Hello folks! I'm back with a new Commercial Life vignette, after such a
long time. This one takes inspiration from that powdered energy drink
commercial. ^^
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"You WILL drink this, Sano!" Megumi demanded.
"I REFUSE, foxy lady!" Sanosuke retorted. "I'm not drinking anything if I don't know what's in it!"
"Alright, if you insist," Megumi relented. "It's a herbal medicine that you mix with water. It helps you have more strength and stamina for the day."
"I bet it tastes awful," Sanosuke grimaced.
"You'll be surprised," Megumi mysteriously replied.
Sanosuke grabbed the little packet from the doctor and headed for the clinic's door. Megumi only shrugged at the stubborn young man.
Sanosuke made his way to a favorite pub and gambling hall. He had a little spare cash that was itching to be spent.
He opened the hall's door with a loud slam. All the drinkers and the gamblers fell silent and looked toward his imposing presence. He admired the impression he gave all these men. He planned to use it to the best of his advantage.
He sauntered into the hall to the bar with an easy gait. Everyone looked at him with reverent silence. He took a stool at the bar and put a hand into his pants pocket. He took out something and slammed it into the bar table.
But as he lifted his hand, he saw that, instead of money, he had taken out Megumi's medicine packet. He was reminded of her concern for the coughs he had.
"What'll you have today, Zanza?" the bartender casually asked.
"Glass of water."
Yet another silence pervaded the bar. The famous Zanza, asking for WATER?!
"Well, what're you gawking at, bartender? A glass of water!" Sanosuke repeated.
"You chicken or something?" another customer sauntered beside him and gave the challenge. He ordered a bottle of sake and drank it straight through one gulp.
"Rooster-head, if you must know," Sanosuke retorted. "But I'm no chicken!"
He grabbed for the glass of water, emptied the packet into it, and drank the concoction in one long glug. Contrary to what he first believed, Megumi's energy drink did not taste horrible at all. "Now that was good!" He challenged his heckler. "You come here and prove you're no chicken yourself!"
"Oh, yeah?" the drunk heckler took up the dare. He took a tall sake bottle from behind the bar and smashed it on the bar table. "Now who's a chicken?"
WARNING: (MTV Japan commercial-style) Purisu don terai disu ato homu. (Please don't try this at home) Itsu beri deinjarasu (It's very dangerous!)
Sanosuke, feeling very energized, took another bottle, and smashed it on his head!
Then he landed a punch through his heckler's stomach, and drove a first into his head. Soon the heckler was on the floor, in a drunken daze and pleading for mercy.
"NOW, who's a chicken?" He yelled amidst claps and cheers from the rest of the customers. "Thank you, thank you, you're a good audience," Sanosuke greeted the crowd.
But at that moment, the bar spun around him, and he fell to the floor.
He opened his eyes to find an ice bag on his head and Megumi's face in front of him. He was lying on a bed in the Oguni clinic, with the world still partly spinning around him.
"Baka!" She gave him a hard slap. "First you get into a spat, then you break a bottle on your head! What were you thinking?!"
"Please, Megitsune, you gotta gimme another one of those packets," the dizzy Sanosuke pleaded. "I don't care what you have in 'em, they sure pack a wallop! I've never felt so good in my life!"
"Not anymore, rooster head! They're too dangerous with you!"
"Preeetty please, Megumi?"
"NO!"
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I won't bother to explain the commercial itself, but I will explain that warning insert. MTV Southeast Asia borrowed this little clip from MTV Japan, where three men do a few crazy stunts. They end with the English warning, given in a thick Japanese accent.
The commercial this is based on suddenly freezes, gives the "Don't try this at home" warning, then continues with a guy smashing a beer bottle through his HELMETED head.
Thanks for reading this, a little spur-of-the-moment thing. ^^ Sorry it's not too good.
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"You WILL drink this, Sano!" Megumi demanded.
"I REFUSE, foxy lady!" Sanosuke retorted. "I'm not drinking anything if I don't know what's in it!"
"Alright, if you insist," Megumi relented. "It's a herbal medicine that you mix with water. It helps you have more strength and stamina for the day."
"I bet it tastes awful," Sanosuke grimaced.
"You'll be surprised," Megumi mysteriously replied.
Sanosuke grabbed the little packet from the doctor and headed for the clinic's door. Megumi only shrugged at the stubborn young man.
Sanosuke made his way to a favorite pub and gambling hall. He had a little spare cash that was itching to be spent.
He opened the hall's door with a loud slam. All the drinkers and the gamblers fell silent and looked toward his imposing presence. He admired the impression he gave all these men. He planned to use it to the best of his advantage.
He sauntered into the hall to the bar with an easy gait. Everyone looked at him with reverent silence. He took a stool at the bar and put a hand into his pants pocket. He took out something and slammed it into the bar table.
But as he lifted his hand, he saw that, instead of money, he had taken out Megumi's medicine packet. He was reminded of her concern for the coughs he had.
"What'll you have today, Zanza?" the bartender casually asked.
"Glass of water."
Yet another silence pervaded the bar. The famous Zanza, asking for WATER?!
"Well, what're you gawking at, bartender? A glass of water!" Sanosuke repeated.
"You chicken or something?" another customer sauntered beside him and gave the challenge. He ordered a bottle of sake and drank it straight through one gulp.
"Rooster-head, if you must know," Sanosuke retorted. "But I'm no chicken!"
He grabbed for the glass of water, emptied the packet into it, and drank the concoction in one long glug. Contrary to what he first believed, Megumi's energy drink did not taste horrible at all. "Now that was good!" He challenged his heckler. "You come here and prove you're no chicken yourself!"
"Oh, yeah?" the drunk heckler took up the dare. He took a tall sake bottle from behind the bar and smashed it on the bar table. "Now who's a chicken?"
WARNING: (MTV Japan commercial-style) Purisu don terai disu ato homu. (Please don't try this at home) Itsu beri deinjarasu (It's very dangerous!)
Sanosuke, feeling very energized, took another bottle, and smashed it on his head!
Then he landed a punch through his heckler's stomach, and drove a first into his head. Soon the heckler was on the floor, in a drunken daze and pleading for mercy.
"NOW, who's a chicken?" He yelled amidst claps and cheers from the rest of the customers. "Thank you, thank you, you're a good audience," Sanosuke greeted the crowd.
But at that moment, the bar spun around him, and he fell to the floor.
He opened his eyes to find an ice bag on his head and Megumi's face in front of him. He was lying on a bed in the Oguni clinic, with the world still partly spinning around him.
"Baka!" She gave him a hard slap. "First you get into a spat, then you break a bottle on your head! What were you thinking?!"
"Please, Megitsune, you gotta gimme another one of those packets," the dizzy Sanosuke pleaded. "I don't care what you have in 'em, they sure pack a wallop! I've never felt so good in my life!"
"Not anymore, rooster head! They're too dangerous with you!"
"Preeetty please, Megumi?"
"NO!"
................
I won't bother to explain the commercial itself, but I will explain that warning insert. MTV Southeast Asia borrowed this little clip from MTV Japan, where three men do a few crazy stunts. They end with the English warning, given in a thick Japanese accent.
The commercial this is based on suddenly freezes, gives the "Don't try this at home" warning, then continues with a guy smashing a beer bottle through his HELMETED head.
Thanks for reading this, a little spur-of-the-moment thing. ^^ Sorry it's not too good.