● original essay ●
“What is your blood type?” It is a common question to Japanese people, but I heard a little rumor that foreigners just can’t understand why Japanese people want to know their blood type, though they are not doctors.
l People who are A-type blood tend to be sensitive, methodical, hardworkers,perfectionists and realists.
l People who are O-type blood tend to be generous, sociable, sloppy and taking good
care of people around them.
l People who are B-type blood tend to go their own ways. They also tend to be moody people, selfish, full of curiosity, passionate and doers.
l People who are AB-type blood tend to be calm, dual personalities, odd, rationalists, genius and sarcastic.
※ These are general theories about each blood type’s character in Japan.
What do you think about these theories? Do you think they are true?
Many Japanese people believe blood type can help them to understand other people’s character. However it seems such a mysterious question to foreigners, especially to European and American people.
I think, A-type blood people’s character seems express just Japanese people’s stereotype, and if I could add “wearing glasses and having cameras” it would be perfect. Unfortunately it is not a proof of that people’s character can be distinguished from their blood type, even if I could add an extra sentence, because stereotype is an ordinary fixed idea and an image.
The graph above from a website, it is each country’s ratio of blood type in 2005. Whether I believe that people’s characters can be divided from their blood type the same as Japanese theories, I am interested in the data above. There are different ratios depend on each country; especially Nicaragua
If people were expressed their characters from their blood type, each country’s ratio of blood type would express each country’s national characteristic. If the theories were right, almost all people in Nicaragua
One of my friends knew her correct blood type after giving birth to a boy. Until that time, she had believed that she was B-type and spent her life as B-type for 20 years, even though the truth is AB-type. She told me as soon as she saw me when I visited her hospital. “Can you believe this? My real blood type is AB. As you know, I had spent my whole life as B-type until now. It’s too late to know I am AB-type.” To her, her real blood type was bigger news than childbirth. I am sure her character is expressed by B-type’s general theory; she goes her own way and she is moody, little bit selfish, and passionate. However I am also sure her character is expressed by AB-type’s general theory; she is calm, dual personality, odd and sarcastic.
In my case, people who don’t know me very well guess my blood type; “Your blood type surely is B or O, isn’t it?” People who are getting to know me well ask to; “Is your blood type A?” Actually my blood type is AB, so I answer “No. I have AB-type blood.” After they know my blood type, they change their guess; “Yes, you are absolutely AB, as my expected! I had thought you were a little bit strange.” or “Oh, really! I’m sure you seem AB from your character.” What the hell is their guess before they know the truth? If they believed I was AB, they should have asked to me; “Is your blood AB-type?”
In short, we can’t rely on each blood type’s theory, it is just preconception.
People look for some expressions and try to fit in their character from some theories; birth place, the sign of zodiac and blood type. If I talk myself; born in Tokyo, AB-type and a Sagittarius, by using those theories, I would be impatient, warm hearted, calm, dual personalities, odd, genius, loving freedom, very curious and a person of action.
Those might become good topics and help to make conversation with acquaintance, who likes a personality judgment from birth place, blood type and the signs of the zodiac.
I think some of them might be true, but those are only statistical tendencies.
● corrected essay ●
“What is your blood type?” It is a common question to Japanese people, but I‘ve heard a little rumor that foreigners just can’t understand why Japanese people want to know other’s blood type, though they are not doctors.
l People who have A-type blood tend to be sensitive, methodical, perfectionists, hard workers and realists.
l O-type tend to be generous, sociable, sloppy and to take good care of people around them.
l B-type tend to go their own way. They also tend to be moody, selfish, full of curiosity, passionate and doers.
l AB-type tend to have dual personalities and are calm, unusual; as well as, rationalists, geniuses and sarcastic.
※ These are general theories about each blood type’s character in Japan.
What do you think about these theories? Do you think they are true?
Many Japanese people believe blood type can help them to understand other people’s character. However it seems such a mysterious question to foreigners; especially to European and American people.
I think, A-type people’s character seems to express the Japanese people’s stereotype, and if I could add “wearing glasses and having cameras”, it would be perfect. Unfortunately that (or this) is not a proof that character can be understood from blood type; even if I could add an extra sentence, because stereotypes are ordinary fixed idea and an image.
The graph above is from a website. It shows each country’s ratio of blood type in 2005. Whether I believe that people’s characters can be determined from their blood type, the same as Japanese theories, I am interested in the data above. There are different ratios depending on country; Nicaragua
If people were expressed their characters from their blood type, each country’s ratio of blood type would express each country’s national characteristic. If the theories were right, almost all people in Nicaragua
One of my friends discovered her true blood type after giving birth to a boy. (or One of my friends knew her true blood type only after giving birth to a boy.) Until that time, she had believed that she was B-type and spent her life as B-type for 20 years, even though the truth is that she is AB. She told me as soon as she saw me when I visited her hospital. “Can you believe this? My real blood type is AB. As you know, I had spent my whole life as B-type until now. It’s too late to find out I am AB-type.” To her, her real blood type was bigger news than childbirth. I am sure her character is expressed by B-type’s general theory; she goes her own way and she is moody, a little bit selfish, and passionate. However I am also sure her character is expressed by AB-type’s general theory; she is calm, unusual, sarcastic and has dual personality.
In my case, people who don’t know me very well guess my blood type: “Your blood type surely is B or O, isn’t it?” People who are getting to know me well ask: “Is your blood type A?” Actually my blood type is AB, so I answer, “No. I have AB-type blood.” After they know my blood type, they change their guess, “Yes, you are absolutely AB, as I expected! I had thought you were a little bit strange.” or “Oh, really! I’m sure you seem AB from your character.” What the hell is their guess before they know the truth? If they believed I was AB, they should have asked me: “Is your blood AB-type?”
In short, we can’t rely on each blood type’s theory, it is just preconception.
People look for some expressions and try to fit in their character from some theories － birth place, the sign of zodiac and blood type. If I look at myself － born in Tokyo, AB-type and a Sagittarius, using those theories, I would be impatient (hasty), warm hearted, calm, genius, unusual, freedom loving, very curious have dual personalities, and a person of action.
It might become a good topic and help to make conversation with acquaintances, who like a personality judgment from birth place, blood type and the signs of the zodiac.
I think some of them might be true, but those are only statistical tendencies.
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