# E6 - A Letter with the Princess
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**[00:00] right-hand banner (green background)**
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**[00:00] left-hand banner (top section)**
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**[00:06] Morikuni**
Nice!
**[00:08] Ichiro**
Is it emotional enough?!
**[00:10] Morikuni**
It is, it is!
**[00:13] Morikuni**
Until now, you've tended to skirt around
scenes like this out of embarrassment.
**[00:17] Morikuni**
But you nailed this one,
and it's *really* good.
**[00:21] Ichiro**
It's a relief to hear you say that.
**[00:24] Morikuni**
You're in the zone.
**[00:25] Morikuni**
Did something good happen?
**[00:29] Morikuni**
Just kidding!
**[00:33] sign**
Hiiragi Apartments
**[00:34] Ichiro**
I'm home.
**[00:39] Ichiro**
That went great!
**[00:42] Ichiro**
He approved the rough draft.
**[00:51] Ichiro**
* It's thanks to Goshiki-san.*
* Or, maybe it's rude to say so.*
**[00:56] Ichiro**
* But I'd like to see that*
* look on her face again.*
**[01:00] Ichiro**
* Maybe I'll spend some time with*
* her before I start drawing.*
**[01:05] Ichiro**
Goshiki-san.
**[01:07] Shiori**
Kuga-san.
**[01:09] Ichiro**
Um, I'm done with the rough draft.
**[01:11] Shiori**
Oh, that's good to hear.
**[01:14] Ichiro**
And so...
**[01:19] Ichiro**
I-I'd like to ask you to
do the next batch of work.
**[01:23] Shiori**
Work time!
**[01:24] Ichiro**
Yeah, it won't be long from now.
**[01:28] Ichiro**
*I ended up talking about work.*
**[01:31] Shiori**
Thank you—
**[01:36] Ichiro**
What's the matter?
**[01:50] [SONG] OP**
Looks like it started before I knew it
**[01:58] [SONG] OP**
Thanks to you, I'm all smiles
**[02:05] [SONG] OP**
The usual townscape lends charm to the two of us
**[02:13] [SONG] OP**
Funny how it looks like a starry sky
**[02:22] [SONG] OP**
Suddenly buying flowers
**[02:24] [SONG] OP**
Standing around in the kitchen
**[02:26] [SONG] OP**
Sending a photo, because the setting sun is pretty
**[02:29] [SONG] OP**
Trying to spend as much time with you as I can
**[02:34] [SONG] OP**
This is all new for me
**[02:39] [SONG] OP**
I hope tomorrow is like today
**[02:45] [SONG] OP**
I've never felt this way before
**[02:51] [SONG] OP**
We'll go on a date this weekend if possible
**[02:57] [SONG] OP**
But it's fine if we stay home
**[03:04] [SONG] OP**
I can't wait to see you
***SIGN*** Episode 6
***SIGN*** A Letter
***SIGN*** with the Princess
**[03:16] Ichiro**
Did something happen?
**[03:18] Shiori**
The other day, I stopped by two
places to try out as an assistant.
**[03:24] Ichiro**
Right, you did mention that.
**[03:27] Shiori**
And earlier, I received this
email from the first artist.
***SIGN*** To Shiori Goshiki-sama
***SIGN*** It was very helpful that
you were so diligent as
an assistant by
complying with my
sudden request for help.
***SIGN*** I apologize, but I think
having you continue
here would be difficult
due to design-related
discrepancies.
However, I do think
you could do work
for other artists.
**[03:34] Ichiro**
D-Design-related discrepancies, huh?
**[03:38] Shiori**
I did think my pen technique was weak, and that
I wouldn't have contributed much right away.
**[03:46] Shiori**
But there aren't many local
artists who haven't gone digital,
**[03:50] Shiori**
and I would have welcomed the
chance to get regular work.
**[03:53] Ichiro**
This happens a lot.
There's no need to worry about it so much.
**[03:57] Ichiro**
What about the other place?
**[03:59] Shiori**
I haven't heard back yet.
**[04:02] Shiori**
Honestly, I suspect it'll be hard
to become a regular there, too.
**[04:05] Ichiro**
Wh-Why?
**[04:07] Shiori**
There's the technical aspect,
and it may be the case that...
**[04:12] (Flashback) Shiori**
It's nice to meet you.
**[04:14] (Flashback) Shiori**
I am Shiori Goshiki,
and I hope to be your assistant.
**[04:18] (Flashback) Shiori**
Here's hoping things go well today.
**[04:22] Sano**
*An upper-class lady persona?*
**[04:24] (Flashback) Sano**
I'm Sano. Nice to meet you.
**[04:28] (Flashback) Sano**
It's a digital/analog hybrid, and I'd
have you draw backgrounds by hand.
**[04:33] (Flashback) Sano**
Then someone else would
do the finishing touches.
**[04:36] (Flashback) Shiori**
Just leave it to me!
**[04:38] (Flashback) Shiori**
I've already practiced
plenty with your work.
**[04:41] (Flashback) Sano**
Oh... cool.
**[04:43] Shiori**
* I wasn't able to fully help out at that last*
* assistant gig, so I've got to try hard today!*
**[04:51] (Flashback) Shiori**
I'm done!
**[04:53] (Flashback) Sano**
Hey, good work. The small
bits are drawn well, too.
**[04:57] (Flashback) Shiori**
Thank you!
**[04:59] (Flashback) Shiori**
I studied up.
**[05:00] (Flashback) Shiori**
Ah, you actually have read it!
**[05:03] (Flashback) Shiori**
Yes, it was very interesting.
**[05:06] (Flashback) Shiori**
I've become a fan.
**[05:07] (Flashback) Sano**
For real?!
**[05:08] (Flashback) Shiori**
Yes.
**[05:09] (Flashback) Sano**
E-Even though there are heaps of
magical girl stories out there.
**[05:15] (Flashback) Shiori**
Heaps?
**[05:17] (Flashback) Sano**
You know, like the definitive classic
*Magical Girl-Thing From Another World*,
**[05:22] (Flashback) Sano**
or the recent *Mystic Knight Cappuccino*.
**[05:26] (Flashback) Shiori**
Sorry, I'm under-informed.
**[05:29] (Flashback) Shiori**
It's only been about a year since
I've started reading or drawing manga.
**[05:35] (Flashback) Sano**
Oh, okay.
**[05:37] Sano**
*You're still new to it?*
**[05:40] (Flashback) Sano**
Was your family strict?
**[05:42] (Flashback) Sano**
Oh, are you a *real* upper-class lady?
**[05:46] (Flashback) Shiori**
A real...
**[05:47] (Flashback) Shiori**
No, in my family, I'm a princess.
**[05:53] (Flashback) Sano**
A princess?
**[05:55] Shiori**
* Maybe I should keep the*
* princess thing secret.*
**[05:59] (Flashback) Shiori**
That is, it's a hobby.
**[06:01] (Flashback) Sano**
A-A hobby.
**[06:03] (Flashback) Shiori**
Yes, a hobby.
**[06:05] (Flashback) Shiori**
I go around... acting like... a princess.
**[06:10] (Flashback) Sano**
I-Is that so?
**[06:18] Shiori**
*I ended up deceiving him.*
**[06:21] (Flashback) Sano**
"Princess" is an unusual hobby.
**[06:24] (Flashback) Sano**
Oh, but I don't mean that in a bad way.
**[06:28] (Flashback) Sano**
It seems really out there, but that's cool.
**[06:34] (Flashback) Sano**
Never mind.
**[06:40] Shiori**
After that, the mood was a little, well...
**[06:44] Shiori**
Maybe we had a failure to communicate.
**[06:48] Ichiro**
You consider that a failure?
**[06:51] Ichiro**
Sometimes it's a good fit, sometimes not.
**[06:53] Shiori**
Yes, but even so, I suspect
the cause lies with me.
**[07:00] Ichiro**
Aren't you getting that tablet
from Moka-nee next Sunday?
**[07:04] Ichiro**
If you learn the ropes, I'm sure you
could soon become a digital assistant.
**[07:08] Ichiro**
I'm sure there'll be other
workplaces that are good fits!
**[07:13] Shiori**
Thank you.
**[07:16] Ichiro**
* I want to encourage her,*
* but it's about work.*
**[07:20] Ichiro**
*I shouldn't get too involved.*
**[07:24] Ichiro**
Um, Goshiki-san, didn't you write
a list of things you want to do?
**[07:28] Shiori**
Yes.
**[07:29] Ichiro**
I wonder if there's anything
I can help you with.
**[07:33] Ichiro**
I-I want you to cheer up!
**[07:44] Machi**
Wouldn't some meat cheer her up?
**[07:47] Fumio**
Wouldn't it?
**[07:48] Ichiro**
Meat?
**[07:49] Ichiro**
Wait, you were listening?!
**[07:51] Machi**
Is that a "no," then?
**[07:53] Ichiro**
You know, I did say we'd go
once I was done with work,
**[07:56] Ichiro**
but one thing or another kept us from it.
**[07:59] Ichiro**
But that's not one of the things
Goshiki-san wants to do.
**[08:02] Ichiro**
We can go some other time.
**[08:04] Shiori**
No.
**[08:05] Shiori**
There's an item on my list
that says "celebratory meat."
**[08:09] Ichiro**
These things you want to do
aren't such high hurdles.
**[08:14] Ichiro**
Well, then...
**[08:15] Ichiro**
Let's go!
**[08:18] Machi**
Yay! Barbecue!
**[08:20] Fumio**
'Becue!
**[08:23] Machi**
The barbecue place where we're going...
**[08:25] Machi**
has good meat, and good curry, too!
**[08:28] Shiori**
Curry?
**[08:30] Machi**
It has tons of
melt-in-your-mouth meat in it!
**[08:33] Machi**
Fumio loves it, too!
**[08:35] Fumio**
Love it.
**[08:36] Ichiro**
It's unusual for a barbecue place
to be known for its curry.
**[08:40] Shiori**
I can't wait.
**[08:42] Machi**
Oh, we're here!
**[08:45] sign**
Barbecue Restaurant It's Beef!
**[08:45] Fumio**
It's Beef!
**[08:48] Shiori**
Oh, my!
**[08:50] Shiori**
So this is yakiniku barbecue!
**[08:54] Ichiro**
Is this your first time trying it?
**[08:56] Shiori**
I've participated in barbecues with
the children's group on the island.
**[09:00] Shiori**
We have a yakiniku restaurant,
but I've never been to it.
**[09:07] Shiori**
Lovely!
**[09:08] Ichiro**
I'm glad for you.
**[09:11] Shiori**
According to things I've read, manga
artists eat meat and live with animals.
**[09:17] Machi**
That's a rather skewed perspective.
**[09:19] Ichiro**
Sorry, our place doesn't allow pets.
**[09:25] Shiori**
That's true.
**[09:27] Shiori**
But I'm happy with just the meat.
**[09:31] Shiori**
Let's go ahead and flip the meat.
**[09:34] Machi**
Don't touch it with those!
**[09:37] Machi**
Use the tongs.
**[09:38] Machi**
Those long chopsticks are for salad!
**[09:41] Shiori**
All right. Wh-What about this onion on top?
**[09:45] Machi**
Leave it on top, and just grill one side!
**[09:48] Shiori**
That makes sense.
Machi-san, you make a great instructor.
**[09:52] Machi**
Sorry, I got carried away.
**[09:55] Shiori**
No, I'm glad.
**[09:57] Shiori**
You're making the effort so we
can enjoy a delicious meal.
**[10:04] Machi**
I'm kind of embarrassed.
**[10:08] Machi**
It should be good now.
**[10:09] Ichiro**
Okay, shall we eat?
**[10:11] Shiori**
Yes!
**[10:25] sign**
Kawanaka Shopping District
**[10:26] Machi**
I'm stuffed!
**[10:29] Ichiro**
Did you like it?
**[10:30] Shiori**
Yes.
**[10:31] Ichiro**
Great!
**[10:33] Ichiro**
I didn't expect this to be the day I'd finally get to
experience a barbecue place like I'd wanted to.
**[10:38] Ichiro**
It's time I cheered up.
**[10:41] Ichiro**
Sure.
**[10:47] Fumio**
Gum.
**[10:49] Machi**
It's orange-flavored!
**[10:50] Ichiro**
And it looks like our
"minister of meat" is satisfied.
**[10:54] Ichiro**
Thanks for coming along.
**[10:55] Shiori**
Of course. Today was so much fun.
**[10:59] Ichiro**
That much?
**[11:04] Shiori**
I realize the island isn't the only reason
I have a skewed perspective.
**[11:19] (Flashback) Shiori (child)**
May I...
**[11:24] (Flashback) boy**
Princess!
**[11:27] (Flashback) girl**
Here you go, Princess.
**[11:29] (Flashback) Shiori (child)**
Thank you.
**[11:33] (Flashback) Shiori (child)**
Would you mind if I ate with you?
**[11:38] (Flashback) girl**
We'll get yelled at if we
get your clothes dirty.
**[11:42] (Flashback) boy**
Come on, let's go.
**[11:43] (Flashback) girl**
Yeah.
**[11:52] Shiori**
When I think back, maybe as a
child I was used to giving up.
**[12:01] Shiori**
But now that I'm living away from the
island by choice, here's what I think.
**[12:06] Shiori**
I must keep moving forward and learning,
not just give up because I'm incapable.
**[12:12] Ichiro**
You're right.
**[12:14] Ichiro**
Even now, I have lots of things where
I'm liable to give up, so you dazzle me.
**[12:20] Shiori**
I do?
**[12:22] Ichiro**
Yeah.
**[12:24] Ichiro**
But when I see the two of them
smiling after that meat dinner,
**[12:29] Ichiro**
it makes me glad I didn't
give up on so many things.
**[12:35] Shiori**
You're right.
**[12:37] Shiori**
I need to apply myself more and more, too.
**[12:41] Ichiro**
No, I didn't mean that!
**[12:44] Ichiro**
You're definitely trying hard!
**[12:46] Ichiro**
You don't need to overdo it.
**[12:48] Ichiro**
Or maybe, you're fine as you are, or...
**[12:53] Ichiro**
Sorry, what am I even saying?
**[12:56] Ichiro**
It's like, you're fine the way you are.
**[12:59] Ichiro**
I mean, wanting to change is a good thing,
and it's not that I don't want you to...
**[13:08] Shiori**
It made me happy to hear that
I dazzle someone, though.
**[13:12] Shiori**
I'll make an effort to
be even more dazzling.
**[13:17] Machi**
You two are so slow!
**[13:23] Shiori**
Sorry, I'll hurry up!
**[13:31] Machi**
Yum!
**[13:33] Machi**
Nothing beats a popsicle after barbecue!
**[13:40] Machi**
You want one, Goshiki-san?
**[13:43] Shiori**
I thought I'd have some coffee.
**[13:47] Shiori**
Where's Kuga-san?
**[13:49] Machi**
In his room. He holed up
as soon as we got home.
**[13:52] Fumio**
Work?
**[13:54] Machi**
I don't know. But I was hoping we'd
play a card game or something.
**[13:58] Shiori**
I see.
**[14:03] Shiori**
*Did I make some careless mistake earlier?*
**[14:08] Shiori**
*Was it another failure to communicate?*
**[14:13] Machi**
It's spilling all over!
**[14:21] Ichiro**
I'm such a mess.
**[14:23] Ichiro**
There must have been something more
I could have said to her.
**[14:28] Ichiro**
* I have plenty I want to convey,*
* but when I try, the words fail me.*
**[14:40] Ichiro**
I know, a letter!
**[14:43] Ichiro**
Maybe I can put it into writing instead!
**[14:46] Ichiro**
"You've been dependable ever since I met you."
**[14:57] (Flashback) Shiori**
I can keep going.
**[15:01] (Flashback) Ichiro**
Which do you like best?
**[15:05] (Flashback) Shiori**
I like this one.
**[15:07] (Flashback) Shiori**
This is love!
**[15:09] (Flashback) Shiori**
No, maybe I've always been
an absentminded person.
**[15:16] Ichiro**
Let's see, how do I word this?
**[15:20] Ichiro**
C-Can't think of the right words.
**[15:23] Ichiro**
I know!
**[15:26] Ichiro**
I'll use illustrations!
**[15:29] Ichiro**
Okay!
***SIGN*** At first, I definitely...
but once we started working,
I truly was surprised.
You could have fooled me that
you'd never been an assistant
**[15:32] Ichiro**
Let's see.
**[15:34] Ichiro**
"When I say 'beautiful,' I mean things like
your posture and pen work, but now..."
**[15:41] Ichiro**
But now, um...
***SIGN*** "and pen work, but now"
**[15:47] Ichiro**
You know what!
**[15:49] Ichiro**
Drawing a manga would be faster!
**[16:04] Ichiro**
Done!
**[16:06] Ichiro**
Okay.
**[16:10] Shiori**
Yes?
**[16:12] Ichiro**
Uh, it's Kuga.
**[16:14] Shiori**
I haven't gotten dressed yet.
**[16:18] Ichiro**
Of course! I'm sorry.
**[16:20] Ichiro**
I tried drawing... writing a letter,
if you'd like to read it.
**[16:24] Ichiro**
I'll leave it in your mailbox.
**[16:29] Shiori**
I'm sorry about yesterday.
**[16:32] Shiori**
I'm sure I said something careless to you.
**[16:35] Ichiro**
What are you talking about?
**[16:39] Shiori**
Never mind, come on in.
**[16:42] Ichiro**
Th-Thanks.
**[16:49] Ichiro**
What's this?
**[16:54] Shiori**
I thought about what I'm
currently capable of.
**[16:57] Shiori**
Maybe good communication isn't
something I'll master anytime soon,
**[17:02] Shiori**
but I can practice the art techniques
that were pointed out to me.
**[17:08] Shiori**
Also, it's a shame I haven't
read the classics.
**[17:12] Shiori**
I started reading
*Magical Girl-Thing From Another World*,
**[17:16] Shiori**
and it was so good I couldn't stop!
**[17:19] Shiori**
It's hard to believe it's
over thirty years old!
**[17:22] Ichiro**
*Goshiki-san is incredible.*
**[17:26] Ichiro**
*How embarrassing!*
**[17:28] Ichiro**
*Here she is putting her best foot forward,
and what have* I *been drawing?!*
**[17:34] Ichiro**
*I-It might creep her out.*
**[17:37] Shiori**
Oh, you had a letter.
**[17:39] Shiori**
I'll read it.
**[17:40] Ichiro**
Oh, this is just...
**[17:43] Shiori**
Can't you show it to me?
**[17:49] Ichiro**
It's...
***SIGN*** To Goshiki-san
**[17:52] Ichiro**
Well, I started writing
about your good points,
**[17:57] Ichiro**
but it just wasn't coming together as words.
**[18:00] Ichiro**
You know what, just forget about it!
**[18:02] Ichiro**
Sorry.
**[18:14] Ichiro**
S-Sorry! I *really* should've
minded my own business!
**[18:18] Shiori**
No, it's just a surprise.
**[18:27] Ichiro**
* At first, I simply thought a*
* dependable person had arrived.*
**[18:33] Ichiro**
* The Engagement Pact and your background*
* are certainly points of concern.*
**[18:38] Shiori's speech bubble**
I do have the choice not to fall in love.
**[18:39] Ichiro**
*But the way you readily accept new things,*
***SIGN*** I was unsure, and you told me which one you liked.
**[18:44] Shiori's speech bubble**
I like this one.
**[18:44] Ichiro**
* and the way you have a different perspective,*
* and speak your mind rather than being timid...*
**[18:46] Shiori's speech bubble**
If you need help, please tell me honestly.
**[18:51] Ichiro**
* It's hard to put into words, but the way you*
* see things is always refreshing for me.*
***SIGN*** It's hard to put into words, but the way you see things is always refreshing for me.
**[18:59] Shiori**
Why is it so...
**[19:02] Shiori's speech bubble**
This is love!
**[19:03] Ichiro**
* When you seem happy or like you're having fun,*
* it makes me very happy, too.*
**[19:09] Ichiro**
* That one time that rainy day,*
* I felt the tension just melt away.*
**[19:09] Shiori's speech bubble**
Maybe I am an absentminded person.
**[19:18] Ichiro**
I wanted you to know.
**[19:21] Ichiro**
*I realize there are many things I can't do,
and yet I try to hide that behind a brave front.*
**[19:30] Ichiro**
* But you readily admit such things,*
* and get yourself right out of a jam.*
**[19:37] Ichiro**
*I thought to myself, how strong and lovely.*
**[19:42] Ichiro**
You have plenty of wonderful
traits the way you are!
**[19:50] Shiori**
This is eighty pages long!
**[19:56] Shiori**
I'm so happy!
**[20:27] Shiori**
I'll treasure it.
***SIGN*** Yudai Sano
**[20:42] Ichiro**
It's Sano-kun.
**[20:47] Ichiro**
Long time! What's up?
**[20:49] Sano**
*Long time, indeed.*
**[20:51] Sano**
Uh... I heard you have an assistant
named Shiori Goshiki.
**[20:56] Ichiro**
Oh! Did she hit *you* up for work?
**[20:59] Sano**
Well, I wasn't sure whether to mention this.
**[21:03] Sano**
But when I asked whether she'd tried
working with you, she was like...
**[21:08] (Flashback) Shiori**
Kuga-san sure is lovely.
**[21:12] Sano**
*You've got a fan* in love *with* you*, no* doubt*!*
**[21:17] Ichiro**
W-We're actually dating.
**[21:20] Sano**
Huh?!
**[21:22] Sano**
I was dwelling so much on whether I should
tell you, I got all short with her!
**[21:27] Sano**
I'm really sorry.
**[21:29] Ichiro**
No, it's okay.
**[21:31] Sano**
*Now I get it.*
**[21:33] Sano**
* I'll have her come by again, then.*
* And I don't need to worry about all this.*
**[21:37] Ichiro**
Really?
**[21:39] Sano**
She's a little unusual, but interesting.
**[21:42] Sano**
And above all, she's got skills.
**[21:44] Sano**
You're cool with it?
**[21:45] Ichiro**
Of course! I'll tell her, too.
**[21:47] Sano**
Awesome, please do.
**[21:55] Ichiro**
Good.
**[21:57] Ichiro**
Good for you, Goshiki-san.
**[22:16] [SONG] ED**
A long red thread stretching into the distance
**[22:27] [SONG] ED**
Meeting you, even if it meant having to cross hundreds of light-years
**[22:38] [SONG] ED**
Maybe I'll slowly get used to
**[22:45] [SONG] ED**
The two of us going out to have fun
**[22:52] [SONG] ED**
A tug on my arm, by the bond that was formed that day
**[23:02] [SONG] ED**
A little at a time, we've come closer together
**[23:08] [SONG] ED**
More smiles for us
**[23:12] [SONG] ED**
That place I first learned of, and the shops we'll visit again tomorrow
**[23:25] [SONG] ED**
They'll all be part of these lovely days
**[23:31] [SONG] ED**
Looking forward to it, good night
**[23:46] Machi**
Got the flowers?
**[23:47] Fumio**
Got 'em.
**[23:48] Machi**
Got the candle and incense sticks?
**[23:50] Chihiro**
Got 'em!
**[23:50] Machi**
Good, we're ready!
**[23:52] Machi**
Time to go visit the grave!
**[23:54] Fumio**
Go! Go!
***SIGN*** Episode 7
***SIGN*** A Slight Fever with the Princess
**[23:56] Chihiro**
So much excitement!