2 - A Strange and Loving Ox Relationship

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SIGN    Cat   Dragon
SIGN    Cat
[00:23] Chu
    So the ETM12 has begun...
SIGN    Knight
SIGN    Leave breakfast to me! Meow!
[00:49] Takeru
    Wow...
[00:51] Takeru
    The meat cooking smells great.
[00:53] Takeru
    This is kinda nice.
[01:16] [SONG] Takeru
    ETOTAMA
SIGN    Episode 2: A Strange and Loving Ox Relationship
[02:45] Nya
    Morning, Takeru!
[02:47] Takeru
    M-Morning.
[02:48] Nya
    Breakfast will be ready soon!
[02:50] Uri
    Yep, yep!
[02:51] Takeru
    O-Okay.
[02:52] Mo
    Oh, yes!
[02:53] Piyo
    Ow! Hot! Hot!
[02:56] Takeru
    What are those dying screams?
[02:58] Nya
    I guess the heat's too low!
[03:00] Nya
    Chinese food is all about
    the strength of the flame!
[03:02] Takeru
    Chinese food for breakfast?!
SIGN    Puff Puff
[03:05] Takeru
    That's not Chinese food!
[03:07] Nya
    A feast like this right in front of you,
    and that's your initial reaction?
[03:10] Nya
    Only you, Takeru.
[03:11] Takeru
    Wait, put out the fire! Water! Water!
[03:14] Uri
    Here you go.
[03:16] Takeru
    Whoa, that smells really good!
[03:18] Uri
    It's sesame oil.
[03:20] Takeru
    Why'd you give me that?!
[03:22] Takeru
    We have to put out the fire!
[03:24] All
    Fire!
[03:32] Takeru
    I might as well ask...
[03:34] Takeru
    You know all these people, right?
[03:36] Uri
    Yep, yep.
[03:37] Key
    That smells awesome!
[03:39] Inu
    Smells like a yakiniku place, huh?
[03:41] Shima
    That flame was really goin' strong.
[03:43] Dora
    I just love the aroma of sesame oil.
[03:45] Shar
    Sesame oil and salt are the best.
[03:47] Ura
    Salt and sesame oil go together perfectly.
[03:50] Takeru
    Why are you plugging sesame oil so much?
[03:53] Inu
    I'm hungry!
[03:55] Key
    Yeah!
[03:56] Takeru
    Okay, okay. I get it.
SIGN    Kitchen
[04:00] King
    Now, we'll finish it with some...
[04:03] King
    Sesame oil!
[04:08] King
    A dash of salt on top of that is the best!
[04:11] King
    Give it a try.
SIGN    Sesame Oil
[04:13] All
    Let's eat!
[04:21] Nya
    What's the matter, Takeru?
[04:23] Takeru
    Oh, I thought if you were the Eto-shin,
[04:25] Takeru
    there should be twelve of you...
[04:28] Key
    How come you're acting like
    you've never seen us before?
[04:31] Takeru
    Huh?
[04:31] Mo
    What? You and me have already met!
[04:35] Inu
    You don't remember us?
[04:38] Usa
    You know, on the street in Akihabara...
SIGN    Losers
SIGN    Snake: Winner
SIGN    Winners
[04:43] Usa
    He has absolutely no recollection.
[04:46] Key
    Okay, then list the Chinese
    zodiac in order!
[04:48] Inu
    In order!
[04:50] Takeru
    Rat, ox, tiger,
[04:51] Takeru
    rabbit, dragon, snake...
[04:54] Takeru
    Snake... Oh...
[04:55] Mo
    He remembers now!
[04:57] Mei
    And he stopped at the same place.
[05:00] Uma
    I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
    It's because my name sounds bad!
[05:04] Takeru
    This is some kind of trauma
    for her, isn't it?
[05:06] Uri
    Well, she's a horse (uma).
[05:08] Takeru
    Uri-tan, you're on the team I
    couldn't remember. You don't mind?
[05:10] Uri
    Should I mind?
[05:12] Nya
    He ignored it...
[05:13] Takeru
    I see. You're the one who comes
    up with the clever (umai) lines.
[05:16] Uri
    Well, she's a horse!
[05:18] Takeru
    Why do you keep pushing the horse thing?
[05:20] Nya
    Just admit defeat.
[05:23] Takeru
    So, by the way...
[05:25] Takeru
    Why won't that Eto-shin come over here?
[05:29] Uri
    Piyo-tan has the brain of a bird.
[05:30] Uri
    She loses her memories after
    walking three steps.
[05:33] Uri
    When there's something she
    doesn't want to forget,
[05:35] Uri
    she tries not to move.
[05:37] Takeru
    Um...
[05:39] Takeru
    What doesn't she want to forget?
[05:41] Mo
    Of course!
[05:43] Mo
    It's her revenge on Nya-tan for
    what she did to us earlier!
[05:49] Piyo
    I'll never forgive that stupid cat!
[05:51] Takeru
    That's a pretty nasty personality...
[05:53] Uri
    Well, she's a bird!
[05:56] Shima
    Chicken bones (torigara) and personality
    (gara)! She got us good (ippon torareta)!
[05:59] Shima
    Uh, aren't you gonna point out
    that I'm a tiger (tora)?
[06:03] Uri
    M-My ribs are broken...
[06:06] Takeru
    Just from that?!
[06:09] Nya
    I'm stuffed.
[06:11] Nya
    Piyo-tan, you're still over there?
[06:14] Nya
    Come in here already.
[06:15] Piyo
    Shut up! You think I want to eat with you?!
[06:18] Nya
    Don't say that.
    There's enough for you, too.
[06:22] Piyo
    Shut up, stupid cat!
[06:23] Piyo
    Stupid, stupid!
[06:25] Piyo
    Hey!
[06:26] Piyo
    You shouldn't... throw... food...
SIGN    Steps
SIGN    Steps
SIGN    Steps
SIGN    Chomp
[06:34] Nya
    And she forgot.
[06:36] Uri
    That was mean, Nya-tan.
[06:38] Takeru
    Seriously?
[06:41] [SONG] Text
    TV Shopping
[06:43] King
    Have you been forgetting things lately?
SIGN    New Product!
SIGN    Original Product
SIGN    Emotion Toy Balls
[06:46] King
    These Emotion Toy Balls,
    or E-To-Balls for short,
[06:48] King
    will stimulate your memory!
SIGN    Squeeze Squeeze
[06:52] Piyo
    Munch, munch, munch.
[06:53] Uri
    So, as you just saw,
SIGN    Munch Munch
[06:55] Uri
    Nya-tan's always teasing Piyo-tan...
[06:58] Uri
    That is, freeing her from her hatred.
[07:01] Takeru
    Wow.
[07:02] Takeru
    So Uri-tan, are your ribs okay now?
[07:04] Uri
    I'm just fine.
[07:05] Uri
    But fragments of Piyo-tan's memories of
[07:08] Uri
    being freed from hatred still
    remain in her soul...
[07:12] Uri
    So even if she forgets why,
[07:15] Uri
    she always retains the feeling that she
    just hates Nya-tan for some reason.
SIGN    Hiss~
[07:18] Takeru
    That personality must be
    pretty rough on her.
[07:21] Uri
    It's not her personality.
[07:22] Uri
    The roosters are one of the clans that
    tend to hold on to negative emotions.
[07:27] Takeru
    One of them? So there are
    other clans like that?
[07:30] Dora
    You ask quite shrewd questions.
[07:33] Shima
    Well, you'll learn all that in time.
[07:36] Piyo
    Hey! Stop it!
[07:37] Piyo
    I'll turn you into yakitori!
[07:40] Takeru
    Are the cats a clan that tend to be stupid?
[07:43] Dora
    Not at all.
[07:44] Dora
    Eto-musume of the cat clan are
    gentle and quite strong.
SIGN    Teriyaki
[07:48] Dora
    They're benevolent peace lovers
    who dislike conflict.
[07:52] Uri
    Their combat ability far
    exceeds that of the others.
[07:54] Uri
    They're known as the strongest
    of the Eto-musume.
[08:00] Piyo
    Next time you tease me,
    I won't let you off so easily.
[08:03] Piyo
    Remember that!
[08:05] Nya
    You don't even remember anything yourself.
    You're in no position to say that.
[08:09] Takeru
    She doesn't look like the
    strongest of the Eto-musume.
[08:12] Shima
    Nya-tan can't help that. She's got amnesia.
[08:15] Usa
    What? Is that true?
[08:18] Mo
    Oh.
[08:19] Inu
    She does?
[08:20] Key
    I never knew.
[08:23] Takeru
    Amnesia?
[08:25] Takeru
    Is that why she's trying to find herself
    and decide on a character type?
[08:27] Mei
    She's forgotten a lot of important things.
[08:31] Mei
    Poor girl...
[08:33] Uma
    I should be pitied far more, though!
[08:37] Mei
    Yes, of course.
[08:38] Mo
    Oh, no! I never knew she'd been
    through something so tragic!
[08:42] Mo
    If you want to cry,
[08:43] Mo
    you should cry on my chest!
[08:48] Uri
    Mo-tan sees Nya-tan simply as a female.
[08:52] Takeru
    I see...
[08:55] Nya
    
[08:58] Mo
    Oh! Please don't stimulate
    my breasts so much!
[09:02] Mo
    My milk... My milk...
[09:05] Usa
    As a fellow Eto-shin,
[09:07] Usa
    I feel a strong need to apologize for her.
[09:09] Shar
    She never changes.
[09:13] Dora
    Here.
[09:15] Dora
    This is all more than
    human logic can process.
[09:18] Dora
    You must be tired.
[09:20] Dora
    Rest your mind a bit.
[09:22] Shima
    Where'd that come from?
[09:23] Takeru
    Th-Thank you...
[09:30] Takeru
    Isn't that...
[09:31] Dora
    The source of the Eto-musume's
    life force, Sol/Lull.
[09:35] Dora
    The ultimate Sol/Lull, at that.
[09:36] ?
    My, what fine Sol/Lull that is!
[09:42] Dora
    You see?
[09:43] Dora
    There aren't many humans who
    possess Sol/Lull like this.
[09:47] Shar
    No, there aren't.
[09:49] Dora
    That makes him...
[09:51] Dora
    Today's special offer!
[09:52] Dora
    We'll start this Ultimate
SIGN    Ultimate Sol/Lull Maker
[09:55] Dora
    Sol/Lull Maker at 100 yen!
[09:57] Takeru
    Why?!
[09:58] Uma
    I'll buy him for 110 yen!
SIGN    Ultimate Sol/Lull Maker
[10:00] Shima
    150 yen!
[10:01] Uma
    Then I'll bid 151 yen!
[10:02] Shima
    Okay, I'll bid 152 yen!
[10:02] Takeru
    They're starting a bidding war over me!
[10:04] Uma
    Then I'll bid 153 yen!
[10:05] Takeru
    And that's cheap!
[10:06] InuKey
    155 yen!
[10:09] Key
    I'm bidding 155 yen!
[10:11] Inu
    No, I am!
[10:13] Usa
    Then I'll bid 100 million.
[10:15] Takeru
    Now it's incredibly high!
[10:17] Mei
    Then I'll go with 200 million.
[10:19] Usa
    250 million!
[10:20] Shar
    700 million if a secondary prize is included.
[10:22] Takeru
    Hang on! What kind of bidding war is this?!
[10:25] Nya
    Stop!
[10:27] Nya
    Takeru is not an object!
[10:29] Nya
    You're all cruel!
[10:32] Takeru
    Nya-tan...
[10:38] Nya
    Got it.
[10:39] Takeru
    She tricked me!
[10:41] Takeru
    What exactly is Sol/Lull, anyway?
[10:43] Dora
    Didn't I just tell you?
[10:45] Dora
    It's the source of an
    Eto-musume's life force.
[10:47] Takeru
    But why does it come out of me?
[10:50] Uri
    Sol/Lull is the embodiment
    of proper human emotions.
[10:51] [SONG] Text
    Proper Emotions
[10:53] Uri
    It's a type of energy only humans possess.
[10:55] Takeru
    "Proper" emotions?
[10:58] Dora
    You know, every time you've felt grateful,
SIGN    Thank You
[11:01] Dora
    Sol/Lull has appeared.
SIGN    Cat
[11:06] Uri
    And when Sol/Lull collects in an
    Eto-musume's soul, their Etotama,
[11:10] Uri
    they transform from Adult Mode, the form
    that allows them to exist in the human world,
[11:14] Uri
    to the form that allows them to
[11:16] Uri
    fight in the Eto world, Pretty Mode.
[11:20] Takeru
    I see.
[11:23] Nya
    Takeru, give me more!
[11:26] Nya
    Give me more of yours!
[11:29] Takeru
    Let go of me.
[11:31] Mo
    If you're going to cling to a body,
[11:34] Mo
    cling to mine!
[11:35] Nya
    No!
[11:37] Mo
    Oh, listen to you!
    You're such a meaniehead!
[11:40] Nya
    No! Takeru!
[11:42] Uri
    That was a pretty
    old-fashioned expression...
[11:44] Takeru
    But why does Nya-tan want
    that stuff so badly?
[11:48] Shima
    Because...
[11:49] Shima
    She's not an Eto-shin.
[11:52] Shima
    The twelve of us Eto-shin
    are divine messengers,
[11:56] Shima
    so we obtain Sol/Lull through humans'
    devotion without even doing anything.
[12:00] Dora
    But the girls who haven't been
    selected to be in the twelve
[12:03] Dora
    have to gather Sol/Lull on their
    own in order to transform.
[12:33] Chu
    What low-quality Eto-musume
    we have this time around.
SIGN     Eto-musume can take three forms. 
    Adult Mode is how they appear under normal circumstances, 
    Pretty Mode allows them to use Sol/Lull more easily, 
    and Natural Mode is their animal form.
SIGN     A divine ritual. It was once called the 
    Eto-shin Selection Festival, but is now called "ETM12" 
    as a shortened form of "Eto-musume 12."
[13:02] Takeru
    Why are you making curry?
[13:05] Shar
    To thank you for breakfast.
    It's almost lunch time.
[13:08] Shar
    But first...
[13:13] Nya
    Takeru, give me Sol/Lull!
[13:16] Nya
    I want yours, Takeru!
[13:19] Takeru
    Grr.
[13:20] Mo
    Oh!
[13:21] Mo
    It's jealousy!
[13:25] Mo
    If only my love could produce Sol/Lull...
[13:28] Mo
    But all I can produce is milk!
[13:30] Nya
    You've never produced milk!
[13:32] Nya
    And if you did, I wouldn't want it!
[13:34] Mo
    Oh...
[13:35] Mo
    What could I give you to
[13:38] Mo
    make you accept my love?
[13:40] Nya
    There's nothing I'd take from you!
[13:43] Nya
    Yes, there is!
SIGN    Ox
[13:45] Nya
    Give me your Sol/Lull Seal, Mo-tan!
[13:48] Mo
    Of course!
[13:49] Mo
    If you can collect twelve Sol/Lull Seals,
[13:52] Mo
    you'll become an Eto-shin.
[13:54] Nya
    That's right! So hand it over!
[13:56] Mo
    Okay!
[13:58] Mo
    This tough, bossy Nya-tan is good, too!
[14:01] Mo
    But...
[14:02] Mo
    I can't just give it to you for free.
[14:04] Nya
    The rules say there's no problem
    with you giving it away for free.
[14:07] Mo
    No, no.
[14:09] Mo
    I want to grapple it out
[14:11] Mo
    with you in a real battle!
[14:14] Nya
    All right!
[14:15] Nya
    Then we'll fight for your Sol/Lull Seal!
[14:18] Mo
    Okay, Nya-tan!
[14:21] Mo
    Then...
[14:23] ---
    
[14:23] Mo
    Let the battle begin!
[14:23] [SONG] Text
    Approved
[14:24] Voice
    Get ready.
[14:25] Mo
    Etotama! Sol/Lull Charge!
SIGN    Ox
[14:36] Mo
    Go!
[14:58] Mo
    Ox Eto-shin, Mo-tan!
[15:04] Nya
    You heard her!
[15:05] Nya
    Give me your Sol/Lull too, Takeru!
[15:08] Takeru
    I can't do it just like that...
[15:10] Nya
    Just close your eyes, think of me,
[15:12] Nya
    let the pleasant feeling
    take over, and it'll come out!
[15:14] Takeru
    No, it won't.
[15:16] Nya
    It will! It will! It will!
[15:17] Nya
    Come on! Let's do this thing!
[15:20] Takeru
    You know, if you asked me whether I think the
[15:22] Takeru
    way you're acting will inspire
    any "proper" emotions...
[15:24] Takeru
    It won't.
[15:27] Uri
    It's okay, Nya-tan.
[15:30] Uri
    Take this.
[15:31] Nya
    What's that?
[15:32] Uri
    This morning,
[15:34] Uri
    when Takeru-san found out
    you were making breakfast,
SIGN    Leave breakfast to me! Meow!
[15:37] Uri
    his shy, happy gratitude
    produced this Sol/Lull.
[15:44] Nya
    All right!
[15:46] Nya
    With this and the Sol/Lull I
    got before, I've got enough!
[15:49] Nya
    Thanks, Takeru!
[15:53] Nya
    Etotama! Sol/Lull Charge!
[15:55] Takeru
    S-Sure...
[16:12] Nya
    Cat Eto-musume, Nya-tan!
[16:21] Uri
    It looks like the time has come
    when I must give an explanation.
[16:24] Takeru
    What now?
[16:25] Uri
    The Eto-shin Selection Festival,
    held once every sixty years,
[16:29] Uri
    where Eto-musume can attain the rank
    of Eto-shin with their own fists...
SIGN    Eto-shin Selection Festival
[16:31] Uri
    That's the ETM12!
[16:34] Takeru
    ETM12 is the name of a festival, then?
[16:37] Uri
    For Nya-tan to become an Eto-shin,
[16:39] Uri
    she must defeat all twelve Eto-shin in
    battle while the ETM12 is in progress
[16:42] Uri
    and obtain all of their Sol/Lull Seals.
[16:49] Nya
    That line was too long.
[16:50] Takeru
    You were waiting for her?
[16:51] Nya
    Okay, let's decide the battle rules!
[16:54] Mo
    We'll play a game of tag.
[16:55] Mo
    If you can protect a certain item
    for three minutes, you win,
[16:59] Mo
    and I'll give you my Sol/Lull Seal.
[17:01] Nya
    Yay! Huh?
[17:03] Nya
    A certain item?
[17:04] Mo
    That would be...
[17:06] Mo
    Your socks!
[17:08] Nya
    Wh-Wh-What kind of gross rule is that?!
[17:10] Nya
    No, no, no!
[17:11] Nya
    I've been wearing these for three days!
[17:14] Mo
    Used socks are
[17:16] Mo
    the best!
[17:19] Nya
    I was kidding! I was kidding!
    I change them every day!
[17:25] Nya
    It hurt you that much?
[17:27] Mo
    But that's no problem.
[17:29] Mo
    As long as they're socks you've worn,
[17:32] Mo
    that's good enough!
[17:34] Mo
    I'm gonna throw all I've got
    into taking your socks!
[17:38] Mo
    Let's start!
[17:48] Nya
    If that's how it is, I'll show you!
[17:52] Mo
    Where'd you go?
[17:54] Nya
    All I have to do is run away and I win!
[18:01] Uri
    You can do it, Nya-tan!
[18:02] Uri
    Go for twelve wins and no losses!
[18:05] Takeru
    No losses? Didn't she lose
    to Dora-tan the other day?
[18:08] Dora
    Oh, that battle...
[18:10] Uri
    That was just a skit.
[18:12] Takeru
    What happens if Nya-tan loses
    in an official battle?
[18:15] Uri
    In that case, she'd lose her Sol/Lull Seal
[18:18] Uri
    and lose the ability to
    transform into Pretty Mode.
[18:20] Shima
    And she'd lose the right
    to participate in ETM12.
[18:24] Uri
    By the way, we Eto-shin can accept
    challenges from Eto-musume
SIGN    Eto-shin
[18:28] Uri
    and fight as many times as we want.
[18:31] Dora
    How will she fight Mo-tan?
[18:34] Takeru
    Is she strong?
[18:36] Uri
    Her personality's a little weird,
[18:37] Uri
    but she's one of the five
    strongest Eto-shin.
[18:41] Mo
    Nya-tan! Where are you?
[18:44] ---
    Sneak, sneak, sneak...
[18:46] Nya
    I'm clever, so I'll just
    stay here and hide.
[18:51] Mo
    I found you!
[18:57] Nya
    H-How did you find me?!
[18:59] Mo
    No matter where you are,
[19:00] Mo
    I can find you by your smell!
[19:03] Mo
    Now give me those nice,
    warm socks, please!
[19:06] Nya
    I refuse!
[19:10] Mo
    Oh! Wait for me!
[19:13] Mo
    Nya-tan!
[19:15] Nya
    This is bad...
[19:18] Nya
    I'm gonna lose!
[19:28] Mo
    Nya-tan, you should give up.
[19:31] Nya
    Mo-tan...
[19:32] Nya
    I have no choice.
[19:34] Nya
    I'll accept your love.
[19:36] Mo
    There's the dere!
[19:39] Mo
    Here we go!
[19:44] Nya
    I will join the Chinese zodiac!
[19:46] Nya
    Special attack:
SIGN    Cat
[19:48] Nya
    Cat Gun!
SIGN    Cat Gun
[20:04] Takeru
    Wow...
[20:05] Dora
    This is...
[20:14] Mo
    I... love... Nya-tan...
SIGN    Ox
[20:25] Nya
    Mo-tan's Sol/Lull Seal...
[20:29] Nya
    is mine!
[20:32] Voice
    The battle is over.
[20:39] Nya
    I won!
[20:40] Nya
    I really won!
[20:42] Shar
    I never expected...
[20:44] Usa
    Who knew she was that strong?
[20:46] Mei
    Amazing...
[20:47] Nya
    That's right!
[20:49] Nya
    I'm a cat who can do it when she tries!
[20:52] Nya
    Be more surprised!
[20:54] Nya
    Shower me with praise!
[20:56] Inu
    Mo-tan's not waking up.
[20:58] Mei
    Looks like she's used up all her Sol/Lull.
[21:02] Inu
    Isn't that a really big deal?
[21:03] Nya
    Not as big a deal as me!
[21:05] Dora
    She beat Mo-tan with just
    that amount of Sol/Lull?
[21:08] Nya
    Yes, I did!
[21:10] Takeru
    Wh-What?
[21:11] Shima
    I don't know why,
[21:13] Shima
    but you seem to be a battery
    loaded with Sol/Lull.
[21:17] Mai
    A battery... I see.
[21:18] InuKey
    Battery! Battery!
[21:20] Shar
    A battery.
[21:21] Takeru
    Don't make a face as if that makes sense!
[21:23] Nya
    Forget about that!
[21:25] Nya
    Praise me!
[21:26] Takeru
    Okay, I get it! Stop thrashing around!
[21:29] Nya
    By the way, it stinks like curry!
[21:30] Shar
    The curry is not to blame.
[21:32] Uri
    That's right. The curry did nothing wrong.
[21:34] Uma
    Lively around here, isn't it?
[21:36] Piyo
    I'd say it's just noisy.
[21:40] Piyo
    By the way, is it true that Chu-tan
[21:42] Piyo
    defeated all of the other
[21:45] Piyo
    107 Eto-musume?
[21:48] Uma
    Yes, it seems so.
[21:56] Chu
    I...
[21:58] Chu
    I cannot allow the cat clan
[22:01] Chu
    to exist.
SIGN    Next Time
[23:35] Uri
    Here's the fortune for those
    born in the year of the boar!
[23:38] Uri
    Your lucky item this week is mud.
[23:40] Uri
    If you roll in mud, bugs won't
    be able to cling to your body!
[23:43] Nya
    What're you talking about?
[23:44] Uri
    That's boar wisdom.
[23:46] Nya
    Again, what are you talking about?!
[23:47] Takeru
    Next time: Reckless Heart
SIGN    Reckless Heart
SIGN    Being around Nya-tan makes me tired.
SIGN    Dragon
SIGN    I'll do my best.
SIGN    Watch again next week!  Illustration: Uchida Maaya