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So the order of the anchor and the 君の声を届けよう was a little bit...
I said the anchor accidentally first.
Is that important?
Yeah, it's a tagline. It comes first.
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What the fuck?
What the fuck is this?
This Asian... Asian atmosphere.
So sudden.
Message!
So you were playing around with the sound effect on the Anchor, right?
On the Anchor application.
What was the title of that sound effect?
It's Dizzy.
Dizzy?
D-I-Z-I. Dizzy.
Oh, Dizzy.
I don't know how to say that pronunciation, but Dizzy.
Diz... Diz... Diz...
Diz... Diz... Diz...
Yeah, I don't know.
Sounds Asian.
Anyways.
From Yoshimi-san, thank you.
Thank you.
Kimi-san, Yama-san, Kake-san, Konnichiwa.
Konnichiwa!
You said two!
You said it twice! Now it's a five-member team!
Thank you.
Aww, thank you.
Oh!
Like, uh...
Oh, okay.
Sashimi?
So they know the word sashimi.
Yeah, maybe.
Okay.
Okay.
The Ko-fu.
Ah.
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Yeah.
Hmm, tashika ni.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Oh, yeah!
Next this...
Next October.
Yeah, like the, uh...
11 months from now.
Yup, yup, yup.
Yeah, coming soon.
Yup, it's coming soon.
It's gonna come.
If you just wait, okay?
It's gonna come.
You just have to wait.
Yup.
Well, happy birthday!
Happy birthday!
Thank you!
It's almost my birthday!
Yay!
11 months!
Yeah.
Alright.
So...
What is with the sudden drop of the atmosphere here?
Like, you just...
You were like, "Happy birthday!"
And then just like, you just shut...
You shut down.
And then you're like, back on Earth.
What did you do on your birthday?
On my birthday, I actually...
Oh, sorry.
I heard some crashes.
Yeah, sorry.
But it's okay, guys.
Okay?
So on my birthday, what I did was I got myself a birthday cake.
Oh, really?
Yeah, it was a really good birthday cake.
A really good birthday cake?
What do you mean, really good?
Big?
It was, uh...
It was like, from a fancy...
Fancy cake shop.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
And...
Milk.
Good milk.
Cake and good milk.
Cake and good milk.
I don't know if I told you this before, but I fucking love milk.
Yeah?
Yes, I think I did.
And then you told me, like, eating too much milk would get you to not be able to consume milk in the future,
so I gotta switch to soy.
Mix it with soy.
But yeah, I fucking love milk.
No, it's your birthday, you can drink it.
Yeah, I drank a fuckload of that.
I ate like, a liter or two.
Okay.
And, uh, yeah, that's what I did.
I loved it.
Nice, nice.
It was great.
Did you get anything as a gift, or...
You bought anything?
No, I actually didn't.
Nothing?
Nothing.
Okay.
You just went somewhere, or...
Yeah, I got myself a cake, drank milk.
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Yeah?
That's it.
That's a cool...
I feel like it's a really cool birthday.
Yeah.
Who does that, right?
Yeah.
It's cool.
You can enjoy yourself, enjoy your life, do what you like, eat what you want to eat.
It's amazing.
That's right.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Do you have any plans on your birthday?
Next year?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Which is coming soon.
Yeah, it's coming soon, so I have to get ready for that.
I think I'm going to go on onsen.
Oh, nice.
Enjoy myself, you know?
Have a relaxing onsen time.
Just going to...
I think I'm going to turn my phone off completely, just go onsen, and go on the massage chair.
Yes.
Get myself a birthday cake.
Okay.
From a very fancy cake shop in Tokyo, because now I live in Tokyo.
Yes, of course.
Of course.
Yeah.
So that's what I'm going to do.
Nice.
I'm planning on doing that.
Yeah.
I got it all planned out.
Nice.
Yeah.
I love it monthly now.
Yeah.
Happy birthday.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Happy early birthday.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Yep.
So the question was...
I like a name with Zabu.
What do you mean?
Zaburo?
Zabu?
Zabu.
Zaburo?
Zabu.
Like Shin Zaburo.
Like don't you guys have that?
Nin Zaburo?
Yeah.
That's like, that's cool.
Oh, you like Zaburo?
That sounds...
Yeah, that sounds ninja-ish.
That sounds cool.
That's really American opinion.
You're right.
Zabu is like really ninja-ish.
Yeah.
Ninja-ish.
Yeah.
Okay.
I like the Gon-nosuke.
I like Gon sound.
Gon-nosuke or...
Gon-ta.
Gon-ta.
Yeah.
I like nosuke too.
Nosuke?
You like nosuke?
Yeah.
Shin nosuke?
Oh.
Yeah.
I prefer the Gon nosuke but...
Gon nosuke is better?
Yeah.
Okay.
So you like the Gon and the nosuke?
This combination, Gon nosuke is perfect.
Yeah.
It's perfect, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
True.
What about the female names?
What are typical Japanese names?
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Like Marumaruko.
Like Kazuko.
Maruko.
Maruko?
Why am I saying all these anime characters?
Shin nosuke.
Maruko.
Maruko.
Yeah.
Hiroko.
Hiroko?
Yeah.
I like...
Or like Marumarumi.
She's Yoshimi-san.
Yoshimi.
Hiromi.
Hiromi.
You know those...
Koomi.
Akemi.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Koomi.
Not specially.
Mi.
Mi.
Akemi sounds cool.
Sounds cool.
Akemi.
Akemi.
Yeah.
Akemi.
Akemi.
Aiko sounds cool.
Okay.
Aiko.
Yeah.
Any female as you like?
Ko.
Mi.
Ko.
I've no idea actually.
No idea.
Got it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But I guess, you know, there's a Hiroko, Takako, you know, those two words and Ko sounds
more classic.
And like Kiko or like Kako.
True.
Mako, you know, those two words Ko sounds much more like modern.
True.
Yeah.
True.
But I mean, prefer both.
So I don't...
I'm not saying which is better or worse.
It's better or worse.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Just sounds modern to me.
Right.
How about four character Ko?
Akemi Ko.
Akemi Ko.
Sayuri Ko.
That sounds...
Junko?
Oh yeah.
Junko is a classic four letter, four character Ko.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Like...
That sounds like lake to me.
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Lake?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
True.
Sagami Ko.
Sagami Ko.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
True.
True.
Okay.
That's ten minutes.
Okay.
All right.
Thanks for listening guys.
Hey, sorry.
I have one more question.
But as she's saying that...
Right.
I don't think there's a proper...
I know so many.
I've come across so many hard to translate English.
Yeah.
And this is the one...
There is no dompishin.
Yeah.
And Ganbare!
I cannot find a perfect one.
Wow.
Nothing.
Nothing?
Nothing.
That's suitable.
What do you say then?
How do you say in that situation?
I don't know.
Johnny!
Just shout the name.
Yeah.
Or like when it's basketball.
Rebound!
Rebound!
Rebound!
Okay.
You got it!
You got it!
Yeah.
Like you...
Yeah.
Like I just...
Ganbare.
I can't find Ganbare.
Oh.
But I think Ganbare is a really convenient word.
Yeah.
Japanese people like often say that.
Like every time say that.
Fight is not a good trend.
Oh.
Fight.
Yeah.
Fight!
That's like...
You don't say that?
You don't say that.
That's a...
We actually made a tech talk out of this.
It's like it means like...
Start a fight!
Punch!
Punch each other!
Punch the other guy in the face!
That's the new one.
Like physical fight.
Yeah.
That's the new one.
So it's not good.
There you go.
Okay.
Right.
Well, thank you.
So thanks for listening guys.
Thank you.
Bye bye.
Bye bye.
