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E1 - My Senpai is a Bunny Girl

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[00:04] ---
    Hey, why don't we kiss?
[00:08] ---
    This girl who teases me, saying as such...
[00:16] ---
    Wait... who is she?
[00:26] ---
    MAY 29th
[00:28] ---
    "What is written hereafter is
    truly something unbelievable, but...
[00:35] ---
    Everything is the truth,
    so make sure to read until the very end.
[00:39] ---
    You have to!"
[00:41] ---
    What is this?
[00:43] ---
    It was my senpai, a third-year
    at Minegahara High School.
    I went to Fujisawa Library, and there...
[00:44] ---
    "May 6th. I met a wild bunny girl."
SIGN    #1 - My Senpai is a Bunny Girl
[02:26] ---
    MAY 6th
[02:54] ---
    What the hell?
[03:08] ---
    I'm surprised.
    So, you can still see me?
[03:15] ---
    See you, then.
[03:19] ---
    Um, you're Sakurajima-senpai, aren't you?
[03:23] ---
    If you're calling me "senpai",
    it means you go to Minegahara High School?
[03:29] ---
    I'm Sakuta Azusagawa, class 2-1.
[03:32] ---
    Azusagawa is spelled like the Azusagawa Rest Area,
    and Sakuta is spelled "blooming Taro".
[03:36] ---
    I'm Mai Sakurajima.
[03:39] ---
    Sakurajima is spelled like Mai Sakurajima,
    and Mai is spelled like Mai Sakurajima.
[03:42] ---
    I know. You're a celebrity.
[03:46] ---
    I'll give you one warning.
[03:48] ---
    Forget about what you saw today.
[03:50] ---
    Also, don't have anything to do with me
    under any circumstances.
[03:55] ---
    If you understand, then say "yes."
[04:12] ---
    She told me to forget, but...
[04:17] ---
    Kaede, it's morning. Wake up.
[04:21] ---
    Big Brother, it's cold.
[04:23] ---
    Heavy!
[04:25] ---
    Half of Kaede is made of her feelings for you.
[04:28] ---
    What's with that embarrassing setup?
[04:31] ---
    You're already at a decent age,
    maybe outgrow crawling into my bed.
[04:37] ---
    I see, because you wake up too excited.
[04:40] ---
    Who'd get excited over their little sister?
[04:47] ---
    Hey, do you like bunny girls, Kunimi?
[04:50] ---
    No, not exactly.
[04:52] ---
    So you love them?
[04:54] ---
    Yep, I love them!
[04:56] ---
    For example, if you were to bump into
    a pretty bunny girl at the library,
[04:59] ---
    what would you do?
[05:01] ---
    I'd do a double-take.
[05:02] ---
    Right?
[05:03] ---
    Then, I'd totally gawk at her.
[05:05] ---
    Right?
[05:11] ---
    KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL
    MINEGAHARA HIGH SCHOOL
[05:18] ---
    Hey, Kunimi...
[05:19] ---
    You can see Sakurajima-senpai, can't you?
[05:22] ---
    Yeah, crystal clear.
[05:24] ---
    I wonder what kind of a person she is.
[05:26] ---
    Hmm... Well, she's a celebrity, right?
[05:29] ---
    Yeah, she would be.
[05:31] ---
    She's still in showbiz,
    even though she's on hiatus, right?
[05:34] ---
    Yeah, and I was surprised to discover
    that she attends our school.
[05:39] ---
    It's nice to see you show interest
    in a girl other than Shoko Makinohara,
[05:44] ---
    but she's probably impossible, even for you.
[05:46] ---
    I wasn't going to ask her out,
    let alone be in love with her.
[05:50] ---
    Then what's up?
[05:51] ---
    Well, just thinking how I've never seen her
    together with someone else at school.
[05:57] ---
    She's always alone, you know.
[05:59] ---
    Morning, Yuuma!
[06:01] ---
    Hey, Kamisato.
[06:02] ---
    See ya, Sakuta.
[06:12] ---
    I heard from a senpai on my team...
[06:15] ---
    Apparently Sakurajima didn't come to school
    at the start of her first year.
[06:20] ---
    Why?
[06:21] ---
    For work.
[06:22] ---
    She declared going on hiatus
    straight out of middle school,
[06:27] ---
    but she was locked into some prior titles,
    so she apparently was busy.
[06:31] ---
    He said she didn't seriously go to school
    until after summer break.
[06:36] ---
    That's a bit rough.
[06:37] ---
    Isn't it?
[06:39] ---
    Sakurajima-senpai, the celebrity who
    started school midway through the first year,

[06:44] ---
    is totally an outsider.
[06:46] ---
    Once the class takes its shape,
    it doesn't change easily.

[06:51] ---
    Others will talk behind your back if you stand out,
    calling you annoying or a show off.

[06:57] ---
    And once that happens, everyone knows
    that there's no going back.

[07:02] ---
    That's the kind of pace a school is...
[07:05] ---
    Nobody can approach
    Sakurajima-senpai to talk to her.

[07:08] ---
    They don't want to stand out,
    to be isolated...

[07:12] ---
    That's why Sakurajima-senpai
    is also reading the situation,

[07:15] ---
    and pretending to act accordingly.
[07:17] ---
    I'm sure.
[07:19] ---
    Hey, I need to talk to you.
[07:22] ---
    I'll be blunt.
    Don't talk to Yuuma ever again.
[07:26] ---
    I don't think I'm interfering
    in Kunimi's relationship with you, Kamisato.
[07:31] ---
    That's not what I mean!
[07:33] ---
    Everyone knows about
    the Hospitalization Incident.
[07:36] ---
    Oh, that Hospitalization Incident...
[07:39] ---
    If Yuuma hangs out with the class loner,
    his popularity will plummet.
[07:43] ---
    I'd feel sorry for him if that happened.
[07:45] ---
    So by that logic, your own popularity
    is taking a nosedive, as well.
[07:50] ---
    But you're fine with that?
[07:51] ---
    Are you picking a fight?
[07:53] ---
    Just accepting your challenge.
[07:54] ---
    Why are you so irritated?
    Are you on your period?
[07:56] ---
    Wha—
[07:58] ---
    Die, idiot! Just die!
[08:00] ---
    This just can't be! You're the worst!
[08:01] ---
    In the end...
[08:03] ---
    Everyone says "I'm bored" or "Isn't there
    anything interesting out there?" like pet phrases.

[08:09] ---
    But in reality, none of them are
    really looking for a change.

[08:29] ---
    That's gotta be Mai Sakurajima.
[08:32] ---
    Eh?
[08:33] ---
    See? That's totally her!
[08:36] ---
    I'll take a pic just in case.
[08:37] ---
    Eh?
[08:38] ---
    Come on, look this way a bit more.
[08:43] ---
    Wh-What the hell are you?
[08:46] ---
    A human. What are you,
    an ogling photographer?
[08:49] ---
    Wha— Why, you..!
[08:50] ---
    Stop that. Let's go.
[08:54] ---
    What's with that guy?
    Like it's anything much.
[09:02] ---
    Thanks.
[09:05] ---
    You thought I'd get mad
    and say to mind your own business?
[09:08] ---
    Yes.
[09:09] ---
    I thought it, but I'm holding it in.
[09:12] ---
    Then I wish you didn't say that, either.
[09:14] ---
    I'm used to stuff like that.
[09:17] ---
    Even so, it wears you down inside, doesn't it?
[09:21] ---
    Wears down...
    You're right about that.
[09:26] ---
    "Incoming call - Manager"
[09:30] ---
    You don't have to answer that?
[09:32] ---
    The train is here.
[09:33] ---
    Besides, I know what that woman wants.
[09:42] ---
    About that thing yesterday...
[09:43] ---
    I warned you to forget about it, didn't I?
[09:46] ---
    That bunny outfit was so erotic,
    it's impossible to forget.
[09:49] ---
    H-Hang on! You didn't do anything weird
    while thinking about me, did you?
[09:53] ---
    Well, I'm totally fine with being the subject
    of erotic fantasies for young boys...
[10:01] ---
    You know, Azusagawa-kun.
[10:03] ---
    You remembered my name.
[10:05] ---
    I saw the rumors about you...
[10:07] ---
    Minegahara High School homepage
    High Schools in Kanagawa
[10:07] ---
    Something about a violent incident where
    you sent three classmates to the hospital?
[10:10] ---
    1) Sakuta Azusagawa - dude sent 3 classmates
    to the hospital after a violent incident in middle school.
    He moved outta Yokohama - where'd he go?
[10:12] ---
    2) What's this hospitalization incident?
    3) so scary lolol....
[10:12] ---
    I'm honored that you'd take an interest in me.
[10:15] ---
    It's really amazing.
[10:16] ---
    All this information about one individual
    being out in the open like this.
[10:20] ---
    I didn't know it was written
    to this extent, though.
[10:23] ---
    You don't look it up yourself?
[10:25] ---
    I don't have a smartphone.
[10:27] ---
    Really?
[10:28] ---
    I used to, but I got frustrated
    and tossed it into the sea.
[10:32] ---
    Throw trash away into trash cans.
[10:35] ---
    You don't have any friends, do you?
[10:37] ---
    Friends? I have two, even.
[10:39] ---
    Can you say "even" with just two?
[10:42] ---
    I feel having two friends
    is more than enough.
[10:46] ---
    I just have to be friends with them
    for the rest of my life.
[10:49] ---
    I see...
[10:51] ---
    So, what did you think about
    the Hospitalization Incident rumors?
[10:56] ---
    It's pretty clear after some thought.
[10:59] ---
    Someone who caused such a huge incident
    couldn't attend school like nothing happened.
[11:04] ---
    I wish my class could hear that line.
[11:08] ---
    If it's wrong, then you need to tell them such.
[11:11] ---
    A rumor is kind of like
    the atmosphere, isn't it?
[11:14] ---
    Since lately, the atmosphere
    is something you need to read.
[11:18] ---
    That "atmosphere" that labels you as
    a bad person if you can't read it.
[11:22] ---
    And the people creating that atmosphere
    don't have a sense of participation,
[11:28] ---
    so it's foolish to try
    and fight against the atmosphere.
[11:31] ---
    So you're leaving misunderstandings be,
    and giving up before even fighting.
[11:50] ---
    Your turn to talk, Senpai.
    What was all that about yesterday?
[11:58] ---
    I made my debut when I was six years old...
[12:02] ---
    After getting the lead role
    for the morning drama series,
[12:05] ---
    television, movies, commercials...
    I was always in the public eye.
[12:10] ---
    There wasn't a day where I didn't
    see Mai Sakurajima on TV.
[12:15] ---
    It was fun in the beginning,
    but it gradually became more stressful.
[12:20] ---
    People would notice and say,
    "That's THE Mai Sakurajima!" everywhere I went.
[12:24] ---
    And at some point, I started wishing...
[12:27] ---
    ...that I could go to a world
    where nobody knew who I was.
[12:32] ---
    I first noticed that people weren't able
    to see me at the beginning of a 4-day weekend.
[12:38] ---
    On a whim, I went to the aquarium.
[12:40] ---
    Alone?
[12:42] ---
    Is that bad?
[12:50] ---
    ...and that's what she said.
[12:52] ---
    - Eh? You're kidding me!
    - It's true!
[12:56] ---
    I thought it was just me at first,
    since they were focused on viewing the fish.
[13:02] ---
    But when I stopped in a café
    on my way home...
[13:05] ---
    Um, excuse me...
[13:09] ---
    Excuse me...
[13:12] ---
    Welcome.
[13:14] ---
    Was it a shop that you did something
    so terrible they banned your patronage?
[13:18] ---
    Of course not.
[13:20] ---
    Senpai, your foot...
[13:22] ---
    Is something wrong with my foot?
[13:24] ---
    No, I'm ecstatic that you
    are stomping on mine.
[13:27] ---
    In any case, quickly left the café
    and went home.
[13:32] ---
    But after returning to Fujisawa,
    everyone saw me normally.
[13:36] ---
    So I went around, seeing if something
    similar would happen in other places.
[13:40] ---
    That's why you were a bunny girl...
[13:43] ---
    Looking like this, people would stare
    if they saw me, right?
[13:46] ---
    So you're going out as
    a wild bunny girl again today?
[13:50] ---
    Right, so don't get in the way.
[13:56] ---
    One custard bun, please.
[14:01] ---
    Excuse me, one custard bun, please.
[14:07] ---
    Excuse me. A custard-filled bun.
[14:09] ---
    Okay. Just one?
[14:11] ---
    Yes, just one.
[14:14] ---
    Aren't you at all troubled by this?
[14:18] ---
    Right. Not being able to eat
    the custard-filled buns here is a problem.
[14:22] ---
    But do you actually believe
    this insane story of mine?
[14:27] ---
    I know what stories like that are called.
[14:31] ---
    "Adolescence Syndrome," right?
[14:40] ---
    Adolescence Syndrome, huh...
[14:43] ---
    Hearing other people's thoughts,
    or seeing another person's future,
[14:48] ---
    or swapping bodies with someone else...
[14:52] ---
    Rumors of that nature
    started being called Adolescence Syndrome,
[14:56] ---
    though nobody knows who coined the term.
[14:59] ---
    That's just an urban legend.
[15:03] ---
    What's this?
[15:04] ---
    My apartment.
[15:07] ---
    I won't do anything to you.
[15:09] ---
    There's something I'd like to show you
    so you'll believe me when I say...
[15:12] ---
    "I believe you."
[15:25] ---
    You keep it rather clean.
[15:27] ---
    Senpai, you—
[15:28] ---
    Stop with that "Senpai" thing.
    I don't recall ever becoming your senpai.
[15:33] ---
    Sakurajima-san?
[15:34] ---
    My last name is a bit long.
[15:36] ---
    Then, Mai.
[15:37] ---
    Remember to add the "-san."
[15:39] ---
    Then, Mai-san.
[15:42] ---
    You really don't come across as "Azusagawa,"
    so I'll call you "Sakuta-kun."
[15:46] ---
    Wh-Why are you stripping!?
    You said you weren't going to do anything!
[15:49] ---
    Filthy! Perverted! Exhibitionist!
[15:59] ---
    That's real, isn't it?
[16:01] ---
    You think there are idiots
    who'd wear special make-up like this?
[16:06] ---
    Can I touch it?
[16:07] ---
    Go ahead.
[16:12] ---
    Don't make any weird noises!
[16:13] ---
    It's a bit sensitive there, so please be gentle.
[16:17] ---
    Like this?
[16:18] ---
    That feels really good.
[16:20] ---
    Ow! Pain! Let go!
[16:22] ---
    You just seem to be enjoying this.
[16:25] ---
    Anyway, what caused such a wound?
[16:28] ---
    Actually, I'm not really sure.
[16:34] ---
    My little sister Kaede.
[16:38] ---
    She wasn't assaulted or anything.
    Just bullied on the internet.
[16:43] ---
    I don't get what you're trying to say.
[16:45] ---
    Something about not replying
    to a message...
[16:48] ---
    A girl who was the leader
    of her class started hating her,
[16:51] ---
    and people wrote all sorts of insults
    in social media groups.
[16:54] ---
    DIE KAEDE
[16:56] ---
    And then, one day...
[16:58] ---
    Welcome home.
[17:01] ---
    Big Brother...
[17:02] ---
    Hmm? What's wrong?
[17:11] ---
    This is why I believe
    Adolescence Syndrome really exists.
[17:17] ---
    That wound is from back then, too?
[17:20] ---
    I have no idea how or why.
[17:22] ---
    I awoke one morning covered in blood,
    and was hospitalized.
[17:27] ---
    Is that the truth
    behind the Hospitalization Incident?
[17:29] ---
    Yeah, I was the one sent to the hospital.
[17:33] ---
    Big Brother, are you there?
[17:37] ---
    S-So sorry!
[17:39] ---
    If you were going to call for a professional lady
    delivered to you, please say so in advance!
[17:42] ---
    Kaede, you're making
    a big misunderstanding.
[17:45] ---
    Then, is she making you buy a vase?
[17:48] ---
    I'm not being forced.
[17:49] ---
    What about English-learning supplies...
[17:50] ---
    I wasn't even recommended one,
    so rest assured.
[17:53] ---
    She's a senpai from my school.
[17:56] ---
    I'm Mai Sakurajima. Nice to meet you.
[18:01] ---
    Nice to meet you. I'm Kaede Azusagawa.
[18:05] ---
    Um, she said, "Nice to meet you.
    I'm Kaede Azusagawa."
[18:11] ---
    And this is Nasuno.
[18:13] ---
    "And this is Nasuno," she says.
[18:17] ---
    Thanks for letting me know, Kaede-chan.
[18:22] ---
    Sorry about that.
    She's very afraid of strangers.
[18:25] ---
    Nowadays she loves the house so much,
    she doesn't even go to school anymore...
[18:29] ---
    So she doesn't know about me?
[18:32] ---
    That's because...
    She doesn't watch much TV.
[18:36] ---
    For Kaede, distancing herself from the internet
    subsided symptoms of Adolescence Syndrome.
[18:42] ---
    Hence why I threw my smartphone
    into the sea.
[18:45] ---
    So you're saying my case
    bares similarity to this?
[18:49] ---
    I mean, you're reacting
    to the atmosphere at school perfectly.
[18:54] ---
    So to avoid making the situation any worse,
[18:57] ---
    it's better for you
    to return to show business.
[19:01] ---
    Why's that?
[19:03] ---
    If you stand out a lot on TV,
    everyone else won't leave you alone,
[19:07] ---
    even if you play
    the role of the atmosphere.
[19:09] ---
    Besides, you seem to want
    to return to show-biz yourself.
[19:13] ---
    When did I ever say such a thing?
[19:16] ---
    I mean, you had a disapproving look
    towards the movie ad on the train.
[19:22] ---
    I think you should do what you want.
[19:25] ---
    You have skill and experience,
    even a manager who eagerly awaits your—
[19:30] ---
    She has nothing to do with this.
[19:33] ---
    Mind your own business.
[19:36] ---
    Oh, the bathroom is—
[19:37] ---
    I'm going home!
[19:40] ---
    Wait, this—
[19:41] ---
    Keep it!
[19:48] ---
    Since then, Mai-san hasn't shown up to school.
[19:53] ---
    I seem to have stepped on
    a huge landmine or such.

[19:56] ---
    Mai Sakurajima hiatus reason
[19:57] ---
    Touched a part of Mai-san
    I wasn't supposed to.

[20:02] ---
    Related words: Mai Sakurajima pregnant / mother
    sleeping up the ladder / wrist-cut wounds
    fleeing overseas / porn / schoolgirl prostitution
[20:12] ---
    Hey, Kunimi...
[20:14] ---
    Do you know why Mai Sakurajima
    said she was going on hiatus?
[20:18] ---
    Wasn't it to focus on studying,
    or at least superficially?
[20:22] ---
    Azusagawa, that female announcer
    is here again.
[20:28] ---
    It's been a while.
[20:30] ---
    And who were you again?
[20:32] ---
    I see, so that's how you're playing.
[20:34] ---
    Then, nice to meet you.
[20:36] ---
    BKS Television - Announcer Division
    Fumika Nanjo
[20:36] ---
    This is who I am.
[20:40] ---
    And what can I do for you today?
[20:42] ---
    I was in the area
    covering a story about young sardines.
[20:45] ---
    Since I had the afternoon off,
    I came to see you.
[20:48] ---
    And your order?
[20:49] ---
    One Sakuta-kun to-go, please.
[20:51] ---
    You seem to be out of your mind,
    so I'll assume your order is one ambulance?
[20:57] ---
    You still can't bring yourself
    to talk about the incident?
[21:00] ---
    Not for the rest of my life.
[21:02] ---
    I'd just need one picture
    of the scar on your chest.
[21:06] ---
    No way.
[21:09] ---
    Nanjo-san, would you know the reason
    why Mai Sakurajima went on hiatus?
[21:15] ---
    I think I know things normal folks don't,
    to say the least.
[21:27] ---
    I hear you're head-over-heels
    for Sakurajima-senpai lately.
[21:31] ---
    So you've gotten over
    Shoko Makinohara, then?
[21:34] ---
    First Kunimi, now you...
    Why do you guys make that connection?
[21:37] ---
    Add sugar if you want.
[21:39] ---
    This is safe, right?
[21:41] ---
    It's probably sugar inside.
    I mean, it's white.
[21:45] ---
    So what did you want to ask me?
[21:47] ---
    Well, Futaba, do you think it's possible
    to lose sight of someone?
[21:51] ---
    If you're worried about your vision,
    go see an optometrist.
[21:54] ---
    That's not the issue.
[21:56] ---
    As in someone is there but you
    can't see them, like the invisible man.
[22:01] ---
    Are you trying to sneak into
    the girls' bathroom or something?
[22:04] ---
    Nothing less from you, Azusagawa.
    Such a rascal.
[22:06] ---
    I'm not into scat.
[22:08] ---
    If you're referring to Adolescence Syndrome,
    I believe I've already said it before,
[22:12] ---
    but I stand in the denial camp.
[22:15] ---
    I know. It's just unreasonable.
    So I came here for a reasonable explanation.
[22:21] ---
    For instance, I'm sitting right
    in front of you, Futaba.
[22:24] ---
    Is it logically possible for me
    to become invisible to you?
[22:28] ---
    I'd need to be engrossed in something,
    or simply space out.
[22:32] ---
    The human brain doesn't look at
    the things it doesn't want to see.
[22:35] ---
    That's true.
    But if it isn't something like that...
[22:38] ---
    There's also the measurement theory.
[22:40] ---
    Measurement theory?
[22:42] ---
    The theory that the existence of something
    is confirmed only when it is observed.
[22:49] ---
    Surely you've at least heard
    about the cat in the box, right?
[22:53] ---
    Oh, right, that was...
[22:56] ---
    Schrödinger's Cat.
[23:01] ---
    Mai Sakurajima existed while in show-biz,
    when everyone could see her...

[23:09] ---
    Can I have one custard bun, please?
[23:11] ---
    Okay, one custard bun.
[23:15] ---
    Um, do you know who Mai Sakurajima is?
[23:18] ---
    Huh?
[23:19] ---
    You know, the child actor Mai Sakurajima,
    who got her break in that morning drama.
[23:24] ---
    Sakurajima?
[23:26] ---
    Was there someone by that name?
[23:31] ---
    The fact that people no longer see her
    means not only that people cannot see her...

[23:36] ---
    In other words, her existence in itself...
[23:56] ---
    You're finally home.
[24:00] ---
    You wanted to see me that much?
[24:06] ---
    "I'm starving."
[24:08] ---
    Your personality sucks.
[24:09] ---
    I'm aware, more or less.
[24:12] ---
    When did you change into
    a hungry-girl type, by the way?
[24:15] ---
    I can't buy anything.
[24:17] ---
    For two weeks, more and more people
    have become unable to see me.
[24:22] ---
    Anywhere around Fujisawa Station
    is no good anymore.
[24:28] ---
    For now, here.
    Want to eat this?
[24:38] ---
    "May 6th. I met a wild bunny girl.
[24:42] ---
    This was the beginning. This is how we met.
[24:46] ---
    There's no way I can forget.
[24:48] ---
    You must remember, even if you forget.
[24:50] ---
    Be sure to do a good job, future me."
[24:55] ---
    Nothing less from you, Azusagawa.
    Such a rascal.
[24:56] ---
    Next time
    #2 On First Dates, Trouble is Essential