E15 - The Return of the Girlfriend

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SIGN    Review
SIGN    Truly the perfect girlfriend
SIGN    Send
SIGN    Cancel
[00:12] Kazuya
    Yes?
[00:20] Kazuya
    Mizuhara? What does she want?!
[00:39] Chizuru
    I lost my key.
SIGN    Rent-a-Girlfriend
[02:14] Chizuru
    I lost my key.
SIGN    "The Return of the Girlfriend"
[02:17] Kazuya
    Huh? Your key?
[02:19] Kazuya
    R-Really? That's pretty yikes.
[02:22] Chizuru
    Yeah.
[02:23] Kazuya
    What's going on?!
[02:24] Kazuya
    Her key? Mizuhara... lost her key?
[02:28] Kazuya
    So she can't get into her apartment?
[02:31] Kazuya
    But why'd she ring my doorbell?
[02:33] Kazuya
    What's she trying to say?
[02:35] Kazuya
    What's she expecting from me?
[02:39] Chizuru
    Do you mind?
[02:59] Chizuru
    It looks like the landlord
    won't be back until tomorrow.
[03:02] Chizuru
    I rang their bell, but no response.
[03:05] Chizuru
    I called my realtor, too,
    but working hours are long over.
[03:09] Chizuru
    I must've lost it at the batting center.
[03:12] Chizuru
    I called them, too, but nobody
    answered. For crying out loud.
[03:16] Chizuru
    Your place is always so messy.
[03:19] Chizuru
    Oh, sorry, were you about to sleep?
[03:21] Kazuya
    N-Not at all! I'm a night owl!
[03:23] Chizuru
    Oh? That's a relief.
[03:29] Kazuya
    She waltzed into my apartment! QED!
SIGN    She's locked out
    =
    She has nowhere
    to go tonight
[03:33] Kazuya
    She's locked out, which means
    she has nowhere to go tonight!
SIGN    × Next-door
    neighbor
[03:37] Kazuya
    I'm her next-door neighbor.
SIGN    ÷ Waltzed
    in casually
[03:41] Kazuya
    Which leads us to the only
    possible conclusion!
SIGN    Find a conclusion
    based on the
    above formula.
[03:44] Kazuya
    She wants to spend the night at my place!
[03:50] Kazuya
    QED! It couldn't be anything else!
[03:54] Kazuya
    But can I say it? Do I have it in me?
[03:57] Kazuya
    Can I really ask Mizuhara,
    "Hey, why don't you just sleep over?"
[04:02] Kazuya
    But look at the time. I can't
    throw her out onto the street.
[04:06] Kazuya
    My neighbor... Yes, my neighbor's in trouble!
SIGN    Is this
    a train?
[04:09] Kazuya
    If I ignored her, I wouldn't be a man!
SIGN    Cute
[04:12] Kazuya
    It's not like anything will happen.
[04:15] Kazuya
    I just... I just gotta
    let her stay the night!
[04:18] Kazuya
    I, Kinoshita Kazuya, male,
    will make the offer of a lifetime!
[04:22] Kazuya
    D-D-D-Do you wanna...
[04:26] Kazuya
    stay the...
[04:29] Kazuya
    Huh? The balcony?
[04:31] Chizuru
    I'm pretty sure I locked up,
[04:34] Chizuru
    but let me try, just in case.
[04:37] Chizuru
    If it's open, that solves everything.
[04:40] Kazuya
    S-Sure.
SIGN    The saddest
    "Sure"
    in Nerima
[04:42] Kazuya
    QED, my ass!
[04:44] Kazuya
    I mean, yeah...
[04:46] Kazuya
    There's no way she'd ever wanna
    spend the night at my place...
[04:56] Kazuya
    U-Uh...
SIGN    wiggle
SIGN    wiggle
[04:58] Kazuya
    Mizuhara... san?
SIGN    f
    i
    d
    g
    e
    t
[05:01] Kazuya
    Hold up. Am I allowed to look?
[05:05] Kazuya
    Her ass is totally
[05:07] Kazuya
    making eye contact with me!
SIGN    swirl
SIGN    swirl
SIGN    swirl
SIGN    swirl
SIGN    swirl
SIGN    swirl
SIGN    swirl
SIGN    swirl
SIGN    swirl
SIGN    swirl
SIGN    swirl
SIGN    swirl
SIGN    swirl
SIGN    swirl
SIGN    swirl
SIGN    swirl
SIGN    swirl
SIGN    swirl
[05:10] Chizuru
    Okay, yeah, I can't get
    a good look from here.
SIGN    Why is the lock
    on the other side?
[05:13] Kazuya
    Meanwhile, I'm getting too good a look.
[05:16] Chizuru
    Maybe if I lean over a little more...
[05:20] Chizuru
    Hup.
[05:24] Kazuya
    Huh? Hey, watch out!
SIGN    FREEZE
SIGN    FLUFF
SIGN    I grabbed her ass!!
[05:34] Chizuru
    H-Hey! Where do you think you're touching?!
[05:36] Kazuya
    But you were about to fall!
SIGN    fluff
    fluff
SIGN    rub
    rub
[05:38] Chizuru
    There are plenty of other
    places you could've grabbed!
SIGN    fluff
    fluff
SIGN    rub
    rub
SIGN    fluff
    fluff
SIGN    rub
    rub
SIGN    fluff
    fluff
SIGN    rub
    rub
[05:41] Kazuya
    L-Like where?!
SIGN    fluff
    fluff
SIGN    rub
    rub
[05:42] Chizuru
    Eek! Hey, hands off!
[05:45] Chizuru
    Like my waist! My waist!
[05:47] Kazuya
    Y-Your waist?
[05:48] Kazuya
    Like, here?
SIGN    WOB
SIGN    WOB
[05:51] Kazuya
    The waist's no better!
SIGN    Soft
    and
    plump!?
SIGN    Sweat
    Sweat
[05:53] Chizuru
    Okay, I checked!
[05:54] Chizuru
    So let me go!
[05:56] Kazuya
    S-Sorry.
[05:57] Chizuru
    Wait, not so suddenly...
[05:59] Kazuya
    Watch out! Hey!
[06:09] Kazuya
    M-Mizuhara.
[06:12] Kazuya
    I'm so close to her...
[06:15] Kazuya
    This range is lethal.
[06:19] Kazuya
    We haven't been this close since...
[06:28] Kazuya
    Yeah, point-blank Mizuhara is a bomb!
[06:32] Kazuya
    Her long eyelashes, round eyes,
[06:35] Kazuya
    and even her skin glinting
    with sweat is super sexy.
[06:39] Kazuya
    Damn, Mizuhara's hot!
[06:42] Kazuya
    Don't be stupid!
    She's gonna punch me again!
[06:44] Chizuru
    To the Moon!
[06:51] Chizuru
    Get off.
[06:55] Chizuru
    Get off me, please.
[06:57] Kazuya
    Mizuhara...?
[07:08] Kazuya
    Th-The mailman, maybe?
[07:11] Kazuya
    This late, though?
[07:14] Kazuya
    Who could it be?
SIGN    DOOM
[07:31] Chizuru
    Hey, aren't you going to answer?
[07:33] Kazuya
    Shh! Shhhhhh!
[07:35] Kazuya
    It's M... Mami-chan!
[07:38] Chizuru
    Wha?!
[07:39] Chizuru
    Why's Mami-san here?
[07:41] Chizuru
    Did you two make plans?
[07:43] Kazuya
    A-As if!
SIGN    I may have given 
    her my address
    at some point
[07:44] Kazuya
    This is the first time
    she's come to my place!
[07:46] Chizuru
    This is bad news.
[07:48] Chizuru
    If she sees me here...
[07:49] Kazuya
    I-I know that!
[07:52] Kazuya
    Why? To what end?
[07:54] Kazuya
    What is Mami-chan doing here?
[07:56] Kazuya
    She always refused to come
    over every time I asked...
[08:01] Kazuya
    So why now?
[08:03] Kazuya
    She knows that Mizuhara's
    a rental girlfriend.
[08:07] (Flashback) Mami
    It all pisses me off just a teensy bit.
[08:11] Kazuya
    If she sees us like this, I'm dead!
SIGN    Gulp...
[08:17] Kazuya
    Just gotta pretend I'm not home.
[08:36] Kazuya
    The door's unlocked!
[08:37] Mami
    What? Seriously?
[08:39] Kazuya
    Right! I left it unlocked
    after Mizuhara showed up!
[08:45] Kazuya
    This way!
[08:46] Chizuru
    Wai...
[08:47] Chizuru
    My shoes!
[08:49] Sign
    Mine
[08:50] Kazuya
    O-Oh, right.
[08:52] Kazuya
    Please, leave!
[08:54] Kazuya
    Go away!
[09:03] Mami
    Kazu-kun?
[09:06] Mami
    Are you home?
[09:12] Mami
    Your door's unlocked, you know.
[09:17] Mami
    Did he go shopping?
    Talk about careless.
[09:42] Kazuya
    It's over...
[09:45] Kazuya
    It's all over!
SIGN    wobble  wobble
SIGN    tremble  wobble  wobble
SIGN    tremble  tremble
SIGN    I thought
     I was done for!!
[10:09] Chizuru
    I demand an explanation!
[10:10] Chizuru
    Why did Mami-san come here?
[10:12] Kazuya
    D-Don't ask me!
[10:15] Kazuya
    She doesn't know I was watching
    the two of you the other day.
[10:21] Kazuya
    Maybe she wanted to talk about that?
SIGN    Tap
[10:25] Chizuru
    Anyway, I was too thoughtless.
    I shouldn't have entered your apartment.
SIGN    Tap
SIGN    I'm never 
    coming in 
    here again!!
SIGN    Tap
[10:28] Kazuya
    W-Wait up!
[10:29] Kazuya
    She could still be out there!
[10:32] Chizuru
    Good point.
SIGN    Nod
SIGN    Nod
SIGN    Nod
SIGN    Nod
SIGN    Nod
[10:40] Mami
    Shopping?
[10:41] Mami
    Leaving the lights on,
    and the door unlocked?
[10:46] Mami
    It's not impossible, I guess?
SIGN    Kinoshita Kazuya
[10:49] Mami
    I just dropped by 'cause I was in the area.
[10:51] Mami
    I don't know if it's worth calling him...
SIGN    Rent-a-Girlfriend
SIGN    Are you home?
[11:18] Mami
    You're kidding me.
[11:26] Kazuya
    The silence is killing me!
[11:29] Kazuya
    And Mizuhara's been standing the whole time.
[11:33] Kazuya
    Is she wary of me because of what happened?
[11:37] Kazuya
    There's too much going on.
[11:39] Kazuya
    I don't know what to talk about.
[11:41] Kazuya
    I-I wonder what Mami-chan was here for.
SIGN    Riiiight?
SIGN    Right?
[11:45] Chizuru
    There's no point in thinking about it.
[11:47] Chizuru
    We just have to be glad she didn't see us.
[11:51] Kazuya
    Talk about calm...
[11:54] (Flashback) Sayuri
    She's always been a needy girl.
[11:58] Kazuya
    I really find that hard to believe.
[12:02] Kazuya
    But...
[12:03] Kazuya
    Why did she come to me?
[12:05] Kazuya
    Sure, our balconies are connected,
[12:07] Kazuya
    but couldn't she have gone to
    her parents or friends instead?
SIGN    ba-dump
    ba-dump
[12:12] Kazuya
    Maybe that's how much she trusts me?
[12:16] Chizuru
    Okay, I should get going.
[12:18] Chizuru
    Surely she's left by now.
[12:22] Kazuya
    Oh, let me check outside.
[12:27] Kazuya
    Phew.
[12:29] Kazuya
    No sign of her.
[12:30] Chizuru
    Oh, look!
[12:33] Chizuru
    The landlord's back.
[12:34] Kazuya
    G-Good news.
[12:37] Chizuru
    Goodnight, then. Thanks for having me.
[12:45] (Flashback) Sayuri
    Please, please, be that for Chizuru.
[12:55] Kazuya
    L-Let me know if you ever need help!
[13:02] Kazuya
    I-I know we nearly got in trouble this time,
[13:06] Kazuya
    but stuff happens all the time in life.
[13:09] Kazuya
    If you can't turn to your parents or friends,
[13:12] Kazuya
    I'll do everything I can as your neighbor.
[13:22] Chizuru
    They're gone.
[13:26] Chizuru
    My parents... are gone.
[13:37] Kazuya
    Mizuhara...
[13:40] Chizuru
    My father left when I was little.
[13:43] Chizuru
    My mom and I went to live
    with my grandparents.
[13:46] Chizuru
    But my mom died soon after,
[13:49] Chizuru
    and so did my grandpa,
    when I was in high school.
[13:53] Chizuru
    So my "family" is just my grandma and me.
[13:58] Kazuya
    Come to think of it...
[14:00] (Flashback) Chizuru
    Jeez, Grandma. You haven't
    replaced the water in the vase.
[14:04] Kazuya
    It never felt like her family was around.
[14:09] Chizuru
    I made a promise...
[14:11] Chizuru
    I promised my grandpa that I
    would become an actress one day.
[14:15] Chizuru
    So I at least want my grandma
    to see me performing on screen.
[14:21] Chizuru
    That's my dream.
[14:25] Chizuru
    Made you cringe?
[14:31] Chizuru
    The girl you're paying to go on
    dates with is nothing special.
[14:36] Chizuru
    I'm a failed actress...
[14:37] Chizuru
    Just a girl in college who's still
    clinging to a childish dream.
[14:42] Chizuru
    So, honestly, don't expect too much from me.
[14:46] Chizuru
    Sorry about everything tonight.
[14:49] Chizuru
    Goodnight.
[15:00] Kazuya
    I guess I lucked out.
[15:03] Kazuya
    Both my parents are still alive.
[15:06] Kazuya
    And even now, if I go back home,
    they'll welcome me back and feed me.
[15:11] Kazuya
    It's hard to believe, but my Gran
    doted all over me when I was a baby.
[15:15] (Flashback) Nagomi
    His eyebrows are just like his grandpa's!
[15:18] (Flashback) Nagomi
    There, there, my boy!
[15:21] Kazuya
    I'm an only child,
[15:23] Kazuya
    so she was gung-ho about giving me,
    the successor, some "early education."
[15:26] Kazuya
    She bought me all sorts of toys and stuff.
[15:29] (Flashback) Nagomi
    Here's a bridge!
[15:30] (Flashback) Nagomi
    Now you can link two structures!
[15:32] (Flashback) Harumi
    Mom, it's too early for him.
SIGN    Om nom
[15:35] (Flashback) Kazuo
    He's chewing on the train...
[15:37] (Flashback) Nagomi
    They say a kid's IQ is
    set by the age of five!
[15:40] Kazuya
    I don't know if I lived up
    to her hopes, though...
[15:43] Kazuya
    Seriously, though, compared to you,
[15:46] Kazuya
    I've lived a carefree life.
[15:49] Chizuru
    What? Are you bragging?
SIGN    S-Sorry
[15:51] Kazuya
    U-Uh, no. What I'm trying to say is...
[15:54] Kazuya
    All that said, I sometimes think about
    how my future's set in stone already.
[16:01] Chizuru
    You mean...
[16:03] Kazuya
    Oh, uh, I'm not against taking
    over the store or anything.
[16:07] Kazuya
    It's not like I have any
    concrete goals, anyway.
[16:11] Kazuya
    Even running a convenience store would be
    too good a life for the likes of me, seriously.
[16:16] Kazuya
    And, of course, I feel indebted
    to my family for raising me,
[16:19] Kazuya
    and I wanna repay them for
    taking such good care of me.
SIGN    Nagomi                         Sake
[16:22] Kazuya
    I was born into this family,
[16:24] Kazuya
    so I believe it's my purpose
    in life to take over the store.
[16:29] Kazuya
    And that's fine by me. Just fine.
[16:37] Kazuya
    But...
[16:38] (Flashback) Sayuri
    But one day, she'll surely need
    someone who sees her for who she is.
[16:45] Kazuya
    You just look so cool in my eyes.
[16:49] Kazuya
    I don't know, like... you're pursuing
    your dreams with all you've got,
[16:53] Kazuya
    and you'll do whatever it takes.
[16:56] Kazuya
    See her for who she is? Be there for her?
[17:01] Kazuya
    I bawled my eyes out watching your play, too.
[17:07] Kazuya
    This isn't about fanciful ideas like those.
[17:11] Kazuya
    I just wanna see you fulfill your dream.
[17:16] Kazuya
    I really, really do.
[17:19] Kazuya
    So I wanna be there forever... by your side.
[17:27] Kazuya
    Is that too much to ask?
[17:32] Chizuru
    "Forever"?
[17:33] Kazuya
    Er, wait!
SIGN    Blush
SIGN    Sweat
[17:35] Kazuya
    Of all the creepy things to say!
[17:41] Chizuru
    Stupid.
[17:42] Kazuya
    Stu—
[17:43] Chizuru
    If you want me to be with you,
    I can't very well refuse.
[17:49] Kazuya
    Mizuhara?
[17:52] Chizuru
    That's a rental girlfriend's job.
[17:56] Chizuru
    Bye.
[18:01] Kazuya
    That night, the sight of Mizuhara
    leaving was etched into my eyes,
[18:06] Kazuya
    leaving me unable to sleep.
[18:08] Kazuya
    I know she's lived a life hundreds
    of times harder than mine,
[18:15] Kazuya
    and gone through so much pain...
[18:18] (Flashback) Chizuru
    If you want me to be with you,
    I can't very well refuse.
[18:24] Kazuya
    I don't know if that came from the heart.
[18:28] Kazuya
    I don't know if you meant it,
[18:30] Kazuya
    or if it was just lip service.
[18:32] Kazuya
    But my feelings are real.
[18:36] Kazuya
    It doesn't matter if you're a rental
    girlfriend, or just my neighbor.
[18:40] (Flashback) Chizuru
    That's a rental girlfriend's job.
[18:43] Kazuya
    It doesn't matter if I'm just your
    client, or your boyfriend.
[18:47] Kazuya
    Even if this were all to come to an
    end someday, I wanna be there for you.
[18:52] Kazuya
    I want you to know that
    that isn't lip service.
[18:55] Kazuya
    I mean it, from the heart.
[19:03] Kazuya
    M-Mizuhara!
[19:06] Kazuya
    Crap, I stopped!
SIGN    Glance    Glance
SIGN    Nobody's
    around, right!?
SIGN    Hmm...
[19:12] Kazuya
    You don't know her! You don't know her!
SIGN    Dazed...
SIGN    Economics Department Special Seminar Numbering
SIGN    Economics Department Special Seminar Numbering
[22:17] Kazuya
    Okay, yeah, I'm down bad.
[22:22] Kazuya
    What is wrong with me?
[22:25] Kazuya
    She's a rental girlfriend, y'know.
[22:27] Kazuya
    I'm making my feelings obvious...
    showing no self-control.
[22:38] Kazuya
    But there's something I don't get.
[22:42] Kazuya
    I feel like Mizuhara knows
    I'm in love with her.
[22:47] Kazuya
    "We feel nothing for each other."
[22:49] Kazuya
    That was what our relationship was
    built on, and what kept it ticking.
[22:54] Kazuya
    If she finds out I've
    actually fallen for her,
[22:56] Kazuya
    I pose a risk to her as a rental girlfriend.
[22:58] Kazuya
    She could easily tell her agency
    and break off all contact forever.
[23:04] Kazuya
    So then, why is she so nice to me?
[23:12] Chizuru
    Kazuya-kun, I feel the same way...
[23:20] Kazuya
    What am I thinking?!
SIGN    Grah!
[23:22] Kazuya
    She finally came around and
    said we could be "neighbors."
[23:24] Kazuya
    If I get carried away, things
    will go right back to square one!
SIGN    Wha!?
SIGN    Creep.
[23:30] Kazuya
    This is all Mizuhara's
    fault for being so cute.
[23:37] Mami
    Kazu-kun.
SIGN    Bob
[23:40] Kazuya
    M-Mami-chan?!
[23:41] Mami
    Whatcha hiding?
[23:43] Kazuya
    Ugh! I overreacted!
SIGN    Swirl
SIGN    Swirl
SIGN    Swirl
SIGN    Swirl
[23:48] Kazuya
    She did come over last night and all...
    Does she wanna talk about that?
SIGN    Swirl
SIGN    Swirl
SIGN    Swirl
[23:52] Mami
    Do you have a minute?
[23:57] Mami
    Kazu-kun!
[23:58] Kazuya
    Wh-What's up, Mami-chan?
[24:00] Mami
    Are you panicking about something?
[24:02] Kazuya
    Nah, I just didn't know you'd
    be joining me for the preview.
[24:05] Mami
    Huh... Does that mean you don't
    know what happens, either?
[24:09] Kazuya
    N-No idea.
[24:11] Mami
    I'll give you two hints.
    "Naked" and "Sleepover."
[24:14] Kazuya
    Buck naked, sleeping together?!
[24:16] Mami
    You're so funny, Kazu-kun.
[24:18] Mami
    Anyway, next time on Rent-a-Girlfriend...
[24:20] Kazuya
    "Night...
[24:21] Mami
    ...and Girlfriend."
[24:22] Mami
    Oh, Kazu-kun, you have a nosebleed!
SIGN    "Night and Girlfriend"
[24:24] Mami
    Virgins are so lol.