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this man is so good at japanese he should come to english to teach japan

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a salaryman

"God laughs and hits the reset button" I lost it there XD

I want a feature length movie but it's just Dogen doing this kind of storytelling.

I love how the way he talks to Mrs. Japan is exactly the kind of dialogue he was trying to avoid with the 親父s.

I love the part where, in a split second, he's projecting this complex backstory on someone as he's boarding the plane... and then "Have a good flight."

This is like masterpiece level work. In a fair world, this would be your most viewed video. It's so good. I know this probably took way more work than most other videos and that the stats and feedback won't reflect that, but honestly, I really really loved this.

"...aaaaand that's how I met your m..." Guess we'll get yet another season then!

And that, kids, is how I learned from a KZfaqr that I shouldn't teach English in Japan

I once had an approximately 5,000-year-old man chat me up on a bus by saying that since I was white I must really want to discuss the works of Hemingway with him. Kind of a surreal bus ride.

"... and that's why officer, I beat him with my food tray"

Some people seem to be misunderstanding that the title "Uncle Magnet" means that Dogen is an uncle magnet (he only attracts uncles to talk to him). This end makes that even more obvious since he finally can talk to a girl but then gets Sapporo belly for eleven hours instead. If this journey really did happen to you I'm very sorry Dogen.

Your "old man" Japanese is so on point it's scary. I can tell who you've been afflicted by the most 😂😂😂

This was nothing short of magnificent. I don't know how difficult it was to record and edit but I was entranced for the full duration and really hope for more of these!

Poor uncle magnet he could've ended up in a relationship if there weren't so many shiny head balding salary men trying to learn English. But now I'm beginning to realize that maybe that emiko is in a similar position to mr uncle magnet but instead she gets foreigners lol.

文章力がもう日本人の平均をはるかに超えてるんよ…

聴いているだけで情景が思い浮かんでいく…😌

電車が眠そうな高校生を吐き出す。と、 横綱を押し出したの表現がすごい好きwwwww日本の外国人さんたちを見る日本人の目つき本当やばいwwwごめんね🙏

すげえ面白かった！ミス日本が現れたときはやっと報われたんだと僕も思わず共感しました 落ちも最高に面白かったしこれもう落語ですよ...ものすごい日本語の表現力をもって外国人あるあるを言うってすごい新鮮だし 僕はまぁまぁ都会に住んでいるのでこんなことが起こりうるなんて想像もできなくて終始「嘘だろ...?」って感じでした この面白さは多分、日本でも大衆向けに伝わる感じのお笑いだと思いますｗ しかもすごい新しいジャンル「Dogen落語」としてね

From episode 1 to 6 Uncle tells me his whole life story...and I liked it. While repeating some bits cause he's...you know old.

This is easily one of my new favorite videos. I’ve never seen someone describe such a simple thing as “their day” with both the elegance of Japanese and the beauty of American poetry. This story was so vivid I was able to picture the whole thing, absolutely incredible.

すごく本読むの好きなんだなーって思わせる言葉の使い方と、聞いてて飽きない重低音な声がとても良かったです。多分この文章は日本人でも作れない。。。 作るの大変だと思いますがもっとこういうの見たいです！

dogen says ‘Indian’ Me: * crying in Bangladesh *

完全に新作落語の名作だけど、惜しむらくはこれを受け入れる土壌が恐らく極小という悲劇

Me just laughing and reminiscing my uncle experiences in Japan, when suddenly Jokke from Finland appears in to the story. Me "surprised pikachu face".

どれだけ勉強したらこんなに日本語上手くなるのか… あ、偶然なんですが僕も英語を勉強してるんですよ。今度スターバックスでも行きません？

20:22 英語上手ですね

Your story-telling is so good! I really enjoy it. Thanks for the entertainment. And I feel you on being an uncle magnet.

I enjoyed every second. The way you changed your intonation your pace in talking to potray each character. The subtle and unexpected comedic jabs. But what really got me was the ticket girl story of not being able to see Alcatraz, was told so brilliantly that it got me interested in the continuation of her story. Really lovely story telling Please do more

ついつい、最後まで観てしまいました！

I love this so much. I was trying to figure out how to describe this to a friend, but really this is just a really well done modern take on 落語 isn't it? Honestly, I wish there were more people doing this kind of stuff, it's fantastic!

Whoa I just noticed your hair grows throughout the video 😳

For this is the last one I will watch it whole again

とってもおもしろかった、この動画を文字に起こしてそのまま本になってもおかしくないくらいに素敵だった

God I love this channel so much. I've even shown my Japanese friends and coworkers. This might be me today, since my year abroad is over and I'm flying back to London tonight. However it's pandemic o' clock so there shouldn't be many おっさん flying around. Thank you for the amazing content and keep it up

Wow this was wild from the start till the end, especially the last plane scene. I am still in awe of your, what I'd call, "perfect Japanese" because it's so good and your stories are entertaining. Oh how I wish I could just shut up, sit down and study the language properly and for a very long time, but excuses and work make it difficult. Thank you for making this video, it was very entertaining and I look forward to more of your great works.

Holy crap is this dogen, titanium ankles dogen? This is so wild to get recommended

いつまでも聞いていられるほど面白かった

I found you by some fluke and found your voice extremely calming and comforting but I have no experience with Japanese, not really even with Japanese media like anime. You are able to make those who are out of the loop laugh and continue to feel like they are participating in the story, and that is really a testament to your skills as a writer and a comedian. I’ve found a new favorite channel!

I love these narrative videos, they're the best thing about the channel. The strange thing that I appreciate the most in them is the fact that the subtitle translations aren't literal, in fact if you understand both the original narration and the subtitles they kind of tell the same story in different ways, at the same time, which kind of blows my mind.

The comedic timing at 08:55 along with the sudden cut will never stop making me spit out a stage two saliva typhoon laughing. Keep up the *上手* work.

I've been watching this for dozens of times Love your videos

This series has been a really good laugh throughout the weeks. Thank you, Dogen sensei!!

You're an amazing storyteller. I'm glad I discovered your channel.

I didn't know you did videos like this! I enjoyed it so much! Found it enamouring and loved the style and storytelling.

Hi Dogen, this is some fantastic story telling that is somehow also very relatable. Love your style of humour.

I watched every episode and then this full length. I am always amazed about how good is your Japanese. Keep it up!

This video is Just a masterpiece! Can't get tired of watching it! Thanks Dogen 🙌🏾

Your storytelling is amazing and your ability to convey the different characters via voice is just lovely!!

You're a really talented creative writer. I really enjoyed this

I love this! This could have been like the Trains episode (Tokyo vs Inaka) with a few other key sound effects, like the stories that are told over the school announcement system during lunch.

You are so creative and hilarious!!!! Loved this one alot!

You don't have enough subscribers. Underrated channel and content.

I loved every second your story telling is easy to listen to

What a criminally underrated video :( your storytelling skills are amazing, you could seriously make anything sound interesting

The story just vacuumed me in Dogen. Wonderful script, even better voice acting. Usually I would opt for just audio-only, but you made this work really well somehow.

I come back to this video from time to time and just marvel at the story-telling and the humor, all in two languages. It's really something special.

Dogen, I can't tell you how much I loved this, man. Captivating storytelling that made me both jealous and inspired. Just found your channel but I love you, brother. Keep up the great work!

This is one of my favorite YT videos of all time. Please, make more!

唯一無二のコンテンツですね。勉強になります。

Dude, you're amazing man. I thought there was no way I'd be watching more than 2 mins but ended up watching the whole thing and wishing for more. Great job. Superb content. And even better delivery. Subed! Can't wait for more! 😄

Dude you so good you make us other fellas feel happy for the opportunity of getting inspired by your effort in everything you do, your channel is one of the best for sure.

Loved this. Thank you for all your hard work! You're so talented Dogen!^_^

I love this! Plz do more of these😁

Loved this, it’d be great to see more!

I revisit this video every so often, there's so many jokes laced in both the Japanese audio and the English subtitles that you can only get when you understand both. Thank you for giving that something extra to us Japanese/English learners

This video... is a beautiful work of literature written in the form of a youtube video. The reality encompassed, the gradual scenic change followed by the different oji-san for each transit. Subtle scenic descriptions that makes you feel more like Andrew himself than a bystander. Thank you Dogen. It was one of the most enjoyable videos I've watched on youtube 2022. I'm glad I've studied well enough to understand all this when neither English nor Japanese is my native tongue ...tho explaining such would be ironical considering that this is what makes the video so funny

One time back in the 2000s when I was on a stroll through Tokyo I met an older gentleman who wanted to practice English with me. Too polite to say no I said of course and he sat down next to me. His first sentence was "My name is Tanaka and I am four scores and eight years old...". Good pronunciation but the way he spoke sounded very old fashioned. We kept talking for a while and he seemed like a really nice person, but the words he used were archaic and it was quite difficult to understand what he meant sometimes. Suddenly the reason came up. He had never taken any English classes as he had no time from his job selling lottery tickets in a nearby booth, so what he had done was for the last fifteen years was reading an English bible that he received from some missionaries when he was a kid, over and over again. His daughter had helped him from time to time but she eventually moved to Australia or the US (I don't remember which), so he hoped to be table to talk to her when she would come back. I was really impressed, but why he didn't get some English textbooks, consumed English movies or music instead, I have no idea.

How this video doesn’t have a million views is beyond me. Great work as always Dōgen!

This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen! Amazing work!

I'm late but I really loved this. I'm going to share it with my friends this is my favorite video of yours

どーげんさんのこう言うシリーズの動画って凄い小説的で好き

Some of your subtitles are interesting 🤔 compared to the Japanese. Artistic license indeed. I’ll need to listen a few more times, but this is beautiful. Thank you!

yeah honestly dogen I can't say anything other than you're an absolute artist. This was the best thing I've ever watched 0:00 to 23:09 was just an absolute pleasure. I speak as someone who's not the courage to produce or author videos with my own face, let alone my own name. This is what people who create content should strive to achieve, in my humble opinion. This is a beautiful work you've created. Just a joy to take in. Hilarious. I've been subbed for some time but I marvel at you succeeding with a platform that is probably just a delusion of grandeur for most. 100/10. You made my day. Thanks.

This video is pure art. I bet it took so much to make. The story is funny and beautifully narrated. This deserves so much more than 50k views. Also the time to edit and write subtitles, gosh Great, absolutely great.

Beautiful storytelling!

b-but... i shipped えみこちゃん and mr. 安堵龍 :(

Excellent video! Great listening practice and entertaining! That said, I can only imagine what it must feel like to repeatedly have that conversation.

what a masterpiece. I lliterally laughed out loud several times hahaha

Good storytelling is just good storytelling! Dogen you are perfecting your craft. I love it!

Wa! This was really enjoyable! When I first found this channel it was through some short comedy skits. But then I found a video with very helpful Japanese tips, and now a 23 minute story! What other surprises are here? I hope there's more stories like this, I really enjoyed it!

Is it weird that listening to this video as I fall asleep has become my normal routine? Fantastic job Dogen! This is my favorite Original Rakugo performance.

Loved this so much!

a masterpiece. that is some superb storytelling, I was soo into it the whole time. you're great!

2 years later and this is still amazing!!!!!

"I follow an NPC's directions" Ah yes

Dogen your storytelling abilities are amazing. It will become my goal to speak Japanese at this level. I may be in my 50s by then but dear god I’m gonna work at it.

I've been crying with laughter over your videos the last few days (KZfaq has failed me in not recommending them before now), but this is the one that has me wincing over my own experiences traveling alone in Japan, and of course, getting trapped on a plane next to Uncles.

You're not just an excellent comedian, but seriously and genuinely an excellent writer.

Wonderful storytelling. Subscribed! XD

日本語お上手ですね。 何年目になるんですか？ ところでスターバックスは好きですか？ 私も好きなんです。 今度一緒にほうじ茶ラテでも飲みましょう。 実は私も英語を勉強していまして、もしよろしければ私の英語の勉強手伝ってください。 ところで日本に来て何年目になるんですか？ 😂😂😂

Been waiting for the finale :)

What a brilliant video, thanks. :D

Well told, well acted. Very nice

A fun and somewhat ironic story 😆 I love your work Dogen!

"100 impromptu mini-dates with middle aged old mans" AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

What a wonderfully entertaining story. It was really well told and (unfortunately) also very relatable ^^" Anyways fantastic job! You hit the nail right on the head telling the story of many foreigners in Japan :)

i love this video so much bc 1) the dialogue is so *chefs kiss* like the structure (?) for everyone was the same but it also matches the person talking 2) it was so funny when you used the uncles' dialogue when talking to emiko and 3) that narration thing that was similar for the two events before the airplane was very nice

My heart truly goes out to this man.