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Episode 200 — Nearly Four Years, One Episode a Week

The show reached its 200th episode this week. At a weekly cadence, that adds up to just under four years on air. Okubo noted that "the quality of listener mail has genuinely gone up," saying that even without a dedicated comedy segment, listeners have learned to slide subtle jokes into their letters all on their own. She cited an email engineered to make her repeat the phrase "white T-back" as a prime example, and wrapped the milestone moment by calling it "a show that grows alongside its listeners."

Problem 1: My Boyfriend Won't Stop Mimicking Nobu's Catchphrases and It's Destroying Our Conversations

A letter from radio name "Hanun Wants Eight Times a Week" (27, female). Her boyfriend picked up the quirky, stilted speech style of Chidori's Nobu from YouTube and began importing it into daily life. She took a two-hour train ride to see him, arrived in a sleeveless top, and his opening line was a Nobu-style gag comparing her bare arms to a train ticket being clipped at the turnstile. All she wanted was "your outfit is cute." She's gradually losing interest—though she notes the physical side of the relationship is still fine.

Okubo sympathized: "Not being able to have a normal conversation is genuinely worrying." But she put it in perspective: "Every guy goes through a phase like this around college age. If he's still doing it in his 40s that's a dealbreaker, but at his age there's some room to let it slide." Her practical suggestion: fire back using your own impression—something in the verbose, moralistic register of beloved TV drama teacher Kinpachi Sensei—and see how he handles being on the receiving end. The deeper problem, she said, is that he thinks he can land the same laughs as the comedian he idolizes. "If you admire someone that much, you should be the last person trying to copy them."

Problem 2: Now That I'm Losing Weight, I Want to See My Ex-FWB — Right Before My Wedding

"Kokoku Man Daisuki" (30, female) is on the verge of getting married. She met her current boyfriend on a dating app, they've been together two and a half years, the relationship is stable—but sex happens only every two to three months and she feels almost no physical desire for him.

The real complication is a former friends-with-benefits: younger, described as resembling actor Oguri Shun, whom she stopped seeing the moment she started dating her current boyfriend. Despite both of them now being in separate relationships, he has texted her roughly twice a month for the entire two and a half years—"Can you meet today?" "When are you free this week?" She declined every single time, but her actual reason was bluntly practical: she had gained 10 kilograms and didn't want him to see her that way. Now, with the wedding pushing her to diet, she's nearly back to her former weight—and the desire to meet him has quietly resurfaced.

Okubo was unambiguous: "He just wants sex." She recommended never seeing him again. But then she acknowledged the human reality: "I completely understand the impulse to have one last time before you're locked into monogamy for life." Still, she flagged the risk: "After two and a half years apart, you might show up and find he's let himself go, and the whole fantasy falls apart." The better ending is to leave the memory intact. The bitter irony she landed on: her fiancé is almost certainly delighted she's getting in shape for the wedding, with no idea that somewhere in the back of her mind she's thinking about someone else.

Problem 3: My Looks Dropped Off in My 30s — I'm Terrified of Looking Like an Old Lady Playing Bride

"Chan Yuuna" (35, female) married last year and is holding the wedding ceremony this year. She built her identity around her appearance from an early age, but since turning 30 she's seen a steep increase in sunken eyes, age spots, and wrinkles. Cosmetic procedures have helped but haven't fixed everything. She dreads her own reflection and fears that at the wedding, guests will think: "Look at this old woman making a scene." Since middle school she observed that "cute, ditzy girls get more attention from boys" and chose looks over academic effort. Now she feels she's losing ground to women in their 20s and has become, in her own words, "just a dumb old woman."

Okubo's analysis: "The more attractive someone was in their youth, the harsher they are about their own aging." Because she was evaluated against a high standard for so long, even a modest decline registers as catastrophic. Her reassurance: "The people coming to your wedding are friends who love you—none of them are thinking that." And her diagnosis: "You hold other people to a strict standard of appearance, so you assume they're applying that same measure to you." Her prescription: start by becoming more lenient toward others, and your self-assessment will tend to stabilize on its own.

Corner: "Is There Any Love Here?" — Full-Body Waxing Confession: Verdict

A collaboration segment with Aiful. Radio name "My Only Charm Is a Strong Face" (male, sixth-year university student, no relationship experience). He was studying with a woman he might have feelings for at a late-night café. The conversation drifted to a November trip to Korea; she mentioned beauty treatments, then said without preamble: "I get full-body waxing—including down there." Flustered, he replied, "I still have hair." He has since reflected that this was "a statement that benefited absolutely no one."

Okubo's verdict: currently, "a big no." That said, she added that sharing that level of detail with a man signals genuine comfort and trust. There's also a non-zero chance she was testing how this earnest-looking guy would react—a hint of mischief. "I said there's no love, but it isn't zero." If he's interested, her advice was to close the distance slowly and steadily.