E3 - 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!