Chiaki Kobayashi is the "New Nobuhiko Okamoto"!? What is the "Alchemy of Cuteness" That Hiroki Yasumoto Passionately Explains... Plus Haruki Ishiya's All-Too-Real Stories From His Struggling Days

On Monday, February 2nd, "Say You To Yo Asobi Monday [Hiroki Yasumoto × Haruki Ishiya] #31" was broadcast on ABEMA's "Anime LIVE Channel."

This time, voice actor Haruki Ishiya suddenly appeared as a substitute MC in place of Chiaki Kobayashi, who was absent due to poor health. Together with Hiroki Yasumoto, they had a wildly entertaining evening filled with viewer poll predictions and shooting games.

■Haruki Ishiya Had a Behind-the-Scenes Part-Time Job at His Own Event Appearance!?

In this segment, they predicted the rankings of viewer polls and exchanged the points they earned for Setsubun "lucky beans" to challenge a shooting game. The show was greatly entertaining with discussions about Yasumoto and Ishiya's "luxuries at beef bowl restaurants," Ishiya's "extremely rare part-time job experiences," and Yasumoto's "Chiaki Kobayashi = New Nobuhiko Okamoto theory."

During the talk between games, the topic of "luxuries at beef bowl restaurants" from their university days came up. While Ishiya shared his down-to-earth way of enjoying things, saying "What I used to do was pile on a ton of pickled ginger," Yasumoto talked about his luxurious meals at the time, saying "I used to order a regular bowl with extra broth and add an extra serving of rice" and "It was my greatest luxury, but nobody understands it (lol)."

Next, the topic shifted to Ishiya's past part-time jobs. Ishiya, who had experience working at a "convenience store" and as a "festival vendor," shared "At the festival stalls, couples who were secretly dating would come... I loved watching them with a grin while running a shaved ice stand." Yasumoto retorted with "I can't tell if you're a good guy or a bad guy," and the studio was filled with laughter.

Furthermore, Ishiya confessed that he had also done "horse guidance at a racetrack" and even "stage setup and teardown work for events he was appearing in." He shared a bittersweet experience in a helmet, saying "I had just been performing at the event, but when I got to work, someone said 'Hey! You there!' and I thought, 'Without a title, I'm nobody...'" This surprised Yasumoto.