# 12 - The Cicadas' Hum Rings Out on a Summer Afternoon
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Summer, 1924
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Where are you going for summer vacation?
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My father bought a yacht,
so we'll probably go on a cruise.
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Lucky!
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Going to the ocean would be great.
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Our summer house is up in the highlands...
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Summer vacation, huh?
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I won't be able to go back to Japan
for another two months.
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Summer travel, huh? They're so lucky.
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There you are! Kujo!
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Want to go to the Mediterranean?
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The Mediterranean? You mean... the sea?
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Yeah! My grandmother
has a summer home there.
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She said I could bring a friend.
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But she said it has to be
someone well-mannered!
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So, well... if you want to...
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Sure, I'd love to go!
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B-But wait a minute.
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Oh, sure.
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That heat really takes it out of you!
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There you are, Victorique!
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Huh?
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You didn't bring a case?
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Wh-Where'd that come from?
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Of course not. I wanted to talk--
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Any sweets?
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No, none of those, either.
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Then you came here without
bringing me a single thing?
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Haven't you started thinking
highly of yourself, Kujo?
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Go bring me sweets from the lower world.
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And until you find a type of sweet
that will satisfy me,
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you must do it over and over.
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Then we'll talk.
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Fine!
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I'll bring you some sweets
from the Mediterranean Sea!
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That fool.
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*It seemed like it had been decided long before*
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*It seemed like we knew long ago*
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*As if we followed an invisible line*
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*We were led to each other,
to an intersecting saison*
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*Like how light and dark
are two sides of the same coin*
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*I was captivated by mystification*
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*When I turned around toward the voice
that whispered in my ear*
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*The door had opened before I realized*
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*Like joining a little chance with inevitability*
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*Two histoires were set into motion, ah*
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*Continuing on forever*
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They're all fools.
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Lying around and
busying about in this heat...
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And Kujo wins the grand prize
for foolishness.
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He's so transparent.
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Coming here with no case and no presents.
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And looking so happy...
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I don't even need my wellspring of
wisdom to see right through him!
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He's a fool! A fool!
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Burning his skin in the toxic sunlight,
exposing it for all to see...
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He'd be better...
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...better off...
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...staying here with me.
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Hurry! Hurry!
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W-Wait up, Avril!
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Mama!
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Kujo, hurry!
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Sorry!
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I can't go, after all.
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Why not?
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Victorique is at the school.
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If it were me, I'd be pretty lonely
while everyone else went on vacation.
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That's why.
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Sorry.
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I see.
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What can you do?
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You're so considerate, Kujo.
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Yeah, I understand.
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I really am sorry.
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No problem. I'll bring you back a souvenir.
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And one for Victorique, too.
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Maybe I'll get some matching
linen shirts for the two of you!
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Shirts?
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I'm not sure...
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Victorique prefers complicated stuff
covered in frills.
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Oh?
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That's weird taste for a boy...
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Oh, she's a girl.
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A... A girl?
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Episode 12: The Cicadas' Hum
Rings Out on a Summer Afternoon
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This sunlight...
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The words aren't reaching my brain.
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This is a discovery.
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Even a boring book like this
can be put to use quite well.
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What are you doing, Victorique?
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K-K-Kujo!
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Y-Y-You...
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Didn't you leave?!
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Here. It's a parasol.
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I bought it for you.
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I didn't need this.
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I'd finally discovered
a revolutionary way of reading books.
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And I stopped by the post office
and picked up a package from Japan.
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First, here!
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What are these?
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Gemstones?
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They're candy. Artisinal candy.
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And my second brother
replied to your last letter.
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I don't know if you remember, but...
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"Turn the attacker's power on them...
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...like this...
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Then get into their space..."
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What are you reading?
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It's a magazine they sent from Japan.
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It's called *Monthly Toughs*.
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It sounds like a dangerous name.
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I'm the third son of an imperial soldier.
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Even if I'm off in Saubure,
I can't neglect my daily training.
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You know?
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This one.
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Is this a science book?
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Yeah.
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My oldest brother is a real tough guy,
but my second oldest brother is smart.
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I can't beat either of them.
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Here.
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What's this book?
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Tell your brother to solve this riddle
in five minutes or less.
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What is it?
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Rearrange it to create another running horse.
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Another horse?
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If he's as smart as you say,
this should be easy for him.
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It looks like he's replying to that.
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It clearly took him more than five minutes.
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Well, you sent it by boat...
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Oh... hey!
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The white part forms a horse!
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I get it!
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Wow!
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That's really thinking from
a different angle, huh?
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That's really neat!
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What's this? He wrote a letter, too.
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Let's see...
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"This was super easy.
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I solved it in three minutes.
Tell your little girl that."
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That's what he said.
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That's weird.
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My second brother and my sister,
who sent the kimono before,
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both seem to think you're a child.
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Well, you certainly are childish!
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That hurt!
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Darn it...
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Hey, there's something written
on the corner of the page.
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It's in my sister Ruri's handwriting!
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"Our brother was stewing over your puzzle.
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He spent every night groaning
with nightmares about horses.
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He went crying to his math teacher
and had him solve it."
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Well, it seems I won this time.
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But, you know, these colors
do not spark the appetite.
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You don't like them?
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I'll take them back, then.
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But regardless, I will accept them.
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Just try to bring better sweets next time.
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Sure thing. You got it.
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Hey, aren't you going back yet?
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Being with Victorique like this...
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Even my brothers,
who used to seem so scary,
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suddenly seem kind of cute.
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It's hot here in summer,
just like in Japan.
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But I feel like something's different.
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Summers in Saubure
lack the chorus of cicadas.
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Kazuya is weak because you
didn't raise him right!
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Forgive me.
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And you always cover for him!
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Forgive me.
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Don't let it bother you, Kazuya.
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I don't want you to become
like Father and our brothers.
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All covered in hair,
pointlessly eating like a pig,
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with a pointlessly diamond-shaped face...
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It creeps me out to even think
of you turning out that way!
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Doesn't it, Mother?
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Oh, Ruri...
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I wish Kazuya had been born a girl!
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He could play *otedama
*and wear pretty clothes.
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Right?
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Do you think so?
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Kazuya's always so kind.
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That's something you can't do
without being strong.
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I think Kazuya is very manly.
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That summer in my memory...
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Mother always protected me.
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And yet, I went to Saubure...
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Have fun!
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Banzai!
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Banzai!
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Banzai!
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Do your best, okay?
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Banzai!
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Take care!
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I went to Saubure like I was
running away from it all.
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I-I fell asleep...
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Wh-What is it?
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You could have called if you needed me.
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You seemed to be trying
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to reorganize some trivial chaos
with your trivial mind.
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W-Wait!
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Victorique!
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Your books! Your books!
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Good morning, Kujo!
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Good morning.
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What's with the Oriental clothing?
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Hey, something smells good.
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Well, there's no one else here.
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Why don't I give you something special?
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Hey, Victorique!
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Where are you?
**[14:32] ---**
Our dorm mother baked us an orange cake!
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No complaints here, right?
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Come out!
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Here, kitty kitty...
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I get it, Victorique!
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You can't get down from the tree.
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Right?
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Should I get you down?
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Because then we can eat together!
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Not now.
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Leave it there and go.
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But what about mine?
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Leave! It! There! And! Go!
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Fine...
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Later.
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Oh? What a delicious-looking cake!
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But whose is it?
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Hey! Whose cake is this?
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Are you here?
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I guess they aren't here!
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It smells delicious!
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I'll eat it so it doesn't go to waste!
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It's so good!
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Having to stay at school
instead of going on a trip...
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I hated it at first...
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...but I guess it has its perks!
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Oh?
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But summer's just begun...
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Orange seeds...
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Oh, this would be even better with tea...
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That was delicious! What a treat!
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I'll wash the plate and return it!
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Monthly Toughs
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How am I supposed to read
all these magazines?
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To Kazuya
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Huh? There's another letter in here...
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"I challenge you"?
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Is this for Victorique?
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He's so immature.
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I hope Victorique made it back to her room.
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Victorique?
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I knew it!
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Victorique!
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Darn it... You really
can't get down, can you?
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You stubborn girl!
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Here. Jump down and I'll catch you.
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I... I can't.
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Just jump down already!
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Y-You jumped down feet first?
Who does that?
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Who cares.
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Wait!
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Victorique! Your parasol!
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Victorique? Are you okay?
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Can you get changed all by yourself?
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Shut up!
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Fine, fine...
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Hey, I guess she did like them.
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Victorique?
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What's wrong? Is that tea?
**[18:28] ---**
No way... Can you make tea?
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D-Don't talk to me.
I'll get distracted.
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I don't believe it.
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Victorique, who can't even
tie her own shoelaces...
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She made tea?
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Hey, now. Don't move.
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I'll clean it up now.
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Really, you're so helpless.
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Why did you try to make tea?
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Did you...?
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Did you make tea for me?
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Kujo!
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Kneel! I won't let you wipe it up!
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Slurp it all up there
on your hands and knees!
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No!
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It flashed again.
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When I was a kid, I was afraid of lightning.
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My brothers laughed at me.
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My father would get angry.
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Did you conquer your fear of lightning?
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Yeah, because Dad
didn't just get mad at me,
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he got mad at Mom when I got scared.
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Your mother...
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Nothing.
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Oh, that's right.
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My second oldest brother
sent you this challenge.
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Let's see...
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"If you can't solve this in
three seconds, you stink," it says.
**[20:07] ---**
What a reckless man.
**[20:09] ---**
I accept his challenge. Read it.
**[20:11] ---**
Let's see.
**[20:12] ---**
"Taro-*kaja*, Jiro-*kaja*, and
Saburo-*kaja* went to a mountain."
**[20:16] ---**
Wait, wait, wait!
**[20:17] ---**
What's with those names?
**[20:19] ---**
I hear you.
**[20:20] ---**
Let me adjust it.
**[20:23] ---**
Let's see.
**[20:24] ---**
"Jean, Phil, and Pierre went to a mountain.
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The three of them were supposed
to carry three logs down at once.
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That's what the *tono*--"
I mean, "the baron ordered.
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But the logs were too long
for one man to carry alone."
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They sound like weaklings.
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You're one to talk.
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Let's see.
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"That's when Pierre remembered.
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The baron ordered them each
to carry two logs at once."
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"The three of them did as they were told,
and got the logs down the mountain safely.
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So, the question is, how did they carry them?"
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I solved it! I solved it!
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In an instant! Less than one second!
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There is nothing my wellspring
of wisdom cannot do!
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W-Wait a minute.
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What's with the triangle?
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They did it like this.
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They carried the logs down in a triangle.
**[21:17] ---**
Jean, Phil, and Pierre
each stood at one corner.
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They each held one in
their left and right hands.
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That's how three men could
each carry two logs.
**[21:30] ---**
I see!
**[21:31] ---**
Now that you've explained it...
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I can solve a riddle from your
second brother in one second.
**[21:38] ---**
Yeah, you're really amazing!
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But...
**[21:44] ---**
Although I don't like to admit it,
you can climb trees better than I can.
**[21:49] ---**
This school is full of
children from wealthy houses.
**[21:53] ---**
I doubt any of them can
climb better than you can.
**[21:56] ---**
Yeah. But my big brothers...
**[21:59] ---**
It's possible that your brothers
can climb better than you.
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But they aren't here at this school.
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When we first met, you told me something.
**[22:09] ---**
"I'm the third son of an imperial soldier."
**[22:12] ---**
Y-Y-Yeah.
**[22:14] ---**
I find that phrasing deeply unpleasant.
**[22:18] ---**
I praise you for saying it
less often, as of late.
**[22:21] ---**
Victorique!
**[22:24] ---**
Kujo, the rain's let up.
**[22:36] ---**
Was that Victorique's way
of encouraging me?
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Tomorrow I'll go out into town
and buy her some sweets.
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Maybe some of the macarons
Victorique likes so much.
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And then...
**[22:53] ---**
Summer in Saubure...
**[22:55] ---**
Summer in Saubure,
without the hum of cicadas...
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I'll spend it together with Victorique.
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*Loneliness fighting back again*
**[23:05] ---**
*Seems to be like it never ends*
**[23:09] ---**
*Give us hope through the love of*
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*Peaceful shine on me*
**[23:25] ---**
*In the pounding rain that never ceases*
**[23:28] ---**
*I have forgotten how to smile,
and I suffer as the world passes me by*
**[23:39] ---**
*If in the midst of conflict and deceit*
**[23:47] ---**
*My heart withers*
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*Like a flower floating in turbulent waves*
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*Lead the way and overcome the storm*
**[24:08] ---**
*Like you're stepping firmly on barren earth*
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*Go ahead, you can walk straight forward*
**[24:33] ---**
I promised to go see a movie with Avril!
**[24:37] ---**
Isn't that nice? I hope you have fun, Kujo!
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