BROTHERLY LOVE!!! | Takopi’s Original Sin タコピーの原罪 Episode 4 Reaction
Wa! Dude, she is such a manipulator. This is how you mess up good kids. My family situation was like all three of these combined. Brotherly love. Oh my god. Oh my god. Hey guys. Hey guys. It’s episode three. Oh, four. Four of Taco. Taco P, which is insane cuz there’s only six episodes of this show. Oh yes. I’m like, h how are they going to resolve all of this? I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Uh there’s it’s late at night. We’re Yeah, it is. We’ve lost all our inhibitions. Guys, you don’t need alcohol to lose your inhibitions. Just stay up late and that’ll happen naturally. Question of the day. Have you guys ever experienced you’ll it’ll be like super late at night and you’ll be with friends? I guess you don’t have to be with friends, but your inhibitions just crumble away because you’re so tired and stupid that you’re not smart enough to have inhibitions. Yeah. So, it’s like alcohol. That’s alcohol, Ariel. You’re too dumb to have inhibitions. You know what’s really funny? What? That most people when they go out drinking with friends are going to stay up late anyway. All alcohol was a placebo. Yeah, that would actually be so funny. Like it was all just people daydream. You do not need alcohol to do that. Yeah. This is true. There’s a line from the Arctic Monkeys. Something like late nights are made for saying things you can’t say tomorrow day. Late nights are made. I definitely have felt that. Okay, Ariel, don’t don’t get us. Uh, sorry. Sorry. Wait, you felt that before? All of our friend sessions up super late and we would be so crazy. You especially would start eating pillows. I would. Guys, this made me so happy. I was like, “Can I eat this pillow?” And Ariel threw me a pillow to eat. And I was like, “That’s my soulmate.” First, first of all, our I can’t speak. First of all, our friend Dell was like, “No.” And I was the homie that you gave me a pillow to eat. It was Dell’s pillow, but you know. Anyway, guys, there’s a child’s body. Oh, I thought you you went like this. So, I thought you were pointing at me, guys. I’m 4 foot n. I’m 4 foot n so I thought But she’s not a child. Um, height doesn’t make you I am of age despite what the cops said when I was at the casino and they thought I was in middle school. Yeah, this is a real story. Yeah, I showed them ID and they were like, “Oh, I’m so sorry. I thought you were in middle school.” And I was like, you know, I’ll take that as a compliment. No, it’s okay. That’s my school girls alarm. Oh, Shamash can’t know this. Shash watches these videos. No, he’s not a patron. True. Thank you patrons. We love you. Oh, yes. outs. Ariel is training in a fighting game in School Girls to beat up our friend. Yeah, I’m trying my best. I’m not a gamer, but I’m going to Yeah, but she’ll destroy him and incinerate him and explode him. Anyway, um I believe in myself to do anything. That’s what my dad told me. And she has an amazing dad who instilled self-confidence in her. But you guys don’t care. You guys are like, “Shut up.” I want you to know you can do anything with enough time and effort. But Ariel, everyone is like, “Shut up. Can you please watch anime, please?” Right. He noticed the body’s gone. Oh. Oh, yikes. Oh, no. Amazing directing. I love the Tonight. You know what I think background? Yes. You know what I think that represents? Oh, really quickly, I wonder if that represents just that this was such a shock. He didn’t even notice when he got home. Oh, yeah. The entire he was in his head. Exactly. He basically almost was like in a trance when he walked home. This is random. I I just wanted to say I love how thin all the kids are in this show. It’s a cool design. Yeah. Yeah. A It’s just such a unique art style, you know, and it’s definitely not going for realism. Yeah, it’s a style. Hey guys. So, our goal is to get to 10,000 subscribers. So, if you haven’t subscribed yet, it would mean the world to us if you did. Forever. Yeah, absolutely. If you subscribe, you’re instantly our friend. Uh you can message us on the Discord. Anyway, and if you didn’t already know, we’re also watching Fen exclusively on Patreon. So, check that out if you’re interested. Thank you so much. But now we’re watching the show again. Every bit of support means the world. Seriously. Oh my god. Love the way they’re drawn. Wow. Oh my god. That’s insane. Oh, dude. This is serious. Oh my god. Takobi is sweating. Oh, Azuma is losing his mind. This art style is I know. I love mindblowingly gorgeous. Dang, that’s impressive. But if there’s even a hair with DNA these days, guys, don’t even try to commit murder. It’s really hard. It’s too hard these days. You can’t get away with it. Like, that’s the only reason. Oh, no. Auma’s going to be so harsh. Dude, I love the look in his eye. Yes. And I love just how Taki is drawn is like Yeah. And it’s interesting because the the death isn’t going to match up like they’re going to find the time of death for her. Yeah. Sorry. I just want to since we’re on Azuma, I just really wanted to read this comment really quickly that I thought was really good. One of our patrons said, “I think Azuma is so mean to Takopi because he sees them as immature. The way he was raised, he was forced to grow up faster than kids his age ought to be.” So, and that was shown in his handwriting for sure. So, Takopi’s unrelenting optimism and naive is probably frustrating beyond belief because he sees it as childish. Right? I’m adding that part. Like more than them killing someone, it’s the you’re just going to continue being this cheery little thing, not worrying about anything, while Azuma himself is basically carrying the whole operation and cleaning up the mess. And Shizuka is immature in that way, too. But he obviously has a bias towards her since he has a crush on her. This makes a lot of sense because he seemed angry at her too at the start until she said something. All the blame on Tak Taki. She looked into his eyes, had that sparkle, and he was like, “Oh, yeah. I like this girl.” Yeah. Yeah. But he was angry at Shizuka for a second. So, no, that makes so much sense. I love this comment. That’s like what we were talking about earlier with positivity having the potential to cause suffering in the people around you because you don’t do anything to try to fix the problem in front of you. Yeah. But it still affects the people around you, you know, and it can be more detrimental when you’re okay with your situation, but other people aren’t. Oh no, Taco. Telling the truth is a Oh, never mind. Yeah, I don’t know. Oh, no. Shizuka is going to get the boys to I actually love how nonchalant Shizuka is this entire time. Yes. Like, like Ariel, it’s understandable. Anything is better for her. Like, this is a better life for her. Yeah. She was about to end it all. Yeah, man. Dude, I hate using the word beautiful to describe something tragic and horrible. Yeah. She genuinely is living a better life than the life that she was living previously. And that’s so cool. Mhm. And I’m sure unlike Taki and even to some extent Azima, I don’t think she cares about the fact that No, gone. Not at all. Not at all. She was just tormented for too long to She’s She’s really immune to almost everything now. Yes. Yes. Love this episode directionwise. Oh my god. It’s like a spell. Love makes you do crazy things. Oh, poor Azuma. Wow. Oh my god. Yeah. Let it decompose. Throw it in a river or a lake. It’s so rough, man. [Music] He hasn’t been writing down incriminating things, right? Yep. Oh no. That’ll just make someone more curious. Oh, what is there anything incriminating? The directing is so good. God, I know. It really gets you in his head feeling that anxiety, that fear and his older brother’s concern. He was just Oh, I love that he’s already gone. But did you hide your notebook? I hope not. Is he suspicious? It kind of looks like it, which is interesting. Well, I guess he did. He went there out of concern. Like, hey, that was the girl you were just hanging out with. Is everything okay? And if anything, Azuma looks nervous. Yeah. Which is a weird way to respond to a friend. absolutely dying. So maybe that was suspicious. Yeah, that would be so interesting if the brother figures it out. Yeah, it would be interesting if he figured it out and didn’t snitch. Mhm. Oh no. Ariel. Ariel. So they’re at her house. Yep. Do you think they’re going to find out about everything that’s been going on? I bet they’re not going to do anything. Okay. Well, if they did find out, there are two possibilities I see. One Oh, that’s a motive. Yeah. Like, oh, this girl has the perfect motive to kill her. Yeah. Would be which would be so [ __ ] frustrating. Yes. Two is hope. Yeah. I don’t know. I’m like, this is a good situation for people to actually have sympathy for Shizuka. It would just be so tragic if the show made this world even more sad. I think this is a terrible time for people to have sympathy for her because someone just died cuz adults didn’t care about her when she was visibly beat up. Now there’s a bigger victim. A bigger victim. I think it will be telling because it doesn’t have to be reflective on the world. It could have just been bad adults. So, I guess I’m just saying I wonder how this show is going to paint the police. I mean, they’re adults, too, and I feel like they’re not going to do anything. That’s my guess. Okay, dude. She is such a manipulator. Actually, such a manipulator. Wow. I love this so much. God, this is so beautiful. And his writing is so neat, dude. I love this. No, no, no. Don’t mess it up. Ariel. Ariel. Oh no. Oh my god. I’m terrified. Oh, he got a terrible score. Oh no. I know this feeling. I know this feeling. I know this feeling. Oh my god. Report cards were the scariest thing in the world. I used to hide tests when I was in elementary school. I’m so curious what kind of mom. Oh, I see. Oh my god. Because someone just passed away. Or is she going to take it back right now? Ariel, there’s no way. Oh no. Oh, I’m giving up on you. Jesus Christ. That’s not what he did. Jesus, Ariel, why does she believe that or is she? No, but manipulating him. Oh my god, Ariel. And he’s just getting manipulated by everyone, you know? Yeah. I’m not I have to see more of Shizuka to know for sure. Actually, honestly, definitely manipulating him. Okay. But for both of these characters, me personally, I’m fine if you believe that. But for me personally, I want to see more of them. I know I thought that last episode with the mom, just because of her tone, it really sounded intentional, like, oh well, I mean, if you’re going to keep doing this bad, then I’m going to I’m just going to have to give up on you. Was that tone? But here, I didn’t really hear it in her tone. It sounded almost sincere here. It definitely could be. I’m more I believe it more in this scene because it was the lowest score. Like she used to get mad over like 90 something like an A or like missing one point, but this is an F. It’s actually so crazy that she said, “I know you’ve been going through a lot.” And then did that. I know. Like what the [ __ ] That’s kind of always her method though. It’s always like make these pancakes, make you think you’re getting an award, and then taking it away. And but even that’s just extra like evil. Yes, I agree. Yeah, this poor kid. See, that’s the thing. I’m so sorry to pause so much. Really quickly, that’s another thing is that yes, the pancakes seem great and all, but more than anything, more than the award, because it’s about her approval. It’s about her approval. Cuz guys, by default, most kids absolutely adore their parents. They love them the same way puppies do. You know, they love their owner. So, even though of course a puppy would love a treat, if you abandon them, that’s going to hurt them so much more than just not getting a treat. So, these pancakes don’t mean anything to him, even though he’s been wanting them for so long. Cuz deep down, what he wants more than anything is her approval. Mhm. which is ah and I love how that’s shown here where it makes the pancakes look disgusting. Do you think he I don’t know if I’m reading too much into this. Do you think he had like a bite and threw it up? I don’t know. Cuz it felt disgusting. It could be that or just right away. Mhm. From the the pain of his mom leaving. These kids have terrible parents. I know. You know what’s funny? What? My family situation was like all three of these combined. Oh my god. I wonder if the author because these situations are so real. I wonder if the author also experience what I went through where it was a combination of these three families cuz it just feels so real. So I feel like it’s coming from lived experience or they just knew people in similar situations. A Oh, tell I hope he opens up to them. I know. You know, he’s really going to cling to Shizuka after this cuz she’s all he has left. A look at how much happier he is. We knew this from the start. As soon as he found out, you could tell his mommy issues were the reason he was so submissive towards her. Mhm. Dang, her smile. She’s a manipulator. Yeah, she is a manipulator. I’m actually convinced now. She’s I I thought so last episode, too. That’s what his brother used to look like before he dyed his hair. Oh man, I actually love him with dark hair. He looks so good. Wow. A That’s such a good score. It sucks good. I relate to this so much. And then I went to a really smart high school and everyone with there would be like, “Yeah, I got an A. I didn’t study.” Blah, blah, blah. Everyone didn’t study at my school. It was just a school full of geniuses, full of prodigies. I had to study really hard just to keep up. And I I used to get so jealous. But everyone praises him for that except his family. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, my goal was always 100%. So, it didn’t matter if my friends were like, “You got such a good score. If it wasn’t 100, it wasn’t good enough.” Oh, no. She’s going to be brother number. Yep. Yep. Did he not need glasses? Oh, okay. They were getting back. Oh, no. Jesus. Why does they come? Jesus Christ, dude. Why does she What the [ __ ] Compare them so much. This is disgusting. He was such a good kid even since he was little. This is how you mess up good kids. I mean, it’s no wonder this happened when his mom is so uptight. This is like the two different types of people. This is like me and my brother. Uhhuh. Where I was like so desperate for approval that I just studied harder and harder and my brother was like, I’ll just play video games and hang out with friends. But dude, it’s really interesting. He’s looking forward to his brother doing worse in school. He’s like really happy about this. I think it’s going to make it worse now. The mom’s in a worse mood cuz there’s none of her children are the perfect son that she wants. Yeah, that’s my guess. [Music] And he gets a girlfriend. Yeah, dude. Look at how much fun he’s having. Oh, so true. I see. It didn’t affect his grades, so it didn’t matter. Wow, he really has mommy issues. Wow, someone that looks like his mom. Yeah, he wants the approval of her. This is so real, guys. [Music] Yes. No bullying in my class. A from the first episode, dude. Jesus. Yeah. Oh, I love getting into his head space. [Music] Oh, I love seeing his perspective. He’s such a good kid. I feel so bad for doubting him last episode when I was like maybe he wouldn’t have stood up for everyone, but he was like no believing in he tried so much, man. Everyone’s [ __ ] life is horrible, dude. It’s like him failing over and over and over and over and over again. I can’t believe how much money she wastes on pancakes. She’s a doctor. Oh, that’s a good point. I’m actually sick at how much food she’s wasting when there’s people like Shizuka starving. Oh my god, dude. Oh, that must have meant the world to him. And she’s just manipulating him. This is heartbreaking. This is heartbreaking. Please, Adam. He’s probably going to turn himself in, right? It’s like he feels like it’s the only thing he can do to help her. Oh my god, [Music] dude. Wow. It’s so beautiful. Oh my god. Oh my god. Wow. Wow. Wow. Incredible, guys. I’m absolutely blown away. Oh. Dang. Does she actually mean that though? That’s That means so much to him. Is this manipulation? I don’t know. He’s so starved. So starved for affection. Oh, his brother is seen as the enemy, but he’s actually going to be the homie probably. No. Oh, this isn’t real. Wow. Wow. Wow. This is the best episode so far. I know. It It’s actually insane. And he’s I know genuine unlike everyone else. Oh, this is perfect. They need to talk about this. Amazing. I’m so happy he’s saying this out loud. [Music] Brotherly love. Oh my god. Oh my god. Yes. That was of course His girlfriend’s good at games. A Ah, right right. Oh, [Music] tell him everything. Genuinely, just tell them. Yes. Oh no. Wow. Oh no. No. What? [Music] Ariel. Ariel. Oh no. You know Oh no. Do you want to pause? Hey Ariel. Oh no. You know what would be awesome? What? What? What? Two things. One, I say awesome, but I mean interesting cuz I don’t want to say good. Yeah, of course. if Shizuka turns into a villain. Yeah, totally possible. Seems like that might even be where the show’s going. I also wonder if she was ever a good person to begin with. And this is really just a theory or something. I’m That’d be pretty crazy. But, you know, we never saw her before she was exactly like what she was like. Um, and it’s totally possible that this has really jaded her her towards the world. And I think it’s more likely that it’s from how she was raised, her parents for sure. Yeah. Yeah. Her mom. Just what happened to her to cause her to lose so much faith in the world. But I just wonder because it’s so interesting to me because she seems like such a natural manipulator and we never got to see how she was like before. Yeah. No, this makes sense to me because of her mom and like you have to learn how to survive. Yeah. In that kind of situation. So like that’s how manipulators are born is that straightforward communication does not work with your parents in order to get what you need or what you want. So you need to come up with So you need to come up with something else and it becomes indirect subtle manipulation. Strategic. Strategic. Yes. So this doesn’t surprise me. Yeah. Mhm. Ah, but dude, she’s just living life. I know. She’s still happy. Oh, I’m so sad she doesn’t get to go with Azuma. Ah, is she manipulating Takopi? I mean, she’s just trying to get her dog back, right? Tokyo’s where her dad is and the dog. Well, Ariel, it’s so interesting because her personality shifted so instantly between being like, “So, Ama’s not on my side anymore.” Okay, let’s go to Tokyo. Taki, that’s a great point. You know, and she has the capacity for manipulation and Taco Be is so easily manipulatable. Yes, you know. Yes, that’s a great point. That’s an amazing point. God play in the background. Ariel, this episode was amazing. It was mindblowing. This is Okay, listen, guys. Listen, listen. We’ve been watching quite a few shows. Not that many, but quite a few. This is the best episode that we’ve seen this season. This might Adam Yeah, this might be my favorite episode we’ve seen on the channel ever. You know what I’m saying? That’s fair. Yeah. Like out of all of D. Really amazing. Honestly, genuinely mindblowing. I know. And it was it was like episodic and perfect. We’ve said like it was all this despair. all the despair and the brotherly love and connection and bonding. We’ve said this before, Ariel, but this is why anime is so special and it can be so much more amazing than western cartoons. That’s too much of a generalization. A generalization. Yes. But God, Ariel, this is a kid getting relentlessly bullied into wanting to off herself, being saved by a positive space alien octopus with random gadgets. Mhm. They kill her bully, bury the body, she manipulates a boy who likes her to help. Yes. And he’s being mentally tormented the entire time. And then she gets him to try to frame himself. Yep. And it doesn’t shy away from any of that. You get like the entire experience and you get to see into people’s minds and know what they’re going through. It’s just such high quality wacky situation with real grounded energy. It’s beautiful. It’s beautiful. It’s amazing art. Ariel, I I wish I could scream cuz that’s how much I love I can scream, but I’m embarrassed to do it right now. Yeah, maybe another time. And it’s late at night, so we don’t want to Oh, I don’t bother. I would make our neighbors hate me. Sorry. I was going through it in my head. I was like, man, everything in this show is just too relatable for me. It’s really painful. I I know. I like Hey, man. uh going through and you guys can skip this if you don’t want to hear my my story. I hate to just like trauma dump on you guys, but yeah, going through therapy, I focused a lot more on the way that my mom treated me like Marina would treat Shizuka. More of the very like straightforwardly verbally, occasionally physically, but most mostly verbally abusive. Yeah. Like you’re a terrible daughter. um or things like or the way that Shiza’s mom treats her, like that kind of thing. But yeah, I also went through what Azuma went through and that’s something I I don’t think about or talk about much. I mean, it’s like a lower it could be just a lower priority of the drama, you know? Yeah, for sure. Like the Marina stuff from the first few episodes is like Mhm. obviously, but they’re both really bad. So sad, Ariel. Azuma, I know. And I’m like, man, I went through stuff growing up, but I’m like, man, I’m so lucky. I feel like I live such a good life just because nothing happened. I’m so sad. I’m like, man, why can’t anyone just have a normal life? Like, these people are experiencing such crazy trauma. And I know like obviously they just have bad parents, but I’m like, man, can’t we see like a single good adult in this world? Yeah, your mom is incredible. Um, our friend Dell, her parents are incredible. Her entire family is incredible. So, I remember when I first met Dell’s family, that’s when I was like, “Oh, good families exist.” Yeah, that’s crazy. Well, like your dad is incredible. I was going to say my this older brother is my dad. Yes. Yes. I guess I wouldn’t know. I think it’s much more impactful to have someone really negative. See, I actually I don’t know this for sure. I was going to say I feel like it’s more impactful to have someone overly negative than someone overly positive in your life. I don’t know. It’s rough because God, I really pray my mom never finds this. Yeah. But cuz I’m saying so much. I think the hardest part is that my mom ruined all of our lives. Like my dad isn’t the same person he used to be. Like he isn’t like Taki or this brother who is like immune to her. Mhm. She tormented him as well, saying, “God, I can’t even say the things that my mom would say about my dad. Very homophobic, very transphobic.” She says that knowing his personal trauma, like if she finds out that you have a weakness, like if you have trauma, if you if you ever confide in her or she finds out somehow, she will use it against you in the most painful way. Yeah. And my dad’s just like she discouraged him from making friends, from getting over his social anxiety. You know, he’s homeless now. Imagine. I’m sure if Azuma’s brother was in that situation, right, it’d be harder for him to be a beacon of hope, too, right? Yeah. But his mom loves him, so he’s like immune. Yeah. It’s so much harder to be a beacon of hope for people when you’re not living a good, happy life. Yeah. No, I remember my happy memories of us all eating together or going out together are so far like probably back when I was in elementary school cuz very soon after that we all started isolating ourselves and just locking ourselves in our rooms praying my mom doesn’t come. I wonder this has to do a lot with um I don’t want to say your lack of empathy for Marina cuz I think you have empathy for Marina but just lack of forgiveness. Mhm. Because I feel like she could in a lot of ways represent your mom. Yeah. Like your mom is also a human being. Yes. I was going to say I’m sorry to interrupt you. No. No. But I feel like you can’t forgive your mom especially when you’re in those moments. So you can just relate to Shizuka so well. Like this person doesn’t need your sympathy or forgiveness right now. They need I don’t want to say punished, but they need to be stopped. Yeah, they need to be stopped. Yeah. I was going to say the hardest part is that my mom was also like Azuma’s mom. And this includes the part of her being an incredible person outside of the household and a hard worker. Yeah. So there were so many things that I respected about her and I really do now. So that perspective where the older brother is like she’s just like you. You’re both so hardworking and Azuma sees her as sparkling and beautiful and kind for like a moment. That’s how I would feel towards my mom too. And it just made it harder for me to get away. Like having sympathy, that’s so crazy. Having sympathy for someone like Marina is what kept me around her for a lot longer than I think I should have. I do wonder. And I think the last few years that I was with her, destroyed my mental health. I do wonder about this a lot, Ariel. Not having sympathy. I don’t think my sister has much sympathy for my mom. My mom treated my sister horribly and my sister basically just cut her out of her life completely and I think she’s so much happier because of it. You know, I haven’t done that and I live in fear. Whenever my mom calls me, I just get so scared and she does like rope me into hanging out or coming over to visit and I’m terrified every time. I am left with a little bit of poison in my system. I know. Yeah. I’m just not financially in a situation where I could completely Yeah. cut her off, unfortunately. I mean, this is why having a parent like this is so detrimental because you can’t escape. No, you can’t. You can’t. Yeah. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I was just like I remember the thing my mom said. I remember if I would like call her out when I was younger. I think like in high school. Yeah. She would be like, “Are you calling me a bad parent?” You know, there’s parents that lock up their children and don’t feed them and So funny. I know these I know these stories. They’re like true crime stories. And Adam, genuinely, cuz I loved my mom and I grew up with her and I was a kid. Like every argument like that, that sounds ridiculous. Now that I’m adult, I fully believed. I was always like, Ariel, yeah, you know, my mom is a good parent. Like she’s not that bad. Ariel, you know why this is so funny? because it’s the worst possible to me. I’m like, this is such a bad example. Like, oh, at least I’m not killing you. At least I haven’t murdered you. I can I I don’t know if I can say something that happened to you on camera. It’s fine. I already gave the trauma. Don’t lock you up. She did eventually. Yeah. Like, that’s just She said that before she locked me up. I know. And then she conveniently never brought it up again. Yeah. But she she still fed me and I I ran away soon after that. I ran away. Yeah, dude. What a manipulator. Yeah. Yeah. Honestly, such a sad person. I know. I know, guys. Oh, I pray my mom never finds this video. I want to tell them. I already gave you guys the trauma dumping warning. So, if you’re here, I hope you know this isn’t even that crazy. It’s just my grandma cuz um I lived with my grandma as well. There were six of us in the household. My grandp one day at night when my mom was asleep, it was just me and her in the kitchen. She told me Yes. Yes. She She told me, “Arel, you have to love your mom because if you don’t, no one will.” And this was so horrifying because I realized that my grandma doesn’t love my mom. And my grandma, by the way, is the sweetest person in the universe. She’s just so lovely and kind to everyone, including my mom. She would get in arguments with my mom sometimes, but she was just so gentle every time. So, I could not tell that my grandma did not love my mom until she told me that. And I really felt the weight of that responsibility cuz I do love my mom so much. What a thing to put on a child. Anyway, you know, Ariel, you really could be a character in this show. Yeah. I don’t mean to. My mom could be a character in this [ __ ] My whole family. My whole family. Yeah. It’s actually Yeah, it’s actually crazy. I think the only other thing I wanted to say was that Azuma’s brother is the biggest homie. I’m so happy he has anyone in his life. It really just having one person is enough to save a life. Really, I was going to say I’m sorry. I don’t mean to make it sad again, but I just relate to Azuma and his relationship with his mom a lot. The only difference is I was the eldest. So, Right. Right. I she never compared me to anyone else. I mean, she did the classic Asian thing of, “Oh, you know, your cousin Masahiro, he’s amazing at school and sports and blah blah blah and he’s thin, like you’re you need to lose weight and that kind of thing. Like, he eats healthy.” She would um bring cousins up from out of the woodwork to compare me to. Never mind. I think I do relate to that. Yeah, but I didn’t have someone in my life who I was like, that’s my enemy because they’re my rival who’s just naturally better, right? Everyone she brought up was like relatives in Japan or How did that make you feel? Were you like um when I was really little, like in elementary school, Azuma’s age, I was like, dang it, man. Why am I like this? Like, why can’t I be like Masahiro? Even my grandma would always praise Masahiro. I always wanted to meet him. I still haven’t met him yet. I need to um when I went to Japan, I visited a couple places on a school trip. Mhm. It was on sale and I used up all the money I saved up since childhood to go on that trip. I can’t just afford to go to Japan randomly to visit family, right? But yeah, I didn’t get to see him. He was in a different um city. So, but I saw some other family there. Anyway, yeah, but as I got older eventually, even things like, oh, you know, there’s people starving in the Philippines, right? Like, you got to finish your meal led to eating disorder cuz I had to always finish all my food even if I was really full, which is like so messed up because I gained weight obviously because And then she was like, “Oh, you’ve gained weight.” Yeah. So, I’m like, “What do I do? I just fail all the time.” Um, but by the time I was in middle school or high school, when she’d bring up the starving people in the Philippines or Africa or my really smart cousins, right? I was just like, “This is ridiculous. This doesn’t I can’t I mean, I wish I could save the starving people in Africa in the Philippines, but me finishing this bowl is not gonna help me feed them, you know, like and I can just put it away. This was a thing. Oh my god. When I ran away from home and I lived with Dell’s family, Uhhuh. they were like, “Arel, you don’t have to finish your food. You can just put it away.” Right. Right. And this blew my mind. I was like, “Wait, I can just put food away.” I don’t have to finish my plate. I wonder again though if um and you can correct me if part of this is having your dad in your life to be like what is your mom talking about Ariel like she’s being ridiculous. Yeah. So that you know she’s not a reliable source of information. Yes. Yes. For sure. I mean I knew that since I was little. Okay. Even without my dad. I remember my I told you the story, but my mom, we just ate out at like some fast food place and she threw the trash on the floor on the walk home. And I was like, “Mom, you can’t litter.” I hadn’t started school yet, by the way. So, I was like three or four. Like, “Mom, you can’t throw food on the floor. That’s littering.” And she’s like, “Sh, it’s okay as long as no one knows.” And I got so mad at that reason. I was like, “No, it’s still bad.” And I tried picking it up for her to throw it away cuz I was like, “There’s a trash can up the street.” Uhhuh. And she I forget if she like slapped my hand or just like yanked me away, but she was like, “Don’t touch that. That’s dirty. It’s been on the floor.” And she we kept walking and she held my hand really tightly so I couldn’t go after it. And I remember seething. I was like, I can’t believe my mom did this and she won’t even let me fix her mistake. It made me so angry as a kid. But that was one of the moments where I was like, I can’t trust my mom. I can’t believe she just said that. Like, I know littering is wrong. Yeah, that’s I’m sorry. That’s very ignorant and really ironic. Ah, okay. Sorry. Okay, the trauma dumping’s over. Maybe we’ll have a trauma dumping um timestamp so people could skip this. Just an absolutely fantastic episode. Yeah, dude. It speaks for itself. Just all of the visuals, the animation. Just it’s so creative and really gets you in this character’s head space and emotions and the stars when his brother starts reaching out. I know. I know it is perfection. Honestly, I’m going to see if my friend Shamash is free after work tomorrow so I could show him these two episodes because I need to see his reaction. This is brilliant. I just love seeing characters suffer in this show. It’s depicted in such an artistic way. I think it’s so beautiful. Yeah, because that’s part of the human experience. That’s part of living is that we will at some point suffer. So, this can be relatable even if you don’t have like the exact script like I do. I just happen to I also grew up with a lot of my friends. I grew up with a lot of Asian friends and Mexican friends. So, they really related to a lot of the stuff that I was going through, right? I I sometimes joke that this is like the quitessential, not quitessential, but like just the stereotypical Asian experience of having a abusive mom that tries to encourage you to do as best or to excel. Mhm. But simultaneously destroys your self-esteem. Yeah. Um but even if you don’t have that exact experience, I’m sure you can relate to some degree or at least like understand the pain that these characters are going through. even if it’s not exact. And through these visuals, like you really do feel it. You really get into his headsp space. And I think art can be so beautiful for helping people feel seen and heard and also helping other people empathize with people who might be like if you had a lovely family and you never experienced bullying. Mhm. This is a great window into what that kind of life is like and why some people might be incredibly insecure or have difficulty opening up to others or speaking up or even defending themselves. I feel so bad making everything so sad. No, babe. I mean, it’s real. It’s and like that’s the vibe of the show. And I really do think it’s such a good point that it can make you people feel so seen. Like you related to all of the all three of the characters experiencing trauma. Oh, I never got to mention. Yeah, I related to Marina, too, because my parents after I graduated high school went through a really messy divorce in which my mom was like, “So, Ariel, you’re on my side, right?” Yeah. And um that was that was really terrible too, which eventually led to me running away from home. So that’s the that’s the timeline. What were you going to say? Just that it’s amazing for letting people feel seen like you relate to all of these characters. And you know, you’re definitely not the only one. For sure. And dude, even your story is more for people to feel seen cuz again, true. It’s real. like this is even fiction to knowing. Yeah. Yeah. I know there’s someone in the comments who was like, “It’s crazy that you relate to these characters because I’ve never experienced anything like this.” So that Yeah, that’s really cool. As like I hope this helps people understand that these stories are real. It might if you had a good childhood, this must seem like over dramatic or maybe like crazy like I can’t believe or just like fictional, you know? It could feel fictional. Yeah, th this kind of stuff does happen. So, and I do really wonder like I definitely wouldn’t be surprised if the creator did go through a really traumatic childhood with abusive parents. Yes. Cuz this is too real for this to not be from lived experience. Mhm. Anyway, anyway, thank you guys so much for watching. If you made it this far, we love you. Like, I love you. Thank you. I’m sorry for trauma. Don’t It’s okay. If anything I said made you uncomfortable, I hope you skipped or No, Ariel. I mean, or if I made you uncomfortable, I’m so sorry. I just me too. That was not my intention. Yeah, man. You’re so fine. And you know, this is the show that people are watching. True, true, true. Yeah. My It’s the same subject matter, so like whatever I say isn’t as cra Yeah. Okay, cool. That’s a great reminder. Thank you. You’re welcome. I love you guys. If you made it this far, you might as well subscribe. Thank you so much for watching, especially if you made it as far as you did to all the trauma dumping and stuff. I really do appreciate you. And if you didn’t already know, we’re watching Free Run exclusively on Patreon. You can also see our uncut early access reactions there as well to Taco B and other shows. So check it out if you want to support us. We love you. Bye bye. [Music]
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