# E3 - We Were Always Like This
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***SIGN*** Nonstop
***SIGN*** Episode 3
***SIGN*** We Were Always Like This
**[02:01] Natsumi**
Coming...
**[02:04] Natsumi**
Yeah, I'm coming. Who is it?
**[02:11] Natsumi**
Oh, Hika-nee.
**[02:13] Hikage**
I'm back from Tokyo.
**[02:15] Hikage**
Let's play, Natsumi!
**[02:20] Natsumi**
Okay!
**[02:22] Natsumi**
Sweet! So what should we play?
**[02:24] Hikage**
I just got off the Shinkansen,
**[02:27] Hikage**
so I wanna do something that
involves moving around a lot!
**[02:30] Natsumi**
All right! In that case...
**[02:32] Natsumi**
I'll show you my Surefire Kill Shot,
**[02:35] Natsumi**
the new finisher shot I've been
working on while you were away!
**[02:37] Hikage**
Surefire Kill? What the heck?
**[02:40] Hikage**
Whatever! Bring it!
**[02:42] Natsumi**
Finisher: Surefire Kill Shot!
**[02:50] Hikage**
Okay, don't actually use surefire
kill finishers, idiot!
**[03:13] Hikage**
Don't actually use surefire
kill finishers, idiot.
**[03:17] Natsumi**
Was the first time you said
it a conditioned reflex?
**[03:20] Hikage**
Come on! This is what you
do the minute I get home?!
**[03:23] Hikage**
My fun time back at home is already over!
**[03:27] Natsumi**
My finisher, Surefire Kill Shot,
kills anything and everything.
**[03:30] Hikage**
Well, don't kill my visit
home with it, too!
**[03:33] Hikage**
What are we gonna do?
**[03:36] Hikage**
If your mom finds out,
she'll wring our necks.
**[03:38] Natsumi**
Hmm... Well, yeah, I guess so.
**[03:42] Natsumi**
However, Hika-nee! Just think about this!
**[03:46] Natsumi**
We've faced and overcome countless
situations like this before, haven't we?
**[03:51] Hikage**
Uh, yeah, I don't remember
overcoming any...
**[03:54] Natsumi**
I believe it would be best to learn from
our past and apologize immediately.
**[03:58] Hikage**
Th-That sounds way too reasonable!
**[04:01] Hikage**
Are you really Natsumi?!
**[04:04] Natsumi**
I'm not the same Natsumi-chan
you knew before.
**[04:08] Natsumi**
But I worry that this idea
alone isn't enough.
**[04:11] Natsumi**
We should come up with other options
in the event of an emergency.
**[04:14] Hikage**
G-Good point...
**[04:16] Natsumi**
My second proposal is
destruction of evidence.
**[04:19] Natsumi**
But that wouldn't solve the actual problem.
It would only delay the inevitable.
**[04:23] Hikage**
Yeah... That's a last resort.
**[04:26] Natsumi**
And I have a third, creative proposal.
**[04:29] Hikage**
Oh? What is it? Tell me!
**[04:37] Natsumi**
We collect clay from the ground and
recreate the planter from scratch!
**[04:41] Hikage**
You're definitely the
same Natsumi as before.
**[04:43] Hikage**
The first plan's obviously the best!
**[04:46] Hikage**
Let's go apologize right now!
**[04:48] Natsumi**
Okay.
**[04:49] Natsumi**
But if it comes to it,
we use the third one.
**[04:51] Hikage**
They're only two that matter, you doofus!
**[04:53] Hikage**
O-Okay, let's find your
mom and apologize to—
**[04:57] Komari**
Hey, Hika-nee, you're back home?
**[05:07] Hikage**
Sorry!
**[05:08] Hikage**
We were just talking about what pose
we'd use if we were Sentai heroes!
**[05:12] Natsumi**
Nee-chan, sorry, but could
you leave us alone for now?
**[05:16] Natsumi**
Our future is riding on this.
**[05:18] Komari**
What are you talking about?
**[05:20] Komari**
W-Well, if you two are playing
by yourselves, that's fine.
**[05:23] Komari**
See you later, Hika-nee.
**[05:25] Hikage**
S-Sure.
**[05:30] Hikage**
Is she gone?
**[05:31] Natsumi**
Looks like it.
**[05:33] Natsumi**
Anyway, Hika-nee, I just realized something!
**[05:36] Hikage**
What?
**[05:37] Natsumi**
What if Nee-chan or Nii-chan
were to see this?
**[05:40] Natsumi**
Even if we apologize, it'll look like we're
only doing it because we got caught.
**[05:45] Natsumi**
We need to find Mom and apologize
before anyone finds out.
**[05:48] Hikage**
Then can't one of us stay here
and make sure no one comes by?
**[05:56] Natsumi**
Hika-nee, are you not aware
**[05:58] Natsumi**
of the things called "sincerity points"
that you get when you apologize?
**[06:01] Hikage**
Do I look like I'm aware?
**[06:04] Natsumi**
If just one of us goes to apologize,
**[06:06] Natsumi**
the question of why the other one
didn't also apologize will follow,
**[06:10] Natsumi**
and we lose 40 sincerity points.
**[06:12] Natsumi**
Those 40 points are huge!
**[06:14] Hikage**
Uh-huh...
**[06:16] Natsumi**
We both go together, clearly explain
what happened, and apologize.
**[06:19] Natsumi**
That'll give us 30 sincerity points.
**[06:22] Natsumi**
And if we apologize in the
Sentai poses from before,
**[06:24] Natsumi**
we lose 100 points!
**[06:25] Hikage**
Whoa, whoa! Seriously, let's not do
anything that'll lose us points!
**[06:30] Hikage**
You know, why don't we just
yell for your mom from here?
**[06:33] Natsumi**
No, that would only disturb the
neighbors, which adds to our crimes.
**[06:38] Natsumi**
For now, we'll just find Mom as
soon as we can and apologize.
**[06:41] Hikage**
O-Okay, fine.
**[06:50] Natsumi**
Not here.
**[06:53] Natsumi**
Not here.
**[06:55] Natsumi**
Th-That's weird...
**[06:57] Natsumi**
I can't find Mom anywhere.
**[06:59] Hikage**
Maybe she's just not home?
**[07:02] Natsumi**
Hey, Nee-chan, do you know where Mom is?
**[07:06] Komari**
Mom?
**[07:08] Komari**
Uh... I think she went to the candy store
to buy rice crackers, since we ran out...
**[07:13] Natsumi**
Th-The candy store?!
**[07:15] Natsumi**
Hika-nee!
**[07:16] Natsumi**
Come with me! Time to make a strategy!
**[07:19] Hikage**
Right!
**[07:20] Komari**
What's up with those two?
**[07:22] Hikage**
Well, what now?
**[07:24] Hikage**
We were gonna apologize right away,
but your mom's not home!
**[07:27] Hikage**
Shouldn't we come up with
an emergency plan?
**[07:31] Natsumi**
At this point, I guess we'll have to.
**[07:34] Natsumi**
I'm not sure if we can get clay
from our yard, though...
**[07:37] Hikage**
No, not the third plan!
There are only two proposals here!
**[07:41] Hikage**
For now, we should hide the planter
before Komari or your brother find it.
**[07:45] Hikage**
Then, when your mom gets home,
we'll apologize to her.
**[07:48] Natsumi**
I'm not too enthusiastic about that,
but if it's what you want...
**[07:52] Hikage**
Well, get enthusiastic!
**[07:53] Hikage**
Argh, we can't drag this out any longer!
**[07:56] Hikage**
Natsumi, get a bag we can put
the pieces of the planter in!
**[07:58] Hikage**
I'll stand guard at the crime scene!
**[08:00] Natsumi**
Roger!
**[08:03] Mom**
Honestly, I only went to
buy rice crackers...
**[08:07] Mom**
That Kaede-chan is one shrewd saleswoman.
**[08:10] Mom**
Well, I have hungry teens
at home, so it'll be fine.
**[08:14] Natsumi**
Hika-nee, I brought a bag.
**[08:16] Hikage**
Good!
**[08:18] Hikage**
Put all the pieces in the bag.
**[08:20] Natsumi**
Got it!
**[08:21] Natsumi**
Wait, what do we do with the tree?
**[08:23] Hikage**
Hide it in the bushes or something.
**[08:25] Hikage**
The ball might give away the fact that we
broke the planter, so let's hide it, too.
**[08:29] Natsumi**
Done and done, Hika-nee!
**[08:31] Hikage**
Okay!
**[08:32] Hikage**
All right, all the evidence is concealed!
**[08:34] Natsumi**
Let's scram before we get caught!
**[08:35] ---**
Nonstop
**[08:39] Hikage**
Gah! We got totally chewed out!
**[08:42] Natsumi**
Wait, why are you getting mad at me?
**[08:45] Hikage**
If you hadn't said anything weird,
we would've gotten off a lot easier!
**[08:50] Natsumi**
I mean, you seemed on board
with it at the time.
**[08:52] Natsumi**
Besides, this happened because you
didn't catch my Surefire Kill Shot.
**[08:55] Hikage**
That was nothing but a wild pitch!
**[08:57] Natsumi**
Hey! Are you mocking my Surefire Kill Shot?
**[09:01] Hikage**
Yes!
**[09:02] Natsumi**
What?!
**[09:04] Hikage**
What?!
**[09:05] Both**
Why, you!
**[09:19] Hikage**
I'm going to bed.
**[09:22] Renge**
But it's still early, Hika-nee.
**[09:30] Hikage**
I ended up getting in trouble as
soon as I made it back home.
**[09:34] Hikage**
Going to see Natsumi straight
away was a mistake.
**[09:37] Hikage**
She's always been nothing
but trouble for me.
**[09:46] Natsumi**
I'm going to bed.
**[09:48] Komari**
Huh? But it's so early.
**[09:53] Natsumi**
Night.
**[09:55] Komari**
Night...
**[10:00] Natsumi**
Why'd I have to get yelled at by
not just Mom, but Hika-nee, too?
**[10:05] Natsumi**
I know I was the one who threw the ball,
**[10:08] Natsumi**
but she was playing with me,
so why'd she have to get mad?
**[10:17] Hikage**
Now that I think about it, she and I...
**[10:27] Natsumi**
Hika-nee and I always...
**[10:30] Both**
...fought all the time.
**[10:49] (Flashback) Hikage**
So hot...
**[10:51] (Flashback) Hikage**
I came outside because I was bored,
**[10:53] (Flashback) Hikage**
but it's insanely hot.
**[10:57] (Flashback) Hikage**
What's that? A cat?
**[11:04] (Flashback) Hikage**
Hey! Are you a cat?
**[11:06] (Flashback) Hikage**
Come on out!
**[11:22] (Flashback) Hikage**
A...
**[11:23] (Flashback) Hikage**
A komuso just popped out of the bushes!
***SIGN*** Banana
**[11:25] (Flashback) Natsumi**
That's right! My name is Komuso Man!
**[11:29] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Even you could never guess
my true identity, Hika-nee!
**[11:34] (Flashback) Hikage**
Why do you have a laundry basket
on your head, Natsumi?
**[11:42] (Flashback) Natsumi**
I was playing by myself!
**[11:44] (Flashback) Hikage**
You just revealed your identity...
**[11:46] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Hika-nee, got anything to do?
**[11:48] (Flashback) Natsumi**
If you don't, let's do this!
**[11:50] (Flashback) Hikage**
Huh?
**[11:51] (Flashback) Hikage**
Do what? You mean playing
pretend with that?
**[11:54] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Yeah!
**[11:55] (Flashback) Natsumi**
We'll do rock-paper-scissors to
see who gets to be Komuso Man!
**[11:58] (Flashback) Hikage**
Wait, wait! Are you nuts?
I'm not doing that!
**[12:01] (Flashback) Natsumi**
You gotta throw something, or you lose!
**[12:04] (Flashback) Hikage**
Uh, are you listening?!
**[12:04] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!
**[12:04] (Flashback) Hikage**
Shoot!
**[12:06] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Yeah! I win!
**[12:12] (Flashback) Hikage**
Okay, since you won, you can do
all the pretending you want,
**[12:17] (Flashback) Hikage**
and I'll do what I want to do.
**[12:32] (Flashback) Hikage**
Why?
**[12:34] (Flashback) Hikage**
You won, so shouldn't you be Komuso Man?
**[12:36] (Flashback) Hikage**
And what even *is* this character, anyway?
**[12:39] (Flashback) Hikage**
How am I supposed to interact with you?
**[12:41] (Flashback) Natsumi**
You look so cool...
**[12:44] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Don't worry about that! That doesn't
matter! Let's just play pretend now!
**[12:57] (Flashback) Hikage**
My name is Komuso Man!
**[12:59] (Flashback) Hikage**
I will bring the hammer of
justice down upon evil!
**[13:02] (Flashback) Natsumi**
There you are, Komuso Man, you fiend!
**[13:05] (Flashback) Natsumi**
I, Natsumi-chan, will get rid of you!
**[13:08] (Flashback) Hikage**
Huh? Oh, this guy's a fiend?
**[13:12] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Take this!
**[13:14] (Flashback) Hikage**
Bring it on!
**[13:19] (Flashback) Hikage**
Hup!
**[13:21] (Flashback) Hikage**
Heh, what's the matter?
**[13:23] (Flashback) Hikage**
You're never gonna beat me that way!
**[13:27] (Flashback) Hikage**
Nyah, nyah! If you don't like
that, just try to beat me!
**[13:32] (Flashback) Natsumi**
How about this, then?!
**[13:34] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Forbidden Shin Kick!
**[13:40] (Flashback) Natsumi**
How 'bout now?! Ready to give up?!
**[13:42] (Flashback) Natsumi**
You can never beat me, Hika-nee!
**[13:44] (Flashback) Natsumi**
If you don't like that,
just try and catch me!
**[13:48] (Flashback) Natsumi**
That's what you get, Komuso Man!
**[13:51] (Flashback) Hikage**
Not my shins...
**[13:52] (Flashback) Natsumi**
That's what you get, Komuso Man!
**[13:53] (Flashback) Hikage**
No, seriously, going for
the shins is wrong.
**[13:56] (Flashback) Hikage**
What the heck is with her?
**[13:59] (Flashback) Hikage**
I'm gonna make her pay!
**[14:03] (Flashback) Hikage**
I'll catch you just like you wanted
**[14:04] (Flashback) Hikage**
and beat you to a pulp!
**[14:07] (Flashback) Hikage**
Hold up, Natsumi!
**[14:14] (Flashback) Hikage**
She sure runs away fast...
**[14:17] (Flashback) Hikage**
Right! This way! My instinct
tells me she's this way!
***SIGN*** Cattle Crossing
**[14:36] (Flashback) Hikage**
No... seriously... why even run away?
**[14:41] (Flashback) Hikage**
Komuso Man's already worn out...
before the battle even started...
**[14:46] (Flashback) Hikage**
I gotta find somewhere to rest...
**[14:50] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Konomi-chan, aren't these Popsicles yummy?
**[14:53] (Flashback) Konomi**
They are.
**[14:56] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Oh, it's Hika-nee.
**[14:58] (Flashback) Konomi**
Huh? Hikage-chan, why are
you dressed like that?
**[15:02] (Flashback) Natsumi**
She's Komuso Man.
**[15:03] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Hika-nee, Konomi-chan bought us Popsicles!
**[15:07] (Flashback) Natsumi**
The kind that break in two!
**[15:09] (Flashback) Hikage**
Huh? No, wait...
**[15:12] (Flashback) Hikage**
What happened to playing pretend?
**[15:14] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Oh, I'm done with that.
**[15:17] (Flashback) Hikage**
Oh. I see.
**[15:20] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Anyway, these Popsicles are two in one!
**[15:24] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Wanna have one, too?
**[15:27] (Flashback) Hikage**
Of course I do.
**[15:34] (Flashback) Natsumi**
It fell...
***SIGN*** Non Non Biyori
***SIGN*** Go straight home after school
**[15:43] (Flashback) Natsumi**
What?
**[15:44] (Flashback) Natsumi**
You can't play today?
**[15:46] (Flashback) Hikage**
Yeah, I was planning to go
shopping in town today.
**[15:50] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Aw... But I wanted to go to the
secret base you showed me before.
**[15:55] (Flashback) Hikage**
If you want to go, go by yourself.
**[15:57] (Flashback) Hikage**
This is also your punishment
for yesterday, you know.
**[16:01] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Huh?
**[16:04] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Okay, fine. I'll go by myself.
**[16:08] (Flashback) Hikage**
Good. Go for it.
**[16:32] (Flashback) Natsumi**
I thought it was around here...
**[16:40] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Found it!
**[16:55] (Flashback) Hikage**
I tried to go shopping, but I didn't
find anything worth buying.
**[17:00] (Flashback) Hikage**
Maybe I should've just stayed
at home doing nothing.
**[17:03] (Flashback) Mom**
Hikage-chan!
**[17:05] (Flashback) Hikage**
Auntie Yukiko?
**[17:07] (Flashback) Hikage**
What's wrong?
**[17:09] (Flashback) Mom**
Have you seen Natsumi?
**[17:11] (Flashback) Hikage**
Huh?
**[17:12] (Flashback) Mom**
She hasn't made it home yet.
**[17:15] (Flashback) Mom**
Who knows where she wandered off to?
**[17:18] (Flashback) Mom**
If you see her, let me know, okay?
**[17:20] (Flashback) Mom**
Please!
**[17:36] (Flashback) Hikage**
Natsumi!
**[17:37] (Flashback) Hikage**
I know you're here, Natsumi!
**[17:42] (Flashback) Hikage**
No way... She's not here?
**[17:45] (Flashback) Hikage**
Guess I had it wrong.
**[17:47] (Flashback) Hikage**
No, once she says she'll do something,
there's no changing her mind.
**[17:51] (Flashback) Hikage**
I'm sure she was here.
**[17:54] (Flashback) Hikage**
She might still be nearby.
**[18:31] (Flashback) Hikage**
What are you doing out here?
**[18:34] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Hika-nee...
**[18:39] (Flashback) Natsumi**
I scraped my knees...
**[18:42] (Flashback) Natsumi**
And then I couldn't find the way home...
**[18:46] (Flashback) Natsumi**
And... And...
**[19:00] (Flashback) Hikage**
Let's go home.
**[19:08] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Hika-nee...
**[19:09] (Flashback) Hikage**
Hmm?
**[19:11] (Flashback) Natsumi**
I'm sorry about yesterday.
**[19:16] (Flashback) Hikage**
It's fine.
**[19:18] (Flashback) Hikage**
I was wrong to tell you to
play by yourself, too.
**[19:27] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Hika-nee...
**[19:29] (Flashback) Hikage**
Hm?
**[19:31] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Can you play tomorrow?
**[19:35] (Flashback) Hikage**
Sure. I can play.
**[19:48] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Hika-nee...
**[19:50] (Flashback) Hikage**
What now?
**[19:53] (Flashback) Natsumi**
Apologize to my mom with me.
**[19:55] (Flashback) Hikage**
No way, doofus! Get in trouble by yourself!
**[20:22] Hikage**
So early, and it's already this hot...
**[20:26] Hikage**
I don't feel like doing
anything when it's this hot.
**[20:31] Natsumi**
There you are, Komuso Man!
**[20:34] Hikage**
Wh-What are you doing, Re—
**[20:37] Hikage**
Wait, Natsumi's with you?
**[20:39] Renge**
I was playing with Nattsun.
**[20:42] Renge**
Hey, I know!
**[20:44] Renge**
Since all three of us are here,
let's go to the secret base!
**[20:47] Hikage**
But...
**[20:50] Hikage**
It's... so hot today...
**[20:54] Natsumi**
Hika-nee...
**[20:59] Natsumi**
C-Come with us... to the secret base.
**[21:29] Hikage**
Okay. Let's go to the secret base.
**[21:33] Renge**
Wow! You're actually agreeing to
something for once, Hika-nee!
**[21:37] Hikage**
Okay, Renge! Get your hat and water bottle!
**[21:40] Natsumi**
Hey, Hika-nee! Your feet are wide open!
**[21:43] Renge**
Finisher: Shin Kick!
**[21:46] Hikage**
Ow! What the heck have
you been teaching her?!
**[21:48] Natsumi**
Ren-chon, run for it!
**[21:50] Renge**
Run!
**[21:51] Hikage**
Darn it, Natsumi!
You're gonna pay for that!
***SIGN*** Non Non Biyori
***SIGN*** That's all for today
**[23:31] Both**
The Cosmos Detectives!
**[23:33] Shiori**
Yeah!
**[23:33] Renge**
One... one... zero...
**[23:36] Kaede**
Wait, Renge! Don't call
the police! Seriously!
**[23:38] Shiori**
Renge-chan! I found the arrest
warrant on the ground!
**[23:40] Shiori**
Thanks for the tomato, Onee-chan!
**[23:43] Natsumi**
I'm impressed, Ren-chon.
**[23:44] Renge**
What?! I-I knew it!
***SIGN*** Next Time
Episode 4
***SIGN*** I Turned Into Santa to Deliver Tomatoes
***SIGN*** Photo: Akyufe
***SIGN*** Please Watch Again
***SIGN*** Nonstop