# E9 - Sister Panic
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SEPTEMBER 1st
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*The eagerly awaited second term has begun.*
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*Mai was busy with show-biz work
during summer break.*
**[00:08] ---**
*On top of it, her agency
forbid us from going on dates.*
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*So there were many days
where I couldn't see her.*
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Don't worry.
**[00:14] ---**
Once the second term starts,
we'll see each other normally at school.
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*Those days are finally over!*
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*And yet...*
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*I don't see Mai-san anywhere.*
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*It doesn't look like she even came to school.*
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Mai-san...
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Mai-san!
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Who are you?
**[00:47] ---**
Eh?
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I'm asking, who are you?
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As you know, I am Sakuta Azusagawa,
and I have a pure, innocent relationship with you.
**[00:56] ---**
H-Huh!?
**[00:58] ---**
A guy with dead eyes like that
couldn't possibly be Big Sister's boyfriend.
**[01:02] ---**
Big Sister? Who are you?
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She's Nodoka Toyohama.
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And, for now, I'm Mai Sakurajima.
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O-Oh! I-It really is you, Mai-san.
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You can tell from being stepped on?
What kinda pervert are you?
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What exactly is the meaning of all this?
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It's a dream! A dream!
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It's not a dream.
I somehow swapped bodies with her.
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Could it possibly be...
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Puberty Syndrome, I think.
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Again?
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Mai-san, what's the rent for this place?
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I don't pay rent. I bought it.
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More importantly, that's your reaction
for your first time in your girlfriend's home?
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You should look happier.
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If the situation wasn't what it is...
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If this isn't a dream, then what is it?
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It's a lie. It's all a lie!
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You should hurry up and accept reality.
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Wasn't Nodoka Toyohama...
**[03:32] ---**
*Doka-chan, what's your favorite thing?*
**[03:34] ---**
*I like the actress Mai Sakurajima.*
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She's in that idol group,
"Sweet Palette" or something?
**[03:40] ---**
Not "Pallete" with a P, but "Bullet."
"Sweet Bullet!"
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How are you two related?
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I said before that I had a little sister, right?
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A half-sister on my dad's side,
after he remarried.
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Why is said little sister here?
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She suddenly came to my place
late last night.
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She said she didn't want to go home.
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And our bodies were swapped
after waking up this morning.
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What's up with all that...
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Toyohama-san, do you have any clues why?
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Huh? Clues?
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Clues as to why you swapped bodies
with my Mai-san.
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And who is "my Mai-san?"
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Ouch...
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I have no idea!
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More like, why are both of you so cal—
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How do you stay calm!?
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Physical bodies swapping?
That's absolutely, positively, perfectly abnormal!
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Right.
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Wait, that's all? Big Si—
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Mai-san, you're all right with this?
With this situation?
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For better or worse, it's already happened,
so we have to live with it.
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Anyways, until we return to normal,
I'll live as Nodoka.
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Nodoka, you have to live as me.
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This is all I have for work.
**[04:46] ---**
A fashion magazine shoot, some interviews,
and a commercial filming.
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That's surprisingly little work.
**[04:52] ---**
I cut back for the second term,
so a certain someone wouldn't feel lonely.
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It's useless if the dating ban hasn't been lifted.
**[04:59] ---**
Nodoka's schedule is packed.
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It's not real work.
They're mostly song and dance lessons.
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Sweet Bullet has a gig
at the end of the month.
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I hope we can return back before then...
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I don't have song and dance experience,
so it'll be rough to learn it all.
**[05:15] ---**
What about you?
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Yeah, I've done photo shoots
and interviews before.
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But filming commercials...
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The director is the type to be strict to the script,
so you'll be fine if you're prepared.
**[05:26] ---**
Oh, you can go home now, Sakuta.
**[05:28] ---**
Eh? What'll happen to my
lovey-dovey life with you, Mai-san?
**[05:32] ---**
Let's meet up at 7:50 tomorrow morning.
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I'd like you to take Nodoka to school.
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SEPTEMBER 2nd
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Nasuno and Hayate are one step ahead!
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It's the duty of a little sister
to wake up her big brother.
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Morning, Kaede.
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Kaede wants to be a cat, too.
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And if Kaede were to swap bodies with a cat,
it'd make even less sense.
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Um, I should have asked this first, but...
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Isn't it impossible for me
to pretend that I'm Mai-san?
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Close friends would notice right away
that I'm acting odd.
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Don't worry, Mai-san doesn't have any friends.
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Huh?
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What's that?
You're in the same boat.
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I have friends. Three of them, even.
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There you have it.
It'll be easy pretending to be me at school.
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Sit quiet in class,
and go home when it's done.
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No need to talk with anyone.
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O-Okay...
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Well... It's the same for me.
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When my record debut was confirmed last year,
I lost all time to hang with my school friends.
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Two friendless sisters... It's too sad.
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Well then, I'll head to Nodoka's school.
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Was it a rich girls' school in Yokohama?
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About Nodoka, I have a good clue why,
but can you ask what happened?
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I think I'm the reason this happened.
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It's rough having a big sister
that everyone in the country knows.
**[07:10] ---**
That, and stories of how prideful
both our mothers are.
**[07:14] ---**
I didn't mention before?
**[07:16] ---**
My mother made me join a troupe
out of spite for her ex-husband...
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...and his new wife, Nodoka's mother.
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I hadn't heard that.
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When she found out, Nodoka's mother
forced her daughter into one, as well.
**[07:30] ---**
I see. So the daughters are pawns
in their proxy war.
**[07:37] ---**
What were you talking about?
**[07:39] ---**
You want to know?
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Annoying.
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Come to think, is it fine
to send Mai-san to school like that?
**[07:46] ---**
Huh?
**[07:46] ---**
I'm asking if the idol Nodoka Toyohama
won't cause a panic riding trains like everyone else.
**[07:52] ---**
Are you mocking me?
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I'm actually worried about you.
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It's totally fine.
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You say I'm an idol, but we're not that popular.
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Nobody knows anything about me...
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Class 3-1, okay?
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I know.
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My seat's on the window side,
second from the back.
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And I just need to quietly listen to class, right?
**[08:18] ---**
You sure can act the part.
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The speech and expressions
are just like Mai-san's.
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I impersonated her often as a kid.
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She was my pride, and who I looked up to.
**[08:34] ---**
Setting aside the examinations
of what's going on...
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For this case, aren't the clues
to solve this out in the open?
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Meaning?
**[08:44] ---**
I believe that Puberty Syndrome
is caused by one's unstable mental state.
**[08:50] ---**
Well, that's the logical step.
**[08:52] ---**
If I can imagine where the issue stems from
by listening to the circumstances,
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you'd obviously have a clue about it,
wouldn't you?
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To describe it in a sentence...
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"An inferiority complex
against a gifted big sister."
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But still, how do you get over that?
**[09:09] ---**
Maybe she just needs to become
a nationally popular idol?
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Girls taking off their tights is kinda erotic.
**[09:24] ---**
D-Don't watch, dummy!
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Feels good!
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What's with this beach? It's the best!
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It indeed is the best.
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Why do you keep staring at my legs!?
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They're wonderful.
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Don't look at Big Sister's body with lewd eyes!
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I want them to sandwich me.
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Specifically, I mean my face.
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The thought that it's okay if it's your head
is totally crazy. You should die.
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If it was Mai-san, she'd say, "Sandwiching a
young boy's head with my legs is nothing."
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Big Sis, what part of this guy
do you like so much?
**[10:07] ---**
Say, why don't you call Mai-san "Big Sis"
when she's around?
**[10:12] ---**
You sometimes call her "Mai-san",
and you speak somewhat politely...
**[10:16] ---**
Of course. In show-biz,
she's a great senpai to me.
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Is that all?
**[10:21] ---**
That's all.
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Then why did you run away from home
to end up at her place?
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If it were me,
I'd seek someone more familiar.
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I'm not like you.
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Don't you have something
you want to tell her?
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For instance, something like,
"I hate you, Big Sister!"
**[10:41] ---**
No!
**[10:42] ---**
No...
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Well, isn't it fine?
**[10:46] ---**
The fact that you ran away from home
likely means you're in a fight with your parents.
**[10:50] ---**
If you said the reason was Mai-san,
then of course you'd start hating her.
**[10:55] ---**
What is it... What is it with you!?
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I haven't said anything!
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You don't need to tell me
to understand that much.
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Mai-san probably has a general idea, too.
**[11:06] ---**
No way...
**[11:10] ---**
Well, you should have a proper talk
with Mai-san when you get home.
**[11:14] ---**
See ya.
**[11:15] ---**
Hold on.
**[11:16] ---**
What is it?
**[11:17] ---**
Can I sleep at your place for a while?
I can't go back to Big Sister's place after all this.
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How will you explain that to her?
**[11:24] ---**
You could come up with some good excuse...
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What's wrong?
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Toyohama-san wants to sleep over at my place.
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The reason?
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Well, let's see...
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Wait. I'll say it.
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I've always, ever since I was little...
been compared.
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Every audition I went to,
they always chose you.
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And each time, Mom would get mad at me.
**[11:53] ---**
She'd say, "Why can't you do
what Mai-chan can do?"
**[11:57] ---**
While you were on hiatus from show-biz,
**[12:00] ---**
I was finally able to debut
as part of Sweet Bullet.
**[12:03] ---**
Mom got a tiny bit kinder
and complimented me.
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But...
**[12:08] ---**
But what's this about
resuming show-biz work?
**[12:11] ---**
You got a good role in a special drama,
**[12:13] ---**
landed a lot of commercials,
**[12:14] ---**
and I see you on the cover of
fashion magazines every single month!
**[12:17] ---**
Why do you keep getting in my way!?
**[12:19] ---**
You easily accomplish what I
am finally able to do.
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You're the one that everyone
is watching all the time!
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Don't make all of my effort go to waste!
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I hate you!
**[12:31] ---**
I hate you, Big Sister!
**[12:35] ---**
I see. I'm glad.
**[12:38] ---**
I hated you too, Nodoka.
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Though, it's all thanks to our insensitive father.
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Not only did he leave us, he was the one
who first brought us together.
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It's not particularly your fault,
but you must know that I have ill feelings, too.
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Is it really all right?
For you to sleep over, I mean.
**[13:05] ---**
I can't have Nodoka sleeping over
at your place.
**[13:08] ---**
Well, you have a point, but...
**[13:12] ---**
Welcome home, Big Brot—
**[13:16] ---**
Big Brother has gone delinquent.
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No, I haven't.
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Big Brother has turned into a gigolo.
**[13:22] ---**
What kind of interpretation is that?
**[13:25] ---**
You have yet another new girl with you.
**[13:28] ---**
She's Mai-san's little sister.
She'll be staying with us for a while.
**[13:32] ---**
Nice to meet you. I'm Nodoka Toyohama!
**[13:43] ---**
In the future, if I were to marry Mai-san...
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Nodoka Toyohama would be a little sister...
Rather, sister-in-law.
**[13:52] ---**
But she's actually Mai's half-sister,
so she'd be a half-sister-in-law...
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What's the right way
to address people like her?
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You sure took your time.
Were you thinking about me or something?
**[14:06] ---**
I'm always thinking about you, Mai-san.
**[14:09] ---**
Yeah, yeah.
**[14:10] ---**
Actually, I was just engrossed in
playing the submarine game.
**[14:14] ---**
Huh? Do you know what that game is?
**[14:19] ---**
Those wounds aren't going away.
**[14:23] ---**
Would you like to touch them?
**[14:24] ---**
Why would I?
**[14:25] ---**
Because I want you to touch them.
**[14:27] ---**
Stop speaking nonsense
and put your clothes on.
**[14:29] ---**
We're in trouble if your naked body
gets burned into Nodoka's memory.
**[14:33] ---**
She's not a child, either.
**[14:35] ---**
She's still quite the child.
**[14:36] ---**
And who was it that had
a huge argument with said child?
**[14:40] ---**
That was...
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I think it's best to be honest.
**[14:45] ---**
I don't want to hear sound logic.
**[15:34] ---**
Hayate, were you being a good kitty?
**[15:40] ---**
Makinohara, you don't have a big sister, right?
**[15:43] ---**
Yes. I'm an only child.
**[15:46] ---**
But, sometimes I long for one,
wishing it'd be nice to have a wonderful big sister.
**[15:51] ---**
Kaede would also be happy
to have a wonderful big sister.
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But only if she's older than Big Brother.
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Kaede is the only little sister for Big Brother!
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SEPTEMBER 10th
**[16:06] ---**
You're filming the commercial
starting tomorrow morning?
**[16:09] ---**
How's this smile?
**[16:11] ---**
Wouldn't it be better to ask Mai-san
for stuff like that?
**[16:14] ---**
I didn't mention her.
**[16:16] ---**
If that's the case, it troubles
an amateur like me when you ask.
**[16:19] ---**
Then I won't ask.
**[16:22] ---**
Oh, good morning, Senpai.
**[16:25] ---**
Is Mai-san on that issue?
**[16:27] ---**
I'm not giving it to you. I haven't read it all yet.
**[16:31] ---**
I still need to study it.
**[16:33] ---**
That's fine. I'll just look at the real deal.
**[16:36] ---**
Senpai...
**[16:38] ---**
That line was super creepy.
**[16:44] ---**
Welcome...
**[16:49] ---**
Mai-san, what's wrong?
**[16:51] ---**
I thought I should eat something
before my singing practice.
**[16:55] ---**
I could get hungry.
**[16:57] ---**
Is that Toyohama's smartphone?
**[17:00] ---**
A text from Nodoka's mother.
**[17:03] ---**
I've gotten about 50 of them today,
since this morning.
**[17:04] ---**
- Hurry and come home.
- Are you going to your vocal lessons?
- Be mindful of your time
**[17:10] ---**
One of these, please.
**[17:11] ---**
Spaghetti with tomato sauce, was it?
**[17:14] ---**
In preparation for tomorrow's
commercial shoot,
**[17:16] ---**
she was practicing hard
to make the right expressions.
**[17:19] ---**
What's this so suddenly?
**[17:21] ---**
I thought that's actually why
you came by to hear.
**[17:24] ---**
Actually, I stopped by to see my boyfriend's face.
**[17:27] ---**
Man, I'm so happy.
**[17:29] ---**
You can be genuinely grateful.
**[17:31] ---**
If you have any advice, I'll relay it.
**[17:34] ---**
Did Nodoka say she wanted some?
**[17:36] ---**
No.
**[17:36] ---**
Then, I won't give any.
**[17:38] ---**
So she's on your mind after all.
**[17:40] ---**
It's fine. If she can remember what
she was taught in the troupe,
**[17:45] ---**
she'll make it through, no problem.
**[17:46] ---**
SEPTEMBER 12th
**[18:00] ---**
Can't help being sleepy,
so early in the morning...
**[18:02] ---**
Mai Sakurajima-san is on the set!
**[18:06] ---**
Good morning!
**[18:07] ---**
Thank you all for your hard work.
**[18:11] ---**
We're going in with the camera test
before the train comes in!
**[18:15] ---**
All right, let's go.
**[18:17] ---**
And... Start!
**[18:23] ---**
Okay, cut!
**[18:31] ---**
We'll wait for a train to pass,
then we'll film!
**[18:49] ---**
Is she all right?
**[18:51] ---**
All right, starting takes.
**[18:53] ---**
Take one!
**[19:07] ---**
Stop the cameras!
**[19:08] ---**
Mai-san? Mai-san?
**[19:11] ---**
Calm down! Breathe slowly!
**[19:13] ---**
All right, she's conscious.
**[19:15] ---**
Hurry up!
**[19:20] ---**
Sakuta...
**[19:22] ---**
Running again today?
**[19:24] ---**
I'm increasing stamina for the gig.
**[19:26] ---**
Anyways, how'd the shoot go?
**[19:28] ---**
Look at this depressed look on my face.
**[19:30] ---**
I realize it didn't go that well,
but it ended after some retakes, right?
**[19:35] ---**
No, the problem was before that.
**[19:38] ---**
She got dizzy before the first take,
and collapsed.
**[19:40] ---**
Huh?
**[19:41] ---**
They cancelled the shoot.
**[19:44] ---**
The staff was saying
she probably just hyperventilated.
**[19:47] ---**
Why did...
**[19:49] ---**
It became painfully obvious to her...
**[19:51] ---**
How much trust and expectation
people put on Mai Sakurajima.
**[19:57] ---**
You don't get it?
**[19:59] ---**
She felt pressured by everything
of that nature, I'm sure...
**[20:07] ---**
You seem to be in a bad mood.
What's wrong?
**[20:10] ---**
Nothing, really. Just had a thought.
**[20:13] ---**
About how I'd feel if I had
a big sister that could do anything.
**[20:17] ---**
What's with that?
**[20:18] ---**
I've never experienced
being compared to a big sister.
**[20:22] ---**
Then do you want to ask someone
who has a big sister that can do anything?
**[20:34] ---**
What?
**[20:35] ---**
Sakuta said he had something to ask you.
**[20:38] ---**
Kamisato, do you have a big sister?
**[20:41] ---**
I do, but...
**[20:42] ---**
Wait, why don't you know about her?
**[20:44] ---**
And why should I know about
what goes on in your family?
**[20:48] ---**
Big Sister attended this school until last year.
**[20:51] ---**
She was also the student council president,
so I'm sure you saw her around.
**[20:54] ---**
I don't remember her.
**[20:55] ---**
Can I go now?
**[20:56] ---**
Can you try a bit harder?
**[20:58] ---**
So your sister was brilliant?
**[21:00] ---**
She got into the best national university
in Japan on her first year trying.
**[21:04] ---**
Do you like your big sister?
**[21:07] ---**
Not really.
**[21:08] ---**
Then you hate her?
**[21:09] ---**
Not really.
**[21:10] ---**
I see. I get it now.
**[21:12] ---**
Huh? What are you saying you understand?
**[21:15] ---**
So it's not something as simple
as liking or hating...
**[21:20] ---**
It's not like I hate her or anything.
**[21:23] ---**
I'm just annoyed that Mom keeps saying I should
take her as an example and study more.
**[21:39] ---**
Mai-san...
**[21:41] ---**
Here you go.
**[21:42] ---**
A key to my place.
**[21:44] ---**
You're giving me a spare key?
**[21:45] ---**
I can't give you a spare key that easily.
You're so disgusting.
**[21:48] ---**
Ouch, ouch!
**[21:49] ---**
I'm lending it to you, only briefly.
I'm counting on you.
**[21:53] ---**
If she's still on your mind,
you should go and talk to her.
**[21:58] ---**
I just don't know what to say to her.
**[22:00] ---**
You can include that as part of what to tell her.
**[22:02] ---**
I don't want to.
**[22:04] ---**
Well, you still have to save face
as the big sister...
**[22:08] ---**
Then, I'll be going now.
**[22:10] ---**
Hold on.
**[22:11] ---**
What is it?
**[22:14] ---**
Never, ever open the cabinets
in the Japanese-style room.
**[22:17] ---**
Never, ever?
**[22:26] ---**
Never, ever, huh?
**[22:34] ---**
*Yes?*
**[22:35] ---**
It's Azusagawa.
**[22:37] ---**
*What is it?*
**[22:38] ---**
Can I come in?
**[22:41] ---**
Even if I can't, I'll help myself in
with the spare key Mai-san lent me.
**[22:46] ---**
Um... Did Big Sister say anything?
**[22:50] ---**
Not really. She wasn't worried at all.
**[22:53] ---**
She thought you would have
several outtakes,
**[22:56] ---**
but she had no doubt you'd be able
to get a good take out of that director.
**[23:01] ---**
Really?
**[23:02] ---**
You know, you should just smile like that.
**[23:05] ---**
Huh?
**[23:06] ---**
For that commercial shoot.
**[23:08] ---**
While you were practicing,
you forced yourself to smile like Mai-san.
**[23:11] ---**
But it looked really fake, to be blunt.
**[23:15] ---**
In any case...
**[23:17] ---**
This is horrible.
**[23:20] ---**
She couldn't possibly have anticipated this
in giving me the spare key...
**[23:24] ---**
Have you eaten?
**[23:25] ---**
I haven't eaten since morning.
**[23:27] ---**
Then I'll make something,
so you can freshen up by taking a bath first.
**[23:31] ---**
Don't peek.
**[23:32] ---**
Are you asking me to peek in?
**[23:34] ---**
Of course not! Die!
**[24:55] ---**
Nothing less from you, Sakuta.
What a rascal.
**[24:57] ---**
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