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Liella! 6th Love Live! Tour ~Let’s be ONE~ - Special Cross Talk ~Aoyama Nagisa x Suzuhara Nozomi x Emori Aya x Sakakura Sakura~

We asked today’s interviewees about what they thought about the passing of the torch of the student council president, the relationship between the Onitsuka sisters, their favorite songs from the season, as well as their thoughts as they head towards their 6th Live Tour!

Liella! begins its third year with two new members! What were the cast’s first impressions of them?

What were your thoughts on the highly-anticipated first episode of Season 3?

Suzuhara: It’s been a while since we last saw Liella! perform and move about in animated form, so it was nice to finally find out for sure what a second-year Kinako-chan was like. I also teared up a little the moment the opening started playing.

Aoyama: I think Ren-chan had changed quite a lot on the inside as the previous seasons progressed, which was why I couldn’t wait to find out what kind of person she’d become once she entered her third year. I was so glad to see her expression of pure kindness in Episode 1! Even though her words and actions gave off an air of maturity, she delivered them with such a gentle expression which made her seem almost childlike. It’s that contrast that makes Ren-chan so cute! (laughs)

Emori: Although it had been two years since Season 2 ended, we had the opportunity to do all kinds of things during those two years, so it felt like time had gone by in a flash, which was unexpected. Even in Episode 1, you can already see Natsumi’s “OniNatsu” mode in full swing, but I was glad that we could get to see another side of her. We got to see a side of her that’s distinct from the OniNatsu mask she puts on all the time through her interactions with her younger sister, Tomari, who’s appearing for the first time this season. Seeing that made me treasure Natsumi all the more.

Sakakura: I was just a fan back when Seasons 1 and 2 were airing, so I remember watching those seasons on TV at home. That’s why seeing Tomari, the character I voice, appear in the anime in Season 3 made me quite emotional. Ever since she was announced as a new member on June 11th, 2023, which was about a year and a half ago, I did my absolute best to convey Tomari’s strengths without the anime, so I was overjoyed to see all of those efforts finally pay off. Since Tomari barely has any lines in Episode 1, I was not only excited to see what was to come, but also to see Tomari finally embrace her love for her sister dearest.

Tell us about some scenes from Season 3 that left a particularly deep impression on you.

Suzuhara: If we’re talking about an episode that showcases a new side of Kinako-chan and how much she’s grown, it’s gotta be Episode 10, where she takes over as the next student council president. Even though she declined the offer initially, I think she decided to give it a try because, one way or another, she wanted to continue spreading the warmth she experienced after meeting the other members of Liella!. I particularly liked the scene where she’s drawing on the chalkboard because it shows just how much she loves the other Liella! members.

Aoyama: If we’re talking about Ren-chan, it’d be Episode 10 as well. She wanted someone she could trust to succeed her as the student council president, but because she knew firsthand how stressful the position could be, she didn’t want to force it upon anyone. Even as she held those conflicting thoughts within her, she still managed to make her request to Kinako-chan in a steady voice, and that shows just how much she has grown. If she hadn’t met Liella!, she might just have made the request in a brasher manner.

Emori: For me, it’d be Episodes 4 and 8. We got to see some of Natsumi’s backstory in Episode 6 of Season 2, but in Season 3, the other members visit her home, we get to see her book of dreams, and we also get to witness her relationship with Tomari-chan being explored in depth. I believe that Tomari-chan enrolling in Yuigaoka allowed Natsumi to face her true emotions head-on, and that’s why I think the relationship between the two sisters is truly something to be treasured.

Sakakura: I totally agree with Aya-chan. Episodes 4 and 8 left the greatest impression on me. Episode 4 showed us what kind of person Tomari is, and seeing her and Natsumi-chan, her sister dearest, cry together like babies after they blurt out their true emotions really touched me. That was the moment that accustomed Tomari to expressing what she truly felt, and I think that was what led to her asking Margarete-chan to create a new Liella! together with her, as well as her asking Kanon-senpai for her ribbon and confessing that she had looked up to her ever since she became a school idol.

Among the many songs adding color to the anime’s storyline, which songs did the cast particularly like?

Are there any insert songs from the anime that you particularly like? Or perhaps any coupling songs from the singles?

Suzuhara: I love all the songs so much that I want to talk about each and every one of them (laughs). But if I had to pick just one, it’d be Episode 10’s insert song, Egao no Promise. That was the song that Kinako-chan wrote, and you can really see her personality shining through in the lyrics. I love seeing her with that huge smile on her face, a smile that seems to say that she has everything she ever wanted and more.

Emori: It really isn’t easy to pick just one song because they’re all amazing, but I particularly like Special Color from Episode 3 and Egao no Promise from Episode 10. I find myself in tears every time I see Shiki-chan and Kinako-chan shining as the center of those two songs because they’re both members of the same generation as I am. There’s also Fighting Call, which is actually the coupling song to the Episode 3 edition of the Bubble Rise / Special Color single. I really like it because the lyrics seem to overlap a lot with what Natsumi felt.

Sakakura: For me, it’s gotta be Bubble Rise from Episode 2. I started tearing up even before the song started playing, when Kanon-chan and Margarete-chan were saying such beautiful words. I remember crying so hard that I could barely see the TV screen (laughs). Oh, I also love Episode 8’s Dazzling Game. It’s the song that represents Tomari and Margarete-chan’s determination, not to mention it also being the song that Tomari performs after opening her heart to her sister dearest. There are just so many amazing moments in that song!

Aoyama: There were quite a few surprises in Season 3’s song lineup, such as Wish Song being included as a coupling song in the Episode 10 edition of the single, as well as Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora being performed in Episode 12. I remember getting goosebumps the first time I read the script! Being able to sing a song that Liella! first performed as five once again as eleven made me really emotional. I’m so glad we got to do that!

How about the opening and ending animations? Were there any scenes you particularly liked?

Aoyama: Just like in previous seasons, you’re guaranteed to see just how cute the characters are no matter at which frame you pause the video. All eleven of us watched Episode 1 together, and we were all surprised at how high-quality the animation was. Like, there was so much detail in how individual strands of their hair were swaying. I remember us wondering whether what we were watching was really animated!

Emori: In the opening, after Mei-chan sings the line that goes “The radiance of someone out there”, Natsumi grabs hold of the radiance she lets out and brings it towards herself before singing the line “Will one day transform into courage”. I really liked that entire sequence.

Aoyama: Oh, that’s right before Ren-chan’s line where she goes “We’ll hold that thought close to heart as we set off”!

Emori: Yeah! It’s as if their choreography forms a complete sequence, starting with Mei-chan, then Natsumi, and then Ren-chan. Linking up my choreography with someone else’s like that is something I’ve never had the chance to do before, so it was a breath of fresh air to be able to experience that.

Suzuhara: I also really like the line distributions in the opening, especially in the second verse. Of course, everyone has their own interpretation of the song, but I interpreted the part where the third-gen members sing the first line, followed by the second-gen then the first-gen to mean that even though the five first-gen members are graduating, Liella! would be together forever. It’s a tinge of wistfulness that you don’t really expect from an opening theme, so I hope you listen to the full song!

Sakakura: As for the ending, I really like the scene where Tomari is doing the peek-a-boo at the camera together with her sister dearest in the stairwell. At the start of Season 3, Tomari’s expressions were always really stiff, so that scene made me look forward to when we’d finally see her smiling as wide as she did in there.

Suzuhara: I like the part in the ending where everyone takes turns to strike a pose. Their individual personalities really shine through in the poses they chose, and that’s really cute!

This will be their first live performance after the Season 3 finale! What are the cast’s thoughts about their upcoming performance?

Before we end today’s interview, let’s hear a few words about Love Live! Superstar!! Liella! 6th LoveLive! Tour ~Let’s be ONE~, your upcoming live tour!

Sakakura: It’s the first time I’m performing in a live tour based on the anime, so I’m nervous and can already feel the pressure on me in a way that’s different from previous performances. There are going to be audience members who have been fans of Tomari from before she appeared in the anime, so I’ll do my best together with Tomari to deliver a performance that expresses my gratitude for everyone who’s supported me all this while.

Suzuhara: I’ll do my best to make everyone who came to watch us feel that they just watched Kinako-chan, that they just watched Liella! perform. Before this live tour, Liella! split into three subunits and spurred each other to achieve even greater heights before eventually rejoining as one. That’s actually quite similar to Season 3’s plotline, so I hope to show off a culmination of everything we’ve achieved up to this point during our 6th Live.

Emori: During this live tour, I’ll be portraying a Natsumi that has grown both physically and mentally through Season 3, so even though I still have a long way to go before I catch up to her, I’ll do my absolute best to do so. I’ll make sure to never forget the happiness I felt from being able to put on a live tour based on Season 3 with all eleven of us, as well as my gratitude to everyone who’s supported us along the way, and I'll do my best in each of the ten performances in five different cities across the country.

Aoyama: Season 3 depicts Liella! splitting into two groups and pursuing their goals separately, as well as the graduation of the third-years, and there was a lot going on. This live tour will be based on all of that, so I hope that we’ll be able to put on a performance that’s a little different from the ones we’ve put on before. After watching Season 3 of the anime and watching us perform at our 6th Live Tour, I hope that you’ll get the urge to rewatch the entire anime right from the beginning once again, and I’ll do my best to make that happen.

Buy live streaming tickets for the Fukuoka leg of Liella!’s 6th Love Live! Tour ~Let’s be ONE~, happening on May 3 and 4 at PIA or eplus! You’ll be able to watch the performance live, and have access to an archive for a week! Refer to the official site for more details.

Buy the pamphlet featuring this interview and cast photos here (shipping within Japan only, or use a proxy forwarder like Tenso, TensoJapan, or Blackship, etc.)

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Dengeki Tokusatsu Tsushin Vol.3 (Summer/2000) FACE UP!! 2000 SPECIAL ft. Odagiri Joe x Katsurayama Shingo (translations below)

Publication: August 20, 2000

FACE UP!! (Free Talk Segments)

Odagiri Joe

I've loved movies ever since I was a child, and never thought about doing work outside of the film industry. When I became a high school student, I had other things I wanted to do, but they were all related to foreign countries. Something like a translator, or a Japanese language teacher in a foreign country. Still, at my core, I wanted to study something in relation to film. So, I looked into various schools, and found that the California State University in Fresno made the most sense to me. In my head, I had the idea that movies were made in Hollywood, so along with there being few Japanese people there, this place would be close to Hollywood. When I was deciding on my major, "Drama" caught my eye. What came to mind from Drama was "TV dramas," so I decided to "go with that." However, it turned out to be a major related to theater (laughs).

While studying abroad, my first exposure to acting was when I helped out behind the scenes for their quarterly theater performance. I also took an acting class, but it wasn't until I returned to Japan that I began to seriously study acting. When I was over there, I was essentially a blank slate, so it felt like I didn't know what was going on (laughs).

During one of my acting classes, we were told, "This is outer space, so swim freely." We spacewalked the whole lesson (laughs). I thought it was a truly American styled class. At the time, I was full of wonder, as I was curious on how this would relate to acting. I was the only foreigner in my class. I wasn't the type to go out of my way to join in with the others, and was always the "straggler" of the class (laughs). Having the English skills of an exchange student, performing Shakespeare, a classic of Western literature, was a challenge in itself, and there were times when I was considerably depressed. Still, in the end, all those hardships became my passion for acting, and the experience I gained over there was an invaluable asset.

I played drums in a band during middle and high school. There were times when I played in about eight bands at once. Because of that, the music I covered was all over the place. It'd be anything from X to The Beatles (laughs). When I was in America, alternative music was popular, so I'd listen to groups like Smashing Pumpkins, Beck, Cake, and Bjork. If I had to pick one of my favorite musicians, it would be Tom Waits. Still, I also listen to Japanese music. The first album I ever bought was by The Timers. That's why I still like Imawano Kiyoshiro-san. I even covered his music in one of my bands. I also like Frank Zappa, Stan Getz, The Lounge Lizards, The Velvet Underground, James Brown, among others, so I listen to a really wide range of music. It depends on how my mood is on a given day. It probably seems like I have a large number of CDs when I say this, but I don't have that many. Although, I've never counted. On average, I think I buy about four a month. When I return home, I put on music or play a movie tape. I always feel that there's some kind of noise in the room. However, only when I'm writing for "Monthly Odagiri" is it quiet (laughs).

Karaoke? I go. In terms of the type of vocals I have, I'm close to Original Love. I've also sung songs by Oasis and Michelle Gun Elephant, as they put importance on excitement. I'll also sing songs by UA, Bird, and Sheena Ringo too. I prefer songs by women that are cool when sung by men. For women, I want to sing songs by Pizzicato Five and CHARA when I’m in a good mood (laughs).

What am I into currently? Food crawling (laughs). I eat alot. I always eat two bentos when we're on location. My favorite food is noodles. Ah, I'll never forget the Vietnamese ramen I used to eat when I was in America, I'm pretty sure it was called "pho." I've never found it in Japan. It has certain herbs in it, so you'll either like it or you won't, but I was addicted to it. I don't dislike anything. Even if it's weird looking, I'll probably eat it out of curiosity (laughs).

Since I'm usually busy, I try to meet up with friends on my days off. The other day, I walked home from Shinjuku with a friend who lives in Daitabashi. It took about three hours. I actually like walking (laughs). This is why I haven't seen any movies from over here in awhile. When I was working part time at a rental store, I used to watch tons of movies for free (laughs). My favorite movie is Jim Jarmusch's "Down by Law." I like alot of Jarmusch's films. "Stranger Than Paradise" and "Dead Man"…I especially like those with black and white footage. Another recent favorite is "Buffalo 66." My American friend sent me the tape and I watched it multiple times. I think films that put importance on the atmosphere and the mood, as well as the idea, are more interesting than films that spend an excessive amount of money on production. I also watch Japanese films. I thought "Sonatine" was good. It's somewhat of an obscure film among Kitano Takeshi-san's works though. As for actors, I really love Steve Buscemi, who appeared in the film "In the Soup." I want to become an actor like him, someone who can create their own role and have free rein on the sidelines.

Katsurayama Shingo

In fan letters and on the bulletin board of my website, I'm often told, "I thought you were married." I don't think even I've settled down yet. Even my room is messy. That's why I clean and do laundry on my days off. The day before a holiday, I'll go out for a drink, and do two loads of laundry in the afternoon (laughs). I'm not a strong drinker. I'm the type where it shows on my face right away. I also like karaoke. When I've had a long day at work, I'll go to karaoke and sing to refresh myself. If I have the next day off, I sometimes sing until morning.

I'll sing anything, but I like Ozaki Yutaka-san. I think my vocals fit his songs fairly well. I like ballads that I can sing with ease~. For Ozaki-san, it would be his song "forget me not." It's not just singing, as I've been listening to Ozaki-san since I was in middle school. I'm pretty sure the first album I bought was his "SEVENTEEN'S MAP." I was in shock when he passed away. I had met him once before. We met backstage at a concert, where he told me, "Next year, I'm going on tour and releasing an album, so come see me," but then he passed away around the beginning of that year.

I used to sing not only ballads, but also up tempo songs where I'd go wild, but as you can see, I've settled down now, I think (laughs). I suppose this is simply an age related change. Recently, I've felt these kinds of changes in alot of places. It's the same with my food preferences. I used to be very picky with what I liked and disliked. It was almost as if I ate nothing but meat and rice. But now, I'll often eat simple fish dishes. I used to be a vegetable hater, but I'm slowly getting better at eating them. However, eating tomatoes is still a no go (laughs). My favorite food is white rice. Even when eating out, the restaurant has to be one that serves rice. When I find an izakaya that serves rice, I'm like, "Uwah! I've found it!" From there, I'll stick to that place for awhile.

I like cars, so I'll often go out in one. As you can imagine, I've been too busy to go out these days. Ah, but during this year's Golden Week, I had some time off, so I had a barbecue at a riverbed near my parents house. What's more, going back to my parents house may have been just the right drive I needed (laughs).

When I first moved to Tokyo, I thought about trying a highway that I'd never been on before, so I once raced across the Kanetsu Expressway during winter. I ended up at a ski resort in Yuzawa. However, since I went there in my casual clothes, I just said, "What a gorgeous view," and then went back home (laughs).

To be honest, I tend to go on random trips without reserving a stay at an inn or hotel. One time, I was driving alone and gradually felt like taking a bath. I arrived at a public bathhouse, and after taking a bath, I laid down in the tatami room used for breaks since there were no other customers there. When I woke up, I saw a girl in a short skirt walking past me and thought, "What a nice view." After a moment, I took a closer look around and saw that it was packed with customers (laughs). I was surprised and thought, "I really fell asleep in a place like this, huh?"

There are still many parts of me that are perceived for my visuals, rather than as an actor. If I don't surpass that, I won't be able to move forward as an actor, and the viewers will get bored with me too. That's why I'm very interested in taking on different roles from the one I'm playing right now. I'd like to be able to mix my own playful side with the role I present in my performance so that the human qualities of an actor can come pouring out.

For that reason, work is important, but on the other hand, I think it's also important to have fun and connect with a variety of people. From now on, I'd personally like to continue having fun with friends around my age, like companions. While I have alot of memories from my school years, once you enter the workforce, your friends go their separate ways and you get together less often. Until now, I've often jumped into the lives of people older than me, so at this point, I think I'd like to value interesting friends of the same age. Besides, when you're the same age, you can't compromise. In spite of that, it makes me feel like, "I can't lose," but in a good way. Not just for acting, but also for what I want to do, and how far I'll pursue it. I'm the spoiled type, so I'd like to receive more stimulation like that. Being with good friends is the most fun, don't you think? _

Odagiri Joe VS Katsurayama Shingo

Odagiri: The first time I saw Katsurayama-san, I thought, "Ah, he's gotta be an actor." He's got a good looking face and figure.

Katsurayama: You've done nothing but compliment me as of late (laughs).

Odagiri: I really have.

Katsurayama: My first impression of Odagiri-kun is pretty much the same as it is now. I guess you could say that he acts as his regular self. When I enter a new set, I tend to become nervous and it shows. Odagiri-kun may be nervous, but I can't really see it at all.

Odagiri: I just do things at my own pace (laughs).

Katsurayama: I also thought that during the script reading. When I heard your first line, I thought it was so natural.

Odagiri: What line was that?

Katsurayama: I'm pretty sure it was when you were taking care of the lost child at the airport in the first episode.

Odagiri: That was the first one, wasn't it? When I talked with Katsurayama-san during the reading, I thought he was a serious and hardworking person. As for me, Kuuga was the first time in my life that I read a script, so I was already overwhelmed.

Katsurayama: I was at my limit too (laughs). Going to a new set for the first time makes me nervous. Also, before I met Odagiri-kun, I had heard that for this Kamen Rider, they were looking for an actor who would play the main role differently from the past, and who would be more like an ordinary big brother than a hero of justice, so I wondered what kind of guy they would get. When I actually met him, I thought, "Ah, I see."

Odagiri: Is that right? Katsurayama-san knows stuff that I don't.

Katsurayama: Even after it was decided that I got the role of Ichijou, I went to the audition for the role of Yusuke.

Odagiri: Does that mean you were looking at the audition through the eyes of Ichijou?

Katsurayama: I…suppose so. I tried to match my lines with the people who came to play Yusuke.

Odagiri: I played the role of Ichijou at my audition. I also played Kameyama. I think they specifically had me do the scene where Ichijou and Yusuke meet for the first time. I did my best to talk at the audition. I'm the kind of person who'll sometimes do crazy things at auditions (laughs).

Katsurayama: I'm the type that can't do anything at an audition and goes home (laughs).

Odagiri: When I went to the auditions, we just rehearsed some scenes. I got thirsty during the rehearsals, so I always purchased a one liter carton of tea. When I brought that with me to the audition, it was directly connected to Yusuke's love of tea (laughs). His juggling setup seemed to have been decided on from the beginning, but when I said "I can do it," it seemed like that was also connected to Yusuke.

Katsurayama: It's a role that was made for Odagiri-kun. It's fate. Things like his clothes are different, but aren't you usually like Yusuke?

Odagiri: Yusuke is the personality that exists within me. It just so happened that the personality I have fell in line with Yusuke. Still, at first, I was worried about how to approach this. Now, I've come to understand that I should explore from within myself.

Katsurayama: I guess there's an Ichijou within me too. It's probably my serious and stubborn side though.

Odagiri: But at drinking parties, Ichijou wouldn’t be the one to make alot of noise, right?

Katsurayama: Yeah? (laughs).

Odagiri: The other day, you passionately sang at karaoke. How long did you end up staying?

Katsurayama: Until around 1 a.m. I think.

Odagiri: Katsurayama-san is talented.

Katsurayama: No, no, that would be you Odagiri-kun.

Odagiri: Uwah, please cut it out (laughs). When I sing, he harmonizes with me.

Katsurayama: I like harmonizing.

Odagiri: The two of us will harmonize songs by groups like the Blue Hearts. That's why Katsurayama-san's usually different from Ichijou's character.

Katsurayama: Even during filming, Ichijou doesn't smile, but there's been many parts where I almost do.

Odagiri: Me on the other hand, I seem to smile too much. Sometimes the staff will tell me, "Don't smile so much." In episode 14, when Yusuke falls into the river and Ichijou-san rushes over to him, there's a scene where I look back at him and smile, but I was told, "You shouldn't look so pleased."

Katsurayama: That must be difficult, huh? (laughs).

Odagiri: It's complicated. It's like I can only do this~ much. If I enjoy my acting too much in an "Odagiri kind of way," I get scolded with, "That's not Yusuke, that's Odagiri" (laughs).

Katsurayama: "That's no good" tends to come out. Still, it also helps us to establish our characters images.

Odagiri: Now that you mention it, we haven't really given each other advice on acting. For me, the Ichijou-san Katsurayama-san plays is like Ichijou-san himself.

Katsurayama: I don't really care one way or another about other people's performances. There are times when we talk about what we should do for scenes where it's just the two of us. I think it'll be more interesting if we can create things that aren't written in the script by ourselves.

Odagiri: The set allows for quite abit of adlibbing, so I'd like to include more of it.

Katsurayama: From Ichijou's point of view, you don't do anything poorly when adlibbing~.

Odagiri: Yeah, that's right. Yusuke does a variety of things depending on the mood of the scene, such as the scenes with Hikari Sensei. Still, it'd be bad if "Odagiri" comes out too much there (laughs). Aside from Ichijou-san and Hikari Sensei, I don't work with the police that much, but I have shot scenes with most of my costars.

Katsurayama: I think all the characters are in a "good friends" situation.

Odagiri: I think it's more friendship than love. Still, I'm sure Ichijou-san has a love story, maybe with someone like Nozomi-san. There are rumors that Nana-chan might become an Ichijou fan too. This makes me sad as Odagiri more than it does as Yusuke (laughs).

Katsurayama: Everyone has their own personality. Both when they're playing their roles and as their normal selves. This is especially true for someone like Oyassan (laughs). When we're together in a scene, I want to laugh with him, but I can't (laughs), because I'm Ichijou.

Odagiri: Oyassan does some interesting things in the test shots right before we shoot for real. It's such a waste since the most interesting parts aren't what's being aired. Speaking of wasteful, there are quite a few scenes that are filmed, but then aren't used.

Katsurayama: There are. The other day, there was a scene where Sugita-san was teaching Nozomi how to brew tea.

Odagiri: Yeah. Sakurai-san was also with them in that scene.

Katsurayama: I guess it all came down to time, but it's a shame that it wasn't aired.

Odagiri: It seems that after much deliberation, the Director reluctantly cut it out.

Katsurayama: It's alittle sad when any of the scenes or takes that I personally wanted to see don't make it in.

Odagiri: Like which ones?

Katsurayama: It's just some small things. I've always liked detective stuff, so I like the parts where the undercover patrol car's lights go off. We filmed it, but when I watched the broadcast, it had been cut. I guess even stuff like that gets cut (laughs). On set, I tried saying something funny like, "How about a slightly silly side of Ichijou's character?" In a scene where he'd be alone, I'd say a joke that wasn't funny. However, it really didn't seem like Ichijou, so I stopped (laughs).

Odagiri: Just as Sugita-san is putting all his energy into a scene that's supposed to be a masterpiece, Ichijou-san will come out of nowhere and "steal" the viewers away (laughs). It's always the same.

Katsurayama: But recently, Sugita-san's been taking over some scenes. Sugita-san's character has developed. In the beginning, Yusuke, Ichijou, and Sakurako were the main three creating the drama, but now, the other actors and staff are rapidly creating the characters, which has made it more interesting for us to watch.

Odagiri: I look forward to it. I feel lonely when there's about a week between filming.

Katsurayama: That reminds me, we went out drinking with Tsubaki-san for abit. I had promised Odagiri-kun that the two of us would go out for drinks together, but then they bumped into each other at a certain station.

Odagiri: Right, right, when I was waiting for the train at the station, Otsuka-san just happened to be standing next to me reading a newspaper. I invited him to join me since I was going out for drinks with Katsurayama-san afterwards. Then, to my surprise, when we got on the train, Nanamori-san was sitting diagonally in front of us (laughs). Otsuka-san and Nanamori-san had never met each other, not even within the show, so I loudly introduced them to each other while on the train.

Katsurayama: It surprised me when I was waiting at the station, as I thought, "Is that the Rose Tattooed Woman over there?" (laughs). Because, not only was it Odagiri-kun, but Nanamori-san and Otsuka-san were also there. I wondered, "Do they have filming today?"

Odagiri: It was a creepy coincidence. Something like that happened not once, but twice.

Katsurayama: You can no longer say, "There's no way I'll encounter them."

Odagiri: Speaking of which, the other day the two of us went out to buy a computer, and right next to me was a child saying, "No, that's Pegasus Form!," but he didn't notice us at all.

Katsurayama: Odagiri-kun's appearance was different, and I wasn't wearing a suit. We do usually ride in a car together though.

Odagiri: I'll occasionally ask him to take me home on the way back (laughs).

Katsurayama: I'm sure people would wonder about that if they saw us. We're not in a black patrol car (laughs). We've never been recognized when walking together. Sometimes I have when I'm by myself. I'm usually just wandering around.

Odagiri: I ride my bike everywhere (laughs).

Katsurayama: Whenever we go out together, it's either for a meal or for drinks. You wanna go fishing next time?

Odagiri: Ah, please take me with you.

Katsurayama: I'm afraid he'll get mad at me if we go alone, so I'll invite everyone. And when I say fishing, I don't mean anything that serious, we'll just be sitting on the breakwater all night.

Odagiri: That sounds nice. Let's go. _

Bonus Secret Story

For the first half, Katsurayama-san says his dialogue with a Kansai dialect. He usually speaks in Kansai dialect.

Odagiri-san brought his polaroid camera. The purpose was to take pictures for "Monthly Odagiri," a popular corner on TV Asahi's website. He occasionally took pictures of Katsurayama-san talking and Katsurayama-san eating.

Unrecorded Conversation 1 (from a conversation in which Ichijou calls Yusuke by his full name)

Katsurayama: "Godai Yusuke, can you hear me?" How many times have I said this line?

Odagiri: You say it every time.

Katsurayama: "Unidentified Lifeform #10 has appeared somewhere."

Odagiri: "Yes, I understand."

Katsurayama: I also said that for the new toys that are coming out.

Unrecorded Conversation 2 (century eggs were used in the dish that was brought out to them)

Odagiri: I heard that Otsuka-san was a century egg in a previous life.

Katsurayama: Are you a previous life fortune teller? (laughs).

Odagiri: After it ferments, it finally becomes Otsuka-san (laughs).

Katsurayama: He's probably sneezing right now.

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