#Tsubasa and shion pro#

All in all, the two of us cover most of the bases.ĭespite our difference in age, my mom and I generally agree on our assessments of the characters. I have the fashion sense of ridiculously dressed 41-year-old male comedian Yamasato and the combined wisdom of the interchangeable cast of teenage boy princes. I, on the other hand, am in the clothes I plan to wear to sleep-a clashing brightly-colored t-shirt and exercise shorts-which are also the same ones that I wore that day, as well as to bed the night before. Even at home at night, my mother is very elegantly dressed in her silk white and blue kimono pajamas-she somehow has both the wisdom of the older You, but the style sense of younger fashion icon Triendl. Perched together on the couch, we become a nosy panel of our own. There is no need to, say, pause the show and explain what The Situation and Pauly D mean when they call girls, “grenades.”Įvery episode kicks off with young and chic commentator Reina Treindl’s “ konbanwa!” greeting and when we watch, my mom and I respond in kind. Terrace House’s polite tensions ultimately revolve around small differences in each character’s personality and morals-just the right level of drama to dissect with your mother after dinner. Even one of the characters, 19-year-old Yuudai, is only on the show because his grandmother signed him up, leading the panelists to complain that they won’t be able to bad mouth him because they don’t want to make his grandmother sad. And there are plenty of handsome lifestyle scenes to drool over, including at least two-to-three beautifully prepared meals per episode, most likely consisting of some sort of jewel-toned raw fish that they apparently just sell at the supermarkets in Japan. The people on the show have a completely PG approach to dating, so neither of us has to uncomfortably get up for a glass of water if we don’t want to watch any racy moments together. There’s a chance to nag young people that are, for once, not you, her daughter, about their decisions in life. The show has everything (my) moms freaking love! There’s one of the greatest romances of our time.

But a unique aspect of the show for an American audience is that it intermittently cuts to a loveable panel of hosts, which includes comedians and television personalities like babbling Ryota Yamasato and quiet, but pointed Azusa Babazono, who watch the episodes alongside us and comment on what’s happening with a distinctly Japanese point-of-view.īut after three nights in a row watching the show together, I’ve come to realize that Terrace House-specifically the more charming and less dramatic “Opening New Doors” series, although any of them, such as “Boys and Girls in the City” (set in Tokyo) or “Aloha State” (set in Hawaii) will do-is actually the perfect show to watch with your (my) mom.

#Tsubasa and shion pro#

Many of them have jobs and friendships outside the house-there’s a pro snowboarder who works at a yakitori restaurant, an aspiring chef, and a dizzyingly unrepresentative number of part-time models. They go on dates and prepare meals together. While no one ever says explicitly that the show is dating-focused, most of the characters unabashedly announce upon their arrival that they are looking for love.