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Looking back on the five months[br]in <i>Terrace House</i>,

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I feel like I went through an additional [br]growth period after growing up.

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So much that my knee joints hurt.

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[COSTCO SUBS PRESENTS]

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[Interview with a member who's leaving]

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I never used to have [br]a lot of close friends.

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Nobody had really given me their [br]honest opinion on my future before.

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Clients always accepted my work,[br]saying, "That's great."

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But the housemates gave me [br]their straightforward opinions.

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They told me things that I didn’t want to [br]see or hear, things I’d been avoiding.

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It was like going through a growth period.

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[ON THE FIRST DAY][br]My first impression [br]of the original members...

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I thought that Shohei would [br]be much easier to talk to.

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I thought he was just an ordinary person.

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That was my first impression of Shohei.

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Haruka came next.

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You could tell what kind of person [br]she is just by looking at her.

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She's an actress and a model.

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She seemed strong-willed [br]and outspoken.

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But once you get close, [br]she's super sincere.

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So I thought I'd probably come to like her.

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When I first met Kenny,

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I thought I would hardly [br]talk to him until the end.

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Maybe...

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He was wearing his sunglasses [br]on the back of his head.

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Also, he was wearing leopard print...

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He was like-- So I thought we [br]wouldn't become close friends.

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About Risako...

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Actually, I couldn't see her well[br]because Haruka sat between us.

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My first impression was just that [br]she seemed to be a cheerful girl.

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I didn't expect us to get close like that.

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About Ruka...

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If I hadn’t appeared on the show,[br]I might never have met someone like him.

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He’s handsome, and...

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I don't know how to describe him...

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He’s like one of the popular kids [br]in junior high school.[br]

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That was my first impression of Ruka.

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[KENNY: KENJI YOSHIHARA][br]I guess he loves Hawaii, the beach,

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and he's been inspired [br]by that kind of surf spirit.

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He thinks that being more [br]easy-going is very important.

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So,

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It was easy for me to talk to him [br]because he doesn’t judge.

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Initially I thought he was more of a workaholic,

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but he does have a big heart.[br]My impression of him changed a great deal.

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We talked about[br]money, contracts, and whatnot.

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He was very open about these topics,

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while bringing up actual examples.

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He wasn't hesitant to reveal himself.

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It was easy to imagine.

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I realized that we were [br]dealing with similar issues.

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So I could easily open up to him [br]about my future as an artist.

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He’s an artist, but

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he's constantly looking for other lucrative [br]opportunities to expand his work.

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I'd never met someone like that.

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I can't make a living drawing just [br]what I like. That's naive thinking.

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Kenny taught me that other [br]things are important, too.

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[SHOHEI MATSUZAKI][br]I guess he’s a good guy.

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No, I’m sure he is.

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So I wanted to get to know him better.[br]In the beginning...

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I thought he was easy to talk to.

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Sometimes he was really kind to me,

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and sometimes he was in such a bad mood [br]that you’d expect him to go “tsk” at you.

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Well, sometimes it was like [br]he went into switch-off mode.

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So it was tough to live with him.

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I’d wonder, “Which one is it [br]going to be today?”

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If you ask me whether or not [br]I understood him...

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I just took him as he is.

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I’d never met anyone like him, [br]so I couldn’t judge him.

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Now, I sometimes grab a drink with Risako [br]and everyone, and he’s much easier to talk to.

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Initially...

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I thought I wouldn't come to like him.

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Well, I wasn't sure about my feelings.

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I didn't get crazy about him right away.

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[RUKA NISHINOIRI][br]I just thought he wanted to go buy art supplies.

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I thought he just wanted to get to know [br]me as a housemate.

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So I agreed to go with him.

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Then, when he asked me out to dinner [br]at the art supply store,

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I was like, "Oh yeah, let's go!"

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I didn’t expect him to have [br]planned it out as a date.

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I just enjoyed myself.

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For a second I thought he would treat me

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since he took me to the restaurant.

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The thought crossed my mind.

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I was thinking that it'd be strange [br]to wait for him to pay.

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Like, “Wait, he’s eight years [br]younger than you!”

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And then I just went like "It's on me!"

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It's like...

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If he’d just casually paid for me, [br]it would’ve been easy to accept it.

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[ABOUT RUKA'S FEELING FOR YOU][br]Of course it made me happy.

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Since we never talked so much[br]at the house,

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I wondered what made [br]him feel interested in me.

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Honestly, I was more wondering than excited.

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But yeah, I was glad, of course.

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I did get butterflies[br]since he was so cute, but...

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It's like... at the moment,

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I want to be with someone more reliable.

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If I was younger, it would've been fun.

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I have too much on my plate right now.

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[PEPPE: GIUSEPPE DURATO][br]I wasn’t sure how to interact with him[br]since he’s this super cheerful guy.

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Looking at his drawings--

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I'd been feeling down at the time, [br]so there's that.

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His drawings are amazing, plus he came to Japan [br]with such extraordinary determination.

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To be honest, at first I was embarrassed[br]to draw at the house while he was there.

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But as I talked to Peppe,

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I was embarrassed to think that way.

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He finds good in others.

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He praised me, but he also [br]showed me where I needed practice.

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He gives great feedback.

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I hope I’ll be able to talk to him [br]about my worries from time to time.

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[RYO TAWATARI][br]He's a jock kind of guy,

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and he’s come very far playing basketball.

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I said this in my entrance interview too,

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but those who have been [br]trying their best at sports,

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even if they get treated [br]unfairly sometimes,

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they don't become stubborn,

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and they can process it like, [br]"It happens."

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Many jocks are nice, [br]so I like those kinds of people.

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To be honest, I wanted to talk to Ryo more,

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I wish he had moved in earlier... [br]How should I put it--

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I wanted to spend more time with him.

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At the beginning of the show,[br]if he'd been one of the housemates,

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I’m sure he’d been the first one [br]I would’ve gone out to eat with.

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He was really a nice guy.

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He immediately fit in with [br]everyone just like that,

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and I could be myself around him.

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I felt comfortable around him.

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That's what I thought.

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Now, if Ryo and anyone out of the other [br]housemates had been there in the beginning,

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Ryo would’ve been the first person[br]I would’ve wanted to go out with.

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[RISAKO TANABE][br]Risako is... Hmm...

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She says what's on her mind.

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No matter what you say, [br]she doesn't get angry--

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Well, she might get angry.

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At first, I was worried [br]about living with her,

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since she's so young and energetic.

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But she was totally different from[br]my first impression of her.

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I'd never been friends with [br]someone like Risako.

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So I was anxious about what [br]it'd be like, since she's so young.

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But once we started living together,[br]I could see that she’s very polite.

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I realized I like people who play sports.

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I really like Risako.

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I could talk to her about anything.

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[HARUKA OKUYAMA][br]I wondered if she'd try to entertain us.

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or if she'd consider that kind of thing...

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I'm exaggerating a bit, [br]but I wondered if she'd burst into tears...

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Because I don't know any actresses.

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At first I was bracing myself against her,

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but she was like...

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Before bedtime, even off-screen,[br]she’d be like, “Kenny is kind of attractive!”

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I realized that’s just her being herself.

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As time went by--

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She's easy to read.

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When she was down, sometimes she’d [br]just decide to stop thinking about it

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and started playing with her phone…[br]I really came to like her.

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At first, I didn't know how to interact with her,

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but I got to know that [br]that's her true color.

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I’ve come to like her a lot and I’ve been [br]able to open up to her more and more.

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Although it took us some time [br]to get close,

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Hmmm… I think I made a really good friend.[br]I mean Haruka.

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I'm sure she'll point out a lot of things [br]even now after I moved out.

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Like, "You've been slacking off lately, [br]haven't you?"

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I believe so.

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Haruka said that she couldn't have[br]a heart-to-heart talk with me.

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That reminded me of [br]my attitude toward illustration.

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I've been drawing what people like,

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based on other people's preferences.

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I figured my personality is like that, too.

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So others might have a hard time [br]getting to know me better.

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Also, I sometimes refrain from speaking[br]my mind and step back.

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I feel like Haruka removed the idea[br]from my mind.

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[CAREER PROSPECTS][br]Actually, I’ve been holding an art exhibition every year,

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but this was the first time [br]I held one in a gallery.

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So I needed to get it together.

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Because a lot of people would [br]come to see my drawings,[br]

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people who knew me from <i>Terrace House</i>, [br]and other people, too.

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I was under a lot of pressure [br]to make it a success.

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I made a lot of new acquaintances, and I was [br]really happy that so many people came.[br]

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I got really tough [br]thanks to <i>Terrace House</i>.

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I want to live up to the name recognition I got from [br]<i>Terrace House</i> and go beyond that.

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I really want to show [br]everyone what I’m made of.

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I've changed through <i>Terrace House.</i>

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I've been unsure until now, [br]especially when I just moved in.

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But now...

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I'll do my best not to be known just as[br]<i>someone who appeared on Terrace House</i>.

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[Translated and Timed by koma][br][Reviewed by mrschap]