3 - Brotherly Love

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[00:00] dada
    --
[00:00] sign
    --
[00:00] yu
    --
[00:00] dada
    --
[00:20] (Flashback) go
    What's wrong, Yumoto?
[00:22] (Flashback) yu
    Big bro...
[00:23] (Flashback) go
    Were you in a fight?
[00:24] (Flashback) yu
    I didn't hit them...
[00:26] (Flashback) yu
    because you always tell me...
[00:27] (Flashback) yu
    it's not good to hit friends...
[00:31] (Flashback) go
    They hit you, but you didn't fight back?
[00:37] (Flashback) go
    Good job, Yumoto.
[00:39] (Flashback) yu
    Big bro!
[00:41] (Flashback) go
    Listen, Yumoto. The moon is
    there, even during the day.
[00:47] (Flashback) go
    Morning and night, it stands
    watch over you from the sky.
[00:51] (Flashback) go
    And me, too.
[00:52] (Flashback) go
    When you're suffering, when
    you're sad, look up at the sky.
[00:56] (Flashback) go
    The daytime moon and your big brother
[00:58] (Flashback) go
    are always watching over you.
[01:01] (Flashback) yu
    I understand, Big bro!
SIGN    Brotherly Love
[02:43] at
    What?
[02:44] at
    Reading to kindergarteners?
[02:46] yu
    Yeah!
[02:47] yu
    With the student council studying abroad,
[02:49] yu
    the teachers asked the Defense
    Club to do it instead!
[02:52] en
    Huh?
[02:53] en
    Our seats...
[02:55] ryu
    Someone's in our usual spot.
[02:57] io
    Who cares if someone else sits there?
[02:59] en
    You know the saying. Home
    is where the heart is.
[03:02] en
    Anyway, what's going on?
[03:03] en
    Who are they?
[03:04] at
    I heard we got some exchange
    students recently.
[03:07] at
    Maybe it's them?
[03:08] en
    Huh?
[03:09] en
    So what about the crowd?
SIGN    Beppu Brothers
SIGN    Overwhelming support from
     young female fans!!
    And male fans too?!
SIGN    Examining the Hot and Handsome
     Beppu Brother Idols!
    Digging into this mysterious
     duo's personal lives......
SIGN    Beppu Haruhiko
    Birthday: August 21st
    Leo Blood Tpe AB
    Interests: Bonsai
    Favorite food: Rice balls
    Hated food: Carrots
SIGN    Beppu Akihiko:
    Birthday: August 21st
    Leo Blood Type AB
    Hobby: Calligraphy
    Favorite food: Rice balls
    Hated food: Green peppers
[03:11] io
    The detective I hired says
    they're the Beppu twins.
[03:16] io
    Very handsome, excellent grades.
[03:18] io
    They earned the title "eternal pretty boys"
[03:20] io
    in the Pretty Boy Contest the other day.
[03:23] io
    And they already have a follower
    clique known as the "Beppu Apes."
[03:28] en
    Yeah, let's sit somewhere else.
[03:33] en
    So, Yumoto. What was that about
    reading to kindergarteners?
[03:36] yu
    You'll do it, En-chan-senpai?!
[03:39] en
    No, I don't think I could
    handle reading to little kids.
[03:43] at
    It sounds like a nice idea, but...
[03:45] ryu
    It would be one thing if it were a
    co-ed event with a girls' high school.
[03:48] io
    I never volunteer my services
    without compensation.
[03:52] wom
    I believe that activities that spread love
[03:54] wom
    are something the Defense Club
    should always take part in!
[03:56] kat
    Why?!
[03:57] kat
    Why do you hesitate?
[03:59] kat
    Why?
[04:00] kat
    Why were you chosen?!
[04:03] kat
    To be a child development volunteer...
[04:05] kat
    Those shining smiles of local children...
[04:08] aya
    Why?
[04:09] aya
    Why is it not me?!
[04:12] en
    I think there's a crazy in our midst.
[04:14] at
    Um...
[04:15] at
    You're Katari-kun, right?
[04:17] at
    From the Speaking Poets Society...
[04:19] kat
    Yes.
[04:20] kat
    I am Katari Tagaru.
SIGN    Katari Tagaru
[04:22] kat
    Representative of the Binan High School
    association, the Speaking Poets Society.
[04:25] kat
    Because! To enjoy something is to speak
    of it. In other words, to recite.
[04:30] kat
    Humans are speaking mammals.
[04:31] kat
    I am the world's mouthpiece!
[04:34] ryu
    Yeah, he's a crazy.
[04:36] io
    He called himself a representative,
[04:37] io
    but he's the Speaking Poets
    Society's only member.
[04:40] en
    Yeah, I feel my soul crying out to
    me, "Be somewhere else right now."
[04:45] at
    Well, Katari-kun. See you later.
[04:47] yu
    What are you guys doing?
[04:48] yu
    What about reading to the kindergartners?
[04:50] kat
    Nothing!
[04:52] kat
    The art of recitation is beyond them!
[04:54] kat
    Nonsense!
[04:55] kat
    Only I can handle it!
[04:58] haru
    What are you trembling for?
[05:00] haru
    Are you mad?
[05:02] aki
    Stop it, Haru.
[05:04] aki
    I know that angry people are funny,
[05:06] aki
    but if you tease them, they
    might take it out on you.
[05:09] kat
    You two...
[05:10] kat
    You're the Beppu siblings
    everyone's talking about.
[05:12] haru
    Yes.
[05:13] haru
    I am Haruhiko, the younger.
[05:15] aki
    Akihiko, the elder.
[05:17] aki
    Together, we are...
[05:18] haru
    The school's...
[05:19] aki
    ...idols...
[05:20] both
    ...the Beppu Brothers!
[05:22] aki
    Now, why are you...
[05:24] haru
    ...mad at the Defense Club?
[05:26] ka
    Because!
[05:27] ka
    I say "no thank you" to any
    out-loud reading done by them!
[05:30] ka
    Such an act requires expressiveness!
[05:32] ka
    That's something only I can do!
[05:35] haru
    I don't quite get it...
[05:36] aki
    ...but you are very funny!
[05:40] dada
    He seems usable.
[05:42] dada
    This is our chance to crush
    the Defense Club into bit parts.
[05:45] aki
    Crush them into bit parts?
[05:47] both
    Nice one.
[05:49] en
    Seriously, it's not happening.
[05:53] en
    I'm not reciting any folktales
    to kindergartners.
[05:56] ryu
    Yeah, same.
[05:57] ryu
    Reciting pillow talk to
    high school girls, maybe.
[06:00] io
    Sorry to repeat myself,
    but I don't work for free.
[06:03] at
    We've been through this over and over again.
[06:05] yu
    But I really want to do it!
[06:08] wom
    Everyone, the volunteer spirit
    is the very foundation of love!
[06:11] wom
    To give is, itself, love!
    Why won't you do it?!
[06:15] en
    'Cause it's a pain in the neck?
[06:17] at
    But folktales are surprisingly
    trendy, aren't they?
[06:20] at
    I always used to watch that anime,
[06:22] at
    "Folktales From Japan".
[06:25] en
    Well, The Crane's Gift and
    Momotaro and such aside,
[06:29] en
    there's The Crying Red Ogre and
    other obscure classics, I suppose.
[06:33] io
    And the story of The Gold
    Axe and the Silver Axe

[06:36] io
    contains good advice for those
    entering the world of investment.
[06:39] io
    "When a deal sounds too good,
    there's always a catch."
[06:42] ryu
    I think Urashima Taro is my favorite.
[06:45] ryu
    That Otohime, you know?
[06:47] ryu
    I'd go a summer-long romance with her!
[06:50] yu
    I always liked Jizo and the Hats!
[06:53] yu
    My brother and I used to
    play Jizo and the Hats!
[06:55] at
    "Play"?
[06:56] yu
    It's a game we'd play on snowy
    days. We'd weave hats out of sedge.
SIGN    Candy
SIGN    Sweet Dumplings
[06:59] yu
    Then I had to give them to the Jizo statues
    without trading them for snacks in town.
[07:03] en
    That's a game? Really?
[07:05] yu
    My brother used fun games to
    teach me all kinds of things.
[07:10] en
    Really?
[07:11] at
    Gora-san is truly an inscrutible person.
[07:13] yu
    The Jizo and the Hats game...
[07:15] yu
    that really takes me back...
[07:17] yu
    One day when it snowed, I
    was five years old, I think.
[07:21] (Flashback) go
    Listen, Yumoto.
[07:23] (Flashback) go
    I'm heading out for work.
[07:26] (Flashback) go
    I want you to do something
    nice while I'm gone.
[07:30] (Flashback) go
    That's right.
[07:30] (Flashback) go
    Take these hats to the Jizo
    statues outside of town.
[07:35] (Flashback) go
    Don't stray from the path no matter what.
[07:38] (Flashback) go
    Got it?
[07:39] (Flashback) yu
    Yeah, got it!
[07:40] yu
    So I started for the Jizo statues,
    just like my bro told me...
[07:46] yu
    But I ran into a trap!
[07:48] en
    A trap?
[07:49] (Flashback) man
    Hey, boy.
[07:51] (Flashback) man
    You've got some nice-looking hats there.
[07:53] (Flashback) yu
    I'm selling steamed buns here.
[07:55] (Flashback) yu
    Wanna trade?
[07:57] (Flashback) yu
    They look delicious!
[07:58] (Flashback) man
    Well? Want to trade?
[08:00] (Flashback) yu
    Yeah!
[08:02] (Flashback) yu
    Yes! Let's eat...
[08:06] (Flashback) go
    Listen, Yumoto.
[08:08] (Flashback) go
    Don't stray from the path no matter what.
[08:11] (Flashback) yu
    No, I shouldn't.
[08:13] (Flashback) yu
    I can't accept this.
[08:15] (Flashback) yu
    But I'll still give you the hat.
[08:17] (Flashback) yu
    I'm sorry.
[08:18] ryu
    Wait, you gave him the hat?
[08:21] yu
    Yeah.
[08:22] yu
    But I didn't take the steamed bun.
[08:24] io
    So what about the four other hats?
[08:27] yu
    I gave them to the Jizo statues.
[08:30] yu
    But...
[08:32] yu
    There were five Jizo statues,
    and I was missing one hat.
[08:35] yu
    I didn't realize until then that
    that's why Bro gave me five.
SIGN    Oh no! I don't have enough!
[08:41] yu
    So I had to take off my own scarf
    and put it on the Jizo statue.
[08:45] at
    Just like in the story, right?
[08:47] (Flashback) yu
    I'm sorry I don't have a hat for you...
[08:54] (Flashback) go
    Yumoto...
[08:55] (Flashback) go
    You did a very good thing.
[08:57] (Flashback) yu
    Bro...
[09:00] at
    Gora-san came to watch, huh?
[09:02] yu
    Yeah.
[09:03] yu
    Because the snow was falling
    so hard, and he got worried.
[09:07] ryu
    Your brother sounds like a real worrywart.
[09:10] at
    Like a parent watching over a
    kid running their first errand.
[09:12] wom
    Gora-san's brotherly love for
    Yumoto-san is higher than the sky
[09:16] wom
    and deeper than the sea!
[09:19] yu
    Anyway, I want to tell
    little kids those folktales
[09:22] yu
    just like my brother did for me.
[09:25] gora
    Yumoto...
[09:27] at
    So, what should we do?
[09:28] ryu
    If Yumoto wants to do it that badly...
[09:31] io
    It's hard to refuse out of hand.
[09:32] io
    Even if I must work for free.
[09:34] en
    Are you guys seriously leaning
    towards reading to the kids?
[09:41] yu
    Big bro, what's wrong?
[09:42] go
    Yumoto, reading to others is love!
[09:45] go
    Do it right.
[09:52] yu
    Yeah! Bro, I'll do my best!
[09:55] en
    Yeah, we're definitely gonna end
    up reading to the kids, aren't we?
[09:59] at
    Looks like it.
SIGN    Earth Defense Club
    
    Reading Folktales
    
    to Kindergartners
    
    Event Coming Up!
[10:08] kat
    Unbelievable!
[10:09] kat
    How could they go over my head
    and give it to the Defense Club?!
[10:12] kat
    Illegal!
[10:14] kat
    All recitation opportunities
    should fall to me!
[10:17] haru
    Look at that jealousy.
[10:19] aki
    It's truly petty.
[10:21] haru
    But those flames of petty jealousy
[10:23] haru
    that others can't understand...
[10:26] aki
    ...can soon become raging infernos.
[10:28] dada
    If we want to crush the Defense Club,
[10:30] dada
    using Katari Tagaru is the best way.
[10:34] haru
    The Defense Club...
[10:36] both
    I don't like them.
[10:37] dada
    Let's take 'em out.
SIGN    The Flashing Prince Battle Lover Cerulean Finishing Move: Cerulean Love Aqua
[10:47] kat
    What?
[10:49] kat
    Just what are they planning to
    read to those kindergartners?
[10:53] kat
    When...
[10:54] kat
    The moment any one of
    them flubs even slightly,
[10:56] kat
    I shall mercilessly hijack their performance!
[11:00] yu
    I really think I want to do the story
    of Jizo and the Hats for the kids.
[11:05] yu
    What do you think?
[11:07] ryu
    It doesn't really matter to me.
[11:09] io
    I also have no objection, aside
    from the lack of compensation.
[11:13] yu
    This reminded me.
[11:15] yu
    It's because my brother read
    folktales to me every night
[11:18] yu
    that I never felt lonely as a child.
[11:22] at
    Your parents have been gone that long?
[11:25] yu
    Yeah! Bro says they're busy
    with their hot springs tour.
[11:31] en
    That seems a bit suspect.
[11:32] at
    Well, I guess everyone
    has their circumstances.
[11:35] io
    Does that mean Gora-san's been
    your caretaker in every respect?
[11:40] yu
    Yeah!
[11:41] yu
    From feeding me to brushing my
    teeth, my brother did it all!
[11:45] yu
    My brother's lap was so warm...
[11:50] yu
    What is this feeling?
[11:52] at
    It tugs at the heart strings, huh?
[11:54] wom
    Because Gora-san looked after him even
    when he was still in high school himself!
[11:59] io
    I brushed my own teeth, at least.
[12:02] io
    Even as a child.
[12:03] en
    Hey, didn't we forbid you from
    talking about tooth-brushing?
[12:07] at
    En-chan, there's no need to
    air out that old laundry.
[12:16] kat
    Jesus!
[12:18] kat
    The Defense Club has come
    together for the reading!
SIGN    Jizo and the Hats
[12:22] kat
    Nonsense!
[12:24] kat
    Such work was meant for me!
[12:27] dada
    His flame of jealousy is
    burning even brighter.
[12:35] gora
    You can't wage war on an empty stomach.
[12:37] gora
    Eat, Yumoto, along with your comrades!
[12:39] yu
    Thanks, Bro!
[12:42] yu
    They're delicious, Bro!
[12:44] yu
    But we're reading to kids.
    We're not waging war.
[12:48] go
    Life is an ongoing battle to
    convey one's love to others.
[12:51] go
    Reading aloud to children
[12:54] go
    is a battle to make those
    children feel loved.
[12:57] yu
    Got it, Bro!
[12:59] haru
    Look at him!
[13:00] haru
    Does he really think he's
    worthy to eat those riceballs?
[13:03] aki
    Look at him, stuffing his face
    without a care in the world...
[13:06] aki
    It's unforgivable.
[13:09] dada
    Flames of jealousy allow
    Galaxy Idols The VEPPer
[13:12] dada
    to shine ever brighter.
[13:18] kat
    Jizo and the Hats is about a
    poor yet kind elderly couple
[13:22] kat
    who find Jizo statues on the
    roadside covered in snow,
[13:25] kat
    and give them the sedge hats they made to
    sell for money to them, expecting no reward.
[13:29] kat
    Then, later,
[13:30] kat
    the Jizo statues come to return
    the favor in heartwarming fashion.
[13:34] kat
    Difficult!
[13:36] kat
    There's no way the Defense
    Club could handle it!
[13:38] kid
    That guy's creepy!
[13:40] kid
    Shh! He's probably a crazy!
[13:42] kid
    Hey, it's starting!
[13:45] en
    So why are we the Jizo statues?
[13:48] at
    Is now the time?
[13:49] io
    We ended up doing it as a performance.
[13:53] io
    I don't like to admit it,
[13:55] io
    but I invested a lot of my
    personal funds into this set.
[13:59] yu
    Wow!
[14:00] yu
    Cool!
[14:01] yu
    It really looks just like
    the world of a folktale!
[14:06] gora
    Yumoto...
[14:08] both
    I don't like it.
[14:12] yu
    Oh! I have failed to sell
    my hats once again today!
[14:14] kat
    Not great!
[14:16] kat
    What a stiff reading!
[14:18] gora
    Excellent job, Yumoto.
[14:19] gora
    You're doing perfectly.
[14:21] yu
    How awful!
[14:23] yu
    These Jizo statues are covered in snow!
[14:26] yu
    I have got to help them!
[14:32] yu
    I am lacking one hat!
[14:34] yu
    What am I to do?
[14:36] yu
    I know!
[14:41] yu
    So cold!
[14:43] kid
    I like that old man!
[14:44] kid
    But I think the Jizo is choking...
[14:46] gora
    Yumoto.
[14:48] gora
    Your big brother will warm you up later!
[14:50] kat
    Why?!
[14:51] kat
    Why are they laughing?!
[14:53] kat
    This is supposed to be a moving scene!
[15:02] dada
    Welcome to the VEPP Theater.
[15:06] both
    VEPPer, the twin stars
    racing through the galaxy!

[15:13] both
    Let's illuminate the mysteries
    of the universe...

[15:16] both
    On the name of the stars!
[15:35] both
    The twin stars shining in the heaven!
[15:37] haru
    Salty Sol!
[15:38] aki
    Melty Luna!
[15:41] both
    Galaxy Idols, the VEPPer!
[15:45] both
    Chosen warrior!
[15:47] haru
    Lucky you!
[15:49] aki
    Happy you!
[15:52] both
    Shooting...
[15:53] both
    Star!
[16:02] mic
    I will recite... the folktale!
[16:05] mic
    Because...
[16:06] mic
    I want to move the children's souls!
[16:08] mic
    Yes, the one who loves recitation,
[16:13] mic
    and longs to recite...
[16:14] mic
    Mic Monster!
[16:17] wom
    E-E-Everyone!
[16:18] wom
    A suspicious intruder! Well,
    I'm in no position to judge...
[16:22] en
    Seriously?
[16:23] at
    At a time like this?
[16:24] yu
    Why, you...
[16:26] yu
    the kids were feeling
    really moved by the story!
[16:29] yu
    I want to inspire those kids
    the way my brother inspired me!
[16:34] gora
    Yumoto...
[16:35] gora
    You've grown up so much...
[16:37] wom
    Love Making into the Battle Lovers!
[16:43] yu
    Love Making!
[16:49] yu
    The Sparkling Prince!
[16:51] yu
    Battle Lover Scarlet!
[16:54] en
    The Flashing Prince!
[16:56] en
    Battle Lover Cerulean!
[16:58] atsu
    The Piercing Prince!
[17:00] atsu
    Battle Lover Epinard!
[17:04] io
    The Roaring Prince!
[17:06] io
    Battle Lover Sulfur!
[17:08] ryu
    The Thrilling Prince!
[17:10] ryu
    Battle Lover Vesta!
[17:17] en
    This love-filled planet will
    not abide those who lack love!
[17:21] ryu
    Those who wield loveless
    power must kneel before love!
[17:25] io
    Love is power!
[17:26] io
    Love is hope!
[17:28] atsu
    Be born for love!
[17:29] atsu
    Give your life for love!
[17:31] yu
    Love!
[17:32] yu
    We are, forever, the heirs
    to the throne of love...
[17:36] five
    Battle Lovers!
[17:37] yu
    Feel the power...
[17:39] five
    Of love!
[17:42] mic
    I'm the prince of microphones, Mic Monster!
[17:45] mic
    Listen! I'll let you hear a true recitation!
[17:48] mic
    Ladies and gentlemen, watch as I bring
    a moving end to this performance!
[17:51] kid
    Is it a hero show now?
[17:53] kid
    The blur-faces are funny!
[17:54] mic
    Once... upon a time...
    off... in the mountains...
[17:55] yu
    Hey, you!
[17:56] yu
    If you want to move someone, the skill
    of the performance doesn't matter!
[18:00] yu
    As long as you're giving it everything
    you have, the feeling will get through!
[18:02] mic
    Silence, amateur!
[18:04] mic
    I'll show you the power of a true reciter!
[18:11] mic
    Take this! Cry of my soul!
SIGN    Soul Cry
[18:16] en
    "Soul" hurts!
[18:18] at
    Yeah, the kanji does have a lot of strokes!
[18:19] ryu
    "Cry" hurts a lot, too!
[18:22] mic
    Do you see now?
[18:24] mic
    My attacks are cries from my soul!
[18:26] mic
    My words take form and become weapons!
[18:30] en
    I don't get it!
[18:32] at
    Just watch out for flying kanji!
[18:34] mic
    Next up... all of my resentment!
SIGN    Resentment
[18:39] en
    "Resentment" hurts, too!
[18:41] yu
    And it's heavy, as well!
[18:45] io
    My set!
[18:47] io
    I spent a lot of money on that...
[18:51] ryu
    And I threw away my pride to play a Jizo!
[18:53] ryu
    Don't get in our way!
[18:55] mic
    Shut up!
[18:57] mic
    I have a dream!
[18:58] mic
    A dream to make others
    weep at my performance...
SIGN    Dream
[19:06] mic
    Come true, my dream!
[19:12] en
    "Dream" hurts, too!
[19:14] atsu
    And he's pretty annoying.
[19:16] kid
    That monster is scary!
[19:16] kid
    Keep fighting, blurry guys!
[19:19] gora
    Rise again, Yumoto!
[19:21] yu
    You...
[19:22] yu
    For whose sake do you speak?!
[19:25] mic
    What?!
[19:26] yu
    Love is something you give to others!
[19:28] yu
    That's what my brother taught me!
[19:31] go
    That's right, Yumoto...
[19:32] go
    Give, and it shall be given to you!
[19:35] go
    To give is true love!
[19:37] yu
    My brother's folktales probably
    weren't read all that well!
[19:41] yu
    But they always moved me!
[19:43] yu
    Because even though he was
    probably exhausted and sleepy,
[19:46] yu
    he'd tell them just for me!
[19:48] yu
    Because my brother's stories
    were full of his love!
[19:52] (Flashback) go
    Yumoto.
[19:53] (Flashback) go
    Sweet dreams.
[19:55] yu
    What's important isn't the
    skill of the performance!
[19:58] yu
    It's the love!
[19:58] both
    Love!
[20:01] yu
    Let's go! Scarlet Love Lumiere!
SIGN    Love
[20:08] mon
    Love is here!
[20:10] yu
    Now!
[20:12] yu
    Hit him with our love!
[20:15] yu
    Sparkle, Lumiere of Love!
[20:19] en
    Flash, Purifying Aqua!
[20:22] at
    Pierce, Gallant Hurricane!
[20:26] io
    Roar, Raging Gaia!
[20:29] ryu
    Thrill, Blazing Ignit!
[20:44] yu
    True Love Attack!
[20:57] yu
    True Love Fountain!
[21:14] yu
    Love is over!
[21:15] kids
    Yeah!
[21:35] ryu
    These are great!
[21:36] en
    Tastes like mom's home cooking, huh?
[21:38] at
    Yeah.
[21:42] yu
    Bro,
[21:43] yu
    this reminded me.
[21:46] yu
    Even though you were
    always so busy with work,
[21:49] yu
    you'd say that you were always watching me.
[21:52] yu
    That you were watching out
    for me, day and night,
[21:55] yu
    like the moon in the daytime sky.
[21:59] go
    Yeah.
[22:02] go
    You've grown, Yumoto.
SIGN    Curse
[22:17] haru
    Hakone Yumoto. He's truly in our way.
[22:20] aki
    Yes. The Defense Club has to go.
[22:23] dada
    Don't be so impatient, my twins.
[22:25] dada
    The curtain of battle has only just gone up.
[24:01] at
    Next time: The Synchronicity of Love.
SIGN    Next time
SIGN    The Synchronicity of Love
[24:04] at
    Love making!
[24:05] ---
    


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Created 2026-01-29 04:18:27 UTC by whimsee
Updated 2026-01-29 04:18:27 UTC by whimsee