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The heck? Are you kidding me with 
that oki? That was a setup! A setup!

2
00:00:07,380 --> 00:00:10,440
Look up what "setup" means
and get back to me.

3
00:00:21,810 --> 00:00:25,090
Damn it! Damn it! What gives?

4
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Cry your heart out.

5
00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:30,440
I'll beat you next time, Mitsuki!

6
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Bring it on anytime.

7
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I accept challengers 
365 days of the year.

8
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I wonder how they'll try 
to beat me next time.

9
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I can't wait to see!

10
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{\an8}Man, we just don't stand a chance 
against you, Mitsuki.

11
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You're so much better, it's almost funny.

12
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{\an8}You said it.

13
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Let's give SF4 a rest for today.

14
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Oh, uh, I'd better get home, then.

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I'll beat you next time, Mitsuki!

16
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When?

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Guess I'll start planning 
how to win tonight.

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{\an8\fnCourier New\b1\bord5\fs40\t(\fs28)\shad0\c&H1CFEFC&\3c&H8B04E0&\t(2275,2276,\alpha&HFF&)\t(2850,2851,\alpha&H00&)\t(4280,4281,\alpha&HFF&)\t(5148,5149,\alpha&H00&)\t(9485,9485,\c&HE8FEDF&\3c&HF171F4&)\t(9650,9651,\c&H1CFEFC&\3c&H8B04E0&)\t(9900,9901,\c&HE8FEDF&\3c&HF171F4&))}YOUNG LADIES DON'T PLAY 
FIGHTING GAMES

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I... I did it.

20
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You won a game off Aya-chin!

21
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Way to go, Tamateya!

22
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Huh?

23
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Am I "Tamateya"?

24
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'Cause your name's Tamaki.

25
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You're good at judging what will kill.

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I know you're happy, Senpai, but that was 
just one game, and it's first to three.

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Of course. And I'll keep winning.

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Sob, sob, sob.

29
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Okay, I'm up next.

30
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Crap.

31
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Good game.

32
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I dominated her in the first few sets,
 but then she suddenly adapted.

33
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I'm losing more than 
I'm winning tonight.

34
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That was a good game.

35
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Well, Senpai, we'd better go now.

36
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Oh, of course.

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I'll nap until morning roll call, too.

38
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Hey, Inui-san.

39
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If you're going to sleep, 
do so in your own room.

40
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Well, where's the harm?

41
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I thought this last night
and the night before,

42
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but Aya-san always shows up here
spoiling for a bloodbath.

43
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Yet when she loses, 
it's like an evil spirit exits her body,

44
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and she leaves the room
 looking refreshed.

45
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It's almost as if she's glad she lost.

46
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You seem happier lately, Aya-san.

47
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Huh? Have I got a dopey grin?

48
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You look a little cuter than before.

49
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You think so?

50
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I haven't told anyone that 
you're always out all night.

51
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I'm sorry—

52
00:06:02,770 --> 00:06:03,950
Mio?

53
00:06:03,950 --> 00:06:05,200
Aya-san.

54
00:06:10,260 --> 00:06:11,570
Aya-san!

55
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Have you calmed down?

56
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Yes.

57
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Even though I know 
what she's like on the inside,

58
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I can't help being nice 
to a pretty girl in tears.

59
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So, uh, what's up?

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It's a long story.

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I'll listen.

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You know how we had an assembly 
before evening roll call?

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Yeah.

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{\fnImpact\bord4\shad0\fs30\blur0.3\c&H4A4A4F&\3c&HCCBFCB&\pos(320,217)\frx16\fry0}ASSEMBLY HALL

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{\bord0\shad0\blur0.3\fnGeorgia\b1\fs12\fscx90\c&H4E4748&\pos(141,222)}High-School Dorm Monitor

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{\bord0\shad0\blur0.3\fnGeorgia\b1\fs12\fscx90\c&H4E4748&\pos(168,258)}Vice Chair

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{\bord0\shad0\blur0.3\fnGeorgia\an8\b1\fs18\fscx90\c&H4E4748&\pos(141,306)}Hana Ichinose

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{\bord0\shad0\blur0.3\fnGeorgia\b1\fs12\fscx90\c&H4E4748&\pos(498,219)}High-School Dorm Monitor

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{\bord0\shad0\blur0.3\fnGeorgia\b1\fs12\fscx90\c&H4E4748&\pos(515,255)}Chair

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{\bord0\shad0\blur0.3\fnGeorgia\an8\b1\fs18\fscx90\c&H4E4748&\pos(497,300)}Morino Fujimiya

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How do you do, first-years?

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{\t(4510,5630,\c&HFFFFFF&\3c&HFFFFFF&\4c&HFFFFFF&)}Next week is exam week, 
so I'd like to explain a few things.

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And that's what happened.

74
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That's it?

75
00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:05,620
Um...

76
00:07:05,620 --> 00:07:08,090
I don't quite see the problem.

77
00:07:08,090 --> 00:07:11,100
So what exactly is 
the White Lily crying about?

78
00:07:11,100 --> 00:07:14,770
There's nothing more to it
 than that, Senpai.

79
00:07:15,300 --> 00:07:16,810
This girl...

80
00:07:17,060 --> 00:07:19,660
is crying because she doesn't
 want to study for exams.

81
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That's the whole story.

82
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Crying 'cause she doesn't want to {\i1}study?{\i0}

83
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She's not a {\i1}baby!{\i0}

84
00:07:28,140 --> 00:07:31,750
Mio, I've actually been wondering 
something for a while now.

85
00:07:31,750 --> 00:07:36,570
Your brain's so rotted from fighting games
that you smuggled a stick into school.

86
00:07:36,870 --> 00:07:40,130
Why did you come to a school 
with a "no games allowed" policy?

87
00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:47,580
I had barely started junior high

88
00:07:47,580 --> 00:07:50,840
when I realized I was in hell on earth.

89
00:07:53,060 --> 00:07:57,420
Classes were 50 minutes. Five whole 
minutes longer than in elementary school.

90
00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:04,090
And there were six classes a day, 
Monday through Friday. Total madness.

91
00:08:06,020 --> 00:08:08,600
And the exams were even worse.

92
00:08:09,460 --> 00:08:15,040
They demanded I sacrifice afternoons, 
evenings, and even weekends to studying,

93
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when that should be gaming time.

94
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The spiritual agony was unendurable.

95
00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,620
The state was trampling 
on my human rights.

96
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This country is out of its mind.

97
00:08:26,750 --> 00:08:30,470
So I made up my mind to just ignore it.

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I-Ignore what?

99
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Studying.

100
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From the first final exams 
of my first year onward,

101
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no matter how many teachers called me 
into their offices to chew me out,

102
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I held firm.

103
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I refused to study.

104
00:08:46,610 --> 00:08:49,980
Then, around the start of summer break
 in my third year,

105
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the incident occurred.

106
00:08:55,780 --> 00:08:57,160
Hey, Mama.

107
00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,740
Have you seen my laptop?

108
00:08:59,740 --> 00:09:01,890
Welcome home, Mio-chan.

109
00:09:01,890 --> 00:09:03,370
Your laptop...

110
00:09:03,650 --> 00:09:05,320
is inside this safe.

111
00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:07,800
Wh-Why? Take it out, Mama.

112
00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,040
I know, Mio-chan.

113
00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,360
Of course you want me to give it back.

114
00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,270
I understand. I really do understand.

115
00:09:15,770 --> 00:09:17,120
Mama?

116
00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:18,710
How does this sound?

117
00:09:18,930 --> 00:09:24,170
If you can meet either of the conditions
I'm about to give you, I'll return it.

118
00:09:24,170 --> 00:09:27,890
One is to get accepted 
to a high school of my choosing.

119
00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:30,220
And the other...

120
00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,120
is to defeat me, here and now!

121
00:09:41,910 --> 00:09:44,230
As far as I was concerned,

122
00:09:44,630 --> 00:09:47,820
she might as well have 
only given me one option.

123
00:09:48,850 --> 00:09:50,790
This takes me back.

124
00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:55,170
You gave up karate lessons 
after a year and a bit, remember?

125
00:09:55,170 --> 00:09:59,870
You know, even with all my experience, 
I thought you had potential.

126
00:10:00,660 --> 00:10:02,780
It was the same with violin and ballet.

127
00:10:02,780 --> 00:10:06,090
You were so interested at first, 
but you got sick of them in no time.

128
00:10:06,090 --> 00:10:08,310
Mama, that's ancient history—

129
00:10:21,620 --> 00:10:25,080
But you know what? That gave me an idea.

130
00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,650
I decided to stop forcing you and 
let you make your own choices.

131
00:10:29,380 --> 00:10:33,670
I thought finding an interest yourself 
would be the best thing for you.

132
00:10:33,670 --> 00:10:36,350
But... I'm so sorry.

133
00:10:38,170 --> 00:10:39,640
A forward kick?

134
00:10:40,530 --> 00:10:42,080
It changed course.

135
00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:44,690
But it's slow. I can block 
just in the nick of...

136
00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,860
That last hit already...

137
00:11:08,690 --> 00:11:10,070
Mio-chan.

138
00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:19,690
Do you remember when I bought you
 that thing? Your, um, "gaming laptop"?

139
00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:25,820
You said you'd buy me one if I scored 
above average on all of my first midterms.

140
00:11:26,090 --> 00:11:29,310
And you did it, Mio-chan.

141
00:11:29,310 --> 00:11:33,660
But then, you got even more 
obsessed with games than before.

142
00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:41,380
Ever since then, I've been 
telling myself, "Don't worry."

143
00:11:41,380 --> 00:11:44,230
"Mio-chan is growing at her own pace."

144
00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,920
But now, I know better.

145
00:11:48,780 --> 00:11:50,910
If you keep going like this,

146
00:11:51,690 --> 00:11:54,130
you'll become an adult who 
only knows how to play games.

147
00:11:57,190 --> 00:12:00,300
I started studying 
for entrance exams after that.

148
00:12:00,300 --> 00:12:05,010
In the end, I got into Kuromi when 
someone else, uh, "withdrew," I think?

149
00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:10,010
Kuromi is a boarding school
 that forbids gaming.

150
00:12:11,820 --> 00:12:14,330
But I only found that out
 a few days later.

151
00:12:21,090 --> 00:12:22,280
Um...

152
00:12:22,550 --> 00:12:25,880
How much of that story 
were we supposed to take seriously?

153
00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,250
I was deadly serious the whole time.

154
00:12:28,250 --> 00:12:30,120
What do you think, Tamateya?

155
00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,910
Well, it's, uh, hard to say.

156
00:12:32,910 --> 00:12:35,860
It was all I could do to just follow
 what was happening.

157
00:12:35,860 --> 00:12:37,110
How about you, Aya-chin?

158
00:12:37,110 --> 00:12:38,220
For me...

159
00:12:38,510 --> 00:12:40,660
it was domestic violence, 
pure and simple.

160
00:12:40,660 --> 00:12:43,730
But Mio was the one who chose to fight.

161
00:12:43,730 --> 00:12:48,640
Giving your daughter a choice doesn't 
make it okay to break her dominant arm.

162
00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:54,300
And she must've known her daughter 
would rather fight than study any day.

163
00:12:54,300 --> 00:12:58,150
A girl who would rather 
fight than study?

164
00:12:58,570 --> 00:13:00,510
Why does it have to be this way?

165
00:13:00,820 --> 00:13:06,240
Why do I have to study again, 
after I worked so hard?

166
00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:10,660
If I fail, Mama will suspect
 I'm gaming again.

167
00:13:10,660 --> 00:13:14,290
I'm only gaming. Is that so wrong?

168
00:13:14,290 --> 00:13:17,460
You sound like a perp pleading innocence
after being caught red-handed.

169
00:13:18,500 --> 00:13:22,410
I... I don't want to study anymore!

170
00:13:22,410 --> 00:13:24,950
Okay. So just repeat a year.

171
00:13:24,950 --> 00:13:26,490
It was nice knowing you.

172
00:13:26,490 --> 00:13:27,390
You monsters!

173
00:13:29,860 --> 00:13:31,330
Aya-san.

174
00:13:31,980 --> 00:13:34,840
There, there, Mio. 
I know you've had it rough.

175
00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:35,620
Aya-san!

176
00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,690
Aya-san! You can't be {\i1}that{\i0} big 
a pushover for crying pretty girls!

177
00:13:38,650 --> 00:13:41,640
Mio-san, for now, 
let's study for our exams.

178
00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:42,890
I don't wanna.

179
00:13:42,890 --> 00:13:47,680
I don't enjoy studying, either, 
so I know how you feel,

180
00:13:47,680 --> 00:13:51,600
but your mother cares about you. 
I don't think you should disappoint her.

181
00:13:53,620 --> 00:13:57,580
Besides, you started from zero 
and got into Kuromi in half a year.

182
00:13:57,580 --> 00:13:59,780
That shows you can do it when you try.

183
00:13:59,780 --> 00:14:04,590
True. Unless her mom took out other 
applicants to shorten the waiting list.

184
00:14:04,590 --> 00:14:07,540
My mama is the {\i1}last{\i0} person 
who would do something like that.

185
00:14:07,540 --> 00:14:09,550
She sounds more like the first.

186
00:14:09,550 --> 00:14:12,930
You know, if she games her way
 into failing grades,

187
00:14:12,930 --> 00:14:15,880
don't you think her mom might go 
after her gaming buddies next?

188
00:14:19,730 --> 00:14:22,190
How about a study session?

189
00:14:22,890 --> 00:14:24,420
Might as well.

190
00:14:24,420 --> 00:14:28,850
How about we turn our local into 
a late-night study group until exams end?

191
00:14:28,850 --> 00:14:30,140
You wouldn't!

192
00:14:30,140 --> 00:14:34,040
You can't mean we won't do {\i1}any{\i0} gaming
 until after exams, can you?!

193
00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:35,860
That's what I said.

194
00:14:35,860 --> 00:14:38,910
Anyway, you'll be fine 
with Aya-chin tutoring you.

195
00:14:38,910 --> 00:14:41,450
I-In that case, Yu-san...

196
00:14:43,700 --> 00:14:48,610
If you don't mind, would you help me
 with physics, math, and English?

197
00:14:48,610 --> 00:14:50,340
Huh? Tamateya?

198
00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,140
{\fnGeorgia\b1\shad0\bord0.5\fs30\fscx90\pos(320,292)\3c&H504D4C&\c&HF8F4F3&)}Study Group, Day 1

199
00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,440
You got the first ten problems right.

200
00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:58,400
Nice going, White Lily.

201
00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,300
If you call me that again,
 I'm ignoring you.

202
00:15:01,300 --> 00:15:03,680
See, Mio? You can do it if you try.

203
00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:07,770
I know. I just hate studying.

204
00:15:09,230 --> 00:15:12,890
Okay. That's enough 
practice problems for now.

205
00:15:12,890 --> 00:15:14,600
We'll pick this up again tomorrow.

206
00:15:15,450 --> 00:15:16,460
{\fad(0,200)\bord0\shad0\an8\b1\blur0.3\c&H362B19&\fs20\pos(309.5,94)\frz2.5}For Mio

207
00:15:15,450 --> 00:15:16,460
{\fad(0,200)\bord0\shad0\an8\b1\blur0.3\c&H362B19&\fs8\frz1sss\pos(195,105)}Classics

208
00:15:15,430 --> 00:15:17,830
Work on memorizing facts 
in your own time.

209
00:15:21,020 --> 00:15:22,200
I'm going to bed.

210
00:15:23,190 --> 00:15:26,240
Am I the only one who didn't think 
she'd be this normal about studying?

211
00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:27,750
You have a point.

212
00:15:27,750 --> 00:15:29,420
How is Teya-senpai doing?

213
00:15:29,420 --> 00:15:31,390
Oh, well...

214
00:15:31,390 --> 00:15:32,600
Well what?

215
00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,340
Oh, but I don't think 
she'll fail or anything.

216
00:15:36,830 --> 00:15:39,260
She can do it, as long 
as she keeps this up.

217
00:15:39,390 --> 00:15:43,270
{\fnGeorgia\b1\shad0\bord1\fs30\fscx90\pos(320,292)\c&H000000&\3c&H000000&\t(30,800,\3c&H302824&\c&HF8F4F3&)}Study Group, Day 8

218
00:15:40,500 --> 00:15:43,270
Or so I thought at first.

219
00:15:43,890 --> 00:15:46,560
A few days from the start of her exams,

220
00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:48,440
the physical symptoms started.

221
00:15:48,730 --> 00:15:52,090
Mio-san, you're shaking like a leaf.
 Are you all right?

222
00:15:52,090 --> 00:15:54,660
My alcoholic uncle 
doesn't even shake that bad.

223
00:15:54,660 --> 00:15:59,870
S-Since yesterday, sitting at a desk
 makes me feel sick and—

224
00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:01,330
Whoa! You're gonna hurl?

225
00:16:01,330 --> 00:16:02,630
Teya-senpai, get a bag!

226
00:16:02,630 --> 00:16:05,970
Huh? Hang on! Mio-san, h-hold it 
for five more seconds!

227
00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:09,040
{\an1\b1\bord2\shad0\fs45\fsp6\pos(40,285)\3c&H013951&\c&H6CF3FD&}*Please wait a moment.

228
00:16:11,540 --> 00:16:12,970
I'll go throw this out.

229
00:16:13,810 --> 00:16:17,320
Mio-san, are you—
No, of course you aren't all right.

230
00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:18,420
Seriously?

231
00:16:22,850 --> 00:16:24,360
Sorry, Mio.

232
00:16:25,300 --> 00:16:28,850
I honestly had no idea it was 
bad enough to make you throw up.

233
00:16:29,250 --> 00:16:31,510
You must need things at a slower pace.

234
00:16:32,170 --> 00:16:33,740
I'm sure she does.

235
00:16:33,740 --> 00:16:36,190
These late-night study sessions aren't—

236
00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:39,400
I won't quit.

237
00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:40,830
But, Mio-san...

238
00:16:40,830 --> 00:16:44,630
I'm fine. I threw up once a week 
studying for entrance exams, too.

239
00:16:44,630 --> 00:16:47,000
Are you sure that qualifies as "fine"?

240
00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,750
Surely the stomach acid 
made a mess of your throat?

241
00:16:52,250 --> 00:16:54,820
Here, I get to play you all 
as many times as I want.

242
00:16:56,630 --> 00:17:01,640
I've dreamed of a happy place like this.
 I won't give it up that easily.

243
00:17:01,850 --> 00:17:01,940
{\bord0\shad0\an8\b1\blur0.3\c&H362B19&\fs20\frz326.5\pos(470.5,83.5)}For Mio

244
00:17:01,940 --> 00:17:02,020
{\bord0\shad0\an8\b1\blur0.3\c&H362B19&\fs20\frz326.5\pos(472.5,92.5)}For Mio

245
00:17:02,020 --> 00:17:02,100
{\bord0\shad0\an8\b1\blur0.3\c&H362B19&\fs20\frz324.5\pos(474.5,104.5)}For Mio

246
00:17:02,100 --> 00:17:03,060
{\bord0\shad0\an8\b1\blur0.3\c&H362B19&\fs20\frz320.5\pos(474.5,114.5)}For Mio

247
00:17:03,060 --> 00:17:05,280
I'm going to go for a reset!

248
00:17:05,930 --> 00:17:07,220
Mio-san.

249
00:17:07,900 --> 00:17:09,190
Mio.

250
00:17:10,300 --> 00:17:13,560
After all that, she's still talking
 about fighting games.

251
00:17:16,690 --> 00:17:18,020
Aya-chin!

252
00:17:18,650 --> 00:17:21,700
Are you on your way 
to Mio-san's class as well?

253
00:17:21,700 --> 00:17:23,990
We do get our exam grades today.

254
00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:28,430
Did you pass all of yours?

255
00:17:28,430 --> 00:17:31,230
Well, uh, I managed.

256
00:17:31,230 --> 00:17:32,450
Oh, there she is.

257
00:17:32,450 --> 00:17:34,020
White Lily!

258
00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:36,680
Um, Aya-san...

259
00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:38,580
Hang on. Don't tell me...

260
00:17:38,580 --> 00:17:39,300
Look.

261
00:17:39,850 --> 00:17:42,250
I did pretty well in everything.

262
00:17:53,470 --> 00:17:54,780
Aya-san?

263
00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,200
S-Sorry, my bad!

264
00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,230
You know, um...

265
00:18:00,940 --> 00:18:03,300
Good job.

266
00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:07,990
Aya-san.

267
00:18:13,710 --> 00:18:16,260
Now you see what I can do 
when I get serious.

268
00:18:16,260 --> 00:18:17,560
Oh, wow.

269
00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:20,970
So you could say I keep my strength
 in reserve most of the time.

270
00:18:20,970 --> 00:18:26,640
Bragging before you even thank Aya-chin 
is pretty cringe if you ask me.

271
00:18:30,350 --> 00:18:33,280
Man. We haven't run sets in a while, huh?

272
00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:35,050
How's it going, Tamateya?

273
00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:40,190
I've gotten a lot more consistent 
at recognizing counter hits.

274
00:18:40,190 --> 00:18:43,150
Of course, I still never get it right
 in an actual match.

275
00:18:43,150 --> 00:18:44,420
That's good.

276
00:18:46,620 --> 00:18:48,770
While you still have things to work on,

277
00:18:48,770 --> 00:18:54,240
going "lab, lab, match, lab" like that
 will help you improve the most.

278
00:18:54,450 --> 00:18:56,720
Aya-chin. White Lily. Thanks for the help.

279
00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:57,590
No problem.

280
00:18:57,590 --> 00:19:00,210
I thought I said I'd ignore you
 if you called me that.

281
00:19:01,030 --> 00:19:02,370
By the way...

282
00:19:02,930 --> 00:19:06,230
Tamateya-senpai, 
why do you want to get better?

283
00:19:06,230 --> 00:19:07,880
Huh? You're asking now?

284
00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,640
Took you long enough to care.

285
00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:14,680
But she has a point. I'm a commoner,
 and you know how Mio is.

286
00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:15,820
{\i1}How{\i0} am I?

287
00:19:15,820 --> 00:19:19,530
And Yu-senpai is an outlier
 because of her brothers' influence.

288
00:19:19,530 --> 00:19:22,700
But you're a proper Kuromi girl,
 right, Teya-senpai?

289
00:19:22,700 --> 00:19:24,620
Well, I suppose.

290
00:19:25,250 --> 00:19:28,500
So I don't get why you'd go out of 
your way to play fighting games,

291
00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:30,700
much less why you'd want to get good!

292
00:19:30,700 --> 00:19:33,760
Aya-chin, is it just me, or do you 
consider fighting games vulgar?

293
00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:35,910
Your inner creep is showing again.

294
00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,770
Why do you want to get better, Aya-san?

295
00:19:41,770 --> 00:19:43,350
M-Me?

296
00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:49,220
No real reason. I just do.

297
00:19:52,420 --> 00:19:58,040
I don't play out of pure, sparkling 
feelings like you and Mio-san do.

298
00:19:58,040 --> 00:19:59,880
I don't sparkle.

299
00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:02,400
You did give us that gloomy backstory.

300
00:20:03,900 --> 00:20:06,240
There's someone I want to catch up to.

301
00:20:06,610 --> 00:20:10,820
I play fighting games because 
I want to catch that person's eye.

302
00:20:12,780 --> 00:20:15,250
Besides, there's a tournament coming up.

303
00:20:15,610 --> 00:20:19,920
I wanted to do as well as I could there 
and have clear results to show for it.

304
00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:21,860
So I devoted myself to playing online,

305
00:20:21,860 --> 00:20:24,790
but the dark side of ranked—

306
00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:25,940
Whoa, whoa. Senpai.

307
00:20:25,940 --> 00:20:28,140
Did you say "tournament" just now?

308
00:20:28,140 --> 00:20:29,660
What? Um, yes.

309
00:20:29,660 --> 00:20:30,850
It's next month, isn't it?

310
00:20:30,850 --> 00:20:32,110
EVO Japan?

311
00:20:32,670 --> 00:20:34,050
EVO Japan?!

312
00:20:34,050 --> 00:20:36,520
Shh! Keep it down.

313
00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:37,700
Of course.

314
00:20:37,700 --> 00:20:41,740
I was getting out of fighting games, so it
 wasn't on my radar. Just a month to go.

315
00:20:41,740 --> 00:20:43,730
EVO Japan is the big one, right?

316
00:20:43,730 --> 00:20:48,700
You bet. The world's biggest fighting game 
tournament, EVO! But the Japan one.

317
00:20:49,380 --> 00:20:51,700
Didn't it used to be in Fukuoka?

318
00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:53,570
Yes, years ago.

319
00:20:53,570 --> 00:20:56,110
But it's in Tokyo this year, right?

320
00:20:56,110 --> 00:20:57,990
Were you planning to travel for it?

321
00:20:57,990 --> 00:21:01,010
I have hopelessly few chances
 to play offline.

322
00:21:01,010 --> 00:21:02,870
And SF6 isn't really in arcades.

323
00:21:03,190 --> 00:21:06,070
I mean, I played SF4 in arcades,

324
00:21:06,070 --> 00:21:09,770
but it was hard to find people unless 
I went to a busy arcade out of town.

325
00:21:09,770 --> 00:21:14,000
I hear Tokyo has multiple locals a week,
 but we're out in the country.

326
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,590
I'm impressed you set your sights
 on EVO Japan, then.

327
00:21:16,590 --> 00:21:17,720
Where will you stay?

328
00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:19,980
I've had my hands full with exams.

329
00:21:19,980 --> 00:21:22,310
Oh, I haven't even entered yet.

330
00:21:22,310 --> 00:21:24,010
Huh? You sure there's still time?

331
00:21:24,010 --> 00:21:24,940
Hang on.

332
00:21:24,940 --> 00:21:26,660
You've got this week. You cut it close.

333
00:21:26,660 --> 00:21:28,210
S-So, um...

334
00:21:28,610 --> 00:21:31,580
H-How about, you know...

335
00:21:31,580 --> 00:21:36,210
The dates work out, 
and the four of us, uh... Tokyo...

336
00:21:36,210 --> 00:21:38,540
I mean, um...

337
00:21:38,540 --> 00:21:43,930
I'd l-love to keep playing 
all the sets we want here,

338
00:21:44,500 --> 00:21:48,470
but, uh, we all do want to improve, too,

339
00:21:48,470 --> 00:21:50,070
so this is a golden opportunity...

340
00:21:50,070 --> 00:21:54,680
I mean, what I'm trying to say is...

341
00:21:57,090 --> 00:21:59,820
We'll all practice together 
until the tournament.

342
00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:01,820
Of course.

343
00:22:01,820 --> 00:22:04,530
We're entering EVO Japan together.

344
00:22:08,460 --> 00:22:09,670
Right!

345
00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:18,830
{\an7\bord2\fs18\shad0\3c&H4743C0&}Translation: William Varteresian
Timing: Edgar Cruz
Editing: SMR
Quality Check: Geoff Mazzolini
Translation Check: David Saylor

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{\an1\fnArial\fs12\bord1\shad0\b1\blur0.3\fscx90\pos(518,328)\3c&H111211&}Illustration: Namori