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UMI
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Thanks for working for us for a week!
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We really owe you one!
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We're going to miss you.
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Miku-chan, Hiiragi-san...
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Thank you so much for taking care of me!
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Pleasure's all ours!
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AKANE-CHAN
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Here you go.
It's not much, but you earned it.
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Thanks!
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I have Kyo-chan to thank, but...
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You're performing next week, was it?
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Uh, yes!
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Wait, didn't you say that
you had mid-terms?
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What? Can you handle it?
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Will you be all right?
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Just who do you think I am?
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Of course! I'm going to crush them both!
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ONE WEEK LATER
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FOURTH STORY
BEYOND JOY
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Our venue today is a retirement home, huh?
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ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY KAGAYAKI
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Ah, hello there.
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You're the Rakugoka, right?
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I'm Tainaka, and I'll be in charge today.
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My name is Kyoji Arakawa.
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I'm looking forward to today.
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My name is Akane.
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Thank you for having us.
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Please come this way. Oh, I'm so sorry.
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No, not at all. Thank you, as always.
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Oh, what a sweet child.
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The audience today...
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They all live here, right?
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That's right.
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They've asked us to perform today
as part of the facility's recreation.
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I see.
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Get used to it.
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The beauty of Rakugo is that
you can perform anywhere,
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as long as there's a cushion.
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You may have misgivings about
a strange environment...
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Misgivings?
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What, you don't?
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No, actually, I feel lucky.
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Lucky?
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It hit me just now.
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That today's audience
normally lives this kind of life.
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Well, you know how we can only see
the audience when they're at the venue?
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So even though it's a given,
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I know that they live ordinary lives,
and they're taking the time to see Rakugo.
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That's why I'm glad to be at this venue.
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I mean, I was raring to go from the start,
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but right now, I'm more eager to have them
enjoy themselves.
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I see.
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That's a good attitude to have, but don't
put too much pressure on yourself.
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Uh, right.
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I've received permission
from the director.
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You'll be taking care of the opening act.
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You'll have 15 minutes.
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You can do whatever you want.
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Your Rakugo performance
that the audience will enjoy...
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I'll get a good look
at the answer you arrived at.
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Right.
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We'll be starting the Rakugo performance.
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You've really given me the chance
to learn so much.
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So as thanks to you...
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I'm going to nail my answer
to your question!
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It looks like there are 20 or so people.
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And they're all grandpas and grandmas.
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Well, of course they are.
It's a retirement home.
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My time slot is 15 minutes.
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Let's see how much I can have them
enjoy themselves in that time.
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If you want people to like you,
then first, you need to accept them!
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You're right, Miku-chan!
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First, I'll let them get to know me!
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So... Hello, my name is Akane.
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I'm just a 17-year-old
high school student.
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Oh, dear. She's the same age
as my grandchild!
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I'll start training...
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What? I'm the same age as your grandchild?
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If you don't mind my asking,
ma'am, how old are you?
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I'm going to be 88 soon.
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Oh, 88?
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You're so young!
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From any angle, you don't look
a day older than 87!
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Does anybody else here have grandchildren
in high school?
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Oh, so many!
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Then I hope you'll see me as
your granddaughter visiting!
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And I hope you'll enjoy...
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I see what she's doing.
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She's trying to get a read
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on the atmosphere in this venue.
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The Makura.
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The small talk and light conversation
before you launch into your story.
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It's during this time that Rakugoka
warm up the audience,
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and get a feel for them.
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I think I've gotten a sense
of this audience's vibe.
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All that's left is that person.
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Right now, he's the only one
who looks bored.
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In that case...
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Today I'd like to tell you a story
called "Praising Children."
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I'd appreciate it if you could please
bear with me until the end.
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Last eye contact?
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Right.
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You know how they say the eyes
are as eloquent as the mouth?
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It's a customer service strategy
that flight attendants use.
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You look someone in the eye just as
they're leaving, and give them a smile!
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It'll give them a good impression.
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Will it go that smoothly?
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Of course! Just think about it.
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It's not anyone else.
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If someone smiles at you alone,
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wouldn't that make you
feel special, and happy?
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Saburo, get a hold of yourself!
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She's like a different person.
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Rakugo demands that you have
a conversation with the audience.
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Even if you don't exchange words,
there's information you can mine
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from gazes, facial expressions,
and the atmosphere.
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By reading and empathizing
with their feelings,
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you can draw them into your story.
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And the only way to do that
is by responding to your audience.
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They say that borrowed plumes
will soon come off.
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Apparently, mimicking others
doesn't ever go well.
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Looks like she learned a lot
at Izakaya Umi. Now...
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I'm ready! Now it's starting for real!
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Ah, hello, Old Master!
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What? Is that you, Hattsan?
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Well, never mind that, come on in!
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Thank you.
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What brings you here today?
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Well, I just thought I'd come over
for some of that...
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free sake.
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What's that?
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Come on, you don't have to hide it!
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I just heard from someone outside
that you serve sake for free here.
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I thought, I could use some free sake!
And so here I am.
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Come on, give me a drink, you cheapskate!
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Now look here, you sure are being hasty.
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As if there were
any free sake in this world!
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What I've got here is sake for three.
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Not free, but three.
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Three and free?
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It's the same story,
but it feels so different.
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Come on, I came all this way.
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PRAISING CHILDREN
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"Praising Children."
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In this Zenza-banashi,
Hachigoro pesters the Old Master
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for free drinks, but instead, he's taught
how to compliment others.
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Since he wasn't paying attention,
he keeps falling flat.
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Oh, I get it.
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If a 45-year-old comes along,
you say, "You look so young for 45."
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"You only look maybe around 100!"
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No, I said, younger than 45!
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What's that now?
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You don't know anything, do you?
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For a man of 45, that's about 42 or so!
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If you tell a 45-year-old
that he looks 42...
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A slow tempo.
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Just right for today's audience.
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Only a Rakugoka can adjust
her storytelling to suit her audience.
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So she's building on her last experience.
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Looks like I can watch her today
with no qualms.
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What do I do if I see someone who's 50?
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Well, then you tell him he looks like he's
45 or 46.
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Okay... And if the person is 60?
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Well, then 55 or 56.
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Oh, is that right? How about 70?
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Yeah, 65 or 66.
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And 80?
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Ugh, 75 or 76.
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And 90?
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Say 85 or 86.
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And 100?
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Is she increasing the tempo?
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Like a car shifting into higher gear,
gradually accelerating...
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She's increasing the tempo of her story,
bit by bit.
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Maybe say 95 or 96?
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The audience hasn't realized
that the tempo's faster.
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Don't tell me...
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In order to make sure they'd enjoy it
even at the tempo of your choice...
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You got them used to it?
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What?
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You even make your own mayonnaise?
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Talk about passionate!
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Of course!
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First and foremost,
the customer needs to be happy.
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And second, I need to serve them food
that I can be proud of!
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What a surprise.
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Attentiveness, eh?
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Well, I'm sure Akane will do just fine.
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With all due respect,
she seemed to be brooding.
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See, Akane is someone who can think
about others, care for them, and learn.
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Seems like an apprentice from another
school's got her worked up lately,
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but there's nothing to worry about.
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Those eyes will surely reach the audience.
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Thank goodness.
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My storytelling is making
the audience laugh.
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I'm so thrilled!
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Also, "Praising Children"
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is a tale about a man who didn't listen
to what someone was teaching him.
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He was a know-it-all
but he kept messing up.
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I think in a lot of ways,
that's exactly how I've been lately.
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This story really hit home for me.
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Come to think of it,
years ago, the master...
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Listen, Akane, Rakugo is an art form
created by the townspeople of that era.
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That's one reason why the characters
are carpenters, fishermen,
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landlords who rent out homes...
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They were ordinary people, just like us.
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So you'll one day come to understand
how the people in your stories felt.
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Will I understand
how people from long ago felt?
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Sure you will.
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Being human and how people think
hasn't changed at all, no matter the era.
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So Akane, I hope you'll experience
all kinds of things.
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Agonize as much as you want.
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Get hurt a lot.
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And one day for sure,
all of that will fuel your stories.
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At the time,
I didn't really get what he meant.
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But now I know.
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My experiences from back then
are connected to this moment right now!
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I'm sure nothing went to waste.
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Every bit of it is an asset to my Rakugo.
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How old, did you say?
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He was just born, so he's one.
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One? Hey!
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For one, he looks really young!
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You idiot, if he looks young for one,
how the heck old would that be?
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He couldn't be more than half.
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Amazing.
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Rakugo is so much fun!
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I hardly recognized you.
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I was truly stunned.
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Keep that up
and apply yourself to your training.
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Thank you very much!
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What are you thanking me for?
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For everything.
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I understand how narrow
my perspective was until now.
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I think I've started liking Rakugo
even a little more now.
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Is that right?
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I'm not sure what you mean,
but if I was helpful, I'm glad.
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I got a good look at your answer.
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Now it's my turn to captivate you.
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I'm going to show you how imposing
your elder fellow apprentice is!
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At the last two-man show, I was so busy
with chores in the dressing room,
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that I didn't get a good look.
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This is my first time
watching Kyoji-san's performance.
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My name is Kyoji Arakawa.
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The way he sits is so beautiful.
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Just having great posture
is enough to rivet you.
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...Edokko,
those who were born and raised in Edo.
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No true Edokko saves his money.
They had no fixation on getting rich...
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She answered my question with aplomb.
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Now, it's my turn.
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What can I show her from up here?
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Seems like they were quite
a carefree bunch.
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Oh, come on.
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Why did I have to find
something like this?
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I found a wallet.
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I look inside and there's three ryo,
an official document, and a seal.
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It says here, Kanda Tate Daikucho,
Kichigoro, the carpenter.
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This story...
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It's "Three Men Lose One Ryo."
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Kintaro finds a wallet in the street.
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Using the official document
and seal inside,
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he tracks down the owner, Kichigoro,
and delivers it to him.
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But no true Edokko would save his money
for tomorrow.
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Faced with the lost three ryo,
neither man would bend their will.
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Here it is.
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Oh, I see, there's a Kichi
inside the circle.
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Yeah, but I just hope
this damned guy is here.
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If he's not around, I'd look like a fool
holding this thing.
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What's this? Looks like he just repapered
his shoji screens.
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Why don't I just check for myself.
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Here we go!
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Uh, so what's the situation?
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Hey, there he is.
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Right, so that's the Kichi dude.
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Every word and gesture is meticulous.
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His Rakugo is perfectly executed
and serious.
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Hey! A real Edokko would pair his sake
with something less savory!
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Some weird guy just showed up.
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Hey, you're the carpenter,
Kichigoro, right?
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That's right.
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I'm a carpenter, and my name is Kichigoro.
Who the heck are you?
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Me? I'm Kintaro the plasterer.
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Kintaro, you say?
For a Kintaro, you're not that red.
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I get it. Kyoji-san's not just serious.
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Listen, you!
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He's too serious!
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I came all this way to give it
back to you.
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Go on, take it!
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What did you go and do that for?
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You bastard! Damn you!
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Listen, I didn't
leave this wallet there, okay?
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I dropped it, all right?
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Whether I dropped it at Yanagiwara
or some other place, I couldn't care less!
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You couldn't care less?
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Look, your name is on this document, see?
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Shut up, you jerk!
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I don't want that money.
I'm giving it to you, so take it!
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I'm getting a beat-down
for returning your money?
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How ridiculous is that?
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- How dare you!
- Shut up!
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The Rakugo dialogue itself is comical.
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But if he delivers it so seriously,
it'll make me laugh!
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Oh, no! Another ruckus started next door.
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Hey, Mr. Landlord! Mr. Landlord!
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Kyoji.
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You shouldn't try to make people laugh.
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You're not adroit enough to make people
laugh at your witty wordplay, are you?
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Be serious.
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If I may, Master, just being serious
won't get any laughs.
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True, just being serious would be boring.
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But you know what?
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If you're too serious, it'll be funny.
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If it's exceptional,
that'll be your uniqueness.
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Be stubbornly honest.
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That will be your weapon.
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And so, the matter of the three ryo,
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which had sparked this spat
between Kichigoro and Kintaro,
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was sent before
the honorable Ooka Echizen,
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Magistrate of South Edo for his ruling.
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Kichigoro.
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I understand that when this Kintaro came
to deliver the wallet you had lost,
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you flew into a rage and struck him.
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Is that correct?
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That's correct, but please understand,
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I have no intention of accepting money
that I'd dropped,
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so I told him, "You take it instead!"
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Is that so?
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Kintaro.
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Why did you not accept
his offer of three ryo?
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Are you kidding me, your honor?
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It's our job to teach society the virtue
of returning lost items to their owners!
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I'm not some tightwad who'd pounce
on someone else's three ryo!
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Is that so?
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So you're telling me that neither of you
is willing to accept this money?
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The relationship between a Rakugo master
and his apprentices is a strange one.
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Just because a master takes on apprentices
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that doesn't mean he gains anything.
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In fact, from teaching etiquette
to Rakugo training,
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and so many other things...
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All he does is give.
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But even so...
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I have heard both your arguments, and
now I, Echizen, will deliver my verdict.
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The three ryo
at the center of this dispute...
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I will hold onto them for you.
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And now, I shall give both
Kichigoro and Kintaro a reward!
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This is to thank you for your display
of Edokko generosity.
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And even so, the master cares for us
as if we were his own children,
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and with no regard for gain or loss,
he's always looking after us.
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I can't even begin to thank him.
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All right, now pick up
from where you left off.
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Yes.
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If Kichigoro had taken the money that
Kintaro returned to him,
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he would've had three ryo.
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And if Kintaro had taken the money
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that was offered to him,
he would've had three ryo.
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I will add one ryo to the three
that I'm holding for you,
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and by handing you each two ryo...
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Let me, as her elder fellow apprentice,
give generously to her.
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Just like the master did for me.
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And I'll keep being someone
who's capable of giving.
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I'll become someone who harbors words,
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as a person,
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as a Rakugoka,
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I'll move forward, and show you...
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the example of the kind of elder fellow
apprentice that you'll want to pursue!
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And thus, my judgment is...
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three men lose one ryo each!
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Amazing.
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So this is Kyoji-san's Rakugo!
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Oh, wow, so it was a roaring success.
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Good for you!
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I know!
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And Kyoji-san's Rakugo
was incredible, too!
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Hey, I used all the customer service
that I learned here in my Makura...
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I just remembered.
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I have no problem with it,
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but there are some who frown upon
the opening act starting with a Makura,
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so be careful.
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Right!
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One more thing.
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From now on, call me Kyoji Ani-san.
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Did you say Ani-san?
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That's right.
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Being taken on as an apprentice
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is like starting a parent-child
relationship with your master.
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The master is our parent, and
his apprentices are all his children.
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You don't use honorifics
for your siblings, do you?
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Rakugoka call their close seniors
Ani-san or Nee-san.
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Got that, Akane?
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It's not inward that
you need to gaze into right now.
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I got a good look at your answer.
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For the first time,
he called me by my name.
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Right.
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Thank you for teaching me, Kyoji Ani-san!
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Yes. Well done.
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Isn't this great? Like the joys of youth!
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Hey, come to think of it,
are your midterms going well?
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Oh shoot.
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Oh shoot...
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Oh shoot?
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Just what is going on here?
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No, no, it's just...
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Hey, I was thinking I should start
working on that, you know?
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You little fool!
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Didn't I tell you that while you're
in school, your studies come first?
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I forbid you from accompanying me
during your mid-terms!
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Hit the books!
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Starting tomorrow,
bring your notebook every day!
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No need to be shy!
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How did it come to this?
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I don't know either.
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Hey! Are you listening?
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Ah, youth!
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NEXT EPISODE
HER PATH FORWARD
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Akane Small Talk!
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Kyoji Ani-san!
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Calling you "Ani-san"
makes me feel a lot closer to you.
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Right.
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Being in the same school
is like being in the same family.
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- You should have a stronger sense of that.
- Right!
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Still, it's also customary for Rakugoka
to call their seniors from other schools
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Ani-san or Nee-san.
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And another thing that sets us apart
from Kamigata Rakugo
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is the fact that they say
Nii-san rather than Ani-san.
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Really?
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However, that's only
up to the Futatsume rank.
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In some cases, it would be considered rude
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not to call elder fellow apprentices
promoted to Shin'uchi as "Master,"
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- so watch out.
- I'll keep that in mind!
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One more thing.
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You would call a master
from another school "Master So-and-so,"
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but when referring to your own master,
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you'd just call him "Master"
or "my master."
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If you think about the relationship
between master and apprentice being like
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a parent and child, it should make sense.
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I get it!
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I call my own father "Dad,"
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but if it's my friend's father,
I say "So-and-so's dad."
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You little fool!
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You wouldn't call someone else's father
her "dad," you'd say her "father"!
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R-Right.