3 - The Follow Backs Don't Stop!

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[00:13] Yuzuki
    I could just die right now.
SIGN    A Place Further Than the Universe
SIGN    The Follow Backs Don't Stop!
SIGN    2 Likes 0 Comments
SIGN    #IFollowEveryoneWhoFollowsMe
[01:52] Kimari
    High school students. Antarctica.
SIGN    3rd annual middle-high school polar science contest
[01:56] Hinata
    Seriously doubt we'll find anything.
[01:58] Shirase
    Here you are.
[01:59] Kimari
    Thanks!
[02:01] Kimari
    That's hot!
[02:02] Hinata
    Why would you serve it hot?!
[02:03] Shirase
    My grandma says it's only May, so...
[02:05] Hinata
    Even if it's only May, it's still hot out!
[02:08] Hinata
    I want cold tea.
[02:09] Hinata
    And some sweets with it, too!
[02:10] Kimari
    I request something of the pudding variety!
[02:12] Shirase
    Don't you think this is a bit bizarre?
[02:15] Hinata
    Bizarre?
[02:16] Hinata
    This, from the girl who
    came up with our last plan?
[02:19] Kimari
    Yeah! Don't you realize
    how embarrassed we were?
[02:23] Shirase
    What was I supposed to do?
[02:24] Shirase
    It was our only option.
[02:26] Hinata
    Even so...
[02:30] Kimari
    What? What?
[02:31] Hinata
    High school girl!
SIGN    "High School Girl Goes to Antarctica!" A high school aged celebrity will be going on a three month trip to Antarctica with the civilian expedition.
SIGN    Likes: 29
[02:33] Hinata
    Goes to Antarctica!
[02:35] Shirase
    "The planned civilian Antarctic
    expedition team has announced plans
[02:40] Shirase
    to send a female high school
    student with its news crew"?
[02:44] Kimari
    "The accompanying student will
    be celebrity Shiraishi Yuzuki-san...
[02:47] Kimari
    She'll be doing online streams
    about the trip to Antarctica
[02:50] Kimari
    and conditions at Syowa Station."
[02:52] Shirase
    Someone beat me to it!
[02:55] Kimari
    I didn't know about this!
[02:56] Kimari
    The expedition members didn't
    mention a thing about it...
[02:59] Hinata
    They probably realized the
    trouble it would cause.
[03:01] Hinata
    See?
[03:02] Shirase
    Reporter... journalist... where?
[03:04] Shirase
    Um... um... um...
[03:06] sign
    Shiraishi Yuzuki
[03:06] Shirase
    Shiraishi Yuzuki.
[03:07] Shirase
    Her agency is... Call this place right now!
[03:10] Hinata
    And say what, exactly?
[03:11] Shirase
    Ask them if I go along with her.
[03:13] Shirase
    I'm the daughter of an Antarctic expedition
    member and a girl in high school.
[03:16] Shirase
    I know everything about Antarctica!
[03:17] Hinata
    Call her yourself.
[03:19] Shirase
    But... I'm not cut out
    for that sort of thing...
[03:22] Shirase
    They're all strangers, after all...
[03:23] Hinata
    I'm gradually starting to
    understand how this girl works.
[03:26] Kimari
    Same.
[03:28] Kimari
    Beep!
[03:34] Shirase
    No way, no way, no way!
[03:35] Hinata
    Talk! You want to go
    to Antarctica, don't you?
[03:38] Yuzuki
    Um...
[03:39] Shirase
    How dare you push this on me?!
[03:41] Hinata
    Same to you!
[03:42] Female Voice
    Hello?
[03:45] Shirase
    What are you doing?
[03:46] Yuzuki
    Um...
[03:48] Yuzuki
    You're Kobuchizawa Shirase-san, aren't you?
[03:52] Shirase
    Yes?
[03:53] Yuzuki
    A pleasure to meet you.
    My name is Shiraishi Yuzuki.
[03:58] Yuzuki
    Shiraishi...
[04:00] Yuzuki
    ...Yuzuki?
[04:01] Kimari
    Huh? Isn't that the name of...
[04:16] Kimari
    She's on wiki!
[04:17] Kimari
    A child actress who started in
    commercials at the age of five.
[04:21] Shirase
    38,000 followers?
[04:24] Kimari
    Made her singing debut with
    "The Follow Backs Don't Stop."
SIGN    Shiraishi Yuzuki's 1st Single The Follow Backs Don't Stop
[04:28] Yuzuki
    I could just die right now.
[04:30] Yuzuki
    I'm so embarrassed.
[04:31] Kimari
    Shirase-chan!
[04:32] Hinata
    Take a picture!
[04:33] Yuzuki
    Uploading my image to SNS without
    permission is a violation of likeness rights.
[04:36] Kimari
    Then can I get an autograph and a hand print?
[04:38] Hinata
    She's not a sumo wrestler!
[04:39] Shirase
    But what are you doing here?
[04:41] Yuzuki
    Well... I wanted to talk to you.
[04:43] Kimari
    About what?
[04:45] Yuzuki
    Would you go to Antarctica in my place?
[04:49] Hinata
    Huh?
[04:50] Yuzuki
    Antarctica.
[04:52] Yuzuki
    You want to go, don't you?
[04:53] Shirase
    Where did you leak it?
    A message board? Twitter? Your timeline?
[04:56] Kimari
    I didn't leak it!
[04:57] Yuzuki
    Oh, no...
SIGN    Orange
[04:58] [SONG] sign
    Reserved Today
    Antarctic Expedition Informal
    Meet-up
SIGN    Sexy Delicious! Meat Festival
[04:59] Yuzuki
    Do you remember the meet-up
    in Shinjuku before?
[05:03] Yuzuki
    I had been invited, too.
[05:05] Yuzuki
    I heard about you there.
[05:07] Shirase
    I see.
[05:08] Hinata
    But what do you mean, in your place?
[05:11] Yuzuki
    Put simply, I don't want to go.
SIGN    TV Program Outline
    High School Girl Goes to Antarctica!
    
    Blue Sky TV
[05:14] Yuzuki
    I'm originally from Hokkaido, so I'm
    sick of the cold, for one thing.
[05:18] Yuzuki
    I think any high school girl going would
    fit the requirements of the project, so...
[05:23] Shirase
    You...
[05:25] Shirase
    You're sure?
[05:28] Hinata
    Shirase!
[05:29] Hinata
    Shirase-chan!
[05:31] Hinata
    You did it!
[05:34] Shirase
    Yes... Yes!
[05:37] Shirase
    Yes!
[05:39] Shirase
    Well? Told you, didn't I? I told you
    that my plan would work perfectly!
[05:42] Kimari
    But...
[05:42] Shirase
    Impossible, you said? Ridiculous, you said?
[05:44] Hinata
    Was this... part of the plan?
[05:45] Shirase
    It worked, didn't it?
[05:47] Shirase
    I've done it, Antarctica!
    At last, Antarctica!
[05:49] Shirase
    Wait for me, penguins!
[05:51] Shirase
    Wait for me, auroras!
[05:55] Kimari
    I bet that hurt.
[05:56] Hinata
    Sorry, she's an idiot.
[05:58] Yuzuki
    That's all right...
[06:02] Yuzuki
    Is this the only way out?
[06:05] Hinata
    Yes, but...
[06:06] Yuzuki
    I'm borrowing your sandals.
[06:07] Yuzuki
    Excuse me.
[06:08] Hinata
    Wait!
[06:17] Tamiko
    Hello there.
SIGN    New Dosanko Promotions
    Producer, Manager
    Shiraishi Tamiko
[06:20] Tamiko
    I am Yuzuki's manager.
[06:23] Tamiko
    My name is Shiraishi Tamiko.
[06:27] Kimari
    Shiraishi?
[06:28] Tamiko
    I am also her mother.
[06:30] Kimari
    Thought so.
[06:31] Yuzuki
    I keep telling you, I'm not going.
[06:33] Tamiko
    But you have to go.
    It's your job, remember?
[06:37] Yuzuki
    I told these girls they could do it instead.
[06:39] Tamiko
    Do you really think it's
    your place to decide that?
SIGN    TV Program Outline
    High School Girl Goes to Antarctica!
    
    Blue Sky TV
[06:43] Tamiko
    Pardon me.
[06:46] Tamiko
    What is it?
[06:47] Shirase
    Well... you see...
[06:49] Hinata
    She just has to report on Antarctica, right?
[06:51] Hinata
    I think she can do it!
[06:52] Kimari
    She's beautiful, see?
    Just like a famous actress!
[06:58] Tamiko
    Can she perform?
[06:59] Hinata
    O-Of course!
[07:01] Shirase
    I'm c-currently... in...
    Antarctica... the weather...
[07:04] Hinata
    Hello! Can't hear you!
[07:07] Hinata
    Hold it! I can perform! I'll handle it!
[07:10] Hinata
    Hello! I'm in Antarctica!
    People of Japan, are you seeing me?
[07:15] Tamiko
    Can you be attractive?
[07:16] Kimari
    She didn't sugar-coat it!
[07:18] Hinata
    Shut up! Okay, in that case...
SIGN    Helping Hands Class 2-3 Tamaki Mari
[07:21] Hinata
    How about this?!
[07:23] Tamiko
    I'll be going now.
[07:24] Hinata
    Huh?
[07:27] Shirase
    What are we even doing?
SIGN    Yeah... I want to go, but...
SIGN    Aina: Can't do that either?
    
    Yuri-chan: How about next Sunday?
[07:36] (Flashback) Yuzuki
    H-Hey...
[07:38] (Flashback) Girl
    Yeah?
[07:42] (Flashback) Yuzuki
    Th-This might be coming
    out of nowhere, but...
[07:47] (Flashback) Yuzuki
    Would you be my friends?
SIGN    Yuri-chan: How about next Sunday?
SIGN    Sorry... I don't know just yet...
[07:51] Tamiko
    I told you before, didn't I?
[07:54] Tamiko
    When you reach your second year,
    you'll get more real time off.
[07:58] Tamiko
    Can't you just bear with it for one year?
[08:00] Yuzuki
    No.
[08:01] Tamiko
    You don't have to worry. I'll make
    sure you're in time for entrance exa—
[08:04] Yuzuki
    I don't care about entrance exams.
[08:06] Yuzuki
    I'm not going to high
    school for entrance exams.
[08:17] Kimari
    And here I thought we'd found a miracle.
[08:20] Hinata
    Too bad Shirase can't
    talk in front of people.
[08:23] Kimari
    But, Hinata-chan, you also couldn't—
[08:25] Hinata
    You don't have to rub it in!
[08:26] Kimari
    That scarred her more than I thought!
[08:30] Kimari
    Welcome—
[08:31] Shirase
    We have it!
[08:33] Hinata
    Have what?
SIGN    New Dosanko Promotions
    Producer, Manager
    Shiraishi Tamiko
[08:37] Kimari
    Convince her?
[08:39] Shirase
    Yes. Apparently the girl is refusing to go.
[08:43] (Flashback) Tamiko
    If you can convince her to go,
[08:45] (Flashback) Tamiko
    I'll recommend to the production
    company that you go as her companions.
[08:49] (Flashback) Tamiko
    What do you think?
[08:52] Shirase
    In other words, if we can get her to go...
[08:54] Hinata/MAri
    I see!
[08:55] Kimari
    But Yuzuki-chan left, didn't she?
[08:58] Shirase
    Actually, she has a job in Tokyo on Sunday,
[09:00] Shirase
    so she'll be staying in
    a hotel until Saturday!
[09:03] Hinata
    Friday, Saturday... two days?
[09:05] Shirase
    Which means there's no time to waste!
[09:07] Shirase
    Let's go!
[09:08] Kimari
    It's after ten.
[09:09] Shirase
    Then tomorrow morning,
    before we go to school. Five o'clock?
[09:12] Hinata
    Wait, wait. Are we gonna film her waking up?
[09:13] Shirase
    Six, then? Seven? When should we do it?!
[09:16] Hinata
    Calm down.
[09:20] Hinata
    If she's that set against it,
[09:23] Hinata
    she must have a pretty serious
    reason not to want to go.
[09:26] Shirase
    I thought she just said
    she didn't like the cold.
[09:28] Hinata
    She said that pretty bluntly.
[09:30] Hinata
    That means she probably has a
    deeper reason not to want to go.
[09:33] Kimari
    Hinata-chan, you're so mature!
[09:34] Shirase
    So, what's the reason?
[09:36] Hinata
    Well, I don't know that yet.
[09:38] Hinata
    But asking about that should
    probably be our first task.
[09:42] Kimari
    A reason, huh?
[09:44] Hinata
    Uh-oh! See you later!
[09:46] Kimari
    Sure!
[09:47] Kimari
    See you tomorrow!
[09:54] Hinata
    What's wrong?
[09:55] Shirase
    Self-loathing.
[09:58] Shirase
    I was just thinking,
    you're probably right, Hinata.
[10:03] Shirase
    At the end of the day, I've mainly
    been prioritizing my own feelings.
[10:07] Shirase
    I haven't been thinking about anyone else.
[10:09] Hinata
    You're just realizing that?
[10:11] Hinata
    Just kidding.
[10:13] Hinata
    As they say, it's a thin line between
    self-assertion and selfishness.
[10:17] Shirase
    Who says that?
[10:18] Hinata
    Me!
[10:32] Megumi
    Working today?
[10:33] Kimari
    Nope!
[10:34] Megumi
    Want to grab a bite, then?
[10:39] Megumi
    Antarctica, huh?
[10:41] Megumi
    Did you work that all out?
[10:43] Kimari
    Well... We're not sure yet, but...
[10:46] Kimari
    Sorry. Another time.
[10:53] Hinata
    Here?
[10:54] Hinata
    Room 305.
[10:59] Kimari
    What should we do? T-T-Tail her?
[11:00] Hinata
    What good would that do?
[11:02] Hinata
    A coincidence.
    Just pretend it's a coincidence.
[11:05] Hinata
    Huh? Were you staying here?
[11:07] Hinata
    Where are you off to?
[11:10] Yuzuki
    Um...
SIGN    Math I
[11:12] Kimari
    Studying?
[11:13] Yuzuki
    Yeah. I need to catch up
    on the classes I miss.
[11:18] Yuzuki
    This place has free refills,
    and it's open late.
[11:22] Kimari
    You're so responsible...
[11:24] Yuzuki
    It's about Antarctica, right?
[11:25] Yuzuki
    I'm sorry, I haven't made any more progress.
[11:28] Hinata
    Y-Yeah, we know that, but...
[11:31] Shirase
    There's something else we wanted to ask you.
[11:34] Yuzuki
    What is it?
[11:36] Shirase
    Why don't you want to go?
[11:39] Yuzuki
    Is it strange that I don't?
[11:41] Kimari
    Well, c'mon! Antarctica has penguins!
[11:44] Kimari
    Icebergs, too!
[11:45] Kimari
    And you can see the aurora!
[11:47] Yuzuki
    My mother got to you, didn't she?
[11:50] Yuzuki
    Does she want you to convince me to go?
[11:53] Yuzuki
    Stare...
[11:58] Shirase
    Yes.
[11:59] Hinata
    Spineless!
[12:00] Kimari
    But I still want to know the
    reason you don't want to go.
[12:06] Yuzuki
    Why should I tell you?
[12:10] Kimari
    Well, it's okay if you don't want to...
[12:20] Yuzuki
    I doubt you would understand.
[12:24] Yuzuki
    I don't have any friends.
[12:26] Yuzuki
    Not just now.
[12:29] Yuzuki
    I never have.
[12:30] Yuzuki
    Not once.
SIGN    Shiraishi Yuzu-chan
    Congratulations on
    your TV appearance!!
[12:33] Yuzuki
    I've been a child actress
    since I was four years old.
[12:37] Yuzuki
    But because I was so busy, I hardly
    had any time to play with friends.
[12:43] Yuzuki
    Then it kept happening and happening.
[12:49] Yuzuki
    I've never had a fight with friends.
[12:53] Yuzuki
    My mom's the only one I fight with.
[12:57] Yuzuki
    So once I got into high school,
[12:59] Yuzuki
    I decided I had to make
    friends, no matter what.
[13:03] Yuzuki
    I'd go to clubs, get a part-time job,
[13:05] Yuzuki
    buy sweets with my friends after class,
[13:07] Yuzuki
    do karaoke...
[13:11] Yuzuki
    But...
[13:15] (Flashback) Yuzuki
    Thanks, you guys!
[13:16] (Flashback) Girl
    Sure! Let's go hang out some time.
[13:19] (Flashback) Yuzuki
    Really?
[13:20] (Flashback) Girl
    Sure thing.
[13:21] (Flashback) Girl
    Also, can we get a picture together?
[13:23] (Flashback) Girl
    Yuzuki-chan's a celebrity,
    so people want to see pictures.
[13:26] (Flashback) Girl2
    Take one with me, too!
[13:28] (Flashback) Yuzuki
    Sorry...
[13:32] (Flashback) Girl
    Oh. Bye, then.
[13:35] Yuzuki
    First impressions are important, aren't they?
[13:40] Yuzuki
    I need to start working hard
    to form them right now.
[13:42] Yuzuki
    Proper relationships and groups...
    You're basically establishing who you are.
[13:49] Yuzuki
    Wh-What?
[13:50] Kimari
    I just wanted to hug you suddenly!
[13:53] Yuzuki
    I can't breathe!
[13:56] Kimari
    I totally understand you!
[13:57] Yuzuki
    I always hate new school terms and stuff, too!
[14:00] Kimari
    You don't understand!
[14:02] Yuzuki
    Yes, I do!
[14:02] Kimari
    No, you don't!
[14:04] Kimari
    Because you're all best friends, aren't you?
[14:07] Hinata
    Best friends?
[14:12] Yuzuki
    Aren't you?
[14:14] Hinata
    We haven't even known each other a month.
[14:17] Shirase
    We've never even hung out together.
[14:20] Kimari
    We're just all trying
    to go to the same place.
[14:24] Kimari
    For now, at least.
[14:28] Kimari
    Right?
[14:29] Kimari
    Yeah.
[14:29] Kimari
    Yeah!
[14:34] Hinata
    Sorry to keep you out so late.
[14:36] Shirase
    I hope your mother understands.
[14:40] Yuzuki
    Not at all. I feel a little better,
    having gotten to talk about it.
[14:44] Yuzuki
    Well, bye.
[14:46] Hinata
    Bye-bye!
[14:53] Hinata
    So... where does that actually leave us?
[14:57] Kimari
    What do you mean?
[14:58] Hinata
    Have you forgotten?
    We came here to convince her!
[15:02] Kimari
    Oh! That's right!
[15:04] Kimari
    Huh? But if Yuzuki-chan refuses,
[15:07] Kimari
    Shirase-chan can go in her place...
[15:11] Kimari
    If we convince her, we can go together...
[15:13] Kimari
    Huh?
[15:14] Kimari
    Wait, but if Yuzuki-chan refuses,
    Shirase-chan can go in her place...
[15:18] Kimari
    I'm so confused!
[15:20] Hinata
    It's not that hard!
[15:21] Shirase
    If she refuses,
[15:23] Shirase
    they'll get some other
    entertainer to go in her place.
[15:26] Kimari
    I see!
[15:28] Shirase
    Convincing her was our only chance.
[15:32] Shirase
    But...
[15:34] Hinata
    Well, I think this is okay.
[15:46] [Messenger] sign
    Aina: Can't do that either?
    Yuri-chan: How about next Sunday?
SIGN    Sorry... I don't know just yet...
SIGN    Sorry. Maybe next time.
[15:50] Yuzuki
    It's the first time anyone's done that to me.
[16:06] Yuzuki
    Having friends... Is that what it feels like?
[16:35] Yuzuki
    Kimari-san!
[16:36] Kimari
    Let's go to Antarctica!
[16:39] Yuzuki
    What are you doing? They'll yell at you!
[16:41] Hinata
    Come on, let's just go!
[16:44] Shirase
    Come on, the wind is really strong!
[16:45] Shirase
    Hurry up!
[16:46] Yuzuki
    But I...
[16:48] Kimari
    Hold out your hand!
[17:42] Kimari
    What a strange dream.
SIGN    Today 07:03 Aina has left the group. 07:04 Yuri-chan has left the group.
[18:31] Kimari
    Good morning!
[18:34] Yuzuki
    You guys...
[18:35] Hinata
    I told you it was too early!
    She's still in her pajamas!
[18:38] Kimari
    It was Shirase-chan who said it!
[18:40] Shirase
    What was I supposed to do?
    We're going all the way to Tokyo.
[18:43] Yuzuki
    Tokyo?
[18:45] Kimari
    Yeah! We heard you had a job in Tokyo,
[18:48] Kimari
    so I figured we could go together!
[18:51] Hinata
    Sorry to jump on you like this!
[18:53] Hinata
    It's all because she didn't
    ask for your contact info.
[18:55] Kimari
    Me?!
[18:56] Shirase
    Do you have time?
[18:58] Yuzuki
    Yeah.
[18:59] Kimari
    Really?! Then, then...
[19:01] Kimari
    We can go to the Tokyo... Polar...
[19:16] Hinata
    Wh-What's wrong?
[19:28] Hinata
    Kimari!
[19:29] Hinata
    Kimari!
[19:31] Hinata
    What did I do?
[19:32] Hinata
    It must have been you!
[19:33] Hinata
    But you're the one who said
    we should go together...
[20:06] (Flashback) Hinata
    I'm saying I'll go if I can
    go with the three of them.
[20:11] (Flashback) Hinata
    And I won't go without them.
[20:16] Kimari
    Okay, Yuzuki-chan! Let's go!
[20:19] Yuzuki
    Okay!
[20:25] Shirase
    P-Penguins!
[20:28] Kimari
    Aren't they nice and fluffy looking?
[20:30] Yuzuki
    Yeah...
[20:33] Hinata
    Hey!
[20:36] Kimari
    Wow, it's long!
[20:38] Hinata
    Hey, we can go inside this!
[20:40] Kimari
    Really?
[20:44] Kimari
    It's pretty cramped in here, huh?
[20:47] Shirase
    I believe they use newer models of
    snowcats nowadays, of course...
[20:52] Hinata
    Full speed ahead, and keep 'er steady!
[20:54] Yuzuki
    I don't think it's a boat.
[20:57] Hinata
    This bunk bed only has a top bunk!
[20:59] Kimari
    It says they keep the rooms
    over twenty degrees Celsius!
[21:02] Kimari
    Nice to hear it!
[21:03] Yuzuki
    Because it'll be negative
    ten degrees outside!
[21:05] Yuzuki
    I bet my nose would be running...
[21:10] Yuzuki
    Come a little closer!
[21:23] Kimari
    I bet the real one is a lot more beautiful!
[21:26] Shirase
    Yes, I've heard it's very beautiful.
[21:29] Shirase
    My mother said it brought her to tears.
[21:32] Hinata
    Most people don't get to see
    the aurora, though, do they?
[21:36] Hinata
    I've heard that.
[21:39] Kimari
    Then if we really do get to see it,
[21:42] Kimari
    we might be the only high school students
    in the world to see the aurora from Antarctica.
[21:47] Yuzuki
    Really?
[21:49] Yuzuki
    In that case...
[21:57] Yuzuki
    I could just die right now!