9 - Love is Stronger than Pride
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SIGN Student Council Room
[00:09] kusa
Arima. Be quiet.
[00:11] ari
Oh, sorry. Shall I make some tea?
[00:14] kusa
If I want some, I'll tell you.
[00:15] gero
Is it because second term's starting?
[00:18] gero
Is it because of them?
[00:20] gero
Is that why you're feeling grumpy, President?
[00:23] kusa
You're calling me grumpy?
[00:25] kusa
Have I done something to
annoy you, Gero Akoya-kun?
[00:31] gero
You only use my last name like that
when you're feeling grumpy, President.
[00:36] kusa
I'm afraid you're wrong about that, Gero-kun.
[00:39] ari
Oh, I know!
[00:41] ari
I'll bring out the dacquoise
I've been holding on to.
[00:44] kusa
No.
[00:44] gero
No thank you.
[00:45] ari
But at times like this...
[00:47] kusa
What do you mean...
[00:48] gero
..."times like this"?
[00:49] ari
Oh... Well...
[00:51] both
What is it?
[00:52] zun
I have had enough of this!
[00:55] zun
Members of the Caerula Adamas.
[00:57] zun
Our Total Conquest of Earth's Lifeforms
Project has reached a serious problem.
[01:02] zun
We still have not identified the enemy,
[01:04] zun
and they block every one of our plans.
[01:07] kusa
Our most recent plan, as well...
[01:10] kusa
It means our present strategy is not effective.
[01:14] zun
Aurite is correct.
[01:16] zun
I cannot afford to waste any more of
my precious Zundar Needles like this.
[01:20] zun
We must fundamentally rethink our strategy.
[01:23] ari
Precious?
[01:24] gero
Fundamentally?
[01:25] zun
That's right!
[01:27] zun
Instead of waiting for them to appear,
we shall go on the offensive!
[01:30] kusa
Go on the offensive?
[01:33] zun
A new development awaits us!
SIGN Love is Stronger than Pride
[03:15] guy
It happened before, too.
He does such weird things by himself.
[03:19] guy
He really can't read the mood.
[03:22] guy
Or maybe it's that he doesn't read the mood?
[03:24] ---
Yeah, could be...
[03:26] uri
What are they talking about?
[03:28] uri
No, who are they talking about?
SIGN Makuwa Uriya
[03:31] uri
What kind of person must one be
[03:33] uri
to come up in their conversation?
[03:35] uri
The bold type that doesn't read
the mood, but pretends he just can't?
[03:38] uri
The self-centered type that can't read
the mood, but pretends he just doesn't?
[03:42] uri
A hybrid between them?
[03:44] uri
I only know one person like that.
[03:48] uri
Someone who, despite caring what others think,
[03:50] uri
views showing that interest as a sign of failure.
[03:53] uri
Yes.
[03:54] uri
That is...
[03:56] guy
Should we go?
[03:57] guy
Let's go.
[04:00] uri
I know. I really do know.
[04:03] uri
I'm excessively self-conscious.
[04:06] uri
No one really cares what I do.
[04:08] uri
No, I'm the one who's
weird for caring about that.
[04:10] uri
Actually, it's caring about it that
makes me excessively self-conscious.
[04:13] uri
I feel like my mind's racing in circles.
[04:15] uri
Do I want to care or not?
[04:17] uri
Do I want to act like I care or not?
[04:19] uri
And should* I care or not?
[04:21] aur
Makuwa Uriya.
[04:23] arg
Monster of ego.
[04:24] per
You'll make an appropriate
servant to the Caerula Adamas.
[04:29] uri
What's going on? Is this a delusion?
[04:32] uri
Or a prank?
[04:34] uri
No, it must be a delusion.
[04:35] uri
After all, I'm not exactly famous
enough to be the subject of a prank.
[04:39] uri
But what if, by chance, someone films
this and the video is put on the internet,
[04:40] kusa
Aurum!
[04:41] ari
Argentum!
[04:43] gero
Perla!
[04:43] uri
and this becomes my world debut,
and I become surprisingly popular?
[04:47] trio
Donum!
[04:50] uri
That's right!
[04:51] uri
I'm not some ordinary gourd (uri),
but a special melon!
[04:54] uri
Yes, a muskmelon!
SIGN Earth Defense Club (lol)
[05:06] ryuu
Hey!
[05:07] ryuu
So who came up with the name
"Earth Defense Club," anyway?
[05:10] atsu
Who knows? It's been called that
since I started coming here.
[05:14] ryuu
Well, not like it matters.
[05:16] en
If it doesn't matter, don't ask.
[05:17] ryuu
Yufuin-senpai, is that manga interesting?
[05:21] en
Occasionally.
[05:22] ryuu
Which means it's usually boring, then?
[05:25] io
Sounds like your relationships with girls.
[05:28] ryuu
Occasionally interesting.
[05:30] ryuu
The memories are priceless.
[05:32] io
Don't make me laugh.
[05:34] en
I'm impressed you two can hang out.
[05:37] ryuu
You're saying that, Yufuin-senpai?
[05:39] en
What does that mean?
[05:41] atsu
You mean me and En-chan?
[05:43] en
Speaking of which, why
do you hang out with me?
[05:47] atsu
You're asking that?
[05:49] ---
Yeah.
[05:50] atsu
Why...? It just went that way, I guess?
[05:53] en
Wow. That's mean.
[05:54] atsu
You asking me why was pretty mean, too.
[05:57] en
Well, to me, Atsushi, you're basically air.
[06:01] atsu
Is that a compliment?
[06:02] en
It's a huge compliment.
[06:04] atsu
Is it?
[06:09] yumoto
Yo!
[06:10] en
Why are you coming in from there?
[06:12] yumoto
And down!
[06:14] yumoto
I think a change of mood is a good thing sometimes.
[06:16] atsu
What do you mean, change of mood?
[06:18] atsu
I'd really like to hear about this.
[06:20] yumoto
Just kidding. It's a joke.
[06:22] yumoto
It's because Wombat ran away!
[06:24] en
He should just give up and
surrender himself to you already.
[06:27] yumoto
That's right!
[06:29] ryuu
What do you even like about that bristly thing?
[06:31] io
He stinks, too.
[06:33] wom
I am not bristly, nor do I stink!
[06:37] yumoto
Oh, now look! Wom-san is pouting! Poor thing!
[06:42] yumoto
Well, I'm still on your side, okay?
[06:45] en
But if Yumoto was chasing you,
why did you show up after he did?
[06:50] atsu
And where's Mr. Tawarayama?
[06:53] atsu
Did you leave him again?
[06:54] wom
He's right here!
[06:56] en
Hey, rigor mortis is setting in!
[06:58] atsu
Who hung that bag on him?
[07:00] yumoto
Oh, that's mine!
[07:02] en
I wish you'd share a hundredth of the concern
you have for Wombat with Mr. Tawarayama.
[07:10] wom
It's the Love Alert!
[07:13] en
I'm sick of arguing about
whether we should go or not.
[07:15] en
Might as well just go.
[07:17] atsu
Let's zip over there and zip right back.
[07:19] wom
Stop treating this like a rush job!
[07:27] en
There he is!
[07:29] melon
I've been waiting, Battle Lovers!
[07:33] en
You, who befoul our beloved Earth!
[07:36] ryuu
No justice can come from loveless power!
[07:38] io
Love is all!
[07:40] atsu
Live for love! Die for love!
[07:43] yumoto
We are the heirs to the throne of love!
[07:45] five
Battle Lovers!
[07:48] yumoto
Feel the power...
[07:50] five
Of love!
[07:52] yumoto
Now, let's go right to the Love Attack!
[07:55] melon
Why don't we have a little talk?
[07:57] yumoto
A talk? About the jealousy, envy,
and inferiority you feel towards us?
[08:02] melon
Yes, that might make a good theme.
[08:05] melon
Jealousy, pity, and envy are three of a kind,
cooking poison in the same pot.
[08:10] en
What? Is today's monster a wannabe scholar?
[08:14] en
Epinard, I leave this sort of
self-sufficient type to you.
[08:18] atsu
Huh? Why?
[08:19] en
It seems like your strong point.
[08:21] yumoto
I'll beat him down with my
unique communication skills!
[08:26] atsu
You can't call it communication
if you're trying to beat him down.
[08:29] atsu
First, we have to be quiet and hear his side.
[08:31] yumoto
Huh? Grumble grumble.
[08:33] atsu
Don't say "grumble grumble."
[08:35] en
So what do you have to say?
[08:39] melon
The "Andes" in "Andes melon" doesn't
refer to the Andes Mountains.
SIGN Scroll of Riddles
[08:44] melon
Did you know that?
[08:47] melon
The "Andes" in "Andes Melon" doesn't
refer to the Andes Mountains.
[08:50] melon
The truth is...
[08:51] yumoto
Yeah? Yeah?
[08:53] melon
The "Prince" in "Prince melon"
doesn't refer to royalty.
[08:56] melon
The truth is...
[08:57] yumoto
Yeah? Yeah?
[08:58] melon
Melons are not really fruit. The truth is...
[09:02] yumoto
Yeah? Yeah?
[09:04] melon
Are you interested?
[09:06] melon
If you want to know the truth, you'll
have to come to Mt. Binan on Sunday.
[09:12] melon
We shall meet again, friends of my soul!
[09:15] yumoto
What, you're not gonna tell us now?
[09:17] yumoto
No fair!
[09:20] ryuu
The "Andes" in "Andes melon"
[09:23] ryuu
comes from "anshin desu" (don't worry)
with the core (shin) removed.
[09:26] ryuu
A play on the fact that it's a melon with seeds.
[09:28] ---
Wow!
[09:29] ryuu
The "Prince" in "Prince melon"
[09:31] ryuu
is named after the group that
developed the seeds in a lab.
[09:34] ---
Wow!
[09:36] ryuu
"Fruit," according to the Ministry
of Agriculture and Forestry,
[09:39] ryuu
is something that grows into a tree,
[09:40] ryuu
whereas melons are herbaceous,
growing at the soil level,
[09:43] ryuu
which makes them fruit-like vegetables.
[09:45] ---
Wow!
[09:47] ryuu
By the way, the "musk" in "muskmelon"
[09:49] ryuu
doesn't come from the fact
that it appears to have a mask,
[09:50] en
You can look up anything on
the internet nowadays, huh?
[09:53] ryuu
but because it produces a
strong aroma known as "musk."
[09:54] atsu
And that monster seemed so confident
as it threw those riddles at us.
[09:56] ---
Wow! Wow!
[09:58] ryuu
One other thing: the mesh pattern
of a muskmelon is scars!
[10:02] ryuu
It's because of fractures that occur in
the rind as the fruit within is growing.
[10:06] yumoto
Wow!
[10:08] en
I wish the monster could have seen that "Wow!"
[10:12] atsu
He probably would've been
pretty pleased with himself.
[10:14] io
He probably thought he could lure
out someone like Yumoto that way.
[10:19] yumoto
Lure me out? What do you mean, Io-senpai?
[10:22] io
Yumoto, you really are carefree.
[10:26] io
Listen to me. The enemy's plan is...
[10:29] zun
To set a trap for them and strike!
[10:31] zun
That is our plan this time!
[10:33] kusa
We've been one step
behind them all this time.
[10:36] zun
This time, we shall annihilate the enemy.
[10:39] zun
It's a truly delicious idea.
[10:43] ari
By the way, Lord Zundar.
[10:45] ari
Is that thing you're eating right now a sn—
[10:48] kusa
Is that escargot?
[10:50] ari
No, it's a snail!
[10:55] zun
The foods of Earth are delicious.
[10:58] zun
This time, at last, our victory is assured!
[11:02] wom
An ambush?!
[11:04] wom
What a lovelessly dirty trick!
[11:07] ryuu
Regardless of the ambush,
just getting there would be a pain.
[11:11] yumoto
You mean you guys aren't planning to go?
[11:15] ryuu
You're saying you are planning to go?
[11:16] yumoto
Well, he did say, "We shall meet again!"
We solved his melon riddles, but still...
[11:21] ryuu
How far are you willing
to go to humor someone?
[11:23] en
It's not like we told him we'd go, so we're safe.
[11:26] io
That's right.
[11:28] ---
What?
[11:28] wom
Wait a minute!
[11:30] wom
The heirs to the throne of love,
the Battle Lovers, can't simply—
[11:33] en
But it'll be tiring, and baths cost money.
[11:36] atsu
You can't spend money you don't have.
[11:40] io
Why are you looking at me?
[11:42] en
I think Wombat's trying to
ask you to pay our way there.
[11:46] io
Now, look...
[11:47] ryuu
If you try to borrow money from Io,
your friendship with him is over.
[11:51] wom
In this situation, I suppose that cannot be helped.
[11:54] wom
In the name of love—
[11:55] io
Are you saying friendship isn't love?!
[11:59] kino
In that case, I know a very good way!
SIGN Arima Ibushi
Born November 10th
Blood Type AB / Scorpio
Hobbies: Backgammon
Likes: Gardening,
carbonated rice crackers
[12:10] ryuu
Ugh, it's you! Where did you come from?
[12:13] kino
How rude of me!
[12:14] kino
I overheard your conversation.
[12:17] en
Overheard...?
[12:19] kino
If you're having money troubles,
[12:21] kino
our Press Society feels it is of
pressing urgency to come to your aid!
[12:27] atsu
Press Society...
[12:28] ryuu
...and pressing urgency?
[12:30] en
Was that a joke?
[12:31] kino
We have a very good idea.
[12:33] kino
A surefire way to make a fortune in no time!
[12:36] yumoto
What is it?
[12:37] kino
Do you remember?
[12:39] kino
Our Press Society published your Earth
Defense Club activities on the internet.
[12:44] atsu
Well, yeah...
[12:46] en
That's right, that did happen.
[12:48] kino
That article was a big hit!
SIGN Yumoto-kun's cuuuuuute!
SIGN Yes, he's an angel!
SIGN En is way too hot
SIGN Atsushiiiiiiiiii
[12:51] kino
Right now, you all are internet idols!
SIGN Io-kun Io-kun Io-kun Io-kun
SIGN Yumoto-kun Yumoto-kun Yumoto-kun
SIGN I love glasses!
[12:54] all
Huh?!
[12:56] atsu
Internet idols?
[12:57] atsu
Isn't that term a little vague?
[13:01] en
I know the words "internet" and "idols,"
[13:03] en
but when you put them together,
suddenly it all feels very indeterminate.
[13:07] kino
Don't think about it too hard!
[13:09] kino
The point is, you're popular!
[13:13] kino
I've received a lot of requests for more
coverage of that five-man hottie group!
[13:19] yumoto
You want us to do something
to Mr. Tawarayama again?
[13:22] kino
No, no, no! I'm speaking more of gravure.
[13:27] all
Gravure?!
[13:28] kino
If you agree to be my models...
[13:33] kino
I could probably pay you this much.
[13:36] atsu
No way!
[13:37] io
That's not possible!
Are you trying to scam us?
[13:40] kino
Do not underestimate your own popularity!
[13:43] kino
If you sell well, I might be
able to pay you even more!
[13:46] yumoto
Wow!
[13:48] kino
Then, first, take these.
[13:54] taz
Good! Good! Yumocchan, you're amazing!
[13:58] yumoto
Oh, am I?
[13:59] taz
Magnum!
[14:01] taz
Great shot!
[14:02] taz
Perfect!
[14:03] en
Was the Press Society photographer
always that kind of character?
[14:06] taz
A little bit of blur...
[14:08] kino
And now, the rest of you!
[14:18] taz
Good! Nice! Yes, straighter!
[14:20] taz
Right! Good!
[14:21] en
Wait! This is all just cosplay!
[14:25] kino
It's part of a plan to put pictures of the
Earth Defense Club wearing various costumes
[14:29] kino
in calendars and sell them like hotcakes!
[14:32] en
Who would buy something like that?
[14:34] atsu
You know, it's like those calendars with
burly firemen and athletes in various poses.
[14:39] ryuu
I've heard of those.
[14:40] io
I feel vaguely like I've sold my soul.
[14:44] kino
Money talks, even in hell.
[14:47] kino
Well, would you like your receipt?
[14:50] kino
As thanks for the photos.
[15:01] yumoto
Those Press Society guys are really great!
[15:03] yumoto
These rice balls are delicious!
[15:05] yumoto
Thanks, big bro!
[15:07] yumoto
Cards! I wanna play Old Maid!
[15:09] yumoto
Then we'll play shiritori!
[15:11] yumoto
And the Yamanote Line game!
[15:12] yumoto
Oh, there's not enough time!
[15:14] en
He's sure excited.
[15:16] ryuu
Damn, persistent caller.
[15:18] io
Did something happen?
[15:24] yumoto
The air is so fresh!
[15:26] en
We finally made it.
SIGN Binan Mountain Station
[15:30] ryuu
She doesn't believe I'm really
away on club business.
[15:32] io
That's only natural.
[15:34] ryuu
That's so cold! Take a selfie with me, okay?
[15:37] io
Sure, but won't she think it's
just a badly shopped photo?
[15:44] ryuu
Girls are cute, but they're
really annoying at times.
[15:48] en
Really? At times?
[15:50] ryuu
Well, I think of the annoyance
as part of their cuteness.
[15:53] en
Amazing.
[15:54] en
Anyway, so we have to climb this?
[16:01] atsu
If someone says to meet on Mt. Binan,
they'd normally mean the summit, right?
[16:07] en
Can we transform?
[16:08] wom
Oh? Have you finally recognized
yourselves as the Battle Lovers?
[16:12] en
No, but our physical skills increase
when we transform, right?
[16:15] en
I thought it'd make it a little easier.
[16:18] yumoto
We are the heirs to the throne of love!
[16:21] five
Battle Lovers!
[16:23] yumoto
Feel the power...
[16:25] five
Of love!
[16:31] en
Or so I thought, but I guess not.
[16:34] atsu
En-chan, you never exercise effort,
spirit, or endurance, do you?
[16:38] en
Yeah. I'd rather be a lifetime idler.
[16:42] en
That was close! What is this thing?
[16:44] atsu
A sinkhole, maybe?
[16:47] en
Now I'm even more tired.
[16:52] en
By the way, Atsushi, what do
you want to do in the future?
[16:55] atsu
Me? I'm not sure.
[16:58] atsu
Go to college and get a job
like most people, I guess?
[17:01] atsu
Io, are you going to the Cayman Islands?
[17:02] io
There's no retiring from
investment and management, after all.
[17:05] ryuu
Well, I'm gonna become Hugh Hefner!
[17:07] io
I don't know about that.
[17:09] yumoto
I'm gonna become the world's
#1 bath-firewood man!
[17:12] en
Isn't your family's pubilc bath a natural hot spring?
[17:15] yumoto
That's true, but "bath-washer man"
doesn't have as nice a ring to it.
[17:19] ryuu
What is all this, anyway?
[17:24] yumoto
Hey!
[17:25] yumoto
Hey, Melon Monster!
[17:29] yumoto
We're here!
[17:32] melon
Wh-What are you doing here?!
[17:34] yumoto
You told us to come!
[17:36] melon
Well, yes, but on the way up, I set all those...
[17:40] atsu
Oh, you mean that survival action stuff?
[17:43] yumoto
That was pretty fun! Thanks!
[17:46] ryuu
No, I don't think he put
those there for us to enjoy.
[17:49] yumoto
Oh, really?
[17:53] melon
You may be my enemy, but I am impressed!
[17:54] atsu
Looks like he bounced back.
[17:57] melon
You must be very interested in
the melon riddles I threw at you.
[18:01] yumoto
Yeah. Actually, we figured
them all out using the internet.
[18:04] melon
What?!
[18:05] yumoto
"Anshin desu," the name of a group,
and fruit-like vegetables.
[18:09] yumoto
Also "musk" and scars.
[18:10] melon
It can't be... No...
[18:12] melon
You solved my melon riddles so easily?!
[18:15] yumoto
Also, sorry...
[18:17] yumoto
I'm the kind of person who doesn't really
care if he gets melon after dinner or not.
[18:20] en
Same here, actually.
[18:22] atsu
It's just another gourd, anyway.
[18:24] ryuu
I prefer cherries.
[18:26] ryuu
Not American cherries, but Sato Nishiki.
[18:29] io
Those are more expensive too, right?
[18:31] melon
It can't be... You don't care about melons?
[18:36] melon
It's melon, you know? That melon!
[18:38] yumoto
Sorry.
[18:40] yumoto
If you give me some, I will eat it, of course.
[18:42] melon
What an apathetic reaction!
[18:44] melon
You've shaken my entire raison d'etre!
[18:48] en
He's suffering.
[18:50] atsu
Really suffering.
[18:51] ryuu
Why are you talking about
"raison d'etre," anyway?
[18:55] melon
J-Just kidding. I knew that, too.
[18:58] melon
The melon is a relic of the past.
[19:01] melon
I was just playing melon.
[19:03] melon
Because they say melons are tops, you know?
[19:06] yumoto
Playing melon? Melons are tops?
[19:08] melon
In the same way bananas started
to sell out in an instant,
[19:12] melon
and the way people started to say that eggs
are the honor student of foodstuffs,
[19:15] melon
even thinking of melons as
having value is a total anachronism.
[19:16] atsu
Is this guy okay? He's getting
into self-abuse now...
[19:20] melon
I knew all that,
[19:21] melon
but when you say that, it just makes
people worry about you, you know?
[19:25] melon
So the melon was just playing melon!
[19:28] en
Who is he even talking to?
[19:30] ryuu
Himself, I think?
[19:32] io
He seems desperate to bounce back from this.
[19:34] melon
I'm not special at all,
[19:36] melon
but whether you're expecting
me to be special or not,
[19:40] melon
I'd still like to meet your expectations,
or something like that.
[19:43] melon
Have you ever met someone so willing to
think things down two or three levels?
[19:48] melon
Or something like that!
[19:49] yumoto
What's he talking about?
[19:51] en
In a word, he's excessively self-conscious?
[19:54] atsu
That's likely.
[19:55] melon
Likely?!
[20:00] yumoto
I don't really understand, but don't sweat it.
[20:04] yumoto
No worries!
[20:04] melon
No worries?!
[20:06] yumoto
That's right. We did come, after all.
[20:09] melon
You took pity on me!
[20:11] yumoto
This is a nice place. I'm glad we came.
[20:15] yumoto
We owe you, Melon Monster.
[20:17] yumoto
If not for you, I would never have
given a second thought to melons.
[20:22] yumoto
I'm glad.
[20:25] yumoto
I like melon-flavored shaved ice and such.
[20:29] en
And melon bread.
[20:30] atsu
And melon soda, too.
[20:32] io
The cheap stuff has its own appeal.
[20:34] ryuu
And everything has its own flavor.
[20:49] melon
So you don't mind a melon like me?
[20:52] yumoto
Why would we mind?
[20:56] wom
Everyone, now! Give him love!
[20:59] yumoto
Love Shower!
[21:09] melon
Ah, the synergistic effect
of comfort and healing!
[21:12] melon
100% fruit juice is soaking into my scars!
[21:15] melon
I don't need to stay in a
paulownia box any longer!
[21:21] yumoto
Love is over!
[21:25] zun
The presence has disappeared.
[21:27] zun
So he's been loved, as well?
[21:29] gero
A shame.
[21:31] kusa
Forgive us, Lord Zundar.
[21:33] kusa
It seems our selection was ill-considered.
[21:35] zun
But it did have a bit of an effect.
[21:38] ari
Effect?
[21:39] zun
Let's be satisfied with what we did for today.
[21:44] zun
After we take a brief rest,
we'll consider our next development.
[21:49] zun
With that, I bid thee farewell!
[21:55] kino
It looks like the gravure was popular.
[21:58] kino
I hope this will translate into numbers, as well.
[22:02] kino
Right?
[23:40] gero
Isn't it true that the more a person
thinks of himself as "cute,"
[23:43] gero
the blacker his heart must be?
[23:45] gero
How do I know that's true?
[23:47] gero
Well, it's true of me, after all!
[23:50] gero
Next time: Love is Glasses...
SIGN Next Time
SIGN Love is Glasses...
[23:53] gero
Conquest!
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