# Season 1
# E0 - Fan Service of Love and Youth
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY8V14Q0Y/fan-service-of-love-and-youth)
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**[00:03] ---**
Come now, that's your top
recommendation, Sawamura-san?
**[00:07] ---**
Isn't that a lame harem anime
**[00:09] ---**
that was packed with panty shots
and nudity right from episode 1?
**[00:12] ---**
I'm ashamed that I stuck
with it through episode 3.
**[00:15] ---**
By any metric, that was an epic anime!
**[00:17] ---**
The artwork was consistent from beginning
to end, the motion was fluid,
**[00:21] ---**
and the girls in it were all super cute!
**[00:24] ---**
You do realize it's the people who worship
any anime with good artwork as a classic
**[00:29] ---**
who are behind the decline of
the anime industry, don't you?
**[00:33] ---**
No, it's because of smug people like you,
who criticize shows based on preconceived notions
**[00:38] ---**
because they can't be bothered
to watch the whole thing!
**[00:42] ---**
You two...
**[00:44] ---**
It boggles my mind
**[00:46] ---**
that two girls in high school can
still get so worked up over anime.
**[00:51] ---**
Before you start finding fault
with the mental age of others,
**[00:53] ---**
I suggest you stop swimming in
the bath like some child, Hyodo-san.
**[00:57] ---**
Seriously. How about cultivating
some ladylike traits, huh?
**[01:02] ---**
Fine, whatever...
**[01:09] ---**
I have to say, though,
**[01:11] ---**
this feels great...
**[01:13] ---**
Hot...
**[01:15] ---**
I'm glad we came.
**[01:18] ---**
Yeah, though I don't care
for the members I'm with.
**[01:23] ---**
I don't have much to complain about,
with one notable exception.
**[01:29] ---**
Now that you mention it,
I wonder what Tomo is up to?
**[01:33] ---**
I bet he's peeking or something.
**[01:37] ---**
You have nothing to be ashamed about.
**[01:41] ---**
So what are you so flustered
about, Sawamura-san?
**[01:48] ---**
U-U-U-Utaha Kasumigaoka!
**[01:56] ---**
Anyway, that show got way more
interesting when it switched over
**[01:59] ---**
to a pure love story
midway through its run.
**[02:01] ---**
Then they should have gone that route
from the beginning and stuck with it.
**[02:05] ---**
Pandering to the audience only results
in an inconsistent, half-baked product.
**[02:10] ---**
Damn it.
**[02:11] ---**
Why are they having this
conversation when I'm not around?!
**[02:15] ---**
Talk about anime after
you're back in your room!
**[03:54] ---**
*I'm Tomoya Aki.*
**[03:56] ---**
*I'm the spokesman for a doujin game circle
at a private school in the city.*
***SIGN*** #0 "Fan Service of Love and Youth"
**[04:00] ---**
*I'm a second-year high school student
who's openly an otaku, inside and out.*
**[04:04] ---**
*Today, on a weekend
in the middle of October,*
**[04:06] ---**
*I was heading out with
my fellow circle members*
**[04:09] ---**
*to scout locations for
the game we're working on.*
**[04:12] ---**
*I suppose that's my cue to introduce
the members of the circle.*
**[04:15] ---**
*First, to my left is—*
**[04:17] ---**
Opening with a pointlessly long monologue
from the main character is as low as it gets.
**[04:23] ---**
If you open with such an unnatural,
boring info-dump of a story setup,
**[04:27] ---**
everyone is going to fall asleep.
**[04:29] ---**
I let you take a stab at it because you said
you wanted to try scenario writing,
**[04:33] ---**
but I see you need to study how
it's done from the very basics.
**[04:35] ---**
But it's the prologue, so
the player has no information yet.
**[04:38] ---**
You have to give them some details.
**[04:40] ---**
So we sneak it in.
**[04:43] ---**
For instance, casually slipping the story setup
into a conversation between two characters.
**[04:48] ---**
Oh, I get it...
**[04:49] ---**
That's my Utaha Kasumigaoka-senpai!
**[04:52] ---**
She's in charge of scenario writing
for our circle, "Blessing Software,"
**[04:56] ---**
as well as high school student
light novel author Utako Kasumi!
**[04:59] ---**
Why are you suddenly breaking
into clumsy exposition?
**[05:01] ---**
Come on,
**[05:03] ---**
what are you two whispering
to each other about?
**[05:06] ---**
Seriously, macking on each other
while people are trying to sleep...
**[05:11] ---**
Oh, you're awake?
**[05:13] ---**
It's our illustrator,
top-selling doujin author,
**[05:16] ---**
as well as my childhood friend,
Eriri Spencer Sawamura.
**[05:19] ---**
And there's our music head, as well as
singer for an anime cover band,
**[05:22] ---**
my cousin, Michiru Hyodo!
**[05:25] ---**
What in the world
are you babbling about?
**[05:28] ---**
Are you sure it isn't Tomo
who's been sleeping?
**[05:36] ---**
Beet red as far as the eye can see!
**[05:46] ---**
Megumi, I'm gonna do
a sketch here, so I'll need you.
**[05:49] ---**
Sure.
**[05:50] ---**
For location scouting, isn't it
better to take lots of pictures
**[05:52] ---**
instead of going to the hassle
of drawing pictures?
**[05:55] ---**
It's not the same, Hyodo-san.
**[05:57] ---**
Sketching a scene as you see it
gives you a sense of being there
**[06:01] ---**
that's totally different from
painting a copy of a photograph.
**[06:05] ---**
I don't really get it,
but you sure are a perfectionist...
**[06:07] ---**
Well, Sawamura-san's pointless
perfectionism notwithstanding,
**[06:11] ---**
I'm going to take pictures,
so don't worry.
**[06:15] ---**
Hey, Utaha Kasumigaoka!
**[06:15] ---**
*Oh, I see.*
**[06:16] ---**
*The characters' names and future actions
have been slipped into a natural conversation.*
**[06:16] ---**
What do you mean, pointless?!
**[06:18] ---**
Oh, I simply meant in terms of what is
reasonable and most efficient.
**[06:21] ---**
*This is the casual story setup
that she was talking about.*
**[06:22] ---**
What do you know about art?
**[06:27] ---**
Megumi, would you mind
emoting for me?
**[06:31] ---**
Um, what were you looking for?
**[06:33] ---**
Let's see...
**[06:35] ---**
You want to stop the protagonist,
who's going off to the final battle,
**[06:38] ---**
but you can't stop him because
he's doing it for world peace.
**[06:40] ---**
So something wavering between love
and duty with a hint of resignation,
**[06:43] ---**
with a bit of a sad
smile thrown in.
**[06:45] ---**
Oh, and with tears welling up
in your eyes, of course.
**[06:49] ---**
You can't give an amateur model
complicated directions like that.
**[06:54] ---**
Megumi, you're our main heroine!
**[06:57] ---**
How can you not give me
an expression that says,
**[06:59] ---**
"I've been cast aside by my man,
**[07:00] ---**
but I'll endure it, even as
I'm drowning in sadness"?!
**[07:03] ---**
Anyway, isn't that not how
the main heroine usually ends up?
**[07:07] ---**
All right, fine.
**[07:09] ---**
Do exactly as I say and
let's see how it works.
**[07:11] ---**
Okay, I'll try.
**[07:14] ---**
First, picture this.
**[07:16] ---**
You've had a childhood friend
for the past 10 years.
**[07:20] ---**
Childhood friend...
**[07:23] ---**
You've been attached at
the hip since childhood,
**[07:25] ---**
and even though you've fought,
even though you've been separated,
**[07:29] ---**
you had always intended in your heart
of hearts to be with him forever.
**[07:31] ---**
Eriri? Um...
**[07:33] ---**
But then he's suddenly
snatched away by some floozy,
**[07:36] ---**
and she flirts with him right in front
of you and rubs your face in it,
**[07:39] ---**
but you're forced to wish them
the best even as you're crying inside
**[07:43] ---**
and you force yourself
to keep smiling.
**[07:50] ---**
You didn't have to press your
own emotional trauma buttons.
**[07:50] ---**
It's so heartbreaking!
**[07:57] ---**
Huh?
**[07:58] ---**
Where's Tomoya?
**[08:00] ---**
Kasumigaoka-senpai dragged
Aki-kun away a minute ago.
**[08:06] ---**
Senpai, I don't think the inside of this thicket
is gonna work as a backdrop in the game.
**[08:13] ---**
Is there a good spot up ahead?
**[08:16] ---**
Let's see...
**[08:17] ---**
I guess right around here will do.
**[08:20] ---**
Here?
**[08:22] ---**
Yes, it's just as I pictured it.
**[08:24] ---**
I want to plan out a situation, so
will you help me with it, Mr. Ethical?
**[08:29] ---**
Sure, what do you need me to—
**[08:34] ---**
Before the final battle,
**[08:36] ---**
the heroine, no longer able to restrain
her feelings for the protagonist,
**[08:39] ---**
leads him into a thicket
and tries to act on her passion!
**[08:44] ---**
That's a mainstream game!
**[08:46] ---**
That depends on how we tweak
the depiction, it could be anything.
**[08:50] ---**
Like teasing the audience
with a faint sigh.
**[08:52] ---**
Or the scene changes, and it's suddenly
dawn and the sparrows are chirping.
**[08:55] ---**
If somebody spent the night
out here, they'd freeze to death!
**[08:58] ---**
Anyway, help me with my
scenario building for now.
**[09:02] ---**
Assuming that you want to finish
this game, of course. Okay?
**[09:05] ---**
No fair, holding that over me!
**[09:08] ---**
At first, it's the heroine
who initiates the embrace.
**[09:10] ---**
W-W-W-Wait a minute!
**[09:12] ---**
Unable to refuse her, the protagonist,
simply stands still as a statue.
**[09:13] ---**
Wait!
**[09:16] ---**
Yes, the concept is coming to me!
**[09:19] ---**
No...
**[09:20] ---**
Finally, the protagonist smiles
in spite of himself
**[09:22] ---**
and gently strokes her hair.
**[09:24] ---**
I mean it...
**[09:27] ---**
Why won't you act out
my scenario, Mr. Protagonist?
**[09:31] ---**
It's an unreasonable demand...
**[09:35] ---**
All right, we're coming
to the climax now.
**[09:38] ---**
He holds her around the shoulders,
looks her straight in the eye, and says...
**[09:42] ---**
Utaha-senpai?
**[09:44] ---**
I've always...
**[09:45] ---**
you—
**[09:46] ---**
Hold it right there!
**[09:50] ---**
Kasumigaoka!
**[09:55] ---**
Utaha!
**[10:06] ---**
You only have yourself to blame, but
are you all right, Sawamura-san?
**[10:10] ---**
You did this to me,
no two ways about it!
**[10:13] ---**
Actually, I think that you running full-tilt
and you slamming your head into a branch
**[10:18] ---**
and you tumbling spectacularly down
the hill were all done by you.
**[10:21] ---**
Says the person who created
the situation that made it happen!
**[10:24] ---**
I was simply hard at work working
out a scenario for our game.
**[10:28] ---**
And you, Tomoya!
You're to blame, too!
**[10:31] ---**
You let yourself get seduced by Utaha
Kasumigaoka's feminine wiles, and I—
**[10:34] ---**
Huh?
**[10:37] ---**
Mr. Ethical?
**[10:39] ---**
Look at this, Tomo!
Isn't this place amazing?
**[10:43] ---**
I found this!
**[10:46] ---**
The water's gorgeous, too!
**[10:48] ---**
I wonder if we could go swimming
here once it's summer?
**[10:51] ---**
Hey, why don't we set that climax
scene you were talking about here?
**[10:56] ---**
My head's being flooded
with music ideas!
**[11:02] ---**
M-Michiru...
**[11:05] ---**
For now, let me go...
**[11:09] ---**
It's freezing! This feels great!
**[11:14] ---**
Oh, so you kidnap me out of the blue and
don't offer one word of apology, is that it?
**[11:20] ---**
Come on, I wanted to show you
this awesome spot right away!
**[11:25] ---**
Put yourself in my shoes, okay?
**[11:28] ---**
I swear, you're always doing
stuff without thinking of—
**[11:33] ---**
Feels good, doesn't it?
**[11:35] ---**
Listen to what I have to say and
then reflect on what you've done!
**[11:39] ---**
Want a piece of me, huh?
**[11:42] ---**
Hey!
**[11:43] ---**
Strike!
**[11:43] ---**
Cut it out! Michiru!
**[12:02] ---**
Cut it out, Mitchan! Michiru!
**[12:05] ---**
Damn it, knock it—
**[12:09] ---**
Knock what? Knock boots?
**[12:14] ---**
Um, I just meant...
**[12:18] ---**
Say, Tomo...
**[12:21] ---**
Wha...
**[12:26] ---**
Hey, the others are talking about
checking in at the inn.
**[12:30] ---**
Oh, did I interrupt something?
**[12:34] ---**
No, I just wish you had
said something right away...
**[12:39] ---**
That stealth mode of yours is
always engaged, Kato-chan.
**[12:48] ---**
This is the end for you,
Utaha Kasumigaoka!
**[12:52] ---**
I'm sorry, Sawamura-san,
but you've got no shot.
**[13:14] ---**
Oh, dear...
**[13:17] ---**
Whoa, hey!
**[13:41] ---**
Game goes to Hyodo-san, 11-3.
**[13:45] ---**
Yes! I'm the champion!
**[13:47] ---**
The juice is mine!
**[13:49] ---**
Damn.
**[13:51] ---**
I thought I could at least
beat you at ping pong.
**[13:56] ---**
Don't underestimate the girl
**[13:58] ---**
who swept the captain of the table tennis
club at the ball game tournament!
**[14:04] ---**
You have way too many useless talents.
**[14:07] ---**
By the way, Aki-kun...
**[14:08] ---**
Yeah, what is it?
**[14:09] ---**
When should we finally call
their match for last place?
**[14:13] ---**
Ignore 'em.
**[14:16] ---**
Okay, good night.
**[14:17] ---**
We have an early day tomorrow, so
don't stay up too late messing around.
**[14:21] ---**
C'mon, Tomo...
**[14:22] ---**
Stop by our room later and hang out.
**[14:25] ---**
If you peek, you're a dead man.
**[14:27] ---**
Mr. Ethical doesn't have the wherewithal
to sneak into the girls' room.
**[14:32] ---**
Thanks for your entirely
unsolicited opinion.
**[14:35] ---**
But there's still a lot
that I have to do!
**[14:39] ---**
Ah, reminiscing over the many things
that have happened today.
**[14:43] ---**
You prefer to do that alone?
**[14:48] ---**
Yes, I do!
**[14:51] ---**
But I call it organizing today's
pictures and materials!
**[15:22] ---**
Kato? What's going on?
**[15:24] ---**
Oh, um, I stopped them.
**[15:29] ---**
What's gotten into you guys?
**[15:32] ---**
Sure, you're always mean to me, but
you've never pulled anything this crazy.
**[15:38] ---**
I think you have that backwards.
**[15:40] ---**
What's mean is the way
you treat us, don't you think?
**[15:45] ---**
Tomoya, you're a jerk!
**[15:47] ---**
You're mean... So mean...
**[15:51] ---**
Kato!
**[15:53] ---**
Well, Eriri said her father's souvenirs from
England have been piling up at home, so she...
**[15:59] ---**
What have you done?!
The **O won't be...
**[16:03] ---**
Would you please
shut up for a minute?
**[16:06] ---**
Yes.
**[16:07] ---**
We're going to make you lay your
cards on the table today, Mr. Ethical.
**[16:11] ---**
What's your plan for this circle?
**[16:15] ---**
You talk about your dream of making
the ultimate dating sim that you'd come up with,
**[16:20] ---**
luring in girl after girl...
**[16:23] ---**
I draw people in because
I'm a brilliant creator!
**[16:25] ---**
It's a coincidence that
our roster is all girls!
**[16:27] ---**
Plus, after we've joined up,
**[16:29] ---**
you work us to the bone and you don't give us
so much as a single candy for our trouble.
**[16:35] ---**
Yeah, Tomo has that
side to him for sure...
**[16:40] ---**
You're so mean, Tomoya...
**[16:42] ---**
What's mean is all this one-sided
interpretation of yours.
**[16:46] ---**
I habn't done adythig...
**[16:49] ---**
I feel terrible about
forcing you all to join
**[16:52] ---**
and making constant,
unreasonable demands.
**[16:55] ---**
If you hate that, then I don't
blame you for calling me out for it.
**[16:58] ---**
Tomo!
**[16:59] ---**
So go ahead and quit
if you haven't had fun.
**[17:01] ---**
If it was nothing but hard
times, feel free to leave.
**[17:02] ---**
What's the big idea?
**[17:04] ---**
You're trying to weasel
your way out of this?
**[17:05] ---**
But is that really all there was?
**[17:06] ---**
Come here a second.
**[17:07] ---**
Was it nothing but bad times?
**[17:08] ---**
Sheesh, what is it?
**[17:09] ---**
Was it never fun?
**[17:10] ---**
Rock-paper-scissors.
**[17:11] ---**
Working as hard as we could,
bit by bit, slowly but surely,
**[17:12] ---**
Fair and square, ladies.
Fair and square.
**[17:13] ---**
our dream was taking shape
before our very eyes!
**[17:16] ---**
All right, fine.
**[17:18] ---**
Can we finally put an end
to this prank?
**[17:19] ---**
One, two, three!
**[17:19] ---**
Isn't that why every
last one of us is here?
**[17:21] ---**
Three, three, three!
**[17:23] ---**
Now, I have nothing on my mind but
creating the ultimate game with all of you!
**[17:27] ---**
I haven't given any thought
to what comes after that!
**[17:29] ---**
That's why I want to
see this through with—
**[17:33] ---**
Hup!
**[17:37] ---**
All right, I'll go first.
**[17:42] ---**
You'll pay with your body, Mr. Ethical!
**[17:45] ---**
Resign yourself to your fate!
**[17:46] ---**
Senpai! Not there, I'll get an—
**[17:47] ---**
This is the spot, right?
No, I bet it's here!
**[17:49] ---**
No, not there! I'll get an—
**[17:54] ---**
Oh, Mr. Ethical!
**[17:55] ---**
No!
**[17:56] ---**
Mr. Ethical, you devil!
**[18:08] ---**
While I do appreciate
you rescuing me,
**[18:11] ---**
maybe you could have
done it sooner?
**[18:14] ---**
Nothing doing.
**[18:16] ---**
I wasn't about to step into
the middle of that.
**[18:19] ---**
Kato, why are you always
so damned reactive?
**[18:23] ---**
That's why you'll always be
like a background character:
**[18:27] ---**
inconspicuous, zero presence, and
swallowed up by your surroundings.
**[18:31] ---**
Well, I don't have the presence to cut loose
and say such rude things to a girl like you, Aki-kun
**[18:38] ---**
Look... Here's the thing, Kato.
**[18:41] ---**
You're not some ordinary girl.
**[18:43] ---**
You're the main heroine of
the game we're making!
**[18:46] ---**
No matter how much time passes,
I'll never be a fit for that role.
**[18:51] ---**
There's no replacing the main heroine.
**[18:53] ---**
You have to be the face of our game.
**[18:57] ---**
What's the big idea,
always complaining like that?
**[19:02] ---**
I don't know what I should work on,
or how, so complaining is all I can do.
**[19:06] ---**
Then the first step is to start
acting like a main heroine!
**[19:10] ---**
What does that even mean,
acting like a main heroine?
**[19:14] ---**
Well, you know...
**[19:15] ---**
Like being hated by your rival so much
that she puts a tack in your shoe.
**[19:19] ---**
Or just when you're about
to marry your beloved,
**[19:21] ---**
he gets into an accident
and he goes missing.
**[19:23] ---**
And even though you're
finally reunited years later,
**[19:25] ---**
the two of you were going through
with a loveless marriage,
**[19:27] ---**
so you get bogged down
in a love-hate drama.
**[19:29] ---**
In what genre, in what country, and
in what era, is that a main heroine?
**[19:33] ---**
She has the guts to tell herself
to live day by day in spite of it all!
**[19:36] ---**
At least understand that much!
**[19:38] ---**
Fine, fine, I'll give 110%
each and every day.
**[19:42] ---**
Sheesh...
**[19:51] ---**
Your hair's gotten pretty long.
**[19:54] ---**
Sure, it's been growing out
for six months.
**[19:56] ---**
Ever since you noticed
that I existed, Aki-kun.
**[20:02] ---**
We've been through a lot
these past six months, huh?
**[20:04] ---**
I haven't.
**[20:06] ---**
You have.
**[20:08] ---**
You've definitely upped your
"deadpan retort" game, Kato.
**[20:13] ---**
That's what happens when you hang around
tactless otaku boys for six months.
**[20:25] ---**
Our game is almost finished, isn't it?
**[20:29] ---**
Yeah, we're almost there.
**[20:32] ---**
*I hope it's ready for Winter Comiket.*
**[20:35] ---**
*I hope lots of people pick it up.*
**[20:38] ---**
*I hope everybody enjoys it!*
**[20:42] ---**
We can do it. I know we can.
**[20:46] ---**
*This is our story.*
**[20:49] ---**
*Otaku and non-otaku coming together,*
**[20:52] ---**
*fooling around, getting frustrated,*
**[20:55] ---**
*laughing together,
having disagreements,*
**[20:58] ---**
*working hand in hand, fighting...*
**[21:01] ---**
*And, well, all kinds of other stuff.*
**[21:06] ---**
*And it's a story of how we made
our dream come true together.*
**[21:12] ---**
Oh, and I hope the circle
doesn't crash and burn.
**[21:16] ---**
Don't jinx us.
# E1 - An Error-ridden Prologue
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRDQDWMWY/an-error-ridden-prologue)
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And we're down to the final spurt!
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*One spring day...*
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*I came face to face with my destiny.*
***SIGN*** #1 "An Error-ridden Prologue"
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Oops...
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See you tonight!
***SIGN*** Amber Concerto
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'Morning, mister!
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Hm? You deliver papers now, Tomoya-kun?
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What happened to that other job?
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I'm still working at the video store
and restaurant.
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I took on a morning job, that's all.
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You're such a go-getter.
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But isn't it hard to balance
all those jobs with school?
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I can handle it! After all,
I've got a big goal now.
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Which is why I don't have
time to dawdle! See ya!
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What anime is that boy
hooked on this time?
***SIGN*** Toyogasaki Private Academy
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Class B
Tomoya Aki
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Good morning, Sawamura-san.
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Good morning.
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Oh, how are you, Ishimaki-san?
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And you, Satomi-san?
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Sawamura-san!
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Good morning!
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Sawamura-san, good morning!
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Sawamura-san, how have you been?
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It's been too long, Sawamura-san!
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Hey, look at this, we're all in Class G!
***SIGN*** Class G Kiyo Ishimaki
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Oh, so we are.
***SIGN*** Azusa Satomi Eriri Spencer Sawamura
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Let's have a good year together, then.
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Sawamura-san?
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Hm? Oh, it's nothing.
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Hey, Tomoya!
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Oh, hey, Yoshihiko.
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Looks like we're in the
same class again this year!
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I'm kinda busy right now.
Don't bother me.
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What's so important? Are you doing
a roundup of the winter anime?
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Or reviewing light novels
that came out in March?
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I finished that stuff ages ago.
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For anime, within 24 hours
of the finale's airing.
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For light novels,
within three days of publishing.
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For games, within a week of release.
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My mission is to post useful news,
divided into spoilers
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and spoiler-free, that
anyone can see and enjoy.
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You big-league bloggers sure talk different.
So, what are you working on?
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What you see here is a mission
of the utmost importance.
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It's an epic project that's worthy of
the beginning of my new otaku life.
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Whoa, check that out, Tomoya!
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Hey, what kind of friend asks a question
and then ignores me while I'm answering?
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Look, it's Sawamura-san!
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Eriri Spencer Sawamura.
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Half-Japanese, wealthy,
father an English diplomat...
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Plus, she's the super ace of the
art club who got accepted into
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the municipal art exhibition
right after she enrolled here!
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What's the point of getting so
worked up over her now?
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Man, it's like her cuteness has been honed
even more now that she's in second year.
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You still haven't let go of 3D girls?
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I made a point of fixating on 2D girls
all through first year, but listen to you!
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What are you saying, you idiot?
That's exactly why!
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She's got fair skin!
She's half-Japanese!
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Blonde hair! In pigtails!
And she's in knee-socks!
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She's a moe heroine with every box
on the 2D checklist ticked off!
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You're the idiot.
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3D girls are way too much trouble.
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Hey, Tomoya, aren't you going
to the opening ceremony?
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Sorry, go on ahead.
I'll catch up.
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First Press Limited Edition
Amber Concerto
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That was careless, Eriri. It's not like you
to let a limited-edition pass you by.
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Well, online retailers stopped
taking orders quite a while ago...
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I placed orders at all the shops
that were getting exclusives
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the day they started taking pre-orders—
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I told you not to talk to me at school!
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And what do we say to the
guy who lugged five boxes
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weighing 1.8kg each
all around Akiba on release day?
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I gave you the bonus
wall scroll, didn't I?
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You should be thanking me.
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Anyway, why did you come over
to Class G? You're in Class B, aren't you?
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You know what class I'm in?
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They were only announced today.
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If you don't need anything, I'm leaving!
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Hey, wait! I have something
important to discuss.
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The opening ceremony
is about to start.
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It's now or never!
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Please!
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Well?
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It's a project proposal.
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For what?
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For the ultimate dating sim
that we're gonna make!
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I'm dying to find out how
someone would arrive at
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such a nonsensical, stupid,
downright painful notion.
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I'm glad you asked!
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A life-changing event
happened to me last week!
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I felt the hand of something
at work that day.
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Call it fate, call it a divine revelation...
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Did you now?
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I know, isn't it amazing?!
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Isn't it like a girls' manga,
a romantic anime,
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a moe light novel, or the prologue
to some dating sim?!
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Yeah, it sounds like an event I've seen
a million times that's been done to death.
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Winning formulas work
because people love them!
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So I just had to express what
I was feeling at that moment.
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You want to base a game around
your encounter with that girl?
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When I saw her, game text and visuals
and music cascaded through my brain.
***SIGN*** Mystery Girl That's right. This is actually my first time in town...
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That's how I knew.
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The only way to depict
this story is in game form.
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I didn't mean that,
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I meant, why don't you track her
down and tell her how you feel?
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Why would I want to profess
my feelings for some 3D girl?
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And? Why are you trying to drag me into
your little masturbatory fantasy?
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It's because you're the best
illustrator I know of!
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By day, you are Eriri Spencer Sawamura,
star of the Toyogasaki Academy Art Club.
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But by night,
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your secret otaku identity is a member
of the super-popular 18+ doujinshi circle,
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"Egoistic Lily,"
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Eri Kashiwagi!
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Damn it, I keep telling you not to
say that name on school grounds!
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You'll do it, won't you?
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You're going to do it, right, Eriri?!
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As if, you moron!
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You promised me back when
we were in elementary school!
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I'm gonna be the president of a game
company one day, mark my words!
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When I do, I'll come hire you!
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I'll wait for you as long as it takes!
I'll be your game company's artist, Tomo-kun!
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Eriri...
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Tomo-kun...
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As if schoolkids would make a promise
that specific and that mundane!
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We did! I know we did!
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If you're that gung-ho to do it,
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why don't you just do the illustrations
and scenario yourself?!
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That's the doujin way!
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It wouldn't work.
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My skills couldn't depict that
girl's beauty in a million years.
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She was really that cute?
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The scene is still
seared into my eyes.
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She wore a white one-piece dress
and a white beret.
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That fleeting glimpse of her
standing atop the hill,
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colored by cherry blossoms
dancing on the breeze...
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That doesn't tell me
a damn thing about her face.
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You don't remember what
she looked like, do you?
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You're wrong!
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My power of expression isn't up to
capturing that perfect image, that's all!
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Even trying to would demean her.
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That's why I need the power of
your illustrations, Eriri!
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Anyway, Tomoya,
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your way of thinking is
warped from the get-go.
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I never expected to hear that from
a girl who draws porno doujinshi!
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When you say this is a passion project
but then foist off a key element,
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that tells me you aren't
serious about it at all.
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That's exactly like a con man
who claims to be a producer
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who just wants to kick back
and enjoy the profits.
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I'm nothing like those halfhearted types!
I have drive and passion!
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And I'm overflowing with ideas!
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I'm the only man for the job of
bringing this project proposal to fruition!
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Wow, all those overflowing ideas can
fit on that scrap of paper, huh?
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"Boy meets mysterious girl, they flirt,
then share a joyous kiss, the end."
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That idea that "only you can bring to
fruition" fits into one sentence.
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Stop it, stop it, stop it!
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Later.
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Wait, Eriri!
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One more time! Hear me out
just one more time!
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There's nothing more to say.
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I'll be waiting in the
AV room after school.
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It's too late to be saying
that now, Tomoya.
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And now, the presentation of the top
prize in the last month's mock exam.
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You look depressed.
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Did you already get shot down by a girl
on the first day of the new semester?
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It's not that...
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But I'll admit that I'm now
facing a huge crisis.
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Utaha Kasumigaoka-san, Class 3C.
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Between me and the epic project that's worthy
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of the beginning of my new otaku life stands—
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Look, Tomoya!
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Hey, Yoshihiko, you ask a question and then don't listen...
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Check it out, it's Kasumigaoka-senpai!
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Utaha Kasumigaoka,
the smartest girl in school,
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who's never lost her seat as top
in her class in her two years here.
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Always lost in her own world...
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She's always nodding off in class
and never does her homework,
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but I hear the teachers
can't touch her.
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You've never seen her do it, so don't act
like you know what you're talking about.
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She sure is pretty, though...
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She's one of the two top beauties
of Toyogasaki Academy.
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It's not for nothing that they say Sawamura is
the light side to Kasumigaoka's dark side.
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If you start comparing those two, it's
going to come back and haunt you.
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But Kasumigaoka-senpai
has long, black hair!
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And big boobs!
And black stockings!
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Don't you think she's a moe heroine
who's neck and neck with Sawamura-san?
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Look, those are two books you don't
want to judge by their covers.
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I have to say, though, it's weird
how I never see them with guys
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even though they're so sought-after.
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Are they just good at hiding them?
Or do they hate guys?
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Don't ask me.
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True, it wouldn't help to talk
to you about it, Mr. 2D-only.
***SIGN*** There is class in the afternoon too! Don't go home just yet.
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I had a feeling you'd be here.
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You haven't had lunch yet, right?
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Mind if I join you?
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Oh, right.
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Here.
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Bell?
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"Bell"?
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Oo an do azg be zumding, ite?
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Sorry, I don't follow you.
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Well? You want to ask
me something, right?
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That's why you have the gall to
show your face to the girl
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you cast aside
long ago, isn't it?
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Don't say stuff that will give
people the wrong impression!
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Well, what do you think
of my project proposal?
**[14:24] ---**
I've never written one before, so I'd
be glad if you could offer any advice.
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Here's where I ask you for
an even bigger favor.
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I'd be even happier if you came on
board the project, so if you...
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Trash to trash, rubbish to rubbish, ashes to ashes.
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I poured my heart and soul into that!
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Listen, Mr. Ethical.
***SIGN*** Ethics
***SIGN*** Slacker
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It's Tomoya.
***SIGN*** Tomoya
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Your misguided passion, your
woefully ill-advised naiveté,
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and even your wildly misplaced tenacity
aren't without their charms.
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Those all say the exact same thing
in slightly different ways.
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I can offer no counsel to something
that I find undeserving.
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It's that bad?
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I suppose I'd give it a zero
as a project proposal.
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All I see is a mishmash
of parts I've seen elsewhere.
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Look at any part of the story, and the
source material is easily recognizable.
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And what's worse, the whole thing
is of such poor quality
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that it doesn't even rise to
the level of a degraded copy.
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The more of this I read,
all I can do is sigh.
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It's that terrible?
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Anyway, I'm busy right now.
**[15:34] ---**
I can't join you in your spur-of-the-moment
"production house" games.
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It's not spur-of-the-moment!
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I've always wanted
to make a game.
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I've always wanted to get closer to
the creators I've admired, even if just a little.
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Utaha-senpai, remember
what you told me once?
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That I might, or might not, have what
it takes to be a game creator!
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Did I say that?
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Anyway, aren't you just trying to change
the topic with cunning pleasantries?
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To me, those words were like the spider's
thread lowered by Buddha!
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The smartest student in the history
of Toyogasaki Academy, Utaha Kasumigaoka...
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is actually...
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the super-popular high-school author,
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writer of the "Metronome in Love" series,
which has sold over 500,000 copies!
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Utako Kasumi!
**[16:25] ---**
Given that you know that, you should
understand that I really am busy.
**[16:32] ---**
I've heard that you've started on a
new series, right? Congratulations!
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Thank you. Goodbye, then.
**[16:38] ---**
But be that as it may!
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One more time! Hear me out
just one more time...
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I'll be waiting in the
AV room after school today.
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Why did you have to
pick now, Tomoya-kun?
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All done...
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It's done!
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Just you wait, Eriri!
Utaha-senpai!
**[17:34] ---**
Oh... Aki-kun.
**[17:38] ---**
Miss Hasumi says to come
to the faculty room.
**[17:41] ---**
It sounds like she wants you to take
some class materials to the AV room.
**[17:47] ---**
Sorry, but I can't go now.
**[17:49] ---**
There's something that I absolutely
have to do right now.
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Oh, okay. I'll go tell her you said no, then.
**[17:57] ---**
Sorry, tell her I'll come in early
tomorrow and do it then.
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All right, I will.
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Later.
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Oh, and one more thing.
**[18:05] ---**
What is it now?
**[18:07] ---**
Thanks for earlier.
**[18:08] ---**
For what?
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Remember? You picked up my hat
over spring break. That white beret.
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Did I do that? I don't remember.
**[18:17] ---**
I'm not surprised.
It was quite a few days ago.
**[18:21] ---**
See you.
**[18:22] ---**
Yeah, see you tomorrow.
***SIGN*** AV Room
**[18:42] ---**
Just because I'm here doesn't
mean I plan to sign on, got it?
**[18:45] ---**
I'm only hearing you out because
I wouldn't be able to get to sleep
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if I thought you were
waiting here all night.
**[18:50] ---**
That's a laudable sentiment, Sawamura-san.
**[18:56] ---**
I suppose I've never begun
a conversation with you...
**[18:59] ---**
Utaha Kasumigaoka?!
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but would you mind not
calling me by my full name,
**[19:06] ---**
Miss Eriri Spencer Sawamura?
**[19:07] ---**
What are you doing here?
**[19:10] ---**
What a coincidence, Sawamura-san.
**[19:12] ---**
I was just about to ask you
the very same question.
**[19:16] ---**
Wait, you weren't asked here
by Tomoya, were you?
**[19:18] ---**
I had a nagging suspicion when he
said he wanted to make a game,
**[19:22] ---**
but I can't believe he had his eye
on you to do the character designs.
**[19:27] ---**
What's that fool thinking, asking a gloomy
girl like you to write the scenario?
**[19:31] ---**
If you're going to play that card,
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is it wise to entrust the illustrations
to a mega-delinquent
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who is a sham of a proper young lady,
perfect on the outside but rotten to the core?
**[19:39] ---**
Who are you calling
a delinquent?!
**[19:41] ---**
I confess that I am gloomy, but I think
that I'm truer to myself than you are.
**[19:48] ---**
Anyway, don't get roped in by that idiot just
because he was there for you once, you loner!
**[19:54] ---**
You're not one to talk, seeing as how
you're doing exactly the same thing.
**[19:59] ---**
I only came here to stop him!
**[20:01] ---**
No way is a crazy project
like that going to work out!
**[20:05] ---**
If it were that crazy, wouldn't it implode
on its own even if you hadn't come?
**[20:13] ---**
I'm out of here.
**[20:15] ---**
Good day, then.
**[20:16] ---**
Wait, are you going to stay?
**[20:19] ---**
Do you seriously buy
that absurd tall tale of his?
**[20:22] ---**
I don't see how that is
any of your concern.
**[20:29] ---**
Wait a minute!
**[20:37] ---**
What?
**[20:39] ---**
You're...
**[20:40] ---**
You're the...
**[20:42] ---**
I'm the what?
**[20:45] ---**
That hat, it was—
**[20:47] ---**
Looks like we're in the same class again.
Let's have a good year together, Aki-kun.
**[20:52] ---**
*One spring day... I came
face to face with my destiny.*
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Um, Megumi Kano, right?
**[21:01] ---**
It's "Kato."
**[21:02] ---**
Right, that's what I thought it was!
**[21:04] ---**
*But that was apparently a misunderstanding.*
**[22:42] ---**
We've been stood up.
**[22:45] ---**
Yeah...
# E2 - A Girlfriend Without a Raised Flag
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G65VK7956/a-girlfriend-without-a-raised-flag)
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**[00:01] ---**
*One spring day, I had
an encounter with destiny*
**[00:04] ---**
*and remembered
a dream I'd always had.*
**[00:06] ---**
*To create a dating sim that makes
people laugh, and touch their hearts.*
**[00:10] ---**
*And to create a main heroine
that would make everyone's heart sing!*
**[00:14] ---**
*Yes, just like that girl did!*
**[00:17] ---**
*The response from those around me
to me and this dream was chilly at first.*
**[00:21] ---**
*However, by not giving up and
telling them of my dream,*
**[00:24] ---**
*these newfound comrades
returned one by one!*
**[00:28] ---**
And, having had a dramatic
reunion with that girl,
**[00:31] ---**
I have taken the first steps
to realizing that grand dream!
**[00:34] ---**
Don't drop huge lies in
the middle of an episode recap!
**[00:37] ---**
And don't you blow off anime tropes
**[00:40] ---**
by having a character
interrupt the voiceover!
***SIGN*** #2 "A Girlfriend Without a Raised Flag"
**[02:17] ---**
Say, Kato...
**[02:19] ---**
Yes?
**[02:20] ---**
I never really noticed it before,
but you're actually pretty cute.
**[02:24] ---**
Thanks, but what you never
noticed isn't that I was cute,
**[02:29] ---**
but that I even existed.
**[02:31] ---**
I guess.
**[02:33] ---**
*Toyogasaki Academy,
Class 2B, Megumi Kato.*
**[02:36] ---**
*In the same class
as me since first year.*
**[02:38] ---**
*A girl who's always been nearby.*
**[02:39] ---**
Thank you for waiting!
**[02:41] ---**
The layered cheesecake, please.
**[02:41] ---**
*Now that I look at her, she's definitely cute.*
**[02:43] ---**
Coming right up!
**[02:44] ---**
*She has classic features.*
**[02:46] ---**
*She's not too tall or too short.*
**[02:48] ---**
*Her skin is reasonably smooth.*
**[02:50] ---**
*She curves out where
she's supposed to curve out.*
**[02:52] ---**
*And where she's supposed to
curve in, she curves in, too.*
**[02:54] ---**
*I mean, it's only natural
to think she's cute.*
**[02:57] ---**
*After all, I felt the hand of
fate at work with this girl.*
**[03:02] ---**
*And yet...*
**[03:03] ---**
I didn't order this!
**[03:04] ---**
*what's up with this
total lack of presence?*
**[03:06] ---**
I'm so sorry!
**[03:08] ---**
I'll go ahead and dig in, then.
**[03:10] ---**
Sorry for making you treat me.
**[03:12] ---**
No, I should apologize for
asking you out so suddenly.
**[03:15] ---**
It's okay, I didn't have anything
in particular planned today.
**[03:18] ---**
That reminds me,
what happened to that hat?
**[03:21] ---**
Oh, I gave it to a relative.
**[03:25] ---**
My cousin was visiting, and she liked it,
**[03:27] ---**
so I gave it to her as
a souvenir before she left.
**[03:31] ---**
So our fateful encounter is worth
less than familial obligations?
**[03:34] ---**
Excuse me?
**[03:35] ---**
No, I was just thinking, "Boy,
that sure was a coincidence that day!"
**[03:39] ---**
If you had known I existed
like I knew you did,
**[03:42] ---**
I suppose that might
count as a coincidence.
**[03:44] ---**
Gosh no, you just have
one heck of a memory!
**[03:47] ---**
You must, to have remembered
a unremarkable otaku like me!
**[03:50] ---**
You're an otaku, I'll give you that,
**[03:53] ---**
but don't call yourself unremarkable.
**[03:55] ---**
Why not? There's not a single
thing about me that stands out.
**[03:59] ---**
You're one of the top three
celebrities at our school.
**[04:05] ---**
Come again?
**[04:07] ---**
You got light novels
added to the library
**[04:09] ---**
and you hold anime film
screenings at the school festival.
**[04:11] ---**
There isn't a student at our school
who doesn't know the name Tomoya Aki.
**[04:15] ---**
How can that be?
**[04:17] ---**
Even now, with the otaku population
having climbed as high as it has,
**[04:20] ---**
the eyes of society are still
on us, and not in a good way!
**[04:24] ---**
I wasn't talking about
otaku in general.
**[04:28] ---**
I had no idea! Am I
really that well known?
**[04:31] ---**
But I'm the opposite of you.
**[04:34] ---**
I'm totally boring.
**[04:36] ---**
Boring... you say?
**[04:37] ---**
Look, I didn't order this.
**[04:38] ---**
My grades aren't particularly good,
**[04:40] ---**
and I'm not in any clubs,
**[04:41] ---**
I'm so sorry!
**[04:42] ---**
and I've never served on
any class committees.
**[04:45] ---**
I don't have all that many friends,
**[04:47] ---**
but I'm not particularly interested
in trying to make more.
**[04:51] ---**
So with all that, it's not all that surprising
that you didn't remember me.
**[04:55] ---**
You're wrong!
**[04:56] ---**
Kato... You aren't boring!
**[04:58] ---**
Hey, what's gotten into you?
**[05:00] ---**
Don't call yourself boring!
**[05:02] ---**
Stop pigeonholing yourself
based on mistaken typecasting!
**[05:06] ---**
Kato, I guarantee you this.
**[05:08] ---**
You're anything but boring!
**[05:10] ---**
Aki-kun...
**[05:11] ---**
Your character is dialed way down!
**[05:14] ---**
It's just because your character isn't
fleshed out! You're unfinished!
**[05:17] ---**
That's why you don't stand out!
**[05:22] ---**
Excuse me.
**[05:23] ---**
If I might interrupt?
**[05:25] ---**
What is it?
**[05:26] ---**
Isn't that worse than being boring?
**[05:28] ---**
Of course it is.
**[05:29] ---**
Don't underestimate
boring characters, Kato.
**[05:31] ---**
Not many characters are
as well developed as they are.
**[05:35] ---**
For instance, braids, glasses, freckles!
**[05:39] ---**
If you combine such
utterly boring elements,
**[05:42] ---**
they become something
charming that attracts people!
**[05:44] ---**
The character becomes defined!
**[05:46] ---**
Kato, do you have a trait of being
unforgettable once someone sees you?
**[05:51] ---**
You don't! You don't at all!
**[05:54] ---**
You've been sorta cute all along.
**[05:57] ---**
There's no disconnect there!
**[05:59] ---**
So what are we gonna do
about your lack of individuality?!
**[06:02] ---**
Sorry, mind if I interrupt again?
**[06:04] ---**
Now what?
**[06:05] ---**
Setting aside the fact that
you're not one to talk,
**[06:05] ---**
How about now?!
**[06:06] ---**
Still wrong.
**[06:08] ---**
is my lack of individuality
a problem for you?
**[06:08] ---**
Um, maybe you should
read back my order.
**[06:12] ---**
It does! It's a huge problem!
**[06:13] ---**
Kato, you have to be
special or it won't work!
**[06:15] ---**
Your personality traits
have to be well defined!
**[06:18] ---**
For what reason?
**[06:19] ---**
Because you're the girl who was supposed
to become my main heroine, that's why!
**[06:24] ---**
Uh, was that you professing
your feelings for me?
**[06:28] ---**
Me? To you?
**[06:29] ---**
Why would I do that?
**[06:30] ---**
I thought so.
**[06:31] ---**
You might be speaking to me,
**[06:34] ---**
but it's felt like your eyes have been
looking at something far away.
**[06:39] ---**
Not far away in distance.
In another set of dimensions.
**[06:44] ---**
Kato...
**[06:44] ---**
Give me back my creative urge.
**[06:46] ---**
I'm sorry, I don't understand
how you arrived at that.
**[06:50] ---**
Give me back my dream girl!
Er, my dream!
**[06:55] ---**
Be that as it may, Aki-kun...
**[06:56] ---**
Don't change the subject!
**[06:58] ---**
Are you going out with
the most beautiful girl in school?
**[07:02] ---**
Two of them, no less?
**[07:03] ---**
Kato, there were three errors
in your statement just now.
**[07:07] ---**
The first is "the most
beautiful girl in school,"
**[07:09] ---**
which is a dating sim trope
that doesn't exist in reality.
**[07:12] ---**
The second is having two of the "most beautiful girl in school" is contradictory.
**[07:16] ---**
And the third is the wildly mistaken
notion that a 2D-only otaku like me
**[07:20] ---**
could possibly have a 3D girlfriend!
**[07:22] ---**
What are those people
outside the window, then?
**[07:33] ---**
Excuse me? Aki-kun?
**[07:35] ---**
What is it?
**[07:36] ---**
What are Sawamura-san and
Kasumigaoka-senpai doing here?
**[07:39] ---**
Oh, if you know who they are,
that simplifies things.
**[07:43] ---**
Actually, I don't think there's a student
at our school who doesn't know them.
**[07:47] ---**
I mean, they're the top two
beauties of Toyogasaki Academy.
**[07:49] ---**
Please stop using dating sim
terms with real people.
**[07:52] ---**
Add you into the mix, and the three
celebrities of Toyogasaki Academy are here.
**[07:56] ---**
It's a small world!
**[07:57] ---**
I'm just saying that
I stick out like a sore thumb.
**[08:01] ---**
Don't worry.
**[08:03] ---**
They might look stuck up,
but they're not so bad.
**[08:06] ---**
Really?
**[08:08] ---**
Yeah. In addition to having foul
mouths and nasty personalities,
**[08:11] ---**
they're both even bigger
otaku than I am.
**[08:14] ---**
Let me introduce you, Kato.
**[08:16] ---**
These two ladies are the members
of my game creation circle.
**[08:19] ---**
Eriri Spencer Sawamura, my illustrator,
**[08:22] ---**
and Utaha Kasumigaoka, my scenario writer.
**[08:25] ---**
I'm sorry, I don't know
what that means.
**[08:27] ---**
I certainly don't understand
this either, Mr. Ethical.
**[08:31] ---**
Is this what a man says
when he stands up one girl
**[08:34] ---**
and has been on a date
with another one?
**[08:37] ---**
And this is Megumi Kato.
**[08:39] ---**
The newest member of the circle,
**[08:41] ---**
as well as the main heroine of
the game we will make.
**[08:44] ---**
Heroine?
**[08:44] ---**
Not only is that news to me,
**[08:47] ---**
am I imagining things, or are you
giving me an inappropriate job title?
**[08:51] ---**
Her?
**[08:53] ---**
Um, Aki-kun...
**[08:54] ---**
Sawamura-san is staring daggers at me.
**[08:58] ---**
Don't sweat it, she's incredibly nearsighted.
**[09:00] ---**
It just looks like she's giving the stink-eye.
**[09:02] ---**
Actually, I have my contacts in at the moment.
**[09:04] ---**
I went to bat for you, so don't blow it!
**[09:09] ---**
So, you're Tomoya's...
**[09:11] ---**
Um, his classmate.
**[09:13] ---**
I really couldn't care less
if you're his classmate,
**[09:16] ---**
girlfriend, fellow otaku,
or friend-with-benefits.
**[09:19] ---**
Um, I think that last one
is rather mean. To me.
**[09:23] ---**
That's the real her. She just
acts all innocent at school.
**[09:27] ---**
Stop it!
**[09:28] ---**
Don't talk about me like you know me!
**[09:31] ---**
We've been acquaintances
for years, that's all!
**[09:33] ---**
Stop picking a fight with someone
who's only been an acquaintance for years.
**[09:37] ---**
What's with you?
**[09:38] ---**
What's with you?
**[09:39] ---**
Please stop embarrassing yourself, Sawamura-san.
**[09:42] ---**
It's nobody's business but mine
what I do to this jerk!
**[09:42] ---**
Says the girl who's been
embarrassing herself just as much...
**[09:45] ---**
Won't it cause problems later
if Toyogasaki students are here,
**[09:48] ---**
Miss-not-so-innocent Sawamura-san?
**[09:50] ---**
That's none of your business,
Utaha Kasumigaoka!
**[09:59] ---**
Enough, enough!
**[10:03] ---**
Zero points yet again.
**[10:04] ---**
This one's useless, too.
**[10:07] ---**
It's still no good?
**[10:08] ---**
This tells me nothing about what
you want to show the players
**[10:11] ---**
or what emotions you want to
make them experience.
**[10:14] ---**
Is it because you yourself still can't
envision what you really want to make?
**[10:19] ---**
Wow, you two are talking like creators.
**[10:22] ---**
- Because we are!
- Because we are!
**[10:23] ---**
You two are actually friends.
You are, aren't you?
**[10:26] ---**
In any case,
**[10:27] ---**
the way things stand now, you trying to
make a game is a dream within a dream.
**[10:31] ---**
What will it be?
**[10:32] ---**
Rewrite it yet again?
**[10:34] ---**
Or will you give up?
**[10:36] ---**
I...
**[10:37] ---**
I'd say it's about time to
throw in the towel, don't you?
**[10:40] ---**
True, it looks like Mr. Ethical is
about to have his heart broken
**[10:44] ---**
by the gap between ideals and reality.
**[10:46] ---**
For one thing, pictures showing
stuff like fateful encounters
**[10:50] ---**
aren't the same as cute,
shallow light novels.
**[10:52] ---**
I have no intention of
disagreeing with you on that score.
**[10:56] ---**
If fate or coincidence played
no role in encounters,
**[10:58] ---**
the world's couples would be composed
of nothing but childhood friends.
**[11:02] ---**
What's wrong with that?
**[11:04] ---**
That's not what I'm saying!
**[11:07] ---**
I've decided.
**[11:08] ---**
- On who?!
- On who?!
**[11:09] ---**
I won't give up yet.
**[11:11] ---**
I'll rewrite it as many times as it takes
to get your stamp of approval.
**[11:15] ---**
That's what you meant.
**[11:17] ---**
And one day,
**[11:18] ---**
I'll create the ultimate dating sim
that will make everyone's heart sing!
**[11:22] ---**
Yes, and I'll turn Megumi Kato into a main
heroine who will melt everyone's hearts!
**[11:31] ---**
When did she...
**[11:33] ---**
I didn't even see her get up...
**[11:35] ---**
Dial down the stealth
settings, would you?
**[11:43] ---**
Sorry I'm late!
**[11:45] ---**
Hey.
**[11:46] ---**
I'm glad the weather
turned out to be nice today.
**[11:48] ---**
The forecast was on the fence,
so I was worried.
**[11:53] ---**
Oh, so this is where your house is.
**[11:55] ---**
I pass by here sometimes.
**[11:58] ---**
Kato, do you remember
what kind of place this is?
**[12:02] ---**
Sure, the locals call it Detective Hill.
Because there's a detective agency over there.
**[12:08] ---**
No, that's not what I meant...
**[12:11] ---**
What do you think the point is
of my choosing here to meet up?
**[12:15] ---**
Isn't this near your house?
**[12:16] ---**
No, that's not why!
That's not why at all!
**[12:20] ---**
It's far away?
**[12:21] ---**
Oh, come on!
**[12:23] ---**
This is the spot where
you and I first met, remember?!
**[12:26] ---**
Well, the first time we actually met was
at the entrance ceremony a year ago.
**[12:32] ---**
Anyway, do you fully comprehend
what today's objective is?
**[12:36] ---**
You said you had something to talk
about, so I should come to your home.
**[12:40] ---**
Starting right there, there's a problem!
**[12:42] ---**
Which girl goes to the home of
a guy she hardly knows?!
**[12:45] ---**
Plus, don't get dressed up
like a normal person would.
**[12:49] ---**
Nobody's ever come to
my place looking that normal.
**[12:52] ---**
Right, I thought that was strange.
**[12:54] ---**
I figured that you would
never ask a real-life girl over.
**[12:58] ---**
You thought it was strange
and you still agreed to come?
**[13:00] ---**
If a guy's an otaku, you'll go to
his house without batting an eye?
**[13:04] ---**
I certainly didn't expect
to be lectured like this
**[13:07] ---**
by the boy who asked me to come over.
**[13:09] ---**
Listen, Kato.
**[13:10] ---**
You've been living
your life haphazardly,
**[13:13] ---**
and today I'm going to
give you a lesson in reality!
**[13:17] ---**
Could it be that your room is set up
so that nobody could hear cries for help?
**[13:23] ---**
Yes, prepare yourself.
**[13:25] ---**
I'm going to drum the conventions
of moe content into your head!
**[13:30] ---**
Isn't that incredibly unrealistic?
**[13:34] ---**
Come on in. Sorry for the clutter,
but don't let it bother you.
**[13:38] ---**
Thanks for having me—
**[13:39] ---**
Wow, talk about the very
image of an otaku's room...
**[13:43] ---**
Come on, that's wrong, too!
**[13:44] ---**
Why are you so totally relaxed?
**[13:47] ---**
You're supposed to casually say,
"Gosh, it's so warm!" and open a window.
**[13:50] ---**
Or inadvertently sit on the bed
out of habit and get all flustered.
**[13:55] ---**
Stick to the established
heroine behavior patterns!
**[13:58] ---**
How do you expect me to tense up
with you ruining the mood like that?
**[14:05] ---**
Whatever.
**[14:06] ---**
I'll be able to get the proper
reactions out of you soon enough.
**[14:09] ---**
After all, today is a boot camp that will
hone your 2D heroine sensibilities.
**[14:14] ---**
I don't have any say in this, do I?
**[14:16] ---**
So, which shall we play?
**[14:19] ---**
All that you see before you
are preeminent dating sim titles
**[14:22] ---**
that will make you
laugh, cry, and swoon.
**[14:24] ---**
Uh, whatever's shortest,
if you don't mind.
**[14:26] ---**
I know, let's play this one!
Total sales, 300,000 units!
**[14:30] ---**
A legendary dating sim that was spun off into
various media, including an anime adaptation!
**[14:35] ---**
I really don't have any say in this...
**[14:37] ---**
*I had fun today.*
***SIGN*** Go straight home. Go see the night view. Give her a present.
**[14:41] ---**
No, that was the wrong choice!
**[14:42] ---**
*Thank you.*
**[14:44] ---**
Shouldn't giving her a present
here be a surefire thing?
**[14:47] ---**
It's to commemorate their date.
**[14:49] ---**
You don't get it...
**[14:50] ---**
You just don't get it, Kato!
**[14:52] ---**
But going to look at
the night view now wouldn't—
**[14:55] ---**
Look, what she's looking for at
this date event isn't some trinket!
**[15:00] ---**
I think I'd be better off getting
what I can while I can.
**[15:03] ---**
Take it more seriously!
**[15:05] ---**
What's important isn't things,
it's shared memories!
**[15:08] ---**
Oh, right.
**[15:09] ---**
When you get a present, it makes
things awkward after you break up.
**[15:14] ---**
Kato... Put down
the controller for a minute.
**[15:17] ---**
It's Break & Lecture time.
**[15:19] ---**
I'm all for a break, but why a lecture?
**[15:22] ---**
Kato, you don't have the first clue
about heroines in dating sims.
**[15:25] ---**
They might just be symbols,
but they aren't automata
**[15:28] ---**
that always give the same reply
when you press them in certain spots.
**[15:31] ---**
They're human beings who are
more appealing than real girls
**[15:34] ---**
with warm blood running through
their veins! That's what you have to be!
**[15:37] ---**
But if that's the case, wouldn't they sometimes
be incredibly fickle and break up with you?
**[15:42] ---**
*Let's call it quits...*
**[15:42] ---**
Stop it, stop it, stop it, stop it!
**[15:44] ---**
If even 2D girls stop
wanting to go out with me,
**[15:46] ---**
what can I hope to live for?!
**[15:49] ---**
Oh, sorry. Let's pretend
I didn't say that.
**[15:55] ---**
*Thank you for everything.*
**[15:57] ---**
Isn't this sad?
**[15:58] ---**
Doesn't this scene make you tear up?
**[16:00] ---**
Sure, I suppose it's emotional.
**[16:04] ---**
Now do you see it, Kato?!
**[16:05] ---**
The way it flows from this dialogue
to the insert song is so epic!
**[16:10] ---**
But get this! Get this!
**[16:12] ---**
This isn't the real climax!
**[16:14] ---**
Something even more
astonishing will come after this!
**[16:17] ---**
Oh, is that so? I sure am looking
forward to seeing that.
**[16:20] ---**
Prepare to be astonished, Kato!
To save the protagonist, she offers...
**[16:20] ---**
*It's something that I decided,
so it's time for me to go.*
**[16:24] ---**
You're right, it's interesting.
**[16:26] ---**
If I had played this alone in peace
**[16:28] ---**
without someone offering commentary
or spoilers, I might have cried.
**[16:33] ---**
I guess it's over.
**[16:35] ---**
Yeah...
**[16:36] ---**
Huh, I wasn't expecting it to end
that way. That was a little surprising.
**[16:41] ---**
And I'm a little surprised that you're
this fun to hang out with, Kato.
**[16:45] ---**
Though I guess I'm not one to talk.
**[16:47] ---**
That's definitely a "I dunno
about that..." sort of thing.
**[16:50] ---**
So, now that you've played one
all the way through, what do you think?
**[16:54] ---**
It had its ups and
downs, but it was fun.
**[16:57] ---**
Right? Right?
**[16:59] ---**
The artwork was really cute,
the performances were passionate,
**[17:03] ---**
the music was good, and
the story was interesting, of course.
**[17:06] ---**
Kato...
**[17:07] ---**
I've never touched one of these
"moe" games or anime before,
**[17:12] ---**
but it's not what I always mocked.
**[17:14] ---**
Kato...
**[17:16] ---**
You're exactly the girl
I knew you would be!
**[17:19] ---**
It's not that big a deal.
**[17:20] ---**
No, but it is a big deal!
**[17:22] ---**
Anyway, this is the sort of main
heroine I'm going to mold you into!
**[17:26] ---**
Meaning that I'm going to suddenly
drop dead at the end like in this game?
**[17:31] ---**
Kato... You aren't mocking this
game as one of those tearjerkers
**[17:34] ---**
that kill off a heroine just to elicit
an emotional response, are you?
**[17:40] ---**
You don't get it...
**[17:41] ---**
You just don't get it, Kato!
**[17:43] ---**
Well, maybe I don't.
**[17:46] ---**
I certainly don't understand
what you are saying.
**[17:48] ---**
Have a seat for a second.
**[17:49] ---**
I already am sitting.
**[17:51] ---**
Listen, no matter how facile
and worn-out a weapon it is,
**[17:55] ---**
if it has the support of lots of players,
it should be used without hesitation!
**[17:59] ---**
Um, I haven't really given it
that much thought.
**[18:02] ---**
There's no greater weapon in a creator's
arsenal than a short attention span!
**[18:06] ---**
Don't let criticism lead you astray!
**[18:08] ---**
Look at the big picture with big eyes!
**[18:09] ---**
Do a general assessment of
what will hook the players the most!
**[18:17] ---**
This tells me nothing about what
you want to show the players
**[18:20] ---**
or what emotions you want to
make them experience.
**[18:22] ---**
Is it because you yourself still can't
envision what you really want to make?
**[18:27] ---**
Now I see...
**[18:28] ---**
I was the one who didn't understand.
**[18:32] ---**
Thank you, Kato.
**[18:33] ---**
Thanks to you, I've learned
the most valuable lesson of all!
**[18:37] ---**
Okay...
**[18:38] ---**
Good for you?
**[18:40] ---**
And with that, today's study session
has ended on a happy note.
**[18:46] ---**
I'll see you at school, Aki-kun.
**[18:49] ---**
Hold on.
**[18:53] ---**
This game actually has a sequel.
**[18:58] ---**
It's been three years since the shocking
bad ending with the heroine's death!
**[19:01] ---**
This is the series' conclusion which is the best
and went on sale at the right time!
**[19:04] ---**
It's the beginning of a tale
of rebirth and resurrection!
**[19:08] ---**
Wait, she comes back to life?
**[19:09] ---**
I won't spoil it!
**[19:11] ---**
I won't say a word!
**[19:12] ---**
See how it plays out
with your own eyes, Kato!
**[19:17] ---**
But if I start a new game now, I won't
finish until the middle of the night.
**[19:21] ---**
It's okay. My parents are out of
town on an overnight trip today.
**[19:25] ---**
Isn't that not okay at all?
**[19:26] ---**
Besides, today's Saturday.
**[19:28] ---**
There's no school tomorrow, right?
**[19:30] ---**
Look, that's not the problem...
**[19:33] ---**
I'm begging you, Kato! Don't leave!
**[19:36] ---**
Aki-kun?
**[19:37] ---**
For the sake of my— no,
our dream — stay the night!
**[19:42] ---**
Make a man of me!
**[19:51] ---**
Well, I did tell my folks that I might be
out late today, so I guess it's okay.
**[19:55] ---**
You'll stay?!
**[19:56] ---**
Hang on, Kato!
**[19:57] ---**
Are you sure it's okay?
**[19:59] ---**
To be blunt, the way
things are now,
**[20:00] ---**
I can't excuse my behavior
if something happens!
**[20:02] ---**
But you're you, Aki-kun, and all we're doing is
staying up all night playing a game.
**[20:06] ---**
Yeah, but you—
**[20:07] ---**
I mean, you're right, but still...
**[20:10] ---**
I think such an irresponsible and carefree
attitude is crazy for a 3D girl, though.
**[20:15] ---**
Again, I'm hardly one to talk, but still...
***SIGN*** Play from beginning Resume Options
**[20:18] ---**
That's definitely a "I dunno
about that..." sort of thing.
**[21:56] ---**
It's over...
**[21:57] ---**
It is.
**[21:59] ---**
So, how was it for you?
**[22:01] ---**
Reaching the true ending, I mean.
**[22:04] ---**
I'm so sleepy...
**[22:06] ---**
I won't let that be
your only impression.
**[22:09] ---**
Cut me some slack for now...
**[22:12] ---**
Listen, Kato.
**[22:13] ---**
If this game made you
feel something,
**[22:16] ---**
it means you're
a member of my circle.
**[22:19] ---**
Fine, I'll join. I'll join, okay?
**[22:22] ---**
So let me sleep for a bit...
**[22:25] ---**
Don't make a crucial decision that might
alter the very course of your life
**[22:30] ---**
based on you being sleepy or bored!
**[22:33] ---**
Sheesh, you're so annoying, Aki-kun...
**[22:37] ---**
I mean, this is just gonna
end up being a circle
**[22:39] ---**
where everybody plays games
every day instead of making them, right?
**[22:43] ---**
Don't pull me down to the level of
people who have no ambition.
# E3 - Retake the Climax
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYGG4E81Y/retake-the-climax)
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**[00:01] ---**
*Oh, so those two still haven't
given you the go-ahead.*
**[00:04] ---**
Yeah, the road to creatordom is a hard one.
**[00:08] ---**
*So, when is the next deadline?*
**[00:10] ---**
The end of Golden Week.
**[00:12] ---**
That's my final chance.
**[00:15] ---**
*You only have a few days, then.*
**[00:18] ---**
*Oh, but the long holiday starts today.*
**[00:21] ---**
You're right! Though the days may
be few, the hours are many!
**[00:25] ---**
I just need to think of nothing
but the game starting today!
**[00:28] ---**
*There's a proficiency test at the
beginning of the week, though.*
**[00:31] ---**
Be that as it may, given the situation,
we need another camp cram session!
**[00:35] ---**
Come in for a meeting, Kato!
**[00:37] ---**
No matter what it takes, we have to win those
two over and create our ultimate dating sim!
***SIGN*** Proposal
**[00:42] ---**
*Sorry, I can't make it this time.*
**[00:45] ---**
Why not? I thought you
had joined my circle.
**[00:49] ---**
*I have, but well...*
**[00:51] ---**
I'm sort of... in Hokkaido.
**[00:56] ---**
Today's the first day
of our family trip.
**[00:59] ---**
*How long will you be gone?*
**[01:00] ---**
Um, through the end of Golden Week.
**[01:07] ---**
*So that's how it is...*
**[02:40] ---**
Okay, let's do this!
Four days 'til the deadline!
***SIGN*** #3 "Retake the Climax"
**[02:44] ---**
Absolutely no anime. No games.
**[02:46] ---**
And no light novels!
***SIGN*** Date A Live
**[03:03] ---**
If I just read one, that'll give me
the final push I need!
**[03:12] ---**
Huh?
**[03:13] ---**
Oh, crap... I screwed up.
**[03:18] ---**
I need some water.
**[03:19] ---**
A cola for me, thanks.
**[03:21] ---**
Sure thing.
**[03:25] ---**
*An entire day down the tubes...*
**[03:30] ---**
*Well, I've still got three left,
so I guess it's okay.*
**[03:39] ---**
What are you doing here, Eriri?!
**[03:43] ---**
Oh, leave it over there, okay?
I'm screwed if it spills on my roughs.
**[03:47] ---**
My schedule is being screwed
by you letting yourself in!
**[03:51] ---**
I had to! I kept pressing the
doorbell and no one answered!
**[03:56] ---**
My point is, you haven't come
over here these past few years!
**[04:00] ---**
Because we haven't said two words to
each other these past few years.
**[04:08] ---**
So let me ask you again:
Why did you come over?
**[04:12] ---**
To work on my drafts for an event
this weekend, obviously.
**[04:19] ---**
Don't come over to a guy's house to
work on hardcore 18+ illustrations!
**[04:23] ---**
What else could I do?
**[04:24] ---**
I have monthly deadlines,
so don't be so unsympathetic, okay?!
**[04:31] ---**
No matter how you interpret that, it's only
a pathetic case of misdirected anger,
**[04:36] ---**
so surely you can draw
that crap at home!
**[04:38] ---**
Dad has guests over for a garden party,
so I came here to get away.
**[04:43] ---**
Lock yourself up in your room, then.
**[04:45] ---**
If I was at home, I'd have to
put in an appearance.
**[04:48] ---**
People like the previous Minister
of Foreign Affairs were there.
**[04:51] ---**
The complete disconnect between your posh
home life and the girl I see here is deliberate?
**[04:58] ---**
Bite me.
**[05:05] ---**
So, are you making progress?
**[05:06] ---**
I have three more days.
That's plenty of time.
**[05:08] ---**
Meaning you haven't made any at all.
**[05:11] ---**
How did you know?!
**[05:13] ---**
When a creator uses the number
of days left as an excuse,
**[05:18] ---**
it's always, without exception,
because he's behind schedule.
**[05:21] ---**
Don't make it sound so painful.
That's way too much reality for me.
**[05:26] ---**
Why not give up? Game creation
was always too much for you.
**[05:31] ---**
We don't know that yet!
**[05:33] ---**
I mean, we used to suck
equally badly back in the day!
**[05:38] ---**
We'd draw lousy pictures and make
lousy stories to go with them
**[05:41] ---**
and happily show them to
each other, remember?
**[05:43] ---**
I don't remember that far back.
**[05:46] ---**
But you're a member
of a popular circle now.
**[05:49] ---**
Anything that you can do,
I have to be able to do, too!
**[05:52] ---**
Have it your way, then.
**[05:54] ---**
Fine, I will have it my way!
**[05:57] ---**
And one day, I'll become a creator who's so
popular that you won't hold a candle to me!
**[06:02] ---**
If you can make a comeback like that,
I guess I was worried over nothing.
**[06:07] ---**
Worried?
**[06:10] ---**
It's nothing.
**[06:11] ---**
Hang on, did you come here to motivate me?
**[06:14] ---**
What are you talking about? Are you stupid?
**[06:16] ---**
Don't get the wrong idea
like some crazy person!
**[06:19] ---**
What's with that textbook tsundere reaction
that stinks to high heaven?
**[06:23] ---**
I'm not "dere"-ing!
I couldn't care less about you–
**[06:28] ---**
Who is it?! We're in the middle of
an important conversation here!
**[06:32] ---**
That was an important conversation, huh?
**[06:34] ---**
Isn't it more like you're acting
like you own the place?
**[06:37] ---**
Gueh!
**[06:39] ---**
Gueh?
**[06:42] ---**
Come on in, sorry about the mess.
**[06:49] ---**
This is tidier than I was expecting.
**[06:52] ---**
Although there can be no doubt
that this is an otaku's room.
**[06:55] ---**
Sure... I guess...
**[06:58] ---**
So, what brings you here today?
**[07:00] ---**
This is the first time you've
ever come over to my house.
**[07:04] ---**
True, this is a first for us.
**[07:07] ---**
But don't worry, I'm not flustered just yet.
**[07:11] ---**
It's more a case of the day that
was looming over you has come.
**[07:14] ---**
Or there is nowhere for
you to run, Mr. Ethical.
**[07:17] ---**
The rule at my house is to
treat guests like a king!
**[07:21] ---**
I guarantee you a safe return home!
**[07:28] ---**
I'm kidding.
**[07:31] ---**
I'm just visiting a soldier at the front.
**[07:33] ---**
So, how fares the battle?
**[07:37] ---**
Um, well...
**[07:39] ---**
It isn't, at all.
**[07:42] ---**
I was expecting more of a
simpering excuse from you.
**[07:44] ---**
That was refreshingly honest.
**[07:46] ---**
I learned to my chagrin quite recently
**[07:49] ---**
that such things don't work on
people in the same industry.
**[07:55] ---**
There's really no need to force
yourself to do this, you know.
**[07:58] ---**
Utaha-senpai?
**[07:59] ---**
If you give up now, your former daily routine
as a consumer pig awaits you, that's all.
**[08:06] ---**
I don't think that was a particularly
difficult life for you, Mr. Ethical.
**[08:11] ---**
No, it wasn't...
**[08:14] ---**
But I have mixed feelings about being
called a consumer pig to my face.
**[08:20] ---**
The life of a creator might seem glamorous,
but it's not all wine and roses.
**[08:26] ---**
It isn't?
**[08:29] ---**
The deadlines are murder,
the competition is rough,
**[08:32] ---**
and there's no telling
when your talent will dry up.
**[08:35] ---**
I don't want to hear
hackneyed cliches from
**[08:38] ---**
a young up-and-comer who's at
the height of her powers!
**[08:41] ---**
And worst of all are the haters.
**[08:44] ---**
When reviews are good, they deride
them as stealth marketing.
**[08:48] ---**
If a book doesn't sell well, they laugh
that the quality has dropped.
**[08:51] ---**
If you make excuses or rationalize, they say
you're refusing to accept responsibility.
**[08:57] ---**
I'd love nothing better than to round up
those ****s and get rid of them all!
**[08:59] ---**
Utaha-senpai, calm down!
**[09:04] ---**
That's why you should go on consuming my
works as you always have, Mr. Ethical.
**[09:09] ---**
Senpai...
**[09:11] ---**
Utaha-senpai, remember what
you said to me earlier?
**[09:17] ---**
You said that I still can't envision
the game I want to make.
**[09:21] ---**
Those words really struck
a chord with me.
**[09:24] ---**
I figured out that I didn't
know anything then.
**[09:28] ---**
But that's exactly why...
**[09:30] ---**
When I do see what
I want to create,
**[09:33] ---**
will I be able to find a solution
that will win you over?
**[09:37] ---**
That's what I'm not sure about.
**[09:41] ---**
So wait just a while longer.
**[09:44] ---**
Because I'll put together a project proposal
that will knock your socks off!
**[09:50] ---**
If you're that insistent, I can't stop you.
**[09:53] ---**
Do as you wish.
**[09:55] ---**
Thank you!
**[09:57] ---**
But in return, I won't
extend your deadline.
**[09:59] ---**
I'll be looking forward
to the end of our vacation.
**[10:02] ---**
You can count on me!
**[10:03] ---**
I'll put together a project that you
will be dying to take part in!
**[10:09] ---**
In that case, here's one more
piece of advice, Mr. Ethical.
**[10:12] ---**
Yes?
**[10:14] ---**
If you are serious about
wanting to form a circle...
**[10:18] ---**
If you are serious about wanting to create a
game with us all, drag all the members into it.
**[10:23] ---**
All the members?
**[10:25] ---**
If you don't, you'll never put out a quality
product no matter how hard you try.
**[10:30] ---**
You won't be able to keep
yourself motivated, either.
**[10:33] ---**
So for now...
**[10:35] ---**
if nothing else, make the circle members
you do have give their all.
**[10:42] ---**
Oh, and one more thing.
**[10:46] ---**
You should have hidden her bicycle, too.
**[10:48] ---**
Bicycle?
**[10:49] ---**
Until next week.
**[11:02] ---**
Utaha Kasumigaoka!
**[11:04] ---**
If you were going to curse her name,
you shouldn't have hidden.
**[11:08] ---**
No way am I gonna bump into
that woman in your room!
**[11:12] ---**
Anyway, she'd just be
condescending and say,
**[11:14] ---**
"I knew you were there all along"
all sarcastically!
**[11:17] ---**
She knew all along even without
bumping into you.
**[11:26] ---**
*What? I'm sorry,
I can't hear you.*
**[11:29] ---**
Wow, it's pretty noisy there.
Where are you? Sapporo?
**[11:33] ---**
*Uh, well... Something like that.*
**[11:37] ---**
Are you having fun?
**[11:39] ---**
*Yes, lots.*
**[11:40] ---**
Oh...
**[11:42] ---**
*So anyway, Aki-kun...
How is the deadline coming?*
**[11:45] ---**
About that, Kato...
**[11:49] ---**
*If nothing else, make the circle members
you do have give their all.*
**[11:52] ---**
Don't worry about me,
just focus on having fun.
**[11:54] ---**
I'll muddle through
on my own, just you watch.
**[11:58] ---**
Well, I'll let you go, Kato.
**[12:00] ---**
*Sorry, one more thing.*
**[12:02] ---**
What?
**[12:05] ---**
What was it about me
that appealed to you, Aki-kun?
**[12:11] ---**
*You know, like, "Boy, it sure
was fun when we did that,"*
**[12:15] ---**
*or, "Wow, I sure love that about her,"*
**[12:17] ---**
*or even the opposite, and something
that you didn't like.*
**[12:21] ---**
Have you contracted a fatal disease
and you won't live to see tomorrow?
**[12:26] ---**
*It's nothing that dramatic,
but, well, is there?*
**[12:32] ---**
Let me think...
**[12:37] ---**
Well, everything was fun. Really fun.
**[12:40] ---**
*Then there's no room
for improvement?*
**[12:43] ---**
But, well, I guess if there was
one change I could have...
**[12:47] ---**
*One thing?*
**[12:50] ---**
Maybe you could've been
more overbearing.
**[12:53] ---**
*Wait, are you saying that you wished
I was more mean-spirited?*
**[12:58] ---**
No, not like that at all.
Those two are plenty.
**[13:03] ---**
*How are they different?*
**[13:05] ---**
*Never mind. I'll think
of something myself.*
**[13:07] ---**
What?
**[13:08] ---**
*Talk to you later, Aki-kun.*
**[13:12] ---**
Sure.
***SIGN*** Title: (to be decided) Production concept: Prologue: Appeal Point of the Work: Character setting: Heroine A (name to be decided)
**[13:22] ---**
I can't, I can't...
***SIGN*** This LN is Hot! Breaking Light Novel News Blog
**[13:26] ---**
Well, maybe just for a bit.
**[13:32] ---**
Whoa, I wasted another whole day!
**[13:38] ---**
Two days left...
***SIGN*** Title: (to be decided) Production concept: Prologue: Appeal Point of the Work: Character setting: Heroine A (name to be decided)
**[13:40] ---**
No... There's still plenty of time!
***SIGN*** Give Up
***SIGN*** Give Up
**[13:59] ---**
*I never had any talent...*
***SIGN*** Give Up
**[14:06] ---**
I knew it, it's nothing but a hill.
**[14:09] ---**
*I thought that if I came here, I'd get
some ideas or remember something.*
**[14:15] ---**
*I can't see anything,
not as I am now...*
**[14:18] ---**
*The blossoms in full bloom.
The hat flying through the air.*
**[14:21] ---**
*Or even the heroine in her white
one-piece dress standing atop the hill.*
**[14:26] ---**
*Is it over? Is my dream at an end?*
**[14:29] ---**
*It began here... Will it also end here?*
**[14:46] ---**
It's been a long time.
**[14:48] ---**
We meet again.
**[14:52] ---**
Gosh, what a coincidence... Just kidding!
**[14:57] ---**
Kato?
**[14:58] ---**
Oh, you recognized me,
**[15:02] ---**
Tomoya Aki-kun!
**[15:13] ---**
What are you–
**[15:17] ---**
What are you doing?
**[15:22] ---**
Tell me, Aki-kun...
**[15:24] ---**
Tomoya-kun, I should say.
**[15:27] ---**
Is this the me that you were hoping for?
**[15:33] ---**
In anime, in games,
and in light novels,
**[15:39] ---**
does your ideal girl talk like this?
**[15:43] ---**
Move like this?
**[15:45] ---**
And fall in love like this?
**[15:55] ---**
Do I pass?
**[15:59] ---**
Could this me become the heroine of
the story you're trying to make?
**[16:05] ---**
Could she help you?
**[16:10] ---**
Hang on, weren't you in Hokkaido?
**[16:15] ---**
I came home a bit early.
**[16:18] ---**
Three days ago.
**[16:20] ---**
I didn't think they'd make the deadline
the last day of the long holiday.
**[16:23] ---**
I thought maybe I shouldn't go.
**[16:25] ---**
Don't give me that!
**[16:28] ---**
Why would you skip a family vacation
over a little thing like this?
**[16:31] ---**
Well, if I didn't help out, I think
you'd hold it against me forever.
**[16:37] ---**
Don't make me sound like
some clingy, creeper otaku.
**[16:40] ---**
Those are real, though!
**[16:41] ---**
More to the point, why didn't you
come by as soon as you got back?
**[16:45] ---**
Well, I wouldn't have been much use
even if I'd come in for a meeting.
**[16:49] ---**
Then what's the point
of you coming back?!
**[16:51] ---**
I thought I'd participate in circle
activities to provide motivation.
**[16:59] ---**
It's not just me, though.
**[17:01] ---**
Sawamura-san and Kasumigaoka-senpai
helped me out a lot.
**[17:06] ---**
They did?
**[17:08] ---**
Sawamura-san redesigned this dress
**[17:12] ---**
and tweaked it so it would
match your tastes precisely.
**[17:15] ---**
She said her concept was
"Mini, fluttery, 2D-y."
**[17:21] ---**
Those aren't my tastes, that's
the dream of all moe-otaku!
**[17:25] ---**
And my speaking style and performance were
straight from Kasumigaoka-senpai's script.
**[17:31] ---**
Her stage directions
are really precise...
**[17:34] ---**
I'm amazed you survived.
**[17:36] ---**
She wrote a script for
the Drama Club once,
**[17:39] ---**
and she wound up kicking three
people out of the club over that.
**[17:42] ---**
It was pretty fun, though.
**[17:45] ---**
I think I'll hit it off with those two.
**[17:49] ---**
As fellow circle members.
**[17:51] ---**
Kato... Are you on board with this?
**[17:55] ---**
Like I said, it's not just me.
**[17:57] ---**
You believe in my dream that might
be unrealistic and haphazard?
**[18:03] ---**
To be honest, I still have no clue what
it is that you're trying to accomplish.
**[18:08] ---**
You wouldn't...
**[18:09] ---**
But even so,
**[18:11] ---**
I understand all too well
that you're dead serious
**[18:14] ---**
about wanting to make
your dream come true.
**[18:17] ---**
Kato...
**[18:26] ---**
So hang in there, Tomoya-kun!
**[18:30] ---**
Make me a heroine whose happiness will
be the envy of everyone, okay?
**[18:36] ---**
Yeah, I promise I will!
**[18:38] ---**
I'm gonna turn you into a main heroine that
will tug at everyone's heartstrings!
**[18:44] ---**
Boy, I wish you would have phrased that
in a slightly less mortifying way...
**[18:50] ---**
And on that note, we're gonna convene
a meeting right now, Kato!
**[18:53] ---**
We're gonna make our ultimate
dating sim no matter what,
**[18:56] ---**
one that will bring those two on board!
**[19:00] ---**
Right now?!
**[19:02] ---**
Of course right now!
The deadline is tomorrow!
**[19:05] ---**
That's only a problem because you
haven't made any progress at all!
**[19:10] ---**
If you can nitpick, you can offer ideas!
**[19:13] ---**
Whisper to me in that
same style! Moe me up!
**[19:17] ---**
But we have school tomorrow, and I
really need to stop off at home.
**[19:20] ---**
Not to worry! I'll let you go
by 7AM tomorrow!
**[19:24] ---**
It takes girls longer to get ready,
so let me leave by 6!
**[19:29] ---**
Fine!
**[19:30] ---**
It would be crazy to end the
same way two episodes in a row!
**[19:33] ---**
What's crazy is your attitude!
**[19:37] ---**
Looks like we're going
to get roped into this.
**[19:39] ---**
His project proposal isn't done yet. We don't
know if he'll finish it by tomorrow.
**[19:44] ---**
The instant the main heroine came
on board, the battle was over.
**[19:49] ---**
If it annoys you so much, perhaps you
shouldn't have helped Kato-san.
**[19:54] ---**
What're you saying?
I couldn't care less!
**[19:57] ---**
Or that's not the issue. This has
never had anything to do with me.
**[20:02] ---**
If you don't do something about this habit
of being stubborn when push comes to shove,
**[20:07] ---**
you might come to regret it one day.
**[20:12] ---**
I already do.
**[20:13] ---**
I can't believe I'm in the same circle
as the Utako Kasumi of all people.
**[20:17] ---**
Actually, I'm rather looking forward
to working with the Eri Kashiwagi.
**[20:23] ---**
I am not gonna pick up after
a hack author like you!
***SIGN*** Game Project Proposal, 3rd Draft
**[22:07] ---**
Whatever anyone else
might say, this is a 0.
**[22:09] ---**
Hey, just a minute! I think this one
turned out pretty good!
**[22:12] ---**
All I see here is your cruel desire to
make out with your ideal heroine.
**[22:18] ---**
You were the one who told me to show you
the game I want to make!
**[22:21] ---**
It's rather annoying when
something is too overt.
**[22:24] ---**
I poured my heart
and soul into it!
**[22:26] ---**
I stayed up all last night to finish this,
the project proposal of my soul!
**[22:29] ---**
I know that, it's your attitude
that I don't care for.
**[22:32] ---**
It wasn't just me!
Kato worked her heart out, too!
**[22:35] ---**
Hey, say something!
**[22:37] ---**
Don't fall asleep!
**[22:39] ---**
Anyway, if you're the heroine,
sleep on your man's shoulder!
**[22:44] ---**
Ow! Hey! Wha–? Cut it out!
Stop that! Ow, damn it!
# E4 - Budget, Deadline and New Development
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYE51G8XR/budget-deadline-and-new-development)
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**[00:01] ---**
Tomorrow should be fine, Machida-san.
**[00:04] ---**
I'm also making good progress
on the plot for the new books.
**[00:08] ---**
*I can trust you on that?*
**[00:10] ---**
Have I ever lied to you before?
**[00:13] ---**
*About your books? Never.*
**[00:16] ---**
*About deadlines? All the time.*
**[00:19] ---**
I see.
**[00:21] ---**
In that case, I can't spare any
time for an interview tomorrow.
**[00:25] ---**
I retract my previous statement.
**[00:28] ---**
*Hold on!*
**[00:29] ---**
*Wait just a little bit, Shi-chan!*
**[00:32] ---**
I'll give you just three seconds
if you call me Shi-chan again.
**[00:36] ---**
How does that sound?
**[00:37] ---**
*We've already reserved some pages,*
**[00:39] ---**
*and we ran the announcement
in last month's magazines!*
**[00:42] ---**
*An exclusive interview with Miss Utako
Kasumi announcing her next book!*
**[00:46] ---**
Look, my job is to put
words on the page,
**[00:49] ---**
not to speak in front of someone.
**[00:51] ---**
*Oh, so that's the problem.*
**[00:54] ---**
*I worked hard to make these arrangements
because I thought you would be happy.*
**[00:59] ---**
Meaning what, exactly?
**[01:00] ---**
*You see, I...*
**[02:44] ---**
I have to go.
**[02:48] ---**
I'm sorry, Naoto-kun.
**[02:50] ---**
Why are you apologizing, Sayuka?
**[02:53] ---**
I can't be a girl
who tearfully clings to you.
**[02:55] ---**
I'm sorry that I chose
my dreams over love.
**[03:00] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[03:02] ---**
Goodbye.
**[03:07] ---**
And I'm sorry that I will
always love you anyway.
***SIGN*** #4 "Budget, Deadline and New Development"
**[03:18] ---**
You read it all the way to the end?!
***SIGN*** "Metronome in Love"
**[03:21] ---**
So, what did you think?
**[03:23] ---**
I'm a little short on sleep
today because of it.
**[03:26] ---**
I couldn't find a good
place to stop reading.
**[03:28] ---**
Wow, really?
**[03:29] ---**
I had always thought that light
novels were strictly for boys,
**[03:33] ---**
but this one is a tearjerker
even for a girl.
**[03:36] ---**
Kato...
**[03:38] ---**
I'm so proud of you!
**[03:40] ---**
Are you sure it's okay
for me to keep all these?
**[03:43] ---**
Of course it's okay!
**[03:44] ---**
Anyway, the ones I gave you
were for advocation.
**[03:47] ---**
I have two other sets: one for
reading and one for archiving.
**[03:50] ---**
Really? Well, if you have extras,
I guess I'll accept them with gratitude.
**[03:53] ---**
I'll buy more, of course!
**[03:55] ---**
We have to replenish your stocks
when your advocation runs low!
**[03:58] ---**
Sorry, I haven't gotten the hang
of standard otaku procedure yet.
**[04:02] ---**
I have to say, I can
still hardly believe it.
**[04:05] ---**
It boggles my mind that it was
Kasumigaoka-senpai who wrote these.
**[04:09] ---**
True, when it comes to
high school girls and authors,
**[04:11] ---**
they usually just see light novels.
**[04:14] ---**
Um... Well, yes.
**[04:17] ---**
That's part of it, but
when you see her at school,
**[04:20] ---**
you'd never picture her as someone
who would write a romance novel.
**[04:25] ---**
It's that dichotomy that really
establishes her character!
**[04:28] ---**
Learn from her example, Kato!
**[04:30] ---**
No ordinary human could
hold down a job writing books
**[04:34] ---**
while being a top student in school.
**[04:36] ---**
Yeah, it's not just God-given talent,
**[04:39] ---**
she must also be working
hard enough to sweat blood!
**[04:42] ---**
Utaha-senpai...
**[04:43] ---**
or rather, Miss Utako Kasumi is like a god to me!
**[04:47] ---**
Yes, I can see.
**[04:48] ---**
You've got the eyes of
a true believer, Aki-kun.
**[04:51] ---**
Man, I can't wait until her next book.
**[04:53] ---**
There has to be an anime
adaptation for this one!
**[04:55] ---**
I wonder what the story will be about?
**[04:57] ---**
Another pure love type along the
same lines as *Metronome in Love*?
**[05:01] ---**
Good point.
**[05:02] ---**
I'll have to ask her about that, too.
**[05:04] ---**
Will she tell you
something that important?
**[05:07] ---**
Isn't that bad, ethically speaking?
**[05:10] ---**
Ethical...
**[05:15] ---**
What's with that reaction, like
you're reliving past trauma?
**[05:18] ---**
I'm not reliving anything!
**[05:20] ---**
I'm not hurting in the least,
**[05:22] ---**
so don't get the wrong idea!
**[05:26] ---**
Um, okay...
**[05:27] ---**
I won't pry any deeper
on that particular topic.
**[05:30] ---**
Anyway, today is the one day
I can ask her about anything.
**[05:34] ---**
Why's that?
**[05:37] ---**
You see, the reason is...
**[05:40] ---**
My name is Aki, and I'll be
conducting today's interview.
**[05:45] ---**
It's good to meet you, Miss Kasumi.
**[05:49] ---**
What in the world is
the meaning of this, Mr. Ethical?
**[05:52] ---**
Um, I got a job offer email
**[05:55] ---**
from your assistant editor
last week through my website.
**[06:00] ---**
I mean, you're shy around strangers,
uncooperative, and foul-tempered,
**[06:05] ---**
so an ordinary writer wouldn't be able to
get any comments out of you, right?
**[06:09] ---**
So I figured that if it was someone
you knew, it would help you relax.
**[06:13] ---**
I'm leaving. I'm going
home and sleeping.
**[06:15] ---**
Wait a minute, Utaha-senpai!
**[06:17] ---**
But I'm shy, uncooperative,
and foul-tempered.
**[06:21] ---**
Well, that's certainly true...
**[06:24] ---**
Thank you for your time, then.
**[06:25] ---**
I'm sorry, I mixed up polite
euphemisms for genuine opinions!
**[06:29] ---**
You still seem to be doing so.
**[06:31] ---**
I also thought that you wouldn't
want to do this, Utaha-senpai.
**[06:34] ---**
But when I was told
this is my chance
**[06:36] ---**
to learn about your
new book before others,
**[06:39] ---**
there was no way that
I could turn it down!
**[06:42] ---**
Just let it happen, Shi-chan.
**[06:44] ---**
This is childish behavior for
an author who's sold 500,000 books.
**[06:48] ---**
Says the immature woman who has defiled our
sacred workplace by bringing in an amateur!
**[06:55] ---**
*Utaha Kasumigaoka.
Toyogasaki Academy, Class 3C.*
**[06:59] ---**
*Her true identity is that of
best-selling author Utako Kasumi,*
**[07:02] ---**
*who won the Fushikawa Fantastic
Grand Prize in her first year,*
**[07:04] ---**
*and had a hit in her second year when her
five-volume debut series sold 500,000 copies.*
**[07:08] ---**
*And now, in her third year,*
**[07:10] ---**
*she is about to embark on her
eagerly-awaited new series*
**[07:14] ---**
*with the full backing of
Fushikawa Shoten!*
**[07:19] ---**
So, I'm told your new book
that fans are dying to read
**[07:21] ---**
is going to be unveiled in this
issue of Undead Magazine.
**[07:24] ---**
True, it is.
**[07:26] ---**
I see this series is, like *Metronome in Love*,
going to be set in Wago City.
**[07:30] ---**
I'm reusing it, yes.
**[07:32] ---**
Does that mean we can expect
a link to the previous books?
**[07:35] ---**
For instance, is it set in the same school,
or will the same characters appear?
**[07:39] ---**
Possibly.
**[07:41] ---**
Don't fall asleep 30 seconds
into the interview, Senpai.
**[07:44] ---**
I can't help it. I was up all last night
working out the plot for the new series.
**[07:50] ---**
We're the ones who are worried sick
over you making no progress
**[07:53] ---**
despite your all-nighter and not
getting an introductory article.
**[07:57] ---**
Can't say that's me.
**[08:00] ---**
Goodnight... forever.
**[08:06] ---**
Your new series is the
eagerly-awaited follow-up
**[08:09] ---**
to your previous hit series,
*Metronome in Love*.
**[08:11] ---**
I expect that you're under pressure
from high expectations.
**[08:14] ---**
Not especially.
**[08:15] ---**
Um, by that, are you saying "Regardless of
how much my circumstances have changed,
**[08:19] ---**
it doesn't affect the job at hand.
I will continue to give it my all"?
**[08:23] ---**
Is that what you mean?
**[08:24] ---**
Actually, I don't think that my last series
sold as well as it did because of me.
**[08:29] ---**
Oh, I see!
**[08:30] ---**
"It was thanks to
the support of my readers
**[08:32] ---**
that *Metronome in Love*
was such a big hit.
**[08:35] ---**
So I'm praying that you all enjoy
my new series just as much."
**[08:40] ---**
I said no such thing.
**[08:41] ---**
I have to hand it to you,
Miss Utako Kasumi!
**[08:44] ---**
Your sincere engagement is
the key to your popularity!
**[08:47] ---**
It was because of you that *Metronome in Love*
sold so well, Mr. Ethical.
**[08:52] ---**
Hang on a second.
What I do isn't that important.
**[08:56] ---**
Well, what Shi-chan
says is about half right.
**[09:00] ---**
There was a clear jump in sales after
we were featured on your site,
**[09:06] ---**
super-blogger TAKI-kun.
**[09:09] ---**
Prior to that, it seemed like we were going to
have to wrap it up in volume 2 or 3.
**[09:13] ---**
They were never on display,
there were no reprints,
**[09:16] ---**
we were getting no word of mouth.
**[09:17] ---**
To be honest, it wouldn't exist if it weren't
for hardcore Fantastic Bunko fans.
**[09:23] ---**
Come on, don't give me dodgy
revelations like that, not now!
**[09:26] ---**
Anyway, that's because
the publisher wasn't doing its job!
**[09:30] ---**
That's for sure.
**[09:31] ---**
Fushikawa Shoten is cold to newcomers.
**[09:34] ---**
That's for sure.
**[09:35] ---**
Our sales department
has zero enthusiasm.
**[09:38] ---**
I can't write a single thing
you've told me in this interview!
**[09:47] ---**
Okay, let's start to wrap things up.
**[09:50] ---**
Considering how long
we've been at it,
**[09:52] ---**
this interview has been
precious thin on content.
**[09:55] ---**
If the subject had been
a little more cooperative,
**[09:58] ---**
we wouldn't have
had to do it like this.
**[10:00] ---**
Your mistake was trying to get a bunch
of inoffensive comments from me.
**[10:05] ---**
Then let's wrap things up
with one honest answer!
**[10:09] ---**
Please tell my readers what you hope
to accomplish in your next series.
**[10:14] ---**
Just recently, I was able to bring my maiden
effort, *Metronome in Love*, to a happy conclusion.
**[10:21] ---**
In addition, whether or not I am
a maiden has no bearing on this.
**[10:25] ---**
*Keep your mouth shut...
Keep your mouth shut...*
**[10:27] ---**
And, thankfully, it has allowed me new
work opportunities such as this one.
**[10:32] ---**
And that is the result of
you, my readers,
**[10:36] ---**
supporting the books of this newbie
who doesn't know right from her left.
**[10:40] ---**
And so, in order to
repay that kindness,
**[10:43] ---**
I will give my best in
my upcoming projects.
**[10:45] ---**
No, even more than that.
**[10:49] ---**
I look forward to your
continued support.
**[10:53] ---**
How was that, Mr. Part-time Editor?
**[11:00] ---**
It was fine.
**[11:01] ---**
"My gratitude will be repaid
in full with my books."
**[11:04] ---**
That's the Utako Kasumi I know!
**[11:06] ---**
Is that all?
**[11:10] ---**
You'll note that I used the plural.
"Upcoming projects."
**[11:13] ---**
Are you sure that you aren't
forgetting something, Mr. Ethical?
**[11:16] ---**
Do you mean...
**[11:17] ---**
It means that I currently have
two job offers on the table.
**[11:22] ---**
Client.
**[11:25] ---**
My project proposal...
**[11:26] ---**
You're going to do it?!
**[11:28] ---**
Can I take part in your circle
starting from next week?
**[11:32] ---**
Utaha-senpai!
**[11:33] ---**
In return, prepare yourself.
**[11:35] ---**
If I'm going to participate, I won't
stand for any slacking off from anyone.
**[11:39] ---**
I'm a little concerned that
Sawamura-san might quit, though.
**[11:42] ---**
Thank you...
**[11:44] ---**
Thank you, Utaha-senpai!
**[11:46] ---**
So I suggest that you do your damndest
to keep up with me, Mr. Ethical.
**[11:50] ---**
I'll run for dear life to make sure
I'm not left in your dust!
**[11:55] ---**
Now, you two,
**[11:57] ---**
can we have a quick meeting
to discuss work priorities?
**[12:02] ---**
How long have you been awake?
How long have you been watching?
**[12:04] ---**
And wow, it's late!
**[12:06] ---**
It's fine, it's fine.
**[12:08] ---**
This is pretty much when our
editing department starts work.
**[12:12] ---**
Wow, life in the publishing
biz sounds rough...
***SIGN*** Audio-Visual Room
**[12:28] ---**
Get this straight, I haven't
decided if I'm going to join up.
**[12:31] ---**
But I can see that you're
helpless by yourself,
**[12:34] ---**
so I guess I can help out just a little.
**[12:37] ---**
If you have time to showcase
the appeal of tsundere characters,
**[12:42] ---**
perhaps you should simply
join up, Sawamura-san.
**[12:45] ---**
What kept you, Eriri?
We've already started.
**[12:49] ---**
Wait, why are you here before me,
Utaha Kasumigaoka?!
**[12:52] ---**
We were all informed that the club
meeting would begin at 3:30, yes?
**[12:56] ---**
You arrived late, that's all.
**[12:58] ---**
No, not that!
**[12:59] ---**
That's not what I meant!
**[13:01] ---**
Last weekend, I was personally courted
by Mr. Ethical here, so I had no choice.
**[13:07] ---**
What's up with that?
I wasn't courted!
**[13:10] ---**
Please stop saying things that could
be misconstrued, Utaha-senpai.
**[13:13] ---**
And you should pay attention
to what you say, Eriri.
**[13:17] ---**
Honestly, you're the type who can never
rest unless she's top dog at everything.
**[13:22] ---**
A person who would be
a poor choice as a lover.
**[13:24] ---**
Or one who loses everything as
she doesn't know how to back down.
**[13:27] ---**
Utaha Kasumigaoka!
**[13:31] ---**
Fine! Fine! It's all my fault,
so please take your seat!
**[13:35] ---**
Without any further ado, here is the production
schedule for our ultimate dating sim!
***SIGN*** Scenario 6~9 Master UP Illustrations 7~10
**[13:42] ---**
The game will be
complete in December!
***SIGN*** Plot Scenario 6~9
***SIGN*** Character Design Illustrations 7~10
**[13:44] ---**
The unveiling will be at
the Winter Comic Market!
***SIGN*** Master UP
**[13:49] ---**
In short, our legend will begin
on New Year's Eve this year!
**[13:54] ---**
Impossible.
**[13:55] ---**
That's insane.
**[13:57] ---**
I'd have to devote 100% of my time
to meet such a tight schedule.
**[14:01] ---**
I have my own club and
circle activities, remember?
**[14:05] ---**
And this conflicts with the writing
period for my own book.
**[14:08] ---**
Let's see...
**[14:09] ---**
If we push back the scenario
start date a month...
***SIGN*** Plot Scenario 7~10
**[14:13] ---**
I could manage that.
**[14:14] ---**
Wait a minute,
wait a minute, wait a minute!
**[14:16] ---**
There isn't enough time
for me to do my work,
**[14:19] ---**
so what's with pushing back
the scenario development to the end?!
**[14:22] ---**
Please don't shorten other people's
schedules at your convenience.
**[14:25] ---**
If the scenario isn't done,
it will just be a crap game!
**[14:28] ---**
Dating sim players only
look at the pictures, anyway!
**[14:31] ---**
Isn't it because of people who say such
things that the industry is shrinking?
**[14:33] ---**
Mr. Ethical is a slacker.
***SIGN*** Small boobs
**[14:35] ---**
Stop it, stop it, stop it!
***SIGN*** Gloomy loner
**[14:37] ---**
For now, let's just have you two
focus on the plot and character designs.
***SIGN*** Plot: May Character designs: May-June The rest: Adjusted separately
**[14:42] ---**
For now, roger.
**[14:43] ---**
For the time being, I'll try.
**[14:45] ---**
Great! Now that we've settled
on a course of action for now,
**[14:47] ---**
let's all get down to work.
So, what should I be doing?
**[14:50] ---**
Let's see... For now, go out
and buy us some snacks.
**[14:53] ---**
I'll have a sweet bun.
**[14:55] ---**
And a coffee-flavored milk.
**[14:56] ---**
Um, excuse me?
**[14:58] ---**
I'm this circle's representative-
slash-producer-slash-director.
**[15:06] ---**
If you're that eager to do something,
you're welcome to do the character designs.
**[15:10] ---**
And if you're so gung-ho, you can handle
the plot, scenario, and everything else.
**[15:14] ---**
Are chocolates
and a melon bun okay?
**[15:17] ---**
Oh, come to think of it, I remembered
one more vital mission for you.
**[15:21] ---**
What? What?
**[15:22] ---**
Fundraising, Mr. Producer.
**[15:25] ---**
Beg pardon?
**[15:26] ---**
Making a game also involves
DVD pressing fees,
**[15:29] ---**
packaging and manual design
and printing fees, and so on...
**[15:32] ---**
That can cost anywhere from
hundreds of thousands to a million yen.
**[15:35] ---**
A million?!
**[15:38] ---**
A high schooler doesn't
have that kind of money!
**[15:40] ---**
Really? At a single Comiket,
I sell ** books for ** yen.
**[15:44] ---**
My printing costs are **0,000 yen
so the remaining **0,000 is profit.
**[15:49] ---**
When I put out a light novel,
the first printing is ** books at ** yen each,
**[15:53] ---**
and since my royalties are **%,
I earn **0,000.
**[15:56] ---**
You guys file income tax returns?
**[16:01] ---**
That being the case, I can
front you the money if needed.
**[16:05] ---**
Utaha-senpai?
**[16:07] ---**
It won't be for free, of course, but I won't
charge you illegally high interest rates.
**[16:12] ---**
You simply need to agree
to do a little favor for me.
**[16:16] ---**
F-Favor?
**[16:18] ---**
You see, it's my...
**[16:22] ---**
Th-That's about enough of that,
Utaha Kasumigaoka!
**[16:25] ---**
But the money issue cannot be avoided.
**[16:28] ---**
Someone has to see
that it's taken care of.
**[16:31] ---**
Oh, you know that isn't what I'm
objecting to, so don't play dumb!
**[16:34] ---**
Please don't denigrate my desire
to help the circle run smoothly.
**[16:39] ---**
You're always doing that, talking to people
like you're looking down on them!
**[16:41] ---**
Look, cut it out!
**[16:43] ---**
Enough with this infighting that's the cliched
model of a circle that's going to implode!
**[16:48] ---**
I'll come up with something
to deal with the money situation.
**[16:51] ---**
But...
**[16:53] ---**
Are you sure, Mr. Ethical?
**[16:54] ---**
And in return!
**[16:55] ---**
Eriri, you draw seriously moe artwork!
**[16:58] ---**
Utaha-senpai, you write a scenario
that will make people cry!
**[17:00] ---**
Can you do that, you two?
**[17:05] ---**
Who do you...
**[17:06] ---**
...think you're talking to?
**[17:14] ---**
So, what should I be doing?
**[17:18] ---**
Well...
**[17:20] ---**
She was here.
**[17:21] ---**
...if you could be a wee bit more conspicuous,
**[17:21] ---**
I'd completely forgotten.
**[17:23] ---**
sorta like a main heroine,
that would be great.
***SIGN*** *Target is 1,000,000 yen!!*
**[17:38] ---**
*I'll do it!*
**[17:39] ---**
*I'll see this through, mark my words!*
**[17:42] ---**
*We're gonna make the ultimate
dating sim with our own two hands!*
**[17:46] ---**
*And I'm gonna make Kato...*
**[17:47] ---**
*I'm gonna take that utterly
moe-less heroine and...*
**[17:50] ---**
*...raise her into the ultimate main heroine
that everyone will worry about!*
**[17:57] ---**
Welcome. How many are you?
**[17:59] ---**
Gosh, when was the last
time we were here?
**[18:03] ---**
Oh, Aki-kun?
**[18:05] ---**
Oh, is this a friend of yours, Megumi-chan?
**[18:07] ---**
Who is this?!
**[18:09] ---**
You can't be doing this!
**[18:14] ---**
Oh, you mean Keiichi-kun?
He's my cousin.
**[18:17] ---**
Cousin?
**[18:18] ---**
His whole family came yesterday for a visit,
but our parents went out to see a play.
**[18:23] ---**
We got tired of waiting for them, so we thought
we'd go out for dinner by ourselves.
**[18:27] ---**
Cousin?
**[18:28] ---**
I had no idea you had a job
at that restaurant, Aki-kun.
**[18:32] ---**
I go there about once a month.
**[18:35] ---**
What's the matter, Aki-kun?
**[18:37] ---**
I know I told you to stand out more,
**[18:41] ---**
but I didn't say it was okay for you
to stand out in a bad way like that!
**[18:45] ---**
Kato, do you understand
your position here?!
**[18:49] ---**
I'm a second-year high-school girl
with absolutely no agency
**[18:51] ---**
who was brought into a game circle
by the biggest otaku in school?
**[18:55] ---**
That's your pre-transformation,
assumed identity!
**[18:58] ---**
The real Megumi Kato is a pure
beautiful dating sim heroine
**[19:02] ---**
who makes everyone's
hearts beat faster!
**[19:04] ---**
Hearing you say that out loud again,
I'm really stumped as to how to react.
**[19:09] ---**
A heroine who exists solely
for the protagonists
**[19:11] ---**
who will play the game
would never do such a thing!
**[19:14] ---**
She would never forsake him
to mess with some other man!
**[19:17] ---**
"Other man"?
**[19:20] ---**
You mean Keiichi-kun, my cousin?
**[19:22] ---**
The "cousin" thing makes it
even more problematical!
**[19:27] ---**
Days long gone by when
you two played at your granny's...
**[19:30] ---**
You ran too much and sprained
your ankle, and your cousin carried you.
**[19:34] ---**
The two of you walked
home that night as you cried.
**[19:36] ---**
Memories of the faint
signs of love...
**[19:37] ---**
C'mon! In dating sims,
that always leads into memories!
**[19:40] ---**
Even so...
**[19:45] ---**
So please, Kato. I'm begging you.
**[19:48] ---**
Fine.
**[19:49] ---**
Maybe I'm being unreasonable.
Maybe I'm being obnoxious.
**[19:52] ---**
Maybe you're thinking,
"What kind of idiot is this guy?"
**[19:54] ---**
Um, I'm sorry. Leave off the "maybe."
**[19:58] ---**
But still, I don't want you
to see your cousin anymore!
**[20:01] ---**
Stay as a heroine who's saving herself
for the users, at least until the game is finished!
**[20:05] ---**
Aki-kun...
**[20:06] ---**
Please, Kato!
**[20:08] ---**
Um, I'm sorry.
**[20:10] ---**
We're supposed to go out
together this weekend.
**[20:14] ---**
That's right out!
**[21:49] ---**
Look, it isn't a date or anything.
**[21:52] ---**
See?
**[21:52] ---**
Finally Open!
Grand Opening Sale!
Everything 20% Off!!
**[21:53] ---**
Rokutenba Mall?
**[21:55] ---**
Some girls in class invited me, but
I said no because it would be crowded.
**[21:59] ---**
But then Keiichi-kun asked me, and–
**[22:00] ---**
Spare me the farfetched excuse!
**[22:03] ---**
Going shopping with
a guy is totally a date!
**[22:07] ---**
Your delusions sure
are impressive, Aki-kun.
**[22:10] ---**
In the bad way, as well as...
No, just the bad way.
**[22:13] ---**
If you're going to be that
stubborn, I have a plan!
**[22:18] ---**
What?
**[22:19] ---**
Go, but with me, not Keiichi-kun!
**[22:23] ---**
With you?
**[22:24] ---**
With me!
**[22:25] ---**
It's not a date, right?
**[22:27] ---**
You just want to buy
some things, right?
**[22:29] ---**
So going with me shouldn't
be a big deal, right?
**[22:34] ---**
Sure. I don't mind going with you, Aki-kun.
**[22:37] ---**
I'll turn down Keiichi-kun, then.
**[22:40] ---**
Wait, seriously?
**[22:41] ---**
You're okay with
going out alone with me?
**[22:45] ---**
This really is a date, right?
Is this a good idea?
# E5 - The Date Event of Crossing Paths
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR9P31W36/the-date-event-of-crossing-paths)
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**[00:01] ---**
All right, Kato-san.
Try and look huffy this time, please.
**[00:05] ---**
H-Huffy?
**[00:07] ---**
Ummm, here, it's like if you got
stood up by your boyfriend,
**[00:11] ---**
and you're all, "Come on, come on!
It's like I don't even know you anymore!"
**[00:14] ---**
That's the kind of feeling I mean.
**[00:16] ---**
There's no situation in real life where
you'd actually behave or talk that way.
**[00:22] ---**
*So our circle activities begin at last.*
**[00:26] ---**
Here, have some, Utaha-senpai.
***SIGN*** Ahn!
**[00:33] ---**
Utaha-senpai?
***SIGN*** Ahn! Ahn! Ahn! Ahn!
***SIGN*** Ahn! Ahn! Ahn! Ahn! One more! One more! One more!
**[00:58] ---**
This won't do, my pencil broke.
Go buy me another right now, Tomoya.
***SIGN*** #5 The Date Event of Crossing Paths
**[02:36] ---**
What? Kato-san, you can't even
do a disgusted glare?!
**[02:42] ---**
Fine, next just try an angry expression.
**[02:45] ---**
Imagine you've got an anger mark
on your temple.
**[02:49] ---**
That doesn't work either?
Well, what about a sweatdrop?
**[02:53] ---**
Can you not even get those
vertical lines on your face?!
**[02:58] ---**
So you can't even make
one standard manga face!
**[03:02] ---**
What exactly am I supposed to do now?!
**[03:04] ---**
There's not much I can say to that...
**[03:08] ---**
I'll go try a little self-study.
**[03:11] ---**
"Come on, come on,
it's like I don't even know you anymore..."
**[03:16] ---**
"Ah, don't get me wrong,
I didn't do this for you anyway..."
**[03:22] ---**
Looks like she's putting up a good fight.
**[03:24] ---**
I've never taken on a mission
as tough as this in my life.
**[03:28] ---**
Is that so.
**[03:29] ---**
If she were really expressionless,
**[03:31] ---**
we could maybe play her off
as a Rei Ayanami-type character,
**[03:34] ---**
but in her case, it's more that her
personality's just flimsy and half-baked...
**[03:37] ---**
Ah, that's true.
**[03:39] ---**
It's not so much that
she's expressionless,
**[03:42] ---**
just that the expressions she does have
are really noncommittal.
**[03:45] ---**
Seriously, I've never had a character
I can't use before...
**[03:48] ---**
Right? She's just got no character, right?
Isn't it just like I said?
**[03:51] ---**
That's such a pointless thing to boast about,
hearing it just annoys me.
**[03:56] ---**
That aside, we don't have a lot of time
left before the character design deadline.
**[04:00] ---**
We really don't...
**[04:02] ---**
Should we meet at your house this weekend
and knock it all out in one go?
**[04:06] ---**
Wait, this weekend?
**[04:08] ---**
What? Do you have other plans?
**[04:10] ---**
No...
**[04:15] ---**
By the way, Eriri...
**[04:16] ---**
What?
**[04:18] ---**
Have you ever gone on a date?
**[04:26] ---**
Was it really that big a question?
**[04:28] ---**
Just hearing the word from the mouth
of a gross otaku like you
**[04:30] ---**
would give anyone goosebumps!
**[04:33] ---**
A d-d-d-date...
d-d– are you asking me out?
**[04:37] ---**
No.
**[04:39] ---**
Is this an away game strategy?
**[04:42] ---**
Look, this is really just hypothetical,
**[04:45] ---**
but that's what you'd call it if you got
roped into going to the mall to look at clothes
**[04:48] ---**
and stuff with a girl, right?
**[04:50] ---**
I wouldn't go. Places like that
are full of human garbage.
**[04:54] ---**
They're just called "crowds."
**[04:56] ---**
If you need clothes,
**[04:57] ---**
why don't you just mail order them or
have a coordinator pick them out for you?
**[05:01] ---**
Try to put aside your special
Milady Shut-in quirks for a minute.
**[05:05] ---**
Basically, if you got caught in a suffocating
situation like that, what would you do?
**[05:09] ---**
Why are you asking me?
**[05:11] ---**
I figured you would probably
know what to do.
**[05:14] ---**
You're the one who always
wears a mask at school.
**[05:19] ---**
Ah, sorry... that was weird
of me to say. Forget about it.
**[05:29] ---**
Well, if we're talking away game strategy...
you should aim for a tie.
**[05:33] ---**
A tie?
**[05:35] ---**
Do a little bit of prior research, stay on
her conversational level as much as you can,
**[05:38] ---**
and if even that gets too hard,
just smile and fake it.
**[05:42] ---**
Smile?
**[05:43] ---**
Yes, even if you don't understand
what the other person's saying,
**[05:46] ---**
just smile in the meantime.
**[05:48] ---**
Restrain yourself from asking
any unnecessary questions.
**[05:50] ---**
Don't say anything
that seems too out of place.
**[05:53] ---**
And definitely don't do anything absurd
like bulldoze your opinions over hers...
**[05:57] ---**
Doesn't that sound boring to you?
**[05:59] ---**
If we went to all the trouble
**[06:01] ---**
of finding time to spend together,
shouldn't it be, you know, deeper?
**[06:03] ---**
That's what I mean,
that's the home game strategy.
**[06:05] ---**
It's good for if you're playing
in the otaku field.
**[06:12] ---**
But I... I just want to always be my usual self.
**[06:16] ---**
That's impossible.
Everyone's got a secret side to them.
**[06:21] ---**
But... Kato doesn't, does she?
**[06:24] ---**
She's a non-otaku, but even when
she got mixed up with us otaku,
**[06:27] ---**
she stayed exactly
the same as she was, right?
**[06:29] ---**
In a way, I think that's actually
pretty amazing about her.
**[06:33] ---**
So, I mean, I feel like I shouldn't just settle
for a tie and a forced smile with her...
**[06:40] ---**
So this was about a real date
after all, wasn't it?
**[06:42] ---**
You're going on a date
with Kato-san, aren't you?
**[06:44] ---**
Huh?
**[06:45] ---**
So after all you've relied on me,
in the end I was just a trial run?
**[06:48] ---**
I, Eriri Sawamura, was just being deceived!
**[06:51] ---**
That's not true!
We're just going shopping!
**[06:54] ---**
I'm going with her to
the Rokutenba Mall opening sale!
**[06:57] ---**
Which is exactly what you'd call a date!
**[07:00] ---**
So it really is a date? Even with your own
cousin, that's still a date, isn't it!
**[07:04] ---**
What are you even talking about?
**[07:07] ---**
U-Utaha...
**[07:09] ---**
...senpai?
**[07:17] ---**
It's here... the plot appears at last!
**[07:19] ---**
The protagonist disregards the yandere
heroine, and dates another girl...
**[07:23] ---**
but returns home and is knocked unconscious
by a sudden blow to the back of the head.
**[07:26] ---**
He awakens to find his
arms and legs bound;
**[07:28] ---**
unable to move, he calls out for help,
when who should appear before him but...!
**[07:31] ---**
That... That's kinda...
**[07:33] ---**
It comes out now and then during the creative
process... the dark side of the creator.
**[07:38] ---**
She's just getting carried away,
though, right?! That's all?!
**[07:41] ---**
Looks like you need
a punishment, Mr. Ethical...
**[07:44] ---**
Hang on a second!
You just called him Mr. Ethical!
**[07:47] ---**
Umm...
**[07:48] ---**
"W-Why do I have to worry so much
about a guy like that..."
***SIGN*** Dating Sim Proposal
**[08:00] ---**
And so...
**[08:02] ---**
I pulled an all-nighter last night,
and came up with the plot.
**[08:04] ---**
That was fast!
**[08:05] ---**
Whoa, it's really thick...
You wrote all this in one day?
**[08:09] ---**
It looks like it's about five times bigger
than the proposal Tomoya wrote.
**[08:13] ---**
I can't pretend it's not painfully true,
but that's Utaha-senpai for you!
**[08:19] ---**
Just give it a read-through for now
and let me know what you think...
**[08:23] ---**
I'm just gonna sleep for a while...
**[08:28] ---**
That was quick...
***SIGN*** For Mr. Ethical, By Mr. Ethical Overflowing with Ethics Super Healthy Dating Sim Plan (Tentative)
**[08:54] ---**
*When his parents' job forces them to move
to a suburban city, the protagonist*
**[08:59] ---**
*Seiji Azumi transfers to a new school where,
atop a hill with the falling cherry blossom petals,*
**[09:03] ---**
*he has a fateful encounter
with a certain girl...*
**[09:05] ---**
Umm, Sawamura-san,
is this protagonist your design too?
**[09:09] ---**
Well, he's based on
the handsomest guy I could think up...
**[09:14] ---**
*The next day, by chance, they meet again...
in the class into which he's transferred.*
**[09:18] ---**
That's such a cliched development!
**[09:20] ---**
*The girl's name is Meguri Kano.*
**[09:22] ---**
Huh, I feel like I've heard
that name somewhere...
**[09:26] ---**
*Little by little, the distance between Seiji
and Meguri's hearts draws closer,*
**[09:30] ---**
*until finally they confirm their feelings
for each other and are bonded.*
**[09:34] ---**
Wh-wh-whoa!
**[09:37] ---**
Wow, this is clearly modeled on Kato, but
she really gets that heart-pounding feeling!
**[09:41] ---**
Why don't you just stick to the narration?!
**[09:44] ---**
*But all the while, Meguri's behavior
is slowly changing.*
**[09:50] ---**
*Her strange obssession with Seiji, her
unconscious fear that appears now and then,*
**[09:54] ---**
*and her memories of a time
before she was born.*
**[09:57] ---**
*On one such strange day, Seiji worries over
Meguri's changing state and calls out to her,*
**[10:01] ---**
*when suddenly she calls him...*
**[10:03] ---**
Go, Kato!
**[10:04] ---**
Huh? A-ah, um...
**[10:07] ---**
"No, nothing's wrong... big brother."
**[10:11] ---**
"Big Brother!" There it is!
**[10:12] ---**
Keep it down.
**[10:14] ---**
*At last, Meguri begins to recall
herself from a past age...*
**[10:18] ---**
*her immoral love, and family tragedy.*
**[10:20] ---**
*Every time she starts to regain her memories,*
**[10:23] ---**
*inexplicable events begin to take place
around the two of them.*
**[10:27] ---**
*Finally, before them appears an enemy whose
life goes back through centuries of history...*
**[10:34] ---**
Whaaaat, what happens next is insane!
**[10:37] ---**
Ugh... come on...
**[10:39] ---**
*Determined at last to protect each other
and defeat their enemy,*
**[10:43] ---**
*the two lovers assume the roles of the older
brother and younger sister of old!*
**[10:46] ---**
Wait, there's no such thing as older brothers
and younger sisters in love, is there?
**[10:50] ---**
What are you talking about, Kato?
Of course there are, in the 2D realm!
**[10:53] ---**
Yes, Tomoya's exactly right. Can't you take
this a little more seriously, Kato-san?
**[10:58] ---**
What? Sawamura-san?
**[11:00] ---**
*And then, the final battle!*
**[11:02] ---**
*When the difficult fight is done, the victorious
two at last sever the chains of past tragedy.*
**[11:07] ---**
*The sibling lovers finally face
their long, entwined future...*
**[11:12] ---**
Go, Kato!
**[11:13] ---**
Ah, right, right, um...
**[11:16] ---**
"We'll always be together from now on,
won't we... I love you, big brother."
**[11:21] ---**
Hnnnnngh! There it is, there it is, there
it is, there it is... the "Big Brother" is back!
**[11:25] ---**
The word itself was there, but that careless
performance doesn't make it mean much...
**[11:30] ---**
Sorry, I'm still not used to
the rules of making 2D...
**[11:36] ---**
So, what do you think?
**[11:37] ---**
This is really exciting!
**[11:39] ---**
It's a whole different direction
from all your old Utako Kasumi works,
**[11:43] ---**
but it's so full of
tension and plot twists,
**[11:46] ---**
every time something new happened
I could hardly breathe!
**[11:48] ---**
So the main heroine was a little sister
in her past life, plus a yandere...
**[11:53] ---**
it was uncharacteristically sly of you.
But, well, I didn't hate it.
**[12:00] ---**
Um... I thought the setting was kind of stiff.
**[12:04] ---**
Ah... yeah.
**[12:09] ---**
Well, it doesn't seem like anyone's really against
it, so... should we call this the final draft?
**[12:15] ---**
Uh...
**[12:16] ---**
That's fine, isn't it?
**[12:17] ---**
I've got to get the character design finalized
soon, so it'd be best to have the plot finished.
**[12:24] ---**
Well then, it's finally finished...
**[12:27] ---**
Hang on a second!
**[12:28] ---**
Mr. Ethical...?
**[12:30] ---**
It's definitely exciting, I have no complaints
in that department, but...
**[12:34] ---**
I'd like if it had more of a conclusion.
***SIGN*** Dating Sim Proposal
**[12:41] ---**
Get a hold of yourself, Tomoya. This has
been in the works for three days already!
**[12:45] ---**
Sorry.
**[12:46] ---**
More so even than doing nothing,
**[12:49] ---**
dragging at her feet is just going to bring
the creator's motivation down.
**[12:51] ---**
You're just such an idealistic, "this is a hundred
kinds of wrong and no right" type of director.
**[12:57] ---**
This should be fine,
it's plenty exciting already.
**[13:01] ---**
You said so yourself, didn't you?
So let's just move on already, all right?
**[13:05] ---**
I'm sorry, I can't allow that.
**[13:06] ---**
Tomoya!
**[13:07] ---**
It's absolutely exciting, it's amazing...
but it's just not satisfying enough to me.
**[13:13] ---**
Subjective, feelings-based criticism
like that doesn't get us anywhere!
**[13:17] ---**
Yeah. I wish I could explain
what I mean better, that's my fault...
**[13:21] ---**
But still, it's a waste. I just can't
call it a work of mine in this state.
**[13:25] ---**
Then why don't you write it yourself?
**[13:27] ---**
If you start saying things like that,
it's all over, Sawamura-san.
**[13:31] ---**
You know how there are things that a
director should never say to his creators?
**[13:35] ---**
Creators have things they should never
say to directors, the same way.
**[13:39] ---**
What you just said is one of them.
**[13:40] ---**
Utaha Kasumigaoka...! You... Who do you
think I'm trying to stand up for?
**[13:45] ---**
What you said just now, at least,
wasn't for my sake.
**[13:52] ---**
It's happening again.
**[13:53] ---**
Huh?
**[13:54] ---**
You won't give me an
answer now, either... Mr. Ethical...
**[14:03] ---**
Aki-kun...
**[14:06] ---**
Um, about our promise for tomorrow...
where we said we'd go to the Rokutenba Mall?
**[14:13] ---**
Huh, is it the weekend already?
**[14:15] ---**
Let's... postpone that, shall we?
**[14:18] ---**
Kato...
**[14:19] ---**
You're not really in the right mood for it
at the moment, right? So let's say, next time?
**[14:26] ---**
Aki-kun?
**[14:29] ---**
No, let's go after all.
**[14:31] ---**
Hm?
**[14:32] ---**
Let's have that date tomorrow.
**[14:34] ---**
Huh?
**[14:35] ---**
So we'll give this date thing a try, then?
**[14:41] ---**
There're so many people!
**[14:43] ---**
Y-Yeah...
**[14:44] ---**
Still, this is fun. I wonder
how many times it wraps around?
**[14:52] ---**
Are you all right, Aki-kun?
**[14:54] ---**
I-I'm fine...
**[14:56] ---**
Do you feel okay? Did the crowds put you off?
**[14:59] ---**
No, I'm fine with crowds... if it's a crowd
of otaku all under someone's leadership.
**[15:05] ---**
I think I might be less than fine with that.
**[15:08] ---**
Kato, does this really not bother you?
This chaotic throng of normals?
**[15:13] ---**
Well, normals or no, this is just
what happens with bargain sales, isn't it?
**[15:18] ---**
Really?
**[15:20] ---**
Ah, Aki-kun, it's open!
**[15:28] ---**
Sorry to call a break after we waited
in line since first thing in the morning and all.
**[15:32] ---**
No, I'm the one who should be sorry.
**[15:34] ---**
How is everyone this bad at forming lines?
**[15:38] ---**
The staff's just looking back and forth,
not even trying to rein in the chaos.
**[15:42] ---**
The customers are just barging in
everywhere and breaking the lines.
**[15:44] ---**
And the couple rate is unbelievably high!
Just go die, normals!
**[15:49] ---**
Regardless of the truth, though, from the
outside it looks like we're raising that rate...
**[15:54] ---**
So this is my away game baptism...
Bring it on, Rokutenba Mall.
**[16:00] ---**
I have no idea what you're saying,
**[16:02] ---**
but we probably should have come at least a
month after this place opened, shouldn't we?
**[16:07] ---**
No, I think it'd be the same
no matter when we came.
**[16:09] ---**
Do you think so?
**[16:11] ---**
I mean, it's not a problem of numbers, it's
about the sense of the people participating.
**[16:15] ---**
The sense?
**[16:16] ---**
The biggest line in Japan that I know
is nothing like this.
**[16:20] ---**
No one runs down the aisles, or walks
on the escalators, or cuts in line.
**[16:25] ---**
Everyone is highly aware that
they're surrounded by other participants,
**[16:28] ---**
and brims with enthusiasm
to make their event a success...
**[16:32] ---**
Ah, you must mean Comic-thingy, right?
**[16:35] ---**
It's not "Comic-thingy," it's a Comic Market, also known as Comiket!
**[16:39] ---**
It runs twice a year, in summer and winter.
**[16:41] ---**
More than 500,000 people gather and form
the largest doujinshi sales event in Japan–
**[16:44] ---**
No! In the world! And you want to call
something so grand, "Comic-thingy?!"
**[16:50] ---**
Wow, you really livened up all of a sudden.
**[16:52] ---**
That's right, at Comiket I would never
show this unsightly appearance!
**[16:57] ---**
Not even if ten times this number
of people were crowded in here...
**[17:01] ---**
I see... so that was the problem...
**[17:01] ---**
Well, this isn't Comiket, though, so there's
not much we can do about it.
**[17:05] ---**
You're wrong, there is something we can do.
**[17:08] ---**
I just have to think of them as otaku...
these are my people... those lovable asswipes...
**[17:14] ---**
Aki-kun?
**[17:15] ---**
Kato... Tell me all the stores
you wanted to go to today.
**[17:19] ---**
Just checking them off
on the map is fine.
**[17:22] ---**
Huh? But if I told you all of them,
do you know how many that'd be?
**[17:26] ---**
Don't worry about it, just list them all for now.
**[17:30] ---**
The conducting line...
**[17:32] ---**
Yes, here it is.
**[17:35] ---**
Which means, if we connect the route here,
**[17:37] ---**
then our procession from south to north
would be like this... Kato.
**[17:41] ---**
Hm?
**[17:41] ---**
Which one of these two circles –
I mean, stores – is more popular?
**[17:46] ---**
Ah, hmm, let's see... the closer one, I think.
**[17:51] ---**
Meaning it might be a little far,
but counter-clockwise is better...
**[17:55] ---**
since we were late starting
because of me. Got to be careful here.
**[17:58] ---**
You really don't need to
worry so much about it,
**[18:00] ---**
we can just go around however we want
and check out what stores we can.
**[18:04] ---**
I won't let this become a war of attrition
beyond what I've marked off!
**[18:07] ---**
Aki-kun?
**[18:08] ---**
Now then, Kato... It's time for me
to win this away game... Let's turn the tables!
**[18:16] ---**
Sorry for the wait!
**[18:17] ---**
Hey, did you get to buy what you came for?
**[18:20] ---**
Got it exactly!
**[18:21] ---**
Right, on to the next.
We'll make our way north like this.
**[18:25] ---**
Huh? Wasn't there one more place
we were going to go?
**[18:28] ---**
Unfortunately, my information shows that
the wait there is around two hours.
**[18:32] ---**
Whoa, guess we'd better give up
on that one then.
**[18:35] ---**
No, it's too soon to say yet.
**[18:37] ---**
It looks like right now, it's crammed with
people there to buy today-only limited things,
**[18:42] ---**
so once those are sold out,
it should clear up...
**[18:44] ---**
The situation is changing rapidly,
**[18:46] ---**
so we're going to need some very precise
information gathering and flexible judgment.
**[18:52] ---**
I can't believe how far you're going
for a simple shopping trip.
**[18:55] ---**
Otaku and normals know the ache
of being unable to buy something
**[18:59] ---**
you were looking forward to
just the same, don't they?
**[19:02] ---**
Well, I guess they must.
**[19:04] ---**
Let's go, Kato! This high-stakes
information warfare is already beginning!
**[19:08] ---**
Roger!
**[19:13] ---**
Keep going! Only a little bit left!
**[19:15] ---**
It seems like even more people
have gotten here since it turned to afternoon.
**[19:19] ---**
We'll have a surplus of time if we can just clear
this connecting walkway, go on!
**[19:23] ---**
O-Okay...
**[19:27] ---**
Kato!
**[19:32] ---**
We're moving, don't let go!
**[19:36] ---**
Aki-kun...
**[19:49] ---**
We made it, this is the last store!
**[19:52] ---**
Hell yeah!
**[19:55] ---**
Honestly, I didn't believe we could make it
through in one day... nice work, Aki-kun!
**[20:02] ---**
Don't tell me "nice work," it just
triggers the memories of it all again...
**[20:08] ---**
You can just rest there for a little while.
**[20:11] ---**
That's exactly what I'll do.
**[20:29] ---**
Huh? Hey, what's this store...
**[20:40] ---**
Yeah, not bad... these look good on you!
**[20:44] ---**
Um, I think.
**[20:46] ---**
Kato...?
**[20:47] ---**
This is for coming with me today.
Thanks, Aki-kun.
**[21:03] ---**
Kato...
**[21:04] ---**
Hm?
**[21:05] ---**
Oh, just...
**[21:07] ---**
Thanks.
**[21:09] ---**
Not at all.
**[21:11] ---**
But... I'm sorry.
I can't see you home after all.
**[21:15] ---**
There's somewhere I've got to go right away.
# E6 - Deciding the Night for Two
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR491E306/deciding-the-night-for-two)
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**[00:00] ---**
You're my inspiration, Kasumi-sensei!
**[00:02] ---**
I'm such a huge fan of *Metronome in Love*!
**[00:05] ---**
I must've read the first
book more than 20 times,
***SIGN*** Metronome in Love Vol. 2 Release Commemoration Utako Kasumi Signing Event
**[00:07] ---**
I still cry every week
when I reread it.
***SIGN*** Metronome in Love Metronome in Love 2
**[00:09] ---**
The way Naoto works hard for Sayuka
in chapter six, it's a total slam dunk,
**[00:13] ---**
but then they have this delicate little
misunderstanding. It's so frustrating!
**[00:17] ---**
Honestly, I couldn't identify
that much with Sayuka at first,
**[00:21] ---**
and I didn't understand
her thought process either.
**[00:24] ---**
But around the fifth time I read it,
**[00:26] ---**
I realized, "Oh, I guess this is
all the history you've got behind you."
**[00:31] ---**
I feel like I get more of
it every time I read it.
**[00:34] ---**
Maybe I'm just a bad reader,
but it seems so deep.
**[00:39] ---**
You...
**[00:40] ---**
Yes?
**[00:41] ---**
Tomoya Aki-kun of Toyogasaki Academy?
**[00:44] ---**
Huh...
**[00:45] ---**
Utaha Kasumigaoka, the second year?
**[00:48] ---**
That's "Senpai" to you, kouhai.
***SIGN*** #6 "Deciding the Night for Two"
**[02:31] ---**
What's up, Shi-chan,
not gonna answer?
**[02:35] ---**
It's fine.
**[02:38] ---**
Damn it, she's mad at me again.
**[02:52] ---**
Was that call from TAKI-kun just now?
**[02:55] ---**
What gives you that idea?
**[02:56] ---**
I haven't said a word
about him all day, have I?
**[02:59] ---**
Right, you've been deliberately
avoiding the subject for a whole day,
**[03:03] ---**
which sure makes me
think he's on your mind.
**[03:06] ---**
Bingo, huh?
**[03:07] ---**
He is not on my mind.
**[03:08] ---**
So it was TAKI-kun!
**[03:10] ---**
I've got nothing to talk
with him about anyway.
**[03:15] ---**
I have no interest in him.
**[03:19] ---**
Senpai...
**[03:21] ---**
Hey, Utaha-senpai.
**[03:24] ---**
Was I boring you that much?
**[03:27] ---**
No, I was paying attention, I swear...
**[03:30] ---**
it was... you were talking
about... all that stuff, right?
**[03:32] ---**
Come on, you sound like
a mom trying to fool a little kid.
**[03:36] ---**
I worked through
the night again yesterday.
**[03:38] ---**
This week's full of deadlines,
with the plot for the fourth book.
**[03:41] ---**
Exactly!
**[03:42] ---**
That's just it, that's what
I was talking about!
**[03:45] ---**
That cliffhanger at the end of
book three was brutal!
**[03:47] ---**
So what about book four...
what's going to happen?
**[03:50] ---**
There's no need to get so worked up about
some trivial thing like the plot of a novel.
**[03:56] ---**
It might be a "trivial thing like"
that to a god or something,
**[03:58] ---**
but if you'll think from
the perspective of those characters
**[04:01] ---**
and readers who
you wield so carelessly.
**[04:06] ---**
So then,
**[04:08] ---**
how do you think things will
go from here, Tomoya-kun?
**[04:11] ---**
What would best suit your desires?
**[04:13] ---**
Wait, what? Am I allowed to say?
**[04:15] ---**
It's natural for an author to ask her readers
for feedback and requests, surely?
**[04:19] ---**
For reference purposes only, of course.
**[04:22] ---**
Well, don't mind if I do then.
**[04:24] ---**
First, this double-heroine
rivalry is against the rules.
**[04:27] ---**
There's no way Mayu should
stage a comeback now.
**[04:30] ---**
Generally, you'd expect a happy ending with
Sayuka, who's been there since the first book!
**[04:34] ---**
There's something wrong about these Utako Kasumi
works. You're wasting two heroines on one book!
**[04:39] ---**
If you split them up across two works,
you'd have two hits, Senpai!
**[04:43] ---**
Although, it could be because of the double-heroine
situation that Metronome in Love is...
**[04:51] ---**
Excuse me, sir, is it just you today?
**[04:53] ---**
Ah, I'm sorry.
**[04:55] ---**
I was meeting someone, but
looks like they're not here.
**[05:02] ---**
All right. That's it
for today's assignment.
**[05:05] ---**
I'm going back to the hotel
to have a beer and go to bed!
**[05:08] ---**
Please stop. Your words
reek of an old man.
**[05:14] ---**
If you're this bothered,
why don't you just reach out to him?
**[05:17] ---**
I'm not bothered.
**[05:19] ---**
I've just been out on business a lot,
and am I supposed to say "What's up?"
**[05:23] ---**
What, is this something you've absolutely
got to meet up with him and talk about?
**[05:27] ---**
In that case, just stop being
so stubborn and embrace it.
**[05:31] ---**
This is why you can't get
yourself a guy, you know?
**[05:33] ---**
I don't...
**[05:34] ---**
Whoa, it started raining
at the very last minute.
**[05:38] ---**
I'm gonna go buy
an umbrella real fast.
**[05:42] ---**
I...
**[05:48] ---**
...don't understand...
**[05:49] ---**
guys like him.
**[05:52] ---**
I can't read a thing like this.
**[05:54] ---**
Why not? You're the one who
always asks to read things early.
**[05:59] ---**
But how come you want to
show it only to me in advance?
**[06:03] ---**
The last book, especially?
**[06:04] ---**
I want to know if it's everything
you were hoping for or not.
**[06:08] ---**
The conclusion, the protagonist's
decision, the heroine's futures...
**[06:13] ---**
But why?
**[06:15] ---**
Because I don't know if your
answer will affect the conclusion.
**[06:19] ---**
How can you have that
little confidence in it?
**[06:22] ---**
Either way, I want to
hear what you think.
**[06:25] ---**
I want to know how you feel.
**[06:27] ---**
I want to know what
Utako Kasumi has decided.
**[06:30] ---**
I don't want an ending that
turns out exactly how I hoped.
**[06:35] ---**
I'll ask you one more time, Tomoya-kun.
**[06:37] ---**
Will you read my last manuscript for me?
**[06:43] ---**
I can't, no.
**[06:46] ---**
I'm not responsible for this work.
**[06:49] ---**
Why not?
**[06:52] ---**
Not even a word of explanation?
**[06:54] ---**
Do you really need me to say it?
**[06:59] ---**
It's because I'm such a big fan!
How could it be anything else?
**[07:12] ---**
I wonder when she'll
finally forgive me.
**[07:15] ---**
It's been six months already.
**[07:19] ---**
*The last train to
Ikebukuro is now arriving.*
**[07:22] ---**
*Please stand behind the yellow line.*
**[07:50] ---**
Thank you for seeing me off.
**[07:52] ---**
I think here will be fine.
**[07:55] ---**
Utaha-senpai, I...
**[07:57] ---**
I hope you're looking forward
to the last volume.
**[08:06] ---**
Goodbye... Mr. Ethical.
**[08:13] ---**
Anyway, we've got an early start
and a tough schedule tomorrow,
**[08:18] ---**
so we should probably call it a day.
**[08:21] ---**
You listening?
**[08:29] ---**
Shi-chan?
**[08:42] ---**
How's he look?
**[08:44] ---**
For now, I just made him
get in the bath.
**[08:46] ---**
What'll you do?
**[08:48] ---**
Should we have him go
once his clothes are dry?
**[08:50] ---**
Why would you suggest
something so cold?
**[08:53] ---**
Weren't you saying earlier that
you weren't at fault, Shi-chan?
**[08:57] ---**
But that doesn't mean
I can just toss him out.
**[09:01] ---**
The last train's left already.
**[09:03] ---**
True... well then, guess
the rest is up to you.
**[09:06] ---**
Sorry?
**[09:07] ---**
It's a twin room, isn't it?
**[09:10] ---**
We asked for the change
at the front desk.
**[09:13] ---**
Anyway, take care and good luck.
**[09:14] ---**
We're meeting in the lobby at 8 AM.
**[09:17] ---**
What you do between now and
then is none of my business.
**[09:21] ---**
Wait... Machida-san!
**[09:22] ---**
Gooood night!
**[10:16] ---**
Sorry for the wait.
**[10:27] ---**
Um... thanks for
letting me use your shower.
**[10:29] ---**
So, I'll be leaving!
**[10:34] ---**
Mr. Ethical.
**[10:35] ---**
Y-Yes!
**[10:51] ---**
So? Why did you come to Goushi?
**[10:53] ---**
Well, just, I couldn't reach you
on your cell, Utaha-senpai,
**[10:57] ---**
so I just took a gamble and called your house
to see if I could find out where you went.
**[11:02] ---**
You know, Senpai, your mom does
have a high-school-age daughter,
**[11:08] ---**
she should probably have
a better sense for danger.
**[11:11] ---**
She knows I'm dependable.
**[11:13] ---**
I'm always top of the class, never cause any
problems, and never talk back to my parents.
**[11:20] ---**
And for better or worse,
you don't have many friends?
**[11:23] ---**
That's right.
**[11:24] ---**
So she'd probably faint if she saw
how things are going right now.
**[11:28] ---**
S-So you're staying overnight here
to gather material for your next book, right?
**[11:32] ---**
Well, that and making
courtesy calls at stores, and...
**[11:36] ---**
Awesome!
**[11:37] ---**
I've never heard of one working this hard
before a book is even released!
**[11:41] ---**
This is on track for getting made
into an anime, isn't it?
**[11:43] ---**
That's enough about me for now.
**[11:46] ---**
Okay.
**[11:48] ---**
Basically, you, Mr. Ethical,
**[11:50] ---**
came chasing after me, didn't you?
**[11:53] ---**
I...
**[11:55] ---**
Yeah.
**[11:56] ---**
Even after the last train left?
**[11:58] ---**
Well... yes.
**[12:01] ---**
You really are an idiot.
**[12:04] ---**
Yeah, I know...
**[12:10] ---**
Um, Senpai...
**[12:15] ---**
Utaha-senpai!
**[12:20] ---**
Um... I have a favor to ask you!
**[12:23] ---**
Senpai...
**[12:25] ---**
Please, make me... a man...
**[12:30] ---**
No, I mean, please make me a creator!
**[12:35] ---**
Could it be you made that incredibly
confusing slip-up on purpose?!
**[12:40] ---**
What are you talking about?!
**[12:43] ---**
Fine then, let's hear
what you have to say.
**[12:45] ---**
What flaws have you
found in my plot, Mr. Ethical?
**[12:49] ---**
Today, I went to
the Rokutenba Mall with Kato.
**[12:53] ---**
On a date?
**[12:53] ---**
Just gathering material.
**[12:54] ---**
Do you think you can hide the fact that you were
out with a girl, with an excuse like that?
**[13:00] ---**
Wait, I don't want to
get caught up in definitions.
**[13:03] ---**
What are you trying to say, then?
**[13:06] ---**
I had a really good time.
**[13:08] ---**
Wait, hear me out, I haven't
gotten to the main part yet!
**[13:13] ---**
We went on the first day they opened,
and the crowds were insane.
**[13:16] ---**
I started feeling a little rough
all of a sudden once we got there...
**[13:20] ---**
but Kato didn't get
fed up with me or anything.
**[13:23] ---**
She was concerned for me,
like someone normally would be.
**[13:27] ---**
She even waited for me
until I recovered.
**[13:31] ---**
We visited all the stores
together after that, too.
**[13:33] ---**
She even put up with my crazy act.
**[13:36] ---**
She helped me have a good time,
and had fun herself too.
**[13:39] ---**
She even thanked me!
**[13:41] ---**
And yet I still left her after
all that so I could come here.
**[13:46] ---**
But even then,
Kato saw me off with a smile.
**[13:50] ---**
I wonder if she might have
been upset on the inside?
**[13:53] ---**
I doubt it. Kato's just
that good a person.
**[13:56] ---**
So, having heard all these fond words
for Kato, what am I supposed to do now?
**[14:01] ---**
That's why I came for a retake!
**[14:03] ---**
It's about your plot, Utaha-senpai!
**[14:05] ---**
The plot you came up with
was really exciting!
**[14:08] ---**
The scale was grand, it just
felt like an epic work!
**[14:11] ---**
Your vocabulary needs work.
**[14:13] ---**
That all meant about the same thing.
**[14:16] ---**
So why does it need a retake?
**[14:18] ---**
Well, to amend my
assessment before,
**[14:21] ---**
if you leave it like this, Meguri,
the heroine, won't be happy.
**[14:24] ---**
Really now?
**[14:26] ---**
She's faced the destiny that waited
since before her reincarnation,
**[14:29] ---**
and she's bound forever
to her beloved elder brother.
**[14:31] ---**
So how can you say
she won't be truly happy?
**[14:34] ---**
Is that...
**[14:35] ---**
really the happiness
she was searching for?
**[14:38] ---**
What do you mean?
**[14:40] ---**
Tying herself to memories
before she was born,
**[14:42] ---**
and saving her past self can't be
the future Meguri was hoping for!
**[14:46] ---**
Do you really believe
the players will be happy
**[14:49] ---**
to see her throw away all the happy
memories she's made until now?
***SIGN*** More of Meguri's Happiness!
**[14:55] ---**
What's wrong with
being caught in the past?
**[15:00] ---**
There's nothing wrong with it!
Of course, it's an option.
**[15:05] ---**
But while I like that way,
I like the other way just as much!
**[15:11] ---**
I had a really good
time being with Kato...
**[15:15] ---**
with a regular girl who I had no ties to.
**[15:17] ---**
I think the players will be happy to
have Kato, I mean, Meguri with them.
**[15:22] ---**
I think having an everyday life
with Meguri was just as fun.
**[15:25] ---**
That's why I want them to ignore fate
and take back their normal lives!
**[15:29] ---**
I want a play route that lets plain old casual
love rise above the ties of past-life fate!
**[15:35] ---**
Would that really be interesting?
**[15:36] ---**
It would!
**[15:37] ---**
I believe that you, Utaha-senpai...
**[15:39] ---**
or Utako Kasumi, could make that
development into something riveting!
**[15:43] ---**
I just want to flirt with Meguri more!
**[15:45] ---**
I want to make our friends sick of us!
**[15:48] ---**
To go on dates, have
eye contact, and smooch!
**[15:50] ---**
Ah, but it's all-ages,
so it stops at kissing.
**[15:52] ---**
So then, we should forget
the story up until now?
**[15:57] ---**
You're saying that it's a waste of
time letting the past affect you?
**[16:02] ---**
What are you talking about?
Obviously we should keep the past.
**[16:05] ---**
A centuries-spanning romance?
That's incredibly moe!
**[16:08] ---**
Plus, she's an obsessive character,
and sisters are amazing!
**[16:10] ---**
Doesn't it sound so perfect,
watching them regress together?
**[16:13] ---**
Leaving everything else behind,
living in a world only meant for them!
**[16:17] ---**
Ah, but it's all-ages,
so it stops at kissing.
**[16:20] ---**
How wishy-washy.
**[16:21] ---**
But that's the true charm of
the gal game protagonist, Utaha-senpai!
**[16:34] ---**
Is this how the sample lines should be?
**[16:36] ---**
No, try and make them less distinctive.
**[16:40] ---**
That's the first time I've ever been
told that, in all my creative career.
**[16:44] ---**
If you make the character
as flat as possible,
**[16:46] ---**
the player gets caught up when big
changes come. All of a sudden, they're cute.
**[16:51] ---**
The moe sense that comes from
the gap in her character?
**[16:53] ---**
But then the next moment,
they're back to flat again.
**[16:57] ---**
Like, "Oh, I guess I was wrong,
they're not that cute after all."
**[17:02] ---**
What kind of joke character is this?
**[17:04] ---**
Look, we can't do anything about it,
people like this exist in real life.
**[17:08] ---**
I don't even want to acknowledge that
a character like this could be the main heroine.
**[17:19] ---**
Senpai...
**[17:21] ---**
Damn it! Who does
this girl think she is?
**[17:25] ---**
Coming from behind, trying to
steal my man from the side!
**[17:29] ---**
I'll kill you... I will murder you!
**[17:31] ---**
I'll never accept you
as my reincarnation!
**[17:33] ---**
Return my big bro to me!
**[17:34] ---**
What the hell! The obsessive
little sister's possessing you?!
**[17:37] ---**
I loved you, and yet...
**[17:38] ---**
I loved you so much, and yet...
**[17:41] ---**
Why will my feelings not reach you?!
**[17:46] ---**
Calm down...
**[17:48] ---**
Just calm down, Utaha-senpai...
**[17:49] ---**
How dare you!
**[17:50] ---**
Are you saying it's wrong
for an author to feel love?!
**[17:52] ---**
That she can't go
all out for her fans?!
**[17:54] ---**
Wait, isn't that the author's
line, not the character's?
**[17:57] ---**
Isn't it?!
***SIGN*** The Morning Tune
**[18:13] ---**
Mr. Ethical.
**[18:15] ---**
Good morning, Mr. Ethical.
**[18:18] ---**
I'm going ahead, but you can
sleep in a little more if you want.
**[18:22] ---**
You're going already?
**[18:25] ---**
I've got work all day again today.
**[18:28] ---**
That's rough.
**[18:30] ---**
If you really love what
you do, it's nothing at all.
**[18:38] ---**
You look a little sluggish.
**[18:40] ---**
Still basking in the afterglow
of that intense night?
**[18:43] ---**
By "intense," you do mean that
work we did on the plot, right?!
**[18:49] ---**
Can you check out by ten?
**[18:51] ---**
You just need to return the key.
**[18:53] ---**
Sure.
**[18:59] ---**
I'm very glad we had last night.
**[19:03] ---**
I think you've worn that
joke down pretty well now.
**[19:05] ---**
It's pretty fun making
things with you after all.
**[19:09] ---**
I reconfirmed that last night.
**[19:12] ---**
Welcome to the creator's
world, Tomoya Aki.
**[19:16] ---**
I know that if it's you, you can do it.
**[19:18] ---**
Because you had the passion
to bring out my determination.
**[19:23] ---**
And you certainly have the creativity
and expression in you.
**[19:26] ---**
One year ago, I was pouring my blood,
sweat and tears out writing for just one fan.
**[19:31] ---**
One obstinate, annoying, troublesome
fan I wanted to triumph over.
**[19:35] ---**
So I revised over and over again,
and clashed with the editing process...
**[19:40] ---**
But still, my will never broke,
and I finished writing.
**[19:44] ---**
And that's exactly
what I'm asking of you now.
**[19:48] ---**
I'll be counting on you from now on.
**[19:50] ---**
So let's give this our blood,
sweat and tears, together.
**[19:53] ---**
Yeah.
***SIGN*** Our Morning Now
**[21:50] ---**
Um... Sawamura-san...
**[21:52] ---**
Models shouldn't move.
**[21:54] ---**
Why are we doing this
at the Rokutenba Mall?
**[21:56] ---**
Such a coincidence
meeting you here, right?
**[21:57] ---**
Are you really planning
to follow that logic?
**[22:00] ---**
What...
**[22:00] ---**
You're being awfully annoying.
**[22:02] ---**
Even though you're the loser whose date
ran away to chase after another girl.
**[22:10] ---**
What are you saying Sawamura-san...
**[22:13] ---**
Sounds like you're
trying to imply something.
**[22:16] ---**
Is that so?
**[22:17] ---**
Oh, but anyway this is the first time we've
spoken one on one with each other, isn't it?
**[22:22] ---**
I wonder.
**[22:24] ---**
If I think about it, I should be thankful
we ran into each other today.
**[22:29] ---**
It's finished!
**[22:31] ---**
What is?
**[22:32] ---**
Look!
**[22:33] ---**
The angry expression you made
the moment you were rejected!
**[22:36] ---**
What a relief!
**[22:37] ---**
I've finally got a grasp
on the character!
**[22:39] ---**
I'll really have to be thankful
for running into you today!
**[22:43] ---**
I don't make a face like that at all.
# E7 - Friend, Foe or a New Character
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRJQVX83Y/friend-foe-or-a-new-character)
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***SIGN*** #7 "Friend, Foe or a New Character"
**[02:01] ---**
So, the reason
you called me here was...?
**[02:03] ---**
Well, old chap, I'm in rather
a spot of trouble, rather indeed...
**[02:08] ---**
Please, drop the fake accent!
**[02:10] ---**
Your English grades are
even worse than mine.
**[02:14] ---**
We're pretty short on time for
the manuscript for Summer Comiket.
**[02:16] ---**
I had a feeling that's
what this was about.
**[02:19] ---**
Just so you know, I have
absolutely not been slacking!
**[02:22] ---**
You've been getting us into these
ridiculous situations, so we got a late start.
**[02:27] ---**
I know.
**[02:29] ---**
I intend to take responsibility for that.
**[02:31] ---**
T-t-t-t-t-t-take... responsibility?
**[02:34] ---**
So, what should I do?
**[02:37] ---**
Confirm our setup?
**[02:39] ---**
Put a Summer Comiket notice on our
homepage? Negotiate with printing places?
**[02:43] ---**
I want you to look at the storyboard and
help think about the story and setting.
**[02:48] ---**
Hang on!
**[02:49] ---**
I'm still an amateur at this
doujin thing, you know!
**[02:52] ---**
Believe me, I know.
**[02:54] ---**
But at this point I have no choice
but to turn to an anime freak like you!
**[02:58] ---**
You're like an arrow that breaks after
one use, or a reed that sinks right away.
**[03:03] ---**
Thank you so much for
that incredible demotivation.
**[03:07] ---**
Look, when it's finished, I'll do the game
character design, so be quiet and help.
**[03:12] ---**
If I stay quiet, I can't
give you my ideas, can I?
**[03:15] ---**
What's the basis, anyway?
**[03:18] ---**
That Snow Prism.
***SIGN*** That Snow Prism
**[03:21] ---**
Oh, I know that one!
**[03:22] ---**
I saw the whole thing!
**[03:24] ---**
You know its spring season
got to number one?
**[03:28] ---**
Yeah, I know.
**[03:30] ---**
I heard about it from
your blog in the first place.
**[03:33] ---**
I see now, I see.
**[03:34] ---**
Maybe I'll help you out after all.
**[03:37] ---**
Are you even listening to me?
You couldn't have refused anyway!
**[03:41] ---**
So, what kind of story should we do?
**[03:43] ---**
I'd like to do a heartwarming
epilogue about Kouhei the protagonist
**[03:47] ---**
with Ui, the main heroine.
**[03:50] ---**
Well, it'll be an epilogue about him and
Mariko, the childhood friend heroine!
**[03:54] ---**
Wait, hang on!
**[03:56] ---**
I'm Team Mariko, so
there's no changing it.
**[03:59] ---**
I mean, Ui's too flawless,
she's like a doll.
**[04:03] ---**
She seems like she's getting
forced along through the story.
**[04:06] ---**
That's not what I'm talking about
at all, you're missing the point!
**[04:09] ---**
You're getting me, a man, caught up in
this and making something 18-and-over?
**[04:13] ---**
If there's no sex, it won't sell.
**[04:14] ---**
You're a minor!
You can't sell it with sex!
**[04:16] ---**
That's why my mom
and dad will sell it!
**[04:18] ---**
There's nothing illegal
about me making it!
**[04:21] ---**
You're unclear about the derivative
work guidelines, right?
**[04:24] ---**
It's not like we're suddenly getting
sucked into the seedy doujin underworld!
**[04:28] ---**
Now, you're going to become
Kouhei the protagonist,
**[04:31] ---**
and you're going to passionately
whisper your loving words to Mariko!
**[04:47] ---**
Hurry up!
**[04:48] ---**
Fine.
**[04:52] ---**
Hey, smile, Mariko.
**[04:55] ---**
K-Kouhei...
**[04:57] ---**
Yes, that's it.
**[04:59] ---**
You've got the cutest smile I know.
**[05:03] ---**
I hope you'll always
be smiling, at my side.
**[05:09] ---**
Y-Yeah.
**[05:11] ---**
I'd like that.
**[05:16] ---**
But why change clothes all of a sudden?
**[05:19] ---**
Well, it's our first time and everything.
**[05:23] ---**
I'm not reading the script,
I'm asking you, Eriri.
**[05:27] ---**
I'm Mariko right now!
**[05:29] ---**
Don't get caught up in idle thoughts.
**[05:32] ---**
Hope you don't think
it's a good excuse.
**[05:34] ---**
Come on, next line!
**[05:35] ---**
All right, so, what
should we do from here?
**[05:39] ---**
Well!
**[05:42] ---**
I guess we better get started.
**[05:48] ---**
S-Started...?
**[05:49] ---**
Hurry up, we're running out of pages!
**[05:52] ---**
Here we go then, Mariko.
**[05:54] ---**
Ouch!
**[05:55] ---**
Sorry, are you okay?
**[05:57] ---**
I just told you, we don't
have the pages left!
**[05:59] ---**
Just keep moving!
**[06:01] ---**
Um, okay!
**[06:03] ---**
Come on, love me more...
**[06:06] ---**
Didn't I tell you?
**[06:08] ---**
I love you more than
anything in the world.
**[06:12] ---**
I can't believe you...
**[06:14] ---**
with words alone.
**[06:16] ---**
So how can I make you believe me?
**[06:18] ---**
Mess me all up.
**[06:23] ---**
Do something so amazing
to me that I'll never forget.
**[06:32] ---**
Don't get out of character now!
You'll make me want to die!
***SIGN*** *Next School Day*
*August 5 (Thursday)*
*Please don't get into an accident during summer break*
**[07:07] ---**
Kato!
**[07:08] ---**
Today, at last, I'll finally
tell you what I mean to say.
**[07:11] ---**
Have you been actually holding
something back any other day before this?
**[07:15] ---**
Never mind that, just listen.
**[07:17] ---**
You don't have any idea
what a character is really about.
**[07:20] ---**
Yeah, that's true.
**[07:23] ---**
Their personality, speech style, birthday,
three sizes, favorite underwater-only Mobile Armor!
**[07:29] ---**
A character's important points.
You can't just go changing them.
**[07:33] ---**
The Megumi Kato that readers
fell in love with would die!
**[07:38] ---**
Really? That's too bad.
**[07:42] ---**
So how could you do this?
**[07:44] ---**
What?
**[07:45] ---**
How could you suddenly
change your whole hairstyle?
**[07:48] ---**
Well... I just kind of did it.
**[07:51] ---**
You just kind of did it?!
**[07:53] ---**
Did you take this gamble that could
destroy your entire character?!
**[08:00] ---**
Wait, but look, doesn't it
happen in manga sometimes
**[08:04] ---**
where a heroine will change her
hairstyle one day and get noticed?
**[08:07] ---**
But you're not!
**[08:09] ---**
Basically everyone but me is
looking through you!
**[08:12] ---**
I guess the closing ceremony
was a tricky time for it.
**[08:15] ---**
Maybe the opening ceremony
would've been better?
**[08:17] ---**
If you have to rely on curveballs like that,
you'll never be a first-rate main heroine!
**[08:23] ---**
Protesting that much about a girl's hairstyle
means you're paying some attention, right?
**[08:30] ---**
So are you going anywhere
for break, Sawamura-san?
**[08:33] ---**
Me? Uh...
**[08:35] ---**
How am I supposed to
go out in this stupid heat?
**[08:38] ---**
Y-Yeah, I haven't decided yet, but maybe
to our villa in Nasu, or my papa's family home?
**[08:45] ---**
Your father's home is
in England, right? Amazing!
**[08:49] ---**
He doesn't live in a castle
or anything, does he?
**[08:51] ---**
No, it's nothing special.
**[08:55] ---**
Not that I've ever been there.
**[08:56] ---**
You understand, Kato?
**[08:58] ---**
It's not the little tricks
that latch onto readers' hearts.
**[09:02] ---**
It's the core traits that have been
polished and tested by time!
**[09:06] ---**
Ah, so maybe blonde pigtails
or plain old long black hair?
**[09:10] ---**
Okay, sure, maybe those.
**[09:13] ---**
But this applies to your overall
character too, you know?
**[09:18] ---**
Ah, like the tsundere childhood
friend or the ultra-harsh senpai?
**[09:24] ---**
Sure, yes, you have those too.
**[09:26] ---**
But there's more to a core
than that, isn't there?
**[09:29] ---**
Such as?
**[09:31] ---**
Such as, I don't know, how about
a little-sister-type kouhai?
**[09:36] ---**
Oh, just a kouhai,
not an actual little sister?
**[09:39] ---**
Well, a real little sister would cause
controversy, so let's leave that out.
**[09:44] ---**
I see. It takes all kinds, huh?
**[09:47] ---**
But anyway!
**[09:49] ---**
Think about a younger girl
who's always saying "senpai,"
**[09:52] ---**
sticking to you all the time, looking up at you
in admiration, isn't that just the most moe?
**[09:57] ---**
Um, I'm still not used to speaking
**[10:01] ---**
under the assumption that
"moe" is part of conversing.
**[10:05] ---**
How great it would be to see her leaning against
the school gate, waiting to leave together!
**[10:11] ---**
Tomoya-senpai?
**[10:13] ---**
Yes, just like that!
**[10:18] ---**
I knew it! It is you, Tomoya-senpai!
**[10:21] ---**
Thank goodness I finally found you!
**[10:25] ---**
I'm back. I came back for you, Senpai!
**[10:30] ---**
Senpai! Senpai! I missed you!
**[10:33] ---**
Even core traits have limits.
**[10:45] ---**
Is that really you, Izumi-chan?
**[10:47] ---**
Well, of course it is!
**[10:50] ---**
Don't tell me you forgot about me.
**[10:54] ---**
No.
**[10:57] ---**
Izumi Hashima?
**[10:59] ---**
That was definitely her name.
**[11:02] ---**
So she's your and Mr. Ethical's kouhai?
**[11:05] ---**
I don't know anything about her.
**[11:06] ---**
Our elementary schools were
different, and she's two years below,
**[11:09] ---**
and above all, she moved to Nagoya
before she went into middle school.
**[11:13] ---**
"Don't know anything about her"
seems like a stretch, then.
**[11:18] ---**
The point is, I've never talked to her.
**[11:22] ---**
All I know is she was always
following Tomoya-kun around!
**[11:28] ---**
So wait, if she's two years below us...
**[11:31] ---**
she's still in middle school?
**[11:37] ---**
Funny, you seem more like
the middle school type here.
**[11:41] ---**
Die in a fire.
**[11:43] ---**
Do I really look that different?
**[11:45] ---**
You're practically another person!
**[11:47] ---**
You used to have really short hair,
and you were tan all the time.
**[11:54] ---**
So I look a little more girly now?
**[11:57] ---**
Yeah.
**[11:58] ---**
Well, if I do, that's all
because of you, Senpai!
**[12:04] ---**
After all, you taught me
the pleasures of being a girl, Senpai!
**[12:13] ---**
Hang on a second.
**[12:14] ---**
You've not seen her in three years
since she was in elementary school?
**[12:18] ---**
Wait, just hang on, Kato!
All I taught Izumi-chan was...
**[12:21] ---**
So, Tomoya-senpai...
**[12:26] ---**
Please accept this!
**[12:34] ---**
We're on the second day, East Hall, 29b,
and we're called "Fancy Wave!"
**[12:40] ---**
Come and see us!
**[12:44] ---**
So you started working
in doujins too, Izumi-chan.
**[12:49] ---**
And on Little Love Rhapsody books, too.
**[12:51] ---**
Yes! Last year was my first time
in an event, so I'm a beginner.
**[12:56] ---**
Hey, Aki-kun.
**[12:57] ---**
Is that Little-Whatever
a dating sim too?
**[13:00] ---**
It's not "Little Whatever,"
it's "Little Love Rhapsody!"
**[13:03] ---**
Little Love Rhapsody!
**[13:05] ---**
Also known as LitRhap, or LLR,
**[13:08] ---**
and it's a popular series over three volumes that
sold more than two million copies, so get it right!
**[13:14] ---**
Okay, got it.
**[13:16] ---**
So you're Aki-kun's
teacher's-pet, Izumi-chan.
**[13:22] ---**
I'd never seen any games
or anime until I met Senpai.
**[13:28] ---**
He took the ignorant little girl I was
and showed me a whole new world.
**[13:34] ---**
He got me LitRhap 2 on every
system for my birthday!
**[13:41] ---**
If Senpai hadn't gotten me
LitRhap 2 as a present,
**[13:44] ---**
I wouldn't have this happy life full of
games and anime that I do now.
**[13:50] ---**
I can never pay back
what he's done for me!
**[13:55] ---**
Huh, I see.
**[13:56] ---**
So this is the little-sister-type
kouhai core trait you meant, Aki-kun.
**[14:01] ---**
I can't pretend there's
nothing off about this.
**[14:04] ---**
I might be saying
weird stuff, but...
**[14:06] ---**
It's a very "I wonder..." kind of deal.
**[14:10] ---**
So he corrupted a pure, innocent
elementary schooler with dating sims.
**[14:15] ---**
He's really been wily from
the start, hasn't he, Mr. Ethical?
**[14:19] ---**
Little Rhap...
**[14:21] ---**
What's wrong, Sawamura-san?
**[14:22] ---**
N-Nothing, nothing's wrong!
**[14:25] ---**
Are you not feeling well?
**[14:27] ---**
If you're looking for the slide,
it's over there. I'll take you.
**[14:31] ---**
Why would you try and
lead me to the slide?
**[14:35] ---**
So, Senpai, that's why you have to, have to,
have to come to Summer Comiket!
**[14:42] ---**
Sure, I'll definitely go.
**[14:44] ---**
I'm looking forward to seeing
what you made, Izumi-chan.
**[14:47] ---**
All right, see you,
Tomoya-senpai, Kato-senpai.
**[14:50] ---**
And you too, Sawamura-senpai!
**[14:53] ---**
Ah, uh, um...
**[14:55] ---**
So you and Izumi-chan knew
each other too, Sawamura-san.
**[14:58] ---**
No, I just knew who she was.
**[15:01] ---**
She was one of the biggest names
in our school district, after all.
**[15:12] ---**
Ah, that's right, Senpai!
**[15:13] ---**
What?
**[15:14] ---**
You should come over to
our new house sometime!
**[15:17] ---**
I know Big Brother would be
happy to see you too!
**[15:19] ---**
All right, goodbye!
**[15:23] ---**
Yeah, see you.
**[15:34] ---**
So Big Brother would be happy too?
**[15:40] ---**
Has something been
making you mad?
**[15:43] ---**
Not really.
**[15:44] ---**
An old friend just came back
after three years.
**[15:47] ---**
Isn't it natural we'd
have a lot to talk about?
**[15:49] ---**
I told you, I'm not mad.
You're just being too self-conscious.
**[15:52] ---**
Not to mention misunderstanding.
**[15:54] ---**
That so? Well, that's fine then.
**[15:57] ---**
The way you just settle for whatever
explanation suits you is the worst.
**[16:03] ---**
Well, which is it?
**[16:05] ---**
So... you were talking up LitRhap to her.
**[16:10] ---**
Hey... it's a masterpiece.
**[16:12] ---**
It's just—
**[16:14] ---**
Well, it's been a while, both of you.
**[16:24] ---**
I want to get good works
played by many people.
**[16:27] ---**
It's probably otaku instinct.
**[16:29] ---**
But it's an otaku instinct to keep people
from jumping on the bandwagon.
**[16:34] ---**
Even so, if someone is important,
it's normal to want to talk it up!
**[16:37] ---**
I don't need your lowest common
denominator opinions right now!
**[16:41] ---**
This is on purpose, isn't it?
**[16:43] ---**
You must have noticed me, right?
**[16:46] ---**
All right, so what's the problem?
**[16:48] ---**
I can't understand
if you don't tell me!
**[16:50] ---**
You already know!
**[16:51] ---**
You know exactly
what I want to say!
**[16:53] ---**
Can I ask you to not just ignore me?
**[16:57] ---**
I've been waiting here for
more than half an hour already.
**[17:01] ---**
What do you want, Iori?
**[17:04] ---**
Thanks to my father's work, I could
come back to Tokyo after three years.
**[17:08] ---**
A greeting would be nice.
**[17:10] ---**
No need to come all this way.
**[17:12] ---**
You could have stayed in Nagoya eating
all the good food I've heard about.
**[17:16] ---**
Have you heard, Tomoya-kun?
**[17:17] ---**
There's a famous jumbo fried shrimp in
Nagoya that uses imported black tiger shrimp,
**[17:23] ---**
not even a famous Nagoya food!
**[17:25] ---**
When Hakata's marinated pollock roe doesn't
use Kyushu-made cod roe, does that matter?
**[17:30] ---**
You two sure picked the most
whatever thing possible to fight about.
**[17:34] ---**
Why have you appeared
before me again?
**[17:36] ---**
I seem to recall
severing ties with you.
**[17:38] ---**
You're so cold, Tomoya-kun.
**[17:40] ---**
Weren't we once true friends, who agreed
to rise through the otaku world together?
**[17:46] ---**
Yes, there certainly was
a time when we said that.
**[17:49] ---**
I haven't forgotten the shock when I found out
you, one of the best-looking guys in class
**[17:54] ---**
who I thought I couldn't have a conversation
with, were an even bigger otaku than me.
**[18:00] ---**
You think so? I had
the opposite impression.
**[18:04] ---**
I thought of you as the only person
that would ever understand me.
**[18:09] ---**
I... Iori.
**[18:10] ---**
Do you know how many girls in your class
were into that weird dynamic of yours?
**[18:20] ---**
But...
**[18:22] ---**
but you were too
different from me after all.
**[18:27] ---**
You didn't become an otaku so you could
enjoy and spread the things you liked.
**[18:33] ---**
You just wanted to ride the coattails of famous
works and creators, and show off to the big shots.
**[18:40] ---**
I told you from the beginning.
**[18:43] ---**
My goal was to rise up
through the world of otaku.
**[18:47] ---**
So start building up from the bottom!
**[18:49] ---**
Don't just feed on the creators!
**[18:53] ---**
Have you tried turning those
exact words back on yourself?
**[18:58] ---**
Iori! The way you do things is wrong!
**[19:01] ---**
Is that so?
**[19:02] ---**
You're doing some pretty
shady stuff, aren't you?
**[19:06] ---**
That's why you couldn't show yourself
as you are to Izumi-chan, your own little sister?
**[19:11] ---**
I wonder about that.
**[19:14] ---**
But one thing, Tomoya-kun.
**[19:17] ---**
This is who I am now.
**[19:19] ---**
Representative
**[19:22] ---**
Rouge en rouge?
**[19:24] ---**
Akane Kousaka's circle?!
**[19:27] ---**
Akane-san's very busy and rather fickle.
**[19:30] ---**
I've helped them out with many things,
and they couldn't turn me down anymore.
**[19:35] ---**
Hold on.
**[19:37] ---**
This is the ultra-big creator who hasn't come out
in front of a camera in more than a decade, right?
**[19:43] ---**
I did everything it took to get me here.
**[19:45] ---**
See how my methods that
you so revile worked for me?
**[19:55] ---**
I look forward to our
fruitful relationship.
**[19:59] ---**
I don't need a business card
from a greedy doujin punk like you.
**[20:03] ---**
Oh no,
**[20:06] ---**
I'd like you to have one most of all...
**[20:09] ---**
Eri Kashiwagi-sensei.
**[20:11] ---**
I, no, my circle is
quite interested in you.
**[20:17] ---**
Did you know?
**[20:19] ---**
About Eriri's secret identity?
**[20:21] ---**
That's not all.
**[20:23] ---**
We know all about what you're
planning to make, Tomoya-kun.
**[20:27] ---**
You're making a game with Eri
Kashiwagi and Utako Kasumi.
**[20:31] ---**
You know what kind of impact this will
have on the otaku world, don't you?
**[20:36] ---**
You're the producer behind this
grand design, aren't you?
**[20:39] ---**
Aiming to send shockwaves
through the industry?
**[20:42] ---**
You're wrong! I'm not doing this
to get further up in the industry!
**[20:45] ---**
And yet, Tomoya-kun, my circle just
happens to have the exact same plan.
**[20:53] ---**
You see, as we were
searching for that animator...
**[20:56] ---**
What... you...
**[20:58] ---**
Hashima, did you...
**[21:01] ---**
It's a contest now, Tomoya-kun.
**[21:03] ---**
Iori...
**[21:05] ---**
Does this brand-new, baby circle of yours
deserve to have Eri Kashiwagi on board?
**[21:10] ---**
Or might she perhaps be
better able to shine with us?
# E8 - A Wingman's Traumatic Recollection Mode
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GY5VK733Y/a-wingmans-traumatic-recollection-mode)
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***SIGN*** Little Love Rhapsody
**[01:06] ---**
It's hot...
**[02:43] ---**
So, wasn't today's club meeting supposed
to be on character design direction?
***SIGN*** A Wingman's Traumatic Recollection Mode
**[02:50] ---**
Yeah, in particular the main heroine
that you're the model for, Kato.
**[02:59] ---**
Nobody said anything about
me taking my clothes off!
**[03:01] ---**
Relax, Kato. That isn't artwork for our game.
**[03:05] ---**
They're the manuscript for the book
Eriri's circle is doing for Summer Comiket.
**[03:07] ---**
Sorry, Kato-san. I'm a little behind schedule.
**[03:12] ---**
Oh, that's why...
**[03:17] ---**
Sounds rough...
**[03:19] ---**
I forget, when does Summer Comiket start?
**[03:22] ---**
Tomorrow.
**[03:23] ---**
It starts tomorrow.
**[03:24] ---**
Um, so you're going to start
printing it right now?
**[03:28] ---**
It's all right, Comiket runs for three days.
**[03:30] ---**
My circle is attending on the third,
so it's no problem.
**[03:35] ---**
Oh, it's not?
**[03:36] ---**
Of course it's a problem!
**[03:37] ---**
Not only will there be a surcharge
tacked on to the printing fee,
**[03:40] ---**
stealing the print shop's Bon vacation
is the worst thing you can do!
**[03:43] ---**
I helped you with the storyboards, so why are
you still working at the 11th hour?!
**[03:48] ---**
That's no reason for a creator holding
up delivery of finished pages.
**[03:52] ---**
That's kind of cool.
**[03:53] ---**
Of course it's not cool!
**[03:56] ---**
Still, Comiket, huh? It's finally here.
**[03:59] ---**
Yeah, finally.
**[04:01] ---**
But remember, this Comiket is nothing
more than an opening skirmish.
**[04:05] ---**
Our true battle will be Winter
Comiket at the end of the year!
**[04:07] ---**
It will mark the beginning of the legend of
super-producer and director Tomoya Aki,
**[04:10] ---**
who will march in, his debut
mega-production dating sim in hand,
**[04:13] ---**
and set off a revolution in the doujin world!
**[04:16] ---**
Now that you mention it,
aren't you going, Sawamura-san?
**[04:18] ---**
After all, you're releasing
your own book there.
**[04:20] ---**
Of course I'm not going.
I'm having my mom and dad man my table.
**[04:24] ---**
You must have awfully
understanding parents.
**[04:27] ---**
Are you planning to go?
**[04:29] ---**
If a civilian casually strolls
onto that battlefield,
**[04:32] ---**
the world's largest gathering
of otaku, she'll regret it.
**[04:35] ---**
But I already got
a ticket from Izumi-chan,
**[04:39] ---**
and I thought I would go as a sort of
rehearsal for the end of the year.
**[04:43] ---**
I'm really looking forward to
seeing Izumi-chan's doujinshi.
**[04:46] ---**
Yeah! With all her enthusiasm,
**[04:48] ---**
I bet it's gonna be a fun book that's
brimming with love for LitRhap!
**[04:54] ---**
I'm not asking for much, I just pray
that it won't be like this book.
**[04:58] ---**
You don't have to worry about that.
**[05:01] ---**
An LitRhap book probably won't have any
girl nudity even if it's 18+.
**[05:06] ---**
What kind of nudity are we talking
about, then? Is it really safe?
**[05:12] ---**
Are you sure that you want to play this game?
**[05:14] ---**
Well, Izumi-chan said it was really fun,
so my curiosity is kinda piqued.
**[05:20] ---**
It was LitRhap3 that Izumi-chan was raving about.
This one's the first game.
***SIGN*** Little Love Rhapsody
***SIGN*** New Game Continue Options
**[05:25] ---**
You don't have 3 here,
so this will have to do.
**[05:28] ---**
Besides, isn't it better for your first exposure
to be with the first entry in the series?
**[05:34] ---**
You're saying that you want to play girls' dating
sims of your own volition now!
**[05:38] ---**
Kato! You've grown up so fast as an otaku!
**[05:42] ---**
I guess I have.
***SIGN*** Megumi
**[05:45] ---**
Whoa, you're jumping right in,
playing under your own name?!
**[05:47] ---**
That's getting way too into it!
**[05:49] ---**
Not even I could do something
that embarrassing!
**[05:51] ---**
You can go back to work, Aki-kun.
I'll pass the time on my own.
**[05:57] ---**
Uh... Okay.
**[06:02] ---**
Eriri?
**[06:03] ---**
What?
**[06:05] ---**
Um, how are those pieces coming?
**[06:08] ---**
I was taking a little break, that's all!
**[06:10] ---**
You're so annoying, constantly
nitpicking every little thing!
**[06:13] ---**
Am I now?
**[06:14] ---**
I, the guy you are forcing to help
with your artwork for some crazy reason,
**[06:16] ---**
am annoying, am I?
I'm ever so sorry.
**[06:19] ---**
Oh. I have to select a character.
***SIGN*** Symphonne Jeas Servis Erral
**[06:22] ---**
Right. This is where you choose your knight
attendant who will keep watch over you.
**[06:27] ---**
By the way, once you choose, you only
get events specific to that character
**[06:31] ---**
for the first month, so you
need to choose carefully.
**[06:33] ---**
I'll be fine, Aki-kun. I'm reading the manual as I go.
**[06:38] ---**
Oh, I see.
**[06:41] ---**
Hm, who should I pick?
**[06:43] ---**
Big brother Erral, Prince Jeas,
or Lord Symphonne...
**[06:48] ---**
Oh, I think I'll go with this one.
Servis, my childhood friend.
***SIGN*** Childhood Friend Servis
**[06:52] ---**
You picked Servis?!
**[06:56] ---**
Look, I'm not telling you not to, but
his flags are really hard to manage,
**[07:01] ---**
and he has pretty specific
hidden event triggers.
**[07:04] ---**
He's a character that's geared
towards advanced players.
**[07:06] ---**
Look, Sawamura-san, I can do this on my–
**[07:09] ---**
Come to think of it, you've always
been a Servis fan, haven't you?
***SIGN*** Servis
**[07:16] ---**
*The fireworks sure are pretty...*
**[07:18] ---**
*I've always had feelings for–*
**[07:20] ---**
What should I do, Aki-kun?
How should I answer?
**[07:23] ---**
Don't ask me, Megumi!
**[07:25] ---**
I mean, this love confession
seems really profound...
**[07:28] ---**
In dating sims, once you accept
a confession of love, that's it.
**[07:32] ---**
After that, it's a straight line to eternal love.
**[07:35] ---**
No cheating or changes of heart allowed.
**[07:38] ---**
But we're still high schoolers...
**[07:40] ---**
Don't try to escape back to reality!
**[07:43] ---**
Sawamura-san, how would you...
**[07:50] ---**
I'm sorry. Really, I'm sorry for
distracting you from your inking.
***SIGN*** Little Love Rhapsody
***SIGN*** New Game Continue Options
**[07:57] ---**
I have to say,
your doujinshi are really consistent.
**[08:01] ---**
It would be an insult to my buyers
if my artwork was sloppy
**[08:04] ---**
just because I was pressed for time.
**[08:06] ---**
Eriri, couldn't you already make it as a pro?
**[08:09] ---**
Apparently, industry editors keep
coming to my circle's tables.
**[08:14] ---**
I never go to events, so I've never talked
to any of them in person, though.
**[08:21] ---**
*My circle is quite interested in you!*
**[08:29] ---**
Say, Eriri...
**[08:30] ---**
Yeah?
**[08:31] ---**
What are you going to do about that
invitation from Rouge en Rouge?
**[08:37] ---**
It's a tempting offer.
**[08:40] ---**
I think so, too.
**[08:42] ---**
They're a shutter circle, so I bet
I could more than double my sales.
**[08:46] ---**
Success would pretty much be assured.
**[08:49] ---**
Where do you want to go from here?
**[08:51] ---**
From here?
**[08:53] ---**
Keep on drawing as a hobby like you do now,
**[08:56] ---**
or strive for something bigger?
**[08:59] ---**
If you say that you really want
to make a go of it, I won't–
**[09:03] ---**
All done!
**[09:06] ---**
Ever since I watched Kato-san play,
I've been itching to have a go!
***SIGN*** Little Love Rhapsody
***SIGN*** New Game Continue Options
**[09:12] ---**
Wow, it's like I still remember
all the event triggers...
**[09:16] ---**
How can you be so good at it?
**[09:20] ---**
I know, right?
I haven't touched this in 8 years.
**[09:26] ---**
I wonder why...
**[09:29] ---**
Hey, Tomoya, do you remember?
**[09:33] ---**
This game, it–
**[09:34] ---**
Oh... It used to belong to you.
**[09:36] ---**
You borrowed it and
never gave it back.
**[09:38] ---**
Well, I wasn't in
a position to return it.
**[09:43] ---**
Hey, Tomoya.
**[09:45] ---**
Starting now, I'm Eri Kashiwagi,
a member of your circle, got it?
**[09:52] ---**
Until Winter Comiket,
I won't attend any events,
**[09:55] ---**
and I don't intend to take on
a single guest artist job.
**[10:00] ---**
Wait, are you saying...
**[10:03] ---**
Anyway, if I did get poached, I sure as
hell wouldn't let it be by Hashima.
**[10:07] ---**
He's only in it for the money and discards
creators and women when he's done with them.
**[10:10] ---**
Wow, that's a pretty harsh thing
to say about a former classmate.
**[10:15] ---**
I knew it, you really like Hashima, don't you?
**[10:18] ---**
In the way that fangirls love to see.
**[10:20] ---**
I don't need a secret backstory!
**[10:25] ---**
Unbelievable...
**[10:27] ---**
Dinner's ready!
**[10:30] ---**
You two sure seem cozy for some reason.
**[10:34] ---**
This, from a girl who cooks dinner
at a guy's house like it's nothing?
**[10:39] ---**
I'm not sure how I feel about that.
**[10:42] ---**
Hurry, Kato! But don't run!
**[10:45] ---**
It's almost the cutoff time for circle entry!
**[10:48] ---**
By the way, Aki-kun...
**[10:49] ---**
What?
**[10:50] ---**
What is all that?!
**[10:53] ---**
Surprised, huh?
**[10:54] ---**
This is the legendary stairway
**[10:56] ---**
that makes everyone who turns around here
want to shout, "Look, people are like garbage!"
**[11:02] ---**
I don't think it's the stairway that's legendary.
**[11:06] ---**
But today, we're not like those poor
schlubs standing in line there!
**[11:10] ---**
We're circle ticketholders, chosen by the world
order that is the Planning Committee!
**[11:14] ---**
So it's perfectly fine to treat them like garbage!
**[11:17] ---**
It is not, and you know it.
**[11:19] ---**
Hey, Izumi-chan.
**[11:22] ---**
Tomoya-senpai!
**[11:26] ---**
You really came!
**[11:28] ---**
Of course, this is a once-in-a-lifetime,
huge deal for you, so how–
**[11:32] ---**
I'm so glad!
**[11:36] ---**
I...
**[11:38] ---**
I...!
**[11:43] ---**
Excuse me? I'm here, too.
**[11:46] ---**
You too, Tomoya's girlfriend!
Thank you so much!
**[11:52] ---**
Since I'm being mistaken for
his girlfriend and all,
**[11:56] ---**
get your mitts off my Tomoya,
you homewrecker.
**[11:59] ---**
Is that what I should have said?
**[12:01] ---**
If you're going to do that,
at least put some feeling into it.
***SIGN*** Sample
**[12:15] ---**
Thank you so much for all your help, you two!
**[12:19] ---**
This is all you're going to do?
**[12:20] ---**
Yes, now we wait for the hall to open.
**[12:23] ---**
But those people there seem
to be hard at work.
**[12:30] ---**
Kato...
**[12:31] ---**
Um, did I say something wrong?
**[12:34] ---**
Circles that get placed
there are, well...
**[12:36] ---**
They have sales in the thousands of units
**[12:38] ---**
and proceeds ranging from the millions of
yen on a bad day to the tens of millions.
**[12:42] ---**
They're veritable superstar circles
who attract lots of attention
**[12:44] ---**
for various reasons, even from
the National Tax Agency.
**[12:46] ---**
Compared to them,
**[12:48] ---**
we're happy if we sell half of the 100 units
we ordered with a smile always on our faces.
**[12:52] ---**
We're Fancy Wave, whose ledger
is always in the red.
**[12:54] ---**
Oh, I didn't know. Sorry, I guess?
**[12:57] ---**
Well, that's true for over 90% of the
circles that take part in Comiket.
**[13:03] ---**
No, I like it better that way!
**[13:05] ---**
When it comes to selling
doujinshi from a table,
**[13:06] ---**
there's something that's far more important
than moving lots of units!
**[13:10] ---**
There is.
**[13:11] ---**
I mean, lots of people who share
a hobby are coming together,
**[13:15] ---**
showing each other their wares,
and having passionate discussions!
**[13:18] ---**
Don't you think that's great?
**[13:21] ---**
So what you're saying is, everyone
here is like you and Aki-kun?
**[13:30] ---**
Hey, what's with that disgusted reaction?
**[13:33] ---**
Um, exactly what it looked like.
**[13:36] ---**
This place is filled with doujinshi,
with dreams, and with fellow fans.
**[13:42] ---**
There are so many wonderful things here.
**[13:45] ---**
It's only been a year since
I started making doujinshi,
**[13:49] ---**
but I've had all kinds of fun experiences,
**[13:51] ---**
and I think that there will
be many more to come.
**[13:54] ---**
That's why, even if our books don't sell at all,
**[13:57] ---**
even if I can't go buy books from other circles
**[13:59] ---**
because I have to man
the table by myself,
**[14:02] ---**
and even if my wheeled suitcase weighs a
ton because it's full of unsold books,
**[14:05] ---**
you can bet that I won't shed a single tear.
**[14:08] ---**
Izumi-chan...
**[14:09] ---**
We'll be here today,
so feel free to go buy books.
**[14:13] ---**
I-I will! Thank you, Miss Girlfriend!
I'm forever in your debt!
**[14:18] ---**
Um, you can call me by name.
**[14:20] ---**
I will, Kamo-san!
**[14:22] ---**
Er...
**[14:23] ---**
Izumi-chan!
**[14:24] ---**
Yes?
**[14:26] ---**
How many years did you say it was since
you started making doujinshi?
**[14:29] ---**
Like I said, just barely one year.
**[14:31] ---**
Up until then, I only bought them.
**[14:33] ---**
You drew this... after only a year?
**[14:37] ---**
Tomoya-senpai?
**[14:39] ---**
Aki-kun... Are you all right?
**[14:42] ---**
Look, Izumi-chan...
**[14:43] ---**
About this book...
**[14:46] ---**
Would you be mad if I sold all of these?
**[14:50] ---**
*The second day of
Comic Market is now open.*
**[15:00] ---**
Crap... Crap...!
**[15:02] ---**
This is why I can't
walk away from doujinshi!
**[15:14] ---**
Miss Megumi?
**[15:16] ---**
Um, Megumi-san?
**[15:18] ---**
Oh, I'm sorry. What is it?
**[15:21] ---**
Where do you suppose Tomoya-senpai went?
**[15:24] ---**
Who knows? But I'm sure that
he'll come back before long.
**[15:28] ---**
You aren't worried?
**[15:30] ---**
Anyway, I'm the one
that no one worries about.
**[15:33] ---**
Oh, you're a little angry?
**[15:35] ---**
For one thing, you're the reason that
Aki-kun is working so hard right now.
**[15:39] ---**
Kokusai-Tenjijo Station
**[15:40] ---**
How can you know that?
**[15:42] ---**
How can you have so much faith in him?
**[15:44] ---**
I know it because I don't
believe in him at all.
**[15:48] ---**
Did I make you angry again?
**[15:50] ---**
Um...
**[15:51] ---**
What is it, Izumi-chan?
**[15:53] ---**
Megumi-san... Are you
really Tomoya-senpai's girlfriend?
**[15:57] ---**
No, I'm his main heroine.
**[15:59] ---**
What does that mean?
**[16:01] ---**
That is a very good question.
**[16:08] ---**
Sorry... I got held up.
**[16:09] ---**
Tomoya!
**[16:12] ---**
Tomoya...
**[16:15] ---**
How many have we sold?
**[16:17] ---**
About 30, I think.
**[16:19] ---**
Which means we have 70 to go, huh?
**[16:21] ---**
No sweat.
**[16:31] ---**
Come on, step right up!
**[16:33] ---**
Please take a look!
**[16:35] ---**
W-Wait a minute, Tomoya! Why did
you make such a huge poster?!
**[16:42] ---**
Izumi-chan...
**[16:44] ---**
That stuff about not caring if your
books didn't sell was a lie, right?
**[16:48] ---**
You want lots of people to read them, right?
That's why you create doujinshi, right?
**[16:52] ---**
But why did you have to pick that page?
**[16:55] ---**
I'll be a laughingstock!
**[16:58] ---**
Why would you think that?
**[16:59] ---**
Because it's...
**[17:01] ---**
It's an unfinished page!
**[17:04] ---**
Let me guess, you ran out of time to ink it?
**[17:06] ---**
Well, I came up with a new story idea the day
before the finalized artwork delivery day.
**[17:11] ---**
What, you scrapped the artwork you had
already finished and drew new material?
**[17:16] ---**
But one day was nowhere near enough time,
**[17:19] ---**
so the end is still un-inked drawings.
**[17:23] ---**
Right, right, the second half is totally rushed.
**[17:27] ---**
So please stop using it as a billboard!
**[17:30] ---**
No, it's this page or nothing!
**[17:32] ---**
Why are you being
so mean to me?!
**[17:34] ---**
He's not being mean.
**[17:36] ---**
Megumi-san?
**[17:38] ---**
From that point until the last page,
I didn't get a chance to catch my breath.
**[17:42] ---**
It was really interesting.
**[17:45] ---**
Hello?
**[17:47] ---**
Excuse me, would you mind if I took a look?
**[17:49] ---**
By all means, browse all you want!
**[17:52] ---**
But this book isn't geared towards men–
**[18:06] ---**
Thank you.
**[18:10] ---**
One, please.
**[18:13] ---**
Thank you!
**[18:21] ---**
How about it?! It's really interesting!
**[18:22] ---**
Thank you.
**[18:23] ---**
Thank you.
**[18:24] ---**
Take a look!
**[18:25] ---**
Two orders over here.
**[18:26] ---**
You can just hold it if you like!
**[18:31] ---**
You just had to butt in, didn't you, Tomoya-kun?
***SIGN*** One, please.
**[18:39] ---**
I was expecting to market it like crazy
through my own circle next year.
***SIGN*** Thank you!
**[18:45] ---**
Sorry, everyone!
**[18:47] ---**
We're sold out!
**[18:51] ---**
I mean it...
**[18:54] ---**
I really mean it...
**[18:55] ---**
Thank you so much!
**[19:02] ---**
*Comiket day two is now over.*
**[19:12] ---**
Eriri.
**[19:14] ---**
I thought it was you.
**[19:15] ---**
You bought a book from Izumi-chan's
circle earlier, didn't you?
**[19:27] ---**
You don't have to be embarrassed
**[19:29] ---**
just because you came
to the dealer's hall without telling us.
**[19:31] ---**
Wasn't it because playing a game for the first
time in years rekindled your passion for LLR?
**[19:36] ---**
That's not why.
**[19:37] ---**
And Izumi-chan had nothing to do
with trying to poach you.
**[19:41] ---**
I know.
**[19:43] ---**
What's the matter?
**[19:45] ---**
Nothing.
**[19:47] ---**
Don't tell me it's nothing. Come on, Eriri,
you're mad about something.
**[19:55] ---**
How was this book?
**[19:58] ---**
How was it? You read it too, didn't you?
**[20:03] ---**
So you know how it was.
**[20:08] ---**
Yeah, I know.
**[20:09] ---**
I mean, you seemed incredibly happy, Tomoya.
**[20:12] ---**
You were totally gung-ho about selling them.
You were hyping it like crazy.
**[20:16] ---**
Of course I was. Izumi-chan's amazing.
She's come so far so fast–
**[20:20] ---**
You never reacted like that to my book!
**[20:26] ---**
You don't get worked up when
you look at my artwork...
**[20:30] ---**
You don't go all-out to sell my books!
**[20:33] ---**
You don't feel anything at all!
**[20:36] ---**
Hey, wait a second.
**[20:37] ---**
You and Izumi-chan are totally different.
**[20:40] ---**
Different genres, different popularity,
different places in life, everything.
**[20:43] ---**
So you think I'm better?
**[20:46] ---**
Come on, answer me!
**[20:48] ---**
Are my books better than hers?
**[20:51] ---**
Do they make you want to pull out
all the stops to sell them?
**[20:54] ---**
You... Your books sell just fine
without any help from me!
**[20:58] ---**
That's not an answer!
**[21:00] ---**
Tomoya, you haven't given me one
straight answer for a while now!
# E9 - One-on-one Route After 8 Years
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRGG4E8DR/one-on-one-route-after-8-years)
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**[00:27] ---**
That's not an answer!
**[00:29] ---**
Tomoya, you haven't given me one
straight answer for a while now!
**[00:43] ---**
Good morning, Mr. Ethical.
**[00:53] ---**
Stay calm, everything is all right now.
**[00:55] ---**
No, this current situation
is anything but all right.
**[00:58] ---**
What are you doing here, Utaha-senpai?
**[01:00] ---**
Because I had zero screen time
in the last episode, obviously.
**[01:04] ---**
That's not a reason!
**[01:06] ---**
And what do you mean, "screen time"?
What do you mean, "last episode"?!
**[01:09] ---**
Oh, you're awake, Aki-kun.
**[01:11] ---**
Senpai, what are you doing?!
**[01:13] ---**
Don't look! Stop her, Kato!
**[01:15] ---**
Um, okay.
**[02:50] ---**
Oh, so Kato called you here, Utaha-senpai.
***SIGN*** #9: One-on-one Route After 8 Years
**[02:53] ---**
Setting that aside,
**[02:55] ---**
isn't your casually entering his house
a topic for discussion, Kato-san?
**[03:00] ---**
Actually, isn't the real topic of discussion
**[03:02] ---**
the fact that you rushed over in 15 minutes
just because I said "Aki-kun is in trouble"?
**[03:09] ---**
So, what happened?
**[03:11] ---**
What do you mean?
**[03:13] ---**
I got the gist of what happened from Kato-san,
**[03:16] ---**
but I won't understand why you and Sawamura-san
ended up in that situation
**[03:20] ---**
unless I hear it from your own mouth.
**[03:23] ---**
Come on, out with it.
And then let's think of a way to fix it.
**[03:28] ---**
But this is a problem between me and Eriri.
**[03:31] ---**
I can't drag you into it.
**[03:33] ---**
Kato-san, what you see here
is a textbook example of
**[03:37] ---**
the "wimp protagonist" who is so
common in the dating sim world.
**[03:39] ---**
Whenever there's trouble, he makes
a show of indecisive worrying,
**[03:42] ---**
and then annoys everyone around
him by dragging them into it.
**[03:44] ---**
If you are going to be the main heroine,
**[03:46] ---**
you are going to have to deal
with his sort in the future,
**[03:49] ---**
so observe his behavior closely.
**[03:51] ---**
That sounds like a hassle...
**[03:53] ---**
Uh, I'm sorry, but I genuinely am worried.
**[03:58] ---**
Ah, I see.
**[03:59] ---**
Basically, when you sang the
praises of Hashima-san's book,
**[04:02] ---**
Sawamura-san flew off the hilt
for some reason, berated Hashima-san,
**[04:05] ---**
and then, after she tore her book to shreds,
**[04:08] ---**
she shoved her into a mud puddle and
laughed at her with her posse.
**[04:12] ---**
Right?
**[04:13] ---**
That turned into a certain someone's
writing style halfway through,
**[04:16] ---**
but the first part was pretty much accurate.
**[04:18] ---**
That's rather immature.
**[04:19] ---**
That's for sure.
**[04:21] ---**
She doesn't act like the big-name
doujinshi creator that she is.
**[04:25] ---**
I was referring to you.
**[04:27] ---**
Me?!
**[04:28] ---**
Was it really necessary
**[04:30] ---**
to praise someone else's book
in front of Sawamura-san?
**[04:34] ---**
You were going to put your foot in your
mouth no matter what you said to her,
**[04:38] ---**
so perhaps you should have kept how
you actually felt to yourself?
**[04:42] ---**
I... can't do that.
**[04:45] ---**
I can't say that something
that I think is great isn't.
**[04:49] ---**
I'd sooner quit being an otaku than say
Izumi-chan's doujinshi or your novels aren't great.
**[04:56] ---**
B-B-Be that as it may!
**[04:59] ---**
Be that as it may, your words were
a fatal blow to Sawamura-san.
**[05:04] ---**
Nothing I say could make a dent
in Eriri's popularity or ability.
**[05:09] ---**
But it certainly made a dent in her heart.
**[05:12] ---**
It's possible that this might
leave her unable to draw.
**[05:15] ---**
Come on, that would never happen.
**[05:17] ---**
Sawamura-san must have felt like everything
had been stolen from her.
**[05:21] ---**
What do you mean, everything?
**[05:23] ---**
Her dignity as a creator, as well as
her position as "childhood friend."
**[05:28] ---**
I mean, Hashima-san had grown close to you,
so it was like she had an extremely high
**[05:34] ---**
initial likability stat in spite of the fact that
she had only recently appeared.
**[05:36] ---**
The sort who will confess her love for the
protagonist when he fails to conquer his intended girl...
**[05:41] ---**
That makes me so angry...
**[05:42] ---**
A "hidden savior heroine" should stay
hidden until the very end!
**[05:43] ---**
Senpai!
**[05:48] ---**
In any event, for the circle to overcome
this threat to its very existence,
**[05:52] ---**
you will have to work hard, Mr. Ethical.
**[05:54] ---**
What do you think I should I do?
**[05:56] ---**
Conquer the childhood friend heroine,
Mr. Wimp Protagonist... Mr. Ethical, rather.
**[06:02] ---**
That would have made for a
touching scene, but you wrecked it.
**[06:06] ---**
Hazy memories, fond recollections,
promises made as children...
**[06:10] ---**
Use every last childhood friend advantage
to raise Sawamura-san's flags.
**[06:15] ---**
Do you think she'll fall
for something that obvious?
**[06:18] ---**
I think it will work.
**[06:21] ---**
Aki-kun, you need to be the
heroine here, not the protagonist.
**[06:41] ---**
Eriri, daddy and I are leaving, okay?
**[06:45] ---**
Summer Comiket, day three! The final
day! The day of the sacred battle!
**[06:49] ---**
Yes, off to bask in works of
the "male-oriented" genre!
**[06:53] ---**
Have fun.
**[06:54] ---**
Oh, and about the party tonight...
**[06:57] ---**
I know.
**[06:58] ---**
I wouldn't dream of embarrassing daddy.
**[07:16] ---**
You're heading out already?
**[07:18] ---**
Yeah, I'm leaving.
**[07:21] ---**
To Summer Comiket day 3,
East A276, Egoistic Lily.
**[07:26] ---**
Do you think Sawamura-san will come?
**[07:29] ---**
Probably not, but I have to go.
**[07:33] ---**
Sure. Good luck.
**[07:35] ---**
Kato, thanks.
**[07:37] ---**
But I haven't done anything.
**[07:39] ---**
It was Kasumigaoka-senpai who
did all the work last night.
**[07:43] ---**
Maybe, but thanks all the same.
**[07:50] ---**
That reminds me, you need to come up
with a name for our circle soon.
**[07:54] ---**
Oh, you're right.
**[07:57] ---**
Well, I'm off.
**[07:59] ---**
Sure. See you later.
**[08:22] ---**
Iori.
**[08:23] ---**
My goodness! Tomoya-kun!
Funny seeing you here!
**[08:26] ---**
Uh, you've been watching me since I got here.
**[08:29] ---**
To what do I owe the honor of
you paying our space a visit?
**[08:33] ---**
I hate to break it to you, but I'm not
going to back down on Eri Kashiwagi.
**[08:37] ---**
I don't want you to back down.
I just want your help.
**[08:42] ---**
My help? Doing what?
**[08:44] ---**
What else? To drag Eriri back to my circle!
***SIGN*** Servis
**[10:13] ---**
Over here, Eriri!
**[10:22] ---**
What are you doing, Tomoya?
**[10:24] ---**
May I take you away from it all for a while, Eriri?
**[10:28] ---**
What are you–
**[10:29] ---**
Come into town with me!
**[10:38] ---**
Let's go, Eriri!
**[10:40] ---**
Aren't you embarrassed doing that?
**[10:41] ---**
Totally embarrassed! I could die of shame!
**[10:45] ---**
But I can't die, not yet!
**[10:47] ---**
I refuse to die until I've
patched things up with you!
**[11:10] ---**
All right, the plan will be
carried out tomorrow night.
**[11:12] ---**
I assume the location will be
Sawamura-san's balcony?
**[11:15] ---**
Every year, her family throws a party
the night of the fireworks display.
**[11:19] ---**
So that will be my only opportunity
to win her back.
**[11:21] ---**
Very well.
**[11:22] ---**
We'll base the situation on the fireworks
display event in Little Love Rhapsody.
**[11:26] ---**
Kato-san, can you play that scene right now?
**[11:30] ---**
Sure.
**[11:31] ---**
This plan will be designed to stimulate
**[11:33] ---**
past memories and nostalgia
to get her to make up with you.
**[11:36] ---**
Do you think it will work?
**[11:37] ---**
Don't worry.
**[11:38] ---**
Because Eriri Spencer Sawamura
is by nature a maiden!
**[11:43] ---**
She's a nerdy girl waiting for her otaku prince to
arrive in his white itasha and sweep her off her feet!
**[11:51] ---**
Can you believe that? Isn't that a bit
too romantic for a porn doujin artist?
**[11:54] ---**
I'm not so sure. Maybe she's a romantic
because she's a porn doujin artist.
**[11:58] ---**
Utaha-senpai is one thing,
but don't you join in, Kato! That's mean!
***SIGN*** Shimamura Grade School
**[12:10] ---**
I guess they built a new school
building since we left...
**[12:14] ---**
They rebuilt it the year before last, I think.
**[12:18] ---**
Oh.
**[12:23] ---**
Say, Eriri...
**[12:26] ---**
Why are you trying to make up now?
**[12:28] ---**
LitRhap was the first game that
I made you a convert to.
**[12:31] ---**
You're right. I never knew that girls'
dating sims were a thing before then.
**[12:35] ---**
But when I tried one, I had a blast playing it.
**[12:37] ---**
And then you turned another girl onto them.
Don't you think that's a betrayal?
**[12:44] ---**
Eriri...
**[12:46] ---**
I'm glad that you found a nice book!
**[12:48] ---**
And the girl who made it is both a childhood
friend and your #1 disciple?
**[12:53] ---**
How could anything top that?
**[12:55] ---**
I guess you don't need me anymore.
Just let her into the circle.
**[13:00] ---**
So leave me alone.
**[13:07] ---**
Sorry, Utaha-senpai. Sorry, Kato.
**[13:13] ---**
Eriri, hear me out!
**[13:19] ---**
There's something that I've never
been able to say to you.
**[13:22] ---**
Even if you apologize, it's too late.
**[13:27] ---**
For a long time now, I've felt–
**[13:30] ---**
That's no fair, playing that card now!
**[13:32] ---**
I've felt incredibly pissed at you!
**[13:37] ---**
Make up with you, my ass!
How can I do that?!
**[13:41] ---**
I can't forgive you, not after what you did!
**[13:43] ---**
What do you mean?
**[13:45] ---**
What's that supposed to mean?!
**[13:47] ---**
I'm the one who was wronged here!
What's this crap?!
**[13:51] ---**
You're the one who turned
your back on me, Eriri!
***SIGN*** Otaku Couple: Sawamura + Aki
***SIGN*** Little Love Rhapsody
***SIGN*** Class Meeting
***SIGN*** Little Love Rhapsody
**[14:37] ---**
Eight years ago,
**[14:39] ---**
you're the one who pretended you'd quit
being an otaku and made new friends
**[14:43] ---**
and abandoned me!
**[14:45] ---**
You...
**[14:48] ---**
You're still carrying a grudge
over a little thing like that?
**[14:50] ---**
"Little thing"?! How can you
call that a little thing?!
**[14:53] ---**
I didn't have a choice!
Back then, that's all I could do!
**[14:57] ---**
You think that excuses it?!
**[14:58] ---**
Was making new friends
that important to you?!
**[15:02] ---**
Was it more important than
talking to me about anime?!
**[15:05] ---**
Tomoya?
**[15:06] ---**
Do you have any idea how much
you meant to me back then?!
**[15:10] ---**
I'd made enemies of just about all the guys!
**[15:13] ---**
It was all to protect what we had!
**[15:17] ---**
Back then, you were all I had!
**[15:23] ---**
It took years, but I can finally
talk to people normally now!
**[15:28] ---**
But even so, I'll never forget how
badly you treated me back then!
**[15:32] ---**
That was... that was just you
getting carried away on your own!
**[15:36] ---**
Apologize!
**[15:39] ---**
I won't apologize.
**[15:40] ---**
No matter what happens,
I'll never apologize to you!
**[15:44] ---**
You don't know how much
I cried, Tomoya!
**[15:48] ---**
Eriri?
**[15:49] ---**
Because I severed ties with you and couldn't
talk to you at school and had to ignore you!
**[15:54] ---**
Because of how lonely, how frustrating,
and how painful it was!
**[15:57] ---**
I've suffered way more than you have!
**[15:59] ---**
All these years, I've had a
boomerang stuck in my heart!
**[16:03] ---**
So I have no reason to apologize!
**[16:04] ---**
Even though it was your own fault?!
**[16:06] ---**
Yeah! Is that so wrong?!
**[16:07] ---**
It is!
**[16:08] ---**
I couldn't care less!
You apologize to me!
**[16:11] ---**
Why?!
**[16:12] ---**
Why would you choose
that girl's book over mine?!
**[16:15] ---**
My popularity and ability and the amount of
time I've known you, they're all way higher!
**[16:20] ---**
Why wouldn't you pick me?!
**[16:26] ---**
I like what I like!
I don't care about our history!
**[16:31] ---**
Izumi-chan's book excites me more!
**[16:33] ---**
You're saying I'm inferior to that girl?
**[16:34] ---**
That's right!
**[16:36] ---**
You're beneath her!
Inferior to her! Not as good!
**[16:39] ---**
Even with all that hard work? Even though
I work myself into the ground?
**[16:43] ---**
Screw talent and hard work! The book you put
out at Summer Comiket today was a loser!
**[16:47] ---**
Right now, you don't have what it takes!
Not even close!
**[16:50] ---**
But I worked so hard...
**[16:53] ---**
I wore a mask outside,
but worked myself to death at home!
**[16:57] ---**
I wanted to get back at those
jerks who split us up!
**[17:00] ---**
I wanted to go back to how it was.
I thought I'd come so far...
**[17:05] ---**
You're right. You've come a long way.
**[17:08] ---**
You're fast and skilled and consistent.
**[17:11] ---**
So next, become great!
**[17:13] ---**
Let's see you become great and
fast and skilled and consistent!
**[17:17] ---**
How do I do that?!
I can't work any harder or any better!
**[17:20] ---**
How should I know?! It's your art!
Figure it out yourself!
**[17:24] ---**
That doesn't make any sense!
**[17:25] ---**
That's right! It's crazy!
**[17:27] ---**
So if you don't want to,
you don't have to become great!
**[17:30] ---**
I don't care if you're my #1!
***SIGN*** Egoistic Lily New edition is sold out!
***SIGN*** East Hall 5, Shi-46A Egoistic Lily Line Ends Here
**[18:07] ---**
Just watch me.
**[18:09] ---**
I'm gonna become your #1.
**[18:14] ---**
Until then, I'm never gonna apologize.
**[18:33] ---**
Whatever.
**[18:49] ---**
U-Uh, so, Eriri...
**[18:52] ---**
You twisting your ankle, that was lie, right?
**[18:56] ---**
You can walk, right?
**[18:57] ---**
A knight who pulled the princess away from
her castle doesn't get to complain.
**[19:05] ---**
But I guess we haven't made up.
**[19:10] ---**
I guess not.
**[19:12] ---**
We're still on the outs, aren't we?
**[19:25] ---**
Finished!
**[19:27] ---**
The circle banner illustration is done!
**[19:29] ---**
Show us, show us!
**[19:32] ---**
For you, that's almost pleasant, Sawamura-san.
**[19:34] ---**
Hey, wait a minute! Is it just me,
or is that girl not wearing anything?
**[19:39] ---**
It's fine, Kato-san.
**[19:41] ---**
I think I've perfectly captured the
figure of her model, meaning you.
**[19:45] ---**
That's not perfectly fine at all!
**[19:47] ---**
What are you saying? A real heroine
is one who strips when told to strip
**[19:50] ---**
and who breathes heavily
when told to breathe heavily.
**[19:55] ---**
Oh, I had no idea.
**[19:56] ---**
Relax, this is a game for everyone.
**[19:58] ---**
One more thing, Tomoya.
**[20:00] ---**
Put the finishing touch on it, Producer.
**[20:04] ---**
Sure.
**[20:09] ---**
"Blessing Software," huh?
**[20:12] ---**
Good name, huh?
**[20:14] ---**
For you, I guess.
**[20:16] ---**
Loosely translated, that's
"Megumi Software," though.
**[20:23] ---**
Um. Uh, I just thought–
**[22:01] ---**
Big brother, you know Eri Kashiwagi?
**[22:05] ---**
You also got to know her
without realizing it, Izumi.
**[22:08] ---**
Hey, wait a minute!
**[22:10] ---**
Why would an artist from a famous
circle draw something for me?
**[22:14] ---**
Actually, she says she's a longtime LitRhap fan
**[22:16] ---**
and that your doujinshi
really touched her.
**[22:20] ---**
Hang on, did you give Eri Kashiwagi
a copy of my book?!
**[22:24] ---**
No, it sounded like she stood
in line and bought it herself.
**[22:27] ---**
Why?! She should have introduced herself!
***SIGN*** To Izumi Hashima-san: Keep up the great work! Eri Kashiwagi (egoistic lily)
**[22:34] ---**
Oh, wow!
***SIGN*** To Izumi Hashima: I'm not about to lose! You bet your ass I'm gonna win! Eriri Spencer Sawamura
# E10 - A Melody of Reminiscing and Support
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRE51G806/a-melody-of-reminiscing-and-support)
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***SIGN*** #10 "A Melody of Reminiscing and Support"
**[01:45] ---**
And so,
**[01:47] ---**
I'd like to go with something
along these lines
***SIGN*** SEIJI
*Huh...!?*
**[01:49] ---**
for the 2nd encounter event
with the main heroine.
***SIGN*** MEGURI
*Aieee!*
**[01:51] ---**
*Isn't the "lucky perv"
trope a bit of a cliché?*
**[01:55] ---**
*That's dangerously close
to harem show territory.*
**[01:57] ---**
What's wrong with clichés?
**[01:59] ---**
Harem shows are great, Utaha-senpai!
**[02:01] ---**
It doesn't exactly fit my writing style.
**[02:04] ---**
*I hate to say it, but what Tomoya is
saying makes sense in this case.*
**[02:10] ---**
*I don't know about novels,
but this is a dating sim.*
**[02:12] ---**
*It's not literature, it's
a piece of entertainment.*
**[02:15] ---**
No matter how serious the game,
if the girls aren't cute and a little sexy,
**[02:19] ---**
the users won't come along,
and most of all, it won't be fun.
**[02:22] ---**
*Anyway, what do you
think I'm here for?*
**[02:25] ---**
*If there aren't scenes with girls being cute,
it'd be a waste of my talent, right?*
**[02:30] ---**
Eriri...
**[02:32] ---**
*Sawamura-san,*
**[02:33] ---**
*ever since Summer Comiket ended,
you've been strangely motivated.*
**[02:37] ---**
*What in the world happened?*
**[02:39] ---**
*Wh-What about you?!*
**[02:40] ---**
*You've been gung ho since
before summer vacation!*
**[02:44] ---**
*I'm a professional writer.*
**[02:46] ---**
*We give 100%
regardless of the project.*
**[02:49] ---**
What's this I hear about your new book
being hopelessly behind schedule?
**[02:53] ---**
Who said such a silly thing?
**[02:55] ---**
I suppose there are times when it is necessary
to plug both the leak and the leaker.
**[03:00] ---**
A-A-Anyway, with that in mind, would you
please revise the early events, Utaha-senpai?
**[03:06] ---**
*Surely you aren't the leaker, Mr Ethical.*
**[03:09] ---**
That topic is closed!
**[03:10] ---**
We only look to the future here!
**[03:12] ---**
*Very well. I'll make slight
revisions to the scenario.*
**[03:15] ---**
Anyway, the key thing is that
the heroine gives a cute shriek, got it?
**[03:19] ---**
Hey, main heroine!
Show us what you've got!
**[03:21] ---**
*Uh, okay.*
**[03:23] ---**
Aieee.
**[03:25] ---**
Where do you think
you are looking, you pervert?
**[03:28] ---**
Uh, that was a bad example.
**[03:31] ---**
Line reading aside, I forgot that
you were there, Kato-san.
***SIGN*** Has left the chat Has left the chat Has left the chat
**[03:35] ---**
Eriri Utaha Megumi
**[03:40] ---**
Wow, I had no idea it was so late...
**[03:42] ---**
*I'd better take a bath
and hit the sack.*
**[03:54] ---**
Well, if it isn't Tomo!
Long time, no see!
**[03:56] ---**
Oh, you want to use the bath?
I just finished, so help yourself!
**[04:13] ---**
Sorry about that!
**[04:14] ---**
I guess I should've
hollered before getting in.
**[04:17] ---**
You're doing it all wrong!
You're not supposed to apologize!
**[04:20] ---**
You're the one who's supposed to
shriek and then blow up at me
**[04:22] ---**
and go, "Where do you think
you're looking, you pervert?"
**[04:25] ---**
Nah, it's no big deal.
**[04:27] ---**
I'm gonna be crashing here a while,
**[04:28] ---**
so it was my bad for not
saying hi the instant I arrived.
**[04:31] ---**
I appreciate your consideration,
**[04:34] ---**
but you blowing off what I said is
just as awkward in its own way.
**[04:38] ---**
Man, this is one seriously
otaku room you've got here!
**[04:41] ---**
Tomo, you still into video games, too?
**[04:46] ---**
Look, why are you here, Michiru?
**[04:47] ---**
Oh, right! You're not gonna believe this, Tomo!
**[04:50] ---**
My dad is so terrible!
**[04:52] ---**
What's terrible are those
clothes and that pose.
**[04:57] ---**
You and Uncle got into it again and you ran
away, right? Always the same old story.
**[05:03] ---**
You don't have to sound
so put out about it.
**[05:06] ---**
We have a cousinly bond!
Cousins who are the same age.
**[05:09] ---**
Not just the same age, but we were born
on the same day in the same hospital.
**[05:13] ---**
If you look at it like that, ours
must be a fateful bond, Tomo!
**[05:20] ---**
So, what brought it on this time?
**[05:22] ---**
I told you at New Year's, remember?
**[05:24] ---**
I started a band when
I started high school.
**[05:27] ---**
An all-girl one.
**[05:29] ---**
Oh, right, you did say
something about that.
**[05:31] ---**
I'm surprised you're still at it.
**[05:33] ---**
Hey, don't be rude!
**[05:35] ---**
I can't quit when it hasn't
even been a year yet!
**[05:38] ---**
You quit Volleyball, Drama Club,
and Basketball after six months.
**[05:42] ---**
And you were this close to going
to regionals in each of them.
**[05:45] ---**
Wow, if you look at it that way,
I'm some kinda genius.
**[05:48] ---**
It pisses me off, the way you're so
talented but get bored so easily!
**[05:52] ---**
We're related, so how can
we be so different?!
**[05:55] ---**
Right, you stick with things, Tomo.
**[05:58] ---**
You've been into anime and
games since we were kids.
**[06:02] ---**
We seem to be having two
different conversations,
**[06:05] ---**
but you got into it
over the band, I assume?
**[06:07] ---**
Right, yeah, we got a ton of buzz
over our show at the student festival.
**[06:11] ---**
A scout from a live house came to see us,
so I asked dad to chip in some money.
**[06:15] ---**
Ah, I can picture what went down next.
**[06:19] ---**
He blew up at me! He was all like,
"This is not what I agreed to!"
**[06:24] ---**
Well, obviously... I told him today.
**[06:26] ---**
Enough... I've heard enough!
**[06:28] ---**
You damn happy-go-lucky types...
**[06:30] ---**
So anyway, that's why I'll be
crashing here a while, Tomo.
**[06:35] ---**
What did my folks
have to say about it?
**[06:38] ---**
They said I can stay until
we both cool down.
**[06:43] ---**
My mom and dad never
raise a fuss about anything.
**[06:45] ---**
It's not like they ever
show their faces.
**[06:48] ---**
I can always count on my relatives!
**[06:51] ---**
Isn't this a problem, though?
**[06:56] ---**
Why?
**[06:57] ---**
For starters, that uninhibited
outfit is already right out.
**[07:01] ---**
What's the big deal? It's not like
anybody can see me in here.
**[07:04] ---**
I can see you.
**[07:06] ---**
I am a male high schooler, you know.
**[07:09] ---**
Oh, right.
**[07:11] ---**
You're the only guy
who gets to see me like this.
**[07:14] ---**
Call it an added bonus!
**[07:18] ---**
Dear God, please do something about
this girl's crazy notion of familiarity.
**[07:22] ---**
What're you mumbling about?
**[07:25] ---**
If you've got something to say,
say it loud and clear to my face.
**[07:31] ---**
You know I can't turn around!
Put on something decent!
**[07:38] ---**
For the last time,
turn around, damn it!
**[07:47] ---**
Whoa, hey! What are you doing?!
**[07:49] ---**
Look me in the eye, damn it!
**[07:52] ---**
You know I can't!
**[07:54] ---**
Not like this, and not even
if I turned around!
**[07:57] ---**
You give up yet?
**[08:00] ---**
Stop it, Mitchan!
**[08:11] ---**
You look exhausted, Aki-kun.
**[08:13] ---**
Yeah, a little.
**[08:15] ---**
Did you get a crick in your neck
and couldn't fall asleep?
**[08:19] ---**
No, I twisted it before I went to bed.
**[08:23] ---**
That takes skill.
**[08:24] ---**
I guess.
**[08:34] ---**
Don't push yourself, Mr. Ethical.
**[08:36] ---**
Huh?
**[08:37] ---**
You've already infected us all
with your passion for game-making.
**[08:41] ---**
But if you ruin your health,
it will all be for nothing.
**[08:47] ---**
What's with this exquisite
change of position?
**[08:50] ---**
Let me have that.
**[08:51] ---**
I'll step in for you and
do the work today.
**[08:55] ---**
I can't let you do that.
**[08:57] ---**
You've finished the scenario, Senpai,
so let me take it from here.
**[09:02] ---**
But Mr. Ethical, you're in no shape to—
**[09:05] ---**
You spent so much time working on our
scenario that your own novel was pushed back.
**[09:11] ---**
I can't cause any more trouble for you.
**[09:14] ---**
At this rate, I'm going to
ruin your writing career.
**[09:18] ---**
M-Mr. Ethical?
**[09:20] ---**
I could never atone
for that in a million years.
**[09:25] ---**
Tomoya-kun! Say that again!
**[09:27] ---**
I'm sorry, I don't even
remember what I'm saying...
**[09:28] ---**
K-K-Kato-san!
**[09:29] ---**
How do I record with this thing? Hurry!
**[09:36] ---**
You're completely ignoring that I exist,
aren't you, Utaha Kasumigaoka?
**[09:41] ---**
I ignored you for a bit, but then
I completely forgot about you.
**[09:48] ---**
Would an expression a bit
more like this work better here?
**[09:51] ---**
But this is the scene where the protagonist
goes to the home of another heroine.
**[09:55] ---**
I suppose that's how a scenario
writer would interpret it.
**[09:58] ---**
*Hey, Sawamura-san. Don't crowd in.*
**[10:01] ---**
Oh, shut up! Cool your heels
in there, you conniving seductress!
**[10:07] ---**
I-I'm just saying, wouldn't it be better
if the expression was a little sadder?
***SIGN*** Meguri
**[10:14] ---**
Maybe...
**[10:16] ---**
Out of curiosity,
what's this you're doing?
**[10:19] ---**
It's called scripting.
**[10:21] ---**
It's like a simple form of programming
that the game runs on.
**[10:24] ---**
You say it's simple, but you have to
study such a thick book...
**[10:30] ---**
Well, I'm a novice.
**[10:35] ---**
I know a thing or two about scripting,
so I can help out if you need it.
**[10:39] ---**
Though you haven't finished with your
illustrations, you still intend to help Mr. Ethical?
**[10:44] ---**
No matter how you put it, that's too much love—
weight, rather, to place on someone.
**[10:49] ---**
A novelist who's gotten
so absorbed in a man—
**[10:52] ---**
a scenario, rather, and neglected
her other work isn't one to talk!
**[10:56] ---**
Enough with this pro-wrestling style feud!
**[11:02] ---**
So, looks like all that's
left now is the music.
**[11:06] ---**
Yeah, and that's the biggest issue.
***SIGN*** Meguri
*Seiji-kun...*
**[11:10] ---**
Oh, it plays music... That's amazing.
**[11:14] ---**
There's no such thing as a game without
background music these days.
**[11:17] ---**
The time when people were satisfied with
bleeps and bloops ended decades ago.
**[11:22] ---**
Plus the power of music is crucial
to building up the climax.
**[11:26] ---**
Yeah, definitely.
**[11:27] ---**
With a good soundtrack,
**[11:29] ---**
you can picture a specific scene
just from hearing the music.
**[11:33] ---**
It would take a really crappy producer
**[11:36] ---**
to neglect finding the all-important
music team member, huh?
**[11:46] ---**
*From: Michiru*
*Sub: When will you be home tonight?*
*I'm already home, wanna order pizza for dinner?*
**[11:54] ---**
Sorry, I couldn't help but look.
**[11:57] ---**
K-Kato...
**[11:59] ---**
Don't worry, though.
**[12:01] ---**
I wouldn't dream of telling anyone
who the e-mail was from or what was in it.
**[12:08] ---**
It would be bad manners.
**[12:10] ---**
Wait, did you see the whole thing?
**[12:13] ---**
Yeah.
**[12:15] ---**
See what?
**[12:26] ---**
Oh, so this "Michiru"
person is your cousin.
**[12:33] ---**
And she is at your house now?
**[12:36] ---**
Sh-She got into a fight with
her family and ran away.
**[12:40] ---**
So the long and short of it is
**[12:43] ---**
that you have moved in together with
a female cousin who is the same age as you.
**[12:48] ---**
Moved in with? Living under the same roof?
Running into each other in the bath?
**[12:52] ---**
Are we talking a real-world example
of the "lucky perv" trope?
**[12:54] ---**
No! It's a coincidence!
**[12:57] ---**
Er, except for that one time...
**[13:00] ---**
That one time?
**[13:02] ---**
Er, um...
**[13:04] ---**
It would seem that you're still
hiding many things from us.
**[13:07] ---**
Now, it's time to tell us everything
that did and didn't happen.
**[13:11] ---**
Uh, I can't tell you about
things that didn't happen.
**[13:16] ---**
Wait, what's this?
**[13:18] ---**
You and your cousin girlfriend were born on
the same day and in the same place?
**[13:22] ---**
The family ob/gyn clinic is
near our house in Nagano.
**[13:26] ---**
Everyone in my family is born there,
and we get left with them sometimes.
**[13:31] ---**
Meaning that you're childhood friends
going back to not just infancy, but to birth.
**[13:38] ---**
And every summer and
winter vacation since,
**[13:42] ---**
you've gone back
to stay there with her.
**[13:45] ---**
Hey, our other relatives were there, too.
**[13:47] ---**
Cavorting around
the fields and mountains,
**[13:50] ---**
spending time all alone in a
secret cave that you discovered.
**[13:53] ---**
Because she was my only cousin who was
anywhere near my age, that's why.
**[13:58] ---**
So... You did it, didn't you?
**[14:03] ---**
At night, you would climb
into the bath together
**[14:05] ---**
and examine the differences
between male and female bodies.
**[14:09] ---**
Hey! That image is a little too vivid!
**[14:14] ---**
This makes her the archetypal childhood
friend, the one who reigns supreme over
**[14:18] ---**
all your childhood friends, doesn't it?
**[14:20] ---**
The special relationship makes other
childhood friends seem like cheap knockoffs.
**[14:25] ---**
Hey, hold on!
**[14:26] ---**
That's going too far!
**[14:32] ---**
Sawamura-san, are you okay?
**[14:35] ---**
Ch-Cheap knockoff childhood friends...
**[14:38] ---**
It would seem that this would be
a good place to call it a night.
**[14:53] ---**
Hey! Wake up, Michiru!
**[15:01] ---**
Sheesh, you're home late, Tomo...
**[15:04] ---**
I had a circle meeting.
**[15:08] ---**
Hey, check it out!
**[15:10] ---**
My guitar finally came!
**[15:13] ---**
I went home yesterday and
sent some of my stuff here.
**[15:17] ---**
About that, Michiru.
**[15:19] ---**
How long do you plan to stay—
**[15:28] ---**
Hey, wait a minute!
**[15:29] ---**
Michiru, what's the meaning of this?!
**[15:32] ---**
This room was pretty cluttered,
and all my stuff wouldn't fit.
**[15:37] ---**
So I figured I'd do a little housecleaning.
**[15:39] ---**
Where are my treasures?!
**[15:40] ---**
I'm way ahead of you!
**[15:42] ---**
I put 'em in a garbage
bag in the living room
**[15:44] ---**
so they'd be ready for
the weekend garbage pickup!
**[15:53] ---**
Please forgive me, my heroines...
**[15:57] ---**
I bet it hurt.
**[15:58] ---**
I bet you couldn't breathe.
**[16:00] ---**
I'm sorry, I didn't realize
they meant so much to you.
**[16:04] ---**
Get out! Go back to your
own damn house right now!
**[16:07] ---**
Whoa, don't bite my head off!
**[16:11] ---**
I thought we were buddies.
**[16:12] ---**
You chuck your "buddy's" most
precious possessions into the trash?!
**[16:17] ---**
That happens with married
couples all the time, right?
**[16:20] ---**
The wife throws out her
husband's collections.
**[16:24] ---**
Like anyone would stay in
such a miserable marriage!
**[16:27] ---**
But it's as good a time as any.
**[16:29] ---**
Tomo, it's time to walk away
from this stupid otaku stuff.
**[16:32] ---**
What are you calling stupid?!
**[16:33] ---**
Why don't I introduce you
to some girls?
**[16:36] ---**
I go to a girls' school,
so you could have your pick.
**[16:40] ---**
Don't be ridiculous.
**[16:41] ---**
As if a real, non-otaku girl
would ever go out with me.
**[16:46] ---**
Really? I think you'd be a hit
with girls if you acted normal.
**[16:52] ---**
That's just a relative seeing me
in a positive light!
**[16:54] ---**
Besides, the standards at
my school are a little, you know...
**[16:58] ---**
Just mentioning Toyogasaki High would
get the attention of lots of girls.
**[17:03] ---**
Seriously?
**[17:04] ---**
Yeah!
**[17:05] ---**
So let me set up
a group date right away!
**[17:08] ---**
You can't fool me!
**[17:09] ---**
It'll take more than that
to get me to leave otakudom!
**[17:13] ---**
Come on, what's your deal? You'll have
way more fun hanging out with girls.
**[17:19] ---**
You're one to talk.
**[17:20] ---**
You don't have
a boyfriend either, right?
**[17:23] ---**
Look, I...
**[17:24] ---**
The thing is, I'm totally
focused on my band right now.
**[17:27] ---**
Romance is a distant second.
**[17:30] ---**
Well, it's the same with me.
**[17:32] ---**
I have a big dream, too.
**[17:35] ---**
Until I make it come true,
I can't leave the otaku life.
**[17:40] ---**
What kind of dream?
**[17:42] ---**
I thought you'd never ask.
**[17:44] ---**
My dream is to gather together
the ultimate creative staff
**[17:50] ---**
to make the ultimate dating
sim that I've envisioned!
**[17:54] ---**
I heard that the dating
sim industry is failing.
**[17:57] ---**
Where did you hear that?!
**[17:58] ---**
I should say, that's not true at all!
**[18:00] ---**
In any case, you don't plan
to make a job of it, do you?
**[18:03] ---**
Think about your future.
**[18:05] ---**
You can't make a living
off of just your hobbies.
**[18:07] ---**
Wh-Wh-What are you, my mom?!
**[18:10] ---**
Hasn't Auntie said anything?
**[18:12] ---**
You just have a year
to decide on your plans.
**[18:15] ---**
Do you really want to
be that irresponsible?
**[18:17] ---**
A runaway has no business
talking to me like that!
**[18:22] ---**
There, all better.
**[18:26] ---**
Good job.
**[18:27] ---**
And whose fault is that?
**[18:28] ---**
You're all sweaty, go take a bath.
**[18:31] ---**
I was gonna take one anyway!
**[18:33] ---**
And this is my house!
**[18:35] ---**
Have fun.
**[18:37] ---**
You can play your guitar, but
do not plug it into that amp, got it?
**[18:41] ---**
It would annoy the neighbors.
**[18:42] ---**
Relax, I won't!
**[18:51] ---**
I can't take any more...
**[18:53] ---**
Whatever it takes, I'll call Uncle
and have him come pick her up.
**[18:57] ---**
It's nothing personal, Michiru.
**[19:12] ---**
Got it.
**[19:20] ---**
I told her not to plug it into the amp!
**[19:26] ---**
*Give it a rest, Michiru!*
**[19:29] ---**
*Who cares about her band?!
Who cares about her live sets?!*
**[19:33] ---**
*This is just a racket!*
**[20:49] ---**
Tomo?
**[20:53] ---**
Oh, this? Um, I...
**[20:59] ---**
Sorry.
**[21:02] ---**
Michiru...
**[21:03] ---**
Will you join me in making
the ultimate dating sim?
# E11 - Ready to Start Resolving the Subplots
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G69P31WEY/ready-to-start-resolving-the-subplots)
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**[00:02] ---**
And so, on the right is Eriri Sawamura,
who is in charge of the art.
**[00:07] ---**
On the left is Utaha Kasumigaoka-senpai,
who is in charge of the scenario.
**[00:12] ---**
And this is my cousin, Michiru Hyodo.
**[00:14] ---**
H-Hang on, she's Tomoya's...
**[00:17] ---**
Who dresses like that
in front of a guy?
**[00:20] ---**
Perhaps you could get to the point, Mr. Ethical?
**[00:23] ---**
What are you hoping to gain
by introducing her to us?
**[00:27] ---**
Well, I want to have her do the music
for the game we're making.
**[00:32] ---**
What, you're forcing her on us, Tomoya?
**[00:35] ---**
You want this girl that badly?
**[00:38] ---**
Even if she is in a band,
don't you think it's a bit rash
**[00:42] ---**
to suddenly have her do
videogame background music?
**[00:44] ---**
I didn't decide on her
for some half-baked reason.
**[00:47] ---**
Once you hear her music, Utaha-senpai, I know you'll–
**[00:50] ---**
C'mon, Tomo, let's not get ahead of ourselves!
**[00:53] ---**
- I never actually said I'd do it!
- M-Michiru! Cut it out!
**[00:55] ---**
This is important!
**[00:59] ---**
"T-Tomo"? What's with that excruciatingly
familiar term of address?!
**[01:02] ---**
I mean, they're just too close!
**[01:05] ---**
Th-They're cousins...
Childhood friends by birth...
**[01:08] ---**
And now they're even
fellow circle members...
**[01:10] ---**
Thanks for waiting.
I brought drinks and snacks, so...
**[01:14] ---**
Uh, what's the matter, Sawamura-san?
**[01:16] ---**
I can see that you're not going
to be of any use here.
**[01:20] ---**
You cheap knockoff of a childhood friend.
**[01:23] ---**
Then you really shouldn't kick her
while she's down like that.
**[03:01] ---**
Please, Michiru!
**[03:02] ---**
I just need you to write a few songs for us!
***SIGN*** #11: Ready to Start Resolving the Subplots
**[03:05] ---**
Oh, and the MIDI programming
and background music cues.
**[03:08] ---**
And while you're at it, you can tie it all together
by doing the theme song with your band!
**[03:11] ---**
Ooh, I'm writing that down!
**[03:13] ---**
I see that your way of asking for favors
is equally rude in the extreme to all, Mr. Ethical.
**[03:18] ---**
I keep telling you,
I'm not interested!
**[03:21] ---**
If you have the talent to write a song that great,
don't you want to put it to good use?
**[03:26] ---**
That's why I'm in a band!
I have my hands full with that!
**[03:29] ---**
It'll work out!
If anybody can juggle it, it's you!
**[03:33] ---**
Just give it up, Mr. Ethical.
**[03:35] ---**
If you force someone who isn't interested to join,
**[03:37] ---**
you're only going to make both of you unhappy.
**[03:40] ---**
I seem to recall you being
pretty much the same at first, Utaha-senpai.
**[03:45] ---**
There is still time.
Just look for someone else.
**[03:48] ---**
It has to be Michiru!
**[03:51] ---**
Just like the scenario
has to be by you, Utaha-senpai!
**[03:54] ---**
And the art has to be by Eriri!
**[03:56] ---**
And Kato...
**[03:59] ---**
Anyway, she's important!
**[04:01] ---**
Ah. Thanks.
**[04:05] ---**
Look, I'm saying that I'm not
interested in this otaku stuff!
**[04:09] ---**
You need to grow up from this
otaku stuff and face reality, Tomo!
**[04:13] ---**
I never thought I'd hear the word "reality"
from a happy-go-lucky type like you.
**[04:19] ---**
And what, pray tell,
is wrong with being an otaku?
**[04:22] ---**
Has my or Mr. Ethical being an otaku
caused you any hardship?
**[04:27] ---**
For starters, that "Mr. Ethical" nickname
positively reeks of otaku!
**[04:33] ---**
U-Utaha-senpai!
**[04:37] ---**
Do you think that otaku are beneath you?
That they oink away,
**[04:41] ---**
mindlessly consuming the stream of otaku
content that's vomited out on a daily basis?
**[04:46] ---**
That they are a race who contributes
nothing to society, doing only harm?
**[04:51] ---**
I wouldn't go that far.
Do you know people like that?
**[04:54] ---**
I think not. And I'll thank you
to not underestimate otaku.
**[04:58] ---**
There are those who devote themselves
to anime, games, or light novels:
**[05:01] ---**
creators who work their hardest
to entertain one and all.
**[05:04] ---**
And there are the users who keep
the otaku economy turning,
**[05:07] ---**
those who support and enthusiastically
buy the works released by such people!
**[05:11] ---**
These are the people who sacrifice all
else in order to accomplish something!
**[05:16] ---**
Do you think you have the right
to look down on such nobility?!
**[05:20] ---**
Utaha-senpai!
**[05:22] ---**
Right. As human beings, there is no difference
between otaku and ordinary people.
**[05:25] ---**
There is no barrier between
creator and user.
**[05:29] ---**
Alleged "fans" who do nothing
but cheer from the sidelines,
**[05:30] ---**
only to suddenly chicken out and run away when
we feel like doing something ourselves...
**[05:34] ---**
Damn it! Wimp otaku like them should just die!
**[05:38] ---**
Utaha-senpai!
**[05:41] ---**
Look, it's not about who's better or worse,
it's just that our cultures are different.
**[05:45] ---**
I mean, I could never
make friends with an otaku.
**[05:49] ---**
That's not true!
You get along just fine with me!
**[05:52] ---**
Well, you're not an otaku to me.
**[05:56] ---**
You're just Tomo.
**[05:58] ---**
Ever since we were kids, no matter
what we did, I was always better.
**[06:02] ---**
And I usually treat you as my lackey.
**[06:04] ---**
But whenever the chips were down,
**[06:07] ---**
you've always been that cool guy
that I can always count on.
**[06:09] ---**
I'm not sure if dragging up
ancient history is helping here.
**[06:12] ---**
Yeah, yeah!
**[06:13] ---**
He was, he was!
**[06:15] ---**
Eriri?
**[06:16] ---**
Oh, right! Come to think of it,
this happened one time!
**[06:22] ---**
We were climbing the mountain
behind our grandpa's house,
**[06:25] ---**
and I got carried away
and ran way out ahead.
**[06:28] ---**
I twisted my ankle
and couldn't walk on it.
**[06:31] ---**
Th-That's terrible!
**[06:33] ---**
It was so creepy, with the woods dark
all around me and the crows cawing!
**[06:36] ---**
I was seriously scared!
**[06:40] ---**
And then Tomo showed up!
**[06:43] ---**
His arms and legs and face
were covered in scratches
**[06:45] ---**
from searching everywhere for me!
**[06:48] ---**
Um, I was also lost and got those
when I was wandering around.
**[06:51] ---**
Tomo carried me on his back
all the way down afterwards!
**[06:55] ---**
H-How old were you...?
**[07:00] ---**
Remembering that really
pisses me off for some reason!
**[07:03] ---**
That was the first and last time
you ever saw me cry!
**[07:07] ---**
Damn it, Tomo!
**[07:08] ---**
How old were you when that happened?!
Which of you was older, Tomoya?!
**[07:12] ---**
We've gotten totally
off topic here, you two!
**[07:16] ---**
- Out with it!
- I can't breathe!
**[07:18] ---**
- What kind of event was that?!
- You're suffocating me! Stop–
**[07:24] ---**
Huh?
**[07:27] ---**
Tomo, the bath's all yours.
**[07:29] ---**
What're you doing?
**[07:31] ---**
Looking for something.
**[07:34] ---**
M-My d-dress shirt!
**[07:40] ---**
Why are you wearing
even less than usual?!
**[07:43] ---**
Well, all my clothes
are in the wash right now.
**[07:47] ---**
For crying out loud...
I wish it'd finally sink in that I'm a guy!
**[07:55] ---**
Hey, Michiru.
**[08:00] ---**
I really do want you.
**[08:06] ---**
You as my first, huh...?
**[08:09] ---**
Well, it's not that I'm not interested,
and I don't think it would be terrible with you.
**[08:16] ---**
I guess I can live with that.
**[08:20] ---**
Sorry, I should've
explained myself better!
**[08:23] ---**
What I want is your songs!
**[08:27] ---**
I'm not to blame for that
little misunderstanding, okay?
**[08:33] ---**
Um, to get back to what we were talking about,
are you sure that you can't do it?
**[08:36] ---**
I don't mind if you give
top priority to your band.
**[08:39] ---**
Man, you still haven't given up...
**[08:41] ---**
I can't.
**[08:43] ---**
For my dream, and for my friends who
are helping me achieve that dream.
**[08:48] ---**
I have a dream of my own. My band.
**[08:51] ---**
And I have friends who
mean the world to me.
**[08:54] ---**
But we're on the verge of
breaking up because of me.
**[08:58] ---**
I'm sorry, but I just can't spare
the time to help you guys right now.
**[09:04] ---**
Uncle still hasn't given you his blessing, huh?
Your band, I mean.
**[09:08] ---**
Actually, we've reached a point where
he'll approve it on one condition.
**[09:13] ---**
Really? That's great!
**[09:15] ---**
Yeah, it is, but that condition is a rough one.
**[09:19] ---**
What is it? If I can help, just name it.
**[09:25] ---**
Well, he says that we have
to get a proper manager.
**[09:29] ---**
A manager?
**[09:31] ---**
Yeah. He says he's worried about an
all-girl band going to live houses.
**[09:36] ---**
Ah. Well, sex and drugs do go
hand in hand with rock and roll.
**[09:41] ---**
You have a prejudice like that against rock,
but you get mad at prejudice against otaku?
**[09:45] ---**
Isn't that a double standard?
**[09:47] ---**
Uh... Anyway, I think
I understand your situation.
**[09:51] ---**
Okay, leave it to me.
I'll see what I can do.
**[09:54] ---**
You mean it?!
**[09:55] ---**
Yeah. I'll put out feelers to everyone I know
in the entertainment and singing circles.
**[10:00] ---**
In return, once I've solved your problem,
you help out with our–
**[10:04] ---**
Come on, what are you saying?
**[10:06] ---**
Our manager isn't gonna have
time to work on a game!
**[10:11] ---**
Come again?
**[10:13] ---**
Whoa, hey! I can't possibly
manage your band full-time!
**[10:17] ---**
And we can't possibly have some
complete stranger be our manager!
**[10:21] ---**
I'm up to my neck in work for my own circle,
so don't drop your problems in my lap!
**[10:27] ---**
Please, Tomo? Use this as an excuse
to give up on the gamemaker thing!
**[10:33] ---**
I can't. I just told you, remember?
**[10:35] ---**
I have a dream and friends.
**[10:37] ---**
Not to sound blunt, but your friends
didn't seem all that into it.
**[10:43] ---**
I got the gist of things
when we talked earlier.
**[10:46] ---**
That circle of yours is off-kilter.
**[10:50] ---**
I mean, you're the only one who genuinely
wants to make a game, Tomo.
**[10:55] ---**
Wh-What are you saying?
**[10:57] ---**
Those other girls have various reasons
for having to be in the circle.
**[11:01] ---**
What do you mean,
"various reasons"?
**[11:04] ---**
I mean various reasons.
**[11:06] ---**
You sly dog!
**[11:08] ---**
What's different about my band is that we're
all serious about achieving the same dream.
**[11:14] ---**
Michiru...
**[11:15] ---**
So please...
Tomo, I'm begging you.
**[11:19] ---**
Make my dream come true.
**[11:30] ---**
Hey, Kato. About today's circle meet–
**[11:33] ---**
Huh?
**[11:34] ---**
Hey, Tomoya!
**[11:36] ---**
How about hitting up Akiba
since it's the weekend?
**[11:38] ---**
Yoshihiko... It's been so long.
What's it been, ten years?
**[11:42] ---**
Wouldn't saying "six months"
have gotten your point across?
**[11:45] ---**
Enough about you.
Have you seen Kato?
**[11:49] ---**
We'll discuss your lack of compassion
for your fellow bro later,
**[11:53] ---**
but Kato-san was out the door
as soon as the bell rang.
**[11:56] ---**
She was?
**[11:57] ---**
I have to say, you two have been
joined at the hip lately.
**[12:00] ---**
She's 3D, man.
**[12:01] ---**
I just prefer 2D girls.
I never said that I hated 3D ones.
**[12:05] ---**
Hang on, does that mean
you two are going out?
**[12:09] ---**
You aren't worried about Kato, are you?
**[12:12] ---**
When an ordinary, cute girl like her is
with a guy like you, people get curious.
**[12:16] ---**
I see.
**[12:17] ---**
She's suddenly started
to attract male attention.
**[12:21] ---**
Maybe she's showing a bit
of growth as a heroine.
**[12:25] ---**
Setting aside your completely
unwarranted arrogance,
**[12:28] ---**
you'd think she'd be totally
wasted on a guy like you!
***SIGN*** One week behind
**[12:43] ---**
Get back on track this weekend!
***SIGN*** One week behind
***SIGN*** Get back on track this weekend!
**[12:48] ---**
*Come on, this is no time
to be moping.*
**[12:55] ---**
*I have to make progress on
at least my share of the work.*
**[13:12] ---**
Kato-san?
**[13:15] ---**
I'm sorry, I asked you to teach me,
but I fell asleep.
**[13:18] ---**
You're not used to all-nighters,
so it's not surprising.
**[13:21] ---**
Thanks.
**[13:26] ---**
Oh, I got a response
from Kasumigaoka-senpai.
***SIGN*** 1 new text Utaha Kasumigaoka
**[13:29] ---**
I'm surprised that woman
is staying up this late with us.
***SIGN*** *Meguri: That's why I've decided to
think this way at times like this.*
**[13:38] ---**
This background really
ought to be a sunset.
**[13:41] ---**
Sorry, Sawamura-san,
how do I tell it to do that?
**[13:46] ---**
To do that, just change
this file name like this...
**[13:50] ---**
See?
**[13:52] ---**
That did it!
Thanks, Sawamura-san.
**[14:03] ---**
Say, Kato-san...
**[14:06] ---**
Why are you doing this?
**[14:07] ---**
Well, the schedule seems to
be slipping more and more.
**[14:09] ---**
I didn't mean something grounded
in stomachache-inducing reality.
**[14:12] ---**
I meant, why you?
**[14:15] ---**
Well, I've been thinking about things.
**[14:20] ---**
Say, Sawamura-san.
**[14:22] ---**
Yeah?
**[14:22] ---**
I think this expression on the heroine
works better for this scene.
***SIGN*** *Meguri: Make a future where I
can remain in that world, okay?*
**[14:29] ---**
But this is the scene where the protagonist
goes to another heroine's house.
**[14:33] ---**
That's precisely why.
**[14:35] ---**
She's putting on a brave face.
She's a girl, after all.
**[14:54] ---**
Good morning, Aki-kun.
**[14:56] ---**
*Sorry for calling so early.
Were you asleep?*
**[14:59] ---**
Yeah, kind of. I'm not used to all-nighters.
**[15:03] ---**
How about you?
You didn't get any sleep?
**[15:06] ---**
How did you know?
**[15:07] ---**
*Hmmm... I just knew, I guess.*
**[15:11] ---**
"You just knew," huh?
**[15:13] ---**
*So, did you make any progress
on the scripting?*
**[15:17] ---**
No, not one bit.
I had other things on my mind.
**[15:21] ---**
*Oh?*
**[15:22] ---**
You're not going to get exasperated or angry?
**[15:25] ---**
Well, I know that you get that way sometimes.
**[15:29] ---**
And I also get the feeling that you'll make
it all work out at the last second.
**[15:32] ---**
*Does that mean that you can see right
through me or that you trust me?*
**[15:36] ---**
I don't really know.
**[15:40] ---**
Hey, Kato...
**[15:42] ---**
Am I tilting at windmills here?
**[15:45] ---**
*I can't really say that you're not.*
**[15:47] ---**
Am I the only one who really
wants to make the game?
**[15:53] ---**
Is everyone just along for the ride
because they feel obligated?
**[15:58] ---**
Is our circle off-kilter?
**[16:05] ---**
*Say, Aki-kun...*
**[16:08] ---**
*Are you hungry?*
***SIGN*** *Meguri: Make a future where I
can remain in that world, okay?*
**[16:15] ---**
I'm sorry, I borrowed
these books a while ago.
**[16:19] ---**
Why? I never asked you to help me.
**[16:23] ---**
I'm glad I've been studying them, though.
**[16:25] ---**
It seems like you've hit a wall,
so maybe I helped pick up the slack a bit.
**[16:30] ---**
You don't need to force yourself to help
out when I haven't asked you to...
**[16:34] ---**
I'm not being forced,
and I don't feel obligated.
**[16:37] ---**
I really do want to try
to make this game.
***SIGN*** *Meguri: Make a future where I
can remain in that world, okay?*
**[16:44] ---**
Kato?
**[16:45] ---**
I don't have a talent
for making games.
**[16:48] ---**
I can't draw pictures like Sawamura-san can
**[16:51] ---**
and I can't craft stories like Kasumigaoka-senpai can.
**[16:55] ---**
And I don't have your crazy vitality
or audacity, either.
**[17:00] ---**
No, what I have hardly
counts as talent.
**[17:02] ---**
That's why I'm working hard to try to help
everyone out, even if it's only a little.
**[17:07] ---**
Besides, I've been getting help from Sawamura-san
and Kasumigaoka-senpai to make this scene.
**[17:14] ---**
I can't think that the others
are doing this unwillingly.
**[17:18] ---**
Kato?
***SIGN*** *Meguri: So hang in there, Seiji-kun!*
***SIGN*** *Meguri: So hang in there, Seiji-kun!*
**[17:24] ---**
So hang in there, Tomoya-kun!
**[17:30] ---**
Make me a heroine whose happiness will
be the envy of everyone, okay?
**[17:35] ---**
I will, I promise.
**[17:38] ---**
I'm gonna turn you into a main heroine
that will tug at everyone's–
***SIGN*** *Meguri: By the way, Seiji-kun. You wouldn't
happen to have one of those, would you?*
***SIGN*** *Seiji: "Those"?*
***SIGN*** *Meguri: You know, those. A memory of the faint stirrings of love.
Like when your relatives got together in the country
and a girl twisted her ankle and was carried home on her
cousin's back as she cried.*
***SIGN*** *Seiji: Uh...*
***SIGN*** *Meguri: Basically, when I said that my cousin Keiichi and
I were close, it's because I had that experience.*
***SIGN*** *Meguri: My point is, Seiji-kun, I understand being attracted
to a cousin as a child and then having those feelings*
*come roaring back when you're suddenly reunited
with them and find yourselves living together.*
**[18:31] ---**
I am so terribly sorry!
**[18:37] ---**
Oh, I just slapped some random dialogue
onto this scene as practice.
**[18:42] ---**
There's no particular meaning to it.
**[18:44] ---**
You liar!
**[18:55] ---**
What did I tell you?
Isn't Michiru's music great?
**[18:57] ---**
I recorded it earlier
without telling her.
**[19:00] ---**
You know, you're right.
**[19:02] ---**
It's like it makes you feel wistful,
or really hits you in the nostalgia feels.
**[19:07] ---**
It's dripping with that old-fashioned vibe you got
in anime and games a while back, but in a good way!
**[19:11] ---**
Aki-kun, let me listen.
**[19:13] ---**
Sorry.
**[19:20] ---**
You're right, though.
I don't really know why, but this is great.
**[19:23] ---**
Yeah...
**[19:26] ---**
Say, Aki-kun...
**[19:29] ---**
Y-Yeah?
**[19:31] ---**
About Hyodo-san, are you sure
that she'll have nothing to do with otaku?
**[21:19] ---**
Seriously?
**[21:20] ---**
Yeah, I'll be your manager, Michiru.
**[21:24] ---**
And here's the proof.
**[21:27] ---**
Hang on, this is–
**[21:28] ---**
It's just a little show
early next month,
**[21:31] ---**
but it looks like one of the bands
scheduled to appear had to cancel.
**[21:35] ---**
I got you their slot.
**[21:38] ---**
You got us a live set
right off the bat?!
**[21:39] ---**
That's not all.
**[21:41] ---**
I contacted the other girls in the band
using the e-mail address you gave me,
**[21:44] ---**
and I got them all
to promise to perform.
**[21:47] ---**
All I need is your okay.
**[21:50] ---**
Tomo...
**[21:52] ---**
It'll be your first live show.
You aren't going to turn it down, are you?
**[21:56] ---**
I don't believe it... It hasn't even been a week,
and you've done all this?
**[22:01] ---**
When an otaku is going all-out,
you'd better stand back.
**[22:04] ---**
I knew I was right about you!
**[22:07] ---**
Nobody but you could
be my manager, Tomo!
**[22:10] ---**
Now that that's settled,
get your butt back home.
**[22:13] ---**
Uncle's worried sick, so–
**[22:14] ---**
Sorry.
**[22:16] ---**
Michiru?
**[22:19] ---**
I'm sorry for saying such mean things.
I'm sorry for being so self-centered.
**[22:23] ---**
I'm sorry that your dream
might come crashing down.
**[22:26] ---**
Hey, it's okay.
**[22:29] ---**
Let's call it a night. You've got a show
to start practicing for tomorrow.
**[22:34] ---**
Yeah...
**[22:38] ---**
I'm sorry, Michiru.
**[22:43] ---**
When an otaku has his mind set on
something and is going all-out...
**[22:48] ---**
...you'd better stand back.
# E12 - The Ups and Downs at the End of Each Day
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6491E3EY/the-ups-and-downs-at-the-end-of-each-day)
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**[00:01] ---**
Listen up.
**[00:02] ---**
There are six bands performing
in today's show.
**[00:06] ---**
And of those six,
we're going on first.
**[00:09] ---**
But that makes us
the warm-up act!
***SIGN*** Guitar Tokino Himekawa (Toki)
**[00:12] ---**
That's given. For one thing,
this is Icy Tail's first show,
**[00:15] ---**
and we've got no name recognition,
no history, and no fans.
**[00:18] ---**
That's why we aren't on the tickets,
the flyers, or the website.
**[00:22] ---**
Meaning that nobody's
specifically come to see us.
***SIGN*** Bass Echika Mizuhara (Echika)
**[00:26] ---**
But it was because I agreed to those terms
that you got to debut so quickly.
**[00:31] ---**
From here on, you have to count
on your own skill to reach the top.
***SIGN*** Drums Ranko Morioka (Ranko)
**[00:37] ---**
Got cold feet?
It's not too late to back out.
**[00:42] ---**
Cold feet?
**[00:43] ---**
My ass.
**[00:45] ---**
We're gonna get name recognition,
history, and fans today.
***SIGN*** Vocals & Guitar Michiru Hyodo (Mitchi)
**[00:56] ---**
Remember, I've done all
I can to help you guys.
**[01:00] ---**
Once you get changed into your costumes,
there's no turning back!
**[01:04] ---**
It's all up to you now!
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Give the audience
everything you've got!
**[01:08] ---**
Give it all you've got!
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Create your legend!
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Okay, is everybody ready?
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Here comes Icy Tail!
**[01:16] ---**
Yeah!
**[02:51] ---**
Oh, this is it. MOGRA.
**[02:54] ---**
So this is the live house where
that woman is playing, eh?
**[02:57] ---**
Huh? Where's Sawamura-san?
**[02:59] ---**
I teased her a minute ago,
bringing her to the verge of tears.
**[03:02] ---**
She said, "I'm not going!" and then
ran off to Cure Maid Cafe.
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When was that?
***SIGN*** #12 "The Ups and Downs at the End of Each Day"
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I wish you two would stop thinking
only of yourselves!
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Where is that cafe?
**[03:13] ---**
Which of us is thinking
only of herself, Kato-san?
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What do you mean?
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You decided this arbitrarily, didn't you?
**[03:23] ---**
Mr. Ethical becoming his cousin's manager,
**[03:26] ---**
him choosing that band over the circle,
**[03:29] ---**
even today's show, they were
all done without consulting us.
**[03:33] ---**
It was Aki-kun who decided it arbitrarily, actually...
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But you knew about it,
yet didn't stop him.
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On the contrary,
you supported him.
**[03:40] ---**
Look, he has a plan.
Please have a little more faith in Aki-kun.
**[03:46] ---**
What was that "Only I understand
him" vibe I just got?
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I really, really, really
don't care for that.
**[03:51] ---**
Um...
**[03:54] ---**
Forgive me, I was simply thinking aloud.
**[03:57] ---**
Forget anything I just said.
**[04:02] ---**
Is Kasumigaoka-senpai going to be a problem?
**[04:06] ---**
Don't worry.
**[04:08] ---**
Sawamura-san is
even more problematic.
**[04:10] ---**
You two seem to have
grown close lately,
**[04:13] ---**
but if you get too close, she might
turn your life into a living hell.
**[04:16] ---**
I wish she would forget what
I said just now, too.
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Welcome!
**[04:23] ---**
Found her.
**[04:27] ---**
Come on, Sawamura-san,
the show's about to start!
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I can't do it, I'm not going.
**[04:33] ---**
Don't be such a baby after you've
already come all this way.
**[04:36] ---**
Leave me alone! If I say
I'm not going, I'm not going!
**[04:40] ---**
Look, you've got it all wrong!
Aki-kun is just–
**[04:43] ---**
Nothing you say will get through
to her in this condition.
**[04:46] ---**
Kasumigaoka-senpai.
**[04:48] ---**
Until now, the belief that she
was his oldest childhood friend
**[04:53] ---**
was Sawamura-san's one, only,
and truly pathetic, article of faith.
**[04:59] ---**
And now that that's all crumbled away
with the appearance of Hyodo-san,
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she no longer has anything
with which to define her identity.
**[05:06] ---**
It's sad and pathetic,
like some defeated warrior.
**[05:13] ---**
You teased her just like
this earlier, didn't you?
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I'm sure I don't know
what you mean.
**[05:17] ---**
Anyway, I wish you two
would stop this infighting.
**[05:20] ---**
It'll all work out.
Have faith in Aki-kun.
**[05:23] ---**
What about the Mr. Ethical we've seen thus
far is supposed to inspire faith?
**[05:27] ---**
I hate to say it, but I agree with Utaha Kasumigaoka
so much, it isn't even funny.
**[05:31] ---**
I also wish you would stop
banding together so suddenly.
**[05:37] ---**
Excuse us–
**[05:38] ---**
Tomo!
**[05:41] ---**
- M-M-Michiru, stop!
- I'm gonna kill you, then die of shame!
**[05:46] ---**
Have faith in whom, exactly?
**[05:46] ---**
Explain this, Tomo!
**[05:48] ---**
Seriously.
**[05:49] ---**
What's up with these costumes?!
**[05:53] ---**
I knew this was
gonna happen.
**[05:55] ---**
I don't really care, but certain parts are bumping
into certain other parts over there.
**[06:04] ---**
The time has finally come to reveal to
you the truth about this band, I see.
**[06:14] ---**
When you first met
everyone in the band,
**[06:18] ---**
the song that these girls
were playing...
**[06:20] ---**
No, even the songs you played
after you joined...
**[06:24] ---**
They were all covers
of anime songs!
**[06:27] ---**
Yes! Before you joined up, it was
a hardcore anime cover band
**[06:33] ---**
that was bound by
their shared otakudom!
**[06:37] ---**
Apparently, they told you that what you were
playing were the latest trendy pop tunes,
**[06:43] ---**
but it was all a clever trap!
**[06:46] ---**
Because you had no interest
in anime songs,
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you never realized that every last song you were
exposed to was an anime cover song.
**[06:52] ---**
And that's why your own songs have
developed anime song melodies.
**[06:57] ---**
You were brainwashed by your band
without ever realizing it!
**[07:02] ---**
Well, you had been listening to her music
nonstop without catching on either, Aki-kun.
**[07:08] ---**
Indeed, I didn't notice it because I
listen to nothing but anime music.
**[07:11] ---**
What an ingenious ruse!
**[07:17] ---**
He's lying, right?
**[07:19] ---**
Say it's not true!
Toki! Echika! Ranko!
**[07:22] ---**
I guess this comes as a
shocking revelation, Mitchi.
***SIGN*** Voice Actor Fanatic Tokino Himekawa (Toki)
**[07:26] ---**
We could never tell you because you got
cranky whenever we brought up anime!
***SIGN*** Vocaloid Addict Echika Mizuhara (Echika)
***SIGN*** Casual Fan Ranko Morioka (Ranko)
**[07:33] ---**
Sorry.
**[07:34] ---**
It's a little late for sorries!
***SIGN*** Non-Otaku Michiru Hyodo (Mitchi)
**[07:37] ---**
Michiru, the world around you has a little
more otaku in it than you think.
**[07:43] ---**
"A little," my ass!
**[07:45] ---**
What a forced, unnatural plot twist.
**[07:47] ---**
This is the very pinnacle of opportunism.
**[07:49] ---**
Don't say that, you two.
**[07:52] ---**
And so, Toki, Echika, Ranko, and I
reached an agreement.
**[07:55] ---**
In exchange for me managing
Icy Tail as an anime cover band,
**[07:59] ---**
they agree to allow Michiru to
work with Blessing Software.
**[08:02] ---**
It's a win-win for everyone.
**[08:05] ---**
Hey, not so fast!
**[08:06] ---**
I don't see a "win"
anywhere in there for me!
**[08:10] ---**
If you're that against it,
you're free to quit.
**[08:12] ---**
Take off the costume
and leave the live house right now.
**[08:16] ---**
But listen, Michiru. The best friends
that mean so much to you are waiting.
**[08:21] ---**
Sorry, Mitchi. We're sorry
that we kept it from you.
**[08:24] ---**
But we can't keep lying
to ourselves anymore.
**[08:28] ---**
We really want to do
anime songs.
**[08:31] ---**
Toki... Echika... Ranko...
**[08:34] ---**
- Please, Mitchi!
- We need you, Mitchi!
- Let's do it, Mitchi!
**[08:36] ---**
Whoa, we're looking at a forced,
unnatural resolution here.
**[08:39] ---**
You can try to deliver cool lines while in Cowgirl
position, but it will still look, you know...
**[08:42] ---**
Please cut that out, Kasumigaoka-senpai.
**[08:46] ---**
But I... I'm not an otaku–
**[08:49] ---**
You don't have to be one.
**[08:51] ---**
You just have to sing for them.
**[08:54] ---**
I'm not sure...
**[08:56] ---**
Do you think a non-otaku's singing
will win over an otaku crowd?
**[09:00] ---**
It's okay, Michiru. I know you'll grow up
to be a fine otaku one day.
**[09:04] ---**
Um, I don't think that's
really necessary...
**[09:07] ---**
Hey, you've admitted that
anime songs are good music,
**[09:10] ---**
so there's already a sense
of respect there.
**[09:13] ---**
So I'm positive that they'll
pick up on that.
**[09:15] ---**
Your songs will definitely
resonate with otaku!
**[09:18] ---**
Tomo...
**[09:19] ---**
Michiru... Let's be happy together!
**[09:27] ---**
You can try to deliver cool lines while in the
Lotus Blossom position, but–
**[09:49] ---**
Ready.
**[11:25] ---**
Okay, we're gonna close
with this next one!
**[11:30] ---**
This last song's kind of
a selfish pick...
**[11:33] ---**
It's an original that I wrote,
but I hope you like it.
**[11:38] ---**
"Cherish You."
**[13:08] ---**
Thank you...
**[13:12] ---**
Thank you!
**[13:20] ---**
I love you!
**[13:27] ---**
It's the band's name!
"Icy Tail" (Aishi-teru)!
**[13:36] ---**
So, how did your
first live show feel?
**[13:41] ---**
It felt hot...
**[13:42] ---**
No kidding.
**[13:44] ---**
I didn't think that they'd
get so into it.
**[13:48] ---**
That was amazing.
**[13:49] ---**
Damn right they were.
Those are fans who come to concerts.
**[13:52] ---**
No matter the genre, they're amazing,
intense, and creepy.
**[13:55] ---**
Creepy? That's mean, Tomo.
You're talking about my fans.
**[14:01] ---**
Michiru. I made your dream come true.
**[14:05] ---**
It wasn't at all what I imagined, but yeah.
**[14:08] ---**
So now it's your turn to
make mine come true.
**[14:13] ---**
I'm gonna have you write
our game's music.
**[14:17] ---**
Hm, I dunno...
**[14:20] ---**
You can't turn me down anymore.
**[14:22] ---**
I heard those cheering otaku
out there today.
**[14:27] ---**
And this time, your music is
going to move them to tears.
**[14:30] ---**
They're gonna cry
because of my music?
**[14:33] ---**
I'll combine Utaha's scenario, Eriri's artwork,
and your music and make a miracle happen.
**[14:39] ---**
You can be so over the top, Tomo.
**[14:41] ---**
Do you really think it's over the top?
**[14:44] ---**
Do you think someone is stupid
if they cry over some game?
**[14:50] ---**
Well, after today, I guess I owe you
the benefit of the doubt.
**[14:55] ---**
Then the pact is sealed.
**[15:05] ---**
In that case, Tomo...
**[15:07] ---**
Let's seal the deal.
**[15:10] ---**
M-Michiru?
**[15:12] ---**
Tomo...
**[15:13] ---**
H-Hey...
**[15:15] ---**
Uh, we're... um...
**[15:26] ---**
Like I'd let forgive you that easily, Tomo!
**[15:31] ---**
I give, I give, I give! Mitchan!
**[15:39] ---**
That's great, Hyodo-san is a member now.
**[15:42] ---**
Whatever.
**[15:44] ---**
I can't wait. She's going to write
really good songs for us.
**[15:48] ---**
Even without music, the scenario and artwork
are enough to make people cry.
**[16:00] ---**
What, was it something I said?
**[16:03] ---**
No, something nice happened,
that's all. Two things, in fact.
**[16:07] ---**
Come again?
**[16:08] ---**
The first is that I now know
that you respect Kasumigaoka-senpai.
**[16:14] ---**
Personality and talent are two different things.
**[16:17] ---**
And the second is that you're
serious about gamemaking now.
**[16:22] ---**
Doesn't that go for you, too?
**[16:27] ---**
I can't wait for Winter Comiket.
**[16:30] ---**
What kind of game will we be able to make?
**[16:37] ---**
Hey, Megumi.
**[16:40] ---**
Yes?
**[16:45] ---**
"Megumi"?
**[16:47] ---**
Forget I said it!
It was a slip of the tongue.
**[16:51] ---**
Wait, no. No, it wasn't.
**[16:55] ---**
Sawamura-san?
**[16:56] ---**
It's not right for fellow otaku who stayed up
all night working on a game to be so formal.
**[17:09] ---**
Don't you think so, too?
**[17:13] ---**
*If you get too close,
she might turn your life into a living hell.*
**[17:17] ---**
Huh? Er, I...
**[17:20] ---**
Um...
**[17:27] ---**
Yeah, you're right. Eriri.
***SIGN*** *The two only have memories of wondering why they were
the only ones left with no injuries in a destroyed street...*
**[17:47] ---**
All right, I've saved the world for you.
***SIGN*** *You finally noticed...
My feelings for her*
**[18:09] ---**
All that's left now is your decision.
**[18:14] ---**
So, who will you choose, Mr. Protagonist?
***SIGN*** *Seiji:*
**[18:26] ---**
*"I've come back once again
to this world...*
**[18:30] ---**
*To this era. And yet...*
***SIGN*** *Seiji:*
**[18:35] ---**
*Have I managed to change
anything at all?*
**[18:39] ---**
*Was I able to save anyone?"*
**[18:42] ---**
*Just then, a gust of wind blew
from the top of the hill.*
**[18:47] ---**
*"Hm?" I hastily shielded my eyes and
stared in the direction of the wind.*
***SIGN*** *A miracle falls upon*
***SIGN*** *Seiji:*
**[19:01] ---**
*"Ha ha..."*
**[19:02] ---**
*My body sprang into motion in a flash, and before
I knew it, I was running full tilt up the hill.*
**[19:07] ---**
*And in a flash, she was running down the hill.*
**[19:11] ---**
*Hey, don't trip! You know you're
not very coordinated.*
**[19:16] ---**
*Anyway, that aside, in less than three seconds,
halfway up the hill, we...*
***SIGN*** *Seiji:*
**[19:22] ---**
*"Ha ha... Aha ha ha!"*
**[19:26] ---**
*...we were reunited after several hours.
After several decades.*
***SIGN*** *Meguri:*
**[19:32] ---**
*"What should I call you?
Seiji-kun? Or Big Brother?"*
***SIGN*** *Seiji:*
**[19:39] ---**
*"Whatever you like best, Meguri. Or Ruri."*
**[21:17] ---**
It's over.
**[21:19] ---**
It is.
**[21:20] ---**
I didn't see any bugs.
**[21:23] ---**
I didn't notice any typos
or flubbed lines.
**[21:26] ---**
Then we did it!
It's perfect!
**[21:41] ---**
Thanks, you guys... Thanks.
**[21:45] ---**
Our game is...
**[21:48] ---**
One route is completed!
**[21:50] ---**
Well, I'd better get to writing the next route's scenario.
**[21:54] ---**
Another 30 keyframes...
**[21:56] ---**
And 12 background plates...
And how many static poses...? Uh...
***SIGN*** I'm sorry, though. Give me just an hour's sleep.
**[22:02] ---**
Hang in there, you guys!
**[22:04] ---**
I'll sing you a song
for moral support!
**[22:08] ---**
Keep it down!
**[22:09] ---**
I can't sleep with
all this racket...
**[22:15] ---**
*Like it or not, it's two months
until Winter Comiket.*
**[22:19] ---**
*Otaku and non-otaku coming together,
fooling around, getting frustrated,*
**[22:25] ---**
*laughing together, having disagreements,
working hand in hand, fighting...*
**[22:29] ---**
*And, well, all kinds of other stuff.*
**[22:33] ---**
*And the story of how we're
finally rushing headlong*
**[22:36] ---**
*into the last stretch of making
our dream come true.*
**[22:42] ---**
*No, that's not quite right.*
**[22:45] ---**
Our battle has only just beg–
**[22:46] ---**
Don't raise any bad flags!
***SIGN*** *Thanks for watching!*