# 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