Blood Types In Japan
There’s a popular belief in Japan that a person’s blood type determines what kind of personality and temperament they will have in a way similar to our Western star signs idea. Here’s a quick run down of the four blood types with information about each one, taken from Wikipedia;
| Japanese Blood Type Personality Chart | |
| Type A | |
|---|---|
| Best Traits: | Earnest, creative, sensible, calm. |
| Worst Traits: | Fastidious, overly earnest. |
| Type B | |
| Best Traits: | Wild, a doer, cheerful. |
| Worst Traits: | Selfish, irresponsible, arrogant. |
| Type AB | |
| Best Traits: | Cool, controlled, rational. |
| Worst Traits: | Critical, indecisive, unforgiving. |
| Type O | |
| Best Traits: | Agreeable, sociable, an optimist. |
| Worst Traits: | Vain, careless, ruthless, cruel. |
Interesting. Blood type A is apparently the most common in Japan, with 40% of the populace having it, as do I. According to this table, I’m earnest, creative and sensible, but I’m also overly earnest. So whilst it’s a good thing to be earnest, make sure you’re not earnest! Oh no! Anyway, I have to admit I find these traits a little dull, aside from Type O who are apparently manically evil. (Vain, careless, ruthless AND cruel?!) So I’ve rewritten the blood types with a more interesting spin. Consult the chart and find out what the future holds in store for you!
Type A
Best Traits: Dedicated, survives zombie attacks well, excellent balance whilst standing on one foot, rarely chooses bad food at restaurants.
Worst Traits: Flammable, terrible for the environment, often forgets to update blog for weeks, terrible at ice-skating, hands wave around uncontrollably just before and on Halloween.
Type B
Best Traits: Excellent at bass guitar, always remembers where they left their keys, can hide nuts in cheeks over winter to preserve food.
Worst Traits: Easily confused by bright coloured lights, will stab friends in the back if the chance of obtaining syrup is present, known to cause fireworks to go off whilst in their packaging.
Type AB
Best Traits: Can survive solely on pineapple for just over three months, immediately knows all dance moves to Grease upon birth.
Worst Traits: Won’t stop listening to Grease, body shrinks to just under 3% of it’s normal size whilst on trains, often born with eleven feet.
Type O
Best Traits: Can help Type AB people grow back whilst on trains, can juggle for hours.
Worst Traits: Has no comprehension of how loudly they are talking in a cinema, doesn’t close the fridge properly after use.
See? Much more interesting! But I want to take the idea further. So,
You would watch that and you know it. Every week they’d get into a mess of some description and every week we would learn something. Except Type O, he’s too mean to get into trouble.
As closure I’d like to say that I am not trying to get at Type O people here, in fact quite the opposite. By making a mockery of these terrible blood beliefs, I hope that one day people of all types of blood can come and play hopscotch or chase cats or whatever people these days do, in perfect harmony. That is my dream. Well, that and to write silly updates about news reports on this blog. I think I’ll stick to that.