E11 - Blume der Liebe

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SIGN    Please write the name of the candidate who you believe
     is most suited to become the Blume der Liebe.
    Kanoko Amamiya-san
    Liebe Girls' Academy Blume Election Committee
[01:39] (Flashback) Kanoko
    I will always be her friend.
[01:41] (Flashback) Kanoko
    That's what I want.
[01:43] Sumika
    Kanoko-chan isn't trying to
    break anything anymore.
[01:46] Sumika
    But still, I want to stop her.
[01:48] (Flashback) Kanoko
    Love confessions or things
     like that won't ever happen.
[01:52] Sumika
    There's nothing for me to stop anymore.
[01:57] Sumika
    So what is it that I'm trying to stop...?
[02:01] Mai
    Have you finished counting?
[02:02] Mitsuki
    Hime's final week count was 58 votes.
[02:05] Sumika
    Kanoko-chan got 41.
[02:07] Mai
    All right, understood.
[02:09] Mai
    And now, adding up the student votes...
[02:13] Mai
    Okay! Blume election vote count, complete!
[02:18] Mai
    Here are the results.
[02:20] Sumika
    Huh?
[02:22] Mitsuki
    I understand.
[02:23] Sumika
    Are you sure you got
    the student vote count correct?
[02:26] Mai
    Of course!
SIGN    Please write the name of the candidate who you believe
     is most suited to become the Blume der Liebe.
[02:28] Mai
    I don't think it's surprising at all.
SIGN    Sumika Tachibana
SIGN    Liebe Girls' Academy Kanoko Amamiya, 1st Year
SIGN    Please write the name of the candidate who you believe
     is most suited to become the Blume der Liebe.
[02:35] Sumika
    I'll let the other two know the results.
[02:37] Mai
    Yes.
[02:44] Mai
    Are you satisfied with the results?
[02:47] Mitsuki
    Huh?! Um, no, of course I feel
    I could have done better!
[02:51] Mai
    I suppose. You won the guest votes, but...
SIGN    Total
SIGN    Blume Election Vote Tally
SIGN    Sumika Tachibana Mitsuki Ayanokouji Kanoko Amamiya Hime Shirasagi
SIGN    Mid-Election
SIGN    Final Week
SIGN    Guest Vote Total
SIGN    Student Votes
SIGN    Tachibana, Amamiya, Mikoshiba
SIGN    Shirasagi
SIGN    Ayanokouji
SIGN    Student Vote Total
[02:54] Mai
    There was an upset with the student votes.
[03:00] (Flashback) Kanoko
    Please leave me alone.
[03:10] Hime
    Tachibana-san, are you finished
    counting the votes?
[03:13] Hime
    How did it turn out?
[03:14] Sumika
    Huh? Oh... Um...
[03:17] Sumika
    I'm the Blume! Support me
     for the next year, okay?
[03:21] Hime
    Congratulations!
[03:22] Sumika
    Thanks. I'll make the official
    announcement tomorrow.
[03:26] Sumika
    I'll reveal the new Blume rule then, too.
[03:28] Hime
    That must mean Yano-san got overtaken.
[03:32] Hime
    That's too bad.
[03:33] Sumika
    Yeah, you were rooting for Yano-chan.
[03:35] Hime
    Yes! We're sisters, after all.
    And I voted for her, too.
[03:39] Hime
    But, still...
[03:41] Hime
    Maybe I should have started
    supporting her earlier.
[03:46] Sumika
    Kanoko-chan, about all this...
[03:49] Sumika
    Can we talk alone?
[03:53] Hime
    Kanoko?
[03:55] Sumika
    I just have a quick question.
[03:57] Sumika
    I won't take up your time at all.
[03:59] Hime
    If that's the case, does it have to be today?
[04:03] Hime
    Kanoko doesn't seem comfortable.
[04:06] Sumika
    Yeah. You're right.
[04:09] Sumika
    It's actually not a "quick question" at all.
[04:12] Sumika
    I don't want to make you
    uncomfortable, Kanoko-chan.
[04:16] Sumika
    I have to apologize to you,
    about the things I said to you the other day.
[04:22] Sumika
    I'm sorry. I want you to
    forget I even said that.
[04:25] Sumika
    I was wrong to ask you to give up.
[04:31] Sumika
    I just wanted to tell you that.
[04:34] Sumika
    Sorry to make you uncomfortable.
[04:39] Sumika
    See you later, Kanoko-chan.
[04:40] Sumika
    I hope we'll be back on
    friendly terms tomorrow.
[04:47] Hime
    Tachibana-san, you did something
    to make her uncomfortable, right?
[04:51] Hime
    If that's the case, aren't you
     being a bit too one-sided?
[04:55] Hime
    Kanoko's been behaving weirdly lately.
[04:57] Hime
    Why can't you...
[04:59] Hime
    Um...
[05:02] Hime
    Could you be a bit more friendly
    with Kanoko, please?
[05:09] Sumika
    I see.
[05:11] Sumika
    Hime-chan. Maybe that part of you is...
[05:17] Sumika
    Yeah, I really want to talk today.
[05:19] Sumika
    You know why we can't
    do this tomorrow, right?
[05:22] Hime
    Wait, how does that make sense?!
[05:24] Sumika
    If you want me to be more friendly
    with Kanoko-chan, we need to be alone.
[05:29] Hime
    But she isn't comfortable with that.
[05:32] Hime
    Besides, what did you say to Kanoko?
[05:34] Hime
    It's almost like you're threatening her!
[05:37] Kanoko
    Hime-chan!
[05:38] Kanoko
    Stop, please...
[05:41] Hime
    Oh...
[05:45] Sumika
    Sorry, I was being too forceful.
[05:48] Sumika
    Hime-chan, I know you're in
     the dark about a lot of things here.
[05:51] Sumika
    But that's simply my fault.
[05:53] Sumika
    Please don't blame Kanoko-chan.
[06:04] Hime
    Well, you heard her.
    What do you want to do, Kanoko?
[06:16] Nene
    Good work today. Can I use the dressing room?
[06:20] Sumika
    Yano-chan should be alone in there,
    so you can go ahead, Nene-san.
[06:24] Nene
    Thanks.
[06:28] Nene
    So the first-years left already.
[06:32] Nene
    Oh, by the way, congrats on winning Blume.
[06:42] Sumika
    Getting that reaction
    with such little effort.
[06:46] Sumika
    Not fair.
[06:52] Kanoko
    Tachibana-san.
[06:54] Kanoko
    About what you said... Are you saying
     you won't interfere anymore?
[07:03] Sumika
    Oh, good. You're talking to me again.
[07:06] Sumika
    Have a seat. I'll listen to anything.
[07:09] Kanoko
    Enough already. Please just tell me
    what it is you want to say.
[07:16] Sumika
    I don't understand what you want to do.
[07:20] Sumika
    Like I told you,
[07:21] Sumika
    I'm going to create a new Blume rule
    where you can't quit being sisters.
[07:25] Sumika
    So why did you vote for me?
[07:28] Kanoko
    It's still better than her becoming Blume.
[07:31] Kanoko
    It's wrong for Hime-chan to support her.
[07:36] Sumika
    So, you're okay with my Blume rule?
[07:39] Kanoko
    I am. If that's what matters to you.
[07:44] Kanoko
    The only thing that
    matters to me is Hime-chan.
[07:48] Kanoko
    Let's stay out of each other's way.
[07:51] Sumika
    I don't get it. You say she's important,
[07:54] Sumika
    but you won't tell Hime-chan
    the reason you voted that way, right?
[07:58] Kanoko
    I'll just tell her I want to
    support Tachibana-san.
[08:01] Sumika
    Earlier, when Hime-chan was supporting
    Yano-chan, you were the same.
[08:06] Sumika
    You're always being jealous alone.
[08:10] Sumika
    You want to continue being in love with
    someone but still hide things from them?
[08:16] Kanoko
    Now what do you want?! Are you
    going to end up interfering again?!
[08:20] Sumika
    Listen.
[08:20] Sumika
    This time it's different. I want to help you.
[08:24] Kanoko
    Help?
[08:26] Sumika
    During the entire Blume period,
    I was watching you.
[08:31] Sumika
    I realized just how much you love Hime-chan.
[08:35] Sumika
    You're always looking at her,
[08:37] Sumika
    jealous of the people around her.
[08:39] Sumika
    Every time I tried to stop
    that love of yours,
[08:42] Sumika
    I ended up making you cry.
[08:46] Sumika
    But you keep saying you won't confess.
[08:49] Sumika
    You want to hide that love from
    Hime-chan too, and stay friends.
[08:54] Sumika
    Doesn't that mean...
    You're stopping your own love by yourself?
[08:59] Sumika
    That's what I don't understand.
    What's making you do that?
[09:05] Kanoko
    Let me go—
[09:09] Sumika
    I've been told I don't understand romance,
[09:12] Sumika
    so maybe I'm just way off.
[09:15] Sumika
    But if continuing to hide it is too tough,
[09:18] Sumika
    I want to be the one who lends you an ear.
[09:24] Kanoko
    Tachibana-san...
[09:26] Kanoko
    You're too forceful.
[09:32] Kanoko
    You're overly familiar,
    never serious, the typical "gyaru."
[09:37] Kanoko
    But you found out about Hime-chan...
[09:41] Kanoko
    and you accepted that it was romance.
[09:45] Kanoko
    Before you tried to end it,
    you treated it as a real, existing thing.
[09:51] Kanoko
    So, maybe it's okay with you.
[09:55] Kanoko
    Maybe it's okay to tell you about Hime-chan.
[10:00] Sumika
    Tell me.
[10:03] Sumika
    That's what I said from the beginning, right?
[10:09] Kanoko
    Hime-chan...
[10:11] Kanoko
    can never love a person.
[10:18] Sumika
    Never love a person?
[10:21] Kanoko
    I'm Hime-chan's only friend.
    She'll never make any other friends.
[10:27] Sumika
    It doesn't appear that way.
[10:30] Sumika
    Doesn't she have many friends?
[10:34] Kanoko
    It's true that she's liked by many people,
[10:36] Kanoko
    but she's just pretending to be friendly.
[10:40] Kanoko
    Hime-chan doesn't show
    true affection to anyone.
[10:43] Kanoko
    It's even more true when
     it comes to romance.
[10:45] Kanoko
    People confess to her all the time,
    but she turns them down and ends it there.
[10:50] Kanoko
    Hime-chan has no interest in romance.
[10:54] Sumika
    She doesn't seem like she's that cold...
[10:58] Kanoko
    She never shows her true face.
[11:02] Kanoko
    Everyone loves her for what they see,
[11:05] Kanoko
    but Hime-chan never loves anyone.
[11:09] Kanoko
    I've watched her quietly distance herself
    from all the affection she gets from people.
[11:15] Kanoko
    That's how she treats everyone else.
[11:18] Kanoko
    I'm the only person
    who's special to Hime-chan.
[11:23] Kanoko
    That's why I'll never confess.
[11:26] Kanoko
    I'll stay this way, as her friend!
[11:29] Kanoko
    Nothing needs to change!
[11:32] Kanoko
    I don't want to be "everyone else"!
[11:39] Sumika
    So that's why you want to
    maintain the status quo?
[11:44] Kanoko
    Huh?
[11:46] Kanoko
    I revealed it...
    Hime-chan's precious secret...
[11:50] Kanoko
    You won't tell anyone, right?!
[11:52] Kanoko
    Nobody can find out!
[11:54] Kanoko
    Not even Hime-chan!
[11:55] Kanoko
    You said you'll help me, right?!
[12:00] Sumika
    I won't tell.
[12:03] Sumika
    You can trust me a little more than that.
[12:06] Sumika
    I wasn't going to make her
    give up anymore, but...
[12:09] Sumika
    Kanoko-chan's love is too fruitless.
[12:13] Sumika
    If what she said about Hime-chan is true,
[12:15] Sumika
    she gets to stay by her side, but at the cost
    of hiding and repressing her love forever,
[12:23] Sumika
    and never seeing it come true.
[12:26] (Flashback) Nene
    If she knows what she's getting into,
    nobody has a right to stop her.
[12:32] Kanoko
    Tachibana-san,
[12:34] Kanoko
    you're saying "don't bring romance
    into this" to the wrong person.
[12:39] Kanoko
    Yano-san is in love with Hime-chan.
[12:42] Sumika
    Huh?
[12:43] Kanoko
    But it's weird. She won't get
    turned down by Hime-chan.
[12:49] Kanoko
    Hime-chan won't even notice.
[12:51] Kanoko
    Hime-chan has been weird
    ever since she appeared.
[12:55] Sumika
    Yano-chan? But that was all an act...
[13:00] (Flashback) Mitsuki
    I love you.
[13:02] (Flashback) Mitsuki
    So that's what you were thinking back then.
[13:05] (Flashback) Mitsuki
    I'm sorry I made you go through that.
[13:11] Sumika
    How stupid am I?!
[13:13] Sumika
    That's why Kanoko-chan has
    been so wary Yano-chan...
[13:16] Sumika
    Watching Hime-chan change like that,
[13:19] Sumika
    I'm sure it was difficult
    for her to stay the same.
[13:23] Sumika
    Soon, one of them would...
[13:25] Kanoko
    I'd like you to tell Yano-san to
    not bring romance into this too,
[13:29] Kanoko
    but it's too late for that, right?
[13:32] Kanoko
    I understand that you don't want to
    damage the relationships in the salon.
[13:38] Kanoko
    Since we're both trying to
    maintain the status quo,
[13:41] Kanoko
    let's both refrain from taking any action.
[13:44] Mai
    Phew, good work.
[13:47] Mai
    The Blume period is over for the kitchen.
[13:51] Nene
    Mai-san, are you aware of what Sumika
    and the others are arguing about?
[13:55] Mai
    Ah. Well, mostly.
[13:58] Nene
    I only heard it's romance-related.
[14:01] Mai
    Are you worried?
[14:02] Nene
    Well, she's always driven by
    concern for others.
[14:06] Nene
    She never sees what she herself is feeling.
[14:09] Mai
    Hmm.
[14:10] Nene
    On top of that, she's trying to meddle
    in other people's romance.
[14:15] Nene
    I hope she doesn't go too far.
[14:18] Nene
    I sometimes wonder what
    she's even trying to achieve.
[14:20] Mai
    Yeah, but that's how it is.
[14:24] Mai
    I hope Sumika-san herself realizes
    what it is she wants to do.
[14:32] Nene
    Right.
[14:35] Sumika
    Kanoko-chan, are you going to stay in love,
    just the way you were?
[14:41] Kanoko
    Of course. Why would I give up on Hime-chan?
[14:46] Kanoko
    I won't change anything.
[14:48] Sumika
    But still... There has to be
    some way for me to help you!
[14:55] Kanoko
    There's nothing more I want from you.
[14:58] Kanoko
    Thank you for today.
[15:01] Kanoko
    Talking to you helped me see better.
[15:04] Kanoko
    I'll continue to not say
     anything to Hime-chan,
[15:07] Kanoko
    and no matter how much time passes,
    that's how things will stay.
[15:19] Sumika
    Are you sure that's what you want?
[15:21] Kanoko
    Y-Yes...
[15:24] Kanoko
    Because I'm the one who
    doesn't want to end this...
[15:31] Kanoko
    I won't say anything.
[15:33] (Flashback) Hime
    If you don't speak out...
[15:36] (Flashback) Hime
    If you don't speak out,
    it's like it never happened.
[15:41] Kanoko
    No. No.
[15:45] Kanoko
    No, I don't want that, Hime-chan...
[15:57] Kanoko
    What are you doing?
[15:59] Sumika
    Then don't cry!
[16:02] Sumika
    Staying silent, holding it in...
[16:04] Sumika
    If doing that makes you cry,
    then there's no point!
[16:08] Sumika
    Maybe I can't help you.
[16:11] Sumika
    But I won't let you cry alone!
[16:14] Sumika
    That's right. I...
[16:16] Sumika
    I want to stop you from crying alone!
[16:22] Kanoko
    Why you? Not even Hime-chan knows.
[16:28] Kanoko
    I can't even say it to Hime-chan!
[16:30] Kanoko
    Why are you the only person I can say it to?!
[16:35] Sumika
    I'm sorry. I'm the only one who
    knew about your love, and yet...
[16:41] Sumika
    I'm sorry I couldn't do anything
    for you until now.
[16:46] Sumika
    I'm sorry I left you alone.
[16:53] Hime
    And those are the results.
[16:55] Hime
    Sumika Tachibana-sama has been
    elected Blume der Liebe!
[17:03] Hime
    I'd like to invite her to give a speech.
[17:21] Sumika
    Thanks to all of your support,
    I was able to win the honor of Blume.
[17:27] Sumika
    For that, I thank you from
     the bottom of my heart.
[17:29] Sumika
    That said... to be honest,
    I'm still not excited for the job.
[17:35] Sumika
    However, I gained support from not just
    our visitors, but my kohai as well.
[17:41] Sumika
    I must take this seriously.
[17:44] Sumika
    I will perform dutifully
    as Blume for the next year.
[17:49] Sumika
    Mitsuki Ayanokouji-san.
[17:51] Sumika
    You're honest
    and take your job very seriously.
[17:55] Sumika
    I find it's natural that you got so many
     votes, and I'm quite proud of you.
[18:00] Sumika
    Hime Shirasagi-san.
[18:03] Sumika
    You're a hard worker with an innocent smile,
    a bright light in this salon.
[18:09] Sumika
    Kanoko Amamiya-san.
[18:11] Sumika
    You appear quiet and
     don't assert yourself at all.
[18:14] Sumika
    But I learned that you have a strong,
    beautiful core inside you.
[18:19] Sumika
    I'd like to continue working
    at the salon with all of you.
[18:26] Sumika
    If, during that process,
    one of us were to get hurt...
[18:30] Sumika
    I want us all to support
    each other through that.
[18:35] Sumika
    There's one thing I want to tell you all.
[18:52] Sumika
    Kanoko Amamiya-san.
[18:54] Sumika
    I spent a long time trying to
    figure out how to face you.
[19:00] (Flashback) Sumika
    Please don't cry, Kanoko-chan.
[19:02] (Flashback) Sumika
    If this still makes you cry,
    what can I even do?
[19:06] (Flashback) Kanoko
    I wasn't supposed to tell...
[19:08] (Flashback) Kanoko
    I wasn't supposed to say
    anything about Hime-chan!
[19:12] (Flashback) Kanoko
    But if I don't say anything,
    it's like it never happened.
[19:18] (Flashback) Sumika
    You can tell me, since I already know
    you're in love with Hime-chan.
[19:27] (Flashback) Kanoko
    I'm in love with Hime-chan.
[19:30] (Flashback) Sumika
    I already know. That's not news—
[19:33] (Flashback) Kanoko
    I love her!
[19:36] (Flashback) Kanoko
    I said it out loud,
    for the first time ever...
[19:41] (Flashback) Sumika
    I know you're in love.
[19:44] (Flashback) Sumika
    If I know, it'll never be like
    it never happened!
[19:47] (Flashback) Sumika
    I'll be your special person!
[19:52] (Flashback) Kanoko
    What do you mean?
[19:58] Sumika
    Please be Schwestern with me.
[20:07] Female Customer A
    Congratulations!
[20:09] Male Customer A
    Congratulations to you both!
[20:11] Female Customer B
    I always thought that was going on!
[20:13] Male Customer B
    You two are wonderful together!
[20:18] Kanoko
    Please don't interfere.
[20:21] Kanoko
    That's what I'm becoming your sister for.
[20:24] Sumika
    I'm just a big sister you can cry
    with when you need to, that's all.
[20:30] Sumika
    Come here, Kanoko.
[20:40] Kanoko
    Thank you.
[20:42] Kanoko
    Sumika-san.
[20:49] Kanoko
    Hime-chan?!
[20:50] Hime
    So things are okay, right?
    You made up with Tachibana-san, right?
[20:55] Hime
    I was afraid I was making
     you tag along with me
[20:58] Hime
    and keeping you from
     making your own friends.
[21:01] Hime
    So I'm glad you have a friend now.
[21:21] Sumika
    Let's all get along together
    as salon workers,
[21:25] Sumika
    so that, over the next year,
    not one of us goes missing.
[21:28] Sumika
    That is my new rule as Blume.
[21:35] Customers
    We love you!
[21:36] Customers
    We support you!
[21:39] Hime
    It's too bad you got second place,
[21:42] Hime
    but I did vote for you, Onee-sama.
[21:47] Mitsuki
    Of course you did.
[21:50] Mitsuki
    You are my...
[21:54] Mitsuki
    little sister, after all.
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