6 - The Three Laughers of the Tiger's Scheme

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[00:07] Key
    Did you bring the goods?
[00:11] Nya
    Of course. I've got the best stuff around.
[00:13] Nya
    And did you bring what you promised?
[00:15] Inu
    Naturally!
[00:16] Nya
    All right, then.
SIGN    Top-Quality Banana Top-Quality Bone
[00:19] Nya
    Now hand over yours.
[00:21] Key
    Sure!
[00:22] Inu
    One second.
SIGN    Monkey Dog
[00:23] InuKey
    Here!
SIGN    Sol/Lull Seals
[00:24] Shima
    You two!
[00:25] Shima
    Quit slacking off and get back to work...
SIGN    Sol/Lull Seals
[00:30] Shima
    What?! You guys aren't plannin' to trade
SIGN    Top-Quality Banana Top-Quality Bone
[00:33] Shima
    your Sol/Lull seals for those, are ya?!
[00:35] Key
    Huh?
[00:36] Inu
    That's bad?
[00:37] ---
    
[00:38] Nya
    My brains are made different
    from other Eto-musume's!
[00:41] Inu
    Yeah, they're made dumber, right?
[00:43] Key
    They're the perfect model of stupidity!
[00:45] Nya
    What?! Well, you guys are
    just made of rudeness!
[00:50] Shima
    Nya-tan, look here...
[00:52] Shima
    Just so ya know,
[00:54] Shima
    gettin' Sol/Lull Seals that way
    won't get ya into the zodiac.
[00:58] Nya
    Yep! I know!
[01:00] Shima
    Is that how ya show remorse?!
[01:04] Nya
    Yes, Master. I understand.
[01:07] Shima
    You'd better.
[01:09] Shima
    Honestly...
[01:11] Inu
    Ha, ha! Scaredy-cat!
[01:14] Nya
    I can't help it.
[01:15] Key
    Yeah, she is your master in
    strength and techniques.
[01:17] Nya
    She's seriously scary!
[01:20] All
    Uh-oh!
[01:22] Shima
    Hey!
[01:23] Shima
    Hold it right there!
[01:25] ---
    Scary!
[01:29] Shima
    This ain't good.
[01:31] Shima
    This ain't good at all.
[01:52] [SONG] Title
    ETOTAMA
SIGN    Episode 6: The Three Laughers
    of the Tiger's Scheme
[03:19] Shima
    Thanks. Sorry to put ya to the trouble.
[03:23] Takeru
    It's okay.
[03:24] Takeru
    So what did you want to talk about?
[03:28] Shima
    It's about Nya-tan.
[03:30] Takeru
    Okay...
[03:31] Shima
    You might... not...
[03:33] Shima
    have noticed, but...
[03:37] Takeru
    It's okay. You can spit out the squid.
[03:40] Shima
    No, I can't do that.
[03:43] Shima
    You... grilled this... for me...
[03:48] Shima
    I must finish it... gratefully.
[03:50] Takeru
    You're very serious about
    these things, huh?
[03:57] Shima
    Anyway, you might not have noticed, but...
[04:00] Takeru
    Yeah?
[04:01] Shima
    Nya-tan will never join the
    Chinese zodiac at this rate.
[04:04] Takeru
    Probably not.
[04:05] Shima
    What? When did ya realize it?
[04:07] Takeru
    Quite a while ago.
[04:09] Shima
    L-Looks like I underestimated ya a bit.
[04:12] Shima
    That'll make this quick.
[04:14] Shima
    Eto-musume earn gratitude from
    humans through good conduct
[04:17] Shima
    and grow by collecting their Sol/Lull.
[04:20] Shima
    But...
[04:21] Takeru
    I've never seen Nya-tan do anything
    I'd call "good conduct."
[04:26] Shima
    That's because the quality of
    your Sol/Lull is too high...
[04:29] Shima
    I think.
[04:30] Takeru
    Huh?
[04:32] Shima
    Just a tiny bit makes her crazy strong.
[04:34] Shima
    Since she feels at ease knowin' such
    convenient Sol/Lull is nearby...
[04:37] Shima
    No, since she knows she can just
    steal some if she needs to,
[04:41] Shima
    she's not makin' any effort anymore.
[04:44] Takeru
    That's true... I've never seen
    her make any effort, either.
[04:49] Shima
    At this rate, not only will she
[04:51] Shima
    never join the zodiac,
    but Chu-tan will destroy her.
[04:54] Takeru
    Chu-tan...
[04:58] Shima
    You may be poison to Nya-tan.
[05:02] Takeru
    Poison?
[05:05] Shima
    Despite how she is,
    Nya-tan's my precious student.
[05:08] Shima
    I can't just sit by and do nothin'.
[05:12] Shima
    So...
[05:13] Shima
    Tomorrow, I'm gonna challenge
    Nya-tan to a battle.
[05:18] Shima
    Depending on the outcome,
[05:19] Shima
    I'll take Nya-tan away from
    here on a training journey.
[05:23] Shima
    Is that all right?
[05:24] Takeru
    You don't have to ask me.
[05:26] Takeru
    Nya-tan made her own decision to live here.
[05:28] Shima
    Oh, right... Having her here is
    a nuisance to you, isn't it?
[05:32] Takeru
    I wouldn't say a nuisance...
    Well, sometimes it is...
[05:35] Takeru
    Wait, what are you doing?!
[05:36] Shima
    Oh, sorry. I thought you'd
    feel bad if I left any.
[05:40] Takeru
    No, please, take it with you.
[05:42] Shima
    Okay. Thanks.
SIGN    Fun Wrap
[05:44] Takeru
    Uh, I'd appreciate it if you'd
    leave the plate, though.
[05:47] Shima
    Oh... Sorry.
[05:52] Shima
    Having her here is a nuisance
    to you, isn't it?
[05:54] Takeru
    I wouldn't say a nuisance...
[05:58] Takeru
    Uri-tan, have you been here the whole time?
[06:00] Uri
    I sure have. I heard every word.
[06:03] Takeru
    I see.
[06:05] Uri
    How do you really feel, Takeru-san?
[06:07] Takeru
    Huh? About what?
[06:08] Uri
    About Nya-tan.
[06:11] Takeru
    How do I feel? I'm not sure.
[06:13] Uri
    Maybe it's not that you don't know,
    but that you're trying not to think about it?
[06:17] Takeru
    What's this about, Uri-tan?
    You're digging pretty deep here.
[06:20] Uri
    It's something I've always wondered.
[06:22] Uri
    Why do you tend to hide how you feel?
[06:26] Takeru
    I hate it when feelings I gave a lot
    of thought to turn out to be wrong.
[06:31] Takeru
    Anyway, goodnight.
[06:35] Uri
    Feelings aren't something you
    have by thinking, Takeru-san.
[06:42] Shima
    Nya-tan, wake up!
[06:44] Shima
    Nya-tan!
[06:46] Shima
    She's not in?
[06:48] Shima
    Damn it, where'd she wander
    off to this early?
[06:52] Shima
    Nya-tan?
[06:53] Shima
    Where are ya?
[06:54] Shima
    Nya-tan!
[06:55] Shima
    Nya-ta—
[06:57] Nya
    She won't find us this time!
[06:58] Key
    You think so?
[06:59] Inu
    Let's just get it over with.
[07:02] Key
    Got the goods?
[07:03] Nya
    Don't worry. I've got 'em.
[07:05] Nya
    Not only that, but they're
    even better than last time!
[07:08] Inu
    Really?! Let's see! Let's see!
[07:11] Nya
    All right.
SIGN    Legendary Bananas Aged Bone
[07:13] Inu
    For real?!
[07:14] Key
    Wow!
[07:15] Nya
    Don't rush, now. Did you
    bring what you promised?
[07:18] InuKey
    Of course!
SIGN    Monkey Dog
SIGN    Sol/Lull Seals
[07:19] Nya
    All right then. This time—
[07:24] Nya
    Master!
[07:25] Shima
    You're tryin' to pull this again?
[07:28] Nya
    Well, I haven't been able
    to get any Sol/Lull Seals!
[07:31] Key
    Nya-tan's under pressure!
[07:33] Inu
    Yeah!
[07:33] Shima
    And I told you that gettin'
    Seals that way won't work!
[07:37] Nya
    The rules say if I get twelve
    Seals, I can join the zodiac!
[07:41] Nya
    So I'll do whatever it takes
    to become one of them!
[07:44] Shima
    Just gettin' your hands on
    'em isn't all that matters.
[07:46] Nya
    You're too serious, Master!
[07:48] Shima
    What?
[07:49] Nya
    Shouldn't you try to live more
    candidly, like you did before?
[07:52] Shima
    What're ya talkin' about?
[07:54] ---
    
[07:54] Nya
    These!
[07:55] Shima
    Wh-What are those?!
SIGN    Episode 5
[07:57] Nya
    I guess you guys don't remember, huh?
[08:00] Nya
    You acted a lot more freely when
    you were a leopardess, Master!
[08:05] Shima
    Why do you have pictures of that?
[08:08] Nya
    Between you and me,
[08:10] Nya
    they sell quite high to
    customers at the café.
[08:13] Nya
    The personality contrast turns them on!
[08:15] Inu
    Ooh! Let me see!
[08:17] Key
    Wow, sexy!
[08:18] Nya
    I've got more.
[08:19] Inu
    No way! That one's incredible!
[08:20] Key
    Her boobs are huge!
[08:22] Inu
    Lucky! They're sexy and huge!
[08:23] Nya
    How about this one?
[08:24] Key
    What is this?! It's crazy!
[08:26] Inu
    That's way too sexy!
[08:28] Key
    Sexy!
[08:29] Inu
    Sexy!
[08:30] Nya
    It is, isn't it?
[08:33] Shima
    What a disgrace! What despair!
[08:36] Shima
    The shame of knowing I brought up a student
[08:38] Shima
    who'd blackmail her master like this!
[08:40] Key
    Uh, she's acting weird...
[08:42] Shima
    If it's come to this...
[08:44] Inu
    My aged bone!
[08:48] Nya
    What are you trying to do?!
[08:51] Shima
    Seppuku!
[08:52] All
    What?!
[08:53] Shima
    I'll atone for all these
    disgraces with my life.
[08:56] Shima
    But I'll be takin' y'all with me!
[08:59] All
    What?!
[09:00] Key
    Stop! Stop!
[09:02] Inu
    My aged bone!
[09:07] ---
    
[09:10] Nya
    Stop it!
[09:13] Nya
    Huh?
[09:14] Shima
    Even if you have lost your memories,
[09:16] Shima
    that kick was pathetic!
[09:24] Nya
    Ow!
[09:27] Shima
    I thought that if you could
[09:29] Shima
    truly join the zodiac by your own strength,
[09:32] Shima
    I wouldn't mind retiring.
[09:35] Shima
    But what was that kick?
[09:38] Shima
    I won't have it.
[09:39] Shima
    We start trainin' right now!
    I'll start you over from scratch!
[09:42] Nya
    Training?!
[09:43] Key
    Good luck, Nya-tan.
[09:44] Inu
    Give our best to the sexy big-boobs master.
[09:46] Shima
    That goes for you slackers, too!
[09:47] InuKey
    Huh?!
[09:49] Nya
    So, what training are we doing?
[09:51] Shima
    We'll have a real battle
    for Sol/Lull Seals.
[09:54] Shima
    Key-tan, Inu-tan,
    you're fine with that, yes?
[09:56] InuKey
    Y-Yes. We understand.
[09:59] Nya
    Hmm... So that means...
[10:01] Nya
    If I win, I get three Seals at once, right?
[10:05] Shima
    That's right.
[10:06] Nya
    All right! In that case...
[10:08] Nya
    I'll need this!
[10:09] Inu
    What's that?
[10:11] Nya
    Ta-da! My secret Sol/Lull stash!
SIGN    Meow
[10:14] Inu
    It's shriveled!
[10:15] Key
    How long have you had that?!
[10:16] Nya
    It's fine! That just means the
    energy in it has condensed!
[10:20] Shima
    All right, let's begin!
[10:21] Shima
    Start the battle!
[10:22] [SONG] Text
    Approved
[10:23] All
    Etotama! Sol/Lull Charge!
SIGN    Tiger Cat
SIGN    Monkey Dog
[10:42] Nya
    Cat Eto-musume, Nya-tan!
[10:46] Shima
    Tiger Eto-shin,
[10:49] Shima
    Shima-tan!
[10:52] Key
    Monkey Eto-shin,
[10:55] Key
    Key-tan!
[10:59] Inu
    Dog Eto-shin, Inu-tan!
[11:03] Uri
    It's begun.
[11:04] Takeru
    Yeah.
[11:06] Takeru
    So it has.
SIGN    Monkey
SIGN    I'm Key-tan!
SIGN    Illustration: Toda Megumi
SIGN     If a Sol/Lull Seal battle is approved,
    the Eto-shin determines the conditions for victory.
    Any falsehood, impropriety, or danger to humans is forbidden.
SIGN    Eyecatch!
SIGN    Key and Inu are always together!!
SIGN    Illustration: Honda Mariko
SIGN    Zodiac Precepts ~Article 6: Allowances] In a Sol/Lull
    Seal battle or setting of conditions for victory,
    any Eto-shin or Eto-musume may
    receive any sort of help from a human,
    as long as there is no danger to the human.
[11:30] Nya
    Master!
[11:31] Nya
    What are your rules?
[11:34] Shima
    The rule is...
[11:42] Shima
    A kick-the-can battle.
[11:45] Nya
    Kick-the-can?
[11:46] Shima
    I'm "it."
SIGN    Sesame Oil
[11:47] Shima
    Anyone who can kick this can
    away from me even once wins.
[11:50] Nya
    Even once?!
[11:51] Nya
    Are you sure that's the rule you want?
[11:53] Shima
    No problem here.
[11:55] Shima
    That's just fine.
[12:06] Nya
    Gather!
[12:11] Inu
    Hey, Nya-tan, why'd you make us gather?
[12:14] Key
    If we don't take this seriously,
    we're gonna lose!
[12:16] Nya
    I-It's a strategy meeting!
[12:18] Nya
    We'll all work together to win!
[12:21] Inu
    I-Isn't that unfair?
[12:22] Nya
    If you can't win with strength,
    you fight with this!
[12:27] Nya
    It's a perfect strategy!
[12:28] Nya
    She may be a master, but even she'll
    have trouble taking us all at once.
[12:32] Key
    You're right. Let's go with that.
[12:34] Inu
    Okay. I want to get this scary
    training battle over with quick.
[12:38] Nya
    The important point is our teamwork.
[12:40] Nya
    We've gotta be separate, but united.
[12:43] Shima
    Done with your strategy meeting?
[12:50] ---
    
[12:52] Shima
    Y'all are rarin' to go, huh?
[12:54] Shima
    Then...
[12:55] Shima
    Let's start the battle!
[13:00] Nya
    While Master's distracted by
    the other two attacking,
[13:03] Nya
    I'll kick the can and win!
[13:09] Inu
    Take this!
[13:20] Shima
    Sneaky little tricks won't
    get you into the zodiac.
[13:24] Shima
    Didn't I tell you that?
[13:32] Key
    Sheesh...
[13:33] Nya
    Try harder, you zodiac brats!
[13:35] InuKey
    No way. No way.
[13:36] Uri
    That's what I call an underdog.
[13:38] Inu
    Shut up!
[13:40] Uri
    But there's still plenty of
    time left in the episode.
[13:43] Takeru
    You're saying stuff I don't
    understand again, but...
[13:45] Takeru
    Is Shima-tan really that strong?
[13:47] Inu
    "Strong" doesn't even cover it.
[13:49] Key
    There's a reason she's the master
    of strength and techniques.
[13:52] Uri
    Shima-tan is one of the
[13:54] Uri
    four strongest Eto-shin.
[13:57] Takeru
    Why four? That's kinda vague.
[14:01] Shima
    What, they both surrendered already?
[14:05] Shima
    They really are slackin' as zodiac gods.
[14:08] Shima
    That saves ya some trouble.
[14:10] Shima
    If you can kick this can, you get 'em both.
[14:14] Nya
    Here I come!
[14:18] Nya
    I hit it!
[14:22] Nya
    This won't work! I need to
    throw her off-balance!
[14:34] Shima
    You haven't gotten any of
    your strength back at all.
[14:38] Shima
    In fact, you've gotten weaker.
[14:40] Nya
    Master...
[14:42] Shima
    At this rate, Chu-tan really will beat you!
[14:59] Dora
    Chu-tan...
[15:01] Dora
    Are you going to Nya-tan?
[15:04] Dora
    Can't you just leave her alone now?
[15:08] Dora
    You saw it in your battle
    with her, didn't you?
[15:12] Dora
    Nya-tan was eliminated 60 years ago,
[15:16] Dora
    and she reincarnated...
[15:18] Dora
    But she's lost all her memories and powers.
[15:23] Chu
    My soul cries out,
[15:26] Chu
    "Destroy the cat clan."
[15:29] Dora
    Nya-tan is not the same
    Nya-tan she was then!
[15:32] Dora
    If you insist on fighting her,
    I'll stop you as many times as it takes!
[15:36] Chu
    What do you people think
[15:38] Chu
    the strictly impartial ETM12 is?
[15:41] Chu
    You can't stop me any longer.
[15:44] Chu
    I have submitted a thirteenth
    article to the Zodiac Precepts.
[15:48] Dora
    What?!
[15:50] Dora
    You've added a new article
    to the Zodiac Precepts,
[15:53] Dora
    the rules of the ETM12?
[15:54] Chu
    Intervention in a battle
[15:56] Chu
    by a third party will never again be permitted.
[16:07] Chu
    You won't interfere.
[16:08] Dora
    Chu-tan!
[16:11] Dora
    What is that sinister Sol/Lull?
[16:15] Dora
    Still...
[16:16] Dora
    The Zodiac Precepts that have been upheld,
[16:19] Dora
    unchanged, for 2,000 years...
[16:21] Dora
    But there's still time before
[16:23] Dora
    her new precept is enforced.
[16:26] Dora
    Until then, Chu-tan shouldn't be
    able to do anything, either.
[16:29] Dora
    I must do something...
[16:37] Shima
    No good...
[16:43] Shima
    I'm going to end this now, Nya-tan.
[16:46] Shima
    And then you're going to
    leave Takeru's house!
[16:49] Nya
    Why does it have to come to that?!
[16:51] Shima
    Leaving you with Takeru will only
    make you weaker and weaker.
[16:55] Shima
    You just rely on him and
    think frivolous thoughts...
[16:57] Nya
    That's not true!
[16:58] Nya
    Since I met Takeru, I've had all kinds of
[17:00] Nya
    experiences and learned lots of things!
[17:03] Shima
    Experiences? Learned?
[17:05] Shima
    Like what?!
[17:06] Nya
    Like what? A lot!
[17:09] Nya
    I've made lots of memories with Takeru...
[17:14] Nya
    Memories that make me...
[17:18] Nya
    So many memories...
[17:30] Nya
    L-Lots of memories...
[17:35] Nya
    I don't have that many memories!
[17:38] Takeru
    That's only natural.
    We're not that deeply connected.
[17:42] Uri
    Takeru-san, wouldn't you be
    sad if Nya-tan went away?
[17:46] Takeru
    Sad? I don't know...
[17:49] Takeru
    I don't think I would.
[17:53] Shima
    Hurry up and surrender, Nya-tan.
[17:55] Shima
    Come with me to train and
    start over from scratch!
[17:59] Nya
    No!
[18:00] Shima
    Why are ya so against the idea?
[18:02] Shima
    You don't have any memories here!
[18:04] Nya
    I don't now,
[18:06] Nya
    but I'm going to make lots
[18:08] Nya
    and lots of them!
[18:15] Shima
    Is that only because ya want Sol/Lull?
[18:18] Shima
    Because ya wanna use the human
[18:20] Shima
    who happens to be here
    to achieve your goal?
[18:23] Shima
    Well, that is certainly a
    clever way of thinking.
[18:27] Shima
    In that case, you'll have
    to use him to the fullest
[18:29] Shima
    and take as much Sol/Lull as you can.
[18:32] Shima
    Treat him not as a human,
    but as a battery full of Sol/Lull!
[18:36] Nya
    No!
[18:38] Nya
    I don't want that!
[18:39] Nya
    Takeru's Sol/Lull comes from
[18:41] Nya
    his own kind heart.
[18:44] Nya
    Takeru produces such amazing
[18:46] Nya
    Sol/Lull because he is who he is!
[18:50] Nya
    I've forgotten a lot of things.
[18:52] Nya
    I don't even remember why I wanted to
[18:55] Nya
    join the zodiac in the first place, but—
[19:00] Nya
    Wh-When I'm with Takeru,
[19:03] Nya
    sesame oil tastes better,
[19:05] Nya
    hot baths feel nicer,
[19:07] Nya
    and breakfast and trips out of the
    house and everything else is fun!
[19:11] Nya
    It's because Takeru is with me
[19:13] Nya
    that I can give all I've got to making my
    dream of joining the zodiac come true!
[19:17] Nya
    He's not a battery!
[19:19] Nya
    I can believe that because he's Takeru!
[19:28] Takeru
    What makes you think
[19:30] Takeru
    you can say I'm nice and all
    that other weird stuff?
[19:33] Takeru
    You really are a nuisance.
[19:36] Uri
    Takeru-san...
[19:37] Takeru
    But...
[19:38] Takeru
    You're a nuisance, but... I guess it's fun.
[19:43] Shima
    You say some real admirable things.
[19:45] Shima
    But if you can't beat me,
[19:48] Shima
    you won't get anywhere, let alone
    become one of the zodiac.
[19:54] Shima
    This is over.
[19:56] Nya
    That's why I...
[19:58] Nya
    Don't want to lose.
[20:01] Nya
    I will win!
[20:04] Takeru
    Look what a mess you are...
[20:07] Takeru
    You're making me want to cheer you on.
[20:12] Takeru
    Nya-tan, hang in there!
[20:18] Shima
    This is...
[20:22] Nya
    Here I come,
[20:23] Nya
    Master!
SIGN    Cat
[20:27] Nya
    Cat clan secret technique!
[20:36] Nya
    Neko Masshiguran!
SIGN    Neko Masshiguran
[20:49] Takeru
    Nya-tan...
[20:50] Takeru
    Go!
[21:16] Voice
    The battle is over.
[21:21] Shima
    I see.
[21:23] Shima
    So Takeru did that... Now it makes sense.
[21:26] Uri
    Yep, yep.
[21:27] Uri
    An Eto-musume ignites a human's
    affections, and receives Sol/Lull.
[21:30] Uri
    There's no problem with
    that relationship at all.
[21:33] Shima
    That's true.
[21:35] Shima
    I never expected her to let loose
[21:37] Shima
    a new move there, though.
[21:43] Nya
    I got three more
[21:45] Nya
    Sol/Lull Seals...
[21:47] Takeru
    You were great. Good job.
[21:55] Uri
    Everything's looking good.
[21:57] Shima
    Hey, don't keep watchin' like that.
[22:00] Uri
    Yep, yep, okay.
SIGN    Next Time
[23:36] Key
    For the monkey...
[23:37] Inu
    ...and the dog folks of the Chinese zodiac!
[23:39] Key
    Those born in the year of the
    monkey should eat lots and lots!
[23:42] Inu
    And those born in the year of the
    dog should eat lots and lots, too!
[23:45] Nya
    I agree!
[23:47] Takeru
    Next time: A Long, Serpentine Fate.
SIGN    A Long, Serpentine Fate
SIGN    The Carnivore
SIGN    Tiger
SIGN    Illustration: Tatsumi Yuiko
SIGN    Hope Ya Watch Again Next Week!