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博多の野良猫の発見
So, when we were in Fukuoka, I came across a stray cat.
Stray cat?
Yeah, like a random cat.
In Fukuoka?
In Fukuoka.
In, like, where were you?
Kind of near the station, actually, you know, from the station to my hotel.
Wow.
Like, on the way back, I saw a stray cat.
You're saying in the very central part of Hakata?
Yeah, very central part of Hakata.
And there was a stray cat.
Okay.
And the cat was so clean.
Wow.
Clean and, like, it looked clean.
It was so, like, it was beautiful.
Wow.
You know, the cat was just, I don't know, it had beauty.
It had beauty.
I mean...
野良猫の美しさ
I have a picture.
You took a picture?
Yeah, I did.
Wow.
Is it, like, a special...
Look.
No, it's...
I want you to wait.
I want you to actually look at her face.
Wow, you're enjoying the interaction with...
That's right.
Wow, is that what you do when you come across with those cats?
Yeah.
Wow.
I do that.
That's way, way...
Your interaction is way deeper than I thought.
Really?
Yeah, I thought you were just like...
No, no, no.
I don't do that.
Wow, you feed them and you...
Look, that's a beautiful cat.
Oh.
That's a beautiful cat.
Yeah, I agree.
You get what I'm saying?
Yes, yes, yes.
It's not...
So there's a different cat right next to...
It's, you know...
That's ugly.
Cat...
Yeah.
Dude, I wouldn't exactly...
Say it straight forward like that.
But...
Cute.
You know, you get what I'm talking about.
This is average.
Ugly cute one.
Average?
I would say average.
I would use the word average.
But, you know, this cat is just...
I don't know.
It's got the...
It's got the glow.
Like, you know?
I see.
I get what you're saying.
You know?
Yes.
Look at that.
Look at that, guys.
I'm trying to...
Can I see it?
Cute cat.
ニッケルパンチ
Yeah?
Yeah, beautiful.
This is the average cat.
I wouldn't say ugly.
I wouldn't say ugly.
Ugly cute cat.
It's a cute cat.
Yeah.
Beautiful.
He was like, wow!
I've never seen such a beautiful stray cat.
You know?
It's like...
Some...
Kind of cat...
You...
For example, going...
Up high in the mountain...
Snowy mountain side and...
You found a...
Like a...
Maboroshi no...
Some cat and...
It came from some kind of forest and...
That beauty.
That's right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You know?
And that guy was in the middle of Hakata?
Right in the middle of Hakata.
Wow.
Pretty rare.
Yeah.
Right? Don't you think?
Yeah.
Wow.
I was...
I tried to massage...
Okay.
I got...
You know, I love massaging the cats.
Yes, yes, yes.
Stray cats, you know?
It's my thing.
It's my jam.
It's yours?
It's a stray cat.
I would love to give them a full-on massage.
Yeah.
But...
No.
Way too keikai-shin.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
I had to...
I had to...
You know?
Bribe her with...
With some of the...
The omiyage that I bought.
Yeah.
Like I lured her in.
When...
And then when she was close enough...
Yeah.
Then I would go for the massage.
Okay.
I was just too...
Wow.
Cautious, you know?
She would give me the nickel punch.
Yeah.
Every time my hand would get close.
She would just...
Don't you be touching me.
Yeah.
I...
It was first time I saw the real nickel punch.
The actual nickel punch?
野良猫の特徴
Yeah.
Really?
Wasn't that...
It hurt.
It hurt.
Yeah, because they got...
Sharp claws.
Yeah.
Sharp nails, right?
Yeah, nail.
Very sharp.
Yeah.
Wow.
I didn't bleed, but it did hurt.
It did hurt.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh.
I just...
I pulled away.
Oh, okay.
When I felt it, so...
It didn't...
It wasn't deep, but...
Wow.
That's what I scared of.
That's what you don't like about cats?
Yeah, like they got...
They got...
Sharp claws.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Sharp teeth, too.
That's right.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But, you know, they don't...
They don't go fully, you know?
Oh, really?
Like...
Like if they see a rat, they go full.
Like...
Claws in the body.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But, like, I don't think they'll do it to humans, though.
Oh, they're just...
They're just punching you.
Yeah, because...
Because, like, they don't know how powerful this individual human being is.
Like if the cat just goes, like, full on, they might put themselves under the risk of, like, humans fighting back.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And they'll know they'll lose, right?
We have a much bigger body.
Yeah.
So, like, they'll only just go, like, 30%.
Okay, okay.
So, yeah.
Just a little bit.
Yeah.
Okay, okay.
Wow.
Yeah.
Well, you...
Wow.
野良猫へのエサやり
You really interacted with them.
I do.
I do.
You give them something.
I do.
Is that Torimono or something?
It's not Torimono.
It's a donut.
A donut.
Yeah.
And I probably shouldn't give them any food, you know?
Oh, really?
It's not really good manners to give wild cats food.
Oh, true.
So...
It's just a...
It's just random little stuff there.
Yeah.
Wow.
It's a beautiful cat.
Beautiful cat.
Yeah.
Is this cat cute?
It looks like it.
It looks like a baby cat.
Yeah.
It looks small.
It looks small, though.
Wow.
Oh.
Yeah.
You saw the claw just really...
Wow.
That...
Oh.
No?
It went in my finger, right?
It looks...
Look at that.
Dangerous.
It looks dangerous.
It is dangerous.
Like, if you play with them long enough...
Yeah.
At some point, you'll start bleeding, I feel like.
Wow.
You know?
Yeah.
You tried to massage this cat.
Yeah, I tried to massage this cat.
But no.
Wow.
I know.
Wow.
Yeah.
Wow.
It's a random encounter.
You know?
Cute, though.
You know?
Cute?
野良猫のかわいさ
Like a beautiful.
Yeah.
I forgot that you don't think cats are cute.
I forgot about that.
Yeah, but...
Yeah.
Like an animal in general.
Animal species, like...
Yeah.
In general.
Beautiful.
Yeah, right.
Mysterious, you know?
Yeah, right.
I remember your stance on cute cats.
Yeah.
Is this cute for you?
Very cute.
Very cute.
Look at the way the cat is, like, nudging its head on the other cat.
You know?
It's like rubbing his head, rubbing her head on the other cat.
Cat's head.
It's like, I don't know what they're doing, but it looks cute, though.
Like, if that ugly, cute cat...
Yeah?
Ugly, yeah?
Yeah, cute cat.
You're saying this one is more cute than this beautiful one?
I kind of understand it.
Okay.
Like, is this cute?
Yeah.
You don't think the left one's cute.
Yeah, it's...
I understand it's beautiful.
Mm-hmm.
Right.
But it's not cute.
猫が可愛い理由について議論
Like, that one is more cute.
The one you said that's ugly?
If you say, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Like, busukawa?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think so.
Wait, so you understand the concept of the busukawa,
but you don't understand the concept of, like, in general, just cute.
That's what you're telling me.
I mean, yeah, probably.
Like, they're a cat, right?
Yeah.
So I thought cute for cat is, like, they're a little bit fat, maybe?
Maybe, like, rolling.
What?
A little bit, like, stupid and, like, try to jump and fail.
Well, that's cute, no?
That's...
That's not...
I don't...
That's, yeah, that's...
That's cute, right?
That's what's cute about cats,
but, like, I don't think that's the central main reason cats are cute.
I feel like the more, like, odo, cat cute is, like, the left one, the beauty one.
Wow.
Yeah.
So if you look at, like, munchkins, like, these little cats, like baby cats,
that's cute, right?
Yeah.
Like, baby cats.
Baby cats, yeah.
What do you feel?
Yeah.
Okay, well, I've never...
Can I show some pictures?
Yeah, let's look at pictures of baby cats.
Wow.
But I understand that that left one was beautiful, like, it has elegance.
Yeah, that's right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Right.
We got pictures of baby cats?
Ah.
What do you think about them?
They're cute.
They're cat cute.
Yeah, I get it.
What?
What?
What?
You know, this picture.
Yeah, I get what you're saying.
This is cat cute.
Yeah, yeah.
I understand the concept of cat cute, yeah.
You've understood it.
You've captured it.
Yes, I understood it.
But you don't feel it.
Yes.
Look at this, um, like, isn't it?
So you're looking at this one?
This one?
Yeah.
Well, I mean, yeah, I mean, I get where you're coming from.
The eyeball.
Yeah, like a...
Right?
It's like wide eyes.
Yeah.
And it's like, it's got the white spots all around.
Yeah.
I don't know how to explain it.
But like, yeah, it's very wide.
Eyes are wide open.
It looks kind of scary.
But, yeah, true.
I understand that.
But at the same time, but, you know, overall, the fluffiness, the paws, you know, the mouth.
Yeah.
And the nose, you know, it's cute.
Yeah, I get it.
You understand the concept.
Yeah, I understand the concept.
Yeah, I don't know why, but they, maybe they're a cat.
Because they're a cat, they have, like, strong nails, strong teeth.
Yeah.
Can...
It can hurt you.
Hurt you, yeah.
Yeah, it can.
It's a dangerous animal species.
In a way, in a way, they can be harmful.
That's my kind of...
You have that image?
Yeah, maybe.
A little bit dangerous.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Is it like...
So I don't understand the cuteness of lizards.
Lizards?
Hachūrui.
You know how some people love Hachūrui and they think it's cute?
Right, right, right.
I don't understand that.
Maybe it's like that.
Maybe, maybe.
Yeah.
Do you understand the concept of Hachūrui's being cute?
I mean, I understand the concept.
You understand it? Wow.
Because they move slow and peaceful and that's why they look cute, no?
I guess that's a part of the reason, maybe.
That's how I understand.
One of the friends that actually do feel it said that because you can't...
When you look at their faces, you don't know what they're thinking.
That's why it's cute.
Oh, I see.
Yeah.
Yeah, they're just like...
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, I see.
野良猫の発見
Okay, I get it.
You get it.
I get the concept.
Yeah, okay.
Wow.
Maybe it's like that.
Wow, but in the middle of Fukuoka...
Yeah, straight cats, man.
Yeah.
Straight cats.
Did you enjoy that moment?
I think that's probably one of the most enjoyable moments I had in Fukuoka.
Highlight of the trip.
Yeah, I think it was.
I think it was.
Wow, wow.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye.
