E11 - 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.