The appeal of Pokémon Go

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that was just

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like a a fad that happened for like

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No, no, it's actually it's the 9th year

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anniversary. So, uh yeah, there's a

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special event week going on. But yeah, I

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didn't realize how many people play it

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when I got back into it, but yeah,

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stupid amount.

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We just went to the Hello Kitty cafe.

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So, what what is Hello Kitty then?

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What is Hello Kitty? Okay. So, imagine

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like the best cat that you've ever seen

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in like cartoon form and you look at her

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and she just brings you joy. That's like

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what Hello Kitty is, I think.

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And did you buy anything in Hello Kitty?

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Can you What What do you do in Hello

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Kitty?

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Well, okay. So, they've actually it's

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the Artbox Cafe. They've rebranded it to

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Karumi and My Melody, which is Hello

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Kitty's friends, so they all know each

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other. Um I was going to get a key ring,

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but I completely forgot. But we got like

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little cakes and stuff like that.

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Okay. So, it's like a tea room or

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something.

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This is like a cafe. Yeah. Yeah, they

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used to do like um a menu, but now it's

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just like hot chocolate and cakes and

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stuff like that.

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Okay, it sounds cute.

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It's really cute. It's awesome. We felt

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a bit We were dressed a bit weirdly cuz

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we're all like Well, I mean, I've got

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the Hello Kitty necklace on though, so

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that's Yeah.

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Do you think Japanese culture maybe is

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quite conservative then because it's all

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sounds very traditional and there's a

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way of doing things and a way to present

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yourself? Well, I think there's a

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strangely two-sided element to it

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because um I also think they can when

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they let their head down, you've got

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things like kawaii and um manga and

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anime and