"Detective! Night Scoop" (ABC TV, Fridays at 11:17 PM) is a popular variety show where "detectives" tackle bizarre requests and worries submitted by viewers. On June 12th, Detective Takanori Takeyama investigated "a 2-year-old daughter standing in the palm of her father's hand." War photographer Yoichi Watanabe served as the special director, with Daigo Nagami as assistant director and Saori Masuda as secretary.
The request came from a 34-year-old man in Osaka Prefecture. One day, the man tried placing his one-year-old daughter in the palm of his hand. His daughter was so happy that he did it several times, and before he knew it, she was standing up on his palm. To be honest, he was the most surprised of all.
When the scene was posted on Instagram, it was viewed approximately 2.7 million times, and the comment section became mildly debated with comments such as "The kid is amazing," "No, the father is amazing," and "No, this is just a miracle."
Is it because my child has exceptionally strong core muscles, or is it because my palms are miraculously stable, or am I just being an overprotective parent? I'd also like to know if there are other people who can do this, and if someone could actually investigate this.
The man has two daughters, Emma, 2 years old, and Mei, 1 year old, and both can stand on their dad's palm. What's more, Emma can even perform a perfect V-balance. So, to determine who is more impressive, the father or the daughters, we invited Narumi Takahashi, a former pair figure skater.
To this, he responded with surprise, "It's hard to say which is better. It's about the trust between the two of them." So, can others do it? To find out, they held the "Palm-on-the-Hand Grand Prix." Four pairs participated: two acrobat performers, a circus duo, a muscular father representing "muscles" and his two-year-old daughter, and the client's family. So, who was the winner?
