An Embarrassing Moment

heatedcanine

March 6, 2025

When I ran in the Kumamoto Castle Marathon three weeks ago, I dressed up as a famous anime character and received a lot of cheers from spectators, many of whom were children. I felt happy and waved back to those people.
"Anpanman, ganbare! (アンパンマン、頑張れ！)" ("Anpanman, fight!")
I waved back to those people for a while, but suddenly, I realized that I was dressed as Doraemon, not Anpanman. I then noticed that a runner dressed as Anpanman was running right behind me.
"Oops, they were cheering for him, not me."
I got confused between Anpanman and Doraemon, and I felt so embarrassed.
After I calmed down, I realized that Anpanman is more popular than Doraemon among Japanese kids.
For the rest of the race, I found myself thinking about what costume I should wear in my next marathon.
I'd like to be the most popular anime character next time.
Hahaha

3週間前に熊本城マラソンを走ったとき、有名なアニメキャラクターのコスプレをして、観客からたくさんの声援を受けました。その観客の多くは子どもたちでした。
私は嬉しくなり、その人たちに手を振って答えていました。
「アンパンマン、頑張れ！」
しばらくその声援に応えていましたが、突然、自分がアンパンマンではなくドラえもんの格好をしていたことに気づきました。
そして、振り返ってみると、アンパンマンのコスプレをしたランナーがすぐ後ろを走っていたのでした。
「しまった、彼に向けた声援だった！」
アンパンマンとドラえもんを混同してしまい、自分への声援と勘違いしていて、とても恥ずかしくなりました。
落ち着きを取り戻した後、日本の子どもたちにはアンパンマンの方がドラえもんより人気が高いのだという事実を知りました。
そして、残りのレース中、次のマラソンではどんなコスチュームを着ようかと考えていました。
一番人気のあるアニメキャラクターにならなくちゃ。
（笑）

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Adam541

An Embarrassing Moment

When I ran in the Kumamoto Castle Marathon three weeks ago, I dressed up as a famous anime character and received a lot of cheers from spectators, many of whom were children.

I felt happy and waved back to those people.

"Anpanman, ganbare!

(アンパンマン、頑張れ！)" ("Anpanman, fight!")

頑張れ isn’t actually “fight” in english, it would sound better to say something like “try your best, anpanman!” or “you can do it, anpanman!” you should look this up, i think it’s a very interesting thing in english.

I waved back to those people for a while, but suddenly, I realized that I was dressed as Doraemon, not Anpanman.

I then noticed that a runner dressed as Anpanman was running right behind me.

"Oops, they were cheering for him, not me."

I realized that I got confused between Anpanman and Doraemon, and I felt so embarrassed.

For the rest of the race, I found myself thinking about what costume I should wear infor my next marathon.

I'd like to be the most popular anime character next time.

Hahaha

pisiform

An Embarrassing Moment

When I ran in the Kumamoto Castle Marathon three weeks ago, I dressed up as a famous anime character and received a lot of cheers from spectators, many of whom were children.

I felt happy and waved back to those people.

"Anpanman, ganbare!

(アンパンマン、頑張れ！)" ("Anpanman, fight!")

I waved back to those people for a while, but suddenly, I realized that I was dressed as Doraemon, not Anpanman.

I then noticed that a runner dressed as Anpanman was running right behind me.

"Oops, they were cheering for him, not me."

I got confused between Anpanman and Doraemon, and I felt so embarrassed.

After I calmed down, I realized that Anpanman is more popular than Doraemon among Japanese kids.

For the rest of the race, I found myself thinking about what costume I should wear in my next marathon.

I'd like to be the most popular anime character next time.

Hahaha

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Great, flawless writing!

heatedcanine

March 6, 2025

Oh, thank you!

ManningAnne

An Embarrassing Moment

When I ran in the Kumamoto Castle Marathon three weeks ago, I dressed up as a famous anime character and received a lot of cheers from spectators, many of whom were children.

I felt happy and waved back to those people.

"Anpanman, ganbare!

(アンパンマン、頑張れ！)" ("Anpanman, fight!")

I waved back to those people for a while, but suddenly, I realized that I was dressed up as Doraemon, not Anpanman.

When you wear a costume, we say you are "dressed up as" and not just "dressed as". You can also say more simply "I went as Doraemon"

I then noticed that a runner dressed up as Anpanman was running right behind me.

"Oops, they were cheering for him, not me."

I got confused between Anpanman and Doraemon, and I felt so embarrassed.

After I calmed down, I realized that Anpanman is more popular than Doraemon among Japanese kids.

For the rest of the race, I found myself thinking about what costume I should wear in my next marathon.

I'd like to be the most popular anime character next time.

Hahaha

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Well written! That's a very funny story. Of course you want to get all the cheers next time!

heatedcanine

March 6, 2025

Thank you for your corrections and comment!
I'm thinking about Darth Vader, Spiderman, Batman, Super Mario Broth. etc. but I'm not sure if they are popular among Japanese kids.
Maybe Thomas the Tank Engine?

When I ran in the Kumamoto Castle Marathon three weeks ago, I dressed up as a famous anime character and received a lot of cheers from spectators, many of whom were children.