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E2 - On First Dates, Trouble Is Essential

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[00:02] ---
    This explanation pertains to quantum physics,
    rather then Adolescence Syndrome.
[00:08] ---
    Inside it, you place a cat,
[00:10] ---
    an atom which emits radiation at
    a probability of once per hour,
[00:16] ---
    and a device that emits poisonous gas
    when it senses that radiation.
[00:21] ---
    Then, place the lid on and wait 30 minutes.
[00:26] ---
    Here, we have a box
    that we prepared 30 minutes ago.
[00:29] ---
    Is this a cooking show?
[00:31] ---
    What do you think has happened
    to the cat in the box?
[00:34] ---
    Is it alive or dead?
[00:36] ---
    Since the poison gas is emitting
    at the probability of once per hour,
[00:40] ---
    then if it's 30 minutes,
    it's a fifty-fifty chance, right?
[00:42] ---
    To "confirm" the current condition,
    you must observe it.
[00:46] ---
    In other words, until opening the lid
    and confirming yourself,
[00:48] ---
    the cat is half alive and half dead.
[00:52] ---
    Are you saying it's the same for humans?
[00:55] ---
    Until an observer confirms the existence,
    it is not confirmed...
[02:31] ---
    MAY 20th
[02:37] ---
    It totally looks like we're a couple.
[02:41] ---
    Did you say something?
[02:42] ---
    No, nothing.
[02:43] ---
    It's fine. I mean, nobody around us can see me anyway.
[02:49] ---
    So that carrot you're holding right now...
[02:52] ---
    How does it appear to people who can't see you?
[02:55] ---
    Apparently, they can't see it.
[02:58] ---
    See?
[02:59] ---
    My guess is that whatever I touch
    becomes invisible.
[03:03] ---
    Then, what would happen
    if I were to touch you?
[03:07] ---
    Are you appealing to me
    that you want to hold hands?
[03:11] ---
    No, just an experiment.
[03:13] ---
    I won't hold hands for a reason like that.
[03:16] ---
    Actually, I just want to hold hands with you.
[03:20] ---
    And?
[03:22] ---
    I've never held hands with a girl,
    so please be my first.
[03:28] ---
    That sounds a bit creepy...
[03:30] ---
    But I'll give you a passing score for now.
[03:36] ---
    You're having lewd thoughts, aren't you?
[03:38] ---
    My thoughts are a hundred times
    more lewd than what you're imagining.
[03:43] ---
    But, since you're an adult,
    you're totally fine with that, right?
[03:47] ---
    Right. I think nothing of younger boys
    having erotic fantasies about me.
[03:53] ---
    Whoa!
[03:56] ---
    I guess they can still see me.
[03:59] ---
    I'm looking forward to seeing your place.
[04:02] ---
    I'm not letting you in.
    I live alone, anyway.
[04:05] ---
    Eh?
[04:06] ---
    Besides, aren't we still in the middle of a fight?
[04:08] ---
    That's because you're not being honest.
[04:11] ---
    If you want to keep working
    as an actress, you should.
[04:14] ---
    Mind your own business.
    You don't know anything.
[04:18] ---
    I know things.
[04:20] ---
    The reason is the photo book that came out
    in your third year of middle school.
[04:23] ---
    Your conditions were
    that swimsuits are an absolute no-go,
[04:27] ---
    but your mother the manager went ahead
    with the contract without your permission.
[04:30] ---
    That caused a huge argument,
[04:32] ---
    so you took a hiatus from show-biz
    to get revenge on your mother.
[04:37] ---
    But that's ridiculous.
[04:39] ---
    Shut up.
[04:40] ---
    There's no point if you throw away
    what you want the most, as well.
[04:46] ---
    I said shut up!
[04:47] ---
    I agonized and thought hard before deciding!
[04:50] ---
    I was still in middle school!
[04:52] ---
    But when I entered the studio,
    there was a swimsuit waiting for me.
[04:56] ---
    And they said the contract
    was already signed, so I had to do it.
[05:00] ---
    I forced myself to smile...
[05:04] ---
    In the end, she only thought about
    using me to make money.
[05:11] ---
    If so, that's all the more reason
    to return to show-biz.
[05:18] ---
    Why's that?
[05:19] ---
    Because you still have bitter feelings.
[05:23] ---
    Don't hold yourself back
    if you want to do it.
[05:25] ---
    You should do it.
[05:27] ---
    Deep down, you realize that too, Mai-san.
[05:32] ---
    The reason for my hiatus...
    Who'd you hear it from?
[05:34] ---
    Eh?
[05:37] ---
    Don't look away from me!
[05:37] ---
    Ow!
[05:39] ---
    Back during Kaede's incident,
[05:41] ---
    I got to know an announcer
    that came to do a report on bullying.
[05:44] ---
    Her name is Fumika Nanjo.
[05:46] ---
    Oh, her...
[05:48] ---
    She's been good to me before, too.
[05:50] ---
    She's interested in Adolescence Syndrome,
    and is doing an investigation on it.
[05:54] ---
    Sakuta-kun, did you make a deal with her
    in order to gain information about me?
[05:59] ---
    A photo... One of the scar on my chest.
[06:04] ---
    Idiot! Now you'll have reporters
    at your door with cameras!
[06:07] ---
    They'll wait around your home,
    resulting in hard times for your sister!
[06:13] ---
    Give me her contact info.
[06:15] ---
    You're such a queen, Mai-san.
[06:17] ---
    And you take television too lightly, Sakuta-kun.
[06:22] ---
    Sorry for the sudden call.
[06:24] ---
    This is Mai Sakurajima, we've had
    the pleasure of doing business before.
[06:28] ---
    It's been a while since we last spoke.
    Do you have some time?
[06:32] ---
    Is this about Sakuta-kun?
[06:34] ---
    What's your relation to him?
[06:36] ---
    He's a kouhai at my high school.
[06:39] ---
    I'd like you to refrain from showing
    the photo of his scar on television.

[06:44] ---
    In exchange, I will provide you
    with a particular news scoop.
[06:47] ---
    H-Hold it, Mai-san...
[06:50] ---
    I will be resuming my activities
    in show business soon.
[06:54] ---
    However, I won't be returning
    to my mother's agency.
[06:57] ---
    I will resume work from a different agency.
[06:59] ---
    When that happens, I promise you
    an exclusive interview with your media outlet.
[07:05] ---
    Sorry...
[07:06] ---
    Why are you apologizing?
[07:08] ---
    But you said you're going back to show-biz...
[07:10] ---
    I thought what you said was right.
[07:13] ---
    I liked acting for dramas and movies,
    and felt like I could keep doing it forever.
[07:19] ---
    Maybe it's because I kept lying
    to those feelings
[07:22] ---
    that I got into this weird
    Adolescence Syndrome situation.
[07:25] ---
    So, I came here tonight to tell you that.
[07:29] ---
    Of course, a part of it was
    because I was hungry.
[07:36] ---
    Here. This is my place.
[07:39] ---
    It's really close to our place!
[07:42] ---
    Sorry for slapping you earlier.
    And thanks for carrying the groceries.
[07:48] ---
    Oh, right...
[07:49] ---
    Let's hang out on Sunday.
[07:52] ---
    I won't have time to play around
    if I go back to show-biz.
[07:56] ---
    I've been living here for two years now,
    but I haven't even visited Kamakura yet.
[08:00] ---
    That means—
[08:01] ---
    It's not a date.
[08:04] ---
    Well then, let's meet at 2:30
    at the Enoden Fujisawa Station ticket gate.
[08:08] ---
    If you're one second late, I'll head home.
[08:12] ---
    In the end, it didn't matter what I did.
[08:16] ---
    Mai-san decided everything for herself.
[08:19] ---
    The world keeps spinning, huh...
[08:25] ---
    Ya-hoo!
[08:27] ---
    What's the matter, Big Brother?
[08:30] ---
    Hey! No peeking!
[08:32] ---
    Please share your "Ya-hoo" with Kaede too!
[08:37] ---
    MAY 25th
[08:45] ---
    A man's gotta be ready
    for any and all situations.
[08:57] ---
    What's wrong?
[09:02] ---
    You're not Mommy!
[09:03] ---
    So she's lost...
[09:05] ---
    I'll help you look for your Mommy,
    so stop crying.
[09:09] ---
    - Really?
    - Yeah.
[09:10] ---
    Go to hell, filthy pedophile!
[09:15] ---
    Now's your chance! Run!
[09:16] ---
    Hold on a second!
    Who're you calling a filthy pedophile!?
[09:19] ---
    Now, hurry!
[09:20] ---
    I'm saying you're wrong!
    She's a lost kid!
[09:23] ---
    We were just going to try
    to find her mother together!
[09:27] ---
    Eh?
[09:28] ---
    Yup.
[09:30] ---
    Man, that hurts!
[09:31] ---
    S-Sorry.
[09:33] ---
    I think it's split in two now.
[09:35] ---
    Eh? That's not good—
[09:37] ---
    Wait, it's already split!
[09:39] ---
    Sheesh, fine! I get it!
[09:43] ---
    - Bring it!
    - Huh?
[09:45] ---
    Go ahead and kick. That way, we'll be even.
[09:47] ---
    Wait, we'll be even?
[09:49] ---
    Hurry! I have an appointment with a friend!
[09:52] ---
    I also have an appointment—
[09:54] ---
    Then hurry!
[09:55] ---
    Oh, all right! Fine!
[09:58] ---
    Ouch!
[10:01] ---
    Hey, you there. What are you doing?
[10:05] ---
    Man, this is the worst!
[10:07] ---
    That's my line.
[10:09] ---
    You kept staring at your smartphone,
    which made the lecture longer than needed.
[10:12] ---
    But I had an incoming message.
[10:14] ---
    If I don't reply quickly,
    they'll stop being my friends.
[10:20] ---
    Oh, that's right, I had an appointment.
[10:22] ---
    Crap! I'm late! See ya!
[10:35] ---
    Well, that's to be expected...
[10:39] ---
    You have some nerve to make me wait
    for an hour and thirty eight minutes.
[10:45] ---
    What is it?
[10:46] ---
    Mai-san isn't a lovable girl that would
    admirably wait for a man running late.
[10:51] ---
    You must be an imposter!
[10:53] ---
    I see now how you've perceived me, Sakuta.
[10:57] ---
    You forgot the "-kun."
[10:59] ---
    Sakuta doesn't deserve more
    than just "Sakuta."
[11:03] ---
    I understand why you're late,
    but is that really all?
[11:06] ---
    That's all.
[11:07] ---
    If you're lying to me,
    I'll make you eat Pocky through your nose.
[11:12] ---
    One stick?
[11:13] ---
    One box.
[11:20] ---
    Hey, why do you look out for me so much?
[11:24] ---
    Eh?
[11:25] ---
    People usually don't look out
    for troublesome girls like me.
[11:28] ---
    You don't have any friends because
    your personality is so twisted like that.
[11:32] ---
    Give me a serious answer.
[11:34] ---
    Why are you meddling in my affairs?
[11:37] ---
    I'm just enthusiastic for a chance
    to get to know a beautiful senpai.
[11:41] ---
    Who told you to speak the truth so candidly?
[11:44] ---
    You were the one who said to be serious.
[11:51] ---
    Because it's hard to be in trouble
    when you don't have anyone to rely on.
[11:55] ---
    When my little sister Kaede
    had her outburst of Adolescence Syndrome,
[11:59] ---
    nobody believed us...
[12:01] ---
    What about your parents?
[12:02] ---
    We live apart nowadays.
[12:05] ---
    Mom couldn't handle everything
    that was happening with Kaede.
[12:09] ---
    But one person did lend a serious ear to us.
[12:14] ---
    If I hadn't met that person,
    I probably wouldn't have gotten over it, either.
[12:18] ---
    So I was hoping I could be to you
    what that person was to me.
[12:23] ---
    It's a woman, isn't it?
[12:25] ---
    Eh?
[12:26] ---
    I'm getting off.
[12:27] ---
    Eh? What about Kamakura?
[12:29] ---
    It's already evening, since you were so late.
[12:32] ---
    Oh, hold on!
[12:43] ---
    Did you know?
[12:45] ---
    The distance to the horizon seen at eye level
    is roughly four kilometers.
[12:53] ---
    My name is Shoko Makinohara.
[12:56] ---
    Makinohara spelled like Makinohara Rest Area,
[12:59] ---
    and Shoko spelled as "child soaring the skies."
[13:02] ---
    What's your name, young man?
[13:04] ---
    We met in my third year of middle school.
    She was a second-year high schooler.
[13:08] ---
    She wore the uniform
    of Minegahara High School.
[13:11] ---
    Could it be that you applied to Minegahara
    to follow in her footsteps?
[13:16] ---
    Well, you got me there.
[13:18] ---
    But you were rejected?
[13:19] ---
    No, I haven't asked her out...
    because I couldn't find her.
[13:24] ---
    No student of such name
    existed at Minegahara.
[13:28] ---
    I checked all the alumni rosters, too.
    She wasn't there.
[13:33] ---
    But I'm positive I met someone
    named Shoko Makinohara,
[13:37] ---
    and that her existence saved me.
[13:40] ---
    Are you still in love with her?
[13:42] ---
    I was totally in love with her.
[13:44] ---
    To say "I love another woman"
    in the middle of a date, you're the worst.
[13:47] ---
    Even though it was you who asked?
[13:49] ---
    Besides, I WAS in love. That's important!
[13:53] ---
    Looks like she's here.
[13:56] ---
    Who is that?
[13:57] ---
    To: Manager — (no title)
    Come to Shichirigahama Beach at 5pm
    on Sunday, May 25th
[13:58] ---
    Manager?
[14:00] ---
    Wait, that's your mother?
[14:02] ---
    If I'm going to be returning to show-biz,
    and sign a contract with a different agency,
[14:06] ---
    then we need to have a proper chat.
[14:08] ---
    Is it going to be all right?
[14:10] ---
    We'll continue our date when I'm done,
    so just wait here.
[14:31] ---
    You're kidding...
[14:33] ---
    Are you the one who called me out
    to a place like this?
[14:37] ---
    Who are you? What do you want?
[14:42] ---
    I'm Sakuta Azusagawa,
    a kouhai of Mai-san.
[14:46] ---
    A kouhai of who?
[14:47] ---
    Mai-san.
[14:49] ---
    Who is that?
[14:50] ---
    Who...?
[14:52] ---
    I'm talking about your daughter!
[14:54] ---
    What are you talking about?
    I don't have a daughter. Quit joking.
[14:58] ---
    Who's really joking here!?
[15:00] ---
    The text... An appointment to meet today...
[15:02] ---
    You mean this one?
[15:03] ---
    From: — (no title)
    Come to Shichirigahama Beach at 5pm
    on Sunday, May 25th
[15:04] ---
    But I can't figure out who the sender is.
[15:05] ---
    From:
[15:07] ---
    I remember forcing myself
    to make some time for this appointment...
[15:12] ---
    ...but what is all of this about?
[15:13] ---
    This is totally absurd!
[15:16] ---
    You're her mother!
    How can you forget your own daughter!?
[15:19] ---
    That's enough!
[15:20] ---
    Why? We're not done talking yet!
[15:22] ---
    Please, stop already!
[15:23] ---
    Don't pull weird pranks like this.
    I won't go along any more.
[15:33] ---
    Um, excuse me.
[15:35] ---
    Do you know about Mai Sakurajima?
[15:37] ---
    You know, the one that broke out
    in that morning drama.
[15:39] ---
    Hmm... I don't know who that is.
[15:44] ---
    The fact she's no longer visible...
[15:47] ---
    What if she's not just vanishing from sight,
    but also from people's memories?

[15:53] ---
    Mai Sakurajima? Who's that?
[15:57] ---
    Hello?
[15:58] ---
    You don't know who Mai Sakurajima is?
[16:01] ---
    No idea. Who is that?
[16:03] ---
    Then what about the photo?
[16:04] ---
    I promised you to not disclose it.
    I remember that.
[16:08] ---
    Who did you promise?
[16:10] ---
    That'd be you of course, Sakuta-kun.
[16:14] ---
    Thanks for everything today. See you.
[16:18] ---
    Wait!
[16:20] ---
    Mai-san, let's go!
[16:21] ---
    Go where?
[16:23] ---
    If we go to a far away city,
    there might be someone who can still see you!
[16:28] ---
    Let's find out!
[16:30] ---
    What'll we do once we find out?
[16:32] ---
    What good is there knowing nobody
    other than you can see or remember me?
[16:37] ---
    At the very least,
    I can be by your side the whole way.
[16:43] ---
    How cheeky for someone
    younger than me.
[16:45] ---
    It is a date, after all.
[16:49] ---
    Very well.
[16:50] ---
    If you're saying that you don't want
    to take me back home yet...
[16:53] ---
    I'll continue this date for you.
[16:57] ---
    Please leave your message after the tone.
[17:01] ---
    Kaede, it's me.
[17:04] ---
    Hello? What's wrong?
[17:07] ---
    Sorry, I won't be home tonight.
[17:09] ---
    I have a far away errand to run.
[17:11] ---
    What errand is that?
[17:13] ---
    Do you remember the girl Mai Sakurajima
    that came by our place a while ago?

[17:17] ---
    I don't know her...
[17:19] ---
    It's fine if you don't know.
[17:21] ---
    You can have the instant noodles
    in the kitchen cupboard for dinner. Bear with me.

[17:24] ---
    NEW EXPRESS - TO OGAKI
[17:26] ---
    I'll call you again.
[17:30] ---
    The population is second in Gifu prefecture,
    right after the city of Gifu, they say.
[17:34] ---
    What are you talking about?
[17:35] ---
    Ogaki, where this train is headed.
[17:38] ---
    Ah.
[17:39] ---
    It also says they have an abundance
    of underground water.
[17:41] ---
    I welcome places with clear waters...
[17:45] ---
    Hey, Sakuta.
[17:46] ---
    What is it?
[17:48] ---
    Can you see me?
[17:51] ---
    I see you.
[17:52] ---
    Can you hear me?
[17:54] ---
    Loud and clear.
[17:55] ---
    Do you remember who I am?
[17:57] ---
    Mai Sakurajima.
[17:59] ---
    Third year in Kanagawa Prefectural
    Minegahara High School.
[18:03] ---
    Debuted as a child actor,
    and had all sorts of popular roles.
[18:07] ---
    She has a twisted personality,
    and is never honest.
[18:10] ---
    How so?
[18:11] ---
    How you're so uncertain,
    but you decide to hide it.
[18:16] ---
    I didn't say you could hold that.
[18:18] ---
    I want to hold it.
[18:23] ---
    Oh, fine...
    Special treatment, just for now.
[18:30] ---
    Um, do you know who Mai Sakurajima is?
[18:32] ---
    She was in a bullet train commercial, too.
[18:35] ---
    Sakurajima... was there a talent by that name?
[18:40] ---
    Thanks.
[18:43] ---
    So cramped!
[18:45] ---
    To be expected. I'm taking a bath.
[18:50] ---
    No peeking.
[18:51] ---
    I'm fine.
[18:53] ---
    I could fill myself up three times over
    with the sound of the shower alone.
[18:59] ---
    In this case, letting the young boy agonize
    by allowing him to only listen
[19:03] ---
    would be the etiquette
    of a composed, mature woman.
[19:07] ---
    Of course I know that. On the other hand,
    don't you go starting anything weird, okay?
[19:13] ---
    Anything weird?
[19:15] ---
    Idiot! I don't care!
[19:19] ---
    She was really cute just now...
[19:26] ---
    Yes?
[19:27] ---
    Hey, Kunimi? It's me.
[19:29] ---
    What time do you think it is?
[19:32] ---
    It's 1:16.
[19:33] ---
    I already know that.
[19:36] ---
    It's an emergency. Help me out here.
[19:38] ---
    What should I do?
[19:40] ---
    Do you remember Sakurajima-senpai?
[19:42] ---
    Huh? Of course I do.
[19:44] ---
    Right, you wouldn't kno—
[19:47] ---
    Wait, you do remember her!
    I mean Sakurajima-senpai, you know?
[19:49] ---
    I'm telling you, of course I know about her.
[19:52] ---
    Is that all you wanted? I'm going to sleep.
[19:55] ---
    Hold on! Can you give me Futaba's number?
[19:58] ---
    Do you have any idea what time it is?
[20:01] ---
    It's 1:19.
[20:03] ---
    It's 21 past. Your clock is a bit slow.
[20:08] ---
    I see...
[20:09] ---
    So the talk about Adolescence Syndrome
    the other day was about this.

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    I want to figure out why something
    like this is happening, and how to resolve it.
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    You sure speak nonsense, Azusagawa.
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    Well, I'm desperate.
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    Kunimi once said that a good part about you
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    is that you say "Thank you,"
    "Sorry," and "Help me."
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    What about school tomorrow?
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    I don't think I'll make it in the morning. Why?
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    I figured the reason might be
    something about school.

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    Since Sakurajima-senpai is visible
    to the students at school, after all.

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    I see...
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    I'll think about it some more,
    but don't get your hopes up.

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    Thanks.
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    It might be in the afternoon,
    but I'll be at school tomorrow.
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    Sorry for all this so late.
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    Wah! The shower is already over!
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    What should I do for underwear?
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    Huh?
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    I don't mind the same clothes,
    but not the same underwear.
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    It's somehow strange.
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    Being in an unknown city like this.
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    I thought you went
    to all sorts of places for work?
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    That's just me being taken around.
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    Oh, I know how that is.
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    But the strangest part of it all is that
    the person walking with me is a younger boy.
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    I never thought I'd be in a faraway city
    with THE Mai Sakurajima, either.
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    It's an honor, no?
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    I'll never forget it.
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    I'll never forget, for sure.
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    And if you forget?
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    I'll eat Pocky through my nose.
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    So cramped.
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    You want me to leave?
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    Talk to me. Tell me an entertaining story.
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    That's quite the hurdle.
    Are you having fun troubling me?
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    But Sakuta, you enjoy it
    when I'm poking fun at you.
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    I doubt any guy out there wouldn't find ecstasy
    in getting bullied by a beautiful senpai.
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    Is that a compliment?
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    A rave review.
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    I see...
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    Hey, why don't we kiss?
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    Mai-san, are you frustrated?
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    Idiot.
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    Let's go to sleep. Good night.
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    Hey, Sakuta.
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    I thought we were going to sleep?
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    If I started trembling and crying that
    I didn't want to disappear, what would you do?
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    I'd hold you from behind, and whisper
    in your ear that everything's all right.
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    Then I'll never say it.
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    Huh? Are you dissatisfied?
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    You may take advantage of the situation
    and touch my breasts or something...
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    I decided to go back into show-biz,
    so this is no time for me to disappear.
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    Right.
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    I want to be in dramas, and another movie too.
    Stage acting, on-camera acting.
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    I finally got to know a cheeky younger boy,
    and it started getting fun to go to school...
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    I will absolutely never forget.
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    Is there such a thing as absolute?
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    So you can kiss whenever you want.
    It doesn't have to be me.
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    Anything is a piece of cake for Mai-san.
    You can do anything.
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    You're right.
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    Though, that was your first and last chance
    to steal my first kiss.
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    If you said that first, I would have done it.
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    You can't anymore.
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    Thank you.
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    For not giving up on me...
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    Thank you.
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    Nothing less from you, Azusagawa.
    Such a rascal.
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    Next time
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