1. Would you like some wine?Copy !req
2. Uh, w-well...Copy !req
3. Do you have oolong tea?Copy !req
4. Yes, I'll go prepare some.Copy !req
5. - I'll have cider!
- I'll have a Bireley's!Copy !req
6. How about you?Copy !req
7. I'll... I'll have a Bireley's, too.Copy !req
8. Another Bireley's, please!Copy !req
9. Cheers!Copy !req
10. Sounds like the bride
Naoko-san's quite the drinker...Copy !req
11. Bad news for the groom, Akagawa!Copy !req
12. His face is already beet red!Copy !req
13. Although I'm ashamed to
admit I was out of my element,Copy !req
14. I wanted to plunge into the
alluring world of adulthood.Copy !req
15. In other words, I wanted to not
be held back by my seniorsCopy !req
16. and to drink as much as I possibly could!Copy !req
17. You're still not tired of staring at her?Copy !req
18. I... I was just looking that
way by chance, all right?Copy !req
19. I was completely head over heels for her.Copy !req
20. She had grabbed hold of my heart
when she joined my club as my junior,Copy !req
21. and ever since that day, I've committed
myself to the SEE Strategy!Copy !req
22. The SEE StrategyCopy !req
23. Senpai, what a coincidence!Copy !req
24. I was just passing through by chance!Copy !req
25. Such a coincidence!Copy !req
26. By chance!Copy !req
27. Coincidence...Copy !req
28. Chance!Copy !req
29. Coinc...Copy !req
30. Chance!Copy !req
31. Co...Copy !req
32. Chance!Copy !req
33. My goal was to appear in front
of her as frequently as possible,Copy !req
34. and thus, the SEE strategy involves
being Seen, Every time, Everywhere.Copy !req
35. Seen, Every time, EverywhereCopy !req
36. This ensures our meetings push
beyond the realm of mere chance,Copy !req
37. and she'll have no choice
but to feel the red string of fate!Copy !req
38. My chance is ripening!Copy !req
39. What I need now is the courage to wait!Copy !req
40. That's not exactly courage.Copy !req
41. Stop reading my mind!Copy !req
42. You're so obsessed over removing
obstacles in your path...Copy !req
43. Shall you live under the apple tree
you're planting beside yourself?Copy !req
44. The School Festival Executive Director,
and also, my friend.Copy !req
45. The School Festival Executive DirectorCopy !req
46. The most photographed person on campus,Copy !req
47. he receives the most Valentine's
chocolate in all Sakyo-ku.Copy !req
48. He also puts his beauty to
use through cross-dressing,Copy !req
49. and his infamy rose after confusing several
young men during the Fall Festival.Copy !req
50. You dithering fool!Copy !req
51. She's right in front of your face,
yet you do nothing!Copy !req
52. Hey now, you're drinking too much.Copy !req
53. Meet my other friend,Copy !req
54. Don UnderwearCopy !req
55. who six months ago vowed to never change
his underwear until his wish came true.Copy !req
56. Despite smashing the
previous record for doing so,Copy !req
57. and earning the glorious
title of "Don Underwear",Copy !req
58. his wish is as yet unfulfilled.Copy !req
59. Leave it alone already!Copy !req
60. I'll strike when MY iron is hot!Copy !req
61. Your iron, huh...Copy !req
62. Tonight's my chance!Copy !req
63. If I sit at the same table as her
when we go to the next place,Copy !req
64. I can push things to
the next stage for sure!Copy !req
65. Not romantic!Copy !req
66. Now then, we'll be heading
off to the next pub!Copy !req
67. Anyone who is staying with
our group, please follow me!Copy !req
68. It will be a 3 minute walk,
so take care not to lose sight!Copy !req
69. You're all coming, right?Copy !req
70. Right?Copy !req
71. In the neighborhood of Shijo-Kiyamachi,Copy !req
72. men and women indulging in evening
pleasures came in an incessant stream.Copy !req
73. Here of all places would have what I seek,Copy !req
74. an encounter with glorious alcohol!Copy !req
75. The dazzling world of adulthood awaits!Copy !req
76. The Night is Short, Walk On GirlCopy !req
77. One pina colada, please!Copy !req
78. I had a fondness for cocktails.Copy !req
79. Picking a cocktail was like
picking out a sparkling jewel,Copy !req
80. everything about it felt so luxurious.Copy !req
81. In all honesty, the entire Pacific
Ocean could be rum for all I care,Copy !req
82. that's how much I adore rum.Copy !req
83. I long to down the entire bottle
the second I lay hands on one,Copy !req
84. but this is the sort of dream
one best be discreet about.Copy !req
85. Hey you, looks like you
can hold your drink.Copy !req
86. Your next one's on me.Copy !req
87. Oh no! That's fine!Copy !req
88. Get this gal an Acapulco!Copy !req
89. Rum's made from sugarcane...Copy !req
90. Brandy was originally known
as vin brule, or "burnt wine".Copy !req
91. Once you distill wine,
the alcohol content skyrockets,Copy !req
92. and that's how you end up
with brandy and whisky.Copy !req
93. You certainly know a lot...Copy !req
94. Just part of gettin' old.Copy !req
95. I'm sorry I won't be able to keep up.Copy !req
96. Nah, spending time with
people I pass by in the night,Copy !req
97. that's where I find my joy.Copy !req
98. There's a legendary drink out
there called Fake Denki Bran.Copy !req
99. "Fake"?Copy !req
100. Denki Bran was cooked up by a well-known
joint in Asakusa back in the 1800s...Copy !req
101. It's a cocktail gone down in history.Copy !req
102. It's so famous you can find
the stuff in convenience stores,Copy !req
103. but the recipe was kept
under lock-and-key for ages.Copy !req
104. However, some time ago,Copy !req
105. some guy working for
Kyoto Central TelephoneCopy !req
106. got the bright idea to
try replicating its flavor.Copy !req
107. After traveling down blind
alleys of trial-and-error,Copy !req
108. what he discovered at
the end of his journey,Copy !req
109. that's what's now known
as Fake Denki Bran.Copy !req
110. Both its taste and its scent,Copy !req
111. they're totally different from Denki Bran,Copy !req
112. but the mysterious and
enticing flavor it DOES have,Copy !req
113. you can tell it's still being
made in secret somewhere,Copy !req
114. and being smuggled through
the streets as we speak.Copy !req
115. I'd really like to give it a try...Copy !req
116. You're a girl after my own heart!Copy !req
117. Hey, you!Copy !req
118. We've got some good girls if you're lost!Copy !req
119. I'm fine.Copy !req
120. - A raven-haired maiden is my goal!
- So, raven hair is what you're after...Copy !req
121. - That's not what I meant!
- Don't take this personally.Copy !req
122. Looking at you brings back
memories of my daughter.Copy !req
123. I was never the greatest father to her...Copy !req
124. Been a while since we met face-to-face.Copy !req
125. Not like I got the right to see her anyway...Copy !req
126. This is one of the most
important days of her life...Copy !req
127. And I stood her up...Copy !req
128. Young lady!Copy !req
129. Never forget to grab onto
happiness with your own hands!Copy !req
130. Find out what's valuable and hold tight!Copy !req
131. Yes!Copy !req
132. Go and give it your all!Copy !req
133. Yes!Copy !req
134. - Give it your all...
- Yes!Copy !req
135. G-Give it your all...!Copy !req
136. Todo-san...Copy !req
137. Give it your all —Copy !req
138. Well, you sure showed him!Copy !req
139. Oh? Well, this is rather shameless.Copy !req
140. Th-This is erotic art!Copy !req
141. I'm an art collector, damn it!Copy !req
142. Todo's well-known for
being a gross old pervert...Copy !req
143. He's just a piece of shit
from top to bottom.Copy !req
144. A grope here or there
ain't gonna hurt anything!Copy !req
145. You shouldn't so easily put your faith
in people you chance by out at night.Copy !req
146. Of course, I'm referring to US as well.Copy !req
147. He's part of some gross group called
the Bedchamber Investigation Team,Copy !req
148. all he does is collect
that perverted stuff!Copy !req
149. I hear his business has plunged these days,Copy !req
150. and he's plunged himself
into debt as a result...Copy !req
151. Well, it's not for me to know how
the vulgar masses live their lives.Copy !req
152. But I didn't know that then,
and I still did something awful.Copy !req
153. It's fine, it's fine!Copy !req
154. BE more awful and cold-hearted!Copy !req
155. But y'know, you sure have
one hell of a punch...Copy !req
156. That's what I call my Friendship Punch.Copy !req
157. My mother taught it to
me when I was little.Copy !req
158. Do you understand?Copy !req
159. As you make your way through this world,Copy !req
160. you will find the noble amount to a handful.Copy !req
161. What's left are utter fools and rotten fiends,Copy !req
162. or quite possibly utterly foolish rotten fiends.Copy !req
163. Such encounters are when you
must use the Friendship Punch.Copy !req
164. When you wrap your thumb
in your four fingers like so,Copy !req
165. your fist becomes like the
warm paw of the Beckoning Cat...Copy !req
166. Such a fist can no longer truly
convey feelings of hatred.Copy !req
167. Thus, we are freed from the chains of violence,Copy !req
168. and thus we invite harmony into this world.Copy !req
169. This is my trump card,Copy !req
170. the only technique my parents permit
me to use on the outside world.Copy !req
171. You certainly seem wise beyond your years!Copy !req
172. Perhaps you'd like to join us tonight?Copy !req
173. We'll show you how things
are done in Pontocho!Copy !req
174. I would love that!Copy !req
175. But, I don't have any more money...Copy !req
176. No need to worry.Copy !req
177. It's been many years since
I'VE had money either.Copy !req
178. Put it on Todo's tab, okay?Copy !req
179. Money is indeed quite nomadic.Copy !req
180. If you mark some, it's not unheard of
to come across it again in your life.Copy !req
181. Looks like Rihaku-san
is up to his old tricks...Copy !req
182. You've heard of him,
the crazy old loan shark?Copy !req
183. The one who goes around in
that luxurious 3-story tall train!Copy !req
184. He's a big collector of
old books and antiques...Copy !req
185. And apparently, the underwear
stolen off young men!Copy !req
186. Ew, Higuchi! Wearing used
pants like that is totally gross!Copy !req
187. He also has quite the collection
of a drink called Fake Denki Bran.Copy !req
188. The one from the legend...?Copy !req
189. But this worked out well.Copy !req
190. Higuchi-kun doesn't wear any underwear!Copy !req
191. Excuse me, would anyone...?Copy !req
192. Would anyone happen to have underwear?Copy !req
193. Damn it...Copy !req
194. Why's this gotta happen to me...Copy !req
195. Hey, young'n!Copy !req
196. You lookin' for some help?Copy !req
197. Yes!Copy !req
198. Some underwear, please!Copy !req
199. Then get up here and help
me drown my sorrows!Copy !req
200. We're gonna get plastered...Copy !req
201. Now take a good look and
see how she does things.Copy !req
202. Yay!Copy !req
203. Who are you?Copy !req
204. Who cares, are you out for a drink?Copy !req
205. - Yay!
- I-I am...Copy !req
206. Sounds like fun!Copy !req
207. Let's go down all of
the booze in Kiyamachi!Copy !req
208. Yay!Copy !req
209. - Yaaaay!
- Let's go!Copy !req
210. We've breached the walls, and we mustn't hesitate.Copy !req
211. Shame will only give you away here.Copy !req
212. Waltzing in uninvited is a test of one's will —
Will you sink, or will you swim?Copy !req
213. Rhetoric ClubCopy !req
214. So you just want to be
a spectator, my dear?Copy !req
215. Why are you...
Licking my ear?Copy !req
216. If you don't have talent, then work hard!Copy !req
217. Working hard REQUIRES talent!Copy !req
218. And therefore...Copy !req
219. Enough of this! You don't know anything!Copy !req
220. Just WHAT is going on here?Copy !req
221. The chaos from arguing for argument's sake.Copy !req
222. That's not it at all!Copy !req
223. It's called rhetoric!Copy !req
224. Oh, and you...Copy !req
225. Which is better, marrying the man
you love or the one you don't?Copy !req
226. The man you DON'T love is a far better choice!Copy !req
227. Once love enters the picture,
one loses all sense of reason.Copy !req
228. Choosing the man you don't love
is a choice made from pure logic!Copy !req
229. This is a life-long decision, after all,Copy !req
230. so it needs to be a rational decision
born strictly from prudence!Copy !req
231. These so-called feelings of love,Copy !req
232. they can't be explained with any rationality!Copy !req
233. They shouldn't be part of
marriage in the first place!Copy !req
234. Feelings of love will never cool for one
you never felt love for in the first place!Copy !req
235. Infidelity won't burden
you with shame and jealousy!Copy !req
236. Rationality practically demands that women
should marry men they don't love...Copy !req
237. - So why DO they marry for love...
- We're at this guy's farewell party!Copy !req
238. He got jilted and he's off to study in London!Copy !req
239. Damn it!Copy !req
240. Who the hell wants to go to England?Copy !req
241. Naoko-san...!Copy !req
242. Now then!Copy !req
243. Let us celebrate the future prospects
of our senpai Kousaka in London!Copy !req
244. The Dance of the Sophists, begin!Copy !req
245. Senpai! Go off and become a great man!Copy !req
246. Become a great man, forget your
problems, and never come back here!Copy !req
247. Don't worry, Senpai, we'll be fine without you!Copy !req
248. Thank you!Copy !req
249. It's an immense joy being sent
off by gentlemen like you!Copy !req
250. Shall we head off to Pontocho now?Copy !req
251. - Well, hello!
- My, it HAS been a while!Copy !req
252. This is a 60th birthday celebration.Copy !req
253. That's wonderful! You wanna drink?Copy !req
254. - My son's wedding was today.
- Even better, let's drink!Copy !req
255. Life is over much too soon...Copy !req
256. What is life, anyway.Copy !req
257. It's literally one's lifespan, is it not?Copy !req
258. - So at the end of life is death?
- No, the opposite!Copy !req
259. So what do we call the end of life?Copy !req
260. Let's treat life and one's
lifespan as different, shall we?Copy !req
261. Well this is a drag.Copy !req
262. No one's touching any of the
Akadama Punch I brought...Copy !req
263. Higuchi-kun, you know some tricks!Copy !req
264. Come on, liven up this party!Copy !req
265. Well, the tension in the room is a tad thick,Copy !req
266. but I'll try my Higuchi-Style Flying Technique.Copy !req
267. - Boring...
- Why's he wearing pants?Copy !req
268. My spectators...Copy !req
269. Are worse off than I thought.Copy !req
270. I wish it was more lively in here...Copy !req
271. Us oldsters are running out of time!Copy !req
272. The hours are only getting faster...Copy !req
273. Young lady, you mind if I see your watch?Copy !req
274. - Oh, my!
- It's so slow!Copy !req
275. Isn't this normal?Copy !req
276. This is what ours look like.Copy !req
277. And see how that compares to ours!Copy !req
278. Time certainly does fly...Copy !req
279. You're keeping a good pace!Copy !req
280. Huh?Copy !req
281. You, you polished off
all of these, didn't you!Copy !req
282. You can sure hold your stuff!Copy !req
283. I drink until there's nothing left!Copy !req
284. She's the real deal...Copy !req
285. I may be plain, unpolished,
and less interesting than a rice cooker,Copy !req
286. But here and now, I demand
you all point and laugh!Copy !req
287. C'mon, what the heck are you doing?Copy !req
288. That's... That's the Dance of the Sophists!Copy !req
289. The Dance of the Sophists
we dreamed up so long ago!Copy !req
290. Okay, everyone, join in!Copy !req
291. This! This is from those lazy days
we spent dabbling in rhetoric!Copy !req
292. This takes me back!Copy !req
293. Us! Exactly like eels!Copy !req
294. Slippery and slimy, no one could pin us down!Copy !req
295. It appears that she's this
evening's leading lady.Copy !req
296. To think that such a
tradition would live on today!Copy !req
297. The cherished desire of any
alumni of the Rhetoric Club!Copy !req
298. Well, let's keep it going, this Dance
of Burdens to the Next Generation!Copy !req
299. Now, drink up!Copy !req
300. A talent like yours only comes every 100 years!Copy !req
301. You should match your skills against Rihaku!Copy !req
302. With him? Yes, she could!Copy !req
303. If you win against him,
he'll grant any wish you ask!Copy !req
304. You could drink Fake Denki Bran
to your heart's content...Copy !req
305. If he wants a fight, I'll give it.Copy !req
306. I'd bet on you to win for sure!Copy !req
307. - Me, too!
- And me as well!Copy !req
308. C'mon, ain't you gonna drink with me?Copy !req
309. Chug! Chug!Copy !req
310. Uh, I don't know about
being forced to chug...Copy !req
311. Who gives a shit!Copy !req
312. I'm gonna be forcin' you, anyway!Copy !req
313. Back in the '80s bubble,
I was rollin' in dough...Copy !req
314. Now, that's just a far-off dream...Copy !req
315. The final blow was that
tornado the other day...Copy !req
316. Whirling down from Fushimi Castle,Copy !req
317. it came roaring towards
my koi carp nursery!Copy !req
318. All of my beloved koi were sucked up,
sent swirling into the night sky!Copy !req
319. Yuko!Copy !req
320. Jirokichi!Copy !req
321. Damn you!Copy !req
322. Gimme back Yuko!Copy !req
323. Gimme back Jirokichi!Copy !req
324. Um, excuse me...Copy !req
325. Could I get that underwear now...?Copy !req
326. You think a scum-sucking student
like you DESERVES underwear?Copy !req
327. I got to where I was by bustin' my ass
through my own naked merits...Copy !req
328. Damn it!Copy !req
329. Todo-san!Copy !req
330. Is it true you're giving
away your collection?Copy !req
331. Go away!Copy !req
332. I got it rough, y'know?Copy !req
333. May I have a look?Copy !req
334. And these are such
splendid ones, too...Copy !req
335. Hey, young man!Copy !req
336. You're lookin' like you
wanna call me a creep!Copy !req
337. I'm not saying anything!Copy !req
338. We're the Bedchamber Investigation Team,Copy !req
339. we only seek to gather artifacts
of our sensual cultural heritage!Copy !req
340. "What ya really mean
is you collect porn!"Copy !req
341. That's what you wanna say, right?Copy !req
342. I'm not saying anything!Copy !req
343. That asshole's comin' after my collection...Copy !req
344. He offered me that sweet loan,
which tore my daughter away from me...Copy !req
345. And now he's tearin' away my
erotic art, the only friend I got left!Copy !req
346. When will Rihaku-san get here?Copy !req
347. He's gonna be here any minute now...Copy !req
348. All right!Copy !req
349. I'll go contact everyone in Bedchamber!Copy !req
350. We'll all come send these ladies
off with one final viewing!Copy !req
351. Thank you!Copy !req
352. Thank you...Copy !req
353. You're comin' too!Copy !req
354. Over here!Copy !req
355. Okay!Copy !req
356. Rihaku, come out and play...Copy !req
357. Rihaku, come out and play!Copy !req
358. Rihaku, come out and play!Copy !req
359. Rihaku, come out and play!Copy !req
360. No, you're doing it all wrong!Copy !req
361. Leave ALL your shame behind!Copy !req
362. Yo!Copy !req
363. Rihaku, come out and play!Copy !req
364. What's this?Copy !req
365. Would you look at that!Copy !req
366. It just sort of happened!Copy !req
367. Naoko-san!Copy !req
368. Yasuo!Copy !req
369. Such a tragic loss!Copy !req
370. This is a hard reset on
cultural anthropology!Copy !req
371. "Why are grown men cryin'
their asses off over erotic art!"Copy !req
372. That's the kinda look
you got in your eyes!Copy !req
373. For the last time, I don't care!
You self-conscious or something?Copy !req
374. It sounds like some hero is
challenging Rihaku to a drink off.Copy !req
375. What, they got no self-preservation?Copy !req
376. Yeah, they're runnin' around
Kiyamachi tearin' the place apart!Copy !req
377. I heard they're 6 meters tall!Copy !req
378. A giant wearing a ragged old yukata!Copy !req
379. I hear they can shoot koi out of their mouth!Copy !req
380. They came here all the
way from far-off Oshu!Copy !req
381. Less a hero, more a monster!Copy !req
382. A sleeping giant!Copy !req
383. A fallen monk!Copy !req
384. Who on earth are YOU people?Copy !req
385. Just those who wield rhetoric
to become slippery like eels!Copy !req
386. My love is happy.Copy !req
387. And knowing that, I am happy too!Copy !req
388. Banzai!Copy !req
389. Banzai...Copy !req
390. What's going on up there?Copy !req
391. No, I'm ruined!Copy !req
392. Todo-san! Don't give in to despair!Copy !req
393. It doesn't matter!Copy !req
394. That ol' bastard's gonna kill me for sure!Copy !req
395. How picturesque!Copy !req
396. Dad?Copy !req
397. Naoko!Copy !req
398. - I'm gonna die of shame here!
- Knock it off already, Dad!Copy !req
399. I don't care if you're a big perv!Copy !req
400. Naoko-san!Copy !req
401. Kousaka-kun...?Copy !req
402. I'm begging you!Copy !req
403. Please, marry me instead!Copy !req
404. If you truly love that man,Copy !req
405. I'm begging you to not marry him!Copy !req
406. Yes, you've been over this...Copy !req
407. No idea what your point is, though...Copy !req
408. Kousaka, you're an
embarrassment to men!Copy !req
409. Why are you still in Japan?Copy !req
410. At last, he takes the stage.Copy !req
411. RihakuCopy !req
412. Todo-san. It's been a while.Copy !req
413. Where are the goods?Copy !req
414. That punk kid there ruined them!Copy !req
415. - Man, that's gross...
- Totally...Copy !req
416. So you haven't kept your word.Copy !req
417. How do you plan on settling your debts now?Copy !req
418. He's gonna kill me!Copy !req
419. Why don't you come on board.Copy !req
420. Wait right there!Copy !req
421. Huh? It's you...!Copy !req
422. Todo-san! You mustn't give up!Copy !req
423. There's always another
move on the board!Copy !req
424. You? But why...Copy !req
425. I'm the guy who threw around
erotic art and felt you up!Copy !req
426. However...Copy !req
427. You still introduced me to
a wonderful way to view life.Copy !req
428. Rihaku-san!Copy !req
429. I shall be your opponent tonight...Copy !req
430. I challenge you to a drinking contest!Copy !req
431. And I will most certainly be the victor.Copy !req
432. Quite the development...Copy !req
433. As you wish.Copy !req
434. My underwear...!Copy !req
435. This floor is the bathhouse,Copy !req
436. the banquet hall is below.Copy !req
437. Fake Denki Bran.Copy !req
438. Alcohol as transparent as pure water.Copy !req
439. If I prove victorious, his debt is doubled.Copy !req
440. You know there's no mercy?Copy !req
441. If you so allow me, I shall act as judge.Copy !req
442. Now then, begin!Copy !req
443. The taste of Fake Denki Bran
is life's meaninglessness.Copy !req
444. To me, the taste is like being filled
from top to bottom with life's warmth...Copy !req
445. Luxurious and abundant.Copy !req
446. You're a brat who knows nothing of life.Copy !req
447. Life is empty...Copy !req
448. Plentiful.Copy !req
449. Truly empty...Copy !req
450. Life is isolation and hollowness,Copy !req
451. gone in an instant.Copy !req
452. Life is nothing but taking.Copy !req
453. Giving.Copy !req
454. Anguish.Copy !req
455. Joy.Copy !req
456. So why are you out tonight?Copy !req
457. I'm only following my thread of fate.Copy !req
458. I believe everything,
even drinking with you,Copy !req
459. all of it is connected somehow.Copy !req
460. You'll soon understand.Copy !req
461. That's only the deception of the drink.Copy !req
462. Reality is a bleak world full of
nothing but lust and greed.Copy !req
463. There are no connections between people.Copy !req
464. Only isolation...Copy !req
465. I...Copy !req
466. Can't...Copy !req
467. Go on...Copy !req
468. Victory goes to the young lady!Copy !req
469. Thank you!Copy !req
470. Thank you so much!Copy !req
471. You, your stomach bottomless?Copy !req
472. Yahoo!Copy !req
473. Don't mind me...Copy !req
474. Upon first glance,Copy !req
475. there were only couples sitting
alongside the Kamo River.Copy !req
476. They're so evenly spaced,
is there some rule in place here?Copy !req
477. So chilly...Copy !req
478. Don't talk nonsense,
you don't find it humid?Copy !req
479. Thank you...Copy !req
480. What do we have here?Copy !req
481. A flyer for the Evening Used Book Market.Copy !req
482. That's still going on?Copy !req
483. Suddenly, I was being pulled through
time by all the books I'd read,Copy !req
484. and I was drawn back to my old
picture book, Ra Ta Ta Tam.Copy !req
485. A story about a small white train,Copy !req
486. I would ride its rails to go on adventures
outside the bounds of my cramped room.Copy !req
487. How did I ever manage to lose a
book as wonderful as that one?Copy !req
488. I set out to lay eyes on it once again!Copy !req
489. You're awake?Copy !req
490. This is the School Festival Executive Office.Copy !req
491. This used to be HQ for the Library Police,Copy !req
492. an organization made to collect
overdue library books from students.Copy !req
493. Furnished with the latest
in surveillance equipment,Copy !req
494. every single piece of information
on our students is gathered here.Copy !req
495. The work of the School Festival
Executive is indeed taxing —Copy !req
496. To ensure our merry fools of students
make a soft landing with harsh reality,Copy !req
497. we keep firm grip on every detail
of their desires and actions,Copy !req
498. anticipating every one of their next moves.Copy !req
499. So why I am here...?Copy !req
500. You don't mean!Copy !req
501. You've...Copy !req
502. That's right.Copy !req
503. Naturally, we've collected info on her as well.Copy !req
504. - Profile
- Books BorrowedCopy !req
505. - Convenience Store Purchases
- Video RentalsCopy !req
506. - Diary
- Letters SentCopy !req
507. This...Copy !req
508. This is...!Copy !req
509. This is illegal, isn't it!Copy !req
510. So you DON'T want to know?Copy !req
511. I suppose you'd call this an exchange,Copy !req
512. but I was hoping you would help
me out of friendship regardless.Copy !req
513. There are just so many troublemakers,Copy !req
514. and I'm anxious about our
capability to crack down.Copy !req
515. The girl is a fan of a book
named Ra Ta Ta Tam —Copy !req
516. Ever since reading it as a girl,Copy !req
517. the book has acted as her guiding light,Copy !req
518. and it seems she's suddenly remembered it.Copy !req
519. RACopy !req
520. TACopy !req
521. TACopy !req
522. TACopy !req
523. MCopy !req
524. Where can I get my
hands on that book?Copy !req
525. There are many options
for both old and new copies,Copy !req
526. from online auctions to bookstores
of several shapes and sizes...Copy !req
527. However, the exact copy she had as a childCopy !req
528. has just reappeared on
the market as a used book.Copy !req
529. Th-That's...Copy !req
530. Here.Copy !req
531. It's expected to appear at the
Shimogamo Evening Used Book Market.Copy !req
532. If you were to obtain this, it would
be quite easy to claim her heart!Copy !req
533. Used Book FestivalCopy !req
534. This was exactly like a sea of books!Copy !req
535. I was a fish in the deepest depths,Copy !req
536. migrating this way and
that in search of prey!Copy !req
537. Birds, Beasts, and Relatives
By: Gerald DurrellCopy !req
538. Viva, beginner's luck!Copy !req
539. Why is it still so damn
hot this time of night?Copy !req
540. I can't stand used books.Copy !req
541. Used books call out in deceit,
"Read us and obtain knowledge!"Copy !req
542. but never once have I put any of
that knowledge to practical use.Copy !req
543. What I need now isn't knowledge,
but grace and charm!Copy !req
544. THEN perhaps we can
talk about knowledge —Copy !req
545. What did you do?
I demand reparations!Copy !req
546. That's what I'm entitled to say here!Copy !req
547. You don't see you're the one
who needs to apologize?Copy !req
548. Hmmph, you've got your
mind focused on that girl, huh?Copy !req
549. What?Copy !req
550. "If I get my hands on her beloved book, "Copy !req
551. "it'll be a cinch to claim her heart."Copy !req
552. At least, that's what
you're thinking, right...?Copy !req
553. Th-That's TOO on the nose!Copy !req
554. If one suddenly finds the book
they've spent years searching for,Copy !req
555. or when one remembers
a book from their pastCopy !req
556. and it appears out of
nowhere in front of them,Copy !req
557. I can feel the pull of the thread of fate.Copy !req
558. Almost like there is a
God of the Used Book Market,Copy !req
559. one who can fashion a happy
encounter with the book I desire,Copy !req
560. one who can bring me back to
forgotten books from my past...Copy !req
561. At least, that was my gut feeling.Copy !req
562. But Ra Ta Ta Tam was
nowhere to be found.Copy !req
563. I suppose even the God of the Used Book
Market needs a day off sometimes.Copy !req
564. I'm feelin' the same as you...Copy !req
565. I'm not findin' the books I really want.Copy !req
566. Some nasty collector's got
a tight grip on the rare stuff.Copy !req
567. You heard me?Copy !req
568. Y'know, way back when,
books traveled from person to person!Copy !req
569. A book is reborn
each time it's passed on,Copy !req
570. it's one of the things
that ties us together.Copy !req
571. But it's like that damn collector's put
up a dam to stop the flow of books.Copy !req
572. DAMCopy !req
573. DAMCopy !req
574. Holdin' shadowy auctions
for all his rare books...Copy !req
575. Only fools who don't
value their lives take part.Copy !req
576. Quite the terrible thing...Copy !req
577. Ah! Wait! You stupid brat!Copy !req
578. You yanked off the price tags! Stop!Copy !req
579. Stop, I said, STOP!Copy !req
580. Stop, c'mon stop, I said!Copy !req
581. Damn that stupid kid...Copy !req
582. Getting ice cream all over my pants...Copy !req
583. But at least that's all over with now...Copy !req
584. Hey kid, give it up already!Copy !req
585. Huh? The heck?Copy !req
586. What the hell is this?Copy !req
587. This guy's the one
who made me do it!Copy !req
588. If I didn't, he said he
was gonna molest me!Copy !req
589. So I...Copy !req
590. Hey you.Copy !req
591. Why don't you come with me.Copy !req
592. H-Hold on! Wait!Copy !req
593. I didn't do...Copy !req
594. He was going to molest that child...Copy !req
595. Hope you like prison, kid.Copy !req
596. I'm sure I won't!Copy !req
597. Hey!Copy !req
598. Where'd that brat go?Copy !req
599. What's goin' on here, kid?Copy !req
600. Dealin' with another
pants problem, huh?Copy !req
601. Yo!Copy !req
602. You wanna drink?Copy !req
603. An ice kotatsu, how refined!Copy !req
604. Higuchi-san, did you really
read all of these books?Copy !req
605. Heaven forbid!Copy !req
606. I'm selling these to acquaintances
of mine for quite the mark-up.Copy !req
607. I must express my gratitude for books.Copy !req
608. To think people would pay so handsomely
for nothing more than paper stained with ink.Copy !req
609. Anyone who collects dirty things
like those is a total moron!Copy !req
610. Today I had quite the harvest.Copy !req
611. If you're interested, I'll treat
you to some yakisoba as well.Copy !req
612. Thank you so much!Copy !req
613. Higuchi treating someone?Copy !req
614. That's once every 25 years!Copy !req
615. My, it appears even more
profit is on the table.Copy !req
616. I have another matter to attend to,
please wait here for my return.Copy !req
617. Sure!Copy !req
618. This guy here's Don Underwear.Copy !req
619. He's quite the hardcore romanticist!Copy !req
620. I am no romanticist.Copy !req
621. Just...Copy !req
622. Someone toiling to once
again meet their fated love.Copy !req
623. See what I mean?Copy !req
624. It sounds like there's a story there!Copy !req
625. It was during last year's School Festival...Copy !req
626. After watching a
friend's trifle of a play,Copy !req
627. I took seat on a bench...Copy !req
628. A rain of apples began
to fall from the sky.Copy !req
629. Apples?Copy !req
630. Most likely, some students were
transporting them to make apple candy,Copy !req
631. and they spilled simultaneously
on the floors above.Copy !req
632. And so, down below,
at the same time,Copy !req
633. apples bounced off both our heads.Copy !req
634. At that moment, it was like my
heart was shot from my chest!Copy !req
635. There was no doubt it was love!Copy !req
636. Surely, this must have been fate.Copy !req
637. However...Copy !req
638. I had no idea about
what I should do next.Copy !req
639. Our connection was only based
on simultaneous apple thumps,Copy !req
640. and so I hesitated
in calling out to her.Copy !req
641. And ever since she left...Copy !req
642. Not a day has gone by where
I haven't thought of her.Copy !req
643. If only I could see her once again,Copy !req
644. I would not give in to hesitation!Copy !req
645. However, I had no idea on
how to search for her.Copy !req
646. I could not trust gossip and
hearsay enough to rely on it.Copy !req
647. Everything was chance arranged by fate,Copy !req
648. the entire incident had
the flair of the romantic!Copy !req
649. I told he was a romantic...Copy !req
650. And thus, I went to Yoshida
Shrine and I made my vow.Copy !req
651. Until the day I laid eyes on her again...Copy !req
652. Until then, I would never
remove this pair of underwear!Copy !req
653. Wow!Copy !req
654. I think you got some wires
crossed in that head of yours...Copy !req
655. Thank you so much!Copy !req
656. Thanks ain't necessary.Copy !req
657. I got connections.Copy !req
658. Well then, I'll...Copy !req
659. The ol' koi nursery's
starting to rally again,Copy !req
660. so I'm rebuilding my
erotic art collection.Copy !req
661. Well isn't that nice!Copy !req
662. Well, I'll see you later...Copy !req
663. There's a shadowy auction goin' on tonight,Copy !req
664. and a legendary piece by
Katsushika Hokusai is on the list.Copy !req
665. But wouldn't y'know,Copy !req
666. they're holdin' it somewhere
I'm not really welcome.Copy !req
667. Ah well, you see...Copy !req
668. I saved you, didn't I?Copy !req
669. Consider this give-and-take.Copy !req
670. Higuchi's there, too...!Copy !req
671. I'll wait here! Go on ahead!Copy !req
672. I'm beggin' ya!Copy !req
673. I'll get ya a nice reward!Copy !req
674. I'm countin' on ya! Good luck!Copy !req
675. So... What the heck is going on here?Copy !req
676. This is a feast for demons,Copy !req
677. take care you don't
end up on the menu...Copy !req
678. All right, tonight's participants...Copy !req
679. If you'll come this way.Copy !req
680. This is how Rihaku-san likes it.Copy !req
681. What's with the atmosphere here?Copy !req
682. A humble welcome to my festival!Copy !req
683. I suppose this is what
you'd call a HOT pot.Copy !req
684. If you add some sesame oil,
you'll find it's delicious.Copy !req
685. My eyes...!Copy !req
686. To whoever lasts the longest at my table,Copy !req
687. I shall grant the right to take whichever
book they please off my shelf.Copy !req
688. I trust all of you have a choice in mind.Copy !req
689. The manuscript of
the Kokinshu!Copy !req
690. The diary of Ryusei Kishida
is my white whale.Copy !req
691. The Steam Train/Steamship
Trip Guide 1st Edition!Copy !req
692. The erotic art
by Hokusai!Copy !req
693. And this is a picture book belonging to a
certain raven-haired girl when she young.Copy !req
694. Have a look, her name is
written right on it.Copy !req
695. All right, Romantic Engine,
full speed ahead!Copy !req
696. It's Ra Ta Ta Tam...Copy !req
697. Not only that, the one
she had as a child, too!Copy !req
698. That makes it the most valuable
thing under the heavens!Copy !req
699. Now then, your first course...Copy !req
700. How about you all begin
with one piece each.Copy !req
701. SPICY...!Copy !req
702. Hey now, little boy!Copy !req
703. You mustn't be naughty!Copy !req
704. I'm not being naughty!Copy !req
705. I'm doing something good here!Copy !req
706. Something good?Copy !req
707. Hey miss, did you know?Copy !req
708. Every book is connected.Copy !req
709. For example, that girl has
the entire Sherlock Holmes.Copy !req
710. The author, Conan Doyle.Copy !req
711. Getting inspiration from
the French author Jules Verne,Copy !req
712. he wrote the science-fiction
novel "The Lost World".Copy !req
713. Now look at the book over there.Copy !req
714. That's Mathias Sandorf, written by Verne
out of respect to Alexandre Dumas.Copy !req
715. Dumas' work, "The Count of Monte Cristo", came
to Japan under the name "The Cavern King".Copy !req
716. The first to adapt it was Ruiko Kuroiwa
of the Yorozu Morning News.Copy !req
717. And he in turn appeared as a character in
the novel "The Meiji Tower of Babel".Copy !req
718. The author of that was Futaro Yamada.Copy !req
719. In his "War Generation Anti-War Diaries",Copy !req
720. Yamada declared the novel
"Oni Fire" to be utter rubbish.Copy !req
721. That was written
by Seishi Yokomizo.Copy !req
722. He was an editor at the
magazine "Shin Seinen" in his youth,Copy !req
723. and his co-editor at the time was On Watanabe, author of "The Androgynous Scion."Copy !req
724. Jun'ichiro Tanazaki submitted an article titled
"Harusamu" to honor him after his death.Copy !req
725. Tanazaki engaged in fierce literary
dispute with Ryunosuke Akutagawa.Copy !req
726. Months after the dispute,
Akutagawa took his own life.Copy !req
727. Hyakken Uchida explored the
particulars of this suicide in "Bowler Hat."Copy !req
728. This work was then
praised by Yukio Mishima.Copy !req
729. At the age of 22, Mishima declared his hatred of Osamu Dazai directly to Dazai's face.Copy !req
730. After losing his friend to tuberculosis,
Dazai wrote an article in his memoriam,Copy !req
731. the author of that book there,
Sakunosuke Oda.Copy !req
732. All books are connected, this Sea of
Used Books is in truth one giant book!Copy !req
733. You... What on earth are you?Copy !req
734. I'm the God of the Used Book Market!Copy !req
735. I offer divine wrath to those who stop
the flow of books by locking them away,Copy !req
736. my duty is to return those books
back to the sea they came from!Copy !req
737. And that's why I'd like
you to help me, miss.Copy !req
738. You're certainly packing it away!Copy !req
739. If you tire of the hot pot,
we also have ramen and gyoza!Copy !req
740. Don't you think it's
about time you gave up?Copy !req
741. Right back at you.Copy !req
742. Perhaps it's best to quit if you're
hallucinating rainbow streamers...Copy !req
743. I bet you're seeing them too,
why not worry about yourself?Copy !req
744. I had already forgotten pain.Copy !req
745. My consciousness had grown dim.Copy !req
746. Intent only on defeating
the hot pot in front of me,Copy !req
747. I was now a perpetual motion machine.Copy !req
748. You're persistent, aren't you...Copy !req
749. No one yet's been able to
hold out as long as I have...Copy !req
750. I'm starting to hallucinate things like this.Copy !req
751. My hallucination's not
going to lose to yours!Copy !req
752. Bravo!Copy !req
753. Young man, you are the victor!Copy !req
754. Take your book and go!Copy !req
755. Thank you so, so much...Copy !req
756. Huh?Copy !req
757. What's this?Copy !req
758. It is I, God of the Used Book Market!Copy !req
759. That kid!Copy !req
760. Imprudent collector,
reap what you have sown!Copy !req
761. - The Steam Train/Steamboat Trip Guide!
- The manuscript for the Kokinshu!Copy !req
762. If you want them, go trove
the Sea of Used Books!Copy !req
763. I believe you'll find them in
appropriate places at appropriate prices.Copy !req
764. Damn it all to hell!Copy !req
765. My collection!Copy !req
766. Stop! My future is waiting!Copy !req
767. Isn't that...Copy !req
768. the Senpai I keep bumping into?Copy !req
769. Hey, miss! Thanks a lot!Copy !req
770. Those books have been resurrected.Copy !req
771. I bet you'll come across
Ra Ta Ta Tam any minute now!Copy !req
772. Th-This is the diary of Ryusei Kishida!Copy !req
773. Why is it here?Copy !req
774. Never mind, I'm so grateful!Copy !req
775. - The manuscript of the Kokinshu!
- The Steam Train/Steamboat Trip Guide!Copy !req
776. How unfortunate...Copy !req
777. To be betrayed by the
God of the Used Book Market.Copy !req
778. How utterly annoying.Copy !req
779. Then I'll treat you
to yakisoba instead!Copy !req
780. Hanuki-san, maybe you best go home...Copy !req
781. This way!Copy !req
782. - Hey ho...
- Hey ho...Copy !req
783. - Hey ho!
- Hey ho!Copy !req
784. What's this?Copy !req
785. Guerrilla theater.Copy !req
786. It's time for the School Festival already?Copy !req
787. The Eccentric King! Scene 47!Copy !req
788. You there! Are you Jogasaki,
the head of the Film Club Misogi?Copy !req
789. How dare you address me without "-san"!Copy !req
790. Tell me your name this instant!Copy !req
791. I am Princess Daruma!Copy !req
792. I'm searching for the Eccentric King,
now tell me where he is!Copy !req
793. No, Kaori!Copy !req
794. You bitch...Copy !req
795. That's utterly low!Copy !req
796. Kyoto University President's
Special CurryCopy !req
797. If I were to cover this thing in curryCopy !req
798. and leave it for the Mt. Yoshida stray dogsCopy !req
799. Oh, how much fun that would be!Copy !req
800. Stop this now, don't you dare
treat Kaori as a mere objectCopy !req
801. For I do not knowCopy !req
802. Where to find the Eccentric KingCopy !req
803. And that is the honest truthCopy !req
804. However...!Copy !req
805. However?Copy !req
806. - If you don't spit it out...
- Stop, please!Copy !req
807. Oh, my beloved Eccentric KingCopy !req
808. Where can I find him nowCopy !req
809. The School Festival Executive Director knows...Copy !req
810. The Executive Director knows?Copy !req
811. Your compatriot in Breast Rock Climbing,Copy !req
812. your friend from the
Bedchamber Investigation Team?Copy !req
813. Yes, the one who gave me
handholds shaped like breasts,Copy !req
814. my friend and rival in Breast Rock Climbing!Copy !req
815. My junior in the Bedchamber Investigation Team,Copy !req
816. The School Festival Executive Director knows...Copy !req
817. You, with your obsessive clean freak tendenciesCopy !req
818. You who will never accept
intimacy with real flesh and blood!Copy !req
819. Acknowledge the filthiness of your own soulCopy !req
820. And apply some bleachCopy !req
821. Finally, I know the villainCopy !req
822. The mastermind is revealedCopy !req
823. My enemy is none other than the
School Festival Executive Director!Copy !req
824. Kaori!Copy !req
825. Take it down, guys!Copy !req
826. Hey ho!Copy !req
827. Stop right there!Copy !req
828. Guerrilla theater is a violation of the rules!Copy !req
829. - Hey ho!
- Hey ho!Copy !req
830. You public moral flouting scoundrels!Copy !req
831. Stop!Copy !req
832. It appears that your presence has
extended the night somewhat.Copy !req
833. I'll watch over Hanuki,
you can be on your way.Copy !req
834. We'll meet at the School Festival.Copy !req
835. Okay!Copy !req
836. And I recommend buying
some ajari-mochi on your way.Copy !req
837. It's quite delicious when it's fresh.Copy !req
838. And so, I made my way
towards the School Festival.Copy !req
839. This night was far from over!Copy !req
840. A school festival is a high
pressure bargain sale of youth —Copy !req
841. A Midnight Market of Youthfulness!Copy !req
842. Ra Ta Ta Tam ShopCopy !req
843. No TouchingCopy !req
844. A picture book?Copy !req
845. There's just one?Copy !req
846. Hey, now!Copy !req
847. No window shopping.Copy !req
848. There were no more obstacles in my path!Copy !req
849. I'd obtained a key item
needed to enter the citadel.Copy !req
850. All I needed to do now was wait for
the raven-haired maiden to appear!Copy !req
851. This is Ra Ta Ta Tam!Copy !req
852. Such a coincidence!Copy !req
853. This is no coincidence!
This is inevitability!Copy !req
854. And thus we'd finally talk...Copy !req
855. About love, about our futures!Copy !req
856. My long battle is on the
verge of drawing to a close!Copy !req
857. Already I smile and grow nostalgic
upon reflection of this journey...Copy !req
858. - Over there!
- Hey ho!Copy !req
859. Hey, stop it!
Don't you "Hey ho" me!Copy !req
860. What are you doing?
That was my stall, damn it!Copy !req
861. Wait!Copy !req
862. The Eccentric King!Copy !req
863. Hey!Copy !req
864. Damn it, they're quick...Copy !req
865. What the heck was that about?Copy !req
866. You! We group up at headquarters!Copy !req
867. They're a School Festival terrorist
group intent on guerrilla theater.Copy !req
868. They steal the frameworks of unpopular
festival stalls and use them to build stages.Copy !req
869. Their play is "The Eccentric King."Copy !req
870. It's an adventure musical,Copy !req
871. about Princess Daruma's search
for the eponymous king.Copy !req
872. Eccentric King Stage LocationsCopy !req
873. Revelations about students
and clubs are woven into the story,Copy !req
874. making a mix of truth and fiction,Copy !req
875. and those who've had their dirty secrets
revealed have fallen hard from grace.Copy !req
876. Leaving this group unchecked for so long
has placed our reputation on the line!Copy !req
877. The Eccentric King must be stopped!Copy !req
878. We must return order to the School Festival!Copy !req
879. Yes, sir!Copy !req
880. Director!Copy !req
881. Director, what should we do
about the Swift-Footed Kotatsu?Copy !req
882. That's lower on the priority list.Copy !req
883. Swift-Footed Kotatsu LocationsCopy !req
884. However, they're treating
passerbys to helpings of hot pot!Copy !req
885. Left unchecked,
food poisoning is a possibility...Copy !req
886. I'll leave that to you.Copy !req
887. Must be rough...Copy !req
888. My goodness, everyone everywhere
is running roughshod!Copy !req
889. You're sick?Copy !req
890. I picked it up at
another of my affairs...Copy !req
891. Congratulations!Copy !req
892. Your prize is this red carp backpack!Copy !req
893. Just put your arms
through here to wear it!Copy !req
894. Here!Copy !req
895. Cool, ain't it!Copy !req
896. My back was now nice and warm!Copy !req
897. To get this red carp just
as I was getting chilly...Copy !req
898. Three cheers for opportunism!Copy !req
899. Hail and amen!Copy !req
900. Truly, this was a theater of youth.Copy !req
901. Over 18 Only!
Jogasaki's Cherished Love Doll!Copy !req
902. There were so many splendid works
by talented students on display...Copy !req
903. Mr. Jogasaki's Breast Rock Climbing!Copy !req
904. Each flowed by like illustrations
from some fantastic picture book.Copy !req
905. Kyoufuku RailwaysCopy !req
906. Pretty Girl Crane GameCopy !req
907. You sure can drink!Copy !req
908. I'm not done yet!Copy !req
909. Rice Fundamentalists vs. Bread Alliance
Rice! Or Wheat!Copy !req
910. Well, what about cookies!
Those are like bread!Copy !req
911. If you believe that nonsense,
then rice crackers are a type of rice!Copy !req
912. My, that's a splendid red carp you have.Copy !req
913. Higuchi-san!Copy !req
914. This time it's a warm kotatsu, huh?Copy !req
915. Would you care for some hot pot?Copy !req
916. We're on the run from the
School Festival Executive.Copy !req
917. The stakes sure have risen...Copy !req
918. Please put your mind at ease.Copy !req
919. While my underwear remains on,Copy !req
920. I shall not go under the kotatsu.Copy !req
921. How admirable.Copy !req
922. Such is the etiquette
required of Don Underwear.Copy !req
923. He's about to undertake
the greatest battle of his life.Copy !req
924. Please, watch and enjoy!Copy !req
925. I shall be leading the entire School
Festival to a happy ending for sure!Copy !req
926. Still, not having changed
underwear for so long,Copy !req
927. I'm surprised you're even still alive...Copy !req
928. I did immediately get sick.Copy !req
929. But yet I still heartily live!Copy !req
930. It's the Swift-Footed Kotatsu!Copy !req
931. Hold it right there!Copy !req
932. Time to go...Copy !req
933. - Hey ho...
- Hey ho...Copy !req
934. - Hey ho!
- Hey ho!Copy !req
935. Stop!Copy !req
936. Over here!Copy !req
937. The Princess isn't coming!
She's been caught!Copy !req
938. Already?Copy !req
939. There's no backup!Copy !req
940. You do it, then!Copy !req
941. Heck no!Copy !req
942. Hey, you!Copy !req
943. You wanna be an actress?Copy !req
944. Whatever, you're doing it.Copy !req
945. Here's your script!Copy !req
946. We can feed you your lines, too.Copy !req
947. Unnecessary! I've memorized it all.Copy !req
948. I shan't tuck my tail
between my legs and run!Copy !req
949. It must be fate that I've been
handed such a major role!Copy !req
950. I've resolved to follow my
thread of fate until the end!Copy !req
951. You got your cold from that
Obscene Investigation Team, did you not?Copy !req
952. It's not the Obscene Investigation Team!Copy !req
953. The Bedchamber Investigation Team!Copy !req
954. Bedchamber, you mean a lady's bedroom!Copy !req
955. Investigation there is done only
by the indecent and shameless!Copy !req
956. The name Depraved Director suits you well!Copy !req
957. That reprehensible sickness you bearCopy !req
958. To such baseness, I shall never yieldCopy !req
959. Until the dayCopy !req
960. My beloved Eccentric KingCopy !req
961. I lay eyes on you againCopy !req
962. That Eccentric King of yoursCopy !req
963. Imprisonment was his fateCopy !req
964. Never again set to returnCopy !req
965. Neither his name nor his idealsCopy !req
966. Even if the path I followCopy !req
967. Should lead me straight to the depths of hellCopy !req
968. Never shall I become plagued by doubt or fearCopy !req
969. Ever onward, I'll press forwardCopy !req
970. If it's for the sake of the Eccentric King!Copy !req
971. The Eccentric King Players!Copy !req
972. Performing a play here violates the rules!Copy !req
973. - Surrender yourselves quietly!
- Take it down, guys!Copy !req
974. Let the show go on,
you pain-in-the-ass!Copy !req
975. Don't give me your cold,
Depraved Director!Copy !req
976. Stop this!Copy !req
977. Out of my way!Copy !req
978. Again?Copy !req
979. Why are you always front stage center?Copy !req
980. They escaped our clutches once again!Copy !req
981. They have an 11th leading lady!Copy !req
982. Go ahead and keep catching us!
Our reserves are limitless!Copy !req
983. Be that as it may, the latest
one is lacking in acting ability.Copy !req
984. It seems you must be running out.Copy !req
985. However, it's strange!Copy !req
986. The script appears freshly written,Copy !req
987. but we have yet to find the author!Copy !req
988. If we capture the author,
continuing the play will be an impossibility.Copy !req
989. Where are they...Copy !req
990. Director!Copy !req
991. Hey, Director!Copy !req
992. We've just intercepted a text message!Copy !req
993. - That's private!
- It's the latest script!Copy !req
994. We've confiscated their new lyrics!Copy !req
995. Also, this poster was amongst the data!Copy !req
996. What on earth...Copy !req
997. The final scene is up next!Copy !req
998. A Love Scene Grand Finale?Copy !req
999. L-L-L-Love Scene?Copy !req
1000. But where?Copy !req
1001. Please watch this security footage!Copy !req
1002. The Swift-Footed Kotatsu...Copy !req
1003. Wait, what's that?Copy !req
1004. A daruma?Copy !req
1005. Forgotten by the Swift-Footed Kotatsu?Copy !req
1006. If we rewind...Copy !req
1007. So that's what's going on!Copy !req
1008. How could I not have noticed?Copy !req
1009. You! Bring up the Eccentric King map!Copy !req
1010. Now overlay the Swift-Footed Kotatsu map!Copy !req
1011. It's a perfect match!Copy !req
1012. So the ringleaders of
"The Eccentric King",Copy !req
1013. they write the script at the kotatsu,Copy !req
1014. and once they move, the troupe
performs at their old location!Copy !req
1015. Shit...Copy !req
1016. The Swift-Footed Kotatsu is on the
move through the courtyard!Copy !req
1017. It's Higuchi and Don Underwear!Copy !req
1018. - The Don...?
- Depraved Director!Copy !req
1019. Everyone everywhere is
running roughshod...!Copy !req
1020. Chase that kotatsu!Copy !req
1021. Don Underwear must not
take the stage at all costs!Copy !req
1022. What's up next?Copy !req
1023. Well, there's a love scene up next,Copy !req
1024. between you and Don Underwear.Copy !req
1025. You fine with that?Copy !req
1026. I may have no experience,Copy !req
1027. but I'm ready and willing
to answer drama's call!Copy !req
1028. Don Underwear put on this play to
search for an unrequited love.Copy !req
1029. If this play becomes hot topic on campus,Copy !req
1030. his Apple Girl will definitely come watch!Copy !req
1031. Don Underwear will lay his
feelings bare once she appears!Copy !req
1032. The fact the King and
the Princess can't meet,Copy !req
1033. it's a metaphor for his current situation!Copy !req
1034. There's no way she won't respond
to the Don's feelings of love!Copy !req
1035. Then that means for sure!Copy !req
1036. Until our Apple Girl appears,
the show must go on!Copy !req
1037. Our connection to the
kotatsu's been leaked!Copy !req
1038. They'll most likely be
expecting us on the roof!Copy !req
1039. Tactics O!Copy !req
1040. There!Copy !req
1041. If the troupe isn't stopped,Copy !req
1042. she'll have a love scene in
public with Don Underwear...Copy !req
1043. This is bad!Copy !req
1044. This is most definitely NOT
the script written in my heart!Copy !req
1045. Never mind, if I can
just make it to the stage,Copy !req
1046. I can trade places with the Don...!Copy !req
1047. The two of us finally being united,Copy !req
1048. that's drama of the highest order!Copy !req
1049. Director! We know the kotatsu's location!Copy !req
1050. My Romantic Engine doesn't
have enough horsepower!Copy !req
1051. I'm gonna lose MY
final act if this keeps up!Copy !req
1052. Naoko-san!Copy !req
1053. Naoko-san, I'll Wait For You
Until My Dying DayCopy !req
1054. Bit-part...Copy !req
1055. Romantic Engine,
Activate Pure Love Nitro!Copy !req
1056. If she's tonight's leading lady,Copy !req
1057. then damn straight I'm going
to be the leading man!Copy !req
1058. Hey, your belt's all twisted!Copy !req
1059. Let me fix that for you.Copy !req
1060. The only thing twisted here
is my love-struck heart!Copy !req
1061. What are you doing?Copy !req
1062. This isn't what you promised!Copy !req
1063. The girl takes priority over everything else!Copy !req
1064. That promise is about 5th on my list!Copy !req
1065. Where's the Eccentric King?Copy !req
1066. That was quite the hustle,
yet this isn't the finish line.Copy !req
1067. The final scene is taking place over there.Copy !req
1068. The Eccentric King!Copy !req
1069. Begin!Copy !req
1070. The Eccentric KingCopy !req
1071. Has vanished, nowhere to be foundCopy !req
1072. And the worldCopy !req
1073. Has been plunged in griefCopy !req
1074. Yet this time, for sure,Copy !req
1075. My journey is almost at its end!Copy !req
1076. This time, for sure...Copy !req
1077. One day, on a benchCopy !req
1078. I had taken seatCopy !req
1079. And you had taken seat nearbyCopy !req
1080. And then, from up aboveCopy !req
1081. A rain of applesCopy !req
1082. And at the moment I saw youCopy !req
1083. You looked my way as well!Copy !req
1084. And then, on both our heads...Copy !req
1085. Out of nowhere, a thump!Copy !req
1086. Two apples...Copy !req
1087. Out of nowhere, a thump.Copy !req
1088. Such a twist of fateCopy !req
1089. This divine revelationCopy !req
1090. At that moment, I knew it was love!Copy !req
1091. Th-That's...!Copy !req
1092. I adore youCopy !req
1093. My destined loveCopy !req
1094. Princess...Copy !req
1095. - Daruma...
- This is a festival of fools.Copy !req
1096. Keep watching and
you'll become one, too.Copy !req
1097. If I'm going to be a fool anyway,Copy !req
1098. Then I'll...Copy !req
1099. be a DANCING fool!Copy !req
1100. Something's caught on the net!Copy !req
1101. Raise it up!Copy !req
1102. Music!Copy !req
1103. I happened to be passing through by chanceCopy !req
1104. But to be able to meet you like thisCopy !req
1105. Is such a marvelous joyCopy !req
1106. Who's this idiot?Copy !req
1107. I'm just a poor seller of Ra Ta Ta TamCopy !req
1108. Get lost!Copy !req
1109. And so, my raven-haired maidenCopy !req
1110. It is I, the Senpai you often meetCopy !req
1111. What's this crap?Copy !req
1112. The hell?Copy !req
1113. Senpai, such a coincidenceCopy !req
1114. No, simply by chance!Copy !req
1115. Such a coincidenceCopy !req
1116. No, just by chance!Copy !req
1117. A coincidenceCopy !req
1118. By chance!Copy !req
1119. - Coinci...
- Chance!Copy !req
1120. - Coin...
- Chance!Copy !req
1121. - Co...
- ... ance!Copy !req
1122. I suppose, then, it must be fate!Copy !req
1123. Well, time for the kiss.Copy !req
1124. But this isn't how she really feels...Copy !req
1125. It's a play, it's out of
dramatic necessity!Copy !req
1126. Senpai?Copy !req
1127. I am the one, the leading manCopy !req
1128. This play's grand conspiratorCopy !req
1129. A disruption, quite unexpectedCopy !req
1130. Just jammed up the worksCopy !req
1131. But please, forget about that nowCopy !req
1132. Keep your eyes focused on me!Copy !req
1133. Ah! My darling, lovely Apple Girl!Copy !req
1134. If you're out there, out there somewhere,Copy !req
1135. Then please, won't you now take the stage!Copy !req
1136. I suppose you mean me?Copy !req
1137. Isn't it strange, a coincidenceCopy !req
1138. A thunderclap under blue skyCopy !req
1139. That once again, in this placeCopy !req
1140. I should lay my eyes on youCopy !req
1141. Destiny layered in destinyCopy !req
1142. To think that I, just like youCopy !req
1143. Had been waiting, oh so longCopy !req
1144. My person of destinyCopy !req
1145. By heaven's decree, it's you, Don Underwear!Copy !req
1146. A-Apple Girl...Copy !req
1147. It's you...!Copy !req
1148. Apologies.Copy !req
1149. Consider yourself caught!Copy !req
1150. Underwear!Copy !req
1151. You public moral flouting scoundrel!Copy !req
1152. I'm the School Festival Executive Director!Copy !req
1153. Your beloved Apple Girl
was a mere disguise,Copy !req
1154. an idol I dress up as
for my own amusement!Copy !req
1155. Though I must apologize for the deceit.Copy !req
1156. Am ICopy !req
1157. Just no goodCopy !req
1158. My dear Don UnderwearCopy !req
1159. You were always, always on my mindCopy !req
1160. Always have ICopy !req
1161. Been left staring at your backCopy !req
1162. Supporting you this entire timeCopy !req
1163. HoweverCopy !req
1164. In your heartCopy !req
1165. There lives someone differentCopy !req
1166. If all you desire is a woman of beautyCopy !req
1167. Then cosmetic surgeryCopy !req
1168. Even that, I would considerCopy !req
1169. Won't you please just look my way!Copy !req
1170. Do it!Copy !req
1171. Look her way!Copy !req
1172. Get lost, Depraved Director!Copy !req
1173. Go to your Bedchamber!Copy !req
1174. I'm sorry, butCopy !req
1175. That's something I just can't doCopy !req
1176. What I fell in love withCopy !req
1177. Was not a face, but the thump of an appleCopy !req
1178. It was at that momentCopy !req
1179. I knew that my fate had been sealedCopy !req
1180. Even ifCopy !req
1181. My belovedCopy !req
1182. Should happen to be a manCopy !req
1183. This heartbeat of mineCopy !req
1184. It can tell no liesCopy !req
1185. You're always going on
about the damn romantic!Copy !req
1186. Look at the girl standing in front of you!Copy !req
1187. I'm not quite as heartless as people say I amCopy !req
1188. I long for nothing more than
someone to cure my lonelinessCopy !req
1189. Yet I am the one in charge,
the Executive DirectorCopy !req
1190. There is no oneCopy !req
1191. Who could ever understand meCopy !req
1192. Yet if you were willing to take me in your armsCopy !req
1193. Then in that case, for you, a woman I can be!Copy !req
1194. You delirious from fever?Copy !req
1195. You're taking opportunism too far!Copy !req
1196. Just get this over with...!Copy !req
1197. Just play some music...!Copy !req
1198. No! Don't drop the curtain!Copy !req
1199. Seeking another's warmth to
cure transitory loneliness!Copy !req
1200. Utterly... Preposterous!Copy !req
1201. Yuko! Jirokichi!Copy !req
1202. My koi...!Copy !req
1203. These koiCopy !req
1204. Have birthed a new loveCopy !req
1205. This time for sure, a destined loveCopy !req
1206. Love, ever fickleCopy !req
1207. Love, ever selfishCopy !req
1208. But at the end I've finally met youCopy !req
1209. My one and true destinyCopy !req
1210. The story, as always, is opportunismCopy !req
1211. Finally, you looked my wayCopy !req
1212. I know that youCopy !req
1213. They're alive...Copy !req
1214. I know they're alive...!Copy !req
1215. You are my destined loveCopy !req
1216. In our rose-colored campus life!Copy !req
1217. Before I'd realized it,
I had caught a cold.Copy !req
1218. - Haven't seen anyone in two weeks
- Some tamagozake would clear this up
- My fridge is emptyCopy !req
1219. I muttered out my symptoms on
social media but got no response.Copy !req
1220. Was everyone still out?Copy !req
1221. Or was the thought of associating
with me too unbearable.Copy !req
1222. An evening that seemed to encompass
every season had left me beat...Copy !req
1223. I doubt I'll be putting away
my bed for some time.Copy !req
1224. "Alone", by Yumeji Takehisa
I wait for one one, no one waits for meCopy !req
1225. I wait for no one, no one waits for me...Copy !req
1226. I wait for no one, no one waits for me!Copy !req
1227. If you're making tamagozake,
leave out the egg and the sugar...Copy !req
1228. Not going to happen.Copy !req
1229. You're sick because you
allowed your spirit to falter.Copy !req
1230. You should follow my example.Copy !req
1231. Higuchi, you didn't catch a
cold because you're an idiot.Copy !req
1232. Although I'll admit I'm happy
you dropped by to see me...Copy !req
1233. If I was laid up with no visitors,
I would likely starve to death.Copy !req
1234. Though I'm afraid I
can't offer much help...Copy !req
1235. Thank goodness she's here, too.Copy !req
1236. This is a lot tastier than I'd expected!Copy !req
1237. So, how is everyone else?Copy !req
1238. It seems like the entire
city is fighting off a cold...Copy !req
1239. If you go outside,
it's almost like a ghost town.Copy !req
1240. You must be tough if you
haven't caught it yet!Copy !req
1241. If we had some Junpero,
this epidemic would be over in an instant.Copy !req
1242. The legendary wonder drug used in the
treatment of tuberculosis ages ago...Copy !req
1243. When it's swirled on a stick like candy,
one lick can lower any fever.Copy !req
1244. One's body is fulled to the
brim with vitality once more.Copy !req
1245. That's right! Rihaku-san
would have some for sure!Copy !req
1246. I sense another profitable venture ahead...Copy !req
1247. Oh no, Don Underwear!Copy !req
1248. Ah... Hey...Copy !req
1249. I'm wearing new underwear...Copy !req
1250. F-Finally...Copy !req
1251. Are you all right?Copy !req
1252. Noriko-kun's cold...Copy !req
1253. It's an awful beast...Copy !req
1254. I'm off to see her...Copy !req
1255. That's mutual destruction!Copy !req
1256. I'll go with you!Copy !req
1257. There's nothing better if you're sick!Copy !req
1258. Cola has secret ingredients inside,Copy !req
1259. and they work well on colds...Copy !req
1260. If you add some ginger, too...Copy !req
1261. The effect is increased a hundredfold...Copy !req
1262. Delicious...Copy !req
1263. My mother taught me how to make it.Copy !req
1264. I'd rather the Don not
feel too humiliated,Copy !req
1265. so keep this our little secret.Copy !req
1266. Thanks for going out of your way...Copy !req
1267. But you need to dress
warmer or you'll get sick, too!Copy !req
1268. Take one of my sweaters, at least.Copy !req
1269. I'll be fine!Copy !req
1270. Of course not!Copy !req
1271. Those round cushions are really cute...Copy !req
1272. Yeah, but I bought a ton...Copy !req
1273. But squeezing them feels so nice,Copy !req
1274. AND they're fun, too.Copy !req
1275. You know, it's a waste if I'm the
only eating your tamagozake.Copy !req
1276. Could you bring some to the Director?Copy !req
1277. He's all by himself, so he's
probably feeling forlorn.Copy !req
1278. Certainly!Copy !req
1279. And bring some Ginger Cola with you, too...Copy !req
1280. Apologies for making
you go out of your way...Copy !req
1281. As you can see, my new
popularity is burying me alive.Copy !req
1282. So many people sent you gifts!Copy !req
1283. My performance in that musical,Copy !req
1284. it brought me a lot of new
fans from across campus.Copy !req
1285. So please, don't concern
yourself with me.Copy !req
1286. However, since I seem to have
given my cold to most of my guests,Copy !req
1287. it does pain my heart somewhat.Copy !req
1288. The one I'm most worried about,Copy !req
1289. it's my Senpai from the Bedchamber
Investigation Team, Todo-san.Copy !req
1290. His daughter has yet to visit him,Copy !req
1291. and he must be lonely
wrapped up in bed by himself.Copy !req
1292. I'll go visit him.Copy !req
1293. Really?Copy !req
1294. There's some apples over there,Copy !req
1295. would you mind bringing some with?Copy !req
1296. An apple a day and all that...Copy !req
1297. Yes!Copy !req
1298. A tornado ruined the crop last year,
but this year it's been quite the harvest.Copy !req
1299. I also received a bunch of hats,
so please, help yourself.Copy !req
1300. Your ears do look quite cold.Copy !req
1301. So, what happened afterwards?Copy !req
1302. With the Senpai you keep bumping into,Copy !req
1303. on the stage of the Eccentric King.Copy !req
1304. That was...!Copy !req
1305. He was just passing through by chance.Copy !req
1306. Really now! That was
quite the hijack he pulled.Copy !req
1307. He is my friend, after all,Copy !req
1308. and that was the first time
I'd ever seen him so frantic.Copy !req
1309. But I suppose you wouldn't understand.Copy !req
1310. You always press forward, paying no
mind to those left in your wake.Copy !req
1311. The fact you bumped
into him so frequently...Copy !req
1312. You didn't find it strange?Copy !req
1313. Up to this point, I had given
myself over to wonder,Copy !req
1314. following the road
wherever it lead.Copy !req
1315. I had been lax in forging the tactics
required for romantic relationships,Copy !req
1316. and noticing the feelings of
others was quite beyond me.Copy !req
1317. I suppose trying to grasp my own fluffy
cotton-candy feelings was difficult as well.Copy !req
1318. But, when I remember Senpai wrapping his
arms around my papier mache costume,Copy !req
1319. something inside of me goes "Pop!",Copy !req
1320. and I want nothing more
than to glomp my red carp.Copy !req
1321. Yahoo!Copy !req
1322. Did I actually manage
to achieve anything?Copy !req
1323. It was all just my
imagination, wasn't it...Copy !req
1324. Yahoo...Copy !req
1325. Even coughing — I am alone.
Ozaki HosaiCopy !req
1326. What dragged you
all the way out here?Copy !req
1327. The Executive Director
told me where you live.Copy !req
1328. I thought he was pissed at me...Copy !req
1329. I did give him this cold, after all.Copy !req
1330. It seems he was more worried
about you than himself.Copy !req
1331. My daughter did come to visit,
but she ended up gettin' my cold...Copy !req
1332. I bet she's gonna pass it on to
her husband and her new in-laws...Copy !req
1333. Heck, you might end up gettin' it too.Copy !req
1334. It seems the God of Colds
and I are on the outs.Copy !req
1335. For pete's sake...Copy !req
1336. Here you are lookin' out for me again.Copy !req
1337. Hey, I met some kid searchin' for
some old book at the market,Copy !req
1338. he your Senpai?Copy !req
1339. He wanted some lousy kid's
book called Ra Ta Ta Tam...Copy !req
1340. Seems he wanted to get
his hands on it at any cost.Copy !req
1341. Even though I begged him to
get me that piece of erotic art...Copy !req
1342. Whatever, I ended up gettin'
my hands on it anyway.Copy !req
1343. Oh yeah, not for nothin',
I got this cold from Rihaku-san.Copy !req
1344. He already had it back
at your drinking contest,Copy !req
1345. and it sounds like it's
only got worse since then.Copy !req
1346. Oh!Copy !req
1347. Why are the streets so deserted today?Copy !req
1348. This cold lays in ambush attacking
anyone who approaches.Copy !req
1349. I thought the world got destroyed
while I was wrapped up in bed.Copy !req
1350. Oh, you won't believe this!Copy !req
1351. Higuchi-kun finally got sick, too!Copy !req
1352. I had planned on visiting Rihaku-san,Copy !req
1353. but the closer I got,
the more the wind lost mercy.Copy !req
1354. Alas, my attempt at the
journey was left in tragic defeat.Copy !req
1355. This is no mere common cold...Copy !req
1356. This retrovirus gone rampant is
none other than the Rihaku Cold!Copy !req
1357. May I ask you where Rihaku-san lives?Copy !req
1358. He parks his train in an isolated
area by Takaragaike Lake,Copy !req
1359. where winds are constantly gushing out.Copy !req
1360. The God of Colds inside of
Rihaku sends forth its minions,Copy !req
1361. and the wind sends them
swirling through Kyoto!Copy !req
1362. If we do nothing, this ends in double
suicide between Kyoto and Rihaku!Copy !req
1363. I'm on my way to go visit Rihaku-san now!Copy !req
1364. Look what happened to
Higuchi when he tried!Copy !req
1365. There must be some reason the God of
Colds wants nothing to do with me...Copy !req
1366. This must be fate as well.Copy !req
1367. There's something I must go
tell Rihaku-san in person!Copy !req
1368. Apologies for dropping in so late!Copy !req
1369. Rihaku-san!Copy !req
1370. Rihaku-san!Copy !req
1371. Rihaku-san!Copy !req
1372. I'm on my deathbed...Copy !req
1373. You mustn't give in so easily!Copy !req
1374. It seems you haven't changed...Copy !req
1375. How many decades have passed
since our drinking contest...Copy !req
1376. It hasn't been that long.Copy !req
1377. It was only a few hours ago,
this very night!Copy !req
1378. Then I suppose that's good.Copy !req
1379. Time in isolation flies like an arrow,Copy !req
1380. it seemed like vast expanses
of time had gone by...Copy !req
1381. On such a lonely winter's night,Copy !req
1382. I'm weeping like an infant
with a soiled diaper.Copy !req
1383. No matter how much I wail,
my mother doesn't appear...Copy !req
1384. But yet I'm here!Copy !req
1385. I used to love collecting and
trading valuable milk caps.Copy !req
1386. In Sevens, I loved ensuring play
can't continue past 6 or 8,Copy !req
1387. and I reveled in drinking in
everyone's troubled faces.Copy !req
1388. My parents wanted little to
do with me, but I had money,Copy !req
1389. and with money came friends.Copy !req
1390. Then women, then more money.Copy !req
1391. However...Copy !req
1392. There were those who stole
what I had through brute force,Copy !req
1393. and in the end I had nothing.Copy !req
1394. I knew then the world was a scramble,
full of nothing but taking...Copy !req
1395. But strength, that could be
bought with money too.Copy !req
1396. So could love.Copy !req
1397. There is nothing on earth
that money can't buy.Copy !req
1398. Yet...Copy !req
1399. No matter how much I collected,
my heart remained unfulfilled.Copy !req
1400. Rihaku-san, you're not alone.Copy !req
1401. Of course you're connected to others!Copy !req
1402. The money you loaned out to
people became their strength,Copy !req
1403. and after having their fun,
they returned to you once again.Copy !req
1404. Your cold was first transferred to Hanuki-san,Copy !req
1405. then to Todo-san and the Director,Copy !req
1406. The Don, Noriko-san, and all their friends,Copy !req
1407. and then to friends of those friends...Copy !req
1408. It's spreading all throughout the city!Copy !req
1409. The things you stole,Copy !req
1410. they bounced from one place to the next,
bringing happiness with them.Copy !req
1411. Even as you profess your isolation,Copy !req
1412. you're still to bound to others in the end.Copy !req
1413. The thread of fate you weave with,Copy !req
1414. everyone is connected to,
whether they like it or not.Copy !req
1415. Rihaku-san, you're absolutely not alone!Copy !req
1416. This evening was all thanks to you...Copy !req
1417. A long and wondrous,
marvelous night!Copy !req
1418. Thank you...Copy !req
1419. Thanks to you, Rihaku-san,Copy !req
1420. I had such a wonderful evening.Copy !req
1421. The Fake Denki Bran was quite delicious.Copy !req
1422. So...Copy !req
1423. Shall we have some more, then?Copy !req
1424. I'll drink until there's nothing left.Copy !req
1425. What's that?Copy !req
1426. It appears there's a virus out
there even worse than what I had...Copy !req
1427. A terminal case if I ever saw one.Copy !req
1428. A young man is struggling with
isolation to a greater degree than I did.Copy !req
1429. Would you perhaps have
an idea who it could be?Copy !req
1430. Now that I think of it,
someone does come to mind...Copy !req
1431. Do you remember the
story Ra Ta Ta Tam?Copy !req
1432. That small white train
had a destination in mind...Copy !req
1433. Just as you have a final
station to approach as well.Copy !req
1434. Yes!Copy !req
1435. The dawn is drawing near...Copy !req
1436. The night is short!Copy !req
1437. Walk on, young girl!Copy !req
1438. This cold medicine will cure the incurable!Copy !req
1439. It's Junpero!Copy !req
1440. DestinationCopy !req
1441. Life is indeed short, my dearCopy !req
1442. So, young lady, do fall in loveCopy !req
1443. Nothing changed after
coming to university.Copy !req
1444. All that came were grades that
held no promise for the future.Copy !req
1445. I could delay the
inevitable with grad school,Copy !req
1446. but it'll all end in
a job hunt, anyway.Copy !req
1447. Not clever, not talented.Copy !req
1448. Not financially stable,
not strong, not determined.Copy !req
1449. Not charismatic, not a charming piglet
boy one wants to rub cheeks with.Copy !req
1450. Just an eternal string of "I'm nots".Copy !req
1451. There's no way I can
make it in this world.Copy !req
1452. Where Is My Talent Hidden?Copy !req
1453. Spending all that time rushing about
wondering where my talent lies...Copy !req
1454. A Skilled Hawk Hides Its TalonsCopy !req
1455. It's almost like back
when I was a freshman,Copy !req
1456. I stored away a talent
piggy bank in my closet.Copy !req
1457. Wait, did that really happen?Copy !req
1458. It must have!Copy !req
1459. Everyone Starts Somewhere...
So Just StartCopy !req
1460. Everyone quiet!Copy !req
1461. It's been a year since we met her!Copy !req
1462. Why Are We Now Stuck On
"The Eternal Obstacle Removing Plan"?Copy !req
1463. We were on the verge of
removing every obstacle in our path,Copy !req
1464. so why do we now have the
"Eternal Obstacle Removing Plan"?Copy !req
1465. We could not ascertain
her true feelings!Copy !req
1466. A detestable lack
of determination!Copy !req
1467. Our good name is in ruins,
we need to revise!Copy !req
1468. Revise? As in claim we
no longer desire her?Copy !req
1469. If we do, our good
name is preserved!Copy !req
1470. I can't acknowledge this!Copy !req
1471. We claim to be head over heels,
yet we know nothing about her!Copy !req
1472. Nothing apart from the image of the
back of her head seared into our retinas.Copy !req
1473. We use the girl as an excuse!Copy !req
1474. A coward's plot to
fill the abyss in our heart!Copy !req
1475. We should all be ashamed!Copy !req
1476. We must grovel before her!Copy !req
1477. Fine, go get all red-faced
and pouty like a damn daruma.Copy !req
1478. Don't be swept away by the tide!Copy !req
1479. The world holds a prejudice that
students must have sweethearts!Copy !req
1480. Thus, we foolish students hold that to heart,Copy !req
1481. and recklessly rush for social status,Copy !req
1482. and then unnaturally,
we all have sweethearts!Copy !req
1483. In that case, all we do is
encourage that same prejudice!Copy !req
1484. I oppose! Resolutely!Copy !req
1485. All we want is to no
longer to be alone!Copy !req
1486. Coward! Grit your teeth!Copy !req
1487. All we do is run away since
we can't predict the future!Copy !req
1488. We need to find
out how she feels!Copy !req
1489. But we must do it as
discreetly as possible!Copy !req
1490. Let me in there!
I gotta take part!Copy !req
1491. Stop this! We must
think rationally!Copy !req
1492. Are we even capable of
something as delicate as dating?Copy !req
1493. Dating, sounds fun...Copy !req
1494. All you want us to do
is cop a feel or two!Copy !req
1495. You mean to say our mind
is that utterly obscene?Copy !req
1496. Yes, our mind does
hold some indecency,Copy !req
1497. but that's not
all it holds!Copy !req
1498. So many other things,
even beautiful things!Copy !req
1499. OPEN THE DAMN DOOR!Copy !req
1500. What if we get smashed
to smithereens?Copy !req
1501. As if we could arrange
a date in the first place!Copy !req
1502. If she had drawn close that night,
could we have even handled it?Copy !req
1503. She wouldn't! She's not
some sleazy instant ramen girl!Copy !req
1504. So if she invited us to cop a feel,
we would have refused?Copy !req
1505. Perhaps not...Copy !req
1506. How many times have
you looked, you lech?Copy !req
1507. We must bow and repent!Copy !req
1508. Go get your kicks from
feeling up rubber balls then!Copy !req
1509. Fallacious, utterly fallacious...Copy !req
1510. Why do we idolize her, anyway?Copy !req
1511. Why her?Copy !req
1512. Make a convincing argument
if we're to continue!Copy !req
1513. Coward!Copy !req
1514. Betrayer!Copy !req
1515. Fool!Copy !req
1516. Pervert!Copy !req
1517. Thoughtless!Copy !req
1518. Reckless!Copy !req
1519. Everyone quiet!Copy !req
1520. Gentlemen, however!Copy !req
1521. If we're having this
thorough of a discussion,Copy !req
1522. let us consider how
relationships even start.Copy !req
1523. Gentlemen, this pure start to love you
all seek doesn't exist to begin with!Copy !req
1524. The more we mull over and
analyze every possible component,Copy !req
1525. the more our feet get
rooted, frozen in place!Copy !req
1526. Lust, vanity, fad, delusion, foolishness...
we become utterly engulfed!Copy !req
1527. There comes a time when we
must risk leaping into darkness,Copy !req
1528. even if we end up plunging
into the hell of heartbreak!Copy !req
1529. As if we could
really do it!Copy !req
1530. If we don't jump, our future is clear!Copy !req
1531. We'll just continue to spin in circles
in some corner of our wasted youth!Copy !req
1532. We will never lay bare our feelings for her!Copy !req
1533. I ask, if we died tomorrow, would
any of you truly have no regrets?Copy !req
1534. If so, step forward right now!Copy !req
1535. The girl is on her way.
I told her where you live.Copy !req
1536. It can't be...Copy !req
1537. That young lady will be
here any moment now.Copy !req
1538. A Girl Who Goes to
Visit All Her Sick Friends?Copy !req
1539. FushimiCopy !req
1540. Visiting Naoko and Her HusbandCopy !req
1541. Swimming up the stream of the night's events,Copy !req
1542. I visited everyone wishing for their quick recovery,Copy !req
1543. A Feverish Passion Without the FeverCopy !req
1544. but they worried for me as much as I did for them,Copy !req
1545. She Receives Some Boiled KabochaCopy !req
1546. and in the end they sent me off bearing several gifts.Copy !req
1547. I did feel left out since I was the only one not sick...Copy !req
1548. Visiting Akagawa With Lots of
Rhetoric Club MembersCopy !req
1549. The Girl Recieves Dried PlumsCopy !req
1550. It was an odd sort of loneliness.Copy !req
1551. The Couple at the Bookstore Feel BetterCopy !req
1552. If I wouldn't be alone,Copy !req
1553. I felt that perhaps a cold wouldn't be so bad.Copy !req
1554. She Receives Asadaame Cough DropsCopy !req
1555. Kantaro, the Boy of the North Winds!Copy !req
1556. A Big Success!Copy !req
1557. She's getting closer by the second!Copy !req
1558. She's on her way here?Copy !req
1559. Take shelter!Copy !req
1560. Maybe we SHOULD
just open the gates?Copy !req
1561. You dare suggest exposing
her to our filthy soul?Copy !req
1562. The best defense
is offense!Copy !req
1563. Activate the
Defensive Shutdown!Copy !req
1564. But she DID come
all this way...Copy !req
1565. We're just not ready!Copy !req
1566. We will NEVER be ready!Copy !req
1567. Return the obstacles!Copy !req
1568. Don't panic, gentlemen!Copy !req
1569. Calm down!Copy !req
1570. We have to keep the gates sealed!Copy !req
1571. Open up! We're taking over!Copy !req
1572. You, get the HELL OUT!Copy !req
1573. We're breaking through!Copy !req
1574. We'll spread our arms open
wide and invite her in!Copy !req
1575. - Where the hell's the switch?
- Stop it!Copy !req
1576. This area is under Defensive Shutdown.Copy !req
1577. This area —Copy !req
1578. Just give your body over to instinct!Copy !req
1579. Quick! Hide!Copy !req
1580. Senpai?Copy !req
1581. Where on earth are you?Copy !req
1582. Senpai!Copy !req
1583. Where on earth are you?Copy !req
1584. Buy us some time!Copy !req
1585. - How'm I gonna do that?
- Whatever, just DO something!Copy !req
1586. - Senpai...
- Master! Get ready to jump!Copy !req
1587. No, no! I'm just not ready yet!Copy !req
1588. What'll happen if I die?Copy !req
1589. Master! You have to go now!Copy !req
1590. I don't wanna...!Copy !req
1591. Shoot! Shoot her down now!Copy !req
1592. You flew down to save me!Copy !req
1593. Yeah, I guess I finally did!Copy !req
1594. Senpai!Copy !req
1595. Shouldn't we be looking
at this wondrous scenery?Copy !req
1596. I'm already looking at something wondrous!Copy !req
1597. Besides, this is the only way
wings shaped like these can fly!Copy !req
1598. Are you all right?Copy !req
1599. Y... Yeah...Copy !req
1600. I guess... I'm getting there...Copy !req
1601. You weren't quite lucid
but I came up anyway.Copy !req
1602. Apologies...Copy !req
1603. Wait, is that...?Copy !req
1604. Ra Ta Ta Tam!Copy !req
1605. You can take it if you'd like.Copy !req
1606. This is exactly the one
I had when I was young!Copy !req
1607. This is my name written on here!Copy !req
1608. Well, I just happened upon it by chance.Copy !req
1609. Thank you so, so much...Copy !req
1610. I'll treasure it forever...Copy !req
1611. You did come all this way.Copy !req
1612. I was just passing through by chance...Copy !req
1613. Well, that's quite a coincidence.Copy !req
1614. Oh yeah, I hear there's a great
used book shop close by...Copy !req
1615. Perhaps, we could go together...Copy !req
1616. Gladly!Copy !req
1617. A cold...Copy !req
1618. It seems I've caught a cold, too.Copy !req
1619. What if she doesn't come?Copy !req
1620. Wait, what if she DOES come?Copy !req
1621. I want to go back to those carefree
days I was removing obstacles!Copy !req
1622. I'm ashamed to admit I couldn't
sleep past 6 this morning.Copy !req
1623. He had suggested we go for coffee
before we went to the used book shop.Copy !req
1624. Hey wait, is this actually a date?Copy !req
1625. After gathering my scattered thoughts,Copy !req
1626. I finally found a thread of conversation.Copy !req
1627. In truth, there was something
I wanted to ask her!Copy !req
1628. Just what kind of night she had in Pontocho...Copy !req
1629. At the used book market...Copy !req
1630. The school festival...Copy !req
1631. Visiting the sick...Copy !req
1632. Just what was she doing that whole time?Copy !req
1633. A mysterious night that
seemed to span an entire year...Copy !req
1634. If she would be kind enough to
tell me about her exploits,Copy !req
1635. I would respond with
the memories of mine.Copy !req
1636. That's right, there's something
I really wanted to ask Senpai!Copy !req
1637. Just what kind of night he had in Pontocho...Copy !req
1638. At the used book market...Copy !req
1639. The school festival...Copy !req
1640. Sick in bed...Copy !req
1641. Just where he traveled to on
that mysterious night...Copy !req
1642. That's what I'd really like to find out!Copy !req
1643. Welcome!Copy !req
1644. For us to have met like this...Copy !req
1645. It must have been fate!Copy !req
1646. That girl kicked her skateboardCopy !req
1647. And went flying down Main StreetCopy !req
1648. The lazy darkness shines brightCopy !req
1649. As it slides down into the guttersCopy !req
1650. Standing on their tiptoes yet falling short,Copy !req
1651. Those boys shake the worldCopy !req
1652. Platitudes like "Be true to yourself!",Copy !req
1653. They tear them up and throw them asideCopy !req
1654. Take all of your vague, unprompted sadnessCopy !req
1655. And jam it down into your kneesCopy !req
1656. Stand alone out in the wildernessCopy !req
1657. Then head off somewhere, staggering to and froCopy !req
1658. Swaying, swaying, keep pressing onwardCopy !req
1659. No matter where you goCopy !req
1660. No matter where you go!Copy !req
1661. No matter where you go...Copy !req
1662. Let the blazing lights of downtownCopy !req
1663. Set fire to the depths of your heartCopy !req
1664. Stand alone at the edge of the worldCopy !req
1665. Head off somewhere, staggering to and froCopy !req
1666. Swaying, swaying, keep pressing onwardCopy !req
1667. No matter where you goCopy !req
1668. No matter where you go!Copy !req
1669. No matter where you go...Copy !req
1670. After threeCopy !req
1671. BackwardsCopy !req
1672. SomersaultsCopy !req
1673. the sad clown failed to stick the landingCopy !req
1674. His faceCopy !req
1675. Did seemCopy !req
1676. Quite cloudedCopy !req
1677. Like seeing the sky behind a row of fluttering flagsCopy !req
1678. I guess I'll prayCopy !req
1679. For hisCopy !req
1680. Health and safetyCopy !req
1681. But still, who's gonna pray for us?Copy !req
1682. That girl kicked her skateboardCopy !req
1683. And went flying down Main StreetCopy !req
1684. The distance between us closed before I realized itCopy !req
1685. And slowly but surelyCopy !req
1686. An unexpected future beckonsCopy !req
1687. So go sing, and go dance!Copy !req
1688. La Lu La Lu La!Copy !req
1689. Take all of your vague unprompted sadnessCopy !req
1690. And jam it down into your kneesCopy !req
1691. Stand alone out in the wildernessCopy !req
1692. Head out somewhere, staggering to and froCopy !req
1693. Swaying, swaying, keep pressing onwardCopy !req
1694. No matter where you goCopy !req
1695. No matter where you go!Copy !req
1696. No matter where you go...Copy !req
1697. That girl kicked her skateboardCopy !req
1698. And went flying down Main StreetCopy !req
1699. The lazy darkness shines brightCopy !req
1700. As it slides down into the guttersCopy !req
1701. La Lu La Lu La...Copy !req
1702. La Lu La Lu La!Copy !req
1703. La Lu La Lu LaCopy !req
1704. Brought to you by MaruChanSubs
Hope you enjoyed!Copy !req