# E8 - For Whom Shall I Cast My Vote?
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G14U4GJ00/for-whom-shall-i-cast-my-vote)
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**[01:42] Sumika**
*I already know.*
**[01:51] (Flashback) Goeido**
Oh.
**[01:55] (Flashback) Goeido**
It's not nice, interfering with
other people's romance.
**[02:15] Sumika**
* Here at the salon,*
* we students get along very well.*
**[02:19] Sumika**
*And I don't mean in a fictional sense.*
**[02:22] Hime**
One order of Blume Nachtisch,
Kochsalami, and Weißbier. Will that be all?
**[02:32] Kanoko**
Hime-chan, I'll set the table.
**[02:34] Hime**
Thanks, Kanoko.
**[02:35] Mitsuki**
Hime, I'll hand out the ballot sheet.
**[02:39] Hime**
Thank you very much, Onee-sama.
**[02:41] Sumika**
* Our actual friendship is*
* what makes this place work.*
**[02:46] Sumika**
I'm so glad to see my cute
kohais hard at work.
**[02:53] Hime**
Onee-sama! Did you see?
**[02:56] Hime**
I'm starting to learn
how to do the work, too!
**[02:58] Mitsuki**
Yes, it's wonderful. I'm sure the visitors
will appreciate your efforts, as well.
**[03:03] Hime**
Yes!
**[03:04] Sumika**
* Yano-chan and Hime-chan both*
* have a good look on their faces.*
**[03:09] Hime**
I'm trying so hard, so...
**[03:12] Hime**
Onee-sama, you'll vote for me too, right?
**[03:16] Mitsuki**
That's a separate matter.
**[03:18] Mitsuki**
A Blume-sama needs to have
a proper air about her.
**[03:22] Hime**
A-Air?
**[03:24] Mitsuki**
A pure beauty, one that can be
a representative of our academy.
**[03:28] Hime**
Erm, uh... Right...
**[03:35] Sumika**
*Ayanokouji-san doesn't change.*
**[03:41] Kanoko**
Hime-chan.
**[03:42] Hime**
Hmm?
**[03:43] Kanoko**
Hime-chan, I support your run for Blume!
**[03:46] Hime**
Thanks, Kanoko.
**[03:48] Sumika**
* She's always watching Hime-chan,*
* and not looking at anything else.*
**[03:54] Sumika**
*I thought she was a timid friend, but no.*
**[04:01] Sumika**
*She's bringing romance into this place.*
**[04:10] Sumika**
Amamiya-san, you're rooting
for Shirasagi-san, right?
**[04:14] Kanoko**
Yes.
**[04:15] Sumika**
It's hard for a first-year to become Blume.
I'm sure she appreciates your support.
**[04:21] Sumika**
Amamiya-san, you're...
**[04:23] Sumika**
A very caring friend.
**[04:26] Kanoko**
Yes.
**[04:27] Kanoko**
Hime-chan is my friend, so if I can help her,
that will make me happy as well.
**[04:32] Hime**
Kanoko, you're going to vote for me, right?
**[04:35] Kanoko**
Yes.
**[04:37] Hime**
Great! In that case,
should I vote for you, Kanoko?
**[04:41] Kanoko**
Huh?! No, I...
**[04:43] Kanoko**
I don't want to become Blume-sama.
**[04:45] Hime**
Really? We should aim for it together.
**[04:48] Sumika**
It's good to see the
first-years getting along.
**[04:53] Sumika**
But, Shirasagi-san...
**[04:55] Sumika**
You should consider
voting for your onee-sama.
**[04:58] Sumika**
See how Ayanokouji-san is sulking over there?
**[05:03] Mitsuki**
T-Tachibana-sama?! There's no way I—
**[05:06] Sumika**
Oh my, but you said it yourself.
That, as your sister, she should vote for you.
**[05:12] Mitsuki**
I did say as much, but...
**[05:16] Mitsuki**
Hime can vote for whomever she wishes!
**[05:21] Mitsuki**
Besides, I believe it's you, Tachibana-sama,
who should be Blume-sama.
**[05:27] Hime**
I understand. Onee-sama,
you don't support me.
**[05:34] Mitsuki**
L-Like I said, the Blume-sama is
a representative of our school...
**[05:39] Mitsuki**
As a first-year, it's too early for you...
**[05:43] Mitsuki**
So...
**[05:45] Hime**
*Now!*
**[05:47] Hime**
Am I unworthy?
**[05:50] Hime**
I'm trying very hard.
**[05:56] Hime**
But if my onee-sama won't support me,
**[06:00] Hime**
I'll be so sad.
**[06:05] Mitsuki**
Oh!
**[06:07] Mitsuki**
You're such a selfish girl!
**[06:20] Sumika**
They're such good sisters. It would be lovely
to see them as Blume Schwestern.
**[06:26] Sumika**
I see why you want to support Shirasagi-san.
**[06:32] Customer**
Shirasagi-san, good luck!
**[06:35] Customer**
Both of you are great candidates for Blume!
**[06:38] Mitsuki**
Now, Hime, back to work with you.
***SIGN*** A Maiden's Heart
**[06:57] Hime**
Huh? Did you finish reading already?
**[06:59] Kanoko**
Yes, I read it at home too.
**[07:02] Hime**
What? I'm still on volume one.
**[07:06] Hime**
If I read the whole thing, would that
really make me understand the theme?
**[07:11] Kanoko**
Hime-chan, do you understand
what the sisters...
**[07:13] Kanoko**
Schwestern relationship really means?
**[07:15] Hime**
Don't ask me...
**[07:18] Hime**
Isn't it just sort of like a friendly pair?
**[07:21] Kanoko**
That makes sense.
**[07:22] Hime**
Right?
**[07:23] Hime**
If you're already done,
what are you going to do?
**[07:25] Hime**
Gonna leave early?
**[07:27] Kanoko**
I’ll wait for you.
**[07:29] Kanoko**
I have some business
to take care of, anyway.
**[07:32] Hime**
Business?
**[07:39] Sumika**
*I can see now, after talking to her.*
**[07:41] Sumika**
*She's not timid at all.*
**[07:44] Sumika**
* When Hime-chan is involved,*
* she's very impulsive.*
**[07:46] Sumika**
*There's no telling what she'll do.*
**[08:03] Sumika**
I'm so glad you asked to talk to me.
**[08:07] Sumika**
You can count on me for anything.
**[08:09] Sumika**
In fact, wanna stop by WcD's after this?
**[08:11] Kanoko**
No, thank you.
**[08:13] Sumika**
Haha... So, what is it that
you wanted to ask me?
**[08:19] Kanoko**
What is this "Schwestern" thing, anyway?
**[08:21] Kanoko**
I read *A Maiden's Heart*.
I need more specifics.
**[08:25] Kanoko**
How is it being interpreted
here in this café?
**[08:30] Sumika**
Simulated sisterhood...
Partners that support each other...
**[08:34] Sumika**
A soft relationship bound by
a resilient bond... I guess?
**[08:38] Kanoko**
That's too abstract.
**[08:40] Sumika**
Well, if you overthink it,
it interferes with work.
**[08:45] Sumika**
It's not a romantic relationship.
**[08:48] Sumika**
We're not asking you to pretend to
be lovers, or actually be in love.
**[08:52] Sumika**
Fighting is bad, though.
**[08:55] Sumika**
So Kanoko-chan, you can hop on
the Schwestern train too, y'know.
**[08:59] Sumika**
That said, I'm the only one available.
**[09:03] Kanoko**
I understand. If I can't be with
Hime-chan, it's of no use to me.
**[09:07] Kanoko**
So it's not such a strong
relationship after all.
**[09:12] Kanoko**
Why does Hime-chan want to
be sisters with that person?
**[09:17] Sumika**
Probably because they're close.
**[09:20] Sumika**
They became friends really quickly.
That's the ideal sisterhood—
**[09:24] Kanoko**
I am Hime-chan's only friend.
**[09:30] Sumika**
*See? That's what I'm talking about.*
**[09:33] Sumika**
Kanoko-chan, I understand that you're
just worried about your friend, but...
**[09:37] Sumika**
If you're too possessive,
Hime-chan might not like that.
**[09:41] Sumika**
*What part of that is "friendship"?*
**[09:47] Sumika**
Huh? Wait... Kanoko-chan?
**[09:51] Sumika**
Don't cry... Why? From just that?
**[10:00] Sumika**
That's not fair. Now I can't say anything...
**[10:04] Kanoko**
...e-chan.
**[10:05] Sumika**
Huh?
**[10:07] Kanoko**
Hime-chan.
**[10:21] Sumika**
What was that?
**[10:26] Sumika**
*I already know.*
**[10:29] (Flashback) Goeido**
It's not nice, interfering with
other people's romance.
**[10:32] Sumika**
* I know what happens when romance*
* gets brought into this place.*
**[10:36] Sumika**
* Here at the salon,*
* we students get along very well.*
**[10:41] Sumika**
* Our actual friendship is*
* what makes this place work.*
**[10:45] Sumika**
*But that's....*
**[10:51] Sumika**
*so easy to break.*
**[10:56] Sumika**
*I won't let anyone break it again.*
**[11:02] Kanoko**
That was a lot of work today.
**[11:04] Hime**
Yeah, I'm so tired.
**[11:13] Sumika**
* Kanoko-chan, if you're going to*
* bring romance into this place...*
**[11:17] Sumika**
* If you're going to try to*
* break this place apart...*
**[11:26] Sumika**
*I have to stop you.*
**[11:29] Mai**
Mid-election results!
**[11:33] Hime**
Yay!
**[11:35] Mai**
Only one week remains in
the Blume election season!
**[11:38] Mai**
Today, we'll be revealing the results so far!
**[11:42] Hime**
May I see?
**[11:44] Mai**
Of course. I'll post them in the salon,
so please discuss them openly.
**[11:47] Hime**
Yes! I was looking forward to
seeing the numbers!
***SIGN*** Blume Election: Mid-Election Results
1. Mitsuki Ayanokouji, 1210 votes
2. Sumika Tachibana, 1103 votes
3. Kanoko Amamiya, 501 votes
4. Hime Shirasagi, 488 votes
Votes for other students have been voided.
For more information on student votes,
please refer to the salon website.
Liebe Girls Academy Blume Election Committee
**[11:57] Hime**
*Why am I in last place?!*
**[12:00] Mai**
Hime-chan, you worked very hard.
**[12:03] Mai**
You performed admirably as the little sister.
**[12:07] Hime**
This... What... Huh?
**[12:09] Mai**
"What a beautiful sisterhood they have."
**[12:13] Mai**
"I hope they become Blume Schwestern."
**[12:15] Mai**
Many visitors thought that, I'm sure.
**[12:18] Mai**
As a result, all of the votes
went to the onee-sama.
**[12:22] Hime**
*Why?!*
**[12:23] Hime**
Maybe I'm not cut out to be Blume-sama.
**[12:27] Mai**
Well, I think your character isn't really
the type to typically become Blume-sama.
**[12:32] Mai**
You're cute, but not calm.
**[12:34] Mai**
You work hard, but you're
still inexperienced.
**[12:38] Mai**
You're the ideal little sister of
the Blume-sama.
**[12:42] Mitsuki**
See? I told you so.
**[12:44] Mitsuki**
It's your fault that I'm ahead of Sumika-san.
**[12:48] Mai**
Hold on! Mitsuki-san, I don't think
it's just Hime-chan's work.
**[12:53] Mai**
I think you're getting appreciation
for the work that you do yourself.
**[12:56] Mai**
After becoming Schwestern with Hime-chan,
you're doing really well, Mitsuki-san.
**[13:02] Mitsuki**
Th-Thank you.
**[13:05] Mitsuki**
Wh-What? I wasn't trying to
beat you or anything...
**[13:10] Hime**
It is what it is. I can't help it.
**[13:13] Hime**
I'll give up trying to becoming Blume.
**[13:17] Mai**
If Mitsuki-san wins, Hime-chan
can still become Blume Schwester.
**[13:22] Mai**
That works too, right?
I'm looking forward to that.
**[13:26] Hime**
Yes...
**[13:29] Hime**
Huh?
**[13:30] Hime**
Wait, what?
**[13:38] Mai**
Let's all get ready.
**[13:40] Mai**
Let's do our best to make the salon
a great place today, too!
**[13:47] Kanoko**
What's wrong, Hime-chan?
**[13:49] Hime**
Um...
**[13:50] Kanoko**
You wanted to be Blume this whole time.
**[13:53] Kanoko**
You're settling for the Blume Schwester?
**[13:55] Hime**
I wouldn't put it that way.
**[13:58] Hime**
It's like, I'm okay if Yano becomes Blume.
**[14:01] Kanoko**
But you want to be number one, right?
**[14:06] Hime**
Yano used to be so bad at using a façade.
**[14:10] Hime**
But now, she does it as part of work,
and she gets praised for it.
**[14:16] Hime**
If I think of it that way,
I don't feel so bad.
**[14:20] Hime**
In fact, it kinda makes me happy.
**[14:22] Hime**
Or, I guess...
**[14:25] Hime**
Maybe this is what
the sister pair thing is all about.
**[14:46] Hime**
Hey, Kanoko—
**[14:48] Kanoko**
Tachibana-san!
**[14:50] Kanoko**
Tachibana-san, please become Blume!
***SIGN*** Blume Election: Mid-Election Results
***SIGN*** Mitsuki Ayanokouji 1210 votes
***SIGN*** Sumika Tachibana 1103 votes
***SIGN*** Kanoko Amamiya 501 votes
***SIGN*** Hime Shirasagi 488 votes
***SIGN*** Votes for other students have been voided. For more information
on student votes, please refer to the salon website.
Liebe Girls Academy Blume Election Committee
**[15:00] Female Customer A**
Ayanokouji-san, congratulations on
being the current frontrunner!
**[15:04] Female Customer B**
You're going head-to-head with Tachibana-san.
**[15:06] Female Customer B**
Congratulations!
**[15:08] Mitsuki**
Thank you.
**[15:10] Mitsuki**
I never thought I would be able to be
on the same level as Tachibana-sama.
**[15:14] Mitsuki**
I'll challenge her and hope to
learn from the experience.
**[15:17] Mitsuki**
Still, this puts me in a bind.
**[15:19] Mitsuki**
I personally am supporting Tachibana-sama.
**[15:23] Female Customer A**
We know!
**[15:24] Female Customer B**
We support you just the way you are!
**[15:30] Male Customer A**
Shirasagi-san was really motivated,
so it's really too bad.
**[15:34] Mitsuki**
Yes...
**[15:36] Mitsuki**
Hime.
**[15:37] Mitsuki**
Don't be too disappointed, all right?
**[15:40] Hime**
No, I'm not disappointed.
**[15:43] Hime**
I was thinking that maybe it's not me...
**[15:46] Hime**
but you who is more suited to become Blume.
**[15:50] Mitsuki**
Really? But you wanted to
become Blume so very much...
**[15:53] Hime**
Of course, I still do feel
a desire for the title.
**[15:56] Hime**
But the thought of my onee-sama
becoming Blume makes me happy,
**[16:00] Hime**
as if it's my own achievement.
**[16:03] Hime**
So I'd like to spend the rest of the election
period supporting you, Onee-sama.
**[16:09] Hime**
Okay, time to get back to work!
**[16:15] Mitsuki**
Why me?!
**[16:17] Mitsuki**
Stop meddling and support Tachibana-san!
**[16:21] Hime**
Huh?!
**[16:25] Hime**
* You're the one that*
* told me to vote for you, Yano!*
**[16:28] Hime**
* And now that I'm committing*
* to it, you're against it?!*
**[16:39] (Flashback) Sumika**
Me, Blume? What do you mean?
**[16:43] (Flashback) Kanoko**
At this rate, Hime-chan and that person
will become Blume Schwestern.
**[16:48] (Flashback) Sumika**
Yeah, that's right.
**[16:51] (Flashback) Sumika**
But that would have been the same if
Hime-chan became Blume herself, right?
**[16:55] (Flashback) Kanoko**
No, that's not it. This is wrong.
**[16:58] (Flashback) Kanoko**
I'll give you my own vote,
so Tachibana-san, please become Blume.
**[17:03] (Flashback) Sumika**
You're right. I can still win,
as long as I have all of the students' votes.
**[17:08] (Flashback) Sumika**
My own, then yours, Kanoko-chan,
**[17:11] (Flashback) Sumika**
probably Yano-chan's too,
**[17:13] (Flashback) Sumika**
and Mai-san might be
willing to help too, if I asked.
**[17:17] (Flashback) Sumika**
Our own votes would change
the results significantly.
**[17:20] (Flashback) Sumika**
Kanoko-chan, you understand
the system very well.
**[17:23] (Flashback) Sumika**
That being said...
**[17:25] (Flashback) Sumika**
Why would I listen to you, when you
haven't explained yourself at all?
**[17:31] (Flashback) Kanoko**
You said I can rely on you for anything.
**[17:36] (Flashback) Kanoko**
That's my wish. Please help me.
**[17:41] (Flashback) Sumika**
Seriously, Kanoko-chan, you're such a...
**[17:47] (Flashback) Sumika**
Fine, but I have a request for you, too.
**[17:52] (Flashback) Sumika**
If you'll grant me *my* wish...
**[17:55] (Flashback) Sumika**
I'll turn this around, starting today.
**[18:00] (Flashback) Kanoko**
Yes!
**[18:01] Sumika**
*This is the end, Kanoko-chan.*
**[18:04] Sumika**
* Getting so emotional*
* about the person you love...*
**[18:08] Sumika**
*Being so jealous of a pretend sisterhood...*
**[18:13] Sumika**
*All that ends here.*
**[18:15] Sumika**
*Before our relationships are destroyed.*
**[18:20] Kanoko**
Hime-chan.
**[18:22] Kanoko**
Hime-chan, you're no longer trying to
become Blume-sama, right?
**[18:27] Hime**
Yes, that's the intent.
**[18:30] Kanoko**
In that case, I won't vote
for you anymore, okay?
**[18:36] Hime**
Oh, then, could you vote
for my onee-sama instead?
**[18:42] Hime**
If you supported someone, you might—
**[18:44] Kanoko**
I won't!
**[18:46] Hime**
What? Why? Are you opting
out of the Blume election?
**[18:52] Sumika**
That's not it, Shirasagi-san.
**[18:55] Sumika**
Amamiya-san wants to decide
on her own who to support.
**[18:59] Sumika**
A suitable person for herself,
just as you support Ayanokouji-san.
**[19:06] Kanoko**
I... I...
**[19:09] Kanoko**
I think Tachibana-san is the most
suitable candidate for Blume-sama!
**[19:16] Sumika**
Amamiya-san has been pushing me
to go for Blume for some time, now.
**[19:21] Sumika**
She didn't have a chance to
express her thoughts...
**[19:24] Sumika**
But now, she's finally
mustered up the courage.
**[19:27] Female Customer C**
"For some time"?!
**[19:28] Female Customer D**
"Finally"?!
**[19:29] Female Customer C**
I knew something was going on
between the two of them!
**[19:30] Female Customer D**
A new story's unfolding!
**[19:32] Sumika**
Well, if my cute little kohais are
cheering me on, I suppose I must respond.
**[19:39] Male Customer B**
I'll vote for Tachibana-san!
**[19:41] Female Customer C**
Yes! I support the two of you!
**[19:44] Sumika**
There. That should do the trick.
**[19:46] Hime**
Oh, I see. In that case, you should
support Tachibana-senpai.
**[19:50] Hime**
I didn't know you put
so much thought into it.
**[19:56] Sumika**
Are you glad she was okay
with it, Kanoko-chan?
**[19:58] Kanoko**
Yes. I'm glad I relied on you, Tachibana-san!
**[20:05] Hime**
You should have told me sooner, Kanoko!
**[20:06] Kanoko**
Sorry, Hime-chan.
**[20:13] Kanoko**
Thank you for today.
**[20:15] Kanoko**
I think we can gather more votes
for you now, Tachibana-san.
**[20:19] Sumika**
You're welcome.
**[20:20] Sumika**
That changed the flow, right?
**[20:23] Kanoko**
Yes. So now it's my turn to
hear your request, right?
**[20:26] Kanoko**
What is your request, Tachibana-san?
**[20:30] Sumika**
Right.
**[20:32] Sumika**
My request... I've been
meaning to ask you for so long.
**[20:36] Sumika**
But maybe I don't need to anymore.
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**[20:42] Sumika**
If this is the extent of it...
**[20:44] Sumika**
If Kanoko-chan just loves Hime-chan,
but won't do anything about it...
**[20:51] Sumika**
Oh, what I meant was...
**[21:00] Sumika**
Yeah, never mind.
**[21:05] Kanoko**
So, can I rely on you some more?
**[21:08] Sumika**
Sure, sure.
**[21:09] Kanoko**
If you become Blume,
you can make a rule, right?
**[21:13] Kanoko**
Please use that right to
abolish the Schwestern.
**[21:18] Sumika**
Huh?
**[21:19] Kanoko**
I think that would let Hime-chan come back.
**[21:22] Kanoko**
Hime-chan has been behaving
weirdly this whole time...
**[21:28] Sumika**
Kanoko-chan, you really understand
this whole thing very well.
**[21:32] Sumika**
Where our "center" is.
**[21:35] Sumika**
What you should destroy and
how to make it all fall apart.
**[21:40] Sumika**
You're in love with Hime-chan, aren't you?
**[21:43] Sumika**
That's why you're jealous of
their sisterhood!
**[21:52] Sumika**
You're going to stop all of that.
**[21:55] Sumika**
Give up on Hime-chan.
***SIGN*** Episode 09
***SIGN*** The One and Only
***SIGN*** Illustration by Mebachi