E10 - Hime-chan Is Doing Her Best

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SIGN    Beauty Salon Naruse
SIGN    Beauty Salon Naruse
[00:09] Nao
    And with that, I made the
    Super Windup Robot, Hiyarascoe.
[00:17] Nao
    Very satisfying.
[00:18] Nao
    On the other hand, the bisque firing
    for Hime-chan's pillow got done.
[00:22] Nao
    The next step is finally
    coloring, but can you imagine?
[00:29] Nao
    Hime-chan is completely stuck trying
    to pick the right glaze for it.
[00:42] (Flashback) ---
    Ow...
[00:45] (Flashback) Nao
    And how did this happen?
[00:49] (Flashback) him
    I was absorbed in thinking
    about which color to use.
[00:53] (Flashback) nao
    I thought you already had something in mind.
[00:57] (Flashback) him
    Actually, that's... not quite true.
[01:05] nao
    Maybe I'll ask her to come
    to "Wani" with me tomorrow.
[01:08] nao
    Switching tracks is important.
SIGN    Hime-chan Is Doing Her Best
SIGN    Exhibition of 15 young artists from Tajimi
SIGN    Cafe Wani next to the bookstore
[02:44] him
    Look Nao-chan, look!
[02:46] him
    This is so fluffy!
[02:48] nao
    This one's clean.
[02:50] him
    Warm.
[02:52] Nao
    So cool!
[02:54] him
    The glaze can change the appearance so much.
[02:58] him
    Not just the color, but the texture, too.
[03:01] him
    And the depth...
[03:04] him
    Blah...
[03:06] nao
    What's wrong? You've been
    like this since yesterday.
[03:10] him
    Blah...
[03:15] him
    The deadline's coming up, right?
[03:17] him
    That's affecting me too, but...
[03:21] him
    I just don't know what color will fit best.
[03:27] nao
    Why not just go with what you feel is right?
[03:29] him
    But then I feel like everything seems good.
[03:34] him
    I tried asking Touko-senpai about it...
[03:39] (Flashback) tou
    Well, I'm always in a
    conversation with the clay,
[03:44] (Flashback) tou
    so I let the clay make that decision...
[03:47] nao
    That's too fanciful an answer.
[03:50] him
    Right? So then I asked Kukuri-chan.
[03:53] (Flashback) mik
    Hm, it's the same as drawing
    or picking clothes.
[03:58] (Flashback) him
    Meaning?
[03:59] (Flashback) mik
    Just, runruu.
[04:02] (Flashback) him
    What's runruu?
[04:04] (Flashback) mik
    Oh,sorry. That's hard to understand, huh?
[04:06] (Flashback) mik
    Runruu is... runruu?
[04:10] (Flashback) him
    That didn't explain anything!
[04:12] (Flashback) mik
    Hime-chan is mad at me!
[04:14] nao
    I think that was justified.
[04:17] him
    In the end, I understood
    that the input of geniuses
[04:19] him
    and doofuses is not very helpful.
SIGN    Beauty Salon Naruse
SIGN    Beauty Salon Naruse
SIGN    That makes no sense, Kukuri-chan
[04:30] nao
    I guess all I did was listen to her story.
SIGN    Closed today
[04:44] tok
    Okay.
[04:45] ---
    Good morning.
[04:46] ---
    Oh, good morning.
[04:48] nao
    Is Hime-chan almost ready?
[04:50] tok
    I think you might want to
    go ahead on your own today.
[04:54] tok
    She seems to be avoiding reality.
[04:56] nao
    Avoiding reality?
[04:58] tok
    Up until middle school,
    we took turns making food.
[05:07] tok
    After starting high school, she only
     does this when she's stuck on something.
[05:10] tok
    Like when an exam is coming up.
[05:14] nao
    I should show her that!
[05:17] nao
    That's a great idea!
[05:20] nao
    Gwood dway.
[05:26] nao
    Where is Hime-chan?
[05:27] mik
    Naruse-san...
[05:29] mik
    Hime-chan said she won't be coming
    here until she has picked her colors!
[05:33] tou
    Apparently all the glaze samples here
    are making it even harder to decide.
[05:38] nao
    Isn't she over-thinking it?
[05:41] tou
    You could say that's a very
    Toyokawa-san thing to do.
[05:44] nao
    It's clear now. That's the only way.
[06:07] nao
    I finally found you.
[06:08] him
    Nao-chan!
[06:10] nao
    You're stuck.
[06:13] nao
    When I skipped self-study hour
    to go on a walk the other day,
[06:16] nao
    I found a cool spot.
[06:18] him
    You just casually admit a crime...
[06:19] nao
    Let's go!
[06:21] him
    Nao-chan!
[06:29] him
    Oh, it was this spot!
[06:31] nao
    Wait, you know it?
[06:33] him
    Yeah, this is actually my mom's work.
[06:38] nao
    Wow, my surprise just doubled!
[06:51] him
    But when I see this, I want
    to make it this color.
[06:55] nao
    What's wrong with that?
[06:57] him
    My mom was so amazing,
[07:00] him
    and right now I can't even
    dream of being on her level.
[07:02] him
    It would just be imitating her.
[07:05] nao
    Imitating her is fine.
[07:09] nao
    Everybody starts with imitation.
[07:11] nao
    There are alternate theories,
[07:13] nao
    but some say that the Japanese word
    for "learn" comes from "imitate."
[07:17] nao
    What's your honest opinion about that color?
[07:25] him
    It looks like it would be cool.
    It makes me want to put my cheek to it.
[07:30] nao
    Exactly!
[07:34] nao
    That feels good.
[07:41] him
    Yeah, that feels nice.
[07:44] nao
    You know what your dad said?
[07:46] nao
    When you're trying to make someone happy,
[07:48] nao
    it's the best if you're having fun yourself.
[07:51] him
    My dad said that?
[07:53] nao
    Yup.
[07:54] (Flashback) tok
    When I open the lid,
    it's all colorful and fun
[07:57] (Flashback) tok
    It feels like Himeno had fun
    when she was making it.
[08:03] him
    Now that you mention it...
[08:09] (Flashback) him
    Nice and colorful.
[08:11] (Flashback) him
    Oh, the meatball will be a secret,
[08:14] (Flashback) him
    so I'll hide it under the scrambled egg.
[08:18] (Flashback) him
    I wonder if dad will be surprised.
[08:21] (Flashback) sac
    It looks like you're having fun, Hime-chan.
[08:23] (Flashback) him
    Oh, really?
[08:28] him
    Is that runruu?
[08:35] nao
    Hime-chan?
[08:36] him
    This is the super giga MAX runruu!
[08:41] him
    Thanks, Nao-chan!
    I've settled on a color now!
[08:43] nao
    Oh, that took a sudden turn!
[08:45] him
    I don't know what was wrong with me!
[08:47] him
    I had already picked this color ages ago!
[08:53] tou
    You've decided?
[08:55] him
    Yes! I want to try this!
[08:57] tou
    This is called crystalline
    glaze and honestly,
[09:00] tou
    it's extremely challenging.
[09:03] tou
    Do you still want to do it?
[09:05] him
    Yes!
[09:06] nao
    Now it's time to learn!
[09:09] tou
    Should we start with why glaze is even used?
[09:13] him
    It's to work around the porous
    and brittle nature of bisque, right?
[09:18] tou
    Yes. To do that, you mix things
    that will turn into glass
[09:23] tou
    and things that will bond with the surface,
[09:25] tou
    and by adding various metal oxides,
[09:28] tou
    you can get a desired color.
[09:29] tou
    Crystalline glazes are glazes where you
    can clearly see the crystals inside it.
[09:36] tou
    To do this you lower the temperature
    of the kiln 100 to 150 degrees Celsius
[09:40] tou
    from its maximum temperature and give
    the crystals 2-3 hours to grow.
[09:44] him
    The crystals grow?
[09:46] tou
    That's right.
[09:48] tou
    But if the maximum temperature is
    too low, the crystals won't grow very large,
[09:52] tou
    and if it's too high or you wait too long,
[09:54] tou
    the crystals might disappear completely.
[09:57] tou
    The crystal growth will be stunted
     if the layer of glaze is too thin, as well.
[10:00] him
    Wow, that sounds really challenging.
[10:04] nao
    To start, an experiment using
    a plate made from the same clay
[10:07] nao
    that the cushion was made from is conducted.
[10:09] nao
    After a day, the results of
    the firing are observed.
[10:13] nao
    "While the flower pattern of the
    monument did not appear,"
[10:18] nao
    "the first attempt at the
    color was a success."
[10:22] nao
    "Hime-chan meticulously
    wrote down all the data"
[10:25] nao
    "on the firing time and the composition
    of the individual glaze components."
[10:29] nao
    "She then made small adjustments
    and went for round two."
[10:34] nao
    "This time, the flower patterns
    appeared, but the color was iffy."
[10:39] nao
    "Success doesn't come easily, but
    it seems Hime-chan is having fun."
[10:44] nao
    "Good, good."
[10:49] nao
    I wonder how tomorrow will go.
[10:58] tou
    Looks good!
[10:59] mik
    Nice!
[10:59] nao
    Yes.
[11:01] him
    It's just like I imagined!
[11:03] him
    Yay!
[11:36] nao
    "It's finally been put in the kiln."
[11:39] nao
    Now there's no going back!
[11:40] nao
    "The only thing she can do is
    wait for the firing to be done!"
[11:44] nao
    Gods, Buddha, Himena-sama...
[11:49] nao
    Please let it go well!
[12:02] tou
    I'll open it.
[12:04] him
    Yes.
[12:16] him
    This!
[12:17] him
    Yes!
[12:19] mik
    You did it, Hime-chan!
[12:20] mik
    The flower pattern came out!
[12:23] tou
    The color's not quite what
    you had planned, but...
[12:26] him
    That's still fine! This might be
    better than what I had planned!
[12:29] tou
    Exactly, I like this color as well!
[12:32] him
    Thank you so much, Touko-senpai!
[12:35] him
    Now I just need to put the soft rope in!
[12:43] him
    Yay! It's done!
[12:47] nao
    As I was able to capture a lot of
    greats shots of Hime-chan's face,
[12:50] nao
    I'm also satisfied!
[12:52] nao
    I didn't say it, but I also thought
    the color turned out really well.
[12:56] nao
    Now the next thing coming
    up is the actual contest!
[13:00] nao
    Could it be, maybe, potentially...
[13:03] nao
    that she gets some sort
    of prize or something?
SIGN    41st Mino Ware Contest
SIGN    Opening outline
[13:06] nao
    Is what I allowed myself to think.
SIGN    Mini Mini Pottery Club
[14:25] mad
    The small fire that had been smoldering
    deep in the bob-haired girl's chest
SIGN    God
SIGN    Mad Demon
[14:29] mad
    suddenly roared to life!
[14:32] mad
    Next time, "I Want to Win a Prize Now"
[14:35] mad
    Bob-haired girl, don't turn around now!
SIGN    Next Time:
SIGN    I Want to Win a Prize Now