"Break up caused by meat! Break up caused by meat!" - The official TERRACE HOUSE thread

Lauren doing a vlog for Vogue Japan:

https://www.vogue.co.jp/celebrity/interview/VJ1027-My5Favorites-2018-12-ORIG_LaurenTsai/videos

Fun fact, an ilxor who used to live in Honolulu took me to that same hot pot restaurant and it was fantastic.

What beach was that in the video. Somewhere near Ko Olina? I didn't recognize it.

The new cast on TH...that app guy seems pretty scary.

I like how You got some attention for her Juul necklace. I was thinking about cutting a hole in the neck of my Taiwan t shirt like she does.

I thought it was somewhere near Hawai'i Kai... I'll ask around.

Watched all of the latest part in a couple of days, but now I'm not sure if it's coming back? They mentioned as much, but it ended so inconclusively...not that I was massively keen on the new housemates. I found myself longing for someone like Arman by the end.

I am glad the app guy drives everyone else crazy too. Such a creepster.

I was a little surprised how long the lag time is from when they are seeing episodes of themselves. In earlier seasons it felt like 2-3 weeks? Now it's about 2 months?

I like Tsubasa and Shion a lot, but the show got better and more interesting to me after they left.
I guess like You I got used to the app guy and no longer mind him.
The panel gave Tokui a hard time for being too excited and enthusiastic about Yui’s virginity, which is understandable, but I was kind of grossed out by their general reaction to her supposed innocence and cuteness. Then they held it against her when she didn’t live up to their imagined version of her.
The panel seemed pretty quick to label people and moments “scary” this year.

Didn't they think Natsumi, Cheri and Hayato were scary? In the first 5 minutes that the app guy was on screen I said "he's so going to stab someone in their sleep." I had to look up what a Junon boy was (lol).

Thank goodness Taka finally left. He was the most attractive, boring person ever on that show. His lady friend seems perfect for him.

not really challop: app guy and Yui are the only interesting housemates at the end of the recent Netflix run

they've brought in some right dross

also tt and I are watching the first season from the start. it's great! all it needs is a studio panel, although You mumbling semi-comatose from a taxi to nowhere has its charms too

Yeah, I only made it to when Torichan joins You in a studio finally. I need to pick it back up. I really love the panel. I like Yui a lot.

omg spoiler lol

i mean of course she was the next to join

Ha, Albert Broccoli spoiled me about that too because I was not feeling season 1 with You being in a car commercial for most of it.

I needed something to look forward to.

I assume too they are ending the current season because it seemed like a nightmare to have people commuting in to Tokyo all the time.

idk about Season One being bad - it's sort of amazing! i really don't think TH has been gifted a scenario as rich as failed firefighter and actual popstar's forbidden romance while avuncular older pair are the two actually getting down to it on the sly. even the two fifth wheels are good fun

Oh, I don't think it's bad. The music was a bit disconcerting and I kept waiting for the panel breaks so it was harder to get into a rhythm. I am somewhere in the mid teens in the episodes.

At least they got a better design of bedrooms down so they can film everyone at once now.

oh god the music lol

it is very weird having the entire show scored seemingly by a British indie kid

I really need to make an effort to get back into season 1 episodes this weekend.

Natsumi and Cheri seemed more aggressive to me, whereas the "scary" moments the current season seem more the result of social awkwardness and the apparent lack of social skills of a number of the members.
I was rooting for Taka though he made me cringe on a number of occasions.
I really like Yui.
I am not into watching these people skating, surfing, singing, so I might prefer the people who do "nothing" or whose jobs are not considered interesting/cool.
I would like to watch the first season but think I will miss the panel a lot.

there may be a panel at some point. The first season goes on for 2 years or something.

I posted it upthread but yes, Boys & Girls Next Door is by far the best season (followed closely by BGitC). It spans two years, two houses & two dozen housemates... and yes, there's a panel for the majority of it.

And then... once the series ends, it dovetails straight into a 2 hour film sequel (Closing Doors).

But back to Opening New Doors, I'm not sure if it's in the current international release or the next one, but during the opening recap Yamasato gets really OTT faux-angry at app-bro and it's probably my favorite moment of the entire series thus far.

It's not *that* crazy of a commute by bullet train... esp compared to the season 1 commute which was perhaps a little longer?

when do they ditch the british indie haha

xpost, didn't app guy ( I guess I should say Sota) say he commutes a little over 2 hours one way to work every day?

I have to say I was thrilled that the panel was begging for an eyeglass date because that is exactly how I felt.

The fact that they’re watching the episodes back a couple of days later in season 1 must have been seriously psychologically detrimental. Like in the new seasons they have a buffer of a few weeks to forget about and get over things and to review arguments from a humorous distance. The old way seems completely brutal in its immediacy.

It’s interesting to see Seina’s early missteps in modelling, knowing how successful she later becomes. Her fallibility makes her even more likeable.

Maybe I will try to watch the first season but I am kind of bad at watching tv so we'll see.
I love that people on Terrace House watch Terrace House and talk about being on Terrace House. I don't on like US reality shows when they can't mention the show even when it's clearly what they're really talking about.
I am curious about the status of some of the couples from other seasons, lke Taishi and Chikako.

I want to know too! That couple seemed doomed tbh. Albert is a fountain of knowledge for this kind of thing.

Taishi & Chikako are still together (now married!) & vlogging:

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UChJTlso_SVU_R-v6VaX995w/videos?shelf_id=1&view=0&sort=dd

For older seasons, Franky & Andrew (non-TH member) are married. Not sure about Han-san.

For newer seasons: Tsubasa & Shion and Seina & Noah.

Interesting. I was wondering how that would go, because Taishi seemed like he could be all about the fantasy and not the reality, or be one of those guys who gets super enthusiastic about a person/relationship, then abruptly becomes disillusioned and drops them. Maybe once he was secure in the relationship he relaxed, because on the show he seemed to put a lot of expectations on the person he was with, as to how she should react to things he did and so on...and just seemed kind of exhausting...well, good for them, I guess.

Married! I don't know why I am so surprised, he seemed pretty focused. 18ish years ago we had a Japanese housemate from Kyushu (mentioned before) for two years while he was doing a postdoc and he randomly had a school friend come visit him where we lived in nowhere PA. Completely normal, basic visit. He went back to Japan after he finished up and they were married within 3 months.

Oh man... just when you thought this season was gonna be dull! Cliffhanger endings! Infighting! Sex! BTS Secrets! Good stuff coming your way.

Also if you like baseball (probably no one on this thread), Kenta Maeda (LA Dodgers pitcher) was the guest panelist on today's episode and he said that his wife went to a Halloween party in LA and Taishi (Guilty Samuria) was there and she took a picture with him and sent it to Maeda (who was pitching in the world series!) and he checked his phone and got super excited lollll

Finally got to the full panel for season 1. It's funny how quickly they all just clicked together.

Ohhhhh, it starts getting amazing right around then. Dyki & Hana moved in ya?

Miwako is there already. I just read she is one of the most popular TH members (instagram followers).

Oh damn, you're pretty far in then.

Miwako is great, she has a cute off-kilter smile. If you remember guest panelist Saito from Aloha State, they did some ads for glico together. As most people were I imagine, I was surprised to see them together on a pasted-up street ad:

https://lineblog.me/kakeimiwako/archives/8356641.html

This season is ending on a crazy note! Gahhh...

For those without access...

Terrace House Boys x Girls Next Door series:

https://www17.dramacool9.io/drama-detail/terrace-house-boys-x-girls-next-door

Terrace House movie Closing Door (2015) download link:

https://tecchanhouse.wordpress.com/2018/10/02/closing-door-2015-480p/

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And so it ends, kind of differently than you'd think. Some good news ahead for the next season though, don't want to spoil it but it should be a step up after the past 2 seasons.

I am reading way too much about this Enon/Becky scandal right now.

Maeda! is so tall. I can't believe they didn't put out a huge ass armchair for him.

i started this show a couple months ago (Boys & Girls in the City, via netflix) and i watch ultra-slowly, so i'm only up to episode 15.

i will say that episode 14, the one where uchi and minori kiss for the first time, was possibly the finest half an hour of television i have ever seen. it was like nathan for you levels of awkwardness, only real, but sort of not real. unbelievable. i watched half of the episode with hands over my eyes.

Karl Malone, watch as many episodes as possible. I think it's a huge supplement to a westener's sense of manners.

<3 Maeda. Even drafted him on my ILX Fantasy team today!

<3 the story of his wife taking a selfie with Taishi & Chikako and sending it to him while he was playing in the World Series.