>make a Japanese friend
>see them online another day
>join world
>they are in a circle of 4 Japanese
>none greet you or welcome you or anything
>greet in Japanese and phrase that you can't speak Japanese well at all
>ignored and they continue their talk

>make a Korean friend
>see them online another day
>join world
>they are in a group of 6 people, 2 Koreans, rest from around the world
>they instantly greet me
>they try their best to communicate in bad English
>they are friendly laugh and include you
>they even speak a little Japanese and are willing to practice with you

Yeah, I'm thinking I'm going to ditch learning Japanese and focus on Korean instead. Holy shit the difference in culture is insane and they live right next to each other.