Watch Along: Solo Leveling Ep 2

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Episode Transcript

(00:02):
Howdy.
It's the Southern Senpai Show, wheresmall town Southerners explore big
time Japanese entertainment, anime,manga, and everything in between.
Here's your hosts, Nicholas and DJ.

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What's going on y'all?
This is Southern Senpais,two Southern guys who explore
Japanese culture together.
I'm DJ, and before we actually did thisthis whole episode was actually messed up.
What are we doing today, DJ?
The thing was full.
So now he had a second shot.
He did.
He did a great job.
Yeah, great job Then we'll see whatdo we watch along with episode two

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We saw the first episode and eventhough the I wouldn't say slow burn
I just say it was slow until theend in the end of the first episode.
Yeah it was a slow burn becausethe character is generic the setup.
Excuse me Yeah, this wellthe setup is generic.
But also the thing is it's likeWhen you have this type of anime,
it does have to be generic.

(01:04):
It's all about the execution, right?
Yeah, this is that a single adis if you give you know a painter
and a novice The same amount ofpaints the actual professional
painter is going to do a great jobIt doesn't really work It doesn't
matter that his tools are the same.
It's not really about the toolsthat you have It's about the
execution of those tools, right?
You could give The professionalpainter Fisher Price tools and paints

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and you give the novice, Professionalgrade everything and thanks experts
still gonna blow them out the water.
This is great But we thought theending was pretty good Today's scene
enhancer is brought to you by Modelo.
Yeah, hello.
Yeah, dude You guys sponsor us, I didn'tknow Modelo was just Spanish for model.

(01:47):
It is Yeah, Modelo is just special,it's Spanish for model, and when
it says Modelo what is it, ModeloEspecial or something like that?
That's just Spanish for special model.
Jack Daniels is justEnglish for some guy's name.
No, but it's like in Harry Potter whereit's like, the reason why Harry Potter

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was, one of the reasons why Harry Potterwas so successful is because, like, all
the houses and, boarding school and allthat kind of stuff adds to the mystique
and magic of Harry Potter, when that'sjust regular shit that goes on in Britain.
Like how they have like housesin, they, like they have houses
and prefects and boarding school.

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Do they get sorted by a hat?
Not a hat, but if they get sortedby personalities, no I don't know
how they get sorted, but most ofthat is taken from British society.
What's your middle school like?
Middle school?
Because my middle heathens.
You were a heathen in middle school?
Yeah, we were a bunch of heathens.
Wearing Aeropostale and Hollister.
Not personally, but in mymiddle school they did that.

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They had they weren't called houses.
We were called sections.
But I was, like, section C.
We had A, B, C, D, and E in middleschool, and now it's section C.
You guys didn't have that?
We like, you have your own hallway,and your own colors and shit?
No, bro, we were justthrown in with everybody.
That's the Louisianaeducation system for you.
Yeah, we're just savages.
I, I guess I, I never thoughtof that about being standard.

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Cause when you think, when yousaid, Wait, we're not teeing
up with Harry Potter right now.
Yeah, let's do solo leveling.
Okay, alright.
As you guys know, we do nothave the studio intros here.
We just have the, just the episode.
It doesn't mean we don't have theintro of the actual episodes, yeah,
whatever, you know what I'm saying?
The episode is 20 minutesand 40 seconds long.

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So I'm going to pressplay in three, two, one.
Do you like it?
Whenever animes do this, where they dropoff or they start right where they dropped
off at, and then they do the intro.

(03:56):
Or do you like it when they do theintro and then lead into the episode?
I honestly believe that it's probablylike a tactic of theirs because it's
like, if they start off directlywith the intro, some people who don't
like, like people's attention spansdrop off in half a second nowadays.
They even do that in a lot of AmericanTV shows, so it's called a teaser
before any of the intros are shown.

(04:18):
So it's just a teaser.
Just immediate gratification.
I think that everyone does that.
I don't know, I think the times where itstarts just directly off the intro, is
because You know that this anime is fireand these episodes are about to be fire.
So you don't need a teaser.
Case in point, Naruto was done at ayear and a half at Naruto episodes.
I just started straightoff with the intro.
Yeah, a lot of Dragon Ball Z episodesstart off just with the intro.

(04:42):
What was that one?
Full Metal Alchemist?
Some sort of Dragoon, butthose are like A tier episodes.
You don't no one's ever been like,Ugh, I need a teaser to watch this,
But, Full Metal Alchemist episode.
Also, how did we go from A tier to S tier?
Who decided S was like, Why not T tier?
Why not A and then T tier?
Yeah, it's usually A, B, C, D, E.

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You know what I think it is?
What?
Doesn't Dance Revolution do S tiers?
I don't know.
But I'm just saying, like, whenyou're grading papers, like
you never got an S on a paper.
Who decided, why can't it be V tier?
All I know is that if I was in school andsomeone, a creature was great at paper
and I'm like, all right, you got an S.
I'd be like, dude, I failed beyond belief.

(05:26):
This is beyond the fail on the F.
This is beyond F.
Which is weird because if F standsfor failed, then it implies that the
other letters also stand for something.
Yeah.
What is C?
It's D is for, it's like A is dumbassB is dumbass, B is eh, could be better,
C is competent, you're a cunt, D isB is basic B is basic A is asshole,

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why'd you get it so high and then Sis superb, yeah, suck my dick, you're
too smart I, I'm gonna come up with anew create your own education system.
Because you have to createan education system.
You can't use A, B, C, D, or E, or the S.
How are you, what'syour grading structure?
Oh, I would just go to a new country.

(06:10):
I'd just go to Japan or Germanyand see what their grading system
is and just slap it on there.
I think they do the same thing as us.
I'll find somewhere that alreadyhas an established grading system,
so I don't have to, all I gottado is just adopt it over here.
That's the American way.
Stealing others.
Stealing other people's shit.
Nah, I think that'sBritish, Britain's thing.

(06:31):
Ours is more we act like we'veowned it this whole time.
We don't steal it, wesay it was already ours.
And if you try and prove me wrongWould just bomb you what you have oil
Weapons of mass destruction you beatthe crap of them by telling them I

(06:53):
have weapons of mass destruction untilthey make weapons of mass destruction
to get rid of your weapons of massdestruction They see their weapons of
mass destruction I heard that he wasactually was Saddam was trying to start
a new currency And back it by oil.
Yeah, it'd be taken down And everybodyelse was like, yeah, fuck the u.

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s and you know what's crazy?
I remember watching likeI was like, who was it?
He did 9 11, didn't he?
No, it was somebody else, right?
Whatever.
I remember watching 9 11 asa kid like on the television.
Oh, no, it's not saddam.
It's Hussein.
No, it's saddam hussein.
That was done 9 11.
Oh, whoa You Hey, man

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Don't move Okay, but yeah, but itdoesn't matter that's your space.
That was your specialty.
Why did you?
Hey, don't
I mean we knew that was going tohappen All right truth time Would it
be inappropriate to ask for them sneaksthough and be like yo, let me get them
off You're not using them no more bro.

(07:57):
Hold on man.
It's not Saddam HusseinThat's like really a
Man I sound really stupid rightnow, but I'm a southern senpai.
So I guess it's own brand, right?
Yeah, you're you know part of beingAmerican is not knowing America's

(08:21):
history is having the utmost confidenceand being wrong At the same time right?
We're Americans.
It doesn't matter that we're wrong.
We keep doing the wrong thingtill it turns out, right?
That's our foreign policy, right?
We don't negotiate with terroristsbecause we don't know how.
We don't negotiate becausethat would be work.
It's just easier to Justbomb the crap out of people.
We had hostages.
Yeah, just let them die.

(08:42):
Eh, it didn't really Did it takelike forever to get that famous
basketball player out of Russia?
And they were like, Ow!
Can you just please justgive us the bomb guy?
If you stop asking meabout it, I'll do it.
And the people, and theperson we traded her for.
Yeah, he's like a It was, there wasa Nicolas Cage about that movie.
About the person.

(09:03):
Oh, okay, so wait a minute.
They're supposed to befollowing certain rules.
You guys didn't look at therules when you first got in here?
He looks like a a titan.
With the stone guy?
Yeah.

(09:23):
I ain't gon lie, bro.
Their sweat drops be big as hell in this.
Doesn't that look like a titan?
It does.
It looks like me when I seea bag of unused Doritos.
Unopened Doritos.
Unused Doritos?
Yeah, man.
What's an unused Dorito?
Oh I'm so glad you asked, Nicholas.
When you have many siblings,so you only had one brother.

(09:45):
Do you know what that means?
And you both are guys.
That means just, someonewins and someone loses.
That's it.
Fifty fifty.
You win and you lose.
But Nicholas, I grew upwith three younger sisters.
Do you know what that means?
No, everything is shared.
We don't have like bagsof Doritos in the bag.
My parents, they took Doritos andjust dumped them into a large bowl.

(10:05):
If you wanted Doritos, you gotta justalright, I don't know if they dug
their hands into these Doritos already,but, fuck it, I also want Doritos.
Sounds gross, man.
Not really, whatever, man,you want fucking Doritos
you're gonna play the game.
You know what I'm saying?
If you want Doritos, you want Doritos.
And, I gotta tell ya.
Doesn't he look like a Castlevania dude?

(10:26):
Who, this guy walking up?
Yeah.
Oh, he looks like Alucard.
Yeah, I was about to say.
Whoa, I think you'repraying to the wrong god.
You're supposed to pray to them, right?
To this guy?
Wait, I like soccer!
Oh my god!

(10:48):
This guy really enjoys his job.
I wish I had a job where Ijust wake up and just smile.
Whoa, whoa, bro.
Bro, he just got smashed.
Dog, them toes is drawn way too well.
Them ankles is drawn way too well.
Don't do it.
Dude.
Okay.

(11:08):
Good.
See, this is just a side.
That's how, okay, that's fine.
Maybe we're wrong.
Cause it's just a side.
I hate this person so much.
This girl is so annoying.
Nope, the drawing the toes aresuper detailed in the back, bro.
They're super detailed?
Nah.
Nah, dog.
Man likes men feet.
I guess men feet are, could be drawnthe same way as women feet, right?

(11:31):
I'm not a foot expert.
I don't know.
We should call a podiatrist.
And the dude just got split in half.
Alright, right side or leftside if you can split in half?
Right side, definitely.
Why?
Because it's the best side, man.
It's my good side.
No, leave Judy.

(11:52):
She's done nothing but talkshit the whole previous episode.
She was like, look, you get no hoes,you have no powers, you in the way.
They are just knocking people off.
Just a quick shout outto any women listening.
Being a tsundere is not like a personalitytype that you should be proud of.
A what?
The tsundere where it's oh,I'm going to be mean to them

(12:14):
because I actually like them.
Then they get somehow surprised.
What's tsundere?
A tsundere, apparently.
What's a tsundere?
I'm, I literally amexplaining it right now.
So apparently this this trope in animewhere the girl is mean to somebody,
But she like, secretly likes them.
So she's mean to them.
You know what I mean?
Yeah?
Yeah.
In real life, it doesn't work that way.

(12:35):
You know what I mean?
Oh, only one per person?
Okay, screw this person.
Leave Judy.
You'll be fine!
No, what are you doingunless she has a big booty?
The great equalizer big booty judy,it's a great equalizer That's probably
what it is actually And being andisn't he like a high schooler?

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I told you see look how detailed you gotthe veins in there It's a statue bro.
Why did your vein?
Why did your statuehave so detailed right?
And it's a statue Oh, thankyou, that'll help I appreciate
it You know what's weird?
They always get blood on their forehead,but they never get cut or hit in the head.

(13:20):
Look at the knuckles on this, bro!
I don't understand how he gotblood on his forehead, though.
No, dawg no, they need this artist.
You No, sir.
This man really likes feet.
They're so detailed.
What the fuck?
Oh, they die?
This is a smeared foot?

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Oh, they sung.
Okay, now before anything elsegoes wrong, please remember
the is there something else?
That list looked long.
It looked a little long.
Yeah, are you able to hey, stop talkingand do wherever the next step is, please.

(14:16):
How does that not hurt?
Probably shock.
Probably the, theadrenaline and the shock.
You just don't notice, oh, okay.
Oh, you're dying?
Thank God.
Did she die in this episode?
I don't know.
Man, I sure do hope so.
She overused her Byaku Gan.
Facts.

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And it's time for the scene enhancer.
There you go.
Yes, you are absolutelynumber one to blame.
Yeah, like you did this.
Everyone else is inexperienced.
Oh, we're also having a death water here.
That's iced tea, liquid death.
Yeah, agave and vitamins, soit's not the regular water thing.

(15:04):
It's just juice.
Oh, you have to offer to the gods.
Okay.
You could offer that girl.
Yeah, kill Judy.
Yeah, so murder Judy.

(15:38):
Hey just a quick word.
All of you been wrong this wholetime, so maybe we should let the
guy who actually read the fuckinginstructions make the decisions.
Yeah, you voted as a group.
How is he supposed to know?

(16:03):
Okay, he should probably saythat before he kills himself.
There is no way someonethis tan is Japanese.
She looks Latina.
Or Indian.
Hey you ever hear about the onefooted man in the ass kicking contest?
He won.

(16:40):
I love how these beastsare so generic looking.
Yeah.
They're like, Oh my God, like beasts,whenever they say beasts, they're gonna
show an ogre, some lizard guy, and thensmaller ogre goblin looking thingies.
Guaranteed.

(17:05):
Damn.
That's as generic as they are.
Oh I feel bad.
You dick.
I stand by what I said, butI still don't DEH OH HO!
Oh, that's why they'regetting the The money.
The crystals.

(17:32):
Okay, so I don't remember on theinstructions, but it said only a
certain amount of people will live.
Oh, okay, there it is.
Do they become Power Rangers now?
No, now they become Digi destined.

(17:52):
That would be hype!
Hehehehehheh Heheheh Huh?
Whoa.
Yeah, it really doesn't.
Why is there a shot of the cup?
Why did you Why are y'all showing crotch?
What is going on, bro?

(18:14):
What is going on?
Oh, if you watch them, they don't move.
So then you gotta back up.
What are you doing?
Hey!
Hey!

(18:37):
Are you serious?
Oh!
She got out.

(18:57):
I ain't gonna lie.
I think she probably just killed himbecause, you about to take a shit?
What's going on, bro?
Tell me.
Oh, okay.
Alright, what's your guess?
Do you think they died after escaping?
I don't know.

(19:20):
Thanks.
You guys were there already.
Yeah, so maybe you should shutthe fuck up and listen to him.
The weakest of all mankind.
How did you base that out, bro?
Wasn't there like a bunch of people on E?

(19:48):
All right.
We'll go into three,three triangle formation.
You can actually high key get,don't do this with just two people.

(20:13):
Okay.
I don't know if you werecaught up on previous events.
I don't have a foot.
Oh God.
I hate this person so much.

(20:41):
Facts.
Yes.
You've been this
Thank you.
Oh!
D You know what?
What's this guy's name?

(21:01):
He's now my favorite anime character.
My favorite character.
You are my favorite anime character, bro.
Thank you.
Thank you.

(21:23):
Nicholas Dean used to sell life insurance?
Yep.
Man.
I'm sure you could've taughtthis person a thing or two about
good life insurance practices.
Just a little bit.
Oh, he blocked it.
I don't How did you do that?
I don't know.

(21:44):
There's no way you fucking did that.
Anime logic.
Just get on top of the altar, man.
Just Wow.
Is that the other arm?
Oh no, you still have an arm.

(22:14):
How is he not dead yet?
Because he's the protagonist.
They're like
Ooh.

(22:52):
This is brutal, man.
Dang, bro.

(23:14):
How are you still alive?
Yeah, that's what I'm gonna know.
This man has the bloodclots of a Jamaican.
Oh, the timer went out.

(23:38):
Yes.
Oh, it listened to me.
That's cool.
Oh, I guess we're part of the game now.
Or this is the ending.
Oh, it's an ending.
Okay, cool.
What did you think, Nicholas?
It was pretty good.
I guess I see the pattern of it endslike that so you watch the next episode.

(24:01):
It was an old TV trick but yeah.
I honestly, I did like the episode.
This was an interesting challenge.
But, I assume that this show gets liked.
And the thing, I I assume becauseit's the series that he passes some
grand test and then Because theit's about the fact that he's the
only one that can level up, right?

(24:23):
You know what's weird?
There's not anything I can Bless you.
Appreciate it.
Is there anything that I can point tothat I really like about it so far?
It could be only because it'sonly the second episode, but I,
I still would watch another one.
No, yeah, of course.
Dude, do you think that peoplelike take their headphones off?
Jesus, man, you just sneezed.

(24:43):
You just, in my ear.
God, I hope so, or else someone'sgonna be very upset at us.
But, What is this ending here?
This ending's crazy.
Oh.
The episode three is like a game.
Oh, okay.
Guys, this has been TheWatch Along for episode two.

(25:05):
I'm DJ.
I'm Nicholas.
And we'll see you next time.
See you.
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