Replicating a Language-Learning Comedy Short with Claude Code — Gemini as a Multimodal Sub-Agent

Introduction It started with a Pingo (language-learning AI app) short video that popped up on X. A Western woman learning Japanese tries to say "I ate a mango" (マンゴーを食べた), drops a dakuten, and instead says something like "I ate p*y" (マ◯コを食べた). The AI deadpans right along with it and she's devastated. The combination — **a specific phonetic accident + AI playing it completely straight + the reaction shot gap — worked perfectly, and I figured this was a solid benchmark for a "comedy video auto-g...