12 - A Sister's All You Need?

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[00:01] Itsuki
    When I was in sixth grade,
[00:04] Itsuki
    my mom was hospitalized due to sickness.
[00:07] Itsuki
    My father would come home
    late because of work,
[00:10] Itsuki
    so we hired a housekeeper.
[00:13] (Flashback) Mitahora
    Oh, you left your vegetables again.
[00:16] (Flashback) Itsuki
    I asked you to not put them in because
    I don't like them, Mitahora-san.
[00:20] (Flashback) Mitahora
    And you'll never grow big
    if you're a picky eater.
[00:24] (Flashback) Mitahora
    Just buck up and eat them.
[00:29] (Flashback) Mitahora
    That's a good boy.
[00:30] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Could you at least stop putting carrots and
    green peppers in the Hamburg steaks?
[00:37] Itsuki
    During my second year of middle
    school, my mother passed away.
[00:40] Itsuki
    Considering how pathetic I always look, it was impossible to make friends,
[00:44] Itsuki
    so I always went home right
    after school and read books.
[00:50] Itsuki
    It was only when I was
    reading interesting books
[00:52] ---
    that I could forget about my harsh reality.
[00:55] Itsuki
    I fell in love with all of the
    beautiful girls in these books,
SIGN    Zero's Familiar Noboru Maguchi
SIGN    Kanokon Katsumi Nishino
[00:58] Itsuki
    and I often took the most interest
    in little sister characters.
[01:04] Itsuki
    If I were the author, I'd definitely have
    the protagonist get with the little sister.
[01:10] Itsuki
    Not that I'd ever be able to write a novel.
[01:31] (Flashback) Ayane
    Nice to meet you! I'm Ayane Mitahora.
[01:34] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Mitahora?
[01:37] (Flashback) Ayane
    Yeah, I'm the daughter
    of the housekeeper lady.
[01:40] (Flashback) Ayane
    I'm a first-year in high school.
[01:43] (Flashback) Ayane
    You're Itsuki Hashima-kun, right?
[01:46] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Y-Yes... Can I help you?
[01:49] (Flashback) Ayane
    I came to hang out with you.
[01:51] (Flashback) Itsuki
    H-Hang out?
[01:52] (Flashback) Ayane
    I heard that you seemed down lately,
    so I came to cheer you up!
[01:57] (Flashback) Itsuki
    I think that goes beyond what
    a housekeeper's supposed to do.
[02:00] (Flashback) Ayane
    This doesn't have anything
    to do with my mom.
[02:03] (Flashback) Ayane
    I came here on my own.
[02:07] (Flashback) Ayane
    I mean, my mom won't stop
    talking about you at home.
[02:11] (Flashback) Ayane
    Like you getting a hundred on your test,
[02:13] (Flashback) ---
    or how you're a good kid because
    you finished your homework.
[02:15] (Flashback) Ayane
    She's always comparing me with you.
[02:18] (Flashback) Ayane
    I started thinking of you as
    a responsible little brother.
[02:22] (Flashback) Itsuki
    I don't really like being thought of that way.
[02:25] (Flashback) Ayane
    Of course I'd be worried if I heard
[02:28] (Flashback) ---
    someone I consider a little
    brother was feeling down.
[02:30] (Flashback) Ayane
    And that's why I'm here.
[02:32] (Flashback) Itsuki
    That's your reason?
[02:34] Itsuki
    Honestly, I couldn't hide my bewilderment,
[02:37] ---
    but the way she was doing something
    for someone she'd never met...
[02:40] Itsuki
    It felt as though she was a protagonist or
    heroine from one of the stories I'd read.
SIGN    Zero's Familiar Noboru Maguchi
SIGN    Kanokon Katsumi Nishino
[02:46] (Flashback) Ayane
    Wow, you have a lot of manga.
[02:49] (Flashback) Itsuki
    They aren't manga, they're
    novels... for what it's worth.
[02:52] (Flashback) Ayane
    Oh, really?
[02:54] (Flashback) Ayane
    Wow, I didn't know novels like this existed.
[02:57] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Th-That one's especially, um, uh...
[03:01] (Flashback) Ayane
    Oh, are you embarrassed?
[03:03] (Flashback) Ayane
    You don't need to worry.
[03:04] (Flashback) ---
    I borrow slightly pervy manga
    from my friends all the time.
[03:07] (Flashback) ---
    You do?
[03:09] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Yup.
[03:11] (Flashback) Ayane
    Maybe I'll try reading some of these, too.
[03:14] (Flashback) Ayane
    Can I borrow some?
[03:16] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Huh? Sure, I guess...
[03:18] (Flashback) Ayane
    Thanks.
[03:20] (Flashback) Itsuki
    One second, please.
[03:24] (Flashback) Itsuki
    If you're not used to reading these,
    maybe we should get you a short story.
[03:27] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Maybe a light fantasy...
[03:29] (Flashback) ---
    But it's probably easier to get
    into a school life story...
[03:33] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Maybe you'd prefer a female protagonist...
[03:35] (Flashback) Ayane
    You don't need to get too in-depth about it.
[03:38] (Flashback) Itsuki
    But I do.
[03:43] (Flashback) Itsuki
    I mean, what if you don't
    like the one I pick?
[03:45] (Flashback) Ayane
    Then just let me borrow something else.
[03:47] (Flashback) Ayane
    For now, I'd like to read the one
    that you're most into right now.
[03:51] (Flashback) Itsuki
    The one I'm most into?
[03:53] (Flashback) Ayane
    Yeah.
[03:58] (Flashback) Itsuki
    It'd be this.
SIGN    A Sister's All You Need!
    Kasuka Sekigahara
[04:00] (Flashback) Ayane
    A Sister's All You Need?
[04:03] (Flashback) Ayane
    You want a little sister, Itsuki-kun?
[04:06] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Well, sort of.
[04:08] (Flashback) Ayane
    Then could I borrow this one?
    I promise to finish it by next week.
[04:12] (Flashback) Itsuki
    You're planning to come again next week?
[04:14] (Flashback) Ayane
    Can't I?
[04:16] (Flashback) Itsuki
    I guess you can...
SIGN    A Sister's All You Need!
[04:23] Itsuki
    After that, Ayane Mitahora would
    come over to my house weekly.
[04:32] Itsuki
    She was a pretty, older girl
    who'd play with me,
[04:35] ---
    talk about light novels with me,
[04:38] Itsuki
    and she'd even cosplay for me, at times.
[04:43] Itsuki
    It was only natural that the
    middle-school Itsuki Hashima
[04:48] ---
    would fall in love with her.
[05:03] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Okay. I'll definitely tell her next week.
[05:11] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Um, did something happen?
[05:16] (Flashback) Ayane
    Well, I professed my feelings to
    someone and got turned down.
[05:20] (Flashback) Ayane
    It seems I haven't been able to get over it.
[05:24] (Flashback) Itsuki
    You professed your feelings?
[05:26] (Flashback) Ayane
    Yeah.
[05:29] (Flashback) Itsuki
    What are they like?
[05:32] (Flashback) Ayane
    He's a boy in my class.
[05:34] (Flashback) ---
    He's not exactly good-looking, he's short,
    and he works in the library.
[05:38] (Flashback) Ayane
    I think I fell for him when I saw him
    reading a light novel on the bus home.
[05:43] (Flashback) Ayane
    I'd been eyeing him ever since.
[05:47] (Flashback) Ayane
    He was always working, even while
    the other kids fooled around
[05:50] (Flashback) ---
    getting ready for the cultural fair.
[05:52] (Flashback) Ayane
    And he's the only one who'd clean properly
    when everyone else is so whatever about it.
[05:56] (Flashback) Ayane
    But he'd always go straight home
    as soon as his duties were done,
[06:00] (Flashback) Ayane
    so for better or worse,
    he never follows the crowd—
[06:02] (Flashback) Itsuki
    That's enough!
[06:05] (Flashback) Ayane
    You're the one who asked...
[06:09] (Flashback) Itsuki
    I...
[06:12] (Flashback) Itsuki
    I like you, Ayane-san.
[06:16] (Flashback) Ayane
    Huh?
[06:17] (Flashback) Itsuki
    I'm telling you that I like you, Ayane-san.
[06:20] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Please go out with me.
[06:26] (Flashback) Ayane
    I'm sorry.
[06:28] (Flashback) Itsuki
    But why?
[06:33] (Flashback) Itsuki
    I've definitely read more light
    novels than that guy,
[06:36] (Flashback) ---
    I'm not good-looking and I'm short,
[06:38] (Flashback) Itsuki
    and I'm extremely confident that
    I'd never follow the crowd.
[06:43] (Flashback) Ayane
    That's not it, though.
[06:46] (Flashback) Ayane
    I'm really sorry. I can only
    see you as my little brother.
[06:55] (Flashback) Ayane
    Sorry. I'm gonna go home for today.
[06:58] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Don't ever come here again!
[07:02] (Flashback) Itsuki
    I have no need for an older sister.
[07:05] (Flashback) Ayane
    Itsuki-kun...
SIGN    A Sister's All You Need!
[07:06] (Flashback) Itsuki
    A little sister's all I need, so...
[07:12] (Flashback) Ayane
    But you don't have a little sister.
[07:32] (Flashback) Itsuki
    What kind of pretty girl falls for the
    lame, boring guy who likes reading?!
[07:37] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Is this a light novel?!
[07:38] (Flashback) Itsuki
    And she even got rejected!
SIGN    A Sister's All You Need!
[07:40] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Then what the hell am I?!
[07:43] (Flashback) Itsuki
    The son of the family that the mother
    of a minor character who got rejected
[07:46] (Flashback) ---
    by the protagonist works for?
[07:47] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Not only am I not a minor character,
    I'm not even a background character...
[07:58] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Damn it. I want to be the protagonist.
SIGN    Graduation
SIGN    Math
SIGN    10th Annual GF Bunko Newcomer Award
    Newcomer entry requirements: Manuscript
    written or typed on 400-character box paper
    Reward: Publication of the entry piece.
    Judge: Kasuga Sekigahara
[09:08] (Flashback) Itsuki
    I guess I'll try writing a novel.
[09:12] Itsuki
    It was as though I had a revelation.
[09:16] Itsuki
    There was no basis for it,
[09:19] ---
    but I was confident I could
    write something at that moment.
[09:23] Itsuki
    My love and fantasies
    toward little sisters...
[09:26] Itsuki
    My painful failures, frustrations,
    my inferiority complex...
[09:30] Itsuki
    My longing to become the protagonist...
[09:32] Itsuki
    My overwhelming sense of hope that
    would crush anything unreasonable.
[09:36] Itsuki
    I wanted to give everything I had to that novel.
[09:40] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Just you wait, world... I...
[09:44] (Flashback) Itsuki
    I'm the protagonist!
SIGN    A Sister's All You Need.
[11:17] Itsuki
    You're already here, Kanikou?
[11:22] Nayuta
    Did you have a nice dream?
[11:24] Itsuki
    Yeah.
[11:25] Nayuta
    What kind of dream was it?
[11:27] Itsuki
    I dreamt of my ex.
[11:31] Itsuki
    I'm kidding.
[11:33] Itsuki
    I dreamt of the person I was
    before I became who I am now.
SIGN    A beer produced by Sankt Gallen Brewery that was created to be gifted to someone in order to thank them. A standard ale. Other than Gold, there's also a Black version, which is as the name suggests, a black beer. Thank you all for watching to the end! Cheers!
[11:43] Itsuki
    So we've all gathered here
[11:45] ---
    to celebrate the decision to make
    Mahou Academy into a TV anime.
[11:48] Itsuki
    Let us all toast to the
    new chapter of my life.
[11:52] All
    Cheers!
[11:53] Chihiro
    Congratulations, Nii-san.
[11:55] Haruto
    Congrats, I guess.
[11:57] Itsuki
    Thanks!
SIGN    Episode 12
SIGN    A Sister's All You Need?
[12:05] Toki
    The announcement about the anime
    version was supposed to be a secret,
[12:08] Toki
    yet you immediately opened your damn mouth.
[12:11] Itsuki
    Oh, it's not a big deal. It's not like
    I wrote about it on the Internet.
[12:15] Toki
    Think a little more about
    your actions, you moron.
[12:19] Itsuki
    I look forward to many more years together.
[12:22] Toki
    I don't need you to ask me to stick around.
[12:24] Toki
    We're going to be so busy,
    it'll probably run us into the ground.
[12:27] Toki
    You'd better be prepared.
[12:29] Miyako
    Despite how they usually
    act toward each other,
[12:31] ---
    Toki-san and Itsuki really get along.
[12:34] Miyako
    That might be kind of nice.
[12:40] Haruto
    And now, I've got a gift for Itsuki!
SIGN    You can play as freely as you like!
SIGN    Become a popular author easily stage
SIGN    You can play 2 different stages!
SIGN    Super difficult super popular author stage
SIGN    You never know what might happen in the life of a light novel writer!
SIGN    2~6 players Ages 6 and up
[12:43] Haruto
    It's an indie game I found the other day.
[12:45] Haruto
    I thought it'd be perfect for a new start.
[12:48] Itsuki
    The life of a light novel writer...
[12:50] Itsuki
    Everything about that title sounds bleak.
[12:54] Nayuta
    Since you brought it over,
    why don't we give it a try?
SIGN    Little Sister
SIGN    Major label
SIGN    Mid-level label
SIGN    Internet Novelist
SIGN    Minor label
SIGN    Happiness points
[13:00] [SONG] Sign
    Popularity Round
SIGN     God level Super popular writer Really popular writer Established writer Popular Top-notch Mid-level writer Okay Newbie
[13:02] Itsuki
    From the looks of it,
    it's a standard dice game.
[13:05] Miyako
    I've played a similar one. The one
    who has the most money wins, right?
[13:10] Haruto
    No. In this game, there are other values,
[13:13] ---
    such as popularity and happiness,
[13:15] Haruto
    and the player who gets the most happiness
    points in 30 rounds is the winner.
[13:21] chihiro
    What do you use the money for?
[13:23] Haruto
    Apparently you can add value
    to your dice roll with money.
[13:27] Itsuki
    That's important.
[13:29] Haruto
    There are a lot of detailed
    rules, but let's try playing.
[13:32] Haruto
    This says the youngest player goes first.
[13:35] Chihiro
    That'll be me, then.
[13:37] Chihiro
    Where do you start?
[13:39] Haruto
    There are major label, mid-level label,
    minor label, and Internet novelist courses.
SIGN    Major label Mid-level label Internet Novelist Minor Label
[13:43] Haruto
    You can pick the newcomer
    prize space on any of these.
[13:45] Haruto
    And you can switch courses later, if you want.
[13:48] Chihiro
    Then I'll start at the mid-level label.
[13:51] Chihiro
    Let's see... If you roll a 4 or more,
    you successfully debut.
[13:54] Itsuki
    Which means the game doesn't even start
    until you get past the newcomer award.
[13:58] Chihiro
    Four or more...
[14:00] Chihiro
    There!
[14:02] Chihiro
    I did it! I successfully debuted!
SIGN    Newcomer Award
[14:06] Nayuta
    Now it's my turn.
[14:08] Nayuta
    I might as well go for the major label.
SIGN    Newcomer Award
SIGN    Upload
[14:11] Nayuta
    I guess I need a six to make it.
[14:12] Itsuki
    That's gonna be pretty hard.
[14:14] Haruto
    Well, in real life, it'd be about one
    in a hundred, so compared to that...
[14:19] Nayuta
    Hup!
[14:21] Itsuki
    Seriously?!
[14:24] Itsuki
    All right. Then I'm also going to go for
    an electrifying debut at a major label!
[14:31] Itsuki
    How dare you reject an anime
    series author like myself?
[14:35] Miyako
    Must be hard getting into a major label.
[14:37] Miyako
    I think I'll go for the minor label.
[14:41] Miyako
    And I've successfully debuted.
[14:45] Haruto
    Then I guess I'll try out the Internet
    novelist route that no one's gone for yet.
[14:49] Haruto
    I don't even need to roll for that.
SIGN    Upload
[14:52] Haruto
    That concludes round 1.
SIGN    Round 2
[14:56] Chihiro
    So I guess I'm up.
SIGN    Publisher
[14:59] Chihiro
    Yay! I released a new
    volume and got 500,000 yen.
[15:03] Haruto
    Here's your 500,000 yen.
SIGN    Publisher
[15:06] Nayuta
    Oh, I also released a new volume
    and received three million yen.
[15:10] Haruto
    The difference despite
    them both being newbies...
[15:14] Itsuki
    All right. I'm also going to
    make it big at a major label.
[15:17] Itsuki
    Five! So close!
[15:19] Miyako
    Now it's my turn.
[15:22] Miyako
    Let's see... I got 200,000 yen
    for releasing a new volume.
[15:26] Miyako
    It must be hard at a minor label.
[15:29] Haruto
    As for me...
[15:32] Haruto
    Someone said they enjoyed my work.
[15:35] Haruto
    I gain one happiness point.
[15:37] Haruto
    That ends round 2.
SIGN    Round 3
[15:42] Chihiro
    My story creates a buzz.
    My popularity goes up a rank.
[15:46] Chihiro
    So what happens when my popularity goes up?
[15:49] Haruto
    Apparently you can get more royalties
    and get bonuses when you roll the die.
[15:53] Chihiro
    Huh, that sounds great.
[15:56] Nayuta
    I just got one million because of reprints.
[15:59] Itsuki
    I failed to debut again.
[16:01] Miyako
    200,000 again?
[16:03] Haruto
    Uploaded a novel to the Internet.
    Nothing really happens.
SIGN    Little Sister
SIGN    Round 4
[16:09] Itsuki
    Rejected again!
[16:12] Itsuki
    Rejected again!
SIGN    Round 5
[16:14] Itsuki
    Rejected!
SIGN    Round 6
[16:16] Itsuki
    Rejected!
SIGN    Round 7
[16:18] Itsuki
    Rejected...
[16:20] Haruto
    I think you should probably give up
    and go to a mid-level or minor label.
[16:24] Itsuki
    Not yet! I'm sure if I don't give up,
    my dream will come true!
[16:27] Miyako
    But everyone else is going
    to get way ahead of you.
[16:30] Miyako
    Nayu, how much money do you have right now?
[16:33] Nayuta
    About 20 million yen.
[16:35] Itsuki
    Twenty mil?!
[16:36] Haruto
    That's definitely a major label for you...
[16:38] Haruto
    All I've got is 300,000
    from my part-time job.
[16:41] Chihiro
    But you're the most popular, right, Fuwa-san?
[16:44] Miyako
    I guess each route has
    its own characteristics.
SIGN    Has 300,000 yen Popularity 6
SIGN    Has 23 million yen Popularity 4
SIGN    Has 5.4 million yen Popularity 2
SIGN    Has 2.4 million yen Popularity 1
SIGN    Has 0 yen Hasn't moved Popularity 0
[16:47] Miyako
    You don't earn much on the Internet novelist route,
[16:49] Miyako
    but it's easy to get popular.
[16:51] Miyako
    You have a lot of money and popularity
[16:53] ---
    at a major label, but neither at a minor label.
[16:55] Nayuta
    Sorry I'm such a winner, everyone.
[17:00] Nayuta
    Let's see...
[17:02] Nayuta
    I missed a deadline, so I miss five turns,
[17:05] ---
    and I lost three happiness points?!
[17:07] Nayuta
    Isn't that a bit harsh
    just for missing a deadline?
[17:11] Miyako
    "Just"?
[17:12] Toki
    Apparently, at major labels,
    publishing gets pretty strict.
[17:15] ---
    If you miss a deadline,
[17:17] ---
    you might not be able to release
    another book for a year.
[17:20] Itsuki
    So I guess it's not all good
    things at a major label.
[17:24] Itsuki
    I think I'll go for a
    mid-level label after all.
[17:26] Miyako
    Where did your dream go?
[17:29] Itsuki
    Oh. Six.
SIGN    Round 11
[17:34] Haruto
    I just got an offer from a mid-level label.
[17:37] Haruto
    Hmm... It's pretty comfortable being
    in the Internet novelist business, but...
[17:41] ---
    I guess I'll make my pro debut,
    since I got the chance.
SIGN    Newcomer award
SIGN    Round 13
[17:44] Chihiro
    My series will be made into an anime!
[17:46] Chihiro
    I just received two million yen! Yay!
[17:49] Miyako
    My series will be made
    into a live-action movie!
[17:52] Miyako
    I just got one million yen!
[17:54] Miyako
    But I miss two turns and
    lose three happiness points?
[17:58] Miyako
    What's going on?
SIGN    Round 15
[17:59] Nayuta
    Negative comments are flooding my blog!
[18:01] Nayuta
    If my popularity is higher than six,
[18:03] ---
    I lose three happiness points, miss two turns,
    and my popularity rank drops by two?!
[18:09] Nayuta
    Why is this happening?
[18:12] Itsuki
    I won one million at the horse races.
SIGN    Round 17
[18:15] Itsuki
    That's nice, but it has nothing
    to do with being a writer.
SIGN    Round 18
[18:17] Haruto
    My editor lost my manuscript!
[18:20] ---
    I miss two turns and lose
    five happiness points?
[18:22] Itsuki
    Yeah... That's pretty disheartening.
[18:25] Chihiro
    My media venture falls through
    because my editor screwed up.
SIGN    Round 19
[18:29] Chihiro
    Minus five happiness points.
SIGN    Round 19
[18:32] Chihiro
    Could you not?
[18:34] Toki
    Sorry... Even though this is a game that
    doesn't deal with any real people or events,
[18:39] ---
    I'm sorry about the editor.
SIGN    Round 20
[18:43] Haruto
    My anime was a huge failure.
[18:45] Haruto
    Minus five happiness points.
SIGN    Round 20
[18:47] Haruto
    Oh. It's just me.
[18:50] Miyako
    My publisher got bought out.
SIGN    Round 21
[18:52] ---
    I get to go to the major
    label and start a new story?
[18:58] Miyako
    I'm not sure if this is good or not.
[19:03] Chihiro
    Because the protagonist didn't end
    up with the heroine they wanted,
[19:07] ---
    I end up being stalked.
[19:09] Chihiro
    Minus four happiness points,
    and I lose three turns.
[19:13] Chihiro
    A stalker? Does this actually happen?
[19:16] Toki
    Even after that, the troubled*
    lives of the writers continued.
[19:20] Toki
    And then...
[19:22] Itsuki
    We're done!
[19:25] Chihiro
    I have no idea what the
    readers want anymore...
[19:29] Haruto
    I should've never published my book.
[19:32] ---
    I should've just enjoyed
    my time on the Internet.
[19:35] Miyako
    So who won this thing, anyway?
[19:38] Miyako
    The one with the most happiness
    points wins, right?
SIGN    Rank 1: Itsuki, 2.3 million yen, Happiness points -13, Popularity 2 Rank 2: Chihiro, 4 million yen, Happiness points -24, Popularity 6 Rank 3: Miyako, 3.4 million yen, Happiness points -29, Popularity 3 Rank 4: Nayuta 7.2 million yen, Happiness points -32, Popularity 4 Rank 5: Haruto, 5.9 million yen, Happiness points -37, Popularity 8
[19:42] Miyako
    Wait, everyone's negative!
[19:44] Chihiro
    Most of the events were negative and
    there was rarely anything positive.
[19:49] Haruto
    Which means that since Itsuki debuted late,
[19:52] ---
    he didn't have as much of a chance
    for anything bad to happen.
[19:55] Itsuki
    I know I won, but I don't
    feel satisfied at all.
[20:00] Itsuki
    I don't, but...
[20:03] Haruto
    This is pretty realistic.
[20:05] Toki
    I hate to say that all of the
    events sounded extremely familiar.
[20:09] Miyako
    What? Are writers' lives
    really this messed up?
[20:12] Itsuki
    Yeah, it basically means that
    it's not so easy to be happy.
[20:16] Miyako
    It must be hard.
[20:18] Itsuki
    Well... We're still here because it's
    still a lot of fun, despite all that.
[20:23] Nayuta
    I'll follow you the rest of my life, Senpai!
[20:25] Itsuki
    G-Get off of me, Kanikou!
[20:26] Itsuki
    How dare you sneak in like that?
[20:26] Nayuta
    Nope! I'm gonna get even closer!
    I'm not going to let go!
[20:45] Toki
    Well, I'll be going now. See you later.
[20:48] All
    Bye!
[20:59] Miyako
    Sorry. Go on ahead!
[21:06] Miyako
    Um, Toki-san!
[21:08] Toki
    Yes?
[21:11] Miyako
    Could you tell me more about
    being an editor sometime?
[21:16] Toki
    Sure, I don't mind.
[21:18] Toki
    Are you interested in becoming an editor?
[21:21] Miyako
    Yes.
[21:22] Toki
    I see. Would you like to try
    working part-time at our office?
[21:28] Miyako
    Yes!
[21:30] Nayuta
    The one Itsuki-senpai loves is me!
SIGN    Mahou Academy (Sister Method Academy)
SIGN    Pure Love
SIGN    To be made into a manga in Monthly Comic Gifted!
[21:37] Nayuta
    If he became an equal protagonist to me...
[21:40] Nayuta
    But he's always been the best
    writer in the world to me...
[21:48] Nayuta
    I guess I'll just have to keep doing my best.
[21:54] Haruto
    I don't want to lose... in various ways.
[21:57] Guy A
    What? You're buying that?
    Wasn't the anime shit, though?
[22:01] Guy B
    I'm telling you, the novels are awesome.
SIGN    The Spirit Knight of the Distant World
[22:01] [SONG] Sign
    The super popular robot
    fantasy takes a new turn!
[22:04] Guy b
    Also, what anime?
[22:06] Haruto
    I really need to try harder.
[22:17] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Mahou Academy's going to
    be made into an anime?
[22:20] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Seriously? Are you serious?!
[22:22] Toki
    Yeah.
[22:23] (Flashback) Itsuki
    All right! My time has finally come!
[22:28] Toki
    I guess I should tell you this, too.
[22:30] (Flashback) Itsuki
    Huh?
[22:31] Toki
    This opportunity came up because another
    anime project fell through, so basically,
[22:37] ---
    you're the replacement.
[22:39] Toki
    There's really no time or budget,
[22:41] ---
    and frankly, the prospects of
    success are rather grim.
[22:44] Toki
    There's the whole thing with
    Fuwa-sensei's anime, too.
[22:47] Toki
    Do you still...
[22:48] (Flashback) Itsuki
    I'll do it.
[22:50] Toki
    You're sure?
[22:52] (Flashback) Itsuki
    There are things you can't see
    unless you take a step forward.
[22:55] (Flashback) Itsuki
    So the only choice I have is
    to fearlessly take that step.
[23:00] Itsuki
    What I said sounded cool and all, but...
[23:03] Itsuki
    No, it'll be okay. I can get through this.
[23:06] Itsuki
    After all, I don't have a little sister.
[23:09] Itsuki
    As long as I have the longing
    for a little sister,
[23:12] Itsuki
    I can go on forever!
[23:14] Itsuki
    All right, let's do this!
[23:30] Chihiro
    I have to tell Nii-san the truth...
SIGN    Kantoku
[23:37] Itsuki
    That was all 12 episodes of
    A Sister's All You Need.
SIGN    Thank you all
    for watching!!
[23:40] All
    Thank you all for watching!