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[COSTCO SUBS PRESENTS]
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[Interview with a new member]
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My name is Kaori Watanabe.
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I'm an illustrator.
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I'm 28 now.
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[WORKING AS AN ILLUSTRATOR]
My work is mostly fashion-related,
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so I mainly draw people
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and also clothing, of course,
like fashion projects and such.
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I do illustrations for magazines,
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I go to events and draw portraits,
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and I also collaborate with brands.
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[YOUR WAY TO BECOMING AN ILLUSTRATOR]
When I was an employee at a company,
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I used to draw on the side
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and share my drawings
on social media.
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I gradually started getting job offers
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and before I knew it I'd
become an illustrator.
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When you have a second job,
you have stability,
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but you can still do what you like to do.
I was glad I could do both, but...
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I just wanted people to know
that I was being serious about it.
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I didn't want them to think that
I'm just doing it on the side.
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I wanted to focus 100% on my
work as an illustrator
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and let people know that
this is what I want to do.
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I gradually came to think like this
and got more motivated.
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And when my work as an illustrator
started paying me enough to get by,
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I decided to become independent.
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[YOUR REASON FOR MOVING INTO TH]
For me to be starting out now
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as an illustrator is pretty late,
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which is because I'd been
working at a company before that.
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I'm 28 now.
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Most people I know are getting
married and having kids,
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and they've all settled down.
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Part of me really admires that, but...
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I still want to give it my best for a while,
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but at the same time I've been telling
myself that it may be too late for that.
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That's when I thought...
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Terrace House is a show where people who
have dreams and goals all live together
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And I wanted to put myself
in a place like that.
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[ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE]
I was in a relationship until the end of last year.
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I've gradually gotten over him.
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But up until then...
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I've always had goals like
"I want to study abroad" or
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"I want to go to this university"
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I thought that if I got a boyfriend,
I'd probably get lazy.
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Well, I'd go on dates and there were
some people I was interested in, but...
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I've only had two relationships.
One when I was at university
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and the other after I'd started
working at my company
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and shortly before I started
doing freelance work.
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I went out for quite some time
with both of them.
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[WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE]
I have two patterns.
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One is, I'll fall in love instantly
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and I can't see anything and I can't think
about anything except that person.
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Which is pretty crazy, kind of dangerous.
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The other one is, while chatting
I kind of start thinking,
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"I may really like this guy..."
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Those are my two patterns.
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But either way there are times
when I can't think straight anymore.
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Which isn't good.
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[WHAT'S YOUR TYPE?]
I usually don't start liking someone
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because of their looks.
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But of course I like good-looking guys.
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I do like people who do creative work.
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But... You know...
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It's great if they're trustworthy, too.
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If I think about what kind of people
I've been interested in so far...
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I think most guys who were in sports
clubs at school are good guys.
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Whether it was friends of mine
or someone I liked,
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I've always had a good impression of them.
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I really like people like that.
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I like the jock types.
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[Translated & Timed by MrsChap]
[Reviewed by koma]