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I don't know.
No, it wasn't something that I wanted to...
There's better ones, you know, I think.
Worth a shot.
Isabel. Isabel was the name.
Yeah.
Okay.
Isabel.
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How was that named Isabel, right?
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Why was it Isabel?
Okay, let's listen to it again.
Yeah.
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How was that Isabel?
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Why were they titled as Isabel?
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Okay, alright.
So back to our favorite voice messages.
Yes.
Alright, here we go.
Here we go, next one.
Okay.
Hey Kevin! Hey Yamachan!
Here we go!
Here we go!
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Man!
Alright, it's Shuma-kun, right?
Yup.
Nice.
Alright.
So energetic.
Back again.
So energetic.
Yes.
Alright, here we go.
Having a nice time.
My name is Shuma and I am Japanese.
Yeah.
I am a fourth grader in an international school in Taiwan.
Yeah.
I speak Japanese, English and Chinese.
Yeah.
I love listening to your podcasts.
Thank you.
Every day when my mom drives me to school, I listen to your podcasts.
I also like watching your TikTok videos, especially super high level Japanese lessons.
Yes.
Which boosts my poor Japanese.
Thank you.
I love playing chess and reading books.
Yeah.
I've just finished reading the Harry Potter series, both British and US versions.
Cool.
Okay.
Here is my question.
Okay.
What books did you guys read when you were my age?
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Alright!
Wow, thank you.
The exact same question.
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Wait, maybe it was the exact same audio?
No.
It was different audio.
Different audio.
The way he spoke was a little different.
Okay, okay.
Yeah.
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Wow.
Wow, I love how you...
Thank you.
It was a different date, you know?
Yeah.
It was the first...
When was this sent?
Well, I guess...
You can't...
I don't know.
It doesn't have a date.
As we didn't respond properly.
True.
Maybe he was like, "Okay, I need to send it again."
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Maybe they didn't receive it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But, you know, we have a huge time lag.
Yeah, sorry about that.
Yeah.
So, your message was received.
Uh-huh.
And...
Right, you probably heard it, right?
Yeah.
It's like three episodes before, I think.
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But, you know, I'm really happy to hear this voice.
Yeah.
It's getting me just...
Yeah.
Yeah.
From the get, it was just so much energy.
Yeah.
I loved it.
Yeah.
I think you should start considering becoming like a voice.
Voice actors or something.
True, true.
Voice over or something like that.
Like, I can imagine you...
Yeah.
Like being on a commercial, like voice over-ing some product.
Yeah.
"Hey, do you have a problem with your laundry?"
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"Laundry-O-Matic is the product for you!"
Yeah.
Kind of like that.
Yeah.
His voice got something special.
Yeah.
Something like...
You can't...
You can't do that.
Yeah.
It's born.
Yeah.
It's born with it.
It's like a gifted thing.
Yeah.
All right.
So, let's move on to the next one.
Yeah.
All right.
Next one.
Here it is.
Hello, Kevin-san, Yama-chan.
I'd like to ask you guys a question.
Okay.
All right.
What is the most impressive school textbook?
For me, that is Jugen from Kokugo.
Okay.
It's so funny that I've never forgot for a long time.
If you don't know, please check it.
By the way, this is the first time I'm sending voice message to podcast.
I think it must be a good opportunity for English learner.
Anyway, thank you for reading my message.
Take care.
Bye.
All right.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Okay.
So, Jugemu.
Jugemu.
Yeah.
Do you know that?
Of course.
You don't know that?
No.
Oh, okay.
I guess all Japanese...
I mean, no.
I shouldn't say all Japanese, but most of the Japanese people know about this Jugemu story.
It's a really famous one.
Is this it?
It came from a Rakugo story.
Have you ever heard Jugemu Jugemu Gokou no Surikire?
Yes, I've heard of that.
Hayakuchikotoba.
No?
It's not Hayakuchikotoba actually.
It's a story.
It's a comedy story.
Ah, okay, okay.
It's from Rakugo.
Do you know what Rakugo is?
I know what Rakugo is.
Okay, okay.
But I do not know what Jugemu Jugemu, the meaning of it.
Okay, it's a name of one boy.
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Oh, it's a boy's name.
Yeah.
That's a long-ass name.
Yeah, that's a funny point.
Okay, got it, got it, got it.
Best school textbook...
So is this like a textbook of some sort?
I didn't know it's on the textbook because I heard as a Rakugo...
Oh.
As a comedy Rakugo form.
But I guess it's on...
It's quite natural to me even if it's on the textbook.
It's like traditional Japanese story.
Is there any section of a textbook that you still...
Like you have clear vision of what it was like?
Anything that like...
Something that struck you or something that you still remember to this day?
Anything you have in mind?
I have one story, but I don't remember the name.
But that was...
At the very end, it was like...
There's a river.
Okay.
And at the bottom of the river, there were a lot of stones, or beads, or glass balls.
And that's the end of the text.
Okay.
I forget the name of the whole story, but...
But that was what's very memorable.
Yeah, memorable.
Because you thought it was...
How it portrayed was beautiful.
And I don't remember the illustration.
There was a picture on it.
I forgot the name.
What was the line? Maybe I can search it.
At the bottom of the river...
There are stones at the bottom of the river.
Let's just see that.
There are stones at the bottom of the river.
Bo-chan!
That's not the one.
At the bottom of the river...
I guess that's a famous one.
But...
The fish at the bottom of the river.
No.
At the bottom of the river...
The flow of the river and the appearance of stones.
Is that right?
No.
Not that one.
Eh...
About the dangers of the river.
No.
The Gifu Prefecture Official Book.
Oh...
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And also I remember the famous story.
Ya-I-Ya-Mori.
Ya-I-Ya-Mori, I guess.
Ya-I-Ya-Mori.
Yeah.
What should I do when Ya-Mori comes into the house?
In 7 ways.
No, no, no. Not that one.
I guess this one.
Let's ride the river.
Wait, wait, wait.
Let's ride the river.
Yeah, this is the one.
Oh, you got it.
The river and the river.
What's the story?
This one.
I really do remember this one.
Think about the war with the children in the river and the river.
Yeah.
Eh...
That was...
The end of it was what you first mentioned.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, as far as I remember.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
Okay.
So that was what's very memorable.
Yeah, to me.
Um...
So in case of some people that are still curious of what would you do if Ya-Mori came into the house, what would you do?
Okay.
I'll just...
For the people who just, you know...
Of course, of course.
You know, I just thought it, you know, I don't want to leave them hanging.
Okay, of course.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You shouldn't kill them, of course.
You shouldn't kill them?
Yeah, because they protect your house.
Oh, they do?
Yeah.
They do?
Yeah.
Oh, like a spiritual thing?
They really do.
Oh, they really do.
Yeah.
Well, then the third one must be a...
Be a no-no.
No.
No.
No.
No.
Oh, don't.
Eh...
Okay.
All right.
Okay.
If you're curious, I didn't want to leave, you know, you itching and everything.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Bye-bye.
If you're curious, I didn't want to leave, you know, you itching and everything.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
