# E9 - Episode 9
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**[00:07] (Flashback) AOI**
How do you not remember me?
How cruel can you be?!
**[00:14] MIRA**
Good morning.
**[00:16] TAKUMI**
Good morning.
**[00:19] AOI**
G... Good morning.
**[00:22] TAKUMI**
M-Morning.
**[00:24] (Flashback) AOI**
I... hate you so much!
***SIGN*** Astro Note
**[02:03] TERUKO**
Mornin'.
**[02:06] TERUKO**
Huh, Aoi-chan? Pretty unusual for you
to be eating breakfast here.
**[02:10] AOI**
Can't I?
**[02:12] TERUKO**
'Course you can. I'm just wondering
what brought this on.
**[02:17] TERUKO**
Time to eat.
**[02:19] AOI**
Nothing in particular.
**[02:33] TOMIHIRO**
Explain this.
**[02:36] SHOKICHI**
What is it?
**[02:37] TOMIHIRO**
A notice for parents' visit day.
**[02:39] TOMIHIRO**
Why didn't you tell me
about something so important?
**[02:41] REN**
Because I don't want you to come, obviously.
**[02:45] TOMIHIRO**
Why not? How awful!
**[02:46] REN**
Who's the awful one here?
**[02:48] REN**
Search your heart, and you'll find the reason!
**[02:54] REN**
Everything you just thought of. All of it.
**[02:57] TOMIHIRO**
You could tell what I was thinking?
**[03:01] REN**
"What could it be?
**[03:03] REN**
Is it because I went in a T-shirt
and sandals last time?
**[03:07] REN**
Or is it because I was hungover
and threw up in the boys' bathroom?
**[03:10] REN**
Or is it maybe because I started flirting
with his friend's mom?
**[03:13] REN**
Or maybe..."
**[03:14] TOMIHIRO**
Wow... You're amazing!
**[03:16] TOMIHIRO**
You just read my mind. You must be a psychic!
**[03:20] TOMIHIRO**
I'd better tell your teachers
to develop your special ability in class...
**[03:24] REN**
Don't you dare show up!
**[03:28] NAOSUKE**
What's wrong?
**[03:30] AOI**
We kissed...
**[03:32] AOI**
I think.
**[03:34] NAOSUKE**
You think?
**[03:35] AOI**
I was drunk, so I don't remember clearly.
**[03:41] NAOSUKE**
So he's the kind of guy
who'd kiss a drunk girl?
**[03:44] NAOSUKE**
Can't be too decent, if you ask me.
**[03:49] AOI**
He treats everyone equally
with love and care.
**[03:53] AOI**
So I want to believe that he's a decent guy.
**[03:57] NAOSUKE**
Do you hate the landlady?
**[03:59] AOI**
Huh? Why do you ask?
**[04:01] NAOSUKE**
Oh, just curious.
**[04:03] AOI**
I don't *hate* hate her.
**[04:05] AOI**
But she eats everything
like it's the greatest meal ever.
**[04:09] AOI**
I envy that.
**[04:13] MIRA**
Bye.
**[04:14] SHOKICHI**
Have a nice day.
***SIGN*** A
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**[04:20] SHOKICHI**
I wonder what make that car is.
**[04:23] SHOKICHI**
Rich people sure do live in style.
**[04:30] SHOIN**
So the Hubby spy stole a dummy key?
**[04:34] MIRA**
Yeah. So things should be fine now.
**[04:36] MIRA**
You didn't have to come pick me up.
**[04:39] SHOIN**
It's still not safe.
They'll know immediately that it's a fake.
**[04:42] MIRA**
Really? How are they supposed to find out?
**[04:45] MIRA**
I've never seen the actual one, either.
**[04:47] MIRA**
If I were told it was the key,
I'd probably believe it.
**[04:52] MIRA**
What a beautiful day.
Oh, I should've aired the futons.
**[04:56] MIRA**
Did you know? Futons are really soft
and nice to sleep in after you've aired them.
**[05:01] SHOIN**
Mira.
**[05:02] SHOIN**
We have more important things
to take care of right now.
**[05:11] SHOIN**
We need to find the key
**[05:13] SHOIN**
and return to Planet Wid as soon as possible.
**[05:16] SHOIN**
Bring up the entries on Astro Lodge.
**[05:18] ALEXA**
*Understood.*
**[05:21] SHOIN**
Let's review all the logs
we have on that building.
**[05:25] SHOIN**
You start over there, Mira.
**[05:26] MIRA**
Okay.
**[05:35] SHOIN**
What is it?
**[05:35] MIRA**
Leaves are starting to clog up the gutter.
I need to clean them up.
**[05:42] MIRA**
Gosh, Room 3's window is wide open!
**[05:46] MIRA**
Did I forget to close it
after cleaning last time?
**[05:49] MIRA**
It'll be bad news if it rains.
**[05:51] MIRA**
Let me go close it real quick.
**[05:52] SHOIN**
Mira!
**[05:54] MIRA**
Oh, right. I guess it won't rain today,
given how clear the skies were.
**[05:58] SHOIN**
That's not the point.
**[05:59] SHOIN**
Right now, you're barely acting
like Planet Wid's next queen.
**[06:03] SHOIN**
The title of Astro Lodge's caretaker
suits you more.
**[06:06] MIRA**
What? You really think so?
**[06:08] SHOIN**
That wasn't a compliment.
**[06:10] SHOIN**
What's gotten into you?
Do you not want to go home to Planet Wid?
**[06:14] SHOIN**
You're our princess.
**[06:16] SHOIN**
The Widi are eagerly waiting for you
to return with key in hand.
**[06:19] MIRA**
I know that, but...
**[06:22] SHOIN**
But?
**[06:23] MIRA**
You know how we have so many rules
we have to abide by all our lives?
**[06:27] MIRA**
I've been having my doubts
about them lately.
**[06:30] MIRA**
I wonder if the established rules
are really right for us.
**[06:34] SHOIN**
Mira.
**[06:35] SHOIN**
Have you fallen in love?
**[06:36] MIRA**
Huh?
**[06:38] MIRA**
Where did that come from?
**[06:40] SHOIN**
Just thinking you might've been
influenced by someone.
**[06:43] MIRA**
Gosh, what are you saying?
***SIGN*** For those who want a job right away!
***SIGN*** Salary over 210,000 a month!!
**[06:53] [SONG] SIGN**
Formal Employment No Overtime
**[06:53] [SONG] SIGN**
Weekends and Holidays Off Potential Raises
***SIGN*** Click for details!
**[06:55] NAOSUKE**
That doesn't look too bad.
**[06:58] TAKUMI**
Don't just waltz into my room!
**[07:00] NAOSUKE**
Moving on from the unemployed life, eh?
**[07:01] TAKUMI**
I am not unemployed!
**[07:03] NAOSUKE**
What are you if not unemployed?
**[07:05] TAKUMI**
Head chef at this historic Astro Lodge!
**[07:09] NAOSUKE**
Phooey.
**[07:12] TAKUMI**
What is it?
**[07:13] NAOSUKE**
What is what?
**[07:15] TAKUMI**
You came to talk to me
about something, right?
**[07:21] NAOSUKE**
Do you really not remember Aoi-chan?
**[07:25] TAKUMI**
Way to rub it in.
**[07:27] NAOSUKE**
Do you or don't you?
**[07:31] TAKUMI**
I don't. At all.
**[07:33] NAOSUKE**
She's a nice girl,
don't you think?
**[07:35] NAOSUKE**
You should respond to her feelings.
**[07:38] TAKUMI**
What do you mean, her feelings?
**[07:39] NAOSUKE**
Huh?
**[07:40] TAKUMI**
What?
**[07:42] TAKUMI**
Huh? What?!
***SIGN*** 35th Annual Battle of the Chefs Results Announced!
Miyasaka Takumi Becomes Youngest Ever to Win Grand Prize!
**[07:45] NAOSUKE**
You're so dense. Take a look.
**[07:51] TAKUMI**
Hmm? Is that...
**[07:54] TAKUMI**
Aoi-chan?
**[07:57] MIRA**
Coming.
**[08:02] MIRA**
Ren-kun?
**[08:04] MIRA**
You ran away?
***SIGN*** Dear Parents and Guardians
Notice of Parents' Visiting Day
**[08:08] (Flashback) TOMIHIRO**
As your father, I have every right
to attend parents' visiting day!
**[08:11] (Flashback) REN**
Then I'll cut all ties with you!
**[08:15] REN**
Now I have nowhere to go,
so I'll be hanging out here.
**[08:20] MIRA**
B-But...
**[08:21] REN**
Don't worry. You know what my pops is like.
**[08:26] REN**
So I've learned to take care of myself.
***SIGN*** A
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**[08:45] TAKUMI**
Huh? You're up early today, Wakabayashi-san.
**[08:48] TOMIHIRO**
I wanted to see my boy.
**[08:50] TAKUMI**
Huh?
**[08:51] TOMIHIRO**
We're celebrating my dear son's
first time running away.
**[08:55] TOMIHIRO**
Look this way, Ren.
**[08:57] TOMIHIRO**
How's your first breakfast
since running away feel?
**[08:59] TOMIHIRO**
Does it taste more grown-up?
**[09:03] REN**
Thanks for the food.
**[09:04] TOMIHIRO**
Hey, wait!
**[09:04] TOMIHIRO**
Don't waste your food! Come on!
**[09:14] AOI**
Good... morning.
**[09:16] TAKUMI**
Huh? G-Good morning.
**[09:28] TERUKO**
That makes ten.
**[09:30] TAKUMI**
Matsubara-san?
**[09:31] TERUKO**
That's the tenth sigh you've let out in a row.
**[09:34] TAKUMI**
Huh? How long have you been following me?
**[09:36] TERUKO**
Need a shoulder to cry on?
**[09:38] TERUKO**
You're paying.
***SIGN*** Pub
**[09:44] TERUKO**
Beer tastes amazing after a hard day's work
when it's on somebody else's dime!
**[09:48] TAKUMI**
Are you really younger than me?
**[09:51] TERUKO**
So? What's bothering you?
**[09:54] TAKUMI**
Keep this between us,
**[09:57] TAKUMI**
but, uh... it seems Aoi-chan
has feelings for me.
**[10:03] TERUKO**
And?
**[10:04] TAKUMI**
"And"?
**[10:04] TERUKO**
You were the only one who hadn't noticed.
**[10:08] TAKUMI**
What's more, we worked
at the same hotel, apparently.
**[10:13] TERUKO**
"Apparently"? You don't remember?
**[10:15] TAKUMI**
I don't.
**[10:16] TERUKO**
Yikes. You're a jerk.
**[10:18] TAKUMI**
B-But we had so many staff.
**[10:21] TAKUMI**
Of course I don't remember
each and every one.
**[10:26] TERUKO**
"I'm such an asshole.
**[10:29] TERUKO**
Not only did I forget all about Aoi-chan,
**[10:31] TERUKO**
I accepted her invitation to the Insect
Festival, which she meant as a date invite,
**[10:34] TERUKO**
led her on, and toyed with her feelings
like a total scumbag!"
**[10:39] TAKUMI**
Please stop narrating for me!
**[10:42] TAKUMI**
Also, "scumbag" is pushing it!
**[10:45] TAKUMI**
What should I do?
**[10:47] TAKUMI**
I don't know how to interact with Aoi-chan.
**[10:51] TAKUMI**
What?
**[10:52] TERUKO**
Beer tastes amazing when it's paired
with a side dish of schadenfreude.
**[10:56] TAKUMI**
You're the jerk here.
**[10:59] TERUKO**
Anyway, if you can't reciprocate her feelings,
**[11:03] TERUKO**
your job is to make sure
that she can move on.
**[11:10] TERUKO**
So chicks are into guys like you, huh?
**[11:12] TAKUMI**
It's not like that.
**[11:15] TAKUMI**
Don't you have someone you like?
**[11:17] TERUKO**
I have zero interest
in dating and all that crap.
**[11:21] TERUKO**
The time I spend as the idol Terurun
is what I live for! Terurun!
**[11:27] TAKUMI**
Get me another beer from the tap!
**[11:33] TOMIHIRO**
Pardon me.
**[11:35] TOMIHIRO**
I know the room's messy,
but I only just got back from work.
**[11:39] MIRA**
What? You work?!
**[11:41] TOMIHIRO**
You don't have to act so surprised.
**[11:43] MIRA**
Oh, sorry.
**[11:45] TOMIHIRO**
I am technically unemployed,
**[11:47] TOMIHIRO**
but I do day jobs
when I'm seriously low on cash.
**[11:51] TOMIHIRO**
Let me make you some tea.
**[11:53] MIRA**
Oh, don't mind me.
**[11:56] MIRA**
U-Um, so, about Ren-kun...
**[11:59] TOMIHIRO**
Sorry for the trouble we're causing you.
**[12:02] MIRA**
It's no trouble!
**[12:05] TOMIHIRO**
He can be a stubborn kid
who refuses to listen,
**[12:10] TOMIHIRO**
but he'll grow bored of this
and come back eventually.
**[12:15] MIRA**
O-Oh, but...
**[12:17] MIRA**
Ren-kun seems to be really against
the idea of you visiting his school.
**[12:21] MIRA**
Why not put his feelings first, just this time?
**[12:25] TOMIHIRO**
I'm afraid I can't do that.
**[12:27] MIRA**
Why not?
**[12:28] TOMIHIRO**
I mean, I want to see where, how,
and with whom he's studying.
**[12:36] TOMIHIRO**
But, well, I can't have him
getting bullied because of me,
**[12:40] TOMIHIRO**
so I fully intend to behave this time around.
**[12:43] TOMIHIRO**
I'll lay off the booze until the day is done.
**[12:46] MIRA**
You? Lay off the booze?
**[12:48] TOMIHIRO**
I'll make do with barley tea.
**[12:56] MIRA**
Is that Ren-kun's mother?
**[12:58] TOMIHIRO**
They look alike, right?
**[13:00] MIRA**
They do, yes.
**[13:03] TOMIHIRO**
And Ren and I look nothing alike.
**[13:06] TOMIHIRO**
That's because we're not
actually related by blood.
**[13:09] MIRA**
What?
**[13:10] TOMIHIRO**
It's not really a big secret or anything.
**[13:13] TOMIHIRO**
We were never married, so when she passed,
**[13:17] TOMIHIRO**
there was talk of sending Ren to an orphanage.
**[13:21] TOMIHIRO**
But a lawyer friend of Tasuke-san's
really helped us out,
**[13:26] TOMIHIRO**
and so we got to live together as we do now.
**[13:29] TOMIHIRO**
Whether we're blood-related or not
doesn't matter one bit to me,
**[13:35] TOMIHIRO**
but society seems to think otherwise.
**[13:38] MIRA**
I had no idea.
**[13:40] TOMIHIRO**
Back then, I realized
beyond a shadow of a doubt
**[13:44] TOMIHIRO**
that, of all the countless
living things on Earth,
**[13:47] TOMIHIRO**
I love Ren most of all!
**[13:51] TOMIHIRO**
And nobody can tell me otherwise.
**[13:54] TOMIHIRO**
Mira-san, have you ever met
someone you love with all your heart?
**[13:58] TOMIHIRO**
I can't say for sure, as I've basically
stumbled my way through life,
**[14:01] TOMIHIRO**
but it's not every day you meet such a person.
**[14:04] TOMIHIRO**
I love Ren.
**[14:06] TOMIHIRO**
And love can change
your life in unexpected ways.
**[14:13] TOMIHIRO**
Oh, but I guess I'm still
stumbling my way through life.
**[14:20] TOMIHIRO**
I ended up talking about something
that's best discussed over a drink.
**[14:24] TOMIHIRO**
Oh, look at the time.
**[14:25] TOMIHIRO**
Have you had dinner yet?
**[14:27] MIRA**
No, not yet.
**[14:29] TOMIHIRO**
Ren needs to eat, too.
**[14:31] TOMIHIRO**
You're taking care of him,
so let me buy you something.
**[14:35] MIRA**
You can't. Aren't you seriously low on cash?
**[14:39] TOMIHIRO**
Shall we go to war?
**[14:40] MIRA**
"War"?
**[14:42] TOMIHIRO**
I mean the supermarket's half-off meals.
**[14:44] MIRA**
What the heck?
**[14:46] TOMIHIRO**
Don't you know?
**[14:47] TOMIHIRO**
In the deli aisle of the supermarket
**[14:49] TOMIHIRO**
are warriors eagerly awaiting
the half-off discount stickers,
**[14:54] TOMIHIRO**
and they go to war for the prizes they seek.
**[14:56] TOMIHIRO**
In that way, the supermarket
becomes a war zone every single night.
***SIGN*** 3rd Grade Arithmetic
**[15:08] SHOKICHI**
Took you a while. Find your eraser?
**[15:12] REN**
Yeah.
**[15:17] SHOKICHI**
Aoi-chan, are you good at arithmetic?
**[15:23] SHOKICHI**
The text on this printout
is too small for me to read.
**[15:30] AOI**
Oh, that part's wrong.
**[15:33] REN**
Say...
**[15:35] REN**
What's your father like?
**[15:38] AOI**
Who knows?
**[15:39] REN**
What do you mean?
**[15:40] AOI**
Well, I grew up in an orphanage.
**[15:42] AOI**
But from what I've heard,
he was quite the piece of trash.
**[15:46] AOI**
Your father's nice, though.
**[15:48] REN**
How? He's unemployed,
so he's trash all the same.
**[15:53] AOI**
But the people around you can tell
that he showers you with love.
**[15:57] AOI**
That's a very fortunate thing.
**[16:00] REN**
Oh, Naosuke.
**[16:02] REN**
Do you wanna know Naosuke's secret?
**[16:06] REN**
Actually, Naosuke's...
**[16:09] AOI**
Huh? Say what?
**[16:11] REN**
It's true. I saw it with my own eyes.
**[16:19] TERUKO**
Oh, hey, landlady!
**[16:22] MIRA**
Welcome back.
**[16:23] TOMIHIRO**
Wow, already drunk at this hour? I envy you.
**[16:28] TAKUMI**
Where are you headed?
**[16:29] MIRA**
To war.
**[16:30] TAKUMI**
War?
**[16:31] TERUKO**
Oh, the supermarket?
**[16:33] TOMIHIRO**
We need to hurry, or those hyenas
will strip the place to the bones.
**[16:38] TAKUMI**
Should I cook for you?
**[16:40] TAKUMI**
We have some frozen pork,
so I could make stir-fry.
**[16:44] TOMIHIRO**
Now, there's a proposition! Let's go home!
**[16:48] ALL**
Let's eat!
***SIGN*** Barley Tea
**[16:59] MIRA**
Mm, delicious.
***SIGN*** Today's Menu
- Fried Shrimp
- Miso Soup
***SIGN*** m 0 0 l 100 0 100 100 0 100
**[18:00] TAKUMI**
Aoi-chan, are you free?
**[18:02] TAKUMI**
What say we go for a picnic?
**[18:09] TAKUMI**
This place feels great.
**[18:11] TAKUMI**
Why don't we take a seat over there?
**[18:13] AOI**
Okay.
**[18:16] TAKUMI**
The triangles have plum,
and the circles have salmon.
**[18:19] TAKUMI**
Oh, are you okay with dried plum?
**[18:21] AOI**
I love it.
**[18:22] TAKUMI**
Y-You do? That's great.
**[18:27] TAKUMI**
Here.
**[18:28] AOI**
Thank you.
**[18:30] TAKUMI**
Eat all you want.
**[18:31] AOI**
I will, thank you.
**[18:52] TAKUMI**
There's someone I like.
**[18:56] TAKUMI**
I'm in love with Mira-san.
**[19:00] AOI**
I know.
**[19:03] AOI**
It's obvious.
**[19:09] TAKUMI**
Oh.
**[19:19] TAKUMI**
Miss Riceball?
**[19:21] TAKUMI**
I remember now!
You're Miss Riceball, aren't you?
**[19:25] TAKUMI**
We met on the rooftop that one time!
**[19:26] AOI**
Yes.
**[19:28] TAKUMI**
I'm sorry.
**[19:29] TAKUMI**
I'm really, really sorry!
**[19:37] TAKUMI**
Seeing you eat like it was the most delicious
thing ever brought back the memory.
**[19:41] AOI**
Am I making it look that good?
**[19:44] TAKUMI**
You always eat with so much gusto.
It makes the food look great.
**[19:48] TAKUMI**
That massive rice ball back then
looked so good, too.
**[19:54] TAKUMI**
Wait, what? I'm sorry!
**[19:58] AOI**
It's not what you think.
**[20:01] AOI**
I'm happy, this is delicious,
and I'm so happy...
**[20:07] AOI**
It's happylicious!
***SIGN*** Notice of Parents' Visit Day
**[20:17] REN**
You can come, but please never hit
on my friends' mothers again.
**[20:21] TOMIHIRO**
Ren!
**[20:23] REN**
Cut it out, Pops!
**[20:27] AOI**
He actually was a decent guy.
**[20:29] AOI**
He stopped me before I could say anything
so that I wouldn't have to get rejected.
**[20:33] NAOSUKE**
You're awful cheery
for someone with a broken heart.
**[20:36] AOI**
I thought there was something I lacked.
**[20:39] AOI**
But I just didn't know that I had it
all along, and he helped me realize that.
**[20:44] AOI**
And now I feel like there might be other
things I've never noticed about myself.
**[20:49] AOI**
It's changed the way I look at my life,
in a positive direction.
**[20:52] NAOSUKE**
Huh. I don't get it,
but whatever makes you happy.
**[20:56] AOI**
Maybe it's time for me to go out
and see the world beyond Astro Lodge.
**[21:01] AOI**
I owe it to you for easing me back
into conversing with people. Thanks.
**[21:06] NAOSUKE**
I haven't done a thing.
**[21:08] AOI**
Oh, right. You know Naosuke, the dog?
**[21:12] NAOSUKE**
Huh?!
**[21:12] AOI**
You know, the landlady's pet.
**[21:15] NAOSUKE**
Oh, right, yeah. I remember now.
**[21:18] AOI**
Ren-kun told me that Naosuke wasn't a dog...
**[21:26] AOI**
but actually a cat.
**[21:28] NAOSUKE**
A cat?!
**[21:30] AOI**
He says he saw him chasing a mouse around
like the cat in that famous cartoon.
**[21:36] NAOSUKE**
Th-That's great! A cat, huh?
**[21:40] AOI**
But he's clearly a dog.
**[21:44] AOI**
I'm scared of dogs, so I don't
like Naosuke much either.
**[21:53] MIRA**
Good morning.
**[21:55] TAKUMI**
Good morning.
**[21:56] MIRA**
Uh, Miyasaka-san?
**[21:58] MIRA**
Do you have some time to talk later?
**[22:15] AOI**
Octo-san?
***SIGN*** As the day of Terurun's concert draws near,
***SIGN*** Teruko has her doubts about continuing her idol activities.
***SIGN*** The Hubbies send in another one of their agents.
***SIGN*** But are they after Takumi and not Mira?!
***SIGN*** But are they after Takumi and not Mira?!