Gaki No Tsukai #1082

Episode Title: へイポーが本気で結婚したい女性ベスト３０

"Heipo's Real Top 30 Women He Wants to Marry"

Gaki No Tsukai Episode #1082

Broadcast Date:

Sunday, November 27th 2011.

Viewing Links:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzI2OTE4NzAw.html

Guests:

ヘイポー（斉藤敏豪）： Heipo (Saito Toshihide)
森下 千里（もりした ちさと）：　Morishita Chisato. Heipo's unfortunate #1 choice for a wife.

Important Vocabulary:

招待状（しょうたいじょう）： Written invitation.
背負う（せおう）：　To be burdened with, have on one's back.
色っぽい（いろっぽい）：Amorous, erotic.

Episode Summary:

The ongoing saga of ”世界のへイポー” (The world's [only] Heipo) continues!

Matsumoto arrives before the GnT taping, and says that since his experience visiting Yoshi Yamada's family (Gaki No Tsukai episodes #1067 and #1071) Heipo, show designer, and everyone's favorite 56 year old perverted cowardly bachelor would like to get married! Matsumoto shows everyone the printed invitation he's created (which says "これから未来の話をしょう" or "Let's talk about where we go from here"). "He's very serious, really!" says Matsumoto. "For some reason he's on my back about it, and I don't really understand it, but... (let's go.)"

Upon arrival, the regulars are treated (if that's the word) to a Steve Jobs like presentation of "The Women Who Can Change Heipo's Future." Thus Heipo takes the stage and lists his "Top 30 Women."

Here's some highlights from his list:

• In speaking about #30 (Kyoka Suzuki) Heipo says he likes her because she's from the Tohoku region, and he really likes girls form Tohoku.
• Heipo likes the Kyoto dialect used Misako Yasuda (#26).
• When discussing #24, Ito Asako (from GnT #1075 and #1076, amongst others) he says he likes a girl who kisses well.
• When working with #21 (Shimohira Sayaka) she often had an amorous and erotic look in her eye.
• Heipo enjoyed watching #7 (Mimura Reiko) in her drama bed scenes.
• Heipo rode the Nippon TV elevator with #39 (Inamori Izumi) where she said she'd seen him on GnT.
• Heipo has liked #1 (Morishita Chisato) for some time. They've worked together in the past, and one time, when she was wearing a mini-skirt, she let him see her underwear. "There aren't many people who'll let you see their underwear," says Heipo. To which Endou responses, "yeah, ZERO."

The female announcer returns, and says that with the help of Morishita's manager, it has been arranged, without her knowledge, that Heipo will propose to her on hidden camera. "Are you serious?" asks Endou. "Serious," says Heipo. Then it comes out he hasn't seen her for 5 or 6 years. This is sounding very odd, indeed.

The rest of the episode details Heipo's attempt to propose to Morishita. At first meeting, she doesn't remember him. Then after a lot of rambling talk, everyone's patience wears thin, and the Gaki crew invade the hidden camera shoot. In the end Heipo didn't have the guts to propose, and the whole thing falls apart.

Episode Analysis:

At least it can be said that the Heipo episodes of GnT have a coherent and well established narrative thread. From his initial perversions and weird exaggerated cowardice the series had developed into his growing desire to adjust to a more normal life. This episode may be the culmination of this development, with him attempting marriage.

But there can't be any avoiding the fact that Heipo's inability to propose prevents this episode from becoming anything more than a brief, slightly entertaining twenty four minutes. In that respect, I think we can consider it a failure-- for if he had managed to propose, I doubt it's something anyone would soon forget.