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So we're talking about 琥珀, the awesome star.
What was your favorite 琥珀 moment?
So I actually was staying with my cousin's family.
OK.
And we were kind of doing other things at the same time.
So I wasn't in front of the TV.
Yeah, it was a show.
Well, I like that.
It was a big stage.
Ah, yeah.
So many collaborations, right?
It was like the full 琥珀 kind of, you know, everybody together.
Right.
Beside that, I always love the Kendama.
I gotta talk to you about that one, too.
Yeah.
Miyama-san, I mean, he's a very, very great singer and his song is great.
And the way he sings, the tones and sound and pitches and everything is perfect.
But no one is listening to his song.
Everybody was watching on the Kendama side.
And that's like...
Right.
Yeah.
I mean, isn't that a little disrespectful to the guy?
Yeah.
That's what I felt, right?
Not only this year, but he is the great singer and you should focus on him.
Yeah, right, right.
What I also didn't like about that scene was like, it gives me nerves.
Like, I'm so nervous.
Yeah, me too.
Yeah.
You know, there are some celebrities that's joining the challenge, right?
Some like...
The first six are like the gay nojins, right?
Last two, three.
Last two, three, yeah.
I'm okay with them making a mistake.
Like, that's gonna be a funny scene if they make a mistake.
Oh, you dropped the ball.
Hahaha.
That's good.
Right.
Like, one of those middle, normal people.
Like, I don't want to see them drop the ball.
Yeah.
That's like the pressure.
I totally get it.
Like, I feel their pressure on me.
Like, it's scary.
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Please don't drop the ball.
Like...
Yeah, the amount of pressure they're feeling.
Like, I can't, I can't.
Like, I just can't.
I get it.
Yeah.
I get it.
And one of them did drop the ball.
You saw that moment?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
That's so sad.
Yeah, it's sad.
It's sad, it's sad.
Yeah.
Because, like, the moment they finished the challenge,
the scene sign was like,
the challenge is a success!
Yes.
And then, like, several, like, 30 minutes after,
the announcement comes in,
最強のチャレンジは失敗しました。
次のアーティストです!
I was like, what?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
No!
Yeah, that's sad.
Yeah.
I guess I can't, I can't.
Just the amount of pressure that the lady that dropped the ball felt.
Yeah, I was just shaking hands, you know.
I was fucking...
True.
All of the Japanese citizens are watching,
and the reason why the challenge failed was that lady that dropped the ball.
Yeah, right.
That was just, it's so much pressure.
It's on the TV show.
Live TV show.
Yeah.
That's so much pressure, and I just, yeah, I can't, I can't even watch.
It's scary for me.
I get it, I get it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Shout out for the courage.
Yeah.
For them.
Right.
Shout out for all those guys that were the normal,
ippanjin people that were on camera, right?
That's just, must have been a lot of pressure.
Yeah.
That's right.
Right, right, right.
Shout out for them.
Yeah.
And, um, other than that, uh, so yeah, but I didn't like fully focus in on that show, so.
Another thing that I felt was, um, the, the LGBTQ vibe, right?
That we're globally having, right?
Really does put a question on the concept of the show of like, right versus red, male versus
female, like who are the males and the females?
What about the people that are not categorized in them or people who do not want to be identified?
And, you know, they're that, you know, you, you're feeling, we're starting to feel like
the limit of like what the show can kind of portray.
And when you actually take a closer look into the show, what you notice is that the, um,
they're not saying if the next artist is going to be a akagumi or shirogumi anymore.
True.
It's just,
usually it's like five or six, seven or eight years ago, it was like,
like, even the last year, they say, like,
Oh, they did that last year.
Okay.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But this year it was like, they didn't even say who was in aka or shiro.
So like, nobody really knew who was in what, but like, we still did the, the poll.
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So I feel like that was like a, no one knew what they're voting for.
It was just like, I'm assuming they're in red.
Right.
Right.
Right.
Yeah.
Wow.
That's true.
I didn't think that carefully about that.
Yeah.
But I thought it was, um, yeah, kind of, they're, they're, they're getting that vibe,
they're affecting, they're affected by that vibe.
I felt like, yeah.
Yeah.
That's right.
So they didn't decide, but like, they let us to decide who is.
I guess.
Like, it's, it's, yeah.
I guess.
Right.
Yeah.
Wow.
Right.
That's, uh.
That's interesting.
Right.
Yeah.
That's interesting.
Interesting thing that I noticed.
Yeah.
True.
Um, another thing, um, it's not about Kohaku, but usually my family, after the Kohaku,
we watch ikutoshi kuru toshi together and eat soba.
Soba.
And then go on New Year.
Yeah.
That's how we've been doing for like almost 30 years.
Family tradition.
Yes.
But this year we were with cousin's family.
Okay.
And then they, they don't watch that ikutoshi kuru toshi.
Oh.
That Kohaku.
Okay.
They, they switch into the, to the channel, to the ii-tere.
Okay.
ii-tere?
Yeah.
Kyouiku-terebi.
Okay.
And then what ii-tere doing on that night was like,
eto no uta show.
Okay.
It was like animation show.
Okay.
And like, tora dattara like, tora, tora, tora, you know what I'm saying?
For kids?
For kids, right?
Yeah.
I mean, basically for kids, but it's also like for adults too.
It's, it's kind of cute.
Yeah.
Oh, okay.
As an, as an bangumi.
And it start, start with the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the
started from 12, 12 years ago, which is like, you know, you have 12.
Right, eto.
Eto.
And then the first one was 12 years ago and this year was like the last year.
Oh, okay.
So it's like 12 songs were like completed this year.
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
I completely didn't know about it, but they were very excited.
Your cousins.
Yeah.
This is the 12th year.
Yeah.
We're going to...
Complete the 12 cycle.
Yeah, yeah.
And they were like, hey, can you change the title, channel?
And then like, they were like, even like they're filming.
Oh shit.
Yeah.
Wow.
That was kind of surprising to me.
Anything happened on that moment?
Anything special?
Nothing.
Nothing.
They just did it.
Like, and then gone.
Wow.
Shinnen.
Kind of.
That's it.
Yeah.
Okay.
So I was surprised even, you know, cousin families, which is, I would say it's very
close to us and cultural.
Right.
Is what I thought, but, you know, family traditions are.
Very different.
That different.
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Yeah.
Right.
Surprising and interesting.
Pretty rare, right?
Like it's not that, it's not that common.
Right.
I've never heard of anyone go for it today on the New Year's.
That's what I think.
But they were like, this is the thing for the Shogatsu and it's common kind of in their
world.
So yeah.
Thanks for listening guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.