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No. 166164

Well you know the Japanese standards already. I wonder will they consider me as a chubster when I go to Japan? I'm about 170 cm tall and weigh 55 kg.

No. 166165

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Definitely not this.
This is like a Japanese girl seeing an advert for butt implants in the West and assuming that's the nationwide standard.

The standard body aesthetic in Japan is typically slender and feminine but with enough chub to remain soft and youthful looking, but there are of course exceptions for every standard.

Also was it really necessary to create a whole new thread just to ask this?

No. 166166

>>166165
Sorry, I didn't really know where else to ask! Thank you for replying.

No. 166167

>>166166
We have a beauty standards thread >>13335 I think it would fit there.

No. 166168

170cm and 55kg? It's not just the Japanese who will consider you chubby, lol
(derailing)

No. 166169

>>166168
Fuck off ana chans, go back to your MPA cesspool where you belong.

No. 166170

>>166168

Chair-grave dweller detected.

No. 166171

>>166164
dude, 170cm and you weigh 55kg? that sounds too skinny man

No. 166172

170 cm and 55kg is normal/skinny anywhere in the world.

No. 166173

>>166172
No.
It's not normal nor healthy at all.
being too skinny is ugly and unhealthy

No. 166174

>>166172
>implying all countries are like usa
please gtfo

No. 166175

strict moderation can't fucking happen soon enough

No. 166176

>>166174

Not from USA or even close to it. Please anon tell me any country where people would consider someone with this height and weight chubby.

>>166173

170cm and 55kg is not underweight.

No. 166177

>>166173
KEK, bitch you must be so pudgy and droppy.

No. 166178

You probably wont be chubby but you will def be too tall
good luck being the same height as guys or taller than them

No. 166179

>>166178
"Too" tall? For what?

No. 166180

oh boy another thread for everyone to give out their measurements and call each other fat

>sage in all fields for a shit thread

No. 166181

It's op here.

It really wasn't my purpose to create a thread for people to call each other fat / underweight, and it seems I haven't been reading /g/ enough as I didn't know that it happens here so much.

I just wanted to talk about the Japanese ideals because a the norm over there is actually different than in most western countries. For example the max healthy BMI is 25 where I live, but in Japan it's 23. I know that the image I posted is extreme, but if anything like that was published in my country it would cause an uproar for sure and the advertisement would be banned. And I live in an European country where the norm for young women is slim, too.

I have heard from my normal weight / slim friends that they have been called fat when they have been in Japan. And I have heard from some Japanese girls that are normal weight yet not really skinny that they have difficulties finding cute clothes that fit.

But yes I could have written a better start for the thread than that. Sorry for being lazy.

Thanks for your replies. I am aware that I have a normal BMI so I'm not really buying those fat / underweight- comments. And thanks for your concern but I don't mind being tall and I'm not looking for a boyfriend.

No. 166182

To be honest, even though I'm super excited to visit Japan one day, I'm scared I'm too big/will get comments. I'm only just sorta chubby/five pounds overweight, but still. Does anyone else get worried like this?

No. 166183

>>166182
Five pounds over the normal BMI or just five pounds over your own ideal?

No. 166184

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They don't care as much as you think they do. The Japanese are too polite to say anything out loud, and unless you are telepathic, you won't know if they think you're chubby.

Japan isn't a magical land of super thin kawaii models. It is true that the Japanese are smaller on average than Americans, there are skinnyfat/chubby/fat Japanese people.

No. 166185

>>166184

Definitely true, majority don't even look like the cutesy girls you see in Liz lisa or anything. They're just normal and average with guts themselves. It's like other anon said, they're smaller in built ect. They're still stubby and shit too.

No. 166186

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>>166185

Just by looking at those girls they look like UK size 10's

No. 166187

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>>166186

totemo kawaii

No. 166188

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>>166187

but apparently this is the reality

No. 166189

In my experience Japanese are quite straightforward when it comes to someone's size. They will point out if you have gained weight etc. The purpose is not being offensive, it's more like a common topic to talk about. Like "Oh, it's rainy today. Oh, you have a new haircut. Oh, you have gained weight."

No. 166190

>>166189

Yeah, I heard that too. But tbh though when you think about it… weight is just weight? It can be lost, fat is fat. It's just fat! Doesn't define you really, just your size.

Life goes on

No. 166191

>>166190
Tru dat. I guess it's us westerners that feel so bad about weight comments (and with all the body shaming that goes on, that's no wonder).

But it's def right, weight doesn't refine your persona.

No. 166192

The only time yoyr weight will matter in Japan is when you're shopping for clothes. The natives don't give a fuck about you, the standards are only for them.

No. 166193

>>166191
there's more 'body shaming' in japan than in the US. also japanese people tend to be really passive aggressive so a lot of stuff is meant to be more rude or mean and just is said a specific way to seem inquisitive.

No. 166194

>>166190
A fucking men

No. 166195

>>166187
with makeup and a wig, she could be very kawaii
(you know, double eyelid tape, fake eyelashes, heavy gyaru makeup)

No. 166196

>>166193
There should be more body-shaming in USA.
Not to sound like a bitch but people here are so fucking lazy and sensitive they cry if you tell them they're weight and it's unhealthy.
You know your body is unhealthy, stop being a lazy lard and go lose weight or gain weight if you're a twig

No. 166197

>>166196
*their weight is unhealthy
which if you wanna be confident being ultra fat or skinny, be my guest but don't cry when you realize most people arent attracted to you

No. 166198

>>166196

Nah cos tumblr feminists and tumblr said "omg dont body shame!"

No. 166199

>>166181
Japan is thinner than a lot of places, of course, but I'm sure you'll be fine. Not all Japanese girls are themselves super skinny either, which is actually the case for a lot of Asia (they often have smaller frames, and that makes a big difference, but not everyone is fashionably thin).

No. 166200

>>166199

Most look average anon or just thin/limp. People need to get out their heads that they're all Liz lisa models.

No. 166201

>>166183
Over my own ideal. I know it must sound silly, but thinking how in Japan there's more talk about it and even what would appear to be a skinny girl could be told she's fat. I guess I'm paranoid, but better to prepare for the worse than to be unprepared?

No. 166202

With your BMI you should be fine. If anything I'd worry about being too tall.

No. 166203

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Asians and Westerners typically have different bone mass.

The girl on the far right is 161cm, 39.8kg and her face lost a lot of chubbiness for sure, and her hip and shoulder bones don't even protrude.

No. 166204

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While if a 161cm western girl with larger bones was 39.8kg, they could even look skeletal.

(Best pic I could find)

No. 166205

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>>166190
>fat is fat. It's just fat!
You go gurl!

No. 166206

>>166204

Yeah I don't think there's anything wrong with acknowledging your own underlying structure. Some girls, regardless of ethnicity, can get away with being super thin and not look emaciated. I'm not one of them and I'm very short, so I quickly look childish (and am treated as such at work, not cool).

Finding what works for your body/comfort is a strange process. 5 years ago I would be flipping out if I saw this weight on the scale, but I know it's mostly muscle, I'm way more active. I've noticed my tastes in figures has changed too, I used to want to be as thin-but-not-sick as I could be. Now I'm liking the slim-fit look, which is more reasonable to me to admire.

Just gotta watch out for the health nuts…

No. 450343

I'm not a westerner but the place in China I'm from has a BMI standard of 18.5-25 according to the board of health. Also, 170 cm is normal where im from too. The southern areas have a different BMI standard.

Of course I'm pro skinny so I prefer to stay under 15.5 personally. But the majority of people where I'm from aren't thin.

Of course Asians and Westerners have different BMI standards but I don't think its that extreme of a difference.

No. 450386

The Japanese find smaller weights compared to Westerners fat not because theyre healthier or whatever delusional B.S Pro Japan people like to push but because East Asians have lower muscle mass than Western people, therefore giving them a lower threshold of BMI to be considered overweight (for them its 23). Indians have it even lower than Westerners, since its around 21 to 22 for them.

Notice how Asian cultures like very skinny women, but they also dislike athletic and fit women very much too? Ive seen more Japanese anime and models representing women on the chubbier side than athletic women at all. Its all related.

>>450343

I can tell by you having to stay under 15.5 that you have extremely low muscle mass and a body that gains weight in the midsection area.

No. 450388

>>166177
The irony is that women who restrict calories heavily and the most exercise they do is walking are always extremely pudgy with shitty frail bodies.

No. 450426

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>>450386
Check out Ruka Tensho, she's a model who went from super skinny to obese and is now chubby but athletic.
Fathletic?

No. 450462

>>450426
Wow, she's completely unrecognizable from the left picture. Even her features look different.
As for this thread, jesus christ. Every time a 3 year old thread gets necro'd, I'm reminded of how demented LC used to be. We've really changed for the better.

No. 585214

>>166203
Isn't that just a myth perpetuated by men with yellow fever? A lot of Asian women can look gaunt

No. 585243

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>>585214
Bone density (what I'm assuming this anon meant) is generally lower in Asians but that doesn't have anything to do with how much your bones protrude/how visible they are. BMD is how strong your bones are, low density makes you more susceptible to osteoporosis and fracturing. Asians do tend to have a smaller skeletal structure in general though.

No. 585281

>>166164
this entire thread is an anachan spergfest

No. 585369

>>585243
Lower bone density is why osteoporosis hits asians particularly hard later in life. That is how you get the extremely tiny grandmas.

No. 585415

this thread died long ago, why bring it back?

No. 585533

>>585415
that’s anas for you



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