Ah, high school...

彼らが作った作品が「In Between」

a time of change, a time of firsts.

楽しんでね

It's when I first discovered my interests, when I first developed a sense of humor

この動画は成人向けの表現・内容が含まれています 視聴の可否はご自身で判断して下さい

And when I first found my close group of friends.

高校...

Okay "Yo mama's so ugly, that when she was born her parents named her shit happened."

色んな事が変化する時、 初めてのことだらけの時

"All right how do Chinese parents name their kids? They throw a pan down the stairs."

好きなことを見つけた時期

...

ユーモアも鍛えられたよ

And that's the first time I felt Asian.

そして、初めて仲のいいグループも出来た

I mean, I knew I was Asian, but it's weird realizing,

「お前の母ちゃんはブスだから、 親が付けた名前は..."出来損ない"」

I was seen as Asian, which confused me because I always felt like I was the same as them.

俺も俺も

They were born here, I was born here,

「中国人の親はどうやって子供の名前を付ける？」

Even my parents were born here, but

「フライパンを階段から落とすんだ」 （落ちていく音が中国系の名前に似ているから）

Being the only Asian in school brought along

その時感じた 俺ってアジア人なんだなって

special treatment

いや、俺がアジア人なのは知ってたよ

So how much do we owe?

ただ、周りから”アジア人”として 見られている事を感じたんだ

Leo's got this

ちょっと戸惑ったよ

Here you go.

だって、俺は皆と同じだと感じて生きてたから

(Not all Asians are good at math)

友達はここで生まれて

uhh Falco? No...Samus?

俺もここで生まれた

Wait. What the f*ck is this?

俺の両親だってここで生まれたんだ

Oh lucario.

でも...学校で一人のアジア人って

Who?

なんだろう

He's a Pokemon.

やっぱり特別

Oh you would watch anime

全部でいくらだ？

I'm Samus.

Leoに任せろって （アジア人＝数学得意）

I tried. Yeah, we really were not prepared.

よろしく

Yeah. I think I could have read that PowerPoint a little more.

Falcoにしようかなぁ.... いやぁSamusかなぁ

Hey, you're supposed to be the one that's good at these things.

ん？なにこいつ？

Hey, uhhh

あぁ、ルカリオだよ

Listen, do you have a...

なんて？

Date to the homecoming dance?

ポケモンのやつ

Ughh no

あぁ...アニメ見てるもんな

Wait why?

Samusにするわ

(GO FOR IT)

-頑張ったけどね -うん、予想外だったわ

Oh!

あぁ、もっと確認しとけばよかった

Leo, really? Come on! We wouldn't be a good match

もう、こういうの得意なんじゃないの？

*REJECTED*

あ、あのさ

for the dance, right?

えっと...もう

Wait... Why?

ホームカミング・ダンスの相手見つけた...？

You know... We're just different

まだよ...

*horn honks*

え、なんで？

Um see you later...

あっ

See ya

Leoちょっと！もう！

So did you hear? Apparently Asian means different.

私たちは無理よ！！

I was different

ダンスの相手でしょ？

Until now!

え...なんで？

I was off to college and not just any ordinary college. A college in Southern California!

ほら...私たちは違うでしょ...？

Do you know what that means? Let me break it down for you.

(クラクション)

UC San Gabriel

またね...

57.9% Asian!

うん！

Let's just say 60... 60% Asian. That's more than half the school of people like me!

聞いたでしょ？

I was always "too" Asian back home because I was the only one

やっぱりアジア人って...違うらしい

not here!

皆んなとは違う

We all Asian, baby!

でも、それも終わりだ！

College. This is where I discover where I fit in. This is where I discover where I belong

”真ん中”

Hey you

俺はそんな場所を離れて ”特有な大学”がある場所へ移った

Yeah, we're having a rush party tonight at Alpha Zeta Nu

南カルフォルニアの大学にしたんだ

It's the Asian fraternity.

どういう事かわかる？

I'll be there

説明しよう

신발! (shoes!)

UC San Gabriel大学

Yeah?

57.9%がアジア人

Shoes

もう、60％ってことにしとこう

*Come on now. How do you not know that?!?*

つまり、学生の半数以上が 俺みたいなアジア人なんだ！

Hey

地元でアジア人を感じたのは

You look really familiar

一人だったからだ

Do I?

でも、ここなら！！

yeah

みんなアジア人だぜ！

Hey, Julie, doesn't this guy look like Jeff Chang?

大学

I think you mean Jeff Cheung

ここで俺の居場所を見つけるんだ

Or is it Ching?

俺が馴染める場所をね！

Ching?

おい、そこのやつ

Sounds almost like a pan getting thrown down the stairs

お前だ。Alpha Zeta Nuでパーティーがあるんだけど

WOw... *offended*

アジア人クラブだ

Oh my god...

行く！

Woah... Is this anime?

신발! （靴）

Yeah, Tokyo Ghoul

なに？

Never heard of it

靴だよ...

Strange. Quite the anime expert back home.

ありえねぇだろ...

Oh, yeah? What'd you watch?

ねぇ！

Dragon Ball. Pokémon.

あなた誰かに似てるわね？

Ha!

ほんと？

Did you watch subbed or dubbed?

うん

What's subbed?

Julie、この人Jeff ”Chang”に似てない？

What's subbed?

Jeff ”Cheung”のこと？

Man get out of here, Goku.

”Ching”だっけ...？

Get out of here! Let's go

ching？

What the fuck is going on?

フライパンが落ちる音みたいだね

Subtitles

うそでしょ...

Sorry?

おぉ、アニメ見てんの？

Subtitles - those words at the lower third of the screen that give context to the scene.

そう、トーキョーグールだ

you know, something you desperately needed tonight whitey

初めて聞いた

Whitey. I am NOT white trust me...

おかしいな、地元ではアニメの エキスパート扱いだったのに

It's not second nature for you to take your shoes off indoors

そうなの？なに見てたの？

You use that played out and frankly offensive pan joke

ドラゴンボール、ポケモン...

And the only anime you watch are Dragon Ball and Pokémon

はっ！

Dubbed

吹き替え？字幕？

Sounds pretty white to me Pillsbury

字幕...って？

No you just don't understand

字幕って？？

Oh really?

おい、出ててけよ、悟空

May I?

はやく！

And I was different back home because I was too Asian

いけ！

But those things that made me Asian back home are supposed to make me fit in here

なんだこれ...？

You're kind of doing what your white friends did to you

字幕よ

What are you talking about?

なに？

Well, your white friends pushed you away on the basis that you're Asian

字幕よ、言語はそのままで字幕で見るの

But you're trying to connect with these people on the basis that they're Asian

あれでしょ...

You're just reducing people to their race

やけになってここに来たんでしょ 白人さん

It's no different from your friends back home

白人って...

No no no

俺が白人なわけ...

no I...

玄関で靴を脱ぐっていう習慣はないみたいだし

Wait right here

ありきたりな面白くないジョークを言ったり

Check it!

それに、知ってるアニメって言っても ドラゴンボールとポケモンだけ

I just got that girl's number over there. We connected. I didn't bring up race

”吹き替えの”

We'll see

アジア人にしては白人っぽいわね

Gotta go. Later, Charmin (the toilet paper brand)!

いや！君には分からないんだよ！

So what do you think

そうかしら？

Huh?

いい？

oh!

それで、地元では”アジア人” だから皆と違ったわけ

These are amazing

だからこそ、ここに来れば 馴染めると思った

The photography department's lucky to have you

それって、あなたの友達が やってる事と同じじゃない？

oh

どういうことだよ？

No, not a photography major. My passion's photography, but I'm actually a bio major

あなたの白人の友達は、 あなたをアジア人として扱ったんでしょ？

oh

であなたは今、周りの人を アジア人として見て、接してる

Well if it's your passion maybe you should switch majors

結局、人種でまとめちゃってるじゃん

No my parents would never let me do that

地元の友達と同じことよ

why not?

いやいやいや....

It's your dream, right?

違う...

You should be honest with your parents.

待ってて

Are you kidding me? They would never support me in that kind of field

見ろよ

huh, they're your parents. I'm sure they'll understand.

あそこにいた子の番号ゲットした

No they won't

人種の話はしてないけど 繋がれた

why wouldn't they?

さぁね

Why won't you?

行かなきゃ

Maybe we're just different

またね、ペラペラ

You were right. What do I do?

で、どう思う？

Listen...

ん？

Maybe you just have to learn to accept that you're different from everyone

あっ！

You feel like you don't belong here

すごいよ

or there

映像学部なだけあるね！

You just fall somewhere in between

いや

It's not necessarily a bad thing

違うの、映像専攻じゃないわ

Not a bad thing?

写真とか好きだけど、専攻は工学よ

I have no one

そう

Wait where are you going?

好きなら、専攻にしちゃえばいいのに

Back to at least some familiarity

無理よ、親がうるさいのよ

Rush party tonight check it out.

なんで？

Yeah

夢なんでしょ？

heard Karen's coming

親にも話せばいいじゃん

I'll sign up

冗談でしょ

First frat

そういう分野を 応援してくれるわけないでしょ？

Nah... I actually checked out Alpha Zeta Nu last night

でも、親だ 分かってくれるよ

ah

無理よ

Should have known

なんで無理なの？

God, there are too many Asian kids at this school

逆になんで？

Too many.

たぶん、私たち違うのね

Why don't they just go back home already

君の言う通りだった...どうしよう

That's fucked up

いい？

What'd you say bro?

皆と違うんだっていう事実を 受け入れられるようにならないと

I said that's fucked up!

地元でも、ここでも 馴染めてないって

You guys, you guys don't get it, do you?

感じてるんでしょ？

this is as much as their home as it is yours

ただ...あなたは、その”真ん中”にいるのよ

And you know it's statements like these that make it hard for people like me to find a home in the first place

悪いことでもないかもよ？

so if you don't get that, then maybe you, you should go back home to... to Norway

悪くないって...

or Slovakia

俺一人じゃん

Or wherever the hell you come from you ignoramus

ちょっと、どこ行くの？

*sighs*

少しでも馴染みがある場所に戻る

Whoa, Hey man, you okay?

今夜のパーティーだよ

Yeah, I'm fine

ありがと

Yeah, that really sucks with those guys said to you back there,

Karen来るってよ

But it takes a lot of balls to respond the way you did

参加する

Props, man

一発目？

Thanks

いや、昨日はAlpha Zeta Nuに参加してみた

Yeah, so what are you?

あぁ

Chinese

そうだろうな

No no, I mean, are you a freshman, sophomore...?

この学校アジア人多いもんな

Oh!

多すぎるぜ

Freshman

国に帰ればいいのに

Ah. Not the best first impression of us here at UCSG. Just don't hold it against us

それはないわ

Kyle!

何か言ったか？

Hey man, what's up?

言ったよ

How's it going? Good!

それはないわって

Oh shit. It's you.

お前らには分かんないんだろ？

What you guys know each other?

分かるのか？

yeah, he was at the party last night

お前らが思うように、あいつらにとっても ここが家なんだよ

Why'd you dip so early? You missed the jello shots, bro

それに、まさにこういう集まりが

Didn't think anyone noticed

俺みたいな奴が 居場所を見つけるのを難しくするんだよ

We're actually about to head to this alumni homecoming event if you want to tag along

分からないんなら...

They got free tacos

そうだな...

Yeah, I'll meet you guys there, I just have to take care of some stuff first

お前らだ！お前らが帰れ....！

Okay, adios man

ノルウェーに！

Yeah! See ya there

お前は...スロバキアに！

Nicely done

故郷に帰れ、この物知らずが

I learned from the best

はぁ

Tough being an in-betweener, huh?

おい、おい

Wait, you're one too?

大丈夫か？

Yep, Michigan

あぁ、大丈夫だ

I went through all the same things you did when I first moved here

さっきのあいつらの言葉はヒドかったな

Well, didn't tell someone to go back to Norway

でも、君の返しは凄かった

But same frustrations...

よく言ったよ

Took me a lot longer to feel like I fit in

ありがとう

Speaking of which, you should get to that event

それで、君は...？

Whoa wait, what else can you tell me? You're the first person in this place who I...

中国系だ

I just don't want to make a fool out of myself

違う、違う

Again!

一年？二年？

Okay fine

あぁ！

I'll help you

一年だ

Although it seems like you don't really need my help.

あぁ、それはさっそく この大学の印象悪くしちゃったね

I mean you got that invite to the homecoming event all by yourself

あぁいう奴らばっかじゃないから

See you later. Hey, enjoy the in-between

Kyle！

Huh

よっ、元気か？

The in-between. I guess I was still right about college. I did find where I belong

調子はどうだ？

I was just a little misguided to think I needed to force myself into one community when in reality

いいよ

I can belong to many

あぁ、君かよ！！

and really, the best things fall in between

知ってんの？

sandwich meat, Oreo filling, Empire Strikes Back

昨日パーティーで見たんだ

It's not what I expected, but I think I can get used to this

なんですぐ帰ったんだよ？

Well I first want to say congratulations, I'm really proud of you guys for making this. This was obviously a very big

ショットあったのによ

Production and project that you guys took on completely

俺はよそ者かと思ってた

like on the side of everything that you guys already doing, so good job, like honestly

学生イベントがあるから行こうと思ってるけど 一緒に行くか？

Thanks, thank you

タコス無料だってよ

For the most part it was a pretty small scale production.

うん、行くよ ちょっと用事終わらせてから

it felt big but like it was like a large-scale story.

了解！あとで！

Right, right.

あとでな！

Well. I mean what like what was the genesis of this project?

大成功

Why did you guys want to make it or what was the original intention?

君のおかげだな

So it actually started about a year ago when there was this film contest.

真ん中にいるのも大変よね

things circulated amongst our community.

もしかして....　君も？

It was a call-out for Asian filmmakers to make entries about Asian identity.

そう！ミシガン出身

We shared it with each other and we thought maybe we can make something for this contest

最初は、私もあなたと同じ思いをしてたわ

We're thinking of a story to tell them. The best idea we came up with was an experience that we shared as

さすがに、ノルウェーに帰れは言わなかったけど

multi-generational Asians

でも、気持ちは分かるわよ

Oh okay. So was this story actually pretty personal to you guys like you actually like went through

居場所を見つけるのに時間かかったわ

This identity crisis that you know that were you actually like kind of your character at some point in your life?

だからこのへんにして、イベント楽しんで！

That opening joke of Leo laughing at the joke and the friends that happen to do yeah, yeah

おぉ、待って！

That's because it's just so interesting because yeah from being multi-generational Asians, we're not necessarily

この場所で君だけだから...何か他にアドバイスない？

You know raised any differently, right?

馬鹿な真似はしたくないからさ

It's funny growing up, and then you're like oh, no we see you as as different though

前みたいに！

And then we're talking with friends and there were just a lot of

しかたないわね

similar

手伝うわ

funny instances of feeling like too Asian amongst non-Asians

でも、あなたには必要ないと思うわよ

And then not feeling not Asian enough amongst Asians.

そのままでイベントのお誘いもらったんだし

But that's that's the struggle already like right there where it's like what what even is

またね！”真ん中ライフ”楽しんで！

"too Asian" or "Asian enough" right and like yeah

ふぅん

It's unfortunate that just because of how you look, people are just gonna think you need to be this way right

”真ん中”ねぇ...

Yeah

この選択はやっぱり間違ってなかったみたい

I mean

ちゃんと居場所を見つけたし

I'm glad that you guys told this story and brought your perspective cuz I remember the first time I watched it

どっかに属さなきゃ！って必死になって ちょっと迷ったりもしたけど

I was like oh my gosh. Do I make you feel this way cuz cuz I've teased you guys before. I'm first-generation