Day 1, Video 1

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Hiro poked his head outwards, biting his lower lip with anticipation. "Well..." He cleared his throat, moving so he was completely visible by the camera. "Hey San Fransokoyo, and whoever decides to watch this... I'm Hiro Hamada and..." He spread his hands out, shrugging. "This is my YouTube channel."

He sighed, glancing up and looking directly at the camera. "I've never really done anything like this before, so I guess I'll just start off saying- hi. As I said before, I'm Hiro Hamada. I'm 14 years old and in college-" Hiro laughed a little. "Yeah, I'm... I guess you could say I'm a genius." He paused, looking from the left to the right, then back to the camera. Hiro lifted up his hands and shook his hands in a jazz-hand sort of way. "Yay..."

Hiro nodded awkwardly, scratching the back of his neck. "So... If you don't live in San Fransokyo and you've never heard of me, I guess I should probably explain some things..." He paused, sighing and shutting his eyes. He opened his eyes and sighed again.

"I was born on June 14 in 1994. My parents moved to San Fransokyo when I was..." He thought about it for a second, his brow furrowing in concentration as he tried to remember. "...2...? I think when I was 2. Anyways, it was me, my mom, dad, and brother Tadashi for about a year. And then..." Hiro took a deep breath. "Then my parents died."

Hiro was silent for a second, then forced a half-smile. "Awesome, huh?" He shook his head. "Since then, I've been living with my Aunt Cass. I didn't really remember my parents that well- still don't- so it didn't effect me... that much, other than not having parents. My brother was different, though. Ever since they died, he was... clingy, to say the least. But..." He took a deep breath and continued.

"I was told I was a genius at a pretty young age- I started elementary school at like 5, I think. And I skipped grades to the point where I graduated high school when I was 13." He looked at the camera again. "It was pretty rough and I hated my life 99.9% of the time I was in school, but I got through it.

"I got into bot fighting then, until my brother brought me to his nerd school and got my invested in trying to get into it. The showcase- where I would present my project and compete against others to get a spot in the school- was sometime in early September. I got in." He smiled, raising his eyebrows slightly. "But... it didn't really matter. The building caught fire and my brothers favorite professor was inside. He ran in trying to save him and the building... the building exploded."

Hiro took a shaky breath and continued. "But... I kinda just... took a few weeks and got myself back together. It took forever- with a lot of help from my friends and inflatable robotic nurse, but I'm here now, right?" Hiro gave a half-smile and sighed again, going silent.

"So now I'm back in San Fransokyo Institute of Tech, learning about tech and robotics and stuff... Acing all of my classes, as usual." He gave the camera a half smile and sighed. "Anyways, I don't really know where this channel is gonna go- My brain is usually in many places at once. But... I like to read, watch YouTube, TV, movies, build robots and..." He shrugged. "I dunno, minus the whole genius and college thing, I'm just a normal kid. So..." He shrugged. "Yeah.

"If you've watched this far, I congratulate you for being able to sit through... 4 minutes of me talking about my life. Congrats. Come find me in San Fransokyo and I'll give you a cookie." He shrugged, scratching the back of his neck again. "Yeah, so I guess... that's it..." He looked from the left to the right again. "I'll see you later." He reached out with one hand and blocked the screen with his palm.