10 - When You Choose to Look at Contemporary Art for a Date... Part 1 | When You Choose to Look at Contemporary Art for a Date... Part 2

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[01:41] Hime
    Sorry! Did you wait long?
[01:45] Nozomi
    Hey, looks like the perfect disguise.
[01:49] Nozomi
    For some reason, you still just
    look like Hime to me, though.
[01:52] Kyoko
    It's her body and height.
[01:55] Kyoko
    Well, anyway...
[02:07] Kyoko
    It's just about time.
[02:10] Kyoko
    Shall we?
[02:11] Hime
    But we still have fifteen minutes.
[02:13] Kyoko
    Nakafumi always arrives
    fifteen minutes early.
SIGN    Check
[02:19] Nozomi
    Wow, you're paying for us, Kyoko?
[02:21] Kyoko
    As if.
[02:22] Kyoko
    Keep watching outside.
[02:27] Nozomi
    Nakafumi really did come
    fifteen minutes early.
[02:33] Kyoko
    All right. Let's move.
[02:35] Hime
    Should we really be doing this?
[02:37] Nozomi
    We don't want any mistakes to happen.
[02:39] Hime
    Mistakes?
[02:41] Nozomi
    Well, you know...
[02:43] Kyoko
    Stuff like illicit sexual relations.
[02:46] Hime
    Huh?!
[02:49] Hime
    They wouldn't!
[02:50] Nozomi
    Shh!
[02:52] Kyoko
    Let's go.
[03:13] SP1
    Target is on the move.
[03:16] SP1
    Unidentified pursuers confirmed.
[03:20] [SONG] Text
    Unidentified
    
    Unidentified
    
    Unidentified
[03:26] SP2
    We should search within
    terrorist organizations...
[03:28] Shigetoki
    No need. They're the target's classmates.
[03:32] Shigetoki
    It's just a childish prank. Ignore it.
[03:35] SP3
    Public Security, military police,
    the Cabinet Research Office,
[03:40] SP3
    CIA, and FSB are also tailing her.
[03:43] Shigetoki
    So, the usual crowd.
[03:46] Shigetoki
    Don't act unless something drastic happens.
SIGN    Contemporary Art
SIGN    Contemporary Art Exhibit
[04:13] Suu
    Do humans find this sort
    of thing pleasant to observe?
[04:19] Nakafumi
    It's contemporary art,
    so it's not that sort of thing... I think.
[04:24] Nakafumi
    I don't know anything about it myself,
[04:27] Nakafumi
    but if I could explain it...
[04:30] Nakafumi
    Making things that are pretty,
    whether it's a painting or sculpture, is art.
[04:35] Nakafumi
    A long time ago, only so many
    people could make or own art.
[04:40] Nakafumi
    They couldn't just buy a tube of paint
    from the local stationery shop.
[04:47] Nakafumi
    But in the modern age,
[04:49] Nakafumi
    we started seeing photography,
    which could capture images
[04:51] Naakfumi
    more elaborately and accurately
    than any painting.
[04:54] Nakafumi
    Then industrial technology emerged,
    which could mass-produce
[04:57] Nakafumi
    highly-detailed and precise
    models inexpensively.
[05:02] Nakafumi
    When the sort of beauty people
     previously knew became commonplace,
[05:05] Nakafumi
    demand emerged for a different sort of beauty.
[05:09] Nakafumi
    But it only meant things anyone
    would find pleasant to look at.
[05:12] Nakafumi
    With the Interstellar Wars movies,
     for example,
[05:15] Nakafumi
    paying ten times the money won't give
    you ten times the entertainment.
[05:20] Nakafumi
    So people started painting things
    in subjective ways that photos couldn't capture
[05:25] Nakafumi
    and implementing aspects of African art,
    which was seen as barbaric at the time.
[05:30] Nakafumi
    Artists began to tamper with
    the standards of beauty itself,
[05:33] Nakafumi
    some making abstract paintings
    that depicted nothing at all.
[05:37] Nakafumi
    At that point, people still found
    them pleasant to look at...
[05:41] Nakafumi
    But then, even that
[05:43] Nakafumi
    was lost as people started putting ordinary
    industrial goods on display as art.
[05:49] Nakafumi
    Now, it's just a game to see how much
[05:52] Nakafumi
    people can change the meaning
    of the concept of art in context.
[05:56] Nakafumi
    That's what I've managed to piece
    together on the subject, anyway.
[06:00] Suu
    What, specifically, is that context?
[06:04] Nakafumi
    I'm not sure...
[06:07] Kyoko
    Of course no one will tell you that.
[06:10] Kyoko
    Anyone who knew the answer to that
    could make a fortune as an artist.
[06:14] Kyoko
    It's their livelihood.
[06:16] Nozomi
    Does something like that really even exist?
[06:19] Kyoko
    No idea.
[06:20] Kyoko
    But it puts a price on reality
    and moves huge amounts of money,
[06:24] Kyoko
    so there must be rules.
[06:25] Hime
    Look, they're moving.
[06:38] Nozomi
    A date at an art museum?
[06:40] Nozomi
    I guess that doesn't surprise me.
[06:46] Hime
    I wonder if Suu-chan
    is actually enjoying this.
[06:50] Kyoko
    Would arts and crafts even
    exist where she comes from?
[06:54] Nakafumi
    What's art like in Antarctica?
[06:59] Suu
    There are drawings and symbols
    used as design plans, but...
[07:03] Suu
    I suppose, in terms of what
    humans consider "art,"
[07:06] Suu
    we have logic and numerical formulas.
[07:09] Suu
    They're said to be beautiful
    in their brevity.
[07:13] Nakafumi
    Would you have preferred
    to go to a traditional museum?
[07:17] Suu
    Oh, no. I'd have no trouble
    understanding those alone.
[07:20] Suu
    But in the case of art,
    I need someone to look at it with me.
[07:25] Nakafumi
    I don't think I'm the best choice
    to explain this stuff to you, but...
[07:29] Suu
    It's just as fascinating to hear
[07:31] Suu
    what it means to someone who doesn't
    specialize in the subject.
[07:51] Omaki
    Whoops, sorry— Oh...
[07:55] Omaki
    Princess?
[07:57] Hime
    You recognized me, huh?
[07:58] Manami
    Oh?
[08:08] Hime
    Are you on a date?
[08:10] Manami
    D-Do you know what that is?
[08:16] Hime
    No idea.
[08:18] Nomomi
    Hime, they're moving!
[08:21] Hime
    Well, bye.
[08:26] Hime
    Sorry about that.
[08:28] Nozomi
    Was that the class president and Omaki?
[08:30] Hime
    Yeah.
[08:31] Nozomi
    Are they on a date, too?
[08:34] Hime
    Seemed like it.
[08:36] Kyoko
    We're focusing on this date right now!
SIGN    Contemporary Art
    Museum
[09:05] Nozomi
    They're not heading for the station.
[09:07] Hime
    Yeah.
[09:08] Kyoko
    That direction leads to...
[09:12] Shigetoki
    The sun's going down.
    There's still more to this date?
[09:16] Shigetoki
    Don't get too caught up
    in the nightlife, now.
[09:27] Nozomi
    Seriously?
[09:29] Kyoko
    So they were headed here.
[09:32] Shigetoki
    Oh, come on...
[09:34] Hime
    What should we do?
[09:35] Nozomi
    Is there anything we can do?
[09:38] SP2
    What do we do?
[09:39] Shigetoki
    Send one of our guys in suits
    to the hotel's front desk.
[09:42] Shigetoki
    Show them a dummy police
    badge and kick them out
[09:44] Shigetoki
    on the grounds of the
    Juvenile Protection Ordinance.
[09:46] SP3
    But even if we do that,
[09:47] SP3
    what do we do afterwards?
[09:49] Shigetoki
    We'll play it by ear.
SIGN    Short Rest Overnight Stay
SIGN    2 Hours
[10:00] Nozomi
    Whoa, whoa!
[10:02] Hime
    Um...
[10:04] Kyoko
    Oh?
[10:07] Shigetoki
    Don't do it!
[10:12] Hime
    Please!
[10:18] Kyoko
    Darn.
[10:22] Kyoko
    Uh, I mean...
[10:28] [SONG] Text
    Used Books Nakoto Bookstore
[10:32] Kyoko
    A used bookstore?
[10:33] Nozomi
    Talk about a sophisticated hobby.
[10:36] Hime
    Yeah.
[10:55] Hime
    How was your date yesterday?
[10:59] Suu
    He showed me some very interesting things.
[11:02] Hime
    Wow, really?
[11:04] Suu
    We went to an art museum
    and saw some contemporary art,
[11:08] Suu
    which I didn't understand...
[11:10] Suu
    But not understanding felt new to me.
[11:14] Suu
    What did you think, Himeno-san?
[11:17] Hime
    Oh, yeah...
[11:19] Hime
    That stuff is hard, isn't it?
[11:21] Hime
    I didn't really get it, either.
[11:23] Nozomi
    Hey!
[11:27] Hime
    You knew, huh?
[11:29] Suu
    I could see you, Himeno-san.
[11:30] Manami
    Thanks for yesterday.
[11:32] Omaki
    I'll tag along anytime.
[11:32] Nozomi
    Jeez... So it really was Hime's fault.
[11:33] Manami
    Oh... Sure. Same here...
[11:34] Hime
    Sorry!
[11:37] Manami
    But really, thanks for everything.
[11:39] Omaki
    No big deal.
[11:41] Kyoko
    Oh, nothing.
[11:41] Suu
    What?
SIGN    When You Choose to Look at Contemporary Art for a Date... Part 1
[11:48] Chinami
    What? You're going out?
[11:51] Manami
    Yes. Watch the house, okay?
[11:53] Manami
    Of course, Dad's home today,
    so you'll be fine.
[11:57] Chigusa
    It's not fine!
    All he does is draw all the time!
[12:02] Manami
    What do you expect?
[12:03] Omaki
    Hey, Tama.
[12:05] Omaki
    Yo.
[12:07] Chinami
    You have a date?
[12:08] Omaki
    That's right.
[12:09] Chigusa
    Well, Koma-chan's really good-looking.
[12:11] Omaki
    You think so?
[12:12] Chinami
    Still, leaving the kids at home
    on a weekend for a secret tryst with a boy?
[12:17] Chigusa
    Isn't that child abuse?
[12:19] Omaki
    "Tryst"? Really?
[12:21] Omaki
    Also, I'm a girl.
[12:23] Manami
    I'll be back in time for dinner.
[12:28] Chinami
    Oh, switching out?
[12:32] Chiho
    Going out?
[12:33] Manami
    Well, take care of Sue-chan.
[12:36] Omaki
    We'll buy you souvenirs.
[12:38] Chi
    Boo! Boo!
[12:39] Manami
    Now, don't make that face.
[12:43] Manami
    See you later.
[12:48] Omaki
    It's tough for you to even go out, huh?
[12:51] Manami
    Yeah.
[12:52] Omaki
    You're lucky to have
    little sisters, though.
[12:54] Omaki
    Little brothers are just...
[12:56] Manami
    Really? I feel like a little brother
    would be more straightforward.
[13:02] Omaki
    I don't think so.
[13:05] Manami
    Really?
[13:07] Omaki
    Want to link arms?
[13:09] Manami
    Why?
[13:12] Guy
    How about some karaoke with me?
[13:14] Girl
    No, thank you...
[13:24] Manami
    This is kind of embarrassing.
[13:26] Omaki
    It's allowed between two girls.
[13:28] Girl
    What an attractive boy and girl.
[13:30] Girl
    Are they models?
[13:31] Girl
    They're so tall!
SIGN    Contemporary Art
[13:43] Omaki
    With stuff like this,
[13:45] Omaki
    sometimes it takes longer to read
    the explanation than look at the art.
[13:48] Manami
    And sometimes you have
    to read it to understand it.
[13:51] Omaki
    You actually get it after reading it?
[13:52] Manami
    No.
[13:54] Omaki
    Whoops, sorry— Oh...
[13:58] Omaki
    Princess.
[14:00] Hime
    You recognized me, huh?
[14:02] Manami
    Oh?
[14:05] Hime
    Are you on a date?
[14:07] Manami
    D-Do you know what that is?
[14:11] Hime
    No idea.
[14:12] Nomomi
    Hime, they're moving!
[14:15] Hime
    Well, bye.
[14:16] Nozomi
    Was that the class president and Omaki?
[14:19] Manami
    What are those three doing?
[14:22] Omaki
    Doesn't look like they're on a date.
[14:24] Manami
    Hey, you should be looking at the art.
[14:27] Omaki
    That's easy to say...
[14:42] Chigusa
    Aren't you done yet?
[14:43] Dad
    Stay still just a little bit longer, okay?
[14:52] Sue
    Nee-nee? Nee-nee?
[14:55] Chinami
    Oh, Sue-chan woke up.
[14:57] Sue
    Nee-nee?
[14:58] Chiho
    We're coming.
[15:02] Chigusa
    Time to switch!
[15:05] Dad
    Wait...
[15:09] Dad
    This would be a great time
    to step out for a smoke...
[15:12] Dad
    except I don't smoke.
[15:15] Dad
    I can't drink, either,
    and I'm not interested in gambling.
[15:21] Dad
    And I can't even imagine
    taking it out on the kids.
[15:24] Dad
    Even if I paint, I have no one to sell to,
[15:26] Dad
    but I can't just not paint.
[15:30] Dad
    There's no way out...
SIGN    Contemporary Art Illustrated Guide
[15:36] Manami
    It's expensive... but...
[15:39] Omaki
    Gonna buy that?
[15:41] Manami
    I can't understand what I'm looking
    at if it's not explained a little better.
[15:47] [SONG] Text
    Museum Shop Exclusive
    Belgic Chocolate
[15:47] Omaki
    They sell sweets, too.
[15:50] Omaki
    It only works if there're six, right?
[15:53] Omaki
    Here.
[15:54] Omaki
    For the kiddos.
[15:55] Manami
    You don't have to do that.
    I talked you into coming here.
[15:59] Omaki
    C'mon, don't be so distant.
[16:03] Manami
    Besides, I can't accept a gift
    from someone with no income.
[16:08] Omaki
    I do get paid a bit for helping
    with my family's business, actually.
[16:14] Omaki
    And I told the Chisters
    I'd buy them souvenirs.
[16:17] Omaki
    I don't want them to hate me.
[16:20] Omaki
    So... Yeah?
[16:22] Manami
    Okay... Thank you.
[16:27] Omaki
    If what we saw today is contemporary art,
[16:31] Omaki
    that means your dad isn't very modern, huh?
[16:34] Manami
    Strong words.
[16:36] Manami
    You're right, though.
[16:39] Omaki
    Speaking from an amateur's perspective,
[16:41] Omaki
    if he wants to sell...
[16:43] Omaki
    He should paint stuff
    that's more... surreal?
[16:46] Omaki
    Or just quit painting and try
    performance art instead.
[16:50] Omaki
    He could do something suggestive,
    like tossing a nationalist in the air.
[16:56] Manami
    Still, he can't just do
    whatever and call it art.
[17:01] Omaki
    True, but...
[17:03] Omaki
    What I mean is, there just needs
    to be logic behind it, right?
[17:07] Omaki
    "By doing such-and-such,
    social ideals are rendered invalid,
[17:11] Omaki
    and those who see it are hurled
    into a sea of free conception."
[17:15] Omaki
    That sort of thing.
[17:18] Manami
    But even that sort of thing has a value,
     or context, or something...
[17:23] Manami
    It's like a language arts book report
    that says, "It appears to be freedom at first,
[17:26] Manami
    but there are actually
    unspecified rules," right?
[17:30] Omaki
    I don't know about all that.
[17:32] Manami
    I don't get it, either.
[17:35] Manami
    If I had to say whether my
    father wants to be an artist,
[17:39] Manami
    I almost don't think he does.
[17:41] Omaki
    What does that mean?
    That's really turning things upside-down.
[17:46] Manami
    My father wants to be a painter.
[17:48] Omaki
    So that means an artist, right?
[17:51] Manami
    No, it's different.
[17:53] Manami
    He just wants to paint pictures,
[17:56] Manami
    and not avant-garde or abstract ones.
[17:59] Manami
    The classical, realistic kind.
[18:02] Omaki
    Then why doesn't he become an illustrator?
[18:05] Manami
    Good question...
SIGN    Watching Over You Publishers
SIGN    The Adventures of Chi-chan
SIGN    Hide and Seek with Chi-chan
[18:06] Manami
    Some of his paintings have
    been used as book covers.
SIGN    Chi-chan's Tail
[18:11] Manami
    But a career illustrator has to draw
    what they're told to draw, right?
[18:16] Omaki
    And that's different?
[18:18] Manami
    Yeah.
[18:19] Manami
    If you look online,
[18:21] Manami
    there are tons of middle school and high
    school students who are unbelievably good.
[18:25] Omaki
    Then why doesn't he just leave it as a hobby?
[18:27] Manami
    He can't! That's absolutely not allowed!
[18:34] Omaki
    But why?
[18:36] Manami
    Saying he can leave it as a hobby
[18:38] Manami
    would be telling him that art like his
    will only ever be worth doing for fun.
[18:43] Manami
    It'd be telling him there's no hope.
[18:45] Manami
    He's been pouring his time and passion
    into painting for longer than I've been alive.
[18:51] Manami
    I can't tell him that.
[18:53] Omaki
    Yeah, but wanting to be recognized
     among so many candidates
[18:57] Omaki
    means he wants to win, right?
[19:01] Manami
    Well...
[19:03] Omaki
    In sports, like baseball, there's more
    to it than playing with a ball.
[19:07] Omaki
    You have to do stuff you don't want to,
     like running to build strength.
[19:11] Manami
    But my father is an artist,
    in a broad sense.
[19:15] Manami
    He wouldn't just give up who he is.
[19:17] Omaki
    Tama, I think...
[19:19] Omaki
    you're way too soft on your dad.
[19:24] Manami
    I am not!
[19:26] Omaki
    I mean, you're Miss Perfect.
[19:29] Manami
    That was my nickname in middle school...
[19:32] Omaki
    Yep.
[19:33] Omaki
    You're the girl our home ec teacher said
     was most likely to get married.
[19:38] Manami
    Well...
[19:39] Omaki
    But you're still a kid, the same age as me.
[19:43] Omaki
    You haven't entered society yet.
[19:45] Omaki
    You don't even know
    if you'll be successful.
[19:47] Omaki
    So how is it possible for a kid like that
    to try to plan out an adult's life for him?
[19:52] Manami
    Yeah... You're right.
[19:55] Omaki
    And your dad isn't a kid.
[19:57] Omaki
    I'm sure he's thought things through
    and made up his own mind.
[20:02] Omaki
    Anyway, having faith is one way
    of supporting someone.
[20:07] Manami
    You're right. Thanks.
[20:10] Omaki
    You're welcome. Talk to me again anytime.
[20:14] Manami
    Yeah.
[20:15] Manami
    Oh, look at the time...
[20:18] Omaki
    Ready to go?
[20:19] Manami
    Yeah.
[20:23] Manami
    I'm home.
[20:24] Chi
    Welcome back!
[20:27] Manami
    Here's your souvenir.
[20:28] Manami
    It's from Koma-oneechan.
[20:30] Chi
    Yay! Souvenir!
[20:32] Manami
    I'll hurry and make dinner.
[20:39] Manami
    Dad, dinner's ready.
[20:41] Dad
    Okay... I don't know, though...
[20:44] Dad
    I'm kind of in a groove here.
[20:49] Manami
    Don't knock yourself out.
[20:50] Dad
    Huh? Oh... yeah. You're right.
[21:00] Manami
    Your efforts might end in vain.
[21:03] Manami
    If you ruin your health, too,
    you'll have nothing left.
[21:09] Manami
    It looks like a nice painting
    to this amateur...
[21:18] Suu
    We went to an art museum
    and saw some contemporary art...
[21:23] Suu
    But not understanding felt new to me.
[21:26] Suu
    What did you think, Himeno-san?
[21:28] Hime
    Oh, yeah...
[21:30] Hime
    That stuff is hard, isn't it?
[21:31] Hime
    I didn't really get it, either.
[21:33] Nozomi
    Hey!
[21:35] Hime
    You knew, huh?
[21:36] Suu
    I could see you, Himeno-san.
[21:39] Nozomi
    Jeez... So it really was Hime's fault.
[21:41] Hime
    Sorry!
[21:42] Omaki
    Morning.
[21:44] Manami
    Good morning. Thanks for yesterday.
[21:47] Omaki
    I'll tag along anytime.
[21:49] Manami
    Oh... Sure. Same here...
[21:52] Manami
    But really, thanks for everything.
SIGN    When You Choose to Look at Contemporary Art for a Date... Part 2
[21:57] Omaki
    No big deal.
SIGN    Next Time
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