1. These things
will stop a bullet?
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2. No.
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3. They will not shoot you
in a public place.
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4. What a relief.
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5. These are for knives.
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6. Great.
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7. When we sit down with them,
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8. you're gonna order
a black coffee.
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9. What's this guy's rank?
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10. Speak as little as possible.
Let them do the talking.
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11. Um, okay, did everyone practice
their assignment?
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12. Yes.
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13. Uh, Mrs. Morimoto,
how about you go first?
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14. Hello.
- Hello.
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15. Is this Mr. Adelstein?
- Speaking.
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16. This is Mrs. Morimoto.
I was won—
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17. Wondering.
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18. Wondering if you come
to dinner tonight.
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19. - We would love to.
- Okay.
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20. Thank you very much.
Okay, that's it for today.
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21. I'll see you guys next week.
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22. Arigato gozaimashita.
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23. Hai.
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24. Hey, Jake!
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25. - Oh!
- Hey!
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26. What's up?
I thought you were going home.
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27. I am. Just got done packing.
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28. Hey, if this don't work out,
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29. come to Austin and say hi.
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30. - I will.
- All right.
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31. Huh? Oh.
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32. Hai.
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33. Hai.
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34. Hai.
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35. You wish to be
a crime reporter in Japan.
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36. Why?
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37. My father is a coroner,
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38. and he took me to crime scenes,
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39. showed me bodies, murder files.
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40. I found trying to reason
what actually happened
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41. from forensic evidence fascinating.
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42. Your written Japanese
is excellent.
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43. Thank you.
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44. So how do you explain this?
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45. I did not pay
close enough attention.
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46. Even with what you missed,
your score was high.
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47. The Tokyo "Meicho Shimbun"
has 12 million readers a day,
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48. the greatest newspaper
in Japan,
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49. the best newspaper
in the world.
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50. No foreigner
has worked here ever.
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51. I understand.
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52. I'm not your friend,
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53. so you're about
a thousand hours too early
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54. in this relationship
to call me Emi.
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55. As your superior
and your senpai,
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56. you will pay me the courtesy
of using Maruyama-san.
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57. Are we clear?
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58. Yes, totally.
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59. You think because
you're a foreigner,
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60. the rules are different?
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61. Not in this company
and not with me.
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62. Huh?
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63. Kanpai!
Kanpai!
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64. Eh-eh-eh-eh-eh.
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65. Hey, Jake!
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66. What?
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67. Mos-sad.
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68. Everyone here thinks
you're a spy for the Israelis.
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69. Mos-sad.
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70. I'm from Mos-souri.
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71. Okay, James Bond.
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72. These guys are all in.
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73. Super hard-core.
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74. She's gotta pour drinks
all night?
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75. Yeah, that's fucked up.
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76. How much did you study
for the test?
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77. For the entrance exam,
how much did you study?
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78. - Who studied?
- You had to study?
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79. Who's that guy?
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80. Miyamoto.
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81. Prostitution, weapons.
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82. Badass.
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83. They say he loves chickens.
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84. Chicks.
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85. Chicks?
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86. Yeah.
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87. Not chickens?
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88. Trust me.
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89. The dead body by the bridge.
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90. The home address
is in the number one report.
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91. Write it up, 500 characters,
end of day.
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92. Hai. Hai.
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93. Hai.
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94. Hai.
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95. — I'm sorry, I—
- I don't mean to get you in trouble.
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96. I can take care of myself,
thank you.
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97. - I just think—
- You don't get to think.
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98. You will follow the rules
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99. and write what you are told
to write,
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100. like everyone else,
or you will be gone.
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101. No, I'm not gonna regurgitate
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102. the police report
word for word.
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103. - Regurgitate?
- Yeah, that's not reporting.
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104. So what did you do?
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105. Oh, I went
to the stabbed guy's house,
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106. and, uh,
I went through his mail.
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107. What are you gonna do,
call the mail police?
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108. - Maybe.
- Did you find anything?
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109. There were bunch of overdue
bills from a loan company.
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110. So the guy was clearly
in debt to this company.
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111. I copied down the logo,
the address.
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112. You recognize this logo?
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113. Nope.
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114. I went to the address,
and there was nothing there.
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115. Like, the loan company
was gone.
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116. - So no story?
- After all.
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117. Not a complete story
but a beginning of a story,
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118. so I wrote it up,
handed it in...
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119. Got wrung out
for not copying down
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120. word for word a fucking—
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121. Miyamoto-san. Jake.
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122. I'm a crime reporter
for the "Meicho," and, uh—
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123. No, no, I—
can I buy you a drink?
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124. Why?
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125. I'm trying to figure out
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126. how reporters work with police,
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127. and maybe you could
show me the ropes.
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128. Ropes?
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129. Yeah.
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130. It's a—
- Show you the ropes?
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131. Yeah.
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132. - Miyamoto-san—
- Uh, I like gaijin
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133. but only with tits.
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134. Oi, oi!
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135. Tell me, do you know
how to pick up gaijin girls?
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136. Absolutely.
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137. I have to say,
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138. I find your dress,
uh, extra flattering?
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139. No, no, no.
Extraordinarily flattering.
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140. Extraordinarily.
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141. And it's got to be
sophisticated, smooth.
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142. Just roll it out.
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143. I have to say,
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144. I find your dress
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145. extraordinarily flattering.
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146. - And this shit works?
- Yes.
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147. Western girls, they like a guy
who's flirtatious, debonair.
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148. Trust me, I know
what I'm talking about.
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149. Okay.
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150. That was really great.
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151. You were really good up there.
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152. Thanks, I try.
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153. Do you wanna have a drink?
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154. Sure.
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155. Yeah.
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156. Your Japanese is very good.
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157. Thank you.
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158. Why are you hanging out
with cops?
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159. Because I'm a reporter
for the "Meicho."
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160. - No. Really?
- Mm-hmm.
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161. An American.
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162. Well, what do you report on?
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163. Uh, I'm on the police beat.
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164. Hmm.
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165. So stories
about guys like that?
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166. You never know.
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167. Really, what do you
report on?
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168. You know, you never know
who you're gonna talk to,
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169. where you're gonna go,
what you're gonna see.
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170. Every day is different.
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171. Is this what you wear
to work every day?
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172. No, I—
the paper's got
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on what you have to wear,
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174. so I wear a suit and tie
and, uh, so...
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175. I'm trying really hard
to get it right,
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176. you know, to fit
into their system, which...
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177. Is mentally tyrannical,
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178. which is not what I expected
from a newspaper, you know?
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179. Yeah.
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180. Yeah, I know how rigid
corporate life can be.
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181. So why are you doing this?
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182. Well, I wanna report
on what really happens.
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183. That's it.
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184. That's...
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185. I mean, you know,
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a small piece of history.
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187. So is it gonna work?
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188. So far, it seems like
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I've...
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190. Screwed up.
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191. But giving up and going home
is not an option.
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192. You know what I mean?
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193. I know exactly what you mean.
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194. Where are you from?
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195. Saitama, originally,
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196. but I've been in Tokyo
for the past few years.
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197. Well, but before that,
where are you from?
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198. Well, that's a second
bottle question, honey.
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199. See, how this works is,
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200. the more you buy,
the more we talk.
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201. And the better you buy,
the better I talk.
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202. But if there's
no more buying...
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203. I don't have enough
for a whole nother bottle.
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204. Well, that's a shame.
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205. See you another time.
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206. Another drink.
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207. So, Miyamoto-san...
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208. Tell me, how do reporters
and police work, huh?
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209. Here's what you need
to understand.
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210. There's no murder in Japan.
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211. Wait, what?
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212. How is that—
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213. How is that a—
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214. Huh?
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215. Hmm?
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216. Hi.
This is my friend Tatiana.
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217. Hi. How are you?
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218. I have to say,
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219. I find your dress
extraordinarily flattering.
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220. Thank you.
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221. What do you mean
there's no murder in Japan?
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222. That doesn't make any sense.
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223. I forgot, your English
is not so good.
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224. There is no murder in Japan.
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225. So then what was
that stabbing,
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226. that guy in the street?
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227. Could be manslaughter.
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228. Could be accidental death.
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229. But the key is, unless you
have to deal with a witness,
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230. it's never a murder.
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231. Since when
do you need a witness
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232. to tell you a murder
is a murder?
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233. 'Cause you report it
and we can't solve it,
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234. our clearance rate goes down.
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235. How does that get me
a story to write?
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236. Two dead men, two logos.
The same logo.
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237. You already have
a story to write.
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238. But there's linkage.
This story is bigger.
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239. The guy who set himself
on fire in Kabukicho.
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240. We covered that.
It's already in print.
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241. There's more to that story.
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242. You do the story
you're assigned.
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243. - Okay.
- No. Is that clear?
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244. And only that story.
Understood?
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245. Totally. Yes, understood.
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