Utamaru x Haru to Hikoki
Hello, I'm a new fan of menhera.
Jokes aside, I wrote in my previous article, "Complaints," that I went to see a movie. What I saw was "Kaiju Yarou!," a local film from Seki City, Gifu Prefecture, that was just released at the end of January. I didn't go to see it to escape reality because of a broken heart. (The fact that my heart calmed down is just a result.)
This movie stars Gunpii from Haru to Hikoki. Just that alone makes me want to see it, but then a post appeared on my timeline saying that Haru to Hikoki would be guests on this week's After 6 Junction 2. After 6 Junction 2 is the radio show I've been listening to the longest since a friend recommended it to me in high school (it was called Tamaful back then), and it's hosted by Utamaru from RHYMESTER.
In a previous article, I mentioned that I became a fan of Haru to Hikoki after listening to the episode where Gunpii appeared on After 6 Junction 2. I like Gunpii's way of talking, so I listened to all of their radio show "Gupigupagupo" on GERA. His partner Tsuchioka is also very funny. This is my personal theory, but radio shows are divided into two types: "those where the casual talk is more interesting radio" and "those where the segments are more interesting radio." Gupigupagupo is definitely the former. Their easy-to-listen-to, slightly vulgar talk seems to have an affinity with After 6 Junction, and I was so happy that they both appeared together.
I figured Utamaru would probably say something about his impressions of "Kaiju Yarou!," so I rushed to see it.
It hadn't been long since its release, but in Kyoto, it was only being shown once a day at one theater.
The movie was super interesting.
Yuka Sugai, who plays the secretary, is incredibly beautiful, and there was a scene that really highlighted that, but I won't say what it is because it might be a spoiler. Also, I learned for the first time that "Pure no Mori," which I often talk about as being too cheap, is a product from Seki City. It definitely fulfills its role as a local film.
The audience was sparse, mostly couples or solo male customers. They all seemed to be fans of Haru to Hikoki, and when Tsuchioka had a brief cameo, it drew laughter.
Back to the radio talk.
Although it wasn't set up as a segment, as I expected, Utamaru talked about his impressions of the movie (100% praise), and Gunpii challenged him on it. For Gunpii, who has been listening to Utamaru's film criticism since the Cinema Hustler days, being praised so unconditionally felt strange, and it was funny to see him flustered, wondering if it was just flattery...!
Tsuchioka has also been listening to Tamaful since he was a college student, and (probably influenced by the OKB (Favorite Ballpoint Pen) 48 General Election) he got excited, saying, "I use a JET STREAM too!," which made me happy too. It was also really exciting to hear Tsuchioka read out the After 6 Junction email address, "utamaru@tbs.co.jp."
There was a segment where they showed off useless knowledge gained from manga, and a segment where they introduced recommended movies, and the movie segment was particularly interesting.
What Gunpii recommended was a live-action film adaptation of Masakazu Ishiguro's manga "Nemurubaka."
Speaking of Masakazu Ishiguro, he is the author of "Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru" and "Getenrou." I only own five manga in paper format, and two of them are by Masakazu Ishiguro. Since he accounts for two-fifths of my manga collection, he must be a very interesting manga artist. By the way, the rest are "Kingdom," "Usogui," and "Yasha." They are all interesting.
Since Gunpii is recommending it, I think I'll watch it.
What Tsuchioka recommended was a horror-comedy from a few years ago called "The Babysitter."
It's a splatter film where the kind babysitter the protagonist boy had a crush on was actually inviting young men and women to the house after he fell asleep to have an orgy... or so it seemed, but she was actually slaughtering them. From what I heard, it reminded me of "The Machine Girl."
It was fresh to hear Tsuchioka introducing the plot and interesting points of the movie to Utamaru, and it was a very fun space.
The previous episode with Gunpii as a guest was also a lot of fun, but having them appear as a duo brought out the atmosphere of Haru to Hikoki, which was even better.
They were reading the parts that Utamaru usually reads, and I listened while thinking how fun it must be for them to appear on their favorite radio show in such a way.
I tend to avoid guest episodes because they are often boring, but when it's people I like, the synergy is amazing.
Thank you for the fun space.
The end!