# E1 - Nice to Meet You
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***SIGN*** Episode 1
***SIGN*** Nice to Meet You
**[02:13] Hananoi**
What does love mean to you?
**[02:17] Hananoi**
To me, it's something you only devote
to one person in life. Your soulmate.
**[02:23] Hananoi**
So maybe I didn't show you enough love.
**[02:27] Hananoi**
Or maybe... you were never my
soulmate in the first place.
**[02:38] Ex**
You're blaming this on *me*?!
**[02:39] Hibiki**
Oh, scary. A breakup fight?
**[02:42] Hibiki**
Wait, isn't that guy Hananoi-kun?
**[02:46] Hotaru**
Hananoi-kun?
**[02:47] Hibiki**
You don't know him, Hotaru?!
**[02:49] Hibiki**
Come on! The popular boy from the class
next door whose height and looks
**[02:52] Hibiki**
everyone agrees are in the 99th percentile?
**[02:55] Hibiki**
No?! This girl couldn't care less!
**[03:00] Hotaru**
Oh, sorry. It's hard enough for me
to remember my own classmates.
**[03:05] Hotaru**
A whole other class would be...
**[03:07] Hibiki**
It's *December* already!
**[03:09] Ex**
Fine then!
**[03:10] Ex**
You'll never be in a proper
relationship anyway!
**[03:25] Hibiki**
I guess even hot guys go
through horrible breakups.
**[03:31] Hotaru**
How could you say something so mean
to someone you once liked?
**[03:36] Hibiki**
As they say, a love too strong
can become a hate even stronger.
**[03:39] Hibiki**
You'll understand once
you fall in love too, Hotaru.
**[03:43] Hotaru**
When you fall in love,
**[03:44] Hotaru**
your special someone becomes more
important than friends and family, right?
**[03:48] Hotaru**
I don't really get that,
so I don't think it's for me.
**[03:51] Hibiki**
That same old excuse again?
**[03:53] Hibiki**
Well, I'd like to take this moment
to make an announcement.
**[03:57] Hibiki**
I have a boyfriend now!
**[04:00] Hotaru**
Oh. Congrats.
**[04:02] Hibiki**
Way too sedate!
**[04:03] Hibiki**
You're supposed to get all excited!
**[04:05] Hibiki**
Or at least lament,
"You can't leave me all alone!"
**[04:08] Hotaru**
That's kinda asking a lot, Kyo-chan.
**[04:12] Hotaru**
*My name is Hinase Hotaru.*
**[04:13] Hotaru**
* I'm almost sixteen, and I'm in my*
* first year of high school.*
**[04:17] Hotaru**
*I've lived my life free of romance,*
**[04:18] Hibiki**
Anyway, thanks for listening.
**[04:21] Hotaru**
No problem. Good luck!
**[04:21] Hotaru**
*but I'm blessed with friends and family.*
**[04:22] Hibiki**
See you!
**[04:23] Hotaru**
Until next time!
**[04:25] Hotaru**
* If I can keep spending my days peacefully,*
* enjoying the little things in life,*
**[04:30] Hotaru**
* that's enough for me,*
* even if I never fall in love.*
**[04:35] Hotaru**
*Or, at least, that's what I thought.*
**[04:42] Hotaru**
* No umbrella? The breakup*
* must've really been a shock...*
**[04:48] Hotaru**
* I still don't get it, though.*
* Why do people fall in love in the first place?*
**[04:53] Hotaru**
*What in the world does it feel like?*
**[05:02] Hotaru**
U-Um, you'll catch a cold like this.
**[05:12] Hotaru**
* I never imagined the umbrella*
* I held out for him that day...*
**[05:17] Hananoi**
You're Hinase Hotaru-chan, right?
**[05:21] Hananoi**
Nice to meet you.
**[05:23] Hananoi**
I like you.
**[05:25] Hananoi**
Will you go out with me?
**[05:29] Hotaru**
*...would change my life forever.*
**[05:33] Hotaru**
*Never in my wildest dreams.*
**[05:39] passerby A**
Check out that guy! Isn't he super hot?
**[05:44] Hananoi**
Hotaru-chan! Good morning.
**[05:47] Hotaru**
Hananoi-kun? G-Good morning.
**[05:50] Hotaru**
Were you waiting for me?
**[05:52] Hananoi**
Yeah.
**[05:53] Hotaru**
Even though I politely declined yesterday?
**[05:57] Hananoi**
I thought I should give you a chance
to get to know me first.
**[06:06] boy student A**
Hey, over there!
Is that the girl Hananoi asked out?
**[06:10] boy student A**
How wild is it to do that
in front of the whole class?
**[06:13] boy student B**
I guess hotties can get away with that stuff.
**[06:16] boy student B**
I figured she'd be a real babe or something.
**[06:16] Hananoi**
Mind telling me about
what sorts of things you like?
**[06:18] boy student A**
Hey! She'll hear you!
**[06:21] Hananoi**
Hotaru-chan? Hotaru-chan?
**[06:25] Hotaru**
S-Sorry! What is it?
**[06:27] Hananoi**
Oh, I was just asking about what you're into.
**[06:31] Hananoi**
What about hairstyles and stuff?
**[06:33] Hotaru**
Hairstyles?
**[06:35] Hotaru**
I guess short hair is a lot easier to wash.
**[06:38] Hananoi**
Short hair, huh?
**[06:41] Hotaru**
Listen...
**[06:43] Hotaru**
Would you tell me why you chose me?
**[06:46] Hananoi**
When you held your umbrella out for me,
I thought, "This girl must be my soulmate."
**[06:51] Hotaru**
You said that yesterday too.
**[06:57] Hananoi**
Well, I get approached by lots of people,
**[07:01] Hananoi**
but once we start talking,
they always drift away.
**[07:03] girl student A**
He asked her out in front of everyone.
**[07:04] Hananoi**
They find me strange or creepy.
I guess they get disillusioned.
**[07:07] girl student B**
She's not what I expected at all!
**[07:09] Hananoi**
People like the way I look, so they have
all these weird expectations of me.
**[07:15] Hananoi**
And then there was you, Hotaru-chan,
who just talked to me like it was no big deal.
**[07:22] Hananoi**
Maybe that's why.
**[07:27] Hananoi**
See you.
**[07:29] Hibiki**
H-Hotaru! What are you doing coming
to school with Hananoi-kun?!
**[07:33] Hotaru**
Kyo-chan, Shibamu! Good morning.
**[07:36] Tsukiha**
Morning.
**[07:37] Hibiki**
What gives?! Did you decide
to go out with him after all?
**[07:39] Hibiki**
You can't leave me all alone!
**[07:42] Hotaru**
No, no.
**[07:43] Hotaru**
Though he *did* say...
**[07:45] Hotaru**
"Why don't you get to know me first
and then think it over?"
**[07:49] Tsukiha**
Huh. Well, how's it going? Has your
impression of him changed after a day?
**[07:55] Hotaru**
Hmm...
**[07:57] Hotaru**
He's kind of enigmatic.
***SIGN*** The Next Day
***SIGN*** A winter-exclusive cafeteria delicacy
***SIGN*** Get them to go!
***SIGN*** Back this year!
Braised Pork Buns
**[08:06] Hananoi**
That looks heavy.
**[08:07] Hotaru**
Oh, thanks. I was taking
it to the faculty room...
**[08:11] Hotaru**
Huh?! Hananoi-kun, your hair!
**[08:14] Hananoi**
Well? Is it more to your liking now,
Hotaru-chan?
***SIGN*** Things to Do During Winter Break
**[08:18] Hotaru**
Wait, we weren't talking
about *my* hair yesterday?!
**[08:22] Hananoi**
Oh, you don't like it?
***SIGN*** Art Club
**[08:24] Hotaru**
Did you really cut it just to suit my tastes?
**[08:27] Hananoi**
I figured I could work
on my appearance first.
**[08:31] Hananoi**
You look totally stumped right now.
**[08:33] Hotaru**
Sorry, I honestly just...
**[08:35] Hananoi**
It's fine, it's fine.
The faculty room, right?
**[08:39] Hananoi**
I'll go with you.
**[08:39] girl**
We're playing basketball in PE, right?
**[08:40] Hotaru**
Thank you. That's a huge help.
**[08:44] Hotaru**
I'm sorry, Hananoi-kun.
**[08:46] Hotaru**
I know you're doing all this for me,
**[08:50] Hotaru**
but I don't really know what it means
to have special feelings for someone.
**[08:56] Hotaru**
I guess I'm like a robot
or a cyborg or something.
**[09:01] Hananoi**
A robot, huh?
**[09:02] Hananoi**
Well, if you don't know what it's like,
why not give it a try?
**[09:06] Hotaru**
Huh?
**[09:07] Hananoi**
Go out with me
and experience it for yourself.
**[09:09] Hananoi**
Yeah. Like until Christmas or something.
**[09:14] Hotaru**
I'd just end up hurting you that way.
**[09:18] Hotaru**
People who are made like me
**[09:22] Hotaru**
have no business falling in love.
**[09:26] Hananoi**
There's no such thing as someone
who shouldn't fall in love.
**[09:34] Hotaru**
* He's an enigma,*
* but not the unsettling kind...*
**[09:38] Hotaru**
*I guess.*
**[09:45] Hibiki**
Sorry! I promised I'd eat lunch
with my boyfriend today.
**[09:49] Tsukiha**
And I've got a club meeting.
**[09:51] Tsukiha**
Sorry.
**[09:52] Hibiki**
Really sorry!
**[09:54] Hotaru**
*Guess I'm on my own today.*
**[09:57] Hananoi**
Hotaru-chan.
**[09:59] Hananoi**
Want to eat lunch together?
**[10:04] Hotaru**
*I-I came along without really thinking...*
**[10:04] Hananoi**
Hotaru-chan?
**[10:07] Hotaru**
*But I've already turned him down once.*
**[10:07] Hananoi**
Hotaru-chan?
**[10:09] Hotaru**
*Maybe I shouldn't be doing this.*
**[10:11] Hananoi**
Hotaru-chan, Hotaru-chan! Want one?
**[10:15] Hotaru**
The cafeteria's special braised pork bun?!
**[10:25] Hotaru**
Thank you!
**[10:26] Hananoi**
I bought that just for you, so help yourself.
**[10:35] Hotaru**
Here.
**[10:36] Hotaru**
Let's eat it together!
**[10:39] Hotaru**
Thanks for this.
**[10:42] Hotaru**
Yum!
**[10:45] Hananoi**
Thanks...
**[10:52] Hotaru**
Is it good?
**[10:53] Hananoi**
Yup.
**[10:54] Hananoi**
It's delicious because I'm eating it
here with you.
**[10:58] Hotaru**
*Eating together makes it delicious?*
**[11:01] Hotaru**
*Yeah, I think I can understand that feeling.*
**[11:04] Hotaru**
Wait, your earrings...
**[11:06] Hananoi**
Oh.
**[11:07] Hananoi**
I figured you probably didn't
care for flashy stuff like that.
**[11:13] Hotaru**
Um, actually, I meant to say this before,
**[11:16] Hotaru**
but you really don't need
to change yourself for me.
**[11:20] Hotaru**
I think you should keep enjoying
the things that you like.
**[11:26] Hananoi**
Okay.
**[11:28] Hananoi**
If it bothers you,
I'll put my earrings back in.
**[11:31] Hotaru**
Huh? But...
**[11:33] Hananoi**
Oh, wait. I only have one...
**[11:36] Hananoi**
I must have dropped the other
one somewhere. Oh well.
**[11:39] Hotaru**
What? Want me to help you look for it?
**[11:41] Hananoi**
No, it's fine. No big deal.
**[11:43] Hananoi**
One is enough, right?
**[11:51] Hotaru**
Why does he keep doing so much for me?
**[11:55] Hananoi**
You mean Hananoi-kun?
**[11:57] Hananoi**
He's trying so hard because
he wants you to like him.
**[12:01] classmate A**
Hey, hey! Does anyone have
some hairpins I can borrow?
**[12:05] Hotaru**
These are all I've got. Will they do?
**[12:08] classmate A**
You're a lifesaver! Thank you, Hinase-san!
**[12:16] Hotaru**
*I still feel like he's doing too much...*
**[12:21] Hotaru**
*I mean, take the earrings. They're against
the dress code, so he must* really *like them.*
**[12:27] Hotaru**
*He doesn't think of himself enough.*
**[12:31] Hotaru**
*It worries me sometimes.*
**[12:36] Hananoi**
Hotaru-chan, want to walk home together?
**[12:39] Hotaru**
Hananoi-kun!
**[12:41] Hotaru**
Sorry, I have to go look
for something on the field.
**[12:44] classmate A**
I lost one of her hairpins! I'm so sorry!
**[12:47] Hotaru**
It's okay! Don't worry about it.
**[12:50] Hananoi**
But Hotaru-chan, it's...
**[12:59] Hananoi**
It'd be pretty difficult to find it right now.
**[13:03] classmate A**
I'm sorry, Hinase-san!
I'll buy you a new one!
**[13:06] Hotaru**
It's really okay! It's not your fault.
**[13:10] Hotaru**
Sorry to drag you out here. I guess
we might as well walk home together.
**[13:20] Hotaru**
*I really should go look for it...*
**[13:25] Hotaru**
*I guess I'll go first thing in the morning.*
***SIGN*** Hananoi-kun
**[13:32] Hotaru**
Yes, hello?
**[13:34] Hananoi**
* Ah, Hotaru-chan?*
* Sorry, I just have a quick question.*
**[13:39] Hananoi**
*Does the hairpin you lost have a ribbon?*
**[13:42] Hotaru**
No, it has a star on it.
**[13:45] Hananoi**
*Really? Then this isn't it...*
**[13:49] Hananoi**
*All right. Thanks.*
**[13:51] Hananoi**
*I'll see you at school tomorrow.*
**[13:53] Hotaru**
Wait!
**[13:55] Hotaru**
Hananoi-kun, where are you right now?
**[13:59] Hotaru**
You aren't actually at school, are you?
**[14:05] Hananoi**
*Nah.*
**[14:12] Kagari**
Hotaru? Where are you going at this hour?
**[14:15] Hotaru**
School!
**[14:18] Hotaru**
*There's no way...*
**[14:20] Hotaru**
*He can't be there.*
**[14:22] Hotaru**
* No normal person would go searching*
* for a single hairpin in the snow like this.*
**[14:29] Hotaru**
*But...*
**[14:31] Hotaru**
*But maybe Hananoi-kun would. He might.*
**[14:47] Hananoi**
Hotaru-chan?
**[14:49] Hananoi**
Shoot. You came.
**[14:54] Hananoi**
I'm sorry. I really wanted to surprise you,
but I haven't found it yet.
**[15:00] Hotaru**
Hananoi-kun...
**[15:05] Hotaru**
I'm sorry, but I still don't get it.
**[15:10] Hotaru**
Why? Why go this far?
**[15:16] Hananoi**
Because I...
**[15:19] Hananoi**
wanted to make you smile.
**[15:26] Hotaru**
*That's it?*
**[15:28] Hotaru**
* Everything he's done has just been*
* to make me smile?*
**[15:40] Hananoi**
I'll be fine, so why
don't you head back home?
**[15:44] Hananoi**
I'm just going to check over here.
**[15:46] Hotaru**
Hananoi-kun.
**[15:50] Hotaru**
Hananoi-kun!
**[15:56] Hotaru**
Please, stop this. That's enough.
**[15:59] Hananoi**
Wow, I even get a nice hug from you.
**[16:06] Hotaru**
You big dummy!
**[16:10] Hotaru**
Look.
**[16:11] Hotaru**
If you make yourself sick finding it,
**[16:14] Hotaru**
I won't be happy at all!
**[16:17] Hananoi**
Oh... I see. I guess you have a point.
**[16:22] Hananoi**
I'm being weird, huh?
**[16:25] Hananoi**
People tell me I go too far.
**[16:28] Hotaru**
That's not the point!
**[16:29] Hotaru**
If you don't stop now,
Hananoi-kun, you could die!
**[16:33] Hananoi**
Hotaru-chan...
**[16:35] Hananoi**
This isn't going to kill me.
**[16:37] Hananoi**
Besides,
**[16:39] Hananoi**
if I got to see you smile,
then at least I'd die happy.
**[16:46] Hotaru**
If it means only one person gets to be happy,
then I don't ever want to fall in love!
**[16:57] Hotaru**
Teacher! I need to borrow
a blanket and a towel!
**[17:16] Tsukiha**
By the way, I haven't seen
Hananoi-san around recently.
**[17:19] Hotaru**
That's because...
**[17:22] Hibiki**
*You* got in a fight, Hotaru?!
**[17:23] Hibiki**
I didn't even know you could get mad!
**[17:25] Hotaru**
I honestly don't know if
I could face him right now.
**[17:30] Hotaru**
* I've never yelled at someone*
* like that before.*
**[17:33] Tsukiha**
Oh. Look who's here.
**[17:52] Hananoi**
Hotaru-chan.
**[17:54] Hotaru**
Hananoi-kun.
**[17:56] Hananoi**
I'm sorry I've been bugging you so much.
I won't bother you after today.
**[18:00] Hananoi**
But before that, I wanted to give you this.
**[18:04] Hananoi**
Oh, don't worry. I went back
after the snow melted.
**[18:08] Hotaru**
Thank you. It was a present from my family.
**[18:14] Hotaru**
Did you know it was important to me?
**[18:16] Hananoi**
No, but I did notice you seem to have special
things that you like to use all the time.
**[18:24] Hananoi**
So I thought you'd be sad if you lost it.
**[18:29] Hotaru**
*I see...*
**[18:31] Hotaru**
* Hananoi-kun treasures what's important*
* to me. Even more than I do.*
**[18:38] Hotaru**
*If that's what it means to love, then...*
**[18:44] Hotaru**
*it's truly a wonderful thing.*
**[18:48] Hotaru**
Hananoi-kun, I have something
I want to give you too.
**[18:53] Hotaru**
Here.
**[18:56] Hotaru**
I found it on the ground
by the vending machine.
**[19:01] Hotaru**
Put it on.
**[19:08] Hotaru**
Yeah, the other one seemed lonely by itself.
**[19:10] Hotaru**
They look better together.
**[19:13] Hotaru**
Take good care of what's
important to you, okay?
**[19:18] Hananoi**
I'm really sorry.
**[19:19] Hotaru**
*Wow, he looks so sad.*
**[19:21] Hotaru**
*But it's kind of cute.*
**[19:25] Hotaru**
* Whenever I'm with Hananoi-kun,*
* I keep feeling all kinds of new things.*
**[19:32] Hotaru**
* If I spent more time with him,*
* maybe I'd start to understand*
**[19:37] Hotaru**
*what it's like to be overwhelmed with emotion.*
**[19:40] Hotaru**
*What it's like to fall in love.*
**[19:44] Hananoi**
* There's no such thing as someone*
* who shouldn't fall in love.*
**[19:52] Hananoi**
See you.
**[19:53] Hotaru**
W-Wait!
**[19:56] Hotaru**
U-Um, I don't think I've told you this yet,
**[20:01] Hotaru**
but I've never once thought that
I *didn't* like you, Hananoi-kun.
**[20:06] Hotaru**
I don't think it means
that I like you in *that* way,
**[20:09] Hotaru**
but it's been fun, and you've
made me happy sometimes.
**[20:13] Hotaru**
So, um...
**[20:16] Hotaru**
Do you think someone like
me might be able to learn?
**[20:22] Hotaru**
Do you think even I might
fall in love someday?
**[20:26] Hotaru**
*When that girl said...*
**[20:28] Ex**
* You'll never be in a proper*
* relationship anyway!*
**[20:32] Hotaru**
* I felt like she was talking to me.*
* It was saddening.*
**[20:36] Hotaru**
* Why don't I ever feel that*
* kind of strong emotion?*
**[20:41] Hotaru**
* Why can't I understand what that's like*
* when everybody else can?*
**[20:47] Hananoi**
I know you will.
**[20:53] Hananoi**
I'm sure that the day will come
**[20:55] Hananoi**
when you know how it feels
to love someone special.
**[21:04] Hotaru**
Were you...
**[21:06] Hotaru**
Were you serious about giving it a try?
**[21:10] Hananoi**
Huh?
**[21:12] Hananoi**
Are you... saying you'll go out with me?
**[21:19] Hotaru**
I still don't know if I can make it work,
**[21:24] Hotaru**
but I want to know what it feels
like to fall in love with someone!
**[21:34] Hotaru**
Um, Hananoi-kun...
**[21:36] Hotaru**
Everyone's looking—
**[21:37] Hananoi**
I'm so happy.
**[21:40] Hananoi**
I'm so happy...
**[21:45] Hotaru**
* And that's how I ended up*
* with my very first boyfriend,*
**[21:51] Hotaru**
* even though I still didn't really*
* understand what was happening.*
**[21:55] Hotaru**
* Hananoi-kun's idea of love and my idea*
* of love might not be the same thing,*
**[22:02] Hotaru**
* but at the very least,*
* I've taken my first step into a new world.*
**[22:07] ---**
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