E0 - 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.