Taku Yashiro: "There are roles only Namikawa-san can play. There's no ramen only Namikawa-san can eat!" Displays extraordinary "Namikawa love"

Episode #21 of "Say You To Yo Asobi Wednesday" on the "Anime LIVE Channel" aired on ABEMA on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at 10 PM. This episode featured a return of the popular "Viewer Participation Real-Time Debate" that was well-received in episode #10, which aired on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. A heated debate battle unfolded during the live broadcast.

In this segment, viewers post the surname (in kanji) of the person they agree with in real-time in the comment section. Fifty posts earn one ball, and the person who collects more balls during the five-minute debate, or the first to collect ten balls, wins.

The first debate theme was "Hot forever or Cold forever." As a result of rock-paper-scissors, Taku Yashiro took the "hot side" and Daisuke Namikawa took the "cold side" to start the debate. When Yashiro asked, "You think it's better to be cold forever?", Namikawa explained, "If it's cold, you can just put on a jacket, and you have baths. People tend to get sick going from hot to cold places, but not so much the other way around." Yashiro pointed out, "Namikawa-san is 'only thinking about humans.' Crops won't grow if it's cold." Namikawa countered, "That's the same for hot weather. There are things that grow in cold environments, and you can use greenhouses." In the end, Namikawa won by a narrow margin.