# E4 - Tanaka's Revolution
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***SIGN*** Tanaka's Revolution
**[01:34] Pedestrian B**
I'm serious, man!
***SIGN*** Maid Café
***SIGN*** Welcome Back, Master
**[01:42] Shibagaki**
Hey, you! What are you trying to do?
**[01:45] Tanaka**
*Our story begins four years ago.*
**[01:49] Tanaka**
* At that time, I had just started*
* working for a game company.*
**[01:51] Tanaka**
*In order to examine our competitors' games,*
**[01:51] (Flashback) Boss A**
There's broad demand for the
combination of intuitive puzzle games
**[01:53] Tanaka**
*I was playing several free-to-play games.*
**[01:55] (Flashback) Boss A**
and anime characters.
**[01:56] Tanaka**
*Honestly, I don't like modern games.*
**[01:57] (Flashback) Boss A**
Last year, Namico's *Puzzle
Fantasy* made over 40 billion.
**[01:59] Tanaka**
* Games are supposed to be*
* an escape from reality.*
**[02:04] Tanaka**
*Having friends gives you an advantage.*
**[02:04] (Flashback) Coworker D**
Seriously, I'd go if I could.
**[02:06] Tanaka**
* Having money and time*
* gives you an advantage.*
**[02:06] (Flashback) Coworker D**
You never show up!
**[02:08] (Flashback) Coworker E**
I promise I'll go next time.
**[02:08] Tanaka**
*It's no different than reality.*
**[02:12] Tanaka**
* Going back even further, when I was*
* a third-year grade school student,*
**[02:14] (Flashback) Student A**
Hey, that's the new Gandum!
**[02:16] (Flashback) Student D**
I won it in a giveaway!
**[02:16] Tanaka**
* eraser collecting*
* was briefly a fad in my class.*
**[02:18] (Flashback) Student E**
Lemme see!
**[02:18] (Flashback) Student F**
Wow!
***SIGN*** Found Around School
**[02:21] Tanaka**
* It was due to our homeroom teacher*
* being rather fussy about the wealth gap.*
**[02:25] Tanaka**
*All our possessions were standardized.*
**[02:27] Tanaka**
* Students were instructed not to*
* deviate from the average.*
**[02:31] Tanaka**
*However, there was one loophole: stationery.*
**[02:36] Tanaka**
* Among such products, a wide variety*
* of erasers were available in circulation,*
**[02:40] Tanaka**
* so as a class, we threw ourselves*
* into collecting erasers.*
**[02:42] (Flashback) Student A**
Wow.
**[02:43] Tanaka**
*Who had the most erasers.*
**[02:45] Tanaka**
*Who had the rarest erasers.*
**[02:46] Tanaka**
*That alone determined our class hierarchy.*
**[02:50] Tanaka**
* No, that's an exaggeration.*
* Actually, it's a lie.*
**[02:54] Tanaka**
* As you might expect,*
* athletic kids, smart kids,*
**[02:57] Tanaka**
* strong fighters, attractive kids,*
* artistic kids, and funny kids*
**[03:01] Tanaka**
*naturally stood near the top.*
**[03:05] Tanaka**
* But for the rest of us*
* who didn't have anything,*
**[03:05] (Flashback) Student K**
The PE teacher's shirt
was hanging out during class.
**[03:07] Tanaka**
* eraser collecting was our last hope*
* for squeezing into the top.*
**[03:12] Tanaka**
*No, this is also an exaggeration and a lie.*
**[03:16] (Flashback) Student**
Did you see his face when he noticed?
**[03:17] Tanaka**
*Even among the kids who had nothing,*
**[03:19] Tanaka**
* there were only two of us*
* who collected erasers seriously.*
**[03:22] Tanaka**
*Me and another kid named Sato.*
**[03:26] Tanaka**
*Sato was a nuisance.*
**[03:28] Tanaka**
* His parents frequently traveled for work,*
* which meant he was lonely.*
**[03:32] Tanaka**
*He received an allowance as well,*
**[03:34] Tanaka**
* and would ask his parents*
* to bring him back rare local erasers*
**[03:36] Tanaka**
*as souvenirs from their business trips.*
**[03:39] Tanaka**
*I think the reason I participated*
**[03:42] Tanaka**
* in this pointless showdown*
* between the two of us*
**[03:45] Tanaka**
* was because I already*
* possessed one rare eraser.*
**[03:50] Tanaka**
*It was an eraser shaped like a dodo.*
**[03:53] Tanaka**
* My relatives bought it for me*
* on an overseas trip.*
**[03:56] Tanaka**
*I loved birds.*
**[03:58] Tanaka**
* I read my bird encyclopedia again*
* and again until the pages wore out.*
**[04:02] (Flashback) Tanaka**
You're an unusual bird, aren't you?
***SIGN*** Pet House
**[04:07] Tanaka**
* Once, I begged my father*
* to get me a pet bird.*
**[04:11] Tanaka**
* My father took me into the pet shop with*
* the understanding that we'd just look around,*
**[04:14] Tanaka**
* but in the end, he bought me*
* a gray male cockatiel.*
**[04:18] Tanaka**
*I named him Maru.*
**[04:20] Tanaka**
* Later he told my mother that he was*
* helping cultivate my aesthetic sensibility,*
**[04:23] Tanaka**
* but thinking on it, it was probably*
* just that he wasn't very expensive.*
**[04:26] Tanaka**
* They bought my brother*
* the expensive otaku computer games,*
**[04:30] Tanaka**
*and Maru must've been cheap in comparison.*
**[04:33] Tanaka**
*While doing my best to care for him,*
**[04:36] Tanaka**
*a relationship of trust was born between us.*
**[04:40] Tanaka**
*But back to my story.*
**[04:41] Tanaka**
*My dodo eraser certainly was rare,*
**[04:43] (Flashback) Student A**
Sato-kun, where'd you get those?
**[04:44] Tanaka**
* but the erasers that*
* I could afford on my allowance*
**[04:45] (Flashback) Student D**
Wow.
**[04:46] Tanaka**
* didn't stand a chance*
* against Sato's collection.*
**[04:47] (Flashback) Student E**
Can I touch them?
**[04:48] (Flashback) Sato**
Sure.
**[04:49] Tanaka**
*A tiny handful of students fawned over him,*
**[04:52] Tanaka**
*and I found it unbearably frustrating.*
**[04:55] Tanaka**
* I'd smugly return to using an ordinary*
* eraser after trying a bunch of others,*
**[05:00] Tanaka**
*or utter great insights like,*
**[05:02] Tanaka**
* "this is what they use instead of erasers*
* at art colleges," while using bread.*
**[05:05] Tanaka**
* But those low-class techniques that I pretended*
* were high-class were obviously ineffective,*
**[05:09] Tanaka**
*and every day I tasted defeat.*
**[05:13] Tanaka**
*Then something happened.*
***SIGN*** One-of-a-kind Super Rare Original Donraku Eraser
***SIGN*** One-of-a-kind Super Rare Original Donraku Eraser
**[05:21] (Flashback) Tanaka**
A Donraku eraser...
***SIGN*** Auctions > Toys > Games > Figures > Erasers
***SIGN*** One-of-a-kind Super Rare
**[05:30] Tanaka**
*"This is it," I thought.*
**[05:31] Tanaka**
*There was only one of them in the world.*
**[05:34] Tanaka**
*It was my only chance to turn things around.*
**[05:36] Tanaka**
*I'd show him.*
**[05:38] Tanaka**
* I returned home, and*
* once my family was asleep,*
**[05:41] Tanaka**
* I took my father's credit*
* card from his wallet*
**[05:43] Tanaka**
*and wrote down his credit card number.*
**[05:48] Tanaka**
* Considering how I was going to pay*
* for it, I needed a credit card.*
**[05:52] Tanaka**
* It was a typical card.*
* One accessible to everyone.*
**[05:54] Tanaka**
*The kind of card a student might use.*
**[05:56] Tanaka**
* When I learned that later,*
* I became a little sentimental,*
**[06:01] Tanaka**
*but that's another story.*
**[06:03] (Flashback) Sato**
My dad bought this for me
when he went to Dubai.
**[06:07] Tanaka**
*Just you wait.*
**[06:09] Tanaka**
*That day, after leaving school,*
**[06:10] Tanaka**
* during the limited period*
* when my brother wasn't home,*
***SIGN*** Number of Bids
***SIGN*** Bidding History
**[06:12] Top Right Sign**
Time Remaining
***SIGN*** 3 Days Details
***SIGN*** Current Price
**[06:13] Tanaka**
*I prepared myself and registered an account.*
***SIGN*** Place Bid
***SIGN*** Seller Information
***SIGN*** Follow
***SIGN*** No refunds, no returns
***SIGN*** Overall Rating: 24 | Positive Ratings: 30
**[06:15] (Flashback) Tanaka**
3,000 yen, huh?
**[06:17] Tanaka**
* There were zero bids with*
* three days left on the auction.*
**[06:21] Tanaka**
*Since my time at a computer was limited,*
**[06:24] Tanaka**
*I didn't have time to strategize.*
**[06:25] Tanaka**
*I bid immediately.*
**[06:27] Tanaka**
*The price was 3,000 yen.*
**[06:29] Tanaka**
*It was hardly inexpensive for me,*
**[06:32] Tanaka**
* but it was possible that its price*
* would rise even higher.*
***SIGN*** Hilarious! Joke Hit Battle!
***SIGN*** Newbies to Watch: The Walrus
***SIGN*** Short Skit "Convenience Store"
**[06:35] Celebrity A**
* What the hell kind of*
* employee are you? Enough.*
**[06:37] Tanaka**
* I erased the history and any other*
* trace that I'd used the computer*
**[06:38] Both**
*Thank you very much.*
**[06:41] Tanaka**
* and ate dinner with my family*
* as though nothing had happened.*
**[06:43] (Flashback) Tanaka**
Mom, do we have anything for dessert?
**[06:45] Tanaka**
* At that time, I felt elated, as though*
* I'd become a super hacker.*
**[06:57] Tanaka**
*The next day...*
**[07:02] (Flashback) Tanaka**
It went up.
**[07:03] Tanaka**
*I had a rival.*
**[07:05] Tanaka**
* In retrospect, this piece of shit*
* was hardly worth it.*
***SIGN*** Bid
***SIGN*** Maximum Bid
***SIGN*** yen
***SIGN*** Place Bid
**[07:08] Tanaka**
*I entered 3,600 yen into the bid field.*
**[07:12] Tanaka**
*On the final day of the auction...*
**[07:15] (Flashback) Tanaka**
What?
**[07:18] (Flashback) Tanaka**
4,000 yen?
**[07:19] Tanaka**
*My rival was stubborn.*
**[07:22] Tanaka**
* I felt his passion and determination*
* to acquire the eraser, no matter the cost.*
**[07:25] Tanaka**
* Battling against an opponent with*
* unknown intentions and budget*
**[07:28] Tanaka**
*is the charm of online auctions.*
**[07:31] Tanaka**
*However, I was determined.*
**[07:33] Tanaka**
*I input 4,100 yen.*
***SIGN*** Number of Bids
***SIGN*** Bidding History
**[07:42] Top Right Sign**
Time Remaining
***SIGN*** 12 Minutes Details
***SIGN*** Current Price
***SIGN*** Free Shipping
***SIGN*** Place Bid
**[07:43] (Flashback) Tanaka**
Damn it!
**[07:47] (Flashback) Tanaka**
There's no time.
***SIGN*** Bid
***SIGN*** Maximum Bid
***SIGN*** yen
***SIGN*** Place Bid
***SIGN*** Current Price
***SIGN*** Yen
***SIGN*** Free Shipping
***SIGN*** Place Bid
***SIGN*** Current Price
***SIGN*** Yen
***SIGN*** Free Shipping
***SIGN*** Place Bid
**[07:59] Tanaka**
* It was as though I'd been*
* arrested on false charges*
**[08:02] Tanaka**
* and was desperately trying*
* to prove my own innocence*
**[08:03] Tanaka**
* while the police presented more*
* and more physical evidence.*
**[08:06] Tanaka**
*I remember feeling that kind of despair.*
**[08:10] Tanaka**
*No, that's also an exaggeration and a lie.*
**[08:14] Tanaka**
* But it's true that I experienced*
* a despair that's difficult to describe.*
**[08:18] Tanaka**
*That's when it happened.*
**[08:20] (Flashback) Brother**
I'm home.
***SIGN*** Maximum Bid
***SIGN*** yen
***SIGN*** Bid
***SIGN*** Maximum Bid
***SIGN*** yen
***SIGN*** Place Bid
**[08:26] (Flashback) Tanaka**
He'll outbid me. I know he'll outbid me.
***SIGN*** Bid
***SIGN*** Maximum Bid
***SIGN*** yen
***SIGN*** Maximum Bid
***SIGN*** yen
***SIGN*** Place Bid
***SIGN*** Place Bid
**[08:48] (Flashback) Brother**
Hey.
**[08:51] (Flashback) Tanaka**
There was something I wanted to look up.
**[08:54] (Flashback) Brother**
I told you not to touch my stuff!
***SIGN*** Congratulations! You have won the auction.
***SIGN*** One-of-a-kind Super Rare Original Donraku Eraser
***SIGN*** Auction ID: 32976128739 End Time and Date: 9/22 17:32
***SIGN*** Number of Items: 1 Final Price 100,000 yen
***SIGN*** Begin Transaction
***SIGN*** Seller Information ditch-11
**[09:02] Tanaka**
*It was me. I definitely won the auction.*
***SIGN*** Begin Transaction
***SIGN*** Seller Information
**[09:06] Tanaka**
*I had lost my mind.*
**[09:08] (Flashback) Student A**
Let's play soccer.
**[09:10] (Flashback) Student E**
Let's sprint to the field.
**[09:13] Tanaka**
* In Japan, a group of citizens*
* once staged a revolution*
**[09:17] Tanaka**
* due to their discontent*
* over the economic divide.*
***SIGN*** What is the Hyakushou Ikki
Tenant Farmer Uprising?
Edo Period
Tenant Farmers
Feudal Lords
**[09:20] Tanaka**
* In this classroom, our teacher's efforts*
* to prevent the wealth gap from widening*
**[09:24] Tanaka**
* produced a twisted backlash*
* in exactly one student.*
**[09:29] Tanaka**
* It wasn't an organized movement*
* like an uprising or rebellion.*
**[09:32] Tanaka**
* It was a revolution brought*
* about by just one student.*
**[09:35] Tanaka**
*I called it Tanaka's Revolution.*
**[09:39] Tanaka**
* Once again, I returned home*
* and messaged the seller*
**[09:42] Tanaka**
* regarding the shipping*
* address for the eraser.*
**[09:44] Tanaka**
* All that remained was to wait for*
* my original Donraku eraser to arrive.*
***SIGN*** Tanaka
**[09:51] Tanaka**
*One week passed.*
**[09:55] Tanaka**
*One month passed.*
**[09:58] Tanaka**
*My original Donraku eraser had not arrived.*
**[10:01] Tanaka**
* I recalled the words*
* "no refunds, no returns."*
**[10:04] Tanaka**
* I realized now that there were*
* plenty of things I could have done.*
**[10:06] (Flashback) Handsome**
Maki-chan, let's compare answers.
**[10:07] Tanaka**
* But at the time, I was bound firmly*
* by the words "no refunds, no returns,"*
**[10:08] (Flashback) Fighter**
You just want to copy her homework.
**[10:09] (Flashback) Artist**
I always let you see my homework.
**[10:12] Tanaka**
*and had no options.*
**[10:14] Tanaka**
* Besides, I consented*
* to bidding on the eraser.*
**[10:16] Tanaka**
* I had no right to demand compensation,*
* and I had nothing to return.*
**[10:21] Tanaka**
* Sato and the rest of my classmates*
* had already lost interest in erasers.*
**[10:26] Tanaka**
* Third-year grade school*
* students grow up fast.*
**[10:33] Tanaka**
* And when my father reviewed*
* his credit card statement,*
**[10:36] Tanaka**
*he beat me to a pulp.*
**[10:38] Tanaka**
* As he was beating me,*
* I wondered whose fault this was.*
**[10:43] Tanaka**
*My teacher. My classmates.*
**[10:45] Tanaka**
*Sato. My brother. My father.*
**[10:48] Tanaka**
*The seller. The bidder.*
**[10:50] Tanaka**
*Me. My country. History.*
**[10:53] Tanaka**
*Civilization. The government.*
**[10:55] Tanaka**
*God.*
**[10:57] Tanaka**
* No matter how I looked at it,*
* it was clearly my fault.*
**[11:00] Tanaka**
* And if there was a loser*
* in this situation...*
**[11:01] (Flashback) Mom**
Honey, honey!
**[11:03] Tanaka**
*...it was me.*
**[11:06] Tanaka**
*And so, Tanaka's Revolution ended.*
**[11:11] Tanaka**
*Returning to a previous topic,*
**[11:13] Tanaka**
* since then, I've come to despise*
* anything without a real form*
**[11:16] Tanaka**
*as well as competing with others.*
**[11:17] (Flashback) Coworker F**
Good night.
**[11:18] (Flashback) Tanaka**
Good night.
**[11:20] Tanaka**
*Games are meant to be played alone.*
**[11:22] Tanaka**
*All alone, battling against the developer.*
***SIGN*** Raise slimes...
***SIGN*** Let's bike!
***SIGN*** Purchase
***SIGN*** Dragon Slayer
***SIGN*** Exhilarating action
***SIGN*** Purchase
***SIGN*** Purchase
**[11:28] Tanaka**
*That's when I encountered a certain game.*
***SIGN*** Zoological Garden
***SIGN*** Gather and raise animals...
***SIGN*** Purchase
***SIGN*** Sengokusou
***SIGN*** Live with generals Purchase
***SIGN*** Purchase
**[11:31] Tanaka**
**Zoological Garden*,
commonly known as "Zooden."*
***SIGN*** < Back
***SIGN*** Zoological Garden
***SIGN*** Purchase
***SIGN*** 3245 Reviews
**[11:34] Tanaka**
* You raise unique animals*
* and put them in exhibits.*
**[11:37] Tanaka**
* As zoo director, you compete*
* for ranks on a worldwide scale.*
**[11:41] Tanaka**
* I had plenty of fun playing*
* as much as I could for free.*
**[11:45] Tanaka**
* I think collecting erasers back then*
* became the basis for this.*
**[11:48] Tanaka**
* My rank was awful, but I was*
* happy when I gained guests,*
**[11:52] Tanaka**
* and when I acquired a rare animal,*
* my brain tingled dangerously.*
***SIGN*** Super Rare
***SIGN*** Snow Leopard
**[11:58] Tanaka**
* There was a character*
* I was determined to acquire.*
**[12:01] Tanaka**
*The dodo.*
***SIGN*** Dodo
***SIGN*** A now-extinct species of bird that once lived on Mauritius Island off of Madagascar. Due to its underdeveloped wings, it cannot fly.
***SIGN*** Attractiveness
***SIGN*** Care Difficulty
**[12:01] Sign Left**
Maintenance Cost 200 fpt Exhibit Area 12 Squares
***SIGN*** Not yet acquired!
**[12:02] Tanaka**
*In the game, the rarity of animals were ranked*
**[12:05] Tanaka**
*using terms such as Normal or Rare.*
**[12:07] Tanaka**
*As an extinct species,*
**[12:09] Tanaka**
*the dodo was Special Super Rare.*
**[12:11] Tanaka**
* Apparently it could be pulled*
* from the free gacha,*
**[12:13] Tanaka**
*but the odds were extremely low.*
**[12:15] Tanaka**
* Looking back, I took part in eraser*
* collecting because I had the dodo,*
**[12:19] Tanaka**
* and I was playing Zooden in order*
* to acquire the dodo.*
**[12:23] Tanaka**
*When I made that comparison,*
**[12:24] Tanaka**
* I felt as though it was*
* my destiny to acquire it.*
**[12:29] Tanaka**
*Maybe I'd spend a little money.*
**[12:31] Tanaka**
*I figured that would be it.*
**[12:33] Tanaka**
* I added 500 yen to my account*
* and pulled the gacha.*
***SIGN*** Purchase Hagenbecks
***SIGN*** 6 Hagenbecks
***SIGN*** 24 Hagenbecks
***SIGN*** 68 Hagenbecks
***SIGN*** Dugong
**[12:39] Tanaka**
*The Dugong. Endangered species. Super Rare.*
***SIGN*** Super Rare
**[12:43] Tanaka**
* I think I'd already lost*
* all restraint by this point.*
**[12:46] Tanaka**
*I looked at my own rank.*
**[12:48] Tanaka**
*It was terrible as usual,*
***SIGN*** World Ranking
**[12:50] Tanaka**
* but out of curiosity, I looked*
* to see who was number one.*
**[13:00] (Flashback) Tanaka**
ditch-11...
**[13:03] Tanaka**
* It was the name that conned me*
* out of 100,000 yen back then.*
**[13:06] Tanaka**
* No, maybe it didn't arrive*
* because of trouble during shipping.*
**[13:11] Tanaka**
*Besides, I bore them no resentment at all.*
**[13:15] Tanaka**
*It wasn't even necessarily the same person.*
**[13:18] Tanaka**
*But. But.*
**[13:22] Tanaka**
* I couldn't believe that it was coincidence*
* I'd been reunited with this string of letters.*
**[13:25] Tanaka**
*I felt that it was destiny.*
**[13:28] Tanaka**
* If I were to take revenge,*
* it would be on my past self.*
**[13:31] Tanaka**
* And it would be my present self*
* who would save my past self.*
**[13:36] Tanaka**
*I added 100,000 yen.*
**[13:42] Tanaka**
* If I were to take revenge,*
* it would be on my past self.*
**[13:46] Tanaka**
* And it would be my present self*
* who would save my past self.*
**[13:52] Tanaka**
*That was four years ago.*
**[13:54] Tanaka**
*I'm still playing* Zooden*.*
**[13:57] Tanaka**
*Thanks to the addition of new systems*
**[13:59] Tanaka**
* and events reflecting the real*
* world keeping the game fresh,*
**[14:02] Tanaka**
* its content is still popular*
* around the world.*
**[14:06] Coworker F**
Good morning.
**[14:10] Boss B**
I'd like to acquire new users
with a new design.
**[14:11] Tanaka**
* In total, I've spent over*
* five million yen on this game.*
**[14:14] Coworker I**
We need to capture people's interest.
**[14:14] Tanaka**
*My rank is still only in the triple digits.*
**[14:16] Coworker D**
Why don't we conduct some research?
**[14:17] Tanaka**
*I still don't have a dodo.*
**[14:18] Coworker H**
Good idea.
**[14:19] Coworker G**
We're spending our budget on research?
**[14:21] Coworker E**
But we have to.
**[14:23] Boss A**
Hey, Tanaka. Are you listening?
**[14:26] Coworker B**
Tanaka-kun?
**[14:28] Boss A**
Tanaka!
**[14:29] Coworker A**
Tanaka-kun!
**[14:30] Coworker D**
Tanaka!
**[14:30] Coworker E**
Tanaka!
**[14:31] Text**
* The bird that went extinct*
* without ever learning to fly.*
**[14:31] Coworker H**
Tanaka!
**[14:34] Tanaka**
*Perhaps I was projecting myself onto it.*
**[14:36] Tanaka**
*It was just like me.*
**[14:38] Tanaka**
* No, if I died here without achieving*
* anything, I wouldn't even be Rare.*
**[14:43] Tanaka**
*I'd be just Normal.*
***SIGN*** Buy/Sell Zoological Garden Account
***SIGN*** Purchase
***SIGN*** Account with numerous Super Rare characters
Seller: tarou
First come, first served!
3 Super Rare characters
Seller: sakio
Assortment of 5 Super Rare characters
Seller: kinopi_22
**[14:45] Tanaka**
*As a game that enjoys worldwide popularity,*
***SIGN*** Account with 10 3-star characters
Seller: yakitori45
Great deal! Account
with numerous endangered species
Seller: tarou
First come, first served!
10 Super Rare characters
Seller: kondo11
Assortment of 20 Limited Rare characters
Seller: kitanotakeshifan
**[14:48] Tanaka**
*its market size is naturally large.*
**[14:50] Tanaka**
* There are even intermediaries*
* who buy and sell entire accounts.*
**[14:54] Tanaka**
* My triple-digit-ranked account*
* that I've spend over five million yen on*
**[14:58] Tanaka**
*would only sell for a few hundred thousand.*
**[15:00] Tanaka**
* If ditch-11's account*
* appeared on the market,*
**[15:03] Tanaka**
*it would go for a lot of money.*
**[15:06] Tanaka**
* An account with a dodo could be mine*
* for several tens of thousands of yen.*
**[15:10] Tanaka**
*But that's not it. It's not the same.*
**[15:13] Tanaka**
*"What is it about, then?" I ask myself.*
**[15:17] Tanaka**
*The romance? The catharsis?*
**[15:19] Tanaka**
*The release from oppression?*
**[15:21] Tanaka**
*The need for social recognition?*
**[15:22] Tanaka**
*The desire to feel superior to one's peers?*
**[15:24] Tanaka**
* I try on gussied-up words*
* and phrases for size.*
**[15:27] Tanaka**
*No. The truth is, I already know.*
**[15:30] Tanaka**
*I know those fancy words don't apply.*
**[15:34] Tanaka**
*It's simpler than that. Yes.*
**[15:37] Tanaka**
*A sickness. It's a sickness.*
**[15:41] Tanaka**
Shut up!
**[15:41] Coworker C**
I didn't say anything...
**[15:44] Tanaka**
* I'd begun spending tens of thousands of*
* yen on the game like it was nothing at all.*
**[15:48] Tanaka**
*I was completely numb.*
**[15:50] Tanaka**
* Everything I did was*
* to get my hands on a dodo.*
**[15:52] Tanaka**
* To get revenge on the boy*
* I was 16 years ago and save him.*
**[15:56] Tanaka**
*And to get closer to ditch-11,*
**[15:58] Tanaka**
* who continues to reign*
* from the number one spot.*
**[16:01] Tanaka**
You just wait, ditch-11.
***SIGN*** Super Rare
***SIGN*** Red Panda
***SIGN*** Super Rare
***SIGN*** Okapi
***SIGN*** Ultra Rare
***SIGN*** Dodo
***SIGN*** Ultra Rare
***SIGN*** Dodo
**[16:37] Tanaka**
A dodo...
***SIGN*** Ultra Rare
***SIGN*** Dodo
**[16:39] Tanaka**
My four years...
**[16:42] Tanaka**
No, my 16 years...
**[16:46] Tanaka**
It finally paid off!
**[16:48] Tanaka**
Yes! I did it! A dodo!
**[17:18] Clerk**
Your backed up data
has been restored—
***SIGN*** Snow Leopard
***SIGN*** Dugong
***SIGN*** Dodo
***SIGN*** Animal List
***SIGN*** Dodo
**[17:36] Tanaka**
*My mind went blank.*
**[17:38] Tanaka**
*I couldn't think.*
**[17:40] Tanaka**
*I don't remember walking home.*
**[17:43] Tanaka**
* The loss I felt over the dodo*
* I had definitely acquired*
**[17:46] Tanaka**
*robbed me of all my willpower.*
**[17:49] Tanaka**
* But fate is cruel, and God had*
* taken something else from me.*
**[17:59] Tanaka**
* I think that's when the blue flame*
* inside of me finally came to life.*
**[18:05] Tanaka**
* At the very least, it wasn't God*
* who took my dodo from me.*
**[18:09] Tanaka**
*It was that taxi.*
**[18:11] Tanaka**
* It's not as though someone*
* took Maru from me, either.*
**[18:15] Tanaka**
* The life expectancy of a*
* cockatiel is about 15 years.*
**[18:17] Tanaka**
*He lived a full life.*
**[18:19] Tanaka**
*It just happened to be today.*
**[18:22] Tanaka**
* But sometimes, thinking about*
* this unfortunate coincidence*
**[18:26] Tanaka**
*makes me wonder if there is a God.*
**[18:31] Tanaka**
* In games, often the player*
* acquires a valuable item*
**[18:33] Tanaka**
* just when they think*
* they've reached a dead end.*
**[18:36] Tanaka**
*It's convenient. Of course it is.*
**[18:39] Tanaka**
*After all, somebody made it that way.*
**[18:41] Tanaka**
* Then there must be someone*
* who made this world, too.*
**[18:44] Tanaka**
*Perhaps this world has been programmed.*
**[18:48] Tanaka**
Hey, God. It's you.
**[18:53] Tanaka**
*This happened three days ago.*
**[18:59] Tanaka**
*Taxi... Kill... Maru... Dodo...*
**[19:08] Shibagaki**
Ow. Hold on, buddy.
**[19:11] Shibagaki**
Apologize when you bump into someone.
**[19:13] Shibagaki**
That's common sense.
**[19:15] Shibagaki**
Don't you think?
**[19:20] Shibagaki**
Wait, wait. Hold on, buddy.
**[19:23] Shibagaki**
What's wrong? You've got
the face of a murderer.
**[19:27] Shibagaki**
Sorry. I'm just curious
due to the nature of my job.
**[19:30] Tanaka**
Hey, you. You're from the countryside.
Why'd you come out here?
**[19:34] Shibagaki**
The countryside?
**[19:35] Shibagaki**
I guess compared to Tokyo,
it is the countryside.
**[19:38] Tanaka**
Are you chasing a dream or something?
**[19:40] Shibagaki**
That's right. I came to Tokyo for
status, glory, and big money.
**[19:45] Tanaka**
But, you still haven't gotten those.
**[19:48] Shibagaki**
Well, Rome wasn't built in a day.
**[19:50] Tanaka**
What do you think you need
to do to get them?
**[19:52] Shibagaki**
If I knew that, my life would be easy.
**[19:55] Shibagaki**
My partner said it's luck, though.
**[19:57] Tanaka**
Your partner?
**[19:59] Shibagaki**
He's like my business partner.
**[20:01] Tanaka**
Luck, huh? You're right.
**[20:04] Shibagaki**
Maybe luck is involved,
**[20:07] Shibagaki**
but I don't want to give up
on the things I can control.
**[20:10] Shibagaki**
There's plenty to consider besides luck
**[20:12] Shibagaki**
when trying to figure out how to survive.
**[20:14] Tanaka**
You're saying the dodo was unlucky, then.
**[20:17] Shibagaki**
What?
**[20:22] Shibagaki**
What does that mean?
**[20:23] Shibagaki**
I thought you and I were
following the same road.
**[20:26] Shibagaki**
You're telling me we were actually
on the highway and subway?
**[20:31] Tanaka**
* I feel like I've always been*
* searching for something.*
**[20:34] Tanaka**
* At the same time, my life has*
* always been lacking something.*
**[20:39] Tanaka**
* And desperately acquiring that something*
* yields only a moment of pleasure.*
**[20:45] Tanaka**
*Far from being good fortune,*
**[20:48] Tanaka**
* it's simply a moment of pleasure*
* produced by the release of dopamine.*
**[20:53] Tanaka**
*And?*
**[20:55] Tanaka**
* The single word that always follows*
* after I've acquired something I want.*
**[21:00] Tanaka**
*"And?"*
**[21:01] Tanaka**
*"So, what?" my other self asks me.*
**[21:05] Tanaka**
* It's always there,*
* hand-in-hand with nihilism.*
**[21:08] Tanaka**
*A truly formless pleasure.*
**[21:11] Tanaka**
*But right now, I'm experiencing being alive.*
**[21:15] Tanaka**
* It's because I found what I wanted*
* the moment I lost my dodo.*
**[21:20] Tanaka**
*Unlike before,*
**[21:21] Tanaka**
* it wasn't just an addition to my*
* collection that ended once acquired.*
**[21:24] Tanaka**
*What shall I do next?*
**[21:27] Tanaka**
*Just thinking about it excites me.*
**[21:30] Tanaka**
* It's a Rare Item with*
* potential for development.*
**[21:33] Tanaka**
* I believe everyone possesses*
* the impulse to attack.*
**[21:36] Tanaka**
* An impulse to attack that's*
* more exciting and justified*
**[21:39] Tanaka**
*the less you are to blame.*
**[21:43] Tanaka**
*I've been walking for three days since then.*
**[21:46] Tanaka**
* I'm used to chasing odds*
* far more mind-boggling.*
**[21:50] Tanaka**
*But this time, it's different.*
**[21:52] Tanaka**
*I felt something like a premonition.*
**[21:54] Tanaka**
* Earlier, I said that I could seize it*
* if I let go of my attachments,*
**[21:57] Tanaka**
* but there's another way*
* to acquire what I want.*
**[22:01] Tanaka**
*And that is by holding tightly*
**[22:05] Tanaka**
* onto a powerful attachment*
* that transcends all else.*
**[22:12] Shibagaki**
Hey, you! What are you trying to do?
***SIGN*** Next Time: Don't Call Me an Idol
**[23:35] Shibagaki**
*I've never actually seen
someone point them all out*
**[23:37] Shibagaki**
*when they say something
is full of mistakes or flaws.*
**[23:40] Shibagaki**
*Why don't you carefully verbalize
each and every one of them, huh?*
**[23:42] Shibagaki**
*Probably too stupid to do it.*
**[23:44] Odokawa**
*You're pretty drunk.*
**[23:45] Shibagaki**
*Man, maybe I'll win the lottery.*
**[23:47] Odokawa**
*Your job is like a lottery.*