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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
Hello!
Oh, it's about to...
No, it's not. It's behind the building, that's why.
Yep.
Yeah.
Sun is setting.
Do you say...
Do you say so?
Sun is setting? I don't think so.
It's sun setting.
Wait, no, it's sunset.
Yeah. It's not sun is setting.
I don't think you'd say that.
Why sunset, then?
Because it's setting, right?
Well, I don't know. I don't think you'd say that.
Okay, okay.
Sun is...
It's a sunset.
Okay.
Sun is...
About to...
Go away.
Sun is...
Okay.
Okay.
So...
This is a message from Awano-san.
Awano-san.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Hello, my name is Awano.
I always enjoy listening to your questions.
I'd like to ask you two a question.
Okay.
I've got a lot of those questions, but...
Do you feel that your personality changes when you're speaking English or Japanese?
Mm-hmm.
For example, when you're asked the same question in English and answer it in English,
and when you're asked the same question in Japanese and answer it in Japanese,
do your answers change, or do your explanations change?
That's because...
When you're speaking Japanese on YouTube, you seem like a cheerful, cheerful,
and a little bit of a joker.
Okay.
But when you're speaking English on a podcast,
you seem like a calm older brother.
Wait, again?
Again with the kawaii?
Am I that scary, guys?
I don't think I'm scary.
Really?
Wow.
Oh no!
Oh no!
Do I have to do something?
Uh-huh.
Personally, I'd be more comfortable speaking to Kevin in Japanese,
but I think I'd be more hesitant to speak to Kevin in English.
Really?
Guys, I'm really nice.
Same Kevin...
Guys, it's okay.
I'm nice.
It's very strange that we're the same Kevin.
But I don't really feel this difference.
I'm happy to hear your thoughts on the difference between speaking English and Japanese.
I'll continue to support you.
Okay.
Do you, Yama-chan?
Yeah, I do.
Come on.
No, I'm kidding.
I don't feel nothing.
You don't feel anything, right?
No, you're the same.
You're always...
a cheerful, cheerful, and a little bit of a joker.
Yeah, like, doesn't that apply to my English as well?
I fuck around sometimes, right?
Yeah.
Wow.
I didn't think people thought I was scary.
Oh, come on.
Oh, maybe the reason why is maybe you don't...
People doesn't understand fully when you speak in English.
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They don't catch it.
Possibly.
You know, completely maybe.
Possibly maybe.
So do you think I sound scary?
Let's say that...
Let's say one doesn't understand what I'm saying, right?
Do you think that, you know, do I look aggressive, sound aggressive?
No.
If I compare to Japanese version of you...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
No.
Completely same vibe, same, you know, character.
Yeah, me too.
But one thing that I, you know, in my mind is, you know, on TikTok, you're acting some kind of role.
Absolutely.
Right?
So it's a little different from what you actually are.
Exactly.
So people, you know, have those image of you like too funky guy.
Okay.
Yeah.
And on YouTube videos, there are so many editings that Kake-chan did.
True.
That kind of cut all the moment of not speaking or calming or having this low, like daily usual conversation, but fun.
Yeah.
You know, those scenes were actually cut out.
Yeah.
And, you know, the only scene which were used, well, you know, you laughing out loud or shouting things.
That's right.
That's right.
So maybe that's the differences of images.
Maybe on that note, another thing I can add on is that on YouTube, there's a certain kikaku that we have to do.
Right?
There's a certain topic that we're going to, we're trying to, you know, do.
And like our goal is like, we have this like moriageru kind of like, like we have to like, like thinking about like what comment I can say to like,
you know, what do I get out of the situation?
So like the stance is a little bit different, right?
Yeah.
Whereas now it's more like, like thinking as I talk more like, I don't know, like less pressure.
More like, you know, conversational.
That's true.
Right?
Like a cafe conversation kind of thing.
So the stance is different.
So that's there.
Yeah.
Maybe that's true.
Yeah.
And definitely the TikTok.
That's this 100% acting.
Okay.
Right?
So don't think that I'm like, yeah, right.
Yeah.
I'm not like that on TikTok nor of course not on podcast.
So yeah.
Well, sometimes, but yeah, true.
Sometimes.
Yeah.
But right.
The stance is different and the editing's there.
Yeah, you're right.
I think that's a, that's a very, that's a factor that needs to be in, to be considered.
Yeah.
Right, right, right.
Yeah, if you think about, you know, like Japanese comedian, Gennin-san, you know, sometimes they
are in the dramas and they act in certain roles.
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Yes.
You know, that's completely different from original his or her character.
And that's like TikTok, you in TikTok.
And the other is, you know, variety bangumi.
Yeah.
They are, you know, kind of try to make laughs and try to, you know, things up.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
So they look really happy guy.
Yeah.
Maybe too happy guy.
Yeah.
But in reality, they are not like always like, you know, they just, you know, calm down and
have this kind of conversation.
Right.
Right.
Right.
Maybe looks sometimes scary.
So what I get Gennin-san in, you know, daily conversation, maybe that's the same to you.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So maybe it's not only because of the language differences.
It's just types of.
Types of content.
Right, types of media.
Exactly.
Maybe.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Maybe, maybe.
I was, I was like, I was wondering.
I was wondering when I can joke this, but like, I can't imagine how many people that
got scared of, that got scared after Zoom meetings with us after Kappa's English Room.
I have seen.
That is so true.
I've seen so many moments where.
That's so true.
Where like a client, client or whoever.
Yeah, yeah.
This and.
External.
Yeah.
Someone.
Right.
Join like a Kikaku meeting or like, I don't know, like an Anken meeting or something like
that.
Yeah.
And like the amount of like silence there is.
Yeah.
Like the amount of like non-talking there is.
Just kind of like scares them.
Yeah.
Freaks them out.
Like, are they angry?
That is true.
Right.
That's something.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That.
Yeah.
Like even me sometimes I'm scared.
Because it's, oh, are they angry?
Those two guys?
Maybe?
I'm scared too sometimes.
I'm scared too sometimes.
Because it's like me, I'm really not good at attending some meeting, especially those
online meeting.
Yeah.
So this is like me really natural.
This is the like natural statement.
Yeah.
Statement?
Natural.
Natural state.
Yeah, state of me.
But when I was in the Zoom meetings, I would be like, like a little bit, like way more,
you know, less talk.
Yeah.
And not like opening up.
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Right.
Kind of vibe.
Yeah.
And you will be much more like on point guy.
Right.
Right.
Right.
And, you know, you know, ups and downs.
Exactly.
Really logical.
Yeah.
And say things even, you know, difficult things, but think about the logics.
Right.
Yeah.
That was so surprised.
That's true.
That is true.
That is true.
Yeah.
I sometimes feel when we do the meetings of us three, sometimes I, you know, the silence
is too long.
Yeah.
And I feel, oh, my connection was lost.
I was machine.
You guys are still there.
Right.
Right.
Yeah.
When I'm with an external somebody, like I'm kind of pressured into like, I have to break
the ice.
I have to break the ice somehow.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You are a really kind guy.
Gentle guy to think that.
Yeah.
That's really important.
Like if it's a real meeting, I can kind of try hard.
Right.
Right.
Right.
I mean, it's not try hard.
I can do things.
Yeah.
You do do that.
But especially, you know, Zoom meetings.
Zoom meetings.
Right.
It's so scary.
So to all of you that were scared when you did Zoom meetings with us, I apologize.
We apologize.
Yeah, we do.
I'm sorry if we made you feel that way.
But we're not angry at all.
We love you guys.
We've never been mad.
Like we're like, not satisfied with like a meeting.
No, no, no.
That's true.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's true.
Right.
Just want to get that out there.
Yeah.
Yeah.
All right.
Yeah.
Okay.
All right.
So yeah.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
So yeah, all right. Thanks for listening guys
Bye bye.
