# E9 - One-on-one Route After 8 Years
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRGG4E8DR/one-on-one-route-after-8-years)
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**[00:27] ---**
That's not an answer!
**[00:29] ---**
Tomoya, you haven't given me one
straight answer for a while now!
**[00:43] ---**
Good morning, Mr. Ethical.
**[00:53] ---**
Stay calm, everything is all right now.
**[00:55] ---**
No, this current situation
is anything but all right.
**[00:58] ---**
What are you doing here, Utaha-senpai?
**[01:00] ---**
Because I had zero screen time
in the last episode, obviously.
**[01:04] ---**
That's not a reason!
**[01:06] ---**
And what do you mean, "screen time"?
What do you mean, "last episode"?!
**[01:09] ---**
Oh, you're awake, Aki-kun.
**[01:11] ---**
Senpai, what are you doing?!
**[01:13] ---**
Don't look! Stop her, Kato!
**[01:15] ---**
Um, okay.
**[02:50] ---**
Oh, so Kato called you here, Utaha-senpai.
***SIGN*** #9: One-on-one Route After 8 Years
**[02:53] ---**
Setting that aside,
**[02:55] ---**
isn't your casually entering his house
a topic for discussion, Kato-san?
**[03:00] ---**
Actually, isn't the real topic of discussion
**[03:02] ---**
the fact that you rushed over in 15 minutes
just because I said "Aki-kun is in trouble"?
**[03:09] ---**
So, what happened?
**[03:11] ---**
What do you mean?
**[03:13] ---**
I got the gist of what happened from Kato-san,
**[03:16] ---**
but I won't understand why you and Sawamura-san
ended up in that situation
**[03:20] ---**
unless I hear it from your own mouth.
**[03:23] ---**
Come on, out with it.
And then let's think of a way to fix it.
**[03:28] ---**
But this is a problem between me and Eriri.
**[03:31] ---**
I can't drag you into it.
**[03:33] ---**
Kato-san, what you see here
is a textbook example of
**[03:37] ---**
the "wimp protagonist" who is so
common in the dating sim world.
**[03:39] ---**
Whenever there's trouble, he makes
a show of indecisive worrying,
**[03:42] ---**
and then annoys everyone around
him by dragging them into it.
**[03:44] ---**
If you are going to be the main heroine,
**[03:46] ---**
you are going to have to deal
with his sort in the future,
**[03:49] ---**
so observe his behavior closely.
**[03:51] ---**
That sounds like a hassle...
**[03:53] ---**
Uh, I'm sorry, but I genuinely am worried.
**[03:58] ---**
Ah, I see.
**[03:59] ---**
Basically, when you sang the
praises of Hashima-san's book,
**[04:02] ---**
Sawamura-san flew off the hilt
for some reason, berated Hashima-san,
**[04:05] ---**
and then, after she tore her book to shreds,
**[04:08] ---**
she shoved her into a mud puddle and
laughed at her with her posse.
**[04:12] ---**
Right?
**[04:13] ---**
That turned into a certain someone's
writing style halfway through,
**[04:16] ---**
but the first part was pretty much accurate.
**[04:18] ---**
That's rather immature.
**[04:19] ---**
That's for sure.
**[04:21] ---**
She doesn't act like the big-name
doujinshi creator that she is.
**[04:25] ---**
I was referring to you.
**[04:27] ---**
Me?!
**[04:28] ---**
Was it really necessary
**[04:30] ---**
to praise someone else's book
in front of Sawamura-san?
**[04:34] ---**
You were going to put your foot in your
mouth no matter what you said to her,
**[04:38] ---**
so perhaps you should have kept how
you actually felt to yourself?
**[04:42] ---**
I... can't do that.
**[04:45] ---**
I can't say that something
that I think is great isn't.
**[04:49] ---**
I'd sooner quit being an otaku than say
Izumi-chan's doujinshi or your novels aren't great.
**[04:56] ---**
B-B-Be that as it may!
**[04:59] ---**
Be that as it may, your words were
a fatal blow to Sawamura-san.
**[05:04] ---**
Nothing I say could make a dent
in Eriri's popularity or ability.
**[05:09] ---**
But it certainly made a dent in her heart.
**[05:12] ---**
It's possible that this might
leave her unable to draw.
**[05:15] ---**
Come on, that would never happen.
**[05:17] ---**
Sawamura-san must have felt like everything
had been stolen from her.
**[05:21] ---**
What do you mean, everything?
**[05:23] ---**
Her dignity as a creator, as well as
her position as "childhood friend."
**[05:28] ---**
I mean, Hashima-san had grown close to you,
so it was like she had an extremely high
**[05:34] ---**
initial likability stat in spite of the fact that
she had only recently appeared.
**[05:36] ---**
The sort who will confess her love for the
protagonist when he fails to conquer his intended girl...
**[05:41] ---**
That makes me so angry...
**[05:42] ---**
A "hidden savior heroine" should stay
hidden until the very end!
**[05:43] ---**
Senpai!
**[05:48] ---**
In any event, for the circle to overcome
this threat to its very existence,
**[05:52] ---**
you will have to work hard, Mr. Ethical.
**[05:54] ---**
What do you think I should I do?
**[05:56] ---**
Conquer the childhood friend heroine,
Mr. Wimp Protagonist... Mr. Ethical, rather.
**[06:02] ---**
That would have made for a
touching scene, but you wrecked it.
**[06:06] ---**
Hazy memories, fond recollections,
promises made as children...
**[06:10] ---**
Use every last childhood friend advantage
to raise Sawamura-san's flags.
**[06:15] ---**
Do you think she'll fall
for something that obvious?
**[06:18] ---**
I think it will work.
**[06:21] ---**
Aki-kun, you need to be the
heroine here, not the protagonist.
**[06:41] ---**
Eriri, daddy and I are leaving, okay?
**[06:45] ---**
Summer Comiket, day three! The final
day! The day of the sacred battle!
**[06:49] ---**
Yes, off to bask in works of
the "male-oriented" genre!
**[06:53] ---**
Have fun.
**[06:54] ---**
Oh, and about the party tonight...
**[06:57] ---**
I know.
**[06:58] ---**
I wouldn't dream of embarrassing daddy.
**[07:16] ---**
You're heading out already?
**[07:18] ---**
Yeah, I'm leaving.
**[07:21] ---**
To Summer Comiket day 3,
East A276, Egoistic Lily.
**[07:26] ---**
Do you think Sawamura-san will come?
**[07:29] ---**
Probably not, but I have to go.
**[07:33] ---**
Sure. Good luck.
**[07:35] ---**
Kato, thanks.
**[07:37] ---**
But I haven't done anything.
**[07:39] ---**
It was Kasumigaoka-senpai who
did all the work last night.
**[07:43] ---**
Maybe, but thanks all the same.
**[07:50] ---**
That reminds me, you need to come up
with a name for our circle soon.
**[07:54] ---**
Oh, you're right.
**[07:57] ---**
Well, I'm off.
**[07:59] ---**
Sure. See you later.
**[08:22] ---**
Iori.
**[08:23] ---**
My goodness! Tomoya-kun!
Funny seeing you here!
**[08:26] ---**
Uh, you've been watching me since I got here.
**[08:29] ---**
To what do I owe the honor of
you paying our space a visit?
**[08:33] ---**
I hate to break it to you, but I'm not
going to back down on Eri Kashiwagi.
**[08:37] ---**
I don't want you to back down.
I just want your help.
**[08:42] ---**
My help? Doing what?
**[08:44] ---**
What else? To drag Eriri back to my circle!
***SIGN*** Servis
**[10:13] ---**
Over here, Eriri!
**[10:22] ---**
What are you doing, Tomoya?
**[10:24] ---**
May I take you away from it all for a while, Eriri?
**[10:28] ---**
What are you–
**[10:29] ---**
Come into town with me!
**[10:38] ---**
Let's go, Eriri!
**[10:40] ---**
Aren't you embarrassed doing that?
**[10:41] ---**
Totally embarrassed! I could die of shame!
**[10:45] ---**
But I can't die, not yet!
**[10:47] ---**
I refuse to die until I've
patched things up with you!
**[11:10] ---**
All right, the plan will be
carried out tomorrow night.
**[11:12] ---**
I assume the location will be
Sawamura-san's balcony?
**[11:15] ---**
Every year, her family throws a party
the night of the fireworks display.
**[11:19] ---**
So that will be my only opportunity
to win her back.
**[11:21] ---**
Very well.
**[11:22] ---**
We'll base the situation on the fireworks
display event in Little Love Rhapsody.
**[11:26] ---**
Kato-san, can you play that scene right now?
**[11:30] ---**
Sure.
**[11:31] ---**
This plan will be designed to stimulate
**[11:33] ---**
past memories and nostalgia
to get her to make up with you.
**[11:36] ---**
Do you think it will work?
**[11:37] ---**
Don't worry.
**[11:38] ---**
Because Eriri Spencer Sawamura
is by nature a maiden!
**[11:43] ---**
She's a nerdy girl waiting for her otaku prince to
arrive in his white itasha and sweep her off her feet!
**[11:51] ---**
Can you believe that? Isn't that a bit
too romantic for a porn doujin artist?
**[11:54] ---**
I'm not so sure. Maybe she's a romantic
because she's a porn doujin artist.
**[11:58] ---**
Utaha-senpai is one thing,
but don't you join in, Kato! That's mean!
***SIGN*** Shimamura Grade School
**[12:10] ---**
I guess they built a new school
building since we left...
**[12:14] ---**
They rebuilt it the year before last, I think.
**[12:18] ---**
Oh.
**[12:23] ---**
Say, Eriri...
**[12:26] ---**
Why are you trying to make up now?
**[12:28] ---**
LitRhap was the first game that
I made you a convert to.
**[12:31] ---**
You're right. I never knew that girls'
dating sims were a thing before then.
**[12:35] ---**
But when I tried one, I had a blast playing it.
**[12:37] ---**
And then you turned another girl onto them.
Don't you think that's a betrayal?
**[12:44] ---**
Eriri...
**[12:46] ---**
I'm glad that you found a nice book!
**[12:48] ---**
And the girl who made it is both a childhood
friend and your #1 disciple?
**[12:53] ---**
How could anything top that?
**[12:55] ---**
I guess you don't need me anymore.
Just let her into the circle.
**[13:00] ---**
So leave me alone.
**[13:07] ---**
Sorry, Utaha-senpai. Sorry, Kato.
**[13:13] ---**
Eriri, hear me out!
**[13:19] ---**
There's something that I've never
been able to say to you.
**[13:22] ---**
Even if you apologize, it's too late.
**[13:27] ---**
For a long time now, I've felt–
**[13:30] ---**
That's no fair, playing that card now!
**[13:32] ---**
I've felt incredibly pissed at you!
**[13:37] ---**
Make up with you, my ass!
How can I do that?!
**[13:41] ---**
I can't forgive you, not after what you did!
**[13:43] ---**
What do you mean?
**[13:45] ---**
What's that supposed to mean?!
**[13:47] ---**
I'm the one who was wronged here!
What's this crap?!
**[13:51] ---**
You're the one who turned
your back on me, Eriri!
***SIGN*** Otaku Couple: Sawamura + Aki
***SIGN*** Little Love Rhapsody
***SIGN*** Class Meeting
***SIGN*** Little Love Rhapsody
**[14:37] ---**
Eight years ago,
**[14:39] ---**
you're the one who pretended you'd quit
being an otaku and made new friends
**[14:43] ---**
and abandoned me!
**[14:45] ---**
You...
**[14:48] ---**
You're still carrying a grudge
over a little thing like that?
**[14:50] ---**
"Little thing"?! How can you
call that a little thing?!
**[14:53] ---**
I didn't have a choice!
Back then, that's all I could do!
**[14:57] ---**
You think that excuses it?!
**[14:58] ---**
Was making new friends
that important to you?!
**[15:02] ---**
Was it more important than
talking to me about anime?!
**[15:05] ---**
Tomoya?
**[15:06] ---**
Do you have any idea how much
you meant to me back then?!
**[15:10] ---**
I'd made enemies of just about all the guys!
**[15:13] ---**
It was all to protect what we had!
**[15:17] ---**
Back then, you were all I had!
**[15:23] ---**
It took years, but I can finally
talk to people normally now!
**[15:28] ---**
But even so, I'll never forget how
badly you treated me back then!
**[15:32] ---**
That was... that was just you
getting carried away on your own!
**[15:36] ---**
Apologize!
**[15:39] ---**
I won't apologize.
**[15:40] ---**
No matter what happens,
I'll never apologize to you!
**[15:44] ---**
You don't know how much
I cried, Tomoya!
**[15:48] ---**
Eriri?
**[15:49] ---**
Because I severed ties with you and couldn't
talk to you at school and had to ignore you!
**[15:54] ---**
Because of how lonely, how frustrating,
and how painful it was!
**[15:57] ---**
I've suffered way more than you have!
**[15:59] ---**
All these years, I've had a
boomerang stuck in my heart!
**[16:03] ---**
So I have no reason to apologize!
**[16:04] ---**
Even though it was your own fault?!
**[16:06] ---**
Yeah! Is that so wrong?!
**[16:07] ---**
It is!
**[16:08] ---**
I couldn't care less!
You apologize to me!
**[16:11] ---**
Why?!
**[16:12] ---**
Why would you choose
that girl's book over mine?!
**[16:15] ---**
My popularity and ability and the amount of
time I've known you, they're all way higher!
**[16:20] ---**
Why wouldn't you pick me?!
**[16:26] ---**
I like what I like!
I don't care about our history!
**[16:31] ---**
Izumi-chan's book excites me more!
**[16:33] ---**
You're saying I'm inferior to that girl?
**[16:34] ---**
That's right!
**[16:36] ---**
You're beneath her!
Inferior to her! Not as good!
**[16:39] ---**
Even with all that hard work? Even though
I work myself into the ground?
**[16:43] ---**
Screw talent and hard work! The book you put
out at Summer Comiket today was a loser!
**[16:47] ---**
Right now, you don't have what it takes!
Not even close!
**[16:50] ---**
But I worked so hard...
**[16:53] ---**
I wore a mask outside,
but worked myself to death at home!
**[16:57] ---**
I wanted to get back at those
jerks who split us up!
**[17:00] ---**
I wanted to go back to how it was.
I thought I'd come so far...
**[17:05] ---**
You're right. You've come a long way.
**[17:08] ---**
You're fast and skilled and consistent.
**[17:11] ---**
So next, become great!
**[17:13] ---**
Let's see you become great and
fast and skilled and consistent!
**[17:17] ---**
How do I do that?!
I can't work any harder or any better!
**[17:20] ---**
How should I know?! It's your art!
Figure it out yourself!
**[17:24] ---**
That doesn't make any sense!
**[17:25] ---**
That's right! It's crazy!
**[17:27] ---**
So if you don't want to,
you don't have to become great!
**[17:30] ---**
I don't care if you're my #1!
***SIGN*** Egoistic Lily New edition is sold out!
***SIGN*** East Hall 5, Shi-46A Egoistic Lily Line Ends Here
**[18:07] ---**
Just watch me.
**[18:09] ---**
I'm gonna become your #1.
**[18:14] ---**
Until then, I'm never gonna apologize.
**[18:33] ---**
Whatever.
**[18:49] ---**
U-Uh, so, Eriri...
**[18:52] ---**
You twisting your ankle, that was lie, right?
**[18:56] ---**
You can walk, right?
**[18:57] ---**
A knight who pulled the princess away from
her castle doesn't get to complain.
**[19:05] ---**
But I guess we haven't made up.
**[19:10] ---**
I guess not.
**[19:12] ---**
We're still on the outs, aren't we?
**[19:25] ---**
Finished!
**[19:27] ---**
The circle banner illustration is done!
**[19:29] ---**
Show us, show us!
**[19:32] ---**
For you, that's almost pleasant, Sawamura-san.
**[19:34] ---**
Hey, wait a minute! Is it just me,
or is that girl not wearing anything?
**[19:39] ---**
It's fine, Kato-san.
**[19:41] ---**
I think I've perfectly captured the
figure of her model, meaning you.
**[19:45] ---**
That's not perfectly fine at all!
**[19:47] ---**
What are you saying? A real heroine
is one who strips when told to strip
**[19:50] ---**
and who breathes heavily
when told to breathe heavily.
**[19:55] ---**
Oh, I had no idea.
**[19:56] ---**
Relax, this is a game for everyone.
**[19:58] ---**
One more thing, Tomoya.
**[20:00] ---**
Put the finishing touch on it, Producer.
**[20:04] ---**
Sure.
**[20:09] ---**
"Blessing Software," huh?
**[20:12] ---**
Good name, huh?
**[20:14] ---**
For you, I guess.
**[20:16] ---**
Loosely translated, that's
"Megumi Software," though.
**[20:23] ---**
Um. Uh, I just thought–
**[22:01] ---**
Big brother, you know Eri Kashiwagi?
**[22:05] ---**
You also got to know her
without realizing it, Izumi.
**[22:08] ---**
Hey, wait a minute!
**[22:10] ---**
Why would an artist from a famous
circle draw something for me?
**[22:14] ---**
Actually, she says she's a longtime LitRhap fan
**[22:16] ---**
and that your doujinshi
really touched her.
**[22:20] ---**
Hang on, did you give Eri Kashiwagi
a copy of my book?!
**[22:24] ---**
No, it sounded like she stood
in line and bought it herself.
**[22:27] ---**
Why?! She should have introduced herself!
***SIGN*** To Izumi Hashima-san: Keep up the great work! Eri Kashiwagi (egoistic lily)
**[22:34] ---**
Oh, wow!
***SIGN*** To Izumi Hashima: I'm not about to lose! You bet your ass I'm gonna win! Eriri Spencer Sawamura