Japanese and Looks

Don't exactly love how I look, but I don't care so much of what people think of me. =w= <<Filled with pride.

I never really felt that great about my looks. My girlfriend says I'm cute, so that is good enough for me ^_^

I'm content with mine, it could've been alot worse =o

Im not the hottest guy around, but I'm more than comfortable with it

"I'm dead sexy. Look at my sexy body." -Fatbastard (Austin Power: The Spy Who Shagged Me)

"My drivers license photo looks like a wanted criminal" <--- I think I can safely say this is the case for just about everyone >_>;. None of people I know, guys and girls, pretty or not, likes their driver ID and think the same. It's such a funny mugshot xD. I would like to be a little better looking than I am now (maybe fix my hairstyle would do the trick xD) but overall, I'm content with the way I look. I am myself and look like myself and no one else.

I'm proud by the way I look and I don't care what other people think

I don't feel bad about my looks. I can admit that I think I look pretty attractive, and I'm happy I turned out looking the way I did. They only thing I am disappointed with is my height. I'm 5' 5" close to 5' 6" I'm hoping to reach that before I turn 21 next year. >.<;;

Uh doesn't everyone look like wanted criminals in their driver's license? I know all the picture IDs i have probably 99% make me look like a criminal lol.

I don't mind my looks, but i find it embarassing posting a pic of myself online though, maybe its because people from all over the world would be able to see me. I also get embarassed when i'm the centre of attention, so that might be another reason...

imo, if you feel ugly, you'd tend to look more ugly. since you wouldn't care to dress up properly etc. but if one were happy with the way they look, that confidence can reflect in the way you look, the way you dress and posture would be better. also putting a smile on each day would improve how people react to you, and in turn help you feel more content in the way you look.

If not for my break outs of acne every now and then, i think i look pretty good lol...

Well, I do hope to lose weight as I'm 100kg-ish and be taller as I'm 5'6". However, I love my hair =D It's awesome when it's short and long with no gelling or whatever required, sometimes not even brushing is required for a good look, though I still brush my hair everyday

I personally think I'm not super attractive. I don't get girls swooning over me, etc.
Lots of girls *do* say I'm incredibly cute, but I think that's more in the "haha you're a geek and a loser and it's cute" than the "ooo he's cute" way.

I've had a girlfriend though, so that's kinda boosted my self-esteem a lot. Now I know it can be done ^_^
Have asked a few girls out lately with my newfound (non-otaku-like) courage and been turned down by nice girls who say I'm cute and kinda flirt with me - don't understand why they flirt with me and then turn me down. Silly girls. They say they just see me as a really good friend, though. I guess I am the kind of boy who girls like being friends with, but that not many would like to go out with.

So all in all I'm happy that I'm not gross-looking, but I wish I could be "hot" instead of "super cute".

I think the subway mirror is to prevent people from jumping onto the track to kill themselves, using peer pressure. "Dont Jump, i need to get to work!!!"

That might backfire thou, if what they said is true...
"I look horrible in the subway mirrors. I cant beleive I have managed to live until this day with a face like this."

I don't like my looks. I've tried many different looks but all have turned out terrible. The length I have my hair at and when I'm clean shaven and wear classes I have a more feminine look which I've been asked out by two gay guys because of it. Turned them down of course but they both became really good friends of mine. I've dressed as a trap to school before to confirm this suspicion of mine and I indeed have a real feminine look to me when I'm clean shaven.
When I try to grow a bit of facial hair I end up looking like some meth dealer and people avoid me when I look like that.

I'm a below average looking person but I've come to accept it. I stopped caring what people think of me based on my looks long ago.

Well, sometimes I think I look like crap, but other times I'm fine. :)

It really just depends on my mood.

Well I'm over twenty and still have acne, but that's about the only thing that's bothering me...like it or not this face is mine and damn proud of it...

I chose average, but I'm quite happy with what I look like right now... I've gotten over pimples... pimples was one thing which lowered my esteem. Other things which I could do is be a bit more stylish... Dressing up and styling my hair would definitely raise my self-esteem. currently thinking of some crazy hair style >.>

People nowadays judge a lot of people by what's good on the outside (fashion and style), and not what's inside. I don't really care what people see or think of me on the outside. Close friends and relatives will accept me anyway(inside).

My license picture actually looks like a mug shot. I look totally bad ass in it. I look harmless most of the time.

i seriously need moar sleep - sleep helps everything

Zetsubou shita!!!!! My looks has lead me to despair!!!! I don't really like how i look... Somwtimes I wish I have a bishounen look ^^

I dunno i'm pretty butt ugly man.
so meh

I don't hate my looks, just my ugly, ugly soul. T_T

yes danny we all like u for your liver, lungs and intestines, so do take good care of them.

i can only look good if i am well groom and maintain my hair style. which is some thing i hate doing and rarely do. i guess should think about it more often, since im still on the market

Err...I'm ok. ^^ I really don't like to have my picture taken. I look horrible in photos.

Marvin is right about dress and how you perceive yourself. I like to take the same approach. I must be ok since my wife is happy.

I say the girl was surprised you where Asian. Seriously, I bet she was expecting you to be Caucasian. I had always wondered how it is for you in Japan. It is a little uncomfortable for me how much attention I get from Japanese girls. ^^; If I was single it would be great... It does wonders for my ego but...

Whaaat? They think they're ugly? :( That's sad.

I think I know why the girl laughed. You're in this armor, for a bad guy for a movie, but when you take the helmet off you're this cute, round-faced, smiling nerd--polar opposite!

I am dead sexy. Dead sexy as in good looking, not dead looking.

Everyone has their own taste when it comes to attractiveness. If one person laughs in your face another will adore it. That's why looks don't bother me anymore.

I think I looked better when I was a kid ^^; was browsing thru my younger photos I was so slim then ;_; I prefer myself without glasses but can't bring myself to wear contacts or get laser treatment :P

I feel that I look too much like a man. I don't care how many people call me handsome--handsome is not pretty!!! >.<;;

I'm not the most handsome guy, but I don't think I'm the ugliest either. I would consider myself average. Nothing worth getting depressed over.

When I look in a mirror, I feel great about myself. But when I look at pictures or video of myself, I feel a little self-conscious.

"Don't hate me because I'm beautiful..." ^^

Overall, I think I'm okay.

OHH.. i see. thats why everyone here likes Danny Choo~ his insides must be brilliant ^_^ i remember him saying he duznt drink so i guess theres a healthy liver =D

anyway~ i think i look just like a typical asian guy who blends in the crowd =] i'm sure once everyone starts getting td-t-shirts and posting pics of themselves everyone here will point out their good points ^__^

>>Today, I don't care about my facial appearance as I've learned many moons ago that true friends just care about whats inside (liver, lungs, intestines etc)
Never suspected that Danny is an awakened being orz
I still hate my face to be honest didn't help that I'm extremely scrawny guy but I'm resigned to fate and my existence as an unloved roney closet otariman. hehe

Hmmm... I only feel uncomfortable when I'm with models, but that's only initially :))

Depressed... lots-o-zits, big shnoz,and wire-like hair.

average, because at times I've found my self thinking, "I'm glad I don't look like him"

I'm ugly, but I'm past that.
Knowing it is kinda liberating... it's like, one less thing to worry about. XD

Afraid that people will kill me but I'm really kinda average.. *unbiased* Honestly, I'm just weirdly photogenic and I look at my Tare picture like "that's me?" lol (and there goes my temporary popularity xD) but looks to me don't matter as much as personality. :3

People tend to look at the eyes first then the nose and lips. I notice that after my art teach explain how people looks at other first.

I think most everyone is critical of their looks when they are younger. As you get older, you come to the same conclusion as you mentioned Danny, a man's worth is not determined by looks only.

I have confidence that i'm not ugly

if you happen to have a wife or girlfriend, then you only need to look good to them, not hard. Otherwise you shouldn't care what others think, but then you might not get a wife/girlfriend. Its quite a vicious cycle.

Even in the United States, people always complain about the pictures taken for driver's licenses and other forms of ID. I personally look like someone they see on a Wanted poster in a Post Office, but a lot of the photos I have taken of me, I like that look.

I have thick and dark wavy brown hair.
Dark brown eyes and a OK face. Also I wear some crazy glasses that straight men comment about.
Also a little overweight. That is not why I am like this. It is because is what is inside my heart that's a little scary. Yeah, I know its not that bad, if one looks inside hard enough that you can find all sorts of bad things. So, being a total geek is not that bad, in the sciences, history, and of course Japan.

I cannot say I'd fancy myself, but I don't think I am too bad I would kill myself over looks or the other things.

Law Of Attraction, the more you think about negativity, the more it will materialize in you.

Being an average-looking person I am, as everybody else would had been depressed once in a lifetime, but just being depress about it will not change anything.
So I always portrait myself in the best possible outlook in certain situation etc...

I never judge anything by it's cover/looks, well at least not on any human.

The gods worship me fo my attractiveness. Lets put it this way, I make Aphrodite look like a fat slob.

Hehe, all right Im joking. But I dont think I look bad. Im a pretty good-looking guy, I gotta admit. :D

I don't really mind being not good-looking.. but I really wish I could stop having pimples and acnes >.<

Now that my zits have finally cleared, I think I look a lot better; although my hair's getting pretty thin and I still look like a tard on pictures ^^;

I think I look somewhere between nondescript and near nondescript. Though when I showed up to work with my hair gelled back, a few of my supervisors said I looked like was a mafiaoso, and some of my friends saw me they didn't even recognize me.

Quite frankly, I hardly ever use a mirror. I know I'll look average without effort, and I'll still look with anything short of huge amounts of effort, so I don't think it's worth it.

"I look horrible in the subway mirrors. I cant beleive I have managed to live until this day with a face like this."

Well, if they'd stop getting their mirrors from funhouses....

- "My drivers license photo looks like a wanted criminal."
My drivers license photo looks like that too XD We aren't allowed to smile in driving license photos so my face is like =__=

As for how I feel about my looks, I don't think I am the ugliest face in the bunch, but no where near the prettiest. I don't mind though because I'm engaged to be married and my fiance thinks I'm beautiful (still don't know how he thinks that) so I guess that's all that matters.

I think I'm pretty hot stuff. Now if women thought the same thing, I'd be set.

Always been insecure about my appearance, but thats just the way I am.

I don't like my look very much, but then I think "who cares?" and it's ok. I always try to put my glasses off when I'm going to look in a mirror. ;P

I think I'm about average... I used to wonder why people were friends with me, but I realised that they liked me for my personality more so than looks. This was in primary/high school though.

Even so, if I take care of my face and hair [just moisturiser and basic eye and lip colour, and shampoo/conditioner], I've been told I look pretty, but no matter what, I'm not very photogenic, lol~

I think it's important to have someone you trust that gives you an honest or heart-felt answer, I tend to ask my younger brother if I look ok before going out :3 Also, when you're happy with life, you glow and that makes you look good, think positive thoughts and make it a habit (/^o^)/~~**

Everyone comments how beautiful my 4 month old daughter is, so that's good enough for me. Glad she looks like her mum ^^;

#q#I remember a girl bursting out laughing when she saw my face after I took off my helmet ^^;
#q#

The reason maybe was she might have thought that it's an american or someone who lives in a western country but got surprised it was not.

average...

yep i uber sexy! just look at ma lovely beer belly! :P j?k i really am happy with my looks...but i did look better with longer hair. just looking good ain't gonna attract the lady's/men. you gotta use all you got. like i might not be Brat Pitt when it comes to looks but its always fun and full of laughs when i'm around, i'm just friggin insane! especially if i had a few beers toooo many :P just be your self thats all! cuz if your gonna put this whole act, sooner or later they will see the true you. its best if someone likes you for who you are the minute you meet them, not someone your trying to imitate or something you read in a magazine.

i like the picture on this post... for some reason it reminded me of "the Knight who says Né Né!!!" from the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail! LOL

awfully sexay!! even if i'm not, who cares??? i may look like no rockstar, nor movie actor, and god forbid, club host, but i'm fine with that.

i love my skin tone, my uncommon hair (uncommon in the west, cause lots of people say it looks eastern), my 3 day beard (actually, it has to grow for 1 week to reach that state), my 173cm of shortness (it's short when your shoulders have the width of a 180cm+ person), and everything else. You may call me a narcissist but hey, if loving who you are is bad, what about loving who you are not?

everyday we are brainwashed by media like movies, televisions, magazines etc about the concept of beauty. is being skinny, tall, having flawless skin, a curvy body, big eyes, outstanding facial features considered beauty?

in my opinion. most people i see everyday on the streets, at work, on the train etc are normal looking, very few are considered so-called "ugly". so be confident about yourself. don't forget all those super models/ movie stars u see on posters are most probably digitally enhanced. ^^;

I'm fine with the way I look. Sure I could be prettier. But I could look worse lol. And as for the rest of my body, the only quibble I have is with my legs.... inherited my mothers legs...

love the pic! Face-off~

of course someone would laugh if the see you took off your helmet.
since a stormtrooper is evil you expect like Ray Park or Chuck Norris =DD

you should a add a wookie to your party =P

CAPTION for PIC.

Tropper - WTF is this guy thinking? *thinks*
Guy - If he only knew Iam gay.

I've never really been to concerned with my appearance (except in Junior High). I look much older than I am, walk a bit hunched over, and have glasses. Most people assume I am married already and with kids cause I look like the family type. I'm only 23 though. In bootcamp, during battlestations, one of the RDCs stopped me and asked "Whoa!! How old are you? No offense, but you look WAY older than that" Doesn't bother me though.

In your defence, Danny, while you might not look like Johnny Depp, you're hardly ugly. She was probably laughing because the helmet may have contorted your face when you took it off - depending on how snug a fit it is.

@ Calan who said "don't understand why they flirt with me and then turn me down. Silly girls."

No offence (saying that always makes it sound worse, doesn't it?) but are you quite young? That's quite a young teenager way of looking at things. (A) Girls flirt in general, often with boys they don't find attractive at all because it's easy to get their attention and girls love attention. (B) I know a lot of people that take "smiling" or "touching on the arm" as flirting. It really isn't, but some of my friends are so shy that those things seem like a big deal to them. (C) Often girls find it hard to flirt with boys they DO like. I mean, I'm sure a lot of us find that we can talk easily to girls we don't fancy but when the girl we DO fancy is there, we may just become really self-conscious.

I starting to become more comfortable with my looks only because I get more compliments on how much weight I lost.and how good I'm looking

I don't like the mirrors in my school's toilet:(

I remember a girl bursting out laughing when she saw my face after I took off my helmet ^^; <-- I think that this is rude. But well, I lol'd after reading this. Also got me thinking what's there to laugh that hard.

Well, I'm satisfied with how I look.
But our 'looks' depends on how other people see it.
After all, beauty lies in the eye of the beholder..(did I get it right?)
Some people might say different things than other people..

I don't care even when people tell me that I should take care of my face. Eh, that a bit too much on my side...

I care about my insides more than my face o_o
lol Oh... there goes my liver running away again... *gives chase*

i look like a criminal & i like it :)
that way:
-no bullies
-no nuisance from other (hence, they run away from me)

true friends just care about whats inside (liver, lungs, intestines etc).

This made me laugh soo much haha. Its as if your friends are out for your parts to sell on the black market lol

I don't really care what I look like, just that I wish I were a tad taller...
And yea, we should like someone because of their inner beauty and not just by their looks...

i must be good looking since i always notice a few people i go anywhere always looking at me. xD

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
I always think that I'm good looking, trying not to be pulled by the standards of society. But honestly, I think I'm average, not good, not bad, but kinda leaning towards the good looking side. xD

I don't mind how I look but I do dislike my nose. Breaking it 13 times through sports has really messed it up. even with it though I get a lot of compliments and most think I look something like a younger Mel Gibson. Was quite bothersome when I was in Austrailia since everyone was calling me Mel.

I think that one can be successful pretty much regaardless of looks. More difficult for women but still possible.

Lol, at mirrors in the subway in Japan. I didn't see many, apart from at the end of the platform. He says it as if they are everywhere.

Anyway, I don't really care for my looks any more. Well, I do care about it, but don't obsess about it.

It's a sad fact that so many of our interactions with other people are governed by our physical appearance. Fortunately a smile works wonders to make up for a less-than favourable facial appeal, and brings out confidence too. Smile and be happy. :)

It happens to me sometimes... I'd wish to take a better picture of me... or better use photoshop instead... Lol..

Used to feel decently cute but acne has me feeling bad this last year or so. I purposely don't wear makeup some days and try to accept my real face -- I feel that women feel ugly without makeup, and it shouldn't be that way.

I honestly think I am good looking. Problem is that I have yet to find a non-clingy girl that wants me because they assume I have money that thinks the same. XP

Ok folks, this is what I look like: http://www.meidocafe.jp/2008/10/26/naughty-melonpan-returns/ (NSFW!) I'm too sexy for my shirt!

I look pretty much like the avatar at left, only with a few more polygons.

But somehow, public mirrors somehow seem.... embarrassing.

I think I look okay. But it's weird, every time I'm out doing errands with my mom, I always get commented on being handsome by women, and even sometimes men. @_@ It usually ends up going like this:

Stranger: Is that your son?
Mom: Yes.
Stranger: He is very handsome. *looks at me and smiles*
Mom: Thank you.
Me: @_@ (if its a guy), ^^ (if it's a pretty woman)

I guess that is a good thing (kinda when it comes from the guy...), but I don't necessarily think it's true. I don't know what else to say but that I am stunned every time I get that comment/praise. I guess I just can't accept compliments sometimes. =P

all the pictures i have taken so far that was used for id makes me look like a criminal

I dont look to shabby and i dont look to good.Im just a regular guy.
I didnt know that japanese man had these problems.I wonder if its a new thing or if japanese always have been nsecure about their looks

I only worry about my appearance if I'm suffering some bad eczyma, which can affect my face as well.
My sister told me that whether one has good-looking face or not, it's important to look neat to people's eyes, or else they can easily develop prejusdice against you, especially in high stress environment places like Hong Kong.

When you start thinking you are handsome so does the other people!

When you start thinking you are handsome so does the other people!

I didn't like my passport photo... Good thing I didn't send it in.

I like the way I look, even though I don't think I look the best. I think I have room for improvement, and I'm sure my looks will be changing as I age more, but I don't really care a whole lot about it. Look are important, but not nearly as important as personality to me. ^^

When I was young I was really hot (for the girls of course), but way too naive to get some advantage from it (baka! baka!), today I'm just averange, so the girls have no interest on me (that's the life).

When I'm really energetic and polished up, I'm okay. Not really drop dead handsome, but just cute. You can see an image of myself on my site.

When I am tired, I'm a mess. Really. Ha ha ha!

I'm fairly happy with my looks. I hate my ID photo only because I was really sick that day and it was before I started taking better care of my hair. Such a awful photo... -_-'
Maybe the girl laughed because she wasn't expecting a nice guy face? (you always look happy and nice in your pictures)

i would say i'm average looking...there is always room for improvement imo

btw...whatz with everybody having santa hats in their avatars now? new fad? haha

who cares how you look like, just keep being a good person. ^^"

This is a subject that i usually dont like to talk about myself about but being a woman in the way society is now, i feel that i am totaly ugly. My fiance thinks i'm beautiful and thats what really matters most though. but i really am not happy with the way i look, i think i am disgusting.

I can understand how they feel. When Japanese people are good-looking, we're GOOD-looking, but when we're ugly, we're UGLY. :P

My drivers license photo used to look extremely bad. Recently, though, I got a new license, and the picture actually looks decent!

I dont really bother about my look. But i dont really like to look at the mirror, it just make me feel mad.

Getting annoyed by my hair...Getting too long too fast...

I'd say I'm average looking. Won't say I've always thought that but, now I am more mature about this particular subject.

I have a beauty that can't be seen. Now let me see were did I put that?

I'm not a hot Latin guy, but i feel great the way i`m, even when i wake up at the morning ^^

Ive always gotten compliments on my looks, girls and women telling me im attractive. I just think im average since i have trouble with skin blemishes.

IDC what anyone says all that matters iz that u like ur self and ur boyfriend likes you too
^ ^*

You should be weary about friends who care about your insides, they may eventually harvest them for the black market.

no matter how fat i am... ppl still call me cute... so i'm good with it... :P

im shocked how people think

I hate how I look. Even though people say I'm pretty now, I used to get made fun of a lot. I guess it sort of sticks with you.

I don't know. Always thought i kind of looked ugly. Lately i think i've been trying to change that line of thinking. Still think i could look better though....

When looking in the mirror and getting put down by others....you can probably think that the world would end soon.....

I know I'm no model but I'm pretty secure with how I look. I think I intimidate a lot of people anyway with my 6'2 height and 270 lb weight, even though inside I'm as soft as a marshmellow! :3

i lol'd

i used to not reallycare about my looks, but then when i got to high school,i learned that people act about as good as they dress themselves. so then i became very aware of what i wore, how i wore it, and how my face looked, because i see it as something important. so if i meet a person whose breath is smelly and they wear dirty shirts, i probably would decline on liking their personality.

I'm pretty secure with my looks now. It wasn't always this way though... But now that I know that people are attracted by me, I feel better... hehe

Well, sometimes when I look myself in the mirror I'm like:
- Oh, man! UGLYNESS!!!
And then there are moments when I look I say:
- Heey! Looking sex-AYEH!! Grrrr...
I think it depens on your mood... and age. Teenagers tend to think too much about their appearance but in the end that's not really what counts! THIS(points at the fridge) is what counts! Kidding! Of course it's the wit!

I think I'm quite good looking... XDDDDD

well, won't hurt to be a bit confident is it... ;p

Just wish these flabs of fats would go away T,T

that statement about looking at yourself while getting a haircut is so true...especially when one side of your long hair is getting trimmed XD

Im pretty content with my face ^_^

i also do care whats inside (kidney). surely danny was the knight with a shining trooper armor of his wife and i like the photo, it looks like the both of you are looking for a fight

I'm Happy with my looks, whats my secret? i realized that all men are ugly just some are less ugly than others :P. but seriously my last drivers license makes me look like a lizard, to top it off i wasn't planning to take a new picture so i wore a shirt with a giant metal skull on it.

I like my looks. A lot of people say that I'm cute. The only issue is that stupid idiots only bother cute girls. But fools will be fools. It'll be a miracle if I ever meet a decent guy. He doesn't have to be good-looking, But with all of the idiots in my world, I'm just looking for an average hard-working guy. D:<

this debate about ugliness are rooted in the media's portrayal of what's 'beautiful'. but i don't think I'm ugly (although i was called that in high school) but the bright side about it is, the people who called me 'ugly' are ugly as well lol. ;)

You can be a perfect 10 in looks but if the attitude stinks all it will do is put a face to it.

i feel that my looks are average and everything about me is average but it's okay. even ugly guys can get girlfriends.

sad. i'm 6 foot and people most of the time walk away because i look like a bully but i'm very nice.

I'm in the same boat as you Danny, complexion and all.

I am an american woman who has no idea why japanese men think they are unattractive.In my opinion, japanese men are the most attractive men on earth and I have always seen them as sex symbols.You guys are gorgeous, you should not be so hard on yourself.