E11 - Even fairies feel lonely when they're away from their spring by themselves Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) SIGN    Spare Classroom A In Use [00:04] Tomozaki     O-Okay! [00:05] Tomozaki     Let's do a read-through of our script! [00:08] Tomozaki     Does anyone have any questions? [00:13] Tomozaki     Whoa, what's with this mood? [00:18] Aoi     Oh! I have a question for Fuka: [00:22] Aoi     Alucia's emotions here—is she     more desperate? Or resolved? [00:27] Fuka     Um, it's more the latter. [00:30] Aoi     Got it! [00:31] Tomozaki     Wow, Hinami, nice assist! [00:34] Aoi     So... [00:36] Aoi     Like this? [00:39] Aoi     If I don't do something, you'll be killed. [00:44] Aoi     So please... let me do this. [00:48] Aoi     How's that? [00:49] Fuka     P-Perfect... [00:53] Takei     Cool! [00:54] Tomozaki     I mean, she is already acting     all the time, anyway. [00:59] Aoi     I hate to do this, but I have a     student council thing after this. [01:04] Aoi     Is it okay if I slip out? [01:07] Tomozaki     A-ha! To create a pretext for     spending less time in rehearsal, [01:11] Tomozaki     she starts out with a bang that'll     make her more persuasive. [01:15] Tomozaki     From what we just saw,     yeah, you should be fine. [01:18] Fuka     Sure—no problem. SIGN    2nd Stage: Lv. 11 Even fairies feel lonely when they're away from their spring by themselves [02:52] Hanabi     Wh-Who are you? What are you doing here? [02:56] Mizusawa     I'm Libra, the locksmith's son. [02:59] Mizusawa     And this is... [03:01] Erika     Freeze, all three of you. [03:03] Nakamura     Seize that man! [03:05] Tachibana     His Highness's orders! [03:07] Hashiguchi     Resistance is useless! [03:08] Matsumoto     Come quietly, now! [03:10] Yuzu     Having escaped execution thanks to     Alucia's quick thinking, Libra... [03:14] Kashiwazaki     Hah! Ow ow ow... [03:16] Takei     You can't just take things—that     makes you a thief! [03:19] Seno     Calm down, Father. [03:23] Tachibana     Nice work! [03:25] Tomozaki     Yeah, good job. [03:27] Tomozaki     Our first day went off without a hitch. [03:29] Fuka     I was nervous, but I had fun. [03:32] Tomozaki     Yeah? Well, that's good. [03:34] Fuka     Thank you so much for all your support. [03:38] Tomozaki     Not at all! I'm doing this because I want to. [03:43] Fuka     But... you're so busy. [03:47] Fuka     You've got that thing with Nanami... [03:50] Tomozaki     The comedy skit? [03:51] Fuka     Right. That's something else you have to do. [03:57] Fuka     So, um... that's what you     should do tomorrow. [04:00] Tomozaki     Huh? But what about our rehearsal here? [04:03] Fuka     I'll... I'll do my best. [04:09] Fuka     I've been thinking... You've     changed, Hanabi's changed... [04:15] Fuka     and I'm the only one getting left behind. SIGN    My Unfamiliar Way to Fly [04:19] Fuka     So... it's about time I change, too. [04:23] Tomozaki     Oh, okay. [04:25] Fuka     Don't you think this could     spark real change for me? [04:31] Fuka     That would be the ideal, anyway. [04:34] Tomozaki     Yeah. I understand. [04:37] Fuka     I'm going to go for it. SIGN    Tomozaki [04:48] Fuka     That would be the ideal, anyway. [04:52] Tomozaki     What is it...? [04:53] Tomozaki     Something about that     word—"ideal"—doesn't sit right... SIGN    Spare Classroom A In Use [05:00] Fuka     O-Okay, let's start from the first scene. SIGN    Top Secret [05:07] Mimimi     Ta-da! I've actually finished our script! [05:10] Tomozaki     Wow, really? [05:12] Mimimi     Now let's give our married-couple     routine a whirl! [05:15] Mimimi     Clap-clap-clap-clap! [05:17] Mimimi     Hello there! [05:19] Tomozaki     Wait wait wait! I can't just     jump right in like that! [05:22] Mimimi     Huh? Why not? [05:23] Tomozaki     I haven't even seen the script! [05:25] Mimimi     Even though we're friends, Brain?! [05:27] Tomozaki     Even though we're friends. [05:29] Mimimi     See? That's what I call great flow! [05:32] Tomozaki     Huh? [05:33] Mimimi     What we did just now! [05:35] Mimimi     We were just having a normal conversation, [05:36] Mimimi     but it started sounding     like a comedy skit, right? [05:38] Tomozaki     Ah! [05:40] Mimimi     Which makes this natural     married-couple comedy! [05:44] Mimimi     Let's get rehearsing! [05:49] Mimimi     Hey, I know! Why don't we go to the zoo? [05:52] Tomozaki     I wouldn't want to be there if     the lion escaped its enclosure. [05:56] Mimimi     So I'll bring a tranquilizer gun. [05:58] Tomozaki     You know they'll confiscate it at the gates! [06:03] Mimimi     Don't you think our usual     conversations are funnier? [06:08] Mimimi     This really feels like     we're reading a script. [06:11] Tomozaki     Oh... [06:13] Mimimi     The funniest comedians come across     like they're having an impromptu chat. [06:18] Mimimi     So even though memorizing     this is part of the process, [06:21] Mimimi     maybe not every line should     be carved in stone. [06:25] Tomozaki     Yeah. But that's kind of terrifying. [06:28] Tomozaki     I guess... [06:29] Mimimi     But you and me always have such crazy     conversations... couldn't it work? [06:34] Tomozaki     Now that you mention it... maybe? [06:36] Mimimi     That's right! We'll conquer the world! [06:40] Tomozaki     What's this "world" stuff? It's     just the culture festival. [06:43] Mimimi     See? Nice comeback! [06:46] Tomozaki     Sheesh... [06:49] Tomozaki     I have fun with Mimimi—and so, by     extension, it's easy to picture us dating. [06:57] Tomozaki     But how is that different from being friends? [07:02] Mimimi     Here. [07:04] Mimimi     Nice work today. [07:07] Mimimi     You've had a lot on your     mind lately, huh, Brain. [07:11] Tomozaki     You can tell? [07:12] Mimimi     Aww, c'mon! Your ol' uncle     is always here for advice! [07:15] Tomozaki     My uncle, huh? [07:17] Mimimi     It's not healthy to keep stuff to yourself. [07:20] Mimimi     And if a girl my age is saying     it, you know it's true! [07:25] Tomozaki     What, so you're not my uncle after all? [07:28] Mimimi     Don't you worry about that. [07:31] Tomozaki     Um... thanks. [07:33] Mimimi     F-F-For what?! [07:35] Tomozaki     For worrying about me. [07:37] Mimimi     Oh, well, y-y-you know... [07:40] Tomozaki     I've actually had a lot of     things to think about lately: [07:44] Tomozaki     the script for our play, Hinami... [07:48] Mimimi     Aoi? [07:50] Tomozaki     She's playing Alucia, right? [07:52] Tomozaki     We asked her a lot of questions for the part, [07:55] Tomozaki     like, "Why do you push yourself so hard?" [07:59] Mimimi     Oh, that. I've been wondering that     myself, ever since the election. [08:04] Mimimi     And how maybe she and I are the same. [08:07] Tomozaki     The same? [08:09] Mimimi     I told you how I need to be in first     place because I'm not special, right? [08:15] Tomozaki     Yeah. [08:17] Mimimi     So I'm thinking... [08:18] Mimimi     maybe Aoi shoots for first place     so she can be special, too. [08:23] Tomozaki     That could be. [08:27] Tomozaki     Mimimi? [08:29] Mimimi     If so, that worries me a little. [08:32] Tomozaki     How so? [08:34] Mimimi     Maybe Aoi and I are the same: [08:36] Mimimi     hollow. [08:39] Tomozaki     Hinami, hollow? [08:42] Tomozaki     I mean, I don't know what     her core motivation is. [08:48] Mimimi     To try that hard and still be     empty inside... How sad is that? [08:52] Mimimi     And if it's true... then she might... [08:56] Tomozaki     Might what? [08:58] Mimimi     She might not ever come     to me for advice. Right? [09:02] Tomozaki     It's true. I doubt Hinami would     unload on Mimimi about herself. [09:07] Tomozaki     And not just Mimimi... [09:10] Tomozaki     I can't picture her opening     up to anyone at all. SIGN    Cast Libra: Takehiro Mizusawa Alucia: Aoi Hinami Kris: Hanabi Natsubayashi King: Shuji Nakamura Knight: Erika Konno [09:16] Tomozaki     How can you even be that strong, SIGN    Aoi Hinami [09:19] Tomozaki     Aoi Hinami? SIGN    Spare Classroom A In Use [09:25] Tomozaki     When I joined rehearsals for     the first time in two days... [09:29] Fuka     Could you be more dignified     there, please, Nakamura? [09:33] Nakamura     You mean like this? [09:35] Takei     Yikes! That's not     dignified—that's intimidating! [09:38] Nakamura     Say what? [09:39] Takei     C'mon, a king's more like this! [09:42] Erika     What's so kingly about that? [09:45] Yuzu     Right? Not dignified in the slightest. [09:47] Takei     Aw! It is too dignified! [09:47] Seno     How long do I have to keep doing this? SIGN    Alucia [09:50] Kashiwazaki     Want to swap? [09:51] Nakamura     Cut it out already. [09:52] Seno     Oh, thanks. [09:54] Hanabi     Hey—focus! Help Fuka out here! [09:59] Yuzu     Oh, sorry! Keep going. [10:03] Fuka     O-Okay, um... [10:06] Tomozaki     What's rehearsal been     like these past two days? [10:09] Mizusawa     Oh, Kikuchi's been trying to     really actively talk to everyone. [10:14] Tomozaki     To everyone? [10:16] Mizusawa     Yeah. Like when you were     assigning parts earlier. [10:19] Mizusawa     It feels like she learned from watching you. [10:22] Mizusawa     Y'know, though, I hate to say this... [10:25] Mizusawa     She's not really used to that kind of role. [10:28] Tomozaki     Well... no. [10:29] Mizusawa     So it's like... our tires are     spinning, and we keep losing focus. [10:35] Mizusawa     And Aoi hasn't been around—she's     busy with student council work. [10:44] Fuka     Good morning, Tomozaki. [10:47] Tomozaki     Morning, Kikuchi. [10:49] Tomozaki     Could it be... finished? [10:51] Fuka     Yes. I know it took a long time, but... [10:54] Fuka     I've finished the script. [10:57] Tomozaki     Ooh! [11:03] Tomozaki     The script went in a different     direction than I'd anticipated. [11:09] Tomozaki     After Libra and Kris took     off on the flying dragon [11:11] Tomozaki     and Kris got a taste of how     beautiful the world was, [11:14] Tomozaki     she began asking to venture into town. [11:17] Tomozaki     Libra accompanied her out of the castle. [11:21] Tomozaki     She didn't know how shopping worked, [11:23] Tomozaki     and got a real scolding from the greengrocer. [11:25] Tomozaki     Thus Kris came to know the real world. [11:29] Tomozaki     Eventually, Kris got to thinking: [11:31] Tomozaki     this garden she'd been cooped     up in for all this time, [11:34] Tomozaki     this place she wanted to     leave... she did nothing [11:38] Tomozaki     in return for clean clothes     and delicious food, [11:42] Tomozaki     and she could read all the     fairy tales she desired. [11:45] Tomozaki     It may have been a little too convenient. [11:50] Kris (Fuka)     Say, Libra... am I spoiled? [11:54] Libra (Fuka)     Eh? [11:55] Kris (Fuka)     Being shut away in this garden, [11:59] Kris (Fuka)     never having to work hard to live... [12:01] Kris (Fuka)     The outside world is pretty from a distance, [12:05] Kris (Fuka)     but I'll have to work hard     if I want to be part of it. [12:09] Tomozaki     In the end, Kris sneaked out     of the castle and went missing. [12:14] Tomozaki     Libra and Alucia searched     desperately for her. [12:16] Tomozaki     But the castle's residents did     nothing about the missing girl. [12:21] Tomozaki     Kris had finished raising the flying dragon, [12:23] Tomozaki     so as far as they were concerned,     she was only baggage. [12:29] Tomozaki     Kris took a job at the greengrocer's. [12:33] Tomozaki     Despite a string of failures, [12:35] Tomozaki     Kris used her own skills to     learn what life required of her, [12:38] Tomozaki     and decided to live in the outside world. [12:41] Tomozaki     Libra and Alucia celebrated her new venture. [12:47] Tomozaki     I sure didn't see that coming. [12:50] Tomozaki     Still... [12:53] Tomozaki     It's so similar to what I felt back then... SIGN    Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki S2 [13:01] Tomozaki     I read your script. [13:03] Fuka     H-How was it? [13:05] Tomozaki     Um... Why was Kris... like that? [13:11] Fuka     Like what? [13:14] Tomozaki     She left the garden and Libra and Alucia... [13:17] Tomozaki     and decided to live alone     in the village, right? [13:20] Fuka     Yes... SIGN    My Unfamiliar Way to Fly Fourth Draft [13:22] Tomozaki     I'm sure you put a lot of thought into this, [13:25] Tomozaki     but reading that actually     made me kind of sad. [13:31] Tomozaki     I felt like it was negating everything     about her life in the garden. [13:40] Fuka     One of my favorite Andi books     is The Popple on Raptor Isle. [13:46] Tomozaki     The Popples... [13:48] Tomozaki     Oh, right... You mentioned that before. [13:50] Fuka     It's an incredibly positive story. [13:54] Fuka     This Popple, a blind creature,     was living all on its lonesome [13:59] Fuka     when it left on a journey     in search of friends. [14:02] Fuka     At first, all the other creatures     feared it because it was different. [14:07] Fuka     But it made friends through     the power of its words. [14:10] Fuka     And after making all these     friends of other species, [14:15] Fuka     they all went on a voyage to see the ocean. [14:18] Fuka     After reading it, I thought this     Popple was an ideal for the world. [14:24] Tomozaki     An ideal... for the world? [14:27] Fuka     It didn't even know what     kind of creature it was, [14:31] Fuka     but it reached out to all these     other species and made friends. [14:35] Fuka     All thanks to the power of     language and a little effort. [14:40] Fuka     That's how it made friends. [14:43] Fuka     It reminded me of a certain two people. [14:47] Tomozaki     Two... You mean... [14:49] Fuka     Yes. You and Hanabi. [14:54] Fuka     I like this Popple's tale, and think     it's a great storytelling ideal... [14:59] Fuka     an ideal for the world. [15:03] Fuka     I thought I needed to be     more like that Popple. [15:07] Fuka     But I just kept giving up. [15:10] Fuka     Maybe it was impossible. [15:13] Fuka     But when I saw you and Hanabi, I thought: [15:17] Fuka     You're both so brilliant,     such ideal people... [15:21] Fuka     And maybe, just maybe, I     could be like that, too. [15:24] Tomozaki     So you're aiming for that ideal yourself? [15:27] Fuka     Kris is the same way. [15:29] Fuka     Working hard to change like the     Popple did, to fit in in the world. SIGN    My Unfamiliar Way to Fly Fourth Draft [15:34] Fuka     After all, changing like that is ideal. [15:39] Fuka     I was fretting over who'd     be with whom in the end. [15:44] Fuka     But this story was really     about how Kris lives her life. [15:51] Tomozaki     Uh-huh. [15:52] Tomozaki     Got it. [15:54] Tomozaki     But these new parts of the script... [15:57] Tomozaki     Can we set them aside for now? [16:00] Fuka     Set them... aside? [16:02] Tomozaki     Mull over it for a while, and     if it has to be that way, [16:05] Tomozaki     we'll go ahead with it as is. [16:08] Tomozaki     I know we don't have a lot of time, but... [16:10] Tomozaki     It really does feel much too sad. SIGN    My Unfamiliar Way to Fly Fourth Draft [16:14] Fuka     Understood. SIGN    Spare Classroom A In Use [16:19] Fuka     Okay. Places, everyone. [16:22] Nakamura     Where do I go again? [16:23] Takei     The king's right here! [16:25] Erika     Isn't that my spot? [16:27] Takei     Is it? [16:29] Tachibana     I'm here, right? [16:31] Fuka     Um... [16:32] Aoi     Hey, slow down! Think about Fuka here! [16:37] Aoi     Shuji, you're here. [16:39] Aoi     Erika, you're over here,     and Tachibana, you're here. [16:42] Aoi     Right, Fuka? [16:44] Fuka     Yes, right. [16:48] Matsumoto     Where am I again? [16:49] Hashiguchi     Here, I think? [16:51] Fuka     Matsumoto, you're here, [16:53] Fuka     and Hashiguchi, you're here. [16:55] Tomozaki     Maybe it's because the school's     perfect heroine Aoi Hinami is here, [16:59] Tomozaki     but Kikuchi seems to be     mimicking how she does things. [17:05] Fuka     O-Okay. Let's begin. [17:07] Mizusawa     Why is she like that? [17:09] Tomozaki     Could you not sneak up on me?! [17:13] Tomozaki     Kikuchi's been thinking about a lot of stuff. [17:17] Mizusawa     Hmm. A lot, eh? [17:20] Tomozaki     Yeah, well... [17:23] Mizusawa     Tell me. Maybe I can help. [17:27] Tomozaki     She thinks she has to     become this world ideal. [17:33] Tomozaki     Changing to fit in better, making friends... [17:37] Tomozaki     She says she has to do these     things to fit this ideal. [17:41] Mizusawa     A world ideal, eh? [17:44] Mizusawa     I mean, sure, if she says so. [17:47] Tomozaki     The way she puts it feels a little loaded. [17:50] Mizusawa     No, I think it's a good thing. [17:52] Mizusawa     She's determined to change herself [17:54] Mizusawa     and is actively working     toward making that happen. [17:57] Mizusawa     And she's doing a great job! It's impressive. [18:01] Tomozaki     I suppose so. [18:03] Mizusawa     And so is her reason for     it: to fit this ideal. [18:08] Mizusawa     Pretty ironic that it's the     opposite of you, though. [18:12] Tomozaki     The opposite? [18:14] Tomozaki     If you mean the directions we're moving     in, I think they're actually the same. [18:19] Tomozaki     Making an effort to change so     we fit in with everyone else. [18:23] Tomozaki     That's what Tama and I did. [18:26] Mizusawa     Ah, okay! So that's what     it looks like to you. [18:29] Tomozaki     Wh-What? [18:31] Mizusawa     Look, Kikuchi's talking about     the world's ideals, right? [18:40] Mizusawa     Your ideal is from your own     perspective: "I'd like to do this." [18:45] Mizusawa     While Kikuchi's takes a bird's-eye     view: "The world needs me like this." [18:50] Mizusawa     Totally opposite, right? [18:54] Tomozaki     I changed myself so I could enjoy     my playthrough of this game of life. [19:00] Tomozaki     Tama changed herself so she     wouldn't be making Mimimi sad. [19:08] Tomozaki     We both did it so we could     be our ideal selves. [19:12] Tomozaki     Then why is Kikuchi doing it? [19:17] Tomozaki     Is that how it is? [19:19] Tomozaki     Drawing nearer to the world's ideals [19:22] Tomozaki     is an objective, player-oriented     way of thinking, like Hinami's. [19:32] Fuka     Yes, that's right. [19:34] Fuka     I do feel like I see things from     what you call a "player" perspective. [19:42] Fuka     But this has me thinking... [19:45] Fuka     It might actually be an author's perspective. [19:49] Tomozaki     An author's... like scripts and novels? [19:53] Fuka     Well, yes, those too, but more than that. [19:56] Fuka     An author of this story we call the world. [19:59] Tomozaki     The world's author? [20:03] Fuka     For a long time now, I haven't     thought about what I'd like to do [20:06] Fuka     so much as how to make this world     more beautiful, how it should be, [20:11] Fuka     what an ideal form would look like. [20:14] Fuka     A very authoresque way     of thinking about things. [20:17] Fuka     So I'm okay with this. [20:20] Tomozaki     With a player perspective? [20:23] Fuka     Those are your words, Tomozaki. SIGN    My Unfamiliar Way to Fly Fourth Draft [20:28] Fuka     In the game world, the opposite of     "character" may well be "player." [20:33] Fuka     But in the world of novels, I think the     opposite of "character" is "author." [20:40] Fuka     So I'll be all right holding     onto my author's perspective. [20:48] Fuka     I do want to take on that ideal form. [20:53] Fuka     Just like Hinami. [20:55] Tomozaki     Like Hinami, huh...? [20:57] Fuka     Yes. [20:58] Fuka     After all, she's a very     ideal person, isn't she? SIGN    Tomozaki SIGN    My Unfamiliar Way to Fly Fourth Draft Fuka Kikuchi [21:09] Tomozaki     The whole premise was off. [21:12] Tomozaki     I was playing the game of life as a player. [21:17] Tomozaki     Kikuchi was writing the     story of life as an author. [21:22] Tomozaki     But really, she's aiming to be     a perfect heroine like Hinami. [21:27] Tomozaki     Is that the path Kikuchi should be taking? SIGN    My Unfamiliar Way to Fly Fourth Draft Fuka Kikuchi [21:31] Tomozaki     Still, it's not for me to say what     should go on inside Kikuchi's head. [21:36] Tomozaki     Inside Kikuchi's head... [21:43] Tomozaki     A-ha. SIGN    The Popple on Raptor Isle Michael Andi Translated by Emiko Murata Read Now [21:44] Tomozaki     There it is. SIGN    My Unfamiliar Way to Fly Fourth Draft [22:03] Tomozaki     I read the whole thing... SIGN    My Unfamiliar Way to Fly Fourth Draft Fuka Kikuchi [22:05] Tomozaki     and found a clue that     could give me an answer.