E9 - There Are Various Reasons Behind It (It's Full of Elma)
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[00:01] Kobayashi
It all started with a single
statement from Elma.
[00:04] Elma
I demand improved working conditions!
SIGN I demand improved working conditions
[00:08] Kobayashi
What's this out of nowhere?
[00:10] Kobayashi
Are you hungry?
[00:11] Elma
This company demands too much overtime!
[00:13] Elma
For one thing, the workload demanded
of each individual is excessive!
[00:15] Kobayashi
Elma's demands were justified.
[00:17] Kobayashi
However, we had no other
choice with our scheduling.
[00:20] Kobayashi
Plus, our company has already made solid
improvements since its founding.
[00:24] Kobayashi
It was slow going, but the working
conditions have improved.
[00:28] Kobayashi
Our current busyness was just something
we had to resign ourselves to.
[00:32] Kobayashi
I explained that to her, but...
[00:35] Elma
Don't give up and accept it!
[00:37] Elma
I'm fighting for it
[00:39] Elma
and I'm going to seize our freedom!
[00:42] Kobayashi
Surrounded by those of us who had grown
accustomed to exploitative labor
[00:45] Kobayashi
and aimlessly lived out our days,
[00:47] Kobayashi
Elma took a stand all by herself.
[00:50] Kobayashi
G'luck.
SIGN Work Conditions Improvement Proposal
[02:23] Kobayashi
Two days later,
[02:23] Elma
Miss Kobayashi, please look at this!
[02:24] Kobayashi
Elma used the scant few moments
she had in between work
[02:27] Kobayashi
to create a proposal for
improved working conditions.
[02:30] Kobayashi
I was once again astonished
by the capability of dragons.
[02:35] Kobayashi
However...
[02:38] Elma
You're scoffing at me?!
SIGN Expand Personnel
[02:40] Kobayashi
The expansion of personnel?
[02:42] Elma
Yes.
[02:43] Kobayashi
We're currently doing mid-career recruitment,
but there's not a single applicant.
[02:46] Elma
Why's that?
[02:48] Kobayashi
The programming language we use
at this company is, well...
[02:52] Kobayashi
Even if we hired fresh graduates,
it would take time to train them.
[02:55] Elma
Couldn't they just learn it quickly?
[02:57] Kobayashi
Don't assume everyone is just like you.
[02:59] Kobayashi
At any rate, redo it,
taking that into account.
SIGN Redo It, Taking That Into Account
SIGN The Next Day
[03:04] Elma
I finished the revisions!
SIGN Work Conditions
Improvement Proposal
Ver. 2
[03:06] Kobayashi
That was fast!
[03:08] Kobayashi
I was surprised by her speed,
but the content really left me shocked.
[03:12] Kobayashi
The rough spots had been
completely revised,
[03:14] Kobayashi
none of the sections had
any contradictions,
[03:16] Kobayashi
and the text was organized perfectly.
[03:19] Kobayashi
This is great!
[03:21] Elma
Really?!
[03:22] Kobayashi
Submit it to our department head right away!
[03:24] Elma
Got it!
[03:27] Elma
It was a no-go.
[03:29] Kobayashi
He talked to her about the company's
income and expenditures,
[03:31] Kobayashi
things those of us on the floor
didn't have any dealings with,
[03:34] Kobayashi
and she couldn't fight back.
[03:36] Kobayashi
She was feeling depressed,
so I said this to her:
SIGN Let's give up and get back to work
[03:41] Elma
Dammit!
SIGN The Day After That
[03:45] Elma
I revised it!
SIGN Work Conditions
Improvement Proposal
Ver. 3
[03:47] Kobayashi
That was fast!
[03:49] Kobayashi
We were all overwhelmed by Elma's intensity
[03:52] Kobayashi
as we began reading through the paperwork.
[03:55] Kobayashi
Then,
[03:57] Kobayashi
that paperwork had every individual's
schedule written out in detail,
[04:00] Kobayashi
including bathroom breaks, pace slowdowns,
portion of time away from their desks,
[04:04] Kobayashi
and even the time spent resting their
head on their elbow at their desk
[04:07] Kobayashi
and how many times they
recrossed their legs,
[04:09] Kobayashi
all laid out like a curse in a
proposal to improve efficiency.
[04:12] Kobayashi
It was completely devoid of
any concept of privacy,
[04:15] Kobayashi
and it dug so deep into each individual
SIGN Yamashita
Current Work Analysis (Sample Excerpt)
[04:17] Kobayashi
that many employees thought it
would have been more humane
SIGN Time Away From Desk 86%
Main Activities: Bathroom, Vending Machine Beverage Purchases, One Yawn
Time Away From Desk 100%
Main Activities: Slacking, Chatting With Other Employees In The Office Or The Hallway
Time Away From Desk 38%
Main Activities: Staring At PC For Several Minutes With Head Resting On Arm, Recrossed His Legs Twice
Time Away From Desk 16%
Main Activities: Checking Schedule Chart, Drinking Beverages, Looking At Cell Phone
Time Away From Desk: 0%
Main Activities: Programming, Yawning
[04:20] Kobayashi
to publish nude photos of them
without their permission.
SIGN
SIGN The above outline is an example from one day.
The main area of improvement for Yamashita is the time he requires
before he's able to focus on work. To improve this, I recommend having
Yamashita follow a set routine before he engages with work. This will allow
him to consciously switch his focus. It would be best to have Yamashita
decide what the best routine would be; for example, drinking a coffee.
Making this a routine would allow him to settle into work everyday without
stress. Such a minor change in his habits should be easy for him to
accomplish. Once he's established a routine, it will shorten the time
Yamashita requires to start work, improving overall efficiency.
(See attached reference sheet.)
[04:22] Kobyashi
How on earth did she get such data?
[04:25] Kobyashi
According to her...
[04:26] Elma
I used clairvoyance.
[04:28] Elma
I turned my vision into a
thousand screen multi-display.
[04:32] Kobayashi
Even her analogies were
being tainted by work.
[04:35] Kobayashi
She triumphantly headed
to submit her proposal.
[04:38] Kobayashi
Setting the shocking content aside,
[04:40] Kobayashi
it was amply convincing
to serve in negotiations.
[04:44] Kobayashi
Maybe Premium Fridays could
be more than just a dream.
[04:48] Kobayashi
However...
[04:50] Kobayashi
I just can't relax if I haven't
worked at least eight hours.
[04:55] Takiya
Kobayashi-san...
[04:57] Kobayashi
However, we only enjoyed
that hope for a short time.
[05:02] Kobayashi
All three of us were surprised when we
were summoned by the executive director.
[05:06] Kobayashi
He wasn't firing us, was he?
[05:09] Kobayashi
We all headed to his office with
anxiety and annoyance in our hearts.
[05:16] Exec
Come in.
[05:17] Kobayashi
Excuse us.
[05:21] Exec
Hey, you've been very kind to Shouta.
[05:25] Kobayashi
Oh, no.
SIGN To Shouta <3
Welcome home!
I'll be home after I hit the store,
so wait for me!
From Mama
[05:27] Kobayashi
Shouta-kun's father...
[05:29] Kobayashi
is a mage, right?
[05:32] Elma
Did you have a look at the
improvement proposal?
[05:34] Exec
Yes. It's very well drawn up,
[05:37] Exec
Joui Elma-kun.
[05:39] Exec
Or,
[05:41] Exec
should I call you priestess
of the holy seas?
[05:43] Elma
Huh?
[05:46] Elma
I'm currently an employee here,
so whichever you prefer.
[05:50] Kobayashi
Why did you summon us?
[05:52] Exec
That goddess that Shouta summoned...
[05:55] Exec
Since she's friends with all of you,
I wanted to meet you in person.
[05:59] Kobayashi
She's bad for your son's education, isn't she?
[06:02] Kobayashi
That pervert,
[06:03] Kobayashi
or rather, former goddess.
[06:06] Exec
It's a family rule to take personal
responsibility for whatever you summon.
[06:10] Exec
Besides, I believe that woman will be good
for Shouta's education in several ways.
[06:15] Kobayashi
Don't come to me when your son
develops some twisted fetish.
[06:20] Exec
Now, then,
[06:23] Exec
shall we discuss business?
[06:29] Kobayashi
Man, it didn't work out.
[06:32] Takiya
There would be complaints if it did for
our department but not the whole company.
[06:36] Takiya
He was certainly right about that.
[06:38] Kobayashi
But we did get him to take the time to look
over the improvement proposal, didn't we?
[06:43] Kobayashi
Lately we've been getting out
on time more regularly,
[06:45] Kobayashi
so eventually—
[06:46] Elma
No!
[06:46] Elma
No, not enough!
[06:48] Elma
We must do anything we can to immediately
turn this black company white!
[06:51] Kobayashi
What are you saying?
[06:53] Kobayashi
You were bought off by
his luxury chocolates.
SIGN That is that,
and this is this
SIGN Chocolates are low in sugar
SIGN That is that, and this is this!
SIGN Chocolates are low in sugar!
[06:59] Kobayashi
What's that supposed to mean?
SIGN Even after that...
[07:01] Kobayashi
Even after accepting his buy-off,
[07:03] Kobayashi
Elma wouldn't give up.
SIGN Now is the time to come together! We're holding a meeting for all employees to discuss improvements.
SIGN There will be tea and sweet snacks!
SIGN Place: Meeting Room Time: 12:30~13:30
SIGN Come Forth, Heroes! Let Us Fight Together!
[07:06] Kobayashi
She tried starting a labor union,
SIGN Seize Victory And Claim Sweet Days Off! Delicious Food! Reform The Way We Work!
[07:09] Kobayashi
creating a space for employee discussion,
SIGN Seize Victory And Claim Sweet Days Off! Delicious Food! Reform The Way We Work!
[07:12] Kobayashi
and she continued to appeal
for better working conditions.
[07:15] Kobayashi
What surprised me was that Tohru
was helping her with that.
[07:20] Tohru
If it all goes well, that means
you'll come home earlier.
[07:20] Elma
Let us change this company
together! Labor is—
[07:24] Kobayashi
So that's why.
[07:25] Tohru
Don't hold us back, Elma.
[07:29] Elma
I could say the same to you!
[07:30] Tohru
Rival forces were cooperating
for mutual benefit.
[07:33] Tohru
It made me think it could work.
[07:36] Tohru
However, our executive
director was a crafty one!
[07:38] Tohru
He used both logic and fallacies in the
right places to parry every claim.
[07:47] Elma
Damn it! Why?!
[07:52] Kobayashi
El—
[07:52] Elma
Now I won't be able to line up
for the station's limited sweets!
[07:57] Kobayashi
That was your reason for this?
[08:04] Elma
I miraculously finished work and made
it in time for the limited sweets!
SIGN Time-Limited
[08:10] (Flashback) Customer
Three, please!
[08:11] (Flashback) Elma
Three of them?!
SIGN Time-Limited
[08:12] (Flashback) Customer
Two, please!
SIGN Time-Limited
[08:15] (Flashback) Customer
Two, please!
[08:21] (Flashback) Customer
Uh, one is fine.
[08:23] (Flashback) Elma
Thank you so much!
[08:29] Elma
Today I'm spending my day off
eating delicious sweets!
[08:34] Elma
Hmm?
[08:35] Elma
Hello?
[08:37] Elma
What's this?!
[08:39] Kanna
We want to go on a picnic,
[08:41] Kanna
but we can't go on a long
trip without an adult.
[08:45] Elma
What about Miss Kobayashi?
[08:46] Elma
Oh, she did say she had
to work on her day off.
[08:50] Elma
And Tohru?
[08:52] Kanna
She gave me a letter for you.
[08:54] Elma
Let's see.
[08:56] Tohru
Kanna suddenly wanted to go to the mountains
after watching a survival show.
[09:01] Tohru
But I have to help out at the maid
café today, so I can't go with her,
[09:05] Tohru
so I'd like to ask you to accompany her.
[09:09] Tohru
I do have some faith in you,
so try to live up to it.
[09:13] Elma
Tohru, you have faith in me?
[09:16] Elma
The oddly condescending
tone concerns me, though.
[09:19] Elma
Okay!
[09:19] Elma
In that case, I'll chaperone you!
[09:21] Kanna
Yay!
[09:22] Saikawa
Way to go, Kanna-san!
[09:27] Kanna
Oh!
[09:32] Shouta
Let's set up our tent here.
[09:36] Kanna
We ran into Shouta on
our way to your house,
[09:40] Kanna
and he said he'd come along.
[09:41] Elma
It's nice to have him.
[09:43] Elma
So, what are you going to do now?
[09:45] Kanna
Fish!
[09:46] Saikawa
We rented them.
[09:48] Elma
Fishing, huh?
[09:48] Saikawa
Kanna-san, what are you fishing for?
[09:49] Elma
That takes me back.
[09:50] Kanna
Anacondas.
[09:51] Elma
Long ago,
[09:52] Elma
I got fished out.
[10:08] Saikawa
I'm bored.
[10:09] Kanna
That was fast, Saikawa.
[10:10] Saikawa
Can't we fish anything any faster?
[10:12] Kanna
Want to catch them by hand?
[10:14] Saikawa
Maybe that would be good.
[10:16] Elma
Try further over there.
[10:17] Elma
There's fish there.
[10:19] Kanna
Oh!
[10:24] Both
We caught one!
[10:25] Elma
Yeah. That's where I would probably go, too.
[10:28] Saikawa
You would go?
[10:33] Three
So good!
[10:35] Shouta
The curry and rice are ready, too.
[10:38] Three
Yay!
[10:40] Saikawa
Kanna-san, there's curry on your cheek.
[10:42] Elma
Chaperoning children is a piece of cake.
[10:46] Elma
This curry's good.
[10:48] All
Thank you for the meal.
[10:51] Kanna
Saikawa, there's a strange bug.
[10:53] Saikawa
A poisonous bug!
[10:54] Elma
I think I'll relax a bit, too.
[10:54] Kanna
Spicy.
[11:02] Kanna
Shouta, where are you going?
[11:05] Shouta
Investigating.
[11:06] Shouta
Lately I've been researching to see
if I can draw mana from the ley lines.
[11:10] Shouta
The ley lines run especially
strongly through the mountains.
[11:13] Kanna
Sounds fun.
[11:14] Kanna
I'll go, too!
[11:16] Saikawa
You boys sure love settings like that.
[11:21] Elma
Oh, no.
[11:22] Elma
The children! Where did they go?!
[11:25] Elma
They disappeared the moment
I took my eyes off them!
[11:28] Elma
At this rate...!
[11:29] Tohru
Huh?
[11:30] Tohru
You couldn't even handle that?
SIGN Pathetic
SIGN Pathetic.
[11:34] Elma
No!
[11:35] Elma
That's right, I have my clairvoyance!
[11:37] Elma
I'll find them in no time with this!
[11:43] Kanna
What's the matter, Shouta?
[11:45] Shouta
Someone just tried to peek on us from afar.
[11:48] Shouta
I'm sure it was Lucoa.
[11:49] Shouta
She does that from time to time.
[11:51] Shouta
I blocked it.
[11:52] Kanna
Oh!
[11:53] Saikawa
Jeez, you boys.
[11:55] Elma
Why? I can't sense them...
[11:58] Tohru
I was wrong to rely on you.
SIGN Ridiculous
SIGN Ridiculous.
[12:03] Tohru
Ridiculous.
[12:07] Elma
Everyone!
[12:10] Saikawa
Hey, shouldn't we head back soon?
[12:12] Saikawa
We might not know how to get back anymore.
[12:15] Shouta
Oh, we're fine.
[12:17] Shouta
We followed the ley lines here,
so if we trace them we'll get back.
[12:20] Saikawa
You boys.
[12:30] Shouta
Speaking of which,
[12:31] Shouta
we left without saying anything to Elma-san.
[12:34] Shouta
We should hurry back.
[12:36] Saikawa
Did you two hear a loud cry just now?
[12:39] Shouta
Maybe there's a bear?
[12:43] Shouta
All right, we're back.
[12:46] Shouta
Huh?
[12:47] Shouta
Elma-san's not here.
[12:48] Shouta
Did she get mad and go home
because we left on our own?
[12:51] Saikawa
She might have gone to look for us.
[12:53] Kanna
[12:55] Elma
Damn it, where did they go?
[12:58] Tohru
Idiot. Bow before me.
[12:59] Tohru
Ahh, useless.
[13:00] Tohru
Worthless.
[13:01] Tohru
Yes, yes, you did your best
and it wasn't good enough.
[13:02] Elma
I keep hearing Tohru being mean in my head!
[13:03] Tohru
Incompetent fool.
[13:04] Tohru
You're so funny and dumb!
[13:07] Elma
You there, I'm looking for someone!
[13:10] Elma
Have you seen any children?
[13:17] Elma
Why you...!
[13:18] Elma
Do you want to get eaten?
[13:25] Elma
Damn it. One thing after another!
[13:29] Elma
Where could they be?
[13:31] Elma
Where are—
[13:35] Elma
Where are you?!
[13:40] Saikawa
Kanna-san, look! That's the
one I saw at the river!
[13:42] Shouta
Sleep!
[13:46] Kanna
Lady Elma!
[13:53] Three
We're sorry.
[13:54] Elma
I was worried, you know!
[13:56] Three
Yes.
[13:57] Kanna
Lady Elma, here.
[14:00] Elma
What? A flower?
[14:02] Kanna
I picked it for you.
[14:04] Kanna
It's yours, so please forgive us.
[14:07] Saikawa
Kanna-san, what about me?
[14:08] Saikawa
Hey, what about me?!
[14:18] Elma
Sweet! I forgive you!
[14:20] Both
So easy.
[14:22] Kobayashi
Man, thank you.
[14:25] Kobayashi
If only I had been at home.
[14:27] Elma
Please don't worry about it.
[14:29] Elma
The flower's nectar was rather yummy, anyway.
[14:32] Kobayashi
Flower's nectar, huh?
[14:33] Kanna
I picked it!
[14:35] Kobayashi
Oh? What kind of flower?
[14:35] Elma
Well, Tohru? I won't let you
call me pathetic or ridiculous!
[14:37] Kanna
A big one. It had a really good smell, too!
[14:39] Tohru
I wouldn't do that anyway.
[14:40] Kobayashi
Oh?
[14:41] Tohru
Here, your coffee.
[14:44] Elma
You're not setting out cake?
[14:45] Tohru
Don't get carried away.
SIGN Oboro Shop
SIGN Candy Games
[14:54] Ilulu
It's gotten hot, huh?
[14:57] Taketo
It is summer already.
SIGN There Are Various Reasons Behind It (It's Full of Elma)
SIGN Episode 9
[15:24] Fafnir
Normally I would never listen to a
request from a harmony faction dragon,
[15:29] Fafnir
but I like your choice to rely on power.
[15:32] Fafnir
I'll accept in honor
of that spirit, this time.
[15:36] Elma
You have my gratitude.
[15:41] Reporter
Today we're here with the mobile
zoo, "Zoo That Goes Anywhere!"
[15:47] Reporter
The main attraction is this giraffe!
[15:50] Tohru
Coming!
[15:53] Tohru
What are you here for?
[15:58] Reporter
Now we'd like to talk to the
zoo director, Miyamoto-san.
[16:06] Kobayashi
It's unusual for Elma to
ask Tohru to go somewhere.
[16:10] Kobayashi
Apparently she said, "I've been getting
rusty lately, so join me for some exercise."
[16:15] Kobayashi
It's even more unusual for Tohru
to genuinely accept such an invitation.
[16:20] Kobayashi
Maybe the tension between them
is finally coming undone?
[16:24] Kobayashi
Her attitude's softened a lot,
[16:26] Kobayashi
so I'm sure this will be the chance they—
[16:28] Fafnir
Naive, Kobayashi.
[16:30] Fafnir
Why do you think the two
of us were called here?
[16:32] Kobayashi
Why?
[16:42] Kobayashi
Tohru!
[16:44] Fafnir
Kobayashi.
[16:45] Fafnir
You decide when it's time to stop them.
[17:44] Tohru
What was that about getting rusty, you liar?
[17:47] Tohru
Are you trying to settle
things after all this time?
[17:52] Elma
If I win, will you return
to our original world?
[17:55] Tohru
You're still on about that?
[17:57] Elma
You really are dangerous.
[17:59] Tohru
Dangerous?
[18:01] Elma
You've claimed the hearts of humans.
[18:03] Tohru
Huh?!
[18:05] Tohru
You're not making sense!
[18:06] Fafnir
She may talk about harmony
[18:08] Fafnir
and guiding mankind,
[18:10] Fafnir
but that's only because
it's the position she's in.
[18:14] Fafnir
She's been used and betrayed.
[18:16] Fafnir
Somewhere in her heart,
[18:18] Fafnir
she still distances herself from humans, too.
[18:21] Fafnir
That's why she still mistrusts Tohru.
[18:25] Kobayashi
I don't think that's the case.
[18:27] Fafnir
What?
[18:31] Tohru
I haven't thought about
doing anything wrong,
[18:33] Tohru
and I don't plan on doing
anything with any humans!
[18:36] Tohru
I just made a handful of acquaintances!
[18:38] Elma
I'm surprised you can say that while happily
working with humans at the maid café!
[18:44] Elma
After all those times you told
me you couldn't trust humans,
[18:48] Elma
now you assert the exact opposite!
[18:50] Elma
You're the one who made fun of me for
being worshiped by humans in our original world!
[18:54] Tohru
That was—!
[18:56] Tohru
Because it was ridiculous to
watch you enjoying yourself
[18:58] Tohru
when you were just being put on a pedestal
[19:00] Tohru
without actually joining them!
SIGN Even watching ants would be better than this.
[19:06] Tohru
But now you don't take
offerings made to you,
[19:09] Tohru
you're able to go buy those things yourself!
[19:11] Elma
But the food I ate back then was better!
[19:15] Tohru
I can't understand that at all!
[19:21] Elma
It was better!
[19:25] Tohru
Then just hurry up and go
back there on your own!
[19:30] Elma
It was better because...
[19:32] Elma
you were there beside me!
[19:36] Elma
Yet one day you disappeared!
[19:38] Elma
Do you have any idea how worried
I was when I heard you had died?
[19:43] Elma
That's right.
[19:44] Elma
Then, when I finally found you,
[19:46] Elma
you were cold to me
[19:48] Elma
while you were friends with humans.
[19:51] Elma
That's just...
[19:53] Elma
That's just...
[19:56] Elma
Be friends with me like you
were back in those days,
[19:59] Elma
you dummy!
[20:10] Tohru
Sorry.
[20:12] Tohru
I'm sorry.
[20:14] Elma
Tohru.
[20:15] Tohru
But, setting that aside...
[20:21] Elma
Ow!
[20:22] Tohru
Let's settle this.
[20:27] Elma
Fine, then!
[20:28] Elma
Brace yourself, Tohru!
[20:30] Tohru
That's my line!
[20:32] Fafnir
Hmph, this is stupid.
[20:34] Fafnir
I'm going home.
[20:36] Kobayashi
Yeah, thanks for coming.
[20:39] Kobayashi
I've witnessed several
battles between dragons,
[20:44] Kobayashi
but I guess I'm rather used to them now.
[20:57] Kobayashi
This battle
[20:59] Kobayashi
is reassuring to watch.
[21:07] Elma
Tohru.
[21:10] Tohru
What is it?
[21:12] Elma
I win.
[21:13] Elma
Treat me to dinner.
[21:15] Tohru
No, I won.
[21:17] Tohru
You treat me, please.
[21:18] Elma
No, I did!
[21:20] Tohru
I did!
[21:23] Kobayashi
I'll treat you both.
[21:24] Both
Yay!
[21:27] Tohru
Why are you happy about that?
[21:46] Kobayashi
Okay, that's a draw.
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[23:21] Elma
Miss Kobayashi,
[23:22] Elma
what are you treating us to?
[23:24] Kobayashi
What do you want eat, Elma?
[23:26] Elma
Grade A5 Beef!
[23:28] Kobayashi
Tch!
[23:29] Kobayashi
You've learned the most useless things!
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you'll be found.
SIGN Found by Elma, yeah.
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