Isaac Newton, the scientific genius who discovered the law of universal gravitation, said“My best friend is truth.” Since then, a number of researchers have put their own “truth” on papers. They are called theses. In this program, of the countless theses published to the world, we will introduce unique and innovative theses that may have even surprised Newton himself. This talk show, hosted by Ryota Yamasato (a member of comedy duo Nankai Candies), invites the author of a particular thesis to the studio to dig into and find out more about their research and background story. In this episode, we focus on Japanese youth culture. Our guest this time is a researcher at the University of Tokyo, who studied “mori in photo sticker booths” that are popular among young girls. She has quantified this “mori” for the first time in the world. In addition, she has collected portraits of beauties throughout history to quantify their facial characteristics and investigate ideal faces admired by Japanese people. What is the true value of Japanese culture found through her research?