# E7 - Adolescence Paradox
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRJ0V9Z8Y/adolescence-paradox)
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Did you know?
**[00:08] ---**
The distance to the horizon seen at eye level
is roughly four kilometers.
**[00:16] ---**
Do people around here suddenly start talking
to people they've never met?
**[00:21] ---**
Oh, do you think I'm strange, by chance?
**[00:25] ---**
No, you're just annoying.
**[00:28] ---**
That's taboo for a high school girl.
**[00:30] ---**
"Annoying," "uncool" and "can't take hints"
are the three big taboos.
**[00:35] ---**
You seem to be sulking quite a bit.
Did something bad happen?
**[00:43] ---**
My name is Shoko Makinohara.
**[00:46] ---**
Makinohara spelled like Makinohara Rest Area,
**[00:49] ---**
and Shoko spelled as "child soaring the skies."
**[00:52] ---**
What's your name, young man?
**[01:01] ---**
Good morning, Big Brother.
**[01:04] ---**
Kaede, I've told you countless times,
stop crawling into my bed.
**[01:09] ---**
Is it because you'd become aware
of the urge for forbidden love?
**[01:12] ---**
That's not it.
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Simply put, you should stop
because it's hot.
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AUGUST 2nd
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*The girl that appeared that day
with the abandoned cat...*
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*...had the same name as my first crush,
the high school girl I met two years ago.*
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My name is Shoko Makinohara.
**[01:32] ---**
*She had the same name...*
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*Yet she didn't know anything about me.*
**[01:39] ---**
*Two more weeks of summer break
passed with nothing happening.*
**[01:43] ---**
There, there.
Were you a good cat, Hayate?
**[01:46] ---**
*Oh, the cat's name is now Hayate.
From the Tohoku trains, like Nasuno.*
**[01:51] ---**
Sorry. Though I said I'd like to adopt him,
I haven't gotten around to asking my parents.
**[01:57] ---**
We'll take care of him for a while,
so it's all right.
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And Nasuno likes to have him around.
**[02:02] ---**
You should learn how to take care of cats
at our place, too.
**[02:05] ---**
Okay.
**[02:06] ---**
Big Brother, do you prefer
your little sisters to be young?
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Do you prefer them to be tidy and proper?
**[02:13] ---**
What kind of question is that?
**[02:15] ---**
Right now, Kaede is in the biggest crisis
in the history of Kaede!
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There is a need to master the ways
of little sisterhood as soon as possible!
**[02:21] ---**
I'm fine having Kaede
as my one little sister.
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Th-Then...
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What is Shoko-san to you, Big Brother?
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I wonder...
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Makinohara, you don't have a big sister, right?
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Right, I'm an only child.
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Any relatives that look like you?
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I don't think there are.
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Maybe I'll consult Futaba, after all.
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AZUSAGAWA
**[02:59] ---**
What is it, Azusagawa?
**[04:34] ---**
Futaba?
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It's hot if I keep my hair down.
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I'm not wearing glasses
because I have contacts on.
**[04:40] ---**
Why the school uniform?
**[04:42] ---**
I'm going to school after this.
**[04:43] ---**
Kunimi's at work, so he's not there.
**[04:45] ---**
The Science Club is just me, so they'll
shut it down if I don't document activities.
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So what did you want?
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Oh yeah, actually...
**[04:56] ---**
I met Shoko Makinohara.
**[04:57] ---**
That first crush of yours?
She really does exist...
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And, surprisingly enough,
she's now a seventh grader.
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Are you sane?
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Unfortunately.
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Isn't it simply someone else
with the same name and similar looks?
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It's said there are three people
with the same face in the world.
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That's just a popular urban legend.
**[05:17] ---**
That's right, a common urban legend...
**[05:21] ---**
But you know, this isn't causing you
actual harm for now, right?
**[05:24] ---**
Well, not really.
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Then maybe it's fine.
**[05:29] ---**
I guess there's a fireworks festival
somewhere today.
**[05:32] ---**
There's one in Chigasaki.
**[05:35] ---**
Come to think it, you, me and Kunimi
went to a fireworks festival last year.
**[05:40] ---**
You were in normal clothes back then.
You should have worn a yukata.
**[05:44] ---**
Why must I do something
so cumbersome for your sake?
**[05:49] ---**
I meant to show Kunimi.
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Either way, I don't look good in one.
**[05:53] ---**
Do yukatas not look good
when you got big boobs?
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I didn't mean it that way.
**[05:58] ---**
You'd look pretty good if you wore a yukata
and had your hair the way it is now.
**[06:02] ---**
That's enough.
You have to go to work, right? See you.
**[06:06] ---**
Thanks for the advice.
**[06:11] ---**
Have you gotten more tanned?
**[06:14] ---**
Probably because I went to the beach
two days ago.
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With Kamisato?
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Yeah, so?
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Ugh, how annoying.
**[06:19] ---**
Says the guy with
an incredibly beautiful girlfriend.
**[06:23] ---**
But Mai-san is incredibly busy,
and I haven't seen her face all week.
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I saw her on TV yesterday.
**[06:30] ---**
Don't worry, I've seen her every day
if it's on TV.
**[06:35] ---**
Hello...
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Ugh, Senpai!
**[06:39] ---**
Did you come to brag about
your cute yukata?
**[06:41] ---**
I'm here because I didn't fill out
my shifts for next week.
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You look good in a yukata.
**[06:47] ---**
You said that while staring at my breasts.
**[06:49] ---**
That was said in consideration to
the balance between your waist and hips.
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So irritating! Yeah yeah, I don't have breasts
big enough to rest on top of the obi.
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I'm totally cylindrical!
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Welco—
**[07:05] ---**
Weren't you coming back
from your film shoot tomorrow?
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Since the show had a lot of veteran actors,
and I don't have outtakes, we finished early.
**[07:13] ---**
I see. So you came back because
you couldn't wait another day to see me.
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I'm so happy.
**[07:19] ---**
What was that?
**[07:21] ---**
If you're ready, I'll take your order now.
**[07:24] ---**
I'll take your order now.
**[07:26] ---**
Why are you pouting?
**[07:28] ---**
I'm not pouting.
**[07:29] ---**
You're pouting.
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And whose fault do you think it is?
**[07:32] ---**
Well, that's...
**[07:34] ---**
That's?
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Sorry.
**[07:37] ---**
I realize I'm a horrible girlfriend too engrossed
with work that she's ignoring her new boyfriend.
**[07:44] ---**
I wouldn't go that far, but...
**[07:46] ---**
But?
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I look forward to what you'll do in return.
**[07:49] ---**
All right. I'll do things for you within reason.
**[07:52] ---**
Even lewd things?
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If it's only a little bit.
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Then, I forgive you.
**[07:56] ---**
Don't get carried away.
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I'm so happy you came back early!
**[08:01] ---**
Silly, you should have said that to start.
**[08:03] ---**
What time are you off?
I'll wait for you.
**[08:07] ---**
Is she dropping by every day?
**[08:10] ---**
That Shoko Makinohara
who looks exactly like your first crush.
**[08:14] ---**
She is. Does that bother you?
**[08:17] ---**
No way I'd be jealous of a seventh-grader.
**[08:21] ---**
Anything strange happen?
**[08:22] ---**
Not at all.
**[08:24] ---**
Have you found something out?
**[08:25] ---**
I asked Futaba about it, too.
Nothing, so far.
**[08:29] ---**
Instead of talking about this,
I want to make out with you a lot more.
**[08:33] ---**
I haven't seen you for a while, after all.
**[08:35] ---**
I'll do that as much as you want later.
**[08:38] ---**
Eh? I prefer we do it now.
**[08:42] ---**
Isn't that Futaba?
**[08:49] ---**
What's she doing in a place like this?
**[08:57] ---**
I've never been inside a net café before.
**[09:02] ---**
We can't tell where she is like this.
**[09:05] ---**
Mai-san, lend me your smartphone.
**[09:13] ---**
*Hello?*
**[09:14] ---**
Futaba, it's me.
**[09:15] ---**
*Why are you calling from a mobile number?*
**[09:19] ---**
I borrowed Mai-san's phone.
**[09:20] ---**
*Take your romantic talk elsewhere.
So what, another troublesome affair?*
**[09:24] ---**
So I'm equivalent to
troublesome affairs in your mind?
**[09:27] ---**
Sakuta, over there.
**[09:29] ---**
*Azusagawa, what's wrong?*
**[09:32] ---**
Sorry, looks like the battery's dying,
I'll call again later!
**[09:36] ---**
Hold on a sec!
**[09:41] ---**
Were you just calling me?
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Yeah.
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Then I can't dodge this bullet.
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There are two of me.
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What do you mean?
**[09:53] ---**
Just as I said...
**[09:55] ---**
There's been two Rio Futabas in the world
since three days ago.
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So it's Adolescence Syndrome?
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I hate to admit it, but...
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Any clues?
**[10:05] ---**
I'd have taken care of it already, if I had any.
**[10:07] ---**
So was it the other one that I met
at the bookstore this afternoon?
**[10:11] ---**
Since I haven't seen you,
that would be the case.
**[10:14] ---**
That fake is inconvenient.
**[10:17] ---**
Since she's actually living in my house,
I couldn't go there even if I wanted to.
**[10:22] ---**
That's why you're at a net café?
You should have contacted me immediately.
**[10:28] ---**
Mai-san, is it okay if I have Futaba
stay over at my place from today on?
**[10:31] ---**
No way.
**[10:32] ---**
Huh? But Futaba's my friend!
**[10:35] ---**
Then let me ask you.
**[10:37] ---**
Would you be okay if I had
a guy friend stay at my place?
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I'd rather not imagine it.
**[10:44] ---**
See?
**[10:46] ---**
So I'll stay at your place, too.
**[10:52] ---**
Big Brother has brought
yet another new woman...
**[10:55] ---**
You're ruining my reputation.
**[10:57] ---**
B-But Kaede is your little sister,
and thus prepared to accept you.
**[11:02] ---**
This is my friend, Rio Futaba.
**[11:05] ---**
Nice to meet you.
**[11:06] ---**
I-I'm Kaede Azusagawa...
**[11:09] ---**
This is Nasuno, and this is Hayate.
**[11:14] ---**
They'll both be staying with us
for a while, starting tonight.
**[11:17] ---**
Let's see, Mai-san and Futaba
can sleep in my room, and I—
**[11:21] ---**
Then let's sleep together
in Kaede's room, Big Brother!
**[11:24] ---**
Denied. I'll sleep in the living room.
**[11:27] ---**
I'll head home to grab some clothes,
and take a bath while I'm there.
**[11:35] ---**
Then, Futaba can bathe before me.
**[11:39] ---**
I'll be clear, I don't intend on doing anything
to the Futaba broth bathwater.
**[11:44] ---**
Azusagawa.
**[11:46] ---**
You understand me?
**[11:47] ---**
You should die at saying "broth."
**[11:56] ---**
I'll leave a towel here.
**[11:58] ---**
Okay.
**[11:59] ---**
You have clothes to change into, right?
**[12:01] ---**
I do.
**[12:02] ---**
If you don't, I can lend you
a bunny girl outfit or panda pajamas.
**[12:05] ---**
I just said I do.
**[12:07] ---**
Anyways, are you okay?
**[12:09] ---**
If you would leave, then yes.
**[12:12] ---**
There we go...
**[12:14] ---**
Why are you relaxing right outside the bath?
**[12:17] ---**
I was talking about Adolescence Syndrome
when I asked "are you okay?"
**[12:22] ---**
I'm not really sure.
**[12:24] ---**
Is that all?
**[12:25] ---**
What do you want me to say?
**[12:27] ---**
Nothing, really.
Just to hear your opinion.
**[12:32] ---**
Slightly scary.
**[12:34] ---**
Only slightly?
**[12:35] ---**
I was really scared
when I was alone in the net café.
**[12:40] ---**
But still, is something like this even possible?
**[12:43] ---**
For someone to exist as two people, I mean.
**[12:46] ---**
There is a possibility if quantum teleportation
works on a macroscopic scale.
**[12:51] ---**
Teleportation?
That's only in movies, isn't it?
**[12:54] ---**
Not quite.
I'm talking about in the real world.
**[12:57] ---**
Seriously?
**[12:58] ---**
We previously talked about
quantum entanglement, right?
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I'll apply it to this case
for a simple explanation.
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Say there's a blueprint with information
on how to construct me.
**[13:08] ---**
You call that simple?
**[13:10] ---**
And let's say you use quantum entanglement
to move that information to a distant location.
**[13:15] ---**
Like, if we take Futaba who's in the bath at my
house, and send that information to the school?
**[13:20] ---**
Right.
**[13:21] ---**
The information that constructs me
**[13:24] ---**
will be established by someone's perception
in the guise of Rio Futaba.
**[13:28] ---**
With that logic, isn't it impossible
for both to exist simultaneously?
**[13:33] ---**
Precisely. In fact, I haven't seen
my other self yet.
**[13:38] ---**
So if you ask me if we both exist
simultaneously, I can't say for sure.
**[13:43] ---**
But when I met you at the net café,
I was talking to the other Futaba on the phone.
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Were you really talking to me on the phone?
**[13:51] ---**
I couldn't see her or anything...
**[13:53] ---**
Oh, but this quantum teleportation?
**[13:55] ---**
If the information that
constructs you is the same,
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wouldn't your consciousness and memories
be shared regardless of which is seen?
**[14:03] ---**
Say the one observing me,
Rio Futaba, was myself.
**[14:08] ---**
If, for whatever reason, there are two copies
of my consciousness that observes me...
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we could end up in a situation
like the right now.
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Meaning there are two personalities.
**[14:20] ---**
Let's say that's true.
How did it end up this way?
**[14:24] ---**
I told you, I have no idea.
**[14:40] ---**
Mai-san.
**[14:42] ---**
What are you doing?
**[14:44] ---**
Watching Sakuta's face.
**[14:46] ---**
Well, I know you are, but...
**[14:48] ---**
Watching my boyfriend's face.
**[14:51] ---**
Did your heart skip a beat?
**[14:53] ---**
Are you in high spirits?
**[14:55] ---**
I get to spend time since a while ago
and sleep over at my boyfriend's place.
**[14:58] ---**
Of course I am.
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And Futaba?
**[15:01] ---**
She's sound asleep.
**[15:03] ---**
Maybe she hasn't slept peacefully
for the past few days?
**[15:06] ---**
I see...
**[15:08] ---**
Even though I'm right in front of you,
you're more worried about Futaba?
**[15:12] ---**
Oh, dear.
**[15:13] ---**
I had the whole day off tomorrow,
so I planned on letting you take me on a date.
**[15:17] ---**
Why are you talking like that idea is a bust?
**[15:20] ---**
Because you're going to investigate
about Futaba, aren't you?
**[15:24] ---**
The "fake" should be at school tomorrow,
working on Science Club things.
**[15:27] ---**
So yeah, I was thinking about
heading over to check on her.
**[15:30] ---**
See? I knew it.
**[15:32] ---**
That's where I have a favor to ask.
**[15:34] ---**
No way.
**[15:35] ---**
You just want me to watch over the real Futaba
while you're checking out the fake one, right?
**[15:41] ---**
Just as I expected, Mai-san.
You really know me well.
**[15:44] ---**
Don't be elated.
**[15:45] ---**
Ouch, that hurts.
**[15:46] ---**
Don't be ecstatic.
**[15:48] ---**
So I'd like you to. Please.
**[15:51] ---**
Then, in return for leaving you alone
due to being busy with work, we're even.
**[15:56] ---**
Eh? I'd like something in return
just to get one.
**[15:58] ---**
I'm here lying next to you.
**[16:00] ---**
Something more like
what birds do with beaks.
**[16:04] ---**
Oh? You didn't get it?
**[16:07] ---**
You don't have to use an apology
as a reason to do that.
**[16:09] ---**
If you choose the right time, place and mood,
you can make your move on me, you know?
**[16:19] ---**
Mai-san.
**[16:20] ---**
What?
**[16:34] ---**
That hurt.
**[16:35] ---**
It's because you got bashful
and looked down.
**[16:37] ---**
It's because you got too greedy.
**[16:40] ---**
Mai-san?
**[16:41] ---**
That's it for today.
**[16:43] ---**
Huh?
**[16:44] ---**
It's because you suck at it, Sakuta.
**[16:46] ---**
Man, that really hurts my feelings.
**[16:48] ---**
I might lose confidence
and become scared of women.
**[16:51] ---**
It'd never end up like that.
**[16:53] ---**
Why do you think that?
**[16:55] ---**
Because I'll let you practice as much
as you need to until you can do it well.
**[17:00] ---**
Mai-san...
**[17:02] ---**
What?
**[17:03] ---**
I love you so much.
**[17:04] ---**
I know.
**[17:07] ---**
Well, good night.
**[17:09] ---**
Yup, good night.
**[17:16] ---**
AUGUST 3rd
**[17:21] ---**
Big Brother, this is delicious!
It's so fluffy!
**[17:24] ---**
The eggs are tasty, too.
**[17:26] ---**
They're so creamy!
**[17:29] ---**
Let's have Mai-san cook every day
from now on.
**[17:31] ---**
Yeah!
**[17:33] ---**
Don't use Kaede as bait.
**[17:35] ---**
Ow!
**[17:35] ---**
What is the matter, Big Brother?
**[17:37] ---**
My love is being tested right now...
**[17:40] ---**
You don't like it, Futaba?
**[17:42] ---**
Oh, no...
**[17:44] ---**
It's just that this is my first breakfast
in a while eating with others.
**[17:52] ---**
Good morning, Sakuta-san.
**[17:54] ---**
Morning.
**[17:57] ---**
You have some guests?
**[17:58] ---**
There's been a lot going on.
**[18:00] ---**
It's fine, come on in.
**[18:03] ---**
Oh, good morning, Shoko.
**[18:04] ---**
Good morning.
**[18:06] ---**
You have quite a few
female acquaintances, Sakuta-san.
**[18:10] ---**
Oh, I didn't mean anything by that.
**[18:12] ---**
This is Rio Futaba,
a classmate at my high school.
**[18:15] ---**
I'm Shoko Makinohara.
**[18:19] ---**
She really does exist...
**[18:25] ---**
Futaba, are you here?
**[18:29] ---**
Come to think, Kunimi mentioned
that there was a practice game.
**[18:50] ---**
There she is.
**[18:53] ---**
Hey, is that a third-year?
**[18:54] ---**
She's kinda sexy. Smart-sexy.
**[18:57] ---**
Is Kunimi doing well?
**[18:59] ---**
I came for my club activities,
and this was on the way.
**[19:02] ---**
Why not do the "kyaaa! Kunimi!" thing too?
**[19:05] ---**
I am cheering for him.
**[19:06] ---**
In your heart?
**[19:11] ---**
You don't appeal to him enough, Futaba.
**[19:14] ---**
I don't want you getting in my way.
**[19:18] ---**
So, ultimately, what part of Kunimi
did you fall for?
**[19:23] ---**
What would you do by knowing?
**[19:25] ---**
Nothing, really. Sheer curiosity.
**[19:31] ---**
Choco-Coronet.
**[19:32] ---**
Want me to go get you one?
**[19:33] ---**
No.
**[19:35] ---**
I didn't bring a lunch one day,
and Kunimi gave me one.
**[19:39] ---**
It was the first term of our first year.
The first day I tried to buy some bread.
**[19:44] ---**
I was overwhelmed,
when Kunimi called out to me.
**[19:49] ---**
You're a girl, so you like sweet things, right?
**[19:53] ---**
He said, as he ate his battle trophy,
the curry bread.
**[19:56] ---**
The curry bread prince, huh?
**[19:59] ---**
And then?
**[20:01] ---**
That's it.
**[20:02] ---**
How much is a Choco-Coronet?
**[20:04] ---**
130 yen.
**[20:06] ---**
Your price is quite reasonable.
**[20:08] ---**
I wouldn't have fallen in love
if it was you who did it.
**[20:11] ---**
So it's his face, in the end?
**[20:14] ---**
It was timing, in the end, I think.
**[20:16] ---**
Since I was feeling rather down back then.
**[20:19] ---**
You should watch, if you want to.
**[20:21] ---**
So, what do you want from me?
**[20:24] ---**
Right now, I have a Futaba
staying over at my place.
**[20:28] ---**
I see. So that's why you were
acting strange on the phone last night.
**[20:33] ---**
So what do you think is going on here?
**[20:36] ---**
Do you think I'm a fake?
**[20:39] ---**
That's what I first thought, to be honest.
**[20:42] ---**
But when I talk to you like this,
you're both really Futaba.
**[20:45] ---**
What's my other self's opinion?
**[20:47] ---**
Something about quantum teleportation,
if that's possible.
**[20:51] ---**
The same as mine.
**[20:54] ---**
Her observation was that your consciousness
is what is perceiving you,
**[20:58] ---**
and there are two copies of your mind
for one reason or another.
**[21:03] ---**
What about the reason?
**[21:04] ---**
She said she had no clue.
**[21:06] ---**
And you believed a lie like that?
**[21:09] ---**
Why do you think it's a lie?
**[21:11] ---**
Because I have a clue as to why.
**[21:14] ---**
If it doesn't make a difference
of who to ask, tell me.
**[21:16] ---**
I'm going back to do club stuff.
**[21:19] ---**
X and Y here are inside the parentheses...
**[21:22] ---**
Okay.
**[21:23] ---**
I'm making coffee, want some?
**[21:25] ---**
Oh, yes. Thank you.
**[21:27] ---**
Kaede is the little sister, so honey café au lait
with lots of milk and honey is her favorite.
**[21:32] ---**
I'd be delighted to have
what Kaede-san is having.
**[21:35] ---**
Then I might do the same, too...
**[21:39] ---**
Sorry, Kaede-chan.
It looks like it's from my manager.
**[21:43] ---**
Is something the matter?
**[21:44] ---**
*Is this a good time?*
**[21:46] ---**
It's fine.
**[21:47] ---**
*Thank you for your hard work
filming up to yesterday.*
**[21:49] ---**
*Are you away from home, by chance?*
**[21:51] ---**
Yes. I'm at my boyfriend's house.
**[21:53] ---**
*I see, boyfriend...*
**[21:55] ---**
*Wait, what!? Boyfriend!?
D-Did you just say "boyfriend"?*
**[22:00] ---**
Futaba was around until
a few minutes ago, right?
**[22:02] ---**
You noticed?
**[22:04] ---**
Right after the game started.
**[22:06] ---**
Does Futaba come by often?
**[22:08] ---**
Hmm, let's see. I think every so often,
on the way to or from the Science Club?
**[22:12] ---**
Who knows which is actually "on the way"...
**[22:14] ---**
Did something happened to Futaba?
**[22:16] ---**
What do you mean, something?
**[22:18] ---**
You don't like school enough
to come during summer break, right?
**[22:22] ---**
Meaning something happened to Futaba.
**[22:25] ---**
Kunimi-senpai, the coach is calling for you!
**[22:27] ---**
Got it, be right there.
**[22:30] ---**
Hit me up if something happens.
**[22:33] ---**
About Futaba.
**[22:35] ---**
You don't have to tell me. Better fly over,
even in the middle of the night!
**[22:39] ---**
I don't think I can fly,
so I'll race over on my bike!
**[22:49] ---**
*Hello, Azusagawa residence.*
**[22:51] ---**
Mai-san, can you do that one more time?
**[22:53] ---**
Hello, Azusagawa residence.
**[22:55] ---**
*Say it more like a newlywed wife.*
**[22:57] ---**
How can you be so giddy
over one phone call?
**[23:00] ---**
*How are things on your end?*
**[23:02] ---**
Futaba was here at school.
**[23:04] ---**
I see. She's been here the whole time, too.
**[23:07] ---**
*Anyways, can you come home soon?*
**[23:09] ---**
Is something wrong?
**[23:11] ---**
*I got a call from my manager earlier,
so there's something I want to talk to you about.*
**[23:16] ---**
Talk to me?
**[23:18] ---**
What?
**[23:19] ---**
*No, it's nothing.*
**[23:20] ---**
*I'll see you later.*
**[23:25] ---**
Azusagawa, you're friends
with that girl, aren't you?
**[23:29] ---**
By "that girl",
I take it you mean Futaba?
**[23:32] ---**
Isn't that girl doing something pretty risky?
**[23:35] ---**
Something risky?
**[23:36] ---**
This is her hidden account.
**[24:56] ---**
Nothing less from you, Big Brother.
What a rascal!
**[24:57] ---**
Next Time
#8 Wash It All Away on a Stormy Night