Hey, guys!
It's Chika.
So after uploading my 1000th video,
everyone's like,
"Oh, we're so looking forward to your next one!"
And I was like,
I don't have anything planned yet."
I'm like,
ready to let go and be me,
but, what am I gonna talk about?
"Sing 2"!
I probably almost cried like, four times.
For th ose of you who've never watched "Sing,"
it's an animated movie from Universal Studios.
All of the characters in it are animals.
And they all live in this like, animal town,
kind of like "Zootopia."
And the main character is a koala named Buster Moon.
And, ever since he was little,
he was really into the theater.
And so, his father bought a theater for him before passing.
So he owns this theater,
he's gotta make it successful.
But in reality,
it's not as easy as he thought.
So, he's got all these bills he has to pay
and he has to make this theater business work.
One day, he gets a great idea
to host a singing competition,
like "American Idol."
So the whole movie is about him putting on this show,
with a selected few that made it through the auditions.
There's a lot of obstacles,
challenges,
and it's about them,
like each and every one of them,
kind of taking steps to make their dreams come true.
And this time,
in "Sing 2,"
the sequel,
the same characters are back
and the movie begins with Buster Moon
putting on a show in his own theater.
And, there's a scout that comes to watch it.
So they all wanna impress her,
'cause she's from the big city
and they want their show to be recognized and make it big.
Unfortunately,
she doesn't think too highly of it,
she doesn't think it's good enough,
so she ends up going home.
Buster Moon goes to chase her and is like,
"No, no, give us a chance,"
and he runs through the city trying to get her attention.
He ends up falling into a canal and just feels miserable.
And the next scene is of him talking to his mentor
about what happened.
And he says,
"She ran me off the road into a canal."
And his mentor says,
"Well, you're still in one piece, aren't you?"
"Well, yeah, but."
"Well, anyone who dares set out to follow their dreams
is bound to face a lot worse than a dip in the canal."
"I just thought she'd at least see
we deserved a shot."
"Never mind what this person you don't even know said.
Do you think you're good enough?"
"Of course, but-"
"Then you must fight for what you believe in.
Guts, stamina, faith.
These are the things you need now."
So the movie starts out with this inspiring conversation
between Buster Moon and his mentor.
From this movie,
I gathered five takeaways.
Just five things that you need
to make your dreams come true.
The first one.
Dreams don't come true easily.
I mean,
you call it a dream for a reason, right?
It's something big.
It's something that feels far.
And, it's possible,
but you have to know that there's gonna be hard work
and it's gonna be a challenge.
So, that means what?
You can't give up easily, either.
You gotta keep trying,
you gotta be persistent.
Number two.
You need a team.
You need people to do this with.
You can't do everything alone.
And this is something that I am starting to realize,
finally.
I mean, I've been doing YouTube for 10 years
but I've always been kind of a lone wolf.
I like to do everything myself.
But, you just reach a point where you're like,
I can't do everything.
So you just need a team.
People that can relate with your dreams
and wanna make that dream happen with you.
Which means, that you need to trust people.
If you want to be a leader,
there are certain things that you have to be good at.
You have to be good at trusting people.
You have to be good at understanding
what that person is good at
and making them shine.
And also, fake it till you make it.
Fake it till you make it.
Fake it.
Till you make it.
And Buster Moon,
he makes promises that he's not even sure he's able to keep.
When the big boss from the big city is like,
"Are you sure you can bring that big star to the show?"
He doesn't even know him,
he has no connections with this big star,
but he's like,
"Yes, I can."
He just says, yes.
Not that I recommend anyone to do this,
because it is risky.
But, you know,
there are times when you just gotta, you know,
say you can to make it happen.
I had a similar experience,
although not of this scale,
when I was
interviewing at the consulting firm that I worked at.
I had just returned to Japan from the States,
from living in the States for 16 years,
I was interviewing at a Japanese company
and the interviewer asks me
if I'm able to read Japanese newspapers with no problem.
And, I still can't read a Japanese newspaper
without getting stuck on the characters.
So back then,
there was no way I could,
but, I was like,
"You know, if I worked at it, I could.
So, yeah,
I can!"
Good thing he didn't test me right then and there
because I would've failed,
but I just felt like I had to fake it to make it.
So I think it takes a little bit of that
to be given big opportunities.
And then, lastly,
be outrageous.
You gotta think outside the box
and take risks and just think big
if you want things to happen.
You can't be ordinary.
You gotta do things differently.
You gotta do big things,
you gotta do outrageous things,
you gotta be crazy a little bit, right?
And, Buster Moon shows us that,
to get his show in Redshore City,
Las Vegas,
he takes big risks
and he does things that people would normally be afraid of,
or scared of.
But he just,
he does it because his dreams are so important to him
and he has such passion.
You know, to him it's risky
but it's almost riskier not to take the risk.
So those were some of the things
that I took away from the movie.
It was very inspiring.
I was like, hmm,
about to cry like, four times.
So I'm really glad I went to go see it.
Pudding can now concentrate and watch a full movie,
so, that's been fun.
We watch movies at home quite often,
but, it's fun to go to the theater.
She loves popcorn.
So, yeah.
It doesn't happen every day,
so I'm like, okay, just let her eat it.
Clover was there.
They don't have any rules
against having babies in the movie theaters.
It's just, you know,
if they cry,
you just kind of have to make sure that,
you know, your baby's not getting in the way
of other people enjoying the show.
And Clover's very chill.
He was fine the entire time.
So, obviously not something that we're gonna do all the time
but it's nice to find movies here and there
that we can go watch as a family in the theater,
'cause you just don't do that anymore.
But I am so glad that we went to go see "Sing 2."
I think it's a something that I really needed.
I watched it a little before uploading the 1000th video.
And so, I was in this state where,
I needed that encouragement
and I needed to,
kind of, have that positive energy.
So I watched it at the perfect time.
And, like after the movie I was like,
"Oh my gosh!
It was so good."
And, Osaru-san was like,
"Yeah.
That much?"
He enjoyed it,
but it didn't move him like it moved me.
So I think we're just at different stages, emotionally.
But if you're at that point where you need some inspiration,
you just need a little bit of positive energy,
just a nudge to get you in the right direction,
"Sing 2."
Go watch it!
I feel like it was better than the first one.
And it's very rare to find sequels
that are better than the original.
So
awesome job to the creators.
Oh my gosh,
thank you for making such a great movie.
So, yes.
I wanna start doing more of these videos
where I'm just talking to you,
sharing with you guys, like,
what I thought about certain things or what I'm thinking.
Well, anyways,
I hope this video made you wanna go see "Sing 2."
First one is great too.
It's on Netflix,
so if you guys haven't seen that one, go watch it.
And I hope you guys are as moved and inspired as I was.
And, yeah!
We'll see you guys again soon!
Bye!