# #182 トガってたもんなあ - Show: 紅しょうがは好きズキ！ - Published: 2026-10-05 - Canonical: https://podc.club/en/episode/1681528378_d8597f4b8be4.html - Audio: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/RKL1746984817.mp3 - Source: Edited from a machine transcript of the first 30 minutes of the episode. Not an official summary. Beni Shoga (紅しょうが) duo Inoue and Shichigosan (七五三掛) dig up their most embarrassingly "edgy" moments from the past. Inoue is blindsided when a friend from her high-school handball club exposes a rude attitude she has zero memory of, and Shichigosan discovers she couldn't fit in with her comedy peers nine years ago — news that surprises her just as much. The back half of the episode brings a joyful update from a listener who solved her fake-Kansai-dialect boyfriend problem by doing absolutely nothing, plus a new plea for help from a woman being matchmade against her will at the office. ## What this episode answers ### What did Inoue do that earned her the label "edgy" back in high school? At the year-one school eye exam she answered "wakaran" ("I dunno") dismissively and reportedly told the examiner she "didn't want to answer because she didn't want to be looked down on" — a moment she has no memory of whatsoever. She also admits that from around 3rd grade through 9th grade she played a blunt no-nonsense character, slapping girls on the palm and calling everyone "omae." ### What was Shichigosan's relationship with her peers when she first started out as a comedian? According to her senior Morita Mariko, nine years ago Shichigosan couldn't fit in with her peers at all; she had blonde hair and permanently drooping eyebrows that made her look like she was constantly troubled, and Shichigosan herself has no idea when or why she changed. ### What became of Runa's situation with the boyfriend who spoke fake Kansai dialect? Runa left the problem completely alone, the fake Kansai dialect faded away on its own, and they ended up getting married. ### What advice did the two give to Haru, who is being pushed together with a male coworker at her workplace? They advised her to pull aside the specific person leading the matchmaking push — one on one, away from the male coworker — and tell them plainly to stop, because denying it in front of the coworker could risk hurting his feelings. ### What was the situation in which Shichigosan was told that Nakada-san might have feelings for her after the BBQ? After the BBQ with Ebi-chan, Nakada-san, and several hosts, Shichigosan's assigned host told her in dead seriousness that Nakada-san was definitely into her; during the BBQ itself Nakada-san had been calling her "Hime! Hime!" and grilling meat for her, and Shichigosan was so flustered she worried the thought might show up in her dreams. ## Article ## The Choir Competition Problem: When Your Song Gets Outvoted The episode opens on a relatable school memory: choir competition season, and what to make of the girl who pouts when the class votes down her song pick. Inoue says she wants to tell that girl to drop the sulky face — but immediately walks it back, noting that once rehearsals start she will absolutely come to love whatever song was chosen. Both hosts agreed that the shared memories formed in the process always win you over in the end. ## Back in Osaka: Friend Yureka Exposes Inoue's High-School Attitude Inoue had recently returned to Osaka and met up with former members of her high-school girls' handball club. Even though she arrived around 10:30, her friends had waited for her. At the gathering, Yureka — who had been the team manager — revealed that during the year-one school eye exam, Inoue had answered "wakaran" ("I dunno") with a dismissive attitude. Yureka added that Inoue had also said she "didn't want to answer because she didn't want to be looked down on." The other friends confirmed they had heard Yureka tell this story many times. Inoue had zero memory of it and could only laugh uncomfortably: "That's pretty bad, isn't it?" Reflecting on her genuinely edgy years, Inoue admitted that from around 3rd grade through the end of 9th grade she had gone through a phase of playing a blunt, no-nonsense character — slapping girls on the palm (kata-pan) and calling everyone "omae." By high school she had styled herself more as a lone-wolf cool type, but she didn't think of herself as particularly edgy back then — which makes the eye-exam revelation all the more startling. ## Shichigosan's Transformation: Nine Years Ago She Couldn't Click with Her Peers Shichigosan shared a conversation she had with her senior, Morita Mariko. When Mariko asked how life in Tokyo was going, Shichigosan said she was having a wonderful time with all her comedy peers — at which point Mariko surprised her by revealing that nine years ago she couldn't fit in with those very same peers at all. Back then, Shichigosan had blonde hair and perpetually drooping eyebrows, which made everyone around her assume she was always deeply troubled about something. Mariko said she seemed like a completely different person now. Shichigosan had no memory of being that way and no idea when or where the change happened. The two speculated that improved posture might be part of what shifted her presence. ## Listener Advice Corner: A Happy Update and a Workplace Matchmaking Problem **Progress report from Runa:** Runa had previously written in about her boyfriend from eastern Japan who had picked up a fake Kansai dialect from watching comedy. Her follow-up report: she left the problem completely alone, the fake dialect faded away on its own, and they ended up getting married. Inoue and Shichigosan burst out laughing — "You didn't do a single thing!" — and sent their warmest congratulations. **New question from Haru (age 30):** Haru wrote in about being pushed together with a male coworker her own age by people at her workplace, who keep insisting they are a perfect match and should just get married already. The man is handsome and a genuinely good person, but Haru has no interest in an office romance. Telling them "I don't do office relationships" has had no effect. Inoue and Shichigosan advised her to pull aside the specific person leading the matchmaking — one on one and away from the male coworker — and tell them directly to stop. Doing it in front of the coworker could hurt his feelings, so targeting the instigator privately is the smarter approach. **Shichigosan's BBQ story:** Wrapping up the corner, Shichigosan shared a recent anecdote. She had gone to a BBQ with Ebi-chan, Nakada-san, and several hosts. Afterward, her assigned host told her with a completely straight face, "Nakada-san is definitely into you, Yure." During the BBQ itself, Nakada-san had been calling her "Hime! Hime!" and grilling meat for her. Shichigosan was thoroughly flustered: "If those words get into my head they might show up in my dreams — that's a real problem." ## Takeaways - Inoue discovered — with zero memory of it — that at her year-one school eye exam she answered the examiner rudely, a piece of her own past edginess exposed by her friend Yureka. - Shichigosan learned from her senior Morita Mariko that nine years ago she couldn't fit in with her comedy peers at all, and she still can't explain when or why she changed. - The listener advice corner delivered a laugh-out-loud update — doing nothing solved the fake Kansai dialect problem and led to a marriage — alongside a new question about unwanted workplace matchmaking from a 30-year-old listener.