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A woman in Osaka has a family tradition on car trips into the city. Whenever they're stuck at a certain red light in front of a bakery famous for its "Dojima Roll" — a soft, cream-filled rolled cake that's one of the region's most beloved souvenir sweets — she and her family play a game in their heads: could you actually get out of the car, run in, buy one, and make it back before the light turns green? She's always wanted to try it for real, but with a newborn at home she can't exactly go sprinting across an intersection herself, so she sent the challenge to a detective show that specializes in testing out exactly this kind of harmless, slightly ridiculous idea.
What follows is a surprisingly tense stopwatch experiment involving a professional runner, a very patient bakery staff, and at least one memorable moment of someone forgetting their wallet mid-transaction. It's the kind of segment that has no real stakes at all, and that's precisely the appeal.
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lol the “we have to expense this so we need a receipt” rule is such a handicap
経費にするからレシートが要るという足かせがあって草
it got cut from the segment, but at the very end there was actually a warning not to try this since it could bother the store 🎉
切られてるけど、V終わりに お店に迷惑かかるから、こんなことしないように。 という注意喚起がありました🎉
thanks to this video I now know a Dojima Roll costs ¥1,782 with tax
この動画のおかげで堂島ロールが税込1,782円ということを覚えた
lol the staff’s movements just keep getting more and more optimized
店員さんの動きもどんどん最適化されていくの笑うwww
if the staff is just standing there ready and waiting to help, doesn’t that kind of defeat the whole point lol
店員さんがもはや待ち構えてて協力してたら意味ないだろwww
I love the part where he goes “wait, do I need money for this?” — of course you do lol
「これってお金いりますよね？」のところ好きすぎる。いるに決まってるだろww
and the funniest part is he doesn’t cancel the order over forgetting his wallet, he just tries to walk out with it anyway
財布忘れたからキャンセルじゃなくて、持って帰ろうとしてるところがおもしろすぎる。
lol somehow the pressure just keeps building on the poor cashier
いつの間にか店員さんにプレッシャーがかかっていくとこ笑う
they made it in time at the end thanks to the cashier hustling
最後間に合ったのレジのお姉さんが頑張ったおかげ
honestly this is basically the staff’s achievement lol
ほぼ店員さんの功績w
hey cashier, if you sell it just a little slower you could sell infinite copies
店員さん、 もう少しゆっくり売ると無限に売れます。
the devil’s whisper lol
悪魔の囁きｗ
what’s extra funny is the guy running the challenge alongside the detective isn’t even the one who requested it
探偵と一緒にチャレンジしてるこの男性が依頼者でもなんでもないって言うのがまたおもろい
“yep, that’s the right product” is way too funny
「商品あってます」が面白すぎて
it’s completely pointless but honestly this is exactly what I want from this show
くだらないけどこれでいいんだよなー
the store makes money just from helping film this and gets free advertising on top, total win-win lol
この撮影に協力するだけで儲かるし店の宣伝にもなるし良いこと尽くめやなw
this is basically a Dojima Roll commercial at this point 😂
実質堂島ロールのプロモーションビデオや😂
next time do it with Rikuro’s cheesecake (another famous Osaka bakery, known for its jiggly baked cheesecake) during a shinkansen’s stop time at Shin-Osaka station
次は新大阪駅の新幹線が停車してる時間にりくろーおじさん買えるのかやってほしい
this is exactly the kind of thing the show is known for, I lost it laughing
これぞナイトスクープって感じで爆笑やったw
forgetting the money is just too good 😂
お金忘れるの草😂
I like how Hanao (a longtime cast member on the show) stays kind of graceful even while ordering
阪尾さんが注文の時ちょっと優雅なの良い
maybe it’s because I’m from the Kanto area and never knew it existed, but I heard about this “Dojima Roll” so much that I ended up ordering one online before I even realized it
関東民だからか存在を知らないとこから「堂島ロール」というものを聞きすぎて、気づいたらオンラインで注文してました
lol you can see him getting a bit rounder with each throwback clip
過去VTRからだんだん恰幅良くなっててくさ
I love episodes where a past requester shows back up, and this pointless vibe is exactly why
こういう過去の依頼人が出てくる回好きだし このくだらない感じが良い
funniest thing I’ve seen all year 😂 “yep, correct product” and “wait, do I need money?” aren’t just funny, they’re a whole forest of funny
今年一笑った😂 「商品あってます」「お金いりますよね？」は草超えて森
he’s supposedly a running specialist but his build is inversely proportional to that lol
走りのスペシャリストだが体格はさらに反比例してて草
at certain angles he kind of looks like Iwahashi from Puramai (a Japanese comedy duo), lol
ところどころプラマイ岩橋に似てて見えて草
such a dumb challenge, but when it actually succeeds you can’t help but feel a little proud lol
こんなしょーもないチャレンジなのに、成功した時、ちょっとやったってなってしまうわw
at the end of the segment in the actual broadcast they said please don’t copy this
本編だとＶ終わりに言ってたけど、真似しないでください
the cashier is the real MVP here…! so funny but also so dumb lol
店員さんMVPだな…！！めっちゃ面白いけどくだらなくて草
wait, this was happening right next to my workplace lol, it’s so weird seeing a view I look at every day turn into this
仕事場のすぐ横でこんなことやってたんかｗｗｗｗ いつも見てる景色過ぎておもろい
the whole TV crew filing in all at once is kind of intimidating lol
テレビクルーがぞろぞろ入ってくるの威圧感あるw
they brought in a “running specialist” but the detective is the one sprinting first lol. also, they’re only counting the red light duration, but technically you have to stop once it turns yellow, so factoring that in would give a few extra seconds
「走りのスペシャリスト」を呼んだのに初っ端走るのが探偵で草。 赤信号の時間だけで考えてるけど厳密には黄色信号の時点で止まらなきゃいけないからその分入れたら数秒稼げる。
is the Dojima Roll actually famous? sorry, I’m from the Kanto side…
堂島ロールって有名なの？ 関東民で恐縮です。。
in Osaka it’s a guaranteed-hit souvenir!
大阪ではお土産の鉄板です！
the whole roll-cake boom, including the ones sold at convenience stores, actually traces back to this Dojima Roll
ローソンのロールケーキとかのロールケーキブームはこの堂島ロールが元だぞ
Hanao’s family home is on a huge plot of land, it’s basically a mansion
阪尾さんの実家はかなり土地が広くて豪邸です。
since it’s a running experiment I thought maybe Yoshihide Kiryu (a Japanese Olympic sprinter) was going to show up
走りの検証だから桐生祥秀が出てるのかと思った。
it’s sad seeing “Hanao Cornering” get credited under a different name whenever it shows up in marathons or ekiden relays
「坂尾コーナリング」が初めなのに、マラソンとか駅伝で、別の名前で呼ばれてるの見ると悲しくなる
feels like a side quest straight out of Like a Dragon, something Kiryu Kazuma would run into in Dojima
龍が如くの堂島の龍桐生一馬のサブストーリーでありそうなチャレンジですね
My take
Running around near roads and shops is genuinely dangerous, so please, everyone — just shop calmly.
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