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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hello.
How's it going?
Oh, I've finished the book.
Yes.
Okay.
The 三体.
Yes.
Thank you very much for...
Sorry, just a little...
Of course, no problem.
Wow.
Thank you very much.
Of course, man.
話してくれ。
So, I need to let you know that this isn't even anend.
It's like...
Okay.
They have like three books like this.
Oh, okay.
And this is only part one.
Oh, okay.
So, it was not the end.
No.
So, nothing was sort of concluded.
No.
I see.
It's like it's landed very softly.
I see.
There's nothing concluded.
It's still open.
So, there's no like shocking ending or nothinglike that.
It's just...
I see.
Yeah, it's just softly landing and everything isstill open.
So much mystery.
Yes.
I see.
So, yeah.
I understand.
That's the biggest news for you.
I see.
This is only part one.
Yeah, that was the only part one.
Out of three?
Out of three, yes.
Jeez.
And it says the second one, the part two is likedouble sized.
Oh, my God.
Wow.
This is already thick enough, you know.
Yeah.
So...
I see.
It's a long journey then.
Yes, it is.
It is.
What do you think?
Do you think you're gonna go for the part two oryou think it's just a little bit too much?
I would love to read the part two.
Yes, of course.
But it's getting like bigger and bigger.
Okay.
It's like...
It's like too much.
It's like you...
So, I'm gonna...
Okay, I'm gonna...
Spoiler?
Yeah.
Yeah, go ahead.
So, if you want to read this one, so please skipthis episode.
So, the protagonist, like the main guy, main guyand main girl met some aliens.
Okay.
At this point, I'm not even surprised.
Okay.
Like the Earth, like people, human beings on Earthnotices that we have like some...
another planet like Earth.
And they start to communicate to each other.
Okay.
And that's the end of this part one.
Okay.
So, they don't even meet to each other.
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They just send some messages through the space.
I see.
They just do some text, like a chat thing.
Okay.
And then they talk to each other.
And the other planet is going to like attack theEarth.
Like they are already like attacking the Earth ina very many ways.
And that's the end of the part one.
Wow, nothing really happened.
Yeah.
That's it.
It's like an opening for a Hollywood movie.
It's like the first 10 minutes.
Yeah.
Jeez.
So, in this book, like so many mysterious thingshappened to the people.
Like the one you suddenly see like counting downnumbers.
Oh, yeah.
And you see like, 残り何時間?
And then like without any glasses, withoutanything.
It's like a mystery.
Like there are some other like scientists justsuddenly gone.
Suddenly like mysterious like death andeverything.
And that was all because of that alien's attack.
So, in this book, like mysteries kind of solved.
It was all because of that planet.
And then the book explains how they did that.
Like how those like mysterious things worked.
Okay.
So, in some way.
I see.
It gave you an answer.
Yeah.
Which is really not the final answer.
Not at all.
It's just.
It's.
Yeah.
I see.
So, after reading the book, as the landing wasvery, very soft.
So many mysteries like left.
I was like, what?
Yeah.
Is this even an end?
And I read the 後書き.
They have 解説 after the 本編.
And it says like this is the part one of the threebooks.
I see.
And I was like, oh, I see.
Is it already out?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I think so, yes.
I see.
What's with the 三体?
What's the three?
There's an English title right above the Japanese.
The three body problem.
Yeah.
What's with the three body?
So, it's the name of the planet.
Oh, okay.
It's the name of the culture that the other planethas.
Oh, yeah, I see.
Three body planet.
Three body 三体文明.
It's like that.
I see.
And they have like three like suns.
And that's why they call it like three.
Oh, I see.
And yeah.
So.
I see.
Yeah.
I see.
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So, I was expecting something very, you know, likevivid and like very surprising,
dramatic end in this book.
Yeah.
But it has nothing like that.
Nothing like that.
You have to, maybe you'll find them after youfinish reading the whole three part.
Yes, maybe.
But at least for part one, it was nothing likethat.
It just felt like an opening to a bigger problem.
Yes, yes, yes.
Wow.
I'm going to read you the very last part of thatbook.
Yeah, okay.
How it ends.
Yeah, give it to me.
How it ends.
So, this is the end.
This is how it ends.
The very last section of the book.
So, Bunketsu is the protagonist lady.
Okay.
She's like walking on the edge of the cliff.
Okay.
Watching the ocean.
Okay.
The sun is setting.
So, basically, she's seeing the ocean and sunsetting.
And she says,
これが人類の落日。
Bunketsuは静かにつぶやいた。
And that's how it ends.
I'm sorry.
What does the rakujitsu mean?
I'm sorry.
It's like the sunset.
Oh, okay.
And it's like the end of the…
The human race?
Yeah.
Humanity?
Yeah.
Oh, my God.
He means like the end.
The end of us.
Yeah.
Well, so, kind of a dark ending.
Yeah, dark ending, but…
Yeah, dark ending.
Well, nothing…
Well, I mean, yeah.
But still, like nothing happened in actual Earth.
Yeah, it kind of seems like the problem isn't inaction yet.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I guess in like few years, the actual aliens willcome to the Earth.
And then they fight each other finally.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And then, I don't know.
Something would happen.
Yeah.
Well, hopefully, it will be something good on partthree.
Two or three, right?
I mean, the book itself was very good, though.
It was very good book.
Okay.
As a novel, it was very good.
It's just I didn't know that this was just a partone of the three books.
I see.
You were expecting some sort of a big ending.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I see, I see.
Yeah.
But, yeah.
Okay.
I'll let my wife know.
So, she has to read this one first.
And then she's going to have to read two otherbooks.
Two other ones, which is longer than this one.
Yes.
Oh, my God.
So, it says in the Yakusha Atogaki.
Oh, my God.
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It sounds pretty exciting, though.
So, like 1.5 times.
Okay.
Okay.
It's bigger.
Yeah.
So...
Oh, gosh.
It's a massive story.
Yes.
Oh, man.
But it was...
I don't know.
Definitely, for someone, a non-book reader likeme, like, I'm not touching that thing.
It's like, that is way too massive for me to do.
I mean, I can't.
I can't do shit.
I mean, I can't even read through a web article,okay?
I can't.
It's not going to work out for me, obviously.
Oh, yeah.
But for someone like you who, you know, lovesreading books and has been reading books, is thatmassive for you?
Yes.
Even I hesitate.
Oh, wow.
Yes.
I need some...
Before I start reading the part 2.
Man.
Wow, okay.
Is this longer than Harry Potter?
I think Harry Potter is longer, I guess.
It has, like, seven, eight...
Yeah, it's true.
It's got, like, several...
Yeah, yeah.
But you've read the whole series.
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Wow.
Yeah.
But this one starts, like, very...
I would say, like, very usual.
It's like, as if I'm just a scientist who lives onEarth.
Yeah.
Just working in the laboratory or something.
Yeah.
And that's how it starts.
Yeah.
And then it goes, like, to, like, another planet,and then space...
Right.
Universe things, and...
That jumping is very crazy.
Way too unpredictable.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I see.
So, this was...
I guess if no one told you that this was a goodbook, then you'd start reading it and you'd belike,
Ah, probably boring.
Yeah.
Well, it's not boring.
It's very good as a novel, so I can read it as avery interesting book.
But it's so not predictable.
I see.
It's like...
Oh, man.
It's so random.
It's so jumping.
That itself sounds interesting, though.
Yeah, yeah.
I do want to experience that whole, you know, craziness.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That sounds interesting.
So, it says they have, like, movie versions, dramaversions and everything, so...
Yeah, I'll start with the...
Yeah, those things might be...
So much easier.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I think it'll be good.
Yeah, yeah.
The movie version, drama version.
Yeah, true.
I think.
Yeah, yeah.
I'll look into that.
Yeah.
Like last time, right?
I found it on Netflix, right?
Oh, yeah.
It's gotta be...
So...
I'll check it out.
But this was very good as a book, as a literature.
Literature?
As a...
Sure.
Work of art.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Sure.
Yeah.
Okay.
Very nice.
All right.
Let me know if you started reading the second one.
Oh, yeah.
Okay?
Yeah.
Say thank you to your wife.
Okay, yeah, I will.
The one who recommended this one.
Yeah.
All right.
All right, gotcha.
And I'm wondering the one who recommended thisbook has already read the part two and part threeor not.
Ah, okay, I'll ask.
Yeah.
I see.
I will.
I also asked about what was so good about the quizone.
I have not gotten the answer yet.
Ah, okay, okay, okay.
Yeah.
But I wanna know.
I'll make sure.
I'll make sure.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
They said...
So it has like prize.
Prize?
Like a book prize.
Prize?
Yeah.
Prize.
Prize?
Yeah, the...
Keihin?
The...
Like an award thing.
Oh, yeah, okay, award.
Yeah, sure.
So...
It's...
Oh, right.
It's gotta be good and...
Yeah, something good.
From a certain angle, right?
Yeah.
Okay.
And I didn't understand it, so I wanna know it.
Gotcha.
Yeah.
All right.
Wow.
So...
All right.
But yeah, thank you.
Thank you for the...
Thank you.
Kankyou.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's very nice.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
