日本人が話さない日本の闇【N2-N3】Dark Japanese Topics About Love, Work & People | 1 Hour Listening

日本人が話さない日本の闇【N2-N3】Dark Japanese Topics About Love, Work & People | 1 Hour Listening

Hello, this is MiyazakiHello , this is ToriyamaNice to meet youToday’s theme is Dark Japanese ConversationYes, I’d like to have a deep conversation about the darkness of JapanDeep, deep, deep, deepYes, I’d like to do thatYes, Miyazaki-san should start by saying, can I choose? Do you like it? Go aheadYes, I think there are a lot of interesting themes this time, it might be a little difficultYes, I’ve just seen it for the first timeYes, it’s deep, it’s deepYou know, everyone, there are a lot of good and wonderful things about Japan, delicious food and such, but there are also a lot of bad things about JapanI see , yes, so first of all, incompetent old menYes, young people going bankruptIncompetent old menYoung people going bankruptWhat does this mean?For example, in Japanese companies today, older people get paid more [music] Yes, yes, but young people, even if they are good at their jobs, are paid lessYes , this is the system in companies todayYes , there are a lot of people like thatI think that’s what they’re talking aboutI have that imageEspecially in big companiesYes, yes, there are a lot of people like thatYes, incompetent people are people who can’t do their jobs or are stupidYes, yes, they’re talking about people like thatIncompetent old menYes , yes, yes, for example, department manager or section managerYes, there are job titles in companies, I think 60 He’s 20 and a manager , but he complains about younger people and doesn’t do his job himself, and that’s why young people are going under. Young people with promising futures are going under. What do you mean? Well, it is a dark side if you want to call it that. But Japan has always been like that. I’m sure there are companies like that in other countries too, but I don’t think it’s unique to Japan. I wonder, I need to improve a bit more. I wonder, I’ve had that experience too, but somehow, just because they’re older, they’re cocky, and even though they’re older, they only say what they want to say, and it’s difficult to say what they want to say, and what do you call it ? Is there something to be said? They’re being chosen , they’re being chosen. Uh, both of them are only older than you, but there are so many people who are like that, and that’s the darkness, darkness, darkness, isn’t it darkness, or is it darkness? Yes, when you say darkness, I mean black companies aren’t darker, are they? Yes, black companies are companies where the working hours are too long , you can’t get up to work overtime, you get yelled at by your boss and you end up depressed, and you still can’t take time off, you’re told to come to work, and they’re really strict companies that are called black companies, that’s what they say, there are a lot of them out there now , but they’re also like that, the point is, the higher-ups in the company make those employees work overtime and crush the young, that’s the same thing, isn’t it? [Music] Yes, that’s black, it’s not darkness, yeah it’s darkness, that ‘s the darker side My salary isn’t increasing that easily Because if you’re good at your job, your salary shouldn’t increase accordingly It’s normal I don’t know what’s normal anymore It’s difficult Today’s theme was too difficult the first time So let’s move on to the next theme Next, next Ah, should I choose? Ah, this is a woman who falls for a host A man who makes you find her This is dark in a way A woman who falls for a host A host is a club where men serve customers It’s the opposite of a cabaret club Yes , men work in the club and drink together A club where women spend a lot of money But I still don’t understand what that woman thinks Why do they spend so much money? Falling in love Isn’t that what they’re doing? There she was in love with the host, and she was really in love, really in love, and she was really in love, and she was really in a swamp, and she was really in a swamp, and she was really in a swamp, and she was really in a swamp , and she was really in a swamp, and she was really in a bottomless swamp, and she couldn’t get out, and they say that men don’t pay money, so they get paid, and they get paid , and men don’t spend a lot of money, and they spend hundreds of thousands of yen, and women spend millions and hundreds of thousands of yen on alcohol, and they spend a lot of money on small drinks, and they don’t know how it goes, and they do that to make the host more popular, and they drink in a way that makes them go up in the rankings, and there are rankings for hosts, and there are rankings from 1st place to about 10th place , and if a host gets a girl to spend a lot of money, then their ranking goes up, and they do … Oh , yeah, I’ll make you drink, drink, what do you think as a man? No, I’m not interested, yeah, yeah, I don’t want to do it, it’s like I look down on you, are you looking down on me? About the post, I really don’t want to do that kind of work, yeah, but they ‘re doing their best in their own way, yeah, it’s fine isn’t it, they ‘re not feeling well, they’re not feeling well, isn’t it fine? If they do what they want, yeah, yeah, me too, he has a good -looking face, but who is the host, yeah, I said that, yeah, so, yeah, my opinion is that he has a good-looking face, but what he does isn’t cool, yeah , because from our point of view, yeah, he’s a show-off with the girls, yeah, he gets paid by making the girls spend money, yeah, he’s making the girls spend money Buying things to look cool, I don’t like that, but girls like that, is that good? Is that good? Is that good? I want to look cool, oh , that’s the dark side, they want to spend it, girls, yes, yes, yes, yes, that guy, yes , yes, yes, but how can he have that kind of money, no, really, where does he earn it, yeah, yes , that’s not the dark side, that’s the dark side, it’s true, well, women have a hard time earning money in Japan, yes, if it’s a normal job, yes, if it’s a normal job, women might have a lower income, but, yes, women do have their strengths, yeah, maybe they do, I’ll see about the next topic, yes , but, for example, in a store like that, 10 Just spending 10,000 yen is really scary, right? Yes, normally, yes, normally, you would go to a normal restaurant, but if you run out of 100,000 yen, you’ll have to write down the date, you ‘ll get anxious, yes, you’ll never be able to go out to eat again, right? Yes, hosts think that 100,000 yen is really a small amount of money, it’s a feeling, it’s a feeling, it’s a world of 1 million or 2 million, right, it’s an amazing world, it’s a dark world, a dark world, dark Japan, dark Japan, right? So, are there a lot of them in Kabukicho or Shinjuku, etc.? Hosts have a spoiled image, yes, yes, I shouldn’t say it, well, it’s fine to go as an experience, but yes, you should be careful not to spend too much money, so as not to get caught by strange men, yes, it’s important to be careful, yes, yes, then, shall we move on to the next topic, yes, women who have no place other than in the sex industry, do you understand the sex industry? Sex industry, what is the sex industry, what is the sex industry, yeah, it’s a wonderful place that satisfies boys, is there a more understandable way to say it? [Laughter] To put it more simply, the sex industry is a shop that exists for men’s pleasure, oh this, yes this and yes this, oh it’s the same, it’s the same, this and that, the women who work in those kinds of shops are dark, aren’t they, women who have no place other than the sex industry, so why don’t they have a place other than the sex industry, in the sex industry your body is basically a commodity [music] yes yes your body is a commodity you sell your body yes yes yes it’s a job where you do embarrassing things, if anything it ‘s a job that’s hard to tell your parents about Yeah, that’s true, I can’t tell people I’m working in the sex industry, but I can’t tell anyone, so I end up not being able to work anywhere else, why? This is really related to what I was saying about host clubs , but the sex industry really pays well, doesn’t it? Yeah, that’s right, yeah, you can earn a lot more than what we do in our jobs, yeah , for example, if you work part-time at a convenience store, how much do you make a month? If you work hard, it’s probably around 150,000 to 200,000, maybe a maximum of 200,000, well, it depends on how hard you work, but on average it’s around that amount, yeah, 150,000 to 200,000, and you have to work all month, yeah, work every day , yeah, take only one day off a week, so I think in the sex industry you can easily earn 1 or 2 million a month, I don’t know if it’s easy or not, but yeah, if you’re pretty, yeah, it’s pretty good, I think she has a hard time too , yeah, service and stuff, yeah, it’s hard on the body , yeah, it’s tough, but that’s the only way she can make a living, right? So women who give money to hosts like that should give money to hosts, Because I received that large amount of money once, I can’t earn it at a small convenience store or part-time job.There’s a difference in my sense of money.If I receive 1 million yen once, I can earn 150,000 yen at a convenience store.That ‘s how much it is.Yes, yes, yes, yes.I can earn that much in a day, but it starts to seem like that.Yes, I can’t go back to a proper job.I can’t go back.Until now, I used taxis to get around.But for part- time jobs, I can’t use taxis because it’s a waste.Yes, if I take a taxi , it costs 2,000 to 3,000 yen.So in places like that, my sense of money also changes.Also, food becomes different too.Ah , what you eat.That’s right.Yes, I used to eat out every day in Tokyo, but I could never do that with a regular convenience store part-time job.Yes, I make it myself.Yes, yes, I eat the food from the supermarket.Yes, I eat cheap bean sprouts.Yes, that’s right.I can’t go back to that kind of life.I can’t go back.This is the dark side of being a woman.Yes, a woman who can only stay in the sex industry.Maromaro Maromaro MatsuToday , there are a lot of difficult words today.Yes , let’s do our best.Yes, yes, yes.And in addition, I earned 2 million yen . How much of that do you think I spend on hosts ? I don’t think I spend about half, but I end up spending about 90%. Yes, I leave only 150,000 yen for living expenses and spend the rest on hosts. A lot of people do that . It’s like a bean sprout lifestyle. I think a lot of people eat cup ramen and stuff like that. They go out with hosts. That’s right, that’s right. I went on a date with a host. It’s an amazing world. It’s amazing. I’m glad I didn’t marry a girl like that. Toriyama-san , yes, my wife is a really nice girl. Yes, she ‘s very ordinary, very ordinary. Are you a girl who can choose the right supermarket to shop at and buy at a cheap price? Yes, of course. I go to the supermarket and say the meat is expensive or cheap. Yes, yes, yes, I can just buy it here, but no, it’s expensive here, so I go to a different supermarket. Yes, the gas station over there is expensive. It’s my time. I go there right away. I go there right away. [Laughs] [Music] I didn’t mean to do that I didn’t mean to spread the story so much either Oh, I see, but it spreads, doesn’t it? It’s dangerous, it’s dangerous, it’s dangerous, it’s dangerous, it’s dangerous, yeah, there is a world like that, yeah, it’s quite scary, this story is scary 100 Isn’t it really hard to earn 10,000,000 ? You can’t earn 1 million in a month . Well, let’s move on to the next one. Yes, have the yakuza really disappeared? Oh, the yakuza is the yakuza, isn’t it? Well, this is what you mean by violence. That’s right, the violence stage. Yes, gathering together. In Pokemon, it’s Team Rocket and , yes, yes, yes, those violent people. Ah, basically, it’s the yakuza. Yes, yes, the yakuza are still around now , aren’t they? They do exist, right? Have you all seen them in Japan? But the yakuza are surprisingly normal people. That’s right, recently the yakuza these days are pretty bad. That’s right, they’re surprisingly normal. They’re already in, they’re like, wow, they’re walking around with something like a gold necklace and sunglasses on, like this, in a suit. Yes, there aren’t many yakuza like that around now, but I think the Yakuza themselves still exist. They definitely do exist and if you look into it, you’ll find them. Yes, that’s right, there is an organization called this and that gang. Yes, the yakuza are called that and that gang, the Yamaguchi-gumi and so on. The famous one is the Yamaguchi-gumi, yeah I’ve heard of it, ah I don’t know much about it though, what was it called, something like the Inagawa- kai or something like that, ah there are things like that, yeah yeah so, yeah so , yeah so, yeah do you want to meet them? You don’t want to meet them, do you? yeah If you want to meet them, then of course, yeah [Music] It’s the nightlife district, yeah Hamachi, yeah Even in big towns, yeah the quickest way to meet them, yeah how about a festival, yeah that would be great, a festival, yeah you’d think there’d be yakuza at a festival, right? There are food stalls at festivals, aren’t there ? They’re probably most of them are yakuza, yeah well, the ones in Asakusa are probably different, no I think they’re yakuza, yeah yes, well, there are probably some who don’t look like yakuza, yeah but yeah there are quite a few who look like yakuza , yeah you can tell by their faces, yeah the atmosphere, the face, the way they talk yeah um, listen, yeah it’s not okay at festivals, you probably shouldn’t ask if they’re yakuza because you’ll get in trouble, yeah yeah it’s scary, yeah Just ask. If you want to confirm, what do you usually do? What kind of work do you do on days when there are no festivals? If you ask normally, like an interview, I think they’ll answer, right? I’m too scared to ask. No, if a Japanese person asks that, it’s probably dangerous. They’ll come right away, right? They probably won’t hit you, but if a foreigner asks, I don’t think they’ll answer. I guess it depends on how you ask. Is it okay to do an interview? Say it’s an interview. If you ask what kind of work you usually do, I think they’ll answer properly. I don’t think they’ll say they’re a yakuza, but they probably won’t. By the way , you know, the yakuza are basically registered with the police as a designated violent group. Yes, I know that, I’ve heard that before. And if they’re registered as a designated violent group, they can’t even rent a house, right? I see. They can’t get loans, and I wonder if they can open a bank account. There are all kinds of restrictions. Oh, that’s terrible, yes, this is the dark side of Japan, it is dark after all, I mean, there are normally Yakuza at festivals, but you didn’t know about that when you were little, right, you didn’t know, right, you don’t know, there are a bunch of old guys, ah, let’s go save the fish nearby, old guys, you don’t think they’re Yakuza after doing it once, you don’t think they ‘re Yakuza, you don’t think they’re Yakuza, you don’t think they have a scary image, yeah, Yakuza, yeah, but surprisingly, a lot of them are kind, yeah, yeah, they’re kind, they must be scary when they’re angry, yeah, they probably have a dark side, they do have a dark side, a dark side, so be careful if you see a finger missing , yeah , they look like total Yakuza, but aren’t they ex-Yakuza? People who don’t , yeah, no, that’s not true, that’s not true, yeah, there are a lot of ex-Yakuza, but if they do it, yeah, do you know why they lose their fingers? Why do they lose their fingers? Yakuza have to settle, yeah, settle? What settlement? Like, if they broke the rules, yeah, they killed someone, yeah, if they did something they shouldn’t, yeah, they did something wrong, yeah Also, in reality, you’re not allowed to sell drugs in that yakuza group, but drugs, yeah you’re not allowed to sell them, but if you do sell them or get found out, yeah they cut off your finger, they say cut off your finger, it’s not like they cut it, they cut off your finger, yeah why do they cut off your finger, it’s scary, it’s scary, like, one by one , yeah, the yakuza terminology , yeah it’s kind of scary, yeah it’s a word that you don’t normally use, it’s fine even if you don’t use it, if you study yakuza terminology you can enjoy yakuza movies, yeah yakuza movies might be a good way to learn about Japan, yeah because they say things like, dance, yeah dance, get on your knees, dance, what are you doing, dance, it’s like it’s made of lead, it’s completely different from standard Japanese, I ‘m sure, yeah that’s right, it doesn’t seem to be Kansai dialect Yeah I don’t understand it but it’s full of difficult words Yes , there are quite a lot of them so the movie is Yakuza yeah Outrage with B and Takeshi in it yeah yeah it’s pretty interesting so please watch it Movie Movie yeah I haven’t seen it No Seriously? No it’s pretty interesting Ah I see Yes If you’re interested please watch it yeah yeah So the next theme is Dan yeah The darkness of Japan Women with the same face I don’t understand the meaning you know I can kind of guess Yes Recently Recently No, what I just thought of is those young people yeah women who admire KP tops yeah women who want to be idols yeah yes they all have the same face eh this is it you can’t say it either yeah young people these days yeah they all probably have the same hair and stuff I guess they want to be Korean I guess they want to be Korean A mushroom-like bob haircut, a mushroom room, like that, yeah, yeah, there’s a bit like this too, a part in the middle, like this mushroom room, it’s common, I guess it’s like this, and the clothes are a bit big and baggy , and they wear a long belt, and their knickers stick out like this, they stick out all the way, it’s kind of gross, isn’t it, for us, yeah I don’t know, but I think that hairstyle is trendy for middle school and high school students, yeah, it’s the same for girls too, isn’t it? Korean style makeup, yeah, when you look at TikTok and stuff, don’t they all have the same face? It’s old men who say they all have the same face, apparently old men really say that, so what is it? Those faces that look different are all different to young people, they’re all different and cool That’s what they think, I’m sure, and maybe, maybe, maybe, young people think we have the same face, I think, older guys really do have the same face, don’t they? Toriyama and Miyazaki are the same, their faces and hairstyles are the same, right? They look alike, so their faces are either big or normal size, yeah, it’s their chins, their chins, but back when we were younger, yeah, 15 or 16, yeah, what kind of clothes were popular? hmm, what kind of clothes were they , we weren’t interested in clothes, but anyway, we didn’t wear sagging pants, yeah , sagging pants means pulling your pants down a little, just a little, yeah, about this much, like your waist, yeah, lower them like this, like this, yeah, yeah, but this is, you know, they ‘re coming to America, that’s right, that hip hop, yeah, that’s right, that BK It was popular, right? Please sit down. That BK fashion existed, right? Yes, BK fashion basically came from American hip hop, so yes, rappers, yes, yes, Japanese people copied it and did hats like this, yes, yes, yes, everyone was doing it, right, it was in March , so from the point of view of old men at that time, yes, everyone was the same, I’m sure , yes, that’s how it goes, times go around and around, that’s why we’re old men, so this is, this is a bit more painful, is this darkness or not, first of all, but now it’s not like that, I don’t know, I don’t think it’s darkness, but, that, that B There were people with styles that were described as “that ” yeah [music] there weren’t that many I’m not black and yeah yeah everyone around me was black Seriously everyone wore saggy pants and flashed their pants Seriously yeah I guess it depends on the school yeah yeah you’re right people thought everyone had the same face I guess too yeah we’re too dependent on Korea the problem everyone loves Korea my wife likes Korean food too you should use Japanese cosmetics it’s spreading again i don’t think so just use Japanese cosmetics yeah Japanese cosmetics are different you think Japanese ones are definitely better That ‘s true, even when it comes to cars, Japan is number one in the world, but it’s not just cars, right? Yes, next , next, next, let’s go on and on, lie, yes it’s not dark, oh that’s right, oh, yes that wasn’t dark, it’s not dark, yeah lie , it’s just that the makeup is similar, women and men are more annoying, I [laughs] That mushroom, mushroom head, oh it’s a mushroom, I hate it, I get it, but as Japanese people, I think we should bring out some samurai spirit, so how about this, yes, it’s an age where you die if you don’t have a side job, oh this is good [applause] This is what a side job is, right? We have a main job and we do YouTube as a side job. Yes, it’s a sub job. Yes, sub work, sub work, this is a side job. And it has become impossible to live without a side job. It has really become true. Nowadays, there is almost no difference between your salary now and your salary 20 years ago. Yes, it hasn’t changed. The average annual salary now is about 4 million, I think. Yes, about 4.5 million. Not that much. I don’t think it’s even 400. Let’s say it’s 4 million. So 20 years ago it was about 4 million too. Yes, it hasn’t changed at all. Yes , but onigiri at convenience stores has gone from 100 yen to 170 yen. That’s everything. Speaking of which , McDonald ‘s has gone from 60 yen for a hamburger to about 120 yen now . Yes, I think it’s doubled. What about gasoline ? Gasoline is terrible too. Before it was about 110 yen per liter, it was under 100 yen. Liar. Yes, it went from under 100 yen to 170 yen per liter. That’s about all there is, and then there’s about this much. Cigarettes used to be 350 yen, when we were younger, 20 years ago it was 300 yen, or 300 yen, but now it’s 600 yen, and then what else is there? Houses and houses too, everything, everything you buy , I wrote about a house being 20 million yen a while ago, could you have bought one for 20 or 18 million yen, no, it depends on the area, so I can’t say for sure, but yeah, yeah, everything has gone up by about 1.5 to 2 times, so I wish salaries were around 7 million yen, yeah, it’s true, if it’s not it’s tough, so you need a side job, and that’s why we do YouTube too , yeah it’s not enough, is it? If you work normally, your electricity bills have gone up too, that’s right, everything isn’t enough, money, these glasses, they’ve gone up too, these haven’t gone up, I bought some glasses for 5000 I’ve been buying them for about 1000 yen every time since I was little ah I see yeah glasses are always that kind of nice glasses are kind kind yes yes that’s right so what do you think? Does anyone have a side job? I wonder what foreigners are like yeah I wonder if they have a side job yeah if they do I’m kind of curious about what they do so please tell me yeah for example um you graduate from school what school um normal average people go to high school yeah you go to high school then you go to university and then you graduate right after you graduate you join a company right? Yeah, your first salary probably won’t be around 200,000 yen, right? Maybe around 200,000 yen? I don’t know now, but let’s say it’s 200,000 yen. Yeah, it’s not enough, because it’s not enough, everyone gets it from their parents. They call it “shio-okuri” and they get it from their parents, everyone, but they also get it after they go to university, that’s right, after you go, that’s true , you live on your own while working at first , you come to Tokyo, and they’re getting money, they’re being spoiled, that’s right, there are people like that, but in the current situation, not everyone, when you think about it, I really wonder what’s going on in Japan, that’s why, well, side jobs are popular now, but changing jobs is also amazing, yeah, if you change jobs, you don’t know if your salary will go up, do you? Will it go up, yeah, if you find out it will go up, you’ll change jobs, yeah, is that possible, yeah, you can quit soon, it seems like we’re in the age of quitting, yeah, so companies have no choice but to raise salaries to stop people quitting, yeah, so they’re luring people with money, luring them to work Even if you can’t do the job, you have no choice but to raise your salary. Even if you can’t do the job, if you raise your salary, people will come. That means only profitable companies can do that. I can’t say that it’s true, but well, well, well, I don’t know everything about the situation, so yes, there is that story, but as an example, it’s difficult, isn’t it? Yes , on the other hand, companies that aren’t profitable will go bankrupt, because they can’t pay salaries, of course they can’t pay high salaries, so yes, people will change jobs, that’s right, so we communicate with each other assuming that they will change jobs, that’s right, that’s the kind of era we live in now, young people also change jobs, so even if they change jobs next time, they’ll change jobs again, let’s change jobs, let’s change jobs, let’s change jobs, and the company will say, yes, hey, you’re coming, you’re going to change jobs anyway, yes, go ahead, yes, you’re going to change jobs anyway, yes, go ahead, wow, this might be a bit dark these days too [music] Uh, that’s right Well, I wanted to say something a little more difficult, but yeah, what, I wanted to dig a little deeper, but it’s a little more difficult so I’ll stop now, ah , on to the next one, it’s already too soon, no, because it’s already time, yeah, not at all, in a little more, ah , we have to keep going, but it does n’t seem dark, yeah, this time I thought it was deeper, ah, I thought it was deeper, or rather , I thought there would be a behind-the-scenes story, but because the makeup is heavy or the makeup is similar, it’s not dark, no , if I go any deeper, there will be a possibility that I won’t be able to say it on YouTube, I’ll be blocked, but next time I’ll go even deeper, yeah, D is also dark, something, dark Japanese, go, go , no, let’s put it in simple Japanese, it’s simple but difficult, what do you think about this, yeah, rats , yeah, isn’t this dark, not dark, it’s a crime, yeah , well, speaking recently, even among the illegal part-time jobs, there are still jobs called rats, yeah, as I said earlier, as a side job, ah, but first of all, what is a rat? A rat is a multi-level, what was it? It’s like a pyramid scheme, isn’t it? The parent has a boss, the boss , the boss introduces people to jobs, right? They introduce people to a few people and the boss gets money, and then they introduce people to even lower-ranking people and get money from their superiors, and it feels like you’re getting sucked deeper and deeper into the swamp. This is what they call rats, and yes, this has been around for a long time, and it’s been around for a long time and probably still exists today, there are a lot of them, yes, nowadays, but it’s gotten more advanced and they’ve incorporated things like AI, wow, it seems to have become more complicated, aren’t there more of that? Stocks, yes, yes, investments, with that investment business you can easily increase your money through investment, yes, so you get solicited, you know, solicited, well, people with good words try to solicit you, I’ve never been solicited, but has it happened? I’ve been solicited, yes, I’ve been solicited twice, so can you tell me how you get solicited, rat solicitations, well, I go out drinking with a lot of friends I’ve met, and they call me and say come over for a drink, okay, I’ll go on the weekend, you’re going out for a drink, right? I drink one alcohol We were drinking for an hour and we were talking about this and that and then they said Miyazaki-san and they started rustling and they handed me a file and I was like, I’m not interested, it was a really nice guy and my senior said he’d like to meet me but I won’t come to the seminar with them [laughs] it was a seminar and they gave me a file and it was like an instruction manual and they tried to solicit me and at that time I knew about it so I thought it was a rat and I said sorry I’m going home and then I went home it was scary why people get fooled that’s why so many people don’t know yes there are a lot of young people these days who don’t know about rats don’t they don’t understand that they’re being tricked they have little experience in society yes yes that’s how it works “You’ll get a lot of money” or “You’ll be happy ” – you have to be careful with those kinds of words, you know, social experience doesn’t really matter, even old people can be fooled, yeah, a lot of people who are in the workforce are stupid, they have no knowledge, they probably haven’t studied before, it’s a waste of life, so those foreigners should be careful, be careful, be careful with solicitations, yeah, it’s difficult, you don’t understand Japanese, they say you can make money , yeah it’s really easy, if they say “just listen to what they have to say” you go along with it and if they say something nice you might end up joining, yeah, they might take your money, so be careful Let’s do that, no, really, but I’d like to be solicited , yeah , where can I get solicited? When I’m walking in front of the station, people call out to me , seriously, yeah, guys, yeah, guys, they do this kind of thing, and at first they don’t seem suspicious, yeah, they start off by saying they’re doing some kind of fundraising activity, and then they explain to me like, are you interested in this kind of thing, yeah, it’s scary, so I don’t even realize it, yeah, yeah , yeah, I don’t think I’m being deceived, I don’t think so, they ‘re here to deceive me, that’s right, they try to talk to me in a way that doesn’t seem suspicious, yeah, I don’t understand that, yeah, it’s getting harder to notice, and even more so now, yeah, Japan, Japan, just don’t talk to people just because you want to have a conversation, yeah, there are people like that, yeah, there are quite a lot of dangerous people That’s right, Japan is so If we’re going to do a tension, I’d like to ask Toriyama or Miyazaki, okay? Yes, next, next, yes, the darkness of Japan, the darkness of Japan , I want a little more darkness, I want a little more darkness , but the rats of today are dark, aren’t they? They’re dark, aren’t they? They don’t realize it, yeah , I feel sorry for the young people, they don’t realize it, well, they’re still working, yeah, they think they’re right, yeah, they’re doing their jobs properly , they’re not making money, they work while thinking that this isn’t a pyramid scheme, but they get caught later, yeah, yeah, they get caught, they get caught, so if you’re interested, please look into it, there are a lot of pyramid schemes and rats, and so on and so forth [Music] This is a bit of a religion I don’t understand, the curse of the second generation, oh this is unexpected and it’s a bit difficult so I was thinking about what to do but religion is religion, well broadly speaking there are things like Christianity and Orthodoxy and there are a lot of religions in Japan too, yeah, well, what are the spirits, what are they called? Spiritual Light and Jehovah , yeah I don’t really understand but there are all kinds , well, well, most of them are Buddhism but there is also Christianity in Japan , yeah, but there are also a lot of more minor religions as well What is this second generation curse? The second generation curse is someone whose father is a very devout religious person, yeah I’m going to use some difficult words from here on out, the father is, yes, a person whose father and mother are very religious, yeah they believe in God, their own God, and they share that with their children, yeah this God is absolute so you have to believe in him and follow these rules, yeah, yeah , and a child who has been raised under God in this way is called a second generation, I see, they ‘re the second generation of a religious family, yeah, they can’t be free, daughter, yeah, that’s right, son and daughter, yeah, they can’t be free, you’ve definitely heard about everything, yeah, probably things like what to eat , yeah, you can’t eat meat, yeah, that’s right, that’s right, you can’t kill pigs, yeah, I actually want to play freely, I want to play with girls, I want to watch TV or read books like this, but you’re talking so fast, yeah because of religion they can’t do any of that, yeah but they are their actual biological parents, so they can’t be welcomed No, it’s so sad , it’s so sad, it’s been on the news a bit, yeah, the curse of the second generation, this is also dark, this is not dark, hmm , well, it can’t be helped, our parents weren’t in that religion, Toriyama’s father was in a religion, he wasn’t, he wasn’t, that was just a coincidence , well, was it good luck or bad luck, it was just a coincidence, it’s said that there are quite a lot of non-religious people in Japan, nowadays everyone is non-religious, yes , I think foreigners are also non-religious, many people think that Japanese are either non-religious or Buddhist, but actually, surprisingly, there are a lot of people who belong to some strange religion, the same goes for the Soka Gakkai, yeah, yeah, yeah, the famous one is the Soka Gakkai, Re no Hikari, Eho, yeah, what are those people wearing white clothes, Reha no Hikari, Re no Hikari, yeah, that’s amazing, that’s amazing, that’s scary, look, everyone is wearing white clothes, everyone is dressed the same, right They were walking around in a group and it was scary, there was a sticker on the back of a car, someone said, ” No, I don’t like it, it’s a spiritual light, I don’t like it, but to foreigners, everyone is in a religion, right? I’m sure they are, or rather, they believe in God, yeah, I think a lot of people are in a religion, yeah, they may not think of it as religious as Japanese people, but they do believe in God, yeah, that’s normal, isn’t it? Everyone , yeah, that’s not normal for Japanese people, yeah, they don’t really have a concept of God, they think there is no God, so Japanese people don’t do things like “sama”, yeah, I don’t do that, I’ll just do it with my own power , yeah, yeah, yeah, that’s the way a lot of people think these days, yeah, but I don’t believe in God, I’m definitely the type who says it’s all about my own power, but I’m not particularly negative about religion, that’s how I am, yeah, actually, I quite like religion, generally I don’t practice it, I definitely don’t practice it, but I think religion is interesting, hmm , if anything, recently, Can I talk about that? Yes, please. Recently, I saw a movie called Viking, an overseas TV drama. It’s about pirates. Yes, Vikings. I think it was Ireland, Sweden, Norway, and England. It’s a story about old pirates. The religions that appear in it are Christianity and Greek mythology. Oh, the Northern Kings mythology. Odin, Freya, what was it called? Thor, and other gods like that. They’re religions. They’re also part of religion, and when I hear about things like that, I feel a sense of history and it’s really interesting . So what about religion ? No, please, please, are you listening? Are you listening? You look like you want to go home already, but I don’t know, so I won’t explain. There are two religions. Isn’t Isshinkyo and Polytheism difficult? Isn’t that a bit too much? Is that all I can say? Isshinkyo and Polytheism even I don’t know. [Music] Well, that’s easy, so I’ll explain it. Isshinkyo is for people who believe in one God, and Tashinkyo is for people who believe in many gods. Yes, there are these two. So Christ is Isshinkyo. We are a zero-theist religion, zero-heartedness. Umm , so Christ’s, let’s stop . Yes, next, next, it’s not a bad story at all. No, no, yes, finally, last, you went too far off that path. I don’t know what you were talking about. I don’t understand anymore because you’re talking about the second generation of religion. We haven’t talked at all about the curse of the second generation of religion. [Laughter] Do people solicit you at Miyazaki’s house ? Religious solicitations, no they don’t, they don’t, they really don’t, but I was once approached in front of a convenience store , and two old ladies came to the convenience store and were like , Hey, are you happy right now? Oh, it’s crazy, they held up some kind of book, take this, hey, are you happy right now? I said yes, yes, I ‘m happy, and then they went home, apparently, they said I’m happy so it’s okay, yeah, I’ve never been solicited either, yeah , yeah, my wife was apparently solicited, religion, yeah, when I was off work, yeah, a religious solicitation came, it was Christ, he even had a Bible, so it seems like women really listen to what they have to say, yeah, yeah, I couldn’t refuse, yeah, I wonder what kind of solicitation it is, Christianity is something, they asked me if I wanted to go to a meeting together, yeah, I wonder if they have one at a church or something, yeah, there’s a wonderful story, 1 Let’s go just once and eat some sweets and stuff like that. Yes, hohoho, I think I’ll go, I think I’ll go. Wife, I’ll go next time I come. Yes, I’m a polytheist. I believe in that mythological Audie. Are you an Isshinkyo? I just want to say it. I just want to say it. I just want to say it. Yes, yes. So, the last theme. Yes, anything is fine. Yes, it’s difficult. It’s almost time. Since it’s time, let’s make a summary, a summary of Japan or a summary of darkness is fine , yeah, shall we do that? Okay, a summary of darkness, darkness summary, doohic , a summary of darkness , like a small tope, you did it coolly, so now, speaking of darkness , yeah, there is a lot of darkness in Japan, yeah, what is darkness? It’s not something that’s on the surface, yeah, it’s something that’s usually hidden, it’s something that you can’t see, yeah, it’s hard to find this, yeah, it’s difficult, so even we only researched information, yeah, that’s the same, so I want to know the real darkness, I’ve heard, I’ve been hearing, recently, speaking of darkness, yeah, the things announced on the internet and TV, yeah, are mostly lies, yeah, fake news, fake news, fake news , politics and things like that are I don’t know, but they’re actually doing something completely different, but politicians who don’t listen to the people when they cry out are just like fake news, right? That, that, too, we don’t know, we don’t know, is it fake or not, yeah, I don’t even know that, yeah, the thing that says “beware of fake news” might be fake, and well, yeah, I don’t know which ones are fake anymore, so I haven’t watched them lately, yeah, no matter which news I look at, I don’t really understand it, they’re all saying different things, wow, it makes me think Japan is dark, yeah, I do, yeah, Toriyama’s face is dark too, it’s a face made of darkness, isn’t it because his attributes are dark, so his attributes are dark, so I only tell the truth, the truth is fake, that’s fake, then, fake Yama Hey, stop, I can say one more difficult thing, yeah, I can say it, yeah, I’ll make it as simple as possible, it’s a difficult topic of politics, yeah, it’s about the darkness, yeah, this is complete darkness, but we don’t know the truth, um, a conversation in the back, yeah, there’s a governor of Tokyo, Tochigi Prefecture, right? The Governor of Tokyo, yeah, he’s an important person in Tokyo, let’s decide who the boss of Tokyo is, yeah, the boss of Tokyo, yeah, Tokyo Tochigi Prefecture, you know, I know Tokyo, the previous governor of Tokyo was Yuriko Koike, right, Ms. Koike, and now it’s Yuriko Koike, yeah, in the last election for the governor of Tokyo, there was a really strong person, Yuriko Koike, and another man, who was strong, it’s hard to say strong, a little bit, she was supported by everyone, in the election, right, in the election battle, yeah, there was a person who was strong next to Yuriko Koike, yeah, there was a person who came in second, yes, the first place was Yuriko Koike, yeah, it ‘s Yuriko Koike, you know, but Yuriko Koike will go out into the town, she’ll go out into the town, she’ll go around in that car, in Japan, she’ll drive around in that car saying, please support me, [Music] Please support me with the campaign car, with the campaign car, but wherever Koike Yuriko goes she gets booed, boo-boo- boo, go home, go home, she gets booed so much wherever she goes that she doesn’t go out anymore, so she didn’t do any campaigning, so the other side is YouTube And when the views are already at 500,000, you walk around the city in your car and everyone cheers you on. Wow, so many people gather. And yet, Koike Yuriko won the election. She won by an overwhelming margin. This became a huge issue on the Internet. It was unbelievable . But behind that, there was a group of politicians who were on Koike Yuriko’s side. It was called the Democratic Party, and they were on Koike Yuriko’s side. So I think Koike Yuriko won. If you go to the difficult part, it’s even more difficult. There are even Japanese people who don’t know about this, so it’s quite difficult. This time, I think this is real darkness. Well, there is that kind of darkness in Japan, and that’s what I mean. The power of adults. The power of darkness. There is also the power of America. It’s scary. Including that, there is a lot of darkness in Japan. So , we will be erased. We will be erased. We said something that would make us erased. Erase Koike Yuriko. Erase Koike Yuriko. Erase. That’s the laughing salesman . So, it was too difficult, so it won’t grow. This is N2 Let’s keep it something like that. The content of the conversation is probably good enough for N1 . If you speak normally and quickly, it might be at the N1 level. Yes, even among Japanese people, there are probably some who don’t know, but I spoke in a more digestible way , so I’m overthinking it a bit. Um, well, it’s pretty good. [Music] Maybe people who have lived in Japan for about 20 years, if you’re a foreigner, you might be able to do it. Yes, yes, if your ears are already used to it, you might be able to do it. Yes, yes, it might be a bit difficult if you’re just starting to learn, but that’s certainly part of the immersion process. Yes, I listened to it many times and memorized it. Yes, if you enjoyed it, please press like. Yes, there were a lot of difficult words today, weren’t there? So you can look them up one by one in the dictionary, or write them in the comments and we’ll come and teach you, so please comment a lot. Yes, yes, so I’m tired, so let’s go home and drink a highball. I drank. Everyone, everyone, let’s drink a highball. Here’s a commercial. Instagram [Music] I’ve started. Everyone, subscribe. Every Saturday at 8pm. [Music] Member-only Immersion Radio Japanese Culture Games Anime Please register

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