# 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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GYNQZV50Y/a-centaurs-life)
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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
***SIGN*** There Are As Many Names of Flowers... As There Are People, But That's Totally a Lie!
***SIGN*** There Are As Many Types of Beauty As There Are People, Which Is Probably True If Used in a Broad Sense?