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This person is was previously a man...

The Japanese word "Newhalf" (ニューハーフ) is used to describe a man who has made the mentally and/or physical transition to being a woman.
The following clip is from a variety program called The Best House and this section is taking a look at the nicest Newhalves the show could find.
Found in James YouTube account.
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D_Blade in Montreal
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
Registered on 2006/12/31 22:48
Isn't that person technically a transgender? Probably a transsexual.
I wonder why the Japanese have supposedly "invented" a new term for that category of people.
More information on your part, Danny?

I'm saying that out of cause. I'm non-judgmental, am even taking a sexuality class right now and learned quite a fair bit on those phenomena.

Remember folks, there is a place for everyone on this planet and everyone has rights.

Still, usually not hanging out with others already I don't think I would. But I wouldn't run away in terror either (unlike if it was about Candygirls).
(ID #53115) Posted on 2007/08/01 05:48
Uradox in Nagoya / Perth
Procurement officer / Teacher
Registered on 2007/05/12 15:27
Hehe I remember seeing this last month. Some of those guys got REALLY good jobs, would be scarey to meet them at a party....
What was even funnier... i was watching it with someone who did not know japanese and often commented about the cute 'girls'. When they showed the photo of them as a guy i told him that it was a show on 'hot' girls with pretty below average guys..
Ahh I had so much fun :)
(ID #53116) Posted on 2007/08/01 06:51
Gaspard de Coligny
D_Blade, the Japanese "invented" the term because in their quest to show their superiority to the rest of the world they can't admit they are just following a generic human pattern/behaviour. Yes there are transgender everywhere, but for the japanese, it must be special, therefore, it need a new word to show that they are different and not some rehashed version of the good old tranny...

Anyway don't worry in japanese words are born and dies at a frightening speed making their language some kind of perpetual expandable nonsense.
(ID #53118) Posted on 2007/08/01 07:46
BeLe in Davao, Philippines
.NET/Web Developer
Registered on 2007/01/03 16:36
Love the look on the faces of the people sitting behind the tables.  heheh! 

Wouldn't go out with any of those.  Not even when we're the last two people on earth.  hahahah!  But you have to admit, some of them are more beautiful than your average women. heheh!  
(ID #53119) Posted on 2007/08/01 08:03
Cosmo in Chicago, Illinois USA
Retail Manager
Registered on 2007/01/11 06:54
Japanese perversion knows no end! Where's my Bible!
:>
(ID #53120) Posted on 2007/08/01 08:26
Registered on 2007/03/06 15:56
This isn't just a Japanese thing, In Thailand they had a miss transsexual beauty pageant, and in Korea a few years back there was a transsexual pop star that made a splash for a while.
(ID #53121) Posted on 2007/08/01 08:44
James(not logged in)
Thanks for the link!  Can you change it to link to the original post instead of a youtube account:
http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=917
WoLF-[x] in Malaysia
IT Consultant
Registered on 2007/01/15 19:58
So Quattro Vagina is not a newtype....but a newhalf. LOL!
(ID #53124) Posted on 2007/08/01 09:25
Henry in Makati, Philippines
anime/cosplay events organizer
Registered on 2006/12/25 19:17
japan is getting a taste of a newhalf

that newhalf is the real-life Jun Watarase XDDD

thailand has a lot of newhalves that are even much more pretty than real women
(ID #53129) Posted on 2007/08/01 09:59
windbell in Singapore/シンガポール, Tokyo/東京
Web Developer/ウェブデベロッパー, Photographer/写真や
Registered on 2006/12/25 12:20
The last girl (19 y/old) looks really pretty. But I guess guys will have to be wary of the girl that they're dating. Might be a trap! ^^;
(ID #53133) Posted on 2007/08/01 10:42
Aaronime in Mars, Canada
Human
Registered on 2007/07/27 10:28
They must be happy, that their dreams have come true! But just as they suffered problems as a man the well as woman.
But wow, some of them were hawt!
No- No- NOOO! I'm against this =[
(ID #53138) Posted on 2007/08/01 11:55
Registered on 2006/12/24 23:42
omg! chicks with d*cks. ^^ the sad thing is, they sometimes do look better than the real thing. >.
(ID #53139) Posted on 2007/08/01 11:56
hendrik in jakarta,indonesia
student
Registered on 2007/06/01 04:39
i hate g's but that guy did have 1 hell of plastic surgery.

why don't these guy love it's own wiener....
(ID #53140) Posted on 2007/08/01 12:02
Julimano in Osasco, brazil
Why not? if he/she is cute :)
(ID #53145) Posted on 2007/08/01 12:53
this clip reminds me of a japanese show called "pretty boys" or something O__o
(ID #53146) Posted on 2007/08/01 13:29
R-1 in the "Hagane" docking bay
Personal Trooper
Registered on 2007/07/05 20:49
Hmmm..........................................................................................

Can still kinda tell they're guys....................................................................

They act act more girly than girls.
(ID #53148) Posted on 2007/08/01 15:43
Jay Cee in São Paulo, Brazil
Registered on 2007/02/08 02:54
Hacked body to look like a girl.

The street slang fot "Newhalf" in brazilian portuguese (more São Pualo state) is "traveco" (read, tra lie in TRAvis, ve like in VEnture and co like in COld)

Now you know one word in portuguese! 
(ID #53150) Posted on 2007/08/01 16:45
D_Blade in Montreal
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
Registered on 2006/12/31 22:48
Gaspard, I see what you're meaning and I agree that it is to give some hype to a phenomenon that already exists. Hype and the sense of novelty sell.

"expendable nonsense" *laughs* well, I prefer being in a living culture with a crazy sense of expression than in one that would be eternally entrenched in traditional values (especially if there are notions of injustice, corruption and stubbornness in the latter).
As long as there are no riots in the former, that is.



(ID #53152) Posted on 2007/08/01 17:03
randall in Champaign, Illinois
Programmer
Registered on 2007/01/03 15:10
LIKE THE FIST OF AN ANGRY GOD!

But then, I'm not stuck up like some of these people. You'd all hit it. And you knew it the second you saw the first picture, before you scrolled down.
(ID #53155) Posted on 2007/08/01 18:33
Sector6 in Singapore
student
Registered on 2007/05/14 18:05
in thailand, we get lots of these 'newhalves'. but never gone out with one! (hopefully this will continue!)
(ID #53178) Posted on 2007/08/02 00:01
necrophadian in a van down by the river
Stigmata Martyr
Registered on 2007/04/22 12:13
the thing in the suit is probably still a pre-op tranny. you could tell they're trying real hard to be women. 
(ID #53191) Posted on 2007/08/02 01:04
seth.frostheart in Malaysia. Singapore. Bangkok. Shanghai.
Motion Graphics Designer
Registered on 2007/01/08 01:11
they have banging bodies but after staying in BKK for a few months and trolling the nightlife... these japanese newhalves pale in comparison to the thai ones...

you can still roughly see they're guys from the manly facial and body structures... and of course, their over exaggerated expressions so common the newhalves...
(ID #53198) Posted on 2007/08/02 03:19
syrix in U.S.
student
Registered on 2007/03/21 09:30
If you didn't mention it I would have said "she is hot," now I have to say he...she...shim is hot lol
(ID #53202) Posted on 2007/08/02 03:26
pistol opera! in massachusetts
worldwide distribution for e.thirteen
Registered on 2007/02/24 04:39
errr....hmmmmmmm.

ahhhhhhhhhh........huh?
hmmmmmmm......................lets see................uuuuuuummmmmmmmmm....
  i dunno....??
(ID #53204) Posted on 2007/08/02 04:34
Tofu-san in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
ecchi student
Registered on 2007/03/04 06:41
Ummmm...ok.
(ID #53205) Posted on 2007/08/02 05:11
strangeknight in Singapore
And in other news: newhalves have displayed telekinetic and telepathic powers: an extremely high degree of spatial awareness, ability to empathically detect other newhalves, and sensitivity to the hostile intentions directed at them by others. Observers report seeing a white bolt flashing across newhalves' foreheads with an accompanying sound effect...

/dodges trout
(ID #53207) Posted on 2007/08/02 05:30
Otaku Blue in London
Student
Registered on 2007/05/12 22:32
0.0...........
(ID #53210) Posted on 2007/08/02 06:05
Starboykb in Brunei
IT TechGuy
Registered on 2007/05/16 00:05
I don't mind accepting Newhalf as a friend of course.
(ID #53215) Posted on 2007/08/02 10:04
Aion
Ha Ri Su ownz them.
(ID #53219) Posted on 2007/08/02 10:18
Kururu_luva in Richmond, BC Canada
Registered on 2007/01/20 17:05
 omg, i just saw the full episode on youtube. Some of them just look so like a girl that its scary. While, some other are just plain disturbing :P. Eh i guess i don't mind having a new half friend as long they are not scary looking xD.  
(ID #53259) Posted on 2007/08/02 23:35
Setsuna-san in Selangor, Malaysia
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
Registered on 2007/07/06 10:07
(SPEECHLESS)
(ID #53283) Posted on 2007/08/03 00:53
farrroarz in Brunei
Not that i mind though, maybe some of have have problems back when they were guys or their personalities are a bit girlish so they were wondering why they're in a guy's body? well, that's my opinion.
(ID #53321) Posted on 2007/08/03 06:12
D_Blade in Montreal
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
Registered on 2006/12/31 22:48
@farrroarz: Well, the definition of transgender people goes as follows:
Individuals who feel they have been trapped in the body of the wrong gender.

Hence the surgery process and all. 
I was quite afraid of them a while ago but I've learned to accept them in time. Understanding, tolerance/acceptance and awareness are essential in those matters.
(ID #53460) Posted on 2007/08/04 15:22
GMX555 in Bangkok
Business Consultant
Registered on 2007/04/07 00:50
soso i have to see "Poyd" transexual star in Thailand.
please follow this link

http://www.pantip.com/cafe/chalermthai/topic/A5689970/A5689970.html
(ID #53903) Posted on 2007/08/09 13:20
monkey B.B in seoul
is it a called newhalf in japan?
well... it`s not a problem to go out with them, cuz they are girls.
we have to accept their mind and their conduct. it is not right to exclude for their difference.
(ID #55818) Posted on 2007/08/30 06:38
Odo in London
Sales
Registered on 2008/01/01 20:54
I would certainly go out with a new half. They cannot help having what is a medical condition, and some of them are truly beautiful.
(ID #68505) Posted on 2008/01/02 11:58
Karl in TEH Philippines
Student/Evil Overlord
Registered on 2007/10/27 01:26
A solid NO. I don't mind them though. I can tolerate but I won't patronize. 
(ID #70217) Posted on 2008/01/20 10:17
ornehx in Penang, Malaysia
dannychoo.com no aidokusha
Registered on 2007/12/25 23:02
wow she's sooooooooooo pretty...
the reason i clicked on this article was because i thought its about some pretty girl....
*speechless*
(ID #169269) Posted on 2008/04/11 17:20
lostandfound in a UFO... catcher...
Part human, part student, 100% loser
Registered on 2007/10/22 02:10
I don't mind going out with... 
(ID #230221) Posted on 2008/07/05 06:38
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