Sorry for repost but this is an important addition… the above comment said 500 yen is 5 bucks
It’s five bucks but also paper money in Japan starts at 1000 yen, or ten bucks. 500 yen is a coin, about the size of a quarter. So not only is it a comically small amount, he is in fact asking for literal pocket change.
i love how the mob guy goes from “this is some kind of shakedown grift” to “hang on i actually like festivals and tulips”
(Meow in the background. The meows continue through the video.)
So, (meow) today I am making… (meow) (snicker) pine- (meow) pinecone dice. (meow) (meow) My cat- (meow) He- (meow) He wants to narrate, too (meow). SHUT UP, THUNDER. (a beat.) He’s not allowed in the bedroom (meow) ‘cause he beats my other cat up (meow) and she’s in here right now (meow) so he’s throwing a fit.
Anyways, we’re making pineco- (wheeze) i lost my train of thought.
So, I use- (meow) (exasperated) pi- i can’t fucking these blank inserts (meow) to put the pinecones in (a series of meows interrupt) and then I put the pl- I had this all planned out and I was gonna explain exactly what I was doing and then the (meow)… the CAT… (meow) (a beat.) (Some purring) Can you (purring) hear that? Listen to that)(meow)