# E27 - Hard Vs. Soft! Once-in-a-lifetime Quarrel Between Brothers!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G50UZ4M5K/hard-vs-soft-once-in-a-lifetime-quarrel-between-brothers)
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**[00:07] ---**
Let's go to the field
of sea with the tailwind
**[00:13] ---**
Raise the sails high up in the sky
**[00:19] ---**
We're adventurers who
have the same hearts
**[00:32] ---**
Much faster and at full speed
**[00:38] ---**
I will manage to catch any waves
**[00:44] ---**
Go over the clouds and go under
the rainbow, our world will be there
**[00:56] ---**
Yahoo! Let's give a cheer and go!
**[01:03] ---**
To far and away
**[01:09] ---**
Yahoo! We will just stay on this road
that leads to what's beyond this sea
**[01:35] ---**
Tanimoto-san is Ragnarok's Hermit?!
**[01:37] ---**
Yeah. I was surprised, too.
**[01:40] ---**
It was all a plot to lure me into a trap.
**[01:46] ---**
But how that kid fought on
top of the bus was quite good.
**[01:51] ---**
It's not often these days that you
see a young man who's full of energy.
**[02:12] ---**
Well, it was a good experience for you.
**[02:13] ---**
There's nothing good about it!
**[02:15] ---**
Ah...
**[02:16] ---**
What's the matter?
**[02:18] ---**
When I was fighting Hermit...
I mean Tanimoto-kun,
**[02:20] ---**
he asked me if my master was Sogetsu Ma.
**[02:25] ---**
Master Ma, do you
know anything about it?
**[02:28] ---**
Uhm... Master Ma?
**[02:32] ---**
Ken-chan, isn't it about
time for your training?
**[02:35] ---**
Ah, yes.
**[02:38] ---**
"Ryozanpaku"
**[02:46] ---**
Reo reo! [faster] Faster, Kenichi!
**[02:50] ---**
I've never seen Master Ma
look so grim like that before.
**[02:53] ---**
Sogetsu Ma... I wonder who that is.
**[02:56] ---**
I want to know, but judging from
his look, I don't think he'll say.
**[03:01] ---**
I imagine all my masters
must have incredible pasts.
**[03:04] ---**
I don't know anything about my masters.
**[03:07] ---**
Being their disciple, is that really okay?
**[03:11] ---**
"Confidential: Hitting on married women"
**[03:13] ---**
Hm?
**[03:14] ---**
Apapa!
**[03:17] ---**
Kenichi! You have to pay attention!
**[03:21] ---**
Master... You're holding
the book up side down.
**[03:23] ---**
Ah! O-Oh, yeah.
**[03:26] ---**
This is strange.
There's something going on.
**[03:30] ---**
--But right now...
--Ahh! Kenichi! Don't die!
**[03:35] ---**
Boy, that was rough.
**[03:37] ---**
Hm?
**[03:41] ---**
Huh?
**[03:43] ---**
Master Ma is going out this late at night?
**[03:45] ---**
"Ryozanpaku"
**[03:59] ---**
Given the circumstances,
I started following him,
**[04:02] ---**
but I've gone quite far.
**[04:04] ---**
Oh no! I've lost him!
**[04:06] ---**
Darn! After I've come this far...!
**[04:09] ---**
Let's see...
**[04:13] ---**
He found out I was tailing him.
**[04:15] ---**
You call that tailing?
**[04:17] ---**
I wondered why you were so quiet.
**[04:21] ---**
But this is as far as you go, Ken-chan.
**[04:24] ---**
Have some soba noodles
or something and go home.
**[04:25] ---**
Here, I'll give you spending money.
**[04:27] ---**
Hm?
**[04:29] ---**
I refuse!
**[04:32] ---**
If you come with me this time,
it might be a little dangerous.
**[04:37] ---**
Do me a favor,
just go home, my disciple.
**[04:41] ---**
I refuse!
**[04:42] ---**
If being a resident disciple means living
under one roof and training together,
**[04:45] ---**
I want to share my masters' concerns, too!
I'll come with you, Master!
**[04:48] ---**
I can't be responsible
for whatever happens.
**[04:50] ---**
I hope you're ready for this.
**[04:52] ---**
Yes!
**[04:53] ---**
Okay then. Come with me.
**[04:55] ---**
Well, they say if you love your disciple,
push him off into a bottomless abyss.
**[04:59] ---**
If you die, you'll be
none the worse for it.
**[05:01] ---**
What? Please don't scare me like that!
**[05:05] ---**
"Chinese Restaurant Gekirin"
**[05:07] ---**
Oh, we'll eat first, huh?
**[05:10] ---**
Oh... I was thinking that it's
about time for you to stop by, Kensei.
**[05:15] ---**
It's been a while, Uncle Hakubi.
**[05:18] ---**
Who is he? One of
your fellow baldy friends?
**[05:21] ---**
Don't call me baldy.
**[05:23] ---**
Hey. He's the most
knowledgeable person in this town.
**[05:26] ---**
Hakubi is his nickname. His real
name is Ryo Ma. He's my uncle.
**[05:30] ---**
What?!
**[05:40] ---**
Whoa! What a feast!
**[05:42] ---**
Enjoy to your heart's content.
**[05:43] ---**
You're a nice person.
I'm sorry that I called you baldy.
**[05:46] ---**
Don't worry about it.
**[05:47] ---**
Thanks for the food!
**[05:49] ---**
--This is good. This is really good!
**[05:51] ---**
--So Kensei...
--This is good. This is really good!
**[05:52] ---**
I can think of two possible
reasons why you stopped by today.
**[05:55] ---**
Did you come here to ask about Sogetsu?
**[05:58] ---**
--Hm?
--So he really has come to Japan?
**[06:01] ---**
Yeah.
**[06:02] ---**
Then I have to see him.
**[06:05] ---**
Are you sure? If you do,
there'll be consequences.
**[06:08] ---**
Excuse me, but who's Sogetsu?
**[06:10] ---**
Sogetsu Ma... is my older
brother who I was separated from.
**[06:13] ---**
Older brother... Your older brother?!
**[06:15] ---**
Yeah. He's hopeless.
**[06:18] ---**
Everywhere he goes, he starts a fight.
**[06:21] ---**
As a result, he ended up
being targeted by the mafia.
**[06:24] ---**
--What?!
--Sogetsu probably knows it, too...
**[06:28] ---**
He's someone who can't help but fight.
**[06:31] ---**
As it stands now, there'll be a
meaningless fight in this town, too.
**[06:35] ---**
Then I'd better hurry.
**[06:37] ---**
Is it just your brother
you're worried about?!
**[06:39] ---**
Hm?
**[06:40] ---**
Now, here comes
the other possible reason.
**[06:49] ---**
Whoa!
**[06:50] ---**
Huh?!
**[06:52] ---**
Tsk! I missed!
**[06:55] ---**
I don't know who you are, but
you've got a lot of natural talent.
**[06:58] ---**
But if you want to kick me, you need
to train at least several thousand yea...
**[07:02] ---**
Oh no!
**[07:04] ---**
Huh? What's going on?
**[07:06] ---**
Are you that shocked to
see your daughter, Daddy?
**[07:10] ---**
What?! "Daddy"?!
**[07:12] ---**
Daddy? Don't tell me
he's your... sugar da--
**[07:16] ---**
Idiot! Just like she said, she's my real
daughter, Renka Ma, and she's 16!
**[07:23] ---**
What?! She's really your daughter?!
**[07:27] ---**
Come to think of it, I kinda
remember hearing about it.
**[07:30] ---**
He's got a wife and two
more kids in mainland China.
**[07:34] ---**
I came all the way to Japan as a
foreign student in order to find you,
**[07:37] ---**
and I finally found out that you come
in and out of Uncle Hakubi's restaurant!
**[07:43] ---**
I'm taking you home today for sure!
**[07:46] ---**
Kensei, you're in a real bind!
**[07:48] ---**
Give it up, you delinquent old man!
**[07:51] ---**
Sorry.
**[07:54] ---**
Not so fast!
**[07:58] ---**
I'll leave the rest to you.
**[08:00] ---**
--M-Master!
--Hey, wait, dad!
**[08:03] ---**
Master Ma!
**[08:05] ---**
You're in my way. Move!
**[08:06] ---**
What? Uhm... s-s-s-sorry. I'm sorry.
**[08:08] ---**
Oh darn! We got tangled up!
**[08:11] ---**
Uhm, what do you mean by
taking Master Ma back to China?
**[08:14] ---**
You don't know anything, do you?
**[08:17] ---**
My dad is the chief executive of the
Phoenix Virtuous Martial Arts League
**[08:20] ---**
where he leads 100,000 pupils in China.
**[08:24] ---**
No way...
**[08:27] ---**
He said, "I'm tired of this stuff,"
**[08:30] ---**
and disappeared somewhere after giving
mom full authority over the Federation.
**[08:34] ---**
Yeah, that sounds like him.
**[08:35] ---**
But, first things first,
who the heck are you?
**[08:38] ---**
Why were you with my dad?
**[08:40] ---**
What? Me?
**[08:42] ---**
I'm Kenichi Shirahama.
I'm a first year student in high school.
**[08:45] ---**
I'm more or less his First Disciple.
**[08:48] ---**
I see...
**[08:52] ---**
Hey, you should've dodged or parried that!
**[08:55] ---**
Ahh! This is pathetic!
**[08:57] ---**
Dad was said to have mastered
each and every Chinese martial art.
**[09:00] ---**
To think that his First Disciple
has no talent whatsoever!
**[09:04] ---**
Uhm... I'm sorry.
**[09:06] ---**
Huh?
**[09:07] ---**
Oh, you're already up.
**[09:09] ---**
You sure are good at taking a beating.
**[09:12] ---**
Thanks. Master often
praises me for that, too.
**[09:15] ---**
He says that I have
talent for being beaten up.
**[09:17] ---**
That's not a compliment!
**[09:20] ---**
You're such a violent girl! That's mean!
**[09:22] ---**
So where is he headed?
**[09:25] ---**
How would I know?
Don't you have some idea?
**[09:28] ---**
If I did, I wouldn't have been
on a stakeout in this town. Geez...
**[09:35] ---**
I see many scary-looking guys around.
**[09:39] ---**
Those're the underlings of
the mafia that controls this town.
**[09:42] ---**
Then wouldn't it be wise not
to get involved and head back?
**[09:45] ---**
I came here because
I wanna ask them something.
**[09:48] ---**
Ask them what?
**[09:50] ---**
Uncle Sogetsu Ma's whereabouts.
**[09:51] ---**
Wait a sec! I thought we
were gonna look for Master Ma!
**[09:54] ---**
You're so dense.
**[09:55] ---**
Dad is looking for Uncle Sogetsu,
so we'll go ahead of him and wait.
**[09:59] ---**
Uhm... how did Sogetsu-san
end up being targeted by mafia?
**[10:05] ---**
Because he betrayed them.
**[10:07] ---**
So it's really okay to kill him?
**[10:10] ---**
That's fine. We'll be destroyed
unless we eliminate him.
**[10:13] ---**
Just like the enemy organization
that you had Sogetsu Ma destroy?
**[10:19] ---**
But is he really going to show up?
**[10:23] ---**
He believes that there's no
one who's stronger than he is.
**[10:26] ---**
He'll come without fail when he
hears that the strongest man is here.
**[10:29] ---**
Well then, I'll have to
welcome him with caution.
**[10:32] ---**
Sogetsu... I'll teach you
what happens to a man
**[10:35] ---**
who forgets his debt and strikes
out at the one that took him in.
**[10:42] ---**
Let's not do this.
**[10:44] ---**
We don't have any other clues, so...
**[10:47] ---**
What?! He showed up?!
Okay. I'll be right there!
**[10:50] ---**
Hey! Where is Sogetsu Ma?!
**[10:52] ---**
Who the hell are you?!
**[10:53] ---**
Answer me. Where is he?
**[11:02] ---**
Yao dai jian... That was close.
**[11:05] ---**
Kenichi, was it?
**[11:07] ---**
That technique isn't
Chinese martial arts, is it...
**[11:09] ---**
Right. It's Japanese jujitsu.
**[11:11] ---**
Jujitsu?
**[11:12] ---**
Yes. Aside from the Chinese
martial arts Master Ma teaches me,
**[11:16] ---**
I'm learning karate,
jujitsu and Muay Thai boxin--
**[11:18] ---**
Focus on one thing at a
time, you wishy-washy man!
**[11:21] ---**
--Don't learn Chinese martial arts
in your spare time! How rude!
--Forgive me!
**[11:27] ---**
Oh, pardon me.
**[11:29] ---**
--Ow, ow, ow!
--What a weird pick pocket,
putting something inside my jacket.
**[11:33] ---**
Just as you'd expect from
Kensei Ma. Sorry for testing you.
**[11:37] ---**
This is a message from Hakubi.
**[11:38] ---**
From now on, just give
it to me the normal way.
**[11:40] ---**
I almost struck you.
**[11:42] ---**
S-Sorry.
**[11:44] ---**
Hmm... Just as you'd
expect from Uncle Hakubi.
**[11:47] ---**
So my brother is at this place.
**[11:48] ---**
So you're here.
**[11:50] ---**
You skipped out on the picnic
that we promised the girls we'd go to.
**[11:54] ---**
I know you wanted to train, but you
do it more than enough every day.
**[11:58] ---**
Geez, considerate
younger brother that I am,
**[12:01] ---**
I thought I'd teach you some fun things
other than martial arts and drinking.
**[12:05] ---**
I'm not very good at socializing.
**[12:08] ---**
Especially with women,
they're so noisy that it's just overpowering.
**[12:11] ---**
How can they overpower you
when you've got that big body?
**[12:14] ---**
Hmph. Everyone has
strengths and weaknesses.
**[12:17] ---**
By the way, you didn't kill anyone, right?
**[12:20] ---**
No... I think.
**[12:23] ---**
You think? Be careful. I feel
blood-thirst in your fists these days.
**[12:27] ---**
Martial arts is all about how
effectively you destroy your opponent.
**[12:31] ---**
When you get down to it, the intent
to kill is indeed the driving force.
**[12:34] ---**
Big Brother...
**[12:38] ---**
I wonder why Master Ma and Sogetsu-san
were separated when they're brothers.
**[12:44] ---**
Uncle Sogetsu killed someone twenty
years ago, so he couldn't stay in China.
**[12:49] ---**
He... killed someone?!
**[12:56] ---**
So that's where he is.
**[12:57] ---**
How far are you gonna follow me?
**[12:59] ---**
From here on out will be the
world of virtuous martial arts,
**[13:02] ---**
which is totally different
from the world you live in.
**[13:04] ---**
Even if you come, you'll
be of no use whatsoever.
**[13:07] ---**
And if things go wrong, you could die.
**[13:09] ---**
You're gonna go even
if I try to stop you, right?
**[13:12] ---**
Of course!
**[13:13] ---**
Then I'll go, too. I can't let a girl go
to such a dangerous place alone!
**[13:19] ---**
What's with this man?
**[13:21] ---**
Stop talking like a hero!
**[13:23] ---**
--I'm saying that you'll just be
in my way even if you come!
**[13:24] ---**
--S-Stop kicking me!
--I'm saying that you'll just be
in my way even if you come!
**[13:26] ---**
Dad sure is training a weird disciple.
**[13:30] ---**
Well, if you wanna come
with me that bad, you can come,
**[13:33] ---**
but there's no guarantee
that you'll get out of this alive.
**[13:35] ---**
Master Ma's older brother,
Sogetsu Ma-san is inside, right?
**[13:38] ---**
He's your uncle, too.
**[13:40] ---**
If we talk to him, he might understand.
**[13:41] ---**
Yeah, yeah.
**[13:43] ---**
See, like that. Be gentle. Fighting isn't
the only way to solve problems.
**[13:51] ---**
I asked you to be gentle, didn't I?!
**[13:53] ---**
Oh, I am being gentle...
I left them all alive.
**[13:57] ---**
What?!
**[13:57] ---**
Unfortunately, Uncle Sogetsu has to die.
**[14:01] ---**
He was a bodyguard to the mafia.
He's a disgrace to the Ma Family.
**[14:06] ---**
W-Wait, Renka-san!
**[14:10] ---**
Hey, wait a s--
**[14:12] ---**
Dodge!
**[14:18] ---**
Ouch...! What was that?!
**[14:21] ---**
I don't know.
**[14:23] ---**
Hmph.
**[14:25] ---**
I heard that he was a master of
Wing Tsun. That was disappointing.
**[15:03] ---**
Sogetsu Ma!
**[15:05] ---**
You're a disgrace to our school!
**[15:11] ---**
That glitter of your eyes... That spirit...
You're very much like a man I know.
**[15:17] ---**
Stop it! She's the daughter
of Master Kensei Ma!
**[15:20] ---**
She's your niece!
**[15:22] ---**
I see. No wonder...
**[15:24] ---**
But kid or not, anyone who turns
their fists against me is a martial artist.
**[15:28] ---**
In addition... I don't have kin!
**[15:36] ---**
Huh?
**[15:46] ---**
"Ryozanpaku"
**[15:47] ---**
Kenichi-san isn't back?
**[15:49] ---**
That's right! I'm upset!
**[15:51] ---**
He promised that
he'd play a game with me.
**[15:53] ---**
Kenichi went out
somewhere with... Kensei.
**[15:57] ---**
What? With Ma-san?
**[15:58] ---**
He was probably taken to
someplace naughty, don't you think?
**[16:09] ---**
Big Brother... You're still living like this...
**[16:12] ---**
Kensei... To think that I would see
you here... It was worth coming back.
**[16:17] ---**
Are you okay?!
**[16:19] ---**
Ken-chan!
**[16:20] ---**
Take Renka and get out of here.
**[16:22] ---**
What?! No way! Master Ma!
**[16:24] ---**
Kensei, is he your disciple?
**[16:28] ---**
Hmph. As always,
I don't get what you're thinking.
**[16:32] ---**
To think that you devote your heart
and soul into such an untalented man.
**[16:35] ---**
Th-That's rude!
**[16:39] ---**
It's unfortunate that you still
don't get it, even after twenty years.
**[16:44] ---**
We really can't go back, Big Brother...
to the days we used to laugh together?
**[16:48] ---**
Hmph. It's too late.
**[16:52] ---**
Then at least I'll finish
you with my own hands,
**[16:53] ---**
so that you can die as a martial artist!
**[16:57] ---**
Don't flatter yourself, Kensei!
**[16:59] ---**
That palm-and-fist salute is...!
**[17:01] ---**
Normally, in the palm-and-fist salute,
you wrap your right fist with your left hand.
**[17:04] ---**
But when you wrap your left
fist with your right hand,
**[17:08] ---**
it's the sign of a duel to the death!
**[17:11] ---**
Master Ma! No!
Brothers shouldn't kill each other!
**[17:21] ---**
What powerful thrusts!
**[17:33] ---**
This is... a fight between masters.
**[17:37] ---**
At that time, I felt that watching the fight
to the end was my duty as his disciple.
**[17:56] ---**
Heavenly King's Pagoda!
**[18:01] ---**
Hmph! As usual,
you're great at dispelling attacks.
**[18:05] ---**
You've parried all my attacks.
**[18:07] ---**
The strength of your fists
hasn't weakened a bit either.
**[18:10] ---**
It seems that we both have been
honing our techniques all this time.
**[18:13] ---**
Where did that earnest spirit
towards martial arts get twisted?
**[18:17] ---**
Shut up!
**[18:18] ---**
Sogetsu the Tough and Kensei the Gentle.
**[18:21] ---**
They were both called the
strongest fist fighters in China.
**[18:24] ---**
Incredible... They're evenly matched!
**[18:28] ---**
Disappear, Sogetsu Ma.
**[18:31] ---**
--Do it!
--Yes sir!
**[18:36] ---**
What's going on?!
**[18:39] ---**
I found an opening!
**[18:43] ---**
Dammit!
**[18:49] ---**
Master Ma... lost.
**[18:52] ---**
Martial arts are a weapon to
destroy your opponent effectively.
**[18:56] ---**
They're pure power.
**[19:03] ---**
However, the weapon doesn't kill people.
**[19:05] ---**
The person who uses the
weapon is the one who kills.
**[19:08] ---**
Big Brother, you were
overpowered by your strength.
**[19:12] ---**
How did you improve
your skills this much?
**[19:16] ---**
I have friends... strong friends...
**[19:19] ---**
...friends that train hard together.
**[19:22] ---**
You've been training all by yourself.
That's the difference!
**[19:25] ---**
Friends?
**[19:28] ---**
Master Ma! We have to
get out of here right away!
**[19:30] ---**
Dad!
**[19:32] ---**
As usual, everyone is on your side, huh?
**[19:36] ---**
We had the same ability, but I was
feared and you were liked by everyone.
**[19:44] ---**
I left China not because I killed someone...
**[19:48] ---**
...but because there was no
place for me there from the start.
**[19:53] ---**
Big Brother...
**[19:56] ---**
This is bad! The flames are spreading!
**[19:59] ---**
Go... my little brother.
**[20:10] ---**
Let's go, both of you.
**[20:16] ---**
What?! Are you gonna
leave your brother here?!
**[20:19] ---**
If we get closer to him,
he'll take his own life.
**[20:22] ---**
I want to at least let my big
brother die as a martial artist.
**[20:25] ---**
No... Is this how the world
of virtuous martial arts is?
**[20:28] ---**
Hurry up!
**[20:39] ---**
This is how a killer ends up.
**[20:51] ---**
I can't allow such
a farewell between brothers!
**[20:57] ---**
He's so reckless!
**[20:59] ---**
Now, hurry up!
**[21:00] ---**
Wh-Why?
**[21:01] ---**
A disciple can never watch his
master die without doing anything!
**[21:06] ---**
I don't have any disciple.
**[21:08] ---**
Yes, you do!
**[21:09] ---**
I've fought your disciple!
**[21:13] ---**
Oh, him...
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He had the same eyes as mine.
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He called you his master!
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Seriously, Kensei has a weird disciple.
**[21:43] ---**
I heard that they didn't find Sogetsu-san's
body from the remains of the fire.
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Master Ma never spoke a word
until we got back to Ryozanpaku.
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But right before he went back to his room,
he quietly said "thanks" to me.
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Hm?
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It seems that he isn't at his best yet,
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but he is going back to his normal self.
**[22:10] ---**
Ah! We shook off Renka-san,
but was it really okay?!
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That's fine. This is where I belong.
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I'm sure she'll understand.
**[22:22] ---**
He got away again!
**[22:24] ---**
That darn delinquent old man!
**[22:26] ---**
When I see him next time, I'll take
him home even if I have to leash him!
**[22:29] ---**
Hey, sweep the floor.
**[22:32] ---**
While I'm at it, I might want to
take that Kenichi guy back with us.
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Knock it down with a high speed
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Open a new path, run through it
with the brand new days in your hand
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Don't look back, get a chance
**[23:07] ---**
There is no choice but
to go on step by step
**[23:10] ---**
Turn the pain into strength
**[23:16] ---**
Don't be afraid! Let's start from here
**[23:23] ---**
Go all out! You don't need a goal
**[23:31] ---**
With the passionate soul that
soars through the sky, yeah, yeah
**[23:37] ---**
Come on, dance!
Being ordinary isn't enough
**[23:43] ---**
Unlock your dream!
It sure will be a bright tomorrow
**[23:50] ---**
That's right! Let it all
hang out until you reach there
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Ah... Ahhhhh...
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What's wrong, Kenichi-san?
**[24:08] ---**
I-I-I got a letter in my shoe locker.
**[24:10] ---**
Could this be... a love letter?
**[24:14] ---**
You're popular.
**[24:16] ---**
No, Miu-san! I'm not
interested in letters like this at all!
**[24:20] ---**
I don't want to be in your way,
so I'm going on ahead.
**[24:23] ---**
Oh? Miu-san?! Please wait!
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I've got a problem.
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But I wonder who sent that letter.
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