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2-shot: one on one, a couple.
2-shot Chat: an Internet site for a boy and a girl to have a chat.
Some readers of this site may think, "I want to do Nampa (romance-hunting) on the street, but I am not courageous enough". It is quite understandable. Romance-hunting on the street is embarrassing and requires some guts. It is physically hard to stand on the street hours and hours, waiting for the big game to come by, especially on a cold winter day. However, we have another way suitable for lazy people.
One can use Net dating sites.
There are a few types of them in Japan.
1, an Internet dating site by mail
2, an Internet dating site by chat
3, a mobile phone dating site by text messages
4, a tele-kura (telephone-club)
In this article, we talk about no.2, Internet dating sites by chat. It is not about the group sites where more than two people talk. It is about a 2-shot Chat, in which the conversation takes place on one-on-one basis.
Of course, and unfortunately to some readers, they do not chat in English. You do not need to speak Japanese fluently, but have to be capable of making yourself understood in the written form of the language. It is free to join it although you have to read complicated Kanji characters to give your name and e-mail address. At some 2-shot Chat sites, you can join them without registration.
Here ASAKUSA Underground recommends you a good site.
- ２ ショットチャット 無料で安心チャット
2 shot chat free and safe
URL http://www.2shotchat.ne.jp/
<How to use 2-shot Chat>
You have two ways to use this site.
1, to enter a private room and wait for a girl to come in.
2, to enter a room where a girl is waiting.
When you choose no.1, you have to write a waiting message. The message is very important because girls see it and decide whether they will come in or not. You should write your profile smartly. It depends on your creativity how your profile and waiting message attract a girl.
About no.2, if you find a room with a girl waiting, you are lucky today. It doesn't happen so often. Even if there is one, many boys will rush into it and inevitably you have to charm the girl much better than others do.
The best way is to open your private room, and wait for a girl while you are looking for a room with a girl. In short, do no.1 and no.2 simultaneously.
When you become "2-shot" with a girl (i.e. only you and the girl are in the room.), you start smooth talking to her. Now it is up to luck or chance, but there are some techniques to think about. Without them, you may often fail to make her see you in the real world.
To avoid the mistake, you have to be smart.
1, Speak casually at the beginning.
You begin by introducing yourself, or talking about your hobbies or something harmless. Don't talk about bellow-the-belt issues at this point. Some girls like these subjects, but they are rare. Speaking about lewd subjects right away on 2-shot Chat is like trying to hit a home run on the first pitch in a baseball match. It is better you score runs with hit-and-runs or sacrifice bunts. At this beginning stage, you just try to be friendly with the girl, talking about something casual.
Besides, you had better not ask her phone number or e-mail address at this point. Be aware that she is still on her guard.
2, Lead her to Messenger.
When you feel you have gained some of her confidence, you should ask her to talk with you on Messenger (Yahoo's, MSN's, AOL's or whichever). You can ask her like;
"Messe yaranai?" (Why don't we talk on Messenger?)
"Messe de hanasou yo ＾＾" (Let's talk on Messenger.＾＾)
In Japan, they often shorten the word Messenger "Messe".
In the second Japanese sentence above, the author used ＾＾ (kao-moji: emoticon or smiley, it means "face letters", literally) and he likes it personally.
---About Kao-moji ---
Kao-moji are human faces expressed by letters. You can see many on the Net like a smile (^_^) or a face shedding tears (T_T).
Should one use them on 2-shot Chat?
The author thinks that one should not use them too often because people might take him as a Net-Otaku (Otaku: a fan or a nerd, once used pejoratively, but now some think Otakus will create the future of the Japanese industries). Unfortunately, most Japanese think negatively of a Net-Otaku still. Since on 2-shot Chat you cannot see the face of the person you are talking to, you have to be twice as cautious about what you say as otherwise.
Nevertheless, if you want to make friends with Otaku girls (=Fujoshi: a girl nerd; it means "rotten girl", literally), you should learn about Japanese-style emoticons. A man from abroad can impress an Otaku girl very much if he knows a few uncommon Japanese smileys.
3, On Messenger
The true Nampa (romance-seeking) begins the moment she agrees to talk on Messenger. There are two important points you must remember.
(a) To try to talk about something indecent.
(b) To ask her mobile phone number or e-mail address.
As for (a), if you want to behave yourself as a gentleman all the way, you don't need to talk about anything lewd. However, if you are a man of lust, full of desire, you need to do it. You can expect some good effects if you talk about something lecherous at this stage.
First, after some indecent talks, you and she feel intimate. So, you can skip unnecessary steps when you see the girl. If she is a kind of girl who likes "it", you can take her straight to a Love Hotel (hotel de passe). Even when you cannot go there right away, the indecent conversations haven't been waste of time. It has surely "warmed her up". Of course, she is thinking, "When we see each other, we are gonna do it."
Secondly, about (b), it won't be too difficult if she agrees to talk on Messenger. She will give you her phone number and e-mail address without hesitation. On the other hand, even after lewd conversations, in case she doesn't give you her phone number nor agree to meet, forget it.
Dump her and find another.
<From the author>
2-shot Chat is fun when it works. Nevertheless, you can get into trouble, probably because you cannot see the face of the other. If you are over 18, in Tokyo and some other prefectures, it is illegal to go out with a girl under 18 without her parents' consent. So, be careful.
It is a good idea to do it when you have to spend a night at a Net cafe (cyber cafe), for example. It is suitable when you have nothing else to do. Once you get used to it, you can get an e-mail address every night you do it. Or, you can meet a girl on 2-shot Chat one night and see her the day after.
I have seen a gentleman from abroad participating in this "2-shot Chat, free and safe". A connoisseur knows it no matter what his nationality is. Globalisations have reached the area of Japanese 2-shot Chat. More and more people learn Japanese these days, and they can flourish their language skills in a Japanese site, which once was only for the locals. It is wonderful that Japanese 2-shot Chat markets are expanding. Besides, thanks to 2-shot sites, people from all over the world can learn about each other better. It is good.
However, the people currently responsible for those romantic sites have almost the same mentality as the samurais had when Japan's doors were closed to other countries hundreds years ago. At most of the 2-shot Chat sites, there are no English instructions. They are only in Japanese. It seems to me that they want to exclude non Japanese speakers. You should not be too discouraged, though. Since it is not so complicated to register yourself and join the chat, you can somehow manage. Give it a try.
Good luck!
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・Confession of Nampa Samurai
・Nampa (romance-seeking) in Asakusa
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・Ueno,the entrance for North Japan
2-shot Chat to hunt romance
2-shot: one on one, a couple.
2-shot Chat: an Internet site for a boy and a girl to have a chat.
Some readers of this site may think, "I want to do Nampa (romance-hunting) on the street, but I am not courageous enough". It is quite understandable. Romance-hunting on the street is embarrassing and requires some guts. It is physically hard to stand on the street hours and hours, waiting for the big game to come by, especially on a cold winter day. However, we have another way suitable for lazy people.
One can use Net dating sites.
There are a few types of them in Japan.
1, an Internet dating site by mail
2, an Internet dating site by chat
3, a mobile phone dating site by text messages
4, a tele-kura (telephone-club)
In this article, we talk about no.2, Internet dating sites by chat. It is not about the group sites where more than two people talk. It is about a 2-shot Chat, in which the conversation takes place on one-on-one basis.
Of course, and unfortunately to some readers, they do not chat in English. You do not need to speak Japanese fluently, but have to be capable of making yourself understood in the written form of the language. It is free to join it although you have to read complicated Kanji characters to give your name and e-mail address. At some 2-shot Chat sites, you can join them without registration.
Here ASAKUSA Underground recommends you a good site.
- ２ ショットチャット 無料で安心チャット
2 shot chat free and safe
URL http://www.2shotchat.ne.jp/
<How to use 2-shot Chat>
You have two ways to use this site.
1, to enter a private room and wait for a girl to come in.
2, to enter a room where a girl is waiting.
When you choose no.1, you have to write a waiting message. The message is very important because girls see it and decide whether they will come in or not. You should write your profile smartly. It depends on your creativity how your profile and waiting message attract a girl.
About no.2, if you find a room with a girl waiting, you are lucky today. It doesn't happen so often. Even if there is one, many boys will rush into it and inevitably you have to charm the girl much better than others do.
The best way is to open your private room, and wait for a girl while you are looking for a room with a girl. In short, do no.1 and no.2 simultaneously.
When you become "2-shot" with a girl (i.e. only you and the girl are in the room.), you start smooth talking to her. Now it is up to luck or chance, but there are some techniques to think about. Without them, you may often fail to make her see you in the real world.
To avoid the mistake, you have to be smart.
1, Speak casually at the beginning.
You begin by introducing yourself, or talking about your hobbies or something harmless. Don't talk about bellow-the-belt issues at this point. Some girls like these subjects, but they are rare. Speaking about lewd subjects right away on 2-shot Chat is like trying to hit a home run on the first pitch in a baseball match. It is better you score runs with hit-and-runs or sacrifice bunts. At this beginning stage, you just try to be friendly with the girl, talking about something casual.
Besides, you had better not ask her phone number or e-mail address at this point. Be aware that she is still on her guard.
2, Lead her to Messenger.
When you feel you have gained some of her confidence, you should ask her to talk with you on Messenger (Yahoo's, MSN's, AOL's or whichever). You can ask her like;
"Messe yaranai?" (Why don't we talk on Messenger?)
"Messe de hanasou yo ＾＾" (Let's talk on Messenger.＾＾)
In Japan, they often shorten the word Messenger "Messe".
In the second Japanese sentence above, the author used ＾＾ (kao-moji: emoticon or smiley, it means "face letters", literally) and he likes it personally.
---About Kao-moji ---
Kao-moji are human faces expressed by letters. You can see many on the Net like a smile (^_^) or a face shedding tears (T_T).
Should one use them on 2-shot Chat?
The author thinks that one should not use them too often because people might take him as a Net-Otaku (Otaku: a fan or a nerd, once used pejoratively, but now some think Otakus will create the future of the Japanese industries). Unfortunately, most Japanese think negatively of a Net-Otaku still. Since on 2-shot Chat you cannot see the face of the person you are talking to, you have to be twice as cautious about what you say as otherwise.
Nevertheless, if you want to make friends with Otaku girls (=Fujoshi: a girl nerd; it means "rotten girl", literally), you should learn about Japanese-style emoticons. A man from abroad can impress an Otaku girl very much if he knows a few uncommon Japanese smileys.
3, On Messenger
The true Nampa (romance-seeking) begins the moment she agrees to talk on Messenger. There are two important points you must remember.
(a) To try to talk about something indecent.
(b) To ask her mobile phone number or e-mail address.
As for (a), if you want to behave yourself as a gentleman all the way, you don't need to talk about anything lewd. However, if you are a man of lust, full of desire, you need to do it. You can expect some good effects if you talk about something lecherous at this stage.
First, after some indecent talks, you and she feel intimate. So, you can skip unnecessary steps when you see the girl. If she is a kind of girl who likes "it", you can take her straight to a Love Hotel (hotel de passe). Even when you cannot go there right away, the indecent conversations haven't been waste of time. It has surely "warmed her up". Of course, she is thinking, "When we see each other, we are gonna do it."
Secondly, about (b), it won't be too difficult if she agrees to talk on Messenger. She will give you her phone number and e-mail address without hesitation. On the other hand, even after lewd conversations, in case she doesn't give you her phone number nor agree to meet, forget it.
Dump her and find another.
<From the author>
2-shot Chat is fun when it works. Nevertheless, you can get into trouble, probably because you cannot see the face of the other. If you are over 18, in Tokyo and some other prefectures, it is illegal to go out with a girl under 18 without her parents' consent. So, be careful.
It is a good idea to do it when you have to spend a night at a Net cafe (cyber cafe), for example. It is suitable when you have nothing else to do. Once you get used to it, you can get an e-mail address every night you do it. Or, you can meet a girl on 2-shot Chat one night and see her the day after.
I have seen a gentleman from abroad participating in this "2-shot Chat, free and safe". A connoisseur knows it no matter what his nationality is. Globalisations have reached the area of Japanese 2-shot Chat. More and more people learn Japanese these days, and they can flourish their language skills in a Japanese site, which once was only for the locals. It is wonderful that Japanese 2-shot Chat markets are expanding. Besides, thanks to 2-shot sites, people from all over the world can learn about each other better. It is good.
However, the people currently responsible for those romantic sites have almost the same mentality as the samurais had when Japan's doors were closed to other countries hundreds years ago. At most of the 2-shot Chat sites, there are no English instructions. They are only in Japanese. It seems to me that they want to exclude non Japanese speakers. You should not be too discouraged, though. Since it is not so complicated to register yourself and join the chat, you can somehow manage. Give it a try.
Good luck!
[Related articles]
・What is Nampa?
・Confession of Nampa Samurai
・Nampa (romance-seeking) in Asakusa
・The best Nampa (romance-seeking) point in Asakusa
・Tobu Asakusa station Nampa
・Ueno,the entrance for North Japan