【New resident interview 13】Johnkimverlu Tupas: "There's one member I'm interested in, I admire ***."

[COSTCO SUBS PRESENTS]

[Interview with a new member]

My name is Johnkimverlu Tupas
and I'm 22 years old.

I'm Lily Franky's personal assistant.

I was born in the Philippines

and I moved to Aichi prefecture
in Japan when I was eight.

I attended a Japanese school

and I still live here.

[WORKING AS A PERSONAL ASSISTANT]
My work mainly includes

chauffeuring Mr. Lily for work
as well as private engagements.

I'm also with him when he works.

When he's working,
I'm in the waiting room.

I'm always on stand-by.

And since people notice me when I work,

I need to take special care of my
appearance, my manners and etiquette.

I don't want to harm
Lily Franky's reputation.

So I always bear this in mind.

[YOUR REASON FOR MOVING IN]
Actually, I...

have no idea what exactly I want
to do, or who I want to be.

Through Terrace House, I'd like to...

see different lifestyles and
live together with different people

and I hope this experience will
serve me as an inspiration.

[WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO?]
All this time, I've only lived with my mother

and my younger brother here in Japan.

So I'm just interested to know what
it's like to live together with others.

All the people I know here
I met through Mr. Lily.

So I'd like to make
some friends on my own, and...

Since I moved to Tokyo, this is
my first opportunity to do this.

So that's what I look forward to.

Forging relationships with other people.

[SHARING A HOUSE WITH WOMEN]
Usually, if you go on a date...

you can only get to know that person
during the time you have on your date.

But at Terrace House, you spend
whole days together,

so you get to see everyone's good sides
and also their bad sides.

I look forward to that as well.

I'm also excited to find out
if I'll fall in love with someone.

[YOUR TYPE]
I don't really...

have a type, but...

I do like women who enjoy being women.

Be it fashion, hairstyles, or nails.

I think I like women who enjoy
doing things that only girls can do.

[LOVE TENDENCIES]
At high school, I...

I wasn't exactly a top pick.

I guess I haven't quite figured out
how to talk to girls yet.

When it comes to romance,

I like to be the one to take action.

When I think a girl is cute,
I want to tell her that she's cute.

When I think she's pretty,
I want to tell her she's pretty.

I guess I'm pretty straightforward
with these things.

I want to be romantic,
do romantic things--

Maybe it's because I went
to a technical high school,

where there weren't many girls.

So I don't know the
correct way to act around them.

I guess I have the tendency to...
only focus on what's in front of me.

[ANY MEMBER YOU'RE INTERESTED IN?]
Well, Emika is...

She's pretty, and...

At a technical high school,

she seems like she would've been
the girlfriend of one of the punks.

Maybe 'punk' isn't the correct term--

Well, she seems like she would've
dated one of those top-tier guys.

As a third-rate or
fourth-rate kind of guy,

I admire her in some way.

I'd just like to find out
what kind of person she is.

[Translated & Timed by mrschap]
[Reviewed by goob]