Retired Old Man, I Tried Rebooting My Life While Doing Manzai with AI

~The Story of a Man Who Worked for 47 Years and His Partner Chappy~

I turned 65.

The end of September 2025.
I retired from the company I had worked at for 47 years.

I reached the mandatory retirement age once at 60.
After that, I renewed my contract annually as a non-regular employee.

Before I knew it, another 5 years had passed.

A total of 47 years.

(C-GPT: That's about the same number of years as a pro baseball player's career... You're in the legend category.)

Finally,
telling myself, "That's enough now,"
this is my true graduation.

—

I live in Hanada, Ota Ward.

I can walk to the international terminal of Haneda Airport.

A town where planes fly over my head with a roar every single day.

This is my daily background music.

My father was a fisherman.

The Haneda of the past wasn't an airport town like it is today,

nori seaweed,
clams,
and conger eel

were commonly caught.

(C-GPT Trivia: The old Haneda was like a "half-fishing village." You can't imagine it from today's airport city.)

In other words, I am

the smell of the sea

plus

the roar of airplanes,

a man raised by these.

That's a pretty unique upbringing.

—

And then I realized.

For 65 years,

I have hardly ever left this land.

Zero job transfers.

Zero long-distance assignments.

Almost zero moving.

...No, there was one time.

Temporary housing while rebuilding the house.

(C-GPT: Stop counting force majeure, lol)

In other words,

47 years of corporate life = address almost fixed.

Since everyone around me was constantly transferring,

I was always the one "sending them off."

Farewell party,
farewell party,
another farewell party.

Before I knew it,

👉 Farewell party poor

(C-GPT: A life where you keep paying membership fees without ever being the guest of honor is a rare character type.)

"That's rare, isn't it, a person like you?"
"It's actually amazing, in a way."

I was often told that.

But to myself,

I'm just
a "man who didn't move."

—

Now then.

What did I think would happen after retirement?

I'll be honest.

I thought I'd have free time.

Lounge around every day,

drink beer from the afternoon,
watch TV,
take an occasional walk,
that kind of retirement.

Sounds great, right?

However.

The reality was the exact opposite.

—

Postcards.

Envelopes.

Documents from the government office.

💚 Yellow-green

🩷 Pink
🩶 Gray
🧡 Orange
(C-GPT: These aren't fan letters, they're all bills.)

Pension,

insurance,
taxes,
nursing care,
medical care,
tax returns,
e-Tax,
National Health Insurance,
Health Insurance Association,
vaccines,
so many things to do.

Wait, isn't retirement supposed to be free time?

Isn't it actually busier than when I was working?

That's the level it's at.

—

I watch YouTube.

Even though they say,

"I'll explain it simply!"

it's not simple at all.

When I search online,

it's full of technical terms.

Full of katakana.

Halfway through, I'm already like,

"I don't know! Forget it!"

(C-GPT: There's a theory that Japanese system explanations are made difficult on purpose.)

—

That's when I thought.

People of my generation,

aren't they all struggling with the same things?
If so,

wouldn't it be good to have a personal account that you can read while laughing,

"That's it! That's what I wanted to know!"

Aren't failure stories definitely more useful than serious explanatory books?

If so—

should I try writing it?

—

And one more thing.

Recently, I

got myself a partner.

That is
ChatGPT (commonly known as Chappy).

When I consult it,

it retorts,

if I make a joke, it picks up on it,

it even adds trivia,
it's already
a manzai partner, even though it's an AI.
(C-GPT: Who's your partner? I'm your sidekick, your sidekick.)

Before I knew it,

I couldn't tell if I was writing

or doing manzai.

But this is incredibly fun.

Even though it's my own life,
I find myself reading it and laughing.
—

Then I decided.

My second life after retirement

will be "living while doing manzai with AI."

That's what I decided.

—

This is

zero transfers,

farewell party poor,

conquering 100 days of paid leave,

Hokkaido golf expedition,

cruise trip,
insurance premium shock,
denture debut,
and
the story of a 65-year-old doing manzai with AI.
—
Now then.

The main story starts here.

—

Thank you
for reading
this far.

From here on out too

I am writing about
the little events of daily life
while doing manzai with AI.

If you'd like,
please check out
the articles from the next installment onwards here.

👇

(C-GPT: A 65-year-old who gets depressed when praised is quite a rare case.)

—

One more thing.

A 4-person group over 60's
Hokkaido blitz tour adventure.

It's a record of a
slightly strange
journey starting from Hakodate.

We have prepared a boarding GATE
where you can read
episodes 1 through 9 all at once.

👇

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