What listener 'Interesting Cases' were reported this week?

Four stories were featured: an application form cut up as scratch paper at a client's office, a movie flyer folded into quarters right in front of the person who had carried it in a clear sleeve, a travel companion discarding all tickets and pamphlets at Tokyo Station on the way home, and a parent photographing a child's craft project and immediately binning it in the child's presence.

When someone hands over a movie flyer inside a clear sleeve and it gets folded into quarters right in front of them, what exactly is the problem?

Carrying the flyer inside a clear sleeve signals 'I don't want this creased,' so folding it right in front of that person bluntly exposes the gap in values; Utamaru added that his honest reaction would be, 'If you don't want it folded, just give me the whole clear file.'

How did the hosts react to the story about photographing a child's craft project and immediately throwing it away?

Furukawa said he ultimately ends up in a similar place himself but only through agonizing deliberation, while Utamaru suggested there may be a deliberate educational message — 'things that exist will disappear' — but said what matters most is how the child actually feels.

What are Utamaru's feelings about bags?

Utamaru's rule is to add no extra colors to an outfit and fit everything into a single bag, leaving items behind if they won't fit; he confessed to once quietly discarding a shopper at a station and transferring its contents into his own bag rather than carry both.

How did Minowada-kun evaluate the Resident Evil films, and what did he say about whether they count as Resident Evil?

Having watched every Resident Evil adaptation — the Milla Jovovich series, Welcome to Raccoon City, the CG animated Degeneration, and the Netflix drama — Minowada-kun rated the live-action films 'clearly the most entertaining,' but said the words start to blur when asked whether they truly count as Resident Evil, leaving the answer to the second half of the episode.

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放課後PODCAST #391 映画『バイオハザード』は『バイオハザード』なのか『バイオハザード』じゃないのか

2026-10-15 · 53 min · 3 min read

Recording kicked off at 11:04 p.m. on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — studio still warm from a thumbnail shoot — as the After 6 Junction 2 (アフター6ジャンクション2) crew read out four listener stories about having something they cared about treated carelessly right in front of them. The back half of episode 391 of Hōkago Podcast (放課後PODCAST) welcomed staff member Minowada-kun, who has consumed every Resident Evil screen adaptation, to tackle the episode's central question: does the Resident Evil film franchise actually qualify as Resident Evil?

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What this episode answers

What listener 'Interesting Cases' were reported this week?
Four stories were featured: an application form cut up as scratch paper at a client's office, a movie flyer folded into quarters right in front of the person who had carried it in a clear sleeve, a travel companion discarding all tickets and pamphlets at Tokyo Station on the way home, and a parent photographing a child's craft project and immediately binning it in the child's presence.
When someone hands over a movie flyer inside a clear sleeve and it gets folded into quarters right in front of them, what exactly is the problem?
Carrying the flyer inside a clear sleeve signals 'I don't want this creased,' so folding it right in front of that person bluntly exposes the gap in values; Utamaru added that his honest reaction would be, 'If you don't want it folded, just give me the whole clear file.'
How did the hosts react to the story about photographing a child's craft project and immediately throwing it away?
Furukawa said he ultimately ends up in a similar place himself but only through agonizing deliberation, while Utamaru suggested there may be a deliberate educational message — 'things that exist will disappear' — but said what matters most is how the child actually feels.
What are Utamaru's feelings about bags?
Utamaru's rule is to add no extra colors to an outfit and fit everything into a single bag, leaving items behind if they won't fit; he confessed to once quietly discarding a shopper at a station and transferring its contents into his own bag rather than carry both.
How did Minowada-kun evaluate the Resident Evil films, and what did he say about whether they count as Resident Evil?
Having watched every Resident Evil adaptation — the Milla Jovovich series, Welcome to Raccoon City, the CG animated Degeneration, and the Netflix drama — Minowada-kun rated the live-action films 'clearly the most entertaining,' but said the words start to blur when asked whether they truly count as Resident Evil, leaving the answer to the second half of the episode.

Recording Right After the Shoot: Reclaiming That DIY Spirit

Thursday, just past 11:04 p.m. Utamaru (宇多丸), series writer Furukawa (古川), and episode director Katayama (片山) settled into the studio immediately after wrapping a thumbnail shoot. Staff member Minowada-kun (美濃和田くん) had directed the shoot himself, handling both the framing and the color grading. Utamaru admitted he had been "leaning too heavily on AI" and had "forgotten the Be Kind Rewind spirit," explaining that this time around they pushed for as much DIY as possible. Between the shoot and post-processing, the whole thing took two to three hours.

This Week's Four "Disrespected Right in Front of Me" Stories

The show's ongoing "Kyōmi Aru Jiken" (興味ある案件) — Interesting Cases — segment drew an especially heavy haul this week, all sharing the same sting: something you made or cared about, treated carelessly in plain sight.

**Tottori-ken-san Megane (鳥取県産メガネさん)**: Borrowing a colleague's desk at a client office, this listener spotted fragments of an application form they had filled out — cut up and repurposed as scratch paper. Utamaru noted that reusing paper is fine in principle, but acknowledged there is some sympathy to be had when the original author accidentally stumbles across it, classifying it as a slightly different flavor from the usual cases.

**Pinoyama-san (ピノヤマさん)**: A film-enthusiast friend handed another film enthusiast a movie flyer inside a clear sleeve. The recipient immediately folded it into quarters and shoved it in a pocket. Utamaru's read: carrying it in a clear sleeve is a silent declaration of "I don't want this creased," so doing the opposite right in front of that person is the real offense. That said, he admitted his honest reaction would be, "If you don't want it folded, just give me the whole clear file."

**Zone to no Shippo-san (ゾーンとのしっぽさん)**: An annual travel companion, on the way home at Tokyo Station, tossed every ticket, pamphlet, and receipt straight into the bin without a second thought. The listener described the feeling as having "infinite memories of the trip erased" and hating the moment when the transactional reality of travel is laid bare. Utamaru: "It's fine to have different values around what travel means, but having that difference exposed so nakedly in front of you is what hurts."

**Rūsoratoro-san (ルーソラトロさん)**: An acquaintance photographs their child's arts-and-crafts projects and immediately throws them away — and does it in plain view of the child, apparently as standard practice. Furukawa said he can relate to ultimately getting rid of things, but that doing it right in front of the kid is something else entirely. Utamaru speculated there might be a deliberate educational message — "things that exist will disappear" — but added that what the child actually feels about it is the most important question.

The Bag Tangent: No Unnecessary Accessories

The flyer-folding discussion spun off into Utamaru's strong feelings about bags. His rule: no extra colors added to an outfit, everything must fit into one bag, and if it doesn't fit, he'd rather leave it at home. He confessed that when handed a shopper he didn't want, he once quietly disposed of it at a station, transferred the contents into his own bag, and went on his way. The conversation also touched on Minowada-kun's habit of carrying three small bags at once and the bag preferences of the RHYMESTER members.

Haru (Age 37, Male) Recaps the Week, and Minowada-kun Arrives

A listener who signed in as Haru (春), age 37, male, sent in a detailed week-in-review email covering: Monday's film interview, Tuesday's event presale lottery opening, Wednesday's misreading of "February 16" and the conclusion that low air pressure was to blame, and Thursday's surreal exchange during the paired-film segment. Utamaru also made an announcement about event ticket applications.

Then Minowada-kun joined the studio for the main event. Having watched every Resident Evil screen adaptation — the Milla Jovovich (ミラ・ジョヴォヴィッチ) film series, Welcome to Raccoon City, the CG animated Degeneration, and the Netflix drama series — he declared the live-action films "clearly the most entertaining by far." But when the central question arrived — is it Resident Evil, or isn't it? — he said the words start to blur, and the episode's first thirty minutes closed before the answer could land.

Takeaways

This week's 'Interesting Cases' — from an application form repurposed as scratch paper to a child's craft project binned on the spot — all illustrated the friction between rationalist efficiency and emotional attachment to objects.
Utamaru revealed a strict one-bag, no-extra-colors policy, confessing he once quietly discarded a shopper at a station and transferred its contents into his own bag rather than let it disrupt his outfit.
Minowada-kun, having watched every Resident Evil screen adaptation, rated the live-action films the most entertaining of the lot but deliberately stopped short of declaring whether they truly count as Resident Evil.

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This article is edited from a machine transcript of the first 30 minutes of the episode. It is not an official summary — please listen to the episode itself.