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9 - White Gate Keeper

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(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[00:05] ---
    This draft is good.
[00:08] ---
    Thank you.
[00:11] ---
    It feels like a side story for
    Lunar Glasses, your pro manga.
[00:15] ---
    Well, I figured right now, I should
    focus on writing what I know.
[00:20] ---
    I see.
[00:22] ---
    Did she get over it?
[00:24] ---
    So Hato-kun is
     finishing the artwork?
[00:28] ---
    About that... we might end up coming here,
[00:32] ---
    or to Hato-kun's room,
    to work on the art.
[00:37] ---
    Is that okay?
[00:38] ---
    Oh, uh...
[00:41] ---
    Yeah.
[00:46] ---
    I think you're supposed to say no.
[00:50] ---
    Am I?
[00:51] ---
    Yes.
[00:52] ---
    Even if he's a trap.
[00:54] ---
    I figured if it was necessary,
    I should keep my mouth shut.
[00:59] ---
    Well, I'm sure that's what
    you think. You always...
[01:03] ---
    That's right... I'm supposed
    to be a strong top.
[01:08] ---
    Ogiue-san, sit here.
[01:13] ---
    Okay...
[01:20] ---
    Is that your phone?
[01:22] ---
    I've got a bad feeling about this.
[01:25] ---
    Okay, tonight we're training!
[01:27] ---
    I'm sorry.
[01:29] ---
    No, I kind of figured this was coming.
[01:33] ---
    What's with your hand?
[01:35] ---
    Well, Sue's tagging along,
    so I guess it's okay.
[03:12] ---
    Well, it's okay, I guess.
[03:14] ---
    I see. It is. It is. I'm glad.
[03:17] ---
    It's so embarrassing to have
    someone read your work.
[03:21] ---
    I've read it a bunch of
    times! Get used to it.
[03:23] ---
    Well, I'm still like that when
    people read my rough drafts.
[03:28] ---
    So what did the story end up as?
[03:31] ---
    Oh, yeah.
[03:33] ---
    After the Fifth
     Interdimensional Space War,
[03:36] ---
    in the year 24,925 of the
    Earth Gregorian Calendar,
[03:38] ---
    the generals of the Warring
    States era are reborn
[03:43] ---
    at the military high school
    of the 382nd planet, Necrose.
[03:45] ---
    Their school culture fair
    gets out of hand...
[03:47] ---
    Couldn't you do without
    most of that introduction?
[03:49] ---
    But there's the interdimensional haunted
    house and the interdimensional music club.
[03:52] ---
    Those ideas seem interesting on their own,
[03:55] ---
    so do you really need the
    Warring States generals?
[03:57] ---
    I gave up.
[03:59] ---
    You can see the details
    when it's all done.
[04:01] ---
    ...all right.
[04:02] ---
    So what about you?
[04:04] ---
    We just finished the rough draft.
[04:06] ---
    Hato-kun said she'd
     work on the art at home.
[04:10] ---
    Hello there.
[04:11] ---
    We were just talking about you.
[04:14] ---
    Were you?
[04:16] ---
    How'd the manga turn out?
[04:20] ---
    Well...
[04:22] ---
    We can't put this in the magazine.
[04:25] ---
    When I tried to draw in
    that style as a girl,
[04:28] ---
    it turned into BL illustrations again.
[04:31] ---
    Hato-chan, do you understand?
[04:33] ---
    My characters are doing it.
[04:36] ---
    If there was a doujinshi of my manga,
    this is what it would look like.
[04:42] ---
    Ogi-sempai?
[04:46] ---
    Um, yes. Putting this aside...
[04:50] ---
    I want a copy of it later.
[04:53] ---
    Looks like you liked it!
[04:56] ---
    I think I need to watch as she draws,
[04:59] ---
    so that her drawings
    don't end up as porn.
[05:04] ---
    I really do need the help.
[05:07] ---
    Okay, Hato-chan! We'll watch too!
[05:10] ---
    As you draw porn... I mean, not porn!
[05:13] ---
    Come on! Come on! Come on!
[05:16] ---
    Yajimacchi, that thing
    could've killed me.
[05:19] ---
    Don't bother them. We're leaving.
[05:21] ---
    We need to talk about our art.
[05:22] ---
    But it sounds like so much fun!
[05:23] ---
    Shut up! We're leaving.
[05:27] ---
    Okay, let's get started.
[05:30] ---
    Yes.
[05:32] ---
    White Gate Keeper.
[05:39] ---
    How did you...
[05:42] ---
    ... settle on your current style?
[05:45] ---
    Oh, I haven't settled on it yet.
[05:49] ---
    I've done a lot of things since I was a
    kid, like copying my favorite manga...
[05:53] ---
    And this is just how it turned out.
[05:55] ---
    Yeah, I thought so.
[05:57] ---
    Your style is something you develop
[06:00] ---
    after a long period of
    trial and error, isn't it?
[06:04] ---
    But the style in these pictures
    is just a copy of someone else.
[06:10] ---
    Almost completely.
[06:12] ---
    I feel so bad that I can draw
    them just by crossdressing,
[06:16] ---
    and that it's always BL illustrations.
[06:20] ---
    I think that's the reason I can't
    draw normal manga in this style.
[06:26] ---
    No, um... you're not tracing,
    right? You were just influenced.
[06:30] ---
    Yes.
[06:31] ---
    Then it's not really copying.
[06:33] ---
    No, more importantly,
    the way you talked...
[06:37] ---
    ...it's someone you know, right?
[06:40] ---
    A sempai at my high
    school was really good.
[06:44] ---
    She was a rotten girl.
[06:46] ---
    High school... sempai... good
    at drawing... rotten girl...
[06:51] ---
    Hato-kun, were you thinking of her back
    when we were talking about romance?
[06:56] ---
    Bingo! She's gone three times as red!
[07:00] ---
    No, it's not really... uhm...
[07:04] ---
    Wait a second!
[07:07] ---
    I'm sorry, Hato-kun. I can't
    give you advice about romance.
[07:12] ---
    Do you think it would be okay
[07:14] ---
    if I tried a different
    approach as a manga author?
[07:20] ---
    I'm pathetic.
[07:22] ---
    As her sempai, I need to find some
    way to solve this problem.
[07:26] ---
    Um...
[07:28] ---
    I can understand not being able to draw
    normal manga for psychological reasons.
[07:33] ---
    It's normal for something small
    to make you incapable of drawing.
[07:37] ---
    Yes.
[07:38] ---
    Hmm... that means what
    doesn't make sense,
[07:43] ---
    is the crossdressing.
[07:44] ---
    It's just not possible for something
    like that to give you so much firepower.
[07:50] ---
    As a manga author, I can say
    for sure that it's impossible.
[07:53] ---
    So I think the natural assumption
[07:56] ---
    is that you always have that ability.
[08:00] ---
    No...
[08:01] ---
    Even back when you were being my
    assistant, I was honestly a little jealous.
[08:06] ---
    "She can draw anything.
     It's possible she's better than me."
[08:11] ---
    No! No! That's impossible!
[08:14] ---
    My style when I'm a guy...
[08:17] ---
    It's like that!
[08:19] ---
    That's kind of interesting
    in and of itself,
[08:23] ---
    but what that means is that you always
    wanted to draw things like this.
[08:27] ---
    When you're a guy, you put a
    limiter on your own abilities,
[08:31] ---
    and the crossdressing
    gets rid of that limiter.
[08:34] ---
    Even if you copied the style,
    this is your own ability.
[08:39] ---
    I guarantee that you
    can draw a real manga.
[08:43] ---
    Now give it a try.
[08:46] ---
    Hey, when you're drawing
    dirty pictures...
[08:49] ---
    Does it make you feel horny?
[08:51] ---
    I don't know.
[08:52] ---
    Do you--
[08:52] ---
    Sorry, but I don't draw dirty pictures!
SIGN    Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture
[09:01] ---
    You did it.
[09:03] ---
    Yes.
[09:06] ---
    I think it works. Let's keep at it.
[09:09] ---
    Y-Yeah!
[09:13] ---
    Wow... I think this is the most
    presidential thing I've ever done!
[09:18] ---
    Hi there! It's the Circle
    Leadership Committee!
[09:22] ---
    We're here with a message.
[09:25] ---
    Oh, Takeya-san, did you cut your hair?
[09:28] ---
    That's right, I registered with
    them under the name Takeya Mikako.
[09:34] ---
    Sempai.
[09:35] ---
    I know.
[09:37] ---
    Um... it's about the costumes you're
    using for the cosplay photo shoot.
[09:41] ---
    We need a list, and
    pictures for all of them.
[09:43] ---
    Here.
[09:45] ---
    Okay.
[09:46] ---
    Nothing too dirty, they said.
[09:48] ---
    I'll let the person in charge know.
[09:49] ---
    So are you coming to the
    festival, Takeya-san?
[09:52] ---
    Yes... I think.
[09:55] ---
    Oh, I'll show you around then!
[09:59] ---
    As president, I need to do something!
[10:01] ---
    Sempai. Sempai.
[10:02] ---
    What? Shut up.
[10:05] ---
    President Mikami asked me to
    tell him everything you did.
[10:09] ---
    What? You're going to rat me out?
[10:11] ---
    I'm not going to rat you out.
[10:13] ---
    I'm going to tell him
     right in front of you.
[10:17] ---
    Do you want to suck up to him that much?
[10:20] ---
    If you don't make trouble,
    there won't be any problems.
[10:24] ---
    Fine.
[10:28] ---
    Okay, take care of the cosplay
    thing. See you soon.
[10:33] ---
    Automatic writing?
[10:35] ---
    Hato-kun... it's just that you want
    to draw those pictures, isn't it?
[10:41] ---
    There weren't any restrictions
    like this last year.
[10:45] ---
    I hear that the Circle Leadership Committee's
     president is the harshest since Kitagawa-san.
[10:52] ---
    Yes? Hello! It's been forever!
[10:56] ---
    Kohsaka said he's finally
    done with a big job,
[11:01] ---
    and he wants to go.
[11:03] ---
    Then...
[11:04] ---
    I'll be going to the school fair too.
[11:06] ---
    I'll get your costume ready, Saki-san!
[11:10] ---
    She hung up!
[11:12] ---
    Was that Kasukabe-san?
[11:14] ---
    Everybody else is coming.
    What about you, Sasahara-san?
[11:17] ---
    You still aren't sure. I see.
[11:20] ---
    Oh, the Mebaetame special?
SIGN    Madarame-sempai,
    
    It looks like we'll
    have the Mebaetame
     special done in time
    for the school fair!
    
    - Hato
[11:44] ---

    The Modern... what?
SIGN    Cosplay Try-On and Photo Studio - Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture
[11:47] ---
    That's pretty amazing.
SIGN    Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture Cosplay
[11:54] ---
    The Society for the Study
    of Modern Visual Culture.
[11:57] ---
    Ogiue-san!
[12:00] ---
    Stop asking. I told
    you I'm not doing it.
[12:04] ---
    The situation's changed!
SIGN    Front Desk Special Magazine (200 yen)
[12:06] ---
    Saki-san's coming!
[12:09] ---
    If we're cosplaying, she might too!
[12:13] ---
    I don't think she's the type who's
    influenced by things like that.
[12:16] ---
    Ohno-sempai looks like she's having fun.
[12:19] ---
    I think it's only a matter of time
    before she gets us in trouble.
[12:22] ---
    I'm handling the makeup today,
     so I got out of having to cosplay.
[12:27] ---
    You said you were going to try and
    blend in, but you're wearing make-up!
[12:31] ---
    I didn't think I could
    get by without makeup.
[12:33] ---
    You don't look plain at all!
[12:35] ---
    I'm not wearing much!
[12:38] ---
    Listen, idiot, "plain"
    means somebody like me--
[12:39] ---
    Welcome! Are you interested in cosplay?
[12:43] ---
    Or maybe people like her.
[12:46] ---
    Hey.
[12:48] ---
    Mirei!
[12:53] ---
    University's amazing.
[12:55] ---
    You made it here on your
    own, just like you said.
[12:59] ---
    Why is she hiding?
[13:01] ---
    She called Yajima-san "Mirei"?
[13:03] ---
    That's the friend from high
    school you mentioned, right?
[13:06] ---
    Yeah. Her name's Mimasaka.
[13:08] ---
    Say hello.
[13:09] ---
    H-Hi there.
[13:12] ---
    On the left is Yoshitake.
[13:14] ---
    Hi there.
[13:14] ---
    And this is, um...
[13:16] ---
    The one I told you about.
[13:20] ---
    "The one I told you about," huh?
[13:21] ---
    Just call her Takeya today.
[13:24] ---
    She's supposed to be a student
    from another university.
[13:28] ---
    And this is Ogiue-sempai, the president.
[13:30] ---
    Hi.
[13:31] ---
    I hope you have a good time.
[13:34] ---
    She's staring at me.
[13:37] ---
    Look! This has Yajimacchi's
    drawings in it!
[13:40] ---
    It's 200 yen.
[13:41] ---
    I'll buy it!
[13:42] ---
    Well, of course she'd look at me
    like that, since she knows who I am.
[13:46] ---
    You're a really good artist, Mirei.
[13:50] ---
    ...for pity's sake.
[13:52] ---
    Mimacchi, you don't need to be polite.
[13:55] ---
    Mima...?
[13:56] ---
    Isn't she better off
    if you tell the truth,
[13:59] ---
    and she learns how harsh
    the world really is?
[14:02] ---
    How harsh the world is?
[14:04] ---
    Mirei learned that a long time ago!
[14:07] ---
    But what's so amazing about
    Mirei is that she doesn't mind.
[14:11] ---
    Right?
[14:12] ---
    Well, it's not true that I don't mind...
[14:15] ---
    The bond between the two of
    them is stronger than I thought.
[14:19] ---
    So it seems.
SIGN    Anime Research
[14:21] ---
    He's not in the Anime
    Research club either, huh?
[14:24] ---
    Want to go back and ask?
[14:27] ---
    Ask what?
[14:28] ---
    Is there anybody named
    Hato in the freshman year?
[14:31] ---
    We decided that he'd be sure
    to join some otaku circle.
[14:36] ---
    Of course he did! ...I think.
[14:39] ---
    You're not sure! You were
    sure but now you're not!
[14:41] ---
    Then I'll go back and ask!
[14:44] ---
    Seriously?
[14:44] ---
    Huh?
[14:45] ---
    Oh? What is it?
[14:47] ---
    Is that Kaminaga-sempai?
     At the top of that staircase.
[14:52] ---
    I can't tell.
[14:53] ---
    I can't see her now.
[14:54] ---
    Wait, Kon--
[15:14] ---
    I just can't tell!
     There's too many people!
[15:18] ---
    You sure it was Kaminaga-sempai?
[15:20] ---
    What? You didn't see
    her? I'm sure it was!
[15:24] ---
    Well, it makes sense
    for her to be here...
[15:28] ---
    Cosplay?
[15:29] ---
    That's Atelier Maru! How cute!
SIGN    Cosplay Try-On and Photo Shoot - Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture.
[15:35] ---
    Question!
[15:36] ---
    Which generals saw great success
    at the battle of Shizugatake,
[15:39] ---
    but were not counted among the
    Seven Spears of Shizugatake?!
[15:43] ---
    Answer! Sakurai Iekazu
    and Ishikawa Kazumitsu!
[15:46] ---
    It's said that this is because they
    were not Hideyoshi's personal retainers.
[15:48] ---
    The Seven Spears began as an
    attempt to make his men famous!
[15:56] ---
    You always focus on the
    details of history.
[16:00] ---
    That was close.
[16:01] ---
    It looks like you haven't been
    slacking off in your studies.
[16:05] ---
    "Question" and "Answer"...
    isn't that from Zen Buddhism?
[16:11] ---
    These two are from the
    history club at my school.
[16:14] ---
    They're my sisters-in-arms, you might say.
[16:16] ---
    Quiet. On the battlefield, we're enemies.
[16:19] ---
    Ugh. You're not using the term right.
[16:21] ---
    How?
[16:23] ---
    Brothers-in-arms are allies
    on the battlefield...
[16:24] ---
    So it's Yoshitake-san's friends now?
[16:27] ---
    It's a lot livelier in here now.
[16:30] ---
    Is everybody here?
[16:32] ---
    You can't...
[16:34] ---
    All set.
[16:37] ---
    I had sempai make these for me.
[16:40] ---
    It had to be this game, didn't it?
[16:43] ---
    You look so good in that!
[16:45] ---
    Ohno-sempai is seriously merciless.
[16:48] ---
    You look so cool, Mirei.
[16:51] ---
    The stomach area is made
    from stockings too.
[16:52] ---
    Wow, it's really lively in here.
[16:55] ---
    Oh, Madarame-sempai!
[16:57] ---
    Hey.
[16:58] ---
    Hey.
[17:02] ---
    This is totally a cosplay
    research club now, isn't it?
[17:06] ---
    It is.
[17:08] ---
    It's like a reunion for
    Yoshitake-san and her friends.
[17:11] ---
    I see.
[17:14] ---
    Is that the Mebaetame
    you were talking about?
[17:15] ---
    Yes.
[17:17] ---
    It's the special school fair edition.
[17:23] ---
    Oh, is the manga at the front yours?
[17:26] ---
    Just the drawings...
    Ogiue-sempai did the story.
[17:30] ---
    This is really amazing. Right, Ogiue-san?
[17:33] ---
    It really is.
[17:34] ---
    Ooh, this is really good.
    Really interesting.
[17:39] ---
    It's thanks to Ogiue-sempai.
[17:42] ---
    He came...
[17:44] ---
    But the atmosphere here probably
    makes it hard for him.
[17:47] ---
    Tanaka-sempai and Kugayama-sempai
    are here, so it's probably okay.
[17:52] ---
    But today, no matter what...
[17:55] ---
    Kasukabe-sempai and
    Kohsaka-sempai are coming.
[17:58] ---
    It would be weird if I
    asked if he knew that.
[18:10] ---
    Hey, Watanabe, Onee-chan.
[18:14] ---
    Are Saki-neesan and
    Kohsaka-san here already?
[18:19] ---
    What? Are those two coming?
[18:21] ---
    Yes. So I've heard.
[18:24] ---
    That's why I came.
[18:26] ---
    Who are you? And where do
    you get off saying that?
[18:30] ---
    Watanabe? Onee-chan?
[18:32] ---
    Heh heh... well?
[18:34] ---
    Well, what?
[18:36] ---
    Well, those two are coming.
    What are you going to do?
[18:38] ---
    Nothing!
[18:40] ---
    From what she said... does she know?
[18:43] ---
    About Madarame-sempai
    and Kasukabe-sempai...
[18:45] ---
    And sempai seems to know it too.
[18:49] ---
    I wasn't the only one who knew?
[18:55] ---
    Huh? Huh, huh, huh?
[18:59] ---
    Are the two of you dating?
[19:02] ---
    No, no, no! No way!
[19:04] ---
    Seriously? You'd make a great couple!
[19:07] ---
    She was totally glaring at me!
[19:09] ---
    Was I?
[19:12] ---
    That's because she's never
    seen somebody like you before.
[19:15] ---
    It's physically impossible.
[19:18] ---
    Huh? What? I don't know what you mean.
[19:21] ---
    Well, I'll tell you later.
[19:24] ---
    Physically... that's right.
    We're the weird ones.
[19:29] ---
    Never mind then. I'll go
    wander around for a bit.
[19:34] ---
    See you later.
[19:37] ---
    That's Sasahara's little sister.
[19:39] ---
    And she's a cabaret girl.
[19:41] ---
    She's not even a student, but she
    claims to be part of Genshiken.
[19:45] ---
    I think she's younger than Ogiue-san?
[19:47] ---
    Yes. One year younger, I think.
[19:50] ---
    Then a year older than me?
[19:53] ---
    Wait a second. Is Madarame and
    Kasukabe something everybody knows about?
[19:57] ---
    Of course. It's from before
    I came to university,
[20:01] ---
    so of course they'd know
    more about it than I would.
[20:06] ---
    But somehow...
[20:13] ---
    It's cosplay everywhere.
[20:15] ---
    You think it's really a cosplay club?
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    But look, they've got manga drawings up.
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    Konno-san and Fuji-san?
[20:23] ---
    Crap! Oh, crap!
[20:25] ---
    They look just like
    Kaminaga-sempai's drawings.
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    It's okay. They won't find out.
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    There's no way they'll think
    I'm dressed as a girl.
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    My voice is much cuter now.
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    Can I look at this?
[20:42] ---
    Yes, go ahead.
[20:47] ---
    Well?
[20:48] ---
    Here it is. But it says they
    were drawn by Takeya Mikako.
[20:53] ---
    That's right. Right
    now, I'm Takeya Mikako.
[20:57] ---
    Hato Kenjiro isn't here.
[20:59] ---
    Oh, Hato-chan!
[21:03] ---
    Why are you back to dressing like that?
[21:12] ---
    Huh?
[21:15] ---
    Kamina--
[23:01] ---
    Damn it! Why do you always
    show up when I'm eating!
[23:04] ---
    I think you just eat too much.
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    Was that deliberate?
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    Keiko-san, you keep getting
    Madarame-sempai's name wrong.
[23:13] ---
    But I thought it was Watanabe at first.
[23:16] ---
    She never figured it
    out on the first try.
[23:18] ---
    And I got sick of explaining it.
[23:21] ---
    And he can change his
    name if he gets married.
[23:23] ---
    Married?
[23:23] ---
    A lot of my friends are already married.
[23:26] ---
    They seem like people
    who'd do that fast.
[23:27] ---
    They're fast in a lot of ways, I'm sure.
[23:29] ---
    Are you going to change
    it to... Kasukabe?
[23:33] ---
    Are you going to be
    Sasahara Chika, Oneechan?
[23:36] ---
    Next time on Genshiken: Second Generation:
    Snow Man.
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