Millionaire YouTuber "Life Fat House X" went to Japan and spent 1 million yen to buy the original first edition of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", sparking heated discussions among netizens in Taiwan and Japan
Quick Look
- During his trip to Japan last month, the millionaire YouTuber "Life Fat House X-Zun" spent 1 million yen (approximately NT$200,000) to purchase a rare first-edition original film of the Japanese classic gay film "A Midsummer Night's Dream." After the exposure of his purchase behavior and related videos, it triggered extensive discussions and ridicule among netizens in Taiwan and Japan.
- Japanese netizens praised him as "a Taiwanese with a national treasure" and other titles, and linked Internet meme culture and transnational interaction topics.
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Why It Matters
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a Japanese gay film series originating in 2001. It consists of four chapters. Due to its outdated production and special content, it has given rise to many memes on the Internet, such as "114514", "Beast Senior", etc. Some fans designate August 10th every year as "Beast Day".
Millionaire YouTuber "Life Fat House X" traveled to Japan last month and spent 1 million yen to buy a rare first-edition original film of the classic GV "A Midsummer Night's Dream". (Picture taken from social platform "X", @loserzun IG, synthesized by this newspaper)
In recent years, Taiwanese and Japanese netizens like to discuss "what will they buy in Taiwan/Japan" and complain that they have no idea why the other party buys certain products. Millionaire YouTuber "Life Fat House X-Zun" traveled to Japan last month and spent 1 million yen (approximately NT$200,000) to buy a rare first-edition original film of the Japanese classic gay film "A Midsummer Night's Lustful Dream". When the news came back to Japan, it immediately caused a sensation across the Internet.
It is understood that the gay male film "A Midsummer Night's Dream" series originated in 2001 and has a total of 4 independent chapters. All the characters and plots of the performances have been derived from "114514" and "The Beast" with the development of social networks. "Senior", "Abrupt stench", "Members-only restaurant", "24 years old, a student", "Can't wait, bring it up quickly" and other Internet memes. People who love this obscene dream even designate August 10th every year as "Beast Day".
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On August 10 this year, the YouTuber "Life Fat House After the acquisition video was exposed, it not only caused laughter among Taiwanese netizens, but also caused a large number of Japanese netizens to discuss the related scenes.
Many Japanese netizens and obscene dream fans described the behavior of the "fat geek" who went to Japan to obtain the first edition of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as "a Taiwanese who owns a national treasure", "Master Tripitaka who went to Tianzhu to learn Buddhist scriptures", and "a Taiwanese Internet celebrity who spent 1 million to buy a GV". Some Japanese netizens even joked that the reason why this Taiwanese YouTuber spent money to buy "the most smelly national treasure in Japanese history" was because he regarded it as a cultural property of Japan and preserved it.
On the 22nd, "Life Fat House X Zun" shared a discussion about him on the Japanese Internet on the Facebook fan page. The content made tens of thousands of Taiwanese netizens laugh, and they all joked that he has become an alternative "Light of Taiwan." Coincidentally, "Lauren" also shared with Threads that she and her brother assisted in purchasing the first edition of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Her mother found out about it, which made her dumbfounded. In addition to leaving messages of comfort, netizens also posted various jokes about "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
Other netizens laughed and said, "Greater East Asian adultery circle", "I bought GV three times, three times", "It's just that there is no high-level government certification", "This is just a friendly exchange between Taiwan and Japan (happy)", "How can this homo have a wife (annoyed"), "I came back after learning from the experience, it is very fresh and very delicious ", "The National Palace Museum: It is inevitable to enter the museum (big boo), "My daughter went to Japan with her boyfriend to buy GV (big sorrow)", "I took the scriptures back to Taiwan, no matter what, I have to be a cardinal (Qizhen", "Japanese netizens: I have lost them one by one (referring to the loss of national treasures overseas)").
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Open Questions
- Where is this first edition of the original film currently stored?
- Are there any copyright or legal disputes involved with the purchase?
- Is Life Fat Mansion x-Zun planned to be played publicly or just for collection?
