2 - Beauty Is A Double-Edged Sword | Water People Living in Water And Mountain People Living In Mountains Really Are Just That.

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[01:35] Friend
    It's been so long!
    Since our reunion, right?
[01:39] Rino
    That's right.
[01:42] Friend
    Are you still all lovey-dovey
    with that bear-gorilla?
[01:46] Rino
    Of course not.
[01:48] Rino
    Since our daughter was born,
     she's all he sees.
[01:54] Friend
    Her name's Himeno-chan, right?
[01:56] Rino
    I'm impressed you remember.
[01:58] Rino
    You were the queen of forgetting things.
[02:01] Friend
    Does Himeno-chan
[02:02] Friend
    look more like you or the bear-gorilla?
[02:05] Rino
    Are you thinking of messing
    with my daughter, too?
[02:08] Friend
    Oh, please!
[02:10] Friend
    It's for work, that's all.
[02:11] [SONG] Text
    Released
     Today
SIGN    Find Your Early Summer Outfit Right Here!!
[02:31] Nozomi
    Hime?
[02:33] Nozomi
    Or is it? She looks a little different...
SIGN    Cute, lovable, girlish style
[02:44] Nozomi
    I think she has too much
    sex appeal to be Hime...
[02:50] Nozomi
    Who was that?!
[02:51] Akechi
    Hey, watch it.
[02:54] Nozomi
    Oh, it's you, Akechi?
[02:58] Akechi
    Anyway...
[03:01] Nozomi
    What are you laughing about?
[03:04] Akechi
    Oh...
[03:07] Akechi
    Just thinking that the little shota girl
    Nozomi-chan has really come of age.
[03:12] Nozomi
    Who are you calling a shota girl?
[03:13] Nozomi
    What are you even talking about?
[03:16] Akechi
    Starting to take an interest
    in fashion, are we?
[03:19] Nozomi
    Huh?!
[03:21] Nozomi
    No, I'm not! This is...
[03:24] Nozomi
    Here, look!
[03:27] Nozomi
    See? Doesn't she look like Hime?
[03:32] Akechi
    That is her, isn't it?
[03:36] Nozomi
    You think so, too?
[03:38] Akechi
    That's pretty amazing, though!
    She's on the cover already?
[03:43] Nozomi
    Is that amazing?
[03:44] Akechi
    Of course it is! Tons of people
    want that to happen to them!
[03:50] Akechi
    It's such a shame...
[03:52] Nozomi
    What is?
[03:54] Akechi
    Himeno-chan is going to be in a totally
    different world from us now.
[03:57] Akechi
    I mean, she's a model!
[03:59] Akechi
    I bet she's going to be busy.
[04:02] Akechi
    She'll even have to go to
    work right after school.
[04:05] Akechi
    She won't have time to hang
    out with you anymore.
[04:08] Akechi
    Sad, huh?
[04:10] Nozomi
    Shut up!
[04:11] Akechi
    Why don't you try being a model, too?
[04:14] Nozomi
    Me?
[04:15] Akechi
    I think there's a demand for your type.
[04:17] Nozomi
    I don't know anything
    about fashion, though.
[04:20] Akechi
    That's no problem!
[04:22] Akechi
    Just come to my place.
[04:23] Akechi
    I'll teach you everything.
[04:26] Akechi
    Drool...
[04:27] Nozomi
    I don't think so.
[04:28] Akechi
    Why not?
[04:30] Nozomi
    You just had a nasty look in your eyes.
[04:35] Akechi
    Well, now I have no choice...
[04:43] Akechi
    Our school doesn't allow
    students to work, does it?
[04:47] Akechi
    I think a second-year who
    got caught was expelled.
[04:51] Akechi
    Well, what to do?
[04:53] Akechi
    Himeno-chan's fate is in
    your hands, Nozomi-chan.
[04:58] Nozomi
    You really are nasty.
SIGN    Bus Stop
    
    Akechi Mansion
[05:08] Akechi
    You wear a bra! That's unexpected!
[05:10] Nozomi
    Of course I do. You've seen me during P.E.
[05:14] Akechi
    Why don't we comb out your
    hair and try a wig?
[05:28] Akechi
    Wow! You look like a doll!
[05:32] Nozomi
    Hang on, this is cosplay!
[05:35] Nozomi
    This is just your own hobby!
[05:37] Akechi
    Figured me out, huh?
[05:42] Akechi
    Okay, let's try the next one!
[05:45] Inukai
    This magazine, though...
[05:47] Inukai
    It's amazing that Himeno-chan's in it,
[05:50] Inukai
    but what demand is there for
    an Antarctican snake girl?
[05:55] Inukai
    Do snake people even read this?
[05:59] Akechi
    A few do, apparently.
[06:01] Akechi
    Also, "snake people" is derogatory.
    Call them "Antarcticans."
[06:05] Akechi
    Of course, magazines like this
    have to treat all races equally.
[06:12] Nozomi
    You know...
[06:14] Nozomi
    If you're just going to use me as
    a dress-up doll, I'm leaving.
[06:18] Akechi
    Aw...
[06:26] Akechi
    Hey, expulsion makes it hard to get
    letters of recommendation, doesn't it?
[06:30] Inukai
    Now, come on...
[06:40] Himeno
    Nozomi-chan, you seem down.
[06:42] Nozomi
    Do I?
[06:44] Kyoko
    Is it about to rain?
[06:47] Nozomi
    Hey, Hime...
[06:50] Nozomi
    Is there anything you're hiding from us?
[06:52] Hime
    Huh?
[06:54] (Flashback) Hime
    This is delicious!
[06:56] (Flashback) Kyoko
    We made a good call.
[06:58] (Flashback) Nozomi
    Eat too many of those and you'll get fat.
[07:00] (Flashback) Hime
    You're right.
[07:02] (Flashback) Hime
    Well, bye.
[07:17] Hime
    Um... Like what?
[07:22] Kyoko
    This, right?
[07:24] Hime
    Oh, you meant that?
[07:27] Nozomi
    I don't know what you were thinking,
[07:29] Nozomi
    but isn't this a bad thing?
[07:31] Hime
    Huh? Why?
SIGN    Student Handbook
[07:35] Kyoko
    "Working part-time while attending
    this school is forbidden."
[07:40] Hime
    It's not like I got paid for it, though...
[07:44] Nozomi
    Is that what matters?
[07:45] Kyoko
    I don't think so.
[07:49] Hime
    Well, that magazine...
[07:51] Hime
    Its editor-in-chief is a friend of my mom's.
[07:54] Hime
    They have trouble getting centaur
    models, so she begged me.
[08:00] Kyoko
    Yeah, there aren't many centaurs around.
[08:03] Kyoko
    Isn't this your debut, though?
[08:05] Hime
    Oh, I won't be doing that!
[08:07] Kyoko
    Why not? Because it's against the rules?
[08:11] Hime
    Well...
[08:13] Hime
    I'd be too embarrassed...
[08:16] Hime
    And I'd have to watch my weight, too.
[08:19] Hime
    And the editor-in-chief's
    eyes kind of scare me...
[08:24] Kyoko
    I think you could pull it off, though.
[08:26] Kyoko
    School rules aside, of course.
[08:28] Hime
    I could never stick it out.
[08:33] Kyoko
    Have you thought about
    being an amateur model, then?
[08:38] Kyoko
    You're cute, and you've got the height.
[08:40] Kyoko
    I bet you could be a professional
    model in the future.
[08:43] Hime
    A model isn't what I want to be, though...
[08:46] Kyoko
    What, then?
[08:48] Hime
    A doctor, I think.
[08:51] Nozomi
    You, a doctor? That's kinda scary.
[08:55] Hime
    Why?!
[08:57] Kyoko
    Well, it's just as scary for Hime.
[09:01] Kyoko
    Doctors get sued for malpractice and stuff.
[09:05] Hime
    That's true.
[09:07] Hime
    That's why I'm thinking it might
    be better to be a veterinarian...
[09:14] Hime
    But that's just as scary,
    because I might get bitten.
[09:18] Hime
    And I've never had any
    pets other than fish.
[09:21] Nozomi
    What about a fishmonger, then?
    One who sells tropical fish.
[09:25] Kyoko
    Fishmongers sell fish for eating.
[09:28] Hime
    Tropical fish are difficult to keep.
[09:30] Hime
    You have to watch the nitrate levels,
    pH, temperature, and everything.
[09:35] Nozomi
    Goldfish from festival stalls
[09:37] Nozomi
    never have their bowls cleaned
    or anything, but they live forever.
[09:41] Hime
    That's fine for them.
    Algae produces oxygen through photosynthesis,
[09:45] Hime
    breaks down their poop,
     and even serves as food for them.
[09:48] Hime
    Humans cause the problem by cleaning
    their bowls just for easier viewing.
[09:52] Nozomi
    Wow, you sound like some kind of expert.
[09:55] Hime
    Oh, please!
[09:56] Hime
    But even if you go into medicine,
[09:59] Hime
    in basic medicine, all you do is research.
[10:01] Hime
    And my dad says that rather than
    biological or scientific research,
[10:05] Hime
    medicinal research is better
    because it has a higher budget.
[10:09] Kyoko
    I see...
[10:11] Nozomi
    You've actually thought this through.
[10:14] Kyoko
    Maybe we should start thinking
    about the future, too.
[10:18] Kyoko
    Though I'm sure you'll be taking
    over the dojo, Nozomi.
[10:22] Nozomi
    Never gonna happen!
[10:27] Nozomi
    I feel like I'm forgetting something...
[10:39] Kyoko
    So that happened.
[10:44] Nozomi
    What?
[10:45] Inukai
    I've got something you'll want
    to hear. Listen to this...
[10:51] Inukai
    Whisper, whisper, whisper...
[10:54] Nozomi
    What?!
[10:56] Hime
    Is something wrong?
[10:57] Nozomi
    No, nothing.
[11:00] Nozomi
    Thanks, Inukai. You're pretty okay.
[11:03] Inukai
    Don't mention it.
[11:10] Nozomi
    I heard you're working
    part-time at a maid café!
[11:13] Akechi
    Oops... You found out, huh?
[11:16] Nozomi
    That's all you have to say?!
[11:18] Nozomi
    Well, won't you be expelled too, then?
[11:22] Akechi
    I have faith that I'll be fine,
    because you're my friend.
[11:28] Nozomi
    So you're saying Hime isn't your friend?
[11:36] Akechi
    Of course she's my friend!
SIGN    Beauty
    
    Is A Double-Edged Sword.
SIGN    What?
[11:46] [SONG] Title
    Water People Living in Water
    And Mountain People Living In Mountains
    Really Are Just That.
SIGN    Furukanata Station
[11:57] Kyoko
    Brr, I'm freezing...
[12:02] Kyoko
    It sure is cold today.
[12:04] Nozomi
    You really can't handle the cold at all, huh?
[12:07] Kyoko
    I'm fragile.
[12:09] Kyoko
    I don't discipline myself with
    cold water baths, like you do.
[12:13] Nozomi
    I don't do that!
[12:16] Kyoko
    Talking about cold stuff is
    making me even colder...
[12:20] Manami
    Hey, stop that!
[12:23] Akechi
    Nope!
[12:25] Akechi
    So warm!
[12:27] Manami
    Jeez...
[12:28] Akechi
    Hey, it's not like you've
    got anything to lose.
[12:30] Akechi
    Wow, you really don't have anything...
[12:33] Manami
    Hey! She's your girlfriend, isn't she?
[12:35] Manami
    Do something!
[12:36] Akechi
    Yeah, if only I could...
[12:41] Akechi
    Morning, you three!
[12:43] Nozomi
    Hey.
[12:45] Hime
    Morning!
[12:46] Kyoko
    Morning.
[12:47] Akechi
    Hey, why don't you three get in here, too?
[12:49] Akechi
    It's nice and warm!
[12:51] Manami
    Who said you could invite them?!
[12:53] Akechi
    Aw...
[12:55] Akechi
    Isn't that what these wings are for?
[12:57] Manami
    They're for me!
[13:00] Manami
    Besides, the idea that angelfolk's wings
    developed as protection against the cold
[13:04] Manami
    is just one of many theories!
[13:07] Akechi
    I know they might just be
    decorative, like my horns...
[13:12] Akechi
    But they are warm, so what's the problem?
[13:15] Kyoko
    Lucky...
[13:16] Nozomi
    Oh, come on.
[13:23] Kyoko
    So warm...
[13:25] Nozomi
    Hey, stop. You'll bother Hime.
[13:27] Hime
    I don't really mind...
[13:30] Nozomi
    You're okay with this?
[13:32] Nozomi
    You were talking about getting sent to
    a correctional clinic the other day.
[13:36] Kyoko
    Well, it'd be a problem if I
    got up on her completely,
[13:39] Kyoko
    but surely I won't be arrested just
    for leaning on her shoulder.
[13:43] Nozomi
    Then I will, too.
[13:45] Hime
    Huh?
[13:46] Hime
    Jeez, both of you are embarrassing me!
[13:53] Akechi
    Getting hot and heavy, eh?
[13:59] Komori
    Lucky...
[14:01] Hyappo
    I'm not letting you in mine!
[14:03] Komori
    Who'd want to snuggle up to you?!
[14:07] Nozomi
    Anyway, Kyoko, for someone who can't handle
    heat, you're pretty weak with the cold, too.
[14:12] Kyoko
    I have a delicate constitution.
[14:15] Kyoko
    That stuff doesn't bother you, Hime?
[14:17] Hime
    Hmm...
[14:19] Hime
    I don't mind the cold, I guess.
[14:21] Hime
    I can't stand heat, though.
[14:23] Kyoko
    I can imagine, with such a large body.
[14:27] Kyoko
    Animals in polar regions
    are always big, you know?
[14:30] Hime
    Uh-huh.
[14:32] Kyoko
    That's because
[14:34] Kyoko
    it reduces the ratio of body
    mass to surface area,
[14:38] Kyoko
    helping them maintain a
    constant temperature.
[14:40] Hime
    I see...
[14:41] Nozomi
    I'm not sure I get it...
[14:43] Nozomi
    Are you saying Hime is a polar bear?
[14:45] Hime
    A polar bear...
[14:47] Hime
    Those are kind of cute,
    but also kind of not.
[14:51] Hime
    Hey, Kyo-chan.
[14:54] Hime
    Why don't you try the opposite
    of clearing your mind,
[14:57] Hime
    and thinking about times
    when you felt warm?
[14:59] Nozomi
    Wait, something good happened
    to you in spring, right?
[15:12] (Flashback) Nozomi
    This heat is unbearable.
[15:17] (Flashback) Guy
    Hi there. Watch your step.
[15:26] (Flashback) Nozomi
    It's almost like a jungle.
[15:28] (Flashback) Hime
    I can smell salt, though.
SIGN    14th High School For Waterfolk
[15:57] (Flashback) Miura
    Welcome, everyone,
    to the 14th High School for Waterfolk.
[16:00] (Flashback) Miura
    I'm Miura, the representative of Class 1,
     your partners in this joint class.
[16:01] Komori
    Wow! Mermaids!
[16:03] Nozomi
    Quit staring.
[16:04] (Flashback) Miura
    Thanks for coming so far.
[16:05] Komori
    Man, they're all so hot...
[16:06] (Flashback) Manami
    Not at all. Thank you for having us.
[16:07] Komori
    And their racks are huge!
[16:08] (Flashback) Nozomi
    Where are you looking?!
[16:10] (Flashback) Komoei
    Their boobs!
[16:12] (Flashback) MermaidA
    Mountainfolk have such weird bodies.
[16:15] (Flashback) MermaidB
    That one with the flat chest...
    Is she really a girl?
[16:20] (Flashback) Miura
    All right, this way.
[16:27] (Flashback) Nozomi
    Merfolk kinda look more like
    upright snakes than fish.
[16:32] (Flashback) Hime
    Maybe they're treading water?
[16:34] (Flashback) Hime
    If they swam normally,
    their textbooks would get wet.
[16:37] (Flashback) Miyako
    That's right. The water level's
    been lowered today, too.
[16:40] (Flashback) Miyako
    I'll show you how we really swim later,
    during our free period.
SIGN    Joint Classroom
[16:46] (Flashback) Hime
    Hi!
[16:47] (Flashback) Girl
    Hi.
[16:48] (Flashback) Nozomi
    Nice to meet you.
[16:49] (Flashback) Girl
    Yeah, same to you.
[16:51] (Flashback) Kyoko
    H—
[16:51] (Flashback) Guy1
    So, what's your name?
[16:54] (Flashback) Guy2
    Hey, wanna sneak out with
    me during free period?
[16:57] (Flashback) Guy1
    I got to her first!
[16:59] (Flashback) Guy1
    I'll show you around town.
[17:01] (Flashback) Guy3
    Nah, you should come with me!
[17:03] (Flashback) Guy3
    We can go and—
[17:04] (Flashback) Guy1
    You just tried to hit on
    that other girl earlier!
[17:06] (Flashback) Nozomi
    Kyoko's a hit with the guys.
[17:09] (Flashback) Girl
    Faces like hers are uncommon around here.
[17:11] (Flashback) Manami
    You all certainly do have beautiful
    figures and large eyes.
[17:14] (Flashback) Miura
    Oh, not at all...
[17:17] (Flashback) Manami
    They all look like this in paintings...
[17:24] (Flashback) Komori
    Quit hanging on me.
[17:25] (Flashback) Guy
    It's your fault for being so huge!
[17:27] (Flashback) Girl
    I love it!
[17:28] (Flashback) Girl
    How cute!
[17:29] (Flashback) Guy
    She's huge!
[17:32] (Flashback) Manami
    I see.
[17:34] (Flashback) Girl
    But you'd be pretty popular yourself.
[17:37] (Flashback) Nozomi
    What's that supposed to mean?
[17:41] (Flashback) Girl
    Hey, you're not actually a boy, are you?
[17:45] (Flashback) Nozomi
    What?!
SIGN    Shota
     BL Book
[17:46] (Flashback) Girl
    Well, you look just like the
    protagonist of this book!
[17:51] (Flashback) Nozomi
    I do not!
[17:53] (Flashback) Girl
    Oh, really?
[17:54] (Flashback) Nozomi
    Hey! What are you doing?!
[17:57] (Flashback) Girl
    Aw, I'm sorry.
[18:00] (Flashback) Manami
    It's awfully noisy over there...
[18:07] (Flashback) Teacher
    All right, let's begin class.
[18:15] (Flashback) Manami
    Hey!
[18:22] (Flashback) Miura
    Quiet!
[18:30] Manami
    I feel like... I've lost.
[18:32] (Flashback) Teacher
    Ahem. Now then, all of you
    from Shin Kanata High...
[18:36] Kyoko
    You call that a good memory?
[18:38] Nozomi
    Well, it's not often guys
    flock to you like that.
[18:42] Kyoko
    What was that?
[18:44] Kyoko
    Not to mention, I almost ended
    up with heatstroke after that.
[18:47] Nozomi
    That place must be warm
    in winter, though, huh?
[18:51] Kyoko
    Actually, I heard it's cold.
[18:54] Nozomi
    But aren't they naked all year round?
[18:56] Nozomi
    How do they manage?
[18:58] Kyoko
    They're built differently to
    people of other races.
SIGN    Veins
SIGN    Artery
[19:01] Kyoko
    They do spend their whole
    lives in water, after all.
[19:06] Kyoko
    Man, we're talking about
    cold stuff again.
[19:11] Koma
    Oops... I'm sorry.
[19:13] Hime
    Oh, it's all right.
[19:17] Ruru
    You need to keep your eyes forward.
[19:19] Koma
    Right.
[19:26] Nozomi
    Merfolk still seem kinda
    overpowering to me.
[19:30] Hime
    Still, I sort of envy how he was
    carrying her like a princess.
[19:39] Nozomi
    Is your boyfriend a crane?
[19:40] Hime
    I'm not that heavy!
[19:45] Ruru
    I wish my fins were legs.
[19:48] Koma
    Don't say that.
[19:50] Koma
    Centaurs are able to support their upper
    bodies because they have strong ligaments.
[19:55] Koma
    Waterfolk don't have that support.
[20:00] Koma
    What?
[20:02] Ruru
    Is it because you're a guy?
[20:05] Ruru
    Or because you're a STEM major?
[20:06] Friend1
    Hey, it's Koma and Shizuura.
[20:11] Friend1
    You always have it rough, huh, Koma?
[20:13] Koma
    No, I really don't...
[20:16] Ruru
    That's right. He does this
    because he wants to!
[20:20] Friend1
    Oh? Sounds like someone's showing off.
[20:23] Friend2
    Well, we don't want to interrupt.
[20:26] Friend2
    Let's get going.
[20:30] Friend1
    Why does Koma go through all that?
[20:33] Friend1
    Just because they've been friends
    since they were kids...
[20:36] Friend1
    And because she's a little
    pretty and has big boobs...
[20:40] Friend2
    Hang on. Isn't that more than enough?
[20:44] Friend2
    An old friend, pretty, big boobs...
SIGN    Attractive upper body with revealing design
SIGN    Gentle assistance for the hip line
SIGN    Flexible body cover
SIGN    High-efficiency balancers
[21:03] Voice
    The Cyber Troll Company's latest
    walking assistance machine!
[21:09] Doctor
    Climbs up and down stairs freely!
[21:11] Doctor
    Even if you lose your balance...
[21:14] Doctor
    It offers the perfect assist!
[21:16] Doctor
    Its high-efficiency balancer organs
    even make surfing possible!
[21:19] Lady
    But, Doctor, some say that
    allotting most of the equal
[21:23] Lady
    supplementary budget to merfolk
    is reverse discrimination.
[21:28] Doctor
    This is necessary in order to
    achieve perfect equality.
[21:31] Doctor
    That very effort is the
    progress Japan has made.
[21:34] Doctor
    In addition, this will lead
    to worldwide happiness!
[21:35] Koma
    I'm back.
[21:36] Koma
    What're you watching?
[21:38] Ruru
    A walking assistance machine for merfolk.
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[21:41] Ruru
    I want one.
[21:42] Koma
    That's expensive!
[21:44] Ruru
    No, I can get financial aid.
[21:47] Koma
    Uh... Er...
[21:53] Ruru
    You're right. It's still expensive.
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