# E1 - The Beginning of a Story?
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***SIGN*** Kouban
High
School
***SIGN*** Welcome
New
Students
**[00:17] Students**
How about tennis? You interested?
***SIGN*** Bulletin Board
***SIGN*** Soccer Club Baseball Club Soft Tennis Club now recruiting!
***SIGN*** Concert Band Drama Club Kendo Club
**[00:20] Students**
Hey!
**[00:21] Students**
Okay, right over here.
**[00:37] Rin**
Did I take a wrong turn?
**[00:44] Rin**
Excuse me!
**[00:47] Rin**
Do you know where the room
for the drama club is?
**[00:51] Eiji**
You a new student?
**[00:52] Rin**
Yes.
**[00:53] Eiji**
Perfect, I happen to be the club's pres...
**[00:58] Eiji**
President! Kitahama Eiji.
**[01:01] Rin**
Well, I'm Nanakura Rin.
**[01:05] Eiji**
Sorry to spring this on you
when you were hoping to sign up, but...
**[01:09] Eiji**
I'm the only member at the moment.
**[01:12] Eiji**
It'd be great if you joined,
but no pressure, okay?
**[01:15] Rin**
Okay! Sure...
**[01:17] Rin**
* Wow, it's like in*
* "The Beginning of a Story."*
**[01:23] Rin**
Anyway, the club room is this way.
**[01:25] Rin**
Okay.
**[01:26] Eiji**
Well, welcome to Drama!
**[01:34] Eiji**
Prez! We got a new recruit, apparently.
**[01:37] Rin**
I thought you were the president.
**[01:39] Prez**
Eiji... were you messing around, again?
**[01:42] Eiji**
Surprise!
**[01:44] Eiji**
Whacha think? Just like in
"The Beginning of a Story", wasn't it?
**[01:51] Rin**
*He seems kind of weird...*
**[01:54] Tsu**
So you're looking to join?
**[01:55] Rin**
Oh, yes! I'm interested in acting.
**[01:58] Prez**
Could you try reading this bit, then?
**[02:00] Rin**
R-Right now?
**[02:02] Prez**
Yes! Okay, let's begin.
**[02:05] Prez**
O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art as
glorious to this night, being o’er my head,
**[02:10] Prez**
as is a winged messenger of heaven!
**[02:14] Eiji**
There he goes again...
**[02:15] Prez**
Go on, it's your line now. Come on!
**[02:28] Rin**
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
**[02:35] Rin**
Deny thy father and refuse thy name,
**[02:40] Rin**
and I'll no longer be a Capulet.
**[02:47] Rin**
Well...?
**[02:49] Prez**
Yep, Romeo here!
**[02:53] Tsuu**
What are you doing, President?
**[02:56] Prez**
I mean, she kind of bowled me over...
**[02:59] Prez**
Uh, what was your name?
**[03:01] Rin**
It's Nanakura Rin.
**[03:03] Prez**
Nanakura-san, we'd love
to have you join the club.
**[03:09] Rin**
Yes! Thank you so much!
**[03:12] Club A**
Why's she thanking him?
**[03:14] Club B(Female)**
We're glad to have you!
**[03:16] Club C (female)**
That was pretty impressive just now.
**[03:19] Club B**
It was fantastic!
***SIGN*** Episode 1 The Beginning of a Story?
**[04:56] VB Club**
Bring it!
**[05:00] VB Club**
Nice kill!
**[05:02] Eiji**
The truth is, all guys wish they could
be popular at least once in life.
**[05:07] Rin**
You're actually interested
in romance, senpai?
**[05:10] Eiji**
Wow, rude!
**[05:11] Eiji**
Even I dream about having a harem, y'know.
**[05:15] Rin**
A harem...?
**[05:19] Imp Rin**
Maybe I should take you out
for a date sometime, then.
**[05:24] Eiji**
What brought that on?
**[05:26] Rin**
I-It was acting! I was teasing you
like one of those impish girls do.
**[05:29] Eiji**
Are you acting out a simulated
harem experience, all for me?!
**[05:32] Eiji**
Aw, you're a real sweetheart!
**[05:36] TsundeRin**
I-It's not like I was
doing it for your sake!
**[05:40] Eiji**
Your imp act is good,
but it's hard to say no to a tsundere.
**[05:44] Eiji**
I don't know if I'd be able to choose!
**[05:48] Eiji**
Now I know how tough
having a harem would actually be.
**[05:51] Eiji**
You've got real acting chops.
**[05:53] Rin**
I like acting around you
for some reason, Senpai.
**[05:59] Eiji**
Wait, are you acting now? Or...?
**[06:02] Rin**
I-It was acting, of course!
**[06:04] Eiji**
Sorry, sorry.
**[06:05] Eiji**
But that was the cutest of all!
**[06:08] Rin**
It was...?
***SIGN*** Kouban
Private
High
School
**[06:21] Imp Rin**
That's not gonna work.
**[06:22] Imp Rin**
I'm about the only girl who'd
approach someone making that face.
**[06:26] Eiji**
So going for the "taciturn, cool guy who
handles large props" approach won't work?
**[06:30] Eiji**
I think it might be effective
if I mastered it.
**[06:32] Eiji**
Gimme some tips, here!
**[06:38] Cool Rin**
Think about the emotional side more.
**[06:43] Eiji**
That's what I was going for!
**[06:44] Eiji**
How come it's so different when you do it?
**[06:46] Eiji**
Is it in the eyes?
**[06:49] Eiji**
The quiet act...
**[06:50] Eiji**
It's kind of hard to learn anything
without words, though.
**[06:55] Cool Rin**
I don't care.
**[06:56] Eiji**
Cool act!
**[06:59] Rin**
S-Something like that, maybe?
**[07:02] Eiji**
I see what you mean.
I don't know if I can pull that off.
**[07:05] Eiji**
I like talking too much.
**[07:07] Eiji**
I'm probably always
going to be like this, huh?
**[07:12] Eiji**
What's so funny?
**[07:14] Rin**
It's a secret!
**[07:15] Eiji**
Man, I have no idea what I'm doing.
**[07:21] Rin**
Senpai, you could take
a break during lunch, you know.
**[07:26] Eiji**
I have to finish these
before the culture festival.
**[07:29] Eiji**
We're desperate for all the help we can get!
**[07:31] Eiji**
I might shrivel up at this rate.
**[07:34] Eiji**
Even though my whole plan
was to be a buff stagehand!
**[07:42] TsundeRin**
S-Since there's no other choice,
I'll have to feed you.
**[07:45] Eiji**
Getting fed by Tsundere-chan?!
You sure you're not spoiling me?
**[07:48] Eiji**
I'll die tomorrow
from the luck backlash!
**[07:51] Rin**
Eat mine, too.
**[07:52] Eiji**
There's no way I deserve
to be fed by Cool-chan!
**[07:55] Eiji**
I'd be locked in for death!
**[07:56] Eiji**
By the way, we happen to have this prop...
**[08:00] Eiji**
Could you lend... a paw, maybe?
**[08:07] Rin**
Sorry...
**[08:13] Rin**
M-Meow...
**[08:15] Eiji**
Okay! I don't care if I die now!
**[08:17] Eiji**
I can't believe you can even act like a cat!
**[08:19] Rin**
I'm actually too embarrassed
to perform right now.
**[08:22] Eiji**
I've got it!
**[08:23] Eiji**
Huh... wait.
**[08:26] Eiji**
My phone's missing.
**[08:28] Rin**
Did you lose it?
**[08:29] Eiji**
And I was gonna take a picture
of Rin-chan in those cat ears.
**[08:33] Eiji**
This is weird...
**[08:36] Rin**
*If I call his phone to make it ring,*
**[08:37] Rin**
* I can use that as an excuse*
* to get his number!*
**[08:40] Rin**
Senpai!
**[08:42] Rin**
I... I-I-I...
**[08:43] Eiji**
What? What is it?
**[08:46] Eiji**
What?
**[08:48] Imp Rin**
I guess I could call your number,
but then you'd have mine, wouldn't you?
**[08:54] Eiji**
Quit playing around and help me, please!
**[08:56] Eiji**
You can have the number, so just call it!
**[08:59] Eiji**
I'm begging you!
**[09:00] Imp Rin**
I dunno, should I?
**[09:02] Eiji**
Aw, fine. It's okay if you don't want it.
**[09:05] Rin**
*Oh no! I was a little too impish!*
**[09:08] Eiji**
Maybe I could ask Tsundere-chan?
**[09:12] Rin**
H-Hurry up and tell me!
**[09:15] Rin**
I'll call your phone, but this
is a one-time-only deal, got it?!
**[09:19] Eiji**
That's my Tsundere-chan.
So understanding. Thank you.
**[09:22] Rin**
* I should probably thank*
* you too, Tsundere-chan.*
**[09:27] Eiji**
There it is.
**[09:32] Eiji**
Found it!
**[09:33] Rin**
That's great.
**[09:35] Eiji**
Hello?
**[09:37] Rin**
Hello? Senpai, what is it?
**[09:40] Eiji**
Oh, nothing big,
**[09:43] Eiji**
I just wanted to thank you.
**[09:45] Eiji**
I appreciate you helping me find my phone.
**[09:51] Rin**
That's the kind of call you
usually make in the evening, Senpai.
**[10:05] Rin**
Huh?
**[10:08] Rin**
Are you the only one around, Senpai?
**[10:09] Eiji**
Yeah, everyone else is in the gymnasium.
**[10:11] Rin**
I see.
**[10:15] Rin**
Hey, Senpai...
**[10:16] Rin**
Could you help me out with this art project?
**[10:19] Rin**
You're good with that sort of thing, right?
**[10:23] Rin**
Could you...?
**[10:25] Eiji**
Is that really how you ask someone for help?
**[10:30] Rin**
S-Sorry!
**[10:32] Rin**
Um, w-what should I do?
**[10:35] Eiji**
I'm begging you, ask as Cool-chan this time!
**[10:41] Cool Rin**
You're the only one I can turn to.
**[10:44] Eiji**
I-I guess I better help then!
**[10:46] Eiji**
What do you need to know?
**[10:48] Rin**
*He looks like he's having fun.*
**[10:55] Rin**
It's from Romeo and Juliet.
**[10:57] Eiji**
And this is...
**[10:59] Eiji**
What is it?
**[11:00] Rin**
Romeo and Juliet.
**[11:02] Rin**
I wasn't sure how to get
the colors right for sunset...
**[11:05] Eiji**
*That's* your concern?
**[11:06] Eiji**
Why try such a complicated picture?
**[11:11] Spoiled Rin**
Aw, but I don't know anything about art!
**[11:15] Spoiled Rin**
You're such a good artist,
it'd be great if you did it!
**[11:18] Eiji**
Who was that?!
**[11:19] Rin**
It was... um... the spoiled girl...
**[11:22] Eiji**
That's one hell of a secret weapon!
**[11:24] Rin**
I-It's my desperation move, so...
**[11:28] Rin**
*He redid all the colors for me.*
**[11:33] Tsu**
And behind him was a woman standing
silently in a white kimono...
**[11:40] Tsu**
And at her feet... a massive swell of water!
**[11:47] Eiji**
Damn!
**[11:48] Eiji**
You're a pro at scary stories, Tsuu-chan.
**[11:51] Eiji**
I guess that's what being
a writer does for you.
**[11:53] Tsu**
You're the scariest one here, man.
**[11:54] Eiji**
Don't you agree...
**[11:56] Eiji**
Huh. You okay?
***SIGN*** Dead
**[12:00] Prez**
Remember to lock up, all right?
**[12:02] Eiji**
Sure!
**[12:03] Club B**
Take care!
**[12:04] Eiji**
Sure...?
**[12:07] Eiji**
Can't believe it spooked you so bad
you're afraid to change on your own.
**[12:11] TsundeRin**
I-It's not like I was afraid or anything!
**[12:14] TsundeRin**
B-But keep talking to me! Okay?!
**[12:17] Rin**
W-What is it, Senpai?!
**[12:20] Eiji**
The idea of Tsundere-chan being
scared has got me so hyped!
**[12:24] Eiji**
Is Spoiled-chan in there, too?!
**[12:29] Spoiled Rin**
I'm so scared!
**[12:31] Spoiled Rin**
You can't leave me alone, okay, Senpai?
**[12:35] Rin**
You're going to break the door!
**[12:37] Eiji**
I kind of want to, just to see
what kind of face you're making!
**[12:40] Eiji**
Dammit!
**[12:42] Rin**
Honestly...
**[12:44] Rin**
*Huh. I'm not scared anymore.*
**[12:47] Eiji**
I don't suppose impish Rin-chan
is in there too, is she?!
**[12:50] Rin**
I can't finish changing
if you keep interrupting me...
**[12:54] [SONG] Eyecatch sign**
Pseudo Harem
**[12:59] [SONG] Eyecatch sign**
Pseudo Harem
**[13:06] Female Student B**
Wow, I had no idea.
**[13:09] Rin**
Excuse me...
**[13:10] Female Student A**
What's up?
**[13:11] Rin**
Is... Kitahama-senpai around?
**[13:13] Female Student A**
Oh, Kitahama's napping over there.
**[13:16] Female Student A**
Feel free to wake him.
**[13:17] Female Student A**
We should go.
**[13:18] Female Student B**
Sure.
**[13:20] Female Student B**
Seeya, Rin-chan.
**[13:21] Female Student A**
Bye!
**[13:22] Rin**
Oh... have a nice day.
**[13:23] Female Student B**
She's cute, isn't she?
**[13:24] Female Student A**
More than Kitahama deserves.
**[13:28] Rin**
Um, Senpai?
**[13:30] Rin**
The club meeting's started...
**[13:33] Imp Rin**
If you don't wake up,
I'm gonna play a prank on you.
**[13:38] Rin**
*He really isn't waking up.*
**[13:39] Rin**
*I really could play a prank on him!*
**[13:42] Rin**
*No, no!*
**[13:43] Rin**
*I need to stop thinking like Imp-chan.*
**[13:45] Spoiled Rin**
You'd forgive me even if I did pull
a prank on you, right, Senpai?
**[13:52] Rin**
I think a lack of response
makes this way more embarrassing.
**[13:56] Eiji**
Shoot, is it time for club already?
**[13:58] Rin**
* He almost saw me as Spoiled-chan!*
* That was a close one!*
**[14:03] Eiji**
You went out of your way to get me?
**[14:06] Eiji**
Sorry about that...
**[14:09] Eiji**
Why are you holding my hand?
**[14:12] Rin**
I-Imp-chan and the others
were playing a prank on you earlier!
**[14:15] Rin**
Yeah.
**[14:16] Eiji**
They what?!
**[14:18] Eiji**
I'm going back to sleep.
**[14:21] Eiji**
Our drama club president's best...
**[14:24] Eiji**
Romeo face!
**[14:27] Rin**
It's quite the face all right!
**[14:29] Eiji**
I've got it as my wallpaper,
but I'm kinda tired of it.
**[14:33] Eiji**
Could I trouble the drama club's rising star
for a picture with her cutest face?
**[14:43] Spoiled Rin**
I want a picture of you too, Senpai!
**[14:46] Eiji**
Perfect!
**[14:50] Eiji**
Wait, this looks different...
**[14:52] TsundeRin**
This is a special occasion, okay?!
**[14:54] TsundeRin**
And you better not take a weird picture!
**[14:58] Eiji**
What is going on here, rising star?
**[15:00] Rin**
This is too much,
even as a favor to you, Senpai!
**[15:03] Rin**
It's too embarrassing!
**[15:04] Prez**
What're you two fooling around with?
**[15:05] Eiji**
Prez.
**[15:07] Eiji**
Nanakura's too embarrassed and
her expressions keep coming out weird.
**[15:10] Prez**
What? That's no good.
**[15:13] Rin**
Sorry....
**[15:14] Eiji**
Show her how it's done, Prez!
**[15:17] Prez**
Very well then.
**[15:19] Prez**
Full power!
**[15:22] Eiji**
I got it.
**[15:23] Eiji**
The rising star of the
drama club's golden smile.
**[15:26] Prez**
Nice! Send it to me too, would you?
**[15:29] Rin**
Please, don't!
**[15:35] Eiji**
How'd you do on midterms, anyway?
**[15:37] Rin**
Decently, I think...
**[15:40] Rin**
What about you, Senpai?
**[15:43] Rin**
Senpai...?
**[15:44] Eiji**
I-If you insist! I'll show you! But this is a
special occasion! Don't ask again, got it?!
**[15:49] Rin**
*Tsundere-senpai?*
**[15:52] Eiji**
Now it's your turn, Nanakura!
**[15:54] Rin**
I have to show you mine?
**[15:56] Eiji**
It's called sharing the shame!
**[15:58] Rin**
What are you talking about?
**[16:02] Cool Rin**
Can you keep a secret?
**[16:04] Eiji**
You seriously think I'd spill a secret
from Cool-chan without a fight?!
**[16:08] Eiji**
I'm not that stupid!
**[16:10] Eiji**
Those are some really bad math scores.
**[16:12] Rin**
So are yours...
**[16:15] Eiji**
Imp-chan seems like she'd be
pretty calculating, though.
**[16:19] Imp Rin**
I wasn't paying attention in class so
I could get you to tutor me, Senpai.
**[16:24] Eiji**
Hell yeah!
**[16:24] Eiji**
I'm going to cram school starting tomorrow!
Time to get serious!
**[16:27] Rin**
Cram school?!
**[16:27] Rin**
Maybe I should study more, too...
**[16:30] Eiji**
Nah, you shouldn't change a thing, Nanakura.
**[16:34] Eiji**
I wanna get smart so I can teach you.
**[16:38] Eiji**
Math for Imp-chan,
Japanese history for Tsundere-chan,
**[16:41] Eiji**
science for Spoiled-chan,
and social studies for Cool-chan.
**[16:46] Rin**
I'm just going to study instead!
**[17:03] Rin**
Excuse me...?
**[17:04] Eiji**
I got into a cooking battle with Tsuu-chan
in our self studies period for home ec.
**[17:07] Eiji**
He's got the lead right now
with the Prez's vote, so...
**[17:11] Tsu**
We want you to vote too, Nanakura.
**[17:13] Prez**
And we'll announce who made what
afterwards, to keep it impartial.
**[17:17] Rin**
I'm not exactly a gourmet...
**[17:20] Eiji**
Just go with whichever you prefer.
**[17:24] Eiji**
Now, let the judging begin!
**[17:29] Rin**
* A tastes like it was made*
* according to the recipe,*
**[17:32] Rin**
*but B has a bit of a twist to it...*
**[17:34] Rin**
*Huh. Hang on.*
**[17:35] Rin**
* If I choose whichever I like better,*
* and end up not choosing Senpai's cooking...*
**[17:39] Rin**
* That'd be like saying*
* he's not to my liking?!*
**[17:43] Rin**
*I have to guess which one is his!*
**[17:46] Rin**
*No! I will guess correctly!*
**[17:49] Rin**
* He doesn't seem the type to stick*
* to the recipe, so is it B?!*
**[17:52] Rin**
* No, he might've followed*
* the directions to win the contest!*
**[17:56] Rin**
*Senpai... Senpai would—*
**[17:59] Eiji**
Nanakura—!
**[18:03] Eiji**
This is technically our lunch, so...
**[18:08] Eiji**
Now, which is it?!
**[18:10] Rin**
B!
**[18:11] Rin**
I like B more!
**[18:13] Prez**
That's Eiji's cooking!
**[18:16] Rin**
Yay!
**[18:17] Eiji**
Uh, shouldn't I be celebrating?
**[18:21] Shu**
I guess it's a draw.
**[18:22] Prez**
And we're out of people to ask.
**[18:25] Rin**
Sorry...
**[18:27] Eiji**
Now, hang on, what
if we got Spoiled-chan to vote?
**[18:31] Rin**
I can't do that embarrassing
act in front of actual people!
**[18:34] Eiji**
Aren't I a person?
**[18:35] Rin**
Look, I just can't!
**[18:37] Eiji**
But everyone would be so impressed!
**[18:40] Rin**
No!
**[18:41] Tsu**
Who's Spoiled-chan?
**[18:43] Prez**
Kind of... a little act that
Nanakura puts on sometimes.
**[18:46] Tsu**
I see.
**[18:47] Eiji**
Hey, what if I treat you to lunch?
**[18:50] Rin**
I already ate!
**[18:53] Rin**
Have you decided what to wear
for the inter-club relay race yet, Senpai?
***SIGN*** Two days until
the sports festival
**[18:57] Eiji**
I've got it!
**[18:58] Eiji**
This is definitely the one.
**[19:02] Eiji**
Don't you think it'd be perfect?
**[19:05] Eiji**
On Tsundere-chan!
**[19:07] Rin**
Excuse me?
**[19:08] Eiji**
I think dressing like a princess
is a natural fit for a tsundere...
**[19:11] Eiji**
And then Cool-chan in Japanese clothes.
**[19:14] Eiji**
As for Imp-chan...
**[19:15] Rin**
Senpai, I'd be running
the race by myself in that case.
**[19:18] Eiji**
And?
**[19:20] Rin**
Please, just pick one!
**[19:23] Eiji**
You mean I have to choose?!
**[19:27] Eiji**
Only one... only one...?
**[19:30] Rin**
What about the real me, then?
**[19:33] Eiji**
Gotta be loungewear!
**[19:34] Rin**
Loungewear?!
**[19:35] Rin**
But it's supposed to be a costume...
**[19:37] Rin**
Loungewear or nothing!
**[19:38] Rin**
I've always wondered what
actresses wear at home!
**[19:41] Rin**
But... it's just normal t-shirts and stuff.
**[19:44] Rin**
Nothing worth showing off.
**[19:51] Eiji**
Like that? Or that? Maybe that... or this?
**[19:55] Eiji**
Yeah, loungewear it is!
**[19:58] Eiji**
No.
**[20:06] Rin**
Am I trying too hard with the hair?
**[20:09] Rin**
I wonder what Senpai will think.
**[20:15] Eiji**
Nanakura?
**[20:16] Rin**
Oh, Senpai, good mor—
**[20:19] Eiji**
Whoa, what happened to your head?!
***SIGN*** Follicle Disaster
**[20:21] Rin**
I should be asking you!
**[20:23] Eiji**
Man, you look good no matter
how you do your hair, Imp-chan.
**[20:28] Imp Rin**
Maybe I should do my hair
how you like it next, Senp...
**[20:32] Rin**
I'm sorry, I have to know
what caused that bedhead.
**[20:36] Eiji**
You look good no matter how you do
your hair, Spoiled-chan!
**[20:38] Rin**
I'm sorry, I have to know
what caused that bedhead!
**[20:41] Eiji**
Well, I wasn't expecting you
to be showing your forehead off!
**[20:44] Eiji**
If I had known I would've fixed my hair,
even if it made me late!
**[20:47] Eiji**
I can't believe my idiotic bedhead
is stealing your amazing forehead gag!
**[20:52] Eiji**
I'm so sorry!
**[20:53] Rin**
It's... not a gag, though.
**[20:56] Eiji**
Man, I've got no appeal
and no smoothness at all.
**[20:58] Rin**
That's what happens when you oversleep.
**[21:01] Eiji**
You were running through my thoughts,
so I couldn't sleep at night!
**[21:06] Rin**
Don't try to be smooth
with your hair like that, please!
**[21:09] Eiji**
Hey, making you smile
is enough to satisfy me.
**[21:14] Rin**
Cut it out!
**[21:21] Prez**
Romeo, just call me Romeo.
**[21:23] Club B**
But you're not Romeo?
**[21:25] Eiji**
So cold...
**[21:35] TsundeRin**
I-I only did it because I'm not cold!
**[21:38] TsundeRin**
And I can't have you getting sick.
**[21:42] Eiji**
I'm so psyched up
that I'm feeling warmer now!
**[21:46] Cool Rin**
If you get sick, I'll take care of you.
**[21:54] Eiji**
That's the kinda thing I oughta be saying...
**[21:57] Eiji**
It'd definitely get me girls.
**[22:04] Eiji**
All right, back to the grind.
**[22:10] Rin**
*Maybe I should dress lighter tomorrow...*
**[22:11] Rin**
*T-Twelve?!*
***SIGN*** Tomorrow's Weather
***SIGN*** Cloudy
**[22:16] Rin**
*I'll have to hang in there tomorrow.*
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