Season 1

E1 - Say what you want; famous games are usually fun

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    "Old AV Room"
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    "Super Attack Families"
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    "Super Attack Families"
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    Popularly known as Tackfam.
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    Simple yet deep, it possesses
    a rare level of perfection
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    and thus the biggest player base
    in today's online-gaming world.
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    "Super Attack Families"
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    Truly a god-tier game.
[00:39] ---
    I'm playing Shuji Nakamura, who has
    an overwhelmingly full offline life.
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    He's tops when it comes to looks,
    grades, sports, and girls--
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    the eternal leader of our class.
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    I, on the other hand...
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    Sure, in life I might be on the losing team.
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    But not here. Not in this game.
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    After all, I, Fumiya Tomozaki,
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    am a top-ranked Tackfam player--
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    and the best in Japan.
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    This character sucks.
[01:17] ---
    I picked a bad character. That would explain it.
[01:21] ---
    N-No...
[01:23] ---
    Found and Foxy are just about
    identical abilities-wise.
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    They're a bad match, I mean.
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    These two don't play well together. Clearly.
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    Well, Foxy does fall quickly,
    so it's easier to string together combos.
[01:36] ---
    Right? This dumb game
    is all about the match-ups.
[01:41] ---
    Now you're just making excuses.
[01:44] ---
    Am I wrong? Do you enjoy
    winning a game like this?
[01:48] ---
    This garbage game?
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    That's a gamer's biggest shame,
    blaming the game when you lose.
[01:56] ---
    No effort, no reflection...
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    I'd still win with the characters swapped!
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    Want to try, then? With different characters?
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    And if I win, you accept your defeat.
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    Fine, fine. I'll acknowledge your mad skills.
[02:11] ---
    That's not all.
[02:12] ---
    What?
[02:13] ---
    You called Tackfam a garbage game.
[02:18] ---
    I want you to say that it's a god-tier game.
[02:25] ---
    For the second time, I claimed total victory.
[02:29] ---
    "Lv. 1: Say what you want;
    famous games are usually fun"
[02:30] ---
    Hmm? You're just heading home now, Shuji?
[02:32] ---
    Yeah, well, you know.
[02:35] ---
    What's been keeping you so long?
[02:37] ---
    Whatcha up to?
[02:39] ---
    Nothing.
[02:41] ---
    Hey, you two...
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    Your club meetings are over, right?
    Let's stop somewhere on the way home.
[02:46] ---
    Yeah, let's!
[02:48] ---
    Oh, yeah, count me in!
[02:55] ---
    Life is a god-tier game--or so
    one famous copypasta goes.
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    But from where I stand, that's B.S.
[03:04] ---
    You get discriminated against
    or treated poorly for your face,
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    your build, your age.
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    No matter how hard you try,
    if your health fails you in the clutch,
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    it's all for nothing.
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    All these absurd rules going unchallenged.
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    I'm a good example.
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    I just happened to wind up playing
    Tackfam with Nakamura today
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    after he heard I was good at it.
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    Most of the time, I don't really talk to anyone.
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    Unreasonable and unbalanced.
    That's what life is.
SIGN    "Who's coming to Omiya?" "Takei: OK"
SIGN    "Takahiro: No prob"
SIGN    "Yuzu-san: Me me me! Where in Omiya?"
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    "Only because you're not trying!"
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    I'm sure that's what some people would say.
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    Just some biased thinking from someone
    born as a top-tier character.
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    And some noob gamer born lucky enough
    to enjoy blazing through life on easy mode
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    doesn't get to talk about life.
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    I should know. I've dominated
    plenty of games in my day.
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    The game of life is garbage.
[04:08] ---
    "Now matching..."
    "Winrate: 2219"
[04:10] ---
    "Winrate: 2219"
[04:11] ---
    "Winrate: 2219" "Winrate: 2136"
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    "Winrate: 2136"
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    He's gotten better.
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    And he hasn't just been studying me, either.
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    He's refined his own counterstrategy.
[04:26] ---
    I'm still better at fighting maneuvers
    and combo-building.
[04:30] ---
    But he's already got me beat at dodging combos.
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    I'm not great at that.
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    At my level, I rarely get caught up
    in combos in the first place.
SIGN    "These are the rankings for the current rating battle. When the season ends, the top 100 players will be recorded. *Restricted players are not shown."
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    And it's not just me. Lots of top-tier players
    are better at offense than defense.
[04:46] ---
    But this opponent, this NO NAME...
[04:46] ---
    "Winrate Rankings"
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    For someone who's
    nationally ranked second after me,
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    he's too experienced in defense.
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    Which means...
[04:57] ---
    He must purposely be eating combos
    on the regular--as training.
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    So he can beat me someday.
[05:10] ---
    I better watch my back.
[05:14] ---
    "NO NAME: Do you live in the Kanto region?"
[05:14] ---
    "NO NAME: Do you live in the Kanto region?"
[05:16] ---
    Um...
[05:18] ---
    "NO NAME: Do you live in the Kanto region?"
[05:18] ---
    "nanashi: Yeah...?"
[05:20] ---
    "NO NAME: If you like,"
[05:22] ---
    "NO NAME: we could meet up?"
[05:27] ---
    Anyway, the point is...
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    There should already be rumors about me
    taking on Nakamura in Tackfam.
[05:31] ---
    Make sure you're taking good notes.
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    Yet no one's saying a thing.
[05:37] ---
    They must have guessed what happened,
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    and now they're treading lightly.
[05:43] ---
    All right, let's grab some lunch.
[05:46] ---
    Okay.
[05:47] ---
    Wonder what's on the menu!
[05:48] ---
    Hey, now!
[05:50] ---
    You're on duty today, too, Shuji!
[05:51] ---
    Oh, am I?
[05:53] ---
    You're coming with me to the staff room first.
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    What a pain.
[05:58] ---
    Aoi Hinami.
[05:59] ---
    The best student in our grade.
SIGN    "Top 20 Midterm Scores" "Aoi Hinami" "Kengo Abe" "Minami Nanami"
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    The highest-scoring girl athlete in our school.
[06:07] ---
    Track-and-field ace.
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    Classic Japanese beauty with brains to match.
[06:14] ---
    With her simple innocence, a perfect heroine
    beloved by men and women alike.
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    For someone as bad at real life as I am,
[06:22] ---
    she doesn't inspire a sense of
    likability so much as sheer awe.
[06:29] ---
    Tomozaki!
[06:31] ---
    Huh? Oh...
[06:33] ---
    Hinami?
[06:35] ---
    I heard you played Tackfam with Shuji!
[06:37] ---
    Huh? Um... well...
[06:40] ---
    I guess word got out, huh?
[06:42] ---
    Everyone's talking about it.
[06:44] ---
    So? Who won?
[06:46] ---
    Well...
[06:47] ---
    Tch. I lost.
[06:50] ---
    Wow! Really?
[06:52] ---
    Forget that guy. C'mon, Aoi.
[06:55] ---
    See you later, Tomozaki.
[06:58] ---
    Don't listen to Shuji!
[06:59] ---
    Aw, can it, dum-dum.
[07:03] ---
    It's the weekend.
[07:04] ---
    I've come to my rendezvous point
    to meet NO NAME.
[07:08] ---
    I accepted his invitation because I wanted
    to see just what kind of man this was:
[07:08] ---
    "Today"
    "nanashi here. I've arrived"
    "What are you wearing?"
[07:13] ---
    the only player who could potentially beat me.
[07:14] ---
    "NO NAME: NO NAME here.
    I have a navy jacket and a beige skirt."
[07:17] ---
    "skirt."
[07:18] ---
    A girl?!
[07:28] ---
    N-NO NAME... is that you?
[07:32] ---
    Hi! I'm NO NAME!
[07:35] ---
    Huh?
[07:36] ---
    Eh?
[07:37] ---
    Hi... Hinami?
[07:42] ---
    Hang on a second. Let me gather my thoughts.
[07:46] ---
    You're Tomozaki, right?
[07:48] ---
    We're in the same class.
[07:50] ---
    You're nanashi?!
[07:52] ---
    Um... yeah.
[07:54] ---
    And you're NO NAME?
[07:57] ---
    This sucks.
[07:59] ---
    Huh?
[08:00] ---
    I don't want to believe that nanashi
    is really some dead-end loser.
[08:09] ---
    I have got to stop getting so carried away
    when it comes to Tackfam!
[08:13] ---
    Sorry?
[08:14] ---
    It's nothing. Sorry.
[08:17] ---
    Okay, so maybe I startled you.
[08:19] ---
    Still, it's not unusual to have
    different personas in school and out.
[08:23] ---
    Don't you agree?
[08:24] ---
    Well...
[08:25] ---
    Oh, but now that you've seen me
    like this... it doesn't matter.
[08:29] ---
    Um...
[08:31] ---
    Finding out that you're NO NAME was...
    surprising, I guess?
[08:35] ---
    Well, I'm disappointed.
[08:37] ---
    To think nanashi, the one person I respected,
[08:41] ---
    is really a rock-bottom loser
    who's given up on life.
[08:46] ---
    I...
[08:47] ---
    Was all that really necessary?!
[08:50] ---
    Hey, it's the truth.
[08:52] ---
    Even so... some truths can go unsaid!
[08:57] ---
    It's rude to be so blunt to
    someone you hardly know.
[09:02] ---
    That's... That's all I meant.
[09:05] ---
    Yeah, it was rude, sure. I apologize for that.
[09:09] ---
    But I'd say your outfit is plenty rude.
[09:13] ---
    People can wear whatever they want!
[09:15] ---
    There's a minimum standard
    when you're meeting people.
[09:19] ---
    Look at you:
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    dirt-caked sneakers,
[09:22] ---
    jeans with tattered hems,
[09:24] ---
    shirt full of wrinkles...
[09:26] ---
    Did you even consider
    fixing that bedhead of yours?
[09:30] ---
    Still, for me to be saying
    all this is indeed rude.
[09:34] ---
    I apologize again: I'm sorry.
[09:38] ---
    I don't feel like discussing Tackfam anymore.
[09:40] ---
    Later, nanashi.
[09:44] ---
    Hang on a sec.
[09:46] ---
    What now?
[09:47] ---
    Someone like you with high initial stats
[09:50] ---
    has no idea where I'm coming from.
[09:53] ---
    Life is unbalanced. It's a garbage game!
[09:57] ---
    A bottom-tier character like me--
    awkward, ridiculed for everything,
[10:00] ---
    no confidence in his communication skills...
[10:02] ---
    There's no way I can win
    against top-tier characters like you!
[10:06] ---
    Life has no rules.
[10:08] ---
    You work hard, but get nowhere.
    There's no right answers.
[10:11] ---
    It's a garbage game.
[10:12] ---
    I despise normies like you,
    with your rich offline lives!
[10:17] ---
    You and your baseless self-confidence,
[10:18] ---
    going around in packs and pretending it's fun!
[10:21] ---
    I'm not confident at all--
    even if I have reason to be.
[10:25] ---
    I feel alone even in groups.
    Can't have fun like that.
[10:28] ---
    This way of life--it's in my bones.
[10:31] ---
    This is me.
[10:33] ---
    But I'm fine with that.
[10:35] ---
    I'm fine with my loner life, fun in its own way.
[10:39] ---
    So don't force your values on me!
[10:43] ---
    Sure sounds like sour grapes to me.
[10:45] ---
    What the hell?
[10:46] ---
    You hate rich offline lives?
[10:49] ---
    I mean, it'd make sense if you knew
    the joys of a normie life.
[10:53] ---
    But you've never even had a taste, have you?
[10:57] ---
    Like I said: sour grapes.
[10:59] ---
    Life's a garbage game?
[11:01] ---
    You lost, and you're blaming the game.
    Aren't you ashamed?
[11:04] ---
    No effort, no reflection...
[11:07] ---
    You're not fit to be called a gamer.
[11:12] ---
    I get what you're trying to say, but...
[11:14] ---
    You can't...
[11:17] ---
    You can't change characters in real life.
[11:19] ---
    "Change characters"?
[11:21] ---
    If I were a top-tier character like you--
    attractive, smart, athletic--
[11:26] ---
    I'd be doing a little better.
[11:28] ---
    But...
[11:31] ---
    Come with me.
[11:39] ---
    What the...?
[11:39] ---
    "Super Attack Families"
[11:40] ---
    How... how did this happen?
[11:48] ---
    Oh! Um... hello.
[11:51] ---
    Are... are you Aoi's... younger sister?
[11:54] ---
    Older sister?
[11:56] ---
    Well?
[11:57] ---
    Yes...?
[11:58] ---
    Like, what, a C-plus, maybe?
[12:01] ---
    Huh?
[12:02] ---
    It's me. Aoi Hinami.
[12:04] ---
    What?!
[12:06] ---
    I took my makeup off.
[12:08] ---
    You don't have to act that surprised.
[12:11] ---
    You were talking about differences
    in characters, right?
[12:13] ---
    Do you get it now?
[12:15] ---
    A little effort and you can do a lot
    with your appearance stats.
[12:18] ---
    W-Well, yeah, but still...
[12:21] ---
    I can't wear makeup--I'm a guy.
[12:23] ---
    And my face is what it is.
[12:26] ---
    That's a bottom-tier character for you.
[12:28] ---
    You don't understand anything, do you.
[12:31] ---
    Listen, a person's appearance
    comes down to two things:
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    expression and posture.
[12:37] ---
    But your base facial structure...
[12:40] ---
    Not a big deal.
[12:43] ---
    Watch this.
[12:45] ---
    Expression!
[12:46] ---
    And... posture!
[12:49] ---
    Whoa.
[12:50] ---
    You can get pretty close to normie-level looks
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    just by perfecting these two elements.
[12:56] ---
    Don't assume my base stats are high.
    They're not.
[12:59] ---
    I've lived my life as an ordinary person--
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    heck, as someone even less than ordinary.
[13:04] ---
    At least through grade school, anyway.
[13:07] ---
    So I can say this with conviction:
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    You can gain communication skills
    and confidence, with effort.
[13:13] ---
    That's the thing.
[13:15] ---
    I've gotten through so much on effort alone.
[13:17] ---
    But I just couldn't reach nanashi
    in Tackfam, no matter what.
[13:22] ---
    So I considered nanashi to be
    more capable of effort than I was,
[13:27] ---
    and I respected him.
[13:30] ---
    And yet...
[13:31] ---
    In the game of life, this same nanashi
[13:34] ---
    wasn't just losing--he was barely even fighting.
[13:37] ---
    He was a jerk, and all he did
    was keep running away.
[13:40] ---
    And that absolutely infuriates me.
[13:43] ---
    It's horrible! Unforgivable!
[13:45] ---
    If the person who's beating me
    is a worthless jerk,
[13:47] ---
    doesn't that make me worthless, too?
[13:54] ---
    Life's not unreasonable or unbalanced.
[13:57] ---
    The game of life may look like it has no rules,
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    but it has a beautiful structure consisting of
[14:03] ---
    many simple rules in combination.
[14:06] ---
    Life is the ultimate godly game.
[14:09] ---
    Fumiya Tomozaki--no: nanashi.
[14:12] ---
    I'll teach you the rules of this game,
    one by one.
[14:17] ---
    And you will play it like you mean it!
[14:23] ---
    I consider life to be a garbage game,
[14:26] ---
    so I can't say you're especially convincing.
[14:30] ---
    I see.
[14:32] ---
    But I agree that making no effort
    and blaming the game for your loss
[14:37] ---
    is a gamer's greatest shame.
[14:39] ---
    There's nothing I hate more.
[14:42] ---
    Oh? How very nanashi of you.
[14:44] ---
    And you're NO NAME--the only player I respect.
[14:50] ---
    I watch you play and I can see all
    the effort and hard work you put in.
[14:51] ---
    "Super Attack Families"
[14:56] ---
    But it's probably not the same.
[14:59] ---
    We can't understand one another.
[15:02] ---
    There's one thing I want to ask you.
[15:04] ---
    You said life is a god-tier game, right?
[15:06] ---
    Tell me: Exactly how god-tier is it?
[15:09] ---
    Well, as far as I can tell,
    it's way up there in first place.
[15:13] ---
    I knew it.
[15:15] ---
    People who say life's a god-tier game
    just look down on all other games.
[15:20] ---
    Life alone gets its own special perspective.
[15:23] ---
    They only compare life to a game
    after they've snubbed all the rest.
[15:29] ---
    Yeah--first place.
[15:31] ---
    Life comes in first place by a mile.
    Right alongside Tackfam.
[15:36] ---
    I probably should have said
    life is the better game,
[15:41] ---
    but it's a god-tier game tied
    with Tackfam for first place.
[15:45] ---
    Disappointed?
[15:46] ---
    You're the Tackfam master, after all.
[15:47] ---
    "Super Attack Families"
[15:49] ---
    Maybe there's no point in playing two games
    that are equally engaging.
[15:54] ---
    It's not that--I never thought I'd say this,
    but I'm moved.
[15:59] ---
    Rats. I messed up.
[16:01] ---
    I should have offered you something
    with more merit than Tackfam.
[16:06] ---
    I really must do something about
    my habit of getting carried away
[16:08] ---
    when it comes to that game...
[16:10] ---
    I'd been playing Tackfam entirely for myself.
SIGN    "398 - Nameless Fighter: Fought nanashi last night and ate four straight. He's too good" "399 - Nameless Fighter: Oh, nanashi? Well, yeah"
[16:15] ---
    I was good enough to be called awesome online,
[16:17] ---
    but I got no recognition from anyone around me.
[16:20] ---
    I kept giving my time
    to Tackfam and got results.
[16:24] ---
    I don't need anyone's approval IRL.
[16:27] ---
    I believe Tackfam is a god-tier game--
    and that's enough.
[16:32] ---
    That's what I really thought.
[16:34] ---
    But now that Aoi Hinami,
    who knows life better than anyone,
[16:38] ---
    is telling me that it's a game
    that's just as engaging as Tackfam,
[16:42] ---
    I feel like my efforts
    have finally been recognized.
[16:48] ---
    Sure, I'm being contradictory.
[16:51] ---
    I mean, life is a garbage game,
    and Tackfam is god-tier.
[16:53] ---
    "Super Attack Families"
[16:55] ---
    And yet...
[16:57] ---
    The effort I put in solely for myself
    that no one would acknowledge--
[17:02] ---
    it's found enormous affirmation here,
    in Aoi Hinami's words.
[17:07] ---
    Life is a god-tier game.
[17:09] ---
    If what you're saying is true...
[17:12] ---
    Yes?
[17:15] ---
    Then the gamer in me wants to play.
[17:17] ---
    Oh, so you believe me now?
[17:20] ---
    Not entirely, no.
[17:22] ---
    But you can't tell if a game is godly
    or garbage without playing it.
[17:29] ---
    So I'll give it a shot and see for myself.
[17:32] ---
    That's what a gamer would do.
[17:33] ---
    That's our nanashi!
[17:35] ---
    Tell me the rules of this game we call "life."
[17:39] ---
    Let's see...
[17:41] ---
    Life's a game with a lot of freedom.
[17:43] ---
    What's the first thing that happens
    in a game with that much freedom?
[17:48] ---
    Um...
[17:50] ---
    Character creation?
[17:54] ---
    HEXactly!
[17:55] ---
    Um, what was that-- "HEXactly"?
[18:00] ---
    The first thing you do in life
    is character creation.
[18:03] ---
    No, before that.
[18:05] ---
    What are you talking about?
    You're imagining things.
[18:08] ---
    Those are for you.
[18:10] ---
    Masks?
[18:11] ---
    We'll discuss this further over lunch.
[18:18] ---
    Ready? Now watch this.
[18:21] ---
    This is my pretty-mode mouth.
[18:24] ---
    And this is with pretty mode off.
[18:27] ---
    Oho...
[18:28] ---
    Simply raising the corners of one's mouth
[18:29] ---
    can really change that at-a-glance impression.
[18:32] ---
    From now on, you'll wear a mask at all times--
[18:35] ---
    mealtimes excepted.
[18:37] ---
    And under that mask...
[18:39] ---
    you will go about your life smiling ear to ear.
[18:42] ---
    Train your mimic muscles and your
    mouth-corners will begin to turn up naturally.
[18:47] ---
    Ah.
[18:48] ---
    Here you are.
[18:51] ---
    And starting next week,
[18:53] ---
    we'll meet in Sewing Room 2 in the old school
    30 minutes before and after classes
[18:57] ---
    to go over your tasks for the day
    and review your performance.
[19:02] ---
    If we're going do this,
    we're going to do this right.
[19:04] ---
    Going to do this right, huh...?
[19:09] ---
    She's a fellow gamer, all right.
[19:15] ---
    Oh, I nearly forgot.
[19:17] ---
    This was technically an offline meeting
    between NO NAME and nanashi, right?
[19:22] ---
    Yeah, I guess so.
[19:24] ---
    What's wrong?
[19:25] ---
    You know...
[19:27] ---
    Since we met offline and all...
[19:29] ---
    Hmm? What about it?
[19:32] ---
    Ugh, jeez!
[19:34] ---
    Don't you get it?
[19:36] ---
    We're supposed to exchange Tackfam friend codes!
[19:40] ---
    That's what!
[19:41] ---
    Oh.
[19:42] ---
    "Tomozaki"
[19:51] ---
    What are you doing, Fumiya?
[19:54] ---
    You're creepy enough as it is.
[19:56] ---
    Try not to get any creepier, will you?
[19:59] ---
    I'm the one you're embarrassing at school.
[20:09] ---
    "Sewing Room 2"
[20:14] ---
    A first day to remember!
[20:17] ---
    What do you think? Not a bad atmosphere, eh?
[20:19] ---
    Yeah... like an abandoned building.
[20:22] ---
    As of today, you are a player
    in the game called "life."
[20:28] ---
    Now, every game has goals.
[20:32] ---
    Your ultimate goal:
[20:33] ---
    "Ultimate Goal
    To be as satisfied with offline life as I am"
[20:34] ---
    To be as satisfied with offline life as I am.
[20:37] ---
    Isn't, uh... isn't that a little too hard?
[20:40] ---
    In order to reach this ultimate goal,
[20:43] ---
    you'll need medium and small goals, too.
[20:47] ---
    This is exactly what I do
    when training for Tackfam.
[20:50] ---
    There's our nanashi! That'll save us some time.
[20:54] ---
    First, a small goal:
[20:57] ---
    Get a family member or close friend
SIGN    "Small Goal Get a family member or friend to ask, 'Do you have a girlfriend?'"
[20:59] ---
    to ask if you have a girlfriend.
[21:02] ---
    Sorry?
[21:03] ---
    "You're practically glowing these days"
[21:05] ---
    and "For a second, I didn't even
    recognize you" are also acceptable.
[21:08] ---
    Just get a third party to notice that your
    appearance and/or vibe has improved.
[21:14] ---
    Y-Yeah, all right.
[21:15] ---
    Next, a medium goal.
[21:17] ---
    As a rule, the tasks I give you
    will be toward this goal.
[21:22] ---
    It's the most important one.
[21:24] ---
    Medium goal:
[21:25] ---
    "Medium Goal
    Have a girlfriend before year 3"
[21:26] ---
    Have a girlfriend before starting
    your third year of high school.
[21:29] ---
    What?!
[21:31] ---
    You'll be completing daily tasks
    toward this goal.
[21:34] ---
    Today's task:
SIGN    "Medium Goal Have a girlfriend before year 3" "Today's Task Talk to at least three girls at school"
[21:36] ---
    Talk to at least three girls at school.
[21:39] ---
    But... like...
[21:40] ---
    "Ultimate Goal
    To be as satisfied with offline life as I am"
[21:41] ---
    These hurdles are starting out way too high!
SIGN    "Small Goal Get a family member or friend to ask, 'Do you have a girlfriend?'"
[21:44] ---
    A bottom-tier character in the game of life
[21:46] ---
    would hardly be talking to any girls--
SIGN    "Medium Goal Have a girlfriend before year 3" "Today's Task Talk to at least three girls at school"
[21:49] ---
    having a girlfriend is out of the question!
SIGN    "Medium Goal Have a girlfriend before year 3" "Today's Task Talk to at least three girls at school"
[21:51] ---
    It's an unreasonable ask!
[21:54] ---
    And yet...
[21:56] ---
    Aoi Hinami--NO NAME--is asking it
    of me in all seriousness.
[22:02] ---
    In which case...
[22:03] ---
    I have no choice but to go through with it.
[22:06] ---
    To be honest, I'm more uneasy than anything.
[22:21] ---
    "Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki"

E2 - It feels awesome to gain a bunch of levels after a battle

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[00:00] ---
    "Sekitomo"
[00:02] ---
    Here at Sekitomo High,
[00:04] ---
    the girls can choose to wear
    either a ribbon or a necktie.
[00:07] ---
    But there's an unspoken understanding
    that the unpopular girls
[00:11] ---
    aren't allowed to wear neckties.
[00:14] ---
    Hinami's notes for today's task
[00:16] ---
    concerned who I should
    speak to--and about what.
[00:20] ---
    Two of the girls were on Team Necktie.
[00:24] ---
    The first is your neighbor, Yuzu Izumi.
[00:27] ---
    The second sits next to you
    in home ec: Minami Nanami.
[00:31] ---
    The third is all up to you.
[00:34] ---
    Now, as for what you should talk about...
[00:42] ---
    Um... Sorry, Izumi--got a second?
[00:45] ---
    Hmm? What is it?
[00:46] ---
    Er... do you have any tissue?
[00:49] ---
    I've got a cold, but I forgot to bring any.
[00:52] ---
    Oh, sure. Hang on.
[00:55] ---
    When you're talking to someone
    you've never talked to before,
[00:59] ---
    you need a straightforward point of entry.
[01:01] ---
    Your cold is a great in--you're
    wearing a mask and everything.
[01:06] ---
    Ooh, sorry! I don't have any after all.
[01:09] ---
    N-No, no, that's totally fine.
[01:12] ---
    Hey, Kikuchi, do you have any tissue?
[01:14] ---
    I sure do.
[01:15] ---
    Huh?!
[01:16] ---
    Here.
[01:18] ---
    Here you go!
[01:19] ---
    Th-Thanks.
[01:22] ---
    Erika!
[01:23] ---
    That discontinued eyeshadow
    you were telling me about?
[01:24] ---
    Um...
[01:26] ---
    I can't find it anywhere.
[01:27] ---
    Thanks.
[01:28] ---
    Sure.
[01:29] ---
    This is Fuka Kikuchi.
[01:31] ---
    I wonder if this conversation counts.
[01:38] ---
    Tomozaki?
[01:39] ---
    Wh-What is it?
[01:41] ---
    Um... why are you grinning?
[01:44] ---
    Ah! It's just, uh, my teeth hurt!
[01:46] ---
    That was a grimace!
[01:48] ---
    Oh, is that what it was?
[01:50] ---
    Poke-ity, poke, poke!
[02:08] ---
    "Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki"
[03:26] ---
    "Lv. 2: It feels awesome to gain
    a bunch of levels after a battle"
[03:30] ---
    And one more thing:
[03:32] ---
    When you talk to these girls,
    make sure I'm nearby.
[03:36] ---
    Just in case anything happens.
[03:38] ---
    Next up is Minami Nanami.
[03:41] ---
    She's in the track-and-field club with Hinami--
[03:44] ---
    another class darling.
[03:47] ---
    "Home Economics"
[03:51] ---
    Nanami's here, but not Hinami.
[03:54] ---
    Which means I can lay low for now.
[03:57] ---
    This isn't me getting cold feet--
[04:00] ---
    I'm just following Hinami's instructions.
[04:03] ---
    What gives, Tomozaki? You're here early!
[04:05] ---
    What the hell?!
[04:06] ---
    I can't very well ignore her
    now that she's talked to me.
[04:09] ---
    Maybe if I tell her the real
    reason I got here so early--
[04:10] ---
    Hellooo?
[04:13] ---
    I came early to talk to you!
[04:16] ---
    Say what?
[04:18] ---
    That'd be way too creepy! I'd be dead meat!
[04:21] ---
    What's wrong? Earth to Tomozaki!
[04:21] ---
    What do I do? How do I respond?!
[04:25] ---
    Oh, uh... no reason.
[04:27] ---
    No reason, huh? Well, yeah, sure. I get that.
[04:31] ---
    Now what?
[04:33] ---
    The conversation's started--
    I've got to keep it going.
[04:38] ---
    Isn't it fantastic, though?
[04:40] ---
    Hmm? What is?
[04:42] ---
    I mean, I gave you this
    dead-end "No reason" reply,
[04:46] ---
    and you still responded with "I get that."
[04:48] ---
    And it's like, isn't it great how
    teenage girls can be so empathetic?
[04:55] ---
    Um... never mind. Sorry.
[05:00] ---
    What the heck, Tomozaki?
    What are you, some old fart?
[05:04] ---
    N-no, it's just that--
    young women these days--
[05:07] ---
    But you're young, too!
[05:10] ---
    No, I was just...
[05:12] ---
    Look, teenage girls nowadays use "sick"
    to mean all kinds of things, right?
[05:17] ---
    In the same way, empathy is like
    this theme with teenage girls, and--
[05:21] ---
    Stop! You sound like you're
    on a talk show--just stop!
[05:25] ---
    What's going on, Minmi?
[05:27] ---
    Oh, Tama!
[05:29] ---
    Our itty-bitty Tama!
[05:31] ---
    Cut that out! I asked you a question!
[05:34] ---
    Well, Tomozaki here was
    talking like some old man.
[05:37] ---
    Now what did he say again?
[05:38] ---
    No clue. Pass!
[05:40] ---
    You there! Uh... Tomozaki, was it?
[05:43] ---
    Explain!
[05:44] ---
    Huh?!
[05:45] ---
    Good luck, Tomozaki!
[05:46] ---
    What--? "Good luck"?
[05:48] ---
    Um, well, the thing is--
[05:49] ---
    What's everyone all worked up about?
[05:51] ---
    Hey, Nakamu, check this out!
    Tomozaki is hilarious!
[05:55] ---
    Oh? He is, is he?
[05:59] ---
    So what is it?
[06:00] ---
    Tell us all about it, Tomozaki.
[06:01] ---
    It's just, um...
[06:03] ---
    Nanami said I got here early,
[06:06] ---
    to which I replied, "No reason,"
[06:08] ---
    and she said, "I get that."
[06:10] ---
    And when I said I was impressed by
    the empathy of teenage girls today,
[06:14] ---
    Nanami started laughing.
[06:17] ---
    Right, right!
[06:18] ---
    And?
[06:20] ---
    Is that it?
[06:21] ---
    Yeah.
[06:23] ---
    That's not funny at all. Right?
[06:25] ---
    Nope! Not in the slightest.
[06:27] ---
    Seriously? All three of you
    have a busted sense of humor.
[06:31] ---
    No, dude, you're the weirdo.
[06:33] ---
    What? Nakamu, you meanie!
[06:35] ---
    What's so weird about me, huh?
[06:37] ---
    Hey! Are you listening to me? Nakamu!
[06:39] ---
    Let's put it to a vote, then:
[06:41] ---
    Who thinks Mimimi was the weird one here?
[06:43] ---
    Me!
[06:44] ---
    That's three votes.
[06:46] ---
    Okay, who thinks I'm the weirdo?
[06:48] ---
    Me!
[06:49] ---
    Me, me, me! Me, me, me, me, me!
[06:51] ---
    Natsubayashi's been
    acting strange all this time.
[06:51] ---
    Say it all you want--it won't change anything.
[06:54] ---
    What even is this? What's happening?
[06:57] ---
    I'm not too sure myself, but if
    Natsubayashi's the only one not voting,
[07:00] ---
    it's going to get real uncomfortable.
[07:02] ---
    Then I won't vote, either.
[07:05] ---
    Me!
[07:07] ---
    Put me down with Mimimi here.
[07:09] ---
    Nobody asked you, Aoi.
[07:12] ---
    What? Why not? I was listening,
    too, you know.
[07:15] ---
    I mean, c'mon, Shuji...
[07:17] ---
    You're the one who lost to Tomozaki in Tackfam.
[07:26] ---
    Just 'cause you're still salty doesn't mean
    you can pick on him like this.
[07:29] ---
    Petty much?
[07:30] ---
    No wonder Shimano dumped you.
[07:33] ---
    "Younger guys are sooo not worth it."
[07:36] ---
    Ha!
[07:39] ---
    You sound just like her!
[07:41] ---
    Hey!
[07:42] ---
    Shut up, dammit!
[07:46] ---
    Tch...
[07:49] ---
    Okay, so that's two votes: me and Mimimi.
[07:52] ---
    Who else?
[07:53] ---
    I vote for Nakamura, too.
[07:55] ---
    Hey, that's playing dirty!
[07:58] ---
    And so does Tama!
[08:00] ---
    We have four votes! So Shuji's the one
    with the weird sense of humor.
[08:04] ---
    Thanks for playing, Nakamu!
[08:05] ---
    Tch. Guess there's no arguing
    with a majority vote.
[08:08] ---
    Now, you'll be wanting revenge.
[08:10] ---
    Why not challenge Tomozaki in Tackfam again?
[08:13] ---
    All right, fine!
[08:15] ---
    Just you wait, Tomozaki.
[08:17] ---
    Oh, uh, yeah. Sounds good.
[08:23] ---
    And then he turned into,
    like, a total yikes-fest...
[08:25] ---
    Thanks for that, Aoi.
[08:27] ---
    You were really cool!
[08:30] ---
    Don't mention it, Hanabi.
[08:32] ---
    I was just about to ruin everything again.
[08:35] ---
    Yeah, your face is like an open book.
[08:38] ---
    Great job out there, Tama!
[08:40] ---
    You did good, kid!
[08:44] ---
    Whoa, Minmi! Not there!
[08:48] ---
    H-Hey, c'mon! Stop that, Minmi!
[08:49] ---
    Would you prefer here?
[08:50] ---
    What in the...?
[08:51] ---
    Hey, Mimimi, this is too much!
[08:54] ---
    Hmm... I didn't expect to hear that from you.
[08:57] ---
    Hah!
[08:59] ---
    H-Hey, now!
[09:01] ---
    Let's see here... isn't our Aoi ticklish
[09:04] ---
    right... about... here?
[09:08] ---
    S-Stop that, Mimimi!
[09:11] ---
    What? What? What? What?!
[09:19] ---
    Now do you give up?
[09:20] ---
    Man! I really am no match for you.
[09:23] ---
    Hey!
[09:25] ---
    Enough of your sexual harassment!
[09:26] ---
    Still as stuck on Aoi as ever, I see.
[09:29] ---
    No, I am not!
[09:31] ---
    Still... I wanted to thank you, too, Minmi.
[09:35] ---
    For what? Gee, you sure say
    some complicated stuff sometimes.
[09:41] ---
    Try me again tama-rrow!
[09:42] ---
    Forget all that! Just let me thank you!
[09:46] ---
    Um... Hinami?
[09:50] ---
    You really saved my skin
    back there. Thanks.
[09:53] ---
    No biggie!
[09:55] ---
    You know, Tomozaki,
    you're funnier than I thought.
[09:58] ---
    I was in the background listening and laughing!
[10:00] ---
    It was like he was on some kinda talk show!
[10:05] ---
    It wasn't that funny, Nanami.
[10:07] ---
    Sorry, sorry! Oh, and you can call me "Mimimi."
[10:10] ---
    Huh?!
[10:11] ---
    I think our teachers are the only
    ones left who call her "Nanami."
[10:15] ---
    What about you, Hanabi?
[10:17] ---
    Whatever.
[10:19] ---
    So... "Tama"?
[10:20] ---
    Um, why "Tama," anyway?
[10:24] ---
    Your name's Hanabi Natsubayashi, right?
[10:26] ---
    'Cause we say "Tamaya!" when
    we see great fireworks--AKA hanabi!
[10:31] ---
    And it's cute. Like her!
[10:33] ---
    Right! You're fine with it, right, Tama?
[10:35] ---
    Tama!
[10:36] ---
    Don't mess around with people's names!
[10:41] ---
    You know how I was teasing Nakamura earlier?
[10:41] ---
    "Sewing Room 2"
[10:43] ---
    That had to be done.
[10:46] ---
    It did?
[10:47] ---
    He's really holding a grudge
    against you for his Tackfam defeat.
[10:52] ---
    Enough that people are tiptoeing around it.
[10:54] ---
    He's a key member of our class,
[10:56] ---
    so if he's rude to you,
    you'll wind up on shaky ground.
[11:00] ---
    "Ultimate Goal
    To be as satisfied with offline life as I am"
[11:00] ---
    And that's bad news if
    you want to be successful IRL.
[11:03] ---
    So we had to set off his emotion-bomb
    as soon as we could.
[11:08] ---
    "Set off"?
[11:09] ---
    Yeah--just by saying it out loud in front
    of everyone and making it into a joke.
[11:15] ---
    You make it sound easy, but...
[11:17] ---
    Most likely I'm the only one
    who could have pulled it off.
[11:20] ---
    No one else has the guts.
[11:22] ---
    Yikes. She's fairly terrifying.
[11:25] ---
    In any case, you were a big help. Thanks.
[11:28] ---
    Sure thing.
[11:29] ---
    Anything else you might have
    picked up on today?
[11:32] ---
    That I'm an awful conversationalist, maybe?
[11:35] ---
    Like, I don't know the right things to say.
[11:37] ---
    But the home ec room
    got pretty lively, didn't it?
[11:41] ---
    For someone just starting out, I'd say
    today's field practice was a huge success.
[11:45] ---
    Seriously?!
[11:46] ---
    But you totally whiffed the rest of it.
[11:49] ---
    First Kikuchi sees you grinning under your mask,
[11:52] ---
    then you blow your nose without
    even trying to be discreet.
[11:55] ---
    You're the lowest of the low.
[11:57] ---
    You could be at the earth's core,
    and that still wouldn't be low enough!
[12:00] ---
    Hinami's carrot-stick swapping
    is giving me whiplash.
[12:03] ---
    Any other concerns?
[12:06] ---
    Let me see...
[12:08] ---
    That thing with Tama.
[12:10] ---
    She seemed kind of off.
[12:13] ---
    Ah. She's extremely stubborn--
    or sincere, perhaps.
[12:17] ---
    She won't go along with a
    certain mood just to get along.
[12:20] ---
    Mimimi and I really like that about her,
[12:24] ---
    but she's a bad match for people like Nakamura,
[12:27] ---
    who wind up controlling
    the conversational tone.
[12:31] ---
    They've had their little spats.
[12:33] ---
    I'm sure Nakamura means no ill will--
[12:36] ---
    he just wants her to go with the flow for once.
[12:39] ---
    Aha. Sounds like a real pain.
[12:42] ---
    If only Mimimi or I could
    always be with her, but we can't.
[12:47] ---
    It's tough.
[12:48] ---
    Well, I think that's about enough for today.
[12:51] ---
    Tomorrow we'll start correcting
    your posture, so come ready!
[13:01] ---
    "Today's Task Posture"
[13:01] ---
    Your mind and body are linked.
[13:04] ---
    Improving your posture will
    change your timid state of mind.
[13:07] ---
    Uh, like this?
[13:09] ---
    Yep. Nice.
[13:13] ---
    Wh-Wh-What are you--?
[13:15] ---
    Checking your muscles.
[13:17] ---
    Can you chill? I'm just touching your butt.
[13:20] ---
    Now step away from the wall.
[13:22] ---
    R-Right.
[13:23] ---
    This is kind of hard.
[13:26] ---
    You're using muscles that you don't usually use.
[13:29] ---
    From now on, whenever you're
    standing, stand like that.
[13:32] ---
    Whenever I'm standing, huh?
[13:33] ---
    And you can take off the mask.
[13:36] ---
    But keep practicing!
[13:37] ---
    Now for an additional task:
[13:37] ---
    "Today's Task Posture"
[13:40] ---
    Talk to me and someone with me--
    Mimimi, Hanabi, a guy in my circle--
[13:45] ---
    several times over the course of the day.
[13:48] ---
    You'll keep doing this every day this week.
[13:48] ---
    "Today's Task
    Posture; join in conversations (all this week)"
[13:51] ---
    Again, you make it sound so easy.
[13:54] ---
    Hey! Posture!
[13:58] ---
    And this medium goal here...
[14:01] ---
    "Have a girlfriend before
    starting year 3"... right?
[14:05] ---
    This'll also help lay the groundwork for that.
[14:07] ---
    I want to see the reactions of these girls
    you talk to and the conversational mood
[14:11] ---
    before deciding on the next steps:
[14:14] ---
    Who should you be getting close to?
[14:16] ---
    What should you be practicing?
[14:18] ---
    You've thought about all that?
[14:20] ---
    Of course I have!
[14:22] ---
    When you're entering a boss battle,
[14:24] ---
    it's common sense to check if your level's
    high enough to handle them, right?
[14:29] ---
    True enough.
[14:30] ---
    Using game metaphors makes me
    realize we're on the same page.
[14:34] ---
    Today I'm heading home with Hashiguchi,
    Matsumoto, and Mimimi.
[14:39] ---
    Make sure you join in our conversation.
[14:41] ---
    You still doing strength training?
[14:42] ---
    Oh, yeah.
[14:44] ---
    And not just during club meetings, either!
[14:46] ---
    What are you working on?
[14:47] ---
    Pretty much everything.
[14:49] ---
    So, uh, does that include the butt muscles?
[14:54] ---
    The butt?
[14:57] ---
    Oh, I'm working on my butt, too!
[14:59] ---
    Seriously?
[15:00] ---
    Like, with at-home training?
[15:02] ---
    Yeah--you know.
[15:03] ---
    So the secret to Aoi's sizzling physique
[15:06] ---
    is all in her butt muscles!
[15:09] ---
    Sorry about that.
[15:10] ---
    And thanks.
[15:11] ---
    Don't worry about it.
[15:13] ---
    Now, just to let you know:
[15:15] ---
    You and Mimimi are both getting off at Kitayono.
[15:18] ---
    What?!
[15:19] ---
    No running away.
    Hang in there and do it right!
[15:23] ---
    I didn't know you lived in Kitayono, too.
[15:27] ---
    Uh... yeah.
[15:29] ---
    Why are you so nervous?
[15:30] ---
    Y-You sure have a lot of energy, Mimimi.
[15:33] ---
    Right?
[15:34] ---
    I intend to live my life with nothing
    but energy and a smile on my face!
[15:38] ---
    I'm not sure if that's amazing or rough.
[15:42] ---
    Why rough?
[15:43] ---
    I mean, there have to be times when
    you can't be all smiling and bubbly.
[15:47] ---
    That's when you need a smile the most!
[15:49] ---
    Or hard times'll be that much harder.
[15:52] ---
    Oh, right. Hinami was saying that
    the mind and body are linked.
[15:56] ---
    Well! Don't you two sound buddy-buddy!
[15:58] ---
    Huh?! Um, n-no!
[16:00] ---
    Y'know, I've been wondering...
[16:02] ---
    Yeah?
[16:04] ---
    Give it to me straight, Tomozaki.
[16:05] ---
    Something fishy's going on
    between you and Ao, right?
[16:08] ---
    "Fishy"?!
[16:09] ---
    You've been giving each other
    all these looks lately--
[16:13] ---
    so what's the scoop?
[16:14] ---
    There's no scoop!
[16:15] ---
    As if Aoi Hinami would have
    anything to do with the likes of me!
[16:20] ---
    That's true!
[16:21] ---
    You agreed a little too quickly.
[16:24] ---
    Good one! Y'know, you can be
    pretty funny sometimes, Tomozaki.
[16:27] ---
    Oh, hush.
[16:28] ---
    You should let your fun side shine!
    You're always so glum.
[16:33] ---
    That's none of your business.
[16:35] ---
    Besides, I'm fine not having fun all the time.
[16:40] ---
    Huh! What do you mean?
[16:41] ---
    Well... how can I put this...
[16:44] ---
    Like, fun isn't always the right answer...
    or something.
[16:47] ---
    For example, I like Tackfam, right?
[16:50] ---
    And you're super good at it, too, I hear.
[16:52] ---
    So? What about it?
[16:54] ---
    Well, it's like... I don't play Tackfam
    because I want to have fun;
[16:59] ---
    I play my very best
    because I like Tackfam itself.
[17:01] ---
    The fun is just a bonus.
[17:05] ---
    Huh. You might be a little
    like Tama in that respect.
[17:10] ---
    Like Tama?
[17:11] ---
    She won't bend--or she won't
    let herself be bent.
[17:15] ---
    Like... even in a situation where
    she'd have more fun if she did bend,
[17:20] ---
    she won't, unless she's okay with it all.
[17:22] ---
    And that's awesome!
    I totally respect her for that!
[17:25] ---
    With me, it's like, "Always be bending!"
[17:27] ---
    I bend this way and that, even bending
    over backwards to make things fun.
[17:31] ---
    What do you think? Is that admirable?
[17:33] ---
    I-I had no idea.
[17:35] ---
    I'm actually a young maiden
    with lots of worries.
[17:38] ---
    Though my worries are small
    potatoes compared to Tama's.
[17:42] ---
    Yeah, that Tama...
[17:44] ---
    She does seem to have it rough.
[17:46] ---
    Right?
[17:47] ---
    Which is why I, flexible as I am,
    am trying to protect her.
[17:51] ---
    I see. So you support each other.
[17:54] ---
    Yes, that's right: mutual support!
[17:56] ---
    Though I guess you could say
    I'm doing most of the supporting.
[18:02] ---
    Well, I'm down here. See you later!
[18:04] ---
    Oh, uh, yeah. Later.
[18:11] ---
    Looks like you did well.
[18:13] ---
    It was a topic even I could handle,
[18:15] ---
    and Mimimi just kept up the energy level.
[18:17] ---
    Maybe so.
[18:19] ---
    Still, you seem to be good
    at speaking your mind.
[18:23] ---
    Isn't everybody?
[18:26] ---
    Not necessarily.
[18:28] ---
    Take Mimimi.
[18:29] ---
    Minami is super flexible.
[18:31] ---
    Is she good at saying what's on her mind?
[18:34] ---
    Okay!
[18:35] ---
    I get it: Mimimi'd be good at
    agreeing with those around her.
[18:40] ---
    And Hanabi.
[18:41] ---
    Now, she'd have no problem
    speaking her mind.
[18:43] ---
    No!
[18:44] ---
    I can see that.
[18:46] ---
    You've talked with different types of people.
[18:48] ---
    Have you met anyone else like her?
[18:50] ---
    Now that you mention it...
[18:53] ---
    So it's actually difficult to just
    come out and say what's on your mind.
[18:58] ---
    Which is why this is, in some sense,
[18:59] ---
    your weapon, your strong point,
    your killer technique!
[19:03] ---
    If you ever find yourself in trouble,
[19:05] ---
    you can rely on that skill.
[19:07] ---
    I see...
[19:09] ---
    Anything else you noticed in the course
    of boosting your conversational XP?
[19:13] ---
    Let me see...
[19:15] ---
    What I noticed was the division
    of conversational roles.
[19:21] ---
    Check this out! I was in our
    club meeting yesterday, right?
[19:24] ---
    Mimimi always starts with phrases like
    "Check this out!" or "So yesterday?"
[19:30] ---
    In other words, she introduces new topics.
[19:33] ---
    Oh, yeah! That happened to me once.
[19:37] ---
    Then there's someone who
    expands on the topic.
[19:40] ---
    You're often the one who
    fills that role in this group.
[19:44] ---
    Though everyone in the
    conversation builds on the topic,
[19:48] ---
    it's mostly a select few members, like you
    or Mimimi, who start something new.
[19:54] ---
    In short, for a conversation to go smoothly,
[19:57] ---
    you need two things:
[19:59] ---
    to introduce new topics and
    to expand on existing topics.
[20:02] ---
    HEXactly!
[20:04] ---
    Now you just have to think about
    how to get good at those two aspects!
[20:09] ---
    Waaait, wait, wait, wait.
    That's twice you've said "hexactly"!
[20:13] ---
    What is that?
[20:17] ---
    She clammed up.
[20:19] ---
    Well, now that I've said it twice... I give up.
[20:22] ---
    It's a habit of mine.
[20:23] ---
    "Go Go Oinko"
[20:24] ---
    A line from a retro game I liked
    when I was little, Go Go Oinko.
[20:29] ---
    It makes you think it's just
    some character spin-off,
[20:32] ---
    but it had a proper story and everything,
[20:34] ---
    with an "is fighting justified?" theme.
[20:36] ---
    But setting all that aside, kids really
    went wild for its unique game world.
[20:41] ---
    And those adorable characters!
[20:42] ---
    It was really a fantastic piece of work!
[20:44] ---
    That's so correct, I think
    I've been hexed! Hexactly!
[20:46] ---
    Oh, Oinko!
[20:48] ---
    I remember now. So you're a fan?
[20:51] ---
    You know Oinko?! I expected
    nothing less from Japan's top gamer!
[20:54] ---
    Hardly anyone's heard of it--
    and it was so famous, too!
[21:01] ---
    Let's get back on topic.
[21:05] ---
    To improve your conversational skills,
[21:06] ---
    "Introduce new topics"
    "Expand on topics"
[21:08] ---
    practice introducing new topics
    and expanding on the topic at hand.
[21:11] ---
    Just those two.
[21:16] ---
    Here.
[21:17] ---
    Flashcards?
[21:21] ---
    "Nakajima in group 1:
    The little-brother story"
[21:25] ---
    "The scene I laughed at
    in ep. 3 of 'My Secret Father'"
[21:28] ---
    "Matsumoto in group 2:
    The strength-training story"
[21:31] ---
    You memorized these topics?
[21:35] ---
    That way, you'll never run out
    of things to talk about.
[21:38] ---
    You can have this, too.
[21:40] ---
    A pocket recorder?
[21:41] ---
    I've recorded our entire
    conversation here today.
[21:45] ---
    What?!
[21:47] ---
    Give it a listen.
[21:48] ---
    It's good to get a feel for how you talk.
[21:51] ---
    Y-Yeah, all right.
[21:54] ---
    Now, about our plans for Saturday.
[21:57] ---
    Huh? But we don't have school on Saturdays.
[22:00] ---
    All the more reason!
    I have no club activities, either.
[22:03] ---
    We'll meet at Omiya Station at 11 AM.
[22:07] ---
    You'll be spending the day with me.

E3 - When a girl's your first friend, life feels like a date for a while

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[00:02] ---
    Sorry!
[00:04] ---
    I'm sorry I'm late.
[00:06] ---
    Hmm.
[00:08] ---
    Well, judging by your decent appearance,
    you actually made an effort.
[00:12] ---
    I'll let it slide--this time.
[00:15] ---
    You've made some progress!
[00:17] ---
    Compared to our first offline meeting, that is.
[00:21] ---
    Oh, shut up.
[00:23] ---
    Listen, uh...
[00:24] ---
    What exactly is our goal here today?
[00:27] ---
    Hey, wait--
[00:29] ---
    What's that look for?
[00:47] ---
    "Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki"
[02:04] ---
    "Lv. 3: When a girl's your first friend,
    life feels like a date for a while"
[02:05] ---
    And so,
[02:07] ---
    today is all about hacks for
    fashion-deprived folks like you,
[02:09] ---
    shortcuts to throwing together
    a well-coordinated outfit.
[02:12] ---
    This is character creation, phase 2.
[02:15] ---
    Huh...
[02:16] ---
    Now, let's see. We'll start with...
[02:19] ---
    ...that.
[02:21] ---
    A mannequin?
[02:22] ---
    Right. Multiple employees put thought
    into dressing that mannequin.
[02:26] ---
    Think of it as the store's billboard.
[02:29] ---
    Buy the entire outfit off a mannequin
[02:32] ---
    and you're basically borrowing
    a pro's fashion sense.
[02:35] ---
    When you're new,
    do what the old hands do.
[02:39] ---
    That's a cardinal rule of gaming, right?
[02:41] ---
    True enough.
[02:42] ---
    It happens in Tackfam, too.
[02:44] ---
    Sure does. Now: pick one.
[02:47] ---
    Jeez, just like that? I mean...
[02:49] ---
    I-It's not that easy.
[02:55] ---
    Okay... how about this?
[03:01] ---
    Hmm. That might work...
[03:04] ---
    Now go ask an employee
    if you can try them on.
[03:07] ---
    T-Try them? You mean I can't
    just buy this outfit as is?
[03:10] ---
    It's a matter of sizing.
[03:16] ---
    Hey, boss? What's our next outfit for this one?
[03:19] ---
    Why so nervous?
[03:21] ---
    Just say: "I'd like to try on
    this mannequin's outfit."
[03:25] ---
    And make it snappy!
[03:26] ---
    R-Right.
[03:27] ---
    I'd like to try on that mannequin's outfit.
    I'd like to try on that mannequin's outfit.
[03:31] ---
    Um, excuse me!
[03:32] ---
    Yes? Can I help you find something?
[03:35] ---
    Er, um, well...
[03:38] ---
    I'd like that mannequin!
[03:40] ---
    Huh? You... want to buy the mannequin?
[03:42] ---
    No! Well, yes, but... no, not exactly!
[03:43] ---
    Buying a mannequin. Give me a break.
[03:48] ---
    So what kind of training
    are we going to do here?
[03:48] ---
    "Cheesefest"
[03:51] ---
    This is just lunch.
[03:53] ---
    We have some time before
    your hair appointment.
[03:55] ---
    M-My hair appointment?!
[03:56] ---
    Keep your voice down.
[03:58] ---
    Oh. Sorry.
[03:59] ---
    Have you decided what
    you're going to order?
[04:02] ---
    Let's see... Maybe the tomato-cheese
    Hamburg steak combo.
[04:06] ---
    Yeah. That looks good, too.
[04:09] ---
    Hey, Fumiya Tomozaki.
[04:12] ---
    I have a proposal to make.
[04:14] ---
    Um... sure.
[04:15] ---
    Huh?
[04:16] ---
    I'll order this cheese-stuffed Hamburg
    steak with Japanese-style sauce.
[04:21] ---
    We'll split that and your tomato-cheese
    one and each share both.
[04:25] ---
    How does that sound?
[04:29] ---
    That's fine, but, uh...
[04:32] ---
    You must really like cheese.
[04:35] ---
    And why not? I can like whatever I want!
[04:39] ---
    Hey, did you listen to that pocket recorder?
[04:42] ---
    Yeah, I did.
[04:44] ---
    Notice anything?
[04:46] ---
    Yeah...
[04:47] ---
    My voice--or maybe the way I talk.
[04:50] ---
    It was totally different.
[04:53] ---
    Kind of surprised me.
[04:55] ---
    I just keep on mumbling on, huh.
[04:57] ---
    But if you heard it yourself,
    noticed it, you can correct it.
[05:01] ---
    I... I can?
[05:03] ---
    You rely too much on words.
[05:06] ---
    On words?
[05:07] ---
    You chime in with different phrases
    like, "I see" and "Oh, right,"
[05:13] ---
    but always with the same tone.
[05:16] ---
    That's why it sounds like you're muttering.
[05:19] ---
    I see.
[05:20] ---
    Since you don't use facial
    expressions or gestures,
[05:23] ---
    you aren't getting your emotions across.
[05:25] ---
    So here's a task for you:
[05:26] ---
    When giving conversational
    feedback over lunch here,
[05:30] ---
    use only short, vowel-based utterances.
[05:33] ---
    Huh? Like what?
[05:35] ---
    Like this:
[05:36] ---
    Eh?
[05:37] ---
    Eek!
[05:38] ---
    Ooh...
[05:39] ---
    Whoa!
[05:40] ---
    Wow!
[05:42] ---
    You're good.
[05:44] ---
    With fewer words available for use,
[05:45] ---
    you'll have to convey your emotions
    through expression, gestures,
[05:48] ---
    and tone of voice.
[05:50] ---
    And we'll start right now!
[05:52] ---
    Uh... uh-huh.
[05:54] ---
    Yep! Just like that.
[05:56] ---
    Yay.
[05:58] ---
    And why not act like an idiot?
[06:00] ---
    Eh?
[06:01] ---
    You're doing great.
[06:02] ---
    Maybe this could be your treat--as thanks.
[06:04] ---
    Hey!
[06:05] ---
    Sorry about the wait!
[06:06] ---
    First, the tomato-chee--
[06:08] ---
    Huh? Tomo... zaki?
[06:13] ---
    Eh?
[06:14] ---
    Ki... Kikuchi?
[06:18] ---
    What? No way! Fuka?
[06:21] ---
    I didn't know you worked here!
[06:23] ---
    Um... yes.
[06:24] ---
    Hello, Hinami.
[06:26] ---
    Wow, what a coincidence!
[06:30] ---
    Here you go.
[06:32] ---
    Thanks.
[06:33] ---
    So you two are friends.
    I didn't see that coming.
[06:36] ---
    Oh, yeah! It all started in home ec class.
[06:41] ---
    Uh... uh-huh.
[06:42] ---
    Is that so!
[06:44] ---
    Oh, pardon me!
[06:47] ---
    Take your time, now. Enjoy!
[06:55] ---
    That was a surprise.
[06:56] ---
    It certainly was.
[06:58] ---
    Still, all this time I've
    been thinking: "Maybe..."
[07:03] ---
    "Maybe" what?
[07:04] ---
    And now I have my answer!
[07:07] ---
    Fuka Kikuchi.
[07:09] ---
    She'll be the first heroine
    of your playthrough!
[07:12] ---
    Wait, what does that even mean?!
[07:14] ---
    Just what it sounds like.
[07:15] ---
    We'll work to make Fuka your girlfriend.
[07:19] ---
    G-G-G-Girlfriend?!
[07:22] ---
    She has the most promise of all
    the girls you've spoken to so far.
[07:27] ---
    Remember when you tried
    to bum a tissue off Yuzu?
[07:31] ---
    Yeah...
[07:32] ---
    Fuka had her tissues out
    even before Yuzu asked.
[07:37] ---
    And that's reason enough?!
[07:39] ---
    If that were all, you might think
    Fuka's just nice to everyone.
[07:44] ---
    But when she brought out our food,
    she said your name first.
[07:47] ---
    Well, sure, it's not unusual
    to say hi to a classmate.
[07:51] ---
    Even when I'm here?
[07:53] ---
    Huh?
[07:53] ---
    I'm kind of a big deal
    at our school, you know.
[07:58] ---
    When I'm part of a group,
    people greet me by name right off the bat.
[08:04] ---
    Wow. Confident much?
[08:06] ---
    Besides, wouldn't you normally greet
    the person of your own gender first
[08:09] ---
    in a situation like this?
[08:11] ---
    That... might be true, yes.
[08:14] ---
    I don't know why, but she's
    definitely interested in you.
[08:18] ---
    I-I don't even know if I like her--
    and I have to make her my girlfriend?
[08:24] ---
    I think Fuka's really cute. What about you?
[08:28] ---
    Um, well... yeah, she's cute.
[08:31] ---
    There you go, then.
[08:33] ---
    You're interested because she's cute,
    so you get involved
[08:36] ---
    and find out for sure if you really like her.
[08:39] ---
    What's so weird about that?
[08:41] ---
    Or would you rather... quit?
[08:46] ---
    Frankly, this all feels a little dishonest.
[08:51] ---
    I don't even know if I'll like her.
[08:53] ---
    But...
[08:55] ---
    I made up my mind to play
    this game of life like I mean it.
[08:59] ---
    I'll do it!
[09:02] ---
    That's our nanashi!
[09:04] ---
    Now, then: Shall we eat?
[09:06] ---
    It's a little cold by now.
[09:09] ---
    Hey, how about we order dessert after?
[09:13] ---
    Dessert, huh?
[09:14] ---
    Oh... You want cheesecake, don't you?
[09:20] ---
    Ow!
[09:20] ---
    "Cheesefest"
    "New York-Style Cheesecake"
[09:20] ---
    Wrong-o, buster. I want
    New York-Style cheesecake.
[09:28] ---
    Amazing places, hair salons.
[09:30] ---
    Now even I look stylish.
[09:32] ---
    Hey.
[09:34] ---
    What are you doing?
[09:36] ---
    Oh, um... I was just...
[09:38] ---
    Listen, Fumiya...
[09:42] ---
    "Sewing Room 2"
[09:45] ---
    Morning, Hinami!
[09:45] ---
    Listen to this!
[09:47] ---
    What's all the fuss about
    so early in the morning?
[09:50] ---
    I might have cleared my small goal!
[09:53] ---
    Oh, so somebody said something!
[09:55] ---
    Someone in your family?
[09:56] ---
    Yeah: my little sister, last night.
[10:00] ---
    Did you read a book on de-geekifying,
    maybe finding some sex appeal?
[10:03] ---
    See?
[10:05] ---
    Yes.
[10:06] ---
    Well, you may have attained your goal...
[10:11] ---
    ...but you seem awfully pleased
    by what your sister said.
[10:13] ---
    Hey, a goal cleared
    is a goal cleared, right?
[10:16] ---
    Very well.
SIGN    "Small Goal Get a family member or friend to ask, 'Do you have a girlfriend'"
[10:18] ---
    First goal: achieved.
[10:22] ---
    Congratulations!
[10:24] ---
    Good for you.
[10:25] ---
    Uh, thanks.
[10:28] ---
    But I'm just mimicking
    a mannequin with my clothes,
[10:31] ---
    and my hair's all thanks to that salon.
[10:33] ---
    Yes, that's true.
[10:35] ---
    But you had the resolve
    to trust me and do as I say.
[10:40] ---
    Your efforts to correct your expression
    and posture are paying off, too.
[10:45] ---
    You may not have met this goal all on your own,
[10:48] ---
    but you did go after the results
    with your own two hands.
[10:52] ---
    Give yourself some credit!
[10:55] ---
    Hinami...
[11:00] ---
    All right!
[11:01] ---
    Now for your next small goal:
SIGN    "Small Goal Go somewhere with a girl from school (not me), just the 2 of you"
[11:04] ---
    Go somewhere with a girl
    from school who isn't me--
[11:07] ---
    just the two of you.
[11:09] ---
    What?! M-Me, out alone with a girl?
[11:12] ---
    Isn't that b-basically a d-d-d-date?
[11:16] ---
    Not even a middle-schooler would
    say that--not in this day and age.
[11:20] ---
    Seriously?
[11:21] ---
    And with that, your task for today--
[11:24] ---
    or actually, for every day this week:
SIGN    "Have a girlfriend before starting year 3 Today's Task (every day this week) Talk to Yuzu Izumi at least 2x a day"
[11:27] ---
    Talk to Yuzu Izumi at least twice a day.
[11:30] ---
    Waaait, wait, wait! Why Izumi?
[11:33] ---
    I thought you said Kikuchi was
    the heroine of this playthrough!
[11:35] ---
    Yeah, that's right.
[11:37] ---
    But real life isn't like a dating sim.
[11:40] ---
    "Affection UP"
[11:41] ---
    Raise your affection level with a given girl
[11:43] ---
    and it goes up with the other girls, too.
[11:45] ---
    "Possessiveness"
[11:46] ---
    It can also make them feel possessive--
[11:49] ---
    and even improve your status as a male.
[11:52] ---
    B-But isn't that...
[11:54] ---
    It doesn't feel... sincere.
[11:56] ---
    Look, it's way too early for a loner
    like you to be worrying about that.
[12:01] ---
    Save it for when you're in
    a serious relationship.
[12:07] ---
    Fine.
[12:09] ---
    I'll talk to Izumi twice every day this week.
[12:12] ---
    Okay?
[12:18] ---
    Morning!
[12:18] ---
    Good morning.
[12:19] ---
    I'm so sleepy...
[12:23] ---
    Oh, um... Izumi?
[12:26] ---
    Eh? Tomozaki? What is it?
[12:28] ---
    What do you want?
[12:29] ---
    Our, uh, English translation assignment...
[12:32] ---
    You know, when that name "Marcus Pudi"
    popped up out of nowhere?
[12:37] ---
    Wasn't that funny?
[12:39] ---
    Huh? "Marcus"...?
[12:42] ---
    I mean, I haven't done
    the assignment yet, so...
[12:45] ---
    Oh.
[12:47] ---
    Oh, okay.
[12:49] ---
    Is that all?
[12:50] ---
    Um, yeah. Sorry.
[12:53] ---
    It's fine.
[12:55] ---
    Are we done here?
[12:57] ---
    Um, actually...
[12:58] ---
    Er...
[13:00] ---
    No, uh... it's nothing.
[13:03] ---
    Ah.
[13:05] ---
    What the hell was that?
[13:07] ---
    This is hopeless.
[13:09] ---
    What am I doing, getting all full of myself?
SIGN    "You awake? I might be about 10 min. late to our meeting tomorrow morning in Sewing Room 2" "Roger" "TWICE a day"
[13:13] ---
    Seriously, Hinami?
[13:16] ---
    Man, what a long day.
[13:17] ---
    Off to my club meeting!
[13:23] ---
    See you later!
[13:24] ---
    Oh! Um, Izu--
[13:33] ---
    The way you spoke and your
    expression got passing marks--barely.
[13:36] ---
    Had Yuzu done the assignment,
    you would've had a proper conversation.
[13:40] ---
    You think so?
[13:43] ---
    So keep up the fight tomorrow--
    and the rest of the week.
[13:46] ---
    But...
[13:47] ---
    What now?
[13:49] ---
    I mean...
[13:50] ---
    It's just that... well...
[13:52] ---
    Ugh! Enough! Shut up!
[13:55] ---
    See? You're still doing your
    posture training--even now!
[13:56] ---
    Hey! Ow! Wh-what's the big idea?!
[13:59] ---
    You're the kind of person who can put
    in effort and tackle a challenge, right?
[14:01] ---
    Now, I'm not saying that all effort pays off,
[14:04] ---
    but effort aimed toward a goal like this
[14:07] ---
    absolutely will pay off if you do it right!
[14:10] ---
    Just keep at it!
[14:12] ---
    R-Right.
[14:14] ---
    Now think about what you've done.
[14:16] ---
    Right now your cursed gear
    has you poisoned and confused.
[14:21] ---
    That bad, huh?
[14:25] ---
    All right.
[14:27] ---
    At this point...
[14:30] ---
    I'll give it my best shot!
[14:38] ---
    You're too uptight! Chill out, would you?
[14:51] ---
    Show an interest in
    the person you're talking to!
[15:01] ---
    If you're stuck for a topic, talk about
    her clothes or the look on her face.
[15:07] ---
    Morning, Erika. Hi, Mao.
[15:09] ---
    Morning.
[15:10] ---
    Morning.
[15:12] ---
    G-Good morning, Izumi.
[15:14] ---
    Oh, good morning.
[15:15] ---
    Say, is that a different cardigan?
[15:18] ---
    Huh? No, this is the one I always wear.
[15:20] ---
    Oh, it is, huh...
[15:28] ---
    Quota: filled.
[15:30] ---
    I'm beat.
[15:34] ---
    Tomozaki?
[15:38] ---
    K-Kikuchi?! What are you doing here?
[15:41] ---
    You're always here when it's time
    to change classrooms, aren't you?
[15:46] ---
    Oh, er...
[15:48] ---
    Yeah.
[15:50] ---
    I come here, too.
[15:52] ---
    So I'm always like,
    "Oh, there's Tomozaki again."
[15:56] ---
    Oh, really?
[15:58] ---
    I'm sorry. I must have been
    focused on something else.
[16:01] ---
    I was really just pretending to read
    while coming up with Tackfam strategies.
[16:06] ---
    So you like Michael Andi?
[16:09] ---
    Huh?
[16:10] ---
    You're always reading his books.
[16:12] ---
    "Ebi daite!" "Mozun rekuku!"
    What is this? A spell? A code?
[16:12] ---
    "Ebi daite!" "Mozun rekuku!"
[16:16] ---
    I've just been grabbing a book from
    the closest shelf to my usual seat...
[16:20] ---
    I do, too.
[16:23] ---
    Andi's books...
[16:25] ---
    I'm a big fan.
[16:27] ---
    Wow, you are? What a coincidence!
[16:30] ---
    Yes, it really is!
[16:32] ---
    Isn't this just like The Popples on Raptor Isle?
[16:35] ---
    R-Raptor what now?
[16:38] ---
    Oh, you haven't read it yet?
[16:41] ---
    I see. They don't have it in this library.
[16:44] ---
    Y-Yeah, right. They don't.
[16:46] ---
    It's hard to come by!
[16:49] ---
    It hasn't been reprinted ever since
    it was translated 20 years back.
[16:54] ---
    Very few places have it.
[16:57] ---
    R-Right, yeah. Totally.
[17:01] ---
    Say, Tomozaki?
[17:03] ---
    I've never had a conversation like this before.
[17:08] ---
    I'm glad.
[17:11] ---
    Same here.
[17:16] ---
    I think I can tell you...
[17:17] ---
    Huh? Wh-What?
[17:21] ---
    The truth is, I'm actually...
[17:25] ---
    Eh?
[17:26] ---
    I-I'm... writing a n-novel.
[17:31] ---
    Maybe you could read it
    and tell me what you think?
[17:35] ---
    You're... writing a novel?
[17:38] ---
    Y-Yes... that's right.
[17:40] ---
    Oh... um...
[17:44] ---
    I understand. It wasn't fair
    to spring it on you like that.
[17:50] ---
    N-No! It's totally fine! No trouble at all!
[17:55] ---
    Do you mean it?
[17:57] ---
    If you think I could help!
[17:59] ---
    I'll bring it with me next time, then.
[18:01] ---
    G-Great.
[18:02] ---
    Um, can you keep this between us?
[18:06] ---
    I haven't shown it to anyone yet.
[18:08] ---
    Huh? Are you sure you want to show me?
[18:13] ---
    Uh-huh. You of all people...
[18:16] ---
    Well, bye!
[18:20] ---
    Tomozaki?
[18:22] ---
    Ebi daite!
[18:26] ---
    "Ebi daite!" "Mozun rekuku!"
[18:28] ---
    M-Mozun rekuku?
[18:36] ---
    "Mozun rekuku," eh?
[18:36] ---
    "Sewing Room 2"
[18:38] ---
    "mozun rekuku" "Search"
[18:41] ---
    Huh. It's like some kind of secret handshake.
[18:44] ---
    You've got a crazy amount of potential here.
[18:47] ---
    No way. Me?
[18:49] ---
    Don't you think it's rude to poor Fuka,
[18:53] ---
    denying her affection
    like some kind of masochist?
[18:57] ---
    Maybe it is.
[18:58] ---
    Not that I've told Hinami, but I did
    promise to take a look at that novel.
[19:04] ---
    I screwed up, didn't I?
[19:07] ---
    However so?
[19:09] ---
    I never read those books.
[19:12] ---
    Rather than just tell her as much,
    I let her misunderstand.
[19:15] ---
    Hey, an in is an in. It's what
    comes next that's important.
[19:20] ---
    If you and Fuka go on a date and have fun
[19:22] ---
    with the author having nothing to do with it,
[19:25] ---
    isn't that the essence of your relationship?
[19:27] ---
    But isn't it...
[19:29] ---
    Isn't that being insincere?
[19:31] ---
    Not that again.
[19:33] ---
    Ultimately, you're the one making the call.
[19:36] ---
    But don't turn this whole "sincerity"
    thing into an excuse to run away.
[19:42] ---
    All that aside, let's look at this week's task.
[19:42] ---
    "Today's Task (every day this week)
    Talk to Yuzu Izumi at least 2x a day"
[19:46] ---
    I failed, didn't I?
[19:49] ---
    "Today's Task (every day this week)
    Talk to Yuzu Izumi at least 2x a day"
[19:49] ---
    You did the work, so you passed.
[19:53] ---
    Seriously?!
SIGN    "Fumiya Tomozaki" "Yuzu Izumi" "Talk" "Today's Task" "Think" "Skills" "Observe" "Back Row"
[19:54] ---
    In game terms,
[19:57] ---
    you failed your conversation with Yuzu and lost.
[20:00] ---
    That means you got a game over.
[20:04] ---
    But when it comes time to try again,
[20:06] ---
    you can either start over
    from the very beginning
[20:09] ---
    or pick up where you left off.
[20:13] ---
    Which kind of game over
    do you think this one was?
[20:17] ---
    The... pick-up-where-I left-off kind.
[20:20] ---
    HEXactly!
[20:21] ---
    There it is again.
[20:22] ---
    In the game of life,
    you're better off keeping up the fight.
[20:27] ---
    Hmm. I suppose so.
[20:29] ---
    But that's not what's really important.
[20:33] ---
    There's one thing that makes
    life's game overs entirely unique.
[20:38] ---
    Entirely unique?
[20:40] ---
    In life, you gain experience
    when you lose a battle!
[20:48] ---
    You're done earning XP with Yuzu for now.
[20:51] ---
    You ought to be level 3 by now!
[20:55] ---
    Still only 3, huh?
[21:06] ---
    Izumi?
[21:09] ---
    I've finished my task.
    I don't need to talk to her...
[21:14] ---
    H-Hey there.
[21:18] ---
    Tomozaki?
[21:21] ---
    Did you want something?
[21:23] ---
    Well, um...
[21:24] ---
    Damn! I'm out of topics!
[21:28] ---
    What?
[21:30] ---
    If I don't have anything to talk about...
[21:32] ---
    If you're stuck for a topic, talk about
    her clothes or the look on her face.
[21:38] ---
    You're looking gloomy, Izumi.
[21:40] ---
    What?! How dare you! I am not, either!
[21:43] ---
    S-S-Sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't mean--
[21:48] ---
    It's no use.
[21:49] ---
    I'm done taking the initiative.
[21:51] ---
    At level 3, what good am I, anyway?
[21:55] ---
    You're good at Tackfam, aren't you?
[21:57] ---
    Eh?
[21:59] ---
    Teach me.
[22:00] ---
    Teach you what?
[22:03] ---
    Ugh! Jeez!
[22:04] ---
    I'm asking you to teach me how to play Tackfam!
[22:10] ---
    Huh?

E4 - Sometimes you conquer a dungeon only to find a strong boss back in your village

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[00:06] ---
    I used to walk home with Shuji a lot,
[00:09] ---
    but lately he's always practicing
    Tackfam after school.
[00:13] ---
    So he can beat me, I'm sure.
[00:16] ---
    When I told him I'd play, too, he said
    I was too weak, not worth his time.
[00:21] ---
    I'd just get in his way.
[00:23] ---
    That's why I bought my own copy,
    so I can practice on my own.
[00:27] ---
    But you're not seeing much improvement?
[00:32] ---
    That Shuji... he just doesn't get it!
[00:35] ---
    You know that Erika girl?
[00:36] ---
    She told Shuji she liked him,
    and he blew her off!
[00:39] ---
    That Erika!
[00:41] ---
    Erika Konno.
[00:42] ---
    Member of Team Necktie and a
    leader type in Izumi's friend group.
[00:47] ---
    But Shuji's always hanging out with me, right?
[00:50] ---
    So I thought maybe he liked me.
[00:53] ---
    I mean, can you blame me?
[00:55] ---
    But he was all like "Shut up" and
    "Quit following me around"...
[00:58] ---
    What do you think?
[01:00] ---
    Ah, to be young.
[01:03] ---
    Let's see...
[01:04] ---
    You want me to teach you how to play Tackfam
[01:08] ---
    so you can take on Nakamura, then?
[01:13] ---
    But where are we going to practice?
[01:18] ---
    My place!
[01:19] ---
    Huh?!
[01:21] ---
    Wha-a-at?
[01:37] ---
    "Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki"
[02:55] ---
    "Lv. 4: Sometimes you conquer a dungeon only
    to find a strong boss back in your village"
[02:59] ---
    No way...
[03:01] ---
    What even was that?
[03:03] ---
    Those moves of yours were super creepy!
[03:06] ---
    You were moving like a textbook beginner.
[03:09] ---
    Always unleashing these moves
    that have huge openings
[03:13] ---
    and never watching what I'm doing.
[03:15] ---
    Um... what?
[03:17] ---
    You're pretty good at the fundamentals;
    the problem is your neutral game.
[03:21] ---
    If you used more normal attacks
    rather than specials...
[03:21] ---
    Hey, uh, Tomozaki...
    you're freaking me out.
[03:25] ---
    Izumi!
[03:27] ---
    Y-Yeah?
[03:29] ---
    I know what I'm going to have you do.
[03:34] ---
    Okay, so: Normally when
    you jump, it's like this.
[03:37] ---
    But a short press of the Jump
    button gets you a short hop.
[03:43] ---
    You'll need to master
    this technique to get good.
[03:47] ---
    I'll give it a try!
[03:49] ---
    Huh?
[03:51] ---
    What?
[03:52] ---
    What the--?
[03:53] ---
    That's right. It's harder than it looks.
[03:56] ---
    But if you can't pull this off,
    we won't get anywhere.
[03:59] ---
    Then I'll practice!
[04:01] ---
    In that case...
[04:02] ---
    Use this.
[04:05] ---
    A stopwatch?
[04:07] ---
    I take this with me
    everywhere I go--for practice.
[04:10] ---
    Watch.
[04:13] ---
    Huh? It's still going.
[04:14] ---
    This stopwatch is busted. Too short
    of a button-press and it won't stop.
[04:20] ---
    Now you try.
[04:21] ---
    Um, okay...
[04:26] ---
    Ugh!
[04:27] ---
    Dang it!
[04:30] ---
    So what do I do with this?
[04:32] ---
    Simple:
[04:33] ---
    Practice button-mashing
    on that stopwatch every day,
[04:36] ---
    whenever you're not with other people.
[04:40] ---
    You'll be able to pull off
    the short hop in no time at all!
[04:43] ---
    What?
[04:44] ---
    Next: practice at home.
[04:46] ---
    That's how you get results!
[04:51] ---
    True enough...
[04:53] ---
    But what's with the, er, body language?
[05:00] ---
    Uh...
[05:03] ---
    Anyway, your at-home practice
    will consist of memorization.
[05:08] ---
    Memorization?
[05:09] ---
    Here's a game I saved between two top players.
[05:13] ---
    Both of them usually main Found,
[05:17] ---
    but here, nanashi is trying out Foxy for once.
[05:21] ---
    Memorize this entire match
    so you can replicate it perfectly.
[05:27] ---
    Are you serious?!
[05:28] ---
    It's an exhaustive look at every
    key technique in the game.
[05:32] ---
    Memorize this and you should be
    good enough to take on Nakamura.
[05:37] ---
    But how do I even do all these moves?
[05:40] ---
    That's what I don't understand.
[05:42] ---
    That's all memorization, too.
[05:47] ---
    These commands show you what
    buttons to press for which move.
[05:53] ---
    And these stick figures show your character's
    position when using that move.
[05:58] ---
    The blue area is the attack's range,
    more or less,
[06:01] ---
    while the red is where you're invincible.
[06:04] ---
    You mean to tell me you've memorized all this?
[06:07] ---
    Of course.
[06:09] ---
    And not just for Foxy and Found--
    for every character.
[06:13] ---
    N-No way.
[06:14] ---
    Yep. Want me to write them down?
[06:19] ---
    I mean, it's amazing and all...
[06:21] ---
    But what's the point of
    going to all that trouble?
[06:23] ---
    The point?
[06:25] ---
    I don't play Tackfam for any particular reason.
[06:29] ---
    Not to make friends, and not to win praise.
[06:33] ---
    Really?! But it's a game!
[06:36] ---
    Well, sure.
[06:37] ---
    What do you think a game is, anyway?
[06:40] ---
    Huh? I mean...
[06:42] ---
    When you're that good,
    it's not much fun for anyone else.
[06:46] ---
    It's a total turn-off. They think it's weird.
[06:49] ---
    Don't you hate that?
[06:50] ---
    You mean, do I care what
    people think of me?
[06:53] ---
    Well, yeah!
[06:54] ---
    I don't not care...
[06:57] ---
    What I hate more is setting
    a goal to get stronger
[07:00] ---
    and not being able to meet it.
[07:02] ---
    But doesn't it suck, being an outsider?
[07:05] ---
    I know I've never seen you
    enjoying yourself at school.
[07:09] ---
    Oh, leave me alone!
[07:12] ---
    I think there's more to life than
    just laughing with your friends.
[07:18] ---
    Huh. Wow.
[07:20] ---
    I can't see myself feeling that way.
[07:23] ---
    It's just not me.
[07:25] ---
    Or maybe I've been like this for so long
[07:27] ---
    that I couldn't change even if I wanted to.
[07:30] ---
    Not you, huh?
[07:33] ---
    All my life, from birth to today,
[07:35] ---
    I've had the exact same personality--
[07:38] ---
    or the same way of thinking, anyway.
[07:40] ---
    I saw life as an unreasonable garbage game.
[07:44] ---
    Huh?
[07:45] ---
    But lately I ran into this gamer
    with a real rotten attitude
[07:48] ---
    who's just about as good as I am.
[07:51] ---
    They claim that life's actually a god-tier game.
[07:55] ---
    At first, I didn't know
    what they were on about.
[07:58] ---
    They sold me on a few different points.
[08:00] ---
    I began playing this game called "life"
    a little more seriously.
[08:05] ---
    And then...
[08:06] ---
    I learned strategies,
    how to put in the effort.
[08:10] ---
    And as I worked, I became convinced--
    as much as I hate to admit it.
[08:15] ---
    I don't know if life really is a god-tier game.
[08:18] ---
    But at the very least, it's a good game.
[08:24] ---
    So it's not god-tier?
[08:26] ---
    I don't know yet.
[08:28] ---
    But I did change. That much I know.
[08:32] ---
    I guess so.
[08:33] ---
    Which is why I'm sure you can
    change, too, Izumi--if you want to.
[08:38] ---
    Even now. I'm sure of it.
[08:48] ---
    Huh...
[08:49] ---
    It's like the sword you had equipped
[08:50] ---
    just happened to work on
    the boss's elemental weakness,
[08:53] ---
    while your shield just happened to
    block the boss's elemental attack.
[08:58] ---
    It's that miraculous.
[08:59] ---
    Though I'll admit it was a miracle
    that you brought about.
[09:03] ---
    I did that.
[09:05] ---
    Don't get too confident just yet.
[09:08] ---
    There's another heroine in your playthrough.
[09:10] ---
    Well? Did you decide to ask Fuka out on a date?
[09:14] ---
    My playthrough?
[09:16] ---
    I mean, I've mostly decided.
[09:19] ---
    I see. I won't ask what you've decided,
    but do tell me once it's done.
[09:23] ---
    If you do ask her out...
[09:25] ---
    "Marie Joan" "Preview Screening"
[09:26] ---
    ...use these.
[09:28] ---
    Tickets for a prerelease movie this Sunday.
[09:34] ---
    K-Kikuchi? I want to talk to you for a sec!
[09:38] ---
    Kikuchi, can we talk for a minute?
[09:42] ---
    I come on too strong. Gotta be more natural...
[09:45] ---
    Whoa! Yikes!
[09:48] ---
    Huh? It switched folders?
[09:50] ---
    No wonder Shimano dumped you.
[09:53] ---
    Eh?
[09:54] ---
    "Younger guys are sooo"... No.
[09:56] ---
    This is from the other day.
[09:59] ---
    "Younger guys are sooo not worth it."
[10:02] ---
    Yeah. That works.
[10:05] ---
    The amazing thing about her is
    how hard she works to get that way.
[10:13] ---
    Izumi was improving faster than I'd expected.
[10:17] ---
    At this rate, she'd be taking
    on Nakamura soon enough.
[10:26] ---
    "Library"
[10:31] ---
    Oh, Tomozaki!
[10:33] ---
    Kikuchi, that conversation
    we had earlier--about Andi?
[10:37] ---
    Uh-huh?
[10:39] ---
    The truth is, I've never
    even read any of his books.
[10:44] ---
    What?
[10:45] ---
    I had only taken an Andi book
    because they're closest to my usual seat.
[10:51] ---
    I was pretending to read while
    formulating game strategies in my head.
[10:56] ---
    But that spell...
[10:57] ---
    Oh... "ebi" something-something?
[11:00] ---
    Uh-huh.
[11:01] ---
    It's in that book: a spell meaning:
    "Goodbye--we'll meet again."
[11:05] ---
    It just happened to be on
    the random page I'd opened to.
[11:11] ---
    Oh, I... I see.
[11:14] ---
    Which is why, um...
[11:15] ---
    I'm guessing it was wrong of me
    to promise to read your novel.
[11:20] ---
    Aha. I see.
[11:23] ---
    I'm sorry.
[11:24] ---
    Don't worry about it.
[11:26] ---
    B-But I'll probably be here
    in the library again,
[11:30] ---
    so maybe next time we can have
    a regular conversation--
[11:32] ---
    regardless of our favorite authors.
[11:35] ---
    And, uh, I've actually been thinking
    about reading Michel Andi's books, too.
[11:40] ---
    What do you say?
[11:43] ---
    It's not "Michel"--it's "Michael."
[11:46] ---
    You really haven't read any, have you?
[11:49] ---
    Oh, it's "Michael," huh? Um...
[11:54] ---
    Still, um, something like that.
[11:57] ---
    Can I... still stop by?
[12:00] ---
    Yes, of course you can.
[12:05] ---
    I didn't wind up asking Kikuchi
    to the movies after all.
[12:09] ---
    I thought it'd be unfair to ask her
    after getting her so hyped up.
[12:14] ---
    I'd have to ask her after all
    that had died down,
[12:17] ---
    or it wouldn't be sincere.
[12:19] ---
    That's how my thinking went.
[12:20] ---
    And that's what I plan on telling Hinami.
[12:26] ---
    Tomozaki!
[12:28] ---
    There you are.
[12:35] ---
    "Old AV Room"
[12:38] ---
    W-Wait a second...
[12:39] ---
    Is this about Tackfam?
[12:41] ---
    Sure is. Now take a seat.
[12:44] ---
    You... you really shouldn't be doing this.
[12:47] ---
    Don't be getting cocky.
[12:50] ---
    That's not what I meant.
[12:51] ---
    I understand you've been practicing daily.
[12:54] ---
    And who told you that?
[12:56] ---
    Huh? Izumi.
[12:58] ---
    Knew it. You two sure have been friendly lately.
[13:01] ---
    I wouldn't say that.
[13:04] ---
    I mean, it's complicated--
[13:05] ---
    Complicated how, exactly?
[13:08] ---
    As much as I'd like to say,
    "Because it involves you,"
[13:11] ---
    I'm better off not volunteering anything.
[13:14] ---
    Nothing. Never mind.
[13:16] ---
    Then let's do this.
[13:18] ---
    Now what? Nakamura's mad that Izumi
    and I are becoming friends.
[13:23] ---
    He'd likely be satisfied with a win,
[13:25] ---
    but I just can't cut corners
    when it comes to Tackfam.
[13:28] ---
    If only Hinami were here...
[13:34] ---
    'Scuse me!
[13:35] ---
    Huh? Tomozaki?
[13:37] ---
    Not Izumi!
[13:39] ---
    Didn't I tell you not to come, Yuzu?
[13:41] ---
    Oh, sorry. Actually, I think
    I might be ready to play you.
[13:46] ---
    Yuzu...
[13:47] ---
    Look, it's no use.
[13:49] ---
    What's going on?
[13:51] ---
    Nakamura was just about to
    face off against Tomozaki!
[13:54] ---
    Oh? What, like a duel or something?
[13:57] ---
    Wow, we came at a good time!
[14:00] ---
    Let us watch!
[14:01] ---
    Tch. Fine. Watch from there.
[14:05] ---
    Oh... okay.
[14:09] ---
    Can't run now, can you, Tomozaki?
[14:13] ---
    Just so you know,
[14:15] ---
    you're the one who can't run, Nakamura.
[14:21] ---
    That is Tomozaki, right?
[14:22] ---
    Nice one!
[14:24] ---
    You sure told him, Tomozaki!
[14:26] ---
    Let's do this.
[14:40] ---
    Whoa! What was that?
[14:42] ---
    Creepy!
[14:43] ---
    Tch...
[14:46] ---
    All right! Grabbed 'im!
[15:00] ---
    Huh?
[15:01] ---
    What the hell?
[15:02] ---
    No way...
[15:04] ---
    I'll be going now.
[15:05] ---
    Wait.
[15:07] ---
    Another round.
[15:09] ---
    Um, so... which character?
[15:11] ---
    This character. I don't blame them or anything.
[15:14] ---
    I'm not stupid.
[15:15] ---
    All... all right.
[15:20] ---
    "Sewing Room 2"
[15:31] ---
    Get 'im, Shuji! You'll win this time for sure!
[15:33] ---
    Shut up! You're distracting me!
[15:36] ---
    S-Sorry...
[15:50] ---
    Again.
[15:51] ---
    Seriously?
[15:52] ---
    Hurry up.
[16:03] ---
    Dammit!
[16:19] ---
    Um... I have cram school today, so...
[16:22] ---
    Oh, uh, so do I.
[16:23] ---
    Stop lying. That's on Thursdays.
[16:28] ---
    He knew.
[16:29] ---
    Again.
[16:32] ---
    All right.
[16:54] ---
    Shuji!
[17:03] ---
    You did it, Shuji! You took one of his stocks!
[17:06] ---
    Nakamura, isn't that--
[17:08] ---
    Again.
[17:09] ---
    Huh? But... I mean...
[17:11] ---
    You really think I'd be satisfied
    with one lousy stock?
[17:14] ---
    Who do you think I am?
[17:16] ---
    Listen, Shuji...
[17:18] ---
    Why don't you give it a rest already?
[17:20] ---
    It's getting weird as hell.
[17:22] ---
    Why are you so into some game, anyway?
[17:26] ---
    That's none of your business.
[17:29] ---
    Say what? You made it our business
    when you stopped us from leaving.
[17:33] ---
    That is super creepy.
[17:34] ---
    I don't remember stopping you.
[17:37] ---
    Why are you even hanging around,
    Erika? I'll give you "creepy."
[17:42] ---
    Oh? What's this?
[17:43] ---
    Did you go and get yourself
    a big head after I said I liked you?
[17:47] ---
    I only did it because I thought I'd be lucky
    to date the most popular guy in class.
[17:52] ---
    I would never have done it
    if I'd known you were such a freak.
[17:56] ---
    I don't care what you think.
    I'm just not interested in you.
[18:02] ---
    I mean, you can play over
    and over and still not win!
[18:05] ---
    It's hilarious how pointless this all is!
[18:07] ---
    You must seriously suck if we
    can tell just by watching, Shuji.
[18:12] ---
    Isn't that right, Mao?
[18:14] ---
    Uh... mostly I wish he'd let us go home.
[18:18] ---
    What about you, Mika?
[18:20] ---
    Yeah, Nakamura is way lame.
[18:23] ---
    I'll say.
[18:25] ---
    Just look at him. Can't even get his revenge.
[18:27] ---
    Shuji, you're totally creepy--and weak as hell.
[18:31] ---
    Got that?
[18:33] ---
    Hey, uh, hold up--
[18:35] ---
    All this time, you've been coming here
    after school to practice,
[18:39] ---
    and all of that effort was
    for absolutely nothing.
[18:44] ---
    You should be mortified,
    taking a stupid game this seriously.
[18:50] ---
    What did you just say?
[18:54] ---
    Got a problem with it, Tomozaki?
[18:56] ---
    Weirdo.
[18:58] ---
    "Weirdo," "creepy," "freak"--
    is that all you can say?
[19:01] ---
    A god-tier game is one that's deep,
    yet has simple rules.
[19:04] ---
    That's my theory.
[19:06] ---
    Well! This is all very sudden.
[19:08] ---
    Shut up!
[19:10] ---
    You just called this game "stupid."
[19:12] ---
    Don't give me that!
[19:14] ---
    "Super Attack Families"
[19:14] ---
    Tackfam* combines a simple yet deep game style
[19:17] ---
    with an accessibility that
    means anyone can enjoy it.
[19:19] ---
    It's the ultimate god-tier game!
[19:22] ---
    Don't go proclaiming a game godly or
    garbage when you haven't even played it!
[19:26] ---
    I hate when someone badmouths Tackfam
    without ever even giving it a try!
[19:31] ---
    But right now, I don't even care about that!
[19:35] ---
    Quit screwing around!
[19:36] ---
    "All of that effort was
    for absolutely nothing"?!
[19:39] ---
    You don't have the slightest idea!
[19:41] ---
    I beat Nakamura last time, so yeah,
    he's been working his ass off!
[19:46] ---
    That combo he used that made
    Foxy shoot me down?
[19:49] ---
    Do you know how much hard work,
    how much practice it takes to pull that off?!
[19:53] ---
    The last time I won, Nakamura
    tried to blame his character.
[19:58] ---
    But this time? No excuses.
    He keeps losing--but he keeps fighting!
[20:04] ---
    And eventually, I gave up a stock!
[20:07] ---
    See, Nakamura has a goal.
[20:09] ---
    Every single day, like it or not,
    he faced that goal, worked toward it--
[20:13] ---
    and now he's getting results!
[20:16] ---
    Nakamura is not your laughingstock!
[20:18] ---
    Do not laugh at someone's hard work!
[20:20] ---
    I hate people who make fun of Tackfam.
[20:24] ---
    But even more than that--more than anything--
[20:27] ---
    I hate people like you,
    who mock someone else's efforts
[20:31] ---
    without ever making an effort of your own!
[20:36] ---
    Freak.
[20:38] ---
    What are you even talking about?
[20:40] ---
    Yeah, but...
[20:41] ---
    I don't think it's such a bad thing
    to be serious about something.
[20:46] ---
    Say what?
[20:47] ---
    N-No, I mean, it's like...
[20:49] ---
    It's just, you know,
    beautiful in a boyish way, kind of?
[20:53] ---
    Oh? So you're defending Tomozaki. Not me.
[20:57] ---
    No, no! It's just--see, I've been
    playing Tackfam too, recently,
[21:02] ---
    and it really is deep!
[21:04] ---
    Huh? Don't change the subject.
[21:06] ---
    There's this short hop?
    It's surprisingly difficult to pull off.
[21:09] ---
    And I'm always too slow when it
    comes to using strong attacks.
[21:13] ---
    Tackfam is tough, all right!
[21:15] ---
    Oh, but I'm going to keep working at it.
[21:18] ---
    I won't say why, though. It's a secret!
[21:21] ---
    That's enough, Yuzu.
[21:23] ---
    I'm bored.
[21:24] ---
    Mika, Mao. Let's go.
[21:26] ---
    Uh-huh.
[21:36] ---
    I-I was so scared...
[21:38] ---
    Silly. Why'd you push yourself like that?
[21:41] ---
    But... but...
[21:42] ---
    It's okay. You don't have to say anything.
    You did great.
[21:46] ---
    Shuji...
[21:53] ---
    Next time, I'll win.
[21:56] ---
    Later, Tomozaki.
[21:59] ---
    What just happened?
[22:00] ---
    Don't ask me.
[22:03] ---
    Now that you mention it,
    you didn't lift a finger this time around.
[22:12] ---
    Good thing you got through
    that mostly scot-free.
[22:15] ---
    Nakamura and Konno have both
    stopped giving me a hard time.
[22:20] ---
    You must have pulled a few strings,
    though, right?
[22:23] ---
    Well, you know.
[22:25] ---
    Let's talk about Fuka, shall we?
[22:27] ---
    It looked like you two
    were really hitting it off.
[22:31] ---
    And you're not doing anything about it?
[22:33] ---
    Aren't you motivated?
[22:35] ---
    Yes, yes, I am!
[22:39] ---
    Hey, Hinami...
[22:41] ---
    I have tickets to a preview screening tomorrow.
[22:44] ---
    Want to join me?
[22:48] ---
    Oh, sorry. I have some club stuff tomorrow.
[22:53] ---
    Do you, now...
[22:54] ---
    But you know...
[22:56] ---
    Hmm?
[22:57] ---
    I'm free after this.
[22:59] ---
    Want to go see a different movie?
[23:03] ---
    An intense feeling of elation hit me.
[23:07] ---
    But this wasn't the joy of
    approaching a rich offline life,
[23:10] ---
    or the glee of being able to go out with a girl.
[23:14] ---
    This was something like,
    I don't know--a primal joy,
[23:17] ---
    born from the feeling of
    achieving my desired results
[23:23] ---
    through my own hard work.
[23:25] ---
    Probably, anyway. That's how I took it.
[23:27] ---
    HEXactly!
[23:29] ---
    That's not how you use it.
[23:32] ---
    I guess that's something else that needs work.

E5 - The characters who become your friends after you clear a hard event usually have high stats

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[00:02] ---
    With my face-off against Nakamura behind me,
    I greeted the weekend.
[00:05] ---
    "Karaoke"
[00:06] ---
    While the normies went out to
    sing karaoke or do some shopping,
[00:10] ---
    I holed up in my room, plugging away at Tackfam.
[00:14] ---
    Incidentally, that movie I saw
    with Hinami yesterday?
[00:18] ---
    Try that again.
[00:20] ---
    The post-movie café stop is the perfect chance
    to chat about something
[00:24] ---
    you both have in common.
[00:26] ---
    But when you discuss the movie,
[00:28] ---
    you sound like you're lecturing,
    your eye contact is trite,
[00:31] ---
    and you put zero emotion into it.
[00:33] ---
    Once more--from the beginning.
[00:35] ---
    Uh, right...
[00:38] ---
    And I destroyed her--with no quarter,
    no mercy, and no kindness.
[00:50] ---
    You're not quite there yet, Hinami.
[00:54] ---
    "If you're not too tired,
    another round?"
[00:59] ---
    The trick to this game called "life"
[01:02] ---
    lies in repetition, building on knowledge,
    and putting it into practice.
[01:05] ---
    Even though I've let Hinami decide
    what to work on and how,
SIGN    "Yuzu Izumi's hobbies: Shopping Also interested in needlework"
[01:09] ---
    I felt like I was maybe kinda sorta
    starting to see that for myself.
[01:10] ---
    "Shuji Nakamura's birthday:
    7/27"
[01:15] ---
    "Sekitomo High School"
[01:16] ---
    As a gamer,
[01:19] ---
    Oh, Tomozaki!
[01:19] ---
    I'm tackling this game of life like I mean it.
[01:22] ---
    I know it all by heart!
[01:22] ---
    It's how I got to where I could
    talk a little with the girls in class.
[01:23] ---
    Whoa! Are you serious?
[01:24] ---
    You bet I am!
[01:27] ---
    I'd have to start taking the initiative more.
[01:27] ---
    And now... now I should be able
    to take on Shuji in Tackfam, right?
[01:33] ---
    Say, uh, Izumi, you know...
[01:36] ---
    Hmm? Know what?
[01:39] ---
    Nakamura's birthday is around the corner.
[01:42] ---
    Huh? I mean, yeah, but...
[01:45] ---
    How did you know about it?
[01:47] ---
    Wait: Why are you telling me?!
[01:50] ---
    Besides, it's a month away!
    That's not "around the corner"!
[01:54] ---
    R-Right...
[01:56] ---
    I guess it's insensitive to speak
    so bluntly, huh, Hinami?
[02:17] ---
    "Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki"
SIGN    "Lv. 5: The characters who become your friends after you clear a hard event usually have high stats"
[03:37] ---
    Tomozaki?
[03:39] ---
    Got a sec?
[03:41] ---
    Um, Mizusawa?
[03:43] ---
    Did, um... did you need me again?
[03:49] ---
    No, no!
[03:50] ---
    I just wanted to talk to you.
    That was pretty awesome!
[03:56] ---
    "That"?
[04:01] ---
    Oh.
[04:03] ---
    So, Tomozaki...
[04:04] ---
    That's how you really feel, right?
[04:07] ---
    I mean, I'm not against that kind of thing.
[04:12] ---
    Being too serious is just plain annoying--
    and kinda lame, y'know?
[04:16] ---
    I know people might call you
    a freak for that, but me?
[04:21] ---
    I think what you said was really great.
[04:24] ---
    Hell, I feel the same way.
[04:27] ---
    And seeing you say all that stuff so boldly?
[04:30] ---
    I was... well, kinda impressed.
[04:33] ---
    So I wanted to let you know that
    you've got people like me on your side.
[04:37] ---
    On... on my side?
[04:41] ---
    "Sewing Room 2"
[04:44] ---
    Huh?
[04:45] ---
    And what did Mizusawa say?
[04:47] ---
    Oh, right.
[04:49] ---
    He said we should grab a bite sometime.
[04:52] ---
    That we could invite you and another
    girl along, go as a foursome.
[04:58] ---
    Perfect!
[05:00] ---
    You invite that other girl.
[05:03] ---
    Seriously?!
[05:04] ---
    After all...
[05:05] ---
    ...it'll be good practice for your small goal.
SIGN    "Small Goal Go somewhere with a girl from school (not me), just the 2 of you"
[05:10] ---
    An approachable girl...
[05:17] ---
    Oh! How about Izumi?
[05:20] ---
    Can I ask why?
[05:22] ---
    I talked with her this morning
    about Nakamura's birthday.
[05:26] ---
    If she wants to buy him a present,
    Mizusawa's there for advice--
[05:30] ---
    and you're good at that kind of thing, too.
[05:33] ---
    So if we all go shopping together...
[05:36] ---
    Well, I mean, if you're okay with that.
[05:39] ---
    Or maybe Izumi won't be
    buying him a present after all.
[05:43] ---
    No, she will. She's already thinking it over.
[05:48] ---
    Then that's taken care of!
[05:50] ---
    Okay, I'll invite Izumi.
[05:54] ---
    Huh?
[05:55] ---
    Oh, no, I couldn't!
[05:57] ---
    You're going out to eat, right?
[05:59] ---
    I wouldn't want to drag everyone
    along on my shopping trip.
[06:06] ---
    I get it now.
[06:08] ---
    Izumi reads the room--and she
    cares how people see her.
[06:13] ---
    She's bad at letting people do
    things for her. Or she holds back.
[06:19] ---
    I didn't think that far ahead.
[06:21] ---
    Now what? Now what do I do?
[06:26] ---
    H-Hey, um...
[06:28] ---
    Er...
[06:30] ---
    Don't worry about it! Or, um, I mean...
[06:33] ---
    Yes?
[06:34] ---
    Say something! Say something, Fumiya!
[06:39] ---
    Yeah, because I'll be buying one, too!
    A gift, for Nakamura!
[06:43] ---
    What?
[06:45] ---
    All right, I'm on a roll!
[06:47] ---
    Like... to patch things up!
[06:50] ---
    Because, you know...
    things got weird there, right?
[06:54] ---
    Nakamura doesn't come across as a bad guy,
[06:58] ---
    and two Tackfam fans ought
    to be able to get along...
[07:01] ---
    ...or something.
[07:03] ---
    And I figured his birthday
    would be a good opportunity.
[07:10] ---
    Great!
[07:12] ---
    That is great, Tomozaki!
[07:15] ---
    Honestly, I was feeling kinda iffy
    about this whole thing.
[07:21] ---
    You know how I'm friends with Shuji?
[07:23] ---
    Uh, yeah...?
[07:24] ---
    And lately I've been talking
    with you a lot, too, right?
[07:27] ---
    Y-You have.
[07:29] ---
    And since you're both good guys
    who're friends with me,
[07:33] ---
    I don't want you two to be fighting!
[07:36] ---
    Oh! Sorry!
[07:39] ---
    That got kinda ranty. Was that weird of me?
[07:42] ---
    Anyway, I think that's a fantastic idea!
[07:46] ---
    Count me in. We can shop for presents together!
[07:50] ---
    O-Okay.
[07:52] ---
    She's just so damn nice.
[07:56] ---
    Aaand now I'm buying
    Nakamura a birthday present.
[08:03] ---
    I heard the news, Tomozaki!
[08:05] ---
    You invited Yuzu, right?
[08:08] ---
    Um, yeah. Did I screw up?
[08:12] ---
    Wh-What is it?
[08:15] ---
    You. You're up to something, aren't you?
[08:18] ---
    Huh?
[08:20] ---
    I had my suspicions!
[08:24] ---
    You're not styling those bangs much,
    but you had them cut at a salon, right?
[08:28] ---
    And you, the total introvert, go changing up
    your expression, the way you talk...
[08:34] ---
    Then you up and ask Yuzu out.
[08:36] ---
    And lately...
[08:39] ---
    You and Aoi--
[08:41] ---
    you seem pretty chummy.
[08:43] ---
    Don't tell me...
[08:50] ---
    You read a de-geekification book!
[08:53] ---
    Ah, um... something like that.
SIGN    "Aoi Hinami has invited you to join a group B-Day Gift Planning" "Reject" "Accept" "Members: 1" "Invited: 3"
[09:09] ---
    "Yuzu-san"--that's Izumi, right?
[09:09] ---
    "Members: 1" "Invited: 3"
[09:12] ---
    And "Takahiro"... that must be Mizusawa.
[09:14] ---
    "Members: 2" "Invited: 2"
[09:15] ---
    "Members: 3" "Invited: 1"
[09:16] ---
    What? Jeez, already?! That's way too fast!
SIGN    "Aoi Hinami has invited you to join a group B-Day Gift Planning" "Reject" "Accept" "Members: 3"
[09:20] ---
    If I've been invited, I guess I can join.
[09:24] ---
    Or rather, I guess I should.
[09:29] ---
    Hey, we're eating.
    Put down your stupid phone.
[09:34] ---
    Litter? You?
[09:37] ---
    Yeah...?
[09:39] ---
    Huh?
[09:40] ---
    And you got invited to some weird group?
[09:43] ---
    It's not that it's weird.
[09:46] ---
    It's just... hard to join, I guess.
[09:49] ---
    Huh, I get that.
[09:51] ---
    That interpersonal stuff can be such a drag.
[09:54] ---
    Are you having problems with that kind of thing?
[10:00] ---
    Listen.
[10:01] ---
    Even if I were, do you really think
    you could give me advice?
[10:11] ---
    Even I know this is a dumb thing
    to be conflicted about.
[10:15] ---
    All this fretting about it
    is getting me nowhere.
SIGN    "Aoi Hinami has invited you to join a group B-Day Gift Planning" "Reject" "Accept" "Members: 3"
[10:23] ---
    So...
SIGN    "Members: 3" "Invited: 1" "Fumiya Tomozaki"
[10:25] ---
    "Members: 4" "Invited: 0"
[10:31] ---
    "Fumiya Tomozaki has joined the group"
    "Good to see you, Tomozaki!"
SIGN    "Good to see you, Tomozaki!"
    "Yuzu-san: Hi~~"
SIGN    "Good to see you, Tomozaki!"
    "Yuzu-san: Hi~~"
    
    "Takahiro: Finally! LOL"
SIGN    "Yuzu-san: OK by me!"
    "Saturday seems to work.
    What do you think, Tomozaki?"
[10:41] ---
    Saturday, huh?
SIGN    "I might have plans Sunday"
    "Takahiro: Then how about Saturday?"
    "Yuzu-san: OK by me!"
[10:43] ---
    Roger that.
SIGN    "Looks like Saturday. What do you think, Tomozaki?" "Read"
[10:50] ---
    "The Beanstalk"
[10:55] ---
    Here we go...
[10:57] ---
    Will you just suck it up already?
[11:00] ---
    But I'm the only one who's not a normie.
[11:02] ---
    You're the one who turned
    a quick bite into a shopping trip.
[11:07] ---
    You bumped up the difficulty,
    and you're whining about it now?
[11:12] ---
    At least you'll get some experience out of it.
[11:15] ---
    And do that task I gave you earlier, too.
[11:20] ---
    I will. "At least two successful suggestions."
[11:24] ---
    Hey!
[11:25] ---
    You two sure got here early.
[11:28] ---
    What's this? Takahiro, late?
[11:31] ---
    It's not even time yet.
[11:33] ---
    Oh? Are you sure?
[11:36] ---
    What an incredible quick-change act.
[11:39] ---
    What? No way!
[11:41] ---
    Everyone's already here?!
[11:43] ---
    I-I'm so sorry!
[11:44] ---
    Whoa, Yuzu! Slow down--you'll trip!
[11:48] ---
    You're late, Yuzu. Ice cream's on you.
[11:52] ---
    Aw! W-Well, okay.
[11:55] ---
    Hey, now, Takahiro!
[11:56] ---
    Yuzu thinks you're serious!
[11:57] ---
    No one's mad at Izumi for her screw-up.
    Is that what she was going for?
[11:59] ---
    Huh? Wait, what?
[12:00] ---
    He was just kidding, Yuzu.
[12:02] ---
    He was?
[12:02] ---
    This ditzy act absolves you
    of a myriad of sins.
[12:04] ---
    It was a joke! Let it go.
[12:06] ---
    Besides, she's not even late.
[12:08] ---
    I'm not?!
[12:09] ---
    Well, that's all of us. Shall we?
[12:12] ---
    Okay!
[12:13] ---
    Let's go!
[12:17] ---
    Wait--have I really not said a word
    since Mizusawa and Izumi showed up?
[12:32] ---
    I just don't know. Hey, Tomozaki?
[12:35] ---
    Hmm? What's up?
[12:37] ---
    What do you think would be
    a good present for Shuji?
[12:41] ---
    A good present? You need to, like,
    think about what you know about him.
[12:47] ---
    We'll just have to browse through
    everything with that in mind...
[12:51] ---
    ...is what... I think.
[12:54] ---
    Oh, I get it. Thanks, Tomozaki!
[12:59] ---
    Psst. Hey, Tomozaki.
[13:01] ---
    Hmm?
[13:02] ---
    Over there.
[13:05] ---
    You know what? Oh, this is between us.
[13:09] ---
    There's a rumor going around
    about those two. That they're dating.
[13:14] ---
    What?!
[13:14] ---
    Hey! Not so loud!
[13:17] ---
    I have way too much to think about.
[13:20] ---
    Listen up: Today's task is to make
    at least two successful suggestions.
[13:25] ---
    Group activities mean making
    decisions that involve everyone.
[13:30] ---
    Your task is to take on
    that role at least twice.
[13:34] ---
    Yadda-yadda, blah-de-blah?
[13:34] ---
    This'll be practice for taking
    the lead in groups.
[13:36] ---
    Okay!
[13:36] ---
    In short, when a group
    agrees to your suggestion,
[13:37] ---
    Hooray!
[13:40] ---
    you control the group's mood
    for a period of time.
[13:43] ---
    With enough practice controlling the mood,
[13:45] ---
    you'll eventually be able to do so
    with bigger and bigger groups.
[13:49] ---
    And that gets you one step closer
    to a rich offline life.
[13:54] ---
    Got that?
[13:55] ---
    Yeah, HEXactly!
[13:57] ---
    You're using it wrong.
[14:03] ---
    Make two successful suggestions, huh?
[14:07] ---
    It's so hard.
[14:09] ---
    It sure is. Have you decided?
[14:12] ---
    Oh, uh, not yet.
[14:15] ---
    What about you?
[14:17] ---
    I asked Hiro, and he said Shuji's
    been worried about acne lately,
[14:22] ---
    so get him some zit cream.
[14:24] ---
    He'd be furious if I gave him that!
[14:28] ---
    Aha...
[14:29] ---
    But you know, that could be a start.
[14:33] ---
    Like, something he might already want.
[14:35] ---
    I just don't know what that is.
[14:37] ---
    Do you... no, you wouldn't know.
[14:42] ---
    This calls for...
[14:44] ---
    Hey!
[14:45] ---
    Don't give up on me without even asking!
[14:48] ---
    But you don't know, do you?
[14:51] ---
    The Nakamura I know
[14:53] ---
    likes Tackfam,
[14:55] ---
    is good-looking and strong,
[14:56] ---
    and has a real normie hairstyle.
[14:59] ---
    What did you just say?
[15:01] ---
    Huh? He's good-looking, has normie hair--
[15:04] ---
    Styling wax! Wouldn't styling wax be good?
[15:07] ---
    Oh, yeah, maybe!
[15:10] ---
    You're having fun.
[15:11] ---
    What's going on?
[15:13] ---
    Hey, what do you think about styling wax?
[15:15] ---
    Ooh, good idea!
[15:17] ---
    I know just the kind he'd like, too.
[15:20] ---
    Really?! Leave it to you, Hiro!
[15:24] ---
    Yeah, yeah. My task. I know.
[15:27] ---
    Th-Then, uh--
[15:29] ---
    Then let's hit the west entrance after this.
[15:32] ---
    I know a place with a wide selection.
[15:34] ---
    Okay!
[15:38] ---
    Nice suggestion, Takahiro!
[15:40] ---
    Yep!
[15:40] ---
    Right, Tomozaki?
[15:42] ---
    Right...
[15:51] ---
    Something in this product line.
[15:53] ---
    But which one?
[15:54] ---
    It depends on the length and type of hair.
[15:57] ---
    C'mere, Tomozaki.
[15:59] ---
    Hmm? What is it?
[16:01] ---
    For example...
[16:03] ---
    For Tomozaki's hair type...
[16:05] ---
    ...you'd want this.
[16:08] ---
    Ooh!
[16:09] ---
    A Takahiro styling demo?
[16:11] ---
    Eh?
[16:16] ---
    Might want to go for some waves at this length.
[16:20] ---
    Apply to the entire head, and then... like so.
[16:24] ---
    Um, hang on... What do I look like right now?
[16:28] ---
    Oh, my!
[16:30] ---
    Looking good, Tomozaki!
[16:32] ---
    Now, the next key point is the back of the head.
[16:37] ---
    I did it!
[16:38] ---
    I bought Shuji's present!
[16:41] ---
    Good for you.
[16:42] ---
    He'll love it!
[16:42] ---
    I'm saved--by Tomozaki's hint
    and Hiro's know-how!
[16:48] ---
    I think I'm pretty hard on myself.
[16:53] ---
    Especially when it comes to my looks:
[16:55] ---
    I don't want to misjudge and be humiliated,
[16:58] ---
    so I evaluate myself harshly
    and by objective standards.
[17:01] ---
    I take pride in that, at the very least.
[17:04] ---
    So this is probably not a misjudgment.
[17:07] ---
    I wouldn't say I look like a normie, but...
[17:10] ---
    What's up, Tomozaki?
[17:14] ---
    I'm...
[17:16] ---
    I'm going to keep at it.
[17:19] ---
    Huh?
[17:24] ---
    "Pit Camera"
[17:24] ---
    Tomozaki, are you sure
    that's what you want to give Shuji?
[17:29] ---
    "PitCam"
[17:29] ---
    "PitCam" Um, yeah.
[17:31] ---
    It's very you, Tomozaki.
[17:33] ---
    Where to next?
[17:36] ---
    I'd like to grab a bite. Anyone else hungry?
[17:40] ---
    Mmm, not really.
[17:42] ---
    I'm getting there.
[17:44] ---
    What about you, Tomozaki?
[17:45] ---
    Yeah, I could eat.
[17:47] ---
    Okay, so in that case...
[17:51] ---
    This place looks good.
    They have lighter stuff, too.
[17:54] ---
    And their specialty?
[17:55] ---
    "Ultimate Four-Cheese Special Pizza"
[17:55] ---
    "Ultimate Four-Cheese Special Pizza."
[17:59] ---
    See?
[18:00] ---
    Well? C'mon, gang!
[18:02] ---
    Wow, Aoi, that was quick!
[18:04] ---
    That's Hinami. If there's cheese involved--
[18:07] ---
    If there's cheese involved, Aoi is all in.
[18:11] ---
    What's wrong with that? Come on!
[18:14] ---
    Take us there already!
[18:16] ---
    Jeez, Aoi, slow down!
[18:18] ---
    You don't even know where you're going!
[18:22] ---
    Let's eat!
[18:24] ---
    Whoa, check this out!
[18:25] ---
    So Mizusawa knew about
    Hinami's cheese obsession.
[18:25] ---
    What is that?
[18:27] ---
    Says it's honey syrup.
[18:28] ---
    Funny syrup"?
[18:30] ---
    Thanks for today, everyone! Bye!
[18:37] ---
    "PitCam"
[18:43] ---
    Later!
[18:44] ---
    See you, Tomozaki.
SIGN    "Yuzu-san: Got it!"
    "Today"
    "Where'd you hear the rumor about
    Hinami and Mizusawa?"
SIGN    "Today"
    "Where'd you hear the rumor about
    Hinami and Mizusawa?"
    "Yuzu-san: Curious, are you?? LOL"
[18:53] ---
    "Yuzu-san: Curious, are you?? LOL"
[18:54] ---
    "Yuzu-san: It's a rumor.
    Like, everyone's saying it"
[18:57] ---
    "Sewing Room 2"
[18:59] ---
    You weren't able to complete your task.
[19:02] ---
    You've thought about why that is, yes?
[19:03] ---
    I did suggest the electronics store...
[19:08] ---
    You needed two suggestions.
[19:11] ---
    And before that? The electronics store
    is the last place we shopped.
[19:15] ---
    You didn't even look like you were
    about to suggest anything before that.
[19:24] ---
    Listen, Hinami--
[19:25] ---
    What now? Not some excuse that'll
    disappoint me even more, I hope.
[19:30] ---
    Uh... it's... it's nothing.
[19:35] ---
    Well, whatever.
[19:36] ---
    Did you pick up on anything or have
    any questions during this shopping trip?
[19:41] ---
    Let's see... I'd say the thing
    that struck me the most...
[19:47] ---
    ...was the realization that my
    appearance had... slightly improved.
[19:52] ---
    Ah! Moving in the right direction!
[19:56] ---
    Visible changes tie into
    motivation and initiative.
[19:57] ---
    "Hero" "Fight" "Magic"
[20:01] ---
    You know that thrill when you start dealing
    three digits of damage to monsters?
[20:02] ---
    "Hero attacks!!"
[20:07] ---
    Oh, sure.
[20:08] ---
    "Fairy summoned!!"
[20:08] ---
    And when you learn a new move, too.
[20:11] ---
    Yes! That's it exactly!
[20:12] ---
    "Hero" "Demonlord" "Fight"
[20:13] ---
    "Demonlord's all-targets spell!!!"
[20:14] ---
    Or when you learn an all-targets spell!
[20:20] ---
    Nothing else about your task, then?
[20:23] ---
    Let me think...
[20:25] ---
    I think Mizusawa's suggestions
    had some real substance.
[20:29] ---
    That first shop was pretty stylish.
[20:33] ---
    Too fancy for me, though--and for my wallet.
[20:38] ---
    Hyinyami?!
[20:40] ---
    Keep your self-deprecating nonsense!
[20:42] ---
    Look, there wasn't a single thing in
    that store that Nakamura would like.
[20:48] ---
    R-Really?
[20:50] ---
    Not that you would have realized that.
[20:53] ---
    And what about the pizza? Was it tasty?
[20:57] ---
    Not especially.
[20:58] ---
    Right?
[20:59] ---
    Taking pizza as an example,
    it doesn't actually have to be delicious...
[21:04] ---
    ...as long as you get people interested
    and make them think it might be.
[21:09] ---
    That's the key to a successful suggestion.
[21:11] ---
    But that means...
[21:13] ---
    "Ease of suggestion acceptance
    Actual quality of suggestion"
[21:13] ---
    The ease of getting
    a suggestion accepted
[21:15] ---
    has nothing to do with how good
    the suggestion actually is.
[21:18] ---
    So you could trick someone into a
    suggestion that just sounds good?
[21:23] ---
    That's right.
[21:25] ---
    What the hell is that?!
[21:27] ---
    "Ease of suggestion acceptance
    Actual quality of suggestion"
[21:27] ---
    The better suggestion doesn't
    always win out? That's just weird!
[21:31] ---
    No, no, no.
[21:32] ---
    It's just a simple rule that ranks more
    persuasive suggestions over quality ones.
[21:38] ---
    Now you're just splitting hairs!
    What a garbage game!
[21:42] ---
    What if there were a negotiation game
    that had you meeting targets
[21:45] ---
    through persuasion?
[21:46] ---
    "The Negotiation Game"
[21:48] ---
    With effective speech skills
    for convincing your audience
[21:49] ---
    "Persuasion"
[21:49] ---
    "Twisted Logic"
[21:50] ---
    "Appeasement"
[21:51] ---
    "Pithy Profundity"
[21:52] ---
    and information warfare tailored
    to each character's tastes,
[21:55] ---
    you'd work to unify interests,
[21:57] ---
    roping influential characters into your party.
[21:57] ---
    "Invite" "Don't Invite"
[22:01] ---
    Would a game rich with so much strategy
[22:05] ---
    still be garbage?
[22:07] ---
    "Ease of suggestion acceptance
    Actual quality of suggestion"
[22:09] ---
    I'd say it was made well.
[22:12] ---
    Then reality's a fun game, too.
[22:15] ---
    Oh... I get it.
[22:17] ---
    In other words,
[22:18] ---
    you won't change anyone's mind
    if all you do is shout at them
[22:22] ---
    about what you think is right.
[22:25] ---
    So you'll have to change.
[22:27] ---
    If you're confident you have a good suggestion,
[22:27] ---
    "Good Suggestion Bad Rule"
[22:30] ---
    you'll have to exploit a bad rule
    to push it through.
[22:35] ---
    Camouflage it as an opinion
    everyone can live with,
[22:37] ---
    even if you just dress it up a little.
[22:40] ---
    That way you can get your suggestion through,
[22:43] ---
    fundamental goodness unchanged.
[22:45] ---
    That's the right way to fight.
[22:48] ---
    Have I convinced you?
[22:51] ---
    Uh... yeah.
[22:53] ---
    We'll begin accepting student
    council nominations today.
[23:00] ---
    Anyone interested?
[23:02] ---
    Me!
[23:04] ---
    I'd like to run.
[23:05] ---
    I knew it!
[23:06] ---
    Oh, she'd be great!
[23:06] ---
    I'd vote for her!
[23:08] ---
    Right?
[23:09] ---
    That's our Aoi!
[23:11] ---
    So is it a given that Hinami's running?
[23:14] ---
    All right. Anybody besides Hinami?
[23:18] ---
    Ooh! Me!
[23:20] ---
    Minami Nanami, at your service!
[23:24] ---
    Minmi...
[23:27] ---
    Mimimi, too?
[23:29] ---
    Anyone else?
[23:31] ---
    Okay. Class dismissed.
[23:34] ---
    Aoi?
[23:36] ---
    If we're fighting over grades...
[23:38] ---
    ...I'm gonna win!

E6 - Once you start speedrunning the minigames, you seriously can't stop

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[00:00] ---
    "Sewing Room 2"
[00:02] ---
    We'll pause our meetings here
    during the student council election.
[00:07] ---
    That makes sense.
    You'll have a lot on your plate.
[00:13] ---
    Um... what is it?
[00:15] ---
    You'll be Mimimi's campaign manager.
[00:20] ---
    Huh?
[00:21] ---
    You know what a campaign manager is, right?
[00:23] ---
    They provide support for the candidate.
[00:26] ---
    At first I was going to make you
    my manager and tell you after the fact.
[00:30] ---
    Yeah, cool prank.
[00:32] ---
    But now with Mimimi running,
    there's been a sudden change of plans.
[00:37] ---
    When it comes to conversation,
    Mimimi's your best model--
[00:40] ---
    you're bound to level up
    your skills at her side.
[00:43] ---
    If she says no, simply continue
    to train on your own.
[00:46] ---
    Yeah, but...
[00:48] ---
    I-I don't feel like I could actually,
    um... actually support Mimimi.
[00:53] ---
    What if she loses because of me?
[00:56] ---
    Don't worry. In the end, it doesn't
    matter who her campaign manager is.
[01:01] ---
    What do you mean?
[01:03] ---
    I like Mimimi; there's a lot I admire
    about her. She's important to me.
[01:11] ---
    But she can't beat me.
[01:30] ---
    "Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki"
[02:49] ---
    "Lv. 6: Once you start speedrunning the
    minigames, you seriously can't stop"
[02:50] ---
    Still, just telling me to be
    Mimimi's campaign manager like that...
[02:57] ---
    Whoopsie!
[02:59] ---
    Careful there, Tomozaki!
[03:00] ---
    Mi-- Mi-Mimi-Mimimi!
[03:03] ---
    That's a lotta "mi" s!
[03:04] ---
    A random event!
[03:06] ---
    Is... is this my chance?
[03:08] ---
    Hey, um... got a second?
[03:11] ---
    Ooh, for what? A confession of love?
[03:13] ---
    N-No!
[03:15] ---
    What's up?
[03:16] ---
    Um, you know the student council election?
[03:18] ---
    Uh-huh. I hope I can count
    on your vote, Tomozaki!
[03:22] ---
    Well, ah...
[03:24] ---
    I was thinking, um...
    I'd like to be a campaign manager.
[03:29] ---
    Yours, that is.
[03:31] ---
    Oh?
[03:32] ---
    I'm, uh, actually not awful
    at that kind of thing.
[03:37] ---
    So, um--
[03:38] ---
    Thanks!
[03:39] ---
    I appreciate the sentiment,
    but you're a tad unreliable!
[03:43] ---
    Exactamundo.
[03:45] ---
    "Library"
[03:53] ---
    Um, Tomozaki?
[03:56] ---
    Is something wrong?
[03:57] ---
    It's this student council election.
[03:59] ---
    Election?
[04:01] ---
    Oh, no--it's nothing.
[04:04] ---
    Nanami...
[04:05] ---
    Huh?
[04:06] ---
    Nanami's decided to run. I wonder why.
[04:11] ---
    She was joking that it would be
    a battle over grades.
[04:16] ---
    I don't think that's it.
[04:20] ---
    Hmm. You think maybe she wants
    to change things around here?
[04:24] ---
    Yes. And change herself, too.
[04:28] ---
    I feel the same way, so I just...
[04:31] ---
    I don't know. I just get it.
[04:34] ---
    You want to change, too, Kikuchi?
[04:37] ---
    Oh, um...
[04:39] ---
    Don't tell anyone.
[04:42] ---
    Adorable.
[04:43] ---
    Huh?!
[04:44] ---
    Oh! I was, um, I was just... uh...
[04:48] ---
    "Tomozaki"
[04:51] ---
    So she wants to change, huh?
[04:54] ---
    That's one thing for an introvert like me,
[04:57] ---
    but Mimimi?
[04:59] ---
    A popular girl, always
    the center of conversation...
[05:03] ---
    And she'd want to change? Really?
[05:11] ---
    Why do I support Nanami
    for student council president?
[05:14] ---
    I'm counting on you! Good morning!
[05:14] ---
    As my senior in the track-and-field club,
[05:18] ---
    she's the mood-maker who
    keeps our activities fun and lively!
[05:18] ---
    I hope I have your vote!
[05:20] ---
    If it isn't Tomozaki! Mornin'!
[05:24] ---
    And, um... I'm confident that--
[05:24] ---
    Hey! Morning.
[05:25] ---
    Oh, this here is Yumi.
[05:27] ---
    She's my track-and-field junior!
[05:29] ---
    Howdy! Name's Yumiko Yamashita!
[05:31] ---
    Um... howdy.
[05:33] ---
    Sorry, Tomozaki, but I made
    Yumi here my campaign manager.
[05:37] ---
    Oh, did you?
[05:38] ---
    But thanks for yesterday! If anything
    comes up, I'll give you a holler!
[05:42] ---
    Sure!
[05:43] ---
    I'm counting on you!
[05:47] ---
    In other words, she's Sekitomo
    High's super-perfect heroine,
[05:50] ---
    a candidate for everyone!
[05:52] ---
    This is where Aoi Hinami's vision
    for the school is about to begin!
[05:55] ---
    So Hinami's campaign manager is Mizusawa.
[05:57] ---
    And so I speak to everyone
    gathered here!
[05:58] ---
    He is awfully good at convincing people.
[06:00] ---
    You there! Yes, you:
    the yawner!
[06:03] ---
    And you, taking off your glasses!
[06:05] ---
    Now, you all know her, of course.
[06:06] ---
    You're... in the tennis club, right?
[06:07] ---
    Hinami has brains, popularity--and looks!
[06:09] ---
    Good luck at practice!
[06:11] ---
    Oh! Thanks!
[06:12] ---
    Oh, you thought appearances
    didn't matter? Ha, ha! And yet!
[06:12] ---
    And you're in the horticulture club,
    aren't you?
[06:15] ---
    Yes, that's right!
[06:16] ---
    Your beautiful flowers are
    so good for the soul.
[06:16] ---
    Just picture her as our
    student council president!
[06:19] ---
    Does Hinami know every
    student's club affiliation?!
[06:21] ---
    That rigidity, that discontent
    we're all feeling? She'll solve it!
[06:23] ---
    Even if she doesn't,
    she's coming pretty damn close.
[06:27] ---
    Minami Nanami! Vote for Minami Nanami!
[06:27] ---
    "Minami Nanami"
[06:28] ---
    I hope I have your vote!
[06:31] ---
    Good morning!
[06:33] ---
    Hinami's right: She's unbeatable.
[06:42] ---
    Whoa!
[06:43] ---
    Ooh! Sorry!
[06:45] ---
    Oh, it's you, Tomozaki. Safe!
[06:48] ---
    And just what is that supposed to mean?!
[06:51] ---
    Here, this'll make up for it.
[06:51] ---
    "Student Council Election
    Minami Nanami's Campaign Promises"
[06:53] ---
    Your campaign promises?
[06:55] ---
    Yes! My manifesto!
[06:57] ---
    Well? Well?!
[06:58] ---
    Tough question to answer.
[06:58] ---
    "Student Council Election
    Minami Nanami's Campaign Promises"
[07:02] ---
    Oh? Did one of them pique your interest?
[07:05] ---
    Yet she didn't want me as her manager.
[07:07] ---
    Right. This calls for...
[07:10] ---
    It's not the promises so much as the layout.
[07:13] ---
    Huh? The layout?
[07:19] ---
    Here, try this.
[07:22] ---
    Whoa! It's so much easier to read now!
[07:24] ---
    But how? What did you do?
[07:26] ---
    For example, see this on yours?
SIGN    "Student Council Election Minami Nanami's Campaign Promises"
[07:28] ---
    The four here is a different font size.
    It doesn't match.
[07:31] ---
    Hey, you're right!
SIGN    "Student Council Election Minami Nanami's Campaign Promises" "Candidate for Student Council President Minami Nanami's Campaign Promises!!"
[07:33] ---
    Then you've got this...
[07:36] ---
    And this...
[07:39] ---
    Hey, Tomozaki...
[07:40] ---
    You mean you might actually
    be pretty competent?
[07:43] ---
    Um, well... yeah, actually.
[07:46] ---
    Listen, Mimimi...
[07:47] ---
    I think I could help you--with this
    kind of brain-forward stuff.
[07:52] ---
    "Brain"?
[07:54] ---
    Handling these little details
    doesn't seem to be your strong suit.
[07:58] ---
    So, uh... what do you say?
[07:58] ---
    "Brain"... "brain"...
[08:00] ---
    Yeah. It could work.
[08:02] ---
    I'm really not the best at that kind of thing.
[08:05] ---
    And besides...
[08:06] ---
    "Brain" just sounds so darn cool!
[08:10] ---
    Huh?
[08:11] ---
    I mean it! "Brain" sounds awesome!
    Super awesome!
[08:15] ---
    "I've got a Brain on my side."
[08:18] ---
    Oh, I am so saying that! For sure!
[08:20] ---
    What about you?
[08:21] ---
    "I'm the brain around here."
[08:23] ---
    Aren't you dying to say that? I know you are!
[08:26] ---
    Are you for real?
[08:27] ---
    Half real!
[08:29] ---
    Half playing along!
[08:31] ---
    So this whole conversation...
[08:33] ---
    You're hired!
[08:34] ---
    And good thing, too.
[08:37] ---
    Yumi's not around after school.
[08:39] ---
    Oh, that junior of yours?
[08:40] ---
    She's got club and all--
    I can't force her to be here.
[08:44] ---
    So it would be a huge help if you
    could lend me a hand after school.
[08:48] ---
    Even though I already
    said no once. Tee-hee!
[08:50] ---
    All right. First up: this platform flyer.
[08:53] ---
    We can use all the paper we need, right?
[08:55] ---
    You don't waste any time!
[08:57] ---
    Now there's a man who knows how to work!
[08:59] ---
    Ow!
[09:00] ---
    But first, Tomozaki...
[09:02] ---
    There's something I gotta ask.
[09:04] ---
    Why are you so dead set on helping me?
[09:08] ---
    Well...
[09:14] ---
    I'd like to see Hinami go down.
[09:18] ---
    Huh?
[09:19] ---
    She's so tough. Too tough, am I right?
[09:21] ---
    Now, I like games, and the tougher
    the opponent, the more fired-up I get.
[09:25] ---
    So I figure it'd be way fun if we can take
    on Hinami and actually win... y'know?
[09:31] ---
    Wow, Tomozaki.
[09:32] ---
    Hmm?
[09:34] ---
    You're totally out of your depth.
[09:35] ---
    Oh, leave me alone.
[09:38] ---
    But I'm with you, Tomozaki.
[09:41] ---
    With me how?
[09:42] ---
    I wanna take on that uber-powerful
    Aoi and win, too!
[09:46] ---
    Which is why I'm running.
[09:49] ---
    You, too?
[09:50] ---
    That thing with Aoi and Takahiro this morning?
[09:53] ---
    I was starting to get a little discouraged.
[09:55] ---
    Like, "There's no way this could ever work."
[09:59] ---
    Yeah.
[10:00] ---
    That's when I figured I needed to make
    some changes if I wanted to win.
[10:04] ---
    So this really is good news!
[10:06] ---
    I expect great things from you, Brain!
[10:09] ---
    That hurts!
[10:10] ---
    Okay, get to printin'!
[10:13] ---
    Hang on a sec!
[10:15] ---
    These are for the students, right?
[10:17] ---
    While we're at it...
[10:19] ---
    Why not mention only what
    the students will appreciate?
[10:27] ---
    That's a pandering platform, all right.
[10:30] ---
    Oh, you are bad, Brain.
[10:36] ---
    Aoi Hinami: one of the toughest
    players in the game of life.
[10:41] ---
    I had her teach me life's tricks
    and tips as I played it myself.
[10:45] ---
    "Today's Task (every day this week)
    Talk to Yuzu Izumi at least 2x a day"
[10:46] ---
    I came to believe life was,
    at the very least, a good game.
[10:48] ---
    "The scene I laughed at in ep. 3
    of My Secret Father"
[10:49] ---
    "Matsumoto in group 2:
    The strength-training story"
[10:52] ---
    That's probably exactly how
    this sole desire came to be.
[10:57] ---
    One day, I, too, want to take on Aoi Hinami,
[11:01] ---
    the biggest, baddest boss
    in this good game called "life."
[11:04] ---
    No: I want to beat her.
SIGN    "Fumiya Tomozaki" "Talk" "Today's Task" "Think"
[11:08] ---
    True, I'm still a bottom-tier character.
[11:10] ---
    "Aoi Hinami's turf!!"
[11:11] ---
    Forget fighting her--I don't even
    belong in the same ring.
[11:11] ---
    "Slip damage to front row!!"
[11:15] ---
    "Aoi Hinami: Is that all"
    But what about behind the scenes?
[11:16] ---
    "Aoi Hinami: Is that all"
[11:17] ---
    "Aoi Hinami: you can do, nanashi?"
[11:17] ---
    If, as the best Tackfam player around,
[11:20] ---
    I can build on the tips and tricks
    Hinami's already taught me
[11:22] ---
    "Tomozaki: !!"
[11:23] ---
    "Tomozaki: My gamer's blood tingles within"
[11:24] ---
    to direct top-tier character
    Mimimi to fight Hinami...
[11:24] ---
    "Call"
[11:25] ---
    "Minami Nanami: Sorry for the wait, Brain"
[11:26] ---
    "Minami Nanami: Mimimi has arrived ♪"
[11:26] ---
    "Minami Nanami: Here goes!"
[11:27] ---
    "Minami Nanami: Brain and I"
[11:28] ---
    "Minami Nanami: will take on Aoi!!!"
[11:30] ---
    I wouldn't be bottom-tier character Tomozaki--
[11:34] ---
    I could be nanashi IRL, too.
[11:40] ---
    So what's next, Brain?
[11:42] ---
    Now we lock in those votes, of course.
[11:45] ---
    Here goes!
[11:46] ---
    Got it!
[11:51] ---
    Ooh, sorry!
[11:52] ---
    It's fine!
[11:53] ---
    A lot of students in the sports clubs
    know you by sight.
[11:56] ---
    Play our cards right and--
[11:58] ---
    There you are!
[11:59] ---
    Hey! Mimimi!
[12:00] ---
    Still itty-bitty, I see!
[12:02] ---
    Minmi!
[12:03] ---
    You-- You can't just come onto the court like--
[12:06] ---
    Whoa!
[12:07] ---
    Pardon the intrusion!
[12:08] ---
    Minmi!
[12:11] ---
    Hey! Quit doing those deep breaths!
[12:14] ---
    I stink of sweat! Stop--ugh!
[12:14] ---
    Just can't resist...
[12:17] ---
    Come on! Hey!
[12:17] ---
    This mellow fragrance tickling my nostrils...
[12:19] ---
    What the--?! What is she doing?
[12:21] ---
    I said, cut it out!
[12:21] ---
    I wish I could sniff it all day!
[12:23] ---
    What are you doing, Nanami?
[12:25] ---
    That voice! It must be my
    beloved senior, Shiori!
[12:28] ---
    Dammit! I can't see a thing! Who did this?!
[12:31] ---
    You did it to yourself.
[12:33] ---
    Oh, right. Tee-hee!
[12:35] ---
    Lickety!
[12:37] ---
    Mmm, the air's nice out here, too!
[12:40] ---
    U-Unbelievable.
[12:41] ---
    What happened, Natsubayashi?
[12:43] ---
    She... she licked my belly button.
[12:46] ---
    What are you, nuts?!
[12:48] ---
    No, my senior, not nuts at all!
[12:50] ---
    I'm here on a campaign stop!
[12:53] ---
    Now lend me an ear...
[12:57] ---
    An electric ball pump, you say?
[13:00] ---
    Correct. To stimulate club activities--
    nominally, at least.
[13:04] ---
    Oh, but it's not just for the volleyball club;
    you'd be sharing it with the others.
[13:08] ---
    You've given this some thought.
    This'll sway anyone in a ball club for sure.
[13:13] ---
    Er, if you could just--
[13:15] ---
    All right, all right. I'll tell the others.
[13:19] ---
    Thanks, Shiori! I love you!
[13:22] ---
    Wait-- Huh?
[13:24] ---
    Aren't you running for student council, Mimimi?
[13:26] ---
    We're rooting for you!
[13:27] ---
    I really appreciate it, girls!
[13:30] ---
    Excellent. That ought to get us
    a healthy supporter bump.
[13:34] ---
    All right, goodbye for now!
[13:36] ---
    Oh! Tama?
[13:39] ---
    Touch your back, would you?
[13:47] ---
    Minmi!
[13:50] ---
    My magic fingers!
[13:54] ---
    Magic... fingers?
[14:01] ---
    "City of Roses Chuo Ward"
[14:03] ---
    Our campaigning went really well today!
[14:07] ---
    You're good, Tomozaki!
[14:09] ---
    All thanks to your shrewd bargaining skills.
[14:12] ---
    Why the staring? Are you going
    to confess your love after all?
[14:16] ---
    N-N-No!
[14:19] ---
    What's that?
[14:21] ---
    Ooh, good eye!
[14:23] ---
    I just bought this. It was love at first sight!
[14:26] ---
    Isn't it just so cute?
[14:28] ---
    What? C-Cute?
[14:31] ---
    No, no, no, no. It's totes adorbs!
[14:34] ---
    I mean... isn't that... a haniwa?
[14:36] ---
    That's what's so cute about it!
[14:38] ---
    Ugh, you just don't get it, do you?
[14:42] ---
    Okay, question for you:
[14:43] ---
    What are we doing tomorrow,
    Tomozaki the brain?
[14:46] ---
    W-Well, let's see...
[14:49] ---
    We'll basically be trying to
    secure a majority of votes.
[14:52] ---
    We'll go narrow and deep,
    rather than wide and shallow. And then--
[14:55] ---
    Hey, Tomozaki.
[14:58] ---
    Why are you going to such lengths to beat Aoi?
[15:02] ---
    Why?
[15:04] ---
    Hinami and I are NO NAME and nanashi,
[15:06] ---
    so we do have a rivalry going on.
[15:09] ---
    But what about Mimimi?
[15:11] ---
    What about you?
[15:13] ---
    Why do you want to beat Hinami?
[15:17] ---
    Oh, uh, sorry!
[15:19] ---
    That was, um...
[15:21] ---
    Quiz time!
[15:22] ---
    What is Japan's tallest mountain?
[15:24] ---
    Er... Mount Fuji?
[15:26] ---
    Sure, but...
[15:28] ---
    What's the second-tallest mountain?
[15:30] ---
    Th-The second-tallest?
[15:32] ---
    What was it again? Let me think...
[15:34] ---
    Aaand time's up!
[15:36] ---
    The answer? Mount Kita!
[15:38] ---
    Mount... Kita?
[15:40] ---
    Question number two: Who was
    the first president of the USA?
[15:43] ---
    George Washington.
[15:44] ---
    Sure, but...
[15:45] ---
    Who was the second president?
[15:47] ---
    Huh? What was his name...?
[15:49] ---
    The answer? John Adams!
[15:51] ---
    Not big on world history, huh, Tomozaki?
[15:53] ---
    M-Maybe not.
[15:55] ---
    Here's a gimme.
[15:56] ---
    This one's about our very own Sekitomo High:
[15:59] ---
    Which girl came in first overall
    in the May sports tests?
[16:03] ---
    Aoi Hinami.
[16:04] ---
    Uh-huh. But...
[16:07] ---
    Who took second place?
[16:11] ---
    You don't know, do you.
[16:13] ---
    That's basically how it goes.
[16:16] ---
    Number one stands out
    and gets super well-known,
[16:18] ---
    but not number two.
[16:21] ---
    Mimimi--
[16:22] ---
    Ooh, too bad! Time's up!
[16:24] ---
    But you're right:
[16:26] ---
    The answer is me, Minami Nanami!
[16:30] ---
    Incidentally, I was perpetually
    second in our exams, too,
[16:32] ---
    until freshman finals.
[16:34] ---
    Although I dipped down to third
    in our most recent midterms.
[16:37] ---
    And nobody knows.
[16:39] ---
    Here I am, Minami Nanami,
    multi-talented, fair of face--
[16:43] ---
    a classic Japanese beauty,
    handsome man, and gorgeous woman!
[16:48] ---
    You are not a "handsome man."
[16:49] ---
    That's Tomozaki--our details guy!
[16:52] ---
    But you agree with the rest of it, right?
[16:55] ---
    You are so kind.
[16:58] ---
    Sh-Shut up!
[17:01] ---
    But, yeah... that's pretty much it.
[17:05] ---
    And that's why...
[17:08] ---
    That's why I want to win.
[17:11] ---
    Oh.
[17:16] ---
    With all that...
[17:20] ---
    I guess you would.
[17:23] ---
    We're counting on you!
[17:23] ---
    Minami Nanami!
[17:26] ---
    Thanks for your support!
[17:26] ---
    Vote for Minami Nanami!
[17:29] ---
    Minami Nanami here!
     We're counting on you!
[17:30] ---
    Brain!
[17:33] ---
    "Aoi Hinami"
[17:33] ---
    Study the way of the top-tier character,
[17:35] ---
    put in the effort, boost accuracy--
    and victory is in your grasp.
[17:39] ---
    A classic approach, yes,
[17:41] ---
    but that's how you overwhelm
    your foe with absolute might
[17:44] ---
    and launch a frontal assault.
[17:45] ---
    That's Aoi Hinami's play style.
[17:48] ---
    But that's not the only way to fight, Hinami.
[17:52] ---
    I've always been skeptical
    that my approach would work IRL.
[17:52] ---
    "Minami Nanami - Campaign Speech"
[17:58] ---
    So let's give it a shot.
[18:00] ---
    Let's see if nanashi's play style
    can make it out here.
[18:04] ---
    Nice work today!
[18:05] ---
    Good job, everyone!
[18:06] ---
    See you later!
[18:10] ---
    Hey, um... Tama!
[18:12] ---
    Tomozaki?
[18:15] ---
    I'd like you to help me with something.
[18:18] ---
    It's, uh... it's about Mimimi's campaign.
[18:20] ---
    Yeah. Sure thing.
[18:22] ---
    Oh. Well, ah...
[18:24] ---
    "Stadium Showdown Theme"
[18:26] ---
    I'll walk all the way over there
    and play this music.
[18:29] ---
    Tell me if you can hear it, okay?
[18:33] ---
    Where could you hear it the best?
[18:35] ---
    Over there.
[18:37] ---
    I see.
[18:39] ---
    Okay. Thanks.
[18:40] ---
    Anything else? All set?
[18:42] ---
    Yeah, for now.
[18:45] ---
    Hey, uh...
[18:47] ---
    You're not curious about all this?
    And me doing the asking?
[18:50] ---
    It's for Minmi, right?
[18:52] ---
    Yeah.
[18:53] ---
    Then I'm good.
[18:56] ---
    Tomozaki?
[18:58] ---
    Don't push her too hard in this election, okay?
[19:02] ---
    Huh?
[19:03] ---
    Minmi's an overdoer.
[19:06] ---
    Oh... right.
[19:07] ---
    She tends not to show that side of herself,
[19:11] ---
    and she says she's not overdoing anything.
[19:13] ---
    But then she does.
[19:16] ---
    Yeah.
[19:18] ---
    So look out for her, would you?
[19:22] ---
    Leave it to me!
[19:27] ---
    Done and done!
[19:31] ---
    Cast your vote for Minami Nanami!
[19:34] ---
    I'm counting on you!
[19:36] ---
    "Minami Nanami"
[19:36] ---
    Um... good luck!
[19:39] ---
    Thanks for your support!
[19:43] ---
    "Tomozaki"
SIGN    "Campaign Speech - Start with laughs" "Minami Nanami: Brain!! How's it looking? Huh?" "Working on it now. I think I can show you the corrections tomorrow"
SIGN    "Minami Nanami: I'm wondering if we should maybe add more jokes!" "I have a plan" "Minami Nanami: Out with it, Brain!"
[20:01] ---
    "Salads" "Noodles"
[20:09] ---
    Tomozaki!
[20:13] ---
    Got the intro and end?
[20:15] ---
    All set!
[20:17] ---
    Nice!
[20:21] ---
    Oh, man! That is so incredibly out of character!
[20:25] ---
    H-How many classrooms did you hit?
[20:27] ---
    Four of 'em!
[20:29] ---
    Whoa! That's a lot!
[20:30] ---
    You know, Brain, you really are evil.
[20:33] ---
    Are you really okay with duping
    those sweet first-years? Scoundrel!
[20:36] ---
    What are you talking about?
[20:38] ---
    Once you're elected, you'll do everything
    in your power to follow through.
[20:42] ---
    It's totally fine.
[20:43] ---
    You bet!
[20:44] ---
    When I'm elected, I really will
    get those air conditioners!
[20:48] ---
    That's right: What I'd asked Mimimi to do...
[20:51] ---
    When I become student council president,
[20:54] ---
    "Minami Nanami"
    "Campaign Highlight: A/C in every classroom!!"
[20:54] ---
    I pledge to do all I can to install
    air conditioners in every classroom!
[20:59] ---
    The key was to visit only first-year classrooms.
[21:03] ---
    The older grades know that getting
    air conditioners won't be that simple.
[21:07] ---
    We cornered the first-years' votes with A/C
[21:09] ---
    and the sports clubs' with a ball pump.
[21:13] ---
    So all that was left...
[21:14] ---
    And finally, your campaign speech.
[21:17] ---
    Ooh! I've been waiting for this, Brain!
[21:20] ---
    What's it like?
[21:33] ---
    And that's how you'll end your speech.
[21:39] ---
    Oh, Tomozaki! You absolute con artist!
[21:42] ---
    What the--?
[21:45] ---
    Too slow!
[21:49] ---
    S-So not you! That... that gesture!
[21:54] ---
    But hey--thanks. For everything.
[21:57] ---
    Come on, now.
[21:59] ---
    We're going to beat Hinami, aren't we?
[22:03] ---
    Right!
[22:06] ---
    Let's see what you can do, Tomozaki!
[22:08] ---
    Yeah!

E7 - When a mentor character becomes a boss, they'll push you to the edge

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[00:04] ---
    You're looking well.
[00:06] ---
    I'm feeling well.
[00:08] ---
    You've certainly been keeping busy.
[00:11] ---
    Given who we're up against.
[00:14] ---
    These last several days have been so dull,
[00:17] ---
    not being able to fight nanashi
    in Tackfam and all.
[00:20] ---
    Oh? That's strange.
[00:25] ---
    Strange?
[00:27] ---
    After all,
[00:28] ---
    nanashi's been fighting
    NO NAME this whole time.
[00:32] ---
    Huh!
[00:34] ---
    So I can get my hopes up?
[00:36] ---
    Well, I don't know.
[00:38] ---
    But I've done my very nanashi best.
[00:43] ---
    I see!
[00:58] ---
    "Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki"
[02:16] ---
    This has been the agenda
    for the Aoi Hinami Fan Club--
[02:16] ---
    "Lv. 7: When a mentor character becomes a boss,
    they'll push you to the edge"
[02:19] ---
    I mean...
[02:20] ---
    ...my campaign speech for Aoi Hinami.
[02:23] ---
    That was a supporting speech from
    campaign manager Takahiro Mizusawa.
[02:27] ---
    Now for the campaign speech from
    student-council president candidate Aoi Hinami.
[02:33] ---
    Go right ahead.
[02:35] ---
    "I support Minami Nanami because"...
[02:45] ---
    Good morning.
[02:47] ---
    I'm Aoi Hinami, and I'm running
    for student-council president.
[02:52] ---
    Honestly, I bet there are a lot of
    people out there who are thinking:
[02:59] ---
    "It doesn't matter who wins.
    We'll never see real change."
[03:04] ---
    However!
[03:06] ---
    There's just one little thing
    I'd like to tell those people:
[03:12] ---
    You're right.
[03:17] ---
    Oh, jeez--she's already going over great!
[03:19] ---
    That's Hinami for you.
[03:20] ---
    But we've got our strategy, remember?
[03:23] ---
    We don't have to get all the votes.
[03:26] ---
    Right. If we can just get
    the athletes with the ball pump
[03:29] ---
    and the first-years with the air conditioners--
[03:31] ---
    By the way...
[03:32] ---
    Do you have any complaints about this school?
[03:36] ---
    Like, the school store has a poor selection,
[03:39] ---
    or you'd like the option of
    bigger portions in the lunchroom,
[03:42] ---
    or our sports festival is too small,
[03:45] ---
    or you want an electric ball pump?
[03:48] ---
    When I'm president, I'd like to find
    a solution for each complaint in turn.
[03:55] ---
    But I've decided to make
    only one campaign promise.
[04:01] ---
    And that is...
[04:03] ---
    ...to install air conditioners
    in every classroom!
[04:07] ---
    Wh-What now, Tomozaki?
[04:10] ---
    How--? What's going on?!
[04:12] ---
    We had to settle for pitching
    A/C to just the first-years,
[04:17] ---
    and here she is in front of the whole school,
    making it her whole platform.
[04:21] ---
    And yet...
[04:23] ---
    Quiet, please! Can we please have some quiet?
[04:27] ---
    Still, this is not the easiest promise
    on which to follow through.
[04:32] ---
    Even now, the teachers over
    there are looking skeptical.
[04:37] ---
    I can already hear those teachers
    talking amongst themselves
[04:40] ---
    once this speech has ended
    and the assembly is over:
[04:45] ---
    "Air conditioners in every
    classroom? Ridiculous!"
[04:49] ---
    In their perfectly chilled
    teachers' lounge, of course.
[04:56] ---
    Yeah!
[04:56] ---
    What's going on?
[04:58] ---
    A common interest.
[05:00] ---
    Influential powers of persuasion.
[05:03] ---
    Is this you "controlling the mood," Hinami?
[05:09] ---
    And so, I pledge to work hard
    on this and many other issues.
[05:14] ---
    If you feel the same way,
    cast your vote for me: Aoi Hinami!
[05:20] ---
    That choice...
[05:22] ---
    ...is HEXactly right!
[05:33] ---
    "Sekitomo"
[05:34] ---
    And that's all!
[05:35] ---
    Thanks!
[05:39] ---
    That was a supporting speech from
    campaign manager Yumiko Yamashita.
[05:41] ---
    Thanks!
[05:45] ---
    I'm so sorry!
[05:46] ---
    I stumbled over my words there...
[05:48] ---
    No, no, you're totally fine!
[05:51] ---
    You did a real good job, Yumi.
[05:53] ---
    Senpai...
[05:55] ---
    Now for the campaign speech from student-council
    president candidate Minami Nanami.
[06:00] ---
    Here I go!
[06:02] ---
    Go get 'em, Mimimi-senpai!
[06:07] ---
    Let's get started.
[06:08] ---
    Which is one reason,
    but as Ms. Kawamura said,
[06:12] ---
    "Just, you know, whatever.
    Don't go overboard."
[06:17] ---
    So: whatever! I'll work hard
    without going overboard!
SIGN    "Settings" "Sound and Touch" "Notifications and Alerts"
[06:22] ---
    All jokes aside...
[06:24] ---
    I do want our school to be fun to attend,
    one we can be proud of.
[06:30] ---
    And that's why, first of all,
[06:32] ---
    I want to enrich our core academic
    and extracurricular aspects,
[06:32] ---
    Watch closely, Hinami.
    This is how nanashi fights.
[06:35] ---
    then work on expanding
    our school events as well.
[06:39] ---
    All in the name of bumping up
    Sekitomo High's school spirit, of course!
[06:55] ---
    Hey, Navi: Turn off the alarm.
[06:59] ---
    I've turned off the alarm.
[07:03] ---
    Hey, Navi: Who's going to
    be student-council president?
[07:07] ---
    I'm Navi, your virtual assistant.
[07:11] ---
    I didn't ask for an introduction!
[07:14] ---
    Enough about me. How can I help?
[07:18] ---
    Hey!
[07:22] ---
    You can't take a foe like Hinami head-on.
    You have to strike a blind spot.
[07:23] ---
    No, no! I'm asking you about the election!
[07:27] ---
    I knew how Mimimi looked
    to the student body right now:
[07:28] ---
    I found this information
    about upcoming local elections.
[07:31] ---
    "Now there's a candidate who can really
    adlib in the face of a sudden blunder."
[07:32] ---
    Not that! The student-council
    president election!
[07:37] ---
    Tell me this, Navi: Will you vote for me?
[07:42] ---
    I'm sorry. I don't understand.
[07:44] ---
    Oh, come on!
[07:46] ---
    Well, it looks like Navi won't be voting for me,
[07:50] ---
    but I certainly hope you all will!
[07:55] ---
    I'm counting on you!
[07:58] ---
    That was the campaign speech from
    candidate Minami Nanami. Thank you.
[08:04] ---
    Brain!
[08:07] ---
    Mimimi-senpai, that was fantastic!
[08:07] ---
    Brain!
[08:09] ---
    That was all adlibbed, wasn't it?!
[08:12] ---
    H-Hey, uh...
[08:14] ---
    Mi-Mimi-Mi-Mi!
[08:15] ---
    Whoopsie!
[08:17] ---
    Was that a little too much
    for you, Tomozaki?
[08:20] ---
    Tee-hee!
[08:23] ---
    Well done!
[08:25] ---
    Hey, Aoi!
[08:27] ---
    Nice job, Mimimi.
[08:29] ---
    So, Tomozaki... you were
    helping out, too, huh?
[08:32] ---
    Well... you know.
[08:33] ---
    Skip the details!
[08:35] ---
    Just know that Tomozaki did a great job!
[08:39] ---
    Huh...
[08:41] ---
    C'mon, Takahiro!
[08:43] ---
    After all, until the final tally
    comes in, we're rivals.
[08:48] ---
    That's right!
[08:49] ---
    Bye!
[08:52] ---
    The vibe of those two together...
[08:55] ---
    Maybe the rumors are right
    and they are dating.
[08:58] ---
    Eh?
[09:03] ---
    We did what we could.
[09:03] ---
    "Ballot"
    "Student Council President"
[09:06] ---
    All that's left is to wait for the results.
SIGN    "Student Council President Election Results Aoi Hinami: 416 Votes (Winner) Minami Nanami: 131 Votes"
[09:15] ---
    Good job, Tomozaki!
[09:15] ---
    "Tropical Grape"
[09:17] ---
    You were a huge help. Thanks!
[09:20] ---
    Uh, sure.
[09:29] ---
    Man, what a bummer!
[09:32] ---
    Well, I may have lost this time,
    but there's always next time, right?
[09:37] ---
    Fall today, rise tomorrow.
[09:39] ---
    Yeah, exactly! Oh, bravo, Brain! Well said!
[09:43] ---
    Always look forward, with the wind at your back!
[09:46] ---
    And if you do fall, just run
    that much faster to catch up!
[09:51] ---
    I can't tell if this is how she
    really feels or if it's just bluster.
[09:56] ---
    But...
[09:57] ---
    Right!
[09:58] ---
    And you'll have other chances
    to compete against Hinami.
[10:03] ---
    You bet!
[10:09] ---
    Before we begin,
    I'd like to clarify something.
[10:13] ---
    Hmm? What's that?
[10:14] ---
    That little Navi "accident" --you had
    that all planned out, didn't you?
[10:19] ---
    Yeah. It was all scripted.
[10:25] ---
    I knew it!
[10:27] ---
    That was going to get her over the finish line,
    but it didn't work in the end.
[10:31] ---
    Not in terms of election results, no.
[10:35] ---
    But you surprised me. That was fun!
[10:38] ---
    Uh... okay.
[10:40] ---
    Now that? That was very nanashi.
[10:42] ---
    "Super Attack Families"
[10:42] ---
    Seems the legend who flipped Tackfam on its head
[10:46] ---
    by bringing combo tactics to a hit-and-run
    game really is all he's cracked up to be.
[10:50] ---
    But you played dirty,
    crushing our entire strategy like that.
[10:57] ---
    If you're going to help Mimimi, you're
    going to have to be a lot more discreet.
[11:00] ---
    With nanashi involved, I figured
    there'd be some unique tactics--
[11:05] ---
    so I squashed that efficient
    vote-winner of a campaign promise
[11:07] ---
    with brute force.
[11:10] ---
    I underestimated you.
[11:12] ---
    I may have won this time,
    but I got a feel for your potential.
[11:16] ---
    It was quite a surprise!
[11:17] ---
    And a lot of fun!
[11:19] ---
    So keep on applying yourself
    here in this thing called "life."
[11:24] ---
    Got that?
[11:25] ---
    That is the plan, but yeah.
[11:27] ---
    Excellent!
SIGN    "Small Goal Go somewhere with a girl from school (not me), just the 2 of you"
[11:29] ---
    Now, then--let's finish up that
    "go out alone with a girl" task!
[11:44] ---
    Tomozaki?
[11:46] ---
    Yuh?
[11:47] ---
    Um...
[11:49] ---
    Aren't you going in?
[11:49] ---
    "Library"
[11:50] ---
    Oh, um, yeah! I am. I'm going in.
[12:03] ---
    "Hey, do you want to see a movie this weekend?"
[12:04] ---
    "The Angel and the Caged Bird"
[12:07] ---
    That's not it.
[12:09] ---
    "There's this movie I'm interested in..."
[12:11] ---
    "Kikuchi, did you hear? There's an Andi film
    playing in Shibuya right now..."
[12:16] ---
    Or something.
[12:19] ---
    Um... is everything okay?
[12:21] ---
    Huh? Oh! Er...
[12:26] ---
    Hey, um... See, uh...
[12:28] ---
    There's an Andi film playing at this theater--
[12:31] ---
    In Shi-Shibuya!
[12:35] ---
    I... I'm sorry.
[12:37] ---
    I-It's fine.
[12:41] ---
    Tomozaki? Your face is all red.
[12:44] ---
    So is yours.
[12:50] ---
    Um, so... well, uh...
[12:53] ---
    Uh-huh?
[12:54] ---
    Would you...
[12:56] ---
    Would you like to come see it... with me?
[13:01] ---
    Uh-huh!
[13:03] ---
    "Tomozaki"
[13:08] ---
    I'm one step closer to my goal.
[13:10] ---
    But while I'm at it, I may as well
    read more of Andi's books.
[13:15] ---
    It'll give me something
    to talk about with Kikuchi.
[13:18] ---
    And besides...
[13:20] ---
    This guy's books?
[13:22] ---
    They're good!
[13:26] ---
    I'll be closing up soon.
[13:27] ---
    Huh?
[13:29] ---
    Wow, that late already...
[13:43] ---
    Tama?
[13:45] ---
    Tomozaki!
[13:49] ---
    Were you in the library?
[13:50] ---
    Yeah.
[13:52] ---
    Aoi and Minmi are running
    way out ahead of everyone else.
[13:56] ---
    Wow.
[13:57] ---
    I think she's probably competing with Aoi.
[14:00] ---
    Heck, I know she is.
[14:03] ---
    Maybe so.
[14:06] ---
    Too bad about the election, huh?
[14:08] ---
    Yeah.
[14:09] ---
    I mean, it's Aoi. You can't beat her.
[14:12] ---
    Right.
[14:13] ---
    See, with Minmi...
[14:15] ---
    Hmm?
[14:16] ---
    Even if Minmi can't win, she won't give in.
[14:19] ---
    So I wish she'd quit taking on Aoi, at least.
[14:23] ---
    She's a little... scary, I guess?
[14:27] ---
    And that's why...
[14:29] ---
    That's why I want to win.
[14:31] ---
    I get that.
[14:33] ---
    It sucks being the loser.
[14:38] ---
    Mimimi had never practiced
    for that long before yesterday.
[14:43] ---
    I've always been the only one still
    hanging around to the bitter end.
[14:49] ---
    And then today, she shows up for
    morning practice even before I do.
[14:52] ---
    Huh? Seriously?
[14:54] ---
    I-I mean...
[14:56] ---
    You come here after practice every day?
[14:59] ---
    Yes, and...?
[15:00] ---
    Like it's no big deal!
[15:03] ---
    Hey...
[15:04] ---
    Let me ask you something.
[15:08] ---
    What is it?
[15:09] ---
    You might be the same way when it
    comes to games--Tackfam in particular.
[15:14] ---
    Checking up on your goals,
    analyzing your progress,
[15:17] ---
    and getting what you need
    through trial and error.
[15:20] ---
    Moving forward in this way is
    what we call "effort," is it not?
[15:25] ---
    Yeah. Sure.
[15:27] ---
    And making repeated efforts
    with zero compromise,
[15:30] ---
    just a single-minded push forward...
[15:33] ---
    Is there something wrong with that?
[15:35] ---
    Huh? I mean, that's...
[15:38] ---
    I don't think there's anything wrong with it.
[15:41] ---
    You already have your answer!
[15:43] ---
    I don't think so, either.
    Effort's not a bad thing.
[15:48] ---
    Right. I basically feel mostly the same way.
[15:51] ---
    "Mostly"?
[15:52] ---
    However...
[15:54] ---
    When you make a lot of effort
    in the game of life,
[15:58] ---
    things may come up that
    can't be solved so easily.
[16:01] ---
    In my experience, anyway.
[16:04] ---
    Don't give it too much thought.
[16:12] ---
    Yo, Brain!
[16:13] ---
    Whoa! Mi-Mimi-Mi-Mi-Mi-Mimimi!
[16:17] ---
    That sounds familiar!
[16:18] ---
    Thinking about something?
[16:20] ---
    Is this when you finally
    confess your love? To me?
[16:22] ---
    N-No!
[16:25] ---
    Listen...
[16:26] ---
    I hear you're putting a lot of effort
    into your practices lately.
[16:30] ---
    Yep! I'm working really, really hard!
    Same goes for my studies!
[16:35] ---
    I've got a lot of catching up
    to do after losing the election.
[16:39] ---
    I'm rooting for you. As a gamer.
[16:43] ---
    Dude, what?
[16:44] ---
    Hey, who told you about my practices, anyway?
[16:48] ---
    Hmm? Hinami did.
[16:50] ---
    Huh! Who knew?
[16:52] ---
    Ooh, how'd she tell you?
[16:55] ---
    Um... how? I mean... normally?
[16:58] ---
    Like always.
[17:00] ---
    Is that so?
[17:01] ---
    Well, whatever.
[17:03] ---
    Look, I'm heading to the lunchroom.
    What about you?
[17:07] ---
    I'm just going to grab a pastry
    or something from the store.
[17:10] ---
    Ah-ha!
[17:12] ---
    Roger that!
[17:13] ---
    Later!
[17:19] ---
    Wait, was that...
[17:22] ---
    Was that an invitation?
[17:32] ---
    Tama?
[17:34] ---
    Tomozaki.
[17:35] ---
    Watching practice again?
[17:37] ---
    Yeah.
[17:39] ---
    Mimimi's working hard.
[17:41] ---
    Yeah, she is.
[17:42] ---
    Hinami said Mimimi even beat her
    to morning practice today.
[17:48] ---
    Huh.
[17:49] ---
    Ever since the election, I bet.
[17:52] ---
    Yeah.
[17:54] ---
    Mimimi really was in it to win.
[17:57] ---
    She must have been disappointed.
    I know I was.
[18:00] ---
    Yeah.
[18:02] ---
    Was she always like that?
[18:04] ---
    I'm not sure. We don't go that far back.
[18:08] ---
    Oh? Really?
[18:10] ---
    I thought you'd been friends
    for a good long while.
[18:15] ---
    We first talked in... the second term
    of first year or so?
[18:19] ---
    Huh! You don't say.
[18:21] ---
    I'm not great at making friends,
[18:25] ---
    so I didn't talk to anyone that
    first term. Not even Minmi.
[18:29] ---
    Then how'd you get to be such good friends?
[18:33] ---
    Because Minmi's an idiot, I guess?
[18:39] ---
    Even though we hadn't
    talked at all that first term,
[18:43] ---
    she suddenly started bugging me
    in the second term.
[18:46] ---
    Poking my cheeks--stuff like that.
[18:49] ---
    I'm not good with that kind of thing,
    so I acted all annoyed.
[18:54] ---
    After that, I'd ignore her, glare at her...
[19:00] ---
    I tried everything, but she just wouldn't stop.
[19:04] ---
    I thought, "God, what an idiot."
[19:08] ---
    But that's how I came
    to make more friends
[19:12] ---
    and feel more comfortable in our classroom.
[19:18] ---
    So I...
[19:20] ---
    I think people who are good at
    making friends are really amazing.
[19:24] ---
    I kinda wished I could be like that.
[19:27] ---
    One time Aoi came over to talk to me,
    even though she was in a different class.
[19:33] ---
    She said Minmi had come to her for advice.
[19:37] ---
    Advice?
[19:38] ---
    Yeah.
[19:39] ---
    "There's a girl in our class who doesn't fit in.
    What should I do?"
[19:44] ---
    And Aoi said, "Maybe she just
    doesn't want to fit in."
[19:49] ---
    But Minmi wouldn't leave it alone.
[19:52] ---
    "Not this girl.
[19:54] ---
    She tries to fit in, but she's
    too awkward to make it work."
[19:59] ---
    I'd been... trying not to get involved, I guess.
[20:04] ---
    I was afraid, so I avoided people.
[20:07] ---
    But it's not that I didn't need friends.
[20:10] ---
    Minmi was exactly right.
[20:13] ---
    So Aoi tells her this:
[20:16] ---
    "Okay, try talking to her
    a little bit every day."
[20:19] ---
    Huh?
[20:20] ---
    Wait--so is that how...
[20:22] ---
    Uh-huh. She starts poking
    my cheeks... every dang day.
[20:27] ---
    Tell me that's not messed up!
[20:30] ---
    That's Mimimi, all right.
[20:32] ---
    But Aoi told me to keep our
    conversation between us.
[20:38] ---
    That Minmi would be embarrassed,
[20:40] ---
    and I should let her keep up her front.
[20:42] ---
    Aoi said she wanted me to know--
[20:45] ---
    and that Minmi's daily teasing
    was for my own sake.
[20:50] ---
    Huh...
[20:52] ---
    Even though I know all this about Minmi,
[20:55] ---
    she acts like she's not doing anything,
[20:58] ---
    then always comes to my rescue.
[21:01] ---
    So I go on pretending I don't know a thing.
[21:06] ---
    See?
[21:07] ---
    Minmi's a real idiot, am I right?
[21:11] ---
    You're saltier than usual today, Tama!
[21:13] ---
    Don't go comparing how people taste!
[21:17] ---
    Normally, right after practice,
    your sweat would be nice and fresh.
[21:20] ---
    But today, the salty taste has
    grown concentrated over time!
[21:24] ---
    That is nasty! Go deduce something else!
[21:28] ---
    Anything out of the ordinary happen?
[21:30] ---
    Not especially.
[21:31] ---
    I met Tama on my way out of the library.
    We talked for a while.
[21:35] ---
    Huh. I see.
[21:37] ---
    A thousand pardons, Tama.
[21:39] ---
    Now, if you'll allow me
    to snarfle your elbow...
[21:42] ---
    You just don't quit! I don't get you!
[21:44] ---
    All right, Mimimi. That's enough of that.
[21:48] ---
    You can't keep me down! I won't give up!
[21:50] ---
    Hi-yah!
[21:52] ---
    Jeez, Minmi! Chill out!
[21:54] ---
    These three share some strong bonds,
    just like Tama said.
[21:55] ---
    Elbow!
[21:56] ---
    Turn it down a notch, Mimimi.
[21:58] ---
    Ooh, yum!
[21:59] ---
    Huh? Wait--hey!
[22:01] ---
    No way...
[22:03] ---
    Mimimi!
[22:05] ---
    But the next day,
    Mimimi wasn't quite herself.
[22:06] ---
    Sorry, sorry! I'll buy you another!

E8 - There are some problems a bottom-tier character can't fix alone

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[00:00] ---
    "Saitama Prefectural Tournament"
[00:20] ---
    "Asahara" "Kusunoki"
[00:31] ---
    Aw, man. We lost.
[00:33] ---
    But I'm glad we made it so far again this year!
[00:36] ---
    Great work out there!
[00:37] ---
    Shake it off!
[01:16] ---
    "Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki"
[02:35] ---
    Nanami! Are you listening?
[02:35] ---
    "Lv. 8: There are some problems
    a bottom-tier character can't fix alone"
[02:38] ---
    Whoa! Um, sorry about that!
[02:40] ---
    I wasn't sleeping--I just
    blacked out for a sec.
[02:44] ---
    But I wasn't sleeping!
[02:46] ---
    Yeah, okay, okay.
[02:48] ---
    Now, this depiction here...
[02:51] ---
    This was a common way to portray
    their beliefs or principles at that time.
[02:59] ---
    Nanami's been like that
    since the election, hasn't she?
[03:04] ---
    Uh-huh. That might have set her off.
[03:07] ---
    Nanami's trying to compete with Hinami, right?
[03:12] ---
    Yeah, but... where'd you hear that?
[03:16] ---
    I didn't. I can imagine it.
[03:19] ---
    Imagine it?
[03:20] ---
    Like how?
[03:22] ---
    Like, why would this person
    do something like that,
[03:26] ---
    or how might that person be feeling.
[03:30] ---
    Because, um, my novel...
[03:32] ---
    Oh. It helps you write.
[03:38] ---
    I just sort of imagine all
    kinds of people's feelings.
[03:43] ---
    I mean, it's mostly idle daydreaming.
[03:46] ---
    What kind of person is Hinami?
[03:50] ---
    Huh?
[03:51] ---
    I don't really understand her.
[03:54] ---
    Her motivation,
    the reasons driving her actions...
[03:59] ---
    I try to imagine it, but I draw a blank.
[04:02] ---
    It must be awfully tough to compete with someone
[04:05] ---
    whose motivations you don't understand.
[04:09] ---
    You can't see the goal.
[04:11] ---
    A goal you can't see, huh?
[04:24] ---
    Minmi's overdoing it. Again.
[04:44] ---
    What should I even do when she's like this?
[04:51] ---
    Should I get her to stop?
[04:54] ---
    Or let her keep going?
[04:57] ---
    Yeah. I wonder.
[05:12] ---
    Ah, it's so nice and cool at this time of night!
[05:16] ---
    Um... Hey.
[05:18] ---
    Hmm?
[05:19] ---
    As a friend who fought Hinami
    beside you, craving that win...
[05:29] ---
    Are you overworking yourself now
    because you still want to beat her?
[05:36] ---
    How can I put this?
[05:38] ---
    I'm saying this because
    I think you'll understand:
[05:42] ---
    It sucks so much that I want
    to quit right here and now.
[05:45] ---
    But it'll probably suck even more if I do.
[05:50] ---
    I get how rough it is to stop making
    an effort halfway through and lose.
[05:55] ---
    So I want to respect Mimimi,
[05:58] ---
    sore loser of a gamer that I am.
[06:01] ---
    In that case... go get 'em, Mimimi.
[06:16] ---
    Oh, Aoi. Morning!
[06:20] ---
    Good morning, Mimimi.
[06:22] ---
    Early again, huh?
[06:24] ---
    Yeah, I guess!
[06:34] ---
    "Asahara" "Kusunoki"
[06:38] ---
    Aw, man. We lost.
[06:40] ---
    But I'm glad we made it so far again this year!
[06:43] ---
    Great work out there!
[06:44] ---
    Shake it off!
[06:46] ---
    How can you smile--and laugh?
[06:49] ---
    That girl who beat us out there
    just now put in a ton of effort.
[06:54] ---
    We've only made it to the prefectural
    tournament! That's nothing!
[06:59] ---
    It's not good... not good at all!
[07:02] ---
    We know you worked hard, Minami...
[07:05] ---
    But the prefectural tournament? That's huge!
[07:07] ---
    And you're the one who got us this far.
[07:10] ---
    We did fine--really!
[07:15] ---
    Yeah. I guess... I guess you're right.
[07:20] ---
    I'm glad.
[07:25] ---
    Mimimi!
[07:30] ---
    Yikes. That was a close one!
[07:32] ---
    I nearly took a tumble! Tee-hee!
[07:38] ---
    "Sewing Room 2"
[07:40] ---
    If this keeps up, she'll soon
    reach her breaking point.
[07:44] ---
    She's probably practicing at home, too--
[07:46] ---
    and likely not sleeping much at all.
[07:50] ---
    I'd like to talk some sense
    into her before she collapses,
[07:53] ---
    but it's bound to backfire,
    coming from me.
[07:56] ---
    Hey, why is Mimimi so obsessed with you?
[08:03] ---
    It was a prefectural basketball
    tournament in middle school.
[08:06] ---
    I'm the one who made her school lose.
[08:11] ---
    But that's not my story to tell.
[08:20] ---
    Here I am, Tomozaki!
[08:23] ---
    What did you want to talk about?
[08:24] ---
    Oh, uh...
[08:26] ---
    I wanted to ask you about middle-school Mimimi.
[08:31] ---
    Mimimi was a starter from year one.
    She was really good.
[08:36] ---
    I guess you could say it was a one-woman team.
[08:38] ---
    But she felt a little out of place, too.
[08:41] ---
    We faced Hinami's team in the last
    tournament of our third and final year,
[08:45] ---
    it was basically a showdown between two aces,
[08:48] ---
    and we wound up taking the L.
[08:51] ---
    The others were like, "I'm just glad
    we made it to the prefectural tournament,"
[08:55] ---
    but I think Mimimi was really and truly crushed.
[09:09] ---
    It's raining.
[09:10] ---
    Yeah.
[09:12] ---
    Maybe that's a good thing.
[09:14] ---
    The clubs won't meet in this weather,
    and Hinami can't practice.
[09:20] ---
    Mimimi can take the day off, too.
[09:22] ---
    Right? She did leave really
    quickly after homeroom--
[09:29] ---
    Hey. Is that...?
[09:33] ---
    Oh, no way.
[09:36] ---
    We have to stop her!
[09:43] ---
    Aoi?
[09:44] ---
    Yeah.
[09:46] ---
    And Minmi...
[09:48] ---
    She must have... gone home.
[09:51] ---
    Probably.
[10:06] ---
    Minmi? Hey, Minmi!
[10:09] ---
    Oh, sorry! What's up, Tama?
[10:13] ---
    Did you take the day off yesterday?
[10:15] ---
    Sure did! I'm all rested up and feeling great!
[10:18] ---
    I'm heading to practice. What about you?
[10:21] ---
    Yep! I'll be there in a sec.
[10:23] ---
    Oh...
[10:49] ---
    Oof, those clouds... Looks like rain again.
[10:52] ---
    Hmm?
[10:54] ---
    Mimimi?
[11:20] ---
    Tomozaki?
[11:27] ---
    Mimimi, what about today's practice?
[11:30] ---
    Ah, well, you know.
[11:32] ---
    Um... Yamashita--she told me.
[11:37] ---
    About your middle-school basketball team.
[11:40] ---
    Aw, nuts! My cover's been blown!
[11:43] ---
    Curse you for ratting out your senior,
    Yumi, you scoundrel!
[11:48] ---
    Is that when it started?
[11:50] ---
    This whole not wanting to lose to Hinami?
[11:55] ---
    It's because I don't shine.
[11:58] ---
    Huh?
[11:59] ---
    After I lost to Aoi,
[12:01] ---
    I went alone to see her play
    in the national tournament.
[12:01] ---
    "The 47th National Middle-School
    Basketball Tournament"
[12:06] ---
    Aoi's school wound up finishing in second place.
[12:11] ---
    All her team members were smiling
    and congratulating one another,
[12:16] ---
    but Aoi looked disappointed,
    biting her lip and glaring at the emcee.
[12:21] ---
    "Kusunoki"
[12:22] ---
    The moment they announced: "First place
    goes to Such-and-So Middle School,"
[12:27] ---
    Aoi started crying,
    the tears welling up and falling.
[12:32] ---
    She didn't cry when her team came in second.
[12:35] ---
    She only cried when she heard
    another team came in first.
[12:39] ---
    Like, is being number one all this girl sees?
[12:42] ---
    That's... wow.
[12:45] ---
    Right?
[12:47] ---
    But at the same time, I was ashamed of myself,
    because I couldn't be like Aoi.
[12:52] ---
    I'd changed my behavior to match the mood.
[12:56] ---
    I realized that I was just an ordinary person.
[13:00] ---
    All the more reason for me
    to want to be special, like Aoi.
[13:04] ---
    I was surprised to spot Aoi at our
    high-school entrance ceremony.
[13:09] ---
    Especially when she came up
    to me afterward and said:
[13:12] ---
    "Didn't we play each other in round two
    of the prefectural tournament?
[13:15] ---
    I've been thinking about you
    ever since that game."
[13:20] ---
    And that's not all.
[13:22] ---
    She said, "You must have practiced like crazy.
    I could tell, playing you."
[13:27] ---
    And then: "I wish I could have
    played on the same team as you."
[13:33] ---
    That really saved me, you know?
[13:38] ---
    So Aoi is someone I'm grateful for,
    someone I look up to the most--
[13:44] ---
    and the person I least want to lose to.
[13:48] ---
    We became friends after that,
    joining the track-and-field club together.
[13:52] ---
    But... around the second term
    of first year, was it?
[13:55] ---
    Even though Aoi's specialty was the sprint,
[13:57] ---
    she took first place on our team
    in my event, the high jump.
[14:00] ---
    Her beating me made me realize once again:
[14:04] ---
    I really can't be someone special after all.
[14:08] ---
    If you want to shine,
    you've got to come in first.
[14:12] ---
    But I felt like even that was impossible.
[14:16] ---
    Mimimi...
[14:17] ---
    That's pretty much it!
    Sorry to be such a downer.
[14:21] ---
    No, not at all.
[14:23] ---
    Thanks. I feel better having talked about it!
[14:25] ---
    But... but you don't have to come in first.
[14:29] ---
    The way I see it,
    you shine pretty brightly already.
[14:34] ---
    Thanks!
[14:37] ---
    Sorry, Tomozaki--looks like I forgot something.
    Head on home without me.
[14:42] ---
    Later!
[14:42] ---
    Hey, Mimimi--
[14:46] ---
    My words hadn't gotten through to her.
[14:49] ---
    It was painfully clear,
    even to a bottom-tier scrub like me.
[14:56] ---
    She didn't show up.
[14:57] ---
    Not to Saturday's practice,
    not to today's morning session.
[15:01] ---
    Oh.
[15:02] ---
    Even though coming in first isn't everything...
[15:05] ---
    That's something I never expected.
[15:08] ---
    Huh?
[15:09] ---
    I mean, you're just like me, aren't you?
[15:12] ---
    The Tackfam-mastering nanashi?
[15:16] ---
    What do you mean, I'm just like you?
[15:16] ---
    "Teachers' Lounge"
[15:19] ---
    Of course I want to win in a one-on-one battle.
[15:19] ---
    "Club Resignation Notice"
[15:21] ---
    But if only first place matters,
[15:23] ---
    that would make pretty much
    the whole world useless.
[15:27] ---
    In fact, I'd say it's more like I
    don't want to lose to me.
[15:32] ---
    Is that how you really feel?
[15:33] ---
    Yeah.
[15:34] ---
    Tackfam's a battle against myself.
[15:38] ---
    I see.
[15:41] ---
    Minmi, you're quitting the club?!
[15:44] ---
    Yeah. Thought about it over the weekend.
[15:46] ---
    Is it true?
[15:50] ---
    Sorry, Aoi!
[15:51] ---
    I gave it a lot of thought and, well,
    my body just can't take any more.
[15:55] ---
    I wanted to keep running track with you, Mimimi.
[15:59] ---
    I'm sorry, Aoi.
[16:01] ---
    No, it's not that! No need to apologize!
[16:06] ---
    I wonder what happened?
[16:08] ---
    Hmm... a misunderstanding, maybe.
[16:12] ---
    And yet... no one did anything wrong.
[16:17] ---
    Sorry, Tama--I'm heading home, okay?
[16:20] ---
    Eh?
[16:21] ---
    Bye, Tama! See you tomorrow!
[16:23] ---
    Mimimi!
[16:26] ---
    Want to... go home together?
[16:28] ---
    Huh?
[16:31] ---
    Come on. With Tama, too. The three of us.
[16:37] ---
    I'll skip practice!
[16:42] ---
    Apologies!
[16:43] ---
    Out of consideration for Tomozaki's courage,
    I'll be leaving with those two.
[16:50] ---
    Wow, it sure is muggy. That's summer for you!
[16:53] ---
    And this is totally a textbook Japanese summer!
[16:57] ---
    Hey, Minmi?
[16:59] ---
    Hmm?
[17:00] ---
    Do you hate Aoi now?
[17:04] ---
    You did quit track and all.
[17:07] ---
    O-Of course I don't!
[17:10] ---
    Really?
[17:11] ---
    I mean, Aoi's a really great girl.
    She can do anything.
[17:14] ---
    She's respectable, dependable.
[17:18] ---
    She really gets me.
[17:21] ---
    And she shines... and she's special...
[17:24] ---
    Then why are you quitting?
[17:27] ---
    You know I could never... hate Aoi.
[17:32] ---
    Uh-huh.
[17:34] ---
    And even though...
[17:36] ---
    Even though I could never...
    I could never hate her...
[17:40] ---
    Aoi's just...
[17:42] ---
    She's such a great girl. Always working so hard.
[17:45] ---
    But never bragging about it.
[17:48] ---
    Always looking out for me.
[17:51] ---
    Understanding exactly how I feel.
[17:55] ---
    So really, I love Aoi.
[17:59] ---
    Uh-huh.
[18:02] ---
    I mean, I should love her,
[18:04] ---
    but she beats me in schoolwork,
    beats me in sports...
[18:08] ---
    And then, all of a sudden,
[18:10] ---
    I'm jealous of her.
[18:12] ---
    Like, she bugs me, or she's in my way...
[18:15] ---
    ...or I want her g-gone!
[18:18] ---
    And here I am,
    thinking these things, and I... I...
[18:24] ---
    And it's awful! It's just the worst!
[18:27] ---
    If a sore loser like me stayed in that club,
[18:32] ---
    I'd wind up thinking that way again.
[18:34] ---
    And I'd hate myself for it.
[18:37] ---
    So much that I couldn't stand it.
[18:41] ---
    Even when we practiced together, I'd think,
[18:44] ---
    "Why doesn't she stop practicing?"
[18:47] ---
    "If she really cared about me,
    she'd quit right away."
[18:52] ---
    "How clueless can you get?"
[18:54] ---
    I actually thought that!
[18:56] ---
    And I...
[18:58] ---
    I don't want to think
    that way about Aoi anymore.
[19:02] ---
    Sure.
[19:08] ---
    That's why I quit.
[19:11] ---
    How can she work so hard, I wonder?
[19:19] ---
    T-Tama?!
[19:21] ---
    Hey! Stop tha-- It tickles!
[19:24] ---
    You want to be number one, no matter what?
[19:28] ---
    I-It's just...
[19:30] ---
    I'm nothing.
[19:33] ---
    But Minmi...
[19:35] ---
    You're my hero.
[19:38] ---
    Huh?
[19:39] ---
    Always smiling and saying you're fine,
    then working yourself too hard.
[19:44] ---
    But you keep that to yourself
    as you help me out.
[19:48] ---
    I like Aoi a lot, too,
[19:52] ---
    but you're my one and only hero, Minmi.
[19:56] ---
    But...
[19:58] ---
    And if you still wanna be number one...
[20:03] ---
    To me, you're the world's number-one idiot!
[20:05] ---
    So make do with that!
[20:12] ---
    Wh-What's the big idea?!
[20:14] ---
    Just doing what an idiot does!
[20:17] ---
    Tama!
[20:18] ---
    H-Hey, now!
[20:20] ---
    Who's an idiot, hmm? Say it again!
[20:21] ---
    C'mon, Minmi!
[20:23] ---
    Mmm, your neck smells amazing!
[20:26] ---
    Quit sniffing me, idiot! Back off already!
[20:33] ---
    And so,
[20:34] ---
    after Mimimi apologized to the club,
[20:38] ---
    she was approved to rejoin--
    the day after she'd resigned.
[20:43] ---
    Her feelings for Hinami--a mix
    of gratitude, respect, and envy--
[20:47] ---
    seem to have mellowed quite a bit,
    thanks to Tama.
[20:51] ---
    Though Mimimi's sexual harassment
    seems to have increased threefold.
[20:56] ---
    And I'm preparing to face my biggest challenge
[21:00] ---
    before summer vacation starts tomorrow.
[21:03] ---
    Shuji, um... Here. A birthday present.
[21:07] ---
    Oh, hey. Thanks.
[21:11] ---
    Your task for today:
SIGN    "Today's Task Give Nakamura his present and talk to him for 3+ minutes"
[21:13] ---
    Give Nakamura his birthday present
    and talk to him for at least three minutes.
[21:17] ---
    "PitCam"
[21:22] ---
    Na-Nakamura!
[21:23] ---
    Yeah? What is it, Tomozaki?
[21:25] ---
    Um... this is... a birthday present.
[21:28] ---
    Huh?
[21:32] ---
    A controller?
[21:33] ---
    See, um, the controller is key,
    uh... especially in versus play.
[21:38] ---
    I-I can get behind someone who
    works hard and hates to lose...
[21:43] ---
    And as a gamer and huge Tackfam fan, I, um...
[21:47] ---
    I'll take it.
[21:53] ---
    What?! That wasn't three minutes?
[21:56] ---
    N-Now what?
[21:58] ---
    Uh, hey!
[21:59] ---
    What?
[22:00] ---
    Well, um... er...
[22:06] ---
    S-So is it true that Hinami
    and Mizusawa are dating?
[22:10] ---
    "Cafe Restaurant Gesto"
[22:13] ---
    "S-So is it true that Hinami
    and Mizusawa are dating?"
[22:22] ---
    C'mon, Minmi, cut that out.
[22:26] ---
    I-I'm so sorry, Tomozaki!
[22:28] ---
    Jeez, give it a rest.
[22:29] ---
    And? Is there any truth
    to the rumors, Miss Hinami?
[22:35] ---
    The truth is... we're dating.
[22:38] ---
    What?!
[22:38] ---
    What if I actually said that?
[22:40] ---
    Huh? Jeez!
[22:44] ---
    Of course we're not dating.
[22:49] ---
    Well, now that everything's out in the open...
[22:54] ---
    I'm really sorry for everything, gang!
[22:57] ---
    This sure is out of the blue, Minmi.
[23:00] ---
    By way of apologizing for causing such a fuss...
[23:05] ---
    ...please accept these!
[23:08] ---
    And these are...?
[23:10] ---
    Apology gifts! Also known as
    proof of our friendship!
[23:14] ---
    Just like mine, but in different colors!
[23:17] ---
    Aren't they the cutest?
[23:19] ---
    I don't know, Mimimi...
    any way you look at it--
[23:22] ---
    They're adorable.
[23:23] ---
    Huh?!
[23:24] ---
    They're so cute!
[23:27] ---
    Oh, this is fantastic!
[23:28] ---
    Yeah! Are you sure we can have these?
[23:31] ---
    Of course! Abso-fruit-ly!
[23:36] ---
    You call this...
[23:38] ---
    ...cute?

E9 - When you go back to the starter town with the full party, new stuff tends to happen

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[00:06] ---
    Yep. Sure enough, that's one pathetic outfit.
[00:10] ---
    What did you expect?
    I don't have any new summer clothes.
[00:14] ---
    "The Beanstalk"
[00:14] ---
    I can see I'll have to
    assign you a special task.
[00:20] ---
    So what's my task?
[00:22] ---
    Before we get into that,
[00:25] ---
    we need to decide what you'll
    be doing over this summer break.
[00:30] ---
    I guess summer break isn't a total break.
[00:33] ---
    Your current small goal is:
[00:35] ---
    "Go somewhere with a girl who
    isn't me--just the two of you."
[00:39] ---
    From there, I'll be setting other goals
    to be met by the end of August.
[00:45] ---
    Got it.
[00:46] ---
    Your goal this summer:
[00:48] ---
    Start dating Kikuchi.
[00:51] ---
    What?!
[01:07] ---
    "Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki"
[02:26] ---
    "Lv. 9: When you go back to the starter town
    with the full party, new stuff tends to happen"
[02:26] ---
    Where did you want to go again, Tomozaki?
[02:29] ---
    Um, that would be...
SIGN    "Today" "RAGERED - Arohe Store Clothing"
[02:32] ---
    ...a clothing store on the fifth floor?
[02:34] ---
    Okay!
[02:37] ---
    You're more dependable than I thought, Tomozaki!
[02:41] ---
    Is she seriously going to keep that up?
[02:44] ---
    Your goal this summer: Start dating Kikuchi.
[02:48] ---
    What?!
[02:49] ---
    Keep your voice down.
[02:51] ---
    Sorry.
[02:53] ---
    But I mean, Kikuchi and the likes of me?
[02:55] ---
    Oh? But you have those Andi books
    in common, and she seems to like you.
[03:01] ---
    You're even going to see a movie together.
[03:05] ---
    And you're telling me
    that's not a realistic goal?
[03:09] ---
    No, it's just...
[03:12] ---
    So your first task is to go on
    that movie date with Fuka.
[03:16] ---
    Then you'll make more plans until,
    ultimately, you two are ready to date.
[03:22] ---
    That's all.
[03:23] ---
    Oh, sure, "that's all."
    It's practically my entire goal.
[03:27] ---
    Which is why today you'll
    be doing a date rehearsal.
[03:32] ---
    A date rehearsal?
[03:34] ---
    I'll tell you in advance where we'll be going.
[03:37] ---
    Based on that info, you take the lead
    as if you'd done all the planning.
[03:42] ---
    So it's basically all a sham.
[03:45] ---
    Right. To prep for your date with Fuka.
[03:49] ---
    It'll make a big difference.
SIGN    "RAGERED - Arohe Store Clothing" "Pit Camera - Omiya West Entrance Sego Store"
[03:56] ---
    The first one's a... clothing store?
[04:03] ---
    So what should I buy?
[04:05] ---
    I think you should buy a T-shirt to go
    with the slacks you bought earlier.
[04:10] ---
    "Slacks"?
[04:12] ---
    I hate to butt in on such an
    extremely common mistake, but...
[04:16] ---
    Pants.
[04:17] ---
    Aha.
[04:20] ---
    What'd be good? You pick one, too, Tomozaki.
[04:24] ---
    Uh, sure.
[04:27] ---
    Okay, I found two tees that'll match
    the bottoms you already have.
[04:32] ---
    You can get by with these and
    not have to buy new bottoms!
[04:36] ---
    "Bottoms"?
[04:38] ---
    Pants.
[04:41] ---
    Thank you very much!
[04:43] ---
    Thanks for waiting.
[04:44] ---
    Hmm... Maybe you should have this, too.
[04:50] ---
    You don't have a proper
    backpack like this, do you?
[04:54] ---
    Are you lending me yours?
[04:56] ---
    It's not really a loan--
    consider it basically a gift.
[05:00] ---
    Oh, no, I couldn't!
[05:03] ---
    It's fine! See? Look here.
[05:09] ---
    It's a little frayed, that's all.
[05:11] ---
    Well, it bothers me!
[05:13] ---
    Yeah, but...
[05:15] ---
    Oh! In that case...
[05:19] ---
    Ooh, this one!
[05:21] ---
    It's so summery!
[05:22] ---
    You like that kind of thing?
[05:24] ---
    Mmm, I tend not to buy stuff I don't need,
[05:29] ---
    but this just struck me, y'know?
[05:31] ---
    So, uh... you want to swap
    for this metal badge?
[05:35] ---
    Yep!
[05:37] ---
    Doesn't seem fair that I'd be
    getting that bag for only 400 yen.
[05:41] ---
    Ugh! I said I want it--isn't that enough?
[05:45] ---
    Y-Yeah, okay.
[05:47] ---
    Thanks!
[05:49] ---
    Hang on...
[05:51] ---
    She's cooking up a trade here,
[05:54] ---
    so I won't feel like I owe her for her "gift."
[05:59] ---
    Here.
[06:01] ---
    Um, so... thanks.
[06:04] ---
    Sure!
[06:06] ---
    And I'll take good care of this!
[06:08] ---
    Uh, okay.
[06:10] ---
    So where are we going next?
[06:16] ---
    "Pit Camera - Omiya West Entrance Sego Store
    Consumer Electronics"
[06:27] ---
    She's gotten better--and at a much
    faster rate than I'd expected.
[06:32] ---
    I'm not the only one who puts this much
    love and effort into Tackfam.
[06:38] ---
    It really is the best form of
    communication for Hinami and I.
[06:45] ---
    And boom.
[06:49] ---
    Aw, man!
[06:51] ---
    One more game!
SIGN    "Fuka Kikuchi" "Add" "Notifications" "Block"
[06:55] ---
    So if I tap this...
[06:57] ---
    Yep! You'll add her.
[06:59] ---
    But it'll be like getting added out of nowhere.
[07:03] ---
    Kikuchi won't know what's going on.
[07:05] ---
    It'll be fine. I've already asked her
    if I can give you her ID.
[07:11] ---
    Wha--?
[07:12] ---
    Now hurry up!
[07:14] ---
    Yeah, all right.
[07:21] ---
    There.
[07:23] ---
    What was that for? You haven't
    even messaged her yet.
[07:28] ---
    Just tell her you got her info from me,
[07:31] ---
    and that you'd like to see
    a movie over summer break.
[07:34] ---
    That ought to get you started!
[07:36] ---
    I'll leave the wording up to you.
[07:38] ---
    Seriously?
[07:46] ---
    All set?
[07:47] ---
    More or less.
[07:50] ---
    Let me see, let me see!
[07:56] ---
    "Hinami gave me your contact info.
[07:59] ---
    I've read another Andi book.
    It was really good!
[08:05] ---
    Remember when we talked about
    seeing that Andi film in Shibuya?
[08:10] ---
    Let me know when you're free!"
[08:13] ---
    That's some fine writing!
[08:15] ---
    Did you really need to read it out loud?
[08:17] ---
    Okay, let's send it!
[08:22] ---
    H-Here goes...
[08:29] ---
    Fuka tends to be a little slow to respond,
[08:32] ---
    but you should hear back from her today.
[08:34] ---
    Okay.
[08:35] ---
    And when you do, let me know, 'kay?
[08:39] ---
    Oh, but you figure out what to say.
[08:42] ---
    Y-Yeah, sure.
[08:45] ---
    "Fuka Kikuchi"
[08:46] ---
    Huh?
[08:47] ---
    I-I thought Kikuchi was slow to respond!
[08:51] ---
    What?
[08:51] ---
    "Fuka Kikuchi: I'd love to go!"
SIGN    "Fuka Kikuchi: I can be free any day in August but Tuesdays and Wednesdays! How about you?"
[08:59] ---
    She must really be looking forward
    to seeing that movie with you.
[09:07] ---
    Now, then...
[09:08] ---
    Your task for today is now over.
[09:10] ---
    Oh, right--keep the 4th and 5th open, okay?
[09:13] ---
    Huh? What for?
[09:15] ---
    Me, Mimimi, Yuzu, Nakamura, Mizusawa,
    and Takei are having a barbecue,
[09:20] ---
    and you can tag along, too.
[09:23] ---
    Eh? A barbecue?
[09:25] ---
    An overnighter.
[09:26] ---
    Over... night?!
[09:28] ---
    It's really a ploy to get Yuzu
    and Nakamura together.
[09:32] ---
    Me, at a youthful normie event?
[09:36] ---
    Hang on--this is information overload.
[09:39] ---
    Relax. Your goal is to complete your tasks.
[09:43] ---
    That's supposed to make me relax?
[09:45] ---
    All that time together will help you make
    guy friends. You don't have many yet.
[09:49] ---
    Two full days with normies
    will develop your friendships
[09:52] ---
    and give you a big XP boost.
[09:54] ---
    It is an overnight,
    so I can't force you, but...
[09:57] ---
    What do you say?
[09:59] ---
    She must have pulled a lot
    of strings to get me included.
[10:05] ---
    And the gamer in me has already
    decided to master this particular game.
[10:11] ---
    I'll go.
[10:13] ---
    We'll hold a strategy meeting
    at Mimimi's tomorrow.
[10:16] ---
    Your task will be to mess
    with Mizusawa three times.
[10:20] ---
    M-Mess with?
[10:21] ---
    Otherwise, you'll just be that guy who
    goes along with what everyone says.
[10:27] ---
    You'll wind up as the group punching bag.
[10:29] ---
    Moderate teasing is key to
    becoming friends as equals or better.
[10:33] ---
    So is challenging people and making
    suggestions when you think they're wrong.
[10:38] ---
    I see...
[10:40] ---
    But can Mizusawa really be messed with?
[10:50] ---
    Hey, Tomozaki.
[10:51] ---
    That top-tier character aura is a killer.
[10:54] ---
    Huh! Looks like you've discovered fashion.
[10:57] ---
    Uh, yeah.
[10:58] ---
    Is that another part of your
    great escape from Loserland?
[11:01] ---
    Now he's gone and messed with me.
[11:04] ---
    And I have to mess with this guy three times?
[11:07] ---
    Hi, guys!
[11:09] ---
    Now that Aoi's here, let's head to Mimimi's.
[11:12] ---
    "Nanami"
[11:12] ---
    I'm sorry!
[11:13] ---
    My grandma suddenly dropped by.
    Can we meet somewhere else?
[11:17] ---
    Sure. How about a restaurant?
[11:20] ---
    Hey, I know!
[11:22] ---
    Don't you live in Kitayono, too, Tomozaki?
[11:25] ---
    Eh?
[11:27] ---
    "Tomozaki"
[11:30] ---
    I-It's...
[11:31] ---
    ...Hinami, and Nanami, and Mizusawa?!
[11:36] ---
    Can we use the house for a while?
[11:38] ---
    Muh... Muh... Mom!
[11:40] ---
    Fumiya's brought... are they friends?
[11:43] ---
    Come on in.
[11:43] ---
    Anyway, he's brought some
    really cool classmates over!
[11:44] ---
    What?! Fumiya did?
    Wh-What do we do now?
[11:44] ---
    Thanks for having us.
[11:46] ---
    'Scuse me!
[11:46] ---
    Pardon me.
[11:48] ---
    Probably!
[11:48] ---
    Should I buy a cake or something?
[11:50] ---
    Cake?! Wow, talk about a warm welcome!
[11:53] ---
    Right? I hope it's cheesecake.
[11:53] ---
    Your family's funny.
[11:55] ---
    That didn't sound like a compliment.
[11:57] ---
    It didn't? But it was.
[12:00] ---
    Here's my chance!
[12:02] ---
    C'mon, no way was that a compliment.
[12:05] ---
    Round one of today's task: complete. Right?
[12:11] ---
    Are they in here?
[12:12] ---
    Or here?
[12:14] ---
    Hey, Mimimi!
[12:15] ---
    Where does Brain keep his dirty DVDs?
[12:18] ---
    In here?
[12:19] ---
    Huh? What's all this?
[12:21] ---
    Controllers I can't use for Tackfam anymore.
[12:25] ---
    All of these are no good?
[12:27] ---
    Tackfam requires more delicate
    stick controls than regular games.
[12:31] ---
    I can still use them in other games, though,
[12:34] ---
    so I'm torn on whether to toss them.
[12:36] ---
    Huh!
[12:37] ---
    You're pretty hardcore
    about that stuff, aren't you?
[12:40] ---
    I guess.
[12:41] ---
    Aoi?
[12:43] ---
    It'd be a waste to throw these away!
[12:45] ---
    I'd be so upset if I were your mom!
[12:48] ---
    What the heck?
[12:49] ---
    For a second there, she turned into NO NAME.
[12:55] ---
    We definitely need a test of courage, gang!
SIGN    "Getting Yuzu & Shuji Together at Camp This is important!!! Yuzu & Shuji must (always) be next to each other!"
[12:58] ---
    That's how we get Yuzu and Shuji together:
[13:00] ---
    the suspension-bridge effect!
[13:02] ---
    It's clichéd, but oh so beautiful!
[13:04] ---
    We really should have at least that much,
[13:06] ---
    or nothing'll happen between those two.
[13:09] ---
    Can the two of them handle
    the barbecue on their own?
[13:13] ---
    Oh, good idea! Like lighting the fire!
[13:16] ---
    Now!
[13:17] ---
    Mmm, that can be pretty tricky.
[13:20] ---
    Oh?
[13:20] ---
    Um, since lighting the fire is hard to pull off,
[13:24] ---
    we probably shouldn't make them do it.
[13:27] ---
    Maybe you're right.
[13:29] ---
    Okay. That's two down.
[13:33] ---
    Although, you know...
SIGN    "Getting Yuzu & Shuji Together at Camp" "Barbecue: Assign roles. (Aoi's job!) Splashing in the River Yuzu in a swimsuit = Shuji's a goner!"
[13:36] ---
    We've got exams next year, right?
[13:39] ---
    You promised not to bring that up!
[13:40] ---
    That's not what I meant.
SIGN    "Getting Yuzu & Shuji Together at Camp This is important!!! Yuzu & Shuji must (always) be next to each other!"
[13:43] ---
    We don't have much hanging-out time left,
[13:45] ---
    so we should get them together now.
[13:48] ---
    Right?
[13:49] ---
    I mean... pretty much.
[13:51] ---
    Now!
[13:52] ---
    Are you getting all mushy on us, Mizusawa?
[13:55] ---
    He is! You're all embarrassed, Takahiro!
[13:57] ---
    Oh, you! What a good guy!
[14:00] ---
    Totally! That's me, all right: one good guy.
[14:03] ---
    And that's three. Task: cleared.
[14:07] ---
    Still, for all their talk, I thought this trip
    would mostly be about having fun.
[14:12] ---
    Turns out they really do have
    Izumi and Nakamura in mind.
[14:17] ---
    Hey, Tomozaki.
[14:19] ---
    You bought this after all, eh?
[14:22] ---
    Yeah.
[14:23] ---
    But you don't usually use it.
[14:25] ---
    I don't have the hang of it yet.
    I'm still practicing.
[14:29] ---
    Huh. Lemme see.
[14:35] ---
    You need practice, all right.
[14:38] ---
    Yeah.
[14:40] ---
    The sections below your crown
    should be a little more tamed.
[14:42] ---
    My crown?
[14:43] ---
    Separate your hair vertically
    in the back for volume.
[14:47] ---
    Hang on a sec.
[14:49] ---
    I'll want to watch this later.
[14:51] ---
    Can you start over?
[14:52] ---
    Oh. Sure.
[14:56] ---
    You take everything seriously, don't you?
[14:58] ---
    Huh?
[14:59] ---
    First those controllers, and now this.
[15:02] ---
    You're super serious about what you do.
[15:04] ---
    You... think so?
[15:07] ---
    And then there was Mimimi's election speech.
[15:11] ---
    That was all you, wasn't it?
[15:14] ---
    Y-You got me.
[15:17] ---
    But why go to such lengths?
[15:20] ---
    Well, uh...
[15:22] ---
    I never did like losing at games.
[15:26] ---
    So that speech was a game?
[15:28] ---
    Oh, no! Um, that is...
[15:29] ---
    Just, like, if it didn't go well--
    in that sense, it's kind of like a game.
[15:34] ---
    I mean...
[15:36] ---
    I get it.
[15:38] ---
    Huh?
[15:38] ---
    Some things in this world are like one big game.
[15:42] ---
    Speeches, hairstyles, romance...
[15:44] ---
    R-Romance?
[15:46] ---
    So it's a game--and you
    still don't want to lose?
[15:49] ---
    Is that so strange?
[15:51] ---
    I mean, it's a game, right?
[15:53] ---
    Why not loosen up and enjoy yourself?
[15:56] ---
    Y-You think?
[15:58] ---
    It's because it's a game that I take it
    seriously and don't want to lose.
[16:02] ---
    I mean...
[16:04] ---
    Huh.
[16:06] ---
    You're one hard worker, y'know?
[16:07] ---
    I-I'd say I'm more of a... gamer?
[16:12] ---
    You really are funny, you know that?
[16:14] ---
    That is not a compliment.
[16:15] ---
    No, really. It's a compliment.
[16:19] ---
    Believe me, Fumiya.
[16:22] ---
    "Fumiya"?
[16:25] ---
    Your head!
[16:26] ---
    Brain, your head!
[16:28] ---
    Hey, nice!
[16:29] ---
    Did you get Takahiro to do it?
[16:31] ---
    Uh, yeah.
[16:36] ---
    Something fishy's going on between these two.
[16:39] ---
    Your thoughts, Miss Aoi?
[16:41] ---
    It's fishy all right, Miss Mimimi.
[16:44] ---
    I'm telling you, it's nothing.
[16:46] ---
    Right, Fumiya?
SIGN    "Put out feelers with girl talk/boy talk: Exchange info via Litter Test of Courage: Misdirected excitement!!! No way they won't get together!"
[16:48] ---
    Whoa! Are they on a first-name basis?!
[16:50] ---
    This is getting fishier by the second!
[16:53] ---
    Thanks for having us!
[16:55] ---
    Please come visit us again!
[16:57] ---
    Later, li'l sis.
[16:59] ---
    Yes! Right!
[17:01] ---
    You, too, Fumiya.
[17:02] ---
    Y-You bet.
[17:06] ---
    This year's summer break
    is going to be off the hook.
[17:11] ---
    Starting with the day after tomorrow--
SIGN    "Fuka Kikuchi: I can be free any day in August but Tuesdays and Wednesdays! How about you?" "It's not much notice, but how about Saturday, 8/1?"
[17:12] ---
    and that movie I'm seeing with Kikuchi!
[17:18] ---
    "How did you get into these books?"
[17:19] ---
    "The post-movie café:
    particular about their ingredients"
[17:20] ---
    "Hinami is seriously crazy about cheese"
[17:31] ---
    Sh-She actually came.
[17:34] ---
    This is it. It's finally starting.
[17:37] ---
    This... this date, as Hinami put it.
[17:44] ---
    I... I'm sorry I'm late.
[17:46] ---
    Oh! Um... you're totally fine.
[17:49] ---
    Are... are you sure?
[17:52] ---
    Uh-huh.
[17:54] ---
    So, uh... shall we?
[17:57] ---
    Y-Yes!
[18:01] ---
    I'm looking forward to this movie.
[18:03] ---
    I saw the trailer--it sure looks beautiful.
[18:07] ---
    Yes, it does.
[18:09] ---
    It's pretty hot today for long sleeves.
[18:12] ---
    My skin is so sensitive--
    I burn really easily in the sun.
[18:18] ---
    It's embarrassing. I use sunblock, but...
[18:21] ---
    It's not enough.
[18:25] ---
    She really is turning red.
[18:28] ---
    Here we are.
[18:29] ---
    What a cool vibe.
[18:31] ---
    "The Angel and the Caged Bird"
[18:33] ---
    Wow...
[18:35] ---
    We're really going to see it on the big screen!
[18:37] ---
    Um... y-yeah! We sure are.
[18:43] ---
    I-I'm sorry!
[18:44] ---
    "The Angel and the Caged Bird"
[18:45] ---
    We should buy our tickets.
[18:47] ---
    Right.
[18:57] ---
    I was wondering how they'd handle that scene
[19:00] ---
    where the last of the ptarmigans takes off.
[19:03] ---
    I never thought they'd show it in shadow!
[19:07] ---
    Right?
[19:08] ---
    Yeah!
[19:09] ---
    And the scene where the red jade shatters--
[19:13] ---
    Uh-oh. I'm doing too much talking!
[19:15] ---
    Take a second to gather your thoughts
[19:17] ---
    "How did you get into these books?"
[19:17] ---
    and go for a memorized topic.
[19:18] ---
    "The post-movie café:
    particular about their ingredients"
[19:20] ---
    When did you start getting
    into these books, Kikuchi?
[19:24] ---
    Um, sometime in elementary school.
[19:27] ---
    I first encountered Andi's books
    in my school library,
[19:30] ---
    and gradually came to love them.
[19:33] ---
    You don't say!
[19:34] ---
    That reminds me:
[19:35] ---
    I understand this cheese is made
    right here at the café.
[19:38] ---
    Oh, is it? It's very good.
[19:42] ---
    Really? I'm glad we came here!
[19:44] ---
    Yeah, this is going well.
[19:46] ---
    I've gotten the hang of that normie skill
    of filling in conversational gaps
[19:50] ---
    by bringing up my own topics.
[19:56] ---
    You're a mystery, Tomozaki.
[19:59] ---
    Huh? Um... a mystery, you say?
[20:03] ---
    It's, well... it's hard to explain.
[20:06] ---
    I'm sorry. I don't mean to be rude.
[20:09] ---
    Wh-What is it?
[20:12] ---
    It's like you suddenly swing
    from being really easy to talk to,
[20:17] ---
    to being really hard to talk to.
[20:21] ---
    Eh?
[20:23] ---
    Which means...
[20:24] ---
    ...there were moments when Kikuchi
    felt it was hard for her to talk.
[20:30] ---
    Great. So much for my normie skills!
[20:33] ---
    I'm still the same bottom-tier character.
[20:36] ---
    "Next: Akabane"
[20:41] ---
    Thank you so much for today.
[20:43] ---
    It was nice seeing that movie with you.
[20:46] ---
    Same here.
[20:51] ---
    Um...
[20:53] ---
    Oh, uh, well...
[20:54] ---
    You know how I said you were
    hard to talk to sometimes?
[20:59] ---
    Oh, right. It's okay, really.
[21:01] ---
    I mean, I think it's true.
[21:04] ---
    It-It's not that...
[21:06] ---
    It isn't?
[21:09] ---
    I've always thought it was
    hard to talk to guys. But...
[21:14] ---
    B-But what?
[21:16] ---
    There were times when you
    were really easy to talk to.
[21:20] ---
    That was a first for me.
[21:22] ---
    Huh?
[21:23] ---
    "Next: Akabane"
[21:26] ---
    So, um...
[21:28] ---
    I said you could be hard to talk to,
    but that's normal for me.
[21:32] ---
    So you see...
[21:33] ---
    Uh-huh.
[21:34] ---
    I didn't mean what I said in a bad way.
    I meant it in a good way.
[21:40] ---
    It's something really precious to me.
[21:43] ---
    I... I see.
[21:48] ---
    And... and that's why--
[21:50] ---
    Yes?!
[21:52] ---
    I'd... I'd like to go out
    with you again sometime,
[21:57] ---
    like we did today.
[22:01] ---
    O-Of course!
[22:10] ---
    Hello?
[22:11] ---
    How was it? You must be
    on your way home right now.
[22:14] ---
    How does she know?
[22:16] ---
    Huh! Sounds like you had a lot going on.
[22:19] ---
    But it also sounds like
    a huge success, in the end.
[22:22] ---
    R-Right.
[22:23] ---
    But even if she didn't mean it in a bad way,
[22:26] ---
    you should probably reflect on
    this "hard to talk to" thing.
[22:30] ---
    Y-You think?
[22:32] ---
    I mean, it's basically a lack
    of experience and skills.
[22:36] ---
    You know how to fix that, right?
[22:39] ---
    With more experience and more training.
[22:42] ---
    HEXactly.
[22:43] ---
    She said she wanted to hang out again, yeah?
[22:46] ---
    In that case...
[22:49] ---
    "Toda Bridge Fireworks: 8/6"
    "Saitama Prefecture Fireworks Shows - August"
[22:49] ---
    Hinami's a caring person, all right.
[22:53] ---
    Or is that "crushing"?
[22:56] ---
    "Thanks for today. It was fun.
[22:59] ---
    Would you like to come with me to
    the Toda fireworks show on the 6th?"
[23:07] ---
    All right.
[23:11] ---
    I did it. I invited her.
[23:13] ---
    To a fireworks show.
[23:22] ---
    "I'm free on the 6th!"
[23:23] ---
    That was fast.
[23:24] ---
    "I'd love to go to a fireworks show!"
[23:26] ---
    This is one awesome summer!
[23:29] ---
    A fireworks show with Kikuchi!
[23:32] ---
    But first...
[23:34] ---
    First is an overnight with a bunch of normies.
[23:37] ---
    How is that going to work?

E10 - Multiplayer games have their own special appeal

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[00:15] ---
    Here I am! Wow, Tomozaki, you got here early.
[00:18] ---
    Yeah, I guess.
[00:20] ---
    Now, then: shall we?
[00:22] ---
    Okay!
[00:26] ---
    Oh, hey, Tomozaki?
[00:29] ---
    Hmm?
[00:31] ---
    Well, um...
[00:34] ---
    You really saved me with that whole...
    thing earlier.
[00:37] ---
    You had, like... this major
    hero vibe or something.
[00:42] ---
    So, uh... Anyway, thanks!
[00:45] ---
    Um... sure.
[00:49] ---
    When did I ever get thanked
    this directly before?
[00:53] ---
    Almost never.
[00:59] ---
    All right! Let's commemorate
    us all being together!
[01:02] ---
    Here goes nothing!
[01:06] ---
    And thus the overnight
    normie camp begins.
[01:24] ---
    "Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki"
[02:42] ---
    "Lv. 10: Multiplayer games
    have their own special appeal"
[02:45] ---
    The plot to get Izumi and Nakamura
    together is already underway.
[02:49] ---
    Although we succeeded in getting
    them next to each other...
[02:53] ---
    Hey, Shuji!
[02:54] ---
    What?
[02:56] ---
    Ta-da! Want a snack?
[02:57] ---
    What is this, a grade-school field trip?
[02:59] ---
    Aw, c'mon...
[03:01] ---
    As soon as we get there, it's...
[03:03] ---
    ...barbecue time!
[03:05] ---
    Meat, meat, meat!
[03:05] ---
    Hey, Hinami...
[03:06] ---
    Don't forget your veggies.
[03:07] ---
    Yes?
[03:08] ---
    Takei wasn't at our meeting--
[03:09] ---
    Oh, don't you worry about that.
[03:10] ---
    does he know about our grand plan?
[03:12] ---
    We didn't tell him.
[03:14] ---
    He's generally useless;
    we'll just go ahead without him.
[03:19] ---
    Sky! Birds!
[03:22] ---
    Aha. I see what you mean.
[03:24] ---
    "Chichibu Limited Express
    Bound For Seibu-Chichibu"
[03:26] ---
    Now, about your task...
[03:29] ---
    Yeah?
[03:30] ---
    As before, you will tease, make
    a suggestion, and/or disagree.
[03:35] ---
    But this time, you'll be doing it
    to Nakamura--three times.
[03:38] ---
    Nakamura?!
[03:40] ---
    Your tasks have to get progressively
    more difficult, or what's the point?
[03:44] ---
    I suppose.
[03:46] ---
    And...
[03:48] ---
    Like I said earlier,
    you need to make guy friends.
[03:51] ---
    You should actively work to become
    friendlier with Mizusawa in particular.
[03:56] ---
    With Mizusawa?
[03:58] ---
    That's right.
[03:59] ---
    Right now he's your likeliest friend candidate--
[04:01] ---
    and he'll also give the biggest bonuses
    when it comes to conquering life
[04:06] ---
    from here on out.
[04:07] ---
    Wait-- "bonuses"?
[04:10] ---
    Fuka said you were hard to talk to, after all,
[04:14] ---
    so you've got to boost
    your XP and learn some skills
[04:16] ---
    on this overnight, right?
[04:19] ---
    I... I guess so.
SIGN    "Kemmy's Family Village" "Camp" "BBQ" "Riverside Fun"
[04:57] ---
    Okay, time to assign tasks!
[05:00] ---
    Aye-aye, cap'n!
[05:01] ---
    First up is food prep.
[05:04] ---
    Yuzu and Shuji, can I ask you to handle that?
[05:06] ---
    Huh?!
[05:07] ---
    Yeah.
[05:10] ---
    Tarp, chair, and table setup goes to...
[05:13] ---
    ...Takahiro and Takei.
[05:15] ---
    Roger that.
[05:16] ---
    We got this!
[05:17] ---
    Maybe you should lend them a hand, Mimimi.
[05:20] ---
    Okay!
[05:22] ---
    Huh? Then that means...
[05:24] ---
    And finally,
[05:25] ---
    Tomozaki and I will be getting the fire started.
[05:31] ---
    So what's up?
[05:33] ---
    What do you mean, "what's up"?
[05:35] ---
    You didn't pair us up to have
    a meeting or anything?
[05:39] ---
    Nope.
[05:41] ---
    Huh?
[05:42] ---
    Then why?
[05:44] ---
    Per our strategy,
[05:45] ---
    I assigned Nakamura and Yuzu both to food prep.
[05:50] ---
    And setting up the tarp is a real chore,
[05:52] ---
    so that goes to brawny Takei
[05:54] ---
    and Mizusawa, the natural leader.
[05:57] ---
    Oh, and Mimimi, who'll fit in anywhere.
[06:00] ---
    Since you can't do anything
    if you don't get your fire lit,
[06:04] ---
    I wanted to handle that myself.
[06:06] ---
    Which, naturally,
[06:08] ---
    leaves you.
[06:11] ---
    True enough.
[06:13] ---
    Plus, I get tired of
    putting on an act all the time.
[06:17] ---
    Huh. So you do get tired.
[06:21] ---
    Of course I do. I'm only human.
[06:29] ---
    You cut the carrots too big.
[06:32] ---
    Oh, hush, Shuji. Just eat, will you?
[06:36] ---
    Takei! You're eating too much meat.
[06:38] ---
    It's veggies only for you from now on.
[06:41] ---
    Aw, Shuji, you meanie!
[06:43] ---
    Help me out here, Yuzucchi!
[06:45] ---
    Huh? Um... Shake it off!
[06:47] ---
    I-Is that it?!
[06:49] ---
    Mimimi, help!
[06:51] ---
    Shake it off, Takei!
[06:52] ---
    Not you, too, Mimimi!
[06:54] ---
    Hey, I don't see you eating
    many veggies, Takahiro.
[06:57] ---
    What about you, Mimimi?
[06:59] ---
    Have some of these deliciously grilled shrimp!
[07:02] ---
    Go on, eat up!
[07:03] ---
    Sorry! Shrimp gets a big "nope" from me!
[07:05] ---
    Then I'll eat the shrimp and the meat for you.
[07:09] ---
    All right, you can have my shrimp.
[07:11] ---
    But you're not getting my meat!
[07:12] ---
    Aw!
[07:14] ---
    This whole scene feels like something
    I would have always rejected.
[07:20] ---
    But then I realized it might
    actually be pretty fun after all.
[07:28] ---
    I... might have had too much to eat.
[07:31] ---
    "Might," hell. You ate too much.
[07:33] ---
    B-But it all tasted so good...
[07:36] ---
    What are you, a child?
[07:38] ---
    Oh, you hush!
[07:41] ---
    All right!
[07:43] ---
    Wanna hang out by the river?
[07:46] ---
    Yesss! Finally!
[07:49] ---
    Count me in!
[07:52] ---
    I-I'll leave my top on for now.
[07:56] ---
    Hey, boys! Is Takahiro the only
    one who brought a suit?
[08:00] ---
    Who cares? Let's do this!
[08:03] ---
    Here I go! Yahoo!
[08:08] ---
    Anything here?
[08:11] ---
    Gotcha!
[08:13] ---
    Hey, Shuji! Take this!
[08:15] ---
    You really are a child.
[08:20] ---
    Ha!
[08:21] ---
    Great. They're on their own
    and doing marvelously.
[08:24] ---
    Now for me to get Takei over here and...
[08:27] ---
    What the--?!
[08:28] ---
    Hey! Yuzucchi!
[08:30] ---
    Takei?! Where'd he come from?
[08:33] ---
    A river crab!
[08:34] ---
    Ain't it cute?
[08:38] ---
    Yuzu!
[08:42] ---
    Th-Thanks, Shuji.
[08:45] ---
    What's the big idea, falling over like that?
[08:47] ---
    Lame.
[08:48] ---
    Sh-Shut up!
[08:50] ---
    But... thank you.
[08:53] ---
    I-I'm real sorry, Yuzucchi!
    That was all on me!
[08:58] ---
    But it got them closer together,
    so all's well that ends well.
[09:02] ---
    Right?
[09:03] ---
    You okay?
[09:06] ---
    J-Just fine!
[09:19] ---
    Do they have cards here?
[09:21] ---
    Yeah, you can borrow them for free.
[09:24] ---
    Well, it'll pass the time, anyway.
[09:27] ---
    Hey, Tomozaki.
[09:29] ---
    Huh?
[09:30] ---
    Actually, hang on, Shuji--
[09:32] ---
    what's going on with you
    and Shimano these days?
[09:35] ---
    Where'd that come from?
[09:37] ---
    Nothing's going on with us.
[09:39] ---
    Nothing at all?
[09:40] ---
    I mean, sometimes she messages me.
[09:43] ---
    See? What, she wants to get back together?
[09:46] ---
    Nakamura was going to send
    me out for a deck of cards.
[09:50] ---
    He's a scary one, all right.
[09:52] ---
    If Mizusawa hadn't spoken up,
    I'd be stuck as the gofer.
[09:55] ---
    And that's who I'm supposed to mess with?
[09:57] ---
    Ooh, is Shimano the one
    who dumped you, Shuji?
[10:01] ---
    Hey!
[10:02] ---
    Takei got to him first.
[10:05] ---
    Why are we even talking
    about this stuff, anyway?
[10:08] ---
    It's just what you do on an overnight trip.
[10:11] ---
    Right?
[10:13] ---
    Absolutely.
[10:14] ---
    Oh?
[10:16] ---
    We are way too far apart
    in the social hierarchy.
[10:19] ---
    She keeps getting in touch even though
    she's got herself a boyfriend.
[10:23] ---
    I mean, I've been thinking about
    moving on myself, but... I dunno.
[10:28] ---
    If you still have a chance with Shimano...
[10:32] ---
    It'd be hard to move on!
[10:34] ---
    Plus, she is stacked.
[10:36] ---
    Whoa. This must be guy talk.
[10:40] ---
    But wait--this sounds like...
[10:42] ---
    What's that face for, Tomozaki?
[10:46] ---
    Huh? Oh, uh, nothing.
[10:48] ---
    Got some thoughts on the situation, Fumiya?
[10:51] ---
    K-Kinda...
[10:52] ---
    Well? What are they?
[10:53] ---
    This is my chance!
[10:55] ---
    H-Here goes...
[10:57] ---
    I-I mean, it's like...
[10:59] ---
    What Shimano's doing--isn't she basically...
[11:01] ---
    Go on...
[11:03] ---
    Isn't she just stringing you along?
[11:10] ---
    Tch.
[11:11] ---
    Don't push your luck, Tomozaki!
[11:13] ---
    Yeah, yeah. She's stringing me along, okay?
[11:17] ---
    Th-That was terrifying.
[11:19] ---
    But that's my first hurdle cleared.
[11:23] ---
    This is getting ridiculous.
[11:25] ---
    C'mon, Shuji, shake her off and move on already!
[11:30] ---
    So? Got anyone in mind?
[11:32] ---
    Yeah, but she's coming to me
    for romantic advice.
[11:36] ---
    Huh! Like what?
[11:39] ---
    "There's someone I like, but I don't think
    he's noticed me. What should I do?"
[11:45] ---
    Stuff like that.
[11:47] ---
    O-Oh.
[11:49] ---
    Y-You don't say.
[11:51] ---
    Well, that doesn't sound
    very promising, either!
[12:01] ---
    Oho! So she's stringing him along.
[12:01] ---
    "Group"
    "Shuji's still getting messages from Shimano"
[12:06] ---
    And Fumiya told Shuji that to his face.
    We totally cracked up!
[12:11] ---
    You didn't see the dirty look he gave me.
[12:17] ---
    Well, Yuzu dropped a bombshell of her own!
[12:20] ---
    Apparently she actually told Shuji
    there's this guy she's interested in!
[12:26] ---
    And Shuji said this girl he'd had his
    eye on was coming to him for advice
[12:30] ---
    about a guy she liked.
[12:32] ---
    OMG, no way! The feeling's mutual!
[12:36] ---
    Just date already!
[12:38] ---
    Guess we better get going, huh?
[12:40] ---
    That's right.
[12:42] ---
    C'mon, Takahiro. You, too, Tomozaki.
[12:44] ---
    Yep.
[12:45] ---
    Huh? Where to?
[12:47] ---
    Where else, my man?
[12:55] ---
    Whoa. The girls' room.
[12:57] ---
    What should we do?
[12:59] ---
    We could play a game.
[13:01] ---
    I brought a deck of cards!
[13:03] ---
    With this many people, we can play...
[13:05] ---
    Tycoon!
[13:10] ---
    I guess it's safe to say I win, yes?
[13:14] ---
    Dammit.
[13:16] ---
    Hey, you two...
[13:19] ---
    Why so competitive with one another?
[13:22] ---
    Tycoon isn't really that kind of game.
[13:26] ---
    I was so deep in the zone that I forgot my task!
[13:29] ---
    Aoi won five times, Brain won four.
[13:33] ---
    And I was almost always Poor!
[13:36] ---
    I was almost always the Beggar.
[13:39] ---
    You guys suck at this!
[13:42] ---
    Now!
[13:43] ---
    I don't know, Nakamura--
[13:45] ---
    you never did get past Commoner.
[13:47] ---
    Tch.
[13:48] ---
    Shut up.
[13:51] ---
    All right. That's two down!
[13:55] ---
    Gotta admire folks who
    take this stuff seriously.
[13:59] ---
    What about you, Hiro? How's it going?
[14:03] ---
    Hmm? How's what going?
[14:04] ---
    He's been flirting with a girl from
    another school. Could be serious.
[14:09] ---
    Right, Takahiro?
[14:10] ---
    Whoa, what?
[14:10] ---
    What?!
[14:11] ---
    What in the what?
[14:13] ---
    What in the actual what?!
[14:15] ---
    Oh, you know, I occasionally ask
    her out on our days off and stuff.
[14:19] ---
    And? Are you going to get together?
[14:22] ---
    I mean, if I wanted to, yeah.
[14:27] ---
    Niiice!
[14:28] ---
    C'mon, gang, drop it already!
[14:31] ---
    What, running away?
[14:32] ---
    No.
[14:33] ---
    Bathroom break.
[14:35] ---
    Oh--I'll come, too.
[14:45] ---
    Let me try talking about
    our previous conversation.
[14:50] ---
    So... a girl from another school, eh?
[14:54] ---
    Won't let that go, huh?
[14:55] ---
    Oh, um...
[14:56] ---
    What was it you said?
    You could date her if you wanted to?
[15:01] ---
    Yeah, pretty much. We could be a couple.
[15:04] ---
    Huh... wow.
[15:07] ---
    Really? Nothing particularly "wow" about it.
[15:10] ---
    I'm just good at that stuff.
[15:11] ---
    But that's what's so impressive!
[15:14] ---
    I've only come this far,
    trying to change myself.
[15:18] ---
    Asking out and getting friendly
    with a girl from another school?
[15:21] ---
    Forget about it.
[15:22] ---
    Hmm.
[15:24] ---
    I guess I really can do anything, huh?
[15:25] ---
    "Balls" "Birdies & Small Balls" "Rackets, Etc."
[15:28] ---
    And without even trying.
[15:29] ---
    I-I guess so.
[15:31] ---
    But just because we can date doesn't
    mean we don't get lost along the way.
[15:36] ---
    Us winners, I mean.
[15:38] ---
    "Get lost"?
[15:40] ---
    Mizusawa, don't you like this girl?
[15:45] ---
    Wow, blunt much?
[15:47] ---
    Oh! Um, I, er... Sorry.
[15:49] ---
    No need to apologize.
[15:51] ---
    That's just how you are.
[15:53] ---
    Huh?
[15:54] ---
    And, well...
[15:56] ---
    I might not actually like her all that much.
[15:58] ---
    But you're the one doing the asking-out, right?
[16:01] ---
    Mmm, pretty much.
[16:03] ---
    But that doesn't necessarily mean
    I like her, does it?
[16:07] ---
    I mean... doesn't it?
[16:10] ---
    There's still a chance I'll end up dating her.
[16:14] ---
    Um...
[16:16] ---
    Wh-What do you mean?
[16:18] ---
    About what?
[16:19] ---
    It's just, like... maybe I'm not seeing
    what you're unsure about.
[16:27] ---
    I'm not exactly an expert in these things...
[16:30] ---
    But if you don't like her,
    why would you date her?
[16:38] ---
    You're not just being polite, are you?
[16:41] ---
    Eh?
[16:42] ---
    C'mon. Let's go.
[16:45] ---
    Oh... yeah.
[16:47] ---
    Okay, meet back here when you're done!
[16:50] ---
    Okie doke!
    All right!
[16:50] ---
    Sure.
    You bet!
[16:51] ---
    Don't stay in so long you get lightheaded, Yuzu.
[16:54] ---
    I'm not a child, you know?!
[16:56] ---
    And no peeking!
[16:58] ---
    Dude, we can't!
[16:59] ---
    Peek and we'll peek right back.
[17:04] ---
    Yuzu seems to be the one
    who's more sure of her feelings.
[17:09] ---
    C'mon, Nakamu, get it together!
[17:11] ---
    Right?
[17:12] ---
    I guess it all comes down
    to the test of courage.
[17:14] ---
    Mmm-hmm.
[17:15] ---
    If we can just get them together long enough
[17:17] ---
    for Nakamu to get interested...
[17:20] ---
    Let's see what Takahiro and Tomozaki can do.
[17:27] ---
    Hmm?
[17:30] ---
    Fumiya... you're...
[17:32] ---
    Whoa...
[17:34] ---
    Are you kidding me?
[17:35] ---
    Incredible!
[17:36] ---
    Huh? Wha-- Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
[17:37] ---
    Tomozaki, you're huge!
[17:40] ---
    It's the size of my forearm!
[17:43] ---
    Your forearm?
[17:44] ---
    Forearm Boy. No--forearm... Army Boy it is.
[17:48] ---
    L-Let me go!
[17:48] ---
    Yeah. Got a nice ring to it.
[17:50] ---
    Okay!
[17:56] ---
    T-This is my chance!
[17:58] ---
    Dude, you are tiny!
[18:08] ---
    That's the third part of my task complete!
[18:11] ---
    I did it, Hinami!
[18:16] ---
    Are you sure we can count on them?
[18:19] ---
    Maybe not.
[18:22] ---
    Are we really doing this?
[18:24] ---
    'Course we are!
[18:26] ---
    S-Seriously?
[18:28] ---
    Now, now. This is a well-traveled
    road during the day and all--
[18:32] ---
    the dim light is only making it
    look spooky and haunted.
[18:36] ---
    That's the scary part!
[18:39] ---
    We'll split up into teams and
    make our way back to camp.
[18:43] ---
    Got it.
[18:44] ---
    All right.
[18:45] ---
    Roger that!
[18:47] ---
    H-Hey... I really am scared, though.
[18:50] ---
    Oh?
[18:51] ---
    Oh, well, would you look at the lovebirds!
[18:54] ---
    Okay, you two, get a move on already!
[18:56] ---
    Huh?!
[18:57] ---
    I mean, if she's doing that...
[18:59] ---
    What? Wait! That's not what I--
[18:59] ---
    Good luck!
[19:02] ---
    You, uh, you look great together!
[19:04] ---
    Forget it: it's hopeless.
[19:06] ---
    C'mon.
[19:08] ---
    Huh? Hey! W-Wait up, Shuji!
[19:11] ---
    You're too slow.
[19:12] ---
    What?! Ugh!
[19:15] ---
    Nice one, Takahiro!
[19:18] ---
    Well, you know!
[19:19] ---
    Guess that's the end
    of our big strategy, eh?
[19:22] ---
    Strategy?
[19:23] ---
    If nothing happens, even with
    the stage so thoroughly set...
[19:26] ---
    That Nakamu better man up!
[19:28] ---
    Eh? What's going on?
[19:29] ---
    Heck, Yuzu might make the first move!
[19:32] ---
    Just don't let it come to that, Shuji!
[19:34] ---
    Consider your reputation!
[19:36] ---
    What do you mean?
[19:37] ---
    The next pair should get going.
[19:39] ---
    Who's up?
[19:40] ---
    We'll rock-paper-scissors for it.
[19:42] ---
    Yeah, that works.
[19:44] ---
    Aye-aye!
[19:44] ---
    Huh? What?
[19:46] ---
    Okay, then!
[19:47] ---
    Catch you later!
[19:48] ---
    Hey, what was that all about?
[19:51] ---
    We had this strategy
    for getting them together...
[19:53] ---
    Getting who together?
[19:55] ---
    All right, listen up...
[19:56] ---
    Since we're here, a little special training.
[20:00] ---
    Special training?
[20:06] ---
    Wh-What? What? What is it?!
[20:09] ---
    Y-You have to act with
    confidence at times like this.
[20:13] ---
    Ah. So this is walking-confidently-
    with-a-scared-girl practice.
[20:18] ---
    Yep! Exactly right.
[20:20] ---
    I'm counting on you.
[20:26] ---
    Hey, Tomozaki...
[20:28] ---
    Don't let go, okay?
[20:30] ---
    Uh, right.
[20:31] ---
    Calm down! Calm down, Fumiya!
[20:33] ---
    Hinami's just teasing me
    so she can see me all flustered!
[20:40] ---
    Are you okay?
[20:41] ---
    Come on. That was all you.
[20:44] ---
    Um, y-yeah. I'm fine.
[20:47] ---
    Wh-What's that?!
[20:50] ---
    I'm done for. My brain's in full-on panic mode.
[20:54] ---
    I-It's nothing.
[20:56] ---
    Just a bug... flying by.
[20:58] ---
    Oh... okay.
[21:04] ---
    I can see it all over your face!
[21:06] ---
    Dammit. Is there any way I can get her back?
[21:12] ---
    What's that?
[21:13] ---
    A cicada?
[21:14] ---
    If that cicada is still alive...
[21:18] ---
    If it is...
[21:25] ---
    Now!
[21:26] ---
    I'll just sic this cicada on her!
[21:30] ---
    What's that?!
[21:32] ---
    Okay, well, I inadvertently shouted, too...
[21:35] ---
    Still, serves you right, Hinami.
[21:40] ---
    That... that gave me a fright.
[21:43] ---
    Hey, Hinami...
[21:44] ---
    You okay?
[21:45] ---
    I can't stand up.
[21:47] ---
    Um... are you asking me to help you up?
[21:52] ---
    We're really doing this, huh?
[21:54] ---
    H-Hurry up.
[21:56] ---
    Right.
[21:58] ---
    Hup.
[22:00] ---
    Eh?
[22:03] ---
    Huh?
[22:04] ---
    What... what is it?

E11 - A single choice can change everything

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[00:03] ---
    That... that gave me a fright.
[00:06] ---
    Hey, Hinami...
[00:07] ---
    You okay?
[00:08] ---
    I can't stand up.
[00:10] ---
    Um... are you asking me to help you up?
[00:15] ---
    We're really doing this, huh?
[00:17] ---
    H-Hurry up.
[00:19] ---
    Right.
[00:21] ---
    Hup.
[00:23] ---
    Eh?
[00:26] ---
    Huh?
[00:27] ---
    What... what is it?
[00:34] ---
    Uh... hey...
[00:39] ---
    If I break eye contact now,
    I'll never hear the end of it.
[01:03] ---
    Well, I won that round!
[01:05] ---
    D-Damn you...
[01:08] ---
    Now let's get going already.
[01:10] ---
    R-Right.
[01:14] ---
    What would have happened
    if I hadn't dodged?
[01:17] ---
    Was she really so sure that I'd do just that?
[01:35] ---
    "Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki"
[02:53] ---
    "Lv. 11: A single choice can change everything"
[02:57] ---
    And that's it for the test of courage!
[03:00] ---
    Nicely done.
[03:01] ---
    I had a blast!
[03:03] ---
    It sure wasn't very scary, though.
[03:06] ---
    Not really.
[03:09] ---
    C'mon! It was terrifying!
[03:11] ---
    You were trembling like an idiot.
[03:14] ---
    Hey! That "idiot" was uncalled for!
[03:16] ---
    Yeah, okay. And back we go.
[03:19] ---
    Wait up, Shuji!
[03:22] ---
    What happened with those two?
[03:24] ---
    Is this about the pairing-up plan?
[03:25] ---
    Hmm. Doesn't look like anyone
    came clean about their crush.
[03:29] ---
    Aw!
[03:31] ---
    Although they did make plans
    to hang out together later.
[03:35] ---
    Is that it? Just plans to hang out?
[03:37] ---
    Yep. That's it.
[03:39] ---
    Honestly, those two...
[03:43] ---
    They're really taking it
    one tiny step at a time.
[03:48] ---
    They should take some lessons from you,
    moving full speed ahead
[03:51] ---
    with that girl from another school.
[03:52] ---
    Right?
[03:56] ---
    I hope things work out for
    the two of you, Takahiro.
[04:00] ---
    Yeah. That'd be nice.
SIGN    "I'll explain your task on the train tomorrow." "Roger" "You awake?"
[04:16] ---
    Now for an overall review
    of your time at camp.
[04:19] ---
    First, your assignment of messing with or
    disagreeing with Nakamura three times.
[04:24] ---
    Yep! I got him three times.
[04:26] ---
    The first time...
[04:28] ---
    I-I mean, it's like...
[04:30] ---
    What Shimano's doing--isn't she basically...
[04:33] ---
    Isn't she just stringing you along?
[04:36] ---
    The second time was
    during Tycoon, remember?
[04:39] ---
    I don't know, Nakamura--
[04:40] ---
    you never did get past Commoner.
[04:42] ---
    And the third time...
[04:45] ---
    Well? Out with it already!
[04:47] ---
    Um, we were in the bath, and...
[04:49] ---
    Dude, you are tiny!
[04:53] ---
    Y-You guys are so dumb.
[04:55] ---
    But you completed the task,
    so I guess you pass.
[04:59] ---
    Wait. Someone's coming.
[05:02] ---
    Well, you don't have to hide.
[05:07] ---
    You couldn't sleep either, huh?
[05:10] ---
    I thought you and Fumiya
    might be here together.
[05:15] ---
    Guess I was wrong.
[05:16] ---
    Oh?
[05:18] ---
    Did we manage to miss each other somewhere?
[05:20] ---
    Ah, it doesn't matter.
[05:23] ---
    Since we're both here, we may as well chat.
[05:26] ---
    What? Is he sticking around?
[05:28] ---
    I'm glad those two made
    a little progress, anyway.
[05:32] ---
    Same here.
[05:34] ---
    Though given how carefully
    we set them up,
[05:36] ---
    it's beyond awkward of them
    to end up with nothing but plans
[05:39] ---
    to hang out sometime.
[05:41] ---
    Absolutely! Like, how naïve can you get?
[05:45] ---
    Yeah! Right!
[05:47] ---
    Totally awkward idiots, those two, I swear.
[05:50] ---
    Mmm-hmm.
[05:56] ---
    But you know...
[05:59] ---
    I'm actually kind of impressed.
[06:02] ---
    Hmm?
[06:02] ---
    It's like...
[06:04] ---
    Yuzu and Shuji... and Fumiya, too.
[06:08] ---
    They all do what they want, getting
    emotionally involved along the way.
[06:14] ---
    Whether they're truly happy or genuinely sad,
[06:17] ---
    they're always, like... so sincere.
[06:22] ---
    Even though Yuzu and Shinji
    are into each other,
[06:24] ---
    they're both so self-conscious
    that it doesn't go anywhere.
[06:28] ---
    And Fumiya tackles everything
    with such earnest,
[06:31] ---
    muddling his way on through.
[06:34] ---
    They just look like they're having so much fun.
[06:38] ---
    Yeah, maybe.
[06:40] ---
    And so...
[06:41] ---
    I see them being all sincere
    and it gets me thinking.
[06:47] ---
    About what?
[06:48] ---
    Maybe I should try being
    a little bit of an idiot, too.
[06:51] ---
    An idiot?
[06:52] ---
    The thing is--and Fumiya said this, too--
[06:56] ---
    every day is like a game.
[06:59] ---
    But I don't take it seriously.
[07:02] ---
    Like, I'm holding the controller,
    but I'm moving someone else around.
[07:06] ---
    If I screw up, that character
    takes the hit--not me.
[07:11] ---
    I'm not the one who's happy
    when things go right.
[07:14] ---
    I'm not the one who has fun.
[07:16] ---
    So you're like the player,
    always watching yourself from a distance?
[07:21] ---
    Something like that.
[07:22] ---
    Emotions, feeling shy,
    liking or not liking someone,
[07:26] ---
    whatever it is I truly want to do--
[07:28] ---
    it's not about that, not really.
[07:31] ---
    I'm just putting on a show, that's all.
[07:36] ---
    Oh... I see.
[07:38] ---
    Should I even be hearing this conversation?
[07:43] ---
    So, you know... I get it.
[07:46] ---
    Get what, exactly?
[07:52] ---
    Isn't it the same for you?
[07:56] ---
    You mean, am I watching myself from
    a distance as I go through the motions?
[08:01] ---
    Yeah.
[08:02] ---
    Actually... maybe I am.
[08:06] ---
    A "yes"!
[08:07] ---
    Yeah... I figured as much.
[08:12] ---
    To be perfectly blunt,
    people expect a lot from me.
[08:17] ---
    You know: "Aoi Hinami is great at everything!"
[08:21] ---
    So I unconsciously suppress my real self.
[08:25] ---
    I play the part that people want me to play.
[08:28] ---
    Though there's pride involved, too--
    not wanting to let anyone down.
[08:33] ---
    Oh! This is between us!
[08:36] ---
    Those aren't the words of
    the genuine mask-off Aoi Hinami.
[08:41] ---
    It sure does get boring, doing things
    just because you're supposed to.
[08:48] ---
    And that feeling...
[08:50] ---
    Yeah. I get that.
[08:51] ---
    They aren't her usual overly-truthful words,
    coldly rational and logical.
[08:57] ---
    I think just about every normal person
    does a little bit of acting.
[09:02] ---
    So I figure we have to compromise a little:
[09:09] ---
    by finding even one person
    we can show our true selves to.
[09:15] ---
    That's just me talking!
[09:17] ---
    Those trifling words, from the mask
    of the perfect high-school heroine.
[09:22] ---
    She made it look like she'd removed her mask,
[09:25] ---
    but beneath that mask
[09:27] ---
    she'd readied another one entirely.
[09:30] ---
    Wh-What is it?
[09:32] ---
    You really are amazing, Aoi.
[09:34] ---
    Huh? It's not like I said anything
    particularly meaningful...
[09:38] ---
    Never mind that.
[09:42] ---
    It's so strange.
[09:44] ---
    Usually when I'm around girls,
    I play the part of the ideal boyfriend.
[09:48] ---
    I find out how they really feel,
    accept their feelings--
[09:52] ---
    and I've got them wrapped
    around my little finger.
[09:54] ---
    That's how it's supposed to go, anyway.
[09:56] ---
    So why am I opening up to you--
    and why are you the one acting?
[10:00] ---
    It's all backwards!
[10:02] ---
    This has never happened to me before!
[10:04] ---
    Huh? I mean...
[10:07] ---
    Yep. I'm simply no match for you, Aoi.
[10:10] ---
    Is that supposed to be a compliment?
[10:12] ---
    Listen, now that I've bared
    my soul to you and all,
[10:15] ---
    let me say just one more thing.
[10:17] ---
    Eh? What is it?
[10:19] ---
    I like you, Aoi.
[10:24] ---
    One day I'd like to find out
    how you really feel.
[10:28] ---
    Yeah. Thanks.
[10:30] ---
    But if I asked you out, you'd say no,
    wouldn't you?
[10:36] ---
    I'm sorry.
[10:38] ---
    We've come this far and
    you still won't open up?
[10:42] ---
    Can't be dating like that, now, can we?
[10:45] ---
    It does sting, though, I have to say.
[10:48] ---
    Putting everything out there
    and getting turned down?
[10:50] ---
    Not fun.
[10:51] ---
    Uh-huh.
[10:52] ---
    But you know what?
[10:54] ---
    I got it off my chest!
[10:56] ---
    I hadn't done that in a long time--
[10:59] ---
    coming face to face with what I wanted
[11:02] ---
    and giving it an honest shot.
[11:05] ---
    So you like me that much, do you?
[11:08] ---
    Yep. I'm not giving up now--
    not after everything I've said.
[11:13] ---
    I see. But I'm one tough
    customer, you know?
[11:16] ---
    Aoi.
[11:18] ---
    Yes?
[11:19] ---
    When are you...?
[11:22] ---
    How long are you going
    to stay on that side?
[11:28] ---
    I-I'm so sorry!
[11:31] ---
    Fumiya?!
[11:33] ---
    I didn't want to raise any
    weird suspicions, so I hid.
[11:36] ---
    I never thought it would end up like this!
[11:38] ---
    I'm sorry!
[11:39] ---
    We ran into each other as we left the bathroom.
[11:42] ---
    We talked for a while until you showed up,
[11:45] ---
    then Tomozaki went into hiding and...
    never came back out.
[11:50] ---
    What the hell?
[11:52] ---
    The things you must have heard...
[11:54] ---
    I'm sorry--I really am.
[11:56] ---
    Looks like you didn't mean any harm.
[11:59] ---
    Still, I didn't expect you to pop out
    and spill your guts, either.
[12:04] ---
    Um... right.
[12:06] ---
    Are you always this stupidly honest?
[12:11] ---
    I just thought... it'd be weird to stay hidden.
[12:15] ---
    And there we have it.
[12:18] ---
    Huh?
[12:20] ---
    Let's pretend this never happened, shall we?
[12:23] ---
    Back to our cabins we go!
[12:26] ---
    Well, I don't feel like
    pretending it never happened.
[12:32] ---
    Mizusawa found his answer
    in this overnight camp:
[12:36] ---
    To toss aside the mask he'd been wearing
[12:39] ---
    and, with all sincerity,
    confront what he truly wanted.
[12:44] ---
    And Hinami, who wasn't the slightest bit moved
[12:46] ---
    for having heard his answer:
[12:49] ---
    She chose to stubbornly defend
    the mask she wore
[12:52] ---
    and to keep up her perfect performance.
[12:56] ---
    They're similar in some ways,
[12:58] ---
    but crucially different at heart.
[13:03] ---
    Will you choose the mask?
    Or your true feelings?
[13:07] ---
    Keep up the act? Or be yourself?
[13:11] ---
    See reality as a player would,
    through a screen?
[13:14] ---
    Or view it through a character's eyes?
[13:17] ---
    The choices those two had made,
    the difference between them...
[13:22] ---
    They were deeply connected to
    the situation I was in right now.
[13:25] ---
    That's how it seemed to me.
[13:30] ---
    "Tell Kikuchi."
SIGN    "Today" "After the fireworks tomorrow, tell Kikuchi how you feel"
[13:32] ---
    If Hinami wants me to, it must
    have a high chance of success.
[13:36] ---
    Still, it's like she's telling me,
    "Just put on a show."
[13:43] ---
    So what's my answer here?
[13:45] ---
    Which way do I go?
[13:59] ---
    Kikuchi!
[14:01] ---
    Oh! Tomozaki!
[14:04] ---
    A yukata!
[14:05] ---
    Oh, um... uh-huh.
[14:07] ---
    It's a special occasion and all, so I thought...
[14:12] ---
    R-Right.
[14:14] ---
    All this attention is... it's embarrassing.
[14:17] ---
    S-Sorry.
[14:21] ---
    And Takei's just taking pictures
    the whole time.
[14:21] ---
    "Toda Bridge Fireworks Association"
[14:26] ---
    I never really liked the idea
    of big group barbecues,
[14:30] ---
    but surprisingly enough,
    it was more fun than I'd expected.
[14:33] ---
    Oh, really?
[14:34] ---
    "Candy Apples"
[14:35] ---
    W-Want one?
[14:37] ---
    Yes!
[14:43] ---
    All set!
[14:44] ---
    Oh, okay. So, uh, shall we?
[14:53] ---
    Ooh, I bet we'll have a great view from here.
[14:55] ---
    Yes, we really will.
[14:58] ---
    I haven't been to a fireworks show
    in such a long time.
[15:02] ---
    Same here... I think.
[15:05] ---
    The last time I went, I think
    my folks might have taken me.
[15:08] ---
    Right! That's how long it feels for me, too.
[15:11] ---
    You don't say.
[15:13] ---
    Uh-huh!
[15:18] ---
    Only one thing's different about me
    today compared to our movie date:
[15:23] ---
    I'm not using memorized conversation topics.
[15:27] ---
    It means there's more silence.
[15:30] ---
    But this way, I can be sure of
    the truth in that one little phrase.
[15:38] ---
    Hey, it's starting!
[15:39] ---
    Here we go!
[15:48] ---
    Aren't they just so beautiful?
[15:52] ---
    Yeah, they are.
[15:56] ---
    Because I may have been ever
    so slightly wrong all this time.
[16:03] ---
    And now for the grand finale!
[16:24] ---
    Listen...
[16:25] ---
    Yes?
[16:26] ---
    You said before that I'm
    hard to talk to sometimes.
[16:30] ---
    What about today?
[16:32] ---
    Um... t-today?
[16:35] ---
    Right. Just today.
[16:38] ---
    Actually...
[16:40] ---
    You've been easy to talk to all night.
SIGN    "Today" "After the fireworks tomorrow, tell Kikuchi how you feel"
[16:55] ---
    Kikuchi...
[16:57] ---
    Yes?
[17:06] ---
    Let's head back.
SIGN    "After the fireworks tomorrow, tell Kikuchi how you feel" "Today" "Can I call you?"
SIGN    "If there's been a big change, want to talk in person? I'm coming home from the fireworks myself--I can get to Kitayono no problem"
[17:27] ---
    So? How'd your confession go over?
[17:31] ---
    I didn't say anything.
[17:34] ---
    Now look, I realize it was a tougher
    task than the others you'd done--
[17:38] ---
    It's not that I couldn't.
[17:42] ---
    What?
[17:43] ---
    It's not that I couldn't. I just didn't.
[17:48] ---
    Why not?
[17:50] ---
    I went out tonight without
    memorizing any topics.
[17:54] ---
    I didn't even use any of the topics
    I'd memorized earlier.
[17:58] ---
    I talked only about what
    I was thinking at the time.
[18:01] ---
    Huh, and?
[18:03] ---
    Our conversation naturally
    grew stilted, clumsy.
[18:08] ---
    There were good-sized gaps between topics.
[18:11] ---
    It didn't go so well.
[18:13] ---
    Well, no.
[18:14] ---
    But after the fireworks, I asked Kikuchi:
[18:19] ---
    "Was I hard to talk to today?"
[18:22] ---
    What do you think she said?
[18:27] ---
    She said, "You've been easy
    to talk to all night."
[18:33] ---
    In other words,
[18:34] ---
    I thought I was hard to talk to back then
    because my skills were lacking.
[18:39] ---
    But that's not it.
[18:42] ---
    I was hard to talk to because I was
    using my skills in the first place.
[18:48] ---
    I think she instinctively saw
    right through it--
[18:52] ---
    the mask I'd been creating.
[18:55] ---
    Oh. I see.
[18:57] ---
    But there are countermeasures
    for that sort of thing.
[19:00] ---
    Rather than memorize topics for Kikuchi,
[19:03] ---
    speaking from the heart would
    be better, strategy-wise--
[19:05] ---
    Hinami.
[19:06] ---
    Would you stop that?
[19:08] ---
    What do you mean?
[19:09] ---
    All that talk of countermeasures and strategies.
[19:13] ---
    What about finding out what I really want?
[19:17] ---
    Do I truly like Kikuchi?
[19:20] ---
    Shouldn't we start there first?
[19:24] ---
    Mizusawa got to you, huh?
[19:27] ---
    Well... yeah.
[19:29] ---
    Ah.
[19:32] ---
    You must have something you want to say.
[19:34] ---
    Not particularly.
[19:35] ---
    Being misled by an idea that doesn't
    even exist--like "what I really want" --
[19:40] ---
    and being unable to move forward?
[19:42] ---
    Textbook weak-human behavior.
    I'm not even surprised.
[19:47] ---
    What's that supposed to mean?
[19:50] ---
    This "what I really want" that humans talk about
[19:53] ---
    is nothing more than a fantasy,
    one they've mistaken for
[19:56] ---
    what happens to be best for them
    at one particular moment.
[20:00] ---
    So it's pointless to be constrained by
    such a temporary misunderstanding,
[20:03] ---
    letting it distract you from
    truly productive activities.
[20:10] ---
    I don't think it's pointless.
[20:13] ---
    What are you talking about?
[20:14] ---
    I need what I really want to come first.
[20:18] ---
    I see. So what do you want, in the end?
[20:21] ---
    You don't want to tell Kikuchi how you feel
    because you're not sure yourself, right?
[20:26] ---
    You want the goal to be telling
    another girl who meets your standards?
[20:29] ---
    Who might that be?
[20:31] ---
    That's not the issue here.
[20:33] ---
    Then what is?
[20:35] ---
    Making friends, telling people you like them--
[20:38] ---
    viewing those kinds of human connections
    in terms of tasks and goals?
[20:43] ---
    That's weird, right out of the gate.
[20:46] ---
    The next train on track number one
    is the 9:43 local, bound for Shinjuku.
[20:55] ---
    Fine.
[20:56] ---
    The local train bound for Shinjuku
    will soon arrive on track number one.
[20:57] ---
    Working hard toward a goal
    was how you and I did things.
[21:01] ---
    But if you're just going to
    abandon your goals in life,
[21:02] ---
    For your safety, please
    stand behind the yellow line.
[21:05] ---
    you're basically abandoning
    your personal development.
[21:09] ---
    It's not that--
[21:11] ---
    What, then?
[21:14] ---
    So you're different, too.
[21:16] ---
    Huh?
[21:18] ---
    You can have this.
[21:20] ---
    I'll be taking that bag back.
[21:23] ---
    It's full of your stuff now, though. Next time.
[21:27] ---
    You've given up on progress, so you
    certainly won't be needing it anymore.
[21:30] ---
    But I--
[21:31] ---
    Your turn is over the second
    you let go of the controller.
[21:37] ---
    That's all this is.
[21:40] ---
    I thought:
[21:42] ---
    If I engage with her in earnest,
    we could find a way
[21:46] ---
    to smooth over our differences,
    to bridge the gap between us.
[21:50] ---
    No, not just bridge it--
[21:53] ---
    I wanted to move forward over it, past it.
[21:56] ---
    And yet I lost a relationship
    I thought I had--as easy as that.
[22:05] ---
    All because
[22:07] ---
    I'm a bottom-tier character.

E12 - Equipment for girls has special effects

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[00:27] ---
    I've been knocking, you know.
[00:30] ---
    Oh. What is it? Mealtime?
[00:32] ---
    Yeah. Dinner.
[00:34] ---
    Hurry up already.
[00:36] ---
    Okay.
[00:37] ---
    Hey, why are you turning back
    into a freak, anyway?
[00:42] ---
    Huh?
[00:45] ---
    I'm asking you...
[00:47] ---
    Why did you go back to your old look?
[00:52] ---
    Well... you know.
[00:53] ---
    Ugh! And just when you'd gotten
    so much better, too!
[00:57] ---
    Uh--
[01:13] ---
    When you brought those cool kids over
    and called them your friends,
[01:16] ---
    I was like, "Wait, this isn't my brother."
[01:20] ---
    But playing games with such
    a bored look on your face?
[01:23] ---
    That really isn't you.
[01:32] ---
    And...
[01:34] ---
    You haven't picked your phone up in a while.
[01:37] ---
    Ignoring a girl's messages for two whole days
[01:40] ---
    is a little too cocky, even for you.
[01:42] ---
    Huh?
[01:44] ---
    Oh!
SIGN    "Fuka Kikuchi: I'm thinking of picking up
    Andi's latest, Kind Dogs Stand Alone,
    in Omiya on the 21st. Want to join me?"
[01:49] ---
    Kikuchi!
SIGN    "Sorry! I hadn't looked at my phone in a while! The 21st? Let's go together!"
[01:58] ---
    What?
[01:59] ---
    You must be going through some stuff.
    Just do your best, okay?
[02:05] ---
    "Lv. 12: Equipment for girls
    has special effects"
[02:06] ---
    It wouldn't have been easy for Kikuchi
    to ask out a guy like that.
[02:11] ---
    And here I let her message sit for two days.
[02:14] ---
    This is after defying Hinami, too,
    telling her it's weird
[02:19] ---
    to view human connections
    in terms of tasks and goals.
[02:24] ---
    It's beyond selfish,
    no matter how you slice it.
[02:29] ---
    I just don't want to run away, that's all.
[02:32] ---
    Not when Kikuchi is trying
    to get involved with me--
[02:35] ---
    regardless of how it all began.
[02:38] ---
    Hi, there.
[02:39] ---
    Hello.
[02:44] ---
    S-So, um... should we get going?
[02:47] ---
    Okay!
[02:48] ---
    I'd stopped relying on memorized topics
[02:51] ---
    or looking for opportunities to gain XP.
[02:56] ---
    I wasn't even wearing any of the clothes
    Hinami had picked out for me.
[03:00] ---
    For who I was now,
[03:02] ---
    it was an act of the utmost sincerity
    not to wear those masks.
[03:06] ---
    Our conversations were awkward, halting.
[03:09] ---
    But it was like I was connecting with
    someone using only my true feelings,
[03:13] ---
    and I realized that maybe I
    always had been--until recently.
[03:18] ---
    And Kikuchi, who says
    I'm easy to talk to like this.
[03:23] ---
    It warmed my chilled heart.
[03:27] ---
    "Oseido Bookstore"
[03:29] ---
    I love the way a bookstore smells.
[03:32] ---
    Oh, I think I know what you mean.
[03:36] ---
    Oh!
[03:37] ---
    "If I'd Met You First"
[03:37] ---
    This was really outstanding!
[03:40] ---
    You read those kinds of books, too, huh?
[03:43] ---
    Um... yes. I do.
[03:46] ---
    S-Sorry. It was a little unexpected, that's all.
[03:49] ---
    I-I, um... I'd actually like to...
    write like this.
[03:54] ---
    Oh, really?
SIGN    "Kind Dogs Stand Alone" "Hot Off the Presses" "Michael Andi's Latest Book"
[03:57] ---
    Here it is! Michael Andi's latest!
[04:03] ---
    "Kind Dogs Stand Alone"
[04:03] ---
    Kind Dogs Stand Alone.*
[04:06] ---
    It's a dream come true!
[04:08] ---
    Kikuchi faces her true desires more
    earnestly than anyone I know.
[04:15] ---
    "Kind Dogs Stand Alone"
[04:24] ---
    I'd thought that improving myself
[04:27] ---
    by working toward goals like a player
    on the other side of the screen
[04:31] ---
    wasn't what I truly wanted to do.
[04:33] ---
    So I thought I'd be my real,
    unvarnished self today.
[04:37] ---
    I gave no thought to my outfit
    and skipped the hair wax.
[04:40] ---
    I felt those were made-up skills
    that masked the real me.
[04:45] ---
    And the result?
[04:46] ---
    Without the mask of those skills,
    my expression and my posture
[04:50] ---
    were weak, hollow, and immature.
[04:53] ---
    I made myself sick.
[04:57] ---
    What exactly did I want to become?
[05:00] ---
    I remember seeing myself as a normie:
[05:02] ---
    the strong sense of accomplishment I'd felt
[05:04] ---
    as this Fumiya Tomozaki character,
    living in the real world.
[05:09] ---
    In other words,
[05:10] ---
    while telling Hinami it was pointless
    not to act based on what we really want,
[05:14] ---
    I was happy from the bottom of my heart
[05:17] ---
    when I met the goals she'd set for me.
[05:20] ---
    I worked hard toward set goals
    from a player's perspective,
[05:25] ---
    finding meaning in that growth and development--
[05:28] ---
    so what did that make me?
[05:30] ---
    Did my true desires really
    have to guide my actions?
[05:37] ---
    Say, Kikuchi...
[05:39] ---
    Yes?
[05:40] ---
    I'm sorry. I'm all mixed up again.
[05:44] ---
    You know how, after the movie,
[05:46] ---
    you said I was easy and hard
    to talk to at times?
[05:51] ---
    There's probably a reason for that.
[05:53] ---
    The truth is, someone's been
    giving me... lessons.
[05:57] ---
    How to talk--things like that.
[05:59] ---
    I'd record myself talking
    and listen to it later...
[06:02] ---
    All kinds of stuff.
[06:04] ---
    "Someone"?
[06:06] ---
    And as part of that--
[06:07] ---
    like, you can't start a conversation
    without a topic.
[06:11] ---
    So I used flashcards to memorize various topics.
[06:15] ---
    Before we went to the movies, too.
[06:17] ---
    But at the fireworks show and then today...
[06:19] ---
    I've only been talking about what's on my mind.
[06:22] ---
    And you said I was easier to talk to like that.
[06:26] ---
    So that's what that was all about.
[06:29] ---
    It didn't feel right to be wearing a mask,
    cheating at conversation.
[06:35] ---
    But using those memorized topics
    to talk with people
[06:40] ---
    gave me a sense of accomplishment.
[06:42] ---
    Should I keep making an effort
    to enhance my skills?
[06:45] ---
    Or should I just be myself?
[06:47] ---
    Which one do I really want?
[06:52] ---
    I-I'm sorry. I know this is weird.
[06:57] ---
    The reason I think you're easy to talk to
[07:01] ---
    is because I can picture the things you say.
[07:06] ---
    Picture them?
[07:07] ---
    A lot of times, it's like you're saying
    whatever pops into your head.
[07:14] ---
    And then this image pops into my head.
[07:17] ---
    Just like when I'm reading a novel.
[07:21] ---
    Like a novel?
[07:23] ---
    I feel like you're conveying whatever mood
    and emotions you saw at the time
[07:27] ---
    right into my head as is, directly and honestly.
[07:31] ---
    That's what makes you easy to talk to.
[07:33] ---
    Thanks.
[07:35] ---
    But sometimes the pictures
    don't really come into focus.
[07:38] ---
    That must be when you're using
    your memorized flashcard topics.
[07:42] ---
    Yeah. So chatting with those shortcut skills...
[07:47] ---
    But you know...
[07:49] ---
    The images that came to mind
    when talking with you
[07:52] ---
    were all black and white at first.
[07:54] ---
    Huh?
[07:55] ---
    It was a slightly sad and lonely world,
[07:58] ---
    one that resembled the world I see.
[08:01] ---
    I thought, "Could Tomozaki be like me?
[08:03] ---
    Could we both be seeing a world with no color?"
[08:08] ---
    Maybe so.
[08:09] ---
    Sometimes the world I'd see
    when reading a book
[08:12] ---
    looked so much more beautiful
    than the real world.
[08:17] ---
    And every time it did,
[08:18] ---
    I'd think, "Does the author really see
    the world in such a colorful way?
[08:23] ---
    Lucky them. I'm jealous."
[08:26] ---
    But now that we've met and talked so many times,
[08:29] ---
    the images you've been sending me...
[08:32] ---
    They've been taking on more and more color.
[08:37] ---
    That was a surprise.
[08:39] ---
    Ever since I was little, I'd felt like
    everything I saw was gray.
[08:44] ---
    I figured it would stay that way forever.
[08:47] ---
    But in such a short time, Tomozaki,
[08:50] ---
    you completely changed
    the color of the world you see.
[08:55] ---
    So I think it's really fantastic that you're
    working hard to change yourself.
[09:01] ---
    And if there's someone in your world,
    a magician who gave it these colors...
[09:09] ---
    Then you should treasure that someone.
[09:14] ---
    Thank you, Kikuchi.
[09:16] ---
    Just a token of my gratitude
    for having shown me
[09:18] ---
    that I can still change the way
    I see the world.
SIGN    "Today" "I want to talk one more time. Can we meet soon?" "Read"
SIGN    "I want to talk one more time. Can we meet soon?" "Read" "Talk about what?"
SIGN    "Talk about what? I've been thinking a lot. I'd like to talk again"
SIGN    "Talk about what? I've been thinking a lot. I'd like to talk again" "Read"
SIGN    "Talk about what? I've been thinking a lot. I'd like to talk again" "There's nothing I want to talk about"
SIGN    "You wanted your bag back. It'd be a pain to bring to school--one more thing to lug around. Let me return it over break"
[09:51] ---
    "Just keep it, then"
SIGN    "It'd be a pain to bring to school--one more thing to lug around. Let me return it over break" "Just keep it, then"
[09:55] ---
    "But if you insist, meet by the Beanstalk
    at Omiya Station tomorrow at 6 PM"
[09:59] ---
    All right!
[10:13] ---
    This spot's a little awkward.
    Let's find somewhere else.
[10:28] ---
    Hi! I'm NO NAME!
[10:36] ---
    So listen...
[10:39] ---
    Did you come up with a new excuse?
[10:42] ---
    I like games.
[10:45] ---
    You're telling me this now?
[10:47] ---
    I like Tackfam--along with RPGs and shooters.
[10:51] ---
    I even enjoyed the student-council-election
    game I played against you.
[10:55] ---
    But in Tackfam, I'm always the player.
[10:59] ---
    I'm on the outside with my controller,
[11:02] ---
    moving a character around on the screen.
[11:04] ---
    Well, yeah. Obviously.
[11:07] ---
    But I still poured my soul into it,
    so I could become one with my character.
[11:12] ---
    That made the game world feel more colorful.
[11:17] ---
    There's a reason video games
    are what won me over--
[11:20] ---
    not anime, not novels, not manga.
[11:23] ---
    And that is...
[11:25] ---
    In a video game, I can make
    the characters do what I want.
[11:31] ---
    I don't have to experience my own
    weakness, pitifulness, or self-hatred.
[11:37] ---
    That's what made the game world so attractive.
[11:40] ---
    It's why I thought real life was a garbage game.
[11:43] ---
    I mean, I couldn't do what
    I wanted in the real world
[11:47] ---
    with this Fumiya Tomozaki character at all.
[11:51] ---
    It's not like I meant to mumble.
[11:54] ---
    I didn't want to have that
    gloomy look on my face.
[11:58] ---
    But there was nothing I could do about it.
[12:00] ---
    I was the only one on the outside looking in.
[12:03] ---
    Every day was gray.
[12:06] ---
    But there were ways to add color
    to the world around me.
[12:10] ---
    Ways to control this game called "life,"
    to make it shine.
[12:13] ---
    And you showed them to me.
[12:16] ---
    I want to be a character
    in the game of life, too.
[12:21] ---
    I actually like this game now, thanks to you.
[12:26] ---
    This... this is what I really want.
[12:29] ---
    There's no such thing as what you really want.
[12:33] ---
    You're just drunk on idealism,
    wallowing in sentimentality.
[12:36] ---
    A momentary hangup.
[12:42] ---
    If you're saying it's more than just a hangup,
[12:44] ---
    it means nothing if you can't prove it.
[12:47] ---
    I figured you'd say as much.
[12:51] ---
    True: If I can't prove it, what's the point?
[12:54] ---
    Are you saying you can prove it?
[12:57] ---
    I am. This "what I really want"? It does exist.
[13:02] ---
    Huh? Then I'd like to hear it--
[13:05] ---
    whatever proof you have for
    the existence of your true desires.
[13:08] ---
    What are you talking about?
[13:09] ---
    You really don't understand anything, do you?
[13:12] ---
    Excuse me?
[13:14] ---
    This proof consists of many simple
    rules in combination,
[13:18] ---
    intersecting in complex ways
    that make them harder to grasp.
[13:24] ---
    So... what are you going to do?
[13:27] ---
    You can't tell if a game is godly
    or garbage without playing it.
[13:32] ---
    Which means...
[13:34] ---
    You're going to give it a shot.
[13:36] ---
    That's right. You won't find out
    what you really want
[13:38] ---
    just by asking for proof that it exists.
[13:41] ---
    But by struggling to discover how you feel
    and making sincere progress--
[13:46] ---
    that's when you first learn your true desires.
[13:49] ---
    Why, you...
[13:50] ---
    Listen up, Hinami.
[13:52] ---
    You've only been going through the motions
    from a player's point of view.
[13:56] ---
    You don't know what real fun is!
[13:58] ---
    What's all this?
[13:59] ---
    I'll tell you one thing:
[14:01] ---
    You're a top-tier character, and that's no lie.
[14:03] ---
    And yet...
[14:05] ---
    Right now, when it comes to
    enjoying the game of life?
[14:08] ---
    I've got you beat!
[14:13] ---
    Starting today, I'll show you step-by-step
[14:17] ---
    how to really get into the game.
[14:20] ---
    How to find what it is you really want.
[14:24] ---
    How to enjoy life--more than you do now.
[14:28] ---
    Although I'm not as good as you are
    at putting rules into words.
[14:33] ---
    It'll be a slow process.
[14:35] ---
    Aren't you jumping the gun here?
[14:38] ---
    I don't even believe there is such
    a thing as these "true desires."
[14:43] ---
    Shouldn't you start there?
[14:45] ---
    Maybe so. But what if you think of it like this?
[14:48] ---
    Like how?
[14:49] ---
    My true desires have always fueled my gaming.
[14:55] ---
    That's how I became the top
    Tackfam player in Japan--
[14:57] ---
    and why you can't beat me.
[15:01] ---
    I mean, don't you think it's strange?
[15:04] ---
    Academics, sports, social standing--
[15:07] ---
    you continue to come in first place
    in all these games.
[15:10] ---
    But you just can't take the top spot in Tackfam.
[15:13] ---
    That's the effect--so what's the cause?
[15:16] ---
    It has to do with the amount
    of effort, that's all.
[15:19] ---
    No, that's not it.
[15:22] ---
    What, then?
[15:24] ---
    You must have an idea.
[15:26] ---
    It's what makes me better than you in Tackfam:
[15:30] ---
    I know what I really want, and you don't.
[15:36] ---
    That's why you haven't managed
    to beat me even once.
[15:41] ---
    There can be no better proof
    for the existence of true desires.
[15:47] ---
    I mean, I can see that from where I
    stand as Japan's best Tackfam player.
[15:51] ---
    It's only natural that someone at
    your level wouldn't understand.
[15:57] ---
    If that frustrates you,
[15:58] ---
    just try beating me without
    knowing what you really want.
[16:05] ---
    She uses a super-strong fighting style,
[16:08] ---
    standing in her opponent's ring
    and crushing them head-on.
[16:13] ---
    No one's made that much effort;
    no one has that much in reserve.
[16:17] ---
    But I'm different.
[16:19] ---
    Before the two of us were
    Fumiya Tomozaki and Aoi Hinami,
[16:24] ---
    we were nanashi
[16:25] ---
    and NO NAME.
[16:29] ---
    So on that point alone,
[16:31] ---
    in this ring, where once you master Tackfam,
    you'll understand--
[16:35] ---
    where if you want to complain,
    you'll have to beat me first--
[16:39] ---
    in this ring, where rationality means nothing,
[16:42] ---
    I'm the only one who can be
    victorious over her.
[16:46] ---
    And she's the only one
    who will step into that ring,
[16:49] ---
    no matter how outrageous it may be.
[16:51] ---
    Because no gamer hates
    losing more than she does.
[16:59] ---
    I get it. You really put some
    thought into your empty logic.
[17:03] ---
    But I can't argue against it.
[17:06] ---
    Not that you've actually proven anything at all.
[17:09] ---
    I guess not.
[17:10] ---
    There's no telling who's right.
[17:13] ---
    So I'll meet you halfway:
[17:16] ---
    I don't accept that there's such a thing
    as "true desires" or whatever,
[17:20] ---
    but I also can't definitively
    say that there isn't.
[17:24] ---
    Hinami...
[17:25] ---
    However...
[17:26] ---
    If you're so certain that you're right,
[17:28] ---
    you'd better take the time to prove it--
[17:32] ---
    and convince me beyond a shadow of a doubt.
[17:36] ---
    Got it.
[17:44] ---
    So? What do you want to do now?
[17:48] ---
    Keep trying to conquer life, same as before.
[17:52] ---
    Ah.
[17:53] ---
    I need the skills you've taught me
    to grow into the character I want to be.
[17:59] ---
    You keep setting my goals and
    I'll keep working toward them.
[18:03] ---
    But they might conflict with
    what you really want in life.
[18:08] ---
    Sure. And I'll skip the ones that do.
[18:11] ---
    So you want to use the skills,
[18:14] ---
    but create goals based on what you really want?
[18:18] ---
    Something like that.
[18:20] ---
    In other words...
[18:22] ---
    I'll have a hybrid play style:
    skills plus true desires.
[18:29] ---
    Well, now I really need to see some proof.
[18:33] ---
    Leave it to me, NO NAME.
[18:36] ---
    I don't expect much, but sure:
    I'll leave it to you, nanashi.
[18:51] ---
    I think I'll get the salted mackerel set.
[18:53] ---
    What a coincidence! Me, too.
[18:59] ---
    Oh, right.
[19:03] ---
    That's why we really met today--
    so I could return this.
[19:07] ---
    If you're going to keep
    trying to beat this game,
[19:09] ---
    you may as well keep it.
[19:12] ---
    I'm not inclined to use it myself,
    what with that frayed patch.
[19:15] ---
    Still, take it. I'll buy another one like it.
[19:19] ---
    It's something I want to do.
[19:22] ---
    Ah.
[19:25] ---
    This is...
[19:26] ---
    It hides the frayed part pretty well, right?
[19:29] ---
    You can have that back, too.
[19:31] ---
    But I only got this in exchange
    for the backpack.
[19:34] ---
    Look, it's fine.
[19:36] ---
    It's my thanks for adding
    so much color to my world.
[19:42] ---
    I see.
[19:45] ---
    Well, in that case, I'll take it.
[19:53] ---
    Now for your next task.
[19:56] ---
    What?!
[19:56] ---
    You're still trying to win at life, right?
[19:59] ---
    We've already wasted so much time.
[20:01] ---
    Now to make it up all at once!
[20:04] ---
    What is it this time?
[20:08] ---
    A part-time job.
[20:18] ---
    "Hara" "Ochi"
[20:23] ---
    Huh! You're the guy interviewing
    for the part-time position?
[20:27] ---
    Mizusawa?!
[20:29] ---
    Did you know I worked here?
[20:33] ---
    No--it's a total coincidence.
[20:35] ---
    You set me up, Hinami...
[20:37] ---
    Spicy roe sauce...
[20:41] ---
    S'ghetti Napolitan...
[20:41] ---
    "Narita"
[20:47] ---
    Another part-timer. If you're hired,
    she'll be your senior.
[21:05] ---
    Hey, which do you think is best?
[21:08] ---
    You're overthinking this.
    It's just a date with Shuji.
[21:11] ---
    But I like your first outfit best.
[21:13] ---
    Really? I prefer the second one.
[21:17] ---
    Isn't the third one nice, though?
[21:19] ---
    Aw, c'mon! What do you think, Tomozaki?
[21:23] ---
    M-Me?!
[21:31] ---
    Um, I-I think you look great in all of them!
[21:35] ---
    That's the least helpful answer!
[21:42] ---
    Look at these! Aren't they fabulous?
[21:44] ---
    Totally! They're all so cute!
[21:49] ---
    Are they?
[21:52] ---
    Check this out! It looks just like you, Tama!
[21:54] ---
    It does not!
[22:02] ---
    The heck?
[22:04] ---
    Mimimi likes it.
[22:06] ---
    She does?!
[22:09] ---
    I just knew she had great taste!
[22:11] ---
    Talk about a mood swing...
[22:17] ---
    I'm writing a new novel.
[22:20] ---
    It should be finished before too long--
[22:22] ---
    could I ask you to read it when I'm done?
[22:25] ---
    Of course! If you think I could help.
[22:43] ---
    "Tomozaki"
[22:43] ---
    Your order is ready!
[22:46] ---
    Huh? Army Boy's working here, too?
[22:49] ---
    Yep. And I'm training him.
[22:51] ---
    I expect freebies, Tomozaki.
[23:00] ---
    Your job seems to be going well.
[23:02] ---
    But don't let your guard down just yet.
[23:04] ---
    I know. What's my next task?
[23:07] ---
    Now, hold on. Before we get to that...
[23:13] ---
    As heavy-handed as ever, I see.
[23:16] ---
    Got a problem?
[23:32] ---
    One more game!
[23:34] ---
    All right--
[23:35] ---*
    bring it on!

E13 - Post-game equipment for girls is a little different than usual

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[00:15] ---
    "Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki"
[01:33] ---
    "August Dessert Menu"
SIGN    "August Dessert Menu" "Sweet-Bean Matcha Shaved Ice" "Lemon Shaved Ice"
[01:35] ---
    Thank you for your patience.
SIGN    "Bonus Lv. 2: Post-game equipment for girls is a little different than usual"
[01:37] ---
    Your honey-lemon shaved ice
[01:39] ---
    and sweet-bean matcha shaved ice.
[01:42] ---
    Relax and enjoy!
[01:49] ---
    She was super cute, right?
[01:52] ---
    I thought so, too! Super cute!
[01:57] ---
    You can go on break now, Fuka.
[02:00] ---
    All right.
[02:05] ---
    It looks like Nakagawa's
    prepping a kitchen order,
[02:08] ---
    so I'll get that delivered,
    then take my break.
[02:11] ---
    Oh, would you?
[02:12] ---
    That'd be a big help, Kikuchi.
[02:15] ---
    All set. Could you run that out for me?
[02:17] ---
    Sure.
[02:21] ---
    Kikuchi's so cute--and such a nice girl.
[02:24] ---
    She really is. And way out of your league.
[02:27] ---
    Yeah, you wouldn't stand a chance.
[02:30] ---
    Wow, boss--rude!
[02:33] ---
    Okay, I'll go on break now.
[02:36] ---
    Got it.
[02:37] ---
    Enjoy!
SIGN    "Summer's almost over, huh" "Fumiya Tomozaki: It went by in the blink of an eye"
SIGN    "It really did"
    "BTW, I finished Kind Dogs Stand Alone!
    Let me know when you're done--
    I want to talk about it with you"
[02:50] ---
    "Ichibangai"
[02:54] ---
    Let's see...
[02:56] ---
    It's so hot. Our ice cream's gonna melt.
[02:59] ---
    We haven't even bought any yet!
[03:02] ---
    Oh, I think it's up ahead.
[03:04] ---
    We made it!
[03:06] ---
    Isn't this...?
[03:08] ---
    Hey, what if Kikuchi's working today?
[03:12] ---
    Given her personality,
    she may be overly polite.
[03:18] ---
    I can see that, yeah.
[03:19] ---
    All riiight! Let's head on in!
[03:21] ---
    C'mon, Fumiya.
[03:23] ---
    R-Right.
[03:30] ---
    He never did write back...
[03:38] ---
    To-Tomozaki?!
[03:45] ---
    And a bunch of people from our class!
[03:47] ---
    What's up?
[03:50] ---
    Wow, I've never heard you be that loud!
[03:53] ---
    You must have been really startled.
[03:55] ---
    Um... I was.
[03:58] ---
    I guess Kikuchi... isn't here today?
[04:02] ---
    What's up, Fumiya?
[04:04] ---
    Jeez, did I startle you that much?
[04:07] ---
    You don't have to be so loud.
[04:09] ---
    You sure are acting weird, Tomozaki.
[04:13] ---
    Why, you...
[04:16] ---
    Mmm, how to choose...
[04:19] ---
    Does everyone know what they're getting?
[04:22] ---
    Yep. I do.
[04:24] ---
    I've decided, too.
[04:26] ---
    So have I--I think.
[04:27] ---
    You know I've got it down!
[04:29] ---
    What? Everyone but me?! Hang on a second!
[04:33] ---
    Hurry up or it'll get cold.
[04:35] ---
    Hey! We don't even have
    any of our food yet!
[04:39] ---
    Oh, right.
[04:45] ---
    Oh, I get it now.
[04:47] ---
    That's fine. I'll take
    that half of the floor,
[04:51] ---
    and you can take the other half.
[04:53] ---
    Is that okay with you, boss?
[04:55] ---
    Sure. You're a good worker, after all.
[04:58] ---
    Thank you so much.
[05:03] ---
    Her classmates are here, eh?
[05:05] ---
    That Fuka's a shy one.
[05:07] ---
    She sure is.
[05:08] ---
    What if one of them is a boy she likes?
[05:12] ---
    Wh-What, Fuka?!
[05:14] ---
    That's one huge overreaction, boss.
[05:17] ---
    And he bought us a matching pair.
[05:20] ---
    Afterwards, we rode the Ferris wheel--
[05:23] ---
    Here we go! The Ferris wheel!
[05:24] ---
    Ooh! Can it be?
[05:26] ---
    Did Shuji finally...?
[05:31] ---
    Nothing happened, and the ride ended.
[05:33] ---
    No way! Make a move, Shuji!
[05:35] ---
    Right? Right?!
[05:37] ---
    Still, I saw that coming.
[05:40] ---
    T-Totally.
[05:41] ---
    Did he not start dating right away
    when he was with Shimano?
[05:46] ---
    He saw his chance and wound up
    going for it pretty quickly, yeah.
[05:50] ---
    I thought so!
[05:52] ---
    Maybe Shuji just isn't
    interested in me after all.
[05:56] ---
    Mmm, I think he's acting like this
    because he likes you.
[06:01] ---
    He really cares, so he
    doesn't want to hurt you.
[06:03] ---
    Y-Yeah, I get that.
[06:05] ---
    R-Really?
[06:07] ---
    I think you can breathe easy.
[06:09] ---
    Oh, okay.
[06:11] ---
    Well, all right. If you say so.
[06:14] ---
    Honestly. You two are both
    as naïve as each other.
[06:18] ---
    You hush!
[06:19] ---
    You don't even have
    a special someone, Hiro!
[06:23] ---
    Who, me? I sure do.
[06:31] ---
    You don't even have
    a special someone, Hiro!
[06:34] ---
    A-A special someone?
[06:41] ---
    I-I shouldn't!
[06:43] ---
    This is basically eavesdropping!
[06:46] ---
    Order up!
[06:50] ---
    Wh-What's this?
[06:52] ---
    A cheese-stuffed Hamburg steak
    with cheese sauce.
[06:55] ---
    Someone must really like cheese, huh?
[06:59] ---
    This is probably Hinami's!
[07:02] ---
    What?! You do have someone
    you like, Hiro? What's she like?
[07:05] ---
    Hmm, good question.
[07:07] ---
    I am dying of curiosity over here!
[07:09] ---
    Yeah, I'm crazy curious myself!
[07:11] ---
    You can say that again.
[07:14] ---
    Well, you know...
[07:16] ---
    We can talk and talk
    and she stays mysterious--
[07:18] ---
    and before I knew it, she had me
    in the palm of her hand.
[07:22] ---
    Oh, come on, you big tease! Is she older?
[07:26] ---
    Nope, our age.
[07:27] ---
    Huh!
[07:29] ---
    A girl our age, and you're
    wrapped around her little finger?
[07:32] ---
    I wonder what she's like?
[07:34] ---
    I can't even imagine!
[07:36] ---
    Th-That's right. Can't even imagine.
[07:39] ---
    Right? Plus, she's such a hard worker--
[07:42] ---
    Thank you for your patience!
[07:44] ---
    Who had the cheese-stuffed
    Hamburg steak with cheese sauce?
[07:48] ---
    Me!
[07:54] ---
    And when she happens to smile,
    it's so innocent and charming.
[07:58] ---
    Like that.
[08:00] ---
    Oh, really?
[08:01] ---
    Well, gee, that's fantastic!
[08:06] ---
    Whoa!
[08:08] ---
    Seriously?
[08:09] ---
    So everyone at that table
    is a classmate of yours?
[08:12] ---
    Th-That's right.
[08:15] ---
    That sure is a bunch of
    good-looking people, though.
[08:18] ---
    Y-You think so?
[08:20] ---
    Oh, but maybe not that one guy.
[08:25] ---
    Yeah, that guy's more burly than handsome.
[08:28] ---
    That... that would be Takei.
[08:32] ---
    Yummo!
[08:40] ---
    Man, that was delicious!
[08:42] ---
    It really was!
[08:43] ---
    This was fun!
[08:46] ---
    You do appreciate a good love-life chat.
[08:48] ---
    We heard all kinds of
    interesting tidbits today, right?
[08:51] ---
    Right!
[08:52] ---
    Man, I wish I had a love life!
[08:57] ---
    All right, then: shall we?
[08:58] ---
    Okay!
[08:59] ---
    Where to next, gang?
[09:05] ---
    Nice work today, Fuka.
[09:08] ---
    Thank you. I'll be leaving now.
[09:11] ---
    See you later!
[09:12] ---
    Good job!
[09:13] ---
    I know I caused a lot of problems
    for everyone today.
[09:17] ---
    No, not at all. You're always
    a soothing presence around here.
[09:21] ---
    Exactly right.
[09:23] ---
    Good thing they didn't spot you!
[09:25] ---
    Right!
[09:30] ---
    Was it a good thing?
[09:34] ---
    It's almost like there's a whole other
    world out there that isn't mine.
[09:39] ---
    But I chose to avoid it.
SIGN    "I should be done reading it tonight, so let's discuss our takes on it tomorrow! And hey, weren't you at your job around noon today?"
[09:58] ---
    "Tomozaki,"
[10:01] ---
    "Tomozaki,
    you always manage to find me"
[10:05] ---
    "Tomozaki,
    you always manage to find me"
SIGN    "And hey, weren't you at your job around noon today?"
SIGN    "And hey, weren't you at your job around noon today?" "Yes, I was. You could tell, huh?"

E14 - Most strange spell names have unknown origins

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SIGN    "Saitama City" "City of Roses" "Chuo Ward"
[01:32] ---
    "Bonus Lv. 1:
    'Most strange spell names
    have unknown origins'"
[01:45] ---
    Oh!
[01:46] ---
    "Sparklers"
[01:46] ---
    We're almost out.
[01:48] ---
    And it'll be all over.
[01:50] ---
    Well, I'm gonna go out with a bang!
[01:53] ---
    Ha!
[01:57] ---
    Hi-yah!
[02:00] ---
    Ooh! Niiice!
[02:00] ---
    Hey! That's dangerous!
[02:11] ---
    This reminds me of that fireworks show
    in our first year.
[02:15] ---
    Oh, last year in Konosu?
[02:18] ---
    Yeah! That's when you and Tama first met.
[02:22] ---
    First...?
[02:24] ---
    Right!
[02:25] ---
    Yeah.
[02:28] ---
    You and Mimimi hadn't talked much at all
    by the summer of our first year.
[02:33] ---
    Uh-huh. Not at first.
[02:37] ---
    That's right.
[02:42] ---
    Wow! You're wearing your
    winter uniform already?
[02:45] ---
    Yep! I know it's still a little hot today,
[02:48] ---
    but this blazer is just so cute!
[02:50] ---
    I might just make the
    switch tomorrow, too.
[02:54] ---
    Let's switch to blazers tomorrow!
[02:56] ---
    What, already?
[03:04] ---
    A girl in your class
    who's kind of a loner, huh?
[03:08] ---
    I'm pretty sure she wants
    to be friends with everyone.
[03:14] ---
    Okay, then try talking to her
    a little bit every day.
[03:24] ---
    Know what, Natsubayashi?
[03:26] ---
    You're so cute--like a tiny little animal!
[03:31] ---
    Huh? Um... what?
[03:33] ---
    Poke, poke!
[03:34] ---
    Wh-Where'd this come from?
[03:37] ---
    This? Oh... nowhere special.
[03:42] ---
    Hi, Hanabi! Good morning!
[03:46] ---
    Not you again! Stop that!
[03:49] ---
    Ooh, all your protests
    really get me going!
[03:54] ---
    What's your endgame here?
[03:56] ---
    Hanabi! Good morning!
[04:00] ---
    Seriously, what's your deal?
[04:01] ---
    You smell divine.
[04:03] ---
    Don't just go around smelling people!
[04:08] ---
    Hey, Hanabi!
[04:09] ---
    Let's hit the cafeteria!
[04:11] ---
    I brought my lunch today.
[04:14] ---
    Oh, that doesn't matter!
[04:16] ---
    Let's eat together in the caf!
[04:17] ---
    Um, well...
[04:19] ---
    C'mon, now, hurry it up!
[04:21] ---
    Okay.
[04:27] ---
    All that sexual harassment
    must really suck.
[04:29] ---
    Mimimi doesn't know when to quit.
[04:31] ---
    Hey, you big meanie!
[04:33] ---
    No. She really doesn't.
[04:35] ---
    Wow, super blunt!
[04:50] ---
    Hello!
[04:51] ---
    I'm Aoi Hinami, from first-year class 1.
[04:55] ---
    You must be the Hanabi Natsubayashi
    that Mimimi's been bugging.
[05:00] ---
    Huh?
[05:01] ---
    So Minmi's been doing this
    all along to help me fit in?
[05:06] ---
    Uh-huh.
[05:08] ---
    Oh... oh, I see.
[05:11] ---
    But keep this conversation
    between us, would you?
[05:15] ---
    Huh? But I haven't thanked Minmi.
[05:19] ---
    I know, but that's okay.
[05:21] ---
    Just let her keep up her front, okay?
[05:26] ---
    Really? Sounds like it was a success.
[05:29] ---
    ¡Si! Thanks, Aoi!
[05:32] ---
    I haven't done anything.
[05:35] ---
    Oh, right!
[05:36] ---
    Hey, listen, Aoi:
[05:39] ---
    Did you hear about the off-season
    fireworks show this weekend?
[05:43] ---
    This weekend?
[05:45] ---
    Oh, the Konosu Fireworks Festival?
[05:48] ---
    ¡Si! Nice, Aoi--you're a sharp one!
[05:51] ---
    I was thinking about going myself.
[05:55] ---
    Aren't they firing off some Guinness
    World Record-breaking shell?
[05:58] ---
    Yeah! We can go together!
[06:00] ---
    Great!
[06:02] ---
    And hey...
[06:03] ---
    I kinda wanted to ask Hanabi to come, too.
[06:07] ---
    Hanabi?
[06:09] ---
    You mean the girl whose face
    you've been in every day?
[06:12] ---
    Uh-huh.
[06:14] ---
    Um... are you sure?
    I'm in a different class and all.
[06:18] ---
    I mean, your advice helped me
    and Hanabi become friends.
[06:23] ---
    I want you two to be friends, too.
[06:27] ---
    I'd love for you to meet her!
[06:29] ---
    Oh, I get it. Then yes--introduce us!
[06:36] ---
    A fireworks show?
[06:38] ---
    Okay, you might not be a fan,
[06:40] ---
    but there's this friend
    I want to you to meet!
[06:43] ---
    We do track-and-field together:
    Aoi Hinami.
[06:46] ---
    Aoi Hinami?
[06:49] ---
    She's another ultra-cutie pie!
[06:52] ---
    Well?
[06:54] ---
    Well? Well?
[06:57] ---
    All right. I'll come.
[06:59] ---
    Whoa! What an easy yes!
[07:02] ---
    Don't tell me you're
    a sucker for cuties, too.
[07:05] ---
    Well, uh...
[07:07] ---
    Yeah... something like that.
[07:10] ---
    "Guinness World Record"
    "4-Shaku Tama"
[07:12] ---
    "Konosu Station"
SIGN    "Today" "Minami Nanami: Aoi & I are on our way!" "Minami Nanami: Almost there!"
SIGN    "Today" "Minami Nanami: Aoi & I are on our way!" "Minami Nanami: Almost there!"
[07:30] ---
    I suppose I should pretend
    we've never met.
[07:34] ---
    It's hard, fitting in.
[07:39] ---
    There you are, Hanabi!
[07:41] ---
    And this here is Aoi--
    cutie pie extraordinaire!
[07:47] ---
    Nice to meet you! I'm Aoi Hinami.
[07:49] ---
    Let's make it a great day.
[07:51] ---
    Um... I'm Hanabi Natsubayashi. Pleasure.
[07:56] ---
    You're so adorably tiny!
[07:57] ---
    Say, I know this is sudden,
    but can I call you Hanabi?
[08:01] ---
    Eh? Uh-huh, sure.
[08:03] ---
    Oh, and either Hinami or Aoi works for me.
[08:06] ---
    Okay. Um... Aoi?
[08:09] ---
    Here!
[08:10] ---
    Ooh, you're getting along great already!
[08:20] ---
    Thanks.
[08:21] ---
    Hmm? For what?
[08:27] ---
    Wow, look at those lines.
[08:29] ---
    Aren't their croquettes a thing?
[08:32] ---
    That's right! But I, Minami Nanami,
    have a taste for grilled squid!
[08:37] ---
    How about we split up
    and buy both to share?
[08:40] ---
    Good idea! Let's do that!
[08:42] ---
    Okay!
[08:43] ---
    What about you, Hanabi? Want to try both?
[08:46] ---
    Um... I'm fine with just a croquette.
[08:49] ---
    Got it!
[08:50] ---
    The grilled squid is calling me.
[08:53] ---
    Which means it's up to you two
    to pick up the croquettes!
[08:56] ---
    I can go by myself. It's just croquettes.
[09:00] ---
    Is three enough?
[09:01] ---
    Um... I think so.
[09:04] ---
    Thanks in advance!
[09:06] ---
    Sure thing.
[09:07] ---
    "Yummy!" "Grilled Squid"
[09:12] ---
    "Grilled Squid"
[09:12] ---
    That Hanabi's a tough one, huh?
[09:14] ---
    Right? But that's what
    makes her so delicious!
[09:17] ---
    Whoa there, Mimimi. Scary.
[09:19] ---
    But you can tell, right?
    She's a good, no-nonsense girl.
[09:23] ---
    You, me, everyone--we can
    be better friends with her.
[09:27] ---
    How can we make that happen?
[09:30] ---
    Hmm. Good question.
[09:32] ---
    Do you remember what got
    everyone to warm up to you?
[09:35] ---
    Was there something?
[09:37] ---
    Oh!
[09:38] ---
    So was there?
[09:40] ---
    When I started going by "Mimimi" --
[09:43] ---
    that might've made it easier
    to talk to me.
[09:46] ---
    All like, "Mimimi!"
[09:48] ---
    Then let's do that!
[09:50] ---
    Huh? Do what?
[09:54] ---
    A nickname!
[09:59] ---
    No crowds here, huh?
[10:03] ---
    Can't have you underestimating
    my research skills, now.
[10:10] ---
    Oh! It's starting!
[10:19] ---
    What beautiful hanabi fireworks.
[10:21] ---
    Oh, but this Hanabi is the cute kind.
[10:25] ---
    Hey! That was dumb!
[10:26] ---
    Do you like hanabi, Hanabi?
[10:28] ---
    C'mon, you're doing that on purpose!
[10:31] ---
    Well, I love Hanabi!
[10:33] ---
    I'm a different Hanabi!
[10:34] ---
    Hanabi!
[10:35] ---
    Sorry, sorry!
[10:44] ---
    Tamaya!
[10:47] ---
    I haven't heard that old cheer in a while.
[10:49] ---
    I think I'll do it, too.
[10:52] ---
    Tamaya!
[10:54] ---
    Tamaya!
[10:56] ---
    Tamaya!
[10:59] ---
    Aren't you gonna say it, Hanabi?
[11:01] ---
    Well, um...
[11:07] ---
    Tamaya!
[11:09] ---
    Huh? Wh-What the--?
[11:11] ---
    Because you're hanabi, too.
[11:14] ---
    You make no sense!
[11:15] ---
    Tamaya!
[11:17] ---
    Tamaya!
[11:18] ---
    H-Hey, now!
[11:20] ---
    Tamaya!
[11:22] ---
    Don't mess around with people's names!
[11:25] ---
    Oh, Tama, you're so strict!
[11:28] ---
    What's this "Tama" business?
[11:30] ---
    Like a fireworks shell.
    You're Hanabi, so: Tama!
[11:33] ---
    A great fit, right? Little and cute!
[11:36] ---
    I-It's not cute at all!
[11:37] ---
    Really? I think it's cute.
[11:40] ---
    Not you, too!
[11:41] ---
    C'mon, now, Tama!
[11:43] ---
    Are you blushing, Tama?
[11:45] ---
    Sheesh...
[11:48] ---
    Ooh! Tamaya!
[11:51] ---
    Tamaya!
[11:54] ---
    Ta... Tamaya!
[11:56] ---
    Hey! Tama's shouting "Tamaya"!
[11:59] ---
    I'm not a firework!
[12:12] ---
    Minmi is such an idiot.
[12:23] ---
    Catch you later, Tama!
[12:25] ---
    Yeah, yeah. See you, Minmi, Aoi.
[12:28] ---
    Bye now!
[12:30] ---
    Oh, man, that was a blast!
[12:32] ---
    It sure was.
[12:35] ---
    You know, since you're involved,
[12:37] ---
    we'd best not tell Hanabi
    we gave her that nickname
[12:40] ---
    for her own good.
[12:42] ---
    Well, I'm using it because I like it!
[12:45] ---
    Oh, Mimimi. Always trying
    to help out in secret.
[12:51] ---
    "Fireworks"
[12:51] ---
    Pretty rich coming from you, Aoi.
[13:00] ---
    It's all over.
[13:01] ---
    Yeah.
[13:02] ---
    Then let's head back.
[13:04] ---
    Right.
[13:05] ---
    Uh-huh.
[13:07] ---
    Trash: collected! Fire: extinguished!
[13:09] ---
    All right, let's hit it, Aoi--and Tama!
[13:13] ---
    Okay!
[13:14] ---
    We were just leaving, you know?
SIGN    "Saitama City" "City of Roses" "Chuo Ward"
[13:16] ---
    Tamaya!
[13:17] ---
    Oh, hush!