16 - What Is the Mentality of Stalkers?

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SIGN    Comical Psychosomatic Medicine!
SIGN    Iyashi
SIGN    Episode 16
    "What Is the
    Mentality of Stalkers?"
[00:20] Ryou
    A stalker?
[00:21] Asuna
    Yeah, there's been a stalker
    after Onee-chan lately.
[00:25] Iyashi
    It's been two years...
    This is my 35th stalker.
[00:27] Ryou
    What is this, the Koshien?!
[00:28] Ryou
    What problems have you run into, exactly?
[00:30] Iyashi
    Finding my messy room cleaned up for me...
SIGN    Shiver
[00:33] Ryou
    Wait, that sounds really helpful!
[00:34] Iyashi
    Getting weird emails...
SIGN    I see you forgot to wear your skirt today... (*́ˊДˋ)pant pant
[00:36] Ryou
    Notice that yourself!
[00:37] Iyashi
    And even finding recording devices
    and cameras set up in my room...
[00:41] Ryou
    That's too full-scale!
    And you're too slow to notice!
[00:43] Iyashi
    I'm so scared, I can only sleep
    about ten hours every night!
[00:46] Ryou
    I'd say you're sleeping too much!
[00:48] Iyashi
    Please, catch the stalker for me!
[00:50] Ryou
    Huh? Me? But I...
[00:50] Asuna
    It's okay! You can do it!
    Even rotten caviar is still caviar!
[00:53] Ryou
    Who are you calling rotten caviar?!
[00:54] Ryou
    Still, it's not that simple.
    I can't be near you all the time...
[00:58] Iyashi
    He's near me all the time.
[00:59] Ryou
    Seriously?!
[01:00] Asuna
    Catch him, Doctor!
[01:02] Ryou
    H-Hold it!
SIGN    Thud
[01:06] Boy
    I...
[01:07] Boy
    I'm... sorry...
[01:11] Ryou
    Huh?!
[01:12] Asuna
    A cute young boy?
[01:13] Ryou
    Hey!
[01:14] Ryou
    Do you realize how scared she's been?!
[01:16] Ryou
    Look, she's crying blood right n—
[01:18] Ryou
    What?! The blood's coming from her nose?!
[01:19] Iyashi
    So, um, what are your hobbies?
[01:21] Ryou
    Is this a marriage meeting?!
[01:22] Ryou
    Even if it's a mistake, that's not
    the first thing you ask a stalker!
SIGN    My talent is stalking, too!
[01:25] Boy
    I like stalking, bonsai, and gateball.
[01:27] Ryou
    And don't just answer like it's normal!
[01:28] Ryou
    Also, those are old man hobbies!
[01:30] Ryou
    What's your name?
[01:31] Boy
    S-Sutou Kazuki.
SIGN    Marriage Registration Kangoshi Kazuki
[01:33] Iyashi
    Kangoshi Kazuki-kun, huh?
[01:35] Ryou
    You added him to your
    family register already?!
[01:36] ---
    And he took your last name?!
[01:37] Asuna
    How many hundred yen would you give as
    a wedding gift in a case like this?
[01:40] Ryou
    That is not the question you
    should be asking now, is it?!
[01:43] Ryou
    Also, "how many hundred"?!
[01:43] Iyashi
    But why were you stalking me?
[01:45] Asuna
    Yeah! You don't have to stalk
    my sister. She's open 24/7!
[01:48] [SONG] Yellow
    Chop
[01:48] [SONG] Red
    Catch Chop
[01:49] Ryou
    So, why did you do it?
[01:51] Boy
    B-Because I loved...
[01:52] Iyashi
    Aww!
[01:53] Boy
    ...seeing her so scared.
[01:55] Ryou
    This kid's a stalker to the core!
[01:56] Iyashi
    I'm so happy...
[01:57] Ryou
    No, no, no... Were you even listening?
[02:00] Ryou
    It's hopeless. Her eyes are clouded.
[02:01] Asuna
    Doctor, can you explain in psychological
    terms why people like him turn to stalking?
[02:06] Ryou
    That's right! That's what this
    anime is about, isn't it?!
[02:09] Ryou
    Actually, in psychology,
    there's a concept we call "strokes."
SIGN    Strokes
[02:12] Ryou
    Strokes refer to talking to someone,
    praising them, touching them,
SIGN    Talking To
SIGN    Talking To Praising
[02:14] Ryou
    and all other forms of attention
    that one gives to another.
SIGN    Talking To Praising Touching
[02:17] Iyashi
    Then things like "dating
    with plans to marry,"
[02:19] Iyashi
    "proposing," and "three kids might
    be nice" are strokes, too, right?
[02:23] Ryou
    Those are fantasies.
[02:24] Ryou
    Now, there are two kinds of
    strokes: positive and negative.
SIGN    Negative Stroke
SIGN    Positive Stroke
[02:28] Ryou
    Positive strokes are, as the name suggests,
[02:28] [SONG] Text
    Praising
[02:29] [SONG] Text
    Smiling Praising
[02:30] Ryou
    all actions that have a positive
    effect on another's mood.
[02:31] [SONG] Text
    Hugging Smiling Praising
[02:33] Asuna
    Whether that's positive or not
    depends on who it is, though.
SIGN    Gaaah!
[02:33] [SONG] Text
    You feel so nice...
[02:35] Ryou
    Well, that's true...
[02:36] Ryou
    On the other hand,
    negative strokes are actions
[02:36] [SONG] Text
    Negative Strokes
SIGN    Yelling
[02:37] Bossguy
    Now, listen!
SIGN    Yelling Ridiculing
[02:38] Meangirl
    Idiot.
[02:38] Ryou
    that have a negative effect
    on another's mood.
SIGN    Yelling Ridiculing Hitting
[02:40] Asuna
    To my grandpa, all of those
    would be positive strokes.
SIGN    You scum...
SIGN    Ah, I'm so happy!
SIGN    You ugly pig...
[02:44] Ryou
    That's only a certain few relationships
    between a certain type of people!
SIGN    Stroke
[02:46] Ryou
    Strokes are also called
    "mental nourishment."
SIGN    Mental Nourishment
[02:48] Ryou
    Just like food and water,
    no one can live without them.
[02:52] Ryou
    In other words, earning strokes is
    every person's primary goal in life.
[02:56] Asuna
    What? Not just positive ones?
[02:58] Ryou
    Of course, that would be ideal,
[02:59] Ryou
    but not all of it is positive.
[03:01] Asuna
    What?!
[03:01] Ryou
    Think in terms of food.
SIGN    Positive Strokes
SIGN    Negative Strokes
[03:03] Ryou
    Given the choice, anyone
    would choose to eat a feast,
[03:06] Ryou
    but if you're stranded or in a situation
    where you have nothing to eat,
[03:08] Ryou
    you'd be glad to eat anything,
    no matter how disgusting, right?
[03:11] Ryou
    For people, nothing is more painful
    than being lonely and ignored.
[03:15] Ryou
    Any stroke is better than nothing
    at all, even a negative one.
SIGN    I love you!
[03:18] Ryou
    When people want positive
    strokes, but don't get any,
[03:21] Ryou
    they'll seek any kind of stroke,
[03:23] Ryou
    even negative ones like
    being feared or hated.
[03:26] Ryou
    Thus...
[03:26] Woman
    I don't like you!
[03:28] Woman
    You disgust me!
[03:29] Ryou
    Sometimes statements like these
    have the opposite effect.
SIGN    She feels something for me...
[03:32] Asuna
    So that reaction itself is the nourishment?
[03:35] Asuna
    Does that mean it's best
    to just ignore them?
[03:37] Ryou
    Yes.
[03:38] Boy
    But the problem is that some stalkers think
[03:41] ---
    that message won't get across,
    so they just do it more.
[03:43] Ryou
    You're the problem here!
[03:45] Ryou
    I think the safest route is
    to inform the police, though.
[03:48] Asuna
    Want to go to the police, then?
[03:51] Iyashi
    Yes.
[03:53] Iyashi
    Let's go...
[03:56] Iyashi
    ...to Narita!
[03:57] Ryou
    You meant to go on a honeymoon?!
[03:59] Boy
    I'd be happy to!
    Please let me stalk you forever!
[04:02] Ryou
    Worst love confession ever!
[04:03] Ryou
    If she agrees, can you
    still call it stalking?!
[04:05] Iyashi
    Then let's start as friends.
[04:07] Boy
    Okay. We'll start by chatting over tea.
[04:09] Ryou
    He seriously talks like an old man!
[04:11] Grandpa
    Kazuki-kun!
[04:13] Boy
    Oh, Sukizou-kun.
[04:14] Asuna
    Grandpa, you know him?
[04:16] Grandpa
    Yeah, Kazuki-kun is a
    childhood friend of mine.
[04:18] Grandpa
    He's been into cosmetic surgery lately.
[04:20] RyouAsuna
    Cosmetic surgery?!
[04:22] Grandpa
    This is a picture of us not long ago.
[04:24] Kazuki
    Boy, it really is nice seeing
    young girls get scared.
[04:27] Kazuki
    Oops, my false teeth...
SIGN    Beep
SIGN    Beep Bap
SIGN    Beep Bap Boop
[04:32] Iyashi
    Farewell, my love...
[04:34] Asuna
    They took your grandpa, too.
[04:36] Asuna
    I have no problem with that.
SIGN    If you have too many problems,
    visit the mental clinic!
SIGN    This program is a work of fiction. There is no guarantee that the treatments mentioned herein
    will work. Before having a medical exam, make sure the doctor deals in these treatments first.
[04:40] ---