Slice of Life

Ready, Set ... Memorize! (2021x1)

Air date: Sep 16, 2021

Could you memorize the order of 52 shuffled playing cards in 5 minutes? This episode follows a competitive memory sports event in which competitors must memorize a pack of cards, and then recall that order in another deck. Among the people putting their memories to the test are an elementary school student, a 40-year-old manga artist struggling to make ends meet and a university student who is the Japanese record-holder. Why are they hooked on this challenge? We take a real-time look at this battle of the memories.