E6 - 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.
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[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?
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[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.
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