Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boy

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By: Connor & Niamh

Connor and Niamh read through Cromartie High School at the same pace it was published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine.

Chapter 179: Not Fade Away
Today at 12:00 PM

Tokai Teio catches four passes Sunday

by Ari Koslow | Lions Correspondent | Mon, Sep 8th 1:45am EDT

Tokai Teio caught 4-of-5 targets for 23 yards in the Lions 27-13 loss against the Packers.

Fantasy Impact:
It was a disappointing performance by Teio fresh off her contract extension. The entire Hanshin offense seemed to be out of sync. She remains in the WR2/WR3 territory heading into next week against the Bears.

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Chapter 178: Sure Know Something
09/10/2025

Dragon Con's mission is to inspire conservation leadership by connecting people to the multi-media popular culture realms of science fiction & fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film.​

Since the opening of the Dragon Con in 1934, we have had an international reputation for taking a cutting-edge role as one of the most well attended pop-culture conventions in the country. Today, there is an increasing need for conservation leaders to guide, teach, and motivate people to protect the world’s threatened popular cultures. In addition to conservationists, the Con inspires and engages children, students, teachers, and others among the...


Chapters 176 & 177: One More Time & One More Dub
09/03/2025

Pootan (プータン) is a fixed shooter arcade video game released by Nonaka in Japan in 1982. It was manufactured in North America by ADV Electronics. The player controls "Mama", a woman whose son Maeda has been kidnapped by a group of delinquents and who must rescue them using a bow and arrow and slabs of meat. Controls consist of a two-position up/down joystick, which moves an elevator in which Mama Maeda rides; and a button, which fires arrows and throws meat.

When the game starts, "The Other Day I Met a Gorilla" can be heard during the opening scene (i...


Chapter 175: Stone Cold Crazy
08/27/2025

Sleeping very soundly
On a Tuesday evening
I was dreaming I was Hiromi Go
There's a rumor going round
Gotta clear outta town
I'm smelling like a Sevno

Here come the Eeleon
Gonna break down the door
Gonna carry me away once more
Never, I never
I never want it any more
Gotta get away from this bicameral floor

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Chapter 174: Route 66
08/20/2025

Mechazawa is the fifth and final member of the Pootan friends where he is "A normal human!" He also has a niece named Mechazawa Beta. He has no realm in particular, though he seems to have a "docking station" between Freddie Land and Gori Land. Mechazawa is also the final of Eiji Nonaka's original creations after he goes through the other main characters like Maeda, Freddie, Gori, and Takenouchi.

Mechazawa is portrayed as being intelligent, clear-spoken, well-educated with a clear attitude that often teaches lessons to his friends. Like an older brother, he knows how to solve...


Chapters 172 & 173: Calling All Destroyers & Bad Medicine
08/13/2025

Listen and learn as Yamaguchi Noboru, aka Ajishio Taro, interviews the best and brightest people in PP&A globally, to discuss what PP&A looks like Today and help shape what it should look like Tomorrow.

My name is Yamaguchi Noboru (AKA Ajishio Taro), and I am excited that you have come to my website to learn more about PP&A.

I am a Comedy Professional with 12+ years of write-in jokes and PP&A experience. I Earned a bachelor's from PYU, an MBA specializing in manzai, and a Master of Setup and Punchline Management from...


Chapters 170 & 171: Bicycle Race & What is B?
08/06/2025

Even restricting the discussion to physics, scientists do not have a unique definition of what matter is. In the currently known particle physics, summarised by the standard model of elementary particles and interactions, it is possible to distinguish in an absolute sense particles of matter and particles of antimatter. This is particularly easy for those particles that carry electric charge, such as electrons, protons or quarks, while the distinction is more subtle in the case of neutrinos, fundamental elementary particles that do not carry electric charge. In the standard model, it is not possible to create a net amount...


Chapter 169: Gimme Shelter
07/30/2025

> "Haa-ha-ha-ha! I am the strongest and most beautiful of them all, the 'Supreme Faerie Queen,' Niamh! Now, let the legend begin!" The haughty queen of the faeries Her loud laughter is booming!

Niamh is an over-the-top narcissistic and somewhat comical faerie queen. Her behavior is always over-exaggerated, sometimes loudly, and sometimes earnestly boasting about selfcest. She seriously believes that those who do not know their own beauty and strength are unfortunate, and she is constantly enlightening the public. She's admired by her fellow cohosts.

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Chapter 168: Let It Blend
07/23/2025

But all the time I was thinking, Why? The work itself seemed to demand it. Even though conceived and executed by me, it has a quality, a character, a life apart from me. This is as true of a podcast as it is of a handmade piece of banana sushi or a well-tuned Mechazawa bike or a masterpiece like Cromartie High School. Once created, the work has its own integrity. If it doesn’t, the creator knows, and will not rest until he achieves what the work demands.

This should tell us something. The world is crammed wi...


Chapter 167: Say Say Say
07/16/2025

Should I (42m) really WANT to go grocery shopping with my wife?

So I'll try to make this short and can add some detail if needed.

Married for almost 13 years, we have 3 kids, a house, she's a stay at home mom and I work full time.

I work long hours, 50 hours, sometimes as many as 60, but lately it's been 48-52 hours. I'm a popular write-in comedian for a radio show that takes submissions. I do a lot of food based humor, like talking about Spotted Dick and other weird and funny British foods...


Chapter 166: Hold Me Now
07/09/2025

Ginormous Cooling Capacity

A spacious nutsack makes room for up to a 360mm long & 125mm thick radiator on the side and adjustable top bracket that can house another 360mm radiator up to 68mm thick up above. Working together with the cold floor cooling at the bottom and spot for an additional fan at the rear of the sack, Connor has a total capacity of 10 fans in a fully populated scrotum. With over 180mm of clearance to the side skin, air and water cooling enthusiasts alike will appreciate the flexibility afforded to them by the scrotum to create...


Chapter 165: King of Pain
07/02/2025

Yes, really. It's said Connor can stretch his ball sack to the size of eight tatami mats. Of course it's more flexible than tatami, so it's way more useful. Connor is depicted using his nutbag as a suribachi and surikogi for grinding sesame seeds, a computer case, a microphone, a canopy…

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Chapters 163 & 164: Men at Work & I'm Looking Through You
06/25/2025

Traveling in a fried-out taxi
On a Feddie trail, head full of sesame,
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave me breakfast
And she said,
"It's me, Maeda, stop confusing me with my mom!"

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Volume 7 Supplementary Material
06/18/2025

Listeners and proctoring staff alike where shocked to see what a major role this unpredictable bit has come to play. I still haven't given any thought as to which host is Ajishio Taro and which host is Hachimitsu Boy, though. In any case, a cohost will be playing a large role in this next volume—a dangerously large role.

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Chapter 162: You've Got to Hide
06/11/2025

I remember the very, very first time that I listened to Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boy. It was sort of a benchmark, you might say, and I remember that this friend of mine that always got there first visited me with this little glass phone and this podcast with a cover that looked like a weird comic. And since I was a graduate of Dr. Kamiyama's, I figured there were no surprises. So the only question I asked is, "How long does it last?" And he said, "About thirty minutes, there's a timer." So I did it...


Chapter 161: Happy
06/04/2025

This auditory programming is rated TV-Y7 in the United States by the TV Parental Guidelines, signifying that the content is suitable for children 7 and older. It contains some elements that are not suitable for the TV-Y rating such as comedic violence, mild language, and a small amount of negativity.

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Chapter 160: Perfect World
05/28/2025

Two friends try and figure everything out. Join Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boy as they delve into the weirdness of life, pop culture, and sesame seed grinding—and do their best to explain it as absurdly as they can. Write in to ghostdiverspod@gmail.com with your own questions and observations.

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Chapter 159: Perfect Stranger
05/21/2025

Under the pen name Hachimitsu Boy, comedian Kamiyama Takashi investigates a sesame seed scandal involving Pootan alongside his comedic foil Ajishio Taro. However, their investigation is shut down when their source becomes silent and the radio show he writes into, which supports Pootan, puts a stop to their research.

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Chapter 158: You Won't See Me
05/14/2025

In podcasts like "Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boy" and "Ghost Divers Question Buckets," Connor often played the part of foolish cohost. Compared with Niamh (Nia), which is the epitome of persona-changing cohost, one saying is "Niamh has seven podcasting personae, Connor has eight." Connor is thus superior to Niamh in his characterful podcast bits, but unlike Niamh, which changes faer persona for the sake of tempting people, Connor does so to fool people and make them seem stupid. Also, a theory is told that he simply likes to change it up.

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Chapter 157: Human League
05/07/2025

Did you know that the gorilla from Cromartie High School wrote the light novel series Slayers?

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OP: “Ningen nante” by Yoshida Takuro
ED: "Human” by the Human League

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Chapter 156: Boys & Girls
04/30/2025

Welcome to The Pootan Encyclopedia

Merry Christmas!

We're a collaborative community website about the history of Pootan. This wiki covers all types of Pootan bits such as Niamh talks about vtubers, Connor talks about football, they both forget to read emails again, and more. If you want to add an article about your favorite Pootan bit, go ahead.

Rules

No swearing/bad language. No NSFW content on the wiki. All articles must be Pootan related. No bullying administrators or moderators, it could get you blocked from the wiki. If you notice any...


Chapter 155: Stranger In A Strange Land
04/23/2025

Why am I supposed to upload a podcast? I still don't even really know what a podcast is.

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ED: “Stranger in a strange land” by the Byrds

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Chapter 154: The End
04/16/2025

The moment man devoured the fruit of knowledge, he sealed his fate. Entrusting his future to the gorilla, man clings to a dim hope.

Yes, the banana sushi is the means by which all is revealed. Attaining one's dream requires a stern will and unfailing determination.

The banana sushi is the means by which all is revealed. The silent voice within one's heart whispers the most profound wisdom.

The banana sushi is the means by which all is revealed. Celebrate life's grandeur, its brilliance, its magnificence.

The banana sushi is the...


Chapter 153: Father
04/09/2025

Realize Pootan Rater, the only reason that I'm here right now is that I wanted to be...

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ED: “Mother” by the Police

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Chapter 152: Super Fish Market Crash
04/02/2025

Dive into Gorilla Sushi!

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OP: “Ningen nante” by Yoshida Takuro
ED: “Time is Tight” by the Clash

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Dehumanization
Violence
Animal cruelty
Banana sushi

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Chapter 151: Free As A Bird
03/26/2025

In Latest Bid to Lord Over Sesame Seeds, One Man Tries Grinding Them Away

At the Port of Cromartie, a shipping container holds new weapons in man's battle against one of his oldest adversaries: Sesamum indicum—the sesame seed.

The mastermind behind this arsenal is Pootan, an eighth-grade dropout turned comedian who makes an unlikely merchant of paste. The sinewy 51-year-old, who favors animal costumes and sidekicks, is a manzai practitioner who speaks in a distinctly laidback manner.

But when it comes to those small white ovals, Pootan is no peacenik: He is th...


Chapter 150: Can't Stand Losing You
03/19/2025

I guess you'd call it cowardice
But I'm not prepared to go on like this
I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing
I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing
I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing the bit

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Chapter 149: With A Shout
03/12/2025

This episode goes out to all the yuri-loving long-haul truckers out there, don't think we've forgotten about you, make sure to look for the bear diner next time you're on I-77 in Ohio near the West Virginia border...

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Chapter 148: A Hard Day's Morning
03/05/2025

Faketan, also called Fakootan, are fan-designed fictional animal costumes based on the Pootan franchise of comedy specials. While many such designs have been created purely as fan art, others are made specifically as hoaxes to fool fans into believing they will appear in future seasons of the show, or as unique costumes added to fan re-edits.

The word Faketan is a portmanteau of the words fake and Pootan. In Japanese, they are known as Oripoo (オリプー, from "original Pootan").

According to Connor, Faketan have existed "for almost as long as two weeks ago when Crystal did that one...


Chapter 147: Hard Luck Man
02/26/2025

"This could be my theme song. I'm a cancer and spent so many years growing up at the beach in Hollywood, FL. I used to be a beauty in my youth but sadly, never found the right man. Now, at 57, I'm alone and Jesus is my man now but the sweet gospel cannot replace our great Rock and Roll ballads."

"I am 71 and I always thought this was Rod Stewart."

"Paul wrote this and was about to give it to Rod Stewart. Peter interjected, thank God. He's the perfect one to sing this."

"...


Chapters 145 & 146: The Ballad of Ishi and Goto & I Me Mine
02/19/2025

Niamh Schönherr has quit Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boy. The shock news must mean the end of Export Audio’s most famous podcast, which has been idolised by millions the world over for nearly three years.

Today 36-year-old Schönherr will announce faer decision, and the reasons for it, in a no-holds-barred statement. It follows months of strife over policy in Export Audio, Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boys’ controlling network, and an ever-growing rift between Schönherr and faer podcasting cohost, Connor Brown. In faer statement, which consists of a series of answers...


Chapter 144: You Never Give Me Your Name
02/05/2025

I guess since we recorded these back to back, this one was also recorded entirely in a sauna.

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Chapter 143: Hotter Than Hell
01/29/2025

This episode was recorded entirely within a sauna.

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Chapter 142: Sometime Blues
01/22/2025

Announcing the first and only normal vtuber fan.

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Volume 6 Supplementary Material
01/15/2025

If this episode does not bring you happiness, put it back where you found it and listen to three more. You may repeat this as many times as you'd like. If any other people are looking or feeling left out, share this podcast with them.

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Chapters 140 & 141: Get Back & What You're Doing
01/08/2025

To listen to this episode on New Year's Eve in the future and time it up so that the episode will countdown to midnight and end as you ring in the new, start this episode at 11:28:26.

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Chapter 139: Who's Bad?
01/01/2025

Unbeknownst to Connor and Niamh, an organization more powerful than they could possibly imagine had begun to make its move... and it was this organization that was behind the day's events.

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OP: “Ningen nante” by Yoshida Takuro
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Chapter 138: Radio Magic
12/25/2024

Congratulations, Em! Your Pokémon are Wobloom and Wigglygross!

All other Pokémon created this episode:

Brebuffet
Pumploom
Bidmence
Gourloom
Cacpom
Ambitar
Ambiloom
Nosetar

Bonus Pokémon created after this episode was recorded:

Bretar
Tyraniloom
Minlord


Chapter 137: Spanish Bomb
12/18/2024

Hey, did you know that we take emails? We will definitely answer them right away in a very timely manner.

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Chapter 136: Change
12/11/2024

Sorry, I'm trying to write this episode description as fast I can, I gotta go. Oh my god. Oh my god. Sorry, I'm... I'm leaving.

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