I had such a great time.
The whole time I was living there, I just had a ton of fun.
There's nothing left that I would've wanted to do.
I guess you could say no one enjoyed their life there as much as I did.
[COSTCO SUBS PRESENTS]
[Interview with a member who's leaving]
I was living in a share house before joining.
We did have a living room,
but everyone had their own rooms.
So you could just shut yourself in your room if you felt like it.
But at Terrace House,
you'll always meet someone.
I really enjoyed talking and eating with the others,
and just spending time together.
[EVERYDAY LIFE AT TH] Ruka always set the A/C way too low.
I don't usually turn on the A/C when sleeping even during summer time.
That was rough. It got me run down.
And also...
I'd definitely been drinking too much,
which I realized after leaving the house.
I'd been drinking like crazy.
So I guess I was sort of run down the whole time.
A few factors played into that.
[ABOUT RUKA NISHINOIRI]
Ruka... He's twenty, right.
You know what that means. Like, "Twenty? That's young."
So I was always thinking of what I used to be like when I was twenty.
Thinking of it that way,
it made me realize how attentive he is.
He really listens to what people tell him. I thought that was very diligent of him.
When I was twenty, I wouldn't listen to anyone.
I'd take the piss out of my seniors at school,
I guess I... didn't know what respect meant.
I don't know if Ruka is mature
or just innocent---
I don't know, but he really listens to what people tell him.
He's very gentle, isn't he?
He treats people gently.
I think that's a great quality.
He talks nonsense from time to time.
But...
It's not the kind of nonsense that bothers you.
[ABOUT KENJI YOSHIHARA] Kenny...
To be honest, I relied on him a lot when we were living together.
It's like...
Since I relied so much on him--
He was the oldest of us.
I feel like I forced him to play the role of the eldest.
I'm sorry for that.
But his presence made life easier for me.
I'm like... You know...
Playing the role of the oldest and taking care of everyone, that's not my thing.
I'm no good at that, so Kenny did all that by himself.
Especially when it comes to the guys' room.
He acted as a peacemaker.
[ABOUT KAORI WATANABE] With Kaori,
it was something like love at first sight...
Not that I fell in love with her at first sight.
I didn't fall for any of the girls when I met them for the first time.
But I was extremely interested in her.
Whether that was because I saw her as a romantic interest,
or because we work in similar fields--
I felt that we'd enjoy doing similar things
and that we had a similar way of looking at things.
So I wanted to get to know her better.
She didn't talk much on the first day.
I was curious what she was thinking.
I think she's very pretty.
So I guess I... was into her.
I thought she was very cute. That's how I felt for some time.
And then I started thinking that I might be falling for her.
Whenever we met each other in the house--
I got nervous whenever she happened to be in the living room.
I was acting differently around her.
It's not like there was anything in particular that made me feel that way.
It just slowly progressed.
And then it slowly faded again.
[ABOUT HARUKA OKUYAMA] Haruka...
Haruka was-- she never minced her words,
so I felt we were kind of similar as well.
Being around her was easy.
We could-- I wonder...
Well, there were also a few arguments.
But she doesn't hold grudges.
I guess...
She's the kind of person who thinks it's normal to exchange opinions with others.
I'm that kind of person, too.
So that made it really easy. And--
Well, I thought she was cute, but...
I guess she was more of a little sister to me.
That kind of cute. Like, adorable.
She seems to take herself and others very seriously.
She's always serious about everything.
I found that side of her very cute.
It never developed into anything romantic though.
I didn't develop feelings for her.
I don't think I'm her type, for that matter.
Probably not.
[YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT WORK] I like to debate pros and cons.
So... That was a great experience.
But one thing I want to say is that
I don't look down on people who pursue only one thing.
There's a whole bunch of people like that whom I really admire.
What I'm criticizing is a society that only accepts people who pursue one thing.
The way I said it was a bit too harsh,
so I'm probably half responsible for the fact that I was misunderstood.
But the other half of the responsibility is on those who don't listen properly.
Just read the subtitles.
Everybody has strengths and weaknesses.
There are people who can demonstrate their abilities best by doing just one thing.
But there are also those who can demonstrate their abilities by doing various things.
It just depends on your preference.
I think either way is fine.
Either way, I don't think you need to categorize.
I wish they'd gotten my point there.
Of course the way I said it was too harsh, but
I think that this is a very important issue for our time.
[YOUR LIFE AFTER LEAVING THE SHOW] Since I appeared on Terrace House
I think I'll start to get more jobs.
And I'm determined to give my best performance.
I want to--
I'm doing a lot of different things,
but I need to show that I can get things done.
Since I said all of that stuff--
If I don't accomplish all of these things,
nobody is going to accept this kind of outlook on work.
Since luckily I'm getting a lot of attention right now.
So I guess for each job that I get I need to give my absolute best.
Apart from that, I really miss Taiwan.
I'm going to focus on work for a while,
and then I'd like to establish two bases for myself.
I'd like to go back and forth.
I want to build up some stamina.
Once I have enough stamina, enough money and some time,
I want to go to Taiwan and work there, come back to Tokyo and work here...
It'd be great if I regularly got the chance to do that.
I also want to... be close to where my friends are.
So that means I have to go to many different places to meet them.
That's what I'd like to do.
[Translated & Timed by mrschap] [Reviewed by koma]