E3 - Fake Friend!
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Tomomin's going viral on Qwaster!
[00:03] ---
Oh, Tomomi's a friend of mine.
[00:05] ---
I made a bunch of accounts
and liked her stuff.
[00:10] ---
Don't fight, everyone.
I'm friends with all of you.
[00:14] ---
You're the best, Tomomi!
[00:18] ---
Tomomi's everybody's friend!
[02:02] ---
Why not?
[02:04] ---
I told you, I'm not interested.
[02:07] ---
But it's really cool.
[02:09] ---
You can transform, you know?
[02:11] ---
Why are you wasting
your time with this crap?
[02:13] ---
It's not like you.
[02:19] ---
My brother...
[02:22] ---
Remember how I told you about the mark
on my brother's forehead when he died?
[02:27] ---
Dreamers' foreheads bear that same mark.
[02:30] ---
Maybe the one who killed him was...
[02:34] ---
Ryuhei?
[02:35] ---
So help me out, will ya?
[02:38] ---
Not my problem!
[02:43] ---
Hey, wait up.
[02:49] ---
You make me sick.
[02:51] ---
You think you're Tomomin?
Don't make me laugh.
[02:54] ---
You're delusional.
[02:57] ---
What are you doing?
[03:00] ---
Someone's coming.
[03:01] ---
Crap, let's go.
[03:08] ---
You okay...
[03:11] ---
Maeshima?
[03:16] ---
I-I'm fine.
[03:17] ---
My friends and I were just playing.
[03:45] ---
Hiya!
[03:46] ---
Mori-san!
[03:48] ---
What are you doing here?
[03:49] ---
Shibuya's my hangout.
[03:51] ---
What about you?
[03:53] ---
I came to do some shopping at LuchiLuna.
[03:56] ---
But...
[03:57] ---
If you wanna accessorize, I know a
much better place. I'll take you there.
[04:01] ---
Oh, I couldn't...
[04:03] ---
Don't worry about it.
[04:10] ---
Hey, it's Rena-chan!
[04:13] ---
It's really her!
[04:14] ---
Hi! Yoo-hoo!
[04:16] ---
She's so cute!
[04:18] ---
You're really popular,
aren't you, Mori-san?
[04:21] ---
I'm the 3,000th most popular
Qwaster user in all of Japan!
[04:24] ---
That's not really all that
impressive, though, is it?
[04:28] ---
And I'm walking with someone like that...
[04:30] ---
Yeah, it's really something, ain't it?
[05:27] ---
Damn it all!
[05:41] ---
Hey, Tomomin, where are we going next?
[05:44] ---
Why don't we take a little trip to Jiyugaoka?
[05:47] ---
I know a place that sells great macarons.
[05:49] ---
Sounds good... but I should be getting home.
[05:53] ---
What? You're going home already?
[05:55] ---
Hey, Rena-chan.
[05:57] ---
Why are you being so nice to me, Rena-chan?
[06:06] ---
Because if I'm nice to a loser like you,
people will think better of me.
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Otherwise, why would I bother?
[06:31] ---
That's right. She's just after something.
[06:34] ---
Who'd be friends with me*
for any other reason?
[06:42] ---
They say she sells her body.
[06:44] ---
I heard she got an abortion.
[06:46] ---
Mori-chan wouldn't do that.
[06:48] ---
Everybody's talking about it.
[06:52] ---
Morning!
[06:53] ---
Hey, so about that Knocker-up thing...
[06:56] ---
Ryuhei, did you hear the rumors, too?
[06:58] ---
Rumors? What rumors?
[07:01] ---
Oh, nothing.
[07:03] ---
What kind of rumors?
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If you don't know, it's fine.
[07:07] ---
Rena. I don't believe any of it.
[07:10] ---
What? You know about them, Ibusaki?
[07:13] ---
Don't worry about the rumors.
People will forget eventually.
[07:16] ---
It's fine. People say all kinds of junk online.
[07:20] ---
It's hard being popular.
[07:21] ---
You can't let it get to you.
[07:29] ---
What are these rumors, anyway?
[07:31] ---
Ah, who cares?
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Let's go, Eri.
[07:35] ---
Hey, wait!
[07:47] ---
It's a waste of time.
[07:49] ---
My friend's in trouble!
[07:51] ---
That's right.
[07:52] ---
Something really bad's happening to Rena.
[07:54] ---
It's the digital tattoo.
[07:56] ---
That's a cool phrase. What's it mean?
[07:58] ---
It means that once information's
on the net, it's there forever.
[08:02] ---
That's even worse!
[08:04] ---
Aruto, you know all about
how the net works, right?
[08:07] ---
It's tough to track down
the source of rumors online.
[08:09] ---
On TV, they make it look easy. You just
look up the IP address or whatever.
[08:14] ---
You watch too much TV.
[08:15] ---
It's not that simple.
[08:18] ---
Huh? It's not?
[08:19] ---
Anyway, forget that.
The Somnium Drops are more important.
[08:22] ---
So we're just ignoring Rena's problem?
[08:24] ---
You told me she had the potential
to be a Knocker-up, right?
[08:28] ---
Yeah, she does, but she's not
interested, so what can we do?
[08:33] ---
Why's she so against it?
[08:35] ---
It's because...
[08:37] ---
I don't know.
[08:38] ---
That's not something to be proud of.
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I don't know, either.
[08:42] ---
Actually, I don't even really
know what a Knocker-up is.
[08:47] ---
Could we give her some time to think it over?
[08:51] ---
Fine.
[08:51] ---
Let's go over what
we know about the Drops.
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First, there seem to be
multiple organizations involved.
[08:57] ---
But they're all getting
them from the same place.
[09:01] ---
The site Eri bought hers
from closed right after.
[09:04] ---
So... we're just ignoring Rena's problem?
[09:07] ---
#Today'sPhoto
[09:09] ---
#DailyRoutine
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Shibuya'sTheBest!!!
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Mori-san.
[09:24] ---
Oh, Maeshima!
[09:26] ---
What's wrong? I don't usually see
you in Shibuya this late at night.
[09:30] ---
I'm worried about you.
[09:32] ---
What? Don't be so silly.
[09:34] ---
You believe those rumors, too?
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I don't care.
[09:38] ---
I don't know who spread those rumors,
but some people are taking them seriously.
[09:45] ---
It's fine! A lot of my
friends don't believe them.
[09:49] ---
Anyway, I've got places to be.
[09:51] ---
Bye!
[09:55] ---
I'll show you how fragile
your fake friendships are.
[10:09] ---
Everyone at school makes me sick!
[10:11] ---
They're saying things like I whore myself out,
I had an abortion, all that crap.
[10:15] ---
None of it's even remotely true!
[10:18] ---
They're much worse.
[10:20] ---
I mean, **** sleeps with guys twice her age,
and **** sells her ass for cash.
[10:25] ---
I guess Maeshima-san's*
the only one I can trust.
[10:28] ---
Mori-san's so vile!
[10:30] ---
Maybe I shouldn't have repeated
those rumors, but that's going too far!
[10:33] ---
How could she upload this?
[10:36] ---
Wait... Surely Rena didn't...
[10:38] ---
Calm down, Ryuhei.
[10:40] ---
It's a deepfake.
[10:42] ---
A deepfake?
[10:43] ---
It's not real.
[10:44] ---
Somebody faked this?!
[10:46] ---
I don't know for sure, but if someone
wanted to, it's entirely possible.
[10:51] ---
So who the hell did it?!
[10:57] ---
I told you to calm down.
[10:59] ---
We don't know that it's
somebody at this school.
[11:01] ---
Then, what do we do?!
[11:03] ---
Ask somebody who knows
how the internet works.
[11:05] ---
Somebody who knows
how the internet works?
[11:08] ---
That'd have to be Aruto.
[11:13] ---
Okay, now I'm mad.
[11:15] ---
Maeshima, you did this, didn't you?
[11:17] ---
Wh-What do you mean?
[11:19] ---
I mean this!
[11:20] ---
I guess Maeshima-san's
the only one I can trust.
[11:23] ---
I-I don't know anything about it...
[11:25] ---
I would never say that!
[11:27] ---
We're not even that close.
[11:31] ---
It's not you?
[11:33] ---
You're sure you didn't post it?
[11:37] ---
Everyone's saying you did.
[11:41] ---
It doesn't matter if it's real or fake.
[11:45] ---
It's what everyone believes that matters.
[11:49] ---
And you know, this is when you
find out who your true friends are.
[11:55] ---
It goes without saying that I trust you.
[12:05] ---
This is when you find out
who your true friends are.
[12:12] ---
Conveyer Belt Sushi
[12:12] ---
Conveyer Belt Sushi
[12:12] ---
Dogen
[12:12] ---
Dogen
[12:23] ---
He's picking all the expensive
plates because I'm paying.
[12:27] ---
Hey, you figured it out yet?
[12:31] ---
I asked you if you'd figured it out yet!
[12:36] ---
And my answer is: I've got no idea.
[12:39] ---
Jeez, I thought you said you knew "how the
internet works." What happened to that?
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I just can't tell.
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I get it.
[12:47] ---
No, you really don't.
[12:49] ---
It wasn't run through a bunch
of foreign proxies or whatever.
[12:53] ---
It's a complete unknown.
[12:55] ---
There's no IP address attached
to it, and no metadata.
[13:00] ---
I'm saying...
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Man, this is a pain.
[13:03] ---
The data says it wasn't uploaded
from anywhere on Earth.
[13:07] ---
But it exists.
[13:08] ---
That's the thing.
[13:09] ---
It exists. Which means...
[13:16] ---
Does that mean a Weird is involved?!
[13:18] ---
That seriously took way too long.
[13:21] ---
Then we need to move! We'll go
to the Traumerei and kick its ass.
[13:25] ---
There's no sign of anything there.
[13:27] ---
That's right.
[13:29] ---
You guys are eating too much pudding!
[13:32] ---
Are you addicted to it?
[13:33] ---
And with my money?!
[13:35] ---
Thank you for the meal.
[13:35] ---
Thank you for the meal.
[13:48] ---
You're my friend, right, Rena-chan?
[13:50] ---
Of course, Tomomin.
[13:52] ---
I'm sorry for doing this to you.
[13:54] ---
But it was the only way
I could get you to notice me.
[13:58] ---
You'll always be my friend, Tomomin.
[14:01] ---
Nobody pays me the slightest
bit of attention. I know that.
[14:05] ---
I'm gloomy. I'm depressed.
[14:07] ---
That's not true.
[14:08] ---
You're always cheerful.
[14:10] ---
You're everybody's friend.
[14:13] ---
Liar!
[14:17] ---
All you do is lie!
[14:19] ---
You only want friends who
can do something for you.
[14:23] ---
It isn't a lie.
[14:26] ---
I'll always be your friend.
[14:30] ---
I'm your friend.
[14:47] ---
Look, it's her.
[14:49] ---
The girl everyone's talking about.
[14:53] ---
She's famous, isn't she?
[14:59] ---
That's her.
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Bet she loves the attention.
[15:02] ---
Oh, I see how it is.
[15:32] ---
Knocker-up!
[16:02] ---
Are you awake, Rena-chan?
[16:05] ---
Where am I?
[16:06] ---
My dream.
[16:09] ---
You really did come.
Just like they said you would.
[16:12] ---
"They"?
[16:14] ---
Yeah. They spread the rumors, created that video,
and made everyone turn against you.
[16:20] ---
They're basically a god.
[16:22] ---
What are you talking about?
[16:24] ---
You don't get it?
[16:26] ---
I mean, look around you.
They brought the real Rena-chan to me.
[16:31] ---
I've always admired you, Rena-chan.
[16:35] ---
I've always followed you on Qwaster.
[16:37] ---
I follow you on Festbook.
[16:40] ---
But...
[16:41] ---
Let me go!
[16:42] ---
Even when I was being bullied, whenever
I saw you smiling on Qwaster, I felt good.
[16:48] ---
But...
[16:50] ---
"If I'm nice to a loser like you, people will
think better of me." What an awful thing to say!
[16:56] ---
You told me: "Otherwise, why would I bother?"
[17:01] ---
I didn't say that!
[17:02] ---
You did! That's why this is happening to you!
[17:05] ---
This is what you get for
looking down on people!
[17:08] ---
That's what they said.
[17:10] ---
They said you choose your friends
based on what they can do for you.
[17:14] ---
Maeshima, calm down and listen to me!
[17:16] ---
I am calm! I am calm!
[17:19] ---
Shut up! Shut up!
[17:21] ---
I get it! I get it!
[17:23] ---
But you people don't
understand how us losers feel!
[17:27] ---
Are we meant to be losers forever?
[17:28] ---
Nobody said—
[17:29] ---
Shut up! Shut up!
[17:32] ---
My wish...
[17:34] ---
My wish is to be like Rena-chan.
[17:39] ---
Yeah, that's good enough.
[17:42] ---
Being one with Rena-chan...
[17:47] ---
Maeshima!
[17:52] ---
Rena-chan, let's become one.
[18:03] ---
Rena!
[18:05] ---
We're coming!
[18:18] ---
Did it feel good when you
saved me from those bullies?
[18:23] ---
Rena would never think that!
[18:26] ---
Rena was bullied, too!
[18:28] ---
That's why it hurts when she sees
someone else being bullied!
[18:32] ---
Liar!
[18:33] ---
I'm not lying!
[18:35] ---
When she was in elementary school,
she went home in tears every day!
[18:38] ---
Yeah. That's right...
[18:41] ---
Everybody lies.
[18:43] ---
Nobody knows how I feel.
[18:46] ---
I know.
[18:47] ---
Even when people were nice to me
back then, I didn't believe them.
[18:51] ---
Their words never got through to me.
[18:56] ---
Until this one idiot came to save me.
[19:00] ---
So I understand how you feel.
[19:04] ---
And that's why...
[19:12] ---
I offer up my wish...
[19:14] ---
And that's why...
[19:21] ---
I won't ever forgive you...
[19:24] ---
for taking advantage of her weakness!
[19:50] ---
You saved the Dreamer?
[19:52] ---
You okay, Maeshima?
[19:54] ---
Her Astral Body wasn't stolen.
She'll be fine once she's had some rest.
[19:58] ---
That was an amazing debut fight.
[20:01] ---
Shut up, you.
[20:02] ---
Man, what a drag. Ending up
working with you of all people...
[20:06] ---
But you looked great.
[20:09] ---
I didn't get to do anything this time, huh?
[20:11] ---
It was over before the Desaria appeared.
[20:14] ---
And we saved the Dreamer.
[20:16] ---
That's good enough.
[20:23] ---
You should rest up some more.
[20:26] ---
Mori-san? Ibusaki-san?
[20:29] ---
It must've been awful.
[20:32] ---
I don't believe what I've done.
[20:34] ---
Don't let it bother you.
It doesn't bother me.
[20:37] ---
You were vulnerable, and they
put wicked thoughts in your head.
[20:41] ---
But all those rumors...
[20:43] ---
When the Weird disappeared,
everyone forgot them.
[20:48] ---
I'm not sure I get it, either,
but these guys say it's all over.
[20:55] ---
I'll say this, though...
[20:59] ---
It's okay to believe in people.
[21:03] ---
Really?
[21:08] ---
It's okay to believe in people...
[21:18] ---
And everything's back to normal.
[21:20] ---
Good, good, good.
[21:42] ---
You moron!
[23:25] ---
Next Time
[23:25] ---
Aruto Fushibe-kun is a boy
who's bratty, but always cheerful.
[23:29] ---
At least, that's what I thought, but he also
has the weight of the world on his shoulders.
[23:33] ---
When the voices of those who writhe in the
darkness echo, the curtain of terror rises.
[23:37] ---
Rascal
[23:37] ---
Next Time: Rascal.
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