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Nakatani and Sakamoto of Mayurika (マユリカ) faced off in a PK-style quiz to name the top 10 ramen chains by location count, with the loser required to write an original radio anime script before the next recording. Gyoza no Ohsho came in at #1 with 722 locations, while Ringer Hut at #2 and Sugakiya at #7 caught both players completely off guard. Nakatani took the win, leaving Sakamoto on the hook for a high-difficulty creative penalty involving two original characters.
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What this episode answers
What is the penalty game this week, and what are the backstories of the characters involved?
Sakamoto must write an original radio anime script featuring Onibayashi Raburi (Raburin) and Papuu (Pappuu) by next week. Raburin is a sukeban character who secretly loves cute things but never shows it; Papuu is a being that grants magical-girl powers to stop a monster that emerges from among humans once every 100 years — and Sakamoto must voice all the characters himself while also performing the sound effects live.
Which ramen chain ranked #1, and how many locations does it have?
Gyoza no Ohsho ranked #1 with 722 locations. Sakamoto answered immediately after hearing that Chinese restaurant chains were included in the rules.
What rank did Tenkaippin place, and what was Sakamoto's first answer in the game?
Tenkaippin placed 9th with 197 locations, and it was Nakatani who answered it correctly as his very first pick. Sakamoto's first answer was Gyoza no Ohsho, which turned out to be #1.
How did Bamiyan end up being counted as a correct answer through a 'special ruling'?
Sakamoto named Bamiyan, which was not in the original ranking, but Nakatani checked using Tempos location data and determined that Bamiyan would rank around 5th by that metric, so it was accepted as correct by special ruling. Despite that momentum boost, Sakamoto later missed with Ippodo and Butayama consecutively, and Nakatani ultimately won.
Which chains appeared in the top 10 and surprised both players?
Ringer Hut at #2 ('didn't think of it as a ramen place') and Sugakiya at #7, a chain based mainly in the Nagoya area that neither player had heard of. Nakatani also bitterly regretted not guessing the chain believed to be Korakuen at #3, calling it a 'complete blunder.'
Penalty Announced: Write a Radio Anime Script
This episode marked the return of "Creative Showdown" (創作大決戦) for the first time in roughly five months. Nakatani let slip that "Sakamoto has been losing constantly lately," prompting Sakamoto to shoot back that just remembering it made him angry — though both came into the contest with plenty of motivation.
The penalty handed to Sakamoto: write an original radio anime script by next week featuring two characters created by Nakatani, Onibayashi Raburi (ラブリン, Raburin) and Papuu (パップウー, Pappuu). Raburin is a sukeban who loves cute things but keeps it hidden; Papuu is a being that emerges to grant magical-girl powers in order to stop a monster that appears from within humanity once every 100 years, with allies including a character named Poppy. The added wrinkle: Sakamoto must perform all the character voices himself while simultaneously producing the sound effects live — a daunting task he summarized bluntly as "an absolute pain in the ass." Nakatani, unbothered, told him: "These are my characters, but go ahead and breathe life into them."
The Game: Name the Top 10 Ramen Chains by Location Count
The main event was a PK-style quiz in which players took turns naming ramen chains. The rules included not just dedicated ramen shops but also Chinese-cuisine chains that serve ramen. A correct answer meant the chain landed in the top 10; a wrong answer meant it didn't. Misses accumulated, and whoever hit two misses first lost.
Nakatani went first and named Tenkaippin (天下一品), which came in at 9th place with 197 locations. He played it cool — "absolutely fine" — but was visibly surprised that nine other chains still ranked above it: "There are still eight chains ahead of it?"
Sakamoto, having just heard that Chinese restaurant chains were in scope, immediately fired back with Gyoza no Ohsho (餃子の王将), landing the #1 spot at 722 locations. He followed that with Osaka Ohsho (大阪王将) at #6, putting him in the lead early on.
The Bamiyan Incident and the Special Ruling
The biggest drama of the game came when Sakamoto named Bamiyan (バーミヤン). It wasn't in the original ranking — but Nakatani checked the data using Tempos location figures and found that by that metric, Bamiyan would slot in around 5th place. After a spirited in-studio debate about whether this was "not the actual ranking" versus "technically valid by the logic," they ruled it correct. Sakamoto, riding high on the moment, declared: "I'm drawing something toward me today."
Second Half: Sakamoto Stalls, Nakatani Comes Back to Win
The momentum didn't last. Sakamoto named Ippodo (一歩堂), which actually sits at 16th, then guessed Butayama (豚山), a tonkotsu chain he reasoned was common in central Tokyo and had significant regional presence — both answers missed the top 10. Two consecutive misses handed Nakatani the victory.
Nakatani, for his part, correctly named Rairai-tei (来来亭) at 8th with 243 locations, but also missed with Yamaokaya (山岡屋, 13th) and another entry that fell outside the rankings. With Sakamoto missing two before him, though, Nakatani's win was locked in. "I finally won!" he said, pumping his fist. Ichiran (一蘭) came up in conversation but was ruled outside the top 10.
The Full Ranking Revealed
After the game, the complete list was read out. Neither player had considered Ringer Hut (リンガーハット) at #2 — "I just don't think of it as a ramen place" — or Sugakiya (スガキヤ) at #7, a chain concentrated mainly in the Nagoya area that they admitted they barely knew. The chain believed to be Korakuen (幸楽苑) at #3 drew a pained response from Nakatani: "I absolutely should have said that — a total blunder." Marugen Ramen (マルゲンラーメン) at 9th was also unfamiliar to both. Names like Machida Shoten (町田商店) and Jiro (二郎) came up as entries that fell short, and Sakamoto reflected: "I was torn between Jiro and Butayama right up to the end."
Takeaways
- Gyoza no Ohsho topped the ramen chain ranking with 722 locations, while Ringer Hut (#2) and Sugakiya (#7) caught both players completely off guard.
- Sakamoto lost the PK battle to Nakatani and must write and perform — including all sound effects — an original radio anime script featuring characters Onibayashi Raburi and Papuu before next week's episode.
- A mid-game 'special ruling' let Bamiyan count as a correct answer despite being absent from the original list, but Sakamoto still dropped the match after two consecutive misses with Ippodo and Butayama.
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.