# 3 - Daydream Believer
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GYGGVJQ5Y/genshiken-second-season)
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**[00:04] ---**
My name is Madarame Harunobu.
**[00:07] ---**
I graduated Shiiiou University
with a major in economics.
**[00:09] ---**
Now I'm a salaryman who works for
a sewer construction company.
**[00:15] ---**
When I was a student, I loved being an otaku.
**[00:19] ---**
I'd sworn to stay one my whole life, but...
**[00:26] ---**
You know... being an adult is exhausting.
**[00:42] ---**
Huh?
**[00:43] ---**
It's all clean. And I can see the floor.
**[00:46] ---**
Did Hato-kun do this? That was nice of her.
**[00:51] ---**
Or was it just too dirty for her to handle.
**[00:55] ---**
The games and books are sorted perfectly.
**[01:05] ---**
It's safe.
**[02:47] ---**
The club room feels kind of different now.
**[02:52] ---**
I guess that can't be helped.
It's mostly girls now.
**[02:56] ---**
Back then...
**[03:02] ---**
And then...
**[03:14] ---**
Um...
**[03:17] ---**
Watanabe?
**[03:17] ---**
Madarame!
**[03:18] ---**
Oh crap! Oh crap! Oh crap! That scared me.
**[03:22] ---**
How could I confuse those two?
**[03:23] ---**
There's only one person here?
**[03:26] ---**
Yeah.
**[03:27] ---**
What? I wanted to see the new girls.
**[03:30] ---**
Huh?
**[03:31] ---**
What? I, Sasahara Keiko,
am a member of Genshiken too.
**[03:36] ---**
I'm former president Sasahara's little sister,
and the president's future sister-in-law.
**[03:41] ---**
Isn't that a great position to be in?
**[03:43] ---**
Even if it's kind of weird that the
last two presidents are dating.
**[03:47] ---**
Sasahara was the president two generations
ago. The last one was Ohno-san.
**[03:52] ---**
Come back in the evening.
Not many people come during the day.
**[03:55] ---**
And it's in the evening when the
really interesting girl comes.
**[03:58] ---**
What's she like?
**[03:59] ---**
Huh?
**[04:03] ---**
Daydream Believer
**[04:05] ---**
It doesn't matter.
It's just Genshiken, right?
**[04:08] ---**
I just happened to get up early because
I had yesterday off from work.
**[04:12] ---**
Work?
**[04:13] ---**
I'm a cabaret girl in Hachiouji.
**[04:16] ---**
Ask for me sometime.
***SIGN*** Kyouko
**[04:21] ---**
What?
**[04:22] ---**
Um, I don't go to those places anyway.
**[04:25] ---**
Jeez, she really doesn't belong here!
**[04:28] ---**
Anyway...
**[04:30] ---**
It's boring now that Kousaka
and Saki-neesan have graduated.
**[04:34] ---**
Do they ever come?
**[04:36] ---**
I saw them a little at the welcome party,
**[04:39] ---**
but they never come to the club room.
**[04:42] ---**
I see. If Saki-neesan doesn't come,
then why do you, Watanabe?
**[04:46] ---**
What do you do?
**[04:48] ---**
It's Madarame.
**[04:55] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[04:58] ---**
It doesn't matter to me that
Kasukabe-san doesn't come anymore.
**[05:01] ---**
That's what you say, after that long pause?
**[05:04] ---**
No point in hiding it now, is there?
You liked Saki-neesan.
**[05:11] ---**
I don't understand.
What are you talking about?
**[05:16] ---**
Listen, it was obvious!
**[05:18] ---**
Completely obvious!
**[05:20] ---**
Seriously, I can't believe you
thought no one could tell.
**[05:23] ---**
Onee-chan and Ohno-chan
were saying the same thing.
**[05:26] ---**
Which means her boyfriend knows too!
**[05:29] ---**
And my brother and that guy with the topknot!
**[05:32] ---**
And I haven't asked, but I'm
sure Saki-neesan noticed it too.
**[05:44] ---**
I... I have no idea what
you're talking about!
**[05:47] ---**
Man you piss me off!
**[05:50] ---**
Can otaku not even talk about romance?
**[05:52] ---**
Romance? I've never had any
romance in my entire life!
**[05:56] ---**
It's been otaku talk for me my entire life!
I'm a natural born otaku!
**[05:59] ---**
So in other words you have no
friends? I see! Sorry for asking!
**[06:03] ---**
Shut up! Go back to your cabaret
and let some old man feel you up!
**[06:06] ---**
You idiot! A cabaret isn't a brothel!
Do you not even know the difference?
**[06:14] ---**
Would you two just stay
like that for a second?
**[06:18] ---**
I'll go to the store and get an awl,
a penknife, and a pot lid--
**[06:22] ---**
No one's gonna get that. Don't force it.
**[06:24] ---**
A foreigner?
**[06:26] ---**
One of the new kids. Susanna Hopkins.
**[06:29] ---**
Huh... forget it, I'm tired. Later.
**[06:32] ---**
Yeah, get outta here.
**[06:35] ---**
You haven't given up, have you?
**[06:38] ---**
That's why you're still wasting
your life in this room.
**[06:44] ---**
Right.
**[06:45] ---**
Try asking somebody out in
real life for once, otaku.
**[06:53] ---**
A-Anyway, I have to get to work...
**[06:57] ---**
There's a way to move forward without
giving up on your last love.
**[07:03] ---**
Huh?
**[07:04] ---**
Find a new love.
**[07:10] ---**
Funz!
**[07:11] ---**
No, I don't think I'm going
to get into that stuff.
**[07:14] ---**
Hey there! Oh, Sue-san's here.
**[07:16] ---**
Yo.
**[07:17] ---**
Hello there, Madarame-sempai.
**[07:19] ---**
Hi there. Uh, you're just arriving now?
**[07:23] ---**
Isn't your lunch break going to end soon?
**[07:24] ---**
We've got the afternoon off, so I was
thinking of taking the freshmen to Ikebukuro.
**[07:30] ---**
Hato-chan especially was excited.
**[07:32] ---**
"I'll go change right now," she said.
She's probably changing at your place.
**[07:37] ---**
She's never been to Otome Road, she says.
**[07:40] ---**
I see. Anyway, I'm heading back to work.
**[07:43] ---**
Bye!
**[07:45] ---**
Bye.
**[08:02] ---**
So all the freshmen went?
**[08:05] ---**
Supposedly.
**[08:06] ---**
I guess working as assistants helped.
**[08:09] ---**
Huh?
**[08:09] ---**
Working together toward a goal
makes you feel more like a team.
**[08:15] ---**
I'm very grateful, myself.
**[08:17] ---**
You staying on schedule?
**[08:19] ---**
Yeah, thanks to you guys.
**[08:20] ---**
Once a bit more of the draft is ready,
I'll need some more of your help.
**[08:25] ---**
Sounds good to me!
**[08:32] ---**
Huh?
**[08:34] ---**
Did I forget to turn the lights off?
Or is that Hato-kun...?
**[08:40] ---**
She's never been here at this hour.
**[08:47] ---**
I'm sorry. I just came to get my stuff.
**[08:54] ---**
Um, well... we went to Ikebukuro today.
**[08:57] ---**
And I couldn't get a bag ready for
all the stuff I was planning to buy,
**[09:02] ---**
So I left my clothes and makeup here
and took my changing bag with me,
**[09:07] ---**
And I came back to pick up my things,
**[09:09] ---**
but I couldn't control myself,
so I read a doujinshi...
**[09:11] ---**
It was one I really wanted and it was short,
so I thought it wouldn't take long, but...
**[09:18] ---**
Was Ikebukuro fun?
**[09:25] ---**
Yes. Very.
**[09:27] ---**
That's good. You can come
here whenever you like.
**[09:32] ---**
You were the one who cleaned my
room up, right? I can't complain.
**[09:36] ---**
I'm sorry for not asking first.
**[09:38] ---**
You're nice enough to let me use it all the time,
so I thought it was the least I could do.
**[09:42] ---**
Don't worry about it.
**[09:44] ---**
Wow, you did buy a lot.
**[09:47] ---**
I'll get it out of here right now!
**[09:48] ---**
Can you carry it all?
**[09:49] ---**
I'll be fine!
**[09:52] ---**
Okay!
**[09:53] ---**
Want to have something to drink first?
**[09:58] ---**
I haven't had enough yet,
so I bought some beer.
**[10:06] ---**
Um...
**[10:08] ---**
I'm sorry, I want to read these
as soon as physically possible!
**[10:11] ---**
Sorry. Of course you do. Of course...
**[10:16] ---**
Good night!
**[10:17] ---**
Take care.
**[10:27] ---**
What was I doing just now?!
**[10:33] ---**
It smells kind of good now...
**[10:51] ---**
So that's how you finished your last draft?
**[10:55] ---**
With a ton of assistants.
**[10:57] ---**
Just like a professional.
An asshole professional!
**[10:59] ---**
I am a professional, I guess...
**[11:01] ---**
And I paid them too, so I don't
see why you're complaining.
**[11:07] ---**
So when's it coming out?
**[11:09] ---**
At the end of the month.
**[11:12] ---**
It doesn't matter!
**[11:15] ---**
What about the draft for Comic Festival?
**[11:17] ---**
If you miss the deadline 'cause you have to
finish your pro work, I'm gonna be really mad!
**[11:21] ---**
We stopped work on Yabuhebi and helped you
**[11:24] ---**
'cause you said you were going to make a
book to celebrate Fullmetal Sorcerer finishing!
**[11:27] ---**
I never asked for your help, though.
**[11:29] ---**
What was that?
**[11:31] ---**
A-As your partner, I need you to do your job!
**[11:34] ---**
Partner? Since when?
**[11:41] ---**
Well, I don't even have a draft ready for
Comic Festival, so I know why you're worried.
**[11:46] ---**
But once summer break comes I can
spend all day on it. It'll be fine.
**[11:51] ---**
If you absolutely insist, I could help you.
**[11:54] ---**
I can't hear you, sempai!
**[11:57] ---**
It's tsundere time!
**[11:58] ---**
Get lost, you two!
**[12:01] ---**
The freshmen are more of
a help than I thought.
**[12:06] ---**
The freshmen?
**[12:07] ---**
Yeah, Hato-kun especially.
**[12:10] ---**
It's hot...
**[12:12] ---**
Did Genshiken pick up another dude?
**[12:15] ---**
Sorry, I got that wrong. Hato-san.
**[12:19] ---**
And this weighs a ton...
**[12:22] ---**
I wonder if I could just leave the makeup
in Madarame-sempai's room..
**[12:26] ---**
No, I can't take advantage of him any more.
**[12:39] ---**
That's right. It's better
to be slightly hesitant.
**[12:42] ---**
Like you just can't get used to it.
**[12:45] ---**
Look at this from the outside.
It's totally Hato x Mada!
**[12:50] ---**
But what am I, exactly?
**[12:53] ---**
A geppledonger? Your second self?
**[12:55] ---**
A spiritual entity?
A figment of your imagination?
**[12:58] ---**
Your Stand? Or your *tokatonton*?
**[13:07] ---**
Sempai gave me permission
to use the air conditioner.
**[13:10] ---**
Otherwise I'd be too sweaty
to change or put on makeup.
**[13:15] ---**
He never cleans up his room! Silly sempai.
**[13:20] ---**
"Silly sempai!" I said!
**[13:23] ---**
After this I'll say,
"Sempai couldn't survive without my help."
**[13:27] ---**
You need to help out your sempai!
**[13:29] ---**
It's good when the younger one is on top!
***SIGN*** High School Girls Out of Control
**[13:34] ---**
Oh sempai, put your doujinshi away!
**[13:37] ---**
And you didn't wash the dishes...
**[13:40] ---**
Oh my, Madarame-sempai!
**[13:42] ---**
But this carelessness and vulnerability
makes him an ideal bottom!
**[13:49] ---**
I guess using his shower
is taking it a bit too far.
**[13:51] ---**
The shower?
**[13:53] ---**
What kind of flag is that going to trigger?
**[13:55] ---**
If there's no special event where he
comes home while I'm in the shower,
**[13:59] ---**
the player will be pissed!
**[14:03] ---**
It's cool.
**[14:20] ---**
Good job me! I want to
pat myself on the back!
**[14:23] ---**
I know what happens now!
**[14:25] ---**
I fall asleep, surrounded by his scent,
and then he finds me when he gets home.
**[14:29] ---**
And then only two things can happen!
One: He makes his move while I'm asleep!
**[14:33] ---**
Two: I pretend to be asleep and jump him!
**[14:36] ---**
And since it's Hato x Mada,
the choice must be...
**[14:40] ---**
Kissy-kissy rub-rub!
**[14:45] ---**
Hato-kun?
**[14:48] ---**
Hato-kun! Hato-kun!
**[14:51] ---**
Huh?
**[14:52] ---**
Good morning. Or good evening.
**[14:56] ---**
Did you fall asleep?
**[15:01] ---**
I'll leave right away! I'm sorry!
**[15:02] ---**
You don't have to rush...
**[15:04] ---**
Huh? Did I really fall asleep?
**[15:07] ---**
I laid down just a second ago... Was I dreaming?
When did it start? Am I dreaming now?
**[15:14] ---**
Hato-kun?
**[15:16] ---**
Calm down, Hato-kun.
I don't think you're awake yet.
**[15:20] ---**
Y-Yeah...
**[15:33] ---**
This beer is great. So good!
**[15:35] ---**
No, um... this is really good too.
**[15:39] ---**
Glad to hear it. That's shrimp,
ham, and cherry tomato pasta.
**[15:44] ---**
Sometimes when you live alone you
want to make something decent.
**[15:47] ---**
What is this strange sense of defeat?
**[15:51] ---**
He can't be good at this! Character-wise
it should be the reverse! And I can't cook!
**[15:56] ---**
He lets somebody like me into his
room, and even cooks for me...
**[16:00] ---**
What is he thinking?
**[16:03] ---**
Wait a second... could it be Mada x Hato?
**[16:07] ---**
Well, you know. I need to make friends
with the only guy left in the club right now.
**[16:12] ---**
It's hard to hang out in the club room,
with all the girls there now.
**[16:16] ---**
Oh, but I'm a girl when I'm there.
**[16:19] ---**
That's true, yeah.
**[16:22] ---**
Maybe I've read too much BL.
**[16:24] ---**
Actually, I've never met you
when you're a guy before.
**[16:28] ---**
It's Hato-kun, right?
**[16:30] ---**
Sure, I'm Hato.
**[16:33] ---**
Just a second.
**[16:38] ---**
Hello, Madarame-san.
**[16:41] ---**
That scared me! You really do change.
**[16:45] ---**
You sounded like Noumi Yamiko.
**[16:47] ---**
I liked it when you said my name.
**[16:48] ---**
No, my voice isn't that nice.
**[16:51] ---**
I think anybody could do it
if they put the effort in.
**[16:53] ---**
I learned from books and the internet.
**[16:56] ---**
The internet? I mean, sure... but
it still takes a lot of time right?
**[17:01] ---**
It took me about three months.
**[17:03] ---**
I don't have that kind of energy.
**[17:06] ---**
He treates me like I'm normal,
whether I'm a girl or a guy.
**[17:12] ---**
If you're that good, you can fit in with
all the girls at Genshiken perfectly right?
**[17:17] ---**
Oh, I don't know.
**[17:19] ---**
Yajima-san's pretty persistent
about telling me to stop.
**[17:22] ---**
Is she?
**[17:24] ---**
Yeah. She wants me to go as a guy.
I can understand why, I guess.
**[17:29] ---**
It must be a little creepy.
**[17:35] ---**
I'd like to make something clear, I guess.
**[17:39] ---**
What?
**[17:41] ---**
It's not that I'm into other guys...
**[17:50] ---**
Aren't you surprised?
**[17:53] ---**
I thought that was pretty shocking myself.
**[17:55] ---**
Sorry! I'd only ever thought
of BL or crossdressing
**[17:59] ---**
as something you did as a hobby.
**[18:03] ---**
Then didn't you think
something bad might happen
**[18:08] ---**
if you let a weirdo like me into
your room and gave me food?
**[18:10] ---**
Something bad? Like you're going to rob me?
**[18:15] ---**
No...
**[18:16] ---**
I think you've been reading too much BL.
**[18:18] ---**
No, I mean... you're right, but...
**[18:22] ---**
If I really was into that stuff,
**[18:26] ---**
I should have fallen in love with you by now.
**[18:29] ---**
**[18:33] ---**
Oh, that's it.
**[18:36] ---**
Actually, since you were dressed like a guy,
I felt really relaxed while talking to you.
**[18:41] ---**
He doesn't seem scared at all. He...
**[18:48] ---**
Uh?
**[18:49] ---**
He really is careless and vulnerable.
**[18:51] ---**
What?
**[18:52] ---**
No. It's nothing. Thank you.
**[18:56] ---**
What? Are we done with that subject?
**[18:58] ---**
Yes. Thank you.
**[19:00] ---**
You sure? I've barely said a word.
**[19:03] ---**
I'm sure. Now let's eat! Have another beer.
**[19:08] ---**
Yeah, you're right.
**[19:32] ---**
He left his glasses on...
should I take them off?
**[19:36] ---**
Take them off and give him a kiss!
**[19:38] ---**
Be quiet. Shut up!
**[19:39] ---**
Why? He's totally open!
**[19:42] ---**
I don't want to wake him.
**[19:44] ---**
And I'm not into that stuff, personally.
**[19:46] ---**
After all that fapping to BL you do?
**[19:50] ---**
Don't say "fap".
**[19:52] ---**
Something fell behind the shelves.
**[20:06] ---**
Pictures?
**[20:16] ---**
They're all...
**[20:18] ---**
They're all...
**[20:25] ---**
Madarame-sempai likes Kasukabe-sempai?
**[20:32] ---**
Affairs are so hot!
**[20:33] ---**
Shut up! You don't know
what a man's heart is like!
**[20:37] ---**
T-That's insulting! I'm you, after all!
***SIGN*** Cosplay Day
**[22:30] ---**
Kyouko, are you really doing that?
***SIGN*** Kyouko (Real name: Sasahara Keiko)
**[22:33] ---**
Yup, sure am!
**[22:35] ---**
We've got a bunny girl, a
nurse, and a high school girl.
**[22:37] ---**
And a miniskirt police officer.
So what's one more?
**[22:41] ---**
There's a lot of demand for them.
**[22:42] ---**
I need to go all out or I won't survive.
**[22:45] ---**
This is really popular at pachinko, and there
are even celebrities who imitate it!
**[22:50] ---**
I think it might be pretty popular!
**[22:52] ---**
Not happening.
**[22:53] ---**
But manager, this was expensive!
I bought it myself!
**[22:57] ---**
We don't do that stuff here.
Do it on your own time.
**[23:00] ---**
What if we get sued?
**[23:03] ---**
Damn it. If Watanabe came,
I'm sure he'd love it.
***SIGN*** Genshiken Second Generation
***SIGN*** Preview
**[23:10] ---**
It's almost time for Comic Festival!
**[23:12] ---**
Let's buy all the BL books we can find!
**[23:14] ---**
I hope there's some last minute stuff too!
**[23:16] ---**
I'm so excited I can't sleep!
**[23:17] ---**
Not getting enough sleep is bad for
your skin and can lead to heatstroke!
**[23:20] ---**
Yoshitake-san gave us a list
of stuff to beat the heat.
**[23:23] ---**
Hat. Towel. Fan. Suntan lotion. Deodorant.
**[23:26] ---**
Napkins to wipe off the sweat.
Change of clothes. Frozen drinks.
**[23:28] ---**
What great ideas!
**[23:29] ---**
Lastly, if you put an ice pack in your bra,
it keeps you cool and gives you big boobs!
**[23:33] ---**
**[23:34] ---**
That one's not happening.
**[23:35] ---**
Yeah.
**[23:36] ---**
Next time on *Genshiken: Second Generation:*
Beards and Boobs!
**[23:40] ---**