# E22 - Summer Festival
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G2XU0QM53/summer-festival)
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**[00:01] Motoharu**
*I'm pretty decent at communicating.*
**[00:04] Motoharu**
* For me, as someone whose job*
* it is to write about people,*
**[00:07] Motoharu**
*age and sex are just characteristics,*
**[00:09] Motoharu**
*so I've never perceived either as a barrier.*
***SIGN*** Feels like he's totally getting stared at...
***SIGN*** Badump
Badump
***SIGN*** Uneasy
***SIGN*** Tends to drink something
when he's in a tough spot.
***SIGN*** Gulp
**[00:18] Motoharu**
* A seven-year age difference*
* basically isn't a thing for me.*
**[00:23] Motoharu**
* So I thought we'd open up to*
* each other by now, but still...*
**[00:27] Motoharu**
Hayate.
**[00:29] Motoharu**
That's my coffee.
***SIGN*** Spit
***SIGN*** #22
Summer Festival
**[02:03] Hayate**
I'm so sorry!
**[02:05] Motoharu**
It's fine.
**[02:06] Motoharu**
You can finish it.
**[02:07] Shun**
Indirectly kissing a guy is so lame.
**[02:09] Motoharu**
Huh?
**[02:10] Motoharu**
I guess you'd rather be indirectly
kissing a girl, right?
**[02:13] Motoharu**
That makes sense.
**[02:15] Shun**
How does that make sense?!
**[02:16] Shun**
Are you stupid?
**[02:17] Shun**
You're dumb!
**[02:17] Shun**
Stupid! Stupid!
**[02:19] Motoharu**
Your small vocabulary is cute.
**[02:21] Souma**
Shun, I don't think you can
ever win against Motoharu-kun.
**[02:24] Hayate**
I really am sorry.
**[02:28] Motoharu**
Hayate, look at me.
***SIGN*** Frozen
**[02:31] Hayate**
I can't.
**[02:32] Shun**
You've been nervous this whole time.
**[02:33] Souma**
You're so easy to read, Hayate-kun.
**[02:37] Motoharu**
*There's no reason to be so nervous, though.*
**[02:40] Motoharu**
* I wonder how far he'll get*
* at today's summer festival.*
**[02:45] Hayate**
Mima-san said he's leaving his office now.
**[02:47] Souma**
Then we should get going, too.
**[02:53] Mima**
I'm heading out now.
**[02:55] Souta**
See you tomorrow!
**[02:56] Souta**
Well, this is pretty rare.
**[02:58] Souta**
You're actually leaving on time.
**[03:00] Mima**
Yes.
**[03:00] Mima**
I was invited to the summer festival.
**[03:03] Both**
The summer festival?
**[03:05] Both**
With a girl?!
**[03:07] Mima**
They're all guys.
**[03:08] Wom**
Boring.
**[03:10] Wom**
I'll get ready to go home too.
**[03:12] Souta**
Ah, man.
**[03:14] Souta**
Well, I can't really imagine you
on a date with a woman anyway.
**[03:18] Mima**
Souma-kun is going to be there too.
**[03:20] Souta**
Oh, yeah, he said he was going to eat
dinner tonight at the food stalls.
**[03:23] Mima**
Would you like to join us?
**[03:25] Souta**
I'll pass.
**[03:26] Souta**
I'll have him bring something home for me.
**[03:28] Souta**
You don't have a festival every day.
**[03:30] Souta**
Have fun!
**[03:31] Mima**
All right.
**[03:33] Souma**
They have candied apples.
**[03:34] Souma**
And candied strawberries too!
**[03:35] Shun**
The sauces all smell so good.
**[03:37] Shun**
This is bordering on violence.
**[03:38] Shun**
I'm starving.
**[03:40] Souma**
It's not surprising, but
this place is packed.
**[03:42] Shun**
You think we'll find Mima-san?
**[03:44] Hayate**
He should be around here somewhere.
**[03:47] Motoharu**
There.
**[03:48] Shun**
It's good he's so tall.
**[03:51] Mima**
Good evening.
**[03:52] All**
Good evening!
**[03:53] Souma**
Have you been waiting long?
**[03:54] Mima**
Oh, not at al—
***SIGN*** Tada
**[03:57] Mima**
You're really part of the group, huh.
**[03:59] Motoharu**
Right?
**[04:00] Motoharu**
Though I'm the only one around 30.
**[04:02] Souma**
Did you get bit by a mosquito?
**[04:04] Mima**
Ah, yes, it does happen more
often if you stand still.
**[04:08] Mima**
It's itchy.
**[04:10] Motoharu**
You don't seem like the type
to get bitten by mosquitoes.
**[04:13] Mima**
No, I really...
***SIGN*** Slap!!
**[04:17] Motoharu**
*Huh?*
***SIGN*** Mole
**[04:22] Mima**
*Oh. That was a mole.*
**[04:24] Mima**
It was nothing.
**[04:25] Mima**
Shall we?
**[04:26] Motoharu**
Ouch.
**[04:28] All**
* I guess he's really sensitive*
* to mosquitoes now.*
**[04:32] Souma**
Shun, they've got your omelet soba.
***SIGN*** Omelet soba
**[04:34] Shun**
I want some!
**[04:35] Motoharu**
Don't worry about it.
**[04:36] Motoharu**
You kids don't have to
take out your wallets.
**[04:38] Both**
*Kids?*
**[04:39] Shun**
You mean you're paying?
**[04:40] Shun**
What a god!
**[04:41] Souma**
Are you sure?
**[04:42] Motoharu**
Leave it to the adults.
**[04:44] Motoharu**
Takayuki, let's use rock-paper-scissors
to decide who pays for each one.
**[04:48] Mima**
Sure.
**[04:50] Hayate**
* Mima-san and Igarashi-sensei*
* really were classmates, huh?*
**[04:51] Both**
Rock, paper, scissors!
**[04:53] Both**
Again!
**[04:54] Hayate**
*It's so amazing that they're friends.*
**[04:55] Both**
Again!
**[04:56] Motoharu**
I win!
**[04:57] Motoharu**
So that means you pay for this one, Takayuki!
**[05:00] Mima**
Got it.
**[05:01] Mima**
Shun-kun, how many portions do we need?
**[05:03] Shun**
Let me see...
**[05:05] Souma**
I'll help you carry them.
**[05:09] Motoharu**
We'll go get some takoyaki.
**[05:11] Souma**
Okay!
**[05:12] Shun**
Extra mayo on mine!
**[05:13] Motoharu**
Okay.
**[05:15] Motoharu**
Let's go.
**[05:16] Hayate**
H-Huh?!
**[05:21] Motoharu**
Hayate, we'll get separated
if you fall too far behind.
**[05:25] Hayate**
I'm really sorry!
**[05:28] Motoharu**
No need to be nervous.
**[05:31] Motoharu**
I'm really happy to know
you as one of my readers,
**[05:35] Motoharu**
but I'd also really like to get
to know you as one of my friends.
**[05:39] Hayate**
I'm really sorry.
**[05:41] Motoharu**
*I got rejected...*
**[05:42] Motoharu**
*Maybe I shouldn't push too much.*
**[05:45] Hayate**
I...
**[05:47] Hayate**
I really love your books!
**[05:51] Hayate**
If I were to get involved
in your day-to-day life,
**[05:56] Hayate**
I might indirectly influence
your inspiration somehow,
**[05:59] Hayate**
and then it would not longer be a
100% pure Igarashi Motoharu world!
**[06:03] Hayate**
When I'm before you,
I just want to be a rock.
***SIGN*** A nerd who wants to be a
***SIGN*** rock before one of his gods
**[06:11] Motoharu**
I can see you are a passionate reader.
***SIGN*** Takoyaki
**[06:16] Motoharu**
You don't have to worry about all that.
**[06:19] Motoharu**
Is this place okay for the takoyaki?
**[06:21] Hayate**
Yes.
**[06:23] Hayate**
Sorry for thinking I could
actually do anything.
**[06:26] Hayate**
I'm just a rock.
**[06:28] Motoharu**
That's not what I meant.
**[06:31] Motoharu**
I'll take four sets of six, please.
**[06:33] Motoharu**
One of them with extra mayo.
**[06:35] Guy**
Coming right up!
**[06:36] Motoharu**
The first protagonist I ever
wrote was based off of Takayuki.
**[06:42] Motoharu**
I was excited about the work of remolding
**[06:45] Motoharu**
something I experienced in
real life into something else.
**[06:48] Motoharu**
Whoever I meet,
**[06:50] Motoharu**
whatever I do,
**[06:52] Motoharu**
anything I've absorbed—
**[06:54] Motoharu**
it all becomes my own as
soon as I put it on paper.
**[06:58] Motoharu**
So I want you to relax
and stay as my reader,
**[07:01] Motoharu**
but I'd also like you to be my friend.
**[07:04] Hayate**
*He's so cool...*
***SIGN*** Bow
**[07:06] Hayate**
Thank you so much.
**[07:07] Hayate**
And I'm sorry.
**[07:10] Motoharu**
And over time, you can
stop holding back, too.
**[07:12] Motoharu**
Shall we go back and join the others?
**[07:15] Hayate**
Right.
***SIGN*** Takoyaki
**[07:16] Guy**
Lads, your takoyaki!
**[07:20] Hayate**
You know, after everything, your
first book is still my favorite.
**[07:24] Motoharu**
Really?
**[07:25] Motoharu**
Then again, I can see why you'd like it.
**[07:27] Hayate**
Yes!
**[07:28] Hayate**
The marvelous interplay between the
characters breeds such a peculiar atmosphere!
**[07:32] Hayate**
What kind of books do you usually read?
**[07:35] Motoharu**
I read all sorts of things.
**[07:36] Motoharu**
Want to come over sometime?
**[07:37] Hayate**
What?
**[07:38] Motoharu**
It'd be easier if I just
showed you my bookshelves.
**[07:40] All**
*Suddenly they're like best buds.*
**[07:43] All**
*What happened?*
**[07:45] Motoharu**
*I'm pretty decent at communicating.*
**[07:48] Motoharu**
* For me, as someone whose job*
* it is to write about people,*
**[07:48] Hayate**
Mima-san, Igarashi-sensei,
**[07:50] Hayate**
thank you so much for treating
us to all this food.
**[07:51] Motoharu**
* the moment when he revealed what*
* was in his heart made me happy.*
**[07:53] Both**
Thank you so much!
**[07:55] Mima**
Don't mention it.
**[07:55] Motoharu**
* I feel like I got another piece of why*
* understanding people is so fun.*
**[07:56] Souma**
Today was fun!
**[07:57] Souma**
One summer event checked off.
**[07:59] Motoharu**
Going to a summer festival with friends
is such a teenager thing to do.
**[08:00] Motoharu**
*A certain man was the impetus,*
**[08:02] Mima**
You're around 30, though.
**[08:02] Motoharu**
*and now here I am.*
**[08:03] Souma**
Next year, we should come back in yukata.
**[08:05] Motoharu**
* In the end, it seems like*
* this was the right choice.*
**[08:06] Shun**
Sounds like effort.
**[08:11] Motoharu**
All right, I have to go this way now.
**[08:13] Hayate**
Oh, same for me.
**[08:15] Motoharu**
I see.
**[08:16] Souma**
Shun, are you going home,
or back to the cafe?
**[08:18] Shun**
I'm going home.
**[08:19] Mima**
I'm going this way. See you next time.
**[08:21] All**
See you next time!
**[08:24] Motoharu**
So you're going this way, too.
**[08:26] Motoharu**
I'll be turning at the next corner.
**[08:27] Hayate**
Me too.
**[08:29] Motoharu**
I guess we live close to each other.
**[08:31] Hayate**
There's a lot of apartment
buildings in this area.
**[08:37] Both**
* I wonder how long we'll*
* keep walking together.*
**[08:45] Hayate**
This... this isn't what it looks like!
**[08:47] Hayate**
I wasn't trying to scope out where you live!
**[08:50] Hayate**
I'm a fan, but I would never stoop so low!
**[08:53] Motoharu**
Don't worry. I never
suspected you of anything.
**[08:58] Motoharu**
Who would've thought we
lived in the same building?
**[09:00] Hayate**
That was unexpected.
**[09:03] Motoharu**
I'm home often, so you're welcome
to come over whenever you like.
**[09:06] Hayate**
Huh?
**[09:06] Voice**
*First floor.*
**[09:07] Hayate**
No, I couldn't!
**[09:08] Motoharu**
I have a cat.
**[09:09] Hayate**
A cat?
**[09:12] Motoharu**
That sounded like I'm
luring you with the cat.
**[09:14] Motoharu**
You don't have to come over alone, either.
**[09:15] Motoharu**
You can call Takayuki or
Souma or Shun over anytime.
**[09:18] Motoharu**
You can come sit around in the library, too.
**[09:23] Voice**
*Please select a floor.*
***SIGN*** Oh
**[09:27] Motoharu**
Which floor are you on?
**[09:28] Hayate**
The sixth.
***SIGN*** Summer Sky and Sea
***SIGN*** Coming up next
***SIGN*** We hope you'll tune in again!
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