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Hello Andrew. I wonder if you had a chance to listen to the new Babymetal radio show on Tokyo FM, which many people are posting on TH-cam. The very first guests Babymetal had were Kanon and Mizyu, followed by Suzuka and Rin on the next weekly episode. Babymetal and AG had some discussions about what they might do in a possible collaboration.

Oh no…

I’m Japanese and moved to Canada when I was 29. Now, I teach at an elementary school here. Watching this documentary made me feel a lot of emotions-almost overwhelmed. It reminded me of the environment, social beliefs, and people I grew up with. However, what I teach my students feels so different from those experiences. It’s a different society and a new generation, but it made me realize that I can bring more meaningful lessons to my students to help them grow into better citizens for the future.

The girls sellout

残念ながら1発屋でした

Watched it from the very 1st episode, as i live in suffolk and had heard that they were filming around framlingham, its still one if my absolute favourite tv shows ever, and I've rewatched it 3 times, your review is spot on, the last special was the tv equivalent of toy story 4, not needed, not as good and probably not worth watching ever again.

Two things: first, I didn't know you are left-handed. Second, you need to start wearing underwear.

Its pronounced .. bae-cough

Well damn, I missed this when it was on last year, however while watching your video my wife overheard the clips and immediately rattled off the title. I’ll be on the lookout for a 再放送

This is why I now live in the south. We are going to experience some extremely cold temperatures this week and I’m not looking forward to it. Born in Calgary and enjoy the odd visit but that’s it.

That scares me, I have nearly drowned three times, but none of those were caused by thin ice giving way and trapping me underneath. I know life is experienced best right on the edge, but that's a touch close for me. Stay safe Professor, I'm too old to find a new favourite author.

東京五輪

Just checked German Netflix, and it's there. I'll watch it after I finished binging the pile of Babymetal DVDs that arrived from Japan earlier this week. The urge to belong somewhere, the need for safety, especially in a world that seems to come apart day by day - powerful stuff. While Rainman did cross my mind, a better comparison might be "Hello, Mister God, this is Anna". A child of similar age, also aparently victim of domestic violence, bursts into the life of a working class London family. It upends their life, especially that of a son called Finn, but turns it to the better in a number of ways.

なんか進歩がないよね😅マンネリ

This seems like a show that I will very much enjoy watching. Thanks for the recommendation! The only Asian TV I've ever watched dealing with autism is the South Korean drama "Extraordinary Attorney Woo." That show clearly drew heavily on the story of Professor Temple Grandin. It sounds like this Japanese show is very different from that one.

wanabe atarashii gakko.... not even close !

疑問なのですが、このマスターの台詞の「あいよ！」や「おまち！」などの独特な言い回しの感覚は日本人以外でもなんとなく理解できるものなのでしょうか？

I've always enjoyed your recommendations! I liked "Unnatural" very much, and I'll be checking this out too (thankfully it's available on Netflix for me)!

I was delighted to hear Ms Glick invite follow-up questions directly to her. And also delighted to hear that she deals with non-fiction works as well as fictional works.

‘This is supposed to be your natural habitat’ 😂

I loved the interview, even though AG fans don't really like Snacktime. They've grown a lot since then, both locally and internationally.

このドラマとは全く雰囲気は違いますが、『孤独のグルメ(The Solitary Gourmet)』というドラマをお薦めします。 深夜食堂のような情緒はありませんが、幸せな気分にさせます。主人公の中年男性が仕事の合間に様々な食堂に訪れ、独りきりの食事に向き合い食事を愉しむだけのドラマです。毎回いろんな実在する食堂が紹介されます。英語字幕はありませんが、自動翻訳で英語に設定できます。 @kodokunogourmet-tvtokyo

Meg got us one of the best emotes in FN

Bake offffff , thank you for your review, i always learn something, what do you think of the radio show they have started and also now the first part with AG.

Meg is literally coming to make a name for herself in Japan

YOOOOO this is the Fortnite emote

Electrifying me

He's got a lovely coat 🥺🥺 thank you for sharing your little buddy

This is the goofiest dance I’ve ever seen😂

Happy New Year. That sounds like an other productive year, hopefully many more to come, I usually say: happy and healthy new year, but I should add: productive as well, hopefully without stress. It actually is a pretty common story on TH-cam, the videos you spend the least time on become the most popular on your channel. 🙂 The videos you spend the most time on might end up with disappointing results sometimes. A book with a time travel theme, that sounds very interesting to me. Something I've been wondering, did you catch the Babymetal radio program, especially because they have Atarashii Gakko as guests ?

Thank you for such a substantial critical review! I somehow found this show a while back and enjoyed it quite a bit, recently viewing it for the second time. You articulated a number of aspects I hadn't picked up on or fully considered. I too found the returning older geiko character brash and abrasive at first - I was expecting her to set up some sort of manufactured conflict or drama but that did not happen, instead she is more or less accepted for who she is and assimilated back into the fabric of the house. One character that puzzled me was the daughter of the house mother who lives there but is not one of the trainees, Ryoko I think is her name. She is the one who immediately throws a wet blanket over the two lead girls' excitement on arrival by telling them the tasks they will be expected to perform and advising them to leave. She's so sullen and morose and her mother, while benevolent, seems to have little clue how depressed and unhappy she is. Later on there is a hint of what is troubling her, but it is never really fully explored. I guess her character is there to contrast some of the brightness elsewhere in the series? I loved the two main characters who share this unwavering devotion to each other; Kiyo is indefatigably industrious, sunny and cheerful (but never to the point of being overbearing, at least for me) while Sumire is more driven and focused, much more of an emotional open book with everything she is feeling visible on her face whether she has lines or not. Sumptuously filmed and I enjoyed the quietness of it, like observing real people going about their everyday lives within this tiny, fictionalized neighbourhood where the modern world seems to be mostly held at arms' length. No artificial conflicts or plot structures, no snappy dialogue no one would say in real life, just people coming and going, pursuing their passions and spending time with each other like they did in the pre digital world. The whole show is like one of Kiyo's comfort dishes! I did think it odd that these apparently very young characters are permitted to pack up and go off to devote themselves to an archaic artistic tradition and no one seems bothered in the least. The father of Sumire shows up, but only after months have seemingly passed and he is mostly mollified and placated while he is around. Incidentally, the actress who plays Sumire also stars in another film on Netflix titled Drawing Closer, which has resonated with me even more than Makanai did. I'm not sure if it is something you would enjoy or review but worth considering. She is playing another very young character, about the same age as Sumire but in a very different, more contemporary setting with cellphones and social media prevalent. It's a tragic teen romance that is much more aggressive in eliciting an emotional reaction from the audience than Makanai; a classic tearjerker against a backdrop of terminal illness that is ultimately life affirming, I think, and subverts expectations of the genre by having the characters express their feelings more through art, symbolism, and mutual devotion than overt declaration. It is ambiguous enough that I questioned at times whether it even was about a romantic sort of love; I think it is, though like in Makanai it is a very pure and chaste, idealized version. Wonderful performance by the lead actress, a very different character from Sumire but with some similar aspects of innocence and emotional vulnerability that feel very unaffected and true to life. I really haven't yet been able to move on and watch something else, it has so affected me and I see from comments in various places that others have had a similar experience, "it made me feel human" was one memorable one I read which kind of sums it up. Thank you once again for your knowledge and insight!

Super insightful! Thanks for sharing this

Mizyu😍😍

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Fortnite must of seen this

WAIT WHAT??? I LOVE ATTARASHI GAKKO THIS IS SUCH AN UNEXPECTED COLLAB?? not complaining tho!!

QUE, PRIMERO TWICE Y AHORA ATARASHII GAKKO??? AMOOOO 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

Didn't you write a book on fly fishing?

To date, KYOTO has kept its charming traditional antique "look" because it was not aerial bombed by the USAF during WWII. It has been said that Kyoto was not bombed because one of the top American military planners took the city off the target list because he had a sentimental attachment to the city because he and his wife had spent their honeymoon there before the war. Be that as it may, the city survived the war relatively unscathed, and it has retained its quaintness by surviving the COVID PANDEMIC of 2020 and keeping the unique GEIMAIKO tradition alive. hopefully for many years to come.

I love how his paw is moving in his sleep. :-))

Creepy as hell

People think that Japanese people prioritize "the whole" than the "individual". The idea that we need to prioritize "the whole" stems from the idea that we can never understand each other 100%. This is why we need to educate different perspectives and how we affect each other for the better or worse. We know how we feel and think ourselves, but what about the people next to you? This is why we need to learn when and how not to be selfish. It is not about which is more important, it is the time, place and occasion that matters.

私はAGファンで、今日初めて教授のチャンネルを見ましたが、もっとたくさんの人に知ってもらいたいですね！先生の教養が感じられて、素晴らしいです。

This is the best reaction I have ever seen by non-Japanese native speaker! Thank you! 😊

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Ahh não 🤨😩😔

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この4人、ウザい。

Happy New Year. The two of your favourites, babymetal and atarashi gakko, will talk each other in babymetal's radio pragramme "BABYMETALのメタラジ!" next week. Have fun!

While we more casual fans of Babymetal have been listening to a mix including Gimme Chocolate ... frozen in time but now (wow!!) 10 years old .... and not paying full attention, they've transitioned from girls to women ... articulate, funny, and starting to shape their own path. I also enjoyed the Behind the Scenes videos.