When I changed the way I performed, even the same material, It was received very differently.
I don’t like comedy that is just for the sake of comedy.
–I have the impression that comedy with a heartwarming ending has become mainstream in the past few years. Did you two have any resistance to such a development from the beginning?
Momozawa: I just choose a direction to give an ending to a story, and I have never really made a story with the intention of making it a good one. When it comes to TV, it is easy to be adopted. There have only been a few cases where I have submitted a few stories and they have said, “Let’s use that.”
I didn’t want the impression of gentle stories to become so strong that it would be difficult to get people to like the ones that are not so gentle. There are quite a lot of not-so-gentle stories.
–I think “Mannin Densha”, the second piece you performed at the “Tsugikuru Geinin Grand Prix”, which the two of you won, is what is called a “gentle” piece. Did you choose that material with TV in mind?
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