E12 - Tohru and Kobayashi's Impactful Meeting! (We're Raising the Bar on Ourselves)

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[00:05] T
    Miss Kobayashi, your coffee's ready.
[00:08] K
    Oh, thank you.
[00:12] T
    Kanna, if you don't eat quick,
     you'll be late.
[00:16] Kanna
    Yeah.
[00:17] T
    Here's your hot milk, Kanna.
[00:19] T
    Oh, Miss Kobayashi!
[00:21] K
    Hmm?
[00:22] T
    What would you like for dinner this evening?
[00:25] K
    Hmm, well, anything works.
[00:29] K
    Or maybe not.
[00:31] T
    No go?
[00:33] K
    Is there anything you'd like to eat, Tohru?
[00:35] T
    Me?
[00:38] T
    Omurice, I suppose.
[00:40] K
    Oh! Nice! Let's go with that, then.
[00:43] K
    Make us good ones, please.
[00:46] T
    Roger that!
[00:47] T
    Leave it to me!
[00:50] T
    When do you think you'll
     be getting home tonight?
[00:52] K
    Hmm, I want to be home by ten.
[00:55] T
    Understood.
[00:58] Kanna
    Lady Tohru, I'm heading out.
[00:59] K
    I'm heading out, too.
[01:00] T
    Yes. Take care!
[01:04] T
    All right!
[01:05] T
    Time to give my best again today.
[02:40] T
    Cleaning, cleaning.
[02:43] T
    Lalala.
[02:44] T
    Beat the dust,
[02:46] T
    crush it,
[02:48] T
    and leave no dirt or grime!
[02:51] T
    Wipe it out,
[02:53] T
    wipe it out!
[02:58] T
    Huh?! Bring it on!
[03:05] T
    Bathroom, check!
[03:07] T
    Bedrooms, check!
[03:08] T
    Entrance, check!
[03:09] T
    Rooster, check!
[03:10] T
    Living room, check!
[03:15] T
    Perfect timing on the laundry, too.
[03:19] T
    The weather's nice today,
    so they should dry quickly.
[03:24] T
    Coming.
[03:26] Delivery
    Please stamp here.
[03:28] T
    Thank you for all your work.
[03:31] Delivery
    Thank you.
[03:34] T
    The cushion to help with
    Miss Kobayashi's lower back pain, huh?
[03:39] T
    Well, the laundry's finished.
[03:42] T
    All that's left is the omurice for dinner.
[03:47] T
    It's all for Miss Kobayashi.
[03:50] (Flashback) K
    Make us good ones, please.
[03:53] T
    I must prepare the best omurice ever!
[03:56] T
    First, some trial runs.
[04:01] T
    Finished!
[04:04] T
    How's that?
[04:05] T
    Fluffy, juicy eggs, hot rice with
    ketchup, all at restaurant quality!
[04:11] T
    And the taste...
[04:15] T
    is average?!
[04:17] T
    It's not that it isn't good, but...
[04:20] T
    Hmm...
[04:22] (Flashback) K
    Make us good ones, please.
[04:26] T
    Ah!
[04:28] T
    I want it to be a little more special.
[04:31] T
    Though she already warned
    me not to add tail...
[04:36] T
    Yes?
[04:37] L
    Hey.
[04:39] T
    Oh, it's you, Miss Lucoa.
[04:41] L
    I brought some snacks. Want some?
[04:45] T
    Thank you very much.
[04:50] T
    What's with that outfit?
[04:52] L
    Everyone was always saying something to me,
    so I tried toning down the exposure.
[04:55] L
    How is it?
[04:57] T
    You should change your body next.
[04:59] L
    Huh?
[05:00] T
    Please, come inside.
[05:02] L
    Yeah. Pardon me.
[05:09] L
    No wonder that shop receives such praise.
[05:11] T
    I'll put on another cup for you.
[05:14] L
    Oh, but I need to be going.
[05:16] T
    Right!
[05:18] T
    I was in the middle of making trial batches
    of omurice for Miss Kobayashi to eat.
[05:22] T
    Do you know any techniques
    to make them taste good?
[05:26] L
    Oh, omurice, huh?
[05:28] L
    Hmm...
[05:31] L
    The quickest way would probably be
    to use good ingredients, I think?
[05:35] T
    I see.
[05:36] L
    Later! The tea was delicious.
[05:40] T
    It was nothing.
[05:45] T
    Ingredients, huh?
SIGN    Oborozuka Shopping District
SIGN    Prime Free-Range Chicken Thighs
[05:53] T
    It's expensive.
[05:55] T
    If I gather good rice,
    vegetables, and eggs...
[05:59] T
    Yeah, all right.
[06:00] T
    Over budget?!
[06:02] Butcher
    Shopping for dinner, Tohru-chan?
[06:05] T
    Oh, Mr. Tatsuta.
[06:07] T
    This chicken is expensive, isn't it?
[06:11] Butcher
    Well, that's the best free-range
    chicken from Akita, after all.
[06:14] T
    Could you give me a discount?
[06:17] Butcher
    Hmm, it's already priced as low as I can go.
[06:19] T
    Could you please?!
[06:20] Butcher
    If I go any lower,
    it'll hurt my own livelihood.
[06:25] T
    I see.
[06:26] Butcher
    But I wanted to thank you
    for the other day, too.
[06:29] Butcher
    I could give you extra on these cuts.
SIGN    Chicken Thighs
SIGN    Chicken Thighs
[06:33] T
    They're average!
[06:34] T
    That would defeat the point.
[06:36] Butcher
    It would?
[06:39] K
    Make us good ones, please.
[06:42] T
    I don't have a choice.
[06:53] T
    Hereabouts should be good.
[07:07] Kanna
    I'm home!
[07:10] T
    Welcome home, Kanna!
[07:17] Kanna
    Lady Tohru, what's this?
[07:19] T
    Ingredients for our omurice.
[07:21] Kanna
    You went back again?
[07:23] T
    Only for a moment.
[07:26] Kanna
    What eggs are these?
[07:28] T
    They're Gullinkambi eggs.
[07:31] Kanna
    The one serving as Valhalla's alarm clock?
[07:34] T
    Yes.
[07:34] Gullinkambi
    Cock-a-doodle-doo!
[07:36] (Flashback) Einherjar
    They're damn good!
[07:38] (Flashback) T
    Really?
[07:39] T
    An einherjar told me they're
    incredibly delicious.
[07:43] Kanna
    And this?
[07:44] T
    That's...
[07:45] T
    spring water from an elf village.
[07:47] T
    I was planning to cook the
    rice with it. Just...
[07:52] T
    I've fought with the elves
    before, so I took it in secret.
[07:56] Kanna
    You couldn't complain if
    they killed you over that.
[07:59] T
    There's also meat from bull demons,
    and fruits that only grow in that world.
[08:05] Kanna
    What about the rice and vegetables?
[08:07] T
    I thought it best to use rice
    and vegetables from this world.
[08:10] Kanna
    True, the rice in this nation is delicious.
[08:13] T
    Apparently they use some magic
    called "selective breeding."
[08:18] T
    I should have them teach me
    the incantation some time.
[08:22] T
    Now, then.
[08:23] T
    Time to get cooking!
[08:25] T
    Kanna, could you help me, too?
[08:27] Kanna
    Yeah!
[08:33] L
    Roar!
[08:35] Shouta
    Demons out! Blessings in!
[08:35] L
    Roar, roar!
[08:41] L
    Roar, roar, roar, roar!
[08:41] Shouta
    Demons out! Blessings in!
[08:59] Shouta
    Lucoa!
[09:00] L
    Huh?
[09:02] L
    Oh, were you worried about me?
[09:04] L
    I-I wasn't!
[09:06] L
    Huh?
[09:08] L
    
SIGN    Episode 12
SIGN    Tohru and Kobayashi's Impactful Meeting! (We're Raising the Bar on Ourselves)
[09:14] K
    Ah, I'm beat.
[09:19] K
    Oh, right, tonight's dinner is omurice.
[09:23] K
    If I recall, the first normal meal
    she cooked was omurice.
[09:28] (Flashback) T
    It's done, Miss Kobayashi!
[09:30] K
    She set it out with such confidence...
[09:33] K
    And it was damn good!
[09:35] K
    Normally, she always made
    weird things, though.
[09:38] K
    Thinking about it now...
[09:40] K
    It's been a long time since I had
    someone willing to cook for me.
SIGN    Two's better than one! Three's better than two! Family's great!
[09:48] K
    Back then I told her it was so-so, but...
[09:51] K
    Today I'll tell her...
[09:55] K
    it's... good...
[10:00] (Flashback) Staff
    Hey, hurry up and pass that my way!
[10:01] (Flashback) Staff
    Forget about that,
    hurry up and fix this error!
[10:02] Staff
    Make sure you're making backups!
[10:03] Staff
    Help me out here!
[10:04] (Flashback) Boss
    Kobayashi!
[10:05] (Flashback) Boss
    The deadline's almost here!
[10:06] (Flashback) K
    Yes!
[10:07] (Flashback) Boss
    Kobayashi! We've got errors!
[10:09] (Flashback) K
    I'll fix them at once!
[10:10] (Flashback) Boss
    Kobayashi! Help out over here!
[10:12] (Flashback) K
    Coming right now!
[10:13] (Flashback) Boss
    Kobayashi!
[10:14] (Flashback) Boss
    Kobayashi!
[10:15] (Flashback) Boss
    Kobayashi!
[10:15] (Flashback) K
    Shut up!
[10:22] (Flashback) K
    Another, man!
[10:23] (Flashback) Bartender
    Coming up.
[10:26] (Flashback) K
    That's my stop!
SIGN    Express
[10:28] (Flashback) K
    Where am I going now?
[10:32] (Flashback) K
    The mountain... sounds good.
[10:34] (Flashback) K
    The air's nice here!
[10:35] (Flashback) K
    Huh?! A bear?!
SIGN    Caution! Bears in Area
[10:36] (Flashback) K
    Bear...
[10:37] (Flashback) K
    Tasty bears!
[10:38] (Flashback) K
    Bring it on!
SIGN    Dragonslayer
[10:45] (Flashback) K
    It's pitch black!
[10:48] (Flashback) K
    Ow.
[10:53] (Flashback) K
    What?
[11:00] (Flashback) T
    Where did you come from, human?
[11:13] (Flashback) K
    Whoa! It's a dragon! Hug me!
[11:18] (Flashback) K
    Ow!
[11:19] (Flashback) T
    Leave, you insolent human!
[11:22] (Flashback) T
    Or I'll eat you!
[11:28] (Flashback) T
    Well, either way, I'm going to die, too.
[11:34] (Flashback) T
    How pathetic that the last
    being I meet is a human.
[11:38] K
    Hey, don't you get tired
    of talking that way?
[11:40] (Flashback) T
    Huh?
[11:41] (Flashback) K
    It has to wear you out.
[11:43] (Flashback) T
    Why, you!
[11:44] (Flashback) K
    You need this pulled out?
[11:46] (Flashback) T
    Huh? Well...
[11:49] (Flashback) T
    Hey!
[11:50] (Flashback) T
    You fool! If a human touches God's
    sword, their mind will be torn— Ahh!
[11:56] (Flashback) K
    Don't know about that.
[11:57] (Flashback) K
    If God exists, then... Hngh!
[12:02] (Flashback) K
    He should try...
[12:04] (Flashback) K
    extending my deadline right now!
[12:04] (Flashback) T
    No, no, no, no!
SIGN    Dragonslayer
[12:13] (Flashback) K
    Even if we are in my dream, that's no
    reason a dragon should be so servile.
[12:20] (Flashback) T
    I'm sorry.
[12:21] (Flashback) T
    Yet you saved me...
[12:23] (Flashback) T
    I was defeated in battle with the
    gods, and escaped to this world.
[12:28] (Flashback) T
    I imagine you managed to remove
    that sword because you lack faith.
[12:33] (Flashback) T
    I'm truly grateful.
[12:33] (Flashback) K
    Who gives a damn about that?!
[12:36] (Flashback) T
    Huh?
[12:38] (Flashback) K
    Drink!
[12:39] (Flashback) K
    Drink with me!
[12:40] (Flashback) K
    Dragon, listen to my story!
[12:42] (Flashback) T
    Huh? Uh...
[12:45] (Flashback) K
    Drink it!
[13:04] (Flashback) K
    Oh.
[13:06] (Flashback) K
    So you're a girl, then.
[13:08] (Flashback) T
    Yes, I am.
[13:10] (Flashback) T
    I don't like using this spell though.
[13:13] (Flashback) K
    Oh! You're a good drinker!
[13:15] (Flashback) K
    All right! Let's drink
    together, just us girls!
SIGN    Hehehe
[13:18] (Flashback) T
    Girls?!
SIGN    D'oh
[13:19] (Flashback) K
    I'm a girl!
[13:20] (Flashback) T
    Oh! I'm sorry.
[13:21] (Flashback) K
    Jeez, now I'm mad! Drink!
    Let me fondle your tits!
[13:24] (Flashback) T
    Sure.
[13:25] (Flashback) K
    Huh? I can?
SIGN    - Several Hours Later -
SIGN    Dragon slayer
[13:29] (Flashback) K
    This whole world's unfair!
[13:31] (Flashback) K
    I'm out there working so hard, for what?!
[13:33] (Flashback) T
    That's right, you tell them!
    Let me bring an end to it all!
[13:37] (Flashback) K
    And what the hell?! Don't make me cover
    for your subordinate's mistakes!
[13:42] (Flashback) T
    Don't assume all dragons are those lolicons
    who demand a village's virgin daughters!
SIGN    Dragonslayer
[14:01] (Flashback) K
    Why am I all alone?
[14:06] (Flashback) T
    Same.
[14:09] (Flashback) T
    I'm all alone in this world now...
[14:18] (Flashback) K
    Do you have anywhere to go?
[14:20] (Flashback) T
    No. Though I've been alone from the start.
[14:25] (Flashback) K
    Then...
[14:26] (Flashback) K
    Want to come to my place?
[14:39] (Flashback) T
    I-I do!
[14:46] (Flashback) K
    Then be my maid!
[14:48] (Flashback) T
    What?
[14:48] (Flashback) K
    Listen! A maid isn't just a simple servant!
[14:52] (Flashback) K
    Normally they're divided by their
    roles into house maids, laundry maids,
[14:55] (Flashback) K
    and so forth, and it takes training to be
    one, unlike those girls at maid cafés—Oh!
[15:00] (Flashback) K
    I'm Kobayashi.
[15:04] (Flashback) T
    I'm Tohru.
[15:06] (Flashback) K
    So, Tohru.
[15:07] (Flashback) K
    I'm not out to deny the
    existence of maid cafés.
[15:09] (Flashback) K
    Those are good in their own way,
[15:10] (Flashback) K
    but they're a problem that
    helps contribute to the growing
[15:11] (Flashback) K
    trend of the maid profession
    being taken lightly...
[15:16] Train
    Oborozuka. Oborozuka.
SIGN    Oborozuka
[15:20] K
    I feel like I dreamt about
    something important...
[15:26] K
    I'm home.
[15:27] Kanna
    Kobayashi!
[15:28] T
    Miss Kobayashi, welcome home!
[15:31] T
    We just finished the omurice.
[15:33] Kanna
    I helped, too.
[15:35] T
    I'm confident in it!
[15:40] K
    The omurice was delicious,
[15:43] K
    but because I had to point out so many issues,
[15:44] K
    I again failed to tell her they were good.
[15:59] Taki
    I can't believe it's raining all of a sudden!
[16:02] Taki
    I'm home!
[16:03] Taki
    They said there was no chance of rain.
[16:12] Fafnir
    Help me, Takiya.
[16:13] Fafnir
    It's a guerrilla event.
[16:15] Fafnir
    Time to grind.
[16:18] Taki
    Coming, coming!
[16:22] T
    Hmm...
[16:23] T
    I guess we'll be having
    this for lunch for a while.
[16:26] TV
    So cute!
[16:28] TV
    Is it okay if I pet him?
[16:30] TV
    Sure!
SIGN    Entertainer Special
SIGN    Entertainers' Pet
     Gathering
SIGN    World Wide Dogs
[16:32] T
    Ridiculous.
[16:33] K
    Oh, hey, it's cramped.
[16:35] T
    What mere pets, acting
    affectionate with humans.
[16:38] K
    You're one to talk.
[16:40] T
    Kanna.
[16:40] K
    No.
[16:42] K
    Speaking of which, were there any humans
    you were close to in your old world?
[16:46] T
    Humans?
[16:48] T
    Well, if I had to say, there was one
    human I associated with for a time.
[16:55] K
    Oh? What were they like?
[16:58] T
    Well, allow me to talk about
    my former self a bit.
[17:07] T
    I first met that human in
    an empty, ruined village.
[17:14] (Flashback) T
    Hmm, guess I'll make this
    place my home for a while.
[17:19] (Flashback) T
    Hmm?
[17:23] (Flashback) Girl
    It's rare to see a dragon
    in a place like this!
[17:27] (Flashback) Girl
    I was just lying low for a bit.
[17:29] (Flashback) Girl
    Let me stay with you for a while!
[17:31] (Flashback) T
    A bandit?
[17:32] (Flashback) Girl
    Uh-huh.
[17:34] (Flashback) Girl
    I mistook a noble for a merchant and
    attacked them, now I'm on the run.
[17:38] (Flashback) Girl
    All my comrades have been captured,
[17:41] (Flashback) Girl
    so I'm all alone now and I
    was wondering what to do next.
[17:44] (Flashback) T
    I'm not interested in you.
[17:47] (Flashback) T
    If you don't get lost, I'll just kill you.
[17:50] (Flashback) T
    How dare you... Why do you laugh?
[17:52] (Flashback) Girl
    Oh, sorry!
[17:54] (Flashback) Girl
    This is the first time I've
    ever heard anyone say
[17:56] (Flashback) Girl
    they'd kill me with so little
    intent behind the words!
[17:58] (Flashback) Girl
    Miss Dragon, you're not used to
    threatening people, are you?
[18:01] (Flashback) T
    It's not just a threat!
[18:06] (Flashback) Girl
    See?
[18:10] (Flashback) Girl
    So it's okay, right?
[18:12] (Flashback) Girl
    Let me stay for a while.
[18:15] (Flashback) T
    Do as you please.
[18:17] (Flashback) Girl
    Yeah.
[18:18] T
    Thinking back on it now,
    I could've just left myself.
[18:22] T
    But at the time I couldn't
    let myself yield to a human.
[18:28] (Flashback) Girl
    Hey, hey, what's it feel
    like being a dragon?
[18:34] (Flashback) T
    What do you mean?
[18:36] (Flashback) Girl
    You can fly through the sky, and possess
    such power you'll never lose to anyone.
[18:41] (Flashback) Girl
    I want to know what it feels like to
    be able to live freely in this world.
[18:45] (Flashback) Girl
    Huh? You're ignoring me?
[18:47] Girl
    No way!
[18:47] T
    At the time I found myself thinking.
[18:48] Girl
    You responded to me! Hey!
[18:50] T
    What was my freedom like?
[18:52] T
    I never thought of myself
    as free before then.
[18:56] T
    I was born with the chaos faction,
     lived with chaos, and fought the divine.
[19:03] T
    If that all ended, would I be free?
[19:06] T
    Would it ever end?
[19:07] T
    Even if it did end,
     and I was free, what would I...?
[19:13] (Flashback) T
    What would you do if you had freedom?
[19:15] (Flashback) Girl
    Hmm?
[19:16] (Flashback) Girl
    Be a maid!
[19:18] (Flashback) T
    A maid?
[19:19] (Flashback) Girl
    Yes. A maid.
[19:21] (Flashback) Girl
    I'd wear a cute maid outfit,
[19:23] (Flashback) Girl
    greet guests with my best smile,
    fall in love with my master.
[19:29] (Flashback) T
    You'd just be enslaving yourself.
[19:31] (Flashback) Girl
    Yes!
[19:32] (Flashback) Girl
    But it'd be my choice.
[19:34] (Flashback) Girl
    I would have a choice.
[19:36] (Flashback) Girl
    If I had a choice, I think
    my life would be different.
[19:40] (Flashback) Girl
    If I could choose my own life,
[19:42] (Flashback) Girl
    and my only two choices were becoming
    a bandit or becoming a slave, then...
[19:47] (Flashback) T
    I see.
[19:49] (Flashback) Girl
    Yeah.
[19:50] T
    Thinking back on it, I had
    never made my own choice,
[19:54] T
    and I thought that was fine.
[19:57] T
    There wasn't anyone I wanted to see anyway.
[20:00] T
    So I chatted with that girl
    for a while after that.
[20:05] (Flashback) Girl
    I think I should be good now.
[20:07] (Flashback) T
    You're leaving?
[20:09] (Flashback) Girl
    Yeah.
[20:10] (Flashback) Girl
    I'm going to cross the mountains and
    try heading to the next nation over.
[20:14] (Flashback) Girl
    I'm sure there'll be something there.
[20:15] (Flashback) Girl
    Oh, Miss Dragon, let me ride you.
[20:18] (Flashback) T
    Bug off! I'll never let a human ride me!
[20:20] (Flashback) Girl
    Cheapskate.
[20:22] (Flashback) T
    I'll die before I let a human ride me.
[20:27] (Flashback) Girl
    Well, later.
[20:29] (Flashback) Girl
    Thank you, Miss Dragon!
[20:32] (Flashback) T
    For what?
[20:33] (Flashback) Girl
    For being with me.
[20:36] T
    And so I parted ways with
    that annoying human.
[20:39] T
    At least, that's how I should have felt.
[20:41] T
    Yet I felt a little sad...
[20:45] T
    and uncomfortable.
[20:47] K
    Then maybe that person had something
    to do with why you're my maid now.
[20:52] T
    You're right.
[20:54] T
    It's rare of me to say this, but I
    wouldn't mind seeing that human again.
[20:59] K
    I see.
[21:00] T
    Yes.
[21:01] T
    By the way, Tohru.
[21:03] T
    Yes?
[21:04] K
    The way you used to talk
    sounds like an old man.
[21:07] T
    Huh?!
[21:07] T
    But it's cool!
[21:09] K
    Huh?
[21:13] Girl
    All right!
[21:15] Girl
    The weather's nice.
SIGN    Super Entry Level Object-Oriented Programming
SIGN    Learn the skills yourself
[21:28] Elma
    I see...
[21:35] Elma
    I've sure blended in to this world...
[21:38] Elma
    Oh, well.
SIGN    Next Episode
[23:25] K
    Tohru, do you think that
    bandit girl is still alive?
[23:29] T
    Who knows?
[23:30] T
    But if she is alive, I bet
    she's serving as a maid.
[23:33] K
    Same as you, then.
[23:34] T
    Indeed.
[23:35] K
    I hope she's getting along well.
SIGN    Episode 13
SIGN    Emperor of Demise Arrives!
    (It Was the Final Episode Before We Knew It)
[23:37] T
    I hope so, too.