>They've really perfected the "strangers in a house" reality TV show. >Nobody blatantly acting out, no stupid challenges, just six different >personalities interacting together with a bunch of people criticizing >their every move.

That's why I didn't like Cheri with her toxic and sour energy!

>Can't believe Yamachan doesn't have subtitles on his YouTube
>channel. Really missed the older male couch cast member for
>Part 3. I read he's in a scandal for not paying taxes, which
>is considered incredibly selfish and sacrilegious in Japan.

Tokui's demise is so sad!

At this point, I don't remember why I started watching the show. I do know that the couchmates were what sold me. I love them individually because I love them together.

I liked that the couchmates sometimes integrated Tokui into couch talk in his absence. I hope he can come back, but it seems like that's not likely. I miss him, even though he's given some of the more...cringeworthy thoughts on the couch.

>What did you think of Part 3 if you watched it? Here were some
>of my thoughts:
>
>- Interesting how they've added a lot more international or "haffu" >housemates this season.

I think the housemates should have at least one parent/guardian who is Japanese and they should have spent some amount of time living in Japan. If they haven't lived in Japan, they should be culturally Japanese in some way, and at least have some level of language fluency.

The show is best when highlights all the variety of Japanese culture. I genuinely like encountering a slice of Japan via Terrace House. For instance, I think it's fascinating to discover what people in Japan think is attractive or funny and why. All kinds of stuff. The whole discussion about Ryo and having his hand on Emika's knee was riveting to me, for instance. I didn't notice that! I immediately caught Ryo's hickey, though!!!!! Like Babachan, I thought: "oh maybe he got scratched playing basketball." But then, like Babachan, I KNEW: "no, that's a hickey!"

I don't want to watch a show about foreigners who are fanboys/girls of Japanese culture and Terrace House. Although I know very little about Japanese culture besides what's basic, I at least know that the culture is fetishized.

I didn't like Pepe at first, but then he turned out not to be so bad as an addition. Same with Vivi, for me. I still would've liked to see Japanese housemates in their place. I think the dynamic of White/Euro people changed things.

Vivi got played for real!!! She was trying to get Ryo to see her with the camera rolling and Ryo wasn't for being on the show in any capacity. He'd dial those digits, though. Lol. I think she thought camera footage of them together, even if he was off the show would be enough for her to stay and still have a storyline. I wonder if she leaves before COVID.

Wasn't it hard to watch Hana get caught up in all of that?!

>- Poor Tupas. Dude was a 90 year old trapped in a twenty year old's >body but still a nice guy still trying to get over his childhood traumas >and just looking for love.

That Lily Franky angle was really weird!!! What was going on with that? He gives a pervert vibe.

>Guarantee you she broke up with him in the taxi ride out of there.

10,000%.

>- Hana wants any kind of romantic connection but I don't think Kai is >going to be the one to give it to her.

Kai has a better chance with You (the couchmate).

>I'll be happy with no more comedy sets from Kai though.

He's not funny. Does he not sense how bad he is?

Yuki/Tap needs to come through with some career counseling for Kai.

>- New guy is creepy.

Waiting outside of the playroom while Yume was with Shion!
The Jo Malone lip gloss kiss!
Force feeding Yume!

He's creepier than Hayato running game on barely legal Riko.

>- Yume is gorgeous btw. Might be the most attractive cast
>member I've seen on TH. Hope she doesn't fall for the creepy
>boss man but between him, a lost guy throwing bad jokes to the
>wind, and a tall boy who might not have hit puberty yet, she
>doesn't have many options.

She better hope Kai leaves.

Yume is beautiful. I thought Hansan and Samurai a Love to Die for were gorgeous, too. I thought Arman's girlfriend was pretty, too.

I'm ashamed to admit it because of his f-boy tendencies, but Ryo is hot to me. The voice. The body. It all works.

>- Although TH has taken steps in becoming less homophobic and >xenophobic with their casting decisions, it's still kinda annoying to >see them avoid the topic and coverage of sex at all costs.

I wish we could see a couple that's not straight!

>Give us the tea as they say.

I agree. Although, I'd only want to see the TH car that Ryo was driving on their date parked in front of the love motel with, say, Emika's earrings in the back seat.

All of the hush hush about sex makes me wonder who was sleeping with who during earlier seasons...and I also wonder how many cultural cues I've missed that would answer the question. I was low key shocked that Riko and Hayato were sleeping together.

>- There are only 4 episodes left after Part 3 before it got
>shut down to Corona. I guess that'll be how this season ends,
>sadly. I can't watch it because I need Spanish subtitles but I
>know the episodes are already out there on the internet.

I hate that the season is ending abruptly.

The first part of this season was annoying because I didn't like Kenny, Shohei, or Ruka. They were the most useless group of Terrace House men I've ever witnessed. Torichan's bizarre attraction to Ruka was weird.

I'd like to see the producers create a season for older housemates. 30--40/50 years old. I wonder if that age bracket can maintain the same wholesome vibe?

My favorite season is Boys and Girls in the City, then Opening New Doors, Tokyo, Hawaii. I haven't watched Boys and Girls Next Door.

Speaking of TH coverage of sex: what in the world was happening with Shohei doing soft porn!? On Terrace House?!

Random: I can't believe Sienna and Noah are STILL together. They live together and everything. I think they're engaged. Sienna isn't dumb...Noah stands to inherit a large fortune.