ケビンの手書きの悩み
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Hello. Hello, hello.
So, this is from Taku-san. Okay.
Hi there. Hello.
I enjoy your podcast every day. Thank you.
One day I heard Kevin-san say he doesn't think his Japanese handwriting is messy.
But Kake-chan said it just looks weird to Japanese people.
What?
So, I'm reading it like as it is written.
One day I heard Kevin-san say he doesn't think his Japanese handwriting is messy.
Oh, okay, okay, okay, okay.
But Kake-chan said it just looks weird to Japanese people.
Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Do you think the way Japanese people write the alphabet looks messy to you?
Just like how your Japanese handwriting looks to them?
Okay, okay, okay.
Thank you for reading my message.
Okay, I understand. I understand what you're trying to say.
The Japanese handwriting.
The way Japanese writes their English.
Way too beautiful.
Way too. It's like a font.
It is so beautiful.
Even the average.
Yeah, the average.
If a random guy, I find a random guy out there.
Ask him to write English.
Way too beautiful.
Way too.
It's too readable.
Too readable.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's so beautiful.
So beautiful.
I see.
Yeah, vice versa.
You guys say my English handwriting is pretty bad.
It's not that bad.
Okay.
It's really not that bad.
Okay, okay.
In the United States.
In America, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I mean, people have much worse handwriting.
I mean, I promise you.
Mine is not that bad.
Yeah.
I see.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Your Japanese.
Your handwriting.
My Japanese handwriting?
You do something special recently or improving or whatever?
No.
No?
No.
You said you do like a straight lines to be straight.
Yeah.
You know, like straight, how should I say, like this.
90 degree.
That's right.
That's 90.
Yeah, I mean, right.
So I am still struggling with my Japanese handwriting.
Okay.
And I still, I mean, I think it's weird.
I don't know why I said that, but the message said, I said I don't think my Japanese handwriting
is that bad.
I think it's kind of bad.
Okay.
You know, it's, and I try to do, I try to do some tricks to fix it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And one of them was what you said.
Like, I don't curve it.
Yeah.
And I, whenever I need to curve it, I go for a 90 degree turn.
It's like a kakaku moji.
Yeah.
That makes it, I guess, just a little bit like readable.
So I sometimes do that, but not all the time, you know, not all the time.
Have you learned, like, Shodo?
Even a tiny amount?
Yeah, I have.
Yes, I have.
In Georgia, I went to this Japanese language school in Atlanta.
ケビンの書道の腕前
And there I learned Shuji.
Shuji?
Yeah.
Oh.
Yeah.
Okay.
I did.
You know, Kakijun and all those bullshit.
Yeah.
So you should know those things.
I do know all those things.
And I know it.
And I put it into practice.
What are you talking about?
I do all that stuff.
I thought that's the difference between.
No, no, no.
Probably not.
Okay, okay.
Probably not.
We do this at elementary school, or even middle school and high school sometimes.
We learn Shodos.
You know what is Shodos?
I know what Shodos are.
It's the thing you get the fucking ink.
Yeah, calligraphy.
And then you fucking write it on this weird paper.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Japanese calligraphy.
And then the left bottom side, you got your name.
Yes, yes, yes.
I know that.
Calligraphy?
We call it Shodo or Shuji.
Okay.
I would say that's Japanese.
Japanese calligraphy?
Yes, yes, yes.
Okay.
Well, good for you.
You may not know.
Look, man, I don't know if you're going to believe me, but in the Japanese at Hoshuko in Atlanta, I've won a gold star.
Honestly, I'm telling the truth.
I won a gold star.
Okay.
I think there were like 70 people in my class.
Out of the 70 people, only three people gets the gold star.
I got the gold star.
My Shuji was great.
And I'm left-handed.
Oh, you're true.
Yeah.
Wait, wait, wait.
What else did they have?
Like gold, platinum?
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Superstars?
Uh-uh.
Only gold.
Only gold?
Only gold.
So literally, you were the best?
Literally, I was the top three.
I was the top literally.
Literally.
That's amazing.
It feels like the Shuji is a different type of sport than like normal handwriting, don't you think?
Yeah, true, true.
It's a bit different.
The first, the papers are different.
The tools are different.
Yeah.
There's no brush in the everyday utensils.
So you're good at Shuji?
I'm actually not that bad at Shuji.
Oh, I want to see that.
Yeah, you should look at it.
I didn't know that.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay, okay, okay.
Yeah.
I see.
I didn't know that you won the gold medal for the calligraphy.
Yeah, I'm too humble to tell you.
I didn't know that.
I couldn't, I couldn't, I couldn't, you know, find that.
Find any connection?
You didn't think I was ever going to win any medal?
No, I mean, yeah, I mean, yeah.
You didn't think I was ever going to be good at any kind of handwriting?
Well, honestly, I have won it.
手書きの悩み
You can ask my dad.
Do you remember what did you wrote for that?
Kibo.
Kibo.
Oh, that's pretty difficult one.
Yeah.
Pretty difficult, right?
Yeah, yeah.
I didn't know that.
Yeah.
You should be proud of it.
I am pretty proud of it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I am very proud of it.
Then that's like a bit kind of mystery.
I agree.
I agree.
I agree.
I agree.
That's why I think it's a different type of sport.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
True, true.
It's just so weird.
What do you think is wrong with my handwriting, honestly?
Like, what is it that, what's so, what is it?
What should I fix?
No, I've been, I've been telling you this.
Okay.
But your handwriting is good.
I'm saying they're good.
Dude, my handwriting is not that good.
No, I'm saying they're good.
Like, they're very, you, you, you write them very politely.
Every time you say my handwriting is good, it makes me feel like you're fucking making fun of me.
No.
It feels like you're looking down on me.
No.
And then saying I'm good.
Like, you know, oh, you did good, baby boy.
That's what it feels like.
No, no, no.
I'm not saying so.
You, so, I don't see any arrogance from your handwriting.
I know.
You guys told me that, you know.
That is great.
You guys said Ja-nen.
Yes.
On one of the videos.
On one of the videos?
Yeah.
It just, I don't know.
You don't have them.
I don't know.
And that's amazing.
I don't feel respect.
Honestly, I don't feel that much of a respect from you when you say that to me.
See, the ultimate question that I asked you guys, I'm going to ask you again.
Yeah.
But do you want my handwriting?
Would you like to trade?
Or keep mine?
You think if my handwriting, would you like to trade my handwriting with yours?
I keep mine, but.
See?
I keep mine.
See?
But.
See?
It's like, I'm better, but you're good too.
No, I'm not saying I'm better.
I'm not saying I'm better, but it's like we're running, we're running different course kind of.
Okay.
It's like.
In what?
See, I can, so even if I practice harder.
Okay.
And become better at writing.
Okay.
I cannot never be like you.
Okay.
It's the, the styles are different.
Uh-huh.
So.
But you don't want to be me.
Right?
No, my, my track, I'm on my track.
I have to practice harder and I want to become my version of like better handwriting.
Uh-huh.
But I'm still not far, far away.
Uh-huh.
But like.
You didn't really answer my question, you know that.
手書きの改善の旅
Yours.
Like, I don't see any, like, it's, it's so pure.
I don't see any arrogance.
Uh-huh.
You're very careful.
Okay.
And I like that.
Okay.
Yeah.
Well, okay.
I mean, sure.
Okay.
I'll accept that.
I'll accept that.
But you know, just, just, just know that I'm not taking that as a compliment.
Another diss.
So my journey continues.
Yeah.
My journey continues to be a better handwriter.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
All right.
Good, good.
Me too.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You do you.
Yes, yes.
Okay.
All right.
Thanks for sitting, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
