Shinseki No Ko To O Tomari Dakara De Watana 【DIRECT ◎】

If you typed something like “My cousin stayed over, so I gave him…” into a poor translator, it might output gibberish. Alternatively, the phrase could be a mishearing of a sentence like:

Ryota’s eyes lit up. "I love Kaiju."

Sora arrives reluctantly. Rin is excited to have a "sleepover cousin." Hisa warns them: Tomari dakara de watana – "Because it’s an overnight stay, do not cross." Sora dismisses it as superstition. That night, Rin draws a chalk line down the center of the guest room. "Don't step over after midnight," she says. Sora laughs.

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A plausible corrected phrase might be: (Shinseki no ko to tomari dakara, watashi watasanai) → "Because I'm staying over with my relative's child, I won't hand it over."