"Why are you the traffic cone guy?" This is a question I've been asked 34,809,433,439 times. And for good reason.
To save myself from having to explain it over and over, I've created a book that covers everything about the cones. From now on, I plan to just smile and send the download link for this book to anyone who asks. So if your friends ask you, "Why is he the traffic cone guy?", please send them this link too.
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The Reason Traffic Cones Get Delivered to My House
Lately, people who have just found out about me often ask me questions like these,
Why are you collecting traffic cones?
Did a traffic cone kill your parents or something???
so today, I'd like to explain the "origin of the traffic cones."
It all started a few years ago, on my birthday!! I was scheming to get a PS4 and other stuff using my Amazon Wishlist!!
Maybe one of my kind followers will buy it for me...
You're naive, Azuki.
Famous Streamer
Aah...!! A famous streamer...!!
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If you only list things you want, it looks kinda greedy. You should add a few 'unwanted items' as a buffer!!
YEAH!
Woooow! That's a famous streamer for you!!
Famous Streamer
An unwanted item, huh...?! I don't need something like a traffic cone!! It's pretty cheap, too... Okay, this is it!!
It's not like anyone's actually gonna send me a traffic cone, so it's totally fine!!
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And so, the only things that ever arrived at my house were traffic cones,
which brings us to the present day.
Even when I take them off my Amazon Wishlist, people use workarounds to send them anyway!!
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Me on the day the first cones arrived.
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Me, the Cones, and Christmas
Christmas Eve
Hey, should we buy a Christmas tree for the house?
Huh? No, we already have a tree.
My wife has lost her mind.
Look!! This is for decorating the cone, right?! I went and bought it!!
TA-DA! Presents!
Thank you so much, Mom!!
You all seem to have gotten used to this, but I need you to know this is NOT normal.
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Whoaaaaa! This actually has a great vibe. This is awesome, hahaha!
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Delivery!
And a white cone shows up at this exact moment, hahaha! Whaaaaat, hahaha!
This is the best.
Whoa... What is that tree...? That's creepy...
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Heheheh... Well, since you're here anyway, Mr. Delivery Guy...
Why don't you join in?
Join in with what? Th-this is creepy...
A glowing cone, my frenzied wife and I. A stunned delivery guy, an annoyingly pushy old lady. The Christmas from Hell begins...!!
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The Feeling That Something Else Is On Its Way
In a campaign proposed by a corporation...
So, a plan where people can win my autograph by retweeting and following, and on top of that, a cone gets delivered to my house.
I've been getting a lot of proposals like this lately.
Is the second half necessary?! The second half!!
And then the other day, a corporate rep who came to my house for a meeting said this...
Ah... excuse me, do you mind if I measure the height of your ceiling?
Yep... looks fine, yep... Thank you very much!!
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So... that happened... I wonder what the heck the point of measuring my ceiling height was...
It's so they can send you a cone that tall, isn't it!!
No... surely they wouldn't...
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So it really does exist...
This is hilarious.
This is NOT hilarious.
Details on the campaign from hell will be announced soon---!!
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The Story of How a 2-Meter Cone Arrived at My House, Part 1
One afternoon...
Oh... I wonder what that is.
I think the people from the publisher were supposed to come for an interview today...
They're here...
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Am I hallucinating?
A 2-meter traffic cone had arrived.
That's right, it was for the campaign for my book, 'Nige Koma'.
A 2-meter cone actually arrived. Diamond Inc., are you guys sane?
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All right, class! Today, for all the good boys and girls out there, if a 2-meter traffic cone arrives at your house...
For the good children:
When a 2-meter
cone
arrives
I'm going to teach you exactly what happens!
It's so big your front door won't close. And that's it, class dismissed.
The End
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Hey, hurry up and get it inside! We're going to disturb the neighbors.
It's stuck.
What the... It won't fit...
You're the ones who brought it!
Good grief... If any of the neighbors in the building see us like this...
Um, excuse me...
?!
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We're the ones who just moved in on this floor the other day.
It's a bit late, but we wanted to come and say hello...
It's over.
Oh crap, it fell.
Are you in the middle of something...?
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The Story of How a 2-Meter Cone Arrived at My House, Part 2
Previously: At the worst possible moment, a 2-meter cone arrived at my house...
GYAAAAH!
...and the people from the apartment came to say hello.
Are you in the middle of something...?
Ugh...
Damn it... This is bad. I can't let them see the cone, of all things.
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However, at this point, thanks to the layout of the inner hallway, the cone was somehow in a blind spot.
I have to defend this spot at all costs and somehow get the cone inside...
Yashiro
Child
Mother
Father
This is useless, it's not going in at all! The door's going to break! This is ridiculous, honestly.
It won't budge.
Oh, crap.
It's stuck. We can't get it out.
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Um, our entryway is a bit of a mess, so if we could just say hello here...
Whoa, he's fast! The kid is fast!
The restless child missile.
Mom! Dad!! There's a giant cone!!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
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When they came to give their moving-in greetings, their neighbor's door...
Whoa!
...was where the family saw a giant cone impaled.
You know... this is like... one of those 'Tales of the Unusual' episodes, isn't it?
Shut up.
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The Story of How a 2-Meter Cone Arrived at My House, Part 3
Previously: The moment a 2-meter cone arrived at my house...
...it was discovered by the peaceful family that had just moved in.
Haaah... I can't complain if they get mad. I'll just have to humbly accept their anger...
Um...
...Yes?
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Is it okay if I take a picture?
What is this guy saying?
N-No, what are you saying... There's no point in taking a picture of this...
No... this is plenty unusual.
True.
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After that, the neighbor took a picture, they exchanged normal greetings...
What do you use this for?
I don't know.
Never come back.
I had the cone taken away and thought the incident was over, but...
A few days later, in the apartment elevator...
Ah, hello...
Ah... um... by any chance, do you draw manga?
Here we go.
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Uh, sorry for being so abrupt... but after that day, I sent the picture to a friend on LINE.
So, there was this guy with a traffic cone stuck in his door...
I... I see.
And in the reply I got back...
...the name 'Yashiro Azuki' came up...
I think that's definitely Yashiro Azuki.
No, that's 100% Yashiro Azuki.
Yesss...
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Actual footage.
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Actual footage ②
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The Story of How a Cone Arrived at My Mother's House
Usually my mom comes to my house, but one time when I went over to hers...
Ugh, my middle school yearbook is so cringey... I wanna throw it away...
I'll never let you throw it away... Oh! Someone's here! Is it another assassin?
What? Do assassins normally come to this house?
A cone arrived at my mother's house.
No way. Why?
Oh my... I wonder what it is.
Th-this shouldn't be here...!! Is this okay? Did her address leak or something...?!
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Oh, that's right! When I was ordering it, I meant to send it to your address, but on the website I made a mistake...
...and selected my own address!!
Ooooh, is that all!! So that's what happened...
So? Who ordered what to be sent to whose address?
Say that again.
I forgot!!
Internal conflict... can we stop now?
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The Story of How Heavy Machinery Might Arrive at My House
A joke my followers often make is...
Can I send you some heavy machinery?
No.
The heavy machinery gag.
But the other day, at a meeting, the person from the client company...
This guy's been a fan of yours for a long time.
Hehehe.
Really? I'm so happy to hear that!
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So, there's something we'd like to give you...
Aah, here we go!!
You're just planning to send me a traffic cone, aren't you?! One with your company logo on it or something!!
Ah, no.
It's heavy machinery.
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Ahaha, you're kidding, right...!!
No... actually...
My grandfather runs a construction company, and we have some heavy machinery we don't use anymore. It's a hassle to dispose of, so...
we figured it would be better to actually send it to your house. You know... it'd make for great content, so we thought, why not?
So, what do you say?
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It'll make for great content, isn't that awesome?! Should we rent a parking spot?
Well, don't you have to get a license first?
Has everyone here lost their damn minds?
◆Every character in this story is an idiot.
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The Story of How Cones Arrived on My Birthday Again
A large number of traffic cones arrived, and the delivery guy was worried.
A large number of traffic cones arrived, and the delivery guy was worried.
A few days have passed since my birthday.
Are you okay...?
Is this, like, online harassment or something...?
No...
Last year's birthday was pretty miserable, but...
this year has been perfectly peaceful.
Heheh... I even made sure to take it off my Amazon Wishlist...
I removed the traffic cone!!
Ding-dong
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Excuse meee!! Deliveryyy!!
The usual delivery guy, grinning from ear to ear.
A cardboard box that was clearly the size of a cone.
Welp, it's that time of year again! Bwahaha!
What are you laughing at?
It's here again this year.
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The Story of the Person Who Brought That to the Book Signing
On the way to the venue for the book release signing.
Nah... surely no one would be crazy enough to bring a traffic cone all the way to a book signing.
Traffic cones. The things that get sent to Yashiro Azuki's house in droves. They still arrive twice a week. Damn it.
No way, right?
Well, if someone actually brought one all the way to Sangenjaya, I'd almost be impressed.
Yeah... Huh? What's that... What is that...?
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Look... near the venue, they're surrounded by security...
What are they doing...? Look, Yashiro... that's...
Mmmph, I don't know anything!
I don't know a single thing!
Apparently there was no problem, as they came over with huge smiles.
Damn it.
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The Story of the Present That Arrived in the Delivery Locker
My building has delivery lockers that can handle packages of various sizes.
A package has arrived in locker #35.
The system works by having the locker with your package open when you scan your key, but...
I don't remember ordering anything recently...
Number 35 is the biggest one...
The biggest locker... It's the perfect size for 'that' to fit inside...
It's definitely 'that,' no doubt about it... Damn it, it's gonna be a pain to carry it all the way to the cardboard box room. I'm about to cry.
Beep
← Recording just in case
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Oh, it's open, and yup, just as I expe-whaaaaaaaaat?! This thing is in here raw!
Why?! Where's the cardboard box?! What... Why are you in here just like that... What happened?! This is creepy... so creepy.
After that, I kept getting more 'raw' cones delivered one after another.
Is it a Christmas tree?
Is there some kind of cost-cutting movement happening in the cone world lately? If anyone knows, please tell me.
Haha... yes.
I had to carry it all the way back to my room!!
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The Story of How My Cones Were Needed by the World
The traffic cones that started being sent to the Yashiro household regularly after his birthday.
Um... we'd like to use a traffic cone for an event at our elementary school, and we were wondering if you could spare one...
What?! Yes, of course!
One day, after receiving this request from an elementary school teacher...
over 100 requests to use the traffic cones came in from various schools, companies, and individuals.
And so, I started providing the traffic cones sent to my house for free to places that needed them.
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The person who comes to my house to pick up the packages is the same guy from the delivery company who brings the traffic cones.
Let's see, this one is for XX Elementary, this one is for a certain company's event... and this one is...
Man, but it's a weird feeling, picking up the same packages that I delivered... It's a strange situation, isn't it?
Apparently the pickup staff is supposed to be different, but he comes anyway.
But you know, I sometimes wonder... what's the point of you being in the middle of all this?
Is there one?
Followers
Delivery Guy, Yashiro
Schools, etc.
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Of course there isn't! What the hell are you talking about?!
What is my life?!
◆Replying to DMs in order!!
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My Farewell with the Delivery Guy
To the delivery guy who had been bringing traffic cones to my house for several years...
I'll be moving out, as early as next month...
And that cone is for a school donation.
No way...?!
I told him I was moving.
Moving so suddenly... I had so much fun after I met you and started following you on Twitter...
He's crying... I feel kinda bad...
And now, I'm losing the greatest purpose of my job—delivering traffic cones. What am I supposed to do now...?
Whoa, what kind of reason is that? You're finding your purpose in the wrong place, man.
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No... I mean, we can still go for drinks sometimes even after I move.
We're close enough that we have each other's LINE, after all...
Traffic cone on its way.
No no no no.
A LINE conversation with the delivery guy.
...!! Really...?! In that case... um...
Please tell me your new address!!
Ah, he plans to deliver them personally! There's no way in hell I'm telling him!
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