# 4 - King of POP
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GYVN3Q136/denki-gai)
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***SIGN*** King of POP
**[00:05] Hio**
All right.
**[00:09] Hio**
Good morning.
***SIGN*** World Heritage Site Series
***SIGN*** Very delicious.
**[00:23] Hio**
Is this a World Heritage Site?
**[00:26] Kantoku**
It's no fun just filling
the shelves, so I set it up
**[00:29] ---**
so that the staff each have one
shelf of manga to promote.
**[00:33] Hio**
One shelf each?
**[00:35] Kantoku**
Yeah, and you all compete against
the other shelves' sales.
**[00:39] Hio**
So that's why we have this huge line-up?
***SIGN*** Come on Parthenon
**[00:43] Kantoku**
And this is Kameko's shelf.
**[00:45] Hio**
It's pretty elaborate.
***SIGN*** Open Borders Magical Girl
Kurofune Uraga-chan
**[00:54] Hio**
Is this Sensei-chan's art?
**[00:56] Kantoku**
Yeah. She made it at home.
**[00:59] ---**
She's making good use of her talents here.
**[01:02] Hio**
Sensei-chan's amazing.
***SIGN*** Chef Sommelier's Recommendation! Will the Sommelier present his smile?
***SIGN*** Bringing you the best hand-picked manga
***SIGN*** Synopsis
**[01:05] Hio**
This one's Sommelier-kun's shelf, right?
**[01:09] Kantoku**
Yeah, he had Kameko take a
picture and make a panel.
**[01:12] Hio**
I can't believe he's selling himself.
**[01:14] Kantoku**
He's the face of this store, after all.
**[01:18] Kantoku**
I'm sure a lot of people will buy it
just because Sommelier recommends it.
**[01:22] Hio**
It's Sommelier-kun all right.
They all look good.
**[01:26] Kantoku**
Those two read an insane amount.
**[01:29] Hio**
I see.
**[01:30] Kantoku**
Next up,
**[01:32] Kantoku**
Fu Girl's zombie shelf!
**[03:06] Kantoku**
Next up,
**[03:08] Kantoku**
Fu Girl's zombie shelf!
**[03:10] Hio**
Which means...
**[03:15] Hio**
Huh?
**[03:17] Hio**
Huh?
**[03:19] Hio**
It's kind of normal.
**[03:21] Kantoku**
Yeah.
**[03:22] Hio**
I was totally expecting
Fuga-chan's shelf to be...
**[03:25] Hio**
or...
**[03:28] Hio**
or something along those lines.
**[03:30] Kantoku**
I asked her not to do real zombies,
because they're too violent.
**[03:34] (Flashback) Kantoku**
You shouldn't do gore.
**[03:36] (Flashback) Fu**
Oh, come on.
**[03:37] Hio**
There are all kinds of restrictions, huh?
**[03:39] Hio**
I wonder if there's anything I can read.
**[03:55] Kantoku**
She can't do gore, so she's
doing shock stuff instead.
**[03:59] Fu**
We were actually practicing for
Umio-kun to play a zombie, but...
**[04:05] Umio**
Are you ready?
**[04:06] Fu**
Yes.
**[04:25] Umio**
Wait, stop!
**[04:36] Fu**
So Umio-kun stopped cooperating.
**[04:40] Hio**
You should have stopped there.
**[04:42] Kantoku**
And last, but not least...
**[04:44] Kantoku**
My shelf.
***SIGN*** Hio-tan loves it!
***SIGN*** Limited edition post cards
***SIGN*** Momotarou of Wakasa
***SIGN*** Brawns and Buttheads
**[04:48] Hio**
I never gave you permission to use me!
**[04:50] Panel**
I recommend this. Hio-tan reads
it, too. A lady needs to read BL.
**[04:54] Hio**
It's talking, too!
**[04:55] Hio**
And it's so low-quality!
**[04:58] Hio**
And why is it all BL?!
**[05:00] Kantoku**
It's easier to focus on selling a
single genre, and more effective.
**[05:04] Panel**
I recommend this. Hio-tan reads
it, too. A lady needs to read BL.
**[05:06] A**
I smell it.
**[05:06] B**
I do.
**[05:07] C**
I smell it.
**[05:08] All**
I smell boys' love!
**[05:13] Kantoku**
See? I'm selling like crazy.
**[05:15] Hio**
No way!
**[05:16] Hio**
Stop it! My image!
**[05:18] Kantoku**
But it's the best-selling shelf.
**[05:21] ---**
Your femininity must be bringing
out the dudeness of the covers.
**[05:26] Hio**
N-No.
**[05:29] Kantoku**
I'm counting on you from now on.
**[05:31] Hio**
Fine, if you insist.
**[05:34] Kantoku**
*Hio-tan's easy to handle.*
**[05:37] Hio**
What about Umi-chan's shelf?
***SIGN*** Popular!!!
***SIGN*** Anime in the works
***SIGN*** Staff pick
**[05:41] Hio**
It's plain.
**[05:44] Umio**
You're all too wacky!
**[05:46] Hio**
I'm a bit disappointed.
**[05:47] Umio**
Oh, come on! I tried!
***SIGN*** Drifting Classroom
Back to the ocean!
No. 1 drifter manga
**[05:50] Kantoku**
You like this manga, huh?
**[05:52] Umio**
Yes, I've been reading the
author's webcomics, too.
**[05:56] Kantoku**
It looks normal at first glance,
but you've chosen some promising books.
**[06:00] Umio**
None of them are famous yet,
but they're all manga that I like.
**[06:04] Hio**
I get it.
**[06:06] Hio**
It's because you all have manga that you like
**[06:10] ---**
that you can present so many.
**[06:13] Hio**
I'm counting on you, too.
**[06:15] ---**
Okay.
**[06:18] Hio**
But then, what kind of shelf should I make?
**[06:24] Hio**
All the manga I like are mainstream.
**[06:29] Sensei**
I think your only option would
be to read a lot of manga.
**[06:32] Kameko**
Indeed.
**[06:34] Hio**
You're all so awesome.
**[06:36] Hio**
You set up all those memorable shelves.
**[06:40] Hio**
Kame-chan's photo and Sensei's
manga are practically professional.
**[06:43] Hio**
You're both good at it because
you like doing it, right?
**[06:46] Sensei**
Well, I do, I guess.
**[06:48] Kameko**
I do.
**[06:50] Hio**
I don't even have anything I like.
**[06:53] Hio**
I don't have anything.
**[06:58] Sensei**
That's not true.
**[07:00] Sensei**
You just don't know what you like yet.
**[07:04] Sensei**
Okay, let's go find it.
**[07:11] Sensei**
Gotta have a change of perspective sometimes.
***SIGN*** Mikan Books
**[07:18] Hio**
I-It's the—
**[07:21] Hio**
It's Umanohone's rival store.
**[07:23] Hio**
Our enemies in the Denki-gai bloodbath.
**[07:28] Hio**
It's Mikan Books!
**[07:30] Sensei**
It is.
**[07:31] Hio**
Why are we here?
**[07:33] Sensei**
We're spying!
**[07:44] Sensei**
I don't think you have to hide.
**[07:46] Hio**
But won't we get tortured if we get caught?
**[07:49] Sensei**
Of course not.
**[07:50] Fu**
Different stores have different
ways of pushing books.
**[07:54] ---**
You should check other stores sometimes.
**[07:56] Hio**
Oh, really?
**[08:00] Hio**
Are you interested in that book?
***SIGN*** Gleaming with Manliness
Bouzuman's crowning achievement
**[08:02] Sensei**
I can't see inside,
and there's no marketing text.
**[08:06] Sensei**
Still, I'm buying it.
**[08:08] Sensei**
I like this cover, and this one.
**[08:11] Sensei**
I'm buying it.
**[08:14] Hio**
Can you tell from just the
cover whether it's good or not?
**[08:17] Sensei**
I can't.
**[08:18] ---**
But it'd be a shame if there's a
good one that I ended up not buying.
**[08:23] Sensei**
Besides, it'd suck if it
ended before it got popular.
**[08:35] Sensei**
You'll never see the same manga twice.
**[08:37] Sensei**
If there's ever a manga that I'm even
slightly interested in, I buy it.
**[08:43] Sensei**
Of course, a lot of times I don't
have enough money to buy what want.
**[08:47] Fu**
Can I go look upstairs?
**[08:49] Kameko**
I want to see the figures.
**[08:51] Sensei**
Sure, we'll be waiting here.
**[08:54] A**
Yikes!
**[08:56] Sensei**
See how they're true to their desires?
**[09:00] Sensei**
But there are some that
can never become honest.
***SIGN*** Games 3D History Adult Shoujo manga Comedy Shonen manga
**[09:04] Sensei**
A store's job is to guide
people to their desires.
**[09:08] Sensei**
That's what the line-ups are for.
**[09:10] Sensei**
Are you true to your desires, Hio-tan?
**[09:13] Sensei**
That's, well...
**[09:16] Sensei**
You really do want some books, don't you?
**[09:20] Sensei**
You don't have to hide it.
**[09:27] Sensei**
This is Denki-gai, the land
where all desires are welcome.
**[09:32] Hio**
Desires?
**[09:33] Sensei**
So, Hio-tan, be honest about what you want.
**[09:37] Hio**
Okay.
**[09:43] Hio**
I want to read that book.
**[09:49] Hio**
It's good. I like it.
**[09:52] Sensei**
You're getting it now.
**[09:58] Hio**
All those books I've been ignoring
until now are sparkling.
**[10:02] Sensei**
This sense when you enter a new genre
**[10:04] ---**
of having found a mountain of treasures.
**[10:05] Sensei**
Isn't it fun?
**[10:07] Hio**
Yes, it's exciting.
**[10:09] Hio**
I want to share this feeling with people.
**[10:13] Hio**
Sensei, I'm going to make my shelf.
**[10:16] Sensei**
I'm looking forward to it.
**[10:21] Hio**
So this one goes here, and this one...
**[10:27] Kantoku**
Hey, Hio-tan.
**[10:30] Hio**
Kantoku.
**[10:31] Hio**
I found a genre that I like.
**[10:33] Kantoku**
Sports dramas and friend dramas.
**[10:37] Kantoku**
You're enthusiastic, huh?
**[10:38] Kantoku**
I'll pay you for overtime.
**[10:40] Hio**
Thank you.
**[10:42] Kantoku**
Oh, in that case,
**[10:44] ---**
you should set these ones up, too.
**[10:47] Kantoku**
And this one.
**[10:48] Hio**
All this?!
**[10:50] Kantoku**
You can read them at home.
I'll buy them for you.
**[10:53] Hio**
But I haven't read them yet,
so I can't recommend them.
**[10:58] Kantoku**
Let's say I recommend them, then.
**[11:01] Kantoku**
I'll teach you how to
arrange books effectively.
**[11:05] Kantoku**
What's wrong?
**[11:06] Hio**
No— Thanks.
**[11:10] Hio**
You're nice when we're alone.
**[11:15] Kantoku**
I'm always nice.
**[11:16] Hio**
You're always mean to me.
**[11:18] Kantoku**
You sure?
**[11:19] Hio**
I'm sure.
***SIGN*** I love you! (As a friend)
***SIGN*** Hot and heavy
***SIGN*** Balls-out sports battle
***SIGN*** Anything goes, 'cause we're just friends!
***SIGN*** Approved by *the* Kantoku!
***SIGN*** Boys' friendship special!
**[11:31] Umio**
Kantoku, just what did
you do to Hio-tan-senpai?
**[11:36] Hio**
Good morning, Kantoku!
**[11:41] Kantoku**
Morning, Hio-tan.
**[11:42] Kantoku**
How were yesterday's books?
**[11:45] Hio**
I read them, but they're all—
**[11:49] Hio**
they all go way past friendship!
**[11:52] Kantoku**
Were they?
**[11:54] Kantoku**
You knew, and you read all of them anyway.
**[11:57] Hio**
But—
**[11:58] Kantoku**
You read them.
**[12:00] Hio**
I read them.
**[12:03] Hio**
Why are you looking at me like that?
**[12:05] Umio**
*Hio-tan's shelf soon became the best seller.*
**[12:19] Fu**
Good morning.
**[12:21] Hio**
Hey, Fuga-chan. Morning.
**[12:23] Sensei**
Morning.
**[12:25] Fu**
Here.
**[12:30] Sensei**
Here, Sensei.
**[12:32] Sensei**
Here, Hio-tan.
**[12:33] Hio**
Thanks.
**[12:34] Hio**
This one's for you.
**[12:35] Hio**
Thanks, I'm happy.
**[12:36] Sensei**
*I totally forgot.*
**[12:38] Sensei**
* Today is the biggest*
* girl's event of the year.*
**[12:40] Sensei**
*It's Valentine's Day!*
**[12:41] Sensei**
* Also known as "National Standardized*
* Girl Power Exam Final Answer Finals!"*
**[13:03] Sensei**
My girl power is too damn low!
**[13:08] Hio**
Sensei-chan, are you okay?
**[13:09] Fu**
Hey, Fumio-kun,
**[13:13] Fu**
I, uh, I made a chocolate.
**[13:18] Fu**
I thought you might like it.
**[13:21] Umio**
Homemade, huh?
**[13:23] Umio**
Thank you.
**[13:29] Fu**
Melty zombie chocolate.
**[13:31] Fu**
Like it was too early.
**[13:33] Umio**
I don't really like zombies.
**[13:37] Umio**
I don't really like zombies.
**[13:39] Umio**
I don't like zombies.
**[13:40] Umio**
I don't like zombies.
**[13:43] Umio**
I'm really a zombie.
**[14:03] Kantoku**
Looking for something?
**[14:04] Fu**
K-Kantoku.
**[14:06] Fu**
Where's Sommelier-kun?
**[14:08] Kantoku**
Sommelier?
**[14:09] Kantoku**
He's on 6th floor today.
**[14:11] Fu**
Oh, yeah. Today is the Sommelier Party.
**[14:15] Kameko**
Testing.
**[14:17] Kameko**
The wait is over.
**[14:19] ---**
Sommelier Party Valentine's Special!
***SIGN*** Sommelier Party Valentine's Special!
**[14:27] Hio**
"Sommelier Party Valentine's Special"?
**[14:30] Kantoku**
Yeah, it's a romance manga
special for Valentine's Day.
***SIGN*** Prescription of Love
***SIGN*** Sommelier, Cupid of Love
***SIGN*** One-winged fallen angel arrives
**[14:35] Kantoku**
First love, unrequited love, steamy love,
**[14:37] ---**
pure love, cheating, school romance,
office romance, long-distance romance.
**[14:39] Kantoku**
He'll hook you up with anything.
**[14:41] Hio**
Sommelier-san sure is amazing.
**[14:45] A**
S-Sommelier-san, would you have this please?
**[14:54] B**
Mine, too.
**[14:55] C**
Me, too.
**[14:57] Umio**
Sommelier-san is popular.
**[15:00] Kantoku**
Yeah, and he has a lot of fans.
**[15:03] Kantoku**
Every year, he gets a ton of chocolates.
**[15:06] Kantoku**
That's roughly what he got last year.
**[15:08] Umio**
All that?
**[15:16] Kantoku**
Hey, Sommelier,
**[15:18] Kantoku**
You remember this aura, don't you?
**[15:30] All**
Ero-hon G-man-san!
**[15:32] Hio**
She's back!
**[15:34] (Flashback) G-men**
I am an ero book lover.
**[15:38] (Flashback) G-men**
I am an ero book lover!
**[15:52] G-men**
The book you showed that student just now.
**[15:56] G-men**
Its content is rather extreme.
**[15:58] G-men**
It's quite
**[16:00] ---**
unwholesome!
**[16:08] G-men**
The books you presented at
the previous Sommelier Party
**[16:11] ---**
were also unwholesome indeed.
**[16:14] G-men**
However, I am
**[16:19] ---**
an unwholesome human being!
**[16:31] G-men**
I came today to thank you.
**[16:36] G-men**
Please hook me up with more
unwholesome books going forward.
**[16:42] G-men**
Now, then.
***SIGN*** Take my chocolate banana
in your mouth <3
**[17:20] Sensei**
Which one is good?
**[17:32] Sensei**
Which one is the right one?
**[17:37] Sensei**
I choose you!
**[17:41] A**
Hello.
**[17:44] A**
Age verification, please.
**[17:45] A**
Never mind, not for this one.
**[17:50] Fu**
The Sommelier Party's over, right?
**[17:52] Fu**
Where's Sommelier-kun?
**[17:55] Kantoku**
He already went home.
**[17:58] Kantoku**
You still haven't given him yours?
**[18:01] Fu**
No, I'll give it to him some other day.
**[18:07] Fu**
Sorry.
**[18:08] Fu**
I'll go back to work.
**[18:16] Kantoku**
It's fine. There aren't
too many customers today.
**[18:20] Kantoku**
You can still catch up to him.
**[18:21] Fu**
Kantoku.
**[18:24] Fu**
Thank you.
**[18:26] Kantoku**
Yep, good luck.
**[18:27] Fu**
Oh, and this.
**[18:43] Fu**
There he is.
**[18:44] Fu**
Sommelier-kun.
**[18:48] Fu**
He walks so fast.
**[18:52] Fu**
Sommelier-kun.
**[18:54] Fu**
Sommelier-kun.
**[18:57] Fu**
Sommelier-kun.
**[19:01] Fu**
Sommelier-kun.
**[19:12] Fu**
Sommelier-kun, where are we?
**[19:29] Fu**
I ended up not catching
you until you got home.
**[19:37] Fu**
*I'm in Sommelier-kun's room.*
***SIGN*** Batalia
**[19:46] Fu**
What's that manga? I really want to read it.
***SIGN*** 28 Seconds Later
**[20:13] Fu**
*No, I didn't come here to read manga.*
**[20:16] Fu**
* Beware, Sommelier's incredibly*
* comfortable home.*
**[20:22] Fu**
*I'm just here to give him something.*
**[20:25] Fu**
*So why?*
**[20:27] Fu**
*Why can't I bring it up?*
**[20:30] Fu**
Sommelier-kun.
**[20:33] Fu**
H-Here.
**[20:35] Fu**
For you.
**[20:41] Fu**
Y-You can open it.
***SIGN*** Hot Chocolate Fudge
***SIGN*** Pour that hot chocolate on me...
**[20:50] Fu**
Did you already have it?
**[20:53] Fu**
You always teach me things.
**[20:57] Fu**
So for once, I wanted to give you something.
**[21:05] Fu**
Thanks for everything.
**[21:07] Fu**
I hope you'll teach me more.
**[21:18] Fu**
So can I come to your place again?
**[21:23] Fu**
To read the rest, and stuff.
**[21:56] Fu**
*Why?*
**[22:01] Fu**
*Why couldn't I give this to him?*
***SIGN*** Manager
**[23:37] G-men**
You want me to read the preview?
***SIGN*** Thank you for watching
**[23:39] G-men**
I don't usually work after hours, but...
***SIGN*** See you again!
**[23:41] G-men**
Very well.
**[23:42] G-men**
Next episode is panty shots.
**[23:44] G-men**
Understand? Panty shots.
**[23:45] G-men**
Panty shots. Panty shots!
***SIGN*** Hot Chocolate Fudge
***SIGN*** Pour that hot chocolate on me...
***SIGN*** Illustration: Haruse Hiroki
***SIGN*** Uma-kun's pick!
**[23:47] [SONG] Text**
Another uneventful Valentine's Day!
A 2D gem to get you through the
trials of reality!! Let's pour plenty
of chocolate on this gift girl! (What)
***SIGN*** See you again!