# 7 - Doggy & Scramble
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**[00:04] Mahiro**
Once upon a time,
**[00:06] ---**
there was an alien, a cyborg,
**[00:10] Mahiro**
an ammonite, the Kumamoto
Castle, a Shiba dog,
**[00:14] Mahiro**
a sea monkey, and a bok choy,
**[00:16] Mahiro**
and they all lived together.
***SIGN*** Doggy & Scramble
**[02:19] Fumio**
Natsume-san.
**[02:21] Mahiro**
Murakami-senpai.
**[02:23] Fumio**
What are you writing today?
**[02:25] Mahiro**
I'm working on the novel I've been writing.
**[02:28] Fumio**
Oh, you said it's due soon, right?
**[02:32] Fumio**
For the lit club's mini-magazine.
**[02:34] Mahiro**
No, I finished that already.
**[02:37] Mahiro**
This is a novel I've been
writing for a long time.
**[02:40] Fumio**
For a long time?
**[02:42] Mahiro**
Yes.
**[02:42] Mahiro**
Since elementary school.
**[02:44] Fumio**
That long ago?
**[02:46] Fumio**
What type of story is it?
**[02:48] Mahiro**
Well, simply put, an alien, a cyborg,
**[02:51] Mahiro**
an ammonite, the Kumamoto
Castle, a Shiba dog,
**[02:53] Mahiro**
a sea monkey, and a bok choy all
work together to save the world.
**[02:58] Fumio**
Huh?
**[03:00] Fumio**
Bok choy?
**[03:02] Mahiro**
It falls into the space opera genre.
**[03:05] Mahiro**
It's an action adventure story that makes
the blood race and the flesh dance.
**[03:09] Fumio**
Right.
**[03:10] Mahiro**
But I have writer's block.
**[03:13] Mahiro**
I have up until the climax written,
**[03:15] Mahiro**
but I'm not sure how to end it.
**[03:18] Fumio**
I see.
**[03:20] Mahiro**
I work on it now and then, but I haven't gotten far.
**[03:25] Fumio**
And you've been working on
it since elementary school?
**[03:27] Mahiro**
That's right.
**[03:28] Mahiro**
I've rewritten it plenty of times,
**[03:31] Mahiro**
so the story keeps changing, but...
**[03:34] Fumio**
I see.
**[03:36] Fumio**
I know, Natsume-san.
**[03:38] Fumio**
If you wouldn't mind, may I read your story?
**[03:41] Mahiro**
Read this?
**[03:43] Mahiro**
Yes.
**[03:44] Fumio**
Maybe I could help you come up
with ideas for how to continue it.
**[03:49] Mahiro**
That's true.
**[03:50] Mahiro**
Would you take a look at it, then?
**[04:01] Mahiro**
Once upon a time,
**[04:02] ---**
there was an alien, a cyborg,
**[04:05] Mahiro**
an ammonite, the Kumamoto
Castle, a Shiba dog,
**[04:08] Mahiro**
a sea monkey, and a bok choy,
and they all lived together.
**[04:12] Cyborg**
Why?
**[04:13] Cyborg**
Why did this have to happen?!
**[04:15] Cyborg**
If something isn't done, Earth will be destroyed!
**[04:20] Cyborg**
Why did you keep quiet about that until now?!
**[04:23] Cyborg**
What should we do, Kumamoto Castle?
**[04:25] Kumamoto**
Asking me won't do any good.
**[04:27] Kumamoto**
I know. Maybe Bok Choy knows something.
**[04:33] Fumio**
Uh, so the Kumamoto Castle
can speak Japanese?
**[04:37] Mahiro**
Yes, since he is a Japanese castle.
**[04:39] Fumio**
But the alien can't?
**[04:41] Mahiro**
The alien speaks in alien language.
**[04:45] Mahiro**
Also, when he came to Earth,
**[04:47] Mahiro**
he began learning the
standard language, Esperanto.
**[04:50] Fumio**
I see.
**[04:51] Mahiro**
Also, the bok choy is a really pretty girl.
**[04:55] Shiba**
What is this, ruff?!
**[04:56] Shiba**
Why is everyone just sitting here, ruff?!
**[04:59] Shiba**
If we don't hurry, Bok Choy will be in danger!
**[05:01] Sea**
Quiet down a bit.
**[05:03] Sea**
You keep screaming like that,
**[05:05] Sea**
and people will think your
owner didn't train you, Baby.
**[05:08] Shiba**
What was that?!
**[05:09] Shiba**
Try saying that again, ruff!
**[05:12] Fumio**
Who's this monkey wearing the goggles?
**[05:16] Mahiro**
That's the sea monkey.
**[05:17] Fumio**
Aren't sea monkeys a type of plankton?
**[05:20] Mahiro**
When I started writing this,
**[05:22] Mahiro**
I thought that sea monkeys were
monkeys that lived in the sea.
**[05:26] Fumio**
Oh...
**[05:43] Fumio**
This is good.
**[05:45] Fumio**
Natsume-san, this is really good!
**[05:47] Mahiro**
Oh, uh, thanks.
**[05:50] Fumio**
You should be more proud.
**[05:52] Fumio**
This really is good.
**[05:55] ---**
Um...
**[05:57] Mahiro**
I've rewritten it so many times,
**[06:00] Mahiro**
I'm not quite sure if it's even
good to other people anymore.
**[06:04] Fumio**
It's good. I guarantee it.
**[06:08] Fumio**
Reading it was very exciting.
**[06:10] Fumio**
So what happens to Bok Choy after that?
**[06:16] Mahiro**
I was thinking of having her
die protecting the alien.
**[06:19] Fumio**
She's going to die?!
**[06:21] Mahiro**
Hmm... Maybe not.
**[06:24] Fumio**
Wh-Which is it?
**[06:27] Mahiro**
I... haven't decided yet, I guess?
**[06:32] Fumio**
I see.
**[06:34] Fumio**
I really want to know what happens.
**[06:37] Fumio**
When are you going to finish this?
**[06:40] Mahiro**
At my current pace,
**[06:42] Mahiro**
I might never finish.
**[06:45] Fumio**
What?!
**[06:47] Mahiro**
Well, whatever happens, happens.
**[06:50] Fumio**
Writing is an adventure in exploration.
**[06:53] Fumio**
Ryunosuke Akutagawa said that
after you've done whatever you can,
**[06:58] Fumio**
you can only rely on heaven for the rest.
**[07:02] Fumio**
I see.
**[07:09] Chloe**
Fumio-san?
**[07:10] Chloe**
Why do you look so glum?
**[07:13] Fumio**
Oh, Chloe-san.
**[07:15] Chloe**
Did something badly happen?
**[07:18] Fumio**
"Something bad," you mean?
**[07:21] Fumio**
I was wondering how it ended.
**[07:24] Chloe**
Ended?
**[07:25] Fumio**
Natsume-san is writing a novel,
**[07:28] Fumio**
and it was really interesting,
**[07:30] Fumio**
so I wanted to know how it ended.
**[07:31] Chloe**
Oh! I love novels, too!
**[07:35] Chloe**
I want to read it, too!
**[07:38] Fumio**
Want to read it?
**[07:40] Fumio**
I borrowed it.
**[07:52] Chloe**
What happens to Bok Choy?!
**[07:54] Fumio**
Apparently, she might die.
**[07:58] Fumio**
She also might not die.
**[08:02] Chloe**
Which one?
**[08:03] Fumio**
Natsume-san doesn't know yet, either.
**[08:08] Chloe**
I want to know.
**[08:10] Fumio**
Me, too.
**[08:13] Chloe**
Let me borrow this.
**[08:15] Fumio**
Huh?
**[08:16] Chloe**
This is so good.
**[08:18] Chloe**
It's wasted if everyone else doesn't read it!
**[08:20] Fumio**
Hey, wait!
**[08:27] Michiru**
That was so touching!
**[08:29] Michiru**
What happens?! I want to know!
**[08:36] Chidzuru**
What is this?
**[08:37] Chidzuru**
It's really good!
**[08:43] Erena**
What happens to Bok Choy?!
**[08:49] Mahiro**
Huh?
**[08:55] Chloe**
We want to read the rest.
**[08:57] Michiru**
I can't stop thinking about how it ends.
**[09:00] Chidzuru**
I can turn it into a manga for you!
**[09:03] Erena**
What about Bok Choy? What about Bok Choy?!
**[09:06] Fumio**
That's what happened.
**[09:09] Mahiro**
Right.
**[09:10] Chloe**
We came here to get you
worked down to write the rest.
**[09:15] Fumio**
You mean "worked up."
**[09:17] Mahiro**
Yeah, but...
**[09:20] Mahiro**
I've been working on this for
years, and it's still not done.
**[09:23] Mahiro**
I don't know if I can just finish it like that.
**[09:26] Chidzuru**
I see.
**[09:27] Chidzuru**
I know why you can't finish it.
**[09:30] Mahiro**
Hm?
**[09:31] Chidzuru**
You're missing something essential as a writer.
**[09:36] Michiru**
Something essential?
**[09:38] Erena**
What's that?
**[09:40] Chidzuru**
Something you must have to finish a work.
**[09:44] Chidzuru**
That is...
***SIGN*** Deadline
**[09:46] Chidzuru**
A deadline!
**[09:48] Chidzuru**
If I don't have a deadline, I just keep
goofing off and never finish my manga.
**[09:55] Chidzuru**
But if I don't, it won't be ready in time for the expo.
**[09:58] Chidzuru**
When it gets to that point, I feel motivated,
**[10:00] Chidzuru**
and I finish it off.
**[10:02] Chloe**
I see.
**[10:03] Chloe**
That makes sense.
**[10:05] Michiru**
I always finish my cosplay outfits early
**[10:08] Michiru**
before it's time to fit them.
**[10:11] Erena**
I guess it's like summer homework.
**[10:14] Chidzuru**
That's why you just need to set a deadline
**[10:16] Chidzuru**
and finish before then.
**[10:20] Michiru**
That's a great idea.
**[10:22] Erena**
So, when do we set the deadline?
**[10:25] Chloe**
I want to read the ending now.
**[10:28] Chloe**
How about tomorrow?
**[10:30] Mahiro**
Not possible.
**[10:31] Michiru**
What about next week, then?
**[10:35] Mahiro**
It might take longer than that.
**[10:37] Erena**
The week after next?
**[10:38] Mahiro**
I'm not sure...
**[10:40] Chloe**
What about the week after that?
**[10:42] Mahiro**
That'd be hard...
**[10:44] Michiru**
Then, next month?
**[10:46] Mahiro**
We have finals, so...
**[10:48] Erena**
What about next year?
**[10:50] Mahiro**
I'm not sure about that...
**[10:53] Chloe**
I can't wait that long!
**[10:55] Michiru**
If it's hard to finish it all at once,
**[10:58] Michiru**
then why not try setting smaller
deadlines, and go from there?
**[11:02] Chidzuru**
Like a weekly publication?
**[11:04] Chidzuru**
It might be easier to do small bits weekly.
**[11:08] Fumio**
Natsume-san, how does that sound?
**[11:10] Mahiro**
Yeah, I'll do my best.
**[11:13] All**
Really?!
**[11:14] Mahiro**
Yes, I want to finish it, too.
**[11:18] Chloe**
Well then, the sooner, the better.
**[11:21] Chloe**
We're looking forward to it.
**[11:26] ---**
Girl Friend BETA.
**[11:49] Mahiro**
Um,
**[11:50] ---**
are you guys waiting for me to finish writing?
**[11:57] Mahiro**
Murakami-senpai...
**[12:02] Chloe**
Hm? Where's Natsume-san?
**[12:07] Fumio**
Oh, she isn't here yet?
**[12:09] Erena**
The novel's supposed to be due today.
**[12:12] Michiru**
I thought I'd be able to read the rest...
**[12:16] Chidzuru**
This isn't good.
**[12:18] Chidzuru**
Did she run away?
**[12:19] All**
What?
**[12:20] Chidzuru**
Authors who can't make their deadlines
**[12:24] ---**
run away from their editors all the time.
**[12:26] All**
What?
**[12:28] Erena**
That's terrible.
**[12:29] Erena**
What should we do?
**[12:31] Chidzuru**
The thing an editor should
do when this happens...
**[12:35] Chidzuru**
is find her, of course!
**[12:40] Tsugumi**
That sounds like a lot of trouble.
**[12:41] Mahiro**
I would have finished it a long
time ago if it were that simple.
**[12:47] Tsugumi**
Yeah.
**[12:49] Tsugumi**
Is it that hard to write, though?
**[12:52] Tsugumi**
You finish your stuff for the school newspaper
**[12:54] Tsugumi**
and your romance novels really fast.
**[12:59] Mahiro**
Yeah, because one's more a hobby of mine,
**[13:01] Mahiro**
and the newspaper has a deadline.
**[13:04] Tsugumi**
But aren't you writing that as a hobby,
**[13:07] Tsugumi**
and don't you have a deadline now, too?
**[13:10] Tsugumi**
Let me read it.
**[13:12] Mahiro**
No.
**[13:13] Tsugumi**
Why?
**[13:15] Mahiro**
I don't want you telling me you
want to read the rest of it, too.
**[13:18] Tsugumi**
It's that good, then?
**[13:20] Mahiro**
Not so much good...
**[13:23] Mahiro**
I just like writing it.
**[13:27] Tsugumi**
Huh...
**[13:29] Chloe**
Oh!
**[13:30] Chloe**
I found you, Natsume-san.
**[13:33] Chloe**
It's time to write the ending!
**[13:40] Fumio**
Natsume-san, you haven't written the
ending to the novel yet, have you?
**[13:46] Mahiro**
I just don't have any idea what to do.
**[13:50] Fumio**
Indeed...
**[13:52] Chloe**
We have no other choice.
**[13:54] Chloe**
We'll just have to help you get ideas, then.
**[13:58] Fumio**
Help?
**[14:00] Chloe**
We need to find people to help.
**[14:03] Chloe**
We'll get ideas that way.
**[14:05] Erena**
Can we even do that?
**[14:08] Chloe**
It's important not to rush.
**[14:10] Fumio**
Huh?
***SIGN*** The Heroes Who Seem Strong But Aren't, Except Maybe a Little Mahiro Natsume
**[14:11] Chloe**
We need to go around asking people
**[14:14] Chloe**
who know about the characters in this story.
**[14:18] Chidzuru**
I get it.
**[14:19] Chidzuru**
We all belong to a lot of different clubs.
**[14:23] Chidzuru**
I bet there are people who are
knowledgeable about this stuff.
**[14:26] Michiru**
So we ask those people, and get ideas.
**[14:30] Erena**
The characters are...
**[14:33] Chloe**
Let's split up and ask people!
**[14:37] All**
Right!
**[14:39] Yudzuki**
Aliens?
**[14:41] Yudzuki**
I know a lot about science fiction movies.
**[14:45] Michiru**
That's great!
**[14:46] Michiru**
So, about the alien in this story...
**[14:50] Yudzuki**
According to the description,
**[14:52] Yudzuki**
this seems like a large-nosed grey.
**[14:54] Yudzuki**
Not a reptilian, right?
**[14:56] Yudzuki**
Doesn't seem like a Nordic, either.
**[15:00] Monochrome**
I am an android, yes,
**[15:03] Monochrome**
but I am not a cyborg.
**[15:06] Erena**
Are androids and cyborgs different?
**[15:09] Monochrome**
Yes, they are.
**[15:11] Monochrome**
They're as different as crab
pilaf and imitation crab.
**[15:14] Erena**
That's great.
**[15:16] Erena**
You're basically the same, then.
**[15:18] Erena**
Look at this.
**[15:19] Monochrome**
Huh?
**[15:21] Isuki**
I know a lot about ammonites.
**[15:23] Isuki**
Also, I know about trilobites
and nautiluses, too.
**[15:25] Chidzuru**
Really? That's great.
**[15:28] Chidzuru**
What about sea monkeys?
**[15:29] Isuki**
I know about them.
**[15:31] Isuki**
The brine shrimp, like Artemia,
that you keep in aquariums, right?
**[15:36] Isuki**
They're creatures in the Chirocephalidae family,
**[15:38] Isuki**
Anostraca order, subclass Sarsostraca, right?
**[15:41] Chidzuru**
Not those sea monkeys.
**[15:43] Chidzuru**
This is a monkey that lives in the sea.
**[15:46] Isuki**
Huh?
**[15:51] Mahiro**
Thanks for getting all of this together, but...
**[15:54] Mahiro**
I feel like there's more people now.
**[15:57] Yudzuki**
I want to know what happens
so badly, I can't study.
**[16:00] Isuki**
I'm psyched now. You've gotta do something!
**[16:03] Monochrome**
Please write the ending.
**[16:06] Mahiro**
You let them read it, didn't you?
**[16:08] Chidzuru**
Well, we needed to so we could get their help.
**[16:12] Tsugumi**
Yeah, so please!
**[16:15] Mahiro**
Et tu, Tsugumi?
**[16:17] Fumio**
But this is pretty impressive.
**[16:18] Mahiro**
Huh?
**[16:19] Fumio**
There are so many people here
who want to read your story.
**[16:23] Fumio**
I thought it was a weird novel at first,
**[16:27] Fumio**
but as I was reading it,
**[16:29] Fumio**
it was so interesting,
**[16:30] Fumio**
I just got engrossed in it.
**[16:33] Fumio**
It's incredible that you were able to
write a novel this good, Natsume-san.
**[16:41] Fumio**
Natsume-san?
**[16:43] Mahiro**
If my readers think so highly of me,
**[16:45] Mahiro**
I guess I'm going to have to write it.
**[16:48] Fumio**
Then...
**[16:50] Mahiro**
Can I use this research you got for me?
**[16:56] All**
Sure!
**[17:40] Fumio**
Natsume-san.
**[17:41] Fumio**
It's almost time to close the library.
**[17:45] Mahiro**
Is it that late?
**[17:48] Mahiro**
Can I stay just a little bit longer?
**[17:50] Mahiro**
I want to finish this one part.
**[17:54] Fumio**
That's fine.
**[17:56] Mahiro**
Thank you.
**[17:58] Fumio**
But are you sure you should push yourself so hard?
**[18:01] Mahiro**
I have tons of fun when I work on this novel.
**[18:06] Mahiro**
I forget what time it is and just get absorbed.
**[18:09] Fumio**
I see.
**[18:11] Mahiro**
So it isn't stressful at all.
**[18:14] Mahiro**
It's a lot of work,
**[18:15] ---**
but it isn't painful for me.
**[18:19] Mahiro**
When I write, I get stuck, tripped up,
**[18:23] Mahiro**
and I backtrack a lot,
**[18:25] Mahiro**
but when the alien and Bok
Choy cry and laugh together,
**[18:30] Mahiro**
I feel like I want to know how it ends, too.
**[18:34] Mahiro**
That's why I have a lot of fun doing this.
**[18:38] Mahiro**
But...
**[18:41] Mahiro**
But I wonder why I couldn't write it until now...
**[18:53] Mahiro**
Before they realized it,
**[18:54] Mahiro**
they all found themselves
working towards one goal.
**[18:59] Mahiro**
They all wanted one thing:
**[19:01] Mahiro**
they wanted to protect this small,
**[19:05] Mahiro**
but precious world.
**[19:07] Mahiro**
And they all felt strongly about it.
**[19:12] Chloe**
This is wonderful!
**[19:13] Chloe**
It's a masterpiece.
**[19:15] Michiru**
I've never read a novel this fun before!
**[19:18] Chidzuru**
She got me!
**[19:19] Chidzuru**
I didn't expect this ending.
**[19:21] Erena**
I'm so happy...
**[19:23] Erena**
I'm so happy for Bok Choy.
**[19:26] Fumio**
That was a great novel, Natsume-san.
**[19:28] Fumio**
I'd love to reread this over and over.
**[19:31] Mahiro**
I wouldn't go that far...
**[19:33] Yudzuki**
I started crying when I thought
the alien was going to die.
**[19:37] Monochrome**
I cried there, too.
**[19:40] Monochrome**
I felt bad that the cyborg
was going to be left all alone.
**[19:44] Isuki**
And then it's really cool how the
ammonite kicks butt after that.
**[19:48] Tsugumi**
Yeah.
**[19:50] Tsugumi**
Who would have thought the ammonite
would come to save the day?
**[19:56] Fumio**
Isn't it great that everyone loved it so much?
**[20:01] Mahiro**
Y-Yeah...
**[20:03] Mahiro**
I guess so.
**[20:09] Fumio**
Natsume-san?
**[20:13] Mahiro**
It's over...
**[20:15] All**
Huh?
**[20:16] Mahiro**
The novel's done...
**[20:20] Fumio**
Natsume-san...
**[20:24] Mahiro**
I realized why I couldn't write the ending until now.
**[20:28] Mahiro**
I didn't want to leave this story.
**[20:34] Mahiro**
I love this story.
**[20:37] Mahiro**
I love Bok Choy and the others.
**[20:40] Mahiro**
I wanted to continue playing
around in their world.
**[20:44] Mahiro**
I didn't want to let it end.
**[20:49] Fumio**
Natsume-san...
**[20:50] Mahiro**
That's why I couldn't finish it.
**[20:57] Mahiro**
But I'm sure this was for the best.
**[21:00] Fumio**
Huh?
**[21:01] Mahiro**
If I didn't finish it,
**[21:04] Mahiro**
and left everyone hanging,
**[21:07] Mahiro**
I'd feel bad for Bok Choy and the rest.
**[21:10] Mahiro**
Thank you, everyone.
**[21:12] Mahiro**
Thank you for helping me
write this wonderful ending.
**[21:15] Mahiro**
I'm sure Bok Choy and the rest are happy, too.
***SIGN*** The Heroes Who Seem Strong
But Aren't, Except Maybe a Little
Mahiro Natsume
**[21:42] Fumio**
Chloe-san...
**[21:44] Chloe**
Fumio-san...
**[21:46] Fumio**
Everyone, are you...
**[21:49] Erena**
Well, you know...
**[21:54] Fumio**
Everyone...
**[21:59] Mahiro**
You guys were late today.
**[22:02] Fumio**
Natsume-san?
***SIGN*** The Heroes Who Seem Strong
But Aren't, Except They Got Stronger
Mahiro Natsume
**[22:05] Mahiro**
Here. Could you read this?
**[22:08] Fumio**
What is it?
**[22:11] Mahiro**
"Once upon a time,
**[22:12] ---**
there was an alien, a cyborg,
**[22:15] Mahiro**
an ammonite, the Kumamoto
Castle, a Shiba dog,
**[22:18] Mahiro**
a sea monkey, and bok choy,
and they all lived together.
**[22:21] Mahiro**
After a fierce battle, they protected the Earth,
**[22:26] Mahiro**
and peace returned to the world,
**[22:28] Mahiro**
but that was only the start of a larger battle."
**[22:34] Mahiro**
Natsume-san, is this...
**[22:36] Chloe**
Is it the continuation to the novel?
**[22:39] Mahiro**
I guess the story wasn't over.
**[22:44] Mahiro**
Bok Choy and the others said
they aren't done having fun,
**[22:47] Mahiro**
so I decided to have fun with them a little longer.
**[22:52] Fumio**
Natsume-san!
**[22:54] Mahiro**
Everyone, that was only the prologue.
**[22:58] Mahiro**
They're about to have an even
greater adventure together.
**[23:03] Mahiro**
So please help me come
up with ideas for the rest.
**[23:07] ---**
What?
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**[24:11] Nonoka**
Welcome!
**[24:12] Nonoka**
Oh, Kokomi-chan.
**[24:14] Kokomi**
Sasahara-senpai, I'd like a refreshing drink, please.
**[24:18] Nonoka**
I have something cute and tasty that'll be perfect.
***SIGN*** Episode 8: On the Other Side of the Cream Soda
**[24:21] Kokomi**
Next time: On the Other Side of the Cream Soda.