7 - KOIBANA3
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[00:01] ---
So let's get back to basics.
[00:03] ---
It's not that simple.
[00:05] ---
You really didn't see?
[00:07] ---
I didn't. And I forgot it!
[00:09] ---
If you forgot it,
you'll remember it later!
[00:12] ---
So what did you remember?
[00:13] ---
Shut up, you!
[00:16] ---
Oh, it's been a while, Sasahara-sempai.
[00:19] ---
Yo.
[00:19] ---
Hello there.
[00:21] ---
Oh, hello.
[00:22] ---
Hello.
[00:23] ---
So like I said, it's good to keep
the existence of the reader in mind.
[00:28] ---
The whole point is to share
something with the reader, after all.
[00:32] ---
Yes.
[00:33] ---
But what you can't forget is that the
author herself is the most important reader.
[00:38] ---
If you don't think it's
interesting, nobody else will.
[00:43] ---
Yes.
[00:44] ---
Sure, once a work is out there,
it's not just yours anymore.
[00:47] ---
T-This seems important.
[00:51] ---
But until a work is written,
nobody can even complain about it.
[00:54] ---
That's right.
[00:56] ---
Sempai's manga for Afternoon
[00:58] ---
got trashed by the online fans.
[01:01] ---
Okay, I'm heading back to work now.
[01:03] ---
You're still on the clock?
[01:05] ---
Oh, uh... I just came back to the
club room to pick up a few things.
[01:09] ---
Bye.
[01:10] ---
Bye!
[01:11] ---
See you.
[01:18] ---
Um...
[01:19] ---
I wanted to talk to him about my manga.
[01:23] ---
So I had him come here. Don't worry about it.
[01:26] ---
Anyway, we're here today to talk
about our plans for the school fair.
[01:30] ---
We're gonna cosplay again!
[01:32] ---
The Cross-Dressing Way!
[01:34] ---
Survival Strategy!
[01:35] ---
Yes, we're doing it!
So don't dress like that outside!
[01:39] ---
What are these outfits?
[01:40] ---
They're too into it.
[03:13] ---
A special issue of
Mebaetame for the school fair?
[03:16] ---
Yes, the topic can be the school fair.
[03:19] ---
We'll use B5 paper, bigger than usual,
with as many pages as we can manage.
[03:24] ---
And sell it, right?
[03:25] ---
Yes.
[03:27] ---
Um... are we allowed to sell it?
[03:30] ---
I think it'll be okay,
but Genshiken's never done that.
[03:37] ---
A club magazine at the school fair?
[03:39] ---
Hmm... I think a few of
ours haven't been free.
[03:43] ---
Last year we did a maid cafe,
so we didn't draw anything.
[03:47] ---
But when I was a freshman,
I think we sold mags for about 100 yen.
[03:52] ---
The Manga Club? I dunno.
[03:55] ---
They probably haven't started anything yet.
[03:59] ---
See ya.
[04:01] ---
Of course you don't know.
[04:04] ---
'Cause you got kicked out of that club!
[04:08] ---
For doing stuff with Ogi-sempai's circle.
[04:11] ---
Comic Festival sealed your fate.
[04:14] ---
I knew it was coming.
And I feel good about it!
[04:17] ---
You should just join Genshiken!
[04:19] ---
Not happening. Ever.
[04:21] ---
You should join a new circle too.
Maybe Genshiken.
[04:26] ---
Why are you laughing?
[04:30] ---
KOIBANA3
[04:33] ---
Looks like it's okay.
[04:35] ---
Will this book just be
manga and illustrations?
[04:38] ---
No. Text, pictures, whatever.
[04:42] ---
Anything's okay.
[04:43] ---
Maybe I'll write a story then!
[04:45] ---
What?
[04:46] ---
Ooh!
[04:47] ---
Are you a writer?
[04:49] ---
Nope, never tried it.
[04:52] ---
What?
[04:53] ---
But when I watch at you guys,
[04:55] ---
it makes me want to create my own stuff too.
[04:58] ---
I know! Let's make something
together, Yajimacchi!
[05:01] ---
Huh?
[05:02] ---
I'll write a story, and you can do
the illustrations! How about it?
[05:07] ---
She's right. It might be better
to make her take half the blame
[05:09] ---
than do something original,
and embarrass myself alone!
[05:13] ---
Got any ideas?
[05:15] ---
Hmm... let me see.
The topic's the school fair.
[05:19] ---
A Warring States School Fair!
[05:21] ---
I was an idiot to ask.
[05:23] ---
What? Why? A school in the middle of its fair
[05:26] ---
is transported through time, building
and all, into the middle of Sekigahara.
[05:29] ---
It's super moe!
[05:31] ---
There's no point in having
it be a school fair, then!
[05:33] ---
It could just be a normal high school!
[05:35] ---
The title, to me, suggests a school where
all the warring states generals attend...
[05:38] ---
There's lots of those!
[05:41] ---
The theme could be one of a
never-ending school fair...
[05:44] ---
I remember when I used to
work on projects like that.
[05:47] ---
I did it a lot in middle school.
[05:50] ---
They usually don't work out, though.
[05:52] ---
Good luck, guys!
[05:56] ---
What about you, Hato-kun?
[05:57] ---
Right!
[05:58] ---
If we put out a book,
will you draw something for it?
[06:00] ---
Um...
[06:03] ---
BL isn't allowed, right?
[06:06] ---
As long as it's appropriate for
all ages, some BL would be okay.
[06:10] ---
Some... "some," is it?
[06:14] ---
Yes. From my perspective,
the biggest mystery about Hato-kun
[06:17] ---
isn't her cross-dressing or
love of BL. It's her art.
[06:21] ---
Everything she draws for Mebaetame
is BL in a shoujo manga style.
[06:25] ---
It's all pro or better, and
most of it is very extreme!
[06:28] ---
But when she was my assistant,
[06:32] ---
all the backgrounds she
drew were very realistic.
[06:35] ---
Hato-kun has the ability to switch styles,
[06:38] ---
and is skilled at both
design and sketching.
[06:41] ---
She must have a lot of experience
drawing with a crow quill pen and ink.
[06:45] ---
And yet, all I've seen from her are
cuts and single illustrations.
[06:50] ---
I've never seen her write a full manga.
[06:53] ---
Maybe she hasn't written one?
No, that's impossible.
[06:58] ---
If she has, maybe she's better than me?
[07:03] ---
Hato-kun...
[07:04] ---
Yes?
[07:04] ---
I'd really like to read a manga by you.
[07:24] ---
I'm sorry. Can I think about it a little?
[07:31] ---
Divide the page into panels.
[07:34] ---
Sketch it out.
[07:53] ---
Okay, this time...
[08:00] ---
Why does this always happen?
[08:03] ---
That's right.
[08:05] ---
When you're dressed as a girl,
you can only draw extreme BL scenes,
[08:08] ---
and when you're not,
you can only draw special manga
[08:11] ---
about special characters.
[08:15] ---
After what I said to Hato-kun...
[08:18] ---
I can't draw a thing.
[08:25] ---
What?
[08:27] ---
"If you're tired, rest your head on my lap?"
[08:30] ---
I guess it couldn't hurt.
[08:40] ---
What?
[08:42] ---
If you say anything embarrassing
in your sleep, I'll punish you.
[08:44] ---
Is that from some anime?
[08:48] ---
Like "Sasahara-san..."?
[08:55] ---
I'm sorry, I was kidding!
I'd never say anything so embarrassing!
[09:00] ---
You know I wouldn't!
[09:02] ---
Then change places...
[09:05] ---
Look at this quality research material!
[09:08] ---
No way! I can't draw armor!
[09:10] ---
I'm sorry. It looks like writing
a manga is going to be too hard.
[09:15] ---
I see. What about
Yoshitake-san and Yajima-san?
[09:19] ---
We've broken up due to
irreconcilable creative differences!
[09:24] ---
Her ideas are too stupid to draw.
[09:27] ---
Why? The space samurai
cavalry are the Eastern Army,
[09:30] ---
the school transforms into a super
weapon for the Western Army,
[09:33] ---
and they fight at Osaka Castle!
[09:34] ---
You just made that up to be a jerk!
[09:36] ---
You got stubborn and made the
story even more ridiculous.
[09:38] ---
Oh my! Does it look like the Mebaetame
School Fair Special isn't happening?
[09:44] ---
Then why don't we just...
[09:46] ---
...all have a cosplay photo shoot!
[09:48] ---
We will not!
[09:49] ---
Well, if all else fails,
[09:51] ---
I'm sure Ogi-sempai will
write 50 pages by herself.
[09:58] ---
Huh?
[10:00] ---
I-I was sure Hato-kun would draw something.
[10:05] ---
Not happening, is it? Sorry.
[10:08] ---
Um, to tell you the truth...
[10:12] ---
Your art changes...
[10:15] ---
...depending on how you're dressed?
[10:16] ---
Yes.
[10:19] ---
When I'm a girl I can only
draw really extreme stuff.
[10:22] ---
Wait, wait, wait. When you were
sempai's assistant you were a guy.
[10:27] ---
I was just drawing
backgrounds so it worked out.
[10:32] ---
Do you have anything you drew as a guy?
[10:34] ---
I did bring it, but...
[10:37] ---
It's really very different.
SIGN Where should I go?
[10:42] ---
No way. You're joking.
[10:45] ---
There's no way somebody
drawing stuff like this
[10:47] ---
could change just by putting
on women's clothing.
[10:50] ---
You're not wrong, but... it's true.
[10:55] ---
Before school started I was
practicing cross-dressing.
[10:57] ---
I decided to try and draw something,
and it was like a limiter turned off.
[11:01] ---
I suddenly was able to draw BL
pictures like I was possessed.
[11:05] ---
Um, I've heard of something
causing a change in style,
[11:08] ---
or to get better...
but changing that much...
[11:13] ---
Cross-dressing might be like some kind
of self-hypnosis switch for her.
[11:18] ---
Is that possible?
[11:19] ---
When you look at Hato-kun, what do you think?
[11:22] ---
She's such a perfect girl that it feels
like she's put herself under hypnosis.
[11:27] ---
The cross-dressing and voice
change are just a trigger.
[11:30] ---
What makes her amazing
is locked away inside.
[11:33] ---
Maybe that's what transforms her
[11:35] ---
into the ideal rotten girl
that she wants to be.
[11:40] ---
Ideal rotten girl?
[11:44] ---
And it just so happens that part of that
ideal is being good at drawing BL.
[11:49] ---
I don't get it.
[11:51] ---
So she tricks herself
into being good?
[11:52] ---
Maybe.
[11:54] ---
Come to think of it... even when she
was asleep, she had a girl's voice.
[11:58] ---
That isn't normal.
[12:01] ---
But I just saw for sure that
she's 100% a guy the other day.
[12:09] ---
So how does this work?
[12:11] ---
You can't just draw a clean BL manga?
[12:15] ---
It's always just the dirty parts?
[12:18] ---
Yes. That's right.
[12:20] ---
I forget myself and start
ignoring the panel divisions.
[12:25] ---
That's not going to work.
Let's all just cosplay instead.
[12:29] ---
That's right!
[12:31] ---
E-Even if you're okay with
that, I don't think...
[12:33] ---
N-n-n-n-nu-nu-PICCON!
[12:37] ---
What's that supposed to be?
[12:38] ---
You do the layouts.
[12:40] ---
You draw the pictures.
[12:41] ---
Huh?
[12:43] ---
Does that mean...
[12:45] ---
...we work together?
[12:50] ---
Um, freshmen girls...
let me ask you some questions.
[12:54] ---
When you were in high school,
[12:58] ---
did you ever fall in love?
[13:00] ---
Huh?
[13:01] ---
Huh?!
[13:03] ---
Wow, a twofer.
[13:05] ---
Um... whether or not I do
a manga with Hato-kun...
[13:10] ---
I wanted to try a different
genre than I usually do,
[13:12] ---
and do a romance manga set
at a high school culture fair.
[13:18] ---
But I didn't do anything like
that when I was in high school.
[13:22] ---
I didn't even have any friends.
[13:25] ---
You guys were high school
students not that long ago,
[13:28] ---
so I'd like to hear if you have
any love stories to tell me.
[13:31] ---
No, no, Ogi-sempai. I'm sorry, since
everybody probably sees this coming,
[13:34] ---
but while I had passions
in 2D and from history,
[13:39] ---
do you really think any of us have
ever been in love? Right, Yajimacchi?
[13:43] ---
Yeah... I guess so.
[13:49] ---
Okay, Yajimacchi. DOUBT!
[13:51] ---
What do you doubt?
[13:52] ---
Why are you being so indirect?
[13:54] ---
And you looked away too! It's obvious!
[13:57] ---
I'll bring out my stash of the
good snacks, so out with it!
[14:01] ---
Are we going to have a tea party? HTT?
[14:04] ---
If we leave it to Yoshitake-san,
it'll probably work out.
[14:07] ---
You really suck.
[14:11] ---
You're an asshole.
Who cares what you think?
[14:15] ---
No, no, that's Zora from Ten
Piece. I really like him.
[14:21] ---
Ten Piece is just too popular.
[14:24] ---
I'm better. Gimme that pen.
[14:32] ---
I win.
[14:33] ---
I'm humiliated!
[14:35] ---
Well, I bet he practiced when he was a kid.
[14:42] ---
Hey, you suck.
[14:45] ---
You suck.
[14:46] ---
Sucky!
[14:48] ---
Why do people call you "Sucky," Yajima?
[14:51] ---
I don't know!
[14:57] ---
I'm glad I ended up in
your class again, Mirei.
[15:01] ---
Yeah.
[15:05] ---
I heard he's in class C.
[15:12] ---
I went to the convienence store yesterday...
[15:15] ---
Hey, Yajima.
[15:20] ---
Bye.
[15:23] ---
Yeah.
[15:25] ---
That was our last conversation.
[15:28] ---
No, no, Yajimacchi. Wait a second.
[15:31] ---
What?
[15:32] ---
It's hard to say this, but...
[15:35] ---
Wasn't that just bullying?
"My classmates gave me a mean nickname!"
[15:40] ---
I thought so at the time.
[15:43] ---
But he took it back in the end.
[15:49] ---
What do you think of us, sempai?
[15:52] ---
Our bar for "romance" is set way too low!
[15:56] ---
And what's worse, is even as far
as Yajimacchi's lowered the bar,
[16:00] ---
I still can't clear it!
[16:02] ---
I spent every day in the history club,
[16:05] ---
getting into arguments about
history, otaku, and BL!
[16:09] ---
So our last hope is Hato-chan!
[16:14] ---
What's wrong, Hato-chan? You're bright red!
[16:16] ---
Am I?
[16:18] ---
Has there been anything in this
story that'd make somebody blush?
[16:21] ---
What? What happened?
[16:23] ---
No. Either way, I mean...
[16:26] ---
I can't really help you...
I've never dated anyone.
[16:31] ---
And I've never even talked
to anyone about it.
[16:33] ---
When Yajima said, "He was
better at drawing than me,"
[16:37] ---
she turned three times redder than normal!
[16:39] ---
Drawing?
[16:40] ---
Good eye, Sue-san!
[16:43] ---
What does that mean?
[16:45] ---
It means something happened when
Hato-chan was in high school.
[16:49] ---
Does it have to do with drawing?
[16:51] ---
Ogi-sempai's taken the bait!
[16:53] ---
And Sue-san's got the snacks!
She won't give them to anyone!
[16:56] ---
Nobody cares!
[16:58] ---
Come on, Hato-chan, I'll give
you this Godiver chocolate.
[17:01] ---
What? That looks expensive.
[17:02] ---
You want it, Yajimacchi?
[17:03] ---
No, forget it.
[17:04] ---
Okay then. Here you go, Hato-chan.
[17:07] ---
Um, well... when I was in high school...
[17:12] ---
High school?
[17:13] ---
That's right, when she was in high school...
[17:15] ---
Yeah, when you were in high school?
[17:17] ---
Wait, Yoshitake!
[17:19] ---
What?
[17:20] ---
Well, um...
[17:23] ---
You remember what happened when
she was in high school, right?
[17:26] ---
We heard something bad happened, right?
[17:28] ---
When people found
out she was into BL?
[17:31] ---
Yeah. When she came out about it
in the art club, she got bullied.
[17:35] ---
Yeah, that. So, well...
[17:38] ---
Let's not dig too deep into that, huh?
[17:41] ---
Oh, but I wanted to hear more about that too.
[17:45] ---
Would they really bully you
just for being a guy into BL?
[17:49] ---
We found out about it the very first day,
[17:54] ---
and we didn't care.
[17:56] ---
You were actually insistent
that she come as a guy.
[18:02] ---
The first time I heard Hato's story,
I thought it was strange.
[18:06] ---
Now, high school and college
can be pretty different.
[18:09] ---
But I still thought to myself,
[18:12] ---
"I'm sure there's romance involved."
[18:16] ---
No... I don't think that was it.
[18:20] ---
Maybe the girls were fighting over
you, and you didn't know about it.
[18:25] ---
You're a cute guy too, Hato-chan,
[18:29] ---
so I wouldn't be surprised
if you were popular.
[18:31] ---
No, that wasn't true at all.
[18:34] ---
I think the girls just
thought I was pathetic.
[18:37] ---
And the guys?
[18:39] ---
My guess is that there were
guys fighting over you too,
[18:42] ---
and that's part of why you had trouble.
[18:45] ---
What about you? You're always stylish,
you had to have been popular!
[18:50] ---
You don't get it, Hato-chan.
[18:53] ---
Huh?
[18:55] ---
You don't dress stylishly or
put on makeup to impress guys.
[18:58] ---
You do it to keep other girls in their place.
[19:02] ---
When you dress up, do you pay more
attention to how girls or guys react?
[19:06] ---
You're right! I pay more
attention to the girls!
[19:10] ---
Right? That's how it works.
[19:12] ---
So why not tell me everything, huh?
[19:15] ---
It might help Ogi-sempai.
[19:18] ---
Huh?
[19:19] ---
Oh, right. I was the one who brought this up.
[19:23] ---
But I don't know about this.
[19:27] ---
I thought I was bailing her out!
[19:34] ---
But I still...
[19:39] ---
...don't want to talk about it.
[19:41] ---
Manabu!
[19:47] ---
Hey, everybody's here.
Of course you are, it's a meeting!
[19:51] ---
So I've decided on my
cosplay for the school fair.
[19:54] ---
Tell Miss Tanaka for me.
[19:57] ---
I'll be a pair with Hato-chan.
[19:59] ---
No cross-dressing for you.
[20:01] ---
Why?
[20:02] ---
The trap phenomenon
[20:04] ---
is on the cutting edge of
modern visual culture!
[20:08] ---
I can't deny that, but...
[20:10] ---
When you do it, it's just
"creepy otaku" stuff.
[20:12] ---
People don't need more
excuses to insult otaku.
[20:15] ---
And Hato-kun's not cosplaying this time.
[20:18] ---
Why?
[20:19] ---
Hato-kun is hiding her identity,
[20:22] ---
so she can't stand out while she's on campus.
[20:25] ---
She can't show up as a guy, either, so
she'll be cross-dressing in plain clothes.
[20:30] ---
Yes.
[20:31] ---
Give it up, please.
[20:33] ---
I-I can't believe it!
[20:34] ---
By the way, Kucchi-sempai.
[20:38] ---
Do you have any tales of
romance from high school?
[20:41] ---
I do.
[20:45] ---
Ventura, Ventura--
[20:46] ---
Sempai?
[20:49] ---
W-W-Would you go out with me?
SIGN After Festival
[20:55] ---
And so...
[20:56] ---
some girl I didn't know asked me
out in my last year of high school.
[21:00] ---
And we're done! If I hear this I won't
be able to draw anything ever again!
[21:04] ---
We're doing standard anime-style manga!
[21:07] ---
Let's clean up.
[21:08] ---
W-What's this? I sense a mood of disrespect.
[21:12] ---
A very disrespectful mood!
[21:14] ---
That's weird. He wasn't trying, but...
[21:17] ---
...Kuchiki-sempai ended up saving me.
[21:20] ---
So how long did you date her?
[21:24] ---
The next day she said, "Never mind."
I spoke to her for less than three minutes.
SIGN Preview
[23:10] ---
Genshiken's publishing something
for the school fair, aren't they?
[23:13] ---
With Ogiue there, of course they are!
[23:15] ---
I'm not sure about our postwar
agricultural policies, either.
[23:20] ---
Why are you here? You can't
have my Giga Potato Chips!
[23:22] ---
If you can't eat, you get hungry!
[23:25] ---
Anything but rice would
be less fuel-efficient.
[23:27] ---
Stop bringing back all these old jokes!
[23:29] ---
When you get hungry you get mad!
[23:31] ---
That's right.
[23:33] ---
Argh!
[23:35] ---
Next time on Genshiken: Second Generation:
There's a Route, but There's No Loop!
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