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Here it is.
Question from Mai.
Thank you.
Alright.
So it's Mai-san.
Let's go.
What is this?
I think it's an icon, right?
Yeah.
It's a drink.
I think it's an orange juice she's holding.
Is she taking a picture with a pigeon?
Because I fucking love pigeon.
Is that a pigeon?
Next to the orange juice?
What is that?
It's actually really tiny.
Yeah.
It's really tiny.
Yeah.
I can't click on it though.
Yeah.
Alright.
Well, I mean, I hope it's a pigeon.
What?
I love pigeons.
I love pigeons.
Oh, do you?
Okay.
I absolutely love pigeons.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
Alright, let's go.
Hello, Kevin-san and Yamachan-san.
Hello.
My name is Mai.
Hi.
And I am a huge fan of both your podcast and your YouTube channel.
Thank you.
And my favorite video that you guys did recently was the beautiful, beautiful "Permission
to Dance" cover.
Thank you.
And I did it with Kake-san and Oshira-san.
And I've watched that video like an unhealthy amount of times because you guys just sound
so amazing in it.
Thank you.
Thank you.
So my question is, did you guys already watch "Squid Game" on Netflix?
And if so, what did you think about it?
And if not, do you want to watch it?
Or what are your thoughts about the show based on what everyone else is saying about it?
So that's my question and I hope you guys are having a wonderful day.
Bye.
Thank you.
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Perfect one minute voice message.
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Wow, really?
Nice voice.
That's true.
That's perfect.
One minute.
Yeah.
I love her edgy voice.
Yeah.
As well as her very American accent.
Yeah.
Cool.
Have a nice day too, Mai-san.
Alright.
So "Squid Game."
Yeah.
Yeah, I watched it.
How was that?
I liked it.
You liked it?
It was...
It was...
It's a violent movie, right?
Yeah, there's blood.
Okay.
Yeah.
And they're killing.
Yeah, okay.
Yeah.
So if you don't like it, if you don't like blood and gore, then you might not like it.
Okay.
But the storyline itself was very similar to Kaiji.
You know Kaiji?
Yeah.
Never seen that too?
Yeah, actually I know the name of course.
You know, long...
Yeah, long-chinned guy.
Yeah, I know.
That's the anime.
Yeah.
Well, yeah, it's...
So obviously you've never seen it.
Obviously, I'm sorry.
I haven't seen it.
Are you on Netflix or no?
No.
Okay.
Well, it's a...
It was a global phenomenon.
It's a global hit.
Yeah, kind of.
Right?
It seems...
Yeah.
Big, yeah.
And...
Well, yeah, I...
The...
Makes me want to watch, continue watching the next episode, right?
It just...
Okay.
It gets me wondering, "Oh my God, who's going to survive?"
So it's not ended yet?
It ended.
Okay.
It ended, but like while I was watching, you know, it just makes me want to keep going.
Okay.
Like, "Oh shit."
Tell me how is...
You know, what is it about?
Okay.
The storyline and...
So the main character is an ojisan.
Ojisan?
Yeah, it's an onisan-ojisan in the middle.
Onisan-ojisan.
It's in the middle.
Okay.
Yeah.
And...
He's not doing financially well.
Okay.
Right?
He's struggling.
And one day, this man appears.
Okay.
Man in, you know, black suits, black suitcase.
Those guys.
Yeah, those, right?
Yeah.
And they appear, and he gives them a business card.
Okay.
Not a business card, but like an invitation card.
Okay.
Right?
It's got a phone number.
Okay.
That's it.
And...
Well, on the spot, he tells him that, "Hey, let's play a game."
There's this...
It's this Korean...
I don't know if it's this Korean game or not, but like...
Okay.
It's like a...
It's like this little origami folded square flat card sheet.
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Okay.
This...
I don't know how you call it.
An invitation card?
No, that's different from an invitation card.
It's a...
I don't know.
I don't know if it's in Japan.
But it's got a little thickness, right?
And so what it is, each player...
There's two players, right?
Each player has one of those.
Okay.
And one slaps on the ground, and the other tries to slap it on the ground and hit the
first one, right?
And try to flip it on the other side.
It's menko in Japanese.
Okay.
So it's menko in Japanese.
They play that.
Okay.
And every time the protagonist wins, the suit man goes, "I'll give you..."
I forgot how much it was.
It was like ichimai or something like that.
I don't know.
It was a lot of money.
Okay.
And each time he wins...
And each time you lose, I'll just slap you in the face.
That's all.
Oh.
So you get slapped in the face if you lose, or if you win, you get money.
Okay.
So that's the beginning of that.
That's the beginning.
Right, right, right.
And the man continues to play, loses, right?
And finally, after numerous tries, he makes it.
He makes it flip, right?
And then he wins the money.
And after, his face is all bruised up, right?
After all the slapping and shit.
And if you want to do more, here's an invitation.
It's more money, it's more...
You can win more, right?
And then, unable to, you know, when unable to, you know, overcome the temptation, the
man calls and is invited, and he's taken to some unknown, mysterious island.
And that's where the game starts.
And there's like, I don't know, like several hundred players.
Wow.
I think.
Okay.
Right?
And they play, I think seven or five, I forgot, in games in total.
And every time someone loses to a game, they get eliminated.
And when they get eliminated, they die.
Okay.
Yeah.
And when someone dies, the money, the prize money, they go up.
So whoever survives gets all the money.
And the money's as high as the people die.
Okay.
The more people die, the prize gets higher.
Okay.
Right?
So if it's one man standing, then that's the maximum prize.
And if it's two, it's the last prize divided by two.
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So people, so the player's objective is to make it through all five or seven games without
being eliminated.
Okay.
Right.
And it's so extreme.
So like, the atmosphere is really, like really, "Kinchoukan aru?"
Yeah.
Okay.
So, yeah.
All right.
That's what it is.
Okay.
The first game is very popular.
It's Red Light Green Light, which is...
Daruma-san ga Korondai in Japanese.
Okay, okay.
Yeah.
Okay.
Apparently, they call it Red Light Green Light in the US.
I don't know that, but yeah, that's the game.
So when they move, they get shot.
By a real gun?
By a machine on the wall.
There's a motion detect...
Wow.
It's a motion detecting sensor, right?
Yeah.
On front, on the little girl.
On the little girl.
Little, like a huge doll.
Huge doll.
That's a girl.
It's a girl.
It's a huge girl doll.
Of a little girl.
Of a little girl doll, but it's huge.
But it's huge, okay.
Yeah.
And it's a machine.
So it's a machine.
So in her head spins.
Oh, I saw that doll at Shibuya.
Oh, yeah.
I didn't know what it was, but...
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay.
Yeah.
And then she turns.
Okay.
And then when she turns her head, everybody has to stay still.
When they move, her eyes have this motion detect, detecting sensors in it.
And when she detects a motion, there's guns on the side of the wall.
And then they start shooting you, and you die.
That's the first game.
Okay.
And there's all five or seven.
Wow.
Yeah.
So would you like to watch the Squid Game?
I mean, well, yeah, someday.
Maybe someday.
That's a no for an answer.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Thank you. Bye bye.
