1. Udagawa BooksCopy !req
2. What? Agetarou's in this!Copy !req
3. What's up?Copy !req
4. Fujii Raita's "Uh! Don't Miss this Culture"
Did you See the Tonkatsu DJ?!Copy !req
5. It's me!Copy !req
6. They have a huge piece about the Tonkatsu DJ!Copy !req
7. How come you didn't tell us
you were going to be in a magazine?Copy !req
8. I just found out myself! Holy crap!Copy !req
9. Fujii Raita's "Uh! Don't Miss this Culture"Copy !req
10. This guy, Fujii Raita, is really popular
and has been in a bunch of other magazines!Copy !req
11. Wow!Copy !req
12. Seriously? What's going to happen to me?Copy !req
13. We need to tell everybody!
Hey, Kyuuji! Big news!Copy !req
14. Thanks!Copy !req
15. Koromo! Mom! Dad!Copy !req
16. I'm in a magazine!Copy !req
17. Oh no!Copy !req
18. I... I'm sorry!Copy !req
19. He recovered so quickly!Copy !req
20. Um, are you okay? Are you hurt?Copy !req
21. There's no need to worry about me.Copy !req
22. Accidents are the spice of life.Copy !req
23. Farewell.Copy !req
24. Wait, are you really okay?Copy !req
25. You're...Copy !req
26. Could you be...Copy !req
27. You're Agetarou-kun, aren't you?Copy !req
28. Th-That's right...Copy !req
29. I knew it!Copy !req
30. Who are you?Copy !req
31. You really are the Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou-kun!Copy !req
32. No ParkingCopy !req
33. How rude of me.Copy !req
34. Freelance Writer Fujii Raita
Tokyo Shibuya Ward SendagayaCopy !req
35. I'm sorry. Here's my card.Copy !req
36. Fujii Raita?Copy !req
37. I've heard that name somewhere...Copy !req
38. You!Copy !req
39. It's a pleasure to meet you.
I am Fujii Raita, writer and editor.Copy !req
40. Freelance Writer Fujii RaitaCopy !req
41. Fujii-san, the guy who wrote my article!Copy !req
42. Oh wow! The smell of grown-up cologne.Copy !req
43. Indeed. I actually
came here today to apologizeCopy !req
44. for writing that article
without first getting your permission.Copy !req
45. By way of apology, I brought you some
baumkuchen to share with your family.Copy !req
46. Oh, how kind of you.Copy !req
47. But please let me make one excuse.Copy !req
48. Your DJing was so good,
I forgot to check with you!Copy !req
49. I wasn't expecting anything
when I came to that club, but...Copy !req
50. There was some old-school funkiness
in your music choicesCopy !req
51. that I wouldn't expect from such a young kid.Copy !req
52. I was amazed.Copy !req
53. The second the the song changed,
I was taken by the groove,Copy !req
54. and danced like someone far younger.Copy !req
55. And then, the next thing I knew...Copy !req
56. ...I wanted to eat tonkatsu really badly.Copy !req
57. I want some tonkatsu!Copy !req
58. The whole way back to my office,Copy !req
59. I searched everywhere I could
for a tonkatsu boxed lunch.Copy !req
60. I devoured it without even stopping
to think as I wrote the article.Copy !req
61. What was that impulse I felt?Copy !req
62. I decided that I had to share it
with the world, no matter what.Copy !req
63. Oh. He's gone.Copy !req
64. ShibukatsuCopy !req
65. Sorry, it's time for me to go back
to work. Come in, if you like.Copy !req
66. So this is Shibukatsu, his home.Copy !req
67. The birthplace of his tonkatsu groove!Copy !req
68. Uh! That was your first performance!Copy !req
69. That period of silence wasn't deliberate!Copy !req
70. Nice smell.Copy !req
71. You noticed, huh?Copy !req
72. It didn't bother me at all.Copy !req
73. The sound of popping oil
and the sounds of rain in "Rainy Rainy."Copy !req
74. I was stunned by the way
you combined the two.Copy !req
75. Wow, you know a lot!Copy !req
76. Do you only write about music?Copy !req
77. No, I write about anything.Copy !req
78. There are also movies,
drama, comedy, TV,Copy !req
79. art, manga, fashion, sports,
horse-racing, food, sake, porn,Copy !req
80. local news, fishing, gardening, go, shogi,
surfing, porn, railroads, and hiking.Copy !req
81. Did he just say porn twice?Copy !req
82. Oh, sorry. My dad doesn't
really like me being a DJ!Copy !req
83. Oh, my mistake.Copy !req
84. Are you a Yakult fan, sir?Copy !req
85. Hmm, yeah. Why?Copy !req
86. I'm a fan, too.Copy !req
87. When I was a kid, I went to Yokohama
to see Ishii's no-hit, no-run game in '97.Copy !req
88. I actually got a signed ball then.Copy !req
89. Oh, is that real?Copy !req
90. I'll give it to you if you like.Copy !req
91. Wow! He won my dad over in an instant!Copy !req
92. Here you are.Copy !req
93. Let's eat.Copy !req
94. This is good!Copy !req
95. All this fattiness...
I could eat it until I got fat myself!Copy !req
96. And I love parsley, but I'll have it later.Copy !req
97. Try and PARSE that.Copy !req
98. Wh-What is with this guy?Copy !req
99. That hat was a limited-edition that
just came out yesterday, right, mister?Copy !req
100. Huh, you knew...Copy !req
101. You've got a nice beard. Like Ho Chi Minh.Copy !req
102. Yeah?Copy !req
103. He's got the humor and knowledge
to win over anyone!Copy !req
104. He's like an amazing DJ
who can match any floor!Copy !req
105. Wow! I want to talk to him more!
I want to talk to him more!Copy !req
106. Agetarou, why not join me after work?Copy !req
107. Oh, thanks for the food.Copy !req
108. I'd love to!Copy !req
109. Nonbei StreetCopy !req
110. This place is so grown-up!Copy !req
111. I'll have a bourbon.Copy !req
112. Of course.Copy !req
113. Bourbon, bourbon, genius bourbon!
What will you have, Agetarou-kun?Copy !req
114. G-Ginger ale!Copy !req
115. Sure thing. It's good for what ALEs you.Copy !req
116. You know, I've said it before,
but "Rainy Rainy" made me feel so good.Copy !req
117. But I made the worst mistake
a DJ could make.Copy !req
118. Your skills do have
a long way to go, it seems.Copy !req
119. But I have high hopes for you.Copy !req
120. You're just like a newborn black Iberian pig.Copy !req
121. You haven't noticed the
deliciousness within you yet.Copy !req
122. But your flavor will only increase!Copy !req
123. If you lack confidence,
build it with practice.Copy !req
124. Just like how an Iberian pig
eats acorns to build fat.Copy !req
125. Spin at many events,
stay up late many nights,Copy !req
126. and embarrass yourself a lot.Copy !req
127. Your teachers, Big Master Fry and Oily-kun,
must have sucked at first, too.Copy !req
128. They spun, they failed,Copy !req
129. but they got to their current positions
because they didn't give up.Copy !req
130. You young kids would say thatCopy !req
131. the more embarrassing events you go
through, the more you feel the vibes!Copy !req
132. I know. I'll give you something good.Copy !req
133. For All DJs to MasterCopy !req
134. What's this?Copy !req
135. This is my book, actually.Copy !req
136. This wil be perfect for expanding
your musical horizons.Copy !req
137. Work hard, so that you don't
fall behind the coming waves!Copy !req
138. The coming waves...Copy !req
139. The waves that are about
to flood the Shibuya scene...Copy !req
140. Other young DJs, like you!Copy !req
141. The mid 2010s generation has an amazing
amount of talented and unique DJs.Copy !req
142. And this is what I call it.Copy !req
143. The Yashiki generation!Copy !req
144. Yashiki!Copy !req
145. Yes. He is the master of this era!Copy !req
146. Skill, sense, experience...
He's head and shoulders above the rest.Copy !req
147. DJ Yashiki Kuraudo is
the leader of this generation!Copy !req
148. By mixing... I mean,
mastering your skills with them,Copy !req
149. you can accelerate your growth.Copy !req
150. Together with them,Copy !req
151. I want you to create an incredible movement!Copy !req
152. You can do it!Copy !req
153. Fujii Raita, the mysterious publisher.Copy !req
154. His machine-gun style of talking
pushed Agetarou forward.Copy !req
155. I want people to call it
the Agetarou generation!Copy !req
156. It was a night in late fall.Copy !req