decide to walk to the grocery rather than ride my bike. its raining. about a 10 minute walk both ways. wearing some baller clothes. looking buff today wearing classic style, long black moleskin coat, scarf, hair did, nails did, everything did. keep in mind Im a white guy in japan, so everything I say is in Japanese, which I am not good at. so add some kind of accent and take out all of the particles in everything I say to give you full effect.
approach 1 - 6 - mid to late twenties - megafail
approach a girl as she is waiting for the light to change. I tell her I like her shoes. she completely ignores me. I look at her kind of confused. she pulls down her hood, and pulls out her earphones and looks kind of annoyed. I said, "oh! yeah sorry I didnt notice you were listening to music. I wanted to tell you I like your shoes. look warm, Im really jealous. girls only right? (they were those big fur boots that seem to be really popular here). She pretty much blew me off. said, oh yeah, thanks, and put the earphones back in. awkward.
approach 2 - 7 - late teens, early 20s - utter success
I notice this girl, dressed really cute, no umbrella. its starting to rain kind of hard at this point.
me - sweetheart wheres your umbrella? it seems to be raining. big smile
her - haha, I left it at home. I didnt think it was going to rain today
me - hahaha, japan weather likes to change its mind huh
her - laugh, big smile, eye contact, no words
pause
me - hey where are you going?
her - to the station, you?
me - going to the super. its on the way for you. kinda weird but if you want you can walk with me at least to there. then, in a very american accent, in english, I say, I am nice guy. (with a big smile) then switch back to japanese and say akujin ja nai. akujin is a very funny word meaning evil person. people laugh every time.
her - EH??!!!!! japanese girls do this when they are really surprised, kind of like, I cant believe youre doing this right now
me - yeah? big smile
her - no words, just trots over under my umbrella
BAM KINO ESCALATION. I hold the umbrella only over me, make her come closer hahahaha what a **** move I know
me - going to the station huh? what do you have planned on this day with such good weather?
her - Im just meeting a friend. nothing special
me - oh... one of your many boyfriends huh?
her - actually hes my friends friend. he likes me, but I dont really like him much (oh hell yeah, is this a hint? yes. yes it is)
me - oh is he cute? good hair? pretty face? cool shoes maybe?
her - laugh
me - hey **** that, lets go karaoke (karaoke is super popular here)
her - that EHHH??!!! thing again
me - Im serious (I use a local dialect here because I think its funny)
her - no no no I have to meet him. my friend would kill me
me - no no no its raining. call him, say you caught a cold. can you sing english songs? avril lavigne?
her - stops walking, looks at me, I think to see if Im full of **** or not.
me - walk a few steps away (isolating her from the umbrellas safety hahahaha). smile, and motion her to come on
she smiles, comes to me, tells me to hold on, walks into a bookstore, calls her stupid pal, comes out. we go karaoke.
I had a really good time. Told her I wanna see her again. Got her number, and hug close. For fun I grab her wrist while she hugs me, and pull her in a little, then break and part ways.
good time. glad I joined this competition