Hello and welcome to our weeb area and exploration and education and anime. I'm your anime idiot, patrick dugan.
I'm an anime expert, D hollander.
And I'm brenda mccullough, your anime bakers dozen. But I ate a few of them on the way over.
I just got so hungry.
It's so hot. They're like these fried potato balls that are very good. I'll be honest with you. We're okay, but we're not that close. Only I ate half. It's fine.
Yeah, you put in the work to make all of these, so it's fine if you take a little off the top.
Make them. Yes, that's what I do.
Potato balls.
Yeah.
I did go to a bakery today. Fun, fun. Podcast host banter ooh. I got a ham and cheese croissant, and then Paul got a fruit tart. And then we both got a piece of Trace late chase cake.
Hell yeah.
Anyway, Mike doesn't tolerant. I'm pretty sure Trace late chase would kill me.
I intend to find out because I really want to make one what.
They are, as always.
What's going on this week anyway? Why did I pick that vague opening intro? Because I really know nothing else. We're watching Atumatsu Son or Mr. Atumatsu, so you try and find something that has sex tuplets in it that isn't the marlin wayne's direct to Netflix movie Sex Topplates. I could have gone without reference knowing one of that.
I know the simpsons has sep templates. I can't think of any other sex templates. So you win. You nailed this round.
There's. The Disney Channel original movie. quince I thought of yeah, I was.
Like, that's not six.
But that's not relevant to anyone's interest, so Brendan probably knows it.
It's obscure enough.
I know so many Disney Channel rifle movies for no reason. I watched them all. Anyway, that's my other podcast. I'll be starting up soon. Are either of you familiar with Atsumatsu sant?
I know a little bit about it. It came out in 2015, which surprised me because I remember it being all the rage on Tumblr. And I don't know why. I thought I was pretty much off of Tumblr by 2015, but I guess I wasn't. I just choked on my own spit. People loved these guys.
Quick tumblr reference check. Do you remember a lot of Hamilton on Tumblr at that time?
I wasn't part of that kind of fandom area, thankfully.
I was like, there's just so much just scrolling through your dash. You're going to find a bunch of Hamilton stuff if it's 2015. So if you missed that I don't know where this came from outside of time.
I know about the Tumblr Hamilton stuff.
Now, unfortunately, from the history books.
Miku binder thomas Jefferson. But yes, I know about Osumatsu song because of Tumblr.
Cool.
Yeah.
This was something I didn't recognize by the title, but once I saw the character designs of the brothers, I was like, okay, this seems very familiar, but I cannot place it. So just cultural osmosis, I guess.
Yeah. I'm kind of in a similar boat. I've definitely seen them a lot and like, seen them in, like various fan art and stuff or like on products or something here and there, like for merch tieins. But like, beyond that, I can't tell you more than like, there are six brothers and they're all twins. They all look at, like that's it if there's any coherent plot, I don't know about it. It looks like we're all for once, kind of in the same boat.
Yeah. And I did I did know prior to this that this is like a reboot. That there was osu matsu kuhn in.
The we grew up.
Yeah, I knew that this was coming back. Like, this was a remake reboot, re deal.
Go again. Interesting. I was not aware of that. I feel like just looking at them, I get newspaper, like funnies. Like the Sunday funny sort of vibe from them of like, this could easily be like a four panel comic strip in the newspaper.
Yeah.
One of them loves lasagna.
That is what it is, isn't it? They have garfield eyes.
Fuck, I cannot see it now. That's all I see. We haven't even started and the show.
Has already cursed for me from the Great Davis song.
All right. I'm looking up garfield Anime. There's got to be one. There's got to be one.
Okay. This is going to be a couple of hours. So we'll throw to a break so we can watch the show while Brendan goes down this rabbit hole.
There's a lot of headtie.
Oh, God. Read more top news stories from Mirror Online.
Got a hard cut off.
That's a good joke, though. That's a good one.
Yeah. We got a sketch show. You got a sketch show. So get ready for just an incoherent recap because it's going to be fast and loose.
I'm ready.
Yes.
I will put this out there. We are all on the same page. This episode, because I like Brendan, could not name any single one of these characters. They will not even attempt because they.
Have other than their color coded sweatshirts, which they're not always wearing, there is no way of telling them apart.
Here's the wildest part. Here's the craziest fucking part. I kind of was getting it by the end. There's a part where most of their face is covered and they're all wearing the same uniform in one episode, I think, like episode three. And I could tell what one of the siblings was by their eyebrows. I was like, It's this one. I was like and then he said his name. I was like, fuck. I'm right. I hate that. I was right.
They have their own facial expressions to convey their personality. But other than that, it's like, yalla, the same.
And they do a pretty good job to be like, okay. And this is the blank one. And this is the blank one up top. They're like, we aren't expecting you to get it. Let's telegraph. It just a little hard for the first two episodes.
This is the entire plot of the show, is that they look alike. So I'm like, we get it. But yeah, even when they do just, like, reactions to stuff, they do a good point of making all of them have their own unique reaction that is tied into their personality trope. That's been established. But, yeah, a huge running joke is like, no, I'm the other sibling. You got the wrong guy. Because they all look the same. But, yeah, I was impressed by how much I was like, oh, this is ichi, and this is osu matsu, and this is kara matsu. I was like, Fuck, why am I getting no one else? I couldn't name any other character in any other show, but I got the sex toughlers, right? Okay. Anyway, starting off episode one, it starts off in a black and white cartoon, steamboat willy style. And we got Mr. Osumatsu running in saying, there's an emergency. You got to gather up all the brothers. So we got Osumatsu, we got toetu. I know them. I can't say them. We got To matsu. We got Osamatsu, we got karamatsu. We got Koramatsu, we got Ichamatsu. We got Juishu matsu. Yeah, we're probably going to just go by color code. If you want to know what colors they are, just look them up, because it's a lot. But Mr. Osamasu says, hey, they're reviving our show. We're getting any anime boys. We're going to the big times. We're doing it for the creator's 80th birthday. So the creator for the series. And Kodamatsu is worried. He's he's kind of the eda. He's the nerd. He's like, I don't know. We're over from the shows from the, like, the manga things earlier, like the source material. He's like, I don't know if our humor will translate. We're kind of specific to this year. And they're like, don't worry, we got this. And they all do, like, one of their, I guess, signature gags from back in the day, which just do not translate. It's like, oh, yeah, this is old. This is old comedy.
One is just like, you didn't invite me to hang out with you. Oh, no.
That'S it. Okay. Yeah, they're not punchlines. They're more just I say something in an exaggerated way. That's the trick. I know samazu says, like, don't worry. We got plans on how to be popular again. Jump cut to a boy band idle group on stage in a huge concert venue. And the crowds just going fucking nuts. And all the siblings look like they're in the anime free. They all look like hot, swimming, beautiful boys. So they all get different looks. They all got their signature colors tied into their hair and outfits. And in hindsight, this is actually a great way to help identify which sibling is which. At least for me of like, I can easily identify color and personality now that they don't all look the same. And then it helps to later episodes. And they do like, a little concert. Everyone goes crazy. And it would cut to the boy band arriving at school and as they go really high tech, futuristic school, and they got to get stretched limo. And all the girls are freaking out as they enter. And then they do like, a little intro of, like, little poses and all that. As they're waiting through the screaming girl hoard, they go up to the roof of the school rooftop check, and they all unite, saying, we got a band together and save the world. And they do. Was it? F six.
F Six?
They're like a fantastic six or whatever.
Yeah, I think that F is for the creator's name.
Okay, that makes sense. I guess, kind of. Not really. So they all make a six with their hands in the United Kingdom, and it's like, time to save the planet. And when they put their hands together in a six, they all just, like, shoot up in a beam of light and destroy an asteroid that's heading for the planet. And then it cuts to NASA in America, and the gadgets like, what the fuck out. It's a miracle we're all saved. And just like, what's going on with this show? There's also, like, five other sketches I cut out and just don't remember at all because it's just bleeding altogether. But a lot of quick jokes, a lot of rapid fire jokes. Cut back to the school. And we see a girl who's waiting in line for lunch, and she gets knocked over and drops her purse. And osu matsu helps her up. And Carimatsu asks, like, hey, why are you dealing with this girl? She's dull, she sucks. Why are you dealing with her? She's so lame. It's like, oh, this guy sucks ass. I see Carimatsu be like, no, wait, and dives in front and saves a puppy as a car goes feeding by inside the school. And it's like, his personality is garbage, but he's got a good heart.
He's the soft one, the fake.
Yeah, he's the bad boy with a heart of gold. They're very clearly making fun of the trope and just doing them real quick. And, yeah, the car drives through a school. It's insane. And then we see Gioshi matsu, the yellow one. Yellow one. He's the wacky zany one. He's the comic relief of this comic show, which is weird. He runs up and he goes, oh, you look like audrey hepburn. And goes to, I guess, hug the girl. And I help her up, but he misses her and ends up bumping into Osumatsu. And as they bump into each other, their shirts blow off. They go, Osumatsu, you're so close. And they go in and are about to kiss very or on high school. Host golf twins here. They gotta hope I'm still chicken off the technically not incest because you can actually kiss.
Think about it several times.
That's your fault for thinking about it.
You're the person and I'm not touching you with my lips. And ichimatsu comes up. He's kind of a reluctant well, he's like, reluctant, kind of a cynical one of like, I guess we'll do this and not interested, but kind of interested. He gives her back her purse with all her money. It's like, oh, thank you. She's like, you're wearing the necklace of that forgotten prince from that far off magical realm. Are you actually? And then todo matsu comes running in and he's got a parasol and, like, I forget the name for the, like, manga targeted at girls, but, like, it's like a romance manga. And he's like, oh, what's going on? And she's like, a parasol inside. And I love manga. He's so feminine and girly. And then a core Roman Sue comes running in. He's the nerdy one. And he's like, we have to be professional. Everyone get back on track. She's like, oh, thank you for helping me. And then when a girl talks to him, he gets all fluored, like so he's the nerd who is professional up until a love interest appears. So you got all the tropes and then all the brothers start fighting over the girl who was yeah, back in the black and white flashback. We also get introduced to all the side character from back then, but then they just get thrown away real quick. But then we see them sprinkled throughout the rest of the show. So this is one of the side characters that was introduced of Todaco.
I did like this because one of the big questions for, like, how do we adapt for modern times not only refers to their humor, but also a lot of these original drawings are very much now Asian caricature stereotype. So it's like, oh, no. How do we do oh, how do we navigate this? Oh, this guy has big buck teeth. This is just a big fat guy with a mustache. Oh, no, we cannot bring a lot of these characters back. How do we do this?
Yeah, they very early on are being like, ooh, this design is rough. Like, call it out, but still make it work somehow. It's kind of weird and impressive. Yeah. So back in the boy band school, they're fighting over to dico and they ask her like, oh, no, you know what? Here you pick who your favorite matsu is. You pick your favorite. And it's like, we can't do that. I can't pick your favorite. And then the brothers in their heads start arguing with each other, saying how hard it is to try and adopt into a modern anime, and how it's exhausting being in these forms of pretty boys and doing all of this stuff because there's just so much shit going on all the time. They're like, this is exhausting. We can't keep doing this. And in their heads, they're saying, like, all right, we just got to wait until the commercial break. After the commercial break, we go back to our normal forms and drop this sharad. And then while they're doing that, they look over at ichimatsu and see that he's already back in his normal form. He's already reverted back into the identical sibling form. They're like, shit, we got to hide him. Quick cover up bubble for someone sees. And they're all trying to distract everyone from noticing them. And they all revert back to their old comedy gags from, like, the certainly distracts them because everyone's so turned off by these outdated comedy gags. They just walk away and leave them alone. And then all of a sudden, the teacher shows up with his long, blonde, flowing hair in his purple suit. He's so hot. Everyone's impressed by how cool he is. And he says, don't worry. I'll take over this anime. I'm popular enough to handle this type of, you know, modern, fancy boy anime that all the people love these days. And he's like, don't worry. I can always do my signature shit too. And he does, like, a weird contorted pose. And they realize, oh, shit, it's a yami. It's the weird guy with the buck teeth from back in the day that really doesn't hold up well. And as soon as they call him out for being a yami, his teeth pop out again. And it's like, oh, God, he's reverting back into his old form too. And then we see more side characters showing up. And they're like, badass biker gangs of sort of a gritty, crime like mystery anime. But they also got their signature characteristics from their old designs of, like, big, floppy cheeks and a weird sign on their head. So it's like it's weird. They're trying to be new, but they also look old, and nothing works. And the matsu brothers are calling out for this. Being like, this all sucks. And then to try and get their attention back on them, all the brothers start doing all the different sports anime. So one of them is doing volleyball. One of them swimming. One of them is riding a bike. One of them playing tennis, I think, actually. So they're all parodying other sports anime and then trono matu saying, like, all right, we're losing it. We're losing everything. We're losing control of the show. We got to get the flow back on pace. So we got to try and recoup this pretty boy like, pop idol anime we have going. So let's try and focus back on that. And then they hear loud banging in the ground, shaking, and they look outside the walls of the school, and sure enough, there's a giant titan attacking the school, kicking in that front door. Very reminiscent of attack on titan.
Who to funk.
What a twist. And sure enough, it's another one of the side characters from before. And it's like, oh, God, he's gigantic. Why is he like a giant titan, but didn't keep any of his characteristics or weird quirk designs from his old design? They're like, Wait a minute. And they zoom in on his dick, and it's super small. And they're like, ah, that didn't change to a tightened size. That's still the old guy we know and love. What?
Lots of dick.
The joke is like a big baby. And they're like, oh, no, still got a baby dick.
Ha.
Yeah, this is penis heavy.
Lots of dicks. So as he breaks into the school, they start fighting them. And they're flying around. They got, like, grappling Hawks Center trying to cut the back of his neck, like an Attack on titan stuff. And they fight him in different anime styles. Oh, yeah, they start fighting them. They originally start to fight him in, like, Attack on titan style. And then they change in, like, Gun dumbs and this and that. So it's all different styles of anime. And then as it breaks Korumatsu what are my notes saying? What did I write?
I don't know.
There's a lot going on. I think it broke my brain at this point. I was just like, oh, it breaks Koromods. Because he's like, he can't handle it anymore. He just has a mental collapse of like, we're done. We can't be a modern show. Like, look how much chaos there is. We can't be a modern anime. This isn't going to work out at all. And then we cut back to them in their living room in the Black and White style show. And Core mozza is yelling at everyone. It kicks out all the side characters like, yeah, I'll get the hell out of here. You're not helping at all. You're making everything worse. And so all the brothers are just sitting around wondering, like, I wonder if our creator is mad at us. I wonder if we live up to his expectation or if we let him down. And they're all looking up at a framed picture of him hanging over a wall, and as they look up on it, the picture falls off and shatters. Like, no, we failed him. I think also, one of them points out that we disappointed him. It's like, well, it's a good thing he's already dead without knowing the creator all that copy of car. So they apologize to him and then they cut to them. In more of a modern setting, we do like, a time skip of saying, like, well, it's been ten years, I guess ten years, referring back to the first anime. That was in 98 or 88. And then they went for a few years. So I guess it's been ten years since the last time we saw the matsu siblings. Let's see what they're doing now. It's like, nothing. They haven't done anything in those ten years. They kind of lay us around, but instead of being little kids that are adorable and getting up in the misadventures. Now they're like 20 sums and unemployed and kind of shitty. They haven't done shit. All right, we'll see where this goes. And it does the ending, which is actually the opening. And then after that sequence, we get Koramas, who brings everyone back into the house. It's like, hey, we want to just apologize for that first step. So we don't know what the hell we're doing. We're just throw stuff at the wall and see what's stuck, and we promise we'll do better next time. And the brothers are like, no, we did all right. Yeah, we did pretty good. Yeah, I think that was pretty funny. It's korematsu, the straight one, who's kind of just like, god damn it. He's the one trying to hold it all together and apologizing on everyone else's behalf. And then we had the actual credit sequence, and it's like a lot of different foods. And it has all the characters drawn on with mustard, like running around singing and dancing. None of this is subtitles, so I don't know what the fuck was happening. Yeah, I know, but that's episode one.
Yeah, just a lot going on.
That's probably the most coherent plot of the three episodes we bought, like, through the whole episode and not just sketches.
Yeah. It slowly becomes more fragmented. I feel like episode three, we get a taste of what most of the series is like, but it seems like the first two, they're easing you into it because number one, this is like the third iteration of the show. So they're like, okay, let's set the.
Tone a little bit.
But yeah. So we pick up in episode two. We see two of the brothers are fishing. We see one of them is the cool guy. He's all dressed up. Sure.
Blue. Blue.
Oh, he's there. He's like, trying to look cool. He's all dressed up. And the other brother is like, hey, I know you're, like, into your fashion stuff, but like, the TV show thing isn't working out. We need to find jobs, right? We're all unemployed. That's going to be like, just the big question going forward. So I'm going to do a lot of skipping around because a lot of the first part of this episode is just, we need jobs. And it's just that repeated. The cool brother is fishing. The bait he's using is a love letter because he fell in love with the fish. He's trying to win her back. But then we see two other brothers. They were in the water. They jump out and they're like, hey, can we do a sketch? Hey, can we do a sketch? And they're like, okay, fine, do your sketch. So they do a little like, ASOPs fables, but they're actually creepy, right? So they do a little sketch like an old fable. One of them pops out as like a river god to be like, hey, you drop something in here? Was it this idol statue or this one made of jelly? And the other brother is like, oh, neither. Didn't drop anything. And the one in the water is like, oh, you win. You win. This other weird side character cool. All right, moving on. So we see opening credits. Opening credits are good. I'll give it that. It is a fun little bop, but yeah. So we see all of the brothers at the unemployment office because they all again need to find work for the first time in, like, a decade. So they go through just, like, quick cuts of all of their unemployment interviews. Like, what sort of jobs are you looking for? Again, just to reiterate all their different personalities, the nerd is like, I have this ten point plan. I need this much money, but blah, blah, blah. The cool one is like, I'm too cool for work. The sensitive one is like, flirting. And it's like, oh, you cute little interview word. That's always a good interview strategy. flirt your way to the top. But at the end, they all got kicked out because they're all too weird and too niche and not employable. They're all at the bar later that night, just lamenting, being like, we're never going to find anything again. Just asking the question, where are we going to work? So the eldest brother stands up. He's like, okay, I know what we have to do. And then he sees the poster on the wall behind them, all of a sake place. And they're like, we need more drinks. So they just bar hop to a different spot, and everyone needs to drag him home because he got too drunk. But they run into the bucktooth original character, iyami, and they're like, hey, we go way back, right? We need some money. Give us some money, please. He's like, no, fuck you. You're just going to gamble it away. I'm out here because I'm a recruiter for the sake company. The advertisement he had said it was for the sake company, but then it doesn't seem to be related at all, so I don't know what was going on here, but sure. So I was like, hey, if you're looking for work, you can come with me. Not ominous or sinister at all. They're like, oh, we're all desperate, so sure thing. So they get in his van. First mistake. And the van just keeps driving out deeper into the woods. They're getting a little some of them are getting a little apprehension, but it's all fine because they pull up to the black factory. Oh, no, it wasn't good at all. It's all dark and sinister. Yeah, industrial prison looking place out in the middle of nowhere. And iami is basically like, ha, fool. You your slaves that work here. Now get to work. Fuck you. And then they see, like, the boss of the factory standing on top of it, and they're like, hey, what are we actually supposed to do here? He's like, I'm not going to tell you that. You have to figure it out. A lot of what we do is illegal, so I can't actually say it. So basically, they all get put onto an assembly line where what they're making is like models of one of the other side characters. His face. I don't know what's going on with that. I couldn't tell you.
I think they were, like, making versions. Yeah, nothing really came out of this, but they were making one of the psych. I was like, oh, yeah.
Ominous implication was like, we're building up an army of this one character so evil it'll take over the world. But then that never pays off. So it's fine. Don't worry about it. But they are all exhausted after a long day on the assembly line. The overseers are like, okay, end of your shift. Isn't it great being adults now? haha. Being a kid sucks. brainwash all of you into being an adult. We love being adults. We love being adults. And just start chanting in unison. So then we see the guys go to bed, and in the middle of the night, they're like, hey, you know what? Fuck this.
And then they leave. It's just not easy.
Yeah, so they all run away, and they're like, okay, we're back. We learned our lesson that you shouldn't work. And they decide the best solution. We see one of them working at a restaurant and like, hey, boss, I got to step out to the back for a second. It's like they finally found gainful employment. But then he goes into the back alley, and it's like, all right, your turn. And they're just rotating one person in for the shift.
Perfect.
So they're all working one 6th of a job, and that's all they can do. So they found a system that works for them.
I don't know how, because they'd only be getting one paycheck. This confused me.
Well, they all live.
Don't think about it too much.
They share a lot.
Yeah, they share a bed. It's fine. They just need a large one bedroom and they're fine. But yeah. So now we cut to a different segment, and we see all the brothers are playing cards. They keep going up the totem pole. The youngest throws down a winning hand, and then the next one has an even better hand, and so on and so forth until we get to the oldest brother, who has five of a kind aces and a joker. So he's just rubbing it in all their faces, and then he looks down and they all left because yeah, fuck you. You cheated in one older brother stuff. Okay, great.
Cool.
So since they all split up, the oldest brother is like, okay, let me walk around. Let me try finding them. So we see one of the brothers. I believe this is the cutesy one. Again, it doesn't really matter.
Is.
At, like, an idol concert and is doing a meet and greet after the show and is just in his head like, okay, you have 20 seconds. You have to mention that you preordered their album and drop your Twitter handle and blah, blah, blah. Be my best friend. I love you so much.
This is Coramasi. This is eda Nerdy.
Okay, sure.
Once again, don't know why this is the show. I remember all the fucking characters names.
You're like, no, the one that matters.
Is this important to me. Please get it right.
So as he gets to the front of the line, the oldest brother walks in, just cuts in front of everyone. And he's like, oh, hey, bro. Oh, hey. I heard you like this girl.
Hey.
He's so in love with you. Do you want to have sex with him? And he's like, no, dude, you can't say that. You can't say sex, which they bleep, and then they just go into a thing where he says sex a whole bunch. So it gets bleeped in different versions of the word sex. So it got bleeped, and it's all funny. And oh, he ate up all his time with that. So he didn't the nerdy one didn't actually get to do the meet and greet that he paid for. So he kicks his brother's ass, and he's like, you are dead to me. I hate you. Never speak to me again. Cool. So then we jump. Older brothers still finding more brothers. He sees the cool one just being all edgy on a bridge. ooh, all the girls are digging me. He's dark and mysterious. They're falling in love. And then we see some women on the bridge. And they're like, that guy's kind of creepy.
Stay away from him. So weird.
But as the cool brothers bet to put on the moves, going to make his moves on the ladies, older brother comes out and scares him. And he falls off the bridge, ruined his mojo. Then he walks up and sees another brother walking around with two other women. And he's like, on a date? I see. Got one for me? Can I cut in? And the brother's like, I'm sorry, who are you?
Do I know you?
Just completely ices them out. The girls are like, he looked a lot like you. He's like, wasn't I talking to someone out? I remember. anyways, we're so just completely cold shoulders them. And then we get the most natural one of all of them. He sees another brother in an alley talking to a cat. He's like, oh, hey, bro. And then the brother turns around. It just turns into a cat, furry, and jumps up on the roof and goes away. Right?
Incredible.
Yes, exactly. So just getting more abstract as we go. But after all his brothers blow him off, he's like, all right, fuck this. I need a drink. So he goes to a local food cart, and he's like, hey, having a rough day. The vendor is like, you haven't paid your tab in so long. He's like, but I have brother problems. So he's like, okay, you get one beer. So they cut to hours later where he's very drunk, and he's like, oh, yeah, I'm just fighting with all my siblings. It's so hard being a sex tuplet. And then the vendor is like, hey, you don't know how good you have it. I was an only child. I wish I had siblings. I wish I had the connections that you're upset about and just, like, gives a big momentous speech. And then brother's thinking about it, he's like, huh? It's kind of bullshit, though.
And then he pretends, you know, fuck that.
He's like, no, it is one thing to have, like, a sibling, but I have five identical twins. No, this extra sucks. So I'm justified in my anger. So he goes home. He's all riled up. He's like, all right, they all blew me off. I'm going to yell at him. Then he realizes, no, I am the oldest brother. It should be on me to be the responsible one. And then he opens the door and they're all playing cards without him with one of the other side characters. They just replaced him. So he's like, okay, you know what? I did have the right idea. I am the oldest brother, but that means it's my duty to kick the shit out of all these other five and just kicks the replacement guy out and just fights them all. And that's where we end episode two.
Yes. So they really ease you into the true nature of this show. And this one, this episode, episode three is just all silly bullshit.
It's just a big old jumble, at.
Least like that one. Episode two kind of has a couple of through lines. This one is just silly, just antics. So here we fucking go.
Strap it.
Yeah. So in the beginning, we have red, green and yellow. They're astronauts. They're having a good time. And then they realize they're almost out of oxygen. Green starts panicking, and that makes his oxygen go down faster. So he dies. Red and yellow turn to the ship to go back in, but it's gone. So they're like, okay, we'll just stop moving. And so they just sit there. And then it says three minutes later, and they're also dead. Rip silly. Yeah. And then we get the opening. And then this was funny. This is the thing about this show. This did make me laugh out loud multiple times. It, however, is not good for taking notes. This bit is very funny, but having to write what's happening over and over again is like, well, okay, let's keep.
The problem of explaining sketch comedy in an audio format and being like, yes, let me retell this joke. But worse.
Yes, you really had to be there. It was probably the worst thing you could do on a podcast.
Yeah, but we're going to try it. So this one is that it's a parody of Saw. One of them is in a reverse bear trap situation. I know that's the name of the trap. I don't remember what it does or anything. I've never seen a Saw movie. But it's ichimatsu. I don't remember what color he is. Whatever. So the jigsaw character comes out and he meant for it to be Osamatsu, the red one. So cut to a new title card. Saw, too. And this is the bit. He keeps walking in the room being like, Osumatsu, it's been ten years. And then the one in the chair is like, that's not me. And then it keeps cutting to a new title card until finally he has Osamatsu. And he's like, ten years ago in the drama club, you and Osamatsu cuts him off and he says, that was karamatsu. And then it happens a couple more times. He has karamatsu. And then he's like, well, yeah, I did do that. But toto matsu was the one who told me to do that. And then finally he's got juicy matsu. He's the yellow one. And he's like, I'm juicy. And then he just turns on his chainsaw. He's fed up. He's got to kill somebody.
Close enough, I'll take it.
Yeah, that's that fun bit definitely overstays its welcome. But yeah, like, changing title cards every time did work because it just goes into shitty horror movie sequel titles.
Yeah. Like that one of them was like, Saw Final. Like the final saw. And then the next one was like, Saw Zero and Saw the prequel. Like, they have to go back the other way. And I was like, God, ain't that accurate?
Next sketch. This one is literally, like, seconds long. Doesn't fucking matter. Yellow and pink are watching a show. They're talking about how ridiculous baby names are nowadays. Yellow and pink are like, they're not that bad. Sketch over.
That's it.
Now we have a recurring sketch. Decapon man. This one had a lot of crude jokes in it. So here we go. He sees a girl crying. Decapon man does. This is none of the sex top lists. This is the fat, fat dude. Fat ball dude. He swoops down to help the crying girl. She says she's hungry. He shits and then gives it to her, I guess. And then gets shot in the head. Great. Sketch over.
I had to link this up just to make sure I was going insane. He gives her a frenrito. Yeah, which is a traditional Japanese snack. Sweet and deep fried is primarily made of flour, yeast, brown sugar has a deep brown and pitted appearance. But yeah, it does look like a turd. That's the joke.
He crouches down and like, it looks like he's taking a shit. So, yeah, I think the payoff for this one is very funny. But we'll get to it. So one of one of the sex tolets I believe it is Pink todomatsu. He runs out of a pachinko place and he made a bunch of money. But he wants to keep it a secret from his brothers because he knows that they'll take it. So he's like, where should I hide it? I don't have anywhere to hide it. We live together. So he goes and sits down on a park bench. Some cops come up to him and they're like, what are you up to? And he's like, I'm out for a walk. And they're like, at this late hour? Suspicious? What's in your bag? And he's like, nothing. And they're like, really? Because we heard someone around here won a bunch of money and was going to keep it from his brothers. And the cops are two of the brothers. Don't know which one. The struggle goes on. They call for backup. A bunch of people show up. They finally get the money off of him and he runs. Those two go after him, and the other ones are after him now too. They get him and the pachinko police strike again. Sketch over. Time for more decapon, man. He's an anime censorship prison. I thought that was very funny. I was like, oh, that's good. That's a good fit. So he goes out into the prison yard, and some guys are beating up the little bald guy. And he's like, why are you guys beating him up? And they're like, oh, he threw our ball over the fence. So Decapon Man reaches into his pants and pulls out a ball. Joke is that he gave him one of his balls and then he gets shot in the head again. We see the sex tub next.
Sketch.
Sketch over.
Rabbit.
I have to make sure you guys know that that sketch is over. These are not seamless. So we see the sex tuplets trying to sleep. I think it's koro matsu. He has to wake up early. And he's sleeping next to toto matsu, who's moving around a bunch in his sleep. So he yells at him. And then he gets in trouble for being loud. And then they all try to go back to sleep again. And then he's getting punched by the brother on the other side of him. So he pushes him out of bed. But then he just leaps back on top of him. So he turns the light on and he's like, I have to get up early. I'm going nuts. Whoever makes noise next, I'm going to fucking murder. And he ties up the brother who was kicking. Then one of them asks him to go to the bathroom with him. They come back and the other brothers are wrestling for some reason. So they all get back in bed. One of them toots. He opens up the window real fast because it's smelly. Now one of them is snoring. Who is it? He plugs all of their noses, but they're still snoring. Sketch over.
Done. Moving on.
Yeah. Stop thinking about this. It only exists in the past. This one is called Secret fishing. One of the brothers is on a boat with another character, and it looks like they're about to do some very nefarious fishing in the middle of the ocean. And then they get abducted by aliens, and that's it. Sketch over.
Done. Moving on.
We get deck upon man again. He's getting out of jail. They tell him to stop taking things out of his pants. He's walking down the street when the same girl stops him saying she's hungry and cold. And he's like, there's nothing I can do. I'm not allowed to take stuff out of my pants anymore. But then he thinks about it, and he's like, here. And then he takes off his pants and says, you can wear these since you're cold. And then he gets shot back to anime censorship prison with him.
Sketch.
Sketch over. Then I don't even remember his name now. I called him the waluigi guy, the.
Guy with the purple suit.
He's in his house brushing his teeth. When the brothers show up in costumes, they're trick or treating, and he's like, oh, is it Halloween? I don't have any candy. And then they just keep saying it. He's like, okay, 1 second. And then he just gives them a bunch of random snacks and sweets. He turns around and goes back inside, and they're just robbing him, chanting trick.
Or treat the whole time as you do.
Yes. Sketch over. Now they're at a bathhouse. They're doing a quiz show. If this brother wins, he gets a coffee milk. I'll spare you the details. It is a penis guessing competition. Some casual racist stereotypes where the punchline is, of course. How dare you be racist. Yeah. He's just guessing which penis is whose, and that's the whole thing. And then it's over, and that's the end of the episode. Is the penis guessing game the real.
Meat and the potatoes without a penis going out strong?
Yeah. That's osamatsu, son.
What a descent.
Truly a descent into madness.
What a delusion to just depravity. Yeah. Are we there yet? I'm not really sure what happens. I kind of felt like a fever dream.
I had a good time watching it. Like I said, it made me laugh. Like, I thought a lot of it was funny. Like, even the crude stuff is like, it'll come on. And the weird racist stuff, you're just.
Like, yeah, but it's quick enough where it just moves on real fast and say, let's not think about that, all right? And it bombarded with so much information, it kind of forces other stuff out.
Yeah, but when the jokes are good, they're pretty good.
Yeah. I felt really strongly like this was a very good pilot for an unnecessary reboot, if that makes sense. I felt like just having the central question be like, how do we even do this? I felt like that was such a good way to reintroduce it because so many reboots will be like, hey, we're going to strongly and boldly make one choice that is going to be hit or miss with the audience, but we already committed to it. But jumping into the first episode to be like, I don't know, should we try this? Is this what you want?
Tell us what you want.
This doesn't feel right. I don't know. Let's just get all the modern tropes that you want us to do out of the way so we don't need to do them. So I felt like this was a good introduction. It did really hit on that animaniacs sort of feeling of like, yeah, we are more self aware than other fourth wall breaking anime, but we are also genuinely funny. But yeah, the further in we got, the more chaotic it felt. I felt like they were able to do fine with a single or even just like episode two was essentially two different narratives. I felt like they did that well and could sustain it, but then they went back to just like sketch format and I was like, okay, this isn't really what I'm into. This isn't what you sold me on on the first two episodes. So yeah, it is funny, but I don't know, not for me.
Yeah, I'm curious if it continues to be like episode three where it's just like sketch, sketch, sketch, sketch, sketch, or if it will change it up between and like, hey, we're going to focus on Koromatsu for two thirds of this episode or something. Like have some degree of an ongoing plot and then sketch, get sketch in between. Because that wouldn't make sense for me because there are three six three, the three dived in space. We thought that was permanent. They are canonically dead now. But no, that would make sense of like, yeah, you got like because there's three seasons of this and it's like 13 episodes of season or something. So they clearly got material, they got more stuff. But that kind of wouldn't make sense to me, pacing wise of like, yeah, we had osama two kind of the primary focus on episode two. We can do that with all the brothers on each of their own episodes, but we can just space them out between all the sketchy episodes.
Yeah, I really like the style too. Like in the first episode when we see them in their original style in black and white, cut to the modern adaptation of the original ish style. I think it's super well done. Like the way they're animated more smoothly, but they stay true to the original design. I'm really into that. I think it looks good.
Yeah, it reminded me a lot of kind of the modern mickey Mouse shorts that are happening. It's bad that they don't have a better title than just the mickey Mouse shorts from 2013 to 2017. There's no easy title to search them, but it's very reminiscent of it. mickey Mouse has the, like, design of steamboat Willie. mickey Mouse, like, the old school design, but it's done in a very manic, colorful, chaotic sense of humor that is very reminiscent of this. Or rather Osumatisan is, or making us as reminiscent of osamasis. So, yeah, it kind of works. And for both theories, I enjoy it. It's cool scene because we don't get a ton of, like, regular characters. Right? It's primarily the brothers and then the old school sidekick characters that are in the series. We don't see, like we don't see it's not like, sonic, where we see them next to a photorealistic picture of a person. Like, wow, this is jarring. So we don't have a lot of compared to but the style does work. It's funny.
Yeah. I almost wish there was something like that, though, where it's like Mario in New Dark City.
Wait a minute. Are you normal? What's happening here?
Why are you 2ft tall?
But I do like and I think it was episode two when Core Matsuchang goes to the idol concert with a cat girl. She's like, her design is like a cat girl. She's just singing breeds of cats for her song. It's not an actual song. It's just, like, Scottish fold, munchkin, long haired American. It's like, that's good stuff. Good stuff. Still put more effort in me.
It has some very delightful bits.
Yeah, I've enjoyed it. Once again, it's one of those kind of palate, cleanser sort of animals. But it's for comedy where it's like, I don't know if I would sit down and binge this whole thing, but if you give me, like, an episode, maybe every few days or once a week, yeah, I'd be fine with that.
Yeah, an episodic thing, not a binge thing. Watch a very heavy anime and then be like, okay, mentally, I got to watch one of these, and then I can go about my time. Yeah, I don't need to think about insert character death yet.
Watch some odd taxi, take a break. Watch the most amasses on don't think for a while. Get some bags on tag.
Perfect.
There you go. It's a nice meal. Wait, so are we 30? It was very middleing answer of, like, yeah, it's all right, it's good, but.
I enjoyed my time with it. I will not continue.
Okay. We got a definitive answer, though. I had a feeling this might be a shorter absence, so I tried to think of some kind of game or something we could do. I got nothing. Because twins are inherently a visual thing and this is not a visual medium. So I had trouble coming up with any idea?
Well, that's okay. We've pretty much made it.
Yeah, we're close enough. Our episodes have been trending shorter and shorter as we get better at condensing shows. So, yeah, I'm fine with that. But, yeah. So what short episode are we watching next? Week we have a recommendation from Victoria kodak. This is a show. I did not recognize the title. I looked it up and went, oh, from the TikTok. So that's my entire frame of reference.
Oh, no.
So we are watching non, non biori.
Okay, hold on.
I'm old. I don't have TikTok. I don't know what this is. It's fine.
The main theme has a popular sound.
Got you.
Yeah, that's all the info I got. So not much to speculate on, but it seems like it has some chill vibes. Some girl out in the country just living life, so it seems like a chill slice of life. We'll see. If there's a show you would like us to watch, you can send your recommendations to us. Our email is arweebarriet@gmail.com, or you can reach out to us on Twitter or Instagram at arweedveriet on both. You can find me on Twitter and Instagram at mrpatrick. dugan and listen to various other things I do. There's too much watch now.
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