Karaoke Tournament: Seireitei Edition

I should look through Rukia's reports. Hmm...

A Hollow that's difficult to detect with the Soul Pager, huh. Sounds like she was having trouble.

...so we used the karaoke contest to gather the Hollows and successfully defeated them...

Hmm? Karaoke? That's a word I've never heard of.

I wonder what this "karaoke" is.

Excuse me, Captain Ukitake. I've brought you tea. Oh, sorry. Were you busy?

It's fine. I was just reading through the reports.

When I run into Human World terms that I've never heard of, the reports become so hard to understand.

I can see that. A lot of new words are created in a very short time span in the world of the living.

What's the word? I might be able to help.

It says "karaoke."

She explained that it's a widely popular form of entertainment for the younger generation.

Karaoke... This is the first time I'm hearing this word too.

Karaoke... Karaoke... I wonder what it is.

Hmm. It sounds similar to a Japanese phrase that means "empty bucket." Maybe that's what it's referring to?

Oh, I see. But what do you do with the empty bucket?

Uhh. Perhaps you throw it and compete for distance.

Ah! And since it's empty, it'd fly pretty far.

You could even set up an obstacle course. Now, that sounds fun.

What did you think it might be?

I imagined it to be some bucket-breaking competition.

Whoever breaks the most buckets within the time limit wins.

There's probably a certain way to do it fast. I can see how that could be exciting.

Hmm, but both of these ideas would ruin the buckets.

True. Perhaps they make use of the buckets in some way.

Bucket... Water... Rice?

A bucket of rice? Oh! A sushi party would be fun!

Like, an event where you bring your own empty bucket and pay a fee in advance, then you get whatever rice and sushi you want in that bucket.

Ooh, that sounds like a great idea!

If different restaurants participated, we could also try out different kinds of food.

Hmm. They all sound pretty fun, actually.

Here's an idea. Why don't we try them all?

It's a great chance to know what's going on in the world of the living.

I would love to!

Alright. I'll go gather as many buckets as I can!

Wow. That's a lot of buckets.

Like I said, I've brought every bucket I could find.

Alright. First, we'll try bucket-throwing.

We stand at the porch and throw towards the yard. Whoever throws it farthest wins.

Hehe. I won't be losing this time!

Yah!

Hey, that flew pretty far. Alright, my turn.

Hahh!

Hmm. You beat me on that one, but I'll get it further on my next try.

Huyaahh!

Oh, oops! I threw it too far!

Wow. That was amazing! It went flying over the fence.

Oww!

Huh?

Oh my. Are you alright?

Unbelievable! Who's throwing buckets around? That wasn't funny.

Uh oh.

Is this something you started, Captain Ukitake? What were you thinking?

I'm very sorry about this.

I'm sorry too.

Are you okay? I hope you're not too hurt.

Oh, yes! I'm fine!

You said you were trying out games that are popular in the world of the living.

I highly doubt that a dangerous game using household items like this would become popular.

Now that you mention it, you're right.

Buckets are hard. And if one hits someone like just now, someone could really get hurt.

There would have to have a dedicated playing field. I suppose it's hard to imagine this would be that popular.

I have no problem with you trying to broaden your knowledge, but please refrain from doing anything dangerous.

Yes, I apologize.

I'll be careful.

Hmm. I thought it was fun, but maybe we didn't think this through enough.

But I'm sure we're a step closer to the truth about karaoke!

You're right. Let's get back to trying out our other ideas.