E2 - A happy ending doesn't mean this game is over 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.) [01:31] Tomozaki     So how does that sound? [01:33] Aoi     I suppose I could help out     that much, anyway. [01:36] Tomozaki     Excellent! Please do! SIGN    2nd Stage: Lv. 2 A happy ending doesn't mean this game is over [01:41] Yuzu     Do you really think that'll be [01:43] Yuzu     enough to motivate Erika, though? [01:45] Tomozaki     Oh, don't worry. [01:47] Tomozaki     I've got other tricks up my sleeve. [01:51] Mizusawa     Aha... [01:53] Mizusawa     So that's what you had in mind? [01:55] Mizusawa     I thought something was afoot. [01:57] Mizusawa     Y'know, sometimes I'm surprised by [02:00] Mizusawa     how nasty you can be, Fumiya. [02:02] Tomozaki     Oh, shut up... [02:03] Mizusawa     But fine, I get it. [02:05] Mizusawa     I just need to let Erika     know all casual-like, right? [02:07] Tomozaki     Right. Thanks. [02:13] Tomozaki     That's everything that needed to be done. [02:17] Tomozaki     All that's left is     for the three arrows I've let fly [02:20] Tomozaki     to hit their mark according to plan. [02:34] Yuzu     That's our Erika! [02:35] Takei     Wow, a home run! SIGN    Girls' Softball [02:41] Tomozaki     My strategy was a success. [02:43] Tomozaki     All three arrows scored critical hits. [02:49] Tomozaki     The final boss has been defeated. SIGN    Yuzu Izumi: Conversation: A / Academics: C Sports: B Friendship: A / Effort: B [02:53] Tomozaki     The first arrow was Izumi. SIGN    Classroom / Konno's Motivation Meter / Day/Month [02:56] Yuzu     Say, Erika... [02:57] Yuzu     Now that I'm captain and all,     could you help me out? [03:01] Yuzu     We may as well make this fun for everyone. [03:04] Tomozaki     Konno apparently has     a real soft spot for her friends, SIGN    ... [03:08] Tomozaki     and here's her pal Izumi     asking her to pitch in. SIGN    Aoi Hinami: Conversation: S / Academics: S Sports: S / Friendship: A / Effort: S [03:12] Tomozaki     Next, the second arrow: Hinami. SIGN    Gym / Konno's Motivation Meter / Day/Month [03:15] Aoi     Got a second, Mika? [03:16] Akiyama     What is it? [03:18] Aoi     Erika's going to be in the game, right? [03:20] Aoi     Usually everyone participates. [03:22] Akiyama     Good question. Beats me. [03:24] Aoi     Erika doesn't look like     the softball type, after all. [03:28] Aoi     If she's not up to it, tell her she     can get by with, like, one pinch-hit. [03:32] Aoi     Then you can leave everything else up to me! SIGN    Gym / Konno's Motivation Meter / Day/Month SIGN    Erika! [03:37] Akiyama     Erika! SIGN    Blah, blah, yadda yadda [03:38] Akiyama     Blah, blah, yadda yadda... SIGN    Takahiro Mizusawa: Conversation: S Academics: A / Sports: A / Friendship: A / Effort: D [03:42] Tomozaki     And the third arrow, Mizusawa. SIGN    Classroom / Konno's Motivation Meter / Day/Month [03:45] Mizusawa     Hey, Erika. [03:46] Mizusawa     Shuji says he's looking     forward to the sports tournament. [03:50] Mizusawa     Yeah, he's one of those     athletic guys, y'know? [03:52] Mizusawa     And girls who are good     at sports? Totally his type. [03:56] Tomozaki     I think this one might actually be     the most effective. [04:00] Tomozaki     I mean... SIGN    Way Home / Konno's Motivation Meter / Day/Month [04:01] Tomozaki     Konno doesn't even know     yet that Nakamura and Izumi are dating. [04:06] Tomozaki     Could be a little distracting, though... SIGN    Girls' Softball [04:17] Mimimi     I'm going for a home run! SIGN    Girls' Softball [04:31] Tomozaki     "I want to make my friend Izumi happy." [04:34] Tomozaki     "I don't want Aoi Hinami     to look down on me." [04:37] Tomozaki     "I want Nakamura to find me attractive." [04:40] Tomozaki     These three wants can     all be satisfied by simply [04:43] Tomozaki     "doing my best in the sports tournament." [04:45] Tomozaki     In other words... [04:49] Tomozaki     Erika Konno reaped great     rewards for little effort. [04:55] Tomozaki     Meanwhile, [04:56] Tomozaki     in the boys' basketball event, [04:58] Tomozaki     Nakamura and Mizusawa, along with [05:00] Tomozaki     Tachibana of the basketball club,     moved onward to victory. [05:05] Tomozaki     In fact, Hinami had given me a task     for the basketball game as well. SIGN    Lay-Up Shots SIGN    Lay-Up Shots [05:11] Aoi     Lay-up practice. [05:13] Aoi     Stay in a position     where you can aim for a basket, [05:15] Aoi     and whenever you get     the ball, make the shot. [05:18] Aoi     If you can contribute to a win with that, [05:21] Aoi     you'll gain an     in with the athletic types, too, [05:23] Aoi     like Tachibana. [05:26] Tomozaki     I see... [05:28] Tomozaki     And so I spent the days     before the tournament practicing my lay-ups. [05:41] Tomozaki     Hinami was kind enough to tag along... [05:46] Tomozaki     but now I'm watching the game     from the bench. [05:49] Tomozaki     I ended up racking up     a flurry of fouls first thing. [05:56] Referee     You're outta here! [06:00] Mimimi     That's Brain for you! [06:06] Referee     And that's the game! SIGN    Victory [06:11] Mizusawa     Shake it off, Fumiya. [06:13] Tomozaki     Can it, will you? [06:14] Takei     Army Boy! Who gets ejected     in the first thirty seconds? [06:17] Nakamura     You really flopped it out there, Fumin. [06:20] Tachibana     Man, that was amazing! [06:22] Tomozaki     Spare me, Tachibana... [06:25] Tomozaki     And in the end, [06:27] Tomozaki     both our teams came in first place, SIGN    Congrats to This Year's Winners! / 2-2 / Boys' Basketball: 1st / Girls' Softball: 1st [06:31] Tomozaki     clinching our class's victory this year. [06:34] Takei     We're number one! [06:39] Tomozaki     Fantastic! [06:41] Mimimi     Victory hugs! [06:42] Tomozaki     Everyone's really enjoying themselves. [06:44] Tomozaki     It's like the entire class     had come together as one. [06:48] Tomozaki     What a wonderful happy ending this was. [06:54] Tomozaki     But soon enough I would come to learn [07:01] Tomozaki     that this game of life     isn't quite so simple. [07:09] Tomozaki     It started the day     after the sports tournament. [07:17] Konno     Oops. [07:18] Konno     Sor-ry. [07:20] Hirabayashi     It's fine. [07:22] Tomozaki     These little "accidents" kept on happening. [07:27] Tomozaki     A paper airplane would "accidentally"     hit Hirabayashi during a break, [07:37] Tomozaki     or Konno would "accidentally"     bump into her desk. [07:43] Tomozaki     Then, some days later, [07:46] Tomozaki     I realized, along with most of my classmates, [07:50] Tomozaki     that there was clear     malicious intent behind it. [07:57] Yuzu     I caused all this. [08:00] Tomozaki     Because it got out     that you were dating Nakamura? [08:04] Yuzu     Probably. [08:05] Yuzu     Lashing out at me     or Shuji would be too obvious. [08:10] Yuzu     Instead, she went after Hirabayashi. [08:14] Yuzu     I probably shouldn't say anything to Erika. [08:18] Tomozaki     Yeah, maybe so. [08:23] Aoi     I agree. [08:25] Aoi     Yuzu shouldn't say a word to Konno. [08:28] Tomozaki     You think so? [08:30] Aoi     This harassment is small potatoes. [08:32] Aoi     She can play it all off as purely     accidental, and that'll be that. [08:36] Aoi     If we don't want the situation to get worse, [08:38] Aoi     the smartest course of action right     now would be to watch silently. [08:41] Tomozaki     Hey... [08:43] Tomozaki     Is life really a god-tier game? [08:46] Aoi     What do you mean? [08:48] Tomozaki     I mean, we've got an irrational     negative event with no reason behind it. [08:54] Aoi     There are reasons, all right. [08:56] Aoi     Erika Konno liked Nakamura. [09:00] Aoi     Thanks to our help,     Yuzu started going out with Nakamura. [09:05] Aoi     Erika Konno kicked in, and our class won. [09:10] Aoi     Yuzu's relationship     with Nakamura became public. [09:13] Aoi     Hirabayashi is a timid girl. [09:17] Aoi     All of those events just fell like dominoes. [09:21] Aoi     What's happening now isn't irrational--     it was practically inevitable. [09:25] Tomozaki     What do you mean, inevitable? [09:27] Tomozaki     Are you saying Hirabayashi     has to just take her lumps? [09:31] Aoi     Well, yeah. [09:33] Tomozaki     Hinami... [09:35] Aoi     What's more, I don't personally see     the need to help her at this juncture. [09:40] Aoi     I mean, this is the kind of     harassment one can solve on one's own. [09:46] Aoi     Just because Hirabayashi     doesn't intend to do so-- [09:49] Tomozaki     C'mon, that's going too far! [09:52] Aoi     Look, we haven't seen anything that suggests [09:55] Aoi     Hirabayashi means to solve     this problem on her own. [09:58] Aoi     Doesn't that make Hirabayashi herself     another reason for Konno's behavior? [10:03] Tomozaki     So now Hirabayashi is responsible for it? [10:06] Aoi     Erika Konno's methods are cowardly     and awful, absolutely. [10:09] Aoi     Konno is in the wrong. [10:10] ---     No two ways about that. [10:13] Aoi     But it's the gamer who's     gripping the controller, [10:17] Aoi     clearing a path through     the situation at hand. [10:19] Aoi     The same goes for life. Isn't that right? [10:21] Tomozaki     For you and me, maybe! [10:23] Tomozaki     But to require everyone to be a gamer... [10:26] Aoi     If someone tries to     change something themselves [10:28] Aoi     and winds up not being able to     solve the problem at hand, [10:31] Aoi     I will help--enthusiastically so. [10:34] Aoi     But if they don't even try     to fix things on their own... [10:39] Aoi     I'm not required to help. [10:41] Tomozaki     That's not my thinking. [10:43] Aoi     I think it's the gamer who's in the right. [10:46] Aoi     And right now,     Hirabayashi isn't trying to be a gamer. [10:50] Aoi     I mean, I do intend to do something [10:53] Aoi     if things get any worse. [10:56] Tomozaki     I see... [10:58] Aoi     Hey, you're not considering doing     something about this, are you? [11:04] Tomozaki     If there's something I can do, I'll do it. [11:07] Aoi     Aha. [11:08] Aoi     Well, proceed carefully,     so things don't get worse. [11:14] Aoi     You can go without     an assignment for a while. [11:16] Tomozaki     Got it. [11:23] Konno     Like, what gives? SIGN    I know, right? [11:25] Konno     For real? SIGN    That's what he said! [11:28] Konno     Too funny! SIGN    I was over the moon! [11:32] Hanabi     Konno! [11:35] Hanabi     How long are you going to do this? [11:37] Hanabi     Enough nonsense! Cut it out already! SIGN    Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki S2 [11:43] Hanabi     How long are you going to do this? [11:46] Hanabi     Enough nonsense! Cut it out already! [11:49] Konno     Huh? What are you talking about? [11:51] Hanabi     Don't give me that! [11:53] Hanabi     Just because Nakamura's taken     doesn't mean you can lash out at people! [11:57] Konno     Huh... [12:10] Konno     Ooh, Hanabi! [12:11] Konno     You okay? You're shaking like a leaf. [12:15] Hanabi     Shut up! [12:16] Konno     Ow... [12:20] Hanabi     I-I didn't hit you that hard-- [12:22] Konno     You started it. [12:28] Boy Student     Uh-oh... [12:42] Konno     Oops. Sor-ry. [12:48] Tomozaki     There it was, out in the open,     almost too clear-cut: [12:52] Tomozaki     Erika Konno's maliciousness, [12:54] Tomozaki     now targeted at Tama. [12:59] Hanabi     Konno! You did that on purpose! [13:01] Konno     Huh? Lay off the assumptions, would you? [13:04] Hanabi     What assumptions?! [13:06] Konno     Besides, I apologized, didn't I? [13:08] Hanabi     You know that's not the issue here! [13:10] Konno     What, you gonna hit me again? [13:14] Konno     I'm against violence. [13:17] Hanabi     Well, I'm not using violence! [13:25] Mimimi     You're in the right here, Tama. [13:28] Tomozaki     You okay, Tama? [13:30] Hanabi     I'm fine. [13:31] Aoi     Hanabi... [13:33] Aoi     It's okay. [13:35] Aoi     I'll... I'll do something. [13:38] Hanabi     Aoi? [13:41] Tomozaki     Konno's attacks continued. [13:45] Tomozaki     She would "accidentally" bump     into Tama's desk, [13:48] Tomozaki     or one of her cronies would     "accidentally" knock Tama's chair over; [13:53] Tomozaki     all of Tama's pencil leads would     "accidentally" wind up broken, [13:58] Tomozaki     or the Konno girls would "accidentally"     trash-talk her loud enough in conversation [14:03] Tomozaki     that Tama could hear it loud and clear. [14:06] Tomozaki     But unlike when it happened     to Hirabayashi... [14:09] Hanabi     Konno! I know you kicked my desk again! [14:12] Tomozaki     ...every time Konno hurt Tama,     Tama called her out. [14:16] Konno     Geez, will you stop     with the false accusations already? [14:19] Hanabi     You did it yesterday, too! [14:21] Konno     Did you forget that time     you used violence against me? [14:26] Hanabi     That was an accident! [14:28] Konno     Huh? No, what I did was an accident. [14:31] Konno     What you did? [14:34] Konno     All. On. Purpose. [14:38] Mimimi     Stop, Tama! Whoa, girl! [14:41] Aoi     Okay, Hanabi--time to cool off. [14:45] Tomozaki     Hinami and Mimimi would calm her down     so she wouldn't get even more furious. [14:50] Tomozaki     This pattern repeated itself     over several days. [14:54] Seno     Hanabi really has it rough... [14:56] Kashiwazaki     She sure does. [14:58] Kashiwazaki     First Hirabayashi, now Hanabi-- [15:00] Kashiwazaki     it's like she doesn't care who she torments. [15:03] Seno     Right? [15:04] Matsumoto     That Natsubayashi     is really something else... [15:06] Hashiguchi     I never expected her to keep pushing     back on Konno like that, did you? [15:10] Hashiguchi     She's way gutsier     than she looks, that's for sure. [15:13] Akina     Still... [15:14] Akina     Konno may be terrible,     but Natsubayashi gets way too angry. [15:19] Akina     Not that Natsubayashi is in the wrong here! [15:22] Mutsumi     Hmm... I wish they'd     handle it a little better. [15:25] Mutsumi     No one wants to see that every dang day. [15:29] Sho     How many times is it, anyway? [15:31] Kazuya     Why even is Natsubayashi     still getting so mad? [15:35] Sho     I get that Konno is terrible,     but doesn't she understand [15:37] Sho     that all this classroom bickering     just sours the whole mood? [15:41] Kazuya     Well, Natsubayashi never did know     how to read a room. [15:46] Tomozaki     Eventually, the class's     mood went all off-kilter. [15:50] Tomozaki     Hinami was the one who put a stop to it. [15:53] Tomozaki     She stirred up sympathy for Tama,     aimed at the middle-ranking girls. [15:58] Tomozaki     Mimimi tried to be     with Tama as much as possible [16:01] Tomozaki     whenever we were on break. [16:04] Tomozaki     She'd hustle Tama out of the classroom,     avoiding contact with Konno. [16:08] Tomozaki     The efforts of these two [16:10] Tomozaki     kept something truly momentous     from taking place. SIGN    Sewing Room 2 [16:17] Tomozaki     This Tama thing-- [16:18] Tomozaki     it really went sour, eh? [16:20] Aoi     Yeah... [16:22] Tomozaki     You and Mimimi have her back for now, [16:25] Tomozaki     but at this rate, she'll only     become more and more isolated. [16:28] Aoi     Right. It can't go on like this. [16:31] Aoi     We have to do something. [16:33] Tomozaki     Lately it felt like Hinami hadn't been     going about things in her usual way. [16:38] Tomozaki     It's not that her methods were wrong*; [16:40] Tomozaki     she just wasn't the same old Hinami. [16:44] Tomozaki     Hey, Hinami... [16:46] Aoi     What? [16:47] Tomozaki     I think helping Tama is     the most important thing right now. [16:52] Tomozaki     More than anything else. [16:54] Aoi     And? [16:56] Tomozaki     And we could maybe ask her, you know, [17:00] Tomozaki     to stop striking back at Konno, or... [17:03] Aoi     Absolutely not. [17:06] Aoi     Hanabi is right. [17:08] Aoi     The situation is what's wrong. [17:10] Aoi     Hanabi does not need to change. SIGN    Good Suggestion / Bad Rule [17:15] Tomozaki     This was the exact opposite of what*     Hinami had been insisting thus far. [17:20] Tomozaki     If the situation is wrong,     we should fight in a way that fits it-- [17:25] Tomozaki     even if it means outwardly     distorting ourselves. [17:30] Tomozaki     That's her policy, the way she     racked up all those wins--or it was*. [17:38] Tomozaki     After class, Mimimi asked me to join*     her and Tama on the way home. [17:44] Tomozaki     Hinami stayed late for student council work. [17:47] Mimimi     Oh! You've got some     whipped cream on you, Tama! [17:49] Hanabi     Huh? Really? [17:53] Mimimi     Don't mind if I do! [17:54] Hanabi     Hey! Why'd you eat it? [17:56] Mimimi     Mmm, delicious! [17:58] Tomozaki     She doesn't like that, Mimimi. [18:00] Mimimi     What? Sure you do, right? [18:03] Hanabi     Of course I don't! Isn't it obvious? [18:05] Mimimi     Ack! What a shock! [18:16] Mimimi     How did things get to this point? [18:20] Tomozaki     Bad luck, bad timing... [18:23] Mimimi     Tama hasn't even done anything wrong. [18:26] Mimimi     Everyone's making her out     to be the bad guy... [18:29] Mimimi     I hate watching that happen! [18:35] Mimimi     Hey, Tomozaki. [18:38] Mimimi     Am I doing a good job? [18:41] Mimimi     You know: cheering her up? [18:43] Tomozaki     Yeah. [18:45] Tomozaki     I think you are. SIGN    Tomozaki [18:51] Tomozaki     At this point, Mimimi's goal must be [18:57] Tomozaki     for Erika Konno to give     in to Tama's resistance. SIGN    Hanabi Natsubayashi resists! SIGN    Erika Konno take 0 damage SIGN    Erika Konno: I'm against violence! SIGN    Hanabi Natsubayashi takes 170 damage!! SIGN    Minami Nanami: Tama~~!! SIGN    Minami Nanami: Mimimi's here ♪ [19:03] Tomozaki     If Konno's harassment stops SIGN    Minami Nanami: You okay, Tama?! SIGN    Minami Nanami: All patched up ♪ [19:06] Tomozaki     while Mimimi is looking after Tama, SIGN    Erika Konno: (...Not funny) SIGN    Erika Konno: (Forget this...) SIGN    Erika Konno left... [19:11] Tomozaki     we'd get the good ending. [19:15] Tomozaki     Hinami was controlling the mood     of the class as a whole, SIGN    Erika Konno manipulates the mood SIGN    The good/bad norm! SIGN    Hanabi Natsubayashi takes 170 damage!! SIGN    Aoi Hinami: Hanabi... SIGN    Aoi Hinami: I'll figure it out... [19:18] Tomozaki     buying more time. SIGN    Aoi Hinami manipulates the mood [19:20] Tomozaki     If all goes well, SIGN    The good/bad norm reverses! SIGN    Classmate x6 take 300 damage!! [19:23] Tomozaki     the mood--the norm for good     or bad-- will be flipped on its head, SIGN    Erika Konno takes 100 damage!! SIGN    Classmate x6 joined the party!! [19:27] Tomozaki     and she'll start painting     Konno as one of the bad ones. SIGN    Erika Konno: (...Not funny) SIGN    Erika Konno: (Forget this...) SIGN    Erika Konno left... [19:32] Tomozaki     But I have a different strategy in mind. SIGN    Fumiya Tomozaki / Hanabi Natsubayashi / Erika Konno SIGN    Erika Konno glares steadily [19:35] Tomozaki     What we need to aim for now [19:37] Tomozaki     is getting past all this     without hurting Tama. [19:41] Tomozaki     And for that, we can use a tactic     that every gamer knows: SIGN    Fumiya Tomozaki: (Thinking...) [19:45] Tomozaki     Retreat. SIGN    Fumiya Tomozaki: Tama! We're running! SIGN    Tama: !! [19:48] Tomozaki     The option to take time off school     until everything blows over. SIGN    Successfully escaped [19:52] Tomozaki     Sure, it's a little backward. [19:54] Tomozaki     But it WILL get us to the goal,     as "wrong" or dirty as it may be. [19:59] Tomozaki     NO NAME can't do that, but I can. [20:02] Tomozaki     That's the nanashi way. SIGN    Old AV Room [20:10] Hanabi     What did you want? [20:12] Tomozaki     Well, um... [20:14] Tomozaki     This thing with Erika Konno and everybody... [20:19] Hanabi     You know, Aoi once told me... [20:22] Hanabi     She said you're a little bit like me. [20:25] Hanabi     You just come out     and say what you're thinking. [20:28] Tomozaki     Yeah... maybe I do. [20:30] Hanabi     So what's this about Konno and everybody? [20:33] Tomozaki     Right. [20:34] Tomozaki     It must be hard with Konno attacking you     and everyone else avoiding you. [20:41] Tomozaki     And if it is, I wonder     if it might be better to remove yourself. [20:48] Hanabi     It is hard. [20:51] Hanabi     But you know... [20:53] Hanabi     I'm fine. [20:56] Hanabi     When I remind myself     that I'm in the right, I'm fine. [21:01] Hanabi     Breaking the Hanabi     that believes in things would be worse. [21:07] Tomozaki     Okay. Then you'll be all right. [21:10] Tomozaki     I've been playing games     on my own all this time. [21:14] Tomozaki     And all this time, I've been thinking: [21:16] Tomozaki     The righteousness inside me is more important     than how people see me. [21:21] Hanabi     Uh-huh. As long as I can be myself, [21:25] Hanabi     I can put up with anything. [21:28] Hanabi     But you know, Tomozaki... [21:30] Hanabi     Minmi's so sad. [21:34] Hanabi     And that's why I want to change. [21:38] Hanabi     I guess I really am like you. [21:41] Hanabi     I just say what I think,     and I suck at bending myself to fit. [21:46] Hanabi     Actually, I think you've     changed a lot lately. [21:48] Hanabi     You're better at reading a room,     better at fitting in. [21:52] Hanabi     You're like me, but you're challenging     yourself with your weaknesses. [21:56] Hanabi     I didn't think that was possible. [22:01] Hanabi     So show me how you do it. [22:06] Hanabi     Teach me how to fight, too.