Yasumoto Unleashes Hilarious Quotes in First Talk of the New Year! Studio Erupts with Laughter at This Year's Goal Announcement: "Chiaki Kobayashi Buys a Colander"

On Monday, January 12th at 10 PM, "Say You To Yo Asobi Monday [Hiroki Yasumoto × Chiaki Kobayashi] #29" was broadcast on ABEMA's Anime LIVE Channel.

This broadcast was the first Monday regular program of 2026, featuring quizzes and taste comparison projects related to okayu (rice porridge). The show also included discussions about how they spent the year-end and New Year holidays, delivering a uniquely New Year-themed night of entertainment.

■The First Show of the New Year Starts with New Year's Gourmet Talk! Yasumoto Unleashes Hilarious Quotes Like "Ozoni-Only Event" and "New Year's Wall Circle"

The program opened with New Year's greetings. When asked about how he spent the year-end and New Year holidays, Yasumoto reflected, "I lived a lazy life. I kept thinking I should clean, but I'd drink from noon, fall asleep, and before I knew it while thinking I hadn't done anything, New Year's was over."

Yasumoto, who had returned home to spend time with his mother, shared, "When I was in high school, I could eat about three mochi. That's where my mother's perception of me gets stuck forever." Kobayashi smiled involuntarily and said, "That's adorable, isn't it?" When asked by Yasumoto, who said, "I've been persuading her every year and finally got it down to one," "But don't you end up wanting seconds and eating two anyway?", he replied, "I don't have seconds. There are other things to eat. If it were an ozoni-only event that would be fine, but there are also wall circles, right?" using event terminology as an analogy. Comments got lively with "All-genre event lol" and "Osechi Comiket."

The conversation then turned to how the contents of osechi (traditional New Year's food) have been changing in recent years, and Yasumoto explained the origins of osechi as preserved food. Seeing Kobayashi reflect, "I didn't really get excited about it, so I didn't eat much of it when I was a kid either...", Yasumoto recalled a curry commercial aimed at people who got tired of osechi, and reminisced about his childhood memories, saying, "I thought the person who came up with that was a genius."

Kobayashi, who had resolved to make toshikoshi soba (New Year's Eve noodles) on New Year's Eve, ended up giving up because the supermarket closed earlier than expected. When asked by Yasumoto, "Making the soba is fine, but did you prepare the colander to use afterward?", Kobayashi tilted his head, "Colander...?" Yasumoto delivered a sharp retort, "First, buy a colander!" While saying, "This year's goal has been decided: 'Buy a colander,'" Kobayashi fully intended to receive one, asking, "Yasumoto-san, do you have any spare colanders?" causing laughter to erupt in the studio.