# Topic Requests **URL:** https://community.nijapanese.com/c/comprehensible-japanese/topic-requests/19.md [Latest](https://community.nijapanese.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.nijapanese.com/categories.md) --- ## [About the Topic Requests category](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/about-the-topic-requests-category/52)
**Author:** [@ben](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/ben)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/about-the-topic-requests-category/52 "2024-06-04T01:27:50Z")
Please share your ideas for video topics here --- ## [Topic Requests: exercise videos, weather & news reports, work environments, weird JLPT prep help videos](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-requests-exercise-videos-weather-news-reports-work-environments-weird-jlpt-prep-help-videos/577)
**Author:** [@hanatoniji](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/hanatoniji)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-requests-exercise-videos-weather-news-reports-work-environments-weird-jlpt-prep-help-videos/577 "2026-09-06T18:10:10Z")
I’ve been a subscriber for a while and have a few different topic request/video ideas: (1) I’m really loving the origami class videos Seika先生, and would love more “follow along” type videos, where we have a chance to do… --- ## [Video topic request](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/video-topic-request/573)
**Author:** [@bossman182](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/bossman182)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/video-topic-request/573 "2026-08-21T17:03:39Z")
Just a general video topic request of mine. If anyone has any content creators who cover this at an N5, N4, or N3 level, please let me know! Personally, I would really like to see more cooking videos in the complete beg… --- ## [Topic Request: The Origin of Kanji](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-request-the-origin-of-kanji/326)
**Author:** [@aki](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/aki)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-request-the-origin-of-kanji/326 "2026-03-04T14:05:05Z")
Hi, After watching Yoshito-sensei’s video on the differences between Chinese and Japanese characters, I thought it would be interesting to learn about the origin of kanji. I remember learning in my history class that J… --- ## [Differences between Kansai-ben and standard Japanese](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/differences-between-kansai-ben-and-standard-japanese/541)
**Author:** [@afni](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/afni)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/differences-between-kansai-ben-and-standard-japanese/541 "2026-02-22T03:28:53Z")
Recently, I have been trying out Kansai-ben content on YouTube. I have quite a lot of hours of input with standard Japanese, but transferring that to Kansai-ben has been harder than I expected. For example, I came across… --- ## [Japanese Youth Baseball Tournaments](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/japanese-youth-baseball-tournaments/540)
**Author:** [@gardiac2002](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/gardiac2002)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/japanese-youth-baseball-tournaments/540 "2026-02-21T21:17:28Z")
Hello, we heard already a couple of times from friends about the Koushien or the youth baseball tournaments in Japan. Some friend even called it the highlight of the Japanese sports year. Maybe it would be a cool topic … --- ## [Japanese Robots](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/japanese-robots/530)
**Author:** [@jpman](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/jpman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 6:52am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/japanese-robots/530 "2025-12-09T06:52:22Z")
I would love a video on Japanese robots like Sony’s Aibo and Honda’s Asimo, and on robot cafes that provide opportunities for people with disabilities. Thank you! --- ## [Topic Request: 1995 Tokyo Subway Sarin Attacks](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-request-1995-tokyo-subway-sarin-attacks/505)
**Author:** [@apotoxinsherry](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/apotoxinsherry)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-request-1995-tokyo-subway-sarin-attacks/505 "2025-12-04T18:06:52Z")
I think it’d be interesting to make a video on the 1995 Tokyo Subway attacks - its founder, the different factors that influenced people into joining the cult, the motivations for the attack and what happened out of it. … --- ## [Videos for Beginners Talking About Manga](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/videos-for-beginners-talking-about-manga/518)
**Author:** [@fluffykitty](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/fluffykitty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/videos-for-beginners-talking-about-manga/518 "2025-10-27T04:07:51Z")
昏姫と恋烏 不条理雑貨店UNREAL 猫にワガママ 魔法騎士レイアース さよならミニスカート 魔法少女ダンデライオン 狼とリボルバー 鉄錆と1000カラット 聖闘士真理矢 偽りのフレイヤ --- ## [Another Topic Suggestion](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/another-topic-suggestion/511)
**Author:** [@musicanimelife](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/musicanimelife)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/another-topic-suggestion/511 "2025-10-14T08:36:18Z")
Stories of dumb ways people have died. I know it sounds kind of morbid, but it’s really fascinating. --- ## [Topic Request: Japan Nursery Rhymes](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-request-japan-nursery-rhymes/343)
**Author:** [@emsym](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/emsym)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-request-japan-nursery-rhymes/343 "2025-09-22T04:07:23Z")
Thought since different country teaches/sings different nursery rhymes to kids, would be cool to learn some of Japan’s nursery rhymes and maybe, if any, the lore/story behind it. --- ## [Topic Suggestion: Book read-through](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-suggestion-book-read-through/502)
**Author:** [@durima](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/durima)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-suggestion-book-read-through/502 "2025-09-08T11:34:41Z")
I enjoy the videos that explain a folk or children’s tale, so perhaps an extension of that could be a series of videos where you read through a story book and break down the meaning of each paragraph as you go along woul… --- ## [Here Are a Few Topic Ideas](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/here-are-a-few-topic-ideas/500)
**Author:** [@musicanimelife](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/musicanimelife)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/here-are-a-few-topic-ideas/500 "2025-09-08T00:58:35Z")
Maybe videos reacting to stuff? So, for example, commenting and reacting to funny memes, videos, etc. Tier lists when two people rank stuff in specific categories. Like, for example, ranking their favorite games, foods,… --- ## [My Topic Requests](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/my-topic-requests/492)
**Author:** [@equant](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/equant)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/my-topic-requests/492 "2025-08-31T15:06:15Z")
Topics I’d love to see (or see more of). I’ve included sub topics to hopefully help get some ideas going since I imagine it can be daunting to face a broad topic. Insect Science: colonies, metamorphosis, symbiotic rela… --- ## [LGBT rights in Japan](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/lgbt-rights-in-japan/442)
**Author:** [@br85](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/br85)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/lgbt-rights-in-japan/442 "2025-08-22T04:32:50Z")
I would very much love a video on LGBT rights in Japan, about where things are, the level of public support, and so on. This is a sensitive topic, I know, but, as a gay person, it is of great importance to me, and I’d lo… --- ## [よろしく(お願いします）and its uses](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/and-its-uses/456)
**Author:** [@br85](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/br85)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/and-its-uses/456 "2025-07-23T00:04:18Z")
Is there a video that explains the various and seemingly endless uses of よろしく? If not, can I request it? Thank you so much! --- ## [Topic Request: Enka music](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-request-enka-music/427)
**Author:** [@omu](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/omu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-request-enka-music/427 "2025-06-19T17:44:16Z")
I love enka music and think that it could be a really interesting video topic-- famous artists, origins, how popular (or unpopular) it is today, etc. This is my first comment or post on the site, but I just passed 100 h… --- ## [新しく作成される中級向けの動画の数について。](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic/386)
**Author:** [@melvinmason](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/melvinmason)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic/386 "2025-04-24T10:26:28Z")
どうもすみませんが、私はトピックじゃなくて特別なリクエストをさせていただきたいと思っています。CIJのコンテンツがとても大好きでよく聴いたり観たりしています。特に、日本語能力が中級レベルなので、中級むけの動画を一番よく使っています。なぜなら、そのレベルの聞き取りがもっと良くなりたいから何回も聴いたり観たりしたら少しずつ上達していると感じているからです。でも最近、ほかのレベルの動画に比べると新しく作成される中級向けの動画の数が少なくなると… --- ## [Topic Request: Complete Beginner: More Adjectives](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-request-complete-beginner-more-adjectives/349)
**Author:** [@steve](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/steve)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-request-complete-beginner-more-adjectives/349 "2025-03-23T15:41:51Z")
Hi, Thanks for all your videos. One that I keep coming back to is the one about comparing things. It has a lot of great adjectives in context that help me understand. I think it would be great to have more videos like t… --- ## [New game suggestion](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/new-game-suggestion/189)
**Author:** [@diana](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/diana)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/new-game-suggestion/189 "2025-03-12T14:40:55Z")
Hi! I love the “Unpacking” series, it even made me want to find another similar game, which I did. I would love to see Yuki 先生 play the game “Assemble with care”. You can also set the text to be Japanese, but there’s n… --- ## [Topic Request: Kyoto Animation arson 2019](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-request-kyoto-animation-arson-2019/318)
**Author:** [@danbu](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/danbu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-request-kyoto-animation-arson-2019/318 "2025-02-09T14:12:45Z")
I thought a while about if I should post this or not, as am I am not sure, if this site really is the right place for this, I mean it’s not exactly an upcheering topic, but since Yuki recently did some videos about some… --- ## [Let's play candidate game: Storyteller](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/lets-play-candidate-game-storyteller/336)
**Author:** [@emsym](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/emsym)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 7:54am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/lets-play-candidate-game-storyteller/336 "2025-01-28T07:54:23Z")
Hello! Found a potential let’s play series, “Storyteller”, a short game which gives users prompts and certain set of characters to create a story which I thought would be quite a relaxing and learner friendly game since… --- ## [〜さん、〜くん、〜ちゃんについて動画](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic/335)
**Author:** [@midorisour](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/midorisour)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 10:21am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic/335 "2025-01-27T10:21:28Z")
お疲れ様です。〜さん、〜ちゃん、〜くんの付け、呼び捨てを詳しく説明する動画を作っていただけませんか？ :pray: --- ## [福袋について動画を作っていただけませんか？](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic/300)
**Author:** [@holly](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/holly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic/300 "2025-01-07T07:45:43Z")
こんにちは！最近、CIJのお正月の動画を見ていて、多分もうすぐ日本ではお店で福袋を買えますか？福袋について動画を作っていただけませんか？ --- ## [Topic suggestion: たぬき](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-suggestion/251)
**Author:** [@benjamin](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/benjamin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2025, 7:44am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-suggestion/251 "2025-01-07T07:44:21Z")
How about making a video about this animal which is widely present in Japanese culture but not as well-known in the West? Tanuki animal in real life Differences between tanuki and other similar animals like raccoons, … --- ## [Let's play candidate game: Machinarium](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/lets-play-candidate-game-machinarium/316)
**Author:** [@inigiri](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/inigiri)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/lets-play-candidate-game-machinarium/316 "2025-01-04T10:24:39Z")
Hello hello, I’ve had an idea for a a let’s play series. The game is called Machinarium. I am not a gamer, but I absolutely loved this game: the graphics, the interesting puzzles and the general feel. It is a very cute … --- ## [Let's play candidate game: Undertale](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/lets-play-candidate-game-undertale/313)
**Author:** [@gardiac2002](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/gardiac2002)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/lets-play-candidate-game-undertale/313 "2025-01-04T04:17:47Z")
Happy new year everyone, my girlfriend and I had a new idea for a let’s play series. The game Undertale. The game contains a lot of dialogues, but some medium difficulty puzzles and fights (not too hard, my girlfriend i… --- ## [Potential Let's Plays for Beginners](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/potential-lets-plays-for-beginners/310)
**Author:** [@chillstar](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/chillstar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/potential-lets-plays-for-beginners/310 "2024-12-30T01:57:43Z")
Hello c: I wanted to suggest some games for Let’s Plays with good vocabulary selection, Japanese language compatibility, and simple mechanics that should be accessible to non-gamers. Loddlenauts - A game about swimming … --- ## [Topic request: Synonyms for oishii and kawaii](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-request-synonyms-for-oishii-and-kawaii/298)
**Author:** [@inigiri](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/inigiri)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/topic-request-synonyms-for-oishii-and-kawaii/298 "2024-12-29T13:40:02Z")
Hello, I realized the words “oishii” and “kawaii” are used in nearly every vlog I see on Youtube. So, it is hard to learn other words with the same meaning. For example when one describes food how would one describe th… --- ## [Let's Play of Let's Go Eevee Video!](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/lets-play-of-lets-go-eevee-video/276)
**Author:** [@fluffykitty](https://community.nijapanese.com/u/fluffykitty)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.nijapanese.com/t/lets-play-of-lets-go-eevee-video/276 "2024-12-15T15:45:58Z")
Would love to see CIJ do a Let’s Play of Let’s Go Eevee for Complete Beginners or Beginners! https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/pokemon-lets-go-eevee-switch/ [Next page](https://community.nijapanese.com/c/comprehensible-japanese/topic-requests/19.md?page=1)