# 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?