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2 - Timing

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    What's wrong, Hakone-chan?
[00:04] ---
    Lately, lots of people have been illegally downloading TV shows over the internet.
[00:10] ---
    Without the right holders' permission,
[00:12] ---
    distribution, via the internet or bootlegs, is illegal!
[00:20] ---
    Please remember that...
[00:27] ---
    Charger girls get up bright and early!
[00:30] ---
    Even if they are citizens of a highly technologically advanced parallel world,
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    they are still industrious members of society, busy at work every day.
[00:46] ---
    Get up, please!
[01:29] ---
    Who turned off my alarm clock?!
[01:32] ---
    Today, the charger girls go forth again!
[03:06] ---
    Bye!
[03:08] ---
    Take care!
[03:09] ---
    OK!
[03:14] ---
    And then he got really mad.
[03:18] ---
    He looked like a scary old lady.
[03:20] ---
    Scary old lady brother!
[03:22] ---
    Hakone-chan's much happier.
[03:24] ---
    What's up, Iono-chan?
[03:26] ---
    You're smiling.
[03:28] ---
    Yeah?
[03:29] ---
    Am I?
[03:30] ---
    Were you thinking about a certain someone?
[03:34] ---
    Were you thinking about them and smiling?
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    OK! I'll do my best, too!
[03:51] ---
    Timing!
[04:01] ---
    It's digging into me!
[04:03] ---
    It's so tight!
[04:05] ---
    Millie-chan!
[04:08] ---
    B-Bitch-kun...
[04:11] ---
    Stop screwing around, you lazy insect!
[04:14] ---
    Filthy pond-leech whore!
[04:16] ---
    Stop enjoying it.
[04:17] ---
    You call yourself a magical soldier of love?
[04:21] ---
    I can't go on...
[04:26] ---
    It feels so good!
[04:29] ---
    Time for work.
[04:37] ---
    Oh, no.
[04:38] ---
    Found you!
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    Um, where's a power source-
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    Move! You're in the way!
[04:46] ---
    Charge.
[04:49] ---
    Arresta!
[04:50] ---
    What are you doing here?
[04:53] ---
    This isn't your area!
[04:54] ---
    You don't know?
[04:56] ---
    I don't!
[04:58] ---
    A certain someone hasn't even come close to making their quota,
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    so the chief sent me.
[05:04] ---
    She told me to keep the sections at least partially balanced.
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    But even so, I think coming in and just charging someone...
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    You know what this is, right?
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    A report on a certain someone's activities this month.
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    Six failed charges.
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    Stemming from them, two instances of property damage.
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    You're already on your third stern warning this month.
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    Anything to say?
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    Whatever. I came to help, so at least go someplace where you won't bother me.
[05:34] ---
    What was that?
[05:35] ---
    Man, she pisses me off!
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    Who does she think she is,
[05:38] ---
    acting like my boss 'cause I had some trouble this month?!
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    Stupid!
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    Jerk!
[05:42] ---
    Four-eyed ice queen!
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    I should get to work.
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    Maybe I should get this pair of tickets...
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    But maybe it'd be easier to invite him if I brought Hakone-chan along.
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    Warning depth C.
[06:14] ---
    Here I go!
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    Charge.
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    I can keep going and going!
[06:23] ---
    OK, this tim-
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    Charge.
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    I'm on top of the world!
[06:32] ---
    Charge.
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    Charge. Charge. Charge. Charge.
[06:39] ---
    Charge. Charge. Charge. Charge. Charge. Charge. Charge. Charge.
[07:07] ---
    Go me!
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    What are you doing? You don't punch girls in the face!
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    Beats being hit with a bat, right?
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    What does that mean?
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    Just don't get in the way of my job.
[07:19] ---
    In the way?
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    That's my line!
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    You keep stealing all the charge targets I find!
[07:25] ---
    Stealing?
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    I don't know about that.
[07:28] ---
    You're just too slow.
[07:29] ---
    Am I wrong?
[07:30] ---
    W-Well...
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    "The early bird gets the charge."
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    That's what the chief always says, right?
[07:36] ---
    Jeez... My head hurts just thinking about this.
[07:39] ---
    I can't believe I'm working with such a stupid girl.
[07:43] ---
    Do you know what the rest of the company calls you?
[07:46] ---
    Miss Salary Cut.
[07:47] ---
    The Demon of Written Apologies.
[07:49] ---
    The Queen of "Take It Out of Her Salary."
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    The others give me a hard enough time simply for being in your department.
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    You're not cut out for this line of work.
[08:05] ---
    That target...
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    I charged him a year ago.
[08:12] ---
    Again?
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    There are a lot of repeaters these days.
[08:18] ---
    Oh, well.
[08:20] ---
    Ah, too bad. Work's over.
[08:24] ---
    You're leaving?
[08:24] ---
    Of course I am.
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    I don't need to work overtime, and I've got things to do.
[08:29] ---
    See you around.
[08:43] ---
    Oh, Bitch-kun!
[08:47] ---
    What the hell was that today?
[08:50] ---
    You're a failure as a Magical Girl!
[08:53] ---
    I'm sorry!
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    Stealth...
[09:08] ---
    Sento-kun.
[09:09] ---
    When you're done, clean out the back, OK?
[09:12] ---
    Yes, Chief.
[09:25] ---
    I-Is something wrong?
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    Going to clean!
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    That was awful...
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    You were the one who suddenly came out of the damned wall.
[09:37] ---
    I didn't know you worked at a place like this!
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    So, what are you doing here?
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    Are you going to charge one of the customers or something?
[09:46] ---
    No, that's not it.
[09:49] ---
    It's not?
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    Yeah...
[09:53] ---
    Did something happen?
[09:57] ---
    Well, you seem more down than usual, so I was wondering if you screwed up.
[10:01] ---
    Like if you got bitched out by a co-worker 'cause you slowed them down.
[10:08] ---
    I'm right?
[10:12] ---
    Um, actually...
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    I was thinking maybe I'm really not cut out for this job.
[10:24] ---
    Hell if I know.
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    But you know...
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    This is just what I think. I'm not really going to say anything deep here.
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    So don't expect too much.
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    I know that.
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    Like, your job...
[10:40] sign
    My Image of Charging!
    This Explanation is Fictional
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    You might, for instance, have a victim and an abuser.
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    Even if you charged the victim and she got better,
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    Feelin' fine!
[10:48] ---
    Bring me beer!
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    the abuser doesn't notice at all.
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    And since the fundamental problem hasn't been resolved,
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    it's possible that the same thing will happen over and over again.
[10:58] ---
    That's what causes those "repeaters" you were talking about, right?
[11:03] ---
    So basically, you're just kicking the issue down the road a bit.
[11:06] ---
    It's like changing the batteries of a toy that won't move.
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    Flip.
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    Insert.
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    OK, done.
[11:12] ---
    Well, regardless, it's good for us, and to you guys, it's a job.
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    So I guess it's fine.
[11:20] ---
    What the hell was that?
[11:21] ---
    Are you trying to pick a fight with me, Sento-kun?
[11:23] ---
    What's your problem?
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    It's just what I think.
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    That's not it!
[11:27] ---
    That's not what we do at all!
[11:30] ---
    You don't know anything!
[11:32] ---
    I'm trying my hardest. I may not look it, but I really am!
[11:32] ---
    H-Hey, stop it!
[11:36] ---
    Why, you...
[11:42] ---
    I'm just giving him the ticket.
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    It's nothing special.
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    Nothing special at all.
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    Come on!
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    Sen-nii-
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    Screw you!
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    I'm not taking that shit from a girl who floats through walls!
[12:03] ---
    Shut up!
[12:05] ---
    I'll kill you! I'll kill you!
[12:07] ---
    I'll seriously beat the living shit out of you!
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    Never mind!
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    I hate you!
[12:13] ---
    You stupid, female wage-slave!
[12:26] ---
    Just a little...
[12:33] ---
    That's great!
[12:38] ---
    I didn't know he was such a jerk.
[12:41] ---
    Who does he think saved Hakone-chan?
[12:46] ---
    "Who"?
[12:49] ---
    I didn't look into what was bothering Hakone-chan until after he got mad.
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    And then I worked with him.
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    But if I'd been alone...
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    Could I have saved her?
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    All right!
[13:47] ---
    Did you know that Mr. Tanser, the famous physicist BLEEP-BLEEP-BEEP...?
[13:53] ---
    Here, the key is what form the verb "stopped," or Japanese "yameta," takes.
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    There he is.
[13:59] ---
    This "did you know" is in past tense, of course,
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    so here, "stopped it" indicates that Mr. Tanser...
[14:21] ---
    I'm back.
[14:25] ---
    I'm sorry it's nothing fancy, Akihiro.
[14:27] ---
    But I think cutlet was the right choice here.
[14:30] ---
    Do your best on your admissions test!
[14:32] ---
    Rush and you'll make mistakes you shouldn't.
[14:34] ---
    Come on. If I can do it, there's no reason you can't.
[14:43] ---
    I never did get a B.
[14:47] ---
    If I fail this time, I'll have spent four years trying to get into college.
[14:50] ---
    I wish they'd told me to get a job before.
[14:54] ---
    If they had, I never would've suffered this much.
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    They don't even know what I want.
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    "Do your best." Yeah, right!
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    Damn it.
[15:04] ---
    So, this is what's going on.
[15:06] ---
    If I'd just charged him there,
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    he might have just gotten into a big fight with the people supporting him.
[15:14] ---
    He was right. It's not like changing the batteries in a toy.
[15:20] ---
    Now then, what should I do in this situation?
[15:30] ---
    Do your best.
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    If he's looking at the problem sheet, he should be thinking about his future.
[15:52] ---
    If I'm going to charge him, that's the time.
[15:55] ---
    Just keep going a little more, and I'll...
[16:03] ---
    Hey, wait. Where are you going?
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    Wait!
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    He's just... He's giving up?
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    I'm not gonna pass anyway.
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    It's only a waste of time.
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    I never thought this would happen.
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    And he's smoking, even though he's a student-
[16:29] ---
    If he's failed the yearly exams three times, he's 21. It's fine.
[16:38] ---
    Don't scare me.
[16:40] ---
    That wasn't my intent. But seeing you freak out does make me happy.
[16:45] ---
    What do you want?
[16:46] ---
    What do I want?
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    The university entrance exams are today and tomorrow.
[16:49] ---
    Lots of students without much energy take the exam.
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    It was amazing. The warning buzzer was going off everywhere.
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    Targets as far as the eye could see!
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    I think I must easily have cleared 100.
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    So, he's the last one.
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    No!
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    If you charge him now, the same thing will just repeat all over again.
[17:14] ---
    He needs better timing for it!
[17:16] ---
    What do you mean, "timing"?
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    What if we leave him here, and it ends up being too late?
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    Well...
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    I'm leaving.
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    But I won't let you!
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    No way!
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    Let me go!
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    I don't really care anymore.
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    The warning depth moved from C to B!
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    Enough.
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    I'm charging him now-
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    I said to wait!
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    Let me go!
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    No!
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    Damn it.
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    What are you doing?
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    To us, he may just be a target for charging.
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    But just like us, he suffers and worries.
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    People still cheer him on.
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    He has a heart. He's human!
[18:04] ---
    I know.
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    The manga café's open, ain't it?
[18:10] ---
    No!
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    You have a family that's cheering you on!
SIGN    Test Passing Good Luck Charm
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    Charge!
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    Wh-What? Where am I?
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    Only five minutes till the test starts!
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    Oh, no.
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    I'm going to do it.
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    This year I'm going to pass!
[19:34] ---
    I did it! I did it! I did it! I did it! I did it!
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    The hell you did.
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    My face is not a launchpad!
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    But I was able to jump really far.
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    Thanks.
[19:50] ---
    And how about the results?
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    Well?
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    Huh?
[19:56] ---
    Well?
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    You seem to have the wrong idea, so I'll set you straight.
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    Wrong idea?
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    We get paid for charging people.
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    I know that.
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    It's true that we may help people,
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    but if that were all that's needed,
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    they wouldn't worry about quotas and things like that.
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    You managed to save only one person after two full days.
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    That's reality.
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    And had he not dropped his good luck charm by chance,
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    would you have been able to save him?
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    You really aren't cut out for this job.
[20:53] ---
    Arresta may be right.
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    But I want to believe that his good luck charm didn't fall from his pocket by chance.
[21:03] ---
    That it was his family saying,
    "Take care of him."
[21:13] ---
    The next day, after completing two days of grueling entrance examinations,
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    Akihiro-kun was said to have a face filled with self-confidence and happiness.
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    OK, I'll do my best today!
[21:38] ---
    So what?
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    What I said was right.
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    It was!
[22:20] ---
    Damn it, Plug. How many times must I tell you not to pop out of nowhere?
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    But hitting her felt different this time...
[22:30] ---
    Whatever.
[24:04] ---
    Being a charger girl is hard work.
[24:07] ---
    But it's also a wonderful job, giving hope and dreams to people who are down!
[24:12] ---
    So, how much take-home pay do you get?
[24:13] ---
    Any extra for overtime?
[24:14] ---
    What about benefits?
[24:15] ---
    Um, I'll let Arresta answer difficult questions like that.
[24:20] ---
    What's wrong, Arresta?
[24:21] ---
    What is this?
[24:23] ---
    Next time on Charger Girl: Lock On!
[24:27] ---
    This indescribable shock that pierces my brain... What's happening to my body?
[24:31] ---
    Who knows?
[24:34] ---
    See you next time!!