E3 - Battles go better when you're fighting alongside someone whose signature move is the opposite of yours
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[00:02] Hanabi
Hey...
[00:03] Hanabi
How did you change yourself, Tomozaki?
[00:05] Tomozaki
Me?
[00:06] Hanabi
I'm not good at, like,
getting along with people.
[00:11] Tomozaki
Well, in my case...
[00:15] Tomozaki
Oh, right.
[00:16] Tomozaki
Hang on a sec.
[00:18] Hanabi
Something wrong?
[00:19] Tomozaki
Nothing.
[00:21] Tomozaki
Um, in my case, I practiced my expressions,
posture, and the way I talked.
[00:28] Tomozaki
In the past, I didn't emote much,
[00:31] Tomozaki
I slouched all the time,
[00:32] Tomozaki
and I always mumbled.
[00:35] Tomozaki
The epitome of socially awkward.
[00:37] Hanabi
But you sound so cheerful now,
and your whole vibe has changed.
[00:43] Tomozaki
Oh... you think so?
[00:46] Hanabi
Still got a weird way of
getting embarrassed, though!
[00:48] Tomozaki
I haven't worked on that yet...
[00:51] Tomozaki
But I think the very first thing you should
do is figure out exactly where you are.
[00:57] Hanabi
Where I am?
[00:59] Hanabi
What do you mean?
[01:01] Tomozaki
Well, you see...
[01:03] Hanabi
You still laugh weird, too!
It's creepy!
[01:06] Tomozaki
I have to agree...
[01:08] Tomozaki
Okay, that should be enough.
[01:10] Recorded Hanabi
Still got a weird way of
getting embarrassed, though!
[01:12] Recorded Tomozaki
I haven't worked on that yet...
[01:14] Recorded Tomozaki
But I think the very
first thing you should do
[01:15] Hanabi
Hey! I've been bugged!
[01:16] Tomozaki
Wait—just listen. Tama, c'mon—
[01:17] Recorded Tomozaki
is figure out exactly where you are.
[01:20] Recorded Hanabi
Where I am?
What do you mean?
[01:24] Recorded Tomozaki
Well, you see...
[01:25] Recorded Hanabi
You still laugh weird, too!
It's creepy!
[01:28] Tomozaki
How was that?
[01:30] Hanabi
I'm pretty harsh, huh?
[01:32] Tomozaki
Right!
[01:33] Tomozaki
The way a person talks might not
be exactly how they picture it.
[01:38] Tomozaki
Once you know how you talk, maybe you'll
figure out how you can change it.
[01:43] Hanabi
Maybe so...
[01:45] Hanabi
Okay! I'll give it my best shot!
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Battles are better when you're against someone
whose signature move is the opposite of yours
[03:20] Tomozaki
Okay,
[03:20] Tomozaki
lift the corners of your mouth.
[03:25] Tomozaki
Now run through the vowels.
[03:30] Tomozaki
Okay! See how that feels?
[03:32] Hanabi
Uh-huh!
[03:33] Tomozaki
You catch on quick. That's our Tama!
[03:36] Hanabi
Yay!
[03:38] Tomozaki
Think you can practice on your own?
[03:40] Hanabi
Woo!
[03:42] Tomozaki
You're really good. Better than me, even.
[03:46] Hanabi
Eh?!
[03:47] Tomozaki
You're fully proficient.
[03:49] Hanabi
Hey! You haven't taught me anything yet!
[03:51] Tomozaki
Yeah, but... your basic
ability is way beyond mine.
[03:55] Tomozaki
I don't think your expressions
or the way you talk
[03:58] Tomozaki
are what's keeping you from
getting along in class.
[04:01] Hanabi
Then what could it be?
[04:04] Tomozaki
Hmm...
[04:05] Tomozaki
Maybe try not arguing
with Konno for a while?
[04:13] Hanabi
Got it.
[04:15] Mimimi
Tama!
[04:16] Mimimi
Sorry I kept you!
[04:18] Mimimi
Hey...
[04:19] Mimimi
Tomozaki, too?
[04:21] Mimimi
What? Why?
[04:23] Tomozaki
Um, well... this and that...
[04:25] Hanabi
Aoi's not with you?
[04:27] Mimimi
She'll have her hands full with
student council stuff for a while.
[04:31] Mimimi
So, Brain,
[04:32] Mimimi
what exactly is going on here, hmm?
[04:35] Tomozaki
Oh... er...
[04:36] Tomozaki
It-It's just...
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[04:44] Tomozaki
You're dead set against changing Tama, right?
[04:48] Aoi
I told you, didn't I? There's nothing
wrong with Tama.
[04:51] Aoi
So she shouldn't change.
[04:54] Tomozaki
Even if she wants to?
[04:58] Tomozaki
That's what she told me:
[05:00] Tomozaki
the situation is making Mimimi sad,
so she wants to change herself.
[05:04] Tomozaki
That's what she wants to
do—loud and clear.
[05:08] Aoi
I see.
[05:09] Tomozaki
I'd like you to help her, if
it's possible.
[05:14] Aoi
If Hanabi changes, none of this matters.
[05:19] Tomozaki
Hinami...
[05:22] Tomozaki
On that day,
[05:23] Tomozaki
the mood in the classroom shifted a little.
[05:29] Tomozaki
This had always been where Konno and
Tama would start up their squabbling,
[05:34] Tomozaki
and the class's mood would take a nosedive.
[05:44] Tomozaki
Yes!
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[05:50] Tomozaki
Great job, Tama! You really
restrained yourself.
[05:53] Hanabi
Uh-huh. It's frustrating,
[05:55] Hanabi
but I know there are more
important things.
[05:58] Tomozaki
At this rate, though, things
might not get worse,
[06:02] Tomozaki
but they won't get dramatically
better, either.
[06:05] Hanabi
Yeah... I guess not.
[06:07] Tomozaki
Now to create an atmosphere that'll make
the rest of the class take your side.
[06:17] Hanabi
I just don't know what they're all thinking.
[06:21] Hanabi
I kinda know what Konno is thinking, but...
[06:25] Hanabi
The rest of the class? It's a
total mystery.
[06:28] Tomozaki
Right...
[06:30] Tomozaki
"Mood" and "flow" sure are tough.
[06:33] Hanabi
For you, too?
[06:34] Tomozaki
I've started to understand
them a little lately,
[06:38] Tomozaki
but it took me about five
months to get to this point.
[06:41] Hanabi
We probably don't have that kind of time.
[06:45] Tomozaki
Right.
[06:46] Tomozaki
We need some kind of big game-changing move
[06:49] Tomozaki
that'll flip everything on its
head in a short span of time.
[06:53] Tomozaki
But we'll need help.
[06:57] Mizusawa
Well, well, you two! In a
bit of a pinch, are you?
[07:01] Tomozaki
Mizusawa?
[07:04] Mizusawa
I knew it, Fumiya.
[07:08] Mizusawa
You are secretly up to something, after all.
[07:11] Tomozaki
Wh-What do you mean?
[07:13] Mizusawa
I thought you two might be scheming,
so I kept an eye on you.
[07:17] Mizusawa
This is about Erika's harassment, isn't it?
[07:19] Tomozaki
Uh... yes. It is, actually.
[07:22] Mizusawa
Hit the nail on the head!
[07:26] Mizusawa
You been holding up okay?
[07:28] Hanabi
I'm fine.
[07:30] Mizusawa
Oh, am I a third wheel here?
[07:34] Tomozaki
It's not that.
[07:36] Tomozaki
Wait, did you specifically drop
by to see how we were doing?
[07:40] Mizusawa
Eh, you know.
[07:41] Mizusawa
If you're going to stand up to Erika,
[07:43] Mizusawa
shouldn't you have a slightly shady
character like me in the mix?
[07:50] Tomozaki
Say...
[07:51] Tomozaki
You and Nakamura don't really
get along with Tama, do you?
[07:55] Mizusawa
And there it is.
[07:57] Mizusawa
Well, she's like you—so that's good.
[07:59] Mizusawa
See...
[08:00] Mizusawa
Tama won't bend, right?
[08:03] Mizusawa
And Shuji and Erika are both boss types,
so they're like oil and water with her.
[08:08] Mizusawa
They had this huge blow-up fight
and dragged me and Takei into it...
[08:14] Mizusawa
I took Shuji's side, so I can see
why I'd come off badly to her.
[08:21] Mizusawa
So... yeah.
[08:22] Mizusawa
Anyway, if you need any help,
[08:24] Mizusawa
I'll be around.
[08:27] Mizusawa
Later.
[08:30] Tomozaki
Hang on, Mizusawa!
[08:34] Tomozaki
I know what we have to do first!
[08:37] Tomozaki
Tama, as of today, your task will be...
[08:39] Tomozaki
"Make friends with Mizusawa"!
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[08:47] Mizusawa
Aha...
[08:48] Mizusawa
Practice for getting along with
the rest of the class, eh?
[08:52] Mizusawa
And you want me to be her study partner.
[08:55] Tomozaki
Yeah.
[08:56] Tomozaki
I think one reason she can't
integrate herself well
[08:59] Tomozaki
has to do with putting up emotional
barriers and becoming unbendable.
[09:03] Tomozaki
This could be the first step
to cracking that shell.
[09:08] Mizusawa
Okay. I'll lend a hand—for you, Fumiya.
[09:12] Mizusawa
The rest is up to Tama.
[09:17] Hanabi
I'll give it a shot!
[09:22] Mizusawa
We've never properly talked
like this, have we?
[09:26] Hanabi
You're right...
[09:27] Mizusawa
Do you hate me like you hate Shuji?
[09:30] Hanabi
I've seen you hanging out with Nakamura and
saying a lot of mean things about me.
[09:36] Mizusawa
Is that so... Mean things, huh.
[09:38] Hanabi
I don't like that, so I've been avoiding you.
[09:41] Mizusawa
Avoiding—
[09:44] Mizusawa
Huh.
[09:46] Mizusawa
Hey, Fumiya, she's got you beat
in the bluntness department.
[09:49] Tomozaki
You ain't seen nothin' yet.
[09:51] Mizusawa
Seriously?
[09:53] Mizusawa
Okay, so... it does sound
like you hate me, then.
[09:56] Hanabi
But, I mean, I can't know
what kind of person you are
[09:59] Hanabi
if I don't try talking to you first.
[10:01] Mizusawa
Hmm. In that case, is there
anything you want to ask me?
[10:06] Hanabi
Not really.
[10:09] Mizusawa
I had a feeling.
[10:11] Hanabi
Oh—there is one thing I've wondered about.
[10:14] Mizusawa
Yeah? Hit me.
[10:16] Hanabi
Do you like Aoi?
[10:18] Tomozaki
T-Tama!
[10:20] Hanabi
Are the rumors true?
[10:22] Hanabi
Aoi is so full of secrets...
I can't help but wonder.
[10:26] Mizusawa
Hmm...
[10:33] Mizusawa
Sure, I like her.
[10:36] Hanabi
So it's true?!
[10:37] Mizusawa
As a friend.
[10:40] Hanabi
Oh.
[10:41] Mizusawa
I see... You're into love and romance, huh?
[10:45] Hanabi
N-No I'm not!
[10:48] Mizusawa
There's no one you like?
[10:50] Hanabi
No! And I wouldn't tell you if I did!
[10:52] Mizusawa
Ah, so there is someone. Who is it?
[10:55] Hanabi
Hey!
[10:57] Hanabi
Don't go thinking I'm
interested in someone!
[10:59] Mizusawa
Hmm...
[11:01] ---
After-school strategy meetings...
Just the two of you...
[11:04] Mizusawa
Pretty fishy.
[11:06] Hanabi
No, it isn't! And it would
never be Tomozaki, anyway!
[11:10] Tomozaki
Y-You don't have to deny
it quite so vehemently...
[11:14] Hanabi
I-I'm sorry!
[11:16] Tomozaki
No, no. I get it.
[11:17] Mizusawa
Man, you two are a riot!
[11:22] Mimimi
Tama!
[11:23] Mimimi
I'm here!
[11:25] Mimimi
Oh, Takahiro's with you today?
[11:28] Mizusawa
Yo.
[11:29] Mimimi
Why? What's going on here?!
[11:33] Mimimi
What?
[11:34] Mimimi
I see! They're both protecting you, eh?
[11:37] Mimimi
Aren't you the smooth operator, Tama!
[11:40] Mimimi
A beauty on each arm!
[11:41] Tomozaki
Is it still "a beauty" when it's two guys?
[11:44] Hanabi
I don't think so.
[11:46] Mimimi
It's not?! Then what is it?
[11:49] Mizusawa
A knight on each arm? Something like that.
[11:52] Tomozaki
That might work for you,
[11:54] Tomozaki
but I don't see myself
as a beauty or a knight.
[11:57] Mimimi
Not that again! C'mon,
you can be plenty cool.
[12:03] Mimimi
Have some confidence for once, wouldya?!
[12:05] Tomozaki
S-Sure...
[12:07] Mimimi
It makes me all sad to see you
down on yourself all the time.
[12:11] Hanabi
I was kind of thinking that too.
[12:14] Mizusawa
Yeah, you do tend to do that, Fumiya...
[12:17] Tomozaki
I-I do, huh?
[12:19] Mimimi
Okay, Brain! Minami Nanami
expects great things from you!
[12:23] Tomozaki
I'll do my best...
[12:25] Tomozaki
Wait—why are we talking about me?!
[12:31] Hanabi
Okay, we're headed home.
[12:34] Mimimi
You two are staying?
[12:35] Tomozaki
We've got work after this.
[12:37] Mizusawa
And some time to kill.
[12:39] Hanabi
Thanks for today.
[12:41] Tomozaki
Sure.
[12:42] Mizusawa
See you tomorrow.
[12:44] Mizusawa
So anyway...
[12:45] Mizusawa
I'm glad Tama stopped fighting
with Erika. It's the right move.
[12:49] Mizusawa
If she kept that up, she'd practically be giving
the class free reign to come after her.
[12:56] Tomozaki
And all it takes is a shallow excuse
for "attacks" to become "punishment."
[13:00] Tomozaki
You see that a lot online.
[13:03] Mizusawa
So what's the next move?
[13:05] Mizusawa
You're making headway in character creation,
[13:07] Mizusawa
are you thinking of ways to break
down the walls she's put up
[13:12] Mizusawa
between her and the rest of the class?
[13:13] Tomozaki
Mmm, it'd be nice to come up with a
cut-and-dried way to make it all better...
[13:19] Tomozaki
The key is being able to
get in a lot of practice
[13:22] Tomozaki
in a setting where it's okay to fail.
[13:25] Mizusawa
True enough. Gotta have that safety net.
[13:30] Mizusawa
Should I invite Takei next time?
[13:33] Tomozaki
Takei?
[13:34] Mizusawa
She can mess up with him
as much as she wants.
[13:38] Tomozaki
Oh!
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Takei: I'm off to bed!!
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[13:39] Mizusawa
I'll let him know.
[13:41] Mizusawa
But you gotta keep things simple with Takei.
[13:44] Mizusawa
I'll just say we want him to cheer Tama up.
[13:48] Mizusawa
And don't tell Shuji.
[13:51] Mizusawa
Tama plus Shuji equals conflict
waiting to happen.
[13:56] Mizusawa
We're better off keeping our
support for Tama under wraps.
[14:00] Tomozaki
Ooh, right.
[14:02] Mizusawa
I could wind up with a target on my
back just for helping out like this.
[14:08] Tomozaki
You're something else, Mizusawa.
[14:11] Mizusawa
What d'you mean?
[14:12] Tomozaki
It's just... you're a good guy.
[14:15] Tomozaki
You can do everything, but you're never mean.
[14:20] Mizusawa
I don't know about that.
[14:22] Mizusawa
You'll find that I'm
actually quite the schemer.
[14:25] Tomozaki
R-Really?
[14:26] Mizusawa
Like how I came to check on you two earlier.
[14:30] Mizusawa
I did it in part because I was
hoping Aoi would be there.
[14:34] Mizusawa
Me, I'm just another guy
doing what he wants.
[14:40] Mizusawa
A certain someone once told
me that was the way to go.
[14:46] Tomozaki
Oh...
[14:50] Aoi
I mean,
[14:51] Aoi
even if what you're doing
goes against my own policy,
[14:55] Aoi
I don't have the right to stop you.
[14:58] Tomozaki
This is about trying to change Tama, right?
[15:02] Aoi
If it's what Hanabi herself
wants, my hands are tied.
[15:07] Aoi
All I can do is see my own methods through.
[15:13] Aoi
We'll suspend these meetings
for the time being.
[15:16] Aoi
They'll resume once the
situation has improved.
[15:26] Tomozaki
Konno's harassment continued
as usual that day.
[15:30] Tomozaki
Bumping into Tama's desk,
[15:34] Tomozaki
trash-talking Tama with her
minions so as to be overheard...
[15:40] Tomozaki
And Tama kept on putting up with it.
[15:42] Tomozaki
The class's mood became even
more sympathetic toward her.
[15:48] Tomozaki
But what had me even more curious...
[15:50] Tomozaki
was what Hinami was doing.
[15:54] Tomozaki
During every break period, she'd
casually chat with Mao Kamimae,
[15:57] Tomozaki
one of Konno's girls.
[16:04] Mizusawa
Takei said he'd join us
after soccer practice.
[16:07] Mizusawa
He's a real dum-dum, so don't
feel too uptight around him.
[16:11] Mizusawa
In some ways, he's a little like you.
[16:14] Hanabi
What? We're nothing alike!
[16:16] Tomozaki
No, he's right.
[16:18] Hanabi
Don't take his side!
[16:20] Tomozaki
He says exactly what's on his
mind. I'm the same way, too.
[16:26] Tomozaki
But you know...
[16:28] Tomozaki
Takei's always been a
key member of our class.
[16:31] Tomozaki
What's so different between him and us?
[16:33] Mizusawa
Could be any number of things, but a big one
[16:36] Mizusawa
is whether the group is used to you.
[16:39] Tomozaki
Used to...?
[16:41] Mizusawa
Remember when we were choosing
our sports tournament event,
[16:45] Mizusawa
and Takei wanted to do soccer?
[16:47] Mizusawa
Everyone just rolled with it
all, "Oh, this idiot again."
[16:53] Mizusawa
But with Tama...
[16:57] Tomozaki
Right... Even though she was just
naming her choice of event too...
[17:01] Tomozaki
the mood got a little weird when she did it.
[17:04] Hanabi
Yeah, and Minmi came to my rescue.
[17:09] Mizusawa
Takei has this certain charm, right?
[17:12] ---
And that's a big part of his character.
[17:15] Mizusawa
But Tama can be a little prickly,
and her charm doesn't come across.
[17:21] Hanabi
I'm not sure about all that...
[17:24] ---
How am I supposed to be charming?
[17:28] Mizusawa
Charm is about having a
consistent vulnerability.
[17:33] Tomozaki
A consistent vulnerability?
[17:36] Mizusawa
For example... let's see...
[17:38] Mizusawa
Liking cheese too much, say.
[17:41] Tomozaki
Ah!
[17:43] Hanabi
Like Aoi?
[17:44] Mizusawa
She's very obvious about her
lust for cheese: innocent,
[17:49] Mizusawa
but with an almost exaggerated zeal.
[17:52] Mizusawa
The people around her say, "Oh, that
Aoi," and it becomes part of her charm.
[17:57] Tomozaki
I see...
[17:58] Hanabi
I wonder if she does that on purpose.
[18:02] Mizusawa
Who can say?
[18:04] Mizusawa
Either way, it's food for thought, right?
[18:07] Takei
Sorry!
[18:08] Takei
I'm so—
[18:10] Takei
late!
[18:14] Mizusawa
See? All charm, this one.
[18:17] Takei
Sorry, Tama!
[18:19] Takei
I wish I could've done something to help!
[18:22] Hanabi
Thanks for thinking of me, though.
[18:24] Takei
I wanted to stop her, but
I didn't have the guts.
[18:27] Hanabi
I get that. Konno's scary!
[18:29] Takei
She sure is!
[18:31] Takei
But I think you're totally
in the right here, Tama.
[18:34] Hanabi
Oh, yeah? Thanks.
[18:36] Takei
Don't thank me! I'm apologizing here!
[18:41] Hanabi
It's fine, it's fine!
[18:42] Takei
At least you've got people in your corner!
[18:45] Takei
Me, Yuko... Sakura was
worried about you, too!
[18:50] Hanabi
Yuko? Sakura?
[18:52] Takei
Yuko Ueda and Sakura Kashiwazaki.
[18:55] Takei
Heck, even Mao was just telling
Erika, "Rein it in, girl!"
[19:00] Hanabi
Um...
[19:01] Hanabi
Who's Mao?
[19:02] Takei
Mao! Mao Kamimae, Erika's pal!
[19:06] Hanabi
Really?
[19:08] Takei
Really!
[19:09] Tomozaki
Can I ask you something, Tama?
[19:12] Hanabi
What is it?
[19:12] Tomozaki
You're not really interested
in your classmates, are you?
[19:17] Tomozaki
Their names weren't ringing any bells.
[19:21] Tomozaki
I was the same way.
[19:23] Tomozaki
I couldn't care less about any of them.
[19:26] Tomozaki
But once I started talking
with all sorts of people,
[19:29] Tomozaki
I saw that they all had their
own thoughts and concerns.
[19:33] Tomozaki
I gradually started taking an interest
in people other than myself,
[19:36] Tomozaki
and found myself wanting to know
specific things about them.
[19:40] Tomozaki
I noticed that simply asking those
questions led to natural conversations.
[19:45] Tomozaki
That's why I do think it's good to
practice a cheerful speaking style,
[19:51] Tomozaki
but more than that, I realized it's
important to take an interest in others
[19:55] Tomozaki
and work on accepting them.
[19:59] Hanabi
Yeah...
[20:00] Hanabi
If I don't care about my classmates...
[20:04] Hanabi
I can't get along with them.
[20:09] Takei
Whoa... that was awesome!
[20:12] Takei
Go, Army Boy-—Tomozaki!
[20:16] Mimimi
Tama!
[20:17] Mimimi
I'm here!
[20:19] Mimimi
Wait...
[20:20] Mimimi
Now Takei is in the mix?!
[20:22] Takei
You got that right!
[20:24] Aoi
Huh? What's all this?
[20:27] Mizusawa
It's Team Tomozaki, meeting to do
something about Tama's situation.
[20:32] Tomozaki
Wait, why is this my team?
[20:35] Mizusawa
You started this, didn't
you? Our fearless leader.
[20:39] Tomozaki
Leader? I mean...
[20:41] Mimimi
That's our Tomozaki! Brain and leader!
[20:44] Tomozaki
I don't need any more titles,
thank you very much.
[20:49] Aoi
Are you thinking about changing, Hanabi?
[20:52] Hanabi
Hmm? What's up, Aoi?
[20:54] Aoi
Oh, sorry. I was just curious.
[20:59] Hanabi
I am thinking I'd like to change.
[21:02] Aoi
I see...
[21:04] Hanabi
Do you think I'm better off not changing?
[21:07] Aoi
I... I don't want you to.
[21:12] Aoi
Maybe I just don't want to think
that facing things head-on
[21:16] Aoi
is the wrong thing to do.
[21:19] Tomozaki
Hinami?
[21:20] Aoi
But I can't make that decision for you.
[21:24] ---
It's just what I want, that's all.
[21:27] Hanabi
Thanks for your concern, Aoi.
[21:31] Hanabi
But I've got Tomozaki and
the others backing me up.
[21:34] Hanabi
I think I'm going to give it a solid try.
[21:37] Hanabi
I'm counting on you, okay?
Just the tiniest bit, though.
[21:40] Tomozaki
There's that excessive honesty again.
[21:44] Aoi
I see. You are two peas in a pod.
[21:50] Aoi
You've got my support, too!
[21:52] Hanabi
Thanks, Aoi!
[21:54] Tomozaki
As I watched Hinami, back to
being our perfect heroine,
[21:58] Tomozaki
a thought popped into my head:
[22:01] Tomozaki
Maybe the expression Hinami revealed
when she took off her mask
[22:06] Tomozaki
was just another mask after all.
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