8 - Love is Like the Snow

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[00:00] mon
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[00:00] sign
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[00:00] all
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[00:00] both
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[00:09] en
    I never knew Yumoto's brother made soba.
[00:13] at
    So he can do more than just chop wood.
[00:15] yu
    Yeah!
[00:17] yu
    Today we'll eat Gora's
    hand-made New Year's soba,
[00:20] yu
    then listen to the New Year's bell
[00:21] yu
    and make our first shrine visit
    of the new year together!
[00:23] yu
    Then we'll watch the first sunrise
[00:26] yu
    and eat our New Year's feast together...
[00:29] yu
    I'm looking forward to it so much!
[00:32] en
    What are you talking about?
[00:33] en
    Once I'm out of this bath, I'm
    eating soba and heading home.
[00:36] at
    Same here.
[00:37] yu
    Huh? Senpais, you're just going home?
[00:40] io
    I'm going, too.
[00:41] io
    For the New Year, I always visit a shrine
    to Benzaiten to pray for my stocks to go up.
[00:45] ryu
    I'm going to the daruma fair with some girls.
[00:48] at
    The daruma fair?
[00:49] ryu
    We were supposed to go snowboarding,
[00:52] ryu
    but it's so cold it got to be
    more trouble than it was worth.
[00:54] en
    Speaking of which, didn't we have plans
    to go skiing during winter break?
[00:59] io
    Yes.
[01:00] io
    Though sadly we had to cancel because Yumoto
[01:03] io
    couldn't save up enough allowance.
[01:05] yu
    I tried really hard,
[01:08] yu
    but I just couldn't seem to save it up!
[01:10] at
    What is your allowance, anyway?
[01:12] yu
    500 yen per month!
[01:13] all
    Are you a child?!
SIGN    Love is Like the Snow
[02:57] yu
    Everyone's going home after the soba...
[02:59] yu
    it's gonna be a lonely New Year...
[03:01] en
    What's the big deal?
[03:03] en
    Go on your first shrine visit with Gora.
[03:05] at
    That's right.
[03:06] at
    Make it a brother thing.
[03:07] ryu
    Yeah!
[03:09] ryu
    Wouldn't that be a nice way
    to kick off the year, Yumoto?
[03:12] yu
    Just me and Gora?
[03:16] yu
    Yeah, good idea!
[03:17] yu
    Okay!
[03:18] yu
    Then after we eat the soba,
[03:20] yu
    me and my bro will go for
    our first shrine visit...
[03:22] yu
    and watch the first sunrise
    of the New Year together!
[03:24] haru
    What?
[03:26] haru
    Yumoto doesn't just get to eat
    Gora-san's New Year's soba...
[03:29] aki
    ...he gets to spend the first shrine visit
    and first sunrise of the New Year alone with him?
[03:32] haru
    Such an active and marvelous New Year.
[03:34] haru
    We will...
[03:35] both
    ...never let it happen!
[03:41] (Flashback) haru
    He doesn't get the day off
    off, even on New Year?
[03:44] (Flashback) aki
    The Andromeda calendar isn't like Japan's.
[03:49] (Flashback) aki
    Let's watch CIDE and wait, Haru.
SIGN    Due to a cosmic storm, your scheduled programming will not be seen today
[03:52] ann
    Due to a cosmic storm, your scheduled
    programming will not be seen today.
[03:57] ann
    Andromeda Ramen Battle!!
[03:58] [SONG] sign
    Andromeda Ramen Battle!!
[04:02] (Flashback) haru
    You're kidding me!
[04:03] (Flashback) haru
    How can the broadcast be canceled?
[04:08] dada
    Hey, you two.
[04:09] dada
    Could you help me get ready
    for the mochi-pounding?
[04:11] dada
    It's really hard doing it alone!
[04:13] haru
    Dadacha.
[04:14] haru
    We'll do the mochi-pounding later.
[04:17] haru
    First, we're going to ruin
    their New Year's soba!
[04:21] haru
    Then we're going to unveil the special New
    Year's gift we've been holding in reserve!
SIGN    Tomorrow's Weather
[04:27] man
    It'll be cold, but clear
    skies all over Japan.
[04:30] yu
    Hey, the Pink Song Battle is about to start!
[04:35] en
    What are you talking about?
[04:37] en
    On New Year's Eve,
[04:39] en
    you have to watch "Classic Japanese
    Melodies to End the Year."
[04:41] ryu
    Huh?
[04:43] ryu
    Don't you watch the "Don't Get Mad" series?
[04:46] ryu
    It's ending this year, you know!
SIGN    The World Ham Walk
[04:49] at
    No, on New Year's Eve you're
    supposed to put in a DVD!
[04:52] io
    No, since the markets are closed for the day,
[04:55] io
    my New Year's tradition is getting
    fired up watching martial arts!
[05:05] wom
    Earth New Year's Eve is filled with
    so many different kinds of love!
SIGN    Gokaku Cram School
SIGN    Jinzou Makoto
[05:19] kid
    This spring, we'll be in art school!
[05:21] kid
    We just have to buckle down
    for New Year's, that's all.
[05:23] kid
    We've gotta get into college
    on our first try, right?
[05:32] aki
    Haru.
[05:33] aki
    I see a good one.
[05:34] haru
    Yeah.
[05:40] haru
    Hey, Senpai.
[05:42] kid
    Senpai?
[05:43] haru
    Yes, we're students at Binan
    High School, just like you.
[05:48] kid
    Oh... r-really?
[05:51] aki
    Although we have very little in
    common with a 23-year-old senpai
[05:55] aki
    who's spent five years failing
    to get accepted into college.
[05:59] kid
    H-How did you know that?
[06:01] haru
    Senpai, really.
[06:03] haru
    You think "I'm actually a genius
    who will change the world"
[06:08] haru
    or something, don't you?
[06:10] haru
    Yet they won't acknowledge your
    genius, so you just continue failing.
[06:17] haru
    Even your parents are fed up with you.
[06:18] haru
    You borrow money to go to cram schools with
    no hope of ever paying back your debts.
[06:23] aki
    And yet you think it's all the fault of the
    people refusing to accept you into college.
[06:29] kid
    Yeah, that's right!
[06:31] kid
    It's not my fault I've been
    rejected for five years!
[06:34] kid
    The university people just don't
    appreciate my shining art talent!
[06:38] kid
    If I keep failing, my debts
    will just keep snowballing...
[06:42] kid
    I'm never going to escape this winter.
[06:47] haru
    So, why not show them that shining talent?
[06:50] aki
    You want to draw
[06:52] aki
    an incredible picture that will
    change the whole world, don't you?
[07:02] ryu
    We gotta watch Classic Japanese
    Melodies for New Year's, huh?
[07:04] io
    We decided with rock paper
    scissors. What can you do?
[07:07] en
    His vibrato is the best.
[07:12] ryu
    After we eat, I'm going home.
[07:14] ryu
    Yumoto, when's the soba coming?
[07:15] yu
    Bro Gora just put it in the
    water, so it'll be done soon!
[07:18] yu
    Is this kotatsu a little cold?
[07:21] at
    I'm gonna get a chill from the bath.
[07:22] wom
    Then let's set it to maximum!
[07:26] io
    The heater doesn't seem to
    be working well, either.
[07:29] ryu
    Here's what I do at times like this!
[07:31] ryu
    Toasty!
[07:32] yu
    Hey, that's ours!
[07:34] yu
    Bro Gora's gonna be so mad!
SIGN    Do Not Remove
    Kurotama Bath
[07:36] yu
    It says "Do not remove"!
[07:39] ryu
    Then how about this?
[07:42] all
    Toasty!
[07:44] gora
    Yumoto, it's done.
[07:46] yu
    Yeah!
[07:47] gora
    I'll bring the stew by later.
[07:49] gora
    Eat them before they get soggy, everyone.
[07:51] all
    Let's eat!
[07:54] haru
    Here's your first mission...
[07:56] both
    Snowman Monster!
[08:11] yu
    What happened?
[08:12] io
    It seems to be a power outage.
[08:15] haru
    Hey, the power went out
    before we even did anything.
[08:18] en
    Yumoto, where's the flashlight?
[08:20] yu
    I'm looking for it!
[08:22] ryu
    That's my leg!
[08:24] at
    That's my head!
[08:25] io
    Really.
[08:26] io
    This is why you should have a disaster
    readiness kit, just in case.
[08:34] yu
    Hey, it's back on!
[08:36] yu
    Great!
[08:37] en
    Not great.
[08:39] en
    The song is over.
[08:41] at
    Too bad, huh, En-chan?
[08:43] io
    Anyway, let's eat our soba before the
    power goes out again, then get going.
[08:49] io
    They're soggy...
[08:52] aki
    They used that power outage to
    take the wind out of our sails!
[08:55] haru
    Even more unforgivable!
[08:57] both
    Go, Snowman Monster!
[09:03] mon
    The land is my canvas!
[09:05] mon
    I'll paint it in my image!
[09:15] mon
    My canvas!
[09:18] man
    Thank you very much!
[09:19] dragon
    On New Year's, eat mochi, mochi, mochi!
[09:20] en
    Okay,
[09:21] en
    I'd better get going.
[09:23] en
    Thanks for the meal, Yumoto.
[09:25] at
    I think I'll head home, too.
[09:27] yu
    Huh?
[09:27] yu
    You're really leaving?
[09:29] io
    It's about time for me, too.
[09:31] ryu
    And me.
[09:33] all
    Well, see you!
[09:35] all
    Have a happy New Year!
[09:37] en
    Huh?
[09:39] en
    It won't open!
[09:42] ryu
    Yumoto.
[09:43] ryu
    Did you lock the door so we couldn't leave?
[09:45] yu
    Of course not!
[09:51] en
    What's with all this snow?
[09:52] at
    It wasn't coming down at all before...
[09:55] io
    And the weather forecast said it would
    be clear skies all over the country...
[10:01] aki
    They won't be able to get out.
[10:03] haru
    Now we'll send them the present
    we've been holding onto.
[10:06] haru
    Snowman Monster, third mission!
[10:13] io
    Looks like we'll be having
    New Year's at Yumoto's house.
[10:16] at
    Yeah, there's just too much snow.
[10:20] yu
    Ten seconds to the new year!
[10:24] yu
    Five!
[10:25] yu
    Four!
[10:26] yu
    Three!
[10:27] yu
    Two!
[10:28] yu
    One!
[10:29] yu
    Happy New Year!
[10:35] snow
    Happy Snow Year!
[10:37] yu
    A snowman!
[10:41] mon
    I'm Snowman Monster!
[10:43] mon
    To celebrate the new year,
    I'll paint you in my image!
[10:46] en
    Close the freaking window,
    it's cold out there!
[10:48] ryu
    Yeah, c'mon.
[10:49] ryu
    It's cold.
[10:51] mon
    Hey!
[10:52] mon
    A monster just showed up!
[10:54] mon
    Come on!
[10:54] mon
    Stand up and fight!
[10:56] en
    Can't you give us New Year's off?
[10:57] at
    There's no way we can fight
    in this cold. No way.
[11:00] ryu
    I can't leave the kotatsu.
[11:01] ryu
    I will not.
[11:02] yu
    Wom-san's all curled up
    under the kotatsu, too!
[11:05] io
    Working the New Year's
    holiday demands a pay bump.
[11:08] io
    And it's currently midnight,
[11:09] io
    so we'd need a late night bonus, too...
[11:12] mon
    Oh no!
[11:13] wom
    Don't go to any trouble.
[11:15] en
    Then it's settled.
[11:16] en
    We're taking the holiday off.
[11:18] at
    It's decided.
[11:21] all
    Cheers!
[11:24] aki
    I bet they've all been
    turned into snowmen by now.
[11:29] haru
    Take that, Yumoto!
[11:31] haru
    Take that, Defense Club!
[11:33] dada
    Go on, eat your New Year's stew!
[11:36] mon
    I can't tell them I went
    home without getting them to fight me...
[11:41] mon
    What do I do?!
SIGN    Beppu Akihiko Born August 21st Blood Type AB / Leo Hobbies: Calligraphy, Flute Likes: Rice balls
[12:00] dada
    First calligraphy of the year, and...
[12:02] dada
    New Year's decorations?
[12:04] haru
    The new year must be greeted with beauty.
[12:06] aki
    I'm writing our New Year's resolutions.
[12:10] mon
    What do I do? What do I do?
[12:12] mon
    I know.
[12:13] mon
    I'll get them before they realize...
[12:17] gora
    "I never know how to write
    the 'Yu' in 'Yufuin.'"
[12:20] at
    Here!
[12:21] all
    He's so fast!
[12:22] en
    He got another one!
[12:24] at
    En-chan, you still only have three?
[12:26] en
    So what if I do?
[12:27] yu
    I've got three, too!
[12:29] ryu
    I haven't gotten a single card yet.
[12:32] ryu
    I'm a shoo-in for the punishment.
[12:33] wom
    As am I.
[12:35] wom
    It's the short arms that do it.
[12:38] io
    So the third member
[12:40] io
    of the designated shopper team will
    either be Yufuin-senpai or Yumoto.
[12:50] gora
    Hakone's—
[12:51] all
    Me! Me me me!
[12:56] gora
    —feels good.
[12:56] yu
    I did it!
[12:59] at
    So the punishment falls
    to En, Ryuu, and Wom-san.
[13:04] yu
    Hey, bad news!
[13:06] yu
    Mr. Tawarayama's frozen over!
[13:10] en
    Hey.
[13:11] ryu
    Yeah?
[13:12] en
    What's the deal with dominos?
[13:15] en
    They make no sense.
[13:17] ryu
    In the end, you just knock them all over.
[13:19] ryu
    I don't get the motivation behind it.
[13:22] wom
    The enjoyment comes
[13:23] wom
    from the thrill of accomplishment at
    seeing something through together—
[13:27] en
    Yeah, there's none.
[13:29] ryu
    Speaking of, I don't get the motivation for
    being on those male cheer squads, either.
[13:33] ryu
    They're supposed to be encouraging people!
[13:34] en
    Yeah, guys in big jackets clapping on a
    3-3-7 beat doesn't really do it for me.
[13:39] wom
    It's a tradition overflowing
    with manly spirit,
[13:41] wom
    the bonds of male friendship,
[13:43] wom
    and other such wonderful...
[13:45] mon
    If they won't fight me, I'll
    bring the fight to them!
[13:57] ryu
    Speaking of things I don't understand,
    what's with the way girls go shopping?
[14:04] yu
    One, and... two!
[14:07] yu
    I win!
[14:09] at
    I'm so sick of this.
[14:11] io
    We've done karuta, fukuwarai,
    and top-spinning.
[14:14] io
    This is the game we're stuck with.
[14:16] en
    Skipping makes no sense to me, either.
[14:18] ryu
    Yeah, I hear you!
[14:20] ryu
    You just bounce up and down,
    barely moving forward at all!
[14:24] en
    It also makes you more
    likely to trip and fall.
[14:26] wom
    I think it's a full-body expression of that
[14:29] wom
    whoop-de-doo, pitter-patter,
    zing-zing feeling in your heart!
[14:33] en
    Whoop-de-doo, pitter-patter, zing-zing...
[14:36] en
    I haven't had a lot of that lately.
[14:38] ryu
    Same.
[14:39] ryu
    It's all been hurgh and brrr for me lately.
[14:42] mon
    If you want whoop-de-doo,
    pitter-patter, zing-zing that bad,
[14:45] mon
    I'll give it to you!
[14:47] mon
    Snow, snow, snow, blizzard!
[14:53] ryu
    Senpai!
[14:54] ryu
    Skipping is great, huh?
[14:56] ryu
    Even though it's a blizzard,
    I'm having tons of fun!
[14:58] en
    Yeah!
[14:59] en
    Why did I reject it for so long?
[15:02] en
    It's a crime that only kids do it!
[15:04] wom
    I feel utterly whoop-de-doo,
    pitter-patter, zing-zing!
[15:08] mon
    The attack's not working at all!
[15:10] mon
    In that case, time for the "Slip and Fall in the Snow
[15:13] mon
    That Encompasses College Entrance
    Exam-Takers Nationwide" Attack!
[15:19] en
    It's slippery here.
[15:20] en
    Be careful.
[15:45] ryu
    I haven't had a pitter-patter zing-zing
    feeling like this in a while.
[15:48] en
    Yeah,
[15:49] en
    I guess we used to do stuff
    like that every day, huh?
[15:53] yu
    Senpai!
[15:55] yu
    Let's go!
[15:59] at
    I'm starting to forget which
    side got the punishment.
[16:04] at
    You know?
[16:04] io
    Yes.
[16:07] yu
    I did it!
[16:09] at
    Yeah, you did!
[16:10] io
    Then let me show you what
    happens when I get serious!
[16:18] gora
    Hey, you're all playing!
[16:22] gora
    Hey now, big brother's going
    to get serious now, too!
SIGN    Get within five meters of Gora-san.
SIGN    Make eye contact with Gora-san five times.
[16:32] aki
    This is a true ward against evil.
[16:37] gora
    Why, you!
[16:39] both
    That voice!
[16:50] haru
    That sweater!
[16:51] aki
    That's the Gora-san sweater
    we stayed up all night
[16:55] aki
    knitting for Gora-san!
[16:57] both
    Unforgivable!
[16:59] haru
    What is that Snowman Monster doing?
[17:02] dada
    What's all the fuss?
[17:04] aki
    Dadacha, call Snowman
    Monster back here at once!
[17:07] dada
    G-Got it!
[17:11] en
    Why is it totally clear here?
[17:13] ryu
    It looks like the snow clouds are completely
    focused on the Kurotama Bath area.
[17:17] wom
    Just a day into the new year and
    things are already getting strange...
[17:22] mon
    I couldn't beat them.
[17:24] mon
    I suppose it's time for an artful suicide...
[17:26] dada
    What are you doing here?!
[17:28] dada
    Get back there and fight them!
[17:30] at
    That was surprising.
[17:32] at
    Io, you know a lot about building igloos.
[17:34] yu
    I'm surprised you knew how
    to stack up the blocks!
[17:38] io
    To be honest, when I was a child,
[17:41] io
    I was known as "Igloo Maker Naru."
[17:44] ryu
    We're back!
[17:46] ryu
    Hey, an igloo!
[17:47] yu
    Igloo Maker Naru gave it his all!
[17:51] yu
    Okay, everyone get inside!
[17:54] yu
    Huh?
[18:02] mon
    My leg!
[18:03] mon
    It hurts, darn it!
[18:06] at
    What now?
[18:07] en
    We told you, we're not working today.
[18:11] mon
    If you won't fight...
[18:15] mon
    Then I'll destroy the igloo you built
[18:17] mon
    and make it into a snowman!
[18:20] yu
    You can't!
[18:21] yu
    Igloo Maker Naru worked hard on that!
[18:24] mon
    Then fight me!
[18:26] wom
    You have no choice!
[18:27] wom
    It's the first Love Making of the new year!
[18:31] yu
    Love Making!
[18:37] yu
    The Sparkling Prince!
[18:40] yu
    Battle Lover Scarlet!
[18:43] en
    The Flashing Prince!
[18:44] en
    Battle Lover Cerulean!
[18:47] atsu
    The Piercing Prince!
[18:49] atsu
    Battle Lover Epinard!
[18:52] io
    The Roaring Prince!
[18:54] io
    Battle Lover Sulfur!
[18:57] ryu
    The Thrilling Prince!
[18:59] ryu
    Battle Lover Vesta!
[19:01] en
    This love-filled planet will
    not abide those who lack love!
[19:05] ryu
    Those who wield loveless
    power must kneel before love!
[19:09] io
    Love is power!
[19:10] io
    Love is hope!
[19:12] atsu
    Be born for love!
[19:14] atsu
    Give your life for love!
[19:16] yu
    Love!
[19:16] yu
    We are, forever, the heirs
    to the throne of love...
[19:20] five
    Battle Lovers!
[19:21] yu
    Feel the power...
[19:23] five
    Of love!
[19:27] mon
    You could never understand...
[19:29] mon
    How it feels to keep rolling like a snowball,
[19:32] mon
    then to melt without ever seeing spring.
[19:35] mon
    The same thing, year after year...
[19:39] mon
    The feelings of a snowman
[19:42] mon
    who can never escape winter...
[19:47] yu
    But everyone loves snowmen.
[19:50] yu
    They make our hearts feel
    like warm and toasty spring.
[19:53] mon
    Warm and toasty spring?
[19:55] yu
    As long as you live in everyone's hearts,
[19:58] yu
    even a snowman can see spring.
[20:02] mon
    I can see spring, too?
[20:05] yu
    True Love Fountain!
[20:20] yu
    Love is over!
[20:27] yu
    Hey, it really was sunny
    out, just like spring!
[20:31] wom
    When it's New Year, spring's not far away!
[20:34] yu
    Getting to spend both New Year's Eve
    and New Year's Day with you guys
[20:36] yu
    and my brother is a great
    sign of things to come!
[20:39] yu
    I'm so grateful to that monster!
[20:41] both
    What?!
[20:43] haru
    Even looking on the bright
    side has its limits!
[20:45] haru
    Being grateful for a monster?!
[20:47] aki
    What have we been doing wrong?
[20:50] aki
    No...
[20:50] aki
    the real question is, what
    is wrong with Hakone Yumoto?
[20:53] aki
    If even this doesn't get the point through...
SIGN    Lucky
    Sweet Sake
    Free
[21:01] yu
    It's hot!
[21:02] yu
    But delicious!
[21:04] en
    I don't know how you can drink that.
[21:06] en
    You can still taste the rice
    grains. I can't stand it.
[21:08] ryu
    Same here!
[21:09] ryu
    Senpai, we're pretty in sync this year!
[21:11] en
    No, we're not.
[21:14] at
    So, En-chan, what did you wish for?
[21:18] en
    For the kind of year where I
    can spend every day skipping.
[21:21] at
    Huh?
[21:27] ryu
    That's the guy...
[21:29] io
    I hope he finds his spring this year.
[21:43] yu
    Brothers-senpai!
[21:44] yu
    Happy New Year!
[21:45] haru
    How dense can you get?
[21:47] aki
    How have you not realized it?
[21:49] yu
    Realized what?
[21:50] haru
    Don't play dumb!
[21:52] haru
    We're the ones who have been
    sending monsters after you!
[21:57] aki
    Don't you get it yet?
[21:59] aki
    We, the brothers, are...
[22:09] both
    The twin stars shining in the heavens!
[22:11] haru
    Salty Sol!
[22:13] aki
    Melty Luna!
[22:16] both
    Galaxy Idols: The VEPPer!
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    The Chemical Substance of Love
[23:54] ryu
    Next time: "The Chemical Substance
     of Love!"
[23:57] ryu
    Love Making!
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