Dear Chris, I know you probably aren't going to read this comment but .....Natsuki's costume as Black Santa is a reference to the two part Christmas episode of Kamen Rider V3 from 1973 (the episodes in question are Episode 45 - Destron's Christmas Present and Episode 46 - Riderman, Where Will You Go?) in which the moster-of-the-week Sai Tank (literally Rhino Tank) disguises himself as the evil Black Santa to kidnap and brainwash innocent children into minions for the bad guys......like all Kamen Rider episodes it ends with Kamen Rider defeating the bad guys and saving Christmas.....
Congratulations, Pete. I was adopted and I was lucky enough to have always known. I’m so happy for you both and your little bundle of joy. Here’s to many many happy years ahead as a new family 🎉❤
Congratulations to Pete (and Sarah)! Such a beautiful thing to share at the start of a new year. In fact, it seems all the Petes are becoming fathers this holiday! OK, Donaldson has actually been for a couple years, but we just found out about it. Still, joyful news all around!
My favorite Natsuki threat of violence was when he was dressed as a pirate for some reason and had a little plastic sword. I think he and Chris were going to a tiki bar or something and Natsuki said "I kill customer."
I decided to play it both ways with Santa, and told my son from the beginning that it was all a fictional tradition thing, and he’s loved being able to play along just as much as I ever enjoyed my sincere belief (before it was shattered by a bully in the third grade). Did the same with the tooth fairy, great wolf of Wolfenoot, etc., and it turns out, kids love to play pretend, and don’t lose anything by being aware that these things aren’t “real”, except the potential for bullies to use the truth as a weapon.
For the person who mailed in re. Mayo. My wife is Japanese/from Tokyo originally and she HATES warm mayo and has ZERO issue asking for no mayo when we are in Japan. Just say "mayonnaise nashii onegai shimasu" and you'll be fine :) Though take Pete and Chris' advice and try it at least once :)
As an adopted child I can’t thank you enough for being honest with your child’s adoption. I was not told until later in my life and was only lucky enough to have contact with my biological father for 4 months before he died of cancer. The worst part is he didn’t want to give me up and begged for me back for years before he had to legally give up…. It fills me with joy to know your undoubtedly amazing little one will be loved and supported entirely.
Banning questionable names is a good thing. They used to do so in Germany too, but they gave up because parents would just sue for the right to ruin their offsprings life.
Most countries ban children (and people) being named "Titles" (You can't name someone Lord if they are not in fact a Lord) and names that would "Humiliate or Negatively effect the Child" (like naming them after notorious historical figures or fictional characters). If you disagree with the ruling you do have the right to dispute it, but then that is front of a judge.
@@boxhead6177 It used to be that way here. Probably titles are still hardbanned by law but basically everything else except really bad shit is allowed by now and you can see it.
Maybe it's a Western thing to bully people for strange names. I've never seen that here in Thailand. Maybe it's because it's nickname, so no one really make a big deal out of it. I've seen all sorts. Some named their kids with all sort of weapon and explosive, like Bomb, Nuclear, C4, Gun. I've never see anyone get bullied for their names, like EVER.
I can't wait get to Japan next week and being for in Japan a month. This will being second time in Japan after 8 years waiting to return Japan. Now I can visit Chris's bar this time around and I'm planning to try cocktails at his bar.
Well, that's pretty cool lore drop for Pete. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to say congrats or something but that's awesome to hear Pete. Hope it all goes smoothly and such. Lord Broad, if I may speak freely. Firstly, me and my Mom watched the 21 days in Japan video and it was really good. We always love watching your main channel videos together. Some of my favorites days are when we watch your videos together. Secondly, I think as a viewer I'd LOVE to see if you got together with Pete again next year for X-Mas/December/Christmas-y times and went to the "hot spring village of Ginzan" together. It would be a pretty neat full circle moment for you two and that place is like picture perfect Christmas mood. I'm not sure what the tourism is like though in December so it might not work so this is just my recommendation and I think it would be really cool.
I’m so happy for you Pete! I had no clue! Speaking from personal experience, you dont look tired enough to seem like a parent of a 2 yr old lol, how do you do it
Working through Xmas does take the "magic" away a bit. I volunteered to be part of the skeleton crew to keep things ticking over so I worked up to Xmas Eve and then the day and Boxing day off. Unlike when I had a job at a video store and worked on Xmas day.. Festive mood also diminished by having to deal with my kid being cyber bullied. And yes Pete, Google maps can be problematic. I often had to do the Google dance to get going in the right direction. We have had different phones point us in different directions or be oriented completely wrong. For some reason Akihabara was the worst area for this and it was the cause of the rare extreme grumpiness between my partner and me. Still better than the old paper maps. Over twenty years ago in London I had a map produced by McDonald's. It had the location of each Mecca's which was incredibly useful for getting oriented when coming out of tube stations ;)
You never want to be late to a mayonnaise party. There's nothing worse than mayonnaise that's been sitting around for a while, especially if you're going to cover your entire body with it.
Happy New Year! Congrats Pete on the adoption! My friend is still waiting (7 years now I believe). I believe here in Canada you can change the name if it's a baby. Also, my 2 year old daughter (going on 3) just got a full junior drum set from my dad. 😆 She loves music, especially Queen (We Will Rock You),, Van Halen (Jump) and Elton John (I'm Still Standing).
I was at a friend's Hanukkah party recently and was surprised to meet a woman named Sweetpea, I think she was in her mid to late 30s. It was the first time I've ever met someone with that name, people would ask for her to say her name again to see if it was real, it's not every day that I meet people with unique names.
Cheers lads for making my 30min drive to work at 4:30am once a week that much easier for 2024. Can’t wait for my holiday to Japan in March/April 2025 with my partner. We are ready have a whiskey and cocktail down at Lost bar! All best gents 🎉🙏🏾
naming a child Pettan would be awkward for sure or the polar opposite. um "yeah i named my child pikachu". "why Pikachu?" "he one day grabbed a fork and put in in a wall socket"
all my massive life-changing moments were on a whim almost.. quit smoking when I got fairly sick, stuck with it. Stopped drinking every other day because I was supremely tired most of the time and just did not like it. Girlfriend got pregnant by accident. Adopted two cats because my mom was just travelling for weeks on end and I offered to put them up and kept two of the four. Got a motorcycle because I was bored and started watching motorcycle youtube videos.
@@DaDudeb People with food sensitivies! I like mayo, but I can see how someone might be put off by the tang or texture of it. Plus there's no word less appetizing in the English language than 'emulsion' 😂
Is your studio still in Sendai? Do you commute to your studio from Tokyo or have you moved it? It looks like the same studio. Is that not a long commute if you do?
I’m watching on New Year’s DAY and I am a former teacher, but can’t give birth to my own child because of endometriosis. I am considering fostering or adopting children. Thank you for sharing your experience with adoption! Hallelujah, Amen! Thank you, Jesus.
Actually helpful reply to no mayo person, as a fellow mayo disliker Lots to be had at grocery stores or konbinis that dont have マヨ/マヨネーズ Gyudon/beef bowl, hamburg steak, ten-don (tempura rice bowl), yakiniku like (solo yakiniku place), a lot of onigiri, any katsu (pork, chicken, ham)
There's a LOT of really poorly thought out names for kids here in England on account of parents wanting to make them stand out and be unique. worst I ever heard was a spelling for "Anna-Lee" over in the states though... A n a l l y is a wonderful name for a kid, I'm sure Farquisha. Also Pokemon is developed by "Game Freak", owned by "The Pokemon Company" and published by "Nintendo" so it's a rights-a-troi!
Yeah, it's so stupid. Here in Germany Kevin and Chantal used to be names which get mocked. Every time some parents choose a "unique" name for their kid they just create a new "Kevin" or "Chantal".
@@blunderingfool Yeah, that was way back then. It was then taken over by silly double names like "Jeremy-Pascal", now those stupid double names are normal and even tripple names occur. Parents will always find a way to express their stupidity.
I rarely comment on these things but respect to Pete for adopting; never of guessed but props and the kid will have an interesting life.
Aww Pete! That’s such exciting news to hear. So happy for you and your family 😊
Dear Chris, I know you probably aren't going to read this comment but .....Natsuki's costume as Black Santa is a reference to the two part Christmas episode of Kamen Rider V3 from 1973 (the episodes in question are Episode 45 - Destron's Christmas Present and Episode 46 - Riderman, Where Will You Go?) in which the moster-of-the-week Sai Tank (literally Rhino Tank) disguises himself as the evil Black Santa to kidnap and brainwash innocent children into minions for the bad guys......like all Kamen Rider episodes it ends with Kamen Rider defeating the bad guys and saving Christmas.....
Wow. It’s a big world out there, no way to keep up with everything. That is seriously nuts.
Dude, spoilers.
@@lcflngn 🌈 💫 the more you know 🌈 💫
Uncle ruckus... Boondocks!
Bro I can't breathe 😂 that has me rolling @@harleyjo4875
Congratulations, Pete. I was adopted and I was lucky enough to have always known. I’m so happy for you both and your little bundle of joy. Here’s to many many happy years ahead as a new family 🎉❤
Congratulations Papa Pete on having a daughter in your life.👶❤️
Not a daughter if adopted
Exactly what I needed today! ❤
Congratulations Pete for your bundle of joy!
PEEEETE!!! How exciting! I honestly teared up a little bit when I was listening. I'm so happy for you and your partner. :)
Congratulations to Pete (and Sarah)! Such a beautiful thing to share at the start of a new year. In fact, it seems all the Petes are becoming fathers this holiday! OK, Donaldson has actually been for a couple years, but we just found out about it. Still, joyful news all around!
My favorite Natsuki threat of violence was when he was dressed as a pirate for some reason and had a little plastic sword. I think he and Chris were going to a tiki bar or something and Natsuki said "I kill customer."
Congratulations to Pete for becoming a dad!😍 This is the most wonderful news of the year. Adopting is such a wholesome act of kindness. ❤️
Congratulations Pete, what a lovely thing!
I decided to play it both ways with Santa, and told my son from the beginning that it was all a fictional tradition thing, and he’s loved being able to play along just as much as I ever enjoyed my sincere belief (before it was shattered by a bully in the third grade). Did the same with the tooth fairy, great wolf of Wolfenoot, etc., and it turns out, kids love to play pretend, and don’t lose anything by being aware that these things aren’t “real”, except the potential for bullies to use the truth as a weapon.
PETE! Huge belated congrats to you and your family ❤ If all the new emails don't address you as 'Papa Pete' I'll be very sad haha
Aw congratulations Pete! Lovely news
The company name that Pete was looking for was Game Freak.
For the person who mailed in re. Mayo. My wife is Japanese/from Tokyo originally and she HATES warm mayo and has ZERO issue asking for no mayo when we are in Japan. Just say "mayonnaise nashii onegai shimasu" and you'll be fine :) Though take Pete and Chris' advice and try it at least once :)
Congrats Pete very honourable thing for the two of you to do
Congratulations Pete!
Congrats on becoming a dad Pete!!
such a big role model move to me. I hope one day i can adopt a child as well 👍
Well done Pete, I’m so happy for you and your wife, may she enjoy life and happiness with you both. 👏👏👍
As an adopted child I can’t thank you enough for being honest with your child’s adoption. I was not told until later in my life and was only lucky enough to have contact with my biological father for 4 months before he died of cancer. The worst part is he didn’t want to give me up and begged for me back for years before he had to legally give up…. It fills me with joy to know your undoubtedly amazing little one will be loved and supported entirely.
Banning questionable names is a good thing. They used to do so in Germany too, but they gave up because parents would just sue for the right to ruin their offsprings life.
Most countries ban children (and people) being named "Titles" (You can't name someone Lord if they are not in fact a Lord) and names that would "Humiliate or Negatively effect the Child" (like naming them after notorious historical figures or fictional characters). If you disagree with the ruling you do have the right to dispute it, but then that is front of a judge.
@@boxhead6177 We could use more of that here in England, and the United States needs it rather direly.
You need to see the shit the people here in the Philippines name their children.
@@boxhead6177 It used to be that way here. Probably titles are still hardbanned by law but basically everything else except really bad shit is allowed by now and you can see it.
Maybe it's a Western thing to bully people for strange names. I've never seen that here in Thailand. Maybe it's because it's nickname, so no one really make a big deal out of it. I've seen all sorts. Some named their kids with all sort of weapon and explosive, like Bomb, Nuclear, C4, Gun. I've never see anyone get bullied for their names, like EVER.
Congratulations to Pete and his partner!!! Hope you are having the best adventures together
Good man, Pete. We need more wonderful people like you ❤
Congrats Pete!
First podcast lol. Been watching your videos for.years and only just come across the podcasts lol. Sending love from the UK xx
NO!
I CAN'T NAME MY SON WARGREYMON!!!
Congratulations on your growing family Pete!
Great to see another podcast and you both surviving Xmas.
Congratulations Pete🎉
Congratulations Pete and Sarah 🎉 xx
I can't wait get to Japan next week and being for in Japan a month. This will being second time in Japan after 8 years waiting to return Japan. Now I can visit Chris's bar this time around and I'm planning to try cocktails at his bar.
Congratulations to Pete and his partner. Adoption is a beautiful thing to do.
Thanks for another great year of discussions on Japan. See you in the new year!
Well, that's pretty cool lore drop for Pete. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to say congrats or something but that's awesome to hear Pete. Hope it all goes smoothly and such.
Lord Broad, if I may speak freely.
Firstly, me and my Mom watched the 21 days in Japan video and it was really good. We always love watching your main channel videos together. Some of my favorites days are when we watch your videos together.
Secondly, I think as a viewer I'd LOVE to see if you got together with Pete again next year for X-Mas/December/Christmas-y times and went to the "hot spring village of Ginzan" together. It would be a pretty neat full circle moment for you two and that place is like picture perfect Christmas mood. I'm not sure what the tourism is like though in December so it might not work so this is just my recommendation and I think it would be really cool.
Happy New Year from Australia 🎉😊
Congratulations on the adoption Pete! This explains the rather intensive-sounding babysitting references over the past months 😅
Congratulations Pete. You will be the coolest and loveliest dad 😊
Congratulations, Pete!
Congratulations to Pete on adopting! ❤️
Podcast listener but had to hop onto TH-cam to say Congratulations to Papa Pete!! Such wonderful news!
3:50 - 4:30
I don't know how to phrase this but this is awesome to hear. As scary as it is to know you care is awesome.
Congratulations Pete :)
Thanks for a year of interesting information presented in an engaging way. Cheers!
Pete: respect +10 Bless you all mate :)
15:53 Hahaha "turd boy". Watching this after I had surgery a few days ago and this made me almost burst my stitches
Congratulations Papa Pete 🎉🎊🍾🥂.
Happy New Year to you and your families! May it be prosperous and joyful!❤🎉🍀
I’m so happy for you Pete! I had no clue! Speaking from personal experience, you dont look tired enough to seem like a parent of a 2 yr old lol, how do you do it
25:14 every mayonnaise is made with the egg yolk, it's the emulsifier that binds the oil
Working through Xmas does take the "magic" away a bit. I volunteered to be part of the skeleton crew to keep things ticking over so I worked up to Xmas Eve and then the day and Boxing day off. Unlike when I had a job at a video store and worked on Xmas day.. Festive mood also diminished by having to deal with my kid being cyber bullied. And yes Pete, Google maps can be problematic. I often had to do the Google dance to get going in the right direction. We have had different phones point us in different directions or be oriented completely wrong. For some reason Akihabara was the worst area for this and it was the cause of the rare extreme grumpiness between my partner and me. Still better than the old paper maps. Over twenty years ago in London I had a map produced by McDonald's. It had the location of each Mecca's which was incredibly useful for getting oriented when coming out of tube stations ;)
Happy new year!!
I’m glad to see that Tomomi Ogawa is still ok.
You never want to be late to a mayonnaise party. There's nothing worse than mayonnaise that's been sitting around for a while, especially if you're going to cover your entire body with it.
Happy Chickmas to everyone!
Happy New Year! Chris, you should have been in Natsuke's video.
Happy New Year! Congrats Pete on the adoption! My friend is still waiting (7 years now I believe). I believe here in Canada you can change the name if it's a baby.
Also, my 2 year old daughter (going on 3) just got a full junior drum set from my dad. 😆 She loves music, especially Queen (We Will Rock You),, Van Halen (Jump) and Elton John (I'm Still Standing).
I was at a friend's Hanukkah party recently and was surprised to meet a woman named Sweetpea, I think she was in her mid to late 30s. It was the first time I've ever met someone with that name, people would ask for her to say her name again to see if it was real, it's not every day that I meet people with unique names.
Aww sad Chris doesn't help his buddy out.
Edit: OMFG Pete! Gratz! Thats so rad. Happy for you and yours.
Interesting how these trends gradually make their way around the world.
I like how Natsuki is surprised by Chris's opening confession!
Cheers lads for making my 30min drive to work at 4:30am once a week that much easier for 2024.
Can’t wait for my holiday to Japan in March/April 2025 with my partner. We are ready have a whiskey and cocktail down at Lost bar! All best gents 🎉🙏🏾
Happy New Year!
naming a child Pettan would be awkward for sure or the polar opposite. um "yeah i named my child pikachu". "why Pikachu?" "he one day grabbed a fork and put in in a wall socket"
all my massive life-changing moments were on a whim almost.. quit smoking when I got fairly sick, stuck with it. Stopped drinking every other day because I was supremely tired most of the time and just did not like it. Girlfriend got pregnant by accident. Adopted two cats because my mom was just travelling for weeks on end and I offered to put them up and kept two of the four. Got a motorcycle because I was bored and started watching motorcycle youtube videos.
“Hey, I don’t like mayo, what should I try?”
Pete 25:30 Just try some mayo 😂
Who in his right mind doesn't like mayo?!
@@DaDudeb People with food sensitivies! I like mayo, but I can see how someone might be put off by the tang or texture of it. Plus there's no word less appetizing in the English language than 'emulsion' 😂
Happy New Year Folks! May it be a chickeny one full of Natsuki
Natsuki's song probably harder to find as his Spotify artist name is 'Nastuki' (sic).
That black truffle chicken was from Lawson, not Family Mart. 😊
Lol. Funny how TH-cam has decided to play the advert for Mr Beast's new show before Abroad In Japan videos...including this
I cannot believe there's now a kid who won't get to be Kakarot Batman Tanaka like his parents intended. We live in a society 😢
I may be living in Okinawa soon. Could you do a video on Okinawa?
Natsuki The Man also has 3 videos up here on TH-cam, I just found out. Awesome!
That's awesome Pete :)
Chickmas is a great Christmas song!
happy new year
To the guy who hates mayo. Japanese mayo is different. Like mayo usually makes me gag but japanese mayo is actually decent.
Pete looks like a short Colin Ferrell
I've owned a switch and breath of the wild for about 3 years. It's hooked up but have not played a second of it. Self employed
My son due to reasons was allowed to choose his own name. New birth certificate etc at the age of 8
Has No-Mayo-Guy tried Japanese mayo? I dislike "normal" white mayo, but enjoy the yellow one in moderate amounts.
Is your studio still in Sendai? Do you commute to your studio from Tokyo or have you moved it? It looks like the same studio.
Is that not a long commute if you do?
The studio was rebuilt in a new spot in Tokyo
I’m watching on New Year’s DAY and I am a former teacher, but can’t give birth to my own child because of endometriosis. I am considering fostering or adopting children. Thank you for sharing your experience with adoption! Hallelujah, Amen! Thank you, Jesus.
Actually helpful reply to no mayo person, as a fellow mayo disliker
Lots to be had at grocery stores or konbinis that dont have マヨ/マヨネーズ
Gyudon/beef bowl, hamburg steak, ten-don (tempura rice bowl), yakiniku like (solo yakiniku place), a lot of onigiri, any katsu (pork, chicken, ham)
Haha! Chris hasn't warmed up
to nato, my fridge has it frequently and I won't touch it either, my gf loves it (native Japanese)
That's surprising! I thought Pete only has dogs who pooped inside the house. Congratulations!
Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!!! 🕛🎊😊✨🥳🥂✨🎉🎄🍗🍰🍫🍬🌸🍪🥛🎆🎇🎁💝😆🎁🎊
Why would you ever pay 2k for a plane ride when 800 would also do?
There's a LOT of really poorly thought out names for kids here in England on account of parents wanting to make them stand out and be unique. worst I ever heard was a spelling for "Anna-Lee" over in the states though... A n a l l y is a wonderful name for a kid, I'm sure Farquisha.
Also Pokemon is developed by "Game Freak", owned by "The Pokemon Company" and published by "Nintendo" so it's a rights-a-troi!
Yeah, it's so stupid. Here in Germany Kevin and Chantal used to be names which get mocked. Every time some parents choose a "unique" name for their kid they just create a new "Kevin" or "Chantal".
@@DaDudeb Wait... Kevin came across as silly in German? There's a surprise for my day.
@@blunderingfool Yeah, that was way back then. It was then taken over by silly double names like "Jeremy-Pascal", now those stupid double names are normal and even tripple names occur. Parents will always find a way to express their stupidity.
so who went looking for the Chickmas video? It's definitely Pete in the beginning
These letters keep sounding like the beginning of creepypastas or scary stories. But they always end up sugary in the end.
I'm adopted and my name was changed, which I'm still angry about!
What mics do you use?
What happen 2 petes having child now?? well congrats for both of em
I'm Irish but LOVE natto, its the best breakfast in the world
Natsukiiiiii!! 🤩🤩🤩😂
Pikachu and Gundam are nice names how could they
3 views at 30 seconds old video. Holy hell are some people fast :D
more people have to work christmas than ever before .Christmas is a hoilday for the rich now .The true message of christmas is now lost
isn’t Ferrari from an Italian name though?