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Need Help finding a Japanese can I follow you home episode.

Trying to find a specific episode of “Can I Follow You Home?” (家、ついて行ってイイですか?)

I watched this episode years ago and it left a huge impression on me, but I can’t find it anymore because I don’t remember the exact keywords or episode number. It would be categorized as a case of severe self neglect despite absence of material poverty.

From what I remember:

- The crew approached an overweight Japanese man with glasses somewhere in a big city (probably Tokyo or Osaka).

- He agreed to let them follow him home.

- He lived alone in a middle-class family house after his mother moved into a retirement/nursing home.

- He hadn’t worked for many years.

- He mentioned having a “boyfriend,” but it seemed more like a virtual/parasitic one-sided attachment rather than a real relationship.

- They showed old photos of him when he was younger, and he was surprisingly handsome.

- One of the most shocking details: he had almost no teeth left because he admitted he basically stopped brushing his teeth for years.

- Near the end, he became emotional and said something like he wanted to be shown as a “bad example” to society.

The tone of the episode was more sad/existential than comedic.

I’m guessing it may have aired sometime around 2018–2022, but I’m not sure.

Does anyone remember this episode, know the episode number, keywords, clips, or have a link? Even partial clues would help a lot.

also where should I post for find an answer for this?

Japanese Translated by ai:

「家、ついて行ってイイですか?」のある回を探しています。

何年か前に見た回なのですが、とても印象に残っていて、もう一度見たいのに見つけられません。エピソード名や検索キーワードが分からず困っています。

覚えている内容:

・太ったメガネの男性

・東京か大阪のような大都市でスタッフに声をかけられた

・実家で一人暮らししていた(母親は老人ホーム・介護施設に入っていた)

・長い間働いていない感じだった

・「彼氏」がいると言っていたが、実際はバーチャル・二次元っぽい存在だった気がする

・若い頃の写真が出てきて、昔はかなりイケメンだった

・ほとんど歯磨きをしていなかったため、歯が数本しか残っていなかった

・最後の方で、「自分を悪い見本として見てほしい」みたいなことを言っていた

全体的に、おもしろ系というより孤独や人生の停滞を感じる重い雰囲気の回でした。

たぶん2018〜2022年頃に見た気がします。

この回を覚えている方、放送日・キーワード・動画リンクなど分かる方がいたら教えてください。

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u/CashInternational693 — 7 days ago