It helps a lot to speak another language, good enough (just in case the guy asking, understands it). You say you´re spanish, italian, or german and you don´t speak english. Problem solved. Works everytime.
I love the part where, in a split second, he's projecting this complex backstory on someone as he's boarding the plane... and then "Have a good flight."
incredibly relatable tbh. Who doesn't meet them and immediately think of a backstory for them and how they will live their next 20 years, only to forget a few minutes later and not pay any attention to it?
This is like masterpiece level work. In a fair world, this would be your most viewed video. It's so good. I know this probably took way more work than most other videos and that the stats and feedback won't reflect that, but honestly, I really really loved this.
^ It's like starting a book that you don't think you'll truly be into. But 7 minutes in, I kinda just succumbed to the story. And that's coming from someone who hates sitting down to read/watch tv or movies
yep, caught up with this just now and can say it really feels like a book, the japanese way, of course. This video definitely deserves more recognition
This was nothing short of magnificent. I don't know how difficult it was to record and edit but I was entranced for the full duration and really hope for more of these!
@@TaylorTheJapanaholic Hhmm, I think it's not an issue to talk with a Japanese person who is learning English. At least, we will be able to still practice our English skills if it's not our native language. :)
I once had an approximately 5,000-year-old man chat me up on a bus by saying that since I was white I must really want to discuss the works of Hemingway with him. Kind of a surreal bus ride.
Some people seem to be misunderstanding that the title "Uncle Magnet" means that Dogen is an uncle magnet (he only attracts uncles to talk to him). This end makes that even more obvious since he finally can talk to a girl but then gets Sapporo belly for eleven hours instead. If this journey really did happen to you I'm very sorry Dogen.
i appreciate this comment, because for the longest time i believed that Dogen was telling the story of someone's uncle whose name happened to be Magnet. *deeply sighs* English is my first language. Spanish, close second. i tutor children in both those languages. *patiently waits for someone to get concerned about zir students.*
This is easily one of my new favorite videos. I’ve never seen someone describe such a simple thing as “their day” with both the elegance of Japanese and the beauty of American poetry. This story was so vivid I was able to picture the whole thing, absolutely incredible.
Poor uncle magnet he could've ended up in a relationship if there weren't so many shiny head balding salary men trying to learn English. But now I'm beginning to realize that maybe that emiko is in a similar position to mr uncle magnet but instead she gets foreigners lol.
I enjoyed every second. The way you changed your intonation your pace in talking to potray each character. The subtle and unexpected comedic jabs. But what really got me was the ticket girl story of not being able to see Alcatraz, was told so brilliantly that it got me interested in the continuation of her story. Really lovely story telling Please do more
I love this so much. I was trying to figure out how to describe this to a friend, but really this is just a really well done modern take on 落語 isn't it? Honestly, I wish there were more people doing this kind of stuff, it's fantastic!
God I love this channel so much. I've even shown my Japanese friends and coworkers. This might be me today, since my year abroad is over and I'm flying back to London tonight. However it's pandemic o' clock so there shouldn't be many おっさん flying around. Thank you for the amazing content and keep it up
Wow this was wild from the start till the end, especially the last plane scene. I am still in awe of your, what I'd call, "perfect Japanese" because it's so good and your stories are entertaining. Oh how I wish I could just shut up, sit down and study the language properly and for a very long time, but excuses and work make it difficult. Thank you for making this video, it was very entertaining and I look forward to more of your great works.
I know you wrote this 2 years ago.. but the "excuses and work" bit hit me a little to hard. lol I too have excuses and work getting in the way of studying. :'D
I revisit this video every so often, there's so many jokes laced in both the Japanese audio and the English subtitles that you can only get when you understand both. Thank you for giving that something extra to us Japanese/English learners
I love these narrative videos, they're the best thing about the channel. The strange thing that I appreciate the most in them is the fact that the subtitle translations aren't literal, in fact if you understand both the original narration and the subtitles they kind of tell the same story in different ways, at the same time, which kind of blows my mind.
yeah honestly dogen I can't say anything other than you're an absolute artist. This was the best thing I've ever watched 0:00 to 23:09 was just an absolute pleasure. I speak as someone who's not the courage to produce or author videos with my own face, let alone my own name. This is what people who create content should strive to achieve, in my humble opinion. This is a beautiful work you've created. Just a joy to take in. Hilarious. I've been subbed for some time but I marvel at you succeeding with a platform that is probably just a delusion of grandeur for most. 100/10. You made my day. Thanks.
This video... is a beautiful work of literature written in the form of a youtube video. The reality encompassed, the gradual scenic change followed by the different oji-san for each transit. Subtle scenic descriptions that makes you feel more like Andrew himself than a bystander. Thank you Dogen. It was one of the most enjoyable videos I've watched on youtube 2022. I'm glad I've studied well enough to understand all this when neither English nor Japanese is my native tongue ...tho explaining such would be ironical considering that this is what makes the video so funny
How are the views not in the millions? I was fucking entranced for this entire video, line after line, all of it golden. Please tell me that you have made made more videos like this?
The story just vacuumed me in Dogen. Wonderful script, even better voice acting. Usually I would opt for just audio-only, but you made this work really well somehow.
I love this! This could have been like the Trains episode (Tokyo vs Inaka) with a few other key sound effects, like the stories that are told over the school announcement system during lunch.
I've been crying with laughter over your videos the last few days (TH-cam has failed me in not recommending them before now), but this is the one that has me wincing over my own experiences traveling alone in Japan, and of course, getting trapped on a plane next to Uncles.
I found you by some fluke and found your voice extremely calming and comforting but I have no experience with Japanese, not really even with Japanese media like anime. You are able to make those who are out of the loop laugh and continue to feel like they are participating in the story, and that is really a testament to your skills as a writer and a comedian. I’ve found a new favorite channel!
I just listened to a podcast recently where you said you like to write but never clicked with an audience at first so you tried your skill at humor. I've also been a long time follower but didnt know you did more than your 1 minute language skits. 10/10, the story telling was immaculate in this, and I love your writing style.
Dogen your storytelling abilities are amazing. It will become my goal to speak Japanese at this level. I may be in my 50s by then but dear god I’m gonna work at it.
Hey Dogen, I'm a native speaker of Japanese. I really think your contents are funny and you're making an assiduous effort. Your skills are impressive but still have room for improvement. So I'll point out some words that you can pronounce better. ８割"のうち"の75% 乃木坂46(のぎざかfortysix) (recent popular idol group) 街で"見かけた"ことすらない "これから"の長旅に 30人"程"のモーニング 囲まれたこの小さな"駅"は リュック"を"おろして 大分←→大分駅(different kinds of pronunciation ) all of those words are in the beginning(~5:00) Keep it up!
Beautiful execution of a wonderful script, and the little interlude of the JAL receptionist's past (at least in Andrew's mind) serves as a bittersweet addition to the awkward but hilarious encounters of English-learning uncles!
2 videos, and I'm convinced to join your cult. A pity the YT algorithm didn't rec your videos earlier... PS I love your Japanese! It's really beautiful and natural...
This video is pure art. I bet it took so much to make. The story is funny and beautifully narrated. This deserves so much more than 50k views. Also the time to edit and write subtitles, gosh Great, absolutely great.
Dogen, I knew you were a genius when it comes to learning and teaching Japanese, but I had no idea you could be an internationally published fiction writer. You just have to turn this into a book and you're golden. Sugoi desu ne. Anyway, thank you for this, I had a really good laugh! God knows I needed it.
Some of your subtitles are interesting 🤔 compared to the Japanese. Artistic license indeed. I’ll need to listen a few more times, but this is beautiful. Thank you!
Right! Such interesting word choices! I was definitely rewinding every time I noticed his English subtitles didn't match the Japanese he was speaking. I got to study some new phrases and it just meant I got to laugh twice!
Is it weird that listening to this video as I fall asleep has become my normal routine? Fantastic job Dogen! This is my favorite Original Rakugo performance.
Living in Yame, rural Fukuoka Prefecture, in 1999, I recall sitting on a bus and having this same experience. When I refused to respond at all, we sat in awkward silence until the oyaji, without explanation, pulled a torso-length, unwrapped fish from inside his jacket (seemingly from his armpit) presented it to me wordlessly and left. To this day, I wonder how he explained this to his hungry wife.
One time back in the 2000s when I was on a stroll through Tokyo I met an older gentleman who wanted to practice English with me. Too polite to say no I said of course and he sat down next to me. His first sentence was "My name is Tanaka and I am four scores and eight years old...". Good pronunciation but the way he spoke sounded very old fashioned. We kept talking for a while and he seemed like a really nice person, but the words he used were archaic and it was quite difficult to understand what he meant sometimes. Suddenly the reason came up. He had never taken any English classes as he had no time from his job selling lottery tickets in a nearby booth, so what he had done was for the last fifteen years was reading an English bible that he received from some missionaries when he was a kid, over and over again. His daughter had helped him from time to time but she eventually moved to Australia or the US (I don't remember which), so he hoped to be table to talk to her when she would come back. I was really impressed, but why he didn't get some English textbooks, consumed English movies or music instead, I have no idea.
Wa! This was really enjoyable! When I first found this channel it was through some short comedy skits. But then I found a video with very helpful Japanese tips, and now a 23 minute story! What other surprises are here? I hope there's more stories like this, I really enjoyed it!
Dude you so good you make us other fellas feel happy for the opportunity of getting inspired by your effort in everything you do, your channel is one of the best for sure.
Dude, you're amazing man. I thought there was no way I'd be watching more than 2 mins but ended up watching the whole thing and wishing for more. Great job. Superb content. And even better delivery. Subed! Can't wait for more! 😄
This is pure genius. The delivery is golden and the material had me snorting with laughter. I, too, cringe from the endless Ossan interference's in my life while also reusing the same method of pre-planned lines when on the prowl for handsome Japanese men and gorgeous Japanese ladies. #guilty I felt my Japanese levels go up after watching this a second time - he's got such great word choice!
Dogen, I can't tell you how much I loved this, man. Captivating storytelling that made me both jealous and inspired. Just found your channel but I love you, brother. Keep up the great work!
17:40
11:10 真空掃除機
@@frankxie7846 すごいな真空
日本語上手すぎで日本人かと思った
You jinxed yourself xD
It helps a lot to speak another language, good enough (just in case the guy asking, understands it). You say you´re spanish, italian, or german and you don´t speak english. Problem solved. Works everytime.
this man is so good at japanese he should come to english to teach japan
I had a headache reading that.
bleszinski
i had to double check to make sure I don't have a stroke
if you remove the second "to" it almost makes sense
Did i have a stroke?
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a salaryman
I want a feature length movie but it's just Dogen doing this kind of storytelling.
Ditto.
same
Just add a few ambiance sounds although they aren't necessarily as shown in this video and we're good to go
"God laughs and hits the reset button" I lost it there XD
I love how the way he talks to Mrs. Japan is exactly the kind of dialogue he was trying to avoid with the 親父s.
I thought that would be the punchline as a self-criticism and Emiko turns him down with the same lame strategy.
quite the observant one
The voice of the heart waits for no disturbances of the wa
*Miss* Japan. She's available!
I love the part where, in a split second, he's projecting this complex backstory on someone as he's boarding the plane... and then "Have a good flight."
incredibly relatable tbh. Who doesn't meet them and immediately think of a backstory for them and how they will live their next 20 years, only to forget a few minutes later and not pay any attention to it?
Actually reminds me of the movie Amélie.
This is like masterpiece level work. In a fair world, this would be your most viewed video. It's so good. I know this probably took way more work than most other videos and that the stats and feedback won't reflect that, but honestly, I really really loved this.
^ It's like starting a book that you don't think you'll truly be into. But 7 minutes in, I kinda just succumbed to the story. And that's coming from someone who hates sitting down to read/watch tv or movies
yep, caught up with this just now and can say it really feels like a book, the japanese way, of course. This video definitely deserves more recognition
I clicked on this thinking it was a 2 minute short. After a few minutes I wished it would go on for another 2 hours
This was nothing short of magnificent. I don't know how difficult it was to record and edit but I was entranced for the full duration and really hope for more of these!
And that, kids, is how I learned from a TH-camr that I shouldn't teach English in Japan
The real moral of the story
Pray that the person sitting next to you isn't learning English
@@TaylorTheJapanaholic Hhmm, I think it's not an issue to talk with a Japanese person who is learning English. At least, we will be able to still practice our English skills if it's not our native language. :)
@@TaylorTheJapanaholic Everyone is learning English there, especially some who actually don't :D
The Japanaholic Channel
You can pretend to be French.
@@coconutpineapple2489 My tactic: 「ごめんなさい、英語を話しません。はい。オランダ人です。」
"...aaaaand that's how I met your m..."
Guess we'll get yet another season then!
I hoped that was what it was when they started hitting it off haha
How I Met Your Middle-Aged Man
I once had an approximately 5,000-year-old man chat me up on a bus by saying that since I was white I must really want to discuss the works of Hemingway with him. Kind of a surreal bus ride.
You should have brought up Hemingway's cross dressing escapades
Well did you 😳
Your "old man" Japanese is so on point it's scary. I can tell who you've been afflicted by the most 😂😂😂
Some people seem to be misunderstanding that the title "Uncle Magnet" means that Dogen is an uncle magnet (he only attracts uncles to talk to him). This end makes that even more obvious since he finally can talk to a girl but then gets Sapporo belly for eleven hours instead.
If this journey really did happen to you I'm very sorry Dogen.
i appreciate this comment, because for the longest time i believed that Dogen was telling the story of someone's uncle whose name happened to be Magnet. *deeply sighs* English is my first language. Spanish, close second. i tutor children in both those languages. *patiently waits for someone to get concerned about zir students.*
"... and that's why officer, I beat him with my food tray"
すごく本読むの好きなんだなーって思わせる言葉の使い方と、聞いてて飽きない重低音な声がとても良かったです。多分この文章は日本人でも作れない。。。
作るの大変だと思いますがもっとこういうの見たいです！
すげえ面白かった！ミス日本が現れたときはやっと報われたんだと僕も思わず共感しました
落ちも最高に面白かったしこれもう落語ですよ...ものすごい日本語の表現力をもって外国人あるあるを言うってすごい新鮮だし
僕はまぁまぁ都会に住んでいるのでこんなことが起こりうるなんて想像もできなくて終始「嘘だろ...?」って感じでした
この面白さは多分、日本でも大衆向けに伝わる感じのお笑いだと思いますｗ
しかもすごい新しいジャンル「Dogen落語」としてね
私は落語が好きで新作落語もよく観るのですが、この動画は本当に完成度の高い新作落語ですね！面白い落語家さんの落語は内容を知ったあとでも何度でも繰り返し聴きたくなりますが、この方のこの動画もまたすぐ観たくなりそうです。
@@kitty-lv9jx 分かります！
私も既に何度か繰り返し見てますが、やはり何度聞いても引き込まれる面白さがありますね〜
This is easily one of my new favorite videos. I’ve never seen someone describe such a simple thing as “their day” with both the elegance of Japanese and the beauty of American poetry. This story was so vivid I was able to picture the whole thing, absolutely incredible.
From episode 1 to 6 Uncle tells me his whole life story...and I liked it. While repeating some bits cause he's...you know old.
Poor uncle magnet he could've ended up in a relationship if there weren't so many shiny head balding salary men trying to learn English. But now I'm beginning to realize that maybe that emiko is in a similar position to mr uncle magnet but instead she gets foreigners lol.
I think that was the intended irony lol
聴いているだけで情景が思い浮かんでいく…😌
I enjoyed every second.
The way you changed your intonation your pace in talking to potray each character. The subtle and unexpected comedic jabs.
But what really got me was the ticket girl story of not being able to see Alcatraz, was told so brilliantly that it got me interested in the continuation of her story.
Really lovely story telling
Please do more
Your story-telling is so good! I really enjoy it. Thanks for the entertainment. And I feel you on being an uncle magnet.
電車が眠そうな高校生を吐き出す。と、
横綱を押し出したの表現がすごい好きwwwww日本の外国人さんたちを見る日本人の目つき本当やばいwwwごめんね🙏
とってもおもしろかった、この動画を文字に起こしてそのまま本になってもおかしくないくらいに素敵だった
dogen says ‘Indian’
Me: * crying in Bangladesh *
Me just laughing and reminiscing my uncle experiences in Japan, when suddenly Jokke from Finland appears in to the story. Me "surprised pikachu face".
I'm lost at the joke, would you please explain... Thanks.
@@twopercentflat4766 I don't know either if there is anything more into it. Just found it funny.
I love this so much. I was trying to figure out how to describe this to a friend, but really this is just a really well done modern take on 落語 isn't it? Honestly, I wish there were more people doing this kind of stuff, it's fantastic!
God I love this channel so much. I've even shown my Japanese friends and coworkers. This might be me today, since my year abroad is over and I'm flying back to London tonight. However it's pandemic o' clock so there shouldn't be many おっさん flying around.
Thank you for the amazing content and keep it up
ついつい、最後まで観てしまいました！
The comedic timing at 08:55 along with the sudden cut will never stop making me spit out a stage two saliva typhoon laughing. Keep up the *上手* work.
完全に新作落語の名作だけど、惜しむらくはこれを受け入れる土壌が恐らく極小という悲劇
20:22 英語上手ですね
Of course.
当然ですよ(笑)
Wow this was wild from the start till the end, especially the last plane scene.
I am still in awe of your, what I'd call, "perfect Japanese" because it's so good and your stories are entertaining.
Oh how I wish I could just shut up, sit down and study the language properly and for a very long time, but excuses and work make it difficult.
Thank you for making this video, it was very entertaining and I look forward to more of your great works.
I know you wrote this 2 years ago.. but the "excuses and work" bit hit me a little to hard. lol I too have excuses and work getting in the way of studying. :'D
いつまでも聞いていられるほど面白かった
For this is the last one I will watch it whole again
I revisit this video every so often, there's so many jokes laced in both the Japanese audio and the English subtitles that you can only get when you understand both. Thank you for giving that something extra to us Japanese/English learners
文章力がもう日本人の平均をはるかに超えてるんよ…
You're a really talented creative writer. I really enjoyed this
Whoa I just noticed your hair grows throughout the video 😳
Holy crap is this dogen, titanium ankles dogen? This is so wild to get recommended
what's titanium ankles dogen? I found a tricking tutorial - is there a legit connection with this dogen?
never mind, I found the connections on various pages. really cool, thanks for commenting this lol
never made the connection!
@@kaiserfeint ???????
Tom from Juji and Tom? This is an unexpected but welcomed crossover.
どれだけ勉強したらこんなに日本語上手くなるのか…
あ、偶然なんですが僕も英語を勉強してるんですよ。今度スターバックスでも行きません？
I love these narrative videos, they're the best thing about the channel. The strange thing that I appreciate the most in them is the fact that the subtitle translations aren't literal, in fact if you understand both the original narration and the subtitles they kind of tell the same story in different ways, at the same time, which kind of blows my mind.
This series has been a really good laugh throughout the weeks. Thank you, Dogen sensei!!
You don't have enough subscribers. Underrated channel and content.
どーげんさんのこう言うシリーズの動画って凄い小説的で好き
yeah honestly dogen I can't say anything other than you're an absolute artist. This was the best thing I've ever watched 0:00 to 23:09 was just an absolute pleasure. I speak as someone who's not the courage to produce or author videos with my own face, let alone my own name. This is what people who create content should strive to achieve, in my humble opinion. This is a beautiful work you've created. Just a joy to take in. Hilarious. I've been subbed for some time but I marvel at you succeeding with a platform that is probably just a delusion of grandeur for most. 100/10. You made my day. Thanks.
What a criminally underrated video :( your storytelling skills are amazing, you could seriously make anything sound interesting
This video... is a beautiful work of literature written in the form of a youtube video.
The reality encompassed, the gradual scenic change followed by the different oji-san for each transit.
Subtle scenic descriptions that makes you feel more like Andrew himself than a bystander.
Thank you Dogen. It was one of the most enjoyable videos I've watched on youtube 2022.
I'm glad I've studied well enough to understand all this when neither English nor Japanese is my native tongue
...tho explaining such would be ironical considering that this is what makes the video so funny
How are the views not in the millions? I was fucking entranced for this entire video, line after line, all of it golden. Please tell me that you have made made more videos like this?
How this video doesn’t have a million views is beyond me. Great work as always Dōgen!
The story just vacuumed me in Dogen. Wonderful script, even better voice acting. Usually I would opt for just audio-only, but you made this work really well somehow.
I come back to this video from time to time and just marvel at the story-telling and the humor, all in two languages. It's really something special.
I didn't intend to watch this entire video when I clicked it, but that's what happened. Hilarious video Dogen
I love this! This could have been like the Trains episode (Tokyo vs Inaka) with a few other key sound effects, like the stories that are told over the school announcement system during lunch.
おっさんに囲まれている外人の僕に「あなたは一人じゃない！」とのメッセージを届けてくれてありがとう！
i applaud you for your dedication to kyari pamyu pamyu good sir
Your storytelling is amazing and your ability to convey the different characters via voice is just lovely!!
Hi Dogen, this is some fantastic story telling that is somehow also very relatable. Love your style of humour.
what a masterpiece. I lliterally laughed out loud several times hahaha
I ugly laughed several times. You know the laugh I'm talkin' about.
I've been crying with laughter over your videos the last few days (TH-cam has failed me in not recommending them before now), but this is the one that has me wincing over my own experiences traveling alone in Japan, and of course, getting trapped on a plane next to Uncles.
I found you by some fluke and found your voice extremely calming and comforting but I have no experience with Japanese, not really even with Japanese media like anime. You are able to make those who are out of the loop laugh and continue to feel like they are participating in the story, and that is really a testament to your skills as a writer and a comedian. I’ve found a new favorite channel!
I just listened to a podcast recently where you said you like to write but never clicked with an audience at first so you tried your skill at humor. I've also been a long time follower but didnt know you did more than your 1 minute language skits.
10/10, the story telling was immaculate in this, and I love your writing style.
Dogen your storytelling abilities are amazing.
It will become my goal to speak Japanese at this level. I may be in my 50s by then but dear god I’m gonna work at it.
b-but... i shipped えみこちゃん and mr. 安堵龍 :(
安堵龍 Andrew omg aahshjsjskdjs 😂😂😂
Rafi I watch your videos
@@lotusosu388 cool
Hey Dogen, I'm a native speaker of Japanese. I really think your contents are funny and you're making an assiduous effort. Your skills are impressive but still have room for improvement. So I'll point out some words that you can pronounce better.
８割"のうち"の75%
乃木坂46(のぎざかfortysix) (recent popular idol group)
街で"見かけた"ことすらない
"これから"の長旅に
30人"程"のモーニング
囲まれたこの小さな"駅"は
リュック"を"おろして
大分←→大分駅(different kinds of pronunciation )
all of those words are in the beginning(~5:00)
Keep it up!
I watched every episode and then this full length. I am always amazed about how good is your Japanese. Keep it up!
Beautiful execution of a wonderful script, and the little interlude of the JAL receptionist's past (at least in Andrew's mind) serves as a bittersweet addition to the awkward but hilarious encounters of English-learning uncles!
2 videos, and I'm convinced to join your cult.
A pity the YT algorithm didn't rec your videos earlier...
PS I love your Japanese! It's really beautiful and natural...
Seriously! Like how did TH-cam only introduce me to him yesterday after all of the Japanese content I've consumed here?!
You're not just an excellent comedian, but seriously and genuinely an excellent writer.
Finally, the story of how a man can become an uncle magnet !!! Sugoi desune~
This video is pure art. I bet it took so much to make. The story is funny and beautifully narrated.
This deserves so much more than 50k views.
Also the time to edit and write subtitles, gosh
Great, absolutely great.
My heart truly goes out to this man.
I've been watching this for dozens of times
Love your videos
This is one of my favorite YT videos of all time. Please, make more!
I broke at "sumimasen" at 21:02 . It was both hilarious and heartbreaking. Fantastic video, Dogen-san! Thank you so much!
Clicked randomly on this video. Best 23 minutes ever spent.
Dogen, I knew you were a genius when it comes to learning and teaching Japanese, but I had no idea you could be an internationally published fiction writer. You just have to turn this into a book and you're golden. Sugoi desu ne. Anyway, thank you for this, I had a really good laugh! God knows I needed it.
You're an amazing storyteller. I'm glad I discovered your channel.
Some of your subtitles are interesting 🤔 compared to the Japanese. Artistic license indeed. I’ll need to listen a few more times, but this is beautiful. Thank you!
Right! Such interesting word choices! I was definitely rewinding every time I noticed his English subtitles didn't match the Japanese he was speaking. I got to study some new phrases and it just meant I got to laugh twice!
@@kiaranycjp how was it different
Yes, the differences between the Japanese and English subtitles made it a lot funnier.
Is it weird that listening to this video as I fall asleep has become my normal routine? Fantastic job Dogen! This is my favorite Original Rakugo performance.
Living in Yame, rural Fukuoka Prefecture, in 1999, I recall sitting on a bus and having this same experience. When I refused to respond at all, we sat in awkward silence until the oyaji, without explanation, pulled a torso-length, unwrapped fish from inside his jacket (seemingly from his armpit) presented it to me wordlessly and left. To this day, I wonder how he explained this to his hungry wife.
Good storytelling is just good storytelling! Dogen you are perfecting your craft. I love it!
One time back in the 2000s when I was on a stroll through Tokyo I met an older gentleman who wanted to practice English with me. Too polite to say no I said of course and he sat down next to me. His first sentence was "My name is Tanaka and I am four scores and eight years old...". Good pronunciation but the way he spoke sounded very old fashioned. We kept talking for a while and he seemed like a really nice person, but the words he used were archaic and it was quite difficult to understand what he meant sometimes.
Suddenly the reason came up. He had never taken any English classes as he had no time from his job selling lottery tickets in a nearby booth, so what he had done was for the last fifteen years was reading an English bible that he received from some missionaries when he was a kid, over and over again. His daughter had helped him from time to time but she eventually moved to Australia or the US (I don't remember which), so he hoped to be table to talk to her when she would come back.
I was really impressed, but why he didn't get some English textbooks, consumed English movies or music instead, I have no idea.
That is amazing. I would love to have a conversation like that.
He's a genius that was never given the opportunity to blossom
Wa! This was really enjoyable!
When I first found this channel it was through some short comedy skits. But then I found a video with very helpful Japanese tips, and now a 23 minute story!
What other surprises are here? I hope there's more stories like this, I really enjoyed it!
Dude you so good you make us other fellas feel happy for the opportunity of getting inspired by your effort in everything you do, your channel is one of the best for sure.
I didn't know you did videos like this! I enjoyed it so much! Found it enamouring and loved the style and storytelling.
Dude, you're amazing man. I thought there was no way I'd be watching more than 2 mins but ended up watching the whole thing and wishing for more. Great job. Superb content. And even better delivery. Subed! Can't wait for more! 😄
this is such a good audiobook
I'm late but I really loved this. I'm going to share it with my friends this is my favorite video of yours
11 hours of…pain
Oh boy I can taste the pain from behind the tiny screen of my phone 😂 Thank you for the entertaining slice-of-life story.
There needs to be an Uncle Magnet anime now. Someone pitch this to Kyoto Animation, please!
I can see his face drawn like in GTO when Onizuka is upset :D
国籍とか関係なく話が毎回面白すぎる…………小説家？？？
Excellent video! Great listening practice and entertaining! That said, I can only imagine what it must feel like to repeatedly have that conversation.
I really, seriously enjoyed your story. Thank you for cleverly animating what was once a dreadful inaka-to-country-of-origin journey.
I can’t believe how I was glued to the story for the whole 23:10 duration! 😲
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This is pure genius. The delivery is golden and the material had me snorting with laughter. I, too, cringe from the endless Ossan interference's in my life while also reusing the same method of pre-planned lines when on the prowl for handsome Japanese men and gorgeous Japanese ladies. #guilty I felt my Japanese levels go up after watching this a second time - he's got such great word choice!
He always talked to uncle in Japanese. But why did he speak in English to a lady？
coconut pineapple He has to use the power of English to seduce the lady lol. 英語の力で女子と上手くナンパできるように 笑
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Dogen, I can't tell you how much I loved this, man. Captivating storytelling that made me both jealous and inspired. Just found your channel but I love you, brother. Keep up the great work!
Simply brilliant! I can also proudly say that I understood the vast majority of it without looking at the subs.