Fall semester at Tokyo University Branch America
Ryoma: It's 17 degrees, but it feels like its 10.
Nakaoka: Are you a baby? I just Line messaged my uncle in Kochi. He said it's like 17 too. I'd be wearing jinbei right now in Kitagawa.
R: Your wearing jinbei now. I told you were in America. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
N: Thats easy for you to say. I have to save my money. As for you. You have a government sponsored scholarship. You have money to spend on western clothes.
R: What can I say? Have you've forgotten? I've made many connections throughout Japan. Check out these new Doctor Martin, 17 holes, made in England boots. Not made in Vietnam or Korea. The leather and feel are way different.
N: But your wearing shorts Ryoma.
R: But they are North Face cargo shorts. Below the knee. Baggy and full of pockets. It's an American jinbei.
N: You were always one with a strange sense of fashion. Anyways, want me to warm up some sake? It's getting chilly outside.
R: Is it that stuff you had sent from Tokyo? Sawanoi?
N: You got right brother. I know it's against college dorm room rules, but all students drink alcohol in their rooms.
"THUMP-THUMP!"
R: Shhhhh! Be quiet! I heard something.
N: It's coming from downstairs. Hurry up! Turn out the light.
Silent whispers
R: Maybe it's the dorm manager from Imperial Beach. We're cool.
N: Shhhh! No. Tonight is Mr. Johnson from LA. He's an assho…
"KNOCK-KNOCK!"