# E3 - Fake Friend!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G4VUQMX4J/fake-friend)
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**[00:00] ---**
*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.
**[06:14] ---**
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?
**[07:05] ---**
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?
**[07:32] ---**
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.
**[08:40] ---**
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.
**[08:54] ---**
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
**[09:11] ---**
Shibuya'sTheBest!!!
**[09:22] ---**
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?
**[09:36] ---**
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?
**[12:45] ---**
I just can't tell.
**[12:46] ---**
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...
**[13:01] ---**
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.
**[15:01] ---**
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.