A Japanese sketch turns a home visit upside down: the pupil looks like a dad, the teacher speaks formally and even the previous teacher became a gaming buddy.
A parent-teacher meeting with the wrong parent
A teacher visits a student who has stopped coming to school. The man at the door has the manner and bearing of a father. But the supposed father is the student himself. This is Jerardon's Japanese comedy sketch, released on the group's official YouTube channel in January 2022. Somehow, the conversation still makes sense.
An understandable mistake
Attack Nishimoto plays the student with the authority of someone who has attended thirty parent-teacher meetings. When the teacher realizes he has mistaken the boy for his dad, the viewer almost sympathizes. How could anyone be certain from that appearance?
The student talks casually, the teacher politely
The pupil speaks with relaxed confidence. The teacher uses respectful language because he believes he's talking to a parent. The absent pupil sounds like a headmaster; the teacher sounds like an employee reporting to him. Nobody is intentionally rude. Ordinary good manners turn the school hierarchy upside down.
The previous teacher played video games with him?
The sketch also mentions that the former teacher played games with the student. A home visit is supposed to help a child return to school, yet the teacher seems to have become a gaming buddy. It looks less like school support and more like two grown men playing games on a weekend.
If he returns to class, does the school gain a teacher?
This is a joke inspired by the premise, not a scene from the video. Imagine him arriving at school. There should be one more student, but it might look like the staff has gained another veteran teacher. At home he's somebody's dad; at school he could pass for the deputy head. Why is a man with that much authority the one refusing to attend?
The title gives the twist away, and it still works
The official title already reveals that he gets mistaken for his father. What makes it funny is how long a normal-sounding conversation can continue on a completely false assumption. He hasn't returned to class, but he looks ready to inspect the entire teaching staff.
