E8 - Welcome Back from Elsewhere

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[00:33] Sotoka
    I'm heading out.
[00:41] Girl
    Look! It's Sotoka-san from Class 1.
[00:43] Girl
    Even from behind, you can feel her glow.
[00:49] Sotoka
    Would you like one... of these?
SIGN    Welcome Back from Elsewhere
[02:27] Sotoka
    I made a lot of them,
[02:29] Sotoka
    so there's one for everyone.
[02:31] Girl
    Thank you!
[02:32] Girl
    Oh, it's Sotoka-san.
[02:34] Girl
    What? She's handing out origami?
[02:36] Girl
    So cute!
[02:37] Girl
    Incredible! So cute!
[02:41] Sotoka
    Wow, so many people.
[02:43] Sotoka
    They're so popular.
[02:45] Sotoka
    Shuriken are so popular!
[02:52] Nako
    Hm?
[02:55] Nako
    Morning, Sotoka.
[02:57] Nako
    Shuriken again?
[02:58] Sotoka
    Good morning.
[02:59] Sotoka
    Would you like one as well, Nako?
[03:01] Nako
    Huh? Hm...
[03:04] Nako
    Well, I guess I'll take one.
[03:07] Sotoka
    You just can't help it.
[03:09] Sotoka
    I knew shuriken would be popular.
[03:11] Nako
    What do you mean, you knew?
[03:13] Sotoka
    Master, would—
[03:45] Kako
    What?!
[03:55] Bocchi
    Fr—
[03:57] Bocchi
    Frien—
[03:59] Bocchi
    Frien—
[04:00] Bocchi
    Fr...
[04:01] Bocchi
    ien—
[04:03] Sotoka
    Master!
[04:05] Nako
    Shot down at the start of
    the second semester, huh.
[04:07] Sotoka
    What happened to her?
[04:09] Nako
    She must've started working to make friends
    again, now that second semester's starting.
[04:14] Sotoka
    Friends...
[04:16] Nako
    Hey, Bocchi.
[04:19] Nako
    That's turned really red.
[04:21] Bocchi
    But...
[04:23] Nako
    Hoping people will jump straight
     to being friends is a high hurdle to overcome,
[04:28] ---
    so I think that's why things
    aren't going well for you.
[04:31] Bocchi
    High hurdle?
[04:32] Nako
    Try overcoming a lower hurdle first.
[04:36] Bocchi
    A lower hurdle...
[04:39] Bocchi
    I'll join a club.
[04:40] Bocchi
    The track club.
[04:41] Nako
    I'm not talking about actual hurdles!
[04:44] Sotoka
    But Master, why are you trying
    to be friends with Kurai-san?
[04:49] Bocchi
    Well...
[04:50] Bocchi
    To be honest, Kurai-san lent me
     her ribbon back in first semester.
[04:55] (Flashback) Kako
    Oh, fine. I'll lend this to you, then.
[04:58] Bocchi
    I thought about returning it to her
    during summer break, but I couldn't.
[05:03] Nako
    So then you should make it your goal
    just to talk to Kurai-san today.
[05:09] Bocchi
    Talk to...?
[05:10] Nako
    You can give it your best
    to accomplish that goal, right?
[05:13] Bocchi
    Do you think Kurai-san
    would join the track team?
[05:17] Nako
    I think that's impossible.
[05:23] Nako
    Are you going?
[05:26] Nako
    Just talk to her first.
[05:28] Nako
    If anything, you don't even need
     to look her in her eyes.
[05:30] Nako
    Just talk to her, even if
    you have to avert your eyes.
[05:34] Sotoka
    Master! I know you can do it, Master!
[05:37] Bocchi
    Yeah.
[05:45] Bocchi
    I can't.
[05:46] Bocchi
    This is going to lead to my leg cramping.
[05:49] Bocchi
    Stretches!
[05:53] Bocchi
    Courage.
[05:54] Bocchi
    Find your courage!
[05:55] Bocchi
    Bring it out! And speak!
[05:58] Bocchi
    U-Um!
[06:01] Bocchi
    I did it.
[06:06] Kako
    Hitori-san.
[06:07] Bocchi
    Huh?
[06:09] Kako
    Are you making fun of me?!
[06:10] Bocchi
    Huh?!
[06:12] Bocchi
    U-Uh...
[06:17] Kako
    Hey, hold on a minute!
[06:23] Kako
    Hold up!
[06:26] Bocchi
    Oh, right.
[06:32] Kako
    Hold on.
[06:33] Kako
    How can you run like that?!
[06:36] Nako
    She's jumping over the hurdles.
[06:39] Sotoka
    Impressive! What wonderful ninja arts!
[06:44] Kako
    I've cornered you now.
[06:48] Kako
    Now, Hitori-san, you're going to explain
    to me what you think you're doing.
[06:56] Kako
    A ribbon?
[06:58] Kako
    Were you trying to return this to me?
[07:03] Kako
    In that case, you should
    have just said so sooner.
[07:07] Kako
    I always thought well of you, since you
    always keep your uniform prim and proper.
[07:12] Bocchi
    Huh?
[07:13] Bocchi
    Always?
[07:15] Kako
    So I was disappointed
     when I saw your ribbon undone.
[07:19] Bocchi
    She has been noticing me.
[07:21] Bocchi
    She always has...
[07:23] Bocchi
    Th-Thank you very much.
[07:26] Kako
    I'm not praising you.
[07:30] Sotoka
    They're talking!
[07:31] Sotoka
    They're talking to each other!
[07:32] Nako
    Shh!
[07:33] Bocchi
    Say it properly.
[07:36] Bocchi
    Tell her you that you undid
    your ribbon so you could talk to her.
[07:42] Bocchi
    I can't.
[07:44] Bocchi
    Thinking back, there was
    always someone else there
[07:46] Bocchi
    when I tried with Aru-chan or Sotoka-san.
[07:49] Bocchi
    That's why I could give it my best.
[07:51] Bocchi
    When I'm on my own, I cry.
[07:54] Kako
    Huh? Hey, are you okay?
[07:58] Sotoka
    Nako?
[08:01] Nako
    Calm down.
[08:06] Nako
    She doesn't see me!
[08:08] Kako
    What are you doing, Sunao-san?
[08:11] Nako
    Calm down, Bocchi.
[08:13] Nako
    It's okay.
[08:14] Bocchi
    Nako-chan.
[08:16] Sotoka
    Master!
[08:17] Bocchi
    Sotoka-san, too?
[08:18] Nako
    You jumped over a lot of hurdles, didn't you?
[08:20] Sotoka
    That's right! Ultimate ninja style!
[08:24] Bocchi
    Yeah.
[08:25] Bocchi
    Um...
[08:26] Kako
    Huh?
[08:27] Bocchi
    That day I undid my ribbon on purpose.
[08:31] Kako
    Huh?!
[08:32] Bocchi
    I thought maybe you might
    notice me if I undid my ribbon.
[08:37] Kako
    Why would you do that?
[08:39] Bocchi
    Because I wanted to talk to you!
[08:42] Kako
    Huh?
[08:44] Kako
    Huh?!
[08:47] Bocchi
    S-So will you chat with me
     from now on, too?
[08:54] Kako
    If that's what's going on...
[08:55] Kako
    I don't mind chatting with you.
[08:59] Bocchi
    Really?
[09:00] Kako
    Is that all you wanted to say?
[09:02] Bocchi
    Then...
[09:03] Bocchi
    W-Will you join the track club as well?
[09:06] Kako
    Track club?
[09:07] Nako
    Forget about that.
[09:10] Kako
    Let me just say this, okay?
[09:12] Bocchi
    Huh?
[09:13] Kako
    For various reasons, it's my
    policy not to make any friends.
[09:17] Kako
    Just don't forget that, okay?
[09:24] Nako
    That's a strange policy.
[09:37] Aru
    A policy against making any friends?
[09:40] Bocchi
    Yeah.
[09:42] Aru
    Well, Kurai-san sure
    is always by herself, but...
[09:45] Nako
    Right?
[09:46] Nako
    So it's not like she meant
    she hated you or anything.
[09:51] Nako
    She even said she'd chat with you, right?
[09:53] Bocchi
    But she won't be friends.
[09:55] Nako
    Well, we won't know for sure until
    we can ask her why she'd say such a thing,
[10:00] Nako
    but I think you have a chance.
[10:02] Bocchi
    Huh?
[10:03] Nako
    Because it's lonely being all
    by yourself, without any friends.
[10:10] Bocchi
    You think so?
[10:11] Aru
    For now, why don't you
    befriend someone else first?
[10:15] Bocchi
    But...
[10:16] Sotoka
    It's all right.
[10:18] Bocchi
    Huh?
[10:19] Sotoka
    Master, you wanted to become friends
     with Kurai-san, right?
[10:22] Bocchi
    Yeah.
[10:24] Sotoka
    It wasn't as though just anyone would do.
[10:25] ---
    You wanted to become friends
    with Kurai-san, right?
[10:29] Sotoka
    I'm sure those feelings
    will get through to her.
[10:32] Bocchi
    Sotoka-san...
SIGN    Hitori
[10:38] Bocchi
    Thank you for seeing me home.
[10:40] Aru
    A little detour every now and then is good.
[10:42] Aru
    Well, cheer up now.
[10:44] Bocchi
    Yeah. Bye-bye.
[10:46] Aru
    Still, a lot of things can happen when
    you try to befriend everyone in class, huh?
[10:52] Nako
    If only everyone was as easy
    to understand as you are.
[10:56] Aru
    Don't talk as if you understand me.
[11:00] Nako
    I wonder when she's going to notice.
[11:02] Aru
    That reminds me. Did you ask her?
[11:04] Sotoka
    Huh?
[11:05] Aru
    You were going to ask Bocchi if you could
    be her friend and her apprentice, right?
[11:09] Sotoka
    No.
[11:11] Nako
    You still haven't?
[11:12] Sotoka
    Because I think Master would get mad at me.
[11:15] Both
    In Bocchi's case, that's not happening.
[11:18] Sotoka
    Besides...
[11:19] Sotoka
    If I do that, would I be her apprentice?
[11:22] Sotoka
    Or her friend?
[11:33] Bocchi
    I left early, because it took a lot of time
    yesterday, and I was nearly late.
[11:39] Bocchi
    But today there were no neighbors around,
SIGN    Pedestrian / Cyclist Crossing
[11:42] Bocchi
    and I crossed the streets right away,
[11:48] Bocchi
    so I got here too early.
[11:52] Bocchi
    Oh, maybe our classroom isn't open yet.
[11:56] Bocchi
    The key's in the teacher's office.
[11:59] Bocchi
    The teacher's office is the scariest.
[12:02] Bocchi
    Please let it be open.
[12:04] Bocchi
    Please let it be open.
[12:06] Bocchi
    Please let...
[12:08] Bocchi
    Good, it's open.
[12:10] Bocchi
    Oh, Kurai-san.
[12:14] Bocchi
    I-I hid.
[12:16] Bocchi
    What do I do?
[12:18] Bocchi
    It would be weird if I just left,
[12:20] Bocchi
    but she did just tell me
    we could chat the other day.
[12:27] Kako
    Huh?!
[12:29] Kako
    H-Hey...
[12:31] Bocchi
    U-Um...
[12:34] Kako
    Good morning.
[12:35] Bocchi
    G-Good...
[12:36] Kako
    Hunched back!
[12:37] Bocchi
    ...morning!
[12:38] Kako
    Improper posture is bad discipline.
[12:40] Kako
    Straighten out your back.
[12:42] Bocchi
    R-Right!
[12:48] Bocchi
    Wh-What are you doing?
[12:51] Kako
    Going around and wiping down the desks.
[12:52] Kako
    We spend the majority
     of our day at these desks.
[12:57] Bocchi
    I-I'll help, too!
[13:01] Kako
    You can bend your back for this!
[13:08] Kako
    Thanks to your help, I finished early.
[13:11] Bocchi
    Huh?
[13:13] Kako
    Thank you.
[13:14] Bocchi
    I-It's fine.
[13:16] Bocchi
    Um, then shall we chat?
[13:20] Kako
    Sure.
[13:21] Bocchi
    U-Uh...
[13:23] Bocchi
    What's your favorite food?
[13:26] Kako
    What are you reading?
[13:27] Bocchi
    Ah!
[13:29] Bocchi
    Some of the words disappeared
    because I wiped down the desks.
[13:38] Bocchi
    But that's okay!
[13:41] Bocchi
    I wrote them in my notebook, too!
[13:43] Bocchi
    Lately, I've been preparing backup plans.
[13:46] Kako
    Please stop making such sad backup plans.
[13:49] Sotoka
    Wahaha!
[13:51] Sotoka
    If you laugh, then you can get good grades!
[13:55] Sotoka
    Hm?
[13:56] Sotoka
    Nako!
[13:58] Nako
    Shh!
[13:59] Sotoka
    Hm?
[14:01] Bocchi
    U-Uh, first...
SIGN    Question "Why do you have a policy against making friends?" Her answer... 1) Family custom -> That's an odd custom, isn't it? (With surprise) 2) To become strong -> I think you're already strong enough, Kurai-san! (Nod firmly) 3) I prefer being alone -> Me, too! (With a bright smile)
[14:09] Kako
    What?
[14:10] Bocchi
    Pass for now.
[14:12] Bocchi
    Pass on what?
[14:14] Bocchi
    Um, why do you have a policy
    against making friends?
[14:18] Kako
    Oh.
[14:25] Kako
    To become strong.
[14:27] Bocchi
    Strong?
[14:29] Kako
    Having friends just creates
    weaknesses in your heart.
[14:33] Kako
    I'm going to be a strong person
    capable of living on her own.
[14:38] Bocchi
    Uh, nod firmly.
[14:41] Bocchi
    Uh-huh.
[14:42] Kako
    I don't think you were supposed
    to read that part out loud.
[14:48] Kako
    I said I didn't mind chatting,
[14:50] Kako
    but are you having any fun
    talking about this stuff?
[14:52] Bocchi
    Yes. It's a lot of fun
    learning more about you.
[14:57] Bocchi
    You're trying to become strong
    enough to live on your own, huh?
[15:01] Kako
    Yeah.
[15:02] Bocchi
    That's amazing.
[15:03] Bocchi
    You're amazing, Kurai-san!
[15:06] Bocchi
    I never thought of something
    like that before.
[15:09] Kako
    If you want to be strong,
[15:11] Kako
    you can't be lacking in discipline.
[15:13] Kako
    So...
[15:14] Kako
    Hunched back!
[15:22] Peko
    Good morning.
[15:25] Kako
    You.
[15:26] Peko
    Huh?
[15:28] Kako
    Your thread's fraying.
[15:30] Kako
    Let me see that for a moment.
[15:31] Peko
    Huh?!
[15:33] Nosaki
    Good morning.
[15:34] Notsugi
    What's wrong?
[15:35] Kako
    Did you bring your handkerchief today?
[15:38] Notsugi
    Ah...
[15:38] Kako
    Good grief. At least carry
    a handkerchief with you.
[15:42] Kako
    I'll lend you this one.
[15:43] Notsugi
    Oh, really?
[15:43] Bocchi
    Kurai-san's incredible..
[15:45] Notsugi
    Thank you!
[15:46] Bocchi
    I wish I could be like her, too.
[15:49] Bocchi
    Strong...
[15:51] Bocchi
    Strong...
[15:53] Bocchi
    Strong!
[15:54] Sotoka
    Master!
[15:55] Nako
    Sotoka.
[15:57] Sotoka
    Nako?
[15:58] Sotoka
    What is it?
[16:00] Nako
    It's about Bocchi.
[16:10] Bocchi
    Strong...
[16:11] Bocchi
    Strong...
[16:13] Nako
    She's thinking about something again.
[16:16] Nako
    Whatever.
[16:17] Nako
    I'm sure it has something
    to do with Kurai-san.
[16:23] Sotoka
    Master!
[16:24] Sotoka
    It's lunchtime!
[16:25] Sotoka
    Let's train!
[16:26] Sotoka
    Today we can—
[16:30] Sotoka
    Oh, right.
[16:31] Sotoka
    Nako will get mad at me.
[16:34] Sotoka
    Master, please do your best to chat
    with Kurai-san during lunch as well.
[16:38] Bocchi
    Yes. Thank you very much.
[16:40] Sotoka
    You're welcome.
[16:41] Bocchi
    Oh, yeah.
[16:43] Bocchi
    Right.
[16:44] Bocchi
    Strong, strong...
[16:51] Bocchi
    K-Kurai-sa—
[16:53] Kako
    Hunched back!
[16:54] Kako
    I told you. Improper
    posture is bad discipline.
[16:57] Bocchi
    R-Right!
[16:59] Nako
    You did well holding back.
[17:04] Sotoka
    Nako, I held back!
[17:08] Sotoka
    I tried not to get in Master's way!
[17:10] Nako
    Yes, yes. Good girl, good girl.
[17:13] Sotoka
    I'm training by myself,
     even when Master isn't around.
[17:17] Sotoka
    Dog!
[17:18] Nako
    Oh, that's folded beautifully.
[17:21] Nako
    Wait, that has nothing to do with ninjas!
[17:24] Sotoka
    I can fold many other things, too.
[17:26] Nako
    That's not the issue here.
[17:28] Hanako
    So then...
[17:31] Hanako
    What's wrong?
[17:32] Aru
    Oh, it's nothing.
[17:37] Sotoka
    Gym class is also training!
[17:39] Hanako
    Wow, Sotoka-san's incredible,
    no matter what she does.
[17:43] Aru
    Yeah.
[17:44] Aru
    In contrast, I'm surprised
     the one who sucks at gym...
[17:48] Aru
    is Nako.
[17:49] Aru
    How lame!
[17:51] Bocchi
    Strong...
[17:53] Bocchi
    Strong...
[17:55] Aru
    What is that?
[18:01] Aru
    Hey there, Sotoka-chan.
[18:03] Sotoka
    Aru!
[18:03] Sotoka
    Hey there, hey there.
[18:04] Aru
    How's it going lately?
[18:06] Aru
    Have you been lonely with
    Bocchi focusing on Kako-chan?
[18:10] Kako
    Watch the way you swing your arms!
[18:11] Bocchi
    Yes!
[18:13] Sotoka
    That's not true.
[18:15] Sotoka
    This is for my master.
[18:17] Sotoka
    And we go home together.
[18:18] Sotoka
    I promised Nako I wouldn't get in her way,
[18:21] Sotoka
    so she'll be mad if I break it.
[18:23] Aru
    Really?
[18:25] Aru
    But you could probably
    defeat Nako easily right now.
[18:29] Nako
    No more...
[18:32] Aru
    You still haven't asked her
    after all this time, right?
[18:35] Aru
    Whether you can be her friend
    and still be her apprentice.
[18:39] Aru
    You should say something.
[18:40] Aru
    I'm sure it'll be fine.
[18:42] Sotoka
    But wouldn't that be wishy-washy?
[18:46] Aru
    Wishy-washy?
[18:47] Sotoka
    I imagine Master would get confused about
    whether I'm her friend or her apprentice.
[19:00] Nako
    Aru...
[19:01] Aru
    What?
[19:02] Nako
    You were making fun of me, weren't you?
[19:05] Aru
    Dunno.
[19:06] Sotoka
    She was.
[19:09] Aru
    Strong?
[19:10] Nako
    So that's why you've been like that all day?
[19:14] Bocchi
    Yes!
[19:15] Nako
    But you don't have a policy
    against making friends, right?
[19:19] Bocchi
    That's right.
[19:21] Nako
    Come on, now.
[19:22] Bocchi
    Kurai-san has a policy against making
    friends and wants to be strong,
[19:27] Bocchi
    but I want to be her friend.
[19:29] Bocchi
    What do I do?
[19:31] Nako
    Well, you'll probably just have
     to be patient and keep at it.
[19:33] Nako
    Though you sure do a take a liking
    to the ones that are difficult.
[19:38] Aru
    Why don't you befriend Hana-chan first?
[19:41] Hanako
    Hey, hey, come on. Listen to this!
[19:43] Hanako
    It's incredible!
[19:45] Hanako
    When I was at the convenience
    store yesterday...
[19:45] Aru
    She'd be an easy one.
[19:47] Bocchi
    I made eye contact
     with Yamada-san the other day.
[19:50] Bocchi
    Oh, Sotoka-san?
[19:53] Bocchi
    Um, p-please do your homework.
[19:57] Sotoka
    Homework?
[20:00] Bocchi
    For your ninja arts.
SIGN    Ninja Arts Drills
SIGN    Nin, nin!
[20:02] Bocchi
    I made some for you, if you don't mind.
[20:05] Sotoka
    For ninja arts?
[20:07] Sotoka
    I'll do it!
[20:08] Bocchi
    Really?
[20:09] Sotoka
    Yes! I'll do my best!
[20:13] Bocchi
    Okay! I will, too!
SIGN    Do-Your-Best Fairy
[20:17] Bocchi
    Oh, this is the Do-Your-Best Fairy!
[20:20] Bocchi
    O-One moment. I'll go get some change!
[20:25] Sotoka
    This is hard!
[20:28] Aru
    What are you going to do?
[20:29] Sotoka
    I'll do my best.
[20:30] Sotoka
    I'll stop being wishy-washy.
[20:32] Sotoka
    For now, I want to be able
[20:33] Sotoka
    to repay Master for everything she's
    taught me as her apprentice.
[20:38] Aru
    I see.
[20:44] Kako
    There.
[20:46] (Flashback) Bocchi
    Incredible.
[20:47] (Flashback) Bocchi
    You're incredible, Kurai-san.
[21:01] Kako
    I haven't had enough training.
[21:06] Sotoka
    Okay, well I'm heading that way,
     so see you tomorrow.
[21:09] Nako
    Yeah.
[21:10] Bocchi
    Sotoka-san, you live by yourself, don't you?
[21:13] Aru
    Do you get lonely living on your own?
[21:16] Sotoka
    I'm fine.
[21:17] Sotoka
    If it stops being fine,
    then I'll go back home.
[21:20] Nako
    Talk to us before then, okay?
[21:23] Sotoka
    Well, then...
[21:24] Aru
    Later.
[21:25] Bocchi
    Bye-bye.
[21:32] Sotoka
    It's not lonely at all!
[21:36] Sotoka
    Speed walk!
[21:43] Sotoka
    I'm home!
SIGN    Aru Now Welcome home! Nako Now Welcome home. Master Now Welcome home.
[22:04] Sotoka
    I'm home.
SIGN    Next Episode:
SIGN    Perfect Curry Pancakes
SIGN    Next Episode: "Perfect Curry Pancakes."