I don't have ADHD, nor do I do recreational drugs. I just wish vlogs and Reddit posts about visiting Japan would : "Nice to visit, but it's hard to live here as a foreigner."
I've never seen a Youtube video or Reddit post, analyzing in-depth the admission process to Japanese universities, how universities are ranked by how fierce the competition is on their exams, rather than on academic criteria; or how you're not getting in by 般推薦入試 unless you're in a feeder school or a sports star; or the AO入試 process as an alternative way of admission, which doesn't rely on rote memorization and as such is being resisted by the national universities.
I've never seen a Youtube video or Reddit post discussing which Japanese universities have undergraduate curriculums whose academic rigour is on par with universities in the west, rather than a place to goof off for four years just because the institution's name looks good during shinsotsu.
I've never seen a Youtube video or Reddit post about the Ueno-Tokyo Line/Tohoku Through Line, and how its coming online has brought desperately needed relief to the Keihin-Tohoku and Yamanote Line, and alleviated overcrowding between Saitama Prefecture and central Tokyo.
I've never seen a Youtube video or Reddit post discussing the theological schools or seminaries of Japan. Sophia University has a deep connection with the Church, and with Japanese Catholics who wish to enter the preisthood. (There is also the Catholic seminary near Seibu Musashiseki Station in Nerima.) Kyoto has been linked to the Church of England for over 150 years through Doshisha University and the Bishop Williams Seminary. Doshisha is one of the only places in Japan where you can seriously study Judaism and Islam, for crying out loud!
But no. Instead, westerners who come to Japan and document their experiences are either JETs, or focus on the kawaii/weirdness of Akihabara and Shinjuku. Japanese locals aren't willing to learn English or open up to westerners (I blame sakoku), so English-language life in Japan that doesn't include "hikikomori" or "capsule hotels" or "steeped in deep tradition and ritual" comes from bilingual expats like Mike Guest, or documentaries on NHK World.