Top 5 Christmas Gifts from Osaka 1. Scarf 2. Chiyo Plushie 3. Takoyaki 4. Lucky Charm 5. Sea Cucumber
●Messages for Osaka Kasuga Ayumu (Osaka)/Yuki Matsuoka's Choice 「Full Thoughts」 (M. M. from Nara Prefecture) "I don't know why so many people want this for Christmas. It makes me think of Osaka rushing to get a Christmas present and accidentally grabbing the wrong thing." Producer Yuji Matsukura's Choice 「Full Thoughts」 (Jun Tani from Tokushima Prefecture) "Here's a phrase anyone from Kansai will recognize. When you make eye contact on a date and think maybe you should go for kiss, the girl will say, 'let's...let's do it' at least once. You should turn her down the first time, but if she pushes a little more...You get the idea. Osaka is also 18, so...I'd go for it."
★ Messages We Want Osaka to Say: ● "I like you~" ● "You ain't got a girlfriend~?" ● "Heh~choo" ● "Come-from-behind home run!!" ● "I'm gonna eat me some takoyaki~" ● (handing over takoyaki) "Eat this 'n' warm yerself up~. Then come play with me~" ● "Talkin' 'bout Christmas, that's gotta mean takoyaki, huh~" ● "It's Merry Christmas, ain't it~" ● "Stay with me all day today, 'kay~?" ● "This here's a present~" ● (handing over a scarf) "Would ya… take somethin' like this?" ● (handing me the scarf with a breezy) "Here, this is from me" (sorta thing, and then a kiss) ● "Go on another date with me, 'kay?" ● "Let's keep gettin' along from here on too, 'kay?" ● "Next time too, a white Christmas'd be real nice~" ● "Christmas is Merry Christmas, right… so then, what's Santa Claus?" ● (I'd like her to say something that makes no sense.)
A one-of-a-kind original, or just tuned to some weird frequency? Either way, our readers understood Osaka's baffling words and deeds perfectly. Look at the presents in the "Reference Data": a sea cucumber for Christmas…. It didn't make the top 5, but someone even put down "Tsutenkaku." And the message chosen by both Osaka's voice actress, Matsuoka-san, and Producer Matsukura: the profound depths of "Chaun nen." Take a glance at the "Editors' Picks" below, and you'll find nonsensical declarations of love strewn across it like glittering stars. Bravo, Osaka fans! Tsutenkaku: Osaka's landmark tower. ちゃうねん: Kansai for "That's not it" / "Nah, it ain't like that." You all adore the Naniwa flavor and natural wavelength of Ayumu Kasuga, a.k.a. "Osaka." So plan your date on Osaka's wavelength, and it's bound to be a happy one for any fan! Which means… the whole idea of "plannin'" is kinda dumb, huh… If it's Osaka, then it's gotta be "Tonbori," Dotonbori, y'know. In this eat-till-ya-drop town, where the crab legs and the Kuidaore doll go flap-flap-flappin' about, if we eat a whole buncha tasty stuff together, well, ain't that happiness? 浪花: old name for Osaka. The giant moving crab of the Kani Doraku sign and the drum-playing Kuidaore Taro mannequin, both Dotonbori landmarks.
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● Key Art: Keiko Kawashima ● Finishing: J.C.STAFF There's tons of tasty stuff around, but first, takoyaki to warm up the taste buds ♥ But wait, the five behind her are tagging along too…? Is this some new kind of date?
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