(Hopefully he's going to remember what Akane should have actually said before the person transcribing this got the city and the island mixed up. Hokkaido. Hokkaido is the island. Sapporo is the big city on it.)
"I mean, I guess?" Akane shrugs. "I don't really know what it's like to live on a proper continent and if there's anything different. It's easier for us to isolate ourselves, I guess, but we aren't doing that anymore."
OH MY GOD I HAVE NO BRAIN. PRETEND SHE SAID HOKKAIDO NOT SAPPORO
"I mean, I guess?" Akane shrugs. "I don't really know what it's like to live on a proper continent and if there's anything different. It's easier for us to isolate ourselves, I guess, but we aren't doing that anymore."