E1 - It's Smack in the Middle Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) SIGN    * D i s c l a i m e r SIGN    Many scenes in this program will appear to present a biased view of the people of Nagoya and the surrounding region. Please bear in mind that these scenes are strictly the opinions of the characters and may not represent reality, and enjoy it as a program filled with love for Nagoya. SIGN    Umezu Hideyuki      (Aichi Prefecture) [00:00] Umezu     Many scenes in this program will appear     to present a biased view [00:03] Umezu     of the people of Nagoya     and the surrounding region. [00:05] Umezu     Please bear in mind that these scenes     are strictly the opinions of the characters [00:07] Umezu     and may not represent reality, [00:08] Umezu     and enjoy it as a program     filled with love for Nagoya. SIGN    Yatoga SIGN    Jin Kaito          High school      second-year          Has joined the      photography club SIGN    Yatoga SIGN    Sasatsu Yanna          High school second-year          Photography club      president          Sleeps a lot SIGN    Yatoga SIGN    Tadakusa Mai     First-year     Loves cute things SIGN    Animago [00:17] Na     Sometimes Yatogame wonders... SIGN    Yatoga SIGN    Yatogame Monaka          High school first-year      who loves Nagoya SIGN    Hmmm [00:19] Na     Is Nagoya part of Kanto or Kansai? SIGN    Eastern Devil [00:21] Jin     Kansai, obviously! [00:22] Jin     The New Comedy Troupe plays     on Saturday afternoons, [00:24] Jin     and the food's super rich! [00:25] Jin     It's clearly in Kansai! SIGN    Western Devil [00:27] Yato     Nah, it's Kanto! [00:28] Yato     There's no Kansai dialect,     the people are proud, [00:30] Yato     and they say "Mac" instead of "McD's"! [00:32] Yato     That makes it Kanto! Not that I'd know! [00:33] Jin     Kansai! SIGN    Eastern Devil [00:34] Yato     Kanto! SIGN    Western Devil [00:35] Yato     Quit tryin' to dump Nagoya     off on each other! [00:37] Jin     Where'd that come from?! [00:38] Jin     You wondered if Nagoya     was in Kanto or Kansai? [00:41] Mai     Aichi, Gifu, and Mie are sometimes     called Tokai, Chubu, SIGN    "It's Smack in the Middle" [00:43] Mai     and even Chukyo. [00:45] Yato     Yep. [00:46] Yanna     I hear that a lot, but what's it mean? SIGN    Kyoto SIGN    Nagoya SIGN    Tokyo [00:48] Mai     Apparently it's because the region     is right between Kyoto and Tokyo. [00:52] Yanna     Oh, so Chukyo is the "kyo" of Kyoto,     the "kyo" of Tokyo, and "chu" for "middle"! [00:55] Yanna     That makes sense! [00:56] Rara     Stop! [00:57] Rara     Shizuoka gets left behind     as part of the Tokai region as it is! SIGN    Yatoga MEMO SIGN    Shonai Rara     Photography club advisor     Is often left out SIGN    °Chukyo includes only Aichi, Gifu, and Mie [01:00] Rara     It'll never fit into Chukyo! [01:03] Rara     I'm hardcore opposed to Chukyo! [01:05] Jin     Opposing it won't help... [01:06] Yato     Still, there ain't no denyin'     Nagoya's smack in the middle of Japan! [01:09] Jin     No, Japan's center is Tokyo. [01:11] Mai     Yatogame-chan, I think Gifu's the one     at the center of Japan. [01:15] Yato     Wha?! [01:15] Mai     Assuming everyone in Japan weighs the same, [01:18] Mai     the location where it strikes     the best balance is Gifu! SIGN    Gifu Prefecture [01:20] Mai     It's Gujo! SIGN    Gujo [01:21] Jin     Why the heck would you base it on that?! SIGN    Nihon Manmannaka Center [01:23] Mai     Above all, Nihon Manmannaka     Center is there! [01:25] Jin     That's a bold name! [01:27] Rara     It's Shizuoka!     It's right in the middle of the Tokaido! [01:29] Yanna     Nah, it's Mie! [01:30] Yanna     It formed the Republic of Central Japan     with Gifu and some others! [01:32] Mai     It's Gifu! [01:33] Yato     It's Nagoya! [01:34] Jin     Argh! Quit talking over each other! [01:35] Jin     I'll just look it up online! SIGN    Shibukawa City, Gunma Prefecture:          The center when you make a circle     stretching from Hokkaido to Kyushu. SIGN    Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture:          The intersection when you draw lines from     the northernmost point and the southernmost     point, and the Pacific coast to the Sea of      Japan coast, and connect their centers. SIGN    Nirasaki City, Yamanashi Prefecture:          The intersection when you draw lines from the     northernmost point and the southernmost point,     and the easternmost point to the westernmost point. SIGN    Nishiwaki City, Hyogo Prefecture:          Located at exactly 135 degrees east and 35 degrees north SIGN    Ogawa Village, Nagano Prefecture:          The center if Honshu were represented as a single flat board. [01:43] Jin     I think I don't really care anymore. [01:45] Yato     Yep! [01:45] Mai     Agreed! [01:46] Rara     Want some tea? [01:47] Yanna     I want mine hot! SIGN    Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki Volume 4 SIGN    Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki Volume 4 SIGN    Yatoga SIGN    Dobe Serura          Middle school third-year          Wants to go to Tokyo          Easily gets     the wrong idea [02:19] Mom     Serura-chan, how was your     high school orientation? [02:23] Serura     Oh, that school was super non-evo. SIGN    Yatoga MEMO SIGN    Serura's mom          Has the talent to be     a helicopter mother [02:25] Serura     And the photography club     had some real scary folks! [02:27] Serura     They tricked my friend! [02:29] Mom     Really? [02:30] Serura     Really! I was like, please     do somethin' about this! [02:33] Serura     So please let me go to school in Tokyo— [02:35] Mom     Not a chance! Do you know     how much that would cost? [02:37] Serura     You're so stingy!     Our family's rich, ain't it?! [02:40] Mom     We're rich because we're stingy. [02:42] Serura     You only pay Tsuji 800 yen     per hour to work for us! SIGN    Yatoga MEMO SIGN    Tsuji Masahide     Butler serving the Dobe family     Forces Serura to see reality     Highly skilled attendant [02:45] Tsuji     I do receive a bit more than that. [02:47] Mom     Honestly... [02:48] Mom     Tsuji, contact that     school's chairman for me. [02:51] Tsuji     Certainly. [02:52] Mom     Serura-chan's friend was put in danger. [02:55] Mom     We might just have to get     that photography club shut down.