Vietnam War Novel
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It's a book by an American writer who published it in 2009.
The translated version was published in 2010.
It's a relatively new book.
It was published 15 years ago.
It's not a classic book.
It's a two-volume book.
It's a two-volume book.
It's really like a dictionary.
It's a two-volume book.
It's about 658 pages long.
It's a very thick book.
It looks expensive.
It's expensive.
I think it's about 4,000 yen.
I wasn't sure if I should buy it.
But I'm curious, so I bought it and I'm reading it now.
It's a book about the Vietnam War.
It's a novel.
It's a novel about the Vietnam War.
I only know this much.
I'm looking at the diary of the person who is reading this.
I was curious about the directions.
I was curious about the directions.
So I bought it and read it.
I haven't seen any books on the Vietnam War yet.
First of all, it was quite unexpected.
There are a lot of American novels and movies about the Vietnam War.
There are a lot of books like that, but I had the impression that they were all finished in the 80s.
And this book was published in 2010 or 2009, and I thought,
there are still books about the Vietnam War.
I was quite impressed by that.
And now, I wonder how people talk about the Vietnam War.
I was interested in that.
And it was so thick, and it was a two-volume book, and it was a novel.
I was curious about that, and I thought it would be hard to read.
And it was expensive.
So I decided to buy it.
Now, I've read about a third of it.
Oh, that's good.
I read about 200 pages, but I finally went to Vietnam.
Finally?
I read 200 pages, and I finally got to Vietnam.
I was like, oh, now?
Can you read that much? Is it hard to read?
Insights on the War
Well, it's an American novel, so if you're not used to it, it's hard to read.
I've read several American novels so far,
but the beginning is very fluffy.
It takes a long time to get into the story.
I can't grasp it at all.
I can't grasp what they're trying to say at all.
But I have the impression that there are quite a few overseas novels like that.
And I think there are about four main characters in this novel.
The point of view is changing.
The characters are changing, and each story is progressing at the same time.
It takes a long time to form an image in my head.
I'm reading 200 pages, so I'm reading while taking notes.
So I'm getting a sense of who this person is.
I don't understand the first 50 pages at all.
I'm reading more and more because I'm curious.
The content and the theme are the same.
You're interested in the Vietnam War, aren't you?
That's right.
This is probably the theme of my life.
The theme of your life?
The theme of my life.
Isn't that the theme of other wars?
What is it in particular?
The other wars are the Vietnam War and the Yugoslavia War.
Two big ones.
Two big themes.
Like a life work.
Research theme.
Research theme.
Either way, I know about the Vietnam War earlier, so this one is longer.
It's been a while, but I knew more about the Vietnam War when I was researching it.
It's been a while, so I don't remember much about it now.
I forgot about it.
Cultural Reflection
But I remember watching NHK's documentary about the history of the Vietnam War.
It was about the history of the United States and Vietnam at the same time.
It's been updated relatively recently, so there's information out there.
I thought there was a movie about the Vietnam War recently, but it wasn't recently.
It was called Pentagon Papers.
I saw it.
It was already in 2017.
Eight years ago.
Eight years ago.
I haven't seen it, but I think I saw it in the documentary.
Why didn't you see it?
Because it's not a stage play.
That's right.
The main theme is the nuclear war.
I wasn't really aware of it at the time.
I see.
I think it was released in Japan in 2018.
It was when I was going to the volunteer center.
That's right.
Wasn't it when we were playing?
I think that's about it.
Eight years.
Yes, that's about it.
I don't know if it was before or recently.
I don't know.
It's been eight years.
It's been eight years.
It's been eight years since we met.
I wonder how much you've moved in the meantime.
That's true.
We've moved a lot, too.
That's true.
Three times.
That's true.
Each of us.
I've been to Ghana once.
I've been to Ghana once.
That's a long time ago.
It was a long time ago.
Yes.
Yes.
I'm trying to work on the theme again because I'm calm now.
I don't know.
I'm curious about what kind of development there will be again.
This is a book now.
I heard you're shooting a show or something.
It's also translated into Japanese.
It's out there.
It was also in the bookstore.
Vietnam War Reflection
So I thought I'd read it.
It's like that.
I see.
It's amazing.
It's kind of like the Vietnam War.
There's a soldier in the main character.
There's a soldier.
There's a U.S. soldier.
South Vietnam was on the American side.
The Vietnamese in South Vietnam is also one of the main characters.
My friend is on the Vietcong side.
My cousin is on the Vietcong side.
They're in contact with each other.
They're talking to each other like, what are you going to do?
The people on the South Vietnamese side have wives.
I want to go to the U.S. as a refugee somehow.
After the war is over.
But my cousin on the north side is a friend.
This is the beginning.
There's a bomb thrown at an American colonel in South Vietnam.
There's a bomb thrown in the house.
I heard there was a lot of that in the Vietnam War.
I don't know who the enemy is.
I don't know how to throw a bomb.
The American soldiers were stressed out during the Vietnam War.
PTSD became very famous around that time.
That's the kind of scene that comes out.
I'm drawing a lot of Vietnamese chaos.
That's amazing.
It's been a while since I've read or seen something like this.
That's why my heart is at the end right now.
But I understand that feeling.
When you're reading a long book, that's the main thing, isn't it?
It's like, you're not coming back?
It's a good start.
I have a theme.
I didn't go to Vietnam at that time.
Does that mean you remember a lot of things?
Information you learned at that time.
At that time?
What I was interested in when I was researching.
When you're reading a book, you think of a scene, right?
It's a movie or a book you've read so far.
It's based on that image.
That's right.
If it's a movie, I think of Good Morning Vietnam.
It's like a full metal jacket.
There's a lot of UV rays.
It explodes in the city.
When I read a book based on that image, I get excited.
That's what I'm experiencing right now.
I see.
Let's watch the full metal jacket again.
Speaking of the drama, I mentioned the full metal jacket training scene.
That's right.
There's a street in the city of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
There's a bar.
I want to go there again.
I see.
The next destination is Vietnam.
I don't know.
But you've been saying it for a long time.
I want to go to Vietnam again for an overseas trip.
I wanted to go to a place I haven't been to before.
I've never been to the Middle East or the North.
But the South is the theme.
The city is the theme of the Vietnam War.
I thought it would be nice to go to the South again.
Again.
It may have changed since the last time I went.
It's been more than 10 years.
I think it's completely different.
Have you ever been there?
I've been there, too.
But when I think about it, it was about 20 years ago.
It was when I was a college student.
It's been almost 20 years.
I see.
It was a very popular time.
It was easy to go.
It was cheap.
I've been to a lot of places.
I've been there when I was a college student.
I see.
I've never been there at all.
It's among people who don't travel much.
I see.
You used to go to Sisam when you were young, right?
Yes, I loved it.
I bought a scarf from Ao Dai in Vietnam.
I've been using it quite a bit lately.
I see.
I bought a shawl for a wedding.
I've been using it.
I think I still have it.
Wow.
I don't have that kind of image.
I think there are more tourists like that.
I see.
It's like going around the city, isn't it?
In terms of hats.
Well, I don't know.
I think it's the city.
The city.
The city.
When I went there before, I went to the underground tunnel.
You actually used it?
Yes, yes, yes.
As a battlefield.
Oh, I see.
I wanted to see it.
It's called the mouth tunnel.
A lot of tourists from Western Europe go there, but not so many Japanese.
How do you feel when you go there?
Well, I don't know.
But I think there are the most tourists from Western Europe.
There are people from France.
Yes, yes, yes.
There are people from the U.S.
Some people went there because they were able to go there after the war.
Do you have a lot of things left?
There are tanks left.
There are broken tanks of the U.S. military.
There are also broken tanks.
It's like a museum.
There are dolls that look like soldiers at that time.
Dolls are made of real objects.
There are dolls that look like soldiers' hats and clothes.
It's like a base and a museum.
Some of them are open, but others are still used as military bases.
Oh, I see.
That kind of place is relatively famous.
Food and Personal Experiences
There is a place called the mouth tunnel.
Do you want to go there again?
No, I've already been there once, so it's okay.
There are a lot of places like that.
I probably won't go there with my family.
I think it's a place where only people who like it go.
The hat is at the end now.
That's right.
It looks delicious.
Vietnamese food is delicious.
I just ate it the other day.
I had a lunch box from a Vietnamese restaurant nearby.
I like bánh mì.
Bánh mì is delicious.
I ate a lot of French food, so I ate French bread.
Bread is delicious.
It was delicious.
That's what it was like.
Yes.
This is a behind-the-scenes story.
This time, it's the third one out of the three I've recorded before.
I read the story that the hat called me recently.
Is it okay if I don't talk about it?
I don't know.
It's not that I don't know, it's just that kind of book.
Was it worth reading?
That's right.
It was good.
If you're interested, please read it.
It's called Kemuri no Ki.
The hurdle is high.
If you're really interested...
It's about 600 pages long.
It's very thick.
It's about 3,500 yen.
That's what the story was about.
In the behind-the-scenes story, I got some letters.
I'd like to introduce them to you.
It's more like a comment than a letter.
It's not the usual letter form.
Insights on the Department of Science and Technology
It's my first time.
I got a comment on Spotify.
I got a comment on episode 244.
It was a comment saying, I want to know your name.
This is a story about me and a certain person who had a back injury.
It's a meeting where I said, you can go to the place where the people from the Department of Science and Technology are doing it.
You didn't say your name, did you?
I don't think I said my name specifically.
I only said that the people from the Department of Science and Technology are doing it.
You said you were all over the country.
That's right.
Is it okay if I say this?
It's okay.
What is the name of the Department of Science and Technology?
What kind of genre is that?
Are you going to be a masseuse?
It's like a place where they do the fascia release.
That's right.
That's the specialty.
There are other menus.
Are you focusing on fascia all over Japan?
Basically, yes.
I sing on the web page.
It's quite a wide range of knowledge.
It's very wide.
As long as it's not the same person, I thought it would be quite different where the people from the Department of Science and Technology spread their knowledge.
I think it depends on the person.
The fascia release is probably all over the country.
That's right.
I think the study groups are probably in the same organization.
Maybe the specialties are different.
I went there for the third time the other day.
I was told that it was really written in the paper I read this morning.
I think each person has their own consciousness.
I think they study in their own way.
I think it depends on who is in charge.
I think it's different and it's compatible.
Basically, I have the impression that there are a lot of men.
There is also Kawaramachi, which is also run by men.
It's run by men in their 30s.
There was also a person who was a trainer.
We are in charge of the test center in Kyoto.
Karasuma.
We are in charge of the test center in Karasuma.
That's the only information I know.
I think it's really good.
It's really good for studying.
They teach you in detail.
The structure of the muscles and what's going on here.
I can understand the fundamental problems.
I hope you can check it out at the science body.
The science of science is the science of science.
The body is BODY.
I think it comes out in both Katakana and Alphabet.
That's the kind of information.
You might think it's a little expensive.
It's not that different from going to a massage.
That's right.
There is a price for normal relaxation.
They teach you at the gym.
That's right.
They teach you the basic structure of the body in a Western medical way.
I don't know if you're listening to this.
I hope it will be helpful.
Morissi commented on the lesson.
Episode 249.
It's a lesson by Minnaiya Burui.
I'm glad I saw it recently.
Morissi said,
Both the bomb and DiCaprio's movie were funny.
My wife said,
It's annoying.
Is it about me?
I got a hat comment.
I got Morissi's usual comment.
Personally, I thought it was a good idea to say DiCaprio in the bomb and DiCaprio's movie.
Is that so?
Do you use it?
Is it called DiCaprio?
But this is typing.
It's a smartphone.
Isn't it when you shoot normally?
Is it like that when you talk?
I don't know.
But I really want to go.
Did I talk about the bomb?
I didn't talk about it, did I?
Didn't you talk about it?
It's like the original.
Did I talk about it in the last story?
Did I talk about it?
Did I talk about it? I forgot.
I finished reading both the bomb and the court election.
I really wanted to go see it.
I think I did talk about it.
I really want to go, but I don't have time.
You have a lot of time after the deadline.
That's right. As usual.
I want to go to both.
I want to go to DiCaprio, too.
It might be over by then.
That's right.
Like that.
Also, I have a little announcement.
It's kind of like a boasting.
Just a boasting?
台湾への旅とサイン会の発表
Can I boast that I'm going to have an autograph session with Aizoban in Taiwan?
Is that a boasting?
If you don't say that, no one will think anything.
It's a story that doesn't sell in Japan.
I don't know how relevant it is to the people listening to this.
If you want a collector's item, please go to Taiwan.
That's right.
Chairman Aizoban will be made by a publisher in Taiwan.
The details of this have not been announced yet.
Anyway, I'm going to be there.
Fujiwara Hiro is coming to the autograph session.
That's the announcement.
I'm going to be in Taiwan next year.
It's been a long time since I've been in Taiwan.
When will you be there?
Aizoban?
I'm going to have an autograph session with Aizoban.
So you're going to be there next year.
That's right.
It's going to be an autograph session on one of the big events, the Dōmansetsu.
It's a really large-scale anime and manga event.
It's really exciting and fun to go to the venue.
I've been there before.
I'm really excited about my trip to Taiwan.
イベントと食べ物の計画
It's a short trip.
Well, yeah.
I'm going to buy a cassette tape.
I'm going to be wearing a hat.
I'm really into Bungu right now.
I suddenly want to go to Bungu.
You can't go there all the time, can you?
I can't go there all the time.
But I've been told that I want to eat a lot of delicious food.
So I'm going to go to all the places you recommend.
I'm going to go to a place like Bukkof in Taiwan.
I think I'm going to a recycle shop.
That's right.
I've decided on it a while ago.
I've decided on it a while ago.
I've decided on it a while ago.
I can't go to Taipei.
I can't go to Taipei.
If you have any recommendations around Taipei,
If you have any recommendations around Taipei,
I think that's about it.
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