Based Camp - December 17, 2025


Anime Parent Paradox： Tragic if Biological ⧸ Wholesome if Adoptive


Episode Stats

Length

41 minutes

Words per Minute

167.67688

Word Count

6,962

Sentence Count

5

Misogynist Sentences

24

Hate Speech Sentences

73


Summary

In this episode, we discuss a phenomenon in which parenting has been pedestalized by anime as this great thing to do with your life, and as a fun thing to watch people do with their lives, but what is very interesting is the tonal differences between the anime that fit this trope and those that don't fit it, and we make hypotheses as to why this might be the case.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 hello simone today we are going to be talking about an interesting phenomenon in which parenting
00:00:05.220 has been increasingly put as an pedestalized by anime as this great thing to do with your life
00:00:12.620 and as a very fun thing to watch people do with their lives but what is very interesting is the
00:00:17.980 way it's being shown which is that the vast vast majority of modern animes that include parent
00:00:24.500 roles the parent is in the adoptive role it is not their biological child and when it is their
00:00:31.180 biological child the tone is typically very very different so we are going to talk about the animes
00:00:38.120 that fit this trope we are going to talk about the animes that don't fit this trope we are going to
00:00:42.460 talk about the tonal differences and we are going to make hypotheses as to why this might be the case
00:00:48.200 i'm so curious i'm so curious because it is something it's it's so weird that it feels like
00:00:55.580 there's all this pernatalist propaganda like you know pro kids were all about it but then
00:00:59.580 none of it is along the normal lines i feel like none of it's modeling to people how this stuff
00:01:06.740 actually happens so i don't know what to think anymore but i have to start with the base camp anime
00:01:14.060 intro
00:01:44.060 i have to start with the base camp anime
00:01:47.060 this is the one that holds us down build the future claim the crown base camp if all we die tonight welcome to the everlasting fight
00:01:56.500 trees of culture bloom and reach the sky with a vitalist fire in our eyes
00:02:07.060 etc
00:02:12.020 袋
00:02:12.860 no
00:02:15.060 images
00:02:16.060 despis
00:02:21.120 apric
00:02:36.080 Shadow viruses attack the core
00:02:43.440 Mimetic beasts we can't ignore
00:02:48.280 Strike them down with evidence and steel
00:02:53.580 Game theory makes the unreal real
00:03:00.760 Base camp if over-die ignites
00:03:04.900 Well we can start by talking about
00:03:10.300 Spy x Spy Family this is one that we've
00:03:12.640 Watched in the family very popular
00:03:14.060 Incredibly popular anime to understand
00:03:17.060 How popular it is you know even within
00:03:18.700 The US when we go to Walmart and we look
00:03:20.960 At like the manga section because
00:03:22.360 Walmart is the manga section now I
00:03:23.620 Remember I was looking not long ago and
00:03:25.400 Literally half the books in the section
00:03:27.140 Were Spy x Spy Family this is like this
00:03:30.380 Isn't like a popular this is like Sailor
00:03:33.740 Moon or Naruto popular for this
00:03:35.680 Generation yeah and the plot of it is
00:03:38.240 Lloyd and Anya who one is a undercover
00:03:40.800 Detector and the other is an assassin and
00:03:43.280 They don't know each other hold these
00:03:44.920 Roles adopt a daughter named Anya who can
00:03:48.440 Read minds and then they get a dog who
00:03:51.380 Can see the future they don't know she
00:03:52.940 Can read minds and no one knows the dog
00:03:54.960 Can see that like no one knows the secret
00:03:56.800 Identity of anyone else in the family
00:03:58.540 Which is really cute but yeah this this
00:04:01.280 Child was I mean it so that the spy the
00:04:05.500 Spy father has to have a like sham wife and
00:04:09.180 A sham child to be seen as as as believable
00:04:12.680 In his position which is why he he ends up
00:04:15.040 In this family and everyone else has
00:04:16.240 Reasons you know like I want to be
00:04:17.880 Adopted I don't want to have a family or
00:04:19.320 Like you know I why does why does the the
00:04:23.060 Wife character need to be in a family I
00:04:25.540 Can't remember because she is afraid that
00:04:27.540 She will be seen as a spy being a woman
00:04:30.120 Of her age and unmarried right is
00:04:32.620 Desperately looking for a husband to go
00:04:35.160 To a work event with her or not a husband
00:04:37.400 But like at least a boyfriend or
00:04:38.720 Something so she doesn't look suspicious
00:04:40.800 And then it's just so convenient that
00:04:43.380 There's this man who suddenly is like
00:04:45.940 Perfect on paper and like is interested in
00:04:48.580 Yeah well and before we go further I
00:04:51.020 Actually think spy x spy family
00:04:52.380 Discounts one of the first things that
00:04:54.680 People will say about this okay you
00:04:56.680 Know I ask AI and I'm like okay why is
00:04:58.520 This the case why is this so much
00:04:59.900 Popular more popular than the other
00:05:01.220 Type yeah and I immediately was like
00:05:02.920 Well it's you know more flexible for
00:05:05.340 Narrative structures right you know
00:05:07.140 Because you can just slot people in
00:05:08.860 Anywhere right and I was like actually
00:05:11.120 It's not so if you look at a spy x spy
00:05:14.400 Family I think that this is sort of
00:05:15.640 The case that disproves the rule it used
00:05:19.340 Spy x spy family as an example of
00:05:21.060 Narrative flexibility it was like look
00:05:22.620 Like you can have a family like this but
00:05:24.680 I then pointed out I was like actually
00:05:26.460 Spy x spy family could be seen as drawn
00:05:28.580 From multiple western properties all of
00:05:31.020 Which did not need to make this this
00:05:33.580 Subversion the two big ones that I
00:05:36.240 Would think of are true lies and the
00:05:38.460 Smiths which which had a reboot as
00:05:40.580 Well it was so popular so smiths don't
00:05:43.340 Have a kid but they are a real long-term
00:05:45.400 Married couple who are both assassins or
00:05:48.400 Spies depending on which one you're
00:05:49.760 Watching you don't know the other one is
00:05:51.380 Yeah and so you don't need it showed
00:05:53.860 That they could have had a kid like
00:05:55.020 That's completely incidental to the
00:05:56.600 Plot right like yeah now if you go to
00:05:58.640 True lies which I think is one of the
00:06:00.540 Better movies ever made and is a very
00:06:03.120 Good example of this plot they have a
00:06:05.940 Kid that is not just their biological
00:06:08.340 Kid but is absolutely crucial to the
00:06:11.960 Plot and central to the third act and
00:06:14.620 Adds a lot of stakes to the plot do you
00:06:17.980 Remember the daughter from true lies
00:06:19.600 Like on the missile and everything and
00:06:21.420 Then the big crane I've was this one of
00:06:24.560 Those that I we watched drunk together
00:06:26.840 That I was drunk maybe remember when we
00:06:29.000 Did drunk date nights I love it yeah
00:06:31.600 Arnold Schwarzenegger is a protagonist oh
00:06:34.200 Yeah we watched a lot of those ones yeah
00:06:36.120 So I I for all the drunken date nights I
00:06:39.080 Have no memory of the movies we watch
00:06:40.820 Which is great because I get to rewatch
00:06:42.380 Them as a first timer again but yeah
00:06:45.940 Don't remember sorry yeah but I I just
00:06:49.700 Focus on that one but then you also get
00:06:51.300 A lot that are like if you're watching
00:06:53.040 It you may not even recognize it adoptive
00:06:55.020 Parents are a major role in it a good
00:06:56.920 Example here is Miss Kadoshi's dragon
00:06:59.020 Maid in in this very second episode they
00:07:02.320 Adopt the dragon kana who is clearly a
00:07:05.740 Child dragon who they adopt into their
00:07:08.200 Family and treat as their child this is
00:07:10.180 Like episode number two or others that
00:07:13.700 Attempt to subvert this trope from old
00:07:15.460 Country bumpkin to master swordsman
00:07:17.300 Yeah where he doesn't he doesn't this is
00:07:20.580 About a master swordsman almost like be like
00:07:23.440 Being revisited by all of his former
00:07:25.340 Students who are not successful remember
00:07:27.020 At the end of it this is the last arc of
00:07:29.840 It like the last third of it he basically
00:07:31.840 Adopts a kid yeah well and he had like
00:07:34.620 Previously taken orphans in and trained
00:07:36.980 Them so he sort of but he never raised an
00:07:39.440 Orphan as a dad and this is a very
00:07:40.960 Important plot point yeah this is more yeah
00:07:42.540 But that's and that's just crazy that's
00:07:44.680 Crazy okay hold on we got to do more
00:07:47.000 Here no if it's for my daughter I'd even
00:07:49.400 Defeat a demon lord in this one he finds
00:07:51.780 A demon child by the way every single one
00:07:54.440 I've mentioned so far I've watched from
00:07:55.820 Beginning to end just so people know what
00:07:57.980 An anime a nerd I am I will let you know
00:07:59.940 When I get to an anime I have not watched
00:08:01.500 From beginning to end you're doing the
00:08:03.140 Work yeah I should probably note the good
00:08:06.220 Ones from old country bumpkin is pretty
00:08:07.980 Good I do not like dragon made that much
00:08:09.960 I think it's not that great
00:08:10.880 Old country bumpkin is kind of a little
00:08:13.220 Boring nothing really seems to happen
00:08:15.380 Spy family is great highly recommend
00:08:21.980 Spy family yeah the spy family is
00:08:25.540 Really good and yeah you know what's
00:08:26.920 Crazy you know one of our very very
00:08:28.280 Favorite animes of all time food wars
00:08:30.320 What shokugeki know something yeah even
00:08:35.200 In this anime where there are some strong
00:08:37.940 Parental bonds kind of modeled it's often
00:08:41.160 Just one parent like the other parent is
00:08:43.400 Dead or absent yeah the two of the leading
00:08:45.980 Characters have very strong father figures
00:08:48.860 But then there are no mothers this is so
00:08:51.760 Weird there aren't there's like no hold on
00:08:54.040 We gotta go through our list here okay yes this
00:08:57.200 Mystery is just getting deeper and deeper go
00:08:59.100 Give me more okay next one I've been killing
00:09:01.360 Slimes for 300 years I just watched this one
00:09:03.760 For the second time recently are slimes
00:09:05.700 Monsters what what so in this one she
00:09:08.840 Kills tons of slimes and she begins to
00:09:10.740 Build this found family but some of the
00:09:12.360 First members of it are two young girls
00:09:14.880 Who say that they're her daughters but
00:09:17.080 They're actually made up of the spirits of
00:09:19.400 Slimes that she killed are slimes
00:09:21.320 Slimes are monsters it's a common thing in
00:09:24.680 Fantasy tropes have you watched so little
00:09:27.940 Anime you don't know slimes I am
00:09:31.660 Disappointed in you the bad nerd at wife
00:09:34.960 Sorry I don't make you watch enough anime
00:09:37.000 You need more schooling I'm gonna have to
00:09:39.280 Bring out the attention class you need to
00:09:43.060 Watch more is that guy this is the first
00:09:46.860 One I haven't seen buddy daddies two
00:09:49.100 Assassins unexpectedly become guardians of a
00:09:51.640 Young girl and must adopt her to
00:09:53.240 Parenthood this sounds cute here's another
00:09:56.100 One I haven't seen the Yakuza guide to
00:09:58.100 Babysitting a gangster learns empathy and
00:10:00.640 Responsibility by caring for his boss's
00:10:02.300 Daughter here's another one I haven't
00:10:04.060 Seen Somali and the forest spirit a golem
00:10:06.620 Becomes the guardian of a lost human child
00:10:08.540 Forming a father-daughter bond oh here's
00:10:11.780 Another one I haven't seen Contro lives
00:10:13.440 Alone a mysterious four-year-old lives
00:10:15.700 Alone drawing in neighbors from a found
00:10:18.880 Family to form a found family around him
00:10:21.100 Here's one that I have seen that I remember
00:10:23.900 Liking a journey through another world
00:10:26.460 Raising kids while adventuring their
00:10:28.620 Protagonist adopts two children while
00:10:30.100 Adventuring creating a calm family
00:10:32.300 Centered ace okay and then you for final
00:10:35.380 One here you have sweetness and lightning
00:10:36.780 And I was only looking for animates in the
00:10:38.440 Past five years for this list okay color
00:10:40.500 Me impressed it's a lot now let's go to
00:10:43.660 The biological so you'll get an idea of
00:10:45.280 How rare they are in contrast okay the one
00:10:48.580 That I have seen on this list because I've
00:10:50.900 Only seen one on this list is re-monster
00:10:53.460 Where the protagonist is reincarnated as a
00:10:55.740 Goblin and sire's children who become key
00:10:58.140 Allies in the tribe's growth so not exactly
00:11:00.920 Modeling to people how to get it done not
00:11:04.240 Exactly modeling how to get it done no and I he
00:11:06.880 Has them with different characters so he's like a you
00:11:10.240 Know yeah there's there's no one there's no
00:11:12.060 Intent families in anime what is this how like
00:11:16.140 Okay yeah okay hold on the next one wolf
00:11:19.280 Children a mother raises two wolf children
00:11:21.900 After their father's death this is not a
00:11:23.800 Modern one but again it's one of the most
00:11:25.360 Famous in this space tragic though I can't
00:11:28.040 Watch it because it made me cry
00:11:29.460 Barakamo while not a parent the protagonist
00:11:32.220 For a no we this doesn't count usagi drop no
00:11:35.760 That's not kids that my wife is student
00:11:38.740 Council president features teen parents in
00:11:41.220 Some arcs of the manga though the anime stays
00:11:43.000 PG and avoids child rearing so not in the
00:11:45.620 Anime okay okay
00:11:46.740 Clannad after story the second season focus
00:11:49.440 Heavily on biological fatherhood and the
00:11:51.680 Struggles of raising a child after loss so
00:11:54.360 Again a sad one erased features the protagonist
00:11:57.920 Mother playing a strong biological parental
00:12:00.120 Role but his pseudo adoption of classmates takes
00:12:03.520 Center stage and then sweetness and lightning
00:12:06.220 Might have a biological parent can we not have a
00:12:08.920 Single a single happy one yeah no that's the
00:12:11.980 Thing they're not happy being a parent so
00:12:17.360 Let's let's talk about why this may be okay
00:12:20.520 One thing that's become common in places like
00:12:23.760 Japan is to cancel models when they start
00:12:28.500 Dating people or to cancel people who are
00:12:31.040 Famous for being like maids when they start
00:12:32.420 Dating people or it even happened what do you
00:12:33.840 I mean by cancel like they just lose all of
00:12:35.840 Their followers or their contracts are
00:12:37.720 Terminated what their contracts are
00:12:39.440 Terminated they lose their followers they
00:12:41.060 Get attacked publicly they get harassed
00:12:43.820 Constantly this happened to a weather woman
00:12:46.620 For example a weather woman now admittedly she
00:12:50.640 Was on a news station that only had attractive
00:12:53.160 Young women as reporters let's do like Fox
00:12:55.660 News it's as if in America suddenly like
00:12:59.580 Everyone on Fox News if they were no longer
00:13:01.860 Single lost their job
00:13:03.460 Yeah and so you're gonna say like except that
00:13:07.100 It's a it's an erotic news channel in which
00:13:09.960 Everyone presents news naked
00:13:11.480 For a while there was an erotic news channel
00:13:14.160 Until the viewer base got so old that they
00:13:16.440 Just never changed out any of these aging
00:13:18.000 Women oh no and have you watched it looks
00:13:20.460 Like a bunch of like Botox
00:13:21.880 Ghouls that is hilarious okay that's
00:13:25.580 Interesting all right but so one of my
00:13:28.920 Initial theories was well maybe it's that
00:13:31.240 People want the belief in the virginal
00:13:34.680 Ness of the character you know like we
00:13:37.480 Need a woman but we need to know that
00:13:39.080 She's not sleeping with anyone right and
00:13:40.860 Then we need kids right I was like okay I
00:13:44.780 Could see that maybe now of course this is
00:13:47.300 Going to be terrible for fertility rates but
00:13:49.960 You know and if you don't have this you
00:13:53.760 Need a mother who's been punished for
00:13:55.600 Having sex like in wolf children right or
00:13:58.720 You need just a man raising the kids and
00:14:01.480 So I go into this and I'm like but does
00:14:04.240 This actually explain what we're seeing
00:14:05.940 Right like and I'm like not really because
00:14:09.440 You often get only males raising the kids
00:14:12.260 Yeah like if it's for my daughter even
00:14:15.340 I'd face the demon lord or from old
00:14:17.240 Country bumpkin to master swordsman or
00:14:19.480 And this is uniquely weird because in
00:14:21.320 Japan Japan is one of those places that
00:14:23.560 Still really seems to have traditional
00:14:26.620 Gender roles where women really feel this
00:14:29.640 Societal obligation to do the child
00:14:33.080 Rearing if they have kids I mean even I
00:14:36.500 Saw this with families of very educated
00:14:39.140 Women who then had kids and just totally
00:14:42.860 Stepped back into the housewife thing
00:14:44.540 Because it was just like I have to do that
00:14:47.300 Yeah I can't emphasize how how weird that
00:14:49.960 Was to me but also how pervasive it felt
00:14:52.220 And and we're talking very educated women
00:14:54.920 Relatively speaking very progressive
00:14:57.140 Families in Japan not not traditional more
00:15:00.060 I mean if they're international enough to
00:15:01.860 Have friends in America and to speak
00:15:04.060 Fluent English right like yeah you know
00:15:07.200 And and still and so that's why it's
00:15:09.920 Extra weird because the extent to which I
00:15:12.340 See male parenting in Japan or at least
00:15:15.120 That I've personally experienced it in the
00:15:17.100 Time that I've I've spent in Japan with
00:15:19.180 Japanese families is just non-existent
00:15:21.860 It would be so weird like aside from a
00:15:27.320 Father joining his wife and child because
00:15:31.180 It's also hard for me to imagine multiple
00:15:33.000 Children on on some kind of vacation or
00:15:36.280 Eating out together that that I could
00:15:38.240 Envision on a weekend or on a once a year
00:15:40.460 Vacation but I think that this is really
00:15:42.180 Important to dig into it's clear that
00:15:44.000 Within Japan this stuff is popular and
00:15:46.140 Not just within Japan
00:15:47.000 Yeah well yes spy family I mean that that's
00:15:49.040 Huge it's it's so people feel a desire for
00:15:53.200 This kind of content and these types of
00:15:55.080 Fantasies and yet the way that they're
00:15:57.840 Being delivered to them seems to be
00:15:59.300 Making the problem worse
00:16:00.540 Now what you could argue here is okay
00:16:06.900 Character development that's why they're
00:16:08.280 Doing it becoming an adoptive parent often
00:16:09.960 Requires sudden ghosts perfect for anime's
00:16:12.240 Emotional arcs the shift from lone wolf to
00:16:14.620 Reluctant caretaker is a powerful trope the
00:16:17.080 Problem is with in Western media we've been
00:16:18.900 Doing that with biological parents for ages
00:16:21.160 That is not require anime to do that does
00:16:25.320 Not require an adoption to do this is a this
00:16:27.800 Is a choice and there are countless ways you
00:16:29.980 Can show growth beyond that it that's no good
00:16:32.920 Explanation at all one that I think is a
00:16:35.180 Really good explanation potentially is that
00:16:37.920 This is such a fantasy to your average person
00:16:41.180 In Japan that it is immersion breaking for
00:16:44.500 Somebody to get married and have kids
00:16:46.080 I don't know I mean I'm going to look up
00:16:51.780 What percentage of people in Japan marry in
00:16:54.300 Their lifetimes I'm pretty sure marriage is
00:16:55.920 Pretty pervasive and that's why I don't know
00:16:57.740 If I can agree with you on that well look it
00:16:59.840 Up I remember the number of look up how many
00:17:02.140 Japanese people are married by the age of 30
00:17:04.240 Okay so you're getting a
00:17:05.480 But I would not be surprised if you know they
00:17:11.520 See this is more immersion breaking than being
00:17:14.040 Isakade or you know in a in a fantasy world
00:17:17.620 According to a 2015 survey by the National
00:17:22.200 Institute of Population and Social Security
00:17:24.200 Research 30.7 percent of men and 46 percent of
00:17:28.200 Women age 25 to 30 were unmarried meaning
00:17:31.440 Approximately 69 percent of men and 54 percent
00:17:35.060 Of women in this age group were married the
00:17:36.840 Majority
00:17:37.420 Huh yeah what's interesting though is that it
00:17:42.620 Looks like men are doing more passport bro
00:17:44.260 Stuff
00:17:44.620 Yeah right they're bringing in women well no but
00:17:48.000 So then part of the question here is it does
00:17:50.260 This have to do with anime's audience are they
00:17:53.660 More likely to be in the unmarried camp yeah the the
00:17:56.020 The incel socially awkward group I mean definitely
00:18:01.000 When when I when I reflect on how anime fans were
00:18:03.960 Perceived within Japan they were not perceived as
00:18:08.680 Thriving socially so to speak
00:18:13.440 So which I'm also in shame in Japan because it
00:18:18.740 Shows to me a lack of leaning into their own
00:18:21.680 Culture but that's and that's talking about
00:18:23.640 Adults I mean I do think that where anime is
00:18:26.360 Less stigmatized is consumption among teens and
00:18:31.060 Maybe that's what's going on is that we're
00:18:33.360 Looking at media that is primarily consumed by
00:18:37.540 Youth and in that case it's really
00:18:41.440 Unrelatable this idea I think the idea of
00:18:43.700 Marriage and having kids is if anything
00:18:47.500 Repulsive to adolescents who are going through
00:18:51.220 That rebellion period and who find their parents
00:18:53.340 Uniquely disgusting so maybe that's something
00:18:56.780 That's going on it's an audience thing
00:18:58.340 I mean keep in mind I I don't know of of really
00:19:03.020 Any youth centered media you know that's like
00:19:06.700 Primarily consumed by people under the age of 18
00:19:10.820 In the United States or elsewhere that depicts
00:19:14.220 An intact family though it could depict instances
00:19:18.380 Of taking care of younger people as a character
00:19:21.020 Development thing so I can ask what percent of
00:19:23.840 Anime in Japan is consumed by people under age 18
00:19:27.240 It's an interesting question so the next theory
00:19:30.840 They have here that aligns what you just said
00:19:32.720 Is audience fantasy found family appeals to viewers
00:19:35.820 Who may feel alienated from traditional family
00:19:38.420 Structures it also romanticizes the idea that love
00:19:41.320 Not blood defines family which again may make it
00:19:44.880 Seem more accessible to people according to a 2023
00:19:49.700 Survey by Nippon Research Center approximately 88.6%
00:19:53.580 Of high school students in Japan watch anime
00:19:55.360 Indicating high prevalence among those typically
00:19:57.800 Aged 15 to 18
00:19:59.120 Who's that small percent 11% who's not
00:20:03.260 Losers 12% I mean yeah whatever
00:20:05.760 Combining these let's see a 2017 report from
00:20:09.420 Famitsu Intelligent Strategic Marketing estimated
00:20:11.560 That 65% of 5 to 9 year olds and 44% of 10 to 19 year olds
00:20:16.220 In Japan watch anime suggesting a significant
00:20:18.160 Portion of the under 18 demographic engages
00:20:20.340 With anime combining these insights
00:20:22.320 It's reasonable to estimate that a
00:20:23.800 Substantial percentage of anime audiences
00:20:26.000 In Japan are under 18 likely
00:20:28.200 Around 40 to 50% when considering
00:20:30.100 Broader 5 to 19 age ranges
00:20:32.400 Though exact figures are
00:20:34.080 Unknown it's hard to
00:20:36.600 They don't there's not anything that shows
00:20:38.680 But it I mean the conclusion is younger viewers 5 to 19
00:20:41.940 Form a core part of the audience
00:20:43.400 But viewership drops off in older age groups
00:20:45.580 With only 40% of young adults
00:20:48.120 And under 20% of those over 60 watching anime
00:20:51.920 So clearly there's a drop off
00:20:53.680 If we're going from 88%
00:20:55.880 Of teens
00:20:57.340 To 40% of young adults
00:21:00.600 And that's like people in their 20s
00:21:02.040 Who may still be in that kind of teen mode
00:21:04.000 Of families disgusting
00:21:05.020 I think I think that I find that can that
00:21:08.420 To be the most compelling theory so far
00:21:10.260 Is that it's about youth oriented media
00:21:12.080 And you often talk about this role
00:21:14.540 Of life stages that people
00:21:16.100 In their youth have very
00:21:18.540 Different sources of
00:21:20.360 Contentment pleasure and satisfaction
00:21:22.480 Than people who are in like
00:21:24.700 Their late 20s early 30s
00:21:26.480 And then from people who are in their 40s to 50s
00:21:28.660 And then 50s to 60s
00:21:30.000 And if you don't recognize that
00:21:32.600 The things that bring you satisfaction
00:21:34.360 Change over time
00:21:35.500 You're going to try to be happy
00:21:37.580 In your like 30s to 40s
00:21:39.680 By like traveling
00:21:41.580 And having a lot of sex
00:21:43.260 And like you know
00:21:44.540 Doing all this like socializing
00:21:46.040 And partying
00:21:46.760 And playing video games
00:21:48.240 And yet you're not getting
00:21:49.460 The same satisfaction from it
00:21:50.640 When at that time
00:21:51.440 If instead you had invested
00:21:52.520 In like building a family
00:21:54.500 And a home life
00:21:55.200 You would have gotten
00:21:55.780 So much more out of it
00:21:56.960 So I think that's
00:21:57.940 That's more probably what's going on
00:21:59.480 Yeah
00:22:00.300 Because we can still
00:22:01.440 And we can still enjoy
00:22:02.860 These plots as adults
00:22:04.800 And just kind of pretend
00:22:05.800 That they're biological parents too
00:22:07.380 Like I don't think
00:22:08.360 It doesn't alienate
00:22:09.520 The older audiences
00:22:10.340 But it would alienate
00:22:12.380 The younger audiences
00:22:13.480 That's a good point
00:22:15.000 It feels very grown up
00:22:16.120 And these don't feel as grown up
00:22:17.500 And we can get to that
00:22:18.420 With a hypothesis that's coming up
00:22:19.980 But I'd also note here
00:22:21.440 You know our kids
00:22:22.200 Are already watching anime
00:22:23.120 A lot
00:22:23.700 They watch a lot of Pokemon
00:22:25.440 They love
00:22:26.520 Oh and Sailor Moon too dude
00:22:28.140 Oh yeah you have
00:22:29.740 Oh and that magical girl one
00:22:31.040 What's the one about like
00:22:32.700 That's one they just watch with us
00:22:34.540 Because we're watching it
00:22:35.200 The one about the magical girl
00:22:36.380 Who works at like a startup
00:22:37.420 Oh no but no
00:22:38.640 Honestly here's the crazy thing
00:22:40.220 Is Titan watched that
00:22:41.480 Before watching Sailor Moon
00:22:43.880 For the first time
00:22:44.620 And now when Sailor Moon
00:22:47.380 And her compatriots
00:22:49.120 Have their transformation
00:22:50.080 She's like magical girl transformation
00:22:52.380 Like she knows exactly
00:22:53.780 The trope that's taking place
00:22:55.240 And it cracks me up
00:22:56.620 Like she understands
00:22:57.660 She's just like
00:22:58.780 Of course magical girl transformation
00:23:01.180 Magical girl transformation
00:23:03.580 She says that
00:23:04.420 Yeah it kind of blew my mind
00:23:06.920 Because I was like
00:23:07.320 Wow you actually really
00:23:08.700 So for our younger kids
00:23:10.660 We have a projector
00:23:11.360 And we play various shows
00:23:13.580 From my childhood
00:23:14.580 Because like I don't trust
00:23:15.480 Modern cartoons
00:23:16.180 So we play like G.I. Joe
00:23:18.180 We've done some X-Men
00:23:20.520 From like the 80s
00:23:21.940 We've done a lot of
00:23:23.220 Magical School Bus
00:23:24.360 And one of the ones
00:23:26.140 That they've been
00:23:26.960 Hugely obsessed with recently
00:23:28.560 Is Pokemon
00:23:30.060 Yeah we live in a Pokemon house now
00:23:32.260 And they love Pikachu
00:23:32.860 Every single one of them
00:23:34.060 Loves Pikachu
00:23:35.100 Everyone has a Pikachu plush
00:23:36.800 Everyone
00:23:37.320 Octavian has changed
00:23:38.680 His favorite color to yellow
00:23:39.820 Because that is the color of Pikachu
00:23:41.660 Really?
00:23:42.060 Oh yeah
00:23:42.420 Dead is red
00:23:43.900 Red is dead
00:23:44.940 Yellow's in
00:23:46.060 I had no idea
00:23:47.780 That is
00:23:48.360 Did he explain this to you?
00:23:50.480 Yes he did
00:23:51.080 Yes he did
00:23:52.040 That's great
00:23:53.540 That's great
00:23:54.040 You know we're teaching
00:23:54.860 Our kids good values here
00:23:56.060 I'll put that scene
00:23:56.960 From South Park
00:23:57.900 What did he say?
00:24:03.840 He said
00:24:04.300 All right
00:24:07.700 So here's another hypothesis
00:24:09.660 Avoiding romance complications
00:24:11.760 Biological partners are often paired
00:24:14.480 With a romantic partner
00:24:15.640 Which can overshadow
00:24:16.620 The parenting theme
00:24:17.600 Adoptive stories often focus
00:24:19.400 More tightly on the bond itself
00:24:21.100 I don't buy that
00:24:23.180 One that I did buy a bit more
00:24:25.020 Was saying
00:24:26.080 Well you know
00:24:26.800 You can have people
00:24:27.480 Falling in love
00:24:28.340 And like a will they
00:24:29.160 Or won't they
00:24:29.940 Sort of a thing
00:24:30.860 If they are adoptive
00:24:32.940 Because they haven't already
00:24:34.160 You know
00:24:34.560 Consummated their relationship
00:24:35.840 And they're not
00:24:36.740 Officially married
00:24:37.560 Except
00:24:38.660 True Lies
00:24:39.640 Does that really
00:24:40.480 Really well
00:24:41.240 Even though they're
00:24:42.420 Already in a marriage
00:24:43.280 If you remember
00:24:43.980 The wife is
00:24:45.200 Thinking about
00:24:45.840 Cheating on the husband
00:24:46.580 And she's
00:24:47.120 Sorry
00:24:47.600 Sorry
00:24:48.680 That a marriage
00:24:50.080 Is falling apart
00:24:50.820 And it's about
00:24:51.320 The marriage
00:24:51.740 Coming back together
00:24:52.480 And being
00:24:52.900 Resolidified
00:24:53.960 Based on this
00:24:54.760 That's fine
00:24:55.580 But like
00:24:56.280 It works really well
00:24:57.660 Despite all of this
00:24:58.920 You don't
00:24:59.780 You don't need them
00:25:00.800 To not already
00:25:01.580 Be married
00:25:02.120 To have a story
00:25:02.840 About the strengthening
00:25:03.560 Of a relationship
00:25:04.440 Yeah
00:25:05.360 Now
00:25:06.460 Let's talk about
00:25:07.500 The tonal differences
00:25:08.420 Between the two
00:25:09.240 Because I found this
00:25:10.620 To be really interesting
00:25:11.540 So
00:25:13.000 If you look at
00:25:13.980 Adoptive
00:25:14.520 If you're looking
00:25:14.980 At the tone
00:25:15.560 They're often
00:25:16.380 Heartwarming
00:25:17.020 And I want to
00:25:17.820 Get your theory
00:25:18.300 On this
00:25:18.660 Because I did not
00:25:19.740 Feel I had a good
00:25:20.440 Explanation from this
00:25:21.300 From your earlier thoughts
00:25:22.360 Okay
00:25:22.820 So for the tone
00:25:23.580 They're often
00:25:24.060 Heartwarming
00:25:25.220 Comedic
00:25:26.300 Or redemptive
00:25:27.240 In biological
00:25:28.840 They're often
00:25:29.820 Bittersweet
00:25:30.560 Serious
00:25:31.160 Or melancholic
00:25:31.980 In theme
00:25:33.300 Chosen family
00:25:34.200 Is focused on
00:25:35.440 Healing identity
00:25:36.360 Beyond blood
00:25:37.380 In biological
00:25:38.500 And often just like
00:25:39.500 So sweetness
00:25:40.540 Is the main theme
00:25:41.460 In biological
00:25:42.940 It's about
00:25:43.600 Legacy
00:25:44.060 Sacrifice
00:25:44.940 Letting go
00:25:45.660 And personal growth
00:25:46.740 Like heavy stuff
00:25:48.500 Common arcs
00:25:49.700 For adoptive
00:25:50.820 Reluctant parent softens
00:25:52.600 Or found family bonds
00:25:54.520 But for biological
00:25:55.920 It's parental endurance
00:25:57.520 Coming of age
00:25:58.480 Tragedy of loss
00:25:59.880 What that totally
00:26:01.380 Both of those check out
00:26:02.580 Because really
00:26:03.600 What they are
00:26:04.400 Is coming of age stories
00:26:05.940 They're not about
00:26:07.400 Biological family at all
00:26:09.440 It's about
00:26:10.380 Like some
00:26:10.980 Some big gauntlet
00:26:12.020 That they're running
00:26:12.540 Some big challenge
00:26:13.460 Learning how to
00:26:14.240 Become responsible
00:26:14.980 And often
00:26:16.660 Learning how to
00:26:17.320 Become responsible
00:26:17.980 For yourself
00:26:18.800 By becoming
00:26:19.860 Responsible for others
00:26:20.960 And I feel like
00:26:21.980 Those themes come up
00:26:23.080 In shows like
00:26:24.040 Spy family
00:26:24.660 The characters are
00:26:26.200 The characters are forced
00:26:26.820 To find themselves
00:26:30.280 Deserving of love
00:26:31.440 To overcome
00:26:32.760 Deep dark fears
00:26:35.060 Through the obligations
00:26:37.120 Imposed on them
00:26:38.080 By their adoptive families
00:26:39.380 Yeah
00:26:40.120 So that makes sense
00:26:41.320 So that makes sense
00:26:41.340 And I think this
00:26:42.160 This feeling of
00:26:43.640 Losing a partner
00:26:45.920 And then having a child
00:26:47.540 With you to take care of
00:26:48.980 Is definitely something
00:26:50.080 That can resonate
00:26:50.800 To someone who's a teenager
00:26:53.200 Who's anticipating
00:26:54.540 This point in their life
00:26:55.780 At which they lose
00:26:56.960 Their support network
00:26:58.980 Their parents
00:26:59.560 As they're expected
00:27:00.180 To become an adult
00:27:01.340 And I think that
00:27:02.920 In a way
00:27:03.840 This psychologically
00:27:06.320 They
00:27:07.520 They are their own parent
00:27:09.760 And they are their own child
00:27:11.240 And they know
00:27:12.380 That they're going to have
00:27:13.280 To basically
00:27:13.860 Take care of themselves
00:27:16.400 And that these stories
00:27:18.040 Kind of help them
00:27:18.760 Subconsciously
00:27:19.620 Get through the grief
00:27:20.440 Of no longer getting
00:27:21.480 To mooch off their parents
00:27:22.720 You think about
00:27:23.200 The grief in that one
00:27:24.620 And the other ones
00:27:25.160 Are about
00:27:25.680 Just sort of
00:27:27.220 Masturbating the sensation
00:27:28.660 Of
00:27:29.300 You know
00:27:30.500 I'm going to be on my own
00:27:31.680 I'm going to have to
00:27:32.340 Fend for myself
00:27:33.180 And take care of the helpless
00:27:34.760 That's not what they're doing
00:27:36.140 I'm talking about
00:27:36.960 The adoptive ones
00:27:37.880 Like why are the adoptive ones
00:27:39.720 So happy
00:27:40.440 In their theming generally
00:27:41.740 I think a lot of that
00:27:43.100 Has to do with
00:27:43.600 Teenage rebellion
00:27:44.200 And building your own identity
00:27:45.320 You know
00:27:46.220 But the adoptive ones
00:27:47.260 Often aren't about that
00:27:48.500 The adoptive
00:27:49.420 Adoptive
00:27:50.160 Adoptive
00:27:50.680 That's what I'm talking about
00:27:51.680 Yeah where they're often
00:27:52.320 Comedic and happy
00:27:54.040 Yeah
00:27:54.500 Like yeah
00:27:55.140 Because this
00:27:55.700 As a teen
00:27:56.760 You're building your own family
00:27:57.840 You're building your identity
00:27:58.820 You're choosing who your friends are
00:28:00.340 You are choosing
00:28:01.260 This argument you're making
00:28:02.120 Makes no sense
00:28:02.740 Because you're arguing
00:28:03.660 That both the biological
00:28:04.620 And the adoptive
00:28:05.480 Fill this fantasy
00:28:06.300 No
00:28:07.020 The biological one
00:28:08.340 Is about
00:28:09.000 Coming to terms
00:28:10.660 With the
00:28:11.440 The responsibility
00:28:12.460 You are going to have
00:28:13.440 For yourself as an adult
00:28:14.600 And how that's both scary
00:28:15.660 And kind of sad
00:28:16.520 But also character building
00:28:18.380 The other one
00:28:19.480 This other is about
00:28:20.520 The responsibility
00:28:21.260 Of yourself as an adult
00:28:22.320 No
00:28:22.700 It's about the fun parts
00:28:24.200 Of building your own identity
00:28:26.400 Building your own friend group
00:28:28.020 But then why separate that
00:28:29.600 Based on adoptive
00:28:30.340 And biological
00:28:30.900 Because they're both
00:28:31.700 Different feelings
00:28:32.300 One is based on
00:28:33.140 On the fear
00:28:33.660 And the grief
00:28:34.240 And the
00:28:34.840 The hard growth
00:28:36.220 The other one
00:28:36.840 Is built on the
00:28:37.880 Discovery
00:28:39.320 And interest
00:28:40.420 And freedom
00:28:41.160 Of it
00:28:41.740 Because
00:28:42.200 There's an element
00:28:43.320 Of adulthood
00:28:44.600 Where you get to
00:28:45.860 Have all that freedom
00:28:47.100 And choose who you hang out with
00:28:48.420 And choose who you get to be
00:28:49.560 And then there's the other element
00:28:51.160 Of it
00:28:51.480 Where you are now
00:28:52.200 Burdened with yourself
00:28:53.260 Well okay
00:28:54.400 Here's a better
00:28:55.380 Explanation
00:28:56.380 I think
00:28:56.740 Okay
00:28:56.980 Okay
00:28:57.460 In Japan
00:28:58.840 They do not
00:29:00.260 Believe
00:29:00.840 That having a kid
00:29:02.120 Is a choice
00:29:02.620 They see it as a duty
00:29:03.720 To their family
00:29:04.480 Really
00:29:05.160 And a duty
00:29:05.780 To their role
00:29:06.440 In society
00:29:07.080 I mean
00:29:07.840 Well this is just part
00:29:08.640 Of Confucian value systems
00:29:09.980 In Japan
00:29:11.200 With Confucian value systems
00:29:13.880 In Japan
00:29:14.400 Japan has Confucian value systems
00:29:17.080 I ain't feeling it
00:29:20.040 You don't think
00:29:22.140 That Japan believes in duty
00:29:23.580 Duty to family
00:29:26.340 Or duty to ancestors
00:29:27.420 Now hold on
00:29:28.020 You don't think
00:29:28.960 That Japan
00:29:29.620 Has an undercurrent
00:29:30.940 In everything
00:29:31.700 Tied to duty
00:29:32.380 To family
00:29:32.800 And ancestors
00:29:33.380 Not anymore
00:29:35.980 But maybe that's why
00:29:36.880 Their birth rates
00:29:37.500 Are lower
00:29:37.980 So
00:29:38.680 I mean
00:29:38.880 I do think
00:29:39.400 That they do
00:29:40.780 And I would argue
00:29:41.480 It's a major part
00:29:42.180 Of their culture
00:29:42.640 And I would argue
00:29:43.420 That they see
00:29:44.420 Having a kid
00:29:45.600 As part of that duty
00:29:46.640 And something that is
00:29:47.980 In a way
00:29:48.420 Inescapable
00:29:49.400 If they find a partner
00:29:51.020 And because of that
00:29:52.640 At least one kid
00:29:53.480 Right
00:29:53.620 Like it's something
00:29:54.080 They're supposed to try
00:29:55.120 Like you're not
00:29:55.780 Going to get the same
00:29:56.480 Proud dinks
00:29:57.780 In Japan
00:29:58.240 As you would get
00:29:58.780 In the US
00:29:59.220 That would just be
00:29:59.800 Shameful
00:30:00.220 Right
00:30:00.520 And so
00:30:01.960 Kids
00:30:03.420 If you're making
00:30:04.160 The kid the choice
00:30:05.240 The thing that you're
00:30:06.000 Opting into
00:30:06.560 It always has to be
00:30:07.440 Adoptive
00:30:07.900 Because a kid
00:30:09.040 Head biologically
00:30:09.760 Is never a choice
00:30:10.960 It's always a duty
00:30:12.460 Oh that's
00:30:13.380 Okay
00:30:13.680 Well yeah
00:30:14.300 I mean that's
00:30:14.720 An interesting theory
00:30:15.520 That is interesting
00:30:16.660 Yeah well and I think
00:30:19.560 I think this is
00:30:20.240 This is also interesting
00:30:21.320 In the context
00:30:22.100 Of Aria Babu's
00:30:23.540 Observation
00:30:24.280 That more socially
00:30:25.420 Conservative
00:30:25.920 Countries that see
00:30:27.420 These things
00:30:28.000 As obligations
00:30:28.800 See lower birth rates
00:30:30.780 Maybe because
00:30:31.820 When you make this
00:30:32.660 An exogenous obligation
00:30:33.920 The intrinsic motivation
00:30:35.620 Disappears
00:30:36.280 Yeah
00:30:36.940 And this could be
00:30:38.120 A media based reflection
00:30:40.260 Of that toxic dynamic
00:30:42.200 Of exogenous pressure
00:30:43.840 To have kids
00:30:44.660 Making the only way
00:30:46.160 To have kids
00:30:46.740 Romantically
00:30:47.420 Or in an inspiring way
00:30:48.940 Through adoption
00:30:50.080 Which is interesting
00:30:51.840 Yeah
00:30:53.020 That's what I think
00:30:54.640 Is going on
00:30:55.460 Huh
00:30:55.880 I think that
00:30:58.160 Plus that
00:30:58.900 It's a big turn off
00:31:00.060 For kids
00:31:00.820 To have
00:31:02.220 A family
00:31:03.300 Yeah I mean
00:31:04.480 Spy family is
00:31:05.620 At least my interpretation
00:31:06.760 From where I see it sold
00:31:07.860 Disproportionately bought
00:31:09.520 By young people
00:31:10.220 Yeah
00:31:10.800 Yeah
00:31:11.320 That makes sense
00:31:12.420 And there was one manga
00:31:14.140 That I read
00:31:14.860 As a kid
00:31:15.800 And loved
00:31:16.680 That did have parents
00:31:18.620 More actively involved
00:31:20.700 But only in a way
00:31:22.740 That really mocked
00:31:23.540 The parents
00:31:24.140 And so that
00:31:25.680 Two adoptive siblings
00:31:28.660 Essentially
00:31:29.200 Fell in love
00:31:30.580 Like so it was like
00:31:31.320 Brother and sister
00:31:32.060 But not really
00:31:32.880 And the parents
00:31:34.100 Were swingers
00:31:34.760 Who just
00:31:35.800 It's okay
00:31:36.420 If they're adopted
00:31:37.420 That's the way
00:31:38.180 Anime always works
00:31:39.340 I mean
00:31:40.220 Yeah
00:31:40.700 But but again
00:31:41.620 Like the both
00:31:42.640 Of the
00:31:42.960 Both parents
00:31:43.940 Remained there
00:31:44.820 It's just
00:31:45.220 They swapped partners
00:31:46.300 So it was like
00:31:47.800 If your dad
00:31:48.640 Married my mom
00:31:50.540 And my mom
00:31:51.220 Married
00:31:51.540 Sorry
00:31:52.980 And my dad
00:31:53.580 Married your mom
00:31:54.180 Wait really
00:31:54.740 That's the way it worked
00:31:55.820 Yeah
00:31:56.320 Like they
00:31:56.900 Yeah
00:31:57.360 Yeah
00:31:58.740 And then
00:31:59.280 And then
00:31:59.600 So the two
00:32:00.380 Then like
00:32:00.960 Their kids
00:32:01.740 Ended up living
00:32:02.400 In the same house
00:32:03.120 Because I think
00:32:03.520 They all ended up
00:32:04.140 Living together
00:32:04.660 Or something
00:32:05.160 It was
00:32:06.320 It was a weird manga
00:32:07.140 I can't remember
00:32:07.940 What it was called
00:32:09.820 Someone chime in
00:32:10.860 In the comments
00:32:11.420 It was
00:32:11.800 I think it was
00:32:12.360 Very popular
00:32:13.060 People don't know
00:32:14.520 No no
00:32:14.860 There's a few
00:32:15.560 Like I mean
00:32:16.440 Obviously the one
00:32:17.340 That everybody
00:32:17.960 Would always come to
00:32:18.780 For the
00:32:19.220 Adoptive brother
00:32:20.160 One
00:32:20.360 I think
00:32:20.760 Kiss Sis
00:32:21.340 Is an adoptive brother
00:32:22.380 The one that I love
00:32:24.200 There was also
00:32:24.740 An adoptive brother
00:32:25.580 In Gossip Girl
00:32:26.780 Oh really
00:32:28.340 Yeah
00:32:28.960 I'm thinking of the one
00:32:29.880 It was an anime
00:32:30.820 That only had one season
00:32:31.860 And it had a very
00:32:33.120 Strange art style
00:32:33.940 And it's something
00:32:34.700 Called like
00:32:35.360 I'm not in love
00:32:36.840 With my brother
00:32:37.460 And a big feature
00:32:39.520 Of it was the girl
00:32:40.240 Had like an orange
00:32:41.100 Shirt and like
00:32:42.020 Black stockings
00:32:42.900 I found it really funny
00:32:43.900 Yeah
00:32:44.480 And he builds up
00:32:45.660 Like a harem in it
00:32:46.560 I love harem animes
00:32:47.720 I think they're the best
00:32:48.600 Well
00:32:49.780 You're in luck
00:32:50.960 Given
00:32:51.980 That it's like
00:32:53.220 God
00:32:54.140 What percentage
00:32:54.760 Of animes
00:32:55.660 Are harem animes
00:32:56.600 Some insane amount
00:32:58.820 Simone
00:32:59.560 When do I get
00:33:00.200 My other four wives
00:33:01.200 Like I've seen
00:33:01.960 An anime
00:33:02.380 That's supposed to happen
00:33:03.540 No
00:33:05.160 It's not for
00:33:05.980 It's
00:33:06.260 You
00:33:06.720 You
00:33:07.160 You live
00:33:09.040 You know
00:33:10.600 I guess
00:33:11.000 You know
00:33:11.260 Is Silicon Valley
00:33:12.220 The harem
00:33:12.860 The harem reality
00:33:15.480 Like the closest you'll get
00:33:16.800 I mean
00:33:17.060 Half of the women
00:33:17.920 Will actually
00:33:18.440 Have been natal males
00:33:19.500 But still
00:33:20.260 Is that kind of it
00:33:21.420 Yeah
00:33:22.460 It's harem reality
00:33:23.320 No
00:33:23.700 I was talking to Simone
00:33:25.080 Recently
00:33:25.440 There's this recent trope
00:33:26.360 In anime
00:33:26.700 Of the like
00:33:28.120 Absolutely virginal
00:33:29.560 Absolutely
00:33:30.220 Like saintly
00:33:31.840 Girl among the harem
00:33:33.160 Which is the only one
00:33:33.940 The guy actually wants
00:33:34.900 To marry
00:33:35.360 And is the sweetest
00:33:36.320 And I was like
00:33:37.300 She gives off such vibes
00:33:38.700 Of that character
00:33:39.440 Just in the way
00:33:40.640 She interacts with our kids
00:33:41.700 And everything
00:33:42.180 You know
00:33:42.560 She's so saintly
00:33:43.640 All the time
00:33:44.360 Because they cough
00:33:46.600 In my face
00:33:47.200 And I don't get mad
00:33:48.120 You don't
00:33:49.320 They're actively
00:33:50.960 Giving me COVID
00:33:51.860 Just take it
00:33:53.940 Just take it
00:33:55.280 Like a champ
00:33:55.940 Like I'm gonna
00:33:56.840 Tank it
00:33:57.520 When you get back
00:33:59.280 After you get your
00:33:59.820 C-section
00:34:00.260 If any of the kids
00:34:01.060 Are sick
00:34:01.340 Let me know
00:34:01.700 And I'm gonna
00:34:01.980 Handle them
00:34:02.500 It's not like
00:34:05.060 I'm not
00:34:05.340 I'm not gonna
00:34:05.840 Not make dinner
00:34:06.820 For them
00:34:07.200 I'm not gonna
00:34:07.640 Not clean up
00:34:08.280 After everyone
00:34:08.860 Yeah but I could
00:34:09.660 Bathe them
00:34:10.280 And stuff like that
00:34:11.240 And carry them
00:34:12.040 Up the stairs
00:34:12.740 It's the carrying
00:34:13.680 Up the stairs part
00:34:14.700 Where like
00:34:15.180 Yeah I'll do
00:34:15.900 Those two things
00:34:16.660 It's like they
00:34:17.380 We get them
00:34:19.280 To cough into their elbows
00:34:20.500 But when I am
00:34:22.080 Carrying them
00:34:22.880 They decide
00:34:23.660 That they have to
00:34:24.500 At that moment
00:34:25.280 Get right up here
00:34:27.420 You know what is so cool
00:34:27.600 When I can like
00:34:28.520 Ask an
00:34:29.120 You know
00:34:30.240 An anime about us
00:34:31.280 These
00:34:31.660 Like an AI
00:34:32.900 About us these days
00:34:33.820 And we see like
00:34:34.740 AI creation of anime
00:34:35.820 And stuff like that
00:34:36.380 And it's like
00:34:36.640 Early stages
00:34:37.420 I bet in 10 years
00:34:38.960 We'll just be able
00:34:39.620 To ask an AI
00:34:40.160 To create an anime
00:34:40.860 About our family
00:34:41.520 And it'll just
00:34:42.060 Pump one out
00:34:42.760 We don't need to though
00:34:43.780 Because all of our kids
00:34:44.680 Just assume that
00:34:45.480 They are the protagonist
00:34:46.320 That every anime
00:34:47.260 Is about them
00:34:48.000 Yeah we're watching
00:34:49.640 Titan literally believes
00:34:51.020 She is every single
00:34:52.180 Character in animes
00:34:53.620 Including the male characters
00:34:55.200 Yeah
00:34:56.160 Like that's Titan
00:34:57.160 And that's Titan
00:34:58.180 And that's Titan
00:34:59.340 She is
00:35:00.560 It's not
00:35:01.120 It's not main character
00:35:02.120 Syndrome
00:35:02.480 It's like
00:35:03.240 It's
00:35:04.360 Unity syndrome
00:35:05.200 She's got it bad
00:35:07.320 It's gonna
00:35:10.300 Hive mind them all
00:35:11.620 Yeah
00:35:12.040 They're all Titan
00:35:13.160 So what are we doing
00:35:14.220 For dinner tonight
00:35:14.920 The world's your oyster
00:35:16.860 You did buy that
00:35:17.740 Teriyaki stuff
00:35:18.580 At
00:35:19.240 Oh that'd be really
00:35:20.880 Easy on my stomach
00:35:21.700 You also
00:35:23.140 Did buy
00:35:23.880 Like some kind of
00:35:24.560 Kimchi soup thing
00:35:25.920 At the Asian market
00:35:27.200 A while ago
00:35:28.400 That I
00:35:29.160 Rediscovered
00:35:30.260 In the
00:35:31.000 Deep
00:35:31.460 Freezer chest
00:35:32.520 So that's
00:35:34.060 An option
00:35:34.580 And
00:35:36.460 Send me a picture
00:35:37.160 On whatsapp
00:35:37.880 When you're ready
00:35:38.460 Okay yeah
00:35:39.420 I'll head down
00:35:40.000 Take a picture of it
00:35:40.900 And you can decide
00:35:41.680 So I guess it's
00:35:42.200 That or teriyaki
00:35:42.920 You could also do
00:35:43.820 More freezer
00:35:45.360 I'm also happy
00:35:47.740 With doing freezer stuff
00:35:48.640 Just to go through
00:35:49.300 As long as you don't
00:35:49.860 Get that disgusting
00:35:50.580 Freezer rice
00:35:51.680 Oh you don't want
00:35:53.680 To do
00:35:54.020 Fried freezer
00:35:54.680 Fried freezer rice
00:35:55.860 Anymore
00:35:56.160 Whatever that was
00:35:57.100 No I do not
00:35:58.040 Last time
00:35:58.440 That was
00:35:58.840 Okay then I will
00:35:59.600 Discard the other one
00:36:00.640 It was just two
00:36:01.520 Leftover fried rice
00:36:03.020 Batches that I thought
00:36:03.820 Would thaw out okay
00:36:04.820 But I guess
00:36:05.380 No it was the meat
00:36:06.780 That I'd used
00:36:07.300 And it just didn't
00:36:07.860 Really work
00:36:08.420 There wasn't meat
00:36:11.800 In that fried rice
00:36:12.500 Yes there was
00:36:14.000 It was a lot of meat
00:36:15.240 Oh
00:36:15.860 It was the pork crumble
00:36:17.340 That you ended up using
00:36:18.220 To try to make your
00:36:18.900 Scotch eggs
00:36:19.540 Oh
00:36:20.120 It didn't work
00:36:20.800 Yeah
00:36:22.420 Costco has nothing good
00:36:25.580 Yeah
00:36:27.500 The chicken crumbles
00:36:29.740 BJ's outcompetes them
00:36:30.860 Yeah
00:36:32.100 BJ's is so great
00:36:33.820 Yeah I feel bad
00:36:34.600 For anyone who
00:36:35.140 Doesn't have access
00:36:35.740 To BJ's
00:36:36.160 I feel bad
00:36:37.300 For anyone who
00:36:38.000 Is a large family
00:36:39.040 In shops at a
00:36:39.860 Wegmans
00:36:40.340 Not to like
00:36:42.240 My brother
00:36:44.380 Cast shade
00:36:45.820 But yeah
00:36:48.240 I mean
00:36:49.720 I love you
00:36:51.140 I love you too
00:36:52.440 Like what's the thing
00:36:53.140 They have good food
00:36:53.940 It's got like a variety
00:36:56.300 They have the German bread
00:36:59.460 That I like
00:37:00.040 You could throw it
00:37:01.420 Through a window
00:37:01.840 And break it
00:37:02.520 That kind of stuff
00:37:03.280 Today you got all
00:37:03.760 Of the synergy popcorn
00:37:05.000 From Trader Joe's
00:37:06.560 You got a whole
00:37:07.200 Shopping cart
00:37:07.920 Pool of it
00:37:08.500 Oh so good
00:37:09.780 So good
00:37:11.520 It's like the
00:37:12.640 Limited edition
00:37:13.500 Adidas
00:37:14.120 Of Trader Joe's
00:37:15.620 So excited
00:37:17.000 Stuff your stupid face
00:37:19.460 I will
00:37:20.040 I will
00:37:20.960 And I already did
00:37:22.420 And now I'm gonna have
00:37:23.380 Their frozen tamales
00:37:24.440 That's what I'm having
00:37:25.340 Anyway
00:37:26.540 I'm super excited for that
00:37:27.680 I love you
00:37:28.220 You're beautiful
00:37:28.880 And
00:37:29.580 Tally ho
00:37:32.040 Something something
00:37:33.120 So what happened
00:37:36.840 Toasty
00:37:37.140 Why are there
00:37:37.580 No leaves
00:37:38.100 Because
00:37:39.020 Fall comes
00:37:40.160 And then the leaves
00:37:41.900 Poked off
00:37:42.960 Wait
00:37:43.680 So this happens
00:37:44.480 Every year
00:37:45.120 Are the leaves
00:37:47.820 Gonna come back
00:37:48.340 In spring
00:37:48.820 Wait Octavian
00:37:56.060 What happens
00:37:56.760 If the bus
00:37:57.220 Comes while you're
00:37:57.800 In the tree
00:37:58.380 No
00:37:59.540 No you gotta
00:38:01.280 Come down buddy
00:38:01.940 It's too late
00:38:02.800 You could've done
00:38:03.400 This a bit earlier
00:38:04.000 But not now
00:38:04.640 Hey but I got
00:38:06.700 A question for you
00:38:07.260 Actually Octavian
00:38:07.960 Is daddy a superhero
00:38:11.880 Yes
00:38:12.540 What's his superpower
00:38:14.500 His superpower
00:38:16.080 Is to make
00:38:17.780 Like a shield
00:38:19.740 I make shields
00:38:23.780 Yeah
00:38:24.760 What's your superpower
00:38:26.740 Invisibility
00:38:30.480 Invisibility
00:38:31.640 You like that one
00:38:32.960 Yeah
00:38:33.560 Then nobody
00:38:34.460 Comes to me
00:38:35.860 Well I'll give you a potion
00:38:44.240 I'm a guy
00:38:45.440 You can see
00:38:46.420 Everybody
00:38:47.000 Even me
00:38:49.860 Really?
00:38:50.940 How will you make
00:38:51.500 The potion?
00:38:53.860 Well it's a potion
00:38:54.860 So yeah
00:38:55.740 With a potion skill
00:38:57.660 Yeah
00:38:58.760 You're gonna need
00:38:59.820 To learn it
00:39:00.320 At school
00:39:00.820 Yeah
00:39:03.480 I wanna go
00:39:04.840 On my car
00:39:05.840 Are you gonna
00:39:08.680 Hit the
00:39:09.120 Are you gonna
00:39:09.880 Hit the horn?
00:39:11.240 Yeah
00:39:11.680 Then you can't
00:39:12.920 Go inside
00:39:13.380 You hit the horn
00:39:14.020 Yesterday
00:39:14.360 So I can't
00:39:14.860 Let you in
00:39:15.380 Can I
00:39:16.100 Find someone
00:39:16.620 No
00:39:17.180 Because you
00:39:17.660 Woke up
00:39:18.100 Stacy and John
00:39:18.840 Do you want
00:39:20.160 John to be
00:39:20.520 Mad at you?
00:39:21.060 No
00:39:21.420 I don't
00:39:22.080 I don't
00:39:22.200 I don't
00:39:22.480 I don't
00:39:24.480 Hey Octavian
00:39:26.500 You wanna tell people
00:39:27.060 To like and subscribe
00:39:27.720 Actually Titan
00:39:28.540 Do you wanna tell people
00:39:30.060 To like and subscribe?
00:39:31.340 Yeah
00:39:31.740 Okay what do you wanna say
00:39:33.540 How do you say it?
00:39:36.080 Titan
00:39:36.400 How do you say
00:39:36.860 Like and subscribe?
00:39:37.640 Titan
00:39:37.960 Are you too scared?
00:39:46.560 Octavian
00:39:47.060 Do you wanna say it
00:39:47.680 For Titan
00:39:48.100 So she can see
00:39:48.760 How you do it
00:39:49.380 Titan come here
00:39:51.620 Octavian
00:39:52.360 Octavian
00:39:52.780 Here
00:39:53.020 Come over here
00:39:54.220 They can't see you
00:39:55.000 Daddy
00:39:55.440 I was so high
00:39:56.860 On that tree
00:39:58.020 Torsten
00:39:58.500 Do you wanna say
00:39:59.040 Like and subscribe?
00:40:02.540 Uh oh
00:40:03.100 School bus
00:40:03.880 So daddy
00:40:05.320 You have to be
00:40:05.980 A wizard
00:40:06.620 You have to be
00:40:08.100 A wizard
00:40:08.440 To keep
00:40:09.020 A channel
00:40:09.460 For not
00:40:10.000 Escape
00:40:10.340 To listen
00:40:11.560 Do something
00:40:13.020 Like
00:40:13.500 No keeping
00:40:14.260 To escaping
00:40:16.240 Oh
00:40:16.860 I have to be
00:40:17.400 A wizard
00:40:17.700 To cast a spell
00:40:18.480 And I can only
00:40:20.480 Be a wizard
00:40:20.920 If I have a cape
00:40:21.620 But wizards
00:40:25.540 I heard that wizards
00:40:27.220 Don't have capes
00:40:28.660 Yeah they don't
00:40:29.960 Not all wizards do
00:40:30.960 Capes are really
00:40:33.860 Quite irrelevant
00:40:34.820 To magical powers
00:40:35.860 They just kind of
00:40:36.500 Make you look
00:40:36.880 Like a doofus
00:40:37.560 But
00:40:40.920 Toasty
00:40:42.300 Can you say
00:40:42.720 Like and subscribe
00:40:43.300 For the followers
00:40:44.160 Okay
00:40:45.300 Say it
00:40:46.780 Like and subscribe
00:40:48.500 And what happens
00:40:49.960 If they do it
00:40:50.660 I don't know
00:40:52.740 I don't know either
00:40:54.300 Say the algorithm
00:40:57.180 Will like this video more
00:40:58.380 I like this video more
00:41:04.340 Like and subscribe
00:41:17.180 Sh coating
00:41:17.420 That behind me
00:41:17.460 He's looking
00:41:19.840 Like and subscribe
00:41:20.280 to me
00:41:20.740 Because
00:41:21.560 umb
00:41:21.940 I know
00:41:22.020 House
00:41:22.220 About
00:41:22.560 He I know
00:41:23.180 He is
00:41:23.760 Okay
00:41:24.620 He's opening my
00:41:25.560 He's opening my
00:41:26.960 He's opening my
00:41:27.920 He's opening my
00:41:28.600 Things like
00:41:28.640 He's opening my
00:41:30.400 BeSU