# E5 - I Want to Learn Lots
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***SIGN*** Mangetsu
Dormitory
***SIGN*** Man
***SIGN*** getsu
***SIGN*** Dormitory
***SIGN*** Mangetsu
Dormitory
**[00:11] Supervisor**
Oh, you must be Ohkuma Minoru-san.
**[00:17] Supervisor**
Most of the other students will start
moving into the dorm tomorrow.
**[00:21] Supervisor**
I'll give you a quick tour of
the facilities today, though.
**[00:24] Supervisor**
Get some rest for now.
You must be awfully tired.
**[00:28] Minoru**
Yes, ma'am.
**[00:45] Minoru**
Oh, wow!
**[00:49] Minoru**
A tiger beetle. It's even
prettier than the picture!
**[00:54] Minoru**
A peacock butterfly, too?
**[00:56] Minoru**
I've never seen one before!
**[01:05] Minoru**
Wait!
**[01:23] Komichi**
Y-Yes, ma'am!
***SIGN*** Self-introductions
**[01:27] Komichi**
I'm Akebi Komichi, seat number 1.
***SIGN*** Episode Five
I Want to Learn Lots
**[03:08] Erika**
A ladybug?
**[03:09] Komichi**
It's a weevil.
**[03:11] Komichi**
Their long necks make them unique.
**[03:13] Erika**
Huh.
**[03:15] Minoru**
*Akebi Komichi...*
**[03:21] Minoru**
* Last time, she had a Schlegel's*
* green tree frog.*
**[03:26] Minoru**
*And today, she's playing with a weevil.*
**[03:33] Student**
What?!
**[03:34] Student**
Oh, no!
**[03:38] Girl1**
No way, no way! I can't
stand this sort of thing!
**[03:41] Girl2**
Should I go get a teacher ASAP?
**[03:44] Minoru**
A Japanese rat snake.
**[03:50] Girl3**
It looked this way!
**[03:51] Girl4**
It's gonna bite you!
**[03:53] Minoru**
*It's not even scary.*
**[03:56] Minoru**
Are you lost?
**[03:58] Komichi**
Isn't it cute?
**[04:01] Komichi**
Ohkuma Minoru-san?
**[04:03] Minoru**
Uh, yeah...
**[04:07] Minoru**
*She has eyes like a seal's.*
**[04:10] Komichi**
Let's take it somewhere quiet.
**[04:13] Minoru**
Yeah... Let's.
**[04:26] Minoru**
This area should be safe.
**[04:32] Komichi**
Ohkuma-san, is that your own cage?
**[04:34] Komichi**
You actually bring it to school?
**[04:37] Minoru**
Yes! Because you never know
what you'll find, or where!
**[04:43] Minoru**
Japanese rat snakes are interesting
because their colors and patterns vary
**[04:47] Minoru**
depending on the region.
**[04:48] Komichi**
Wow, really?! I never knew that!
**[04:51] Komichi**
I've seen them swimming like
pros in the river before!
**[04:55] Minoru**
That's a priceless sighting!
**[04:56] Komichi**
And not long ago,
when I was walking in the woods,
**[04:59] Komichi**
I bumped into a vine
wrapped around a branch.
**[05:03] Komichi**
And that vine was...
**[05:05] Minoru**
Wait, you mean...
**[05:08] Komichi**
A Japanese rat snake!
**[05:10] Minoru**
Incredible!
**[05:14] Komichi**
What's that, Ohkuma-san?
**[05:16] Minoru**
My research notebook.
**[05:18] Minoru**
I write down unique characteristics
of living things I see,
**[05:20] Minoru**
and the details of how
I found them, every day.
**[05:24] Minoru**
Your stories gave me valuable information.
**[05:27] Komichi**
I do that, too!
**[05:30] Komichi**
I always write down things
I notice in a notebook.
**[05:35] Minoru**
So you're also interested in the
observation of living things?
***SIGN*** Class 1-3
**[05:39] Komichi**
See?
***SIGN*** Class 1-3
***SIGN*** Class 1-3
**[05:40] Minoru**
Class 1-3?
**[05:44] Komichi**
I write notes about everyone in our class.
**[05:47] Komichi**
I was just so happy to have classmates,
since I've never had them before.
***SIGN*** Class 1-3
**[05:52] Komichi**
I want to learn lots
about everyone... but...
**[05:56] Komichi**
I can't always find the right
timing to talk to them, so...
**[05:59] Minoru**
That's where observation comes in handy.
**[06:02] Minoru**
Learning more about someone,
such as what they like and dislike,
**[06:07] Minoru**
could help you out in future conversations.
**[06:11] Komichi**
Then let's do that together!
**[06:14] Minoru**
Huh?
***SIGN*** Green Tea
***SIGN*** Green Tea
***SIGN*** Red Bean Soup
***SIGN*** Rich Corn Potage
***SIGN*** Rich Corn Potage
***SIGN*** Warm
***SIGN*** Warm
***SIGN*** Warm
***SIGN*** Warm
***SIGN*** Warm
**[06:19] Minoru**
According to my observations,
**[06:21] Minoru**
our subject appears right
here every morning.
**[06:27] Komichi**
Hiraiwa Hotaru-san...
**[06:29] Komichi**
I haven't really talked
to her very much yet.
**[06:32] Komichi**
What's she going to get?
**[06:44] Minoru**
C-Could it be...
**[06:49] Minoru**
Hmm... I'm surprised she's going for
the red bean soup on the top shelf.
**[06:52] Minoru**
She's quite a challenger.
**[07:07] Minoru**
Will she be able to purchase
an item that's up so high?
**[07:11] Minoru**
This is truly intriguing.
**[07:15] Minoru**
Akebi-san?
**[07:20] Komichi**
Mind if I help?
**[07:25] Hotaru**
H-Huh?
**[07:26] Komichi**
Now you can reach the button, right?
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**[07:34] Komichi**
Yay!
**[07:39] Komichi**
I do that for my little sister a lot, too.
**[07:41] Hotaru**
Thank you very much.
**[07:44] Komichi**
Oh, you're very welcome!
**[07:51] Minoru**
You can't do that, Akebi-san.
**[07:53] Komichi**
Huh?
**[07:55] Minoru**
Observing living things means
**[07:56] Minoru**
watching them from an objective
viewpoint and recording what you see.
**[08:00] Minoru**
You're not supposed to interfere
in what you observe.
**[08:02] Komichi**
Oh, yeah. Sorry.
**[08:09] Komichi**
It's so shiny...
**[08:11] Minoru**
* I got some interesting data.*
* Akebi Komichi is...*
***SIGN*** • Akebi Komichi is the active type!!
***SIGN*** Plays with her little sister often?
Lifted Hiraiwa Hotaru-san like she weighed nothing
Has quite a bit of muscle
***SIGN*** Hiraiwa Hotaru-chan
***SIGN*** Looks a bit like Kao
***SIGN*** Onee-chan!
***SIGN*** Cute
***SIGN*** Has soft, pretty hair.
Smells nice.
**[08:21] Touko**
Oh, Hotaru-chan.
**[08:23] Touko**
You finally succeeded in
your challenge? Way to go!
**[08:27] Hotaru**
I'll work hard so I can buy
it on my own next time.
**[08:33] Minoru**
You could call it spying.
**[08:34] Minoru**
You erase your own presence in order
to secretly observe your subject.
**[08:39] Minoru**
To ensure you don't miss
even a moment's change...
**[08:41] Hitomi**
What did you call me out here for?
**[09:00] Komichi**
Washio Hitomi-san!
**[09:03] Minoru**
She's talking to a girl from Class 1.
**[09:05] Komichi**
How do you know that?
**[09:07] Minoru**
I live in the Mangetsu Dorm.
**[09:14] Komichi**
It looks like they're
talking about something,
**[09:17] Komichi**
but I can't hear them from here.
**[09:19] Minoru**
It's not just their conversation
that can tell us what's going on.
**[09:22] Minoru**
Let's carefully observe their body language,
expressions, and the situation.
**[09:26] Komichi**
Stare...
**[09:28] Minoru**
Stare...
**[09:36] Yasuko**
What could they be talking about?
**[09:39] Komichi**
N-Nawashiro-san?!
**[09:40] Minoru**
Shh!
**[09:43] Yasuko**
It's always so easy to
tell where Akebi-chan is.
**[09:48] Hitomi**
Hey. I can hear you.
**[09:52] Yasuko**
Heya, Hitomi-chan... and...
**[09:56] Mihoshi**
Uh... I...
**[10:00] Yasuko**
Hi, Tanabe-san.
**[10:02] Yasuko**
I'm sorry, was I interrupting?
**[10:07] Hitomi**
No, actually, this is perfect.
**[10:09] Hitomi**
She says she wants to
be your friend, Yasuko.
**[10:12] Yasuko**
Oh!
**[10:14] Hitomi**
And...
**[10:16] Hitomi**
Just what were you two doing?
***SIGN*** • Akebi Komichi is the active type!!
***SIGN*** Plays with her little sister often?
Lifted Hiraiwa Hotaru-san
like she weighed nothing
Has quite a bit of muscle
***SIGN*** Akebi Komichi is conspicuous!!
***SIGN*** Dirt on her shoes.
Gets sidetracked easily?
***SIGN*** Nawashiro-san
***SIGN*** Washio-san
***SIGN*** Washio-san and
Nawashiro-san
are good friends!
***SIGN*** Washio-san is very tall
***SIGN*** So cool!
***SIGN*** Lives in the dorm.
Maybe I can visit someday?
**[10:28] Komichi**
Uh, Ohkuma-san, did we really need
to hide ourselves *this* well?
**[10:33] Minoru**
You stand out no matter where you are,
**[10:35] Minoru**
so we might as well conceal ourselves
from our subject completely.
**[10:40] Komichi**
O-Okay...
**[10:45] Minoru**
Oh, here comes someone.
**[10:47] Komichi**
It's Shijou Riona-san.
**[10:53] Minoru**
I can't see very well from in here.
**[10:58] Minoru**
Is she searching for something?
**[11:13] Komichi**
Huh?
**[11:16] Komichi**
A sandwich?! That looks so good!
**[11:21] Riona**
I-It's just, uh...
**[11:23] Riona**
I missed breakfast today
because I overslept,
**[11:26] Riona**
so my mom wrapped this up for me...
**[11:30] Riona**
Um... Ohkuma-san?
**[11:36] Minoru**
I-I'm so sorry!
***SIGN*** • Akebi Komichi is the active type!!
***SIGN*** Plays with her little sister often?
Lifted Hiraiwa Hotaru-san
like she weighed nothing
Has quite a bit of muscle
***SIGN*** Akebi Komichi is conspicuous!!
***SIGN*** Dirt on her shoes.
Gets sidetracked easily?
***SIGN*** Akebi Komichi is extremely ticklish!!
***SIGN*** Shijou-san's chest is soft
and warm like the bunnies
in the pen
***SIGN*** Shijou-san
Prefers bread with breakfast!!
***SIGN*** That sandwich looked
really good...
I always get hungry around
this time of day, too
**[11:46] Komichi**
This isn't going very well, is it?
**[11:49] Minoru**
But I've still been able to gather
some very interesting data,
**[11:53] Minoru**
so it all worked out.
**[12:00] Komichi**
Wow, you're really good
at drawing, Ohkuma-san!
**[12:04] Minoru**
S-Since I keep a research
notebook every day,
**[12:08] Minoru**
I naturally picked up the ability.
**[12:10] Komichi**
That's so impressive!
**[12:12] Minoru**
What about you?
**[12:14] Minoru**
Are you finished drawing it?
**[12:19] Minoru**
I get it.
**[12:21] Minoru**
Drawing it in a simplified manner
**[12:22] Minoru**
can actually enhance the subject's
unique characteristics.
**[12:27] Minoru**
Another good call.
**[12:38] Komichi**
That feels nice.
**[12:41] Minoru**
Yes, it's a very nice breeze.
**[12:43] Minoru**
Since we're always stuck at
our desks during class time,
**[12:46] Minoru**
we're lucky to have a chance to
observe in this kind of setting.
**[12:50] Komichi**
Really?
**[12:52] Minoru**
You get a better look at people's hobbies,
preferences, and natural behaviors.
**[12:57] Minoru**
For example... let me see...
**[12:59] Minoru**
Look there.
**[13:03] Minoru**
Togano Mai-san.
**[13:08] Minoru**
The fact that she can draw so many
different species of birds so distinctly
**[13:12] Minoru**
tells me that she's very fond of birds.
**[13:14] Komichi**
Wow, you're right.
**[13:16] Minoru**
I hope I can have a good
chat with her sometime.
**[13:21] Minoru**
Minakami Riri-san.
**[13:23] Komichi**
Is she done drawing, too?
**[13:25] Minoru**
I think it's more likely that she's
looking for something to draw.
**[13:28] Minoru**
The way she patiently searches for prey
**[13:31] Minoru**
reminds me of a black leopard,
a master of hunting.
**[13:36] Komichi**
You're right!
**[13:37] Minoru**
Or... maybe she just doesn't like
big crowds of people, like me.
**[14:14] Komichi**
You've spent a lot of time watching
everyone, huh, Ohkuma-san?
**[14:17] Minoru**
Huh?
**[14:18] Minoru**
I-I wouldn't say "everyone"...
**[14:21] Minoru**
The living thing that currently
interests me the most is...
**[14:24] Komichi**
Is?
**[14:28] Minoru**
Um...
**[14:34] Erika**
Akebi-san, there you are.
**[14:37] Touko**
Hey, Ohkuma-san, you're really
good at drawing!
**[14:39] Komichi**
She really is!
**[14:41] Erika**
Yeah, you captured its unique
characteristics really well.
**[14:46] Touko**
Wow, Ohkuma-san, you're red as an apple.
**[14:50] Komichi**
An apple!
**[14:51] Erika**
You're right!
**[14:52] Komichi; Touko; Erika**
How cute!
***SIGN*** Class 1-3
***SIGN*** Roubai Academy 5
**[15:03] Minoru**
Akebi-san, didn't something feel
strange to you a moment ago?
**[15:07] Komichi**
Strange how?
**[15:08] Minoru**
Like someone was watching us...
**[15:13] Minoru**
I see.
**[15:16] Touko**
So yeah, that happened.
I laughed my butt off.
**[15:20] Komichi**
Really?
**[15:24] Minoru**
* I knew it. The one watching was*
* my roommate, Tougeguchi-san.*
**[15:33] Minoru**
* I had no idea there was*
* someone else like me.*
**[15:38] Komichi**
See you tomorrow.
**[15:40] Kei**
See you tomorrow.
**[15:43] Minoru**
*But why would...*
***SIGN*** Akebi Komichi
***SIGN*** Akebi Komichi
***SIGN*** Akebi Komichi
**[15:57] Ayumi**
Today was another bust.
**[16:00] Ayumi**
I just never get the chance.
**[16:03] Ayumi**
I mean, an elite all-girls
school in the country
**[16:06] Ayumi**
should be full o' girls
who ain't that popular.
**[16:09] Ayumi**
But they're all so pretty, and they're
always with their brilliant buddies...
**[16:14] Ayumi**
I thought I was the only one on her side!
**[16:17] Ayumi**
Akebi Komichi, you...
**[16:21] Ayumi**
traitor!
**[16:28] Ayumi**
Man, nothin' makes me feel
better than a good scream!
**[16:39] Ayumi**
Akebi...san?
**[16:41] Ayumi**
And... Ohkuma-san?
**[16:43] Ayumi**
Wait, th-this ain't what it looks like!
**[16:45] Ayumi**
I wasn't sayin' anything about you,
Akebi-san... um... I mean, uh...
**[16:51] Komichi**
This...
**[17:17] (Flashback) Ayumi**
Why's a pretty girl like her hafta
take the test for this school?
**[17:21] (Flashback) Ayumi**
It's gonna kill my middle school debut.
**[17:24] (Flashback) Ayumi**
Ow...
**[17:27] (Flashback) Ayumi**
What am I gonna do if this doesn't
get better before the exam?
**[17:33] Ayumi**
*I forgot my handkerchief...*
**[17:36] Ayumi**
*I'm hopeless.*
**[17:44] (Flashback) Komichi**
Here.
**[17:46] (Flashback) Komichi**
Use this.
**[17:53] (Flashback) Ayumi**
Th-Thanks...
**[17:55] (Flashback) Komichi**
Why are you using a restroom
so far from everything?
**[17:57] (Flashback) Ayumi**
Huh? Er... What about you?
**[18:00] (Flashback) Komichi**
I just feel kinda uneasy in crowded places.
**[18:05] (Flashback) Ayumi**
There is a god...
**[18:07] (Flashback) Ayumi**
A kind one...
***SIGN*** Akebi Komichi
**[18:10] (Flashback) Ayumi**
"Akebi Komichi."
**[18:13] Announcement**
*The exam will begin shortly.*
**[18:16] (Flashback) Komichi**
I gotta run!
**[18:16] Announcement**
*Please report to your designated classroom.*
**[18:17] (Flashback) Ayumi**
Hey, hang on!
**[18:19] (Flashback) Ayumi**
What d'ya want me to do with this?!
**[18:23] (Flashback) Komichi**
Keep it until the next time I see you!
**[18:28] (Flashback) Ayumi**
Next time? What does she mean by that?
**[18:33] (Flashback) Ayumi**
This is just the entrance exam venue.
**[18:35] (Flashback) Ayumi**
There's no guarantee we'll...
**[18:39] (Flashback) Ayumi**
Was she tellin' me I have to pass?!
**[18:43] Komichi**
This is the handkerchief
I lent to you before the exam!
**[18:47] Ayumi**
I-I'm sorry!
**[18:49] Ayumi**
I wanted to return it all this time...
**[18:55] Komichi**
I'm so happy!
**[18:56] Komichi**
So that girl was you, Tougeguchi-san!
**[18:59] Komichi**
All this time, I wondered who it was!
**[19:02] Komichi**
I'm so happy we got into
this school together!
**[19:04] Komichi**
Thanks!
**[19:08] Komichi**
I just didn't recognize you in the uniform.
It makes you look so different.
**[19:15] Ayumi**
*I never thought the girl in the silly PJs*
**[19:18] Ayumi**
* would show up in a sailor uniform*
* on the first day, either.*
**[19:29] Ayumi**
*Still...*
**[19:31] Ayumi**
* It's because I met Akebi-san and realized*
* someone else was as nervous as me*
**[19:36] Ayumi**
*that I was able to stick with the exam.*
**[19:39] Komichi**
What do we do now, Ohkuma-san?
The subject caught us again!
**[19:43] Minoru**
At this point, you might
as well call it a talent.
**[19:50] Ayumi**
Well, I'm gonna go now.
**[19:52] Komichi**
Okay.
**[19:56] Ayumi**
Akebi Komichi...san!
**[19:59] Ayumi**
I-I'm...
**[20:03] Ayumi**
I'm glad to know ya!
**[20:08] Komichi**
Same to you!
**[20:23] Minoru**
I guess Tougeguchi-san was looking for the
right moment to talk to you all along, too.
**[20:29] Komichi**
She should have said something to me sooner!
**[20:39] Minoru**
There were some blunders and
accidents along the way,
**[20:42] Minoru**
but I guess we can say our observation
mission was an overall success.
**[20:46] Komichi**
Yeah!
**[20:47] Komichi**
I was really happy to learn some
new things about our classmates!
**[20:51] Komichi**
Thanks!
**[20:53] Minoru**
I never thought I'd have a chance
to talk to you this way,
**[20:57] Minoru**
so observing with you has been
a great experience for me.
**[21:02] Minoru**
So I...
**[21:04] Minoru**
want to thank you, too.
**[21:08] Komichi**
You know...
**[21:10] Komichi**
I always wanted a chance to
talk to you, too, Ohkuma-san.
**[21:15] Minoru**
Huh?
**[21:17] Komichi**
I wondered why you were always
secretly watching me.
**[21:23] Minoru**
What?! Y-You knew about that?
**[21:26] Komichi**
But I got to learn lots of things
I didn't know about you today.
**[21:31] Komichi**
You know a lot about living things,
and you're good at drawing.
**[21:37] Komichi**
There's still a lot I don't know,
**[21:39] Komichi**
so I hope you'll teach me
lots more from now on.
**[21:53] Minoru**
Would you like to observe
insects together next time?
**[22:00] Komichi**
Yes! Yes!
**[22:02] Komichi**
Yay! Thank you!
**[22:05] Minoru**
Akebi-san, not so tight...