Dagashi Kashi 40

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第
40th Sweet: Baby Star Ramen

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Dagashi Kashi

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012:

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Sorry, Kokonotsu...
I really wanted to tell you sooner...

父
I'm...

ユ
trying to make a living as a YouTueber...
[TL note: typo on purpose, see the YOUTuebe logo on page 18]

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...

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Let's go a few minutes back in time...

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コ
Kokonotsu had woken up in the middle of the night.

水
I'm thirsty...

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Hmm...

ん
Huh?
Is pops still up...?

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~
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誰
Is he talking with someone...? Maybe he's on the phone...

電
Hmm?

い
Hiiii!
And welcome to a new episode!

つ
And, wow! it's already the tenth episode!
Time sure flies!

じ
Okay, so let's get started!

い
No...
He's...!!

「
Welcome to "You's Dagashi Channel"!

今
Alright, so today's dagashi is... "Baby Star Ramen"!

ユ
He's one of those YouTuebers who upload videos in which they review sweets!!

食
Right, so that's what I'm going to review today!

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親
Pooooops!!

え
Huh?! What?! Kokonotsu, what are you doing up this late?!

こ
That's exactly what I wanted to ask you!!

今
Back to the present.

正
That was a real shock.
I can't believe my own father's a YouTueber...

う
Ugh... Well, you see...
I thought it might help us earn a little something...

有
I heard that the most famous YouTuebers earn up to twenty million yens a year
and their videos are watched ten thousand times every day! Isn't it amazing?!

父
And how many times do your videos get watched?

１
About 13 times...
In total.

才
You're not made for it! Stop right now!!

じ
Th-Then, since I was going to shoot a video right now, can you tell me what I'm doing wrong?

む
Hmm...
Well, I don't really mind...

だ
Welcome to You's Dagashi Channel!

そ
Are you gonna start again from the beginning...?

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今
The dagashi I'm going to tell you about today is: the Baby Star Ramen!

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Oyatsu Company

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Baby Star Ramen

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Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby Star

チ
Chicken

ベ
Huge

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Baby-chan

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Bath Towel

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Ta-da-dah!

題
His choice of dagashi looks good...
K

言
As you all know, it's a dagashi inspired by ramen! I'm sure all of you have had some, at least once.

こ
It was... erm...

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*glimpse*

カ
cheat sheet

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created in 1959! Wow...! This one's an old-timer...

こ
It was still called "Baby Ramen" at the time! Oooh...!

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...

P
Chirp!! Chirp!!

う
Well, my dagashi store is even older than that, though!

じ
Alright, so let's start the tasting.

む
*nom* *nom*

う
Hmm! It's good! Like... really good!

い
It's great! The... taste! It's like... erm... tasty!

食
The texture... and the taste...

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下
You completely suck at thiiiis!!!

え
Huh?!

な
Are you even trying?! H-How can you suck so much?! There are so many things you could say here! It's the "Baby Star", damn it!!

う
G-Ghh...

例
For example... You could have said it was born from the production of instant ramen!

そ
That's right! Ain't I awesome?

そ
Oh, you mean how it's made from the noodle scraps the workers were given as snacks, and which they really loved...?

ワ
Woo-hoo!

お
It's snack time!

バ
*crack*

そ
Yeah, that.

す
Isn't it amazing?!

そ
It has such an unexpected history... You could even say its existence itself is an accident... That's part of its identity as a dagashi!

た
Y-You're right...

あ
And this character, everyone knows about him!

あ
Ah, Ba-chan...

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こ
There's actually two characters! A boy called Ba-chan and a girl called By-chan,
and their mother is a designer! You could have said that!

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Mother
Conceptual drawing

ベ
That the clothes they wear are cosplays designed by their mother...! Or that these clothes change with the flavor...!

カ
Kung-fu cosplay
"Utsunomiya's Gyoza Senbei"
[TL note: utsunomiya is a japanese city that is famous for its gyoza]

道
Dosanko cosplay
[TL note: "dosanko" is the name of a horse breed from hokkaido, and also a nickname for people from hokkaido]
"Sapporo's Miso Ramen"

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Marine cosplay
"Salt Ramen"

マ
Maharajah cosplay
"Curry Ramen"

あ
Oh, yeah! Now that you say it...!

知
If you know about it, then talk about it!!!

せ
You know more than the average guy, so use that knowledge! Do you think people want to watch videos in which all you say is "it's good"?!

だ
B-But basically all other videos are like that...

や
If you're gonna do it, then be serious about it! You're trying to live off it, right?!

ジ
still on

ベ
The "star" in "Baby Star" is...

子
the expression of the desire to become a star...

ス
I'm a star!

一
to become the number one star of children's snacks!

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018:

こ
This was the first episode of "You's Dagashi Channel" to ever reach a hundred views.

一
...to become the number one star...

ヨ
You's Dagashi Channel - Episode 10

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There were even a few discussions about it among dagashi enthusiasts.

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...

い
Was the camera on all the time...?

ア
I saw your movie!

な
I think it was really nice!

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と
It got Hotaru's approval.