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2 - Cross over My Legs!

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[00:07] ---
    Well, you see...
[00:09] ---
    I want to make a short pamphlet that
    introduces the members of the club.
[00:14] ---
    What do you mean?
[00:16] ---
    Something about half this size.
[00:20] ---
    I'd like you all to write a profile,
    and if you can, submit a drawing.
[00:25] ---
    We'll make copies and give them
    to all the members of Genshiken.
[00:29] ---
    I know you guys already
    know each other, but...
[00:33] ---
    I see! In other words, you
    want to bring back Mebaetame!
[00:38] ---
    Mebaetame?
[00:40] ---
    No, nothing that big.
[00:43] ---
    Genshiken's club magazine! I don't think
    we've made one for a long time, though.
SIGN    Mebaetame
[02:19] ---
    I've made a profile for myself
    to give you an example.
[02:23] ---
    That's pretty good!
SIGN    Chika Ogiue
     (Naruyuki Ogino) {
     3rd Year Literature Student} {
     Born in Yamagata Prefecture} {
     Birthday 3/28, Blood Type: A}
     Favorite Anime:
    Fullmetal Sorcerer
    Kujibiki Unbalance
     Attack on Rhea
[02:26] ---
    You work fast!
SIGN    An Ogiue beyond any other that
    man's history has ever known!
[02:32] ---
    Funz!
[02:33] ---
    I don't get it. What kind of Ogiue?
[02:36] ---
    It sounds like you, anyway.
[02:38] ---
    I see. Then in my case...
[02:42] ---
    Of course, I draw everything from
    originals to copyrighted characters.
[02:45] ---
    I think "Lord and Servant" and "Over
    Fifty” yaoi has roots in historical novels.
[02:51] ---
    Ikegami Shouichiro is a personal favorite,
    especially his Tale of Sanada.
[02:56] ---
    Okay. I think you should write about that.
[03:00] ---
    I'm looking forward to
    seeing yours, Yajima-san.
[03:02] ---
    Why?
[03:03] ---
    Um, well... you look like
    you'd be a good artist.
[03:06] ---
    Don't judge me like that.
[03:07] ---
    I'm sorry.
[03:09] ---
    But didn't you say you drew when you joined?
[03:15] ---
    I said I drew. I didn't say I drew well.
[03:18] ---
    So I'll make it clear now: I suck.
[03:22] ---
    Of course, that doesn't matter.
[03:25] ---
    I'll set the deadline
    for, oh, a week from now.
[03:29] ---
    When you're done, give it to me.
[03:31] ---
    Okay!
[03:35] ---
    U-Um... I'm sorry.
[03:38] ---
    No, don't worry. I'm glad I got it out there.
    I wouldn't want people expecting anything.
[03:43] ---
    Okay.
[03:44] ---
    Yajimacchi! Yajimacchi!
[03:46] ---
    Can I go to your place today?
[03:49] ---
    We can draw ours together!
[03:53] ---
    Cross Over My Legs.
[03:58] ---
    This'll do, I guess.
[04:01] ---
    That's a bit much. Why do you need so much?
[04:04] ---
    I eat a lot, even though I'm thin.
[04:06] ---
    I don't care! Are you making fun of me?
[04:08] ---
    Hato-chan, anything else you want?
[04:11] ---
    No.
[04:12] ---
    But, well... can I really come too?
[04:16] ---
    Sure! We're all in the same
    circle, so let's get along!
[04:21] ---
    It's my house, though.
[04:22] ---
    I wish Sue-san could've come.
[04:25] ---
    She refused.
[04:32] ---
    Found one!
[04:33] ---
    Right, right. Of course you did.
[04:37] ---
    I see. So you're into Champ manga
    series and collect doujinshi for them.
[04:42] ---
    Well, it's had a big effect on my life.
[04:45] ---
    Is this desk where you draw?
[04:48] ---
    Well, not just that.
[04:50] ---
    But I haven't opened all the boxes yet.
[04:53] ---
    I never thought I'd have a man
    in here right after I moved in.
[04:59] ---
    I never even imagined it.
[05:01] ---
    Okay, time for some girl talk!
[05:05] ---
    What about our profiles?
[05:07] ---
    We can do that some other time.
[05:09] ---
    Let's hear about how much you love Champ.
[05:12] ---
    So in Two Piece, are you into Zora x Yon?
[05:15] ---
    No, I normally like Ukki on top with
    anybody... wait, what are we talking about?
[05:19] ---
    Rotten girl talk!
[05:21] ---
    So let's have a toast!
[05:23] ---
    Cheers.
[05:24] ---
    Cheers.
[05:28] ---
    Come on! It's not like you'll lose anything.
[05:31] ---
    No, I've got my pantyhose on.
[05:33] ---
    Just take them off in the bathroom!
    I just want to touch you a little!
[05:37] ---
    But...
[05:39] ---
    Just think to yourself that we're all women,
    and there's nothing weird about it at all!
[05:42] ---
    It's important to get to
    know each other better!
[06:00] ---
    What's going on here?
[06:03] ---
    I think I actually ended up having fun.
[06:07] ---
    She looks like she's had
    more fun than anything.
[06:11] ---
    And of course, we didn't write anything.
    Why we even came here, I don't know.
[06:18] ---
    Oh well. It's nice to have another
    friend who's a rotten girl.
[06:28] ---
    No, wait! That's no girl!
[06:32] ---
    But that was a girl's voice
    I heard when she was sleeping.
[06:36] ---
    No, no! I just forgot, and that's a guy!
[06:41] ---
    Oh no. I was sleeping next to a guy!
[06:47] ---
    Just wait. In the morning,
    she'll need a shave.
[06:52] ---
    Wait, she said she plucked them.
[07:00] ---
    How soft and supple!
[07:03] ---
    I couldn't feel any pores at all!
    Did she use the Smooth-Smooth Fruit?
[07:13] ---
    It's smooth! She ate
    the Smooth-Smooth Fruit!
[07:16] ---
    Shut up.
[07:17] ---
    You should touch her too, Yajimacchi.
[07:25] ---
    No way in hell!
[07:36] ---
    Why is it so different?
[07:38] ---
    Well, I do it every morning and every night.
[07:42] ---
    I wash my face with facial lotion,
    beauty lotion, and milk lotion.
[07:45] ---
    You need to do it every single
    day, or it doesn't work.
[07:48] ---
    I never do anything for my skin!
    And I almost never wear makeup!
[07:51] ---
    I pluck out the hair when I bathe.
[07:54] ---
    I work up a lather on my whole
    body, then I use an epilator.
[07:57] ---
    But it really hurts in some places, doesn't it?
    Especially the bikini area.
[08:02] ---
    I only ever shave my armpits for summer!
[08:06] ---
    Oh no!
[08:08] ---
    I always thought since I was
    an otaku, it didn't matter!
[08:12] ---
    But because of her, something
    is falling apart inside of me!
[08:18] ---
    No. Maybe she's actually a girl!
[08:23] ---
    She'd have to be! "Someone this cute can't
    be a girl!" only happens in H-games.
[08:27] ---
    It doesn't matter what Kuchiki-sempai says,
    there's no such things as miracles!
[08:32] ---
    That wig, that male voice...
    those were both fake!
[08:35] ---
    She's just someone who's getting
    off to a weird start in college!
[08:38] ---
    I'm just looking. If she's
    a man she won't care,
[08:42] ---
    and if she's a girl then there's
    really no problem at all!
[08:45] ---
    Wait. If she really is a guy, then
    aren't I totally pathetic?
[08:50] ---
    I need to see. I just
    need to take a quick look!
[08:55] ---
    What are you doing, Yajimacchi?
[09:00] ---
    Nothing, really.
[09:02] ---
    You're flipping up the skirt of a rotten
    boy? How much of a pervert are you?
[09:07] ---
    Well, you see... I wanted to
    know if she was really a guy.
[09:11] ---
    I know how you feel.
[09:13] ---
    But you need to wake me up before
    you do something fun like this!
[09:27] ---
    Hello.
[09:30] ---
    You're early today.
[09:33] ---
    Yes. My lecture ended early.
[09:36] ---
    So I went to Madarame-sempai's room early.
[09:39] ---
    I see.
[09:44] ---
    Hmph! Hmph!
[09:45] ---
    I'm so sorry!
[09:45] ---
    Hello there.
[09:47] ---
    Hi there.
[09:48] ---
    Hello.
[09:49] ---
    Do you really understand?
[09:51] ---
    I'm really sorry. I just
    totally forgot about you!
[09:55] ---
    I'll redo the layout later!
[09:57] ---
    Ogiue-san, that doesn't help.
[10:00] ---
    Hmph!
[10:02] ---
    Um, this is my profile for the magazine.
[10:05] ---
    Okay, thanks.
[10:07] ---
    Here's mine.
[10:10] ---
    Okay.
[10:13] ---
    That's really something.
[10:16] ---
    Thank you.
SIGN    Hato Kenjiro {
     First year Economics} {
     From Niigata Prefecture}
     Favorite Works
     Dorarara!
     Evangeleo Theatrical Edition
     Hetarira
     Winter Wars
     Fuyume's Book of Friends
     Sweets Basket {
     Love and 9 Elements} {
     Suzuki-san and Rokuhara-kun Series} {
     Femt}
     When You Cry
[10:18] ---
    Hato...
[10:20] ---
    How far are you trying to go?
[10:38] ---
    What's wrong? You look uneasy.
[10:41] ---
    I do not--
[10:45] ---
    Hello? Thanks for calling.
[10:48] ---
    Yes.
[10:50] ---
    Yes. Thank you! Yes. Yes.
[10:55] ---
    Yes. All right. Thank you again.
[11:01] ---
    Ogiue-san?
[11:03] ---
    Well, actually...
[11:06] ---
    The editor accepted my one-shot manga.
[11:11] ---
    Does that mean you're
    going to be in a magazine?
[11:15] ---
    Yes.
[11:16] ---
    Congratulations!
[11:18] ---
    Wow.
[11:20] ---
    Thank you.
[11:22] ---
    I don't know how many times we fought...
[11:24] ---
    You and Sasahara-san, right?
[11:26] ---
    Why don't you give him a call?
[11:29] ---
    No, he's at work. I'll just send him a text.
[11:34] ---
    Some people here really can get
    published. College is so amazing.
[11:39] ---
    What a great response!
[11:42] ---
    Yeah, thank you. Thanks for your help.
[11:47] ---
    They'll run part one in the September
    edition and part two in October.
[11:51] ---
    The deadlines are 7/12 and 8/12.
[11:56] ---
    August?
[12:00] ---
    Yes. I didn't realize until I said it.
[12:04] ---
    I don't know if we made it or not,
[12:07] ---
    but that's right before
    Comic Festival, isn't it?
[12:11] ---
    W-What did you say? All the new
    kids went to Ogichin's room?
[12:16] ---
    Yes. They're going to help
    Ogiue as her assistants.
[12:20] ---
    They said they needed to move the schedule
    way up, or they wouldn't make it.
[12:24] ---
    Oh no! She'll steal my harem!
[12:26] ---
    Don't you dare go.
[12:28] ---
    Anyway, Kuchiki-kun, are
    you looking for a job?
[12:31] ---
    Oh.
[12:32] ---
    My dad's gonna get me a job at
    a local bank, it looks like.
[12:38] ---
    Oh no! Why don't you worry about
    yourself instead of someone else?
[12:42] ---
    You're not trying to take advantage of
    your skills as someone who's lived overseas.
[12:46] ---
    I really want to kill you right now.
[12:48] ---
    I'm, well, you know... Tanaka-san
    will pay for everything I need.
[12:53] ---
    Speaking of killing people, I think Tanaka
    would want to kill you for saying that.
[12:57] ---
    Anyway, there's still lots of fun to be had.
[13:02] ---
    First, take care of the borders for this.
[13:07] ---
    Even if she's new, this is pro level work!
[13:13] ---
    I lose at having clear skin.
    I lose at drawing stuff...
[13:17] ---
    But I can win at straight lines!
[13:23] ---
    I'm sorry. I failed on my first try.
[13:27] ---
    I'll fix it. Don't worry. Show it to me.
[13:35] ---
    Yajimacchi! You're not coming to help today?
[13:40] ---
    Nope. I don't think I'm helping when I go.
[13:44] ---
    Really?
[13:46] ---
    Sempai was saying it would even help
    to have somebody do the erasing.
[13:50] ---
    It takes a lot of strength.
    Anyway, Hato is just too perfect!
[13:56] ---
    She's got her drawing backgrounds already!
[13:59] ---
    She's cute, kind, good at
    judo, and she can draw.
[14:03] ---
    It's not fair.
[14:05] ---
    She just makes me feel terrible.
[14:09] ---
    She has a dong, though.
[14:11] ---
    Well, that's not fair, either.
[14:14] ---
    You saw it that one time, didn't
    you? How was it? Huge?
[14:18] ---
    I told you I didn't see it!
[14:20] ---
    You're lying! I flipped it up
    really hard! You had to see it!
[14:24] ---
    I looked away! I didn't see anything!
[14:27] ---
    Hey there. What circle are you guys with?
[14:30] ---
    Um...
[14:32] ---
    Genshiken, why?
[14:33] ---
    Then is the girl with the long brown
    hair I see with you in the same circle?
[14:38] ---
    What's her name?
[14:41] ---
    My name?
[14:43] ---
    Who are you?
[14:44] ---
    It's me, Hato.
[14:46] ---
    The long wig gets in the way, so I switch
    it with a short one when I'm drawing.
[14:51] ---
    Shall we take a break?
[14:53] ---
    So anyway, people are talking about you.
[14:58] ---
    A mysterious beautiful girl who only
    appears in the circle wing after school.
[15:02] ---
    I said you were in a different circle and I
    didn't know your name, but he was persistent.
[15:07] ---
    Yabusaki-sempai from the Manga Research Club
    happened to be passing by, and she drove him off.
[15:12] ---
    Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing?
[15:15] ---
    I'm sorry for causing you trouble.
[15:18] ---
    No. It's nothing you need to apologize for.
[15:21] ---
    I'll send a message thanking
    her-- Wow, that was fast.
[15:24] ---
    I guess you could change
    your wig like that, though.
[15:27] ---
    Or maybe go for plainer clothes and makeup.
[15:30] ---
    I could, yes. I just always
    put a lot of effort into it.
[15:34] ---
    If I don't, I don't feel
    like I can be a girl.
[15:37] ---
    Really? You could pass
    for one without makeup.
[15:40] ---
    You could just stop cross-dressing.
[15:46] ---
    I hate to keep repeating it.
[15:50] ---
    But if you didn't dress like that, men
    wouldn't pay any attention to you, right?
[15:56] ---
    Well, that's true...
[15:58] ---
    Listen, why are you so obsessed
    with cross-dressing, anyway?
[16:02] ---
    Ohno-sempai seemed fine with
    it, but I don't get it.
[16:07] ---
    Would you put it in terms
    that even I could understand?
[16:11] ---
    Kuchiki-sempai's not here today.
[16:14] ---
    Well... you're right.
[16:17] ---
    I dress this way to come to Genshiken.
[16:20] ---
    And I've only been doing
    it for about six months.
[16:24] ---
    Well... to put it simply...
[16:28] ---
    In high school, when I came out
    and said I really enjoyed BL,
[16:34] ---
    things were pretty rough for me.
[16:37] ---
    Pretty rough?
[16:39] ---
    My school didn't have a Manga Club.
[16:41] ---
    The Art Club was what we had,
    so that's what I joined.
[16:46] ---
    I never told anybody I liked BL.
[16:50] ---
    But I wanted to talk with friends
    who shared the same interests.
[16:54] ---
    So I talked to the rotten
    girls in the club.
[16:55] ---
    I'm sorry! That's enough.
[16:58] ---
    I'm sorry, really. Maybe
    I shouldn't have said that.
[17:01] ---
    I mean, I shouldn't have
    said that. I'm sorry.
[17:04] ---
    It's fine.
[17:05] ---
    I'm sorry, Ogiue-sempai. I ruined
    the mood. I'm really sorry.
[17:10] ---
    No, no... anyway, I guess that's enough.
[17:14] ---
    Let's get back to work.
[17:17] ---
    I'm going to clean up.
[17:22] ---
    I'm a horrible person.
[17:25] ---
    I got jealous and complained, and tried to
    make her say something she didn't want to say.
[17:30] ---
    Basically, she was bullied, right?
[17:34] ---
    If her life was made miserable because of
    her interests, of course she cross-dresses.
[17:39] ---
    Wait, Hato. Sorry, I'm not done.
[17:44] ---
    We know you're into boy's love.
[17:48] ---
    So we won't hassle you for
    it. We won't do anything.
[17:53] ---
    So you don't need to force
    yourself to dress like that.
[17:56] ---
    Yeah... you're right.
[18:01] ---
    Huh? That's it?
[18:03] ---
    Yajimacchi, why don't you get it?
[18:07] ---
    Get what?
[18:08] ---
    Why doesn't she stop dressing like a girl?
[18:13] ---
    Because she likes it!
[18:15] ---
    Every guy wants to be a girl at least once!
[18:18] ---
    Gender-bending is all the rage these days!
[18:21] ---
    Huh?
[18:21] ---
    Especially since she's such a
    cute girl... she can't stop now!
[18:27] ---
    Trauma won't keep you
    doing something forever.
[18:30] ---
    Really?
[18:33] ---
    Well, um... it wasn't like that at first.
[18:38] ---
    But I think that's part of it now.
[18:42] ---
    It's not something I've always
    wanted to do. Really!
[18:46] ---
    Then why not stop right now!
[18:48] ---
    Do you realize how many problems your
    beauty causes for the people around you?
[18:52] ---
    I'm not beautiful!
[18:54] ---
    Don't deny it! That makes it worse!
[18:55] ---
    No problem. Everything's fine.
[18:57] ---
    Wait! That's... that's not all!
[19:02] ---
    What?
[19:03] ---
    It's not just that it's fun,
    or that I was bullied.
[19:08] ---
    Since I started crossdressing,
[19:10] ---
    I was able to see myself and
    my situation from the outside.
[19:15] ---
    That sounds interesting.
[19:18] ---
    Like... I got the key to
    Madarame-sempai's house, right?
[19:24] ---
    Imagine a boy getting the key to his sempai's
    room, so he can use it to dress like a girl.
[19:29] ---
    When you look at that
    situation, it's basically...
[19:33] ---
    Hato x Mada, right?
[19:38] ---
    Let's get to work. Sempai, which
    one did you want me to erase?
[19:42] ---
    Oh, here.
[19:44] ---
    W-Why?
[19:45] ---
    Shut up. You're not ever gonna
    stop cross-dressing, are you?
[19:53] ---
    See you later, guys!
[19:55] ---
    Bye.
[19:56] ---
    Thanks again.
[20:00] ---
    Hato-chan's amazing. She
    says she's gonna keep at it.
[20:03] ---
    Well, Susie's never leaving Sempai's
    side. Nothing weird will happen.
[20:11] ---
    What?
[20:12] ---
    Yajimacchi, Hato-chan is always
    going to be a guy to you, isn't she?
[20:17] ---
    Maybe, yeah.
[20:20] ---
    She totally looks like a girl.
[20:24] ---
    But for some reason, I just see her as a guy.
[20:28] ---
    Why, I wonder?
[20:29] ---
    Isn't it because...
[20:31] ---
    The contents of her skirt
    are seared into your memory?
[20:35] ---
    You're still talking about that?
[20:37] ---
    Now tell me!
[20:38] ---
    I didn't see!
[20:40] ---
    Don't lie to me!
[20:42] ---
    You're leaving already?
[20:44] ---
    Ohno-sempai?
[20:46] ---
    I had to fit it in with Tanaka-san and
    Kugayama-san's schedules, so it took a long time,
[20:51] ---
    but we're ready for cosplay.
[20:55] ---
    Ogiue-san's place has two rooms,
    so it's perfect for changing.
[21:01] ---
    I was waiting for everybody to be here!
[21:03] ---
    He joined the same year me and Madarame did.
[21:07] ---
    I'm Kugayama. Hi.
[21:10] ---
    Hello there.
[21:11] ---
    Come on, Ogiue-san! It's time
    for after-school cosplay!
[21:15] ---
    I'm working!
[21:19] ---
    Sempai?
[21:21] ---
    Even if she's nicer now, I
    still thought this would happen.
[21:25] ---
    We were right to not start moving the boxes.
SIGN    Preview
[23:10] ---
    So you did see up
    Hato-chan's skirt, Yajimacchi!
[23:14] ---
    I said I didn't!
[23:17] ---
    We've got the video footage!
[23:19] ---
    It shows the skirt flying up, and
    your reaction when you saw it!
[23:22] ---
    What are you talking about?
[23:23] ---
    Now what was it? White? Black?
    Lace? G-string? Bloomers?
[23:27] ---
    Or was it everybody's favorite, striped?
[23:30] ---
    Shut up! It was more normal.
[23:32] ---
    So you did see!
[23:35] ---
    Next time on Genshiken: Second
    Generation
: Daydream Believer.