Voice Actors Showtaro Morikubo & Masaya Fukunishi Cry Out in Pain During Fitness Gear Challenge! Nobuhiko Okamoto Retorts: "What are you making the veteran do?!"

Masaya Fukunishi and Showtaro Morikubo Suffer Consecutive Injuries

Up next was the second challenger, Masaya Fukunishi. As he fitted the apparatus for a test run, he foreshadowed trouble: "Oh, this might be bad..." Just two seconds into his challenge, he cried out, "Oww!" The ball, which was wrapped with what appeared to be sandpaper-like material, smacked straight into his knee, causing him to groan in agony. Showtaro Morikubo burst into laughter at the accident, commenting, "That's the best! I want a replay of the exact moment it hit his knee..."

With Morikubo as the final challenger, the pressure was on him to pop all the remaining balloons to clear the mission. Amidst the anticipation, a fresh mishap occurred. The moment Morikubo, wearing the gear, started to swing his hips, the sandpaper-wrapped ball slammed into his abdomen. Morikubo cried out in pain, "That seriously hurts..." This sent Fukunishi collapsing onto his knees from laughter, and the studio erupted. Viewers left comments such as, "I laughed out loud lol," and "Morikubo got injured too, lmao."

Regrouping, Morikubo restarted the challenge. Just after letting out a celebratory "Four!" and vigorously swinging his hips, the ball struck his waist again. Despite his best efforts, Morikubo failed to clear all the remaining balloons, and the game ended in failure.

Nobuhiko Okamoto's Quip Spreads the Laughter

Following the game's failure, Okamoto couldn't help but interject to the staff, "What are you making the veteran do?! Morikubo-san has a stage performance tomorrow!" His retort fueled further laughter.

Morikubo, despite claiming, "I can feel it in my abs!" came back to reality and commented alongside a still-laughing Fukunishi, "Aren't we laughing a little too much?" and "I can't tell which it is [the gear or the laughter] anymore." Seeing this exchange, one viewer left a brilliant comment: "Laughing must be the best strength training after all."

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