway. So they called Britain on the tele to sort of
let them know. And then they did it. And they also helped Britain a little bit
here and there with some errands and stuff.Now the war is over and CONGRATULATIONS
JAPAN, you technically fought in the war which means you get to sit at the
negotiating table with the big dudes, where they decided who owns what. And
yes, Japan gets to keep all that shit they stole from Germany. You also get to
join the post-war mega alliance, the ♪~LEAGUE OF NATIONS!~♪ whose mission
statement is to try not take over the world.The Great Depression is bad, and Japan’s
economy is now crappy. But the military is doing just fine, and it invades
Manchuria and the League of Nations is like “no, don’t do that, if youre in the
league of nations youre not supposed to take over the world!”and Japan said “♪~how bout I do anyway?~♪”.
And Japan invaded more and more and more and more of China, and was planning on
invading the entire east.(you’ve got mail!)
It’s from Germany! The new leader of Germany.
He has a cool moustache and is trying to take over the world and needs friends.
This also got forwarded to Italy, and they all decided to be friends since they
all had so much in common.♪~ITS TIME FOR WORLD WAR 2~♪
Germany is invading the neighbors, and
then they invade the neighbor’s neighbors. And then the neighbor’s neighbor’s
neighbors happen to be Britain and they’re like “holy shittt” and United States
started helping Britain because they are ♪good friends♪, and started not
helping Japan because ♪♪their friends and our friends are not friends. plus they’re
planning on invading the entire ocean♪♪. The United States is also working on a
large, very huge bomb, bigger than any other bomb, ever. Just in case. But they
still haven’t joined the war. War looks bad on TV, and the United States is
really starting to care about their image.But then Japan spits on them in Hawaii
and challenges them to war. And they say yes! And the Germany, as a symbol of
friendship, declares war on the United States also. So the United States goes
to war in Europe, and they help the gang chase Germany back into Germany, and
they also chase Japan back into Japan. And they haven’t tested the bomb yet and
are curious to see if it works. So they drop it on Japan.They actually dropped two.
United States installed a new
government, inspired by the United States government, with just the right
ingredients for a ♪♪POST-WAR ECONOMIC MIRACLE♪♪! And Japan starts making TVs,
VCRs, automobiles, and camcorders as fast as they can, and also better than
everybody else. They get rich, and the economy goes wild, and then the miracle
wears off. But everything’s still pretty cool I guess ♪BYE♪!
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