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There's ASMR there.
You need some very high quality microphone, no?
You don't, you just have to speak close to the microphone.
Is that right?
That's all you need.
Oh, okay.
Right? You just have to hear the details from close up.
It doesn't have to be a high quality.
It doesn't have to be like, sterilized?
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I've got a message from Myo-san today.
Myo-san, thank you Myo-san.
Remember the last episode, we talked about some difficult questions?
Like, what is your favorite food?
Oh yeah.
What is your favorite city, or what is your favorite place to visit?
That's a very, yeah, that was a very difficult question, yeah.
Okay, so, this is from Myo-san.
Oh yeah, let's go.
Hello, the other day I watched the "The Final" and "The Beginning" of "Luroni Kenshin" in one day.
I watched the movie's main character, who I thought I'd be learning from, while I was speaking Japanese in Kevin's English Room.
Thank you.
The movie's story and the lyrics were perfect, and thanks to the video, the meaning of the lyrics came through so smoothly. It was great.
Now, it's time for the request.
Yes.
Out of all the movies I've seen in the movie theater, which one is your favorite?
That's a very difficult question right there.
I always enjoy listening to your questions. Please keep up the good work.
Okay, that's a really difficult question, you know?
We've got the one.
It's a good one.
Alright, so, okay.
I'm gonna say, so this is like, this is similar to me answering pizza as my favorite food.
Oh, okay.
So you have your own answer?
Yeah, I have the answer ready for that.
Ready answer?
Yes.
It's "La La Land".
Oh, okay.
I answer "La La Land" in those situations.
Okay.
Can you, why is that?
Because of its narrative and the, what, the conflict between Sab and Mia of like, are you gonna follow your dream?
Or are we gonna follow our relationship? Or which one are we gonna choose, right?
Like, it's a very difficult choice to make, you know?
And really, I have, I can relate to that. And like, that's relatable. So that's why I chose that.
Okay, okay.
Yeah, it's really, you know, "hibiku".
Yeah.
Yeah, that's why.
Okay, so remember, what is your favorite food question? Your answer is pizza.
Yeah.
And that makes you, like, seem like a very American guy.
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Oh yeah?
American character, right?
Yeah.
What does "La La Land" make you?
Oh, okay, so it's not...
Like, some character or...
Right, I'm not trying to manipulate my image here.
Okay.
I'm just going with the most favorite one, and I'm just gonna answer that.
Okay.
That makes me easy to talk about.
So you're really, it's not something that you, like, made yourself...
No.
...being shown stuff.
No, no, no, no, no.
You just, you prepared...
Right, I'm not trying to over-Americanize myself.
Yeah.
So, like, me choosing "La La Land", it's not me trying to, you know, force an image to myself.
It's just a movie that I like to come back and watch, you know, several times, and yeah.
Okay, okay.
And that's very nice, like, you already prepared your answer before that, and that is very majime.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, I know, right?
Do you have an answer for that?
I would say "About Time", then.
Oh, yeah, that's a good movie to read now.
Yeah, but...
About time.
I think it's same to you, but I have several favorite movies, so I would answer the one which, like, comes to my mind at the moment, on the spot.
Do you have a favorite scene from "About Time"?
The ping-pong scene.
Oh, yeah, that's a really good scene.
The moment where they go back to their childhood one last time, right? They take a walk by the seashore.
Yes, yes.
It's a great scene, right?
That's the very scene that I...
cry.
Oh, yeah?
My favorite scene is... I don't know, this might be the same scene as what you're talking about, but the one I have in my memory is
when dad talks to his son about the ultimate secret.
Oh, yeah.
Right? To live your day, every day, as if this is the second time.
What?
Yeah.
Enjoy your first time as if it's your second time, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, that's a nice phrase.
Yeah, I like that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
What is your favorite scene from "La La Land"?
My favorite scene from "La La Land"? Hmm...
So many?
Well, I would say...
There's a lot, actually.
First of all, it's the atmosphere.
It's the atmosphere of the whole plot that really fascinates me.
But if I were to pick a scene, it would probably be the iconic...
night view scene, remember?
When Mia and Seb dances after the party, when they just met.
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Okay.
Like, with yellow...
Yeah, sexy, whatever, tap dancing and shit like that.
Yeah, that posing shit.
That's good.
Another one is...
the fighting scene.
I also like the fighting scene.
When he returns to the house and eat together.
Yes.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, Seb was preparing a surprise...
Yes, yes.
surprise visit to Mia.
Was it like a birthday surprise or something?
I forgot.
But he begged something from Mia, right?
And then they had this huge conflict of like,
"When are you going to stop playing for that band?"
"I thought you had your dream."
And Seb was like, "This is the dream now."
"I have a stable job."
Right?
And Mia was like, "I thought you were going to follow your passion."
That's a huge thing.
And it's very emotion-mukidashi.
Yeah.
Right.
Sure, sure.
My favorite scene is the...
There's like three or four scenes.
Oh, yeah?
Tell me.
One is the...
Like, the very beginning.
It was, I think, Mia went out on an audition for the first time.
Yes.
You know, there's four girls.
Yes.
Singing in yellow dress, red dress, blue dress.
That scene with that music, the theme music.
Yes, yes, yes.
That scene was so fun.
It was colorful.
It was.
And exciting.
So that's what I like.
And also the very last, Seb is playing some piano.
Oh, my God.
That's a great scene, too.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And Mia happened to get into that club.
Yes.
And when she left.
Yes.
That look.
Yeah.
Right?
With a little smile on them.
Right.
The very end, right?
Yeah, the very end.
The very ending scene.
Yes, yes, yes.
When she turns around.
Yes.
And look at him, man.
With a little smile.
Yeah.
With little sad eyes.
Yes, yes.
That scene.
And Seb smiles back, too.
Just a little bit, you know?
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Yeah.
Oh, that's.
That makes me like cry like every time I remember that scene.
Yeah.
Another scene that I like is when Mia was done with the audition that Seb dragged her
into.
The audition where she sang the grandma in the river.
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Right?
After the audition, they were sitting in a park and Mia asked, "Where are we?"
Okay.
And Seb answers, "When you get the audition, you're going to have to go all in on it.
So you're going to have to go to Paris and break up with me."
Yes, yes.
When he tells her that.
That's another scene that really stuck with me there.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And also one scene that I like is, you know, like there's a scene that like suddenly like
a few years passed.
I remember it turned to be like five years later.
Oh, yeah.
And there's a Mia in house.
Yeah.
With a baby.
With a baby.
And then calling to his husband.
Yes.
And we don't know who is that husband guy.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
And it turns to and that husband guy appears.
Yes.
And we notice that it's not Seb.
Uh huh.
It's another guy.
Right.
That scene.
That moment, right?
That moment we know.
No, it's not him.
Yes.
Yes.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
I'm sorry for the guys for the listeners who have never seen.
You should see the movie.
That's a really, really good movie.
Yes.
Definitely recommended.
If you're not just just go and see the movie.
Yes, please do.
Please do.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
