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.