Well, hey, at least she's perked up a bit, though Kuwabara can't measure the genuineness of it very well. It's kind of an odd party with kind of pushy hosts, though, so even if it's just politeness he has to figure it's fair.

"I am, but, uh..." He's from Japan, but he's never heard of her. She is pretty cute! So maybe she's an actress or a singer or something. She's gotta be somewhere around his age, right? So why else would he have maybe heard of her...?

"Sorry, I guess I don't watch a lotta TV these days. I'm trying to get into university, you know? So it takes up a lotta time."