E23 - The Dream Begins

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[00:03] Gu
    Like I said,
[00:04] Gu
    the gyro is too sensitive this way.
[00:07] Gu
    If you want to prioritize visual tracking,
[00:09] Gu
    you need to loosen this parameter a bit.
[00:12] K
    But then, won't it lag during sudden motions?
[00:16] Gu
    You just have to hope your learning program
    in the optimizer can keep up with it, Kazu.
[00:22] A
    Are we done yet?
[00:23] A
    Lunch break is almost over.
[00:25] Gu
    These will do for default settings, I think.
[00:29] Gu
    Okay, Yuuki-san, can you hear me?
[00:32] Z
    Yep, I can hear you just fine.
[00:34] K
    All right, I'm about to initialize the lens.
[00:38] K
    When your vision clears, says something.
[00:41] Z
    Roger that.
[00:46] Z
    There!
[00:47] K
    Okay, we're done.
[00:49] K
    Asuna, I installed stabilizers, but try
    not to make sudden movements.
[00:55] A
    Right!
SIGN    Beginning of a Dream
[02:32] Z
    What a huge courtyard!
[02:34] A
    I'm sorry, Yuuki...
[02:36] A
    I wanted to show you the school first,
     but lunch is nearly over.
[02:41] Z
    It's okay.
[02:41] Z
    I can't wait to watch the class, too.
[02:44] A
    Okay, let's go say hi to our next teacher!
SIGN    Faculty Office
[02:51] A
    What's wrong?
[02:52] Z
    I never liked the Faculty Office.
[02:57] A
    It's all right.
[02:58] A
    None of the teachers in this
    school seem like teachers.
[03:01] A
    Excuse me!
[03:03] Z
    Excuse me!
[03:06] A
    About what I told you yesterday...
[03:09] Gu
    It's fine.
[03:11] Gu
    So, what's this student's name?
[03:15] Z
    It's Yuuki. Konno Yuuki.
[03:19] Gu
    Konno-san, come for classes whenever you like.
[03:23] Gu
    Starting today, we're reading
    Akutagawa's "The Truck."
[03:26] Gu
    It's boring unless you go all the way to the end.
[03:29] Z
    O-Okay... Thank you!
[03:32] Gu
    Sure.
[03:35] A
    Thanks.
[03:58] A
    Yuuki-san, is that...
[04:00] Z
    How do you know my name?
[04:02] A
    No...
[04:04] A
    It's my last name.
[04:05] Z
    Oh, right! Sorry, sorry!
[04:07] A
    This is Konno Yuuki-san.
[04:09] A
    Right now, she can't leave the hospital,
[04:12] A
    so she decided to attend class like this, with us.
[04:15] Z
    I'm Yuuki.
[04:16] Z
    I'll be staying with you for a while.
[04:19] Gu
    Wow!
[04:20] Gi
    Nice to meet you!
[04:21] Gu
    I'm Kouta. Nice to meet you.
[04:22] Z
    Yeah, nice to meet you.
     Nice to meet you, too.
[04:35] Gi
    Stand.
[04:36] Gi
    Bow.
[04:38] Gi
    Sit.
[04:41] Gu
    So starting today, we'll be using
    page 97 of the textbook.
SIGN    Akutagawa Ryuunosuke
    
    "The Truck"
[04:46] Gu
    Akutagawa Ryuunosuke's "The Truck."
[04:50] Gu
    Let's start by reading it.
[04:53] Gu
    Konno Yuuki-san, can you do it?
[04:57] Z
    Huh?!
[04:58] ---
    U-Um...
[05:01] ---
    You can't?
[05:02] Z
    I c-can read it.
[05:07] A
    Yuuki, can you read it?
[05:10] Z
    Of course.
[05:11] Z
    I've done a lot of studying on my own.
[05:19] Z
    "The construction of a rail line
    between Odawara and Atami
[05:24] ---
    began when Ryouhei was eight.
[05:27] Z
    Every day, Ryouhei would leave the village
[05:29] ---
    to go and watch the construction.
[05:31] Z
    More specifically, the trucks carrying the dirt.
[05:37] ---
    That was what he wanted to see.
[05:40] Z
    Two workmen rode on the truck,
    behind the pile of dirt.
[05:45] Z
    Since the truck was descending a mountain,
[05:48] ---
    it didn't need anyone's help to move.
[05:50] Z
    The chassis would shake from the speed,
[05:53] ---
    the cuffs of the laborers' jackets would flap,
[05:55] Z
    and the tiny road would bend and twist.
[05:58] Z
    Ryouhei would watch it go,
[06:01] ---
    and sometimes he'd think
    he'd like to be a laborer.
[06:04] Z
    At least, he would sometimes think
[06:06] ---
    he wanted to ride the truck with the laborers."
[06:14] Gi
    You're so good at reading, Yuuki-san!
[06:16] Gi
    Hey, have you already gone around the school?
[06:18] Gi
    We'll show you around.
[06:20] A
    W-Wait a second...
[06:21] Gu
    Hey, are you into soccer?
[06:24] Z
    Thanks, everyone.
[06:26] Z
    That was fun.
[06:28] A
    I'm glad.
[06:30] Z
    Asuna, thanks so much for today.
[06:33] Z
    It was so much fun.
[06:35] Z
    I'll never forget this.
[06:42] A
    What are you saying?
[06:44] A
    The teacher said you can come every day.
[06:47] A
    Tomorrow's Modern Japanese
    class goes until third period.
[06:49] A
    Don't be late.
[06:51] Z
    Yeah.
[06:52] A
    Anyway, is there anything else you want to see?
[06:56] Z
    Um...
[06:58] Z
    Actually, there is one place.
[07:01] A
    Where?
[07:08] A
    This town is so pretty, Yuuki...
[07:11] A
    The sky is so clear.
[07:13] Z
    Yeah. I'm sorry, Asuna.
[07:16] Z
    It was really selfish of me to ask this.
[07:18] Z
    Is it okay for you not to go home?
[07:20] A
    It's fine.
[07:21] A
    I sent them a text message.
[07:23] A
    So where do you want to go, Yuuki?
[07:25] Z
    Well...
[07:43] A
    Is Tsukimidai around here?
[07:46] Z
    Yeah.
[07:47] Z
    When you turn up ahead,
    stop beside the white house.
[07:59] A
    This is your house, right?
[08:02] Z
    Yeah.
[08:04] Z
    I never thought I'd see it again.
[08:08] Z
    Thank you, Asuna, for bringing me here.
[08:12] A
    Want to go inside?
[08:14] Z
    No, this is plenty.
[08:17] Z
    Okay, we need to go home, or you'll be late.
[08:20] A
    I still have a little time.
[08:26] A
    I only lived here for less than a year.
[08:30] A
    But I remember each day so well.
[08:35] A
    I'd always run around that garden with my sister.
[08:39] A
    We'd have barbecues, and one time,
    I made a bookcase with my dad!
[08:43] A
    It was so much fun.
[08:45] A
    That's really nice...
[08:46] Z
    But they're tearing down this house.
[08:50] A
    Why?
[08:51] Z
    My grandma says she wants to either sell it
     or turn it into a convenience store.
[08:55] A
    But...
[08:56] Z
    So I wanted to see it one final time.
[09:00] A
    Then let's do this.
[09:02] A
    You're fifteen now, right?
[09:05] A
    When you're sixteen, marry someone you like.
[09:08] A
    And then they'll protect this house forever.
[09:14] Z
    Asuna, that's crazy!
[09:17] Z
    But too bad... I don't think
    I have anyone I could marry.
[09:20] A
    N-No?
[09:22] A
    You were getting along well with Jun.
[09:24] Z
    No way, he's such a kid!
[09:27] Z
    Hmm...
[09:29] Z
    I know... Asuna, want to marry me?
[09:33] Z
    But you'll have to be the wife.
[09:36] Z
    Otherwise, my name will be "Yuuki Yuuki."
[09:42] A
    B-But I don't think two girls...
[09:44] Z
    Sorry, sorry. It was a joke.
[09:46] Z
    You already have someone
    you care about, don't you?
[09:49] A
    Well... Yeah...
[09:52] Z
    You should be careful.
[09:54] Z
    I get the feeling that he lives outside
    reality in a different way than I do.
[10:00] Z
    Thank you so much, Asuna.
[10:03] Z
    I'm really satisfied that I got
    to see this house again.
[10:08] Z
    When I lived in that house,
[10:11] ---
    my mother would always say
    this to me after prayers,
[10:17] ---
    "God does not give us more
    suffering than we can bear."
[10:24] ---
    But I was a little dissatisfied with that.
[10:27] ---
    I always wanted to hear her words, not the Bible's.
[10:35] ---
    But seeing this house again, I understand.
[10:40] ---
    It wasn't the words themselves.
[10:41] ---
    Mom was surrounding me with her feelings.
[10:44] ---
    She was always praying, so that I could keep
[10:48] ---
    moving forward until the end.
[10:51] ---
    I finally understand that.
[10:55] A
    I...
[10:56] A
    I haven't been able to hear my mother's
    voice for a long time, either.
[11:00] A
    Even when I face her and talk
    to her, I can't hear her voice.
[11:04] A
    And she doesn't hear what I'm saying.
[11:07] A
    Before, you said that there
[11:09] ---
    are things you can only share by fighting.
[11:13] A
    How can I be strong like you?
[11:17] Z
    I'm not strong... Not at all.
[11:20] A
    That isn't true.
[11:21] A
    You don't get scared by, or flinch at,
    what other people feel like I do.
[11:26] A
    You don't ever do that.
[11:29] A
    You seem so natural.
[11:32] Z
    But you know,
[11:33] Z
    when I was in the real world,
[11:36] Z
    I was always pretending to be someone I wasn't.
[11:40] Z
    I always thought I had to act cheerful,
[11:42] ---
    so Mom and Dad wouldn't be sad.
[11:46] A
    Yuuki...
[11:48] Z
    But I think it's fine to act.
[11:52] Z
    If that means you spend more time smiling,
[11:55] Z
    it's just fine.
[11:58] Z
    I don't have much time left, you know.
[12:01] Z
    It feels like I don't have time to waste on stuff.
[12:06] Z
    I always say exactly what I'm feeling,
[12:09] Z
    and if they don't like me, that's fine!
[12:12] Z
    It doesn't change the fact that
    I was close to their hearts.
[12:17] A
    You're right.
[12:19] A
    That was the reason we got
    so close in only a few days.
[12:25] Z
    No, that wasn't me.
[12:28] Z
    It was because, even when I ran,
    you tried your hardest to catch me.
[12:33] Z
    So why not talk to your mom like you did to me?
[12:38] Z
    If you try to share how you feel,
[12:40] Z
    I think you'll be able to.
[12:44] Z
    It's okay.
[12:46] Z
    You're a lot stronger than I am!
[12:48] Z
    It's true!
[12:52] A
    Yuuki...
[12:55] Z
    You hit me with everything you had,
[12:58] Z
    so I decided I could trust you
    with everything I had!
[13:04] A
    Thank you.
[13:05] A
    Thank you, Yuuki...
[13:24] Z
    If you try to share how you feel,
[13:26] Z
    I think you'll be able to.
[13:29] Z
    It's okay.
[13:30] Z
    You can do it, Asuna!
[13:36] K
    Come in.
[13:50] K
    You're late.
[13:52] A
    I'm sorry.
[13:53] K
    If you want something to eat,
[13:55] K
    take something from the fridge.
[13:58] K
    Tomorrow's the last day for that
    transfer test I told you about.
[14:03] K
    Have the paperwork ready by morning.
[14:05] A
    About that...
[14:09] A
    I need to talk to you, Mom.
[14:12] K
    Out with it.
[14:13] A
    It's hard to explain here.
[14:15] K
    Then where can you say it?
[14:21] A
    The virtual world.
[14:23] A
    It doesn't have to be for long,
[14:25] A
    but I want you to come somewhere with me.
[14:29] K
    No!
[14:30] K
    I don't want to hear something
    you can't say face-to-face.
[14:35] A
    Please, Mother!
[14:36] A
    There's something I really want to show you!
[14:38] A
    Just five minutes!
[14:41] A
    Please.
[14:42] A
    Right here, I can't tell you what
    I'm thinking and what I feel.
[14:49] A
    It doesn't have to be more than once.
[14:50] A
    I want you to see my world!
[15:00] K
    Just five minutes.
[15:03] K
    But no matter what you say,
[15:05] K
    I have no intention of letting you
    attend that school next year.
[15:10] K
    And when we're done, you're filling
    out that paperwork.
[15:14] A
    All right.
[15:16] K
    What do I do with this?
[15:22] A
    Get into a position where you can relax.
[15:24] A
    Once I turn on the power, it will automatically
    connect to my sub-account.
[15:31] A
    Once you're inside, wait for me.
[15:34] A
    I'll turn on the power.
[15:46] A
    Link start!
[16:03] K
    This is pretty strange.
[16:06] K
    Having a face that isn't yours move when you do.
[16:10] K
    And I feel strangely light.
[16:12] A
    Of course you do...
[16:14] A
    That avatar's weight is set
    at forty kilograms or so.
[16:18] A
    It should be very different than your real weight.
[16:20] K
    That's rude.
[16:21] K
    I'm not that heavy.
[16:24] K
    Come to think of it, you look the same
    as you do on the other side.
[16:28] A
    Yeah, I guess.
[16:30] K
    But the real thing seems a little pudgier.
[16:34] A
    Now you're being rude, Mom!
[16:36] A
    It's the exact same as reality!
[16:42] K
    You're running out of time.
[16:44] K
    What did you want to show me?
[16:45] A
    Come here.
[17:17] A
    Well? Don't you think it looks really similar?
[17:19] K
    Really similar to what?
[17:22] K
    They're just some stupid cedar trees—
[17:26] A
    Doesn't it remind you of Grandma
    and Grandpa's house?
[17:34] A
    I loved my grandma and grandpa's house in Miyagi.
[18:05] A
    Do you remember what happened over
    Obon, when I was in seventh grade?
[18:09] A
    You and the rest of the family went to Kyoto,
[18:11] A
    but I went to Miyagi on my own.
[18:15] K
    I do.
[18:17] A
    I apologized to Grandma and Grandpa then.
[18:21] A
    "I'm sorry that Mom can't
    come to visit the graves."
[18:24] K
    There was a service I absolutely had
    to attend with the main family.
[18:30] A
    No, I'm not blaming you.
[18:33] A
    Grandpa said that you were their treasure.
[18:45] A
    You left the village, went to school,
    became an academic,
[18:48] A
    contributed to lots of magazines,
    and kept getting bigger and bigger.
[18:52] A
    That made them really happy.
[18:55] A
    After that, Grandpa added,
[18:58] A
    "But someday, your mom might
    get tired and want to stop."
[19:04] A
    And said that they would protect the
    mountain and the house forever,
[19:11] A
    so if you ever wanted a place to go, you had one.
[19:21] A
    Lately, I finally think I understand
    what he was saying.
[19:28] A
    Life isn't just about doing things for yourself.
[19:32] A
    It's possible to live in such a way
    that other people's happiness
[19:36] ---
    makes you happy, too.
[19:40] A
    I want to live in a way that makes
    all the people around me happy.
[19:46] A
    I want to live in a way that lets
    me support those around me
[19:49] ---
    when they get tired.
[19:52] A
    And for that,
[19:53] ---
    I want to keep doing my best
[19:56] ---
    with my studies and other
    things at the school I love!
[20:22] A
    Mom?
[20:23] K
    Hey, what is this?
[20:26] K
    I'm not crying...
[20:30] A
    Mom...
[20:32] A
    In this world, you can't hide your tears.
[20:35] A
    When you want to cry, you can't stifle it.
[20:40] K
    What an inconvenient world.
[21:15] A
    Good morning, Mom.
[21:16] K
    Good morning.
[21:21] K
    You're prepared to support someone
    for the rest of your life, aren't you?
[21:28] A
    But to do that, you have to be strong yourself.
[21:35] A
    You need to go to university.
[21:37] A
    And for that,
[21:39] ---
    you need to raise your grades for
    third trimester and next year.
[21:44] K
    Mom...
[21:45] A
    Then I don't have to transfer?
[21:47] K
    I told you...
[21:49] K
    That depends on your grades.
[21:53] K
    Work hard.
[22:00] A
    Thank you, Mom...
[22:04] A
    Thank you, Yuuki.
[22:12] A
    I'll be back.
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