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I call first dibs!
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Hey, not yet!
8
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Ready to pop some champagne?
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Let's do it!
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{\an8}Five Years Ago
New Year's Day
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This is starting to become
our own little tradition.
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Thank god. I'd rather be here
than with my relatives.
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Same.
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Kotoko, pace yourself now.
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I'm just getting started.
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Oh, this looks good!
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I'm your biggest fan!
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Whose?
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Oysters.
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Makio, you haven't been home
for New Year's in forever.
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Yeah, even outside of New Year's.
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My older sister's there
with her kid a lot.
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Wait, what about your guy?
That Kasamachi fella.
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Oh, yeah. We split up.
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What? No way.
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Really? Why?
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Huh?
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I get you.
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Uh-huh, uh-huh.
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Yeah, right. That was all gibberish.
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I dunno. He was too perfect.
It was draining.
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What? Like he'd nitpick you about things?
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No, never.
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I just felt stupid and got tired.
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Be more specific.
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I need more drinks first.
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C'mon, gang! It's New Year's!
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Doesn't anyone have any juicy updates?
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Nope.
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Me neither! I'm never
falling in love again.
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What? You're not? Like ever?
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Never ever.
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You mean it's set in stone?
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Yup, I decided recently.
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Rather, I had an epiphany.
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Oh man, an epiphany?
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That's right.
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Now everything in the past makes sense.
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All crystal clear?
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It is.
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Yes. She seemed willing to go today, so...
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{\an8}Present Day
November
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I'm sorry for the trouble.
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Yes, I'll see how she does
for the time being.
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After all, she has to process
things for herself.
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Journal with Witch
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Episode 9 Intersect
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Yes, thank you.
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Goodbye.
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I'm drained...
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The whole world feels noisy...
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Hello.
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Oh, Asa-chan!
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She's finally back.
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My bad. It's been a while.
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Hey, Takumi-san, I heard
you caught a nasty cold.
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Yeah. Knocked me out for ten days.
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I wish I could have ten days off!
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Musaka Band Club
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Winter Live Concert 2018
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We're working on fliers?
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The job fell on us first-years
without a place in the band.
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Nothing's changed for us
since the school festival.
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Is that...
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Mimori-chan?
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Yeah, she got picked while you were out.
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She's debuting with the second-year band.
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What?!
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Well, she's good, you know?
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And she's got stage presence.
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We either have to get really good at
playing or write our own original songs.
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Those are they only ways to snag a spot.
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Original songs...
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They get priority as a rule, remember?
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Okay, wanna do a run-through?
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Yes, please.
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So cool...
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It's not fair.
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Man, why can't we do that?
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Counselor's Office
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Is there anything you'd
like to talk about?
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Uh...
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I don't know.
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It could be anything.
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What do people usually talk about?
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Anything at all. There's no right answer.
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It's not fair. Screw this.
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Is that something I'm supposed
to come up with?
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What's counseling good for, anyway?
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She's like, "Talk about anything."
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I couldn't come up with anything.
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Probably because your
head's always empty.
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Shaddup!
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Counseling, huh?
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A guy from cram school told me
he goes just to chat.
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Apparently, he doesn't go to school much.
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Huh...
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Wait, who's this guy?
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There you go again. So annoying.
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Forget it!
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Come on, spill!
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Is he your boyfriend?
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You have one now?
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Get off my case!
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I'm not talking romance with you anymore.
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What? Why? How come? Tell me!
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Because you're annoying.
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"Can you pick up some meat? Any kind."
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Any kind?
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Is that Makio-san?
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Yeah, she's been totally
zoned out recently.
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She's wiped most of the time.
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It's because of work, I guess.
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Got nothing in the tank.
Can't do anything else.
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Get whatever meat you want.
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Really? Is being a novelist that hard?
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Who knows?
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But she gets to do something she loves.
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She even day drinks sometimes.
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Seriously?
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I hope I get to do something I like too.
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Like what?
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I dunno. It's impossible to know, right?
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Yeah. I wish someone would
just choose for me.
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Then it wouldn't be something you love.
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But I don't know what I'm good at.
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Seize your dreams with your talents
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Yeah, that's true.
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Maybe you're good at writing
like Makio-san.
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What?!
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Who knows? You could be a genius!
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Just maybe!
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The exit will be on your right.
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Attention passengers.
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Please refrain from using cellphones...
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{\an7}I'm standing out in the open alone.
In the middle of desert, with no one in sight.
If only there were colorful da
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{\an7}I'm standing out in the open alone.
In the middle of desert, with no one in sight.
If only there were colorful day
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{\an7}I'm standing out in the open alone.
In the middle of desert, with no one in sight.
If only there were colorful days
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{\an7}I'm standing out in the open alone.
In the middle of desert, with no one in sight.
If only there were colorful days a
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{\an7}I'm standing out in the open alone.
In the middle of desert, with no one in sight.
If only there were colorful days ah
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{\an7}I'm standing out in the open alone.
In the middle of desert, with no one in sight.
If only there were colorful days ahe
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{\an7}I'm standing out in the open alone.
In the middle of desert, with no one in sight.
If only there were colorful days ahea
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{\an7}I'm standing out in the open alone.
In the middle of desert, with no one in sight.
If only there were colorful days ahead
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Bargain
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{\an1}Domestic Chicken (Thighs)
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Hey, so...
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Hmm?
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Us first-years are all
writing lyrics and...
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Lyrics?
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For the band.
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Oh. What about the song?
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No song yet.
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We're starting with lyrics.
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You mean I can look?
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Yeah, lemme know what you think.
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Okay. Let's see here...
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There's this rule that people who write
songs get priority to perform on stage.
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I mean, I only started it today,
so I doubt it's good, but...
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Well?
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Um...
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Yeah. Wow... Okay...
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What's with that reaction?!
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Er, nothing. It's just so...
young and fresh.
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Wait, is this your first time
writing lyrics?
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You're totally weirded out!
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Hang on. Am I embarrassing myself?
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Don't tell me I'll never live this down!
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No, don't worry about stuff like that.
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Now's the time to write
as much as you can.
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I'm being serious when I say that.
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So I am embarrassing myself!
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Whatever. Any tips?
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Gimme some advice.
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What?
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Okay...
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First off, the main subject is unclear.
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It's better to focus on one topic.
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The first half is about small details,
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so you could expand on that in the
bridge to drive home your point.
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And overall, your expressions
are somewhat vague, so—
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Not like that!
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Huh?
193
00:09:39,620 --> 00:09:41,660
Um...
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What if you concentrate on what
you want to say most?
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I don't have anything I want to say.
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O-Oh, okay...
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What else? Any other advice?
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00:10:00,680 --> 00:10:01,760
What?
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00:10:02,650 --> 00:10:05,190
Hmm, well...
200
00:10:06,100 --> 00:10:09,310
Write with the intent to kill.
201
00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:15,190
Strike, forge, and polish
like your life is on the line.
202
00:10:16,210 --> 00:10:17,950
And stake your life on the kill.
203
00:10:20,340 --> 00:10:23,830
That's what it means to write.
204
00:10:26,150 --> 00:10:27,330
What gives?
205
00:10:29,250 --> 00:10:31,960
How come you always talk weird like that?
206
00:10:34,930 --> 00:10:36,710
It's like you're from another country.
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00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:39,890
Okay, then...
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00:10:39,890 --> 00:10:41,790
Can I have that back now?
209
00:10:41,790 --> 00:10:43,970
Actually, can I keep it?
210
00:10:43,970 --> 00:10:45,980
What? Why?
211
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It gives me strength.
212
00:10:47,770 --> 00:10:49,920
Oh! It needs more vocabulary!
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00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:50,970
Vocabulary!
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00:10:50,970 --> 00:10:52,770
That's it, I bet.
215
00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:57,990
In that moment, I couldn't internalize
what she was sharing with me.
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It was like everyone was speaking
to me in a foreign language.
217
00:11:03,730 --> 00:11:08,240
But I wouldn't realize that
until much later.
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Hcum os uoy evol I, rehtom ruoy sa, asA.
219
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I don't understand any of it!
220
00:11:16,750 --> 00:11:20,470
My aunt's a novelist, my parents
are dead, and I've got it so hard!
221
00:11:20,470 --> 00:11:23,510
I should have all the pieces
to write some deep lyrics!
222
00:11:23,510 --> 00:11:26,500
So why am I still so plain?!
223
00:11:28,490 --> 00:11:32,710
That was my biggest concern at the time.
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{\an8}Asa's First Year
of High School
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Journal with Witch
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There's one last thing I need to tell you...
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Must be nice.
228
00:11:42,110 --> 00:11:43,100
Huh?
229
00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:46,080
I want an epiphany too.
230
00:11:47,660 --> 00:11:49,630
You can say that again.
231
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Beat you to it.
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Damn you.
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{\an8}November 16th
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So, I picked up a few things.
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Should last you a few days.
236
00:12:02,550 --> 00:12:03,910
You're spoiling her.
237
00:12:03,910 --> 00:12:04,690
Huh?
238
00:12:05,130 --> 00:12:07,020
She didn't even come out to greet you.
239
00:12:07,020 --> 00:12:08,950
Oh, she messaged me.
240
00:12:08,950 --> 00:12:10,820
"Ten more lines," she said.
241
00:12:12,390 --> 00:12:15,990
I think it'd be better for her
if you were more strict.
242
00:12:17,770 --> 00:12:20,110
Well, speaking from experience,
243
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not much good comes
from treating anyone strictly.
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Besides, isn't it only natural
to spoil someone you like?
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Hey, Makio-san.
246
00:12:38,590 --> 00:12:40,300
Did you finish those ten lines?
247
00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,280
Wow, you really are working hard.
248
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I brought you some food.
249
00:12:47,990 --> 00:12:49,510
Like what?
250
00:12:50,020 --> 00:12:53,030
It's all prepped, so just sauté it....
251
00:12:51,340 --> 00:12:54,050
Say, what if you reached out to someone?
252
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For what?
253
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Ignore me if you'd rather,
254
00:12:58,550 --> 00:13:01,660
but I was thinking someone in your
line of work might understand.
255
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Maybe help you out of this slump.
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{\an8}November 27th
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Goodness me!
258
00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:14,090
Oh my gosh, Juno-san!
259
00:13:12,740 --> 00:13:14,980
So you're in a slump, huh?
260
00:13:14,980 --> 00:13:16,830
Poor thing.
261
00:13:16,830 --> 00:13:18,770
Tell me about it.
262
00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:21,850
Thanks for having me.
263
00:13:21,850 --> 00:13:23,330
Oh... Hello.
264
00:13:23,670 --> 00:13:25,640
I hear she's taking care of you.
265
00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:29,390
Not that you need to be
grateful or anything.
266
00:13:29,390 --> 00:13:31,520
Koudai-san decided this
for herself, after all.
267
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It all sounds swell!
268
00:13:34,860 --> 00:13:36,410
Juno-san, is coffee okay?
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Sure.
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Let's have some dorayaki, yeah?
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I see.
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00:13:45,580 --> 00:13:49,110
I was in a big slump myself
until a couple of years back.
273
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What? But you're constantly
pumping out new work.
274
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I think it was three years ago or so...
275
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I could still write,
but it all felt so bland.
276
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Bland?
277
00:14:01,390 --> 00:14:02,960
You know how novelists are.
278
00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:07,140
We frantically make stuff that
we can guarantee is good, right?
279
00:14:07,140 --> 00:14:11,330
And sometimes people give
us that affirmative feedback.
280
00:14:11,330 --> 00:14:15,010
Even if that skews around
people of a certain taste.
281
00:14:17,220 --> 00:14:20,910
But nothing I made had any flavor to it.
282
00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,510
Nothing I wrote brought me joy.
283
00:14:25,020 --> 00:14:28,280
It was so lonely. I felt helpless.
284
00:14:30,270 --> 00:14:32,210
Lonely...?
285
00:14:32,210 --> 00:14:34,110
Yes, very much so.
286
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{\an8}December 20th
287
00:14:35,590 --> 00:14:38,790
Oh, wow, she's actually day drinking.
288
00:14:38,790 --> 00:14:40,030
Got a problem?
289
00:14:40,030 --> 00:14:42,000
I finished my work.
290
00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:43,400
That's crazy.
291
00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,130
Thanks for having me over.
292
00:14:45,550 --> 00:14:47,890
Maybe some luxury brand store?
293
00:14:47,890 --> 00:14:49,670
I'm interested in architecture too.
294
00:14:49,670 --> 00:14:50,780
What about you, Asa?
295
00:14:50,780 --> 00:14:53,060
Um... Live concert venues?
296
00:14:53,060 --> 00:14:55,160
Yeah, sounds cool!
297
00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:57,200
Hey, Makio-san?
298
00:14:58,170 --> 00:15:00,420
Is being a novelist fulfilling?
299
00:15:01,310 --> 00:15:02,590
Not at all.
300
00:15:03,140 --> 00:15:06,290
My mother was a very sharp woman.
301
00:15:06,810 --> 00:15:09,450
If not for having a child,
302
00:15:09,450 --> 00:15:12,830
or perhaps if she'd been born
a generation later...
303
00:15:13,090 --> 00:15:16,780
I imagine she could've
been someone important.
304
00:15:17,450 --> 00:15:19,210
That's why I felt like...
305
00:15:19,700 --> 00:15:24,490
I stole my mother's life in a sense.
306
00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,430
Like what, original sin?
307
00:15:27,430 --> 00:15:29,960
That's not on you. It's a societal flaw.
308
00:15:31,940 --> 00:15:33,960
Right you are!
309
00:15:34,970 --> 00:15:37,950
When I landed my first job...
310
00:15:37,950 --> 00:15:38,990
At the bank?
311
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Yeah.
312
00:15:39,930 --> 00:15:44,910
To no one's surprise,
my dad wasn't impressed.
313
00:15:45,430 --> 00:15:48,000
"Dad, I decided to accept
the offer at the bank."
314
00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,980
"Is that so?"
315
00:15:50,980 --> 00:15:54,080
Your father really could be...
316
00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:55,330
I know, right?
317
00:15:55,330 --> 00:15:58,490
But when my mom heard,
her ears turned bright red.
318
00:15:59,110 --> 00:16:03,300
She said, "I think it's very admirable."
Or something like that.
319
00:16:03,300 --> 00:16:06,730
She used to work at the bank
before they got married.
320
00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:12,410
I think that was the only time
she ever got visibly upset,
321
00:16:12,410 --> 00:16:14,520
now that I look back on it.
322
00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:16,470
Yeah...
323
00:16:16,470 --> 00:16:19,270
Ugh, no! I hate my mom!
324
00:16:19,270 --> 00:16:23,420
She said, "It feels like just yesterday
Emiri was pooping all over herself."
325
00:16:23,420 --> 00:16:26,410
Stop making fun of me, Makio-san!
326
00:16:26,410 --> 00:16:31,020
You're laughing, but I'm sure you
were in the same state back then.
327
00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:34,660
Ha, take that! Poopy Asa!
328
00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,750
Oh, yeah, there was this one recipe.
329
00:16:37,750 --> 00:16:39,250
In your mom's...
330
00:16:39,250 --> 00:16:41,420
Oh, her bento journal?
331
00:16:41,420 --> 00:16:46,610
Yeah. It was potatoes and pickled
plum wrapped in pork.
332
00:16:46,610 --> 00:16:49,290
Man, I wish I could have that again.
333
00:16:49,620 --> 00:16:51,860
Our work can feel futile.
334
00:16:51,860 --> 00:16:54,420
Like digging a hole,
then filling it back up.
335
00:16:56,410 --> 00:16:58,680
Anyway, Asa, did you decide about sci-lit?
336
00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:00,880
Ugh, not yet.
337
00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:02,160
"Sci-lit"?
338
00:17:03,350 --> 00:17:06,340
Makio-san, have you been
reading our handouts?
339
00:17:06,340 --> 00:17:08,640
I haven't... yet.
340
00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:09,690
Not yet, huh?
341
00:17:09,940 --> 00:17:11,770
You're aiming for a national university?
342
00:17:11,770 --> 00:17:14,800
I'd do science if I were
better at math, but...
343
00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:17,040
Oh, you meant science or literature?
344
00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,090
Which one did you choose, Makio-chan?
345
00:17:19,090 --> 00:17:21,190
Why, literature, of course.
346
00:17:21,190 --> 00:17:21,950
Why, of course.
347
00:17:21,950 --> 00:17:23,210
Of course.
348
00:17:23,940 --> 00:17:26,380
Should I choose based on my career?
349
00:17:26,380 --> 00:17:28,950
Or what I want to study at university?
350
00:17:30,330 --> 00:17:33,440
Well, I'd tell you not to push
yourself too hard, but...
351
00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:36,440
That's not possible in your
line of work, I suppose.
352
00:17:37,260 --> 00:17:40,640
When did you decide to become
a novelist, Makio-san?
353
00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:42,590
It just happened, I guess.
354
00:17:42,590 --> 00:17:44,100
That's not an answer!
355
00:17:44,100 --> 00:17:45,390
Let's be serious.
356
00:17:45,390 --> 00:17:46,280
Yeah.
357
00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:48,530
I am being serious.
358
00:17:48,530 --> 00:17:50,490
Please stay out of this.
359
00:17:50,490 --> 00:17:53,380
Hey, whatcha writing, little one?
360
00:17:54,030 --> 00:17:56,110
L-Little—
361
00:17:56,110 --> 00:17:58,920
She's self-conscious about her height.
362
00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:02,160
Really? I was talking about her age.
363
00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:03,610
Sorry about that.
364
00:18:03,610 --> 00:18:05,440
I'm still growing!
365
00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,630
Who cares? I'm pretty short myself.
366
00:18:08,630 --> 00:18:10,070
It's cute, don't you think?
367
00:18:10,380 --> 00:18:11,300
No way!
368
00:18:11,300 --> 00:18:13,580
I want to look good in wide-leg pants!
369
00:18:13,580 --> 00:18:14,770
Can I have dorayaki now?!
370
00:18:14,770 --> 00:18:15,760
Oh, right.
371
00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:19,250
Come on, let's get along
as fellow shorties.
372
00:18:19,250 --> 00:18:22,460
No! I'm gonna become the
person I want to be!
373
00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:30,400
Well, even if you're boring or ordinary,
374
00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,750
you'll find something you
want to do eventually.
375
00:18:32,750 --> 00:18:35,280
I guess that's my own story.
376
00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:40,030
People say our futures are boundless,
which only gives me anxiety.
377
00:18:40,310 --> 00:18:42,190
The person you want to be, huh?
378
00:18:42,770 --> 00:18:45,020
That's one for the ages!
379
00:18:47,930 --> 00:18:49,290
Screw you...
380
00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:53,290
Hey now. Don't be rude like that.
381
00:18:53,290 --> 00:18:54,960
It's Asa, right?
382
00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,920
You just picked a fight with the
age-old question of humanity.
383
00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,490
Ugh, I just want to be free.
384
00:19:02,490 --> 00:19:03,780
I'm hungry!
385
00:19:03,780 --> 00:19:05,240
Let's eat, yeah?
386
00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:06,730
It's not too bad, actually.
387
00:19:06,730 --> 00:19:09,430
All righty, let's whip something up.
388
00:19:12,850 --> 00:19:14,940
I don't get any of it.
389
00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:28,920
It's not fair.
390
00:19:38,180 --> 00:19:39,430
Screw you.
391
00:19:39,940 --> 00:19:41,080
It's not fair.
392
00:19:42,330 --> 00:19:44,440
I don't get any of it!
393
00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,850
{\an8}December 19th
394
00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:55,790
Emiri's coming over tomorrow.
Is that okay?
395
00:19:57,210 --> 00:19:58,360
Sure.
396
00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:00,940
I'm heading out.
397
00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:04,020
Have a good day.
398
00:20:43,070 --> 00:20:45,660
Done...!
399
00:20:51,070 --> 00:20:52,280
Good night.
400
00:21:09,380 --> 00:21:12,930
I woke up in the middle
of the night last night.
401
00:21:12,930 --> 00:21:16,050
Were you cold? Do you need a heating pad?
402
00:21:18,740 --> 00:21:20,700
I should get to morning practice.
403
00:21:21,930 --> 00:21:24,690
By the way, what happened
with your lyrics?
404
00:21:24,690 --> 00:21:26,520
Please don't bring that up.
405
00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,240
I'm not making fun of you.
406
00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,310
I really think you should give it a shot.
407
00:21:33,950 --> 00:21:35,950
November 27th
408
00:21:33,950 --> 00:21:35,950
Juno-san
409
00:21:33,950 --> 00:21:35,950
I want to become the person I want to be!
410
00:21:39,990 --> 00:21:41,680
I'm off!
411
00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:42,580
Okay.
412
00:21:43,730 --> 00:21:45,240
Have a good day.
413
00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:49,980
I wonder if I'll ever know...
414
00:21:50,340 --> 00:21:56,260
who I am, what I do and don't love,
and how I'll live my life.
415
00:21:57,230 --> 00:22:00,700
Maybe someday I'll figure it out.
416
00:22:04,260 --> 00:22:05,730
Someday...