E17 - Catalyst

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[00:07] Igarashi
    It's already night.
[00:09] Igarashi
    My last overnight business trip
    to Tokyo was ages ago. It was fun.
[00:13] Igarashi
    I'd have gotten home even sooner
    if I hadn't made that silly mistake.
[00:17] (Flashback) Igarashi
    My name is Igarashi.
    I checked out this morning.
[00:20] (Flashback) Igarashi
    I accidentally took your hotel's
    shoehorn instead of my umbrella.
[00:23] (Flashback) Igarashi
    I've come to return it.
[00:25] Staff
    This has never happened before!
[00:28] Igarashi
    Well, it's not often that I
    walk around with a shoehorn,
[00:30] Igarashi
    so it was a good experience to have.
[00:35] Igarashi
    They dropped something.
[00:37] Igarashi
    Is that someone from overseas?
[00:41] Igarashi
    Excuse me, you dropped this.
[00:44] Girl
    Thank you so much!
SIGN    #17
    Catalyst
[02:20] Igarashi
    Your Japanese is very good.
[02:22] Girl
    Well, both of my parents are Japanese.
[02:24] Igarashi
    Huh?
[02:26] Girl
    This happens a lot.
[02:29] Igarashi
    I see.
SIGN    Igarashi
    Motoharu
[02:31] Igarashi
    That's a quirk I'd like to put
    into a novel at some point.
SIGN    Born June 19th 27 yrs / Writer
SIGN    Cool and Awkward Files 05
SIGN    The self-absorbed genius type
[02:41] Igarashi
    I'm home!
[02:46] Igarashi
    Urchin.
SIGN    Fluff
SIGN    Roll
SIGN    Roll
[02:49] Igarashi
    There, there.
[02:50] Igarashi
    Were you a good house sitter?
[02:53] Igarashi
    At some point in my past,
[02:55] Igarashi
    I became really interested
    in other people's stories.
[02:58] Igarashi
    Where they came from, and what
    kind of lives they were living.
[03:02] Igarashi
    That's probably the reason why
    I like to weave my tales.
[03:07] Igarashi
    I think this direction will work for
    the short edition for the movie website.
[03:11] Igarashi
    This one shouldn't take long.
[03:13] Igarashi
    I should send the plot to Shirakawa-chan.
[03:16] (Flashback) Mima
    My name is Mima. I will
    be handling your project.
[03:21] Igarashi
    Takayuki hasn't changed.
[03:24] Igarashi
    Actually, he's even cooler now.
[03:30] Igarashi
    I wonder where life has
    taken him since then.
[03:34] Igarashi
    I've written so many stories in that time.
[03:37] Kid
    Hey, guys.
[03:38] (Flashback) Kid2
    Yeah?
[03:39] (Flashback) Kid
    Wanna go to the park later?
[03:40] (Flashback) Kid2
    Yeah!
[03:42] (Flashback) Kid
    Hey!
[03:43] (Flashback) Kid
    Igarashi Motoharu, the transfer kid!
[03:46] (Flashback) Kid
    Don't go yet.
[03:47] (Flashback) Kid
    Let's play.
[03:48] (Flashback) Igarashi
    I'm not going yet.
[03:49] (Flashback) Kid
    Great! Then you can come to the field with...
[03:51] Igarashi
    Sorry.
[03:52] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Whenever I transfer, the first thing
    I need to check out is the library.
[03:56] (Flashback) Kid
    Uh, got it.
[03:58] (Flashback) Kid
    He's super used to transferring schools.
[04:00] (Flashback) Kid
    Is he a pro?
[04:01] (Flashback) Kid2
    They said this is his third transfer.
[04:04] (Flashback) Kid2
    That's really impressive.
SIGN    Library
SIGN    New Books
[04:08] Igarashi
    They've got more books than the last school.
[04:10] Igarashi
    I should come back during my lunch breaks.
[04:13] Igarashi
    I bet I'll have to transfer soon again anyway.
[04:15] Igarashi
    It'd be a shame not to read here while I can.
[04:18] Igarashi
    One day, I want to release my own books.
[04:21] Igarashi
    Instead of spending time on friendships
    that are going to end anyway,
[04:23] Kid
    Here it comes!
[04:25] Igarashi
    I should use this time to
    learn as much as I can ab—
SIGN    Thud Thud Thud
SIGN    Startle
[04:31] (Flashback) Mima
    I dropped them.
[04:33] (Flashback) Igarashi
    You dropped them?
[04:36] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Do you need help?
[04:37] (Flashback) Mima
    No. I mean, it's the librarian's job.
[04:43] (Flashback) Mima
    Oh, you're the transfer student.
[04:46] (Flashback) Igarashi
    I'm Igarashi Motoharu.
[04:47] (Flashback) Igarashi
    You can just call me Motoharu.
[04:48] (Flashback) Mima
    I'm Mima Takayuki.
[04:50] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Takayuki.
[04:52] (Flashback) Igarashi
    It's nice to meet you.
[04:53] Igarashi
    I don't particularly need friends,
[04:56] Igarashi
    but I have gotten good at
    hitting it off with people.
[04:59] (Flashback) Igarashi
    That's amazing!
[05:00] (Flashback) Igarashi
    So you've read everything
    here that you wanted to?
[05:04] (Flashback) Mima
    Yeah. So I actually don't
    have anything to read now.
[05:08] (Flashback) Igarashi
    I want to be a writer when I grow up.
[05:10] (Flashback) Igarashi
    If I were an adult, I could have
    just given you a book I'd written.
[05:14] (Flashback) Mima
    Why not now?
[05:15] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Huh?
[05:16] (Flashback) Mima
    Why not just write something now?
[05:18] (Flashback) Mima
    Why do you have to wait until you grow up?
[05:24] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Even if I did, nobody would read it.
[05:27] (Flashback) Igarashi
    So it never goes further than
    knocking around in my head.
[05:30] (Flashback) Igarashi
    My parents are always really busy,
[05:32] (Flashback) Igarashi
    and my friends keep changing
    from all the transfers.
[05:35] (Flashback) Igarashi
    But if I grow up and release a book,
    they'll carry it in bookstores.
[05:39] (Flashback) Igarashi
    So that's why I thought I should
    just focus on studying right now...
SIGN    A person who has
    nothing to read
    and too much time
    on their hands
[05:45] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Wait, would you actually read
    it if I wrote something?!
[05:47] (Flashback) Mima
    I would.
[05:48] (Flashback) Mima
    I don't have anything to read right now.
[05:51] (Flashback) Igarashi
    So that's the reason, huh.
[05:54] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Then I'll start writing right now.
[05:56] (Flashback) Mima
    Wow.
[05:59] (Flashback) Mima
    What kind of things do you think about?
[06:01] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Novels.
[06:03] (Flashback) Igarashi
    So the protagonist would be...
[06:07] (Flashback) Igarashi
    ...would be...
[06:08] Igarashi
    I always have so many ideas in my head,
[06:12] Igarashi
    but when it's time to actually
    write, it's difficult.
[06:15] Igarashi
    What are people like, anyway?
[06:18] Igarashi
    I've run into so many different people,
[06:20] Igarashi
    but all the memories I have
    of them seem identical.
[06:23] Igarashi
    They didn't hate me,
    nor did they like me.
[06:28] (Flashback) Mima
    Why don't you make yourself
    the main character?
[06:31] (Flashback) Igarashi
    I can't do that!
[06:33] (Flashback) Mima
    Why not?
[06:34] (Flashback) Igarashi
    I'm not the main-character type.
[06:38] (Flashback) Igarashi
    I got it! I'll make you the protagonist!
[06:41] (Flashback) Mima
    But I'm not that type either.
[06:43] (Flashback) Igarashi
    You're going to be reading
    it, so you work just fine.
[06:46] (Flashback) Igarashi
    So you have...
[06:48] (Flashback) Igarashi
    sleepy-looking eyes,
[06:50] (Flashback) Igarashi
    a brooding aura,
[06:52] (Flashback) Igarashi
    and a love for books.
[06:54] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Plus...
[06:56] (Flashback) Igarashi
    You're cool, but awkward.
[06:58] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Now that that's decided, I'm going to
    have to get to know you better.
[07:01] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Time for research!
[07:02] (Flashback) Igarashi
    So what's your favorite food?
[07:04] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Your favorite color?
[07:06] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Come on, this is important.
[07:08] (Flashback) Mima
    I like sushi and deep blue.
[07:10] (Flashback) Igarashi
    What makes you happy?
[07:12] (Flashback) Mima
    Going to the movies makes me happy.
[07:15] Igarashi
    Huh? This is so fun.
[07:19] Igarashi
    There isn't a single book
    out there about Takayuki.
[07:22] Igarashi
    I thought you could find everything
    you could possibly learn in books.
[07:26] Igarashi
    But if you want to learn about a person,
[07:27] Igarashi
    there's no other way than to
    really interact with them.
[07:30] Igarashi
    You can't write about people
    if you don't learn about them.
SIGN    Favorite food -> Sushi
    
    
    
    Favorite color -> Deep blue
    
    What makes you happy? ->
    
    
    Going to the movies
SIGN    Has sleepy eyes
    
    Brooding aura
    
    
    Likes to read books
    
    
    
    Cool, but awkward
[07:34] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Yay!
[07:35] (Flashback) Igarashi
    I've made my very first protagonist!
[07:37] (Flashback) Mima
    But now you've got to
    think of a story, right?
[07:41] (Flashback) Mima
    Writing a novel must be hard.
[07:43] (Flashback) Igarashi
    But I feel like I can do it now.
[07:45] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Thanks a lot, Takayuki.
[07:46] (Flashback) Igarashi
    I'll go write it myself.
[07:49] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Promise me you'll read it when I'm done!
[07:51] (Flashback) Mima
    Okay.
[07:52] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Look forward to it.
[07:53] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Bye!
SIGN    Slam
[07:54] Mima
    He kind of resolved that all in his head...
SIGN    Big
SIGN    Big
[07:59] Mima
    That's a big thing to leave behind.
[08:02] Mima
    Motoharu screws up, too.
[08:06] (Flashback) Kids
    Hey, Igarashi Motoharu!
[08:09] (Flashback) Kids
    If you're free now, come on over.
[08:13] (Flashback) Kids
    We still don't know anything about you.
[08:18] (Flashback) Igarashi
    Okay!
[08:19] (Flashback) Igarashi
    I want to get to know all of you, too.
[08:26] Mima
    I thought he was going home,
    but he's playing ball.
[08:29] Mima
    Running on his own clock, I guess.
[08:32] (Flashback) Kid
    Oh, Takayuki, you're still here too.
[08:34] (Flashback) Kid
    Come on over!
[08:35] (Flashback) Kid
    We need more players.
[08:37] (Flashback) Mima
    Sure.
[08:38] Mima
    I wanted to go home.
[08:43] Igarashi
    Talk about a trip down memory lane.
[08:46] Igarashi
    Maybe it's because I met Takayuki again.
[08:49] Igarashi
    Who knows if he still remembers me.
[08:53] Igarashi
    I guess he lives in Tokyo now.
[08:57] Igarashi
    I can do everything I need to in Kyoto,
[09:00] Igarashi
    but thanks to a certain person,
[09:02] Igarashi
    I'm finally starting to
    see the value of Tokyo.
[09:07] Igarashi
    Have you been there this whole time?
[09:09] Igarashi
    You're so cute.
[09:10] Igarashi
    Thanks for waiting.
[09:11] Igarashi
    I'm done.
SIGN    Pants he discarded on the ground
[09:20] Igarashi
    I'll move to Tokyo.
[09:21] Igarashi
    Now that a certain man has given me a nudge,
[09:25] Igarashi
    I wonder what kind of encounters
    await me once I get there.
[09:27] Igarashi
    Maybe they're worth looking forward to.
SIGN    Coming up next
SIGN    Takayuki and Motoharu
SIGN    We hope you'll tune in again!
SIGN    We hope you'll tune in again!