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# CR original

# RigAV1 edits

: --------------- EP 01 ---------------

Komiya: Hello, welcome to JTC!

Isojima: A family trip to Hawaii? How lovely!

Isojima: Right now we recommend Hawaii Island.

Isojima: Oahu is nice too, but go for the Big Island!

Komiya: Thank for your patience. Please have a seat.

Komiya: Thanks for your patience. Please have a seat.

Isojima: It has all the shopping and nature you could ask for.

Nonoyama: Hello there!

Isojima: Take a look at our wonderful trip packages.

Nonoyama: We also recommend Saipan.

Shinshi: Gonda-kun, they haven't canceled, have they?

Shinshi: Have they?!

Gonda: It'll be fine, Shinshi-san.

Saito: Good morning, Kurokawa-san.

Kurokawa: Good morning.

mob B: How many seats are left in the QR CMN?

mob D: The group canceled?!

mob C: Eight.

Kurokawa: It's quiet in here.

Kurokawa: Hey, Ohara.

Kurokawa: Ohara!

Takuya: Y-Yes, ma'am?

Kurokawa: Confirm hotel reservations for this summer tour package.

Takuya: W-Will do, Branch Manager.

Kurokawa: Respond right away, and make eye contact!

Takuya: Y-Yes, ma'am!

Kurokawa: Stop zoning out. We're busy here.

Kurokawa: I swear...

Takuya: I'm not zoning out.

Takuya: I was considering how to respond.

Takuya: If you waited another second...

Takuya: If you'd waited another second...

Takuya: Maybe it's my habit of lagging slightly behind in conversation,

Takuya: but it feels like I'm also falling behind in life.

Komiya: Ohara-san.

Komiya: Good morning.

Komiya: I'll leave these Hawaii yachting documents here for you.

Shinshi: Thanks a bunch.

Takuya: I missed my chance to say thanks again.

Komiya: No problem.

Takuya: Not that it was worth taking up her time.

Takuya: Honjoji-san?!

Takuya (aloud): Hello, this is Ohara with JTC.

Takuya (internal): I'm working diligently! I'm not slacking!

Takuya (aloud): About the Hawaii yachting. Right.

Takuya: Kama, I'm home.

Takuya: Here's your food.

Takuya: Kama, Honjoji-san glared at me again today.

Takuya: She's only been there a year longer than me, but she gives me those silent menacing looks.

Takuya: Kama-kun, I'm already in my fourth year of work.

Takuya: When are coworkers going to stop getting mad at me?

Takuya: Not that asking a cat is going to help.

Takuya: Kama, come watch TV with me.

Takuya: Spending time with you like this is so nice.

Komiya: A travel agency starts its day with cleaning!

Itsuki: Komiya-chan, you're so peppy.

Komiya: Okay, get to mopping.

Itsuki: Thanks.

Takuya: I'm not slacking! I'm not!

Takuya: I am cleaning!

Rika: Did I scare him again?

Rika: I suppose he thinks I'm a frightening person.

Rika: I have this thing where I unconsciously stare at people.

Rika: It's not like I'm doing it on purpose,

Rika: but I can't think of anything to say.

Nonoyama: I'm sorry, Honjoji-san!

Gonda: Did I do something bad?

Rika: No, I mean, I'm not angry.

Rika: But I'm not smiling either.

Rika: Oh well, it's not worth taking the time to explain.

Rika: Alone at last!

Rika: I thought that I could just look at maps all day in the Planning Department,

Rika: but that's not how it turned out at all.

Rika: So much fun for ¥435!

Rika: Maps are the best!

Kurokawa: We will now begin today's morning assembly.

Kurokawa: First off, Mamaru-san from the head office has something important to say.

Takuya: Someone from the head office?

Mamaru: Everyone, thank you for your hard work.

Mamaru: We find ourselves now in the Reiwa era,

Mamaru: and competition continues to heat up.

Mamaru: So as for our company, uh...

Kurokawa: As of this summer, JTC will up its focus on North America.

Kurokawa: The Alaska area in particular.

Kurokawa: Alaska touches the Arctic, and its cities such as Juneau and Fairbanks are popular.

Kurokawa: And so, someone from this office is going to become manager

Kurokawa: of the Anchorage Branch that's going to open next year!

Takuya: S-Say what?!

Gonda: Anchorage?

Itsuki: We're getting sent to Alaska?

Mamaru: Oh, but it's a pretty place.

Mamaru: It has icebergs, glaciers, dog sleds...

employees: That's the North Pole!

Kurokawa: It's a little far to be separated from family,

Kurokawa: so we'll select someone who's unmarried.

Kurokawa: Would anyone like to volunteer?!

Gonda: Unmarried?

Kitagawa: Then I'm off the hook.

Isojima: How about you, Saito?

Saito: Oh, no.

Kurokawa: There aren't any volunteers?

Takuya: Excuse me.

Saito: Ohara, are you going?

Takuma: I-I... can't go.

Kurokawa: Huh? Ohara?

Takuya: I-I, well...

Takuya: I have a cat.

Kurokawa: A cat? That's not a reason.

Kurokawa: You barely ever speak up,

Kurokawa: and now you make me wonder how you even view your job.

Kurokawa: Everyone give this some serious thought!

Kurokawa: Everyone, give this some serious thought!

Kurokawa: Because one of you is going!

Komiya: Alaska? What a surprise!

Itsuki: Traveling there might be great, but living there's another matter.

Itsuki: Traveling there might be great, but living there is another matter.

Komiya: It's three or four years at the least.

Isojima: Kamoi-san has been stuck in Tahiti for ten years now, with no replacement in sight.

Kamoi: Please send me home. Please send me home!

Komiya: Hey!

Komiya: I know how to guard against going to Alaska!

Gonda: Seriously?

Komiya: Just get married!

Komiya: They prefer someone who's single, after all.

Itsuki: Good idea. Komiya-chan, will you marry me?

Komiya: Oh, what a thing to say!

Takuya: Never mind marriage, I don't even have any female friends.

Takuya: I'm in trouble. Lots of trouble.

Rika: It's 5,500 km to Anchorage. That's too far.

Rika: I don't even communicate well in Japan. Forget Alaska.

Rika: And I hear the mosquitoes there are monsters.

Rika: What do I do?

Rika: This is a matter of life and death for me.

Rika: And it's not like I have any pull at work.

Rika: Everywhere in the world is fun on a map.

Rika: But actually going out in public doesn't interest me at all.

Rika: I bet it's cold in Alaska.

Takuya: It was scary at the vet, huh, Kama?

Takuya: But for the time being, you're...

Takuya: Honjoji-san?

Takuya: N-No, there's no need to be nervous.

Takuya: We're not at work today. If I slack off...

Takuya: it's okay.

Takuya: Excuse me, Honjoji-san.

Takuya: Thank you for all your help.

Takuya: I'm leaving the company.

Rika: You quit?

Takuma: Oh, no, I plan to tell Kurokawa-san on Monday.

Takuma: S-See you.

Rika: Um, is that...

Rika: because your cat is important to you?

Takuya: Yes, it is.

Takuya: He's finally willing to show his tail to me.

Rika: His tail?

Takuya: Other cats would pick on him.

Takuya: He was a mess when I got him.

Takuya: It took forever for him to open up to me.

Takuya: But lately, he's at least started showing his tail.

Takuya: I can't go and abandon him now.

Rika: There's no one who can look after him?

Rika: A girlfriend or family member?

Takuya: No, not at all! Uh, I...

Takuya: I'm sorry for always being unsociable.

Takuya: Bye.

Rika: Um!

Rika: Do you know what the summer temperature is in Anchorage?

Takuya: Huh?

Rika: It's 18°C. A little chilly.

Rika: What I'm trying to say is, well...

Rika: Why don't...

Rika: we get married?

Rika: Why don't we get married?

Takuya: Huh?

Rika: Huh?

Takuya: Huh?

Rika: Huh?

Takuya: No, I'm asking you.

Rika: Oh, right.

Takuya: Did she just say "married"?

Takuya: Married?

Rika: He's surprised. And I admit, it was a wild thing to say.

Takuya: Huh?

Rika: Huh?

Takuya: U-Um, what do you mean by "married"?

Rika: I don't mean a real marriage. Just pretend.

Takuya: Pretend?

Rika: That's right. I could never handle the Anchorage Branch.

Rika: But if I'm ordered to go, I have no grounds for refusal.

Rika: It's the same for you, isn't it?

Rika: If you can't be apart from your cat,

Rika: we could get married and then not have to go to Alaska.

Rika: Kurokawa-san was saying unmarried people will be prioritized.

Rika: So if we were to make it so we're married...

Takuya: I hadn't thought of that.

Takuya: No wait, I could never. A pretend marriage?

Takuya: I've hardly ever even spoken to Honjoji-san!

Rika: Now I've gone and said it all.

Rika: There's no backing out now.

Takuya: Is a fake marriage really going to work?

Rika: I'm confident it will.

Rika: I shouldn't say this, but we don't stand out at work.

Rika: If we say we're getting married, I doubt anyone will show much interest.

Rika: The Anchorage Branch opens in a year.

Rika: If we say we're getting married and then make it through several months,

Rika: there'll be no more talk about the transfer,

Rika: and by then, hardly anyone should care anymore about our marriage.

Rika: I think we'll be okay to let things die down, then pretend it never happened.

Takuya: You know, you have a point there.

Rika: Right.

Takuya: Is this actually a good idea?

Takuya: I want to keep my job, and I'll get to stay with Kama!

Takuya: Well, I'm on board with trying it.

Takuya: The fake marriage.

Rika: Thank you, let's give it a go.

Rika: So, tomorrow at 8:45, let's meet at the street-side entrance.

Rika: We'll notify Kurokawa-san of our marriage there.

Rika: I'll move things forward from here,

Rika: so Ohara-kun, you basically don't need to do anything.

Takuya: What?

Takuya: There's nothing for me to do?

Rika: There is not.

Rika: I proposed this idea, so you can leave it to me.

Rika: If you'll excuse me.

Takuya: Th-That was so businesslike.

Takuya: You know what, I had no idea Honjoji-san was such a bold person.

Takuya: It's surprising.

Rika: It's now or never.

Kurokawa: What?!

Kurokawa: Married?! You two?!

Rika: Y-Yes.

Rika: I need to tell her the way I planned.

Rika: The two of us would like to keep this quiet and low-key,

Rika: so as not to cause any trouble.

Kurokawa: Wow! Congratulations!

Kurokawa: No way, I didn't notice at all!

Kurokawa: When did you start dating?!

Kurokawa: And Ohara! I never thought you had it in you!

Kurokawa: Way to prove me wrong!

Takuya: U-Um...

Kurokawa: What a great pair you make!

Kurokawa: What a great pair!

Kurokawa: You've made my day!

Komiya: Excuse me, Kurokawa-san.

Kurokawa: Well, I'm sure there's a lot ahead of you,

Kurokawa: but I'm happy to offer any advice. See ya!

Takuya: She was unbelievably happy.

Rika: Yes.

Rika: So far, the plan's a success.

Takuya: Huh?

Rika: She believes we're going to get married.

Rika: You don't need to worry, I'll make sure this works.

Shinshi: Hello.

Shinshi: What?! Another accident?!

Shinshi: They're going to cancel on us!

Isojima: Shinshi-san, calm down.

Itsuki: Please hurry and update the site.

Kurokawa: Ohara, Ohara.

Takuya: Y-Yes, ma'am.

Kurokawa: We're having trouble filling these Hawaii hotel rooms.

Kurokawa: Could you quickly come up with a plan?

Takuya: Will do.

Kurokawa: I'd like you to help him, Honjoji-san.

Rika: Yes, ma'am.

Kurokawa: Please do, then.

Kurokawa: Saito, you got a minute?

Saito: Yes, ma'am.

Kurokawa: Listen, about what I asked you for the other day,

Kurokawa: how's it coming?

Saito: It isn't finished yet.

Takuya: Done.

Rika: That took a long time.

Takuya: Yes.

Takuya: Hello?

Kurokawa: It's done? Oh, good!

Kurokawa: Right now we're meeting up at the usual Italian place.

Kurokawa: Would you mind bringing it there?

Kurokawa: Make sure Honjoji-san comes with you.

Takuya: The usual Italian place?

Rika: Oh, that would be Bau Bau.

Rika: Let's go.

everyone: Congratulations!

both: A surprise party?

Kurokawa: Are you surprised?

Kurokawa: We all put it together!

Saito: Come on, you two, sit in the middle.

Isojima: You're the stars today!

Takuya: Th-This isn't good.

Takuya: What do we do now?

Rika: Ohara-kun.

Rika: There's no escaping this.

Rika: Let's just run with it.

Takuya: Huh?

Rika: We can't afford to let them set the pace.

Rika: Let's return fire at max excitement!

Takuya: Max excitement?

Takuya: Is that something we can do?

Rika: Don't worry.

Rika: I take full responsibility for this. Just give me a little time.

Kurokawa: So, in celebration of their engagement!

Rika: I'm going to go charge up my excitement.

everyone: Cheers!

Takuya: Charge up her excitement?

Takuya: Is that something she can do?!

Itsuki: Senpai, could you tell us the whole story?

Gonda: Tell us how you fell in love!

Takuya: Uh, well...

Isojima: You happy boy, you!

Takuya: Uh, well, see...

Gonda: Happy boy!

Komiya: Still, I can't help but be surprised that Ohara-san and Honjoji-san are an item.

Kurokawa: Komiya-chan, aren't you suspicious?

Komiya: Huh?

Kurokawa: It's too sudden, this engagement.

Kurokawa: The whole timing of it.

Kurokawa: It really is fishy.

Kurokawa: I bet...

Kurokawa: there's a bun in the oven!

Itsuki: I'm impressed, Ohara-san!

Gonda: Yeah, I had no clue!

Isojima: Don't tell me it's a shotgun wedding?

Takuya: Th-They're going to tear me apart.

Takuya: I've got to find a way to escape!

Rika: Everyone, thank you for being here today.

Rika: As thanks, I'm going to sing!

Rika: My love is a Mercator...

Takuya: Th-This is Honjoji-san at max excitement!

Takuya: Or, not so much.

Takuya: That singing that sounded like it was coming from Hades brought the place to a standstill.

Takuya: She had probably never sung in front of people before.

Takuya: But her only choice was to sing.

Takuya: To me, she seemed downright heroic.

Takuya: A-Are you all right?

Rika: Yes. I drank a little too much.

Rika: I will never sing karaoke again.

Takuma: R-Right.

Rika: I—

Rika: I-I'm sorry!

Takuya: Uh, it's okay.

Rika: Bye.

Rika: Today's the worst day of my life.

Rika: I want to die. Just curl up and die!

Takuya: Should I have made sure she got home?

Takuya: I could say "thank you" or "good night," at least.

Takuya: It's still not too late to do so.

Takuya: I could have helped her out by singing a duet with her back there.

Takuya: Why didn't I get up and join her?

Takuya: I'm so pathetic.

Takuya: How our love started?

Rika: Yes, the story of how we met, and eventually decided to marry.

Rika: It'll be made-up, of course.

Takuya: Good point.

Takuya: We don't know what we'll be asked, or when.

Rika: And so, please fill out this profile.

Rika: I have tomorrow off, so I will go gather materials.

Takuya: Materials?

Rika: Yes, in YHM.

Rika: With Yokohama as the setting, I'll think up a story for our first date and proposal.

Rika: It's just like making a pamphlet for work.

Rika: First, the tale of how we got together.

Rika: Wow, Ohara-kun wrote very precise responses.

Rika: He's 24.

Rika: Two years younger than me, and yet such firm character.

Rika: Ohara-kun...

Rika: I tried to conjure him up for this imaginary date,

Rika: but of all things, I can't remember his face.

Rika: Even though we've worked across from each other for two years.

Rika: Is this how little interest I have in other people?

Rika: Just how heartless am I?

Rika: No matter how much I refine this fake project,

Rika: there's no way it's going to turn out well.

Rika: Ohara-kun, I'm sorry.

Rika: I got you to go along with this dumb idea,

Rika: and I really am sorry that it will crash and burn.

Rika: But we can't call it off now.

Rika: It's going to cause more and more trouble.

Rika: What am I supposed to do?

Takuya: H-Honjoji-san.

Rika: O-Ohara-kun!

Takuya: U-Um, please let me help you come up with the love story!

Takuya: So, do you like Ferris wheels?

Rika: No.

Rika: I don't particularly like them, but there's something I want to do.

Takuya: I-I see.

Takuya: Honjoji-san has concrete ideas about this.

Takuya: I shouldn't have come after all.

Takuya: What's that nice smell?

Takuya: Is it the scent of her hair?

Rika: I got a lot of materials today.

Rika: Like the Red Brick Warehouse, and Landmark Tower.

Takuya: L-Looks good.

Rika: And also, there's something I found and bought along the way.

Takuya: R-Rings?

Rika: They're wedding rings, just not expensive.

Rika: I think they'll make our wedding story more convincing.

Takuya: I-I'm sweating now.

Takuya: If we put these on, it'll be like we're really getting married.

Rika: Go on, Ohara-kun.

Takuya: She didn't hesitate at all.

Takuya: She went to the trouble of buying these?

Rika: And I have a favor to ask of you.

Rika: Could you think of what to say for a proposal?

Takuya: Proposal?!

Rika: That's right.

Rika: I came up with how we got together and acquired some vignettes,

Rika: but I haven't come up with the proposal at the end.

Rika: My idea is that we ride a Ferris wheel, and when it gets to the very top,

Rika: that's when you propose to me.

Takuya: Th-That is romantic.

Rika: It is.

Rika: Would you mind being the one to think of the words you use?

Takuya: I-I know I said I wanted to help with the project,

Takuya: but suddenly, I have this important task?

Rika: I'll think of something, if you can't do it.

Takuya: Oh, I'll do it. Please allow me to.

Takuya: It's too late to turn back now.

Takuya: I need to think of something.

Takuya: And I don't want to disappoint her by saying something boring.

Rika: Uh oh, I might have stressed him out.

Rika: I should have asked him to do something else.

Takuya: U-Um!

Takuya: H-How about these words?

Rika: Y-Yes?

Takuya: P—

Takuya: Huh? I can't say it.

Takuya: It's right there in my mind, but it won't come out.

Takuya: If I say this, everything will change.

Takuya: That's the way it feels.

Takuya: These words are incredible.

Takuya: I've heard them in countless TV shows, and yet...

Takuya: I'm sorry.

Takuya: I still haven't thought of anything.

Takuya: Sorry.

Takuya: I will think of something later.

Rika: Uh, hey, it's okay.

Rika: It's all okay.

Rika: Ohara-kun, the view is beautiful.

Rika: Today, I did lots of things I don't usually do.

Rika: It was like an ordinary life.

Rika: Ohara-kun, please take your time thinking of a proposal.

Rika: I'll wait as long as it takes.

Takuya: All right.

: --------------- EP 02 ---------------

Rika: Why don't we get married?

Takuya: Huh?

Rika: I don't mean a real marriage. Just pretend.

Takuya: Pretend?

Rika: That's right.

Rika: Kurokawa-san was saying unmarried people will be prioritized.

Rika: So if we were to make it so we're married...

Takuya: Well, I'm on board with trying it.

Takuya: The fake marriage.

everyone: Congratulations!

both: A surprise party?

Takuya: H-How about these words?

Rika: Y-Yes?

Takuya: P—

Rika: Ohara-kun, please take your time thinking of a proposal.

Rika: I'll wait as long as it takes.

Takuya: All right.

Takuya: Kama, settle down.

Takuya: Since yesterday, Kama won't leave my shirt alone.

Takuya: Maybe Honjoji-san's scent got on there.

Takuya: Maybe Honjoji-san's scent got on it.

Takuya: Wonder if I should put on the wedding ring.

Takuya: Why wasn't I able to say anything?

Takuya: Pretty pathetic, for a fake proposal.

Takuya: It was like I had a lump in my throat.

Takuya: What with someone that close,

Takuya: gazing at me.

Takuya: I can't do it.

Rika: Wow!

Rika: What a long beach! It even has dunes!

Rika: It's not white sands and green pines, but it's nice.

Rika: It took three and a half hours, but I'm glad I came!

Rika: Look at those big wind turbines turning.

Rika: The power of nature is amazing!

man: I'll say!

Rika: Whoops, I got a little carried away.

Rika: Too many special events have happened lately.

Rika: The party, crowds, the Ferris wheel, singing.

Rika: It's stifling.

Rika: I look at coastlines and collect maps, stones, and sand.

Rika: Those are the sorts of things I love.

Rika: Marriage is so dazzling, the idea is downright exhausting.

Rika: Even if it is fake.

Rika: Today, I'm going to enjoy some terrain.

Rika: Leave me alone.

Rika: It was like an ordinary life.

Takuya: I'm too irresponsible.

Takuya: Am I going to sit here forever and do nothing?

Takuya: How old am I, again?

Takuya: Is this how an adult acts?

Takuya: H-Huh?

Takuya: I put the ring on, and suddenly, my doubts are gone.

Takuya: It's weird. Right now I feel like I could do anything.

Takuya: No, there's something I must do as long as I'm wearing this ring.

Takuya: I'll become a fine husband for Honjoji-san!

Takuya: Yes, hello?

phone voice: I know.

phone voice: Your supposed marriage with Honjoji Rika-san. It's a complete lie.

phone voice: I know all about it.

Takuya: Uh, h-hey...

phone voice: I'll send you both to Alaska!

Takuya: What?

Takuya: What is this?

Rika: A threatening call?

Takuya: I'm not sure if it was a threat or not.

Rika: Do you know who it was from?

Takuya: I couldn't tell.

Takuya: The voice sounded synthesized.

Takuya: I'm not even sure of their gender.

Rika: They know about Alaska.

Rika: That means whoever made the call must work here?!

Gonda: Excuse me.

Gonda: Ohara-san, do you have a minute?

Takuya: G-G-Gonda?! What is it?

Gonda: Well...

Gonda: Would you mind if I came over tonight?

Takuya: To my place? What for?

Gonda: I just want to discuss something.

Takuya: What's going on here? He's never done anything like this.

Takuya: I-It's too suspicious.

Gonda: What do you think? Can I come over?

Takuya: Sure, by all means!

Rika: We'd love to have you, Gonda-san.

Takuya: Huh? You too, Honjoji-san?

Rika: Of course, I'll come over too.

Gonda: Look at you lovebirds. I wouldn't be intruding?

Takuya: Not at all, not at all.

Gonda: Thanks a lot!

Gonda: See you tonight!

Takuya: I'm sorry about this.

Rika: M-Me too.

Takuya: What is Gonda up to?

Rika: Is Gonda-kun the one who made that call?

Takuya/Rika: We have to keep him from finding out!

Takuya: Kama, listen. This is important.

Takuya: Some of my coworkers are coming over here.

Takuya: I know it's probably inconvenient for you, but please bear with me.

Takuya: Please, Kama! This is so important!

Takuya: My future and yours are riding on it.

Takuya: I'll make it up to you!

Takuya: I'll put Nyaru on your food for a month!

Takuya: I'll also stop sniffing you!

Rika: Did your cat give his consent?

Takuya: Well...

Takuya: "Whatever. I'll put up with it for about an hour."

Takuya: That's the look he gave me.

Rika: Aha.

Rika: So, this is Ohara-kun's apartment.

Takuya: Here.

Takuya: You can use these slippers.

Rika: Oh, don't make a fuss.

Takuya: They're yours to use.

Rika: I went and bought some camouflage supplies.

Takuya: Camouflage?

Rika: Items couples would be likely to use.

Rika: I thought we'd use these to change this into a couple's apartment.

Takuya: W-Wow.

Rika: Let's hurry.

Rika: This is a checklist of items.

Rika: Please arrange them as you see fit.

Takuya: "Operation Love Nest"?!

Takuya: Honjoji-san doesn't mess around.

Rika: A doorplate for the entrance!

Takuya: Matching toothbrushes and cups at the sink, check!

Takuya: I placed the paired cushions on the bed.

Rika: Got it. Where's your cat?

Takuya: He's in the adjoining room.

Takuya: That's where he spends most of his time.

Rika: I see.

Takuya: We first met during rookie training, and that was in...

Takuya: Singapore.

Rika: My favorite kind of pancake is banana, and yours is strawberry and hazelnut.

Rika: We're planning to honeymoon in Tahiti or the Maldives.

Takuya: Profile confirmation, done.

Rika: Agreed.

Rika: Next are photos to decorate the apartment.

Rika: I collected reference images from the internet.

Takuya: W-Wow!

Takuya: Well...

Rika: I think that's good.

Takuya: You know,

Takuya: this is like the day before an event.

Rika: That it is.

Rika: Like a cultural festival from our school days.

Takuya: Is this what your cultural festivals were like?

Rika: Well, I was always a tree in a stage play.

Takuya: It was more less like that for me too.

Takuya: It's easy to really get into the tree role.

Rika: And it has so much depth once you do.

Rika: So, preparations are complete.

Takuya: He can show up anytime!

Takuya: There he is!

Takuya: Hello!

Rika: Welcome!

Gonda: Hi, Ohara-san!

Itsuki/Komiya: We're here too.

Takuya/Rika: Three of them?

Itsuki: Okay, one more time.

Gonda: Congrats on getting engaged!

Komiya: I bought lots of drinks!

Takuya: Th-Thanks.

Takuya: This is going to run long, Honjoji-san.

Takuya: Isn't this a state of emergency?

Rika: It's okay. Just do as we practiced.

Takuya: So, Gonda. What did you want to discuss today?

Gonda: Yeah, about that, Ohara-san.

Gonda: Please teach me how to get hitched!

Takuya: Huh?

Gonda: I want to get married too, but it's not going well at all.

Gonda: I thought I'd ask you for some pointers.

Itsuki: Gonda is on seven online dating apps.

Komiya: You use that many of them?!

Gonda: Cut that out, Keisuke-san!

Gonda: Komiya-chan heard you!

Itsuki: Give up on those apps.

Takuya: What's happening here?

Itsuki: Oh, date photos.

Gonda: That's in Yokohama.

Komiya: How long have you been dating?

Takuya: Since rookie training.

Rika: Everyone, help yourself to snacks!

Itsuki: Honjoji-san is...

Gonda: ...smiling!

Komiya: It's like she's filled with happiness!

Gonda: This'll be one legendary marriage.

Itsuki: I still can't believe no one at work realized.

Rika: I-I need to use the restroom.

Itsuki: Learn while you're here, Gonda.

Gonda: I'm ready for my training, Master!

Takuya: I wish someone would teach me.

Takuya: I'm not sure what I should say.

Takuya: Suddenly I'm surrounded by everyone, getting peppered with questions.

Takuya: Is marriage that great?

Takuya: I said I would get married, and I put on a ring, but that's all.

Takuya: I haven't changed at all.

Takuya: Is marriage...

Takuya: Is marriage really that great?

Komiya: It is amazing!

Gonda: It sounds snide when you talk like that, Ohara-san!

Gonda: You should just be happy about it!

Komiya: That's right!

Itsuki: They speak the truth.

Komiya: Thanks for having us.

Itsuki: Thank you for today.

Takuya: See you.

Gonda: Ohara-san.

Gonda: Between you and me

Gonda: Between you and

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: --------------- EP 01 ---------------
Komiya: Hello, welcome to JTC!
Isojima: A family trip to Hawaii? How lovely!
Isojima: Right now we recommend Hawaii Island.
Isojima: Oahu is nice too, but go for the Big Island!
Komiya: Thank for your patience. Please have a seat.
Isojima: It has all the shopping and nature you could ask for.
Nonoyama: Hello there!
Isojima: Take a look at our wonderful trip packages.
Nonoyama: We also recommend Saipan.
Shinshi: Gonda-kun, they haven't canceled, have they?
Shinshi: Have they?!
Gonda: It'll be fine, Shinshi-san.
Saito: Good morning, Kurokawa-san.
Kurokawa: Good morning.
mob B: How many seats are left in the QR CMN?
mob D: The group canceled?!
mob C: Eight.
Kurokawa: It's quiet in here.
Kurokawa: Hey, Ohara.
Kurokawa: Ohara!
Takuya: Y-Yes, ma'am?
Kurokawa: Confirm hotel reservations for this summer tour package.
Takuya: W-Will do, Branch Manager.
Kurokawa: Respond right away, and make eye contact!
Takuya: Y-Yes, ma'am!
Kurokawa: Stop zoning out. We're busy here.
Kurokawa: I swear...
Takuya: I'm not zoning out.
Takuya: I was considering how to respond.
Takuya: If you waited another second...
Takuya: Maybe it's my habit of lagging slightly behind in conversation,
Takuya: but it feels like I'm also falling behind in life.
Komiya: Ohara-san.
Komiya: Good morning.
Komiya: I'll leave these Hawaii yachting documents here for you.
Shinshi: Thanks a bunch.
Takuya: I missed my chance to say thanks again.
Komiya: No problem.
Takuya: Not that it was worth taking up her time.
Takuya: Honjoji-san?!
Takuya (aloud): Hello, this is Ohara with JTC.
Takuya (internal): I'm working diligently! I'm not slacking!
Takuya (aloud): About the Hawaii yachting. Right.
Takuya: Kama, I'm home.
Takuya: Here's your food.
Takuya: Kama, Honjoji-san glared at me again today.
Takuya: She's only been there a year longer than me, but she gives me those silent menacing looks.
Takuya: Kama-kun, I'm already in my fourth year of work.
Takuya: When are coworkers going to stop getting mad at me?
Takuya: Not that asking a cat is going to help.
Takuya: Kama, come watch TV with me.
Takuya: Spending time with you like this is so nice.
Komiya: A travel agency starts its day with cleaning!
Itsuki: Komiya-chan, you're so peppy.
Komiya: Okay, get to mopping.
Itsuki: Thanks.
Takuya: I'm not slacking! I'm not!
Takuya: I am cleaning!
Rika: Did I scare him again?
Rika: I suppose he thinks I'm a frightening person.
Rika: I have this thing where I unconsciously stare at people.
Rika: It's not like I'm doing it on purpose,
Rika: but I can't think of anything to say.
Nonoyama: I'm sorry, Honjoji-san!
Gonda: Did I do something bad?
Rika: No, I mean, I'm not angry.
Rika: But I'm not smiling either.
Rika: Oh well, it's not worth taking the time to explain.
Rika: Alone at last!
Rika: I thought that I could just look at maps all day in the Planning Department,
Rika: but that's not how it turned out at all.
Rika: So much fun for ¥435!
Rika: Maps are the best!
Kurokawa: We will now begin today's morning assembly.
Kurokawa: First off, Mamaru-san from the head office has something important to say.
Takuya: Someone from the head office?
Mamaru: Everyone, thank you for your hard work.
Mamaru: We find ourselves now in the Reiwa era,
Mamaru: and competition continues to heat up.
Mamaru: So as for our company, uh...
Kurokawa: As of this summer, JTC will up its focus on North America.
Kurokawa: The Alaska area in particular.
Kurokawa: Alaska touches the Arctic, and its cities such as Juneau and Fairbanks are popular.
Kurokawa: And so, someone from this office is going to become manager
Kurokawa: of the Anchorage Branch that's going to open next year!
Takuya: S-Say what?!
Gonda: Anchorage?
Itsuki: We're getting sent to Alaska?
Mamaru: Oh, but it's a pretty place.
Mamaru: It has icebergs, glaciers, dog sleds...
employees: That's the North Pole!
Kurokawa: It's a little far to be separated from family,
Kurokawa: so we'll select someone who's unmarried.
Kurokawa: Would anyone like to volunteer?!
Gonda: Unmarried?
Kitagawa: Then I'm off the hook.
Isojima: How about you, Saito?
Saito: Oh, no.
Kurokawa: There aren't any volunteers?
Takuya: Excuse me.
Saito: Ohara, are you going?
Takuma: I-I... can't go.
Kurokawa: Huh? Ohara?
Takuya: I-I, well...
Takuya: I have a cat.
Kurokawa: A cat? That's not a reason.
Kurokawa: You barely ever speak up,
Kurokawa: and now you make me wonder how you even view your job.
Kurokawa: Everyone give this some serious thought!
Kurokawa: Because one of you is going!
Komiya: Alaska? What a surprise!
Itsuki: Traveling there might be great, but living there's another matter.
Komiya: It's three or four years at the least.
Isojima: Kamoi-san has been stuck in Tahiti for ten years now, with no replacement in sight.
Kamoi: Please send me home. Please send me home!
Komiya: Hey!
Komiya: I know how to guard against going to Alaska!
Gonda: Seriously?
Komiya: Just get married!
Komiya: They prefer someone who's single, after all.
Itsuki: Good idea. Komiya-chan, will you marry me?
Komiya: Oh, what a thing to say!
Takuya: Never mind marriage, I don't even have any female friends.
Takuya: I'm in trouble. Lots of trouble.
Rika: It's 5,500 km to Anchorage. That's too far.
Rika: I don't even communicate well in Japan. Forget Alaska.
Rika: And I hear the mosquitoes there are monsters.
Rika: What do I do?
Rika: This is a matter of life and death for me.
Rika: And it's not like I have any pull at work.
Rika: Everywhere in the world is fun on a map.
Rika: But actually going out in public doesn't interest me at all.
Rika: I bet it's cold in Alaska.
Takuya: It was scary at the vet, huh, Kama?
Takuya: But for the time being, you're...
Takuya: Honjoji-san?
Takuya: N-No, there's no need to be nervous.
Takuya: We're not at work today. If I slack off...
Takuya: it's okay.
Takuya: Excuse me, Honjoji-san.
Takuya: Thank you for all your help.
Takuya: I'm leaving the company.
Rika: You quit?
Takuma: Oh, no, I plan to tell Kurokawa-san on Monday.
Takuma: S-See you.
Rika: Um, is that...
Rika: because your cat is important to you?
Takuya: Yes, it is.
Takuya: He's finally willing to show his tail to me.
Rika: His tail?
Takuya: Other cats would pick on him.
Takuya: He was a mess when I got him.
Takuya: It took forever for him to open up to me.
Takuya: But lately, he's at least started showing his tail.
Takuya: I can't go and abandon him now.
Rika: There's no one who can look after him?
Rika: A girlfriend or family member?
Takuya: No, not at all! Uh, I...
Takuya: I'm sorry for always being unsociable.
Takuya: Bye.
Rika: Um!
Rika: Do you know what the summer temperature is in Anchorage?
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: It's 18°C. A little chilly.
Rika: What I'm trying to say is, well...
Rika: Why don't...
Rika: we get married?
Rika: Why don't we get married?
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: Huh?
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: Huh?
Takuya: No, I'm asking you.
Rika: Oh, right.
Takuya: Did she just say "married"?
Takuya: Married?
Rika: He's surprised. And I admit, it was a wild thing to say.
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: Huh?
Takuya: U-Um, what do you mean by "married"?
Rika: I don't mean a real marriage. Just pretend.
Takuya: Pretend?
Rika: That's right. I could never handle the Anchorage Branch.
Rika: But if I'm ordered to go, I have no grounds for refusal.
Rika: It's the same for you, isn't it?
Rika: If you can't be apart from your cat,
Rika: we could get married and then not have to go to Alaska.
Rika: Kurokawa-san was saying unmarried people will be prioritized.
Rika: So if we were to make it so we're married...
Takuya: I hadn't thought of that.
Takuya: No wait, I could never. A pretend marriage?
Takuya: I've hardly ever even spoken to Honjoji-san!
Rika: Now I've gone and said it all.
Rika: There's no backing out now.
Takuya: Is a fake marriage really going to work?
Rika: I'm confident it will.
Rika: I shouldn't say this, but we don't stand out at work.
Rika: If we say we're getting married, I doubt anyone will show much interest.
Rika: The Anchorage Branch opens in a year.
Rika: If we say we're getting married and then make it through several months,
Rika: there'll be no more talk about the transfer,
Rika: and by then, hardly anyone should care anymore about our marriage.
Rika: I think we'll be okay to let things die down, then pretend it never happened.
Takuya: You know, you have a point there.
Rika: Right.
Takuya: Is this actually a good idea?
Takuya: I want to keep my job, and I'll get to stay with Kama!
Takuya: Well, I'm on board with trying it.
Takuya: The fake marriage.
Rika: Thank you, let's give it a go.
Rika: So, tomorrow at 8:45, let's meet at the street-side entrance.
Rika: We'll notify Kurokawa-san of our marriage there.
Rika: I'll move things forward from here,
Rika: so Ohara-kun, you basically don't need to do anything.
Takuya: What?
Takuya: There's nothing for me to do?
Rika: There is not.
Rika: I proposed this idea, so you can leave it to me.
Rika: If you'll excuse me.
Takuya: Th-That was so businesslike.
Takuya: You know what, I had no idea Honjoji-san was such a bold person.
Takuya: It's surprising.
Rika: It's now or never.
Kurokawa: What?!
Kurokawa: Married?! You two?!
Rika: Y-Yes.
Rika: I need to tell her the way I planned.
Rika: The two of us would like to keep this quiet and low-key,
Rika: so as not to cause any trouble.
Kurokawa: Wow! Congratulations!
Kurokawa: No way, I didn't notice at all!
Kurokawa: When did you start dating?!
Kurokawa: And Ohara! I never thought you had it in you!
Kurokawa: Way to prove me wrong!
Takuya: U-Um...
Kurokawa: What a great pair you make!
Kurokawa: What a great pair!
Kurokawa: You've made my day!
Komiya: Excuse me, Kurokawa-san.
Kurokawa: Well, I'm sure there's a lot ahead of you,
Kurokawa: but I'm happy to offer any advice. See ya!
Takuya: She was unbelievably happy.
Rika: Yes.
Rika: So far, the plan's a success.
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: She believes we're going to get married.
Rika: You don't need to worry, I'll make sure this works.
Shinshi: Hello.
Shinshi: What?! Another accident?!
Shinshi: They're going to cancel on us!
Isojima: Shinshi-san, calm down.
Itsuki: Please hurry and update the site.
Kurokawa: Ohara, Ohara.
Takuya: Y-Yes, ma'am.
Kurokawa: We're having trouble filling these Hawaii hotel rooms.
Kurokawa: Could you quickly come up with a plan?
Takuya: Will do.
Kurokawa: I'd like you to help him, Honjoji-san.
Rika: Yes, ma'am.
Kurokawa: Please do, then.
Kurokawa: Saito, you got a minute?
Saito: Yes, ma'am.
Kurokawa: Listen, about what I asked you for the other day,
Kurokawa: how's it coming?
Saito: It isn't finished yet.
Takuya: Done.
Rika: That took a long time.
Takuya: Yes.
Takuya: Hello?
Kurokawa: It's done? Oh, good!
Kurokawa: Right now we're meeting up at the usual Italian place.
Kurokawa: Would you mind bringing it there?
Kurokawa: Make sure Honjoji-san comes with you.
Takuya: The usual Italian place?
Rika: Oh, that would be Bau Bau.
Rika: Let's go.
everyone: Congratulations!
both: A surprise party?
Kurokawa: Are you surprised?
Kurokawa: We all put it together!
Saito: Come on, you two, sit in the middle.
Isojima: You're the stars today!
Takuya: Th-This isn't good.
Takuya: What do we do now?
Rika: Ohara-kun.
Rika: There's no escaping this.
Rika: Let's just run with it.
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: We can't afford to let them set the pace.
Rika: Let's return fire at max excitement!
Takuya: Max excitement?
Takuya: Is that something we can do?
Rika: Don't worry.
Rika: I take full responsibility for this. Just give me a little time.
Kurokawa: So, in celebration of their engagement!
Rika: I'm going to go charge up my excitement.
everyone: Cheers!
Takuya: Charge up her excitement?
Takuya: Is that something she can do?!
Itsuki: Senpai, could you tell us the whole story?
Gonda: Tell us how you fell in love!
Takuya: Uh, well...
Isojima: You happy boy, you!
Takuya: Uh, well, see...
Gonda: Happy boy!
Komiya: Still, I can't help but be surprised that Ohara-san and Honjoji-san are an item.
Kurokawa: Komiya-chan, aren't you suspicious?
Komiya: Huh?
Kurokawa: It's too sudden, this engagement.
Kurokawa: The whole timing of it.
Kurokawa: It really is fishy.
Kurokawa: I bet...
Kurokawa: there's a bun in the oven!
Itsuki: I'm impressed, Ohara-san!
Gonda: Yeah, I had no clue!
Isojima: Don't tell me it's a shotgun wedding?
Takuya: Th-They're going to tear me apart.
Takuya: I've got to find a way to escape!
Rika: Everyone, thank you for being here today.
Rika: As thanks, I'm going to sing!
Rika: My love is a Mercator...
Takuya: Th-This is Honjoji-san at max excitement!
Takuya: Or, not so much.
Takuya: That singing that sounded like it was coming from Hades brought the place to a standstill.
Takuya: She had probably never sung in front of people before.
Takuya: But her only choice was to sing.
Takuya: To me, she seemed downright heroic.
Takuya: A-Are you all right?
Rika: Yes. I drank a little too much.
Rika: I will never sing karaoke again.
Takuma: R-Right.
Rika: I—
Rika: I-I'm sorry!
Takuya: Uh, it's okay.
Rika: Bye.
Rika: Today's the worst day of my life.
Rika: I want to die. Just curl up and die!
Takuya: Should I have made sure she got home?
Takuya: I could say "thank you" or "good night," at least.
Takuya: It's still not too late to do so.
Takuya: I could have helped her out by singing a duet with her back there.
Takuya: Why didn't I get up and join her?
Takuya: I'm so pathetic.
Takuya: How our love started?
Rika: Yes, the story of how we met, and eventually decided to marry.
Rika: It'll be made-up, of course.
Takuya: Good point.
Takuya: We don't know what we'll be asked, or when.
Rika: And so, please fill out this profile.
Rika: I have tomorrow off, so I will go gather materials.
Takuya: Materials?
Rika: Yes, in YHM.
Rika: With Yokohama as the setting, I'll think up a story for our first date and proposal.
Rika: It's just like making a pamphlet for work.
Rika: First, the tale of how we got together.
Rika: Wow, Ohara-kun wrote very precise responses.
Rika: He's 24.
Rika: Two years younger than me, and yet such firm character.
Rika: Ohara-kun...
Rika: I tried to conjure him up for this imaginary date,
Rika: but of all things, I can't remember his face.
Rika: Even though we've worked across from each other for two years.
Rika: Is this how little interest I have in other people?
Rika: Just how heartless am I?
Rika: No matter how much I refine this fake project,
Rika: there's no way it's going to turn out well.
Rika: Ohara-kun, I'm sorry.
Rika: I got you to go along with this dumb idea,
Rika: and I really am sorry that it will crash and burn.
Rika: But we can't call it off now.
Rika: It's going to cause more and more trouble.
Rika: What am I supposed to do?
Takuya: H-Honjoji-san.
Rika: O-Ohara-kun!
Takuya: U-Um, please let me help you come up with the love story!
Takuya: So, do you like Ferris wheels?
Rika: No.
Rika: I don't particularly like them, but there's something I want to do.
Takuya: I-I see.
Takuya: Honjoji-san has concrete ideas about this.
Takuya: I shouldn't have come after all.
Takuya: What's that nice smell?
Takuya: Is it the scent of her hair?
Rika: I got a lot of materials today.
Rika: Like the Red Brick Warehouse, and Landmark Tower.
Takuya: L-Looks good.
Rika: And also, there's something I found and bought along the way.
Takuya: R-Rings?
Rika: They're wedding rings, just not expensive.
Rika: I think they'll make our wedding story more convincing.
Takuya: I-I'm sweating now.
Takuya: If we put these on, it'll be like we're really getting married.
Rika: Go on, Ohara-kun.
Takuya: She didn't hesitate at all.
Takuya: She went to the trouble of buying these?
Rika: And I have a favor to ask of you.
Rika: Could you think of what to say for a proposal?
Takuya: Proposal?!
Rika: That's right.
Rika: I came up with how we got together and acquired some vignettes,
Rika: but I haven't come up with the proposal at the end.
Rika: My idea is that we ride a Ferris wheel, and when it gets to the very top,
Rika: that's when you propose to me.
Takuya: Th-That is romantic.
Rika: It is.
Rika: Would you mind being the one to think of the words you use?
Takuya: I-I know I said I wanted to help with the project,
Takuya: but suddenly, I have this important task?
Rika: I'll think of something, if you can't do it.
Takuya: Oh, I'll do it. Please allow me to.
Takuya: It's too late to turn back now.
Takuya: I need to think of something.
Takuya: And I don't want to disappoint her by saying something boring.
Rika: Uh oh, I might have stressed him out.
Rika: I should have asked him to do something else.
Takuya: U-Um!
Takuya: H-How about these words?
Rika: Y-Yes?
Takuya: P—
Takuya: Huh? I can't say it.
Takuya: It's right there in my mind, but it won't come out.
Takuya: If I say this, everything will change.
Takuya: That's the way it feels.
Takuya: These words are incredible.
Takuya: I've heard them in countless TV shows, and yet...
Takuya: I'm sorry.
Takuya: I still haven't thought of anything.
Takuya: Sorry.
Takuya: I will think of something later.
Rika: Uh, hey, it's okay.
Rika: It's all okay.
Rika: Ohara-kun, the view is beautiful.
Rika: Today, I did lots of things I don't usually do.
Rika: It was like an ordinary life.
Rika: Ohara-kun, please take your time thinking of a proposal.
Rika: I'll wait as long as it takes.
Takuya: All right.
: --------------- EP 02 ---------------
Rika: Why don't we get married?
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: I don't mean a real marriage. Just pretend.
Takuya: Pretend?
Rika: That's right.
Rika: Kurokawa-san was saying unmarried people will be prioritized.
Rika: So if we were to make it so we're married...
Takuya: Well, I'm on board with trying it.
Takuya: The fake marriage.
everyone: Congratulations!
both: A surprise party?
Takuya: H-How about these words?
Rika: Y-Yes?
Takuya: P—
Rika: Ohara-kun, please take your time thinking of a proposal.
Rika: I'll wait as long as it takes.
Takuya: All right.
Takuya: Kama, settle down.
Takuya: Since yesterday, Kama won't leave my shirt alone.
Takuya: Maybe Honjoji-san's scent got on there.
Takuya: Wonder if I should put on the wedding ring.
Takuya: Why wasn't I able to say anything?
Takuya: Pretty pathetic, for a fake proposal.
Takuya: It was like I had a lump in my throat.
Takuya: What with someone that close,
Takuya: gazing at me.
Takuya: I can't do it.
Rika: Wow!
Rika: What a long beach! It even has dunes!
Rika: It's not white sands and green pines, but it's nice.
Rika: It took three and a half hours, but I'm glad I came!
Rika: Look at those big wind turbines turning.
Rika: The power of nature is amazing!
man: I'll say!
Rika: Whoops, I got a little carried away.
Rika: Too many special events have happened lately.
Rika: The party, crowds, the Ferris wheel, singing.
Rika: It's stifling.
Rika: I look at coastlines and collect maps, stones, and sand.
Rika: Those are the sorts of things I love.
Rika: Marriage is so dazzling, the idea is downright exhausting.
Rika: Even if it is fake.
Rika: Today, I'm going to enjoy some terrain.
Rika: Leave me alone.
Rika: It was like an ordinary life.
Takuya: I'm too irresponsible.
Takuya: Am I going to sit here forever and do nothing?
Takuya: How old am I, again?
Takuya: Is this how an adult acts?
Takuya: H-Huh?
Takuya: I put the ring on, and suddenly, my doubts are gone.
Takuya: It's weird. Right now I feel like I could do anything.
Takuya: No, there's something I must do as long as I'm wearing this ring.
Takuya: I'll become a fine husband for Honjoji-san!
Takuya: Yes, hello?
phone voice: I know.
phone voice: Your supposed marriage with Honjoji Rika-san. It's a complete lie.
phone voice: I know all about it.
Takuya: Uh, h-hey...
phone voice: I'll send you both to Alaska!
Takuya: What?
Takuya: What is this?
Rika: A threatening call?
Takuya: I'm not sure if it was a threat or not.
Rika: Do you know who it was from?
Takuya: I couldn't tell.
Takuya: The voice sounded synthesized.
Takuya: I'm not even sure of their gender.
Rika: They know about Alaska.
Rika: That means whoever made the call must work here?!
Gonda: Excuse me.
Gonda: Ohara-san, do you have a minute?
Takuya: G-G-Gonda?! What is it?
Gonda: Well...
Gonda: Would you mind if I came over tonight?
Takuya: To my place? What for?
Gonda: I just want to discuss something.
Takuya: What's going on here? He's never done anything like this.
Takuya: I-It's too suspicious.
Gonda: What do you think? Can I come over?
Takuya: Sure, by all means!
Rika: We'd love to have you, Gonda-san.
Takuya: Huh? You too, Honjoji-san?
Rika: Of course, I'll come over too.
Gonda: Look at you lovebirds. I wouldn't be intruding?
Takuya: Not at all, not at all.
Gonda: Thanks a lot!
Gonda: See you tonight!
Takuya: I'm sorry about this.
Rika: M-Me too.
Takuya: What is Gonda up to?
Rika: Is Gonda-kun the one who made that call?
Takuya/Rika: We have to keep him from finding out!
Takuya: Kama, listen. This is important.
Takuya: Some of my coworkers are coming over here.
Takuya: I know it's probably inconvenient for you, but please bear with me.
Takuya: Please, Kama! This is so important!
Takuya: My future and yours are riding on it.
Takuya: I'll make it up to you!
Takuya: I'll put Nyaru on your food for a month!
Takuya: I'll also stop sniffing you!
Rika: Did your cat give his consent?
Takuya: Well...
Takuya: "Whatever. I'll put up with it for about an hour."
Takuya: That's the look he gave me.
Rika: Aha.
Rika: So, this is Ohara-kun's apartment.
Takuya: Here.
Takuya: You can use these slippers.
Rika: Oh, don't make a fuss.
Takuya: They're yours to use.
Rika: I went and bought some camouflage supplies.
Takuya: Camouflage?
Rika: Items couples would be likely to use.
Rika: I thought we'd use these to change this into a couple's apartment.
Takuya: W-Wow.
Rika: Let's hurry.
Rika: This is a checklist of items.
Rika: Please arrange them as you see fit.
Takuya: "Operation Love Nest"?!
Takuya: Honjoji-san doesn't mess around.
Rika: A doorplate for the entrance!
Takuya: Matching toothbrushes and cups at the sink, check!
Takuya: I placed the paired cushions on the bed.
Rika: Got it. Where's your cat?
Takuya: He's in the adjoining room.
Takuya: That's where he spends most of his time.
Rika: I see.
Takuya: We first met during rookie training, and that was in...
Takuya: Singapore.
Rika: My favorite kind of pancake is banana, and yours is strawberry and hazelnut.
Rika: We're planning to honeymoon in Tahiti or the Maldives.
Takuya: Profile confirmation, done.
Rika: Agreed.
Rika: Next are photos to decorate the apartment.
Rika: I collected reference images from the internet.
Takuya: W-Wow!
Takuya: Well...
Rika: I think that's good.
Takuya: You know,
Takuya: this is like the day before an event.
Rika: That it is.
Rika: Like a cultural festival from our school days.
Takuya: Is this what your cultural festivals were like?
Rika: Well, I was always a tree in a stage play.
Takuya: It was more less like that for me too.
Takuya: It's easy to really get into the tree role.
Rika: And it has so much depth once you do.
Rika: So, preparations are complete.
Takuya: He can show up anytime!
Takuya: There he is!
Takuya: Hello!
Rika: Welcome!
Gonda: Hi, Ohara-san!
Itsuki/Komiya: We're here too.
Takuya/Rika: Three of them?
Itsuki: Okay, one more time.
Gonda: Congrats on getting engaged!
Komiya: I bought lots of drinks!
Takuya: Th-Thanks.
Takuya: This is going to run long, Honjoji-san.
Takuya: Isn't this a state of emergency?
Rika: It's okay. Just do as we practiced.
Takuya: So, Gonda. What did you want to discuss today?
Gonda: Yeah, about that, Ohara-san.
Gonda: Please teach me how to get hitched!
Takuya: Huh?
Gonda: I want to get married too, but it's not going well at all.
Gonda: I thought I'd ask you for some pointers.
Itsuki: Gonda is on seven online dating apps.
Komiya: You use that many of them?!
Gonda: Cut that out, Keisuke-san!
Gonda: Komiya-chan heard you!
Itsuki: Give up on those apps.
Takuya: What's happening here?
Itsuki: Oh, date photos.
Gonda: That's in Yokohama.
Komiya: How long have you been dating?
Takuya: Since rookie training.
Rika: Everyone, help yourself to snacks!
Itsuki: Honjoji-san is...
Gonda: ...smiling!
Komiya: It's like she's filled with happiness!
Gonda: This'll be one legendary marriage.
Itsuki: I still can't believe no one at work realized.
Rika: I-I need to use the restroom.
Itsuki: Learn while you're here, Gonda.
Gonda: I'm ready for my training, Master!
Takuya: I wish someone would teach me.
Takuya: I'm not sure what I should say.
Takuya: Suddenly I'm surrounded by everyone, getting peppered with questions.
Takuya: Is marriage that great?
Takuya: I said I would get married, and I put on a ring, but that's all.
Takuya: I haven't changed at all.
Takuya: Is marriage...
Takuya: Is marriage really that great?
Komiya: It is amazing!
Gonda: It sounds snide when you talk like that, Ohara-san!
Gonda: You should just be happy about it!
Komiya: That's right!
Itsuki: They speak the truth.
Komiya: Thanks for having us.
Itsuki: Thank you for today.
Takuya: See you.
Gonda: Ohara-san.
Gonda: Between you and me.
Takuya: Wh-What?
Gonda: I've actually got my eye on Komiya-chan.
Takuya: What?
Gonda: I'd be happy for any support you can offer!
Itsuki: Let's go get some ramen, Gonda.
Gonda: Ow, ow, ow.
Komiya: Marriage would be great.
Takuya: You mean Gonda really only came over to get some advice?
Takuya: Then who was it that made that call?
Takuya: I'm home.
Rika: Welcome back.
Takuya: Th-Thanks...
Takuya: I came back through the door on auto-pilot.
Rika: I will never play host again.
Takuya: Agreed.
Rika: I feel the same way as you, Ohara-kun.
Rika: I don't understand why everyone celebrates so much because we're getting married.
Rika: It's not like it's their marriage.
Takuya: Apparently, it looks like we're glowing to all of them.
Takuya: Like lights.
Rika: I bet it's the ones who can see that light who will get married.
Rika: I can't see it at all.
Rika: And I probably won't, down the road.
Rika: That's not the sort of life I'm leading.
Takuya: Uh, but... I have a feeling you can see the light without getting married.
Takuya: I have Kama, and when I come home from work, and he and I eat and watch TV,
Takuya: I feel like I'm glowing then.
Rika: That's what glowing is?
Takuya: It might be something a little different.
Takuya: But it's enough for me.
Takuya: Honjoji-san, do you have anything like that?
Rika: I think so. When I come home and look at maps.
Takuya: Do you enjoy that?
Rika: I do! Maps are so interesting!
Rika: Places like Eboshi Island in Fukushima are a page of nothing but ocean,
Rika: and one little island all by itself! Also—
Takuya: That would be glowing.
Rika: I-I'm not... glowing at all.
Rika: W-Well, I'd best be going.
Takuya: R-Right. See you tomorrow.
Rika: My chest feels tight.
Rika: It's because I'm not used to being around a man.
Rika: It'll be no big deal, soon enough.
Rika: It's not like I'm in junior high.
Takuya: Honjoji-san was wonderful today.
Takuya: Whoa, don't get all weird now.
Takuya: We're just working together on this.
Takuya/Rika: I can't get the wrong idea.
Rika: The new package is done.
Rika: Now I hope the tickets sell well.
Rika: I'm quite confident in this one.
Rika: "The Hawaii not everyone knows."
Rika: Two weeks after the engagement announcement, the mood at work has finally calmed down.
Rika: I am concerned about that phone call Ohara-kun got, but there's been no follow-up.
Rika: In any case, I'm surviving!
Rika: I'll believe in myself and keep at it!
Koichi: Hey, excuse me. Is this JTC?
Rika: A customer?! Damn!
Rika: It was careless of me to come out here. I'm bad at dealing with customers!
Rika: Welcome. Are you planning a trip?
Koichi: Ah, thanks.
Rika: Please take a numbered ticket from here, and have a seat over there.
Koichi: Ah, thanks.
Rika: This guy looks angry.
Rika: I hadn't spoken to a customer in a long time.
Rika: Excuse me. No counter looks likely to open up, so I will help you.
Koichi: Ah, thanks.
Rika: Where are you thinking of traveling?
Koichi: Well, here.
Koichi: My card.
Rika: Ohara?
Koichi: My son Takuya is employed here.
Rika: What?!
Koichi: Listen, between you and me.
Koichi: I happened to hear that my son is going to get married,
Koichi: but he hasn't said a word about it to me.
Rika: Ohara-kun's father?! What's he doing here?!
Rika: Did Ohara-kun tell him?
Rika: No, that can't be.
Rika: How then? I wonder where his father heard it.
Rika: I didn't...
Rika: I didn't think about family-related stuff.
Koichi: Miss, do you know anything about this?
Rika: I-I'm afraid I do not.
Koichi: Well, if you'll pardon me.
Koichi: Uh, please don't let my son know I was here.
Koichi: Here, have one of my company's products.
Rika: Ohara-kun's... not here!
Rika: I wanted to talk to him, too!
Rika: He's out of the office.
Rika: I ended up lying to his father.
Rika: Even though the whole thing's my idea.
Rika: Things just escalated so rapidly.
Rika: Ohara-kun's from Kumamoto Prefecture!
Rika: His father came all the way here?!
Rika: I-I feel so bad about this.
Rika: Is it okay to just let him leave?
Rika: No, that's no way to behave!
Rika: I'll go tell him everything!
Rika: That we aren't really getting married!
Rika: He's still here!
Rika: He and his son both have a slouch!
Koichi: I can't put up with this.
Koichi: Takuya's sure to bring ruin to the Ohara family.
Rika: E-Excuse me!
Rika: Um, Ohara-kun is currently out.
Rika: I'll give him a call.
Koichi: No need to trouble yourself.
Rika: It's no problem. Please come wait over this way.
Rika: I've got to get away from the office.
customer: I'm glad it all worked out all right.
Rika: I want to talk to him, but what do I say when things are this tense?
Rika: Um, earlier you mentioned Ohara-kun ruining your family.
Rika: What does that mean?
Koichi: It's problematic if he arbitrarily goes and decides on something important like marriage.
Koichi: Marriages require a range of preparations.
Koichi: That includes preparing the dolls.
Rika: Dolls?
Koichi: Takasago dolls, on display during the betrothal gift exchange.
Koichi: Those are essential.
Koichi: Then there are the decorative knots, the red sea bream served whole, and kimono and sake.
Koichi: Much has to happen, starting with the gift exchange.
Rika: Exchanging betrothal gifts.
Rika: I hadn't planned to take it that far, so it never crossed my mind.
Koichi: I also have to notify the group.
Rika: Group?
Koichi: The local assembly.
Koichi: We live out in the country in Aso, so there are a number of things to do locally.
Koichi: Bonds run deep out there,
Koichi: so when a wedding happens, we invite neighbors and coworkers.
Koichi: It will mean two hundred people, all told.
Rika: T-Two hundred?!
Koichi: And we reserve a hot spring resort.
Koichi: The festivities go all day and late into the night.
Rika: For that long?
Koichi: During this, we do dances like the Ushibuka Haiya.
Rika: U-Ushibuka Haiya? What kind of dance is that?
Koichi: The local firefighters put on quite a good show.
Rika: Why are firefighters at a wedding?!
Koichi: Then finally, we toss the bride into the air.
Rika: Toss...?
attendees: Heave ho!
Rika: What?!
Rika: Wh-What a big event.
Koichi: That's an Aso-style wedding.
Koichi: Takuya is my eldest son. If his wedding isn't done properly,
Koichi: our family will lose face!
Takuya: Wh-Why?
Takuya: Honjoji-san and Dad are together?!
Takuya: We're in trouble.
Takuya: We're in a lot of trouble.
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Koichi: If his wedding isn't done properly, our family will lose face!
Takuya: Honjoji-san!
Rika: Ohara-kun.
Koichi: Takuya, it's been a while.
Takuya: Y-Yes, well...
Rika: Um, Ohara-kun.
Rika: I need to talk to you about work.
Rika: Sorry, this way. This way.
Rika: This way.
Takuya: Sorry I took so long.
Rika: Let me bring you up to speed.
Rika: It looks like your father heard about the marriage somewhere and came straight here.
Takuya: Where could he have heard that?
Rika: I don't know.
Rika: But he doesn't seem to have realized I'm involved.
Takuya: In that case, I'll tell him it's an unfounded rumor
Takuya: and send him on his way.
Takuya: Sorry for the trouble.
Takuya: Sorry about that.
Koichi: Sure.
Takuya: Um, Dad, did you hear some weird—
Koichi: Takuya, wait.
Koichi: Miss, feel free to return to work.
Takuya: Huh?!
Rika: I can't simply turn him away.
Rika: I need to tell him this is my lie.
Koichi: I'm sorry for making you listen to all that foolishness.
Takuya: Foolishness?
Rika: I-It wasn't foolish.
Rika: He let me know all about Kumamoto weddings.
Rika: They sound like very grand events.
Koichi: I'm sorry, what I said wasn't true.
Koichi: That was how things used to work.
Koichi: It's all become much simpler now.
Koichi: Not many people are getting married to begin with,
Koichi: and our population continues to dwindle.
Koichi: Things are inconvenient and plain out in the country,
Koichi: and young people leave for the big city.
Koichi: What can you do?
Takuya: This again...
Takuya: At least I haven't had to hear it in a while.
Rika: E-Excuse me.
Rika: Aso is not plain. I think it's a special place.
Rika: There are so many people living in the caldera, and trains even run through it.
Koichi: Oh, you know a lot about it.
Rika: I've been wondering what it's like ever since I saw it in an atlas.
Koichi: Do you always have that with you?
Rika: Yes, ever since I was a child.
Koichi: Yes, this route map!
Koichi: Diesel locomotives run through the paddy fields.
Koichi: Aso is beautiful this time of year.
young Takuya: Yay!
Koichi: I often used to take my kids to watch the sightseeing trains.
Koichi: They'd watch all day, never losing interest.
Koichi: While waiting for trains, they'd catch frogs in the rice paddies.
Koichi: Takuya was an expert at that.
Koichi: He'd catch lots of them in no time.
Rika: Oh? Ohara-kun had a mischievous side?
Rika: That's unexpected.
Koichi: I remember it well.
Koichi: On the way home, the paddy-field breeze felt cool,
Koichi: with the evening sun shining on the crater rim.
Koichi: It truly was beautiful.
Koichi: But when people aren't around,
Koichi: the mountains and the paddies quickly turn into wilderness.
Koichi: That's the way of things in the country.
Koichi: Aso is where I was born.
Koichi: I have to protect it.
Rika: I feel like I understand what he's saying.
Rika: Any place seems like home once you've been there long enough.
Takuya: I've long known what Dad's trying to say.
Takuya: But what am I supposed to do about it?
Takuya: Don't throw stuff about weddings and the countryside in my face.
Koichi: Takuya.
Koichi: Before coming to Tokyo, I heard from the Kumamoto JTC that you were getting married.
Takuya: I-It's spread that far?!
Rika: Fear the almighty rumor mill!
Koichi: Oh, that's right. I heard your fiancée's name too.
Koichi: Let's see, what was it again?
Koichi: I think, H-Hon... Honjo—
Takuya: Dad!
Takuya: All right already. I'll come back to Aso this weekend.
Takuya: We'll have a long talk about... me getting married.
Rika: Ohara-kun, a-are you really going back to Kumamoto?
Takuya: Yes, and while I'm there I'll tell them it's all made-up.
Rika: You'll go just for that?
Takuya: Yes, and there are a number of other things to discuss.
Rika: Something tells me the problem has gotten bigger again.
Rika: I shouldn't be intruding when it comes to his hometown and family.
Kurokawa: Where've you been, Ohara? Do you have time to talk?
Takuya: Yes, ma'am.
Kurokawa: This is a big ask, but could you act as attendant for someone?
Takuya: Attendant? Me?
Kurokawa: A Liechtbourg princess is currently visiting Japan,
Kurokawa: and get this, she wants to tour Tokyo incognito on her last day here.
Kurokawa: We've been asked to show her around!
Takuya: Why me, though?
Kurokawa: Well, this princess...
Kurokawa: It seems... she can't keep her hands off the men.
Kurokawa: She takes male attendants everywhere she goes, and she requested one this time too.
Takuya: But the princess is married, isn't she?
Kurokawa: She is, but I guess she has her reasons.
Kurokawa: I want her to have a proper guide, though.
Kurokawa: The other guys seem likely to just have a good time with her.
Kurokawa: But you, Ohara, are harmless on that front.
Kurokawa: Plus, you're getting married!
Takuya: Huh?!
Kurokawa: Liechtbourg is super popular, and all the travel agencies want a piece.
Kurokawa: The future of JTC rides on this attendant gig.
Takuya: Y-Yes, ma'am.
Kurokawa: Meet me in Asakusa tomorrow afternoon.
Komiya: What?! Attendant for the Liechtbourg princess?!
Itsuki: Why Ohara-san? He's in the Planning Department.
Gonda: Is he going to be able to handle this?
Itsuki: If he messes up with a princess, it'll be a big problem.
Gonda: Talk about a major responsibility.
Takuya: Princess Claudia von Liechtbourg, age 28.
Takuya: Her husband is extremely rich.
Takuya: It's the world's tenth-smallest microstate,
Takuya: and its main industries include dairy farming and tourism.
Takuya: I haven't been an attendant in years, so why me?
Takuya: And I'm nervous that the princess looks like a celebrity party girl.
Takuya: I also have to go back home to the country.
Takuya: What'll I do about Kama?
Takuya: I've got so much to think about, my head's going to burst!
Rika: I feel bad for Ohara-kun having to deal with a celebrity.
Rika: Maybe there's some way I can help out.
Rika: What am I thinking?!
Rika: Help someone else do their job? Who do I think I am?!
Rika: What the heck's gotten into me?
Takuya: They look like they fit the bill.
Takuya: Are they with the princess?
Claudia: Hello.
Claudia: Are you my attendant?
Claudia: I am Claudia.
Takuya: Huh? Princess Claudia herself?!
Takuya: I thought she'd get out of one of those cars.
Claudia: JTC.
Claudia: JTC?
Claudia: Um, I'm sorry. "JTC"?!
Takuya: I'm fully prepared. Got to remain calm!
Claudia: What is your name?
Claudia: "JTC"?!
Claudia: Let's get going, then.
Takuya: U-Um, Princess!
Takuya: None of your people are coming along?
Claudia: Do we need them to?
Claudia: Those people are here for the princess.
Claudia: Right now, I am simply Claudia.
Claudia: I don't want to talk about such things.
Takuya: I-I beg your pardon.
Takuya: Crap, I said something thoughtless.
Takuya: Today, I need to focus on letting the princess enjoy herself.
Takuya: Got to get out of Planning Department mode or I'm in trouble!
Takuya: Princess.
Takuya: Do you have any requests for today?
Claudia: Yes! Of course I do!
Claudia: I want to encounter something fabulous.
Claudia: Something I can't see anywhere else!
Takuya: In other words, she has no plan.
Takuya: The first challenge is here already.
Takuya: But I was expecting this.
Takuya: I just need to suggest some places I have in store.
Takuya: Here we go then, Princess.
Claudia: Wonderful cat statues!
Claudia: What an adorable place!
Takuya: In Japan, these cats are symbols of business prosperity and marriage ties.
Claudia: Marriage ties! Splendid!
Claudia: Oh, great!
Claudia: Votive tablets!
Takuya: This was a success. I'm glad I trusted my gut.
Claudia: She's famous on social media for being a cat lover.
Claudia: She walked right past the Kaminarimon and ignored it.
Claudia: She's not into famous tourist attractions.
Takuya: Which means, from here we should go—
Kurokawa: Ohara! Where are you right now?!
Kurokawa: The princess isn't here, and they're making a fuss!
Takuya: Oh, well, the princess is with me.
Claudia: Oh, please wait, kitty!
Takuya: Oh, I have to keep an eye on her! Got to go!
Kurokawa: Ohara?!
Kurokawa: He's with the princess?
Kurokawa: Will they be okay?
Kurokawa: Will they?
Claudia: Everywhere in Tokyo is wonderful.
Claudia: It's like a giant jewelry box.
Takuya: Much appreciated.
Claudia: I'm sure the next place will be like a glittering amethyst.
Takuya: That's another challenging request.
Takuya: But I'm confident this next place is absolutely unusual.
Takuya: The question is whether she'll like it or not.
Takuya: Everything's going to depend on this one.
Takuya: What do you say to somewhere high up, Princess?
Takuya: Are we going to go up that tower?
Takuya: No.
Takuya: It's more unusual than the tower.
Takuya: People worldwide desire to go there, but few can.
Claudia: Splendid!
Claudia: A school rooftop!
Takuya: Princess, did you watch Japanese animation when you were a child?
Claudia: Yes!
Claudia: Sailor Witch!
Takuya: Yes, this is a familiar locale in that anime.
Claudia: Oh! This place is wonderful.
Claudia: It reminds me of my childhood.
Takuya: Japanese schools are actually a popular spot with foreigners.
Takuya: Because they all grew up watching Japanese anime.
Takuya: Princess, I also prepared this.
Claudia: Oh, a uniform!
Claudia: I'm a student! Wow!
Takuya: I didn't think she'd put it on just like that.
Claudia: JK!
Komiya: I wonder how the princess attendant gig went?
Gonda: Neither Kurokawa-san nor Ohara-san have come back.
Gonda: It's closing time already.
Itsuki: Maybe Ohara-san...
Itsuki: and the princess found a room somewhere.
Itsuki: I hear she likes the men.
Gonda: Hey Keisuke-san, not a good idea!
Itsuki: I'm only kidding.
Rika: Good idea or not, Ohara-kun isn't my lover or anything.
Rika: I have this page open for work research.
Rika: It doesn't matter to me at all.
Claudia: Magi-Magi!
Claudia: Magical Charge! Sailor Witch Super!
Takuya: Yay.
Claudia: Super has a different pose than the original series.
Takuya: So, it's nighttime now. Maybe we should head back?
Claudia: Nighttime!
Claudia: Oh, I had so much fun.
Claudia: Thanks to you, today turned out to be an important day for me.
Takuya: I-I don't think it went that well.
Takuya: But I'm glad she enjoyed it.
Takuya: I'll finally be released.
Takuya: It was so stressful!
Claudia: Takuya.
Claudia: There's one last place I'd like to go.
Claudia: Please take me to your apartment.
Rika: For some reason, here I am at Ohara-kun's apartment.
Rika: Even I have to wonder what a person like me is thinking.
Rika: I just h-have something I'd like to give him.
Rika: He's probably still doing the attendant gig, so I'll put it in the mail slot.
Rika: It doesn't fit. What now?
Rika: It would be easier to understand if I leave it in front of his door.
Rika: Huh?
Rika: He must be done with the gig.
Claudia: Takuya! Please go!
Claudia: Oh wow!
Rika: Hold on! Peeping?! What am I thinking?!
Rika: I'll just leave.
Claudia: I love it. Wonderful!
Rika: Princess Claudia?! Why's she in a school uniform?!
Itsuki: Maybe Ohara-san and the princess found a room somewhere.
Komiya: I heard she likes to party.
Gonda: Celebs are incredible. And this, despite being married?
Rika: No, there's no way.
Rika: But this gig was supposed to be about sightseeing.
Itsuki: Maybe Ohara-san and the princess found a room somewhere.
Rika: No! No! No! Today was supposed to be about sightseeing!
Itsuki: Maybe they found a room somewhere.
Rika: Ohara-kun doesn't seem like that kind of person.
Claudia: Takuya! There's someone there!
Takuya: Huh?
Takuya: There's no one there.
Claudia: Oh.
Takuya: It's a walkway outside. People pass by.
Claudia: Oh, right.
Claudia: I want to thank you, Takuya.
Claudia: I really like your place here.
Takuya: M-Much appreciated.
Rika: It doesn't matter.
Rika: I'm leaving.
Rika: There must have been some unavoidable situation.
Rika: He has to do what the princess requests.
Rika: But Ohara-kun could have dropped me a line.
Rika: W-Well, not that he's obligated to do so.
Rika: And I chose to come here.
Rika: But is there any need to let her into his apartment?
Rika: Ohara-kun doesn't like having people over.
Rika: I mean, I know she's a princess.
Rika: Enough! Why am I thinking about this?!
Rika: And on my hands and knees!
Rika: I'm no good at thinking through these things...
Claudia: Takuya, what is this room?
Takuya: Princess! Not that room!
Rika: Sorry to intrude.
Takuya: Honjoji-san?! What brings you here?!
Rika: W-Well, I'm... not so good at thinking about these things.
Rika: You have trouble with this sort of thing too, don't you?
Takuya: Uh, yes. But—
Rika: Please consider complications like this off limits.
Takuya: U-Um...
Rika: So, please stop letting other women into your apartment.
Rika: All right?
Takuya: S-Sure.
Claudia: Oh! You must be Rika-san!
Claudia: I finally get to meet you!
Takuya: I tried contacting you a few times, but the princess was insistent about meeting you.
Rika: I-I'm sorry!
Rika: I didn't notice and caused all this confusion!
Takuya: It's okay. I should have just called you.
Rika: I barged in here based on my own delusions.
Rika: What a humiliating thing to do!
Rika: I want to leave.
Rika: I want to go straight home, forget all this, and go to sleep.
Takuya: Princess, I can't take you to my place.
Takuya: I-I'm engaged to someone.
Claudia: Takuya said he could show me his place if you were there too,
Claudia: so I had him invite you to join us.
Claudia: He truly is a faithful person.
Claudia: He really takes you into consideration as his fiancée.
Rika: D-Don't use words like "fiancée"!
Takuya: It just sounds so...
Claudia: I see now.
Claudia: So, this is how a regular married couple live.
Claudia: I'm actually thinking of leaving the Liechtbourg royal family.
both: What?!
Claudia: I'm going to be candid with you two.
Claudia: I have a lover, and we swore long ago to spend our futures together.
Takuya: And they're not your current spouse?
Claudia: This is my beloved.
Claudia: This person is your lover?
Claudia: Yes, her name is Marie.
Claudia: The love we share for each other is genuine.
Claudia: But I also have my position as princess to consider,
Claudia: and I started a family for my country's sake.
Claudia: I believed it was the right thing to do.
Claudia: But as the years go by, I've started to think
Claudia: about the meaning of marriage.
Claudia: Even if I weren't married, it changes nothing for the country or its people.
Claudia: So I want to pass the years with the one I love.
Claudia: Two people who love each other share their lives together.
Claudia: I want a simple and genuine marriage like that.
Claudia: Like the two of you.
Rika: I-I see.
Claudia: You're like a lovely couple right out of a story.
Claudia: You inspire me with love and courage.
Rika: You exaggerate!
Takuya: W-Well, that's...
Claudia: I spend all my time around men so I don't worry Marie.
Claudia: Because of that, they say I fool around with men and party all the time!
Claudia: Men try to hit on me everywhere I go, it's such a pain!
Claudia: I can't stand it!
Takuya: Now it all makes sense.
Claudia: Someday, I'd like to be happy like you two,
Claudia: not as a princess, but as a person.
Claudia: Today meant a lot to me.
Claudia: Thank you.
Rika: Um, is it okay not to tell her the truth?
Takuya: I think it's fine.
Takuya: She'd probably reach the same conclusion no matter what we say.
Rika: I'm sorry about today.
Rika: Please forget all about it.
Takuya: Uh, you didn't do anything you need to apologize for.
Takuya: Was there some reason you came over?
Takuya: You hadn't looked at your smartphone.
Takuya: Did you come here to do something else?
Rika: It was this.
Rika: I thought I'd give it to you.
Takuya: A frog-shaped stone?
Rika: Your father was talking about frogs, so I thought I'd give you this.
Rika: Collecting stones is a hobby of mine.
Takuya: Th-Thank you.
Rika: I came here to give him this silly thing and wound up humiliating myself.
Rika: I'll never do it again.
Rika: W-Well, if you'll excuse me.
Takuya: S-Sure.
Rika: Oh, what if my face was all red?
Rika: I'll hurry home and forget all about this.
Takuya: Honjoji-san.
Takuya: She does the cutest things.
Takuya: If I were to marry her...
Takuya: I'll take good care of this.
Claudia: Let's become happy together!
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Takuya: Sis...
Takuya: Knock it off.
Takuya: I don't answer her calls, so now it's a barrage of texts.
Takuya: She has no idea what I'm dealing with.
Takuya: But how could she?
Takuya: It's Thursday already.
Takuya: I really do have to go back to Aso this weekend.
Takuya: I'll go home, see everyone, and tell them the marriage thing is a total lie.
Takuya: Otherwise, things will get messy.
Takuya: But what a bother.
Takuya: Isn't there some way I can do this without going home?
Takuya: The frog stone Honjoji-san gave me.
Claudia: You're like a lovely couple right out of a story.
Takuya: No, no, no!
Takuya: I'm sorry, Princess.
Takuya: That's not... That's not what we're like!
Takuya: And how do I still feel so good when all she did was give me a stone?!
Takuya: This thing amounts to nothing.
Takuya: But I wonder why Honjoji-san bothered to come all the way here.
Rika: So, please stop letting other women into your apartment.
Takuya: Maybe...
Takuya: Maybe she came to warn me because I'm not sticking properly to the fake marriage plan?!
Takuya: What am I saying, I don't want to go home?
Takuya: I need to do everything I can!
Takuya: This plan belongs to us both!
Rika: I've been afraid to do anything since that day.
Rika: It's like, whatever I do, I'll make the situation worse.
Rika: There go those memories again.
Rika: Why did I say such a thing?
Rika: It's Friday already.
Gonda: Well, the data has spoken.
Rika: I wonder if Ohara-kun's going home to Aso.
Gonda: The aquarium is a better dating spot than the zoo.
Rika: I'd like to ask, but...
Rika: Maybe I've been stressed for so long it's making me crazy.
Rika: I've never been this close to someone, and all my thoughts are nonsense.
Gonda: Oh, that reminds me!
Gonda: Ohara-san, aren't you going back to your folks' place this weekend?
Isojima: Back home?
Kitagawa: The two of you?
Gonda: Is it that whole "meeting the parents" thing?
Rika: Huh? H-How does Gonda-kun know about this?
Rika: I haven't told anyone, so who did?!
Kitagawa: Meeting the parents never goes well, does it?
Isojima: It sure didn't for me.
Isojima: After all, my belly was huge when I met mine the first time.
Rika: W-Wait a minute.
Rika: I have to respond somehow.
Rika: But I don't know Ohara-kun's plans.
Rika: Besides, I...
Rika: The way I've been...
Rika: If I speak up now,
Rika: who knows what terrible things I'd say?!
Takuya: It's nothing!
Takuya: I'm just going back to deal with boring stuff.
Takuya: Now, go on. Back to work.
Kitagawa/Isojima/Gonda: Aw, darn.
Isojima: I was going to ask him all sorts of questions once he got back.
Takuya: Honjoji-san, I'm going to make the trip alone.
Gonda: Yeah, really.
Takuya: Don't worry, I'll be sure to stick to the plan.
Rika: Yes?
phone voice: I hear he's going to visit his family.
phone voice: Of course, you're going to go with him, aren't you, Honjoji-san?
Rika: Uh, to whom am I speaking?
phone voice: You're getting married, so it's only natural you'd go together.
phone voice: I'm watching you.
Senmori: Kama-chan, how've you been?
Senmori: Settle down!
Senmori: You don't have an exam today.
Senmori: You're staying at the Senmori Clinic Hotel!
Takuya: Thanks. Please look after him.
Takuya: I'll come get him tomorrow.
Senmori: Sure thing.
Senmori: Good thing the hotel wasn't booked up.
Senmori: I bet Kama-chan's happy too.
Senmori: This is the number-one cat inn in Kanto.
Senmori: But you don't usually travel. Where are you going?
Takuya: W-Well, to see my family.
Takuya: This time it was Honjoji-san who received that call.
Takuya: Who is it? Someone at work?
Takuya: I'm supposed to do this alone, but now we both have to go, thanks to the call.
Takuya: But I can't see what they're after.
Takuya: Is it a threat or an obstruction?
Takuya: Or maybe...
Takuya: No, one problem at a time.
Takuya: What to do once we get to my parents'...
Takuya: I'll go home, and tell them the marriage is fake.
Takuya: Then we'll get them to help by not telling work about our plan.
Takuya: This way we can safeguard the plan,
Takuya: and it'll just look like she went with me to meet my family.
Takuya: It'd seem unnatural to come back the same day.
Takuya: We'll stay a night at a business hotel in Kumamoto, then return to Tokyo.
Takuya: That'll do it.
Senmori: Will you be paying by card?
Takuya: I've got to pay for Honjoji-san's hotel charge and plane ticket.
Takuya: And I need to thank them for covering our shifts at work.
Takuya: So much money...
Senmori: It's too expensive?!
Takuya: Oh, no! I didn't mean that!
Senmori: Ohara-san, you seem tired.
Takuya: M-Maybe I am.
Takuya: I've been dealing with a lot lately.
Senmori: Is that so?
Senmori: I'm afraid I don't have any medicine for humans here.
Senmori: All I can do is cheer for you.
Senmori: Go! Go! Ohara-san!
Senmori: You can do it, Ohara-san!
Takuya: Huh?
Takuya: She's a good doctor, but an oddball.
Takuya: Kama, I don't want to leave you behind either.
Takuya: This is so we can keep living together.
Takuya: This plan belongs to me, Honjoji-san, and you.
Takuya: All three of us!
Rika: I'm a little relieved now that we're both going.
Rika: Because the truth is, I owe them an apology.
Rika: But I have yet to figure out how to apologize.
Rika: I had better get ready.
Rika: What should I wear?
Rika: I have no idea.
young Rika: Hey, is this okay?
young Rika: Is it okay?
young Rika: Hey, are these clothes okay to wear there?
young Rika: Are they, Mommy?
Ritsu: You can decide what clothes to wear, can't you?
young Rika: But when I decide, it looks bad.
Ritsu: That's not true.
Ritsu: Just wear what you'd like to wear.
Ritsu: Rika-san, you should be more confident.
Ritsu: You're a very smart girl.
Takuya: It's about that time.
Rika: Sorry to keep you waiting.
Takuya: N-No problem!
Takuya: W-Wow, Honjoji-san in travel mode.
Takuya: Why did I show up wearing a backpack?
Takuya: Don't get the wrong idea.
Takuya: This is a trip to tell them it's a lie.
Takuya: But it sure does feel like she's going to meet her future in-laws.
Rika: Kumamoto, huh?
Rika: Was this a good outfit to choose?
Rika: But I have no idea what's a good outfit for revealing a lie to a coworker's family.
Takuya: Um, have you ever been to Kumamoto?
Rika: I have.
Rika: Several times, when I was a child.
Takuya: Were those family vacations?
Rika: Something like that.
Takuya: Why'd she react like that?
Takuya: Did I ask a weird question?
Takuya: It's not like me to make conversation like this.
Rika: Uh, Ohara-kun!
Rika: Do you want to hear about my family?
Rika: I've heard all about you, but I haven't talked about myself at all.
Takuya: Y-You don't need to feel obligated.
Rika: Not at all! But it might come up in conversation at some point.
Takuya: Then I would like to hear.
Rika: O-Okay, I will talk about my family.
Rika: Although, I'm not sure what to say.
Rika: It's not an especially engaging topic.
Takuya: What was your childhood like?
Rika: My childhood?
Rika: Not much different from now.
young Rika: I'm home!
Rika: My father wasn't around,
Rika: so my mother and I lived by ourselves.
Rika: My mother had to go on business trips all over the place,
Rika: so I was often the only one at home.
young Rika: Fukuyama.
Rika: I spent most of my time alone looking at maps.
Takuya: You really haven't changed much.
young Rika: Fukuyama, Fukuyama.
young Rika: Fukuyama in Hiroshima.
young Rika: Found it!
young Rika: It's the fifth time for Hiroshima.
young Rika: That's far away. How would you get there from Tachikawa?
young Rika: Mommy.
young Rika: Me.
young Rika: Mommy and I are departing Tachikawa!
young Rika: Our destination, Fukuyama in Hiroshima!
Rika: I passed the time playing like that.
young Rika: It's Mount Fuji!
young Rika: You can see it now!
young Rika: It sure is tall.
young Rika: Wow, Mommy! Look how tall it is!
young Rika: Honjoji residence.
young Rika: Oh, Ms. Aki.
Aki: Sorry, Rika-chan. I'll be over as soon as I'm off work.
young Rika: It's okay, I ate some strawberries.
Aki: I really am sorry!
Aki: I bet you're lonely, always at home by yourself.
Aki: Shame on your mommy! She should spend more time at home.
young Rika: I'm not lonely at all.
young Rika: Mom's working hard for her job.
young Rika: And I'm good at minding the house.
young Rika: Now, how far did we get?
young Rika: Oh, right! We're at Fukuyama already!
young Rika: Yay, we've arrived! It's Fukuyama!
young Rika: It has a harbor!
young Rika: It has mountains, and islands, and wow! A castle, too!
young Rika: I like this city! I wonder what it's like!
young Rika: Wow, you can see the ocean!
young Rika: It's amazing, Mommy! Let's go to the hotel next!
young Rika: I wonder what route we'll take!
Rika: P-Pretty boring topic.
Takuya: No.
Takuya: It isn't boring at all.
Rika: O-Oh, okay.
Takuya: Here I am. Home.
Rika: Uh, best of luck to us both.
Rika: I'll do everything I can, too.
Takuya: Yes, let's get this done.
Rika: Right.
grandmother: Taku-chan.
Takuya: Grandma?!
Takuya: Grandma?!
grandmother: Bless my soul! You're back in Kumamoto!
Takuya: Y-Yeah.
grandmother: Been a long time, ain't it?
Rika: "Grandma"?
Takuya: Um, this is my grandmother. On my father's side.
Takuya: What brings you here?
Takuya: I was bringin' melons to the airport.
Takuya: You know Ogata-san? He said he'd sell some here for us.
grandmother: Oh listen here, you need a lift?
Takuya: Huh?
grandmother: Ain't you goin' home to Aso?
Takuya: W-Well, yes.
Haruko: Mom, we're here!
Ikuko: Haruko, Izumi. Make yourselves at home.
Izumi: Huh? Where're you going, Dad?
Koichi: To your grandma's to help with shipping.
Koichi: Takuya'll be here by the time I'm done.
Haruko: Speaking of which, what time is Taku-chan getting here?
Izumi: Beats me.
Izumi: I tried callin', but he didn't answer.
Izumi: I also texted, but no response.
Haruko: If he's gettin' married, he coulda let us know sooner than this.
Ikuko: Maybe he don't wanna talk to his scary big sisters.
Haruko: Aww, we ain't scary.
Izumi: Tokyo's way scarier than us.
grandmother: How many years since you been back this way, Taku-chan?
grandmother: By the way, who's that with you?
Rika: U-Um, my name is Honjoji.
Rika: I'm Ohara-san's, um, coworker.
grandmother: Well ain't you the cutest thing!
Takuya: Knock that off!
grandmother: Oh yeah, I plumb forgot!
grandmother: Ain't you gettin' married, Taku-chan?
grandmother: Don't tell me she's the lucky lady?
grandmother: Koichi mentioned it a number of times.
grandmother: Said Taku-chan had himself a wife-to-be and was comin' home.
Takuya: What?!
Rika: Um, that whole story is a lie!
grandmother: What?!
Rika: We aren't going to get married.
Rika: I'm sorry for any trouble it's caused everyone here.
Takuya: That's right. It's not like that at all with us.
grandmother: Sounds like you got a lot on your plates.
grandmother: We're here. Have some melon or somethin' before you go.
Takuya: But, we need to get to the house.
grandmother: You can spare a minute.
grandmother: You used to be thrilled to come by.
grandmother: We grow fruit here.
grandmother: Would you like some to take home?
grandmother: We're gettin' these ready to ship.
grandmother: Your grandpa's got a strained back now.
grandmother: I've been workin' on this by my lonesome.
grandfather: Aww, it hurts!
Takuya: I'll help you box them.
grandmother: Oh yeah?
grandmother: Well then, maybe I'll go snip some melons.
Takuya: Sorry, Honjoji-san. This won't take long.
Rika: Excuse me, ma'am.
Rika: Is there anything I can help with?
grandmother: You bet. Wanna try snippin' melons?
grandmother: Ever done it?
Rika: No, never.
grandmother: Aww, anybody can do it.
grandmother: But not in those clothes.
grandmother: You go ahead and put this on.
Rika: Okay.
grandmother: Sorry. It's none too stylish.
Rika: It's fine.
grandmother: You snip with the clippers.
grandmother: But not too close to the fruit.
Rika: All right.
Rika: I've come to reveal a lie, and somehow, I'm harvesting melons.
Rika: It's hot.
Rika: This is such nice scenery.
Rika: Come to think of it, this is an ancient caldera.
Rika: Where magma once flowed, people are living and farming,
Rika: and even trains pass through.
Rika: Human activity is amazing.
Rika: Oh, whoops.
Rika: This is no time to be captivated by the terrain.
Takuya: Long time no see, Grandpa.
grandfather: Aww, it hurts.
Takuya: Is your back okay?
grandfather: Aww, it hurts!
grandmother: Bet you're tuckered out.
grandmother: Try some melon. Here.
Rika: All right.
Rika: It's good!
grandmother: Sure is!
grandmother: We put a lotta hard work into our melons.
grandmother: Your fields are magnificent.
grandmother: Are they? I'm so used to seein' 'em.
grandmother: Used to be fields all over the place here.
grandmother: Grapes, melons, strawberries, everywhere.
grandmother: But it's shrunk down a lot now.
grandmother: And people used to work so much, they nearly never went inside.
Takuya: Grandpa, you want to watch TV?
grandfather: Aww, its hurts.
grandmother: Just so much less now.
Rika: I see.
grandmother: You don't gotta hide it, hon.
grandmother: You two actually are gettin' married, ain't ya?
grandmother: I can tell.
grandmother: Wisdom comes with age.
Rika: Ma'am, please listen! We really aren't going to get married!
grandmother: Because Taku-chan said he was comin' back to Aso.
grandmother: It'd be hard for him to announce he's gettin' married anywhere else.
grandmother: The men in our family are bad with words, and stubborn to boot,
grandmother: which is a pain when things get complicated.
grandmother: This land's important to Koichi, but he mustn't be unreasonable.
grandmother: Taku-chan should just ignore his complaints.
grandmother: He's so awkward. Must make things hard for you.
Rika: I'm the same way, so I can't comment.
grandmother: But listen here, hon.
grandmother: Try to always get along with Taku-chan.
grandmother: I reckon y'all got things you can't talk about,
grandmother: but if he's happy, then I'm happy.
grandmother: It was easy to tell when I saw his face.
grandmother: He really does care for you.
grandmother: You take good care of him.
Rika: U-Um, ma'am! It's not like that!
Rika: It's not like...
grandmother: Hon?
grandmother: Oh no, heatstroke! Someone help!
grandmother: Taku-chan, come quick!
Takuya: H-Honjoji-san!
grandmother: I'll ring Dr. Whiskers.
grandmother: You get her inside.
Takuya: A-All right.
grandmother: Carry her gently. Gently!
Takuya: U-Um...
Takuya: Um... Um...
Takuya: You're gonna be okay!
grandfather: Aww, it hurts!
Takuya: Sh-She's heavy!
Takuya: My back's gonna break!
grandmother: The doctor said he'll make a house call!
grandmother: Taku-chan, you can go in through here!
Takuya: A-All right. Open it for me, Grandma!
Takuya: Dad?!
: --------------- EP 05 ---------------
grandmother: Try to always get along with Taku-chan.
grandmother: You take good care of him.
Rika: U-Um, ma'am! It's not like that!
Rika: It's not like...
grandmother: Hon?
grandmother: Oh no, heatstroke! Someone help!
Takuya: H-Honjoji-san!
grandmother: I'll ring Dr. Whiskers.
grandmother: You get her inside.
Takuya: A-All right.
Takuya: You're gonna be okay!
Takuya: Sh-She's heavy!
Takuya: My back's gonna break!
Takuya: Dad?!
Koichi: T-Takuya!
Koichi: What are you doin' here?!
Takuya: Never mind, we need to lay her down!
grandmother: Be gentle about it!
both: Gentle...
Koichi: Everyone's waitin' for you at home!
Takuya: I was going to contact you.
Koichi: This lady... Didn't I meet her the other day in Tokyo?
Rika: What happened to me?
Rika: Someone's touching me.
Rika: Don't, I'm all sweaty.
Koichi: What's going on? What's she doing here?
Koichi: I heard you were comin' on account of the wedding!
Koichi: Hold on, is she...
Takuya: U-Uh...
grandfather: Aww, it hurts.
Koichi: Did you call your Aunt Kyoko?
Koichi: I know you haven't seen her lately, but she looked after you when you were young!
Takuya: Dad, listen!
Takuya: I ain't gettin' married!
grandfather: Aww, it hurts.
Koichi: Huh?!
Takuya: I know I caused problems by not fessin' up until now.
Takuya: I'm really sorry.
Koichi: This is gonna take more than a "sorry."
Koichi: You got any idea how much—
grandmother: Grandpa's sleepin' in there! Bring her in here!
Koichi: Any idea how much I've been runnin' around over this?!
Takuya: Th-That's why I apologized!
Koichi: You coulda told me it was a lie in Tokyo!
Koichi: Oh, Takuya. Keep her head supported.
Takuya: Oh, g-got it.
Koichi: You've always taken too long to do stuff.
Koichi: It was the same story with swimming!
Takuya: Swimming?! That was back in grade school!
Koichi: And with curry!
Takuya: Curry?!
Koichi: When you eat curry, there's always rice left over.
Koichi: You never plan ahead!
Takuya: How's that even related?
Koichi: You add too much sauce! It ain't unlimited!
Takuya: Quit goin' on about the sauce!
grandmother: I put out a futon!
doctor: It ain't heatstroke.
doctor: If anything, she's tuckered out.
doctor: Just let her get some rest.
grandmother: Thank you so much, Doctor.
Takuya: I'll apologize to everyone at home.
Koichi: If you say so.
Koichi: Takuya.
Koichi: It's high time you stopped livin' life so half-assed.
Koichi: Don't let me down!
Koichi: I don't live my life half-assed.
grandmother: It's all my fault!
grandmother: 'Cause I had her snippin' melons! Sorry!
Takuya: It ain't your fault, Grandma!
Koichi: That's right, don't you fret!
grandmother: I really am sorry.
Takuya: Like the doctor said, she's all right.
family members: Huh?!
Izumi: You're not gettin' hitched?!
Haruko: You're kiddin'! I bought a present and everything!
Takuya: I know I caused trouble for you two and Mom.
Takuya: I'm sorry.
nephew: It's Taku-chan!
Izumi: We jumped to the wrong conclusion?
Haruko: But a fake marriage, though. It's like a TV show.
Ikuko: Guess I cooked too much food, then.
Haruko: Fess up, how in tarnation did all this happen?
Izumi: Yeah, yeah. Tell us.
Izumi: What's this coworker of yours like?
Ikuko: Should we go check up on her?
Takuya: N-No, don't worry about it.
nephew: Taku-chan, how long'll you be here?
niece: Taku-chan, let's play!
nephew/niece: Taku-chan! Taku-chan!
niece: Let's play!
Ikuko: Sorry, they're always so noisy.
Takuya: I'm just glad they were in a good mood.
Ikuko: Say hello to your grandma for me.
Takuya: Will do.
Ikuko: Your dad'll probably be mad for a while, but I'll get him to simmer down.
Takuya: Sorry.
Ikuko: Never you mind.
Ikuko: That young lady's important to you now, ain't she?
Ikuko: You'd best look out for her.
Takuya: Yeah, I know.
Ikuko: Hang in there!
grandmother: Welcome back, Taku-chan.
grandmother: You done talkin' to 'em?
Takuya: Yeah. How's Honjoji-san?
grandmother: Still asleep, looks like.
grandmother: She sure was tired.
Takuya: I'll leave her be until she feels better.
Takuya: We can leave anytime.
grandmother: I'm gonna turn in for the night.
Takuya: Me too. Today was exhausting.
grandmother: I put out a futon upstairs.
Takuya: Thank you. Good night.
Takuya: I can still feel Honjoji-san's warmth.
Takuya: I'm in the same room as her?!
Takuya: Why, Grandma?!
Takuya: I-I need to move this futon somewhere else.
Takuya: No way am I sleeping here!
Rika: Huh? What happened to me?!
Rika: Ohara-kun?!
Takuya: Uh, look! This futon isn't what you think!
Rika: H-Have I been asleep this whole time?
Takuya: Yes, you collapsed in the yard this afternoon.
Rika: What?!
Takuya: Are you all right?
Rika: Yes, I'm much better now.
Rika: Uh, what happened with you going back home?
Rika: Oh, that.
Rika: I already went and apologized to everyone.
Rika: Huh?
Takuya: So, everything is fine now.
Rika: No, I'll apologize to them too!
Takuya: No, you can just take it easy.
Rika: The only thing I accomplished was taking a nap.
Rika: Talk about awkward.
Rika: Tomorrow, I'll go apologize properly.
Rika: That sounds like a lot of frogs.
Takuya: That's a country night for you.
Rika: Um, is it okay if we go outside for a while?
Takuya: Oh, sure.
Rika: It's so dark.
Takuya: That's a country night for you.
Takuya: It gets very bright when the moon is out.
Takuya: A-Are you okay?
Rika: I-I'm fine!
Takuya: It's a tree frog.
Rika: He's good at catching them.
Rika: Tell me, were you the one who carried me this afternoon?
Takuya: Yes, my father and I did.
Rika: I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
Rika: I was immersed in what I was doing.
Rika: I got so into cutting melons, I lost track of everything.
Rika: That must have been why I collapsed.
Rika: Maybe I enjoyed it more than I realized.
Rika: Meeting you has taken me to some curious places.
Rika: I've been on plenty of trips, but never one like this.
Rika: Although I probably shouldn't be having such thoughts.
Takuya: U-Um...
Takuya: You gave me that stone before, the frog-shaped stone.
Takuya: I placed it in front of my TV.
Takuya: I'd never been given that sort of thing, so it made me... happy.
Takuya: When I look at the stone it... always makes me think of you.
Rika: This peculiar experience.
Rika: A trip only two people can take.
Rika: Maybe...
Rika: Maybe this is... marriage.
Takuya: Uh, that's why I'm...
Takuya: I'm glad you—
Rika: So many frogs croaking.
Takuya: It is the countryside, and all.
Rika: L-Let's head on back.
Takuya: Y-Yes, let's.
Takuya: Oh, I'll... move my futon out of that room.
Rika: R-Right. Thank you.
Rika: I didn't sleep well.
Takuya: Uh, that's why I'm...
Takuya: I'm glad you—
Rika: What was Ohara-kun going to say after that?
Rika: I wish I knew.
Rika: No, no, no.
Rika: You're overthinking this!
Rika: It's not a big deal anyway, no.
grandmother: Good morning, hon.
Rika: Oh, good morning.
grandmother: Breakfast is ready.
Takuya: Good morning.
Rika: Ohara-kun?
Rika: G-Good morning.
Takuya: Uh, sorry for all the mess yesterday.
Rika: I'm sorry too.
Takuya: How are you feeling?
Rika: I-I'm fine.
Takuya: Uh...
Rika: I really am fine!
Rika: I-I'm just not quite done getting ready.
Takuya: Oh, I'm sorry!
grandmother: Leavin' so soon?
grandmother: Sorry you had such a rough spell.
Rika: No, it's okay.
grandmother: I'll send you some melons. Y'all come back now, hear?
Rika: I appreciate your kindness.
Takuya: We're really going to my parents' place?
Rika: Yes, I'm going to apologize too.
Takuya: It takes about 20 minutes to walk there.
Rika: I don't mind at all.
Takuya: All right, then.
Rika: He has bedhead. His hair is all fluffy.
Rika: Looks like it'd feel nice to run my hands through it.
Rika: Cut that out. I didn't come here to think about things like that!
Takuya: Um, Honjoji-san.
Takuya: It's this way.
sisters/Ikuko: Huh?!
Izumi: Honjoji-san...
Ikuko: ...from JTC!
Haruko: You made a special trip here?
Rika: I'm truly sorry for all the fuss I caused.
Ikuko: Oh, not at all.
Ikuko: Looks like it's my son who caused you the fuss.
Rika: N-No!
Ikuko: I heard 'bout that horrible job transfer.
Ikuko: Where was it? Aizuwakamatsu?
Rika: Anchorage.
Izumi: It's a hell of a plan.
Haruko: Sure is.
Izumi: That's Tokyo for ya.
Ikuko: Where would you like to go overseas?
Takuya: Can she handle them?
Izumi: Taku-chan, why're you just standin' there?
Haruko: I could go for an overseas job transfer.
Takuya: Huh? Oh, well...
Ikuko: You came all this way. Why not show her around Aso?
Ikuko: Doesn't your return flight leave tonight?
Rika: Oh, but I haven't gotten to apologize to his father.
Haruko: Sorry about that. Our father went to work again today.
Ikuko: He's too embarrassed, bless his heart.
Izumi: But what's worth seein' in these parts beyond the scenery?
Rika: Th—
Rika: The volcano museum!
Ikuko/Haruko/Izumi: Y'all have fun!
Rika: I'm sorry. It ended up sounding like I was insisting.
Takuya: That's okay. I'm glad there was somewhere you wanted to go.
Rika: I've actually been wanting to go for a while now.
Takuya: The Aso Volcano Museum.
Takuya: I don't think I've been there since a grade-school field trip.
Takuya: Looks like there isn't much fog today.
Rika: It's wonderful!
Rika: I can suddenly hear the Bochi Komori theme song!
Takuya: Bochi Komori?
Takuya: Oh, that show where they walk around towns.
Takuya: I've watched it plenty myself.
Rika: Right.
Rika: That soothing melody that makes me want to travel is playing right now in my ears!
Komori: This is Bochi Komori.
Komori: Today, we're here in Aso.
Komori: Thousand-meter tall mountains tower over this world-class caldera,
Komori: and there seems to be plenty worth seeing.
Rika: Let's go ahead and get to it, Komori-san.
Komori: You got it.
narration: Mount Aso is an active volcano, with smoke rising from it this very moment.
narration: We've been told nobody is allowed in on certain days,
narration: but things seem fine today.
narration: So, let's start in on today's episode of Bochi Komori.
Takuya: Honjoji-san?
Takuya: Uh, Honjoji-san?
Takuya: Excuse me.
Takuya: Honjoji-san?
Takuya: Sorry, please come back!
Takuya: This is a good view of both Mount Naka and Kusasenri.
Rika: The entirety of Kusasenri is in the outer caldera.
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: And the pond on the east side is in the inner caldera.
Rika: It's what they call a double volcano.
Takuya: D-Double?
Rika: The inner caldera was formed when a lava dome blew off,
Rika: and part of it still remains as Komatate-yama Hill.
Rika: That's the reason this mountain has bilateral asymmetry.
grade-schooler: Wow, check out the view!
teacher: Hey!
teacher: Come on, you're botherin' the other patrons!
teacher: I really need you to stop!
Rika: I-I'm sorry.
Takuya: It's okay.
teacher: Please, I'm begging you.
Takuya: Okay! Listen, who here can be quiet?
Takuya: Hey, good for you. You did a great job being quiet.
Takuya: Way to go.
Rika: Ohara-kun?
Takuya: I thought back to our rookie training.
Takuya: It's a trick for leading grade-schoolers.
Takuya: All children are eager for praise.
Takuya: So, if you start by praising the ones who quiet down,
Takuya: the rest should follow their lead.
Rika: D-Do all of you know about the Kicking Myth?
Rika: A god broke Mount Aso by giving it a hard kick.
Rika: Or so the story goes.
grade schooler: Say what now?
Rika: I-It's said that...
Rika: i-it happened to the south, at Tateno Crater Shallows.
grade schooler: Tateno Crater Shallows?
Takuya: Have you heard of a placed called Tateno?
grade schoolers: Yeah! I have!
Takuya: It's called that because after the god did his kick,
Takuya: he fell over and said "Taten no." ("I can't get up.")
grade schooler: You're kiddin'!
grade schooler: That's a dad joke!
grade schooler: Crazy!
grade schoolers: Bye bye!
grade schoolers: See ya!
Takuya: Are you tired?
Rika: Huh? N-No.
Takuya: Looks like my sister will take us to the airport on her way home,
Takuya: so this was perfect timing.
Rika: Right.
Takuya: This trip was kind of hectic the whole time. Sorry.
Rika: No, it's fine!
Rika: His hair looks really nice to touch.
Rika: Meeting you has taken me to some curious places.
Rika: This peculiar experience.
Rika: A trip only two people can take.
Takuya: I'll go let my sister know we're here.
Rika: All right.
Takuya: Nao?
Nao: Takuya?!
Takuya: What're you doin' here?!
Nao: Right back atcha! When did you come back to Aso?!
Ikuko: Oh, Nao-chan. You're here.
Nao: Hi there, ma'am!
Nao: I finished another new one.
mother/sisters: Really? Show us!
Ikuko: It's so purty!
Ikuko: Look, Takuya. Nao-chan made this plate.
Takuya: You really became a glassmaker?
Nao: For three years now. You didn't know?
Takuya: That's amazin'. You've always been good at everything.
Nao: R-Really? Thanks.
Takuya: Nao, I came here with a coworker.
Rika: U-Um, hello.
Takuya: Her name's Nao. We've been neighbors since we were born.
Nao: I-I-I'm Miyama Nao!
Nao: Pardon me for not greeting you sooner!
Rika: I'm Honjoji. Nice to meet you.
Nao: Did my standard Japanese sound okay?
Rika: Huh?
Takuya: What're you gettin' all respectful for, Nao?
Nao: Don't be so condescendin', Takuya!
Nao: Bein' in Tokyo makes you mister big shot?!
Takuya: What are you, a child?!
Nao: Your hair's as crazy as ever!
Takuya: Yeah, well so's yours!
Ikuko: You two're too old for this tomfoolery.
Nao: Knock that off!
Rika: Well, well.
Rika: I should have known.
Rika: I was imagining something beyond my station.
Rika: I don't get to have any dramatic tales.
Rika: Rein it in, already.
Nao: Honjoji-san.
Rika: Yes?
Nao: I'd like you to be my friend!
Nao: I'm going to a workshop in a place called Katsushika soon.
Nao: That's in Tokyo!
Takuya: Huh? You're comin' to Tokyo?
Nao: Yep!
Haruko/Izumi: What?
Ikuko: You're goin' there too, Nao-chan?
Nao: So, Honjoji-san.
Nao: Lookin' forward to seein' ya there!
: --------------- EP 06 ---------------
Takuya: Is it good, Kama?
Takuya: This Nyaru's only sold in Aso.
Takuya: Now do you forgive me for leaving you by yourself?
Takuya: And you know, Kama, something's bothering me.
Takuya: On the way back, Honjoji-san was very distant.
Takuya: No matter what I said, she remained curt.
Takuya: Of course, that's the way she was in the first place.
Takuya: I'd thought maybe...
Takuya: Maybe we had started getting along a little better.
Takuya: After everything we've been through.
Takuya: What made her turn so cold?
Takuya: D-Did I do something bad?
Takuya: Is it something my family said to her?
Takuya: Or were things already like this from before?
Takuya: I can't figure it out.
Takuya: Uh, that's why I'm...
Takuya: I'm glad you—
Takuya: I'm glad I didn't finish saying that.
Takuya: She might have disliked me even more.
announcer: Bochi Komori!
announcer: Today, we're going around the city of Atami with Komori-san!
Komori: These slopes are great.
announcer: That they are. Atami has many of those sloping hills you love, Komori-san.
Takuya: Uh, that's why I'm...
Takuya: I'm glad you—
Rika: Looks like it'd feel nice to run my hands through it.
Nao: Bein' in Tokyo makes you mister big shot?!
Takuya: What are you, a child?!
Rika: Sure enough, no dramatic tale for me.
Rika: Getting carried away with my imagination, it's so embarrassing.
Rika: I even presumed he felt the same way.
Rika: What a ridiculous fantasy, looking back on it.
Rika: I should stop thinking these weird things.
Rika: I'll switch it off.
Rika: Switch it off.
Kurokawa: Good morning!
Kurokawa: The summer fair is finally starting.
Kurokawa: This year, we're putting our efforts into domestic travel.
Kurokawa: Let's get some tickets sold!
everyone: Here's hoping for the best.
Shinshi: Cancellations begone! Cancellations begone!
Isojima: Shinshi-san's started his cancellation-prevention chant again.
Saito: Does that help at all?
Shinshi: A travel agency's biggest threat is cancellations!
Shinshi: We must use every means at our disposal to avoid them!
Kurokawa: Shinshi-kun is right! Let's all chant!
Shinshi: Cancellations begone! Cancellations begone!
everyone in line: Cancellations begone! Cancellations begone!
Kurokawa: That's the way!
Takuya: Oh, good morning, Honjoji-san.
Kurokawa: Once more!
everyone: Cancellations begone! Cancellations begone!
Rika: Yes, good morning.
Kurokawa: I can't hear you!
Gonda: Lunchtime!
Isojima: Shinshi-san, what a lovely box lunch!
Shinshi: Yes, well, my wife makes them for me every day.
Gonda: Wow, she does a heck of a job!
Isojima: I've never made one for my husband. Too much trouble.
Shinshi: I'm grateful to my wife. I'm so fortunate.
Gonda: Wow, you hype her up.
Isojima: That's winning at life.
Gonda: His devoted wife makes him lunches.
Gonda: Seems like everyone around me's all happy!
Gonda: I want to eat a lunch made by my own wife!
Takuya: So, why am I your drinking buddy tonight?
Gonda: Don't be that way. Give me some advice, Master!
Takuya: I'm not your master!
Takuya: I want to go see Kama!
Gonda: Master, what should I do to make Komiya-chan like me?
Gonda: She never seems to look my way.
Gonda: Women look at people's faces when they like them.
Takuya: Th-That's not always true.
Gonda: Yes it is!
Gonda: I want Komiya-chan to gaze at me!
Takuya: Hey, Kama.
Takuya: Honjoji-san wouldn't look at my face today.
Takuya: I guess maybe I did something after all?
Takuya: You only look at my face when you want something.
Kurokawa: Hey, what's going on?!
Kitagawa: Hello, this is the JTC Kinshicho Branch.
Itsuki: The tickets haven't come in?!
Komiya: Haven't the documents been delivered?
Gonda: Hello, this is JTC.
Komiya: Uh, yes, the one in charge of that is currently out.
Komiya: I'll check on that soon, and get back to you.
Itsuki: The person who handles that hasn't come in today,
Itsuki: so we'll deal with it as best we can!
Kurokawa: Where is Shinshi-kun?! Has anyone seen him?!
Itsuki: Ohara-san, have you seen Shinshi-san?
Takuya: No, I haven't.
Itsuki: We haven't been able to reach him all day.
Itsuki: All the group tours he's handling are stuck in limbo.
Itsuki: George-san! Don't just look at Aloha, help out!
Takuya: Shinshi-san failed to show up for work?
Takuya: But he's a model JTC employee.
Rika: Yes, I apologize.
Rika: The tickets were obtained without a problem.
Rika: Please rest assured on that point.
Takuya: Things are kind of going off the rails.
Rika: Yes, they are.
Gonda: Women look at people's faces when they like them.
Takuya: Does she dislike me?
Takuya: Things were definitely different before we went to Aso.
Takuya: Why'd they turn out like this?!
Hideo: Excuse me! Sorry to bother you when you're busy!
Hideo: M-My name is Shinshi Hideo!
Hideo: I'm looking for my father! Has he come to the office?
Isojima: Shinshi-san's son?
Gonda: He came all the way here to look for him?
Itsuki: Shinshi-san's seriously gone missing?
Komiya: Your father hasn't come in.
Komiya: You haven't seen him, Hideo-kun?
Hideo: Uh, no.
Komiya: What's happened to him?
Hideo: Um, last night, Papa and Mama got into a fight.
Hideo: Then Mama said she was getting a divorce.
Isojima: A divorce?!
Kitagawa: And now he's missing? No way.
Gonda: You don't think he skipped town, do you?
Itsuki: Shouldn't we be calling the police?
George: Hey!
George: Shinshi-kun is just fine.
George: His young child came all this way. We mustn't make him worry.
Itsuki: George-san...
Gonda: S-Sorry.
George: Hey, Ohara-kun.
George: Go with the boy, and look for Shinshi-kun.
Takuya: Me?!
George: You're a suitable choice. You're young, and kind.
George: I'll cover your workload.
George: Send me anything regarding the missing tickets.
Gonda/Itsuki: O-Okay!
George: Will that do, Kurokawa-san?
Kurokawa: Yes!
Kurokawa: Okay, everyone back to work!
Kitagawa: What's gotten into George-san?
Itsuki: All he usually talks about is Hawaii stuff.
George: Mai hopohopo, sonny.
George: That guy will help you look.
George: Oh, that was Hawaiian for "Don't worry."
Takuya: R-Ready to go then, Hideo-kun?
Hideo: Sure.
Takuya: The Shinshis are getting divorced?
Takuya: But he seemed so happy yesterday.
Takuya: Is this a huge responsibility I've got right now?
Takuya: I'd better find Shinshi-san, fast!
Hideo: Excuse me, sir!
Hideo: I have some clues.
Hideo: My father had a business-card file on his desk.
Hideo: Maybe there's a place in here he goes!
Hideo: I called our relatives, but he wasn't with any of them.
Takuya: This is one clever kid.
Takuya: No, he's actually desperate to find his father.
Takuya: Let's check them one by one.
Hideo: Okay!
Takuya: What's your mother doing?
Hideo: She won't come out of her room.
Takuya: Gotcha.
Takuya: What's she doing neglecting a kid as young as him?
Takuya: Yes. Ah, I see. You haven't seen him.
Takuya: Sorry, I know you're not open yet, but I'd like to ask about something.
Takuya: Nothing here, or here.
Takuya: Wh-What's wrong?
Hideo: Are we really going to find Papa?
Takuya: Let's take a short break.
employee: Thank you for waiting, here's your Kid's Combo A.
Takuya: Um, is a hamburger all right?
Hideo: Yes, thank you.
Takuya: Hideo-kun's a lot less peppy than he was.
Takuya: What do you say at times like this?
Hideo: Maybe Papa's not coming back home.
Hideo: We all got along so well yesterday morning, too.
Hideo: Yesterday was better.
Hideo: I want to go back to it.
Takuya: I don't even understand what marriage is.
Takuya: How could I possibly understand divorce?
Takuya: I can't do anything for this kid.
Koichi: It's high time you stopped livin' life so half-assed.
Kurokawa: You still haven't found him?
Takuya: No, but we did try nearly all the leads we have.
Kurokawa: Where could Shinshi-kun have gone?
George: Ohara-kun? It's me.
Takuya: George-san?
George: You know that Hachiman shrine in Fukagawa?
George: There's a gloomy bar nearby.
George: Trying going there.
Takuya: Fukagawa...
George: Right, people with no place to go tend to gather there.
George: It has feng shui for depressed dudes.
Kurokawa: Feng shui for depressed dudes?!
Takuya: "A bar in Fukagawa." That's not enough to help me—
Takuya: Found it.
Itsuki/Gonda/Komiya: Ohara-san!
Takuya: Guys.
Gonda: George-san told us about this, so we came too!
Itsuki: Wonder if Shinshi-san is in there.
Takuya: Komiya-san, stay out here with Hideo-kun.
Komiya: Huh?
Takuya: I don't think he should go in there.
Komiya: A-All right.
Takuya: Sh-Shinshi-san?
Takuya: E-Excuse me, Shinshi-san?
Takuya: That's him, isn't it?
Shinshi: Hey, fellas. Sorry I'm late.
Shinshi: I'm a little busy with something.
Shinshi: I'll come to work as soon as I erase this document.
Shinshi: I'm having a hard time getting it done.
Shinshi: This is supposed to be a good eraser, too.
Shinshi: There must be something wrong here.
Shinshi: What is with this paper?
Shinshi: Am I going to lose everything thanks to something like this?
Shinshi: I'm not going to let it negate my life.
Shinshi: Put me back into the life I know.
Shinshi: Put me back into my normal life!
Takuya: Shinshi-san, please wait!
Gonda: Shinshi-san!
Hideo: Papa!
George: How'd it go?
Takuya: Shinshi-san took off running.
George: Then let's all look for him.
Takuya: Shinshi-san!
Komiya: Hideo-kun, let's stick together!
Komiya: Your father will be okay!
Hideo: Papa!
Takuya: Oh, Shinshi-san!
Takuya: Shinshi-san?
Itsuki: Shinshi-san's turned into a gorilla!
Takuya: Now what do we do?!
Gonda: There he goes!
Takuya: Sh-Shinshi-san!
Gonda: Please stop!
Gonda: Shinshi-san!
Takuya: The police are gonna get involved!
Gonda: I'll lure him with a banana!
Takuya: Shinshi-san is human!
Itsuki: Maybe a gorilla calls for a tranquilizer gun.
Gonda: There he is!
Takuya: Shinshi-san!
Hideo: Papa! Papa!
Komiya: Honjoji-san!
Hideo: Papa!
Rika: Hideo-kun, stop!
Hideo: Papa!
Rika: Let's stay like this a little longer.
Rika: Your father will be right back.
Takuya: Shinshi-san!
George: Yah!
Takuya: George-san...
Itsuki: The gorilla...
Gonda: ...has stopped!
George: A gorilla would just be a target for humans.
George: Let's get you home, Shinshi-kun.
Takuya: Are you okay?
Shinshi: No, I don't want to go home.
Shinshi: If I do, misery's waiting for me.
Shinshi: I want to be a gorilla!
Shinshi: I've had enough of being human!
Shinshi: If I knew I'd feel this way, I wouldn't have gotten married!
Shinshi: I wouldn't have gotten married!
Hideo: Papa!
Shinshi: I'm sorry I lost control.
Shinshi: That I panicked.
Shinshi: Last night, I went out to buy a present since our wedding anniversary is near.
Shinshi: Then she said she wants a divorce.
Shinshi: My wife and I had never so much as had a fight.
Shinshi: I thought we were a 100% ideal couple.
Shinshi: Now it's like nothing makes sense.
Kurokawa: It's here again this year!
Kurokawa: The JTC Inter-Branch Display Contest!
Kurokawa: This year's theme is the sea!
Kurokawa: As a diving enthusiast, I refuse to lose this one!
Kurokawa: Let's all make an incredible display!
Kurokawa: Go Kinshicho!
Kurokawa: What's wrong with everyone?
Kurokawa: Let's see some more energy!
Itsuki: Of course we're going to be gloomy after seeing last night's shocking scene.
Isojima: A full-grown adult turned into a gorilla, you know.
Isojima: Is that what divorce drives a person to do?
Itsuki: Who knows?
Itsuki: So, how's Shinshi-san today?
Isojima: Taking the day off. Maybe it's family meeting time.
Saito: I wonder if they'll really get divorced.
Komiya: He seemed so happy, and his kid is adorable.
Komiya: I would never have expected a divorce.
Saito: His wife didn't have to bring it up around their anniversary.
Isojima: I'll say.
George: His wife might have been putting up with a lot.
George: Maybe Shinshi-kun wasn't able to see beyond his own happiness.
George: Being married sure isn't easy.
George: Sometimes 100% happiness for one partner
George: means a lifetime of toil for the other.
Gonda: Think something happened in George-san's past?
Saito: He was uncommonly fired up about this whole thing.
Isojima: But it's true that sometimes men aren't very considerate.
Isojima: Presents are nice and all, but do some of the chores.
Kitagawa: That happens. They tend to only want to do big things
Kitagawa: with no thought about our circumstances.
Isojima: Is it like that for you too, Kurokawa-san?
Kurokawa: Huh? W-Well, I guess?
Itsuki: Hey now, it's turning into it being all the men's fault.
Itsuki: I don't understand guys who're still married after being told that stuff.
Itsuki: I'll pass on that.
Itsuki: Right, Gonda?
Gonda: No! I'm jealous of Shinshi-san!
Gonda: He's a lucky guy!
Itsuki: In what way?
Gonda: You can only get divorced if you're married.
Gonda: Talking about divorce sounds like bragging when I can't even get married.
Itsuki: What kind of thinking is that?
Itsuki: You should be careful too, Ohara-san.
Gonda: Hey! He only just decided to get married!
Gonda: Don't jinx him.
Takuya: I'm going to go get some tape.
Saito: Okay.
Takuya: I'm not sure I get it anymore.
Takuya: Even Shinshi-san has trouble, and he's always kind and respectable.
Shinshi: Put me back into my normal life!
Takuya: What the hell is marriage?
Takuya: What the hell is a normal life?
Rika: Oh, thank you.
Takuya: H-Hi.
Rika: Thank you.
Takuya: Honjoji-san is still distant today.
Takuya: Uh, what is this?
Rika: A canoe. I made it.
Takuya: A canoe?
Rika: For use in the display.
Rika: I hope Shinshi-san doesn't have to get divorced.
Rika: Hideo-kun wants his parents to get along.
Takuya: Oh, is she talking to me?
Takuya: H-How should I respond? Um, um...
Takuya: I feel like I'll mess up no matter what I say, so I'm too scared to speak.
Rika: Thank you.
Takuya: S-Sure.
Takuya: Sort of feels like everything's back to square one.
Rika: I'm not sure how to talk to Ohara-kun anymore.
Ritsu: Rika-san, as of today it's going to be just you and me.
Rika: Switch off.
Rika: Switch it off.
Nao: Hey! Rika-san?!
Nao: It is you!
Nao: Rika-san, I need help!
Nao: It's me, Miyama Nao!
Nao: From Aso!
: --------------- EP 07 ---------------
Nao: Thank goodness I found someone I know!
Rika: Y-You're...
Nao: I moved to Tokyo today, but I can't find where I live!
Nao: The streets are too complicated!
Rika: Yes, Tokyo's streets are challenging.
Rika: Do you know the address?
Nao: This is it!
Rika: Sumida, Hikifune, 2-1...
Rika: Huh?!
Nao: What?! My apartment is in the building next door to yours?!
Rika: So it seems.
Nao: Wow!
Nao: Rika-san, what a nice building you live in!
Rika: It's average.
Nao: Thank you, you saved me!
Rika: No problem.
Nao: This is the workshop where I work.
Nao: Please come by, if you like.
Rika: Right.
Rika: Comet Glass Studio...
Rika: She was so cheerful.
Takuya: So...
Takuya: I've got to go do some out-of-office work.
Rika: Oh yeah.
Rika: Maybe I should tell Ohara-kun I ran into Miyama-san.
Rika: Or not.
Rika: I'm sure he knows by now anyway.
Rika: A glassmaker, huh?
Rika: I wonder what kind of person Miyama-san is.
Rika: Oh, so this place is a glass workshop.
Nao: Master!
Nao: Here goes.
Hoshi: Pick up the pace.
Nao: R-Right.
Nao: Yeah!
Hoshi: Still not good enough.
Nao: Awww!
Rika: Talk about tense.
Nao: Rika-san!
Nao: You stopped by!
Nao: You should've said hi!
Rika: Oh, um. I thought it would distract you.
Nao: Not at all!
Nao: Oh, I know. Want to have a drinking party later on?
Rika: Drinking party? No, I—
Nao: Listen, can we do it at your place?
Nao: Let's drink up together!
Rika: My place? I've never had anyone over.
Nao: I've been wanting to talk with you.
Nao: Oh! I'll bring some Kumamoto goodies with me!
Rika: Uh, no...
Nao: Please!
Nao: I've never been in a big city like this! I'm so anxious!
Rika: Well, as long as I have time to clean first.
Nao: Yay!
Nao: I'll bring some mustard lotus root.
Nao: Cheers!
Nao: Good stuff!
Rika: Such power...
Nao: So, this is your apartment, huh?
Rika: I've never let anyone into my apartment.
Nao: Wow!
Rika: It feels so unusual.
Nao: Look at all the stones!
Nao: Do you remember how I said I'd like you to be my friend?
Nao: And then I run into you the day I move to Tokyo! Talk about fate!
Nao: Let's party hard today!
Rika: So much beer.
Rika: Is this the Kyushu way?!
Nao: I made these beer glasses.
Rika: That's impressive.
Rika: They're curious colors, sort of blue and green.
Nao: You get it, huh?
Nao: There's stone blended into this.
Rika: Stone?
Nao: That's right. Stones from Aso.
Nao: When I was young, I spent nearly all my playtime at mountains and rivers.
Nao: There was nowhere else to play,
Nao: and I was fearless.
Nao: I'd see how far upstream I could follow a brook.
Nao: And that was the only way you could get to this one swimming hole.
Nao: It was my little hideout.
Nao: I used to spend lots of time there after school let out.
Rika: That sounds nice.
Rika: Sounds like the kind of place Totoro might show up.
Nao: For reals!
Nao: But it was grey herons that showed up, not Totoro.
Nao: You hear all sorts of sounds when you're there.
Nao: The water in the river, birds calling.
Nao: The leaves swaying on the trees.
Nao: My glass uses stones from that mountain stream.
Rika: Is that so? It really is pretty.
Nao: I still have a long way to go.
Nao: The glass won't do what I want it to.
Nao: My witch of a teacher is always mad.
Nao: I have no idea which way to go.
Nao: It's been nothing but frustration since day one.
Nao: But what can ya do!
Nao: I'm here for training, 'cause I suck!
Rika: She really is a cheerful girl.
Rika: And very cute, as I noticed in Aso.
Nao: Did anythin' irritate you today, Rika-san?
Nao: Does anythin' ever get under your skin?
Rika: U-Um...
Rika: A corner of a map I bought yesterday was folded.
Rika: There's that.
Nao: That's all?
Rika: I try not to dwell on things too much.
Nao: That's very grown-up of you!
Rika: Also, that bookstore doesn't have many maps in stock in the first place.
Rika: I'm not saying they have to be in love with them, but...
Rika: Also, the travel show I enjoy came to an end.
Rika: Because of a cast member's scandal.
Rika: It's just horrible.
Rika: Also, when I take a walk, there's this dog that always accosts me.
Rika: It's so scary.
Rika: Also...
Nao: Now you're on a roll!
Nao: Oh, that reminds me.
Nao: You and Taku-chan ain't gettin' married.
Nao: His family told me.
Nao: They said "Taku-chan and Rika-san got 'em a phony marriage plan."
Rika: That's right. The two of us are just co-conspirators.
Nao: There's really nothin' between you, then?
Rika: That's what I'd like to know!
Rika: I'd like Ohara-kun to be clear about things.
Nao: Rika-san?
Rika: He says things that are vaguely suggestive.
Rika: Yet I had no idea he was so close to someone so cute.
Rika: I don't understand human emotion at all.
Rika: Because I've never been close to anyone.
Rika: If there's nothing there, I'd like him to come out and say so.
Rika: For starters, are you and Ohara-kun really...
Rika: Wh-What am I trying to say?
Rika: The marriage is a fake plan anyway.
Rika: We're not even in a relationship.
Rika: Me, a coworker, asking Miyama-san
Rika: if she and Ohara-kun are really just childhood friends, would be...
Nao: Rika-san? Rika-san?
Rika: Oh, nothing.
Rika: Has Ohara-kun always been so vague?
Nao: Heavens, no.
Nao: One time, Taku-chan came to that secret spot I told you about.
Nao: We got so wrapped up in playin' that day,
Nao: it was dark out before we knew it.
Nao: I couldn't tell how to get back home, and I was set to start cryin'.
Nao: That's when Taku-chan showed me a lightnin' bug.
Nao: It perked me up.
Nao: Thanks to him, we made it back home safe and sound.
Nao: My parents were awful mad after that,
Nao: but Taku-chan stood up for me.
Rika: Oh yeah?
Rika: It's quite hard to imagine that from Ohara-kun today.
Rika: Whatever, I guess it doesn't matter.
Nao: Oh, in that case...
Nao: Let's ask him point blank about what you were saying!
Rika: Huh?
Nao: You want him to be clear about things, don'tcha?
Nao: Sure you do!
Nao: Best to ask him about it then.
Nao: Hello, this is Nao. Is this Taku-chan?
Rika: What?!
Nao: Bet you're surprised, huh?
Nao: I'm at Rika's place, drinkin' with her.
Nao: Huh? Didn't I tell ya I was comin' to Tokyo?!
Nao: Taku-chan, get over here right now!
Nao: Rika-san's got a bone to pick with you!
Nao: Get here at light speed, got it?
Rika: U-Uh...
Nao: Huh? The address?
Nao: Figure it out yourself.
Nao: Rika-hyan, Taku-chan's coming over!
Rika: It's too sudden!
Rika: M-Miyama-san?!
Rika: Please wake up.
Rika: You called Ohara-kun, didn't you?!
Rika: Ohara-kun's coming over, then.
Takuya: What's going on?
Takuya: U-Um, it's me, Ohara.
Takuya: I got some strange phone ca—
Rika: Hello...
Rika: I've been waiting for you, Ohara-kun.
Takuya: Something's clearly off here.
Takuya: Is Honjoji-san drunk?
Takuya: Nao?!
Takuya: Hey Nao, wake up!
Takuya: What're you doing?!
Takuya: Come on, wake up!
Rika: Leave her be! She's sleeping.
Takuya: Okay.
Rika: Please have a seat. I have something to ask you.
Takuya: S-Sure. What is it?
Rika: That night in Aso, what were you going to say to me?
Takuya: What are you talking about?
Rika: You don't remember?!
Rika: You know, that sentence you didn't finish.
Takuya: Uh, that's why I'm...
Takuya: I'm glad you—
Takuya: Oh, that's right.
Rika: Can you remember the words?!
Takuya: U-Um...
Takuya: Oh.
Takuya: It was "I'm glad you and I got to take a walk."
Rika: That's all?
Takuya: Yes.
Rika: I'm a fool.
Rika: I imagined all sorts of things.
Rika: Things I wanted it to be.
Takuya: Um, have you been mad recently because of me?
Rika: I wouldn't say I'm mad.
Takuya: Sorry, I'm not very good at conversation.
Takuya: I always thought I couldn't wait to grow up.
Takuya: When I was little,
Takuya: I thought I'd get good at doing all sorts of things when I was older.
Takuya: But the further I get into adulthood, the less sense the world seems to make.
Rika: That's right.
Rika: I don't understand human emotions.
Rika: It's the same as with my parents.
Rika: Something I thought was glowing with light
Rika: suddenly goes completely dark.
Ritsu: Rika-san, as of today it's going to be just you and me.
Rika: I didn't want Hideo-kun to go through the same thing.
Rika: Not that there's anything I can do regarding that.
Rika: That's why I have them turned off.
Rika: If I turn off my own feelings, I won't be let down.
Rika: And yet I can't seem to!
Rika: It's your fault, Ohara-kun! Why must it be this way?!
Rika: You say strange, wishy-washy things, so they won't turn off.
Rika: They won't turn off at all.
Rika: You and I are just co-conspirators!
Rika: Isn't that right? Be clear about this!
Rika: I want to switch it off!
Rika: What do you want to do?!
Takuya: I...
Takuya: I want to go out with you.
Takuya: Please be my girlfriend.
Rika: H—
Rika: Hngahh!
Rika: Wh-What just happened?
Rika: Things just went totally bonkers.
Rika: A-A-All I wanted to do was complain a little!
Rika: And suddenly, he's talking about dating!
Rika: I-I-I can't! I could never!
Takuya: I opened my mouth and insanity came out!
Takuya: She already hates me these days, so why'd I go and say that?!
Takuya: Now this whole plan is dead in the water.
Takuya: And I still have to sit across from her at work from now on!
Takuya: This is horrible!
Rika: No, there's no way anything like this could happen.
Rika: This is a hallucination.
Rika: It's a beer-induced dream.
Takuya: This has gotten incredibly embarrassing.
Takuya: Maybe I can pretend I never said it.
Takuya: I could say it's all a joke.
Takuya/Rika: I guess that's being unrealistic.
Takuya: It's not like I can take it back.
Rika: No getting around it, this is reality.
Takuya: U-Uh oh. Honjoji-san is angry.
Takuya: Lethally so.
Rika: Why does he want to go out with the likes of me?
Rika: I have no idea.
Rika: I have such limited experience with things like love and dating.
Rika: I can't imagine what it would be like.
Rika: Love and I...
boy: Honjoji.
boy: What're you looking at?
grade-school Rika: Kokura.
boy: Can I look too?
grade-school Rika: Sure.
boy: I'm gonna play outside. Bye-bye.
grade-school Rika: Bye-bye.
male student library assistant: Honjoji-san, did you finish the library assistant newsletter?
junior-high Rika: Yes.
Rika: Ugh.
Rika: No matter how much I look over my own life,
Rika: I can't find any real mixed-gender conversations.
Rika: And they only got scarcer as time went on.
Rika: I was okay with that.
Rika: I mean, I'm human, so it's not like I've never imagined love at all.
Rika: But for it to suddenly appear now, so huge and out in the open...
Rika: It isn't something I can handle!
Rika: Ohara-kun, I truly am a boring person.
Rika: I'm sure being with me would disappoint you.
Takuya: Come on, how long will she stay silent?!
Takuya: What is she waiting for?
Takuya: Honjoji-san hasn't budged in ten minutes.
Takuya: Why isn't she responding?
Takuya: Is she just going to ignore what I said?
Takuya: This has to be a no.
Rika: I just can't do it. I'm too scared.
Takuya: What if she actually already has a boyfriend or something?
Takuya: I didn't think of that possibility.
Rika: Maybe Miyama-san will wake up.
Rika: Isn't there some way out of this?
Rika: I can't stand the tension!
Takuya: Wake up, Nao! That can be my excuse to leave!
Takuya: I can't stand the tension!
Rika: But is that a good idea? Is that really what I want?
Rika: He looked so seriously at me when he uttered those words.
Rika: I may never experience anything like this moment again.
Rika: Yet here I am, drunk as a skunk. Talk about irresponsible.
Rika: I suppose it's how I've let all sorts of opportunities pass me by.
boy: I'm gonna play outside. Bye-bye.
grade-school Rika: Bye-bye.
Rika: I've got to say something. Something.
Rika: It can't end with me just saying nothing.
Rika: Um, um...
Rika: What do I say?!
Rika: Just say something! Anything!
Takuya: Please! Say something!
Takuya: How long has she left me hanging?!
Takuya: I'm at my limit.
Takuya: If it's "no," then just say it!
Takuya: Say something, I'm begging you!
Nao: I couldn't eat another bite.
Takuya: Now I've really done it.
: --------------- EP 08 ---------------
Rika: Morning...
Takuya: Please be my girlfriend.
Rika: I'm sober now, and it's as vivid as ever.
Rika: I've got to go to work.
Rika: Ow!
Rika: Ow, ow!
Rika: Ow, ow!
Rika: Ow, ow...
Rika: Ow, ow, ow...
Rika: What's going on? I'm sore all over.
Rika: Ow.
Rika: Ow, ow.
Rika: Ow, ow, ow!
Rika: Is this from all that tension yesterday?
Rika: I'm the woman whose muscles ache when she gets asked out.
Rika: It's pathetic enough to make you cry.
Rika: I wonder what Ohara-kun thought.
Rika: Looks like he's off today.
Rika: What a relief.
Nonoyama: Good morning, Komiya-san.
Komiya: Good morning. Sure is hot.
Nonoyama: Whoa, look.
Komiya: Shinshi-san?!
Isojima: H-He dyed his hair blond?!
Komiya: What possessed him to do that?
Rika: I can't let things stay like this.
Takuya: I keep asking myself why I went and did that.
Takuya: I want to do yesterday over again.
Takuya: I bet I could reload if this was a game.
Takuya: S-Stop that, Kama.
Takuya: It must be because I haven't spent enough time around women.
Takuya: I lost my mind.
Takuya: Sounds like a junior-high excuse, though.
Takuya: No, wait.
Takuya: It could be Honjoji-san was planning to give me an answer.
Takuya: Yeah, she's a quiet person. Thirty minutes of silence might be business as usual!
Takuya: Did I leave too soon?
Takuya: No, there's no way.
Takuya: This is me trying to twist things around.
Takuya: Wh-Who's there?!
Rika: Ohara-kun, I'm sorry about last night!
Rika: I'd like to go out with you!
Takuya: No, no! That's not going to happen!
Takuya: Who is it?
Gonda: Hi there, Ohara-san!
Takuya: Gonda... What do you want?
Gonda: Sorry to bug you on your day off.
Gonda: I need to talk with you about something, Master.
Takuya: Gonda.
Takuya: Give up on Komiya-san.
Takuya: Office romances are a terrible idea.
Gonda: Master, you're not doing so hot.
Takuya: I told you, I'm not your master.
Takuya: I don't understand romance or women at all.
Takuya: I'm the one who needs some coaching!
Gonda: It's not about Komiya-chan today.
Gonda: It's about an app!
Takuya: An app?
Gonda: Right, a dating app!
Gonda: I've gotten into this lately!
Gonda: At first I thought these things were worthless junk.
Gonda: But, oh, the encounters you can have!
Gonda: A woman's heart? I know all about that now!
Gonda: I know all about it!
Gonda: All about it! All about it!
Takuya: Y-You serious?
Gonda: What? You doubt me?
Gonda: Want to join me, then, Master?
Gonda: Today, I'm meeting up with someone from the app. You should come along!
Gonda: I do know all about it, but I'm a little insecure about meeting up with a woman.
Takuya: Huh?
Takuya: What?!
Takuya: G-Gonda, that's you?!
Gonda: Nice pic, huh?
Gonda: I've spent sixty thousand on this dating app!
Takuya: Sixty thousand?!
Takuya: These apps cost that much?
Gonda: That's a typical amount.
Gonda: Everyone's going all-in on apps right now, so it costs that much to get in the door!
Gonda: Everyone at work who got married recently got started with an app.
Gonda: Like Yoshimura-san at the head office and Imai-san!
Takuya: Oh, they did?
Gonda: Yes, they just don't mention it.
Gonda: I think it'd be fine if they did, though.
Gonda: So many people use them.
Gonda: The era of drinking parties and mixers is behind us.
Takuya: Oh yeah?
Takuya: Oh, but don't you have your sights set on Komiya-san?
Gonda: You bet.
Gonda: But that's like a dream.
Gonda: I'm not getting any closer to being with her, but I'm getting older all the time.
Gonda: The one and only asset I have is youth!
Gonda: I don't look like much, and I don't get paid much.
Gonda: No one's eager to marry a guy like me.
Gonda: I want to find a companion while I'm young at least.
Takuya: So, why am I here with you?
Gonda: Because, Master, I'm in a bad slump.
Gonda: At first I tried contacting cutie after cutie, but they didn't give me the time of day.
Gonda: Then, when I tried sticking to my own league...
gloomy woman: I can see spirits. It's true.
Gonda: Almost all of those women were kinda scary.
Gonda: I've lost all my confidence.
Takuya: What happened to all that energy you had?
Gonda: Here's where I'm at now.
Takuya: You're wearing that on a date?
Gonda: Oh, it's not a date today.
Gonda: This is a happi coat for an idol group called Ambitious Seven.
Gonda: I'm a huge fan.
Gonda: There are communities on the dating app.
Gonda: I met this oddball girl who's an Am7 fan,
Gonda: and we ended up geeking out over them.
Gonda: Then we decided to do an offline Am7 thing,
Gonda: and this happi coat is so she'll recognize me.
Takuya: That's something you do on a dating app?
Gonda: She's older than me, and sometimes idol otaku can be unhinged.
Gonda: Master, if she seems dangerous, get me out of there.
Takuya: That's what I'm doing here?!
Takuya: That's what modern romance looks like?
Takuya: Well, I'm no different from Gonda.
Takuya: My salary's low, and I'm not attractive.
Takuya: And youth won't last forever.
Takuya: I'm not the sort one wants to marry.
Kaori: Come on, let's go!
Kaori: I've got something to say!
Kaori: Mikki sure is the cutest!
Gonda: I finally found you, Princess!
both: Mikki! Mikki!
both: 10^40! 10^44! 10^48! 10^52!
both: 10^56! 10^60! 10^64! 10^68!
both: Mikki's so cute!
Gonda: Kaori!
Kaori: Gon-chan?!
Kaori: Anyone who can keep up with the Mikki Mix on demand
Kaori: is one cringey Mikki fan.
Kaori: Well, that's how it goes.
Kaori: Am7 Mikki fans are weirdos.
Gonda: Kaori!
Gonda: You don't look anything like your profile image!
Kaori: Oh, that?
Kaori: Apps can be scary and all.
Kaori: You can't go revealing everything up front.
Kaori: But I couldn't help wanting to talk Am7 with you, so here I am.
Gonda: Th-Thank you for that.
Kaori: Aw, stop talking like that.
Kaori: Just talk like you do in the community.
Kaori: We already know each other's true nature.
Gonda: Th-That's true.
Takuya: I'm going home.
Gonda: Wow, these outfits!
Kaori: This takes me back! Let's get photos!
Kaori: I love how Mikki's the only one with a ribbon!
Kaori: So cute!
Gonda: She didn't have this ribbon at first.
Kaori: No way, she always had it.
Gonda: Nope, she added it later.
Gonda: I saw all their live shows from that era, so I know all about it.
Gonda: You didn't see them all, did you?
Kaori: But I had to work!
Gonda: Now you see I'm the bigger fan?
Kaori: Don't let it go to your head, Gon.
idols: One! Ten! Hundred! Thousand! Ten thousand!
idols: 10^8! 10^12! 10^16! 10^20!
idols: 10^24! 10^28! 10^32! 10^36!
idols: 10^40! 10^44! 10^48! 10^52!
idols: 10^56! 10^60! 10^64! 10^68!
idols: Mikki's so cute!
Kaori: What, it's this late already?
Kaori: Wow, we were talking forever.
Gonda: It's kinda like being back in school.
Kaori: But I've got somewhere to go after this. Sorry.
Gonda: Oh, okay. That's cool.
Gonda: Maybe if you have time again...
Kaori: Hey, Gon-chan.
Kaori: Let's talk over the phone tonight.
Gonda: Huh?!
Kaori: I want to talk more with you about Am7.
Gonda: Okay, sure.
Kaori: Really? Okay, I'll give you my number.
Gonda: It's okay if I call?
Kaori: It's fine. I've got time starting at about 10 PM every night.
Kaori: Oh wait, I never paid for the karaoke.
Gonda: Don't worry about it.
Kaori: No, I insist.
Kaori: Apps are amazing. I've never had this much fun.
Kaori: Talk to you tonight.
Gonda: Totally. Apps are amazing.
idol: Thanks for coming to our show!
Takuya: Looks like Honjoji-san's off today.
Gonda: Master, get a load of this.
Gonda: I talked with Kaori on the phone again yesterday.
Gonda: That's three days in a row!
Gonda: We talk so much together!
Gonda: It feels like we've been friends for years!
Gonda: Never would have happened if we'd met normally!
Gonda: Apps are the best!
Takuya: Good for you.
Takuya: Suddenly, Gonda's got a fulfilling life?
Gonda: Master.
Gonda: I'm going to do it. I've decided!
Gonda: I'm going to marry Kaori!
Takuya: Huh?
Gonda: I'm going to marry Kaori!
Gonda: What do you think, Master?
Takuya: I'm not sure how to answer.
Takuya: Why are we hanging out so much?
Takuya: Don't you think you're a little hasty?
Takuya: You still don't know what kind of person she is.
Gonda: Oh yes, I do!
Takuya: I want to tell him not to rush into this.
Takuya: But I rushed into it myself, so what right do I have?
Gonda: Marry me, Kaori!
Gonda: Maybe I should be less direct than that.
Takuya: I'm not really sure, but wow, that energy.
Takuya: Hey, Gonda.
Takuya: Why do you want to get married so badly?
Gonda: Is it weird to want to get married?
Takuya: Well, not many people around me do.
Gonda: You know, I was poor when I was a kid.
Gonda: Oh, please don't tell Keisuke-san about this.
Gonda: He'll turn anything into a joke.
Takuya: S-Sure.
Gonda: My father was a little problematic.
Gonda: He was in loads of debt, and all my parents did was fight.
Gonda: My big brother and I were close, though.
Gonda: I don't have many good childhood memories.
Gonda: I ate lots of ramen and such back then, and now I love it.
Takuya: You eat too much.
Gonda: I was a big dummy who was no good at school,
Gonda: but thankfully I managed to land a job.
Gonda: My brother works for the government.
Gonda: Not bad, huh?
Gonda: I guess that's why I yearn for a proper home life or something.
Gonda: It doesn't have to be anything special,
Gonda: but I want to marry someone I love, be blessed with some cute kids,
Gonda: and enjoy life.
Gonda: I have a feeling I could do that with Kaori.
Gonda: Having kids would be great. I'd be such a loving father.
Takuya: You have some romantic ideas, which surprises me.
Gonda: I said it because it's you, Master!
Gonda: It must sound gross, coming from a guy who looks like me.
Gonda: Yeah, I could never hope to...
Takuya: Give it a shot, Gonda.
Takuya: I've got your back.
Gonda: Oh yeah, you bet.
Gonda: I'm gonna do it.
Kaori: Gon-chan, what's up?
Gonda: Kaori, could we meet up now?
Kaori: Tonight? Sorry, weekdays are no good for me.
Gonda: Please! The sooner the better.
Kaori: Well, okay, if it's quick.
Kaori: Thanks for waiting, Gon-chan.
Kaori: What's wrong?
Gonda: Kaori, let's date and eventually get married!
Kaori: Do you mean that?
Gonda: Of course I do! Of course.
Kaori: Gon-chan, come with me.
teacher: Oh, Ema-san. Hello.
Kaori: Sorry I'm a little late.
teacher: Mok-kun, look who's here for you.
Kaori: Working while raising a child isn't easy.
Kaori: Gon-chan, you still mean it?
Kaori: Because I'm a single mother.
Kaori: It's okay, don't force yourself.
Kaori: See ya, Gon-chan.
Takuya: Single mother?
Gonda: It doesn't bother me at all.
Gonda: I-I might have panicked for a moment, though.
Takuya: So, what'll you do?
Gonda: What'll I do? Well...
Gonda: I've got to talk to Kaori again.
Gonda: I can afford to support a child.
Komiya: Gonda-san.
Komiya: You seem kind of down today.
Gonda: N-Nothing's wrong.
Komiya: No? Okay.
waitress: You can get drinks over there.
Gonda: Sure, thanks.
Gonda: Kaori sure was affectionate with her kid.
Gonda: What look did I have on my face back then?
Gonda: Kaori...
Ichika: Gon-chan?
Ichika: Gon-chan?
Gonda: Y-Yes.
Ichika: You look just like she described you.
Ichika: I'm Ichika, a friend of Kaori's.
Gonda: Her friend?
Ichika: Right. She and I use the same day care.
Ichika: And so, Kaori said she couldn't come today.
Ichika: I'm sorry.
Ichika: I have a message from her.
Ichika: She said, "Don't worry about it."
Ichika: She also said, "Thank you."
Gonda: Does she not like me anymore?
Ichika: Huh?
Ichika: I'm not really sure.
Ichika: Were the two of you dating?
Gonda: No, it wasn't like that. Uh...
Ichika: But listen, Gon-chan.
Ichika: It's a big decision, letting someone meet your kid.
Ichika: I'd use my kid to scare away a guy who won't take a hint,
Ichika: but Kaori's not that sort of person.
Ichika: Sorry, Gon-chan.
Ichika: I guess it's not my place to say.
Gonda: Master, I'm going to stop talking about marriage and stuff.
Gonda: When it comes to marriage, I was all talk.
Gonda: I wasn't ready at all.
Takuya: I doubt anyone can be ready for that stuff.
Gonda: Kaori had faith in me, and I flinched.
Gonda: I really regret it.
Gonda: I went and hurt Kaori's feelings.
Gonda: I'm the worst!
Takuya: No, Gonda. You're amazing.
Takuya: Truly amazing.
Takuya: Have I ever taken Honjoji-san into consideration this much?
Takuya: Enough to move me to tears?
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Gonda: Master, I'm going to stop talking about marriage and stuff.
Gonda: When it comes to marriage, I was all talk.
Gonda: I wasn't ready at all.
Takuya: I doubt anyone can be ready for that stuff.
Gonda: Kaori had faith in me, and I flinched.
Gonda: I really regret it.
Gonda: I went and hurt Kaori's feelings.
Gonda: I'm the worst!
Takuya: No, Gonda. You're amazing.
Takuya: Truly amazing.
Takuya: Have I ever taken Honjoji-san into consideration this much?
Takuya: Enough to move me to tears?
Takuya: You should talk to her again for real.
Takuya: It's what I'll do too.
Rika: I can't bring myself to call him.
Rika: How should I respond?
Takuya: Please be my girlfriend.
Rika: The more time passes, the more thoughts fill up my head.
Rika: I really should have answered him then and there.
Rika: If I even can answer him.
Rika: Oh!
Rika: Another day's liable to end with no resolution!
Rika: I need to call him before I get home, or else!
Nao: Rika-san!
Nao: I'm sorry for inconveniencing you the other day!
Nao: I've been waiting for you to come home!
Rika: Nao-san.
Nao: First I invite myself over, then I pass out!
Nao: I can't remember a thing!
Rika: Um, exactly how much do you remember about that night?
Nao: Let's see.
Nao: I remember having about three drinks.
Rika: That was so early on.
Nao: So, what happened after that?
Rika: That's a good question.
Nao: Huh?
Rika: I'm not sure what I should do.
Ritsu: Rika-san, I want you to live as you see fit.
Ritsu: A life of freedom!
Rika: I'm not good at making decisions.
Rika: I've spent so much of my life not making them.
Nao: Rika-san, do you want to try glass-making?
Rika: Huh?
Nao: My studio offers hands-on workshops.
Nao: You're welcome to try one for free, as my apology for the other day.
Nao: Glass-making will make all your troubles disappear!
Rika: Glass-making?
Nao: Rika-san, come on in!
Rika: Uh, I've never worked with glass before.
Nao: No worries, I'll teach you how.
Nao: We're getting it ready, so hold tight.
Nao: Oh, this is my mentor.
Hoshi: Name's Hoshi.
Nao: I made some of those.
Nao: But she made some of them too.
Rika: It occurred to me before, but your work is very beautiful.
Nao: You can do it too, Rika-san.
Nao: You can, you can!
Nao: Let's have some fun!
Nao: Time to get started.
Nao: The glass can reach 1300˚C, so I'll do the dangerous parts.
Rika: A-All right.
Nao: The glass is inside here.
Rika: Wow, that's incredibly hot.
Nao: Now it's time to blow.
Nao: Blow slowly, so you don't run out of breath.
Rika: Right.
Nao: Go for it.
Nao: Very good!
Nao: Next, blow gently at first. When I give the signal, blow hard!
Nao: Now!
Nao: Yay! Success!
Nao: Here.
Rika: Th-The tension and heat are intense.
Nao: Rika-san.
Nao: Next, we'll make the base.
Nao: Are you doing okay?
Rika: I'm good. Let's keep going!
Nao: Okay, time to make the base.
Nao: You press a wooden paddle against the glass.
Nao: The trick is to move your hands in sync.
Nao: Forward, back. Forward, back.
Rika: Okay.
Rika: Move my hands in sync.
Rika: Move my hands in sync.
Rika: Move my hands in sync.
Nao: That's the way! Well done, Rika-san.
Rika: Move my hands in sync.
Rika: Move my hands in sync.
Rika: Move my hands in sync.
Nao: Okay, great work!
Nao: I'll handle the finishing touches, so feel free to take a break.
Rika: Th-Thank you.
Rika: Nao-san's amazing.
Rika: I was frazzled the whole time, thinking I'd mess up.
Rika: It might be the first time I've felt such nervousness.
Rika: But I sort of feel refreshed.
Rika: Who knew becoming absorbed in something could feel so good?
Rika: I don't understand human emotions.
Rika: It's the same as with my parents.
Rika: That's why I have them turned off.
Rika: If I turn off my own feelings, I won't be let down.
Rika: Becoming absorbed and turning off.
Rika: They're not the same thing.
Rika: Hope for nothing, expect nothing.
Rika: If I switch them off, I won't make Mom worry.
Rika: But by ceasing to put my feelings out there,
Rika: I wound up becoming someone who can't decide anything for herself.
Ritsu: Rika-san, be more confident.
Ritsu: You're a very smart girl.
Ritsu: Rika-san, I want you to live as you see fit.
Ritsu: I want you to live as you see fit.
Rika: "Live as I see fit." Easier said than done.
Rika: There's no changing my personality at this point.
Nao: Thanks for your patience!
Nao: It's done, Rika-san!
Rika: I-It's considerably lopsided.
Nao: It's still amazing for someone's first time!
Nao: Right, Master?
Nao: That means it's very good.
Rika: It does?
Nao: There's no 100% right answer with glass.
Nao: You just have to make what you like.
Nao: I think your glass is nice, Rika-san.
Nao: Please use it!
Rika: All right.
Nao: Okay, I'll deliver the glass once it cools.
Rika: Thank you for this.
Rika: I wonder what I'll use the glass for.
Rika: Okay, let's do this.
Ritsu: Rika-san!
Rika: Mom!
Ritsu: It's been a while.
Ritsu: Sorry to keep you waiting.
Rika: I only just got here myself.
Ritsu: This is a nice café. Do you come here often?
Rika: Y-Yes.
Rika: You have a lot of bags.
Ritsu: I do. I have a consultation after this.
Ritsu: For interior consults, it always makes an impression if you have the goods on hand!
Ritsu: That's why I bought loads of stuff overseas.
Ritsu: I aim to always land the contract!
Rika: Sounds like your interior coordinator work is going well.
Ritsu: Here's a souvenir for you. I bought it in Belgium.
Rika: Th-Thank y—
Ritsu: Wait, I'm not sure it's your size.
Ritsu: Rika-san, stand up so we can check.
Rika: Uh, r-right now?
Ritsu: Of course.
Ritsu: Ah, perfect! Good.
Rika: We didn't need to do this here.
Ritsu: I knew it would look good on you!
Ritsu: This is genuine cashmere.
Ritsu: I figured it would have to be good, so I wanted you to wear it.
Rika: Th-Thank you.
Ritsu: Thank goodness!
Ritsu: I wasn't sure what I'd do had it not been the right size.
Rika: As always, Mom has incredible vitality.
Rika: I thought about asking her for a little advice, but no, I'll pass.
Ritsu: And so, Rika-san.
Ritsu: Oh, a hot soy latte, please.
Ritsu: How are things lately?
Rika: I'm managing, one way or another.
Ritsu: Oh, that's good. I've been concerned.
Ritsu: A travel agency is hard work, and I hear the pay isn't so good?
Rika: R-Right.
Ritsu: Why not go it alone, like me?
Ritsu: I think you could do well as a freelance ticket agent.
Rika: R-Right.
Ritsu: You probably wouldn't have the corporate headaches.
Ritsu: I bet it'd be great!
Rika: L-Listen, Mom.
Rika: I think I'd like to keep at it the way I'm doing it.
Ritsu: You've given it thought, and that's what counts!
Ritsu: It's your decision to make. It's your life, after all.
Ritsu: Rika-san, it's important to set goals.
Ritsu: Not dreams, goals.
Ritsu: If you accomplish goals one by one, you can achieve anything!
Rika: Mom's been driven like this for forever.
Rika: And she's amazing for raising me on her own.
Ritsu: Excuse me.
waitress: Yes?
Ritsu: Would it be all right if I took some photos here?
waitress: Oh, sure.
Rika: Mom's always facing forward, always right.
Rika: But it doesn't seem like I can be the same way.
Rika: I have no wild dreams and no friends.
Rika: Simply looking at maps is enough to make me happy.
Rika: And content.
Rika: I can't become the kind of person she wants me to be.
Ritsu: By the way, Rika-san.
Ritsu: Aren't you going to get married?
Rika: I'm afraid there's no sign that will happen.
Ritsu: Oh, no?
Ritsu: I thought maybe you already had someone in mind.
Ritsu: I failed at marriage and caused you a lot of hardship.
Ritsu: That's why...
Ritsu: you can't mess up your choice of partner.
Ritsu: You can't mess up... You can't mess up...
Ritsu: You can't mess up...
Ritsu: But don't mind me.
Ritsu: If it's someone you choose, I'm sure they'd be wonderful.
Ritsu: If you find someone like that, be sure to introduce me.
Ritsu: I mean it. You have to!
Ritsu: Oh yes, Rika-san.
Ritsu: Don't you think this sofa and table are just to die for?
Ritsu: Your apartment could use—
Takuya: Sure enough, no answer.
Takuya: Why?
Takuya: I want to go out with you.
Takuya: Wait, how can I even ask "Why"?
Takuya: Of course she doesn't want to answer!
Takuya: I'm the one who caused this, so what am I saying?!
Takuya: I wonder if she's taking days off when I'm at the office to intentionally miss me.
Takuya: But time-off requests are submitted at the end of the month,
Takuya: and these sorts of coincidences aren't so uncommon.
Takuya: If I try calling her again it'll just seem annoying.
Takuya: And we've already been getting those suspicious calls as it is.
Takuya: Hello!
Takuya: Oh, Doctor.
Takuya: Thanks for calling.
Takuya: Kama's immunizations?
Takuya: Well, what should we do?
Takuya: Yes, that's right. Yes.
Ritsu: Thanks for today, Rika-san.
Rika: You take care too, Mom.
Ritsu: I'll be in touch.
Ritsu: Be sure to believe in yourself.
Ritsu: You can do anything you want to, girl!
Rika: R-Right.
Ritsu: Bye.
Rika: It's been a while since I've been showered with Mom power.
Ritsu: Hello?
Ritsu: My daughter said nothing's going on.
Ritsu: Is that story about her getting married really true?
Rika: Ohara-kun tried calling me.
Rika: Twice, at that.
Rika: I was so preoccupied with Mom, I didn't notice at all.
Rika: B-But then, I didn't think he would call me.
Rika: I also barged in like a barbarian when I failed to notice his text.
Rika: Here we are again.
Rika: I at least need to return his call.
Rika: What do I say?
Rika: "Sorry I didn't notice your calls?"
Rika: Or "Sorry I never gave you an answer from that night?"
Rika: Or...
Ritsu: You've given it thought, and that's what counts!
Ritsu: Rika-san, you're a clever person.
Ritsu: Clever person... Clever person...
Rika: Or maybe "I'm sorry I'm such a foolish person."
Rika: I wonder what Ohara-kun sees in me, anyway.
Rika: I'm sure he must have the wrong idea.
Rika: So, in other words, this unusual fake-marriage situation
Rika: is making him see a false image.
Rika: Yes, it's misattribution of arousal.
announcement: Akihabara, Akihabara.
Rika: I'm sure he'll be disappointed once he gets to know the real me.
announcement: Thank you for riding.
announcement: This is Akihabara.
Rika: I mean, I'm no big deal.
announcement: This train stops at every station.
Rika: So, what did he see in me anyway?
present-day Rika: It was the same that time.
present-day Rika: We were classmates, but he and I had never really talked.
high school Rika: Why the heck did he send a text like this?
high school Rika: Did I do something worth asking me to meet up?
high school Rika: Don't tell me he's going to say he's into me?!
high school Rika: No, there's no chance.
high school Rika: There isn't even a remote chance it's like that.
high school Rika: But in that case, is this a prank?!
high school Rika: Some kind of joke?!
high school Rika: Maybe it's some new kind of scam!
present-day Rika: I was so scared, I wouldn't leave the house for three days.
present-day Rika: Good timing or bad, it happened to be a string of holidays.
present-day Rika: Calls came in every day.
present-day Rika: I holed up and hardly even ate anything.
high school Rika: Then, after the holidays...
Rika: The one who asked me to show up
Rika: had waited for hours all three days in the sweltering heat,
Rika: then ultimately collapsed with a bad bout of anemia.
Rika: It was no prank, no joke.
Rika: And of course, not a scam.
Rika: That's right.
announcement: Asakusabashi, Asakusabashi.
Rika: This is how big a fool I am.
Rika: I can't decide for myself.
Rika: Hope for nothing, expect nothing.
Rika: But why must I confirm this sort of thing this late?
Rika: I've known since long ago just what I amount to!
Rika: I had come to terms with that,
Rika: so why must all these thoughts run through my head day after day?
Rika: Why must Ohara-kun bother calling me?!
Rika: Why must he say he's interested in me?!
Rika: This nonsensical love and marriage stuff is distressing me!
Rika: I need to break these chains of love immediately!
Takuya: H-Honjoji-san?!
Takuya: Wh-Why? Um...
Rika: Ohara-kun! We should go on a date!
Takuya: Huh?
: --------------- EP 10 ---------------
Rika: Why must Ohara-kun bother calling me?!
Rika: Why must he say he's interested in me?!
Rika: This nonsensical love and marriage stuff is distressing me!
Rika: I need to break these chains of love immediately!
Takuya: H-Honjoji-san?!
Takuya: Wh-Why? Um...
Rika: Ohara-kun! We should go on a date!
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: Tell me what day you have off next. Let's go then.
Takuya: U-Um...
Rika: We're going on a date! Is that okay?!
Takuya: Yes... It's okay.
Rika: Thank you.
Rika: I'll tell you where it will be later.
Rika: Bye.
Rika: Oh, I'm sorry I couldn't take your calls.
Takuya: I was right in the middle of despairing over whether she had ignored my calls,
Takuya: and then, suddenly, a date?
Takuya: C-Could this be her response to my asking her out?
Takuya: But if so, that exchange was strangely tense.
Takuya: And in the first place, why here?
Takuya: I think that's—
Rika: That's the Hamura Intake Weir.
Takuya: Honjoji-san!
Takuya: Oh, you wore leather shoes?
Takuya: I did message you to dress for ease of walking.
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: I'm about to do a tour of the Tamagawa Aqueduct.
Rika: If you get bored, you're free to leave.
Rika: Here I go.
Takuya: What?!
Rika: I'm done being considerate and trying too hard.
Rika: I won't be misled anymore by romance!
Rika: I'm going to be my usual self today.
Rika: Once he sees my typical behavior outside the office,
Rika: Ohara-kun should realize he has the wrong idea.
Rika: And then, I'll return to my calm life.
Rika: This is the real-life me.
Rika: Now, Ohara-kun.
Rika: Prepare to be completely disappointed!
Rika: Wow, the Tamagawa brothers!
Takuya: What is happening?
Takuya: Honjoji-san seemed so angry yesterday.
Takuya: But she was also talking about going out on a date.
Takuya: This seems like a strange mood for a date, though.
Takuya: "The Tamagawa Aqueduct.
Takuya: A waterway stretching from Hamura to Yotsuya,
Takuya: dug by the Tamagawa brothers during the Edo period."
Takuya: So, Honjoji-san.
Takuya: Why are you doing a tour of the Tamagawa Aqueduct today?
Rika: Because they covered it on Bochi Komori.
Komori: Welcome to Bochi Komori.
Komori: Today, we've come to the Tama River's Hamura Intake Weir,
Komori: the starting point of the Tamagawa Aqueduct.
lady announcer: Komori-san, who knew there was a place like this in the Tokyo Metropolis?
Komori: You said it.
lady announcer: It's amazing!
lady announcer: The dammed-up water is flowing forcefully into the Tamagawa Aqueduct over there.
Komori: Ah.
lady announcer: Now, for today's topic.
Komori: "How did the Tamagawa Aqueduct benefit the city of Edo?"
Kusanagi: Perhaps some of our viewers learned about this in grade school social studies.
Kusanagi: The Tamagawa Aqueduct was constructed in 1653 to deliver water to the city of Edo.
Kusanagi: Today it's been designated a national historic site.
Kusanagi: And believe it or not, it's still used as a water supply to this day.
Rika: I'm a fan of that show,
Rika: so on my days off, I often visit locations they feature.
Takuya: Gotcha. I saw that episode of Bochi Komori too.
Rika: Yes, you did say when we went to Aso that you're also a fan.
Rika: I saw the Tamagawa Aqueduct frequently when I was in school,
Rika: as I lived in Hachioji.
Rika: I would walk along the river terraces around here.
Rika: And I'm looking forward to today.
Rika: How about it, Ohara-kun?
Rika: That's a very boring day off, if I do say so myself!
Takuya: I'm impressed.
Takuya: I've watched the show, but I never go visit the locations.
Rika: You know, I wonder if he saw last week's episode.
Rika: The one about Hakone!
Rika: No, no. I mustn't lose focus.
Rika: Act normally, act normally.
Takuya: What was that all about?
Rika: This flow is still being used as a water supply.
Rika: Oh, the Tachikawa terrace.
Rika: From here, the Tamagawa Aqueduct crosses two cliffs
Rika: and goes up over the Musashino Plateau.
Rika: That's incredible engineering!
Rika: G-Good.
Rika: As I expected, he's bored.
Rika: He can leave anytime!
Takuya: This is the everyday Honjoji-san.
Takuya: Hey, Honjoji-san...
Takuya: Uh, Honjoji-san.
Takuya: It's about lunchtime.
Rika: The Kodaira Observation Point.
Rika: From here, Tama River water passes through pipes,
Rika: and is conveyed to the Higashi-Murayama Purification Plant.
Rika: This is where the natural water flow ends.
Rika: The low aqueduct bridge.
Rika: This is the only place you can go right down to the aqueduct's waters!
Rika: I can't wait!
Rika: Although from this point onward,
Rika: the flow is water reclaimed through the use of wastewater treatment.
Rika: This water once supported the daily lives of the people of Edo.
Rika: You route water through the empty wilderness, and then people gather to be near the water.
Rika: It produces a whole new landscape.
Rika: A single waterway creates a world.
Rika: So amazing.
Takuya: It sure is.
Rika: What, you're still here?!
Takuya: Oh, sorry.
Takuya: I was looking up stuff about the Tamagawa Aqueduct, and I just responded on auto-pilot.
Rika: I-I was totally off in my own world.
Rika: Wait, what?!
Rika: Was he watching while that whole fantasy played out?!
Rika: I mean, I wanted to show him the everyday me,
Rika: but I didn't want him seeing this.
Rika: Uh, you must be bored.
Rika: You don't have to force yourself to tag along.
Takuya: W-Well, I'm enjoying it.
Takuya: It's the first time I've ever seen you having so much fun.
Takuya: Um, you really do love maps, huh?
Takuya: In fact, am I getting in the way of things?
Rika: Oh, no! No!
Rika: Th-This can't be.
Rika: There's no way he enjoys this.
Rika: It's just a typical day of mine. Nothing special.
Rika: There can't be a person like this.
Rika: Ohara-kun, are you actually human?
Rika: Or... are you some kind of phantom?
Rika: What in the world are you, Ohara-kun?
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: You're weird for thinking this is enjoyable.
Rika: All I'm doing is looking at waterways and surveying cliffs.
Rika: I'm just having my own fun.
Takuya: Uh, well...
Rika: I can't understand myself when I'm with you like this.
Rika: And so...
Rika: please make this the last time we see each other.
Rika: I'll take responsibility for the Alaska transfer.
Rika: So let's put an end to this.
Rika: That's what I wanted to tell you today.
Rika: I'm afraid of who I am when I'm with you.
Takuya: I see.
Takuya: Then, this is it.
Rika: Yes.
Rika: Huh, what's going on?
Rika: I feel like crying.
Rika: What is this?
Rika: It's always the same.
Rika: I'm turning off my feelings again.
Rika: Because I don't want to be disappointed.
Rika: I don't want anyone disappointed in me.
Rika: So I always turn them off.
Rika: Is it right to do it this time too?
Rika: It's not. It's not right at all!
Rika: The truth is... The truth is...
Rika: I want to be with Ohara-kun!
Takuya: Should I just turn around and go?
Takuya: I always do this. I always just accept it!
Takuya: How long am I going to be afraid?
Takuya: I don't even have anything.
Takuya: I can't just leave.
Takuya: I can't... just leave!
Takuya: I can't lose someone important to me!
both: Whaaaaaaaaaa?!
Takuya: U-Um...
Rika: I need a moment.
Rika: Ohara-kun, how about we reevaluate?
Takuya: Reevaluate?
Rika: That's right. So many overly unexpected things have happened.
Rika: Oh, this doesn't mean I'm angry.
Rika: We weren't even friends to begin with.
Rika: We were coworkers with differing seniority and fake-marriage partners.
Rika: Am I right?
Rika: Mere coworkers have no need to barge into one another's homes
Rika: or go for nighttime walks in Aso.
Takuya: T-True.
Rika: And yet, somehow, that's how things played out.
Rika: Do you know why?
Takuya: Um... Now that you mention it, I'm not sure.
Rika: I'm not sure either.
Rika: That's why I planned today's date in order to simplify it all.
Rika: Yet you claimed this plain old date is fun.
Rika: When I suggested we don't see each other again,
Rika: we instead held each other's hands and gazed at each other.
Rika: How did we end up kissing?!
Takuya: I-I'm not really sure why.
Rika: You can have this map.
Rika: Sorry, but please walk the rest of it alone.
Takuya: Huh?!
Rika: I'm going home to think.
Rika: Oh, this doesn't mean I'm angry. Honest.
Takuya: Honjoji-san, you're amazing.
Takuya: How can you be so calm?
Takuya: We went and kissed!
Rika: W-We went and kissed!
Kurokawa: Yes?
Kurokawa: Ohara and Honjoji, you say?
Kurokawa: Yes, I see.
Kurokawa: Understood.
both: G...
both: G-Good morning.
Takuya: Um, after you.
Rika: No, after you.
Takuya: Um...
Rika: Okay then.
Gonda: G'morning!
Gonda: You two look great together this morning!
Gonda: Hope I'm not intruding.
both: Not at all, go on in.
Komiya: Good morning.
Isojima: I didn't get enough sleep.
Saito: What's going on with this booking?
Gonda: I submitted a request.
Itsuki: Five items, finalized.
Gonda: Thank you for that.
Nonoyama: Honjoji-san, please process this.
Rika: All right.
Rika: Ohara-kun.
Rika: Please confirm these hotels.
Takuya: Oh, sure.
Rika: Thank you.
Takuya: Will do.
Takuya: Is this the Las Vegas Bellagio?
Rika: Yes. Um, let's see.
Rika: Bellagio starts here, and from here, it's Caesars.
Takuya: U-Understood.
Takuya: It's no use. No matter what I do, I keep thinking about yesterday!
Rika: Calm down, calm down! You're at work!
Rika: No, there's no calming down!
Rika: Not when the one I kissed is right in front of me!
Rika: A full-grown adult can't let something like this shake her!
Takuya: R-Right, I'm not some junior high student.
Takuya: Oh no. If we're a mess, everyone's going to realize something happened between us!
Takuya: Oh.
Takuya: But we were doing the whole fake marriage thing in the first place.
Kurokawa: Honjoji, Ohara. You got a minute?
Rika: Yes.
Kurokawa: I have something important to discuss with you two.
: --------------- EP 11 ---------------
Takuya: An in-depth report?
Kurokawa: Right.
Kurokawa: To recruit new graduates, we're doing a JTC company intro as an online project.
Kurokawa: And it's called...
Kurokawa: Our Worthwhile JTC Life!
Rika: Our Worthwhile JTC Life?
Takuya: What is that?
Kurokawa: You've started living together, yes?
Kurokawa: I want you to chronicle your home and work life as a blog on the site.
Kurokawa: That way, people will know JTC is a company that's all about husband-and-wife work teams.
Takuya: Seriously?
Kurokawa: Oh, of course, only to the extent that you can.
Kurokawa: It doesn't have to include anything about kissing or making out.
Kurokawa: Well, no need make a big fuss over it.
Kurokawa: Just be natural.
Takuya: A web-based report? Talk about sudden.
Rika: We're better off not doing it.
Rika: For some reason, Kurokawa-san thinks we're living together.
Takuya: But what if this is a trap?
Takuya: To find out if our marriage story is true or not.
Rika: Kurokawa-san suspects us?
Takuya: That I don't know.
Takuya: But I'm sure someone is watching us.
Takuya: We received those weird phone calls multiple times.
Rika: I think that makes it all the more dangerous.
Rika: We keep getting into all these unexpected situations.
Takuya: That's true.
Rika: To put this in sumo terms...
Takuya: Sumo?
wrestler: Dosukoi! Dosukoi!
Rika: In your mind, you're only going to take one step forward,
Rika: but somehow you end up falling out of the ring.
wrestler: Dosukoi!
Takuya: That makes so much sense.
Rika: If you're not careful, you could end up all the way out in Tokyo Bay.
Takuya: Tokyo Bay?!
wrestler: Dosukoi!
Rika: If we live together and blog about it, there's no telling what might happen.
Rika: That's why giving up might be an option now.
Rika: I'll take responsibility for the Alaska transfer.
Takuya: So, you're going to give up and go to Alaska?
Takuya: I don't want to go there,
Takuya: and I don't want you going there either.
Takuya: I say we do Our Worthwhile JTC Life!
wrestlers: Dosukoi! Dosukoi!
Rika: The truth is, I think we should do this project too.
Rika: But let's calm down and think about this.
Rika: If we take on this project, it might mean we have to live together.
Takuya: It would come down to that?!
Rika: Kurokawa-san is already under that impression.
Rika: In that case, your apartment is highly likely to be where it happens,
Rika: in terms of living space and societal aspects.
Rika: And I'm also concerned about Kama-chan.
Rika: We have to be able to maintain his lifestyle expectations.
Rika: I'm not good at snap decisions, so please allow me some time.
Takuya: Yes, all right.
man: Whoa, scary!
woman 1: This is Benkei Nana Modori?
woman 2: Looks like it'll fall.
Rika: I never get bored of looking at this rock.
Rika: It looks like it could fall at any moment, but it's been like this for ages.
Rika: I'm sure it won't work.
Rika: But...
Rika: things have been messy,
Rika: and so many things keep happening. It's like a deluge.
Rika: We even kissed.
Rika: Even now, I don't have my feelings sorted out.
Rika: I'm sure if I live with someone now, it will mean a mountain of shame.
Rika: But even if it won't work, I want to try.
Takuya: I want to go out with you.
Rika: Ohara-kun has reached out to me again and again.
Rika: I have to make a decision!
Rika: Are you ready, Ohara-kun?
Rika: Here I go.
Rika: I'm taking the plunge!
Rika: Right into your world!
Takuya: Come on, "allow me some time"?
Takuya: It's been five days already, Honjoji-san!
Takuya: Then again, this isn't unexpected.
Takuya: One minute she can't stop talking, then she suddenly goes silent.
Takuya: She went straight from a kiss to situational analysis.
Takuya: I can never predict her next move.
Takuya: I'm gradually reaching the point where nothing can faze me anymore.
Takuya: It's amazing what you can get used to.
Takuya: Honjoji-san.
Rika: I know I took a long time.
Rika: Let's do it!
Rika: Our Worthwhile JTC Life!
Rika: And so, I have this.
Rika: Guidelines I made for today's project.
Rika: I call it the Stay Within Bounds Plan!
Takuya: The Stay Within Bounds... Plan?
Rika: In order to safely create this JTC cohabitation report,
Rika: I put together a draft plan concerning ways to prevent any and all trouble from occurring.
Rika: It's just like traveling.
Rika: The same way a trip has an itinerary,
Rika: you and I need a plan since we're bad at socializing.
Takuya: Th-That tracks.
Rika: Let's go over this together and decide how to approach the online report.
Takuya: All right.
Rika: This isn't going to inconvenience Kama-chan?
Takuya: Oh, it's fine right now.
Takuya: Kama is in his favorite room.
Rika: These are the three basic rules.
Takuya: Uh, about this "Raise your hand before taking action" one—
Rika: I wish to speak.
Rika: In this way, we raise our hand and announce it before any action.
Rika: I think this can protect against unforeseen accidents.
Takuya: Um, in that case...
Rika: Don't forget the hand.
Takuya: Oh, right. I wish to speak.
Takuya: Does this cover how we act inside this apartment?
Takuya: We aren't going to do this at work, right?
Rika: I wish to speak!
Rika: That's right.
Takuya: It kind of seems like prison.
Rika: In broad terms, the goal is the same.
Rika: As for where to cohabitate, when taking optics and Kama-chan's care into account,
Rika: I still think your apartment is the way to go.
Takuya: I agree.
Rika: During this time, should we equally split the rent and utility bills?
Takuya: Uh, that's...
Takuya: Oh. You have your own apartment, so you needn't bother!
Rika: Yes, but...!
Takuya: Don't worry, it's okay!
Rika: Let me at least help with utilities!
Takuya: No, no, no.
Rika: Yes, yes, yes!
Takuya: Raising our hand each time is going to get tiring.
Rika: That it is.
Rika: Let's forgo it when we're having an ongoing conversation.
Rika: All right, I will now set up the tent.
Takuya: Tent?
Rika: There are two people and a cat in this apartment.
Rika: We have to make sure this isn't a burden, especially for Kama-chan.
Rika: I will live in the tent, except when we're working on the report.
Rika: As for where it wouldn't be inconvenient for Kama-chan...
Rika: I will set up next to the window here.
Takuya: R-Right.
Takuya: I-I wish to speak!
Rika: Yow!
Takuya: U-Um, for today, what should we do about dinner?
Takuya: Are you hungry?
Rika: Right, dinner...
Rika: What were we going to do about dinner?
Takuya: I'll go buy something.
Rika: Huh? Don't trouble yourself.
Takuya: I was going to go shopping anyway.
Rika: I'll leave that to you, then.
Takuya: R-Right, I'll get going.
Takuya: I-I can't handle the tension!
Takuya: Are we really going to live together?!
Rika: It's bigger than I expected.
Rika: This has to be an inconvenience.
Rika: Let's see, what's left for us to consider?
Rika: K-Kama-chan!
Rika: The true head of this household!
Rika: Unless we get his permission, there'll be no report or anything!
Rika: He's a timid one.
Rika: I mustn't pay any attention or show any affection.
Rika: Hold still, hold still.
Rika: Kama-chan, I mean you no harm.
Rika: I won't interfere with you one bit.
Rika: Does this mean I've been accepted?
Rika: Or not?
Takuya: I-I'm home.
Rika: W-Welcome back.
Takuya: So, Honjoji-san.
Takuya: I'm about to cook dinner. Would you care to join me?
Takuya: Cook?
Takuya: Oh.
Takuya: Cook?!
Takuya: Uh, yes! What do you say?
Rika: Oh no.
Rika: We should have figured out where this line was ahead of time.
Rika: Right now it's an experiment to see how independent we'll be while living together.
Rika: Unless we firmly draw the line on where our boundaries are,
Rika: things will gradually erode, and unforeseen things will crop up!
Rika: Just like the other day.
Rika: But he's suddenly taking care of me.
Takuya: Oops. Maybe she doesn't want to eat something someone prepared.
Takuya: She bought her own food the last time she ate here.
Takuya: Uh, it'll just be a simple dinner. You don't have to feel obligated to eat it.
Rika: Oh, not at all!
Rika: I'll have some! I certainly will.
Rika: Things are falling apart already.
Rika: I guess there's no avoiding it, though.
Rika: What?!
Rika: It's only been 15 minutes.
Rika: You can make this much that quickly?
Takuya: I usually prepare in advance, so there wasn't much to make.
Takuya: Sorry that the rice was microwaved.
Rika: Uh.
Rika: Um, can I open a window?
Takuya: S-Sure.
Rika: I might smell like sweat after putting up that tent.
Takuya: What was that all about? Does my apartment smell?
both: Time to eat.
Rika: Th-This is very good!
Takuya: Thank you.
Rika: I've never tasted anything like this. Is it ethnic?
Takuya: It uses duqqa.
Rika: Duqqa? You mean the Egyptian condiment?
Takuya: That's right. I bought it at a bazaar in Cairo.
Takuya: I like collecting spices.
Takuya: I buy some every time I travel, so I have a lot of mystery spices.
Rika: Wow, I didn't know Ohara-kun had such a hobby.
Rika: When I travel, all I pay attention to is the terrain.
Takuya: When I make things like spiced curry, I enjoy mixing these in different ways.
Takuya: Like making potions when you're a kid.
Rika: Making potions? What is that?
Takuya: You didn't do that when you were little?
Takuya: You make medicine by mixing things like pepper and leaves.
Rika: So, that's the kind of kid he was.
Rika: Wow, he has all sorts of spices.
Rika: He's been to a range of countries.
Rika: These are pretty. What are they?
Takuya: Aren't they? They're chili peppers from Brazil.
Rika: Th-The meal was great.
Takuya: Oh, yes, it was.
Rika: Boundaries, boundaries.
Rika: And now, I'm faced with a big problem.
Rika: I need to go to the bathroom!
Rika: I'd also like to brush my teeth after eating.
Rika: And change into something more comfortable!
Rika: But I can't do those things here!
Takuya: How goes it? I'm willing to do the dishes.
Rika: Th-Things are fine.
Rika: I can't use the bathroom with him so close by.
Rika: O-Ohara-kun, listen!
Takuya: Yes?
Rika: I'm going to drop by my place.
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: I'm done with the dishes. I won't be gone long.
Rika: See you then.
Takuya: Now's my chance to use the bathroom!
Takuya: I was so nervous.
Takuya: This is how it feels to live together?
Rika: Is this going to go on indefinitely?
Rika: I didn't realize living alone...
Takuya: ...could seem so relaxing.
Rika: I'll exhaust myself if I have to run home for the bathroom every time.
Rika: Maybe I'll do it at a convenience store.
Rika: Let's see, things to decide on when I get back.
Rika: There's so much, it's overwhelming.
Rika: I've returned.
Takuya: Oh, welcome back.
Takuya: Honjoji-san, I was wondering.
Takuya: What will you do about bathing?
Rika: B-Bathing!
Rika: I'd have to undress here.
Rika: Not happening! I couldn't even manage to use the toilet!
Rika: But not bathing could be a problem.
Rika: And I'm already sweaty from putting up the tent and running to and from home.
Rika: Plus it's hotter than expected inside the tent!
Rika: Might as well go home again.
Rika: But I just got back, so to go home right now would be weird!
Rika: I-I can't decide!
Takuya: Oh, um! I'm not saying you have to bathe here!
Takuya: U-Uh oh. Did I say something weird just now?!
Takuya: How should I have phrased it?
Takuya: I don't know, I've never been in this situation!
Takuya: I didn't mean anything weird by it!
Rika: I-I can't decide!
Takuya: Oh hey, how about a public bathhouse?
Rika: A bathhouse!
Takuya: There's one a short walk from here.
Rika: All right, I'll do it there.
Takuya: Hang on a minute!
Takuya: I'll go too.
Rika: Ohara-kun...
Rika: I'll go buy toiletries, then.
Takuya: Right.
Takuya: I couldn't bring myself to send her to a public bath while I use my own at home.
Rika: I was going to pretend to go to the bathhouse and drop by home instead,
Rika: but now I have no choice.
Rika: So, you can feel free to leave as soon as you're done.
Takuya: Sure, all right.
Rika: I'm sure he left already.
Rika: You waited for me?
Takuya: Uh, well, I thought maybe I should.
Rika: Oh, thank you.
Rika: Someone was waiting for me. That makes me happy.
Takuya: Honjoji-san sure is pretty.
Rika: Oh.
Takuya: Sorry.
Rika: After this...
Takuya: ...what happens next?
Rika: Is something going to happen?
Takuya: Is something... going to happen?
both: Something like...
Rika: Well...
Rika: Good night.
Takuya: I can't sleep!
Takuya: It felt like something was going to happen between us!
Takuya: And yet, nothing did.
Takuya: I can't wake her up. What am I doing?
Rika: I can't sleep.
Rika: Part of me wants something to happen, and part of me doesn't!
Rika: And I'm starting to fry inside this tent!
Rika: It has great insulation!
Takuya: No way, there's no way I can send this!
Takuya: What would I do if she saw this and went, "Huh?"
Takuya: H-Honjoji-san, what's this supposed to mean?!
Rika: I sent that because I couldn't stand the tension.
Rika: Now how do I reply?
Takuya: Does this mean "Let's talk," or does it mean "Stop rustling around?"
Rika: I wonder how he interpreted it.
Rika: It wasn't a big deal or anything.
Rika: "Never mind. Good night."
Takuya: "Talk to you again tomorrow."
Takuya: No, not that. Not that!
Rika: Um, um...!
Rika: Is the tent making it too difficult to sleep?
Takuya: Was I making too much noise?
Takuya: Augh! I'm making her fret over me!
Rika: Augh! What I texted was overbearing!
Rika: I got impatient!
Takuya: It's not like that.
Takuya: It's not, it's not!
Takuya: May I join you in there?
Rika: May I join you out there?
Takuya: C-Can't press it!
Takuya: Honjoji-san?!
Rika: I'm sorry. It's so hot in there I thought I would die.
Takuya: Please, cool down outside!
Rika: Th-Thank you.
both: Grown-up romance is such a hassle.
Takuya: Every little thing seems so important, I can't make any decisions.
Takuya: If we...
Takuya: If we went ahead and got married, maybe we wouldn't have to worry so much.
Takuya: That's right.
Takuya: Would it be so wrong if we did get married?
Rika: Good night.
: --------------- EP 12 ---------------
Kurokawa: Looking good!
Kurokawa: Our Worthwhile JTC Life!
Rika: Thank you.
Kurokawa: You look so happy, it makes me enjoy it too!
Kurokawa: Must be your upcoming-wedding aura.
Takuya: N-Nothing like that.
Takuya: Would it be so wrong if we did get married?
Takuya: Once I start thinking about that, it's all I think about.
Takuya: I wonder what Honjoji-san thinks about it.
Kurokawa: Okay, keep doing this same thing for another month.
Takuya: Y-Yes, ma'am.
Takuya: Well, let's keep at it.
Rika: Uh, right.
Kurokawa: Didn't I tell you?
Kurokawa: Those two aren't in a fake engagement.
Mamaru: I'm not the one who said so.
Mamaru: The head office wanted to make sure.
Mamaru: They said you never know with young people.
Kurokawa: And I say again, it's not fake!
Mamaru: I guess that means it'll be this kid.
Kurokawa: Does it really have to be one of ours?
Mamaru: Make up your mind already!
Mamaru: Somebody has to go there!
Mamaru: I mean, I know nobody wants to go anywhere cold.
Mamaru: But we also can't open an empty branch, now can we?
Mamaru: All we need is your okay to go this route, so could you finalize things soon?
Gonda: What?! Me, go to Alaska?!
Isojima: Looks like it.
Gonda: W-Wait a minute! It's been decided?!
Kitagawa: Well, it's a rumor anyway.
Isojima: But that's what someone at the head office said.
Gonda: But I haven't even been told yet!
Itsuki: What's a good farewell gift? A down jacket?
Gonda: Give me a break, Keisuke-san!
Gonda: Th-This can't be true, can it?
Gonda: It's not true, right?
Takuya: Gonda?
Rika: Going to Anchorage?
Takuya: What am I doing turning a blind eye?
Takuya: I must have known it would turn out like this!
Takuya: Thanks to our false plan, somebody else will be going to Anchorage.
Takuya: Sending Gonda away now seems unthinkable!
Takuya: Should things end this way?!
Rika: Ohara-kun, you think the rumor about Gonda-kun is true?
Takuya: There's nothing wrong with this scheme.
Takuya: Honjoji-san's plan is perfect, and we needed it at the time.
Takuya: I just didn't bother to imagine...
Takuya: It's not just Gonda. Nobody should have to go in our place!
Takuya: I didn't see it at all.
Takuya: I'm not the only one who'd be inconvenienced.
Takuya: Everyone's the same.
Takuya: They're all living their lives the best they can!
Takuya: It was thanks to this scheme that I picked up on that.
Takuya: Thanks to Honjoji-san.
Takuya: Kurokawa-san, do you have a minute?
Kurokawa: Ohara?
Takuya: There's something I want to tell you.
Takuya: I'm going to tell her our marriage is a lie.
Takuya: I'll put an end to the whole thing.
Kurokawa: Tell me what?
Takuya: You know, something like this happened before.
Takuya: The day the pool opened when I was a kid.
Takuya: On the way home, there was a grilled squid food truck.
Takuya: It was free to use the pool on its opening day.
Takuya: But my mother made me bring some money, just in case.
mother: Don't go spendin' this on food or nothin', now.
Takuya: But...
mother: Taku-chan.
young Takuya: Mom!
mother: You have fun at the pool?
young Takuya: Yep.
young Takuya: U-Uh, today, you hadta pay to get in, so I spent the money.
mother: Oh.
mother: What's that on your mouth? Looks like sauce.
young Takuya: Huh?
mother: Takuya.
mother: I'm not angry because you bought food.
mother: That was bad too, but why'd you lie about needin' the money?
mother: You knew you'd done a bad thing, and you tried to hide it.
mother: That's what I have a hard time forgivin'.
father: Takuya, do you know full well why you got in trouble?
father: Tell me in your own words.
young Takuya: Uh, I went to the pool with my friends.
young Takuya: After, there was this grilled squid.
young Takuya: Uh, I bought some with Mom's money and ate it.
young Takuya: A-And then...
young Takuya: I lied to Mom and said that I spent it on the pool.
Takuya: It wasn't so much that I bought the food.
Takuya: It was that I lied to cover it up that made me cry from shame.
Takuya: I haven't grown up at all, have I?
Takuya: Kurokawa-san.
Takuya: I'm not getting married at all.
Kurokawa: Huh?
Takuya: I-I was lying.
Takuya: I didn't want to go to Anchorage, so I faked an engagement.
Takuya: I gave no consideration to anyone else.
Takuya: I deceived everyone!
Takuya: I truly am sorry!
Takuya: I'll be the one to go to Anchorage!
Kurokawa: Okay, I hear you.
Kurokawa: Come with me now.
Kurokawa: In here.
Takuya: Honjoji-san?
Kurokawa: As it turns out, she told me the very same thing earlier.
Kurokawa: That your marriage wasn't real.
Kurokawa: And that she would go to Anchorage.
Kurokawa: Looks like neither of you knew about this part.
Kurokawa: In other words, you both wanted to avoid going to Anchorage so much,
Kurokawa: you lied about getting married?
Takuya: That's right.
Kurokawa: I couldn't tell one bit!
Kurokawa: Looks like you were stressing big-time over this.
Kurokawa: But you don't need to worry anymore.
Kurokawa: I'll go to Anchorage!
Rika/Takuya: What?!
Kurokawa: Don't make a fuss.
Kurokawa: I've already told the head office, so you two won't have to go anywhere.
Kurokawa: So, back to work!
Kurokawa: Carry these!
Kurokawa: Make it snappy!
Takuya: Kurokawa-san's going to Anchorage?
Rika: This settles things... but that's not okay!
Itsuki: Please donate funds for Gonda's down jacket.
Gonda: Keisuke-san! It's still not a done deal that I'm going to Alaska!
Isojima: Oh, but Gonda-kun's a big guy. Wouldn't a sweater be enough?
Kurokawa: Sorry to drag you out here.
Takuya: It's fine.
Kurokawa: I figured you might be concerned.
Kurokawa: About the fact that I'm going in your place.
Takuya: Very concerned!
Rika: Without you, what will become of the Kinshicho Branch?
Kurokawa: Our branch will be fine.
Kurokawa: Everyone there is outstanding.
Kurokawa: And besides...
Kurokawa: Right now I'm excited!
Kurokawa: Because I get to go on another journey!
Kurokawa: I used to spend all my time traveling.
Kurokawa: Asia, Africa, Europe—all over the world.
Kurokawa: I love the sea, and I've seen so much.
Kurokawa: Isn't it the same for you two?
Kurokawa: You came to this company because you love traveling.
Kurokawa: But now I'm married and running a branch.
Kurokawa: I help others travel, but I no longer do it myself.
Kurokawa: I spend every day in meetings, I manage projects and figures,
Kurokawa: and I make my employees do unpleasant tasks.
Kurokawa: Once I get home, I'm a good wife and daughter-in-law.
Kurokawa: I have to balance work and home life.
Kurokawa: I treat myself with one trip a year to the Maldives.
Kurokawa: It's not that I hate that arrangement.
Kurokawa: It's just, it occurs to me...
Kurokawa: There's a clear, straight road stretching out ahead of me.
Kurokawa: I walk along it, taking care not to step off of it.
Kurokawa: This is my life now?
Kurokawa: No, it's not!
Kurokawa: I need more adventure than that!
Kurokawa: Taking every path, overcoming every difficulty.
Kurokawa: All in the name of seeing things I've never seen in places I've never been.
Kurokawa: That's the joy of living!
Takuya: Uh, but, is your family on board with this?
Kurokawa: Well, we did start out as travel companions.
husband: Huh?! You're going to Anchorage?!
Kurokawa: Sorry, I've got to go cultivate Alaska.
husband: It's kind of a relief.
husband: It's like you've been stuck on the straight and narrow since we got married.
husband: I thought I might be holding you back.
Kurokawa: What a thing to worry about!
husband: I'm jealous. Maybe I'll go to Alaska too.
Kurokawa: You're welcome anytime.
Kurokawa: And so, other than my husband's family, no worries.
Takuya: I-Is that so?
Kurokawa: Thanks for coming out here with me.
Takuya: Kurokawa-san said all that, but does it really have nothing to do with us?
Rika: That I don't know.
Rika: But it seemed like she was telling the truth.
Takuya: "Things I've never seen," huh?
Takuya: I get that, now.
Takuya: We've been on the biggest journey of our lives, these past two months.
Rika: Well, there's no longer any need for our plan.
both: Thanks for all you've done.
Takuya: Thus, our journey came to an end.
Rika: Maybe it's for the best that this plan is over.
Rika: I doubt it would have worked until the end.
Rika: It isn't good to go on lying indefinitely.
Takuya: That's true. Let's put an end to the lies.
Takuya: And let's think about what happens next.
Rika: All right.
Takuya: We'll need to tell everyone at work that it was a lie.
Rika: Yes, we can inform them tomorrow.
Takuya: Should we tell anyone at the head office?
Rika: I think we'll have to tell Mamaru-san.
Rika: Although I expect it will be rather awkward.
Rika: Is it all right if we go together?
Takuya: O-Of course it's all right.
Takuya: Let's do that.
Rika: Cost of the two cushions: ¥4180.
Rika: The globe we got for the blog cost ¥3460.
Takuya: Do we include the water bill?
Rika: Let's add everything and calculate it.
Rika: What do we do with the table, light, etc. we used for the blog?
Takuya: Anything we aren't going to use, I'll sell online.
Rika: That was relatively easy to sort out.
Takuya: Well, it was only two months' worth.
Rika: It almost feels like a dream.
Rika: I suppose actual marriage is a lot harder.
Takuya: Yes, I'm sure it is.
Takuya: Even if it's fun for a short time, being together all the time must be too much.
Takuya: You have to be attentive to each other constantly, and it's much easier to be alone.
Takuya: I feel like I'd spend an eternity fretting.
Rika: I'd be worried about work and money too.
Rika: And you'd no longer have time for yourself or be free to go out whenever you want.
Takuya: Married couples probably also have different values,
Takuya: and there's bound to be lots of arguments over little things.
Rika: Hanging out with family is troublesome too.
Takuya: It's annoying when everyone says "congratulations,"
Takuya: and we can do everything by ourselves as it is.
Takuya: The more I think about it, the more I reach the same conclusion.
Takuya: It's fine not to get married.
Rika: Yes, it feels like it's nothing but risk.
Rika: It takes so much effort to live on your own as it is.
Rika: So, to have to support someone else?
Rika: Marriage is all an illusion.
Rika: Well, the trains will start running soon.
Takuya: Right.
Takuya: A straight road continues on and on.
Takuya: I just keep on walking, taking care not to leave that road.
Takuya: This is my life...
Takuya: Honjoji-san!
Takuya: Honjoji-san!
Takuya: U-Um, we're just coworkers. Not even friends.
Takuya: But can we get married anyway?!
Rika: Y-Yes, we can!
Rika: We aren't even going out, but can we get married?!
Takuya: Yes, we can!
Takuya: Nothing amazing's happened to us like in a TV show, but can we get married?!
Rika: Yes, we can!
Rika: Maybe we didn't have any fated encounter or anything, but can we get married anyway?!
Takuya: Yes, we can!
Rika: Please just tell me one thing.
Rika: Do you love me?
Rika: I do so many weird things, and I'm always regretting it.
Rika: I have no confidence in myself.
Rika: But the truth is, there are many things I want to do and talk about with someone.
Takuya: I do love you, Honjoji-san!
Rika: And I... love you, Ohara-kun!
Rika: I was thinking marriage was the finish line.
Rika: But it's really a beginning, isn't it?
Takuya: That's right.
Takuya: You can begin at any time.
Takuya: And so, Honjoji-san. Once again...
Rika: You can call me "Rika."
Takuya: Okay.
Takuya: R-R-R...
Takuya: R...
Takuya: Rika-san, will you marry me?
Rika: Yes.
Rika: Let's start over again!
Takuya: Yes.
Rika: So, Ohara-kun, first things first.
Takuya: Oh, so I'm still "Ohara-kun."
Rika: Let's go apologize to everyone at JTC.
Takuya: Right.
both: We apologize!
everyone: What?!
Komiya: You weren't getting married and now you are?!
Kitagawa/Isojima: Say what now?!
someone: Do we say "congratulations" to this?
Saito: Oh, so happy!
someone: Why not?
someone: How about another party at Bau Bau?
Takuya: No, pass on that!
Gonda: Congratulations, Senpai!
Gonda: We don't have to worry about Alaska anymore, and you'll see!
Gonda: I'll find my own happiness!
Shinshi: For now...
Shinshi: For now, I'll say "congratulations."
Shinshi: But the day may come when that word becomes a curse.
Kurokawa: All right!
Kurokawa: Let's knock it out of the park again today!
Kurokawa: Go on, take your seats.
Takuya: Hello?
voice: So, you're really getting married.
voice: I knew from the start things would turn out this way.
Takuya: Why do you make these calls?
voice: I thought you were telling a silly lie.
voice: That's all.
voice: But then, this does seem appropriate for you two.
Takuya: You couldn't be more right.
voice/Itsuki: Sorry to cause you any anxiety.
voice/Itsuki: And also, congratulations.
Takuya: Thank you.
Takuya: It's Rika-san! Asakusa Station!
Takuya: R-Rika-san's glowing!
Takuya: She's going to be... my wife.
Takuya: Rika-san!
Rika: Ohara-kun's... glowing!
Rika: He's... going to be... my husband.
Takuya/Rika: Bliss.
Rika: Today, I was the attendant for a foreigner in Chiba,
Rika: and a farmer we visited gave us produce.
Takuya: That's a lot!
Takuya: Okay, I'll carry it to your place.
Rika: I'll carry half.
Takuya: Don't worry, I've got it.
Rika: I called him out here for something trivial.
Takuya: She called me out here for something trivial.
Takuya/Rika: Bliss.
Rika: Oh, then Ohara-kun, I'll treat you to tea as thanks.
Takuya: I appreciate that.
Takuya/Rika: Bliss.
both: Here we are, just having tea.
Rika: Ohara-kun, can I do my Today's Five Minutes bit?
Takuya: Go for it.
Rika: A new island has emerged near Iwo Jima!
Rika: It's so cool that the island
Rika: is made of volcanic products like lava flow and rock lumps.
Takuya: Wow.
Rika: What's more, just when it seemed activity had stopped
Rika: and the waves and such would make it shrink,
Rika: signs were seen that it would become active again!
Takuya: Far out.
Rika: The Hawaiian Islands were formed by volcanic activity and plate movement,
Rika: but when you think about it, how much lava must have to erupt to form islands that big?
Rika: By the way, Indonesia also has many volcanic islands.
Takuya: Oh yeah?
Rika: He seems to have so much fun listening.
Rika: I feel like I could keep talking forever.
Takuya: Rika-san talks about such interesting things.
Takuya: I feel like I could keep listening forever.
Takuya/Rika: Bliss.
both: This rules.
Rika: I love how Ohara-kun walks so casually on the side next to the road.
Takuya: I love how Rika-san always takes Kama into account.
Rika: I love Ohara-kun's unruly hair!
Takuya: I love Rika-san's profile!
Rika: I love how broad Ohara-kun's shoulders are!
Takuya: I love listening to Rika-san's footsteps!
Takuya: I love seeing our shadows walk side by side!
both: I love how we can just be together like this.
Takuya: Rika-san, since we're here, let's cut through the park.
Rika: Sounds nice.
Rika: Um...
Takuma: Rika-san.
Takuma: Sorry, I was just now leaving.
Rika: Good morning, Ohara-kun.
Takuya: Good morning, Rika-san.

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Komiya: Hello, welcome to JTC!
Isojima: A family trip to Hawaii? How lovely!
Isojima: Right now we recommend Hawaii Island.
Isojima: Oahu is nice too, but go for the Big Island!
Komiya: Thanks for your patience. Please have a seat.
Isojima: It has all the shopping and nature you could ask for.
Nonoyama: Hello there!
Isojima: Take a look at our wonderful trip packages.
Nonoyama: We also recommend Saipan.
Shinshi: Gonda-kun, they haven't canceled, have they?
Shinshi: Have they?!
Gonda: It'll be fine, Shinshi-san.
Saito: Good morning, Kurokawa-san.
Kurokawa: Good morning.
mob B: How many seats are left in the QR CMN?
mob D: The group canceled?!
mob C: Eight.
Kurokawa: It's quiet in here.
Kurokawa: Hey, Ohara.
Kurokawa: Ohara!
Takuya: Y-Yes, ma'am?
Kurokawa: Confirm hotel reservations for this summer tour package.
Takuya: W-Will do, Branch Manager.
Kurokawa: Respond right away, and make eye contact!
Takuya: Y-Yes, ma'am!
Kurokawa: Stop zoning out. We're busy here.
Kurokawa: I swear...
Takuya: I'm not zoning out.
Takuya: I was considering how to respond.
Takuya: If you'd waited another second...
Takuya: Maybe it's my habit of lagging slightly behind in conversation,
Takuya: but it feels like I'm also falling behind in life.
Komiya: Ohara-san.
Komiya: Good morning.
Komiya: I'll leave these Hawaii yachting documents here for you.
Shinshi: Thanks a bunch.
Takuya: I missed my chance to say thanks again.
Komiya: No problem.
Takuya: Not that it was worth taking up her time.
Takuya: Honjoji-san?!
Takuya (aloud): Hello, this is Ohara with JTC.
Takuya (internal): I'm working diligently! I'm not slacking!
Takuya (aloud): About the Hawaii yachting. Right.
Takuya: Kama, I'm home.
Takuya: Here's your food.
Takuya: Kama, Honjoji-san glared at me again today.
Takuya: She's only been there a year longer than me, but she gives me those silent menacing looks.
Takuya: Kama-kun, I'm already in my fourth year of work.
Takuya: When are coworkers going to stop getting mad at me?
Takuya: Not that asking a cat is going to help.
Takuya: Kama, come watch TV with me.
Takuya: Spending time with you like this is so nice.
Komiya: A travel agency starts its day with cleaning!
Itsuki: Komiya-chan, you're so peppy.
Komiya: Okay, get to mopping.
Itsuki: Thanks.
Takuya: I'm not slacking! I'm not!
Takuya: I am cleaning!
Rika: Did I scare him again?
Rika: I suppose he thinks I'm a frightening person.
Rika: I have this thing where I unconsciously stare at people.
Rika: It's not like I'm doing it on purpose,
Rika: but I can't think of anything to say.
Nonoyama: I'm sorry, Honjoji-san!
Gonda: Did I do something bad?
Rika: No, I mean, I'm not angry.
Rika: But I'm not smiling either.
Rika: Oh well, it's not worth taking the time to explain.
Rika: Alone at last!
Rika: I thought that I could just look at maps all day in the Planning Department,
Rika: but that's not how it turned out at all.
Rika: So much fun for ¥435!
Rika: Maps are the best!
Kurokawa: We will now begin today's morning assembly.
Kurokawa: First off, Mamaru-san from the head office has something important to say.
Takuya: Someone from the head office?
Mamaru: Everyone, thank you for your hard work.
Mamaru: We find ourselves now in the Reiwa era,
Mamaru: and competition continues to heat up.
Mamaru: So as for our company, uh...
Kurokawa: As of this summer, JTC will up its focus on North America.
Kurokawa: The Alaska area in particular.
Kurokawa: Alaska touches the Arctic, and its cities such as Juneau and Fairbanks are popular.
Kurokawa: And so, someone from this office is going to become manager
Kurokawa: of the Anchorage Branch that's going to open next year!
Takuya: S-Say what?!
Gonda: Anchorage?
Itsuki: We're getting sent to Alaska?
Mamaru: Oh, but it's a pretty place.
Mamaru: It has icebergs, glaciers, dog sleds...
employees: That's the North Pole!
Kurokawa: It's a little far to be separated from family,
Kurokawa: so we'll select someone who's unmarried.
Kurokawa: Would anyone like to volunteer?!
Gonda: Unmarried?
Kitagawa: Then I'm off the hook.
Isojima: How about you, Saito?
Saito: Oh, no.
Kurokawa: There aren't any volunteers?
Takuya: Excuse me.
Saito: Ohara, are you going?
Takuma: I-I... can't go.
Kurokawa: Huh? Ohara?
Takuya: I-I, well...
Takuya: I have a cat.
Kurokawa: A cat? That's not a reason.
Kurokawa: You barely ever speak up,
Kurokawa: and now you make me wonder how you even view your job.
Kurokawa: Everyone, give this some serious thought!
Kurokawa: Because one of you is going!
Komiya: Alaska? What a surprise!
Itsuki: Traveling there might be great, but living there is another matter.
Komiya: It's three or four years at the least.
Isojima: Kamoi-san has been stuck in Tahiti for ten years now, with no replacement in sight.
Kamoi: Please send me home. Please send me home!
Komiya: Hey!
Komiya: I know how to guard against going to Alaska!
Gonda: Seriously?
Komiya: Just get married!
Komiya: They prefer someone who's single, after all.
Itsuki: Good idea. Komiya-chan, will you marry me?
Komiya: Oh, what a thing to say!
Takuya: Never mind marriage, I don't even have any female friends.
Takuya: I'm in trouble. Lots of trouble.
Rika: It's 5,500 km to Anchorage. That's too far.
Rika: I don't even communicate well in Japan. Forget Alaska.
Rika: And I hear the mosquitoes there are monsters.
Rika: What do I do?
Rika: This is a matter of life and death for me.
Rika: And it's not like I have any pull at work.
Rika: Everywhere in the world is fun on a map.
Rika: But actually going out in public doesn't interest me at all.
Rika: I bet it's cold in Alaska.
Takuya: It was scary at the vet, huh, Kama?
Takuya: But for the time being, you're...
Takuya: Honjoji-san?
Takuya: N-No, there's no need to be nervous.
Takuya: We're not at work today. If I slack off...
Takuya: it's okay.
Takuya: Excuse me, Honjoji-san.
Takuya: Thank you for all your help.
Takuya: I'm leaving the company.
Rika: You quit?
Takuma: Oh, no, I plan to tell Kurokawa-san on Monday.
Takuma: S-See you.
Rika: Um, is that...
Rika: because your cat is important to you?
Takuya: Yes, it is.
Takuya: He's finally willing to show his tail to me.
Rika: His tail?
Takuya: Other cats would pick on him.
Takuya: He was a mess when I got him.
Takuya: It took forever for him to open up to me.
Takuya: But lately, he's at least started showing his tail.
Takuya: I can't go and abandon him now.
Rika: There's no one who can look after him?
Rika: A girlfriend or family member?
Takuya: No, not at all! Uh, I...
Takuya: I'm sorry for always being unsociable.
Takuya: Bye.
Rika: Um!
Rika: Do you know what the summer temperature is in Anchorage?
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: It's 18°C. A little chilly.
Rika: What I'm trying to say is, well...
Rika: Why don't...
Rika: we get married?
Rika: Why don't we get married?
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: Huh?
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: Huh?
Takuya: No, I'm asking you.
Rika: Oh, right.
Takuya: Did she just say "married"?
Takuya: Married?
Rika: He's surprised. And I admit, it was a wild thing to say.
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: Huh?
Takuya: U-Um, what do you mean by "married"?
Rika: I don't mean a real marriage. Just pretend.
Takuya: Pretend?
Rika: That's right. I could never handle the Anchorage Branch.
Rika: But if I'm ordered to go, I have no grounds for refusal.
Rika: It's the same for you, isn't it?
Rika: If you can't be apart from your cat,
Rika: we could get married and then not have to go to Alaska.
Rika: Kurokawa-san was saying unmarried people will be prioritized.
Rika: So if we were to make it so we're married...
Takuya: I hadn't thought of that.
Takuya: No wait, I could never. A pretend marriage?
Takuya: I've hardly ever even spoken to Honjoji-san!
Rika: Now I've gone and said it all.
Rika: There's no backing out now.
Takuya: Is a fake marriage really going to work?
Rika: I'm confident it will.
Rika: I shouldn't say this, but we don't stand out at work.
Rika: If we say we're getting married, I doubt anyone will show much interest.
Rika: The Anchorage Branch opens in a year.
Rika: If we say we're getting married and then make it through several months,
Rika: there'll be no more talk about the transfer,
Rika: and by then, hardly anyone should care anymore about our marriage.
Rika: I think we'll be okay to let things die down, then pretend it never happened.
Takuya: You know, you have a point there.
Rika: Right.
Takuya: Is this actually a good idea?
Takuya: I want to keep my job, and I'll get to stay with Kama!
Takuya: Well, I'm on board with trying it.
Takuya: The fake marriage.
Rika: Thank you, let's give it a go.
Rika: So, tomorrow at 8:45, let's meet at the street-side entrance.
Rika: We'll notify Kurokawa-san of our marriage there.
Rika: I'll move things forward from here,
Rika: so Ohara-kun, you basically don't need to do anything.
Takuya: What?
Takuya: There's nothing for me to do?
Rika: There is not.
Rika: I proposed this idea, so you can leave it to me.
Rika: If you'll excuse me.
Takuya: Th-That was so businesslike.
Takuya: You know what, I had no idea Honjoji-san was such a bold person.
Takuya: It's surprising.
Rika: It's now or never.
Kurokawa: What?!
Kurokawa: Married?! You two?!
Rika: Y-Yes.
Rika: I need to tell her the way I planned.
Rika: The two of us would like to keep this quiet and low-key,
Rika: so as not to cause any trouble.
Kurokawa: Wow! Congratulations!
Kurokawa: No way, I didn't notice at all!
Kurokawa: When did you start dating?!
Kurokawa: And Ohara! I never thought you had it in you!
Kurokawa: Way to prove me wrong!
Takuya: U-Um...
Kurokawa: What a great pair you make!
Kurokawa: What a great pair!
Kurokawa: You've made my day!
Komiya: Excuse me, Kurokawa-san.
Kurokawa: Well, I'm sure there's a lot ahead of you,
Kurokawa: but I'm happy to offer any advice. See ya!
Takuya: She was unbelievably happy.
Rika: Yes.
Rika: So far, the plan's a success.
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: She believes we're going to get married.
Rika: You don't need to worry, I'll make sure this works.
Shinshi: Hello.
Shinshi: What?! Another accident?!
Shinshi: They're going to cancel on us!
Isojima: Shinshi-san, calm down.
Itsuki: Please hurry and update the site.
Kurokawa: Ohara, Ohara.
Takuya: Y-Yes, ma'am.
Kurokawa: We're having trouble filling these Hawaii hotel rooms.
Kurokawa: Could you quickly come up with a plan?
Takuya: Will do.
Kurokawa: I'd like you to help him, Honjoji-san.
Rika: Yes, ma'am.
Kurokawa: Please do, then.
Kurokawa: Saito, you got a minute?
Saito: Yes, ma'am.
Kurokawa: Listen, about what I asked you for the other day,
Kurokawa: how's it coming?
Saito: It isn't finished yet.
Takuya: Done.
Rika: That took a long time.
Takuya: Yes.
Takuya: Hello?
Kurokawa: It's done? Oh, good!
Kurokawa: Right now we're meeting up at the usual Italian place.
Kurokawa: Would you mind bringing it there?
Kurokawa: Make sure Honjoji-san comes with you.
Takuya: The usual Italian place?
Rika: Oh, that would be Bau Bau.
Rika: Let's go.
everyone: Congratulations!
both: A surprise party?
Kurokawa: Are you surprised?
Kurokawa: We all put it together!
Saito: Come on, you two, sit in the middle.
Isojima: You're the stars today!
Takuya: Th-This isn't good.
Takuya: What do we do now?
Rika: Ohara-kun.
Rika: There's no escaping this.
Rika: Let's just run with it.
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: We can't afford to let them set the pace.
Rika: Let's return fire at max excitement!
Takuya: Max excitement?
Takuya: Is that something we can do?
Rika: Don't worry.
Rika: I take full responsibility for this. Just give me a little time.
Kurokawa: So, in celebration of their engagement!
Rika: I'm going to go charge up my excitement.
everyone: Cheers!
Takuya: Charge up her excitement?
Takuya: Is that something she can do?!
Itsuki: Senpai, could you tell us the whole story?
Gonda: Tell us how you fell in love!
Takuya: Uh, well...
Isojima: You happy boy, you!
Takuya: Uh, well, see...
Gonda: Happy boy!
Komiya: Still, I can't help but be surprised that Ohara-san and Honjoji-san are an item.
Kurokawa: Komiya-chan, aren't you suspicious?
Komiya: Huh?
Kurokawa: It's too sudden, this engagement.
Kurokawa: The whole timing of it.
Kurokawa: It really is fishy.
Kurokawa: I bet...
Kurokawa: there's a bun in the oven!
Itsuki: I'm impressed, Ohara-san!
Gonda: Yeah, I had no clue!
Isojima: Don't tell me it's a shotgun wedding?
Takuya: Th-They're going to tear me apart.
Takuya: I've got to find a way to escape!
Rika: Everyone, thank you for being here today.
Rika: As thanks, I'm going to sing!
Rika: My love is a Mercator...
Takuya: Th-This is Honjoji-san at max excitement!
Takuya: Or, not so much.
Takuya: That singing that sounded like it was coming from Hades brought the place to a standstill.
Takuya: She had probably never sung in front of people before.
Takuya: But her only choice was to sing.
Takuya: To me, she seemed downright heroic.
Takuya: A-Are you all right?
Rika: Yes. I drank a little too much.
Rika: I will never sing karaoke again.
Takuma: R-Right.
Rika: I—
Rika: I-I'm sorry!
Takuya: Uh, it's okay.
Rika: Bye.
Rika: Today's the worst day of my life.
Rika: I want to die. Just curl up and die!
Takuya: Should I have made sure she got home?
Takuya: I could say "thank you" or "good night," at least.
Takuya: It's still not too late to do so.
Takuya: I could have helped her out by singing a duet with her back there.
Takuya: Why didn't I get up and join her?
Takuya: I'm so pathetic.
Takuya: How our love started?
Rika: Yes, the story of how we met, and eventually decided to marry.
Rika: It'll be made-up, of course.
Takuya: Good point.
Takuya: We don't know what we'll be asked, or when.
Rika: And so, please fill out this profile.
Rika: I have tomorrow off, so I will go gather materials.
Takuya: Materials?
Rika: Yes, in YHM.
Rika: With Yokohama as the setting, I'll think up a story for our first date and proposal.
Rika: It's just like making a pamphlet for work.
Rika: First, the tale of how we got together.
Rika: Wow, Ohara-kun wrote very precise responses.
Rika: He's 24.
Rika: Two years younger than me, and yet such firm character.
Rika: Ohara-kun...
Rika: I tried to conjure him up for this imaginary date,
Rika: but of all things, I can't remember his face.
Rika: Even though we've worked across from each other for two years.
Rika: Is this how little interest I have in other people?
Rika: Just how heartless am I?
Rika: No matter how much I refine this fake project,
Rika: there's no way it's going to turn out well.
Rika: Ohara-kun, I'm sorry.
Rika: I got you to go along with this dumb idea,
Rika: and I really am sorry that it will crash and burn.
Rika: But we can't call it off now.
Rika: It's going to cause more and more trouble.
Rika: What am I supposed to do?
Takuya: H-Honjoji-san.
Rika: O-Ohara-kun!
Takuya: U-Um, please let me help you come up with the love story!
Takuya: So, do you like Ferris wheels?
Rika: No.
Rika: I don't particularly like them, but there's something I want to do.
Takuya: I-I see.
Takuya: Honjoji-san has concrete ideas about this.
Takuya: I shouldn't have come after all.
Takuya: What's that nice smell?
Takuya: Is it the scent of her hair?
Rika: I got a lot of materials today.
Rika: Like the Red Brick Warehouse, and Landmark Tower.
Takuya: L-Looks good.
Rika: And also, there's something I found and bought along the way.
Takuya: R-Rings?
Rika: They're wedding rings, just not expensive.
Rika: I think they'll make our wedding story more convincing.
Takuya: I-I'm sweating now.
Takuya: If we put these on, it'll be like we're really getting married.
Rika: Go on, Ohara-kun.
Takuya: She didn't hesitate at all.
Takuya: She went to the trouble of buying these?
Rika: And I have a favor to ask of you.
Rika: Could you think of what to say for a proposal?
Takuya: Proposal?!
Rika: That's right.
Rika: I came up with how we got together and acquired some vignettes,
Rika: but I haven't come up with the proposal at the end.
Rika: My idea is that we ride a Ferris wheel, and when it gets to the very top,
Rika: that's when you propose to me.
Takuya: Th-That is romantic.
Rika: It is.
Rika: Would you mind being the one to think of the words you use?
Takuya: I-I know I said I wanted to help with the project,
Takuya: but suddenly, I have this important task?
Rika: I'll think of something, if you can't do it.
Takuya: Oh, I'll do it. Please allow me to.
Takuya: It's too late to turn back now.
Takuya: I need to think of something.
Takuya: And I don't want to disappoint her by saying something boring.
Rika: Uh oh, I might have stressed him out.
Rika: I should have asked him to do something else.
Takuya: U-Um!
Takuya: H-How about these words?
Rika: Y-Yes?
Takuya: P—
Takuya: Huh? I can't say it.
Takuya: It's right there in my mind, but it won't come out.
Takuya: If I say this, everything will change.
Takuya: That's the way it feels.
Takuya: These words are incredible.
Takuya: I've heard them in countless TV shows, and yet...
Takuya: I'm sorry.
Takuya: I still haven't thought of anything.
Takuya: Sorry.
Takuya: I will think of something later.
Rika: Uh, hey, it's okay.
Rika: It's all okay.
Rika: Ohara-kun, the view is beautiful.
Rika: Today, I did lots of things I don't usually do.
Rika: It was like an ordinary life.
Rika: Ohara-kun, please take your time thinking of a proposal.
Rika: I'll wait as long as it takes.
Takuya: All right.
: --------------- EP 02 ---------------
Rika: Why don't we get married?
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: I don't mean a real marriage. Just pretend.
Takuya: Pretend?
Rika: That's right.
Rika: Kurokawa-san was saying unmarried people will be prioritized.
Rika: So if we were to make it so we're married...
Takuya: Well, I'm on board with trying it.
Takuya: The fake marriage.
everyone: Congratulations!
both: A surprise party?
Takuya: H-How about these words?
Rika: Y-Yes?
Takuya: P—
Rika: Ohara-kun, please take your time thinking of a proposal.
Rika: I'll wait as long as it takes.
Takuya: All right.
Takuya: Kama, settle down.
Takuya: Since yesterday, Kama won't leave my shirt alone.
Takuya: Maybe Honjoji-san's scent got on it.
Takuya: Wonder if I should put on the wedding ring.
Takuya: Why wasn't I able to say anything?
Takuya: Pretty pathetic, for a fake proposal.
Takuya: It was like I had a lump in my throat.
Takuya: What with someone that close,
Takuya: gazing at me.
Takuya: I can't do it.
Rika: Wow!
Rika: What a long beach! It even has dunes!
Rika: It's not white sands and green pines, but it's nice.
Rika: It took three and a half hours, but I'm glad I came!
Rika: Look at those big wind turbines turning.
Rika: The power of nature is amazing!
man: I'll say!
Rika: Whoops, I got a little carried away.
Rika: Too many special events have happened lately.
Rika: The party, crowds, the Ferris wheel, singing.
Rika: It's stifling.
Rika: I look at coastlines and collect maps, stones, and sand.
Rika: Those are the sorts of things I love.
Rika: Marriage is so dazzling, the idea is downright exhausting.
Rika: Even if it is fake.
Rika: Today, I'm going to enjoy some terrain.
Rika: Leave me alone.
Rika: It was like an ordinary life.
Takuya: I'm too irresponsible.
Takuya: Am I going to sit here forever and do nothing?
Takuya: How old am I, again?
Takuya: Is this how an adult acts?
Takuya: H-Huh?
Takuya: I put the ring on, and suddenly, my doubts are gone.
Takuya: It's weird. Right now I feel like I could do anything.
Takuya: No, there's something I must do as long as I'm wearing this ring.
Takuya: I'll become a fine husband for Honjoji-san!
Takuya: Yes, hello?
phone voice: I know.
phone voice: Your supposed marriage with Honjoji Rika-san. It's a complete lie.
phone voice: I know all about it.
Takuya: Uh, h-hey...
phone voice: I'll send you both to Alaska!
Takuya: What?
Takuya: What is this?
Rika: A threatening call?
Takuya: I'm not sure if it was a threat or not.
Rika: Do you know who it was from?
Takuya: I couldn't tell.
Takuya: The voice sounded synthesized.
Takuya: I'm not even sure of their gender.
Rika: They know about Alaska.
Rika: That means whoever made the call must work here?!
Gonda: Excuse me.
Gonda: Ohara-san, do you have a minute?
Takuya: G-G-Gonda?! What is it?
Gonda: Well...
Gonda: Would you mind if I came over tonight?
Takuya: To my place? What for?
Gonda: I just want to discuss something.
Takuya: What's going on here? He's never done anything like this.
Takuya: I-It's too suspicious.
Gonda: What do you think? Can I come over?
Takuya: Sure, by all means!
Rika: We'd love to have you, Gonda-san.
Takuya: Huh? You too, Honjoji-san?
Rika: Of course, I'll come over too.
Gonda: Look at you lovebirds. I wouldn't be intruding?
Takuya: Not at all, not at all.
Gonda: Thanks a lot!
Gonda: See you tonight!
Takuya: I'm sorry about this.
Rika: M-Me too.
Takuya: What is Gonda up to?
Rika: Is Gonda-kun the one who made that call?
Takuya/Rika: We have to keep him from finding out!
Takuya: Kama, listen. This is important.
Takuya: Some of my coworkers are coming over here.
Takuya: I know it's probably inconvenient for you, but please bear with me.
Takuya: Please, Kama! This is so important!
Takuya: My future and yours are riding on it.
Takuya: I'll make it up to you!
Takuya: I'll put Nyaru on your food for a month!
Takuya: I'll also stop sniffing you!
Rika: Did your cat give his consent?
Takuya: Well...
Takuya: "Whatever. I'll put up with it for about an hour."
Takuya: That's the look he gave me.
Rika: Aha.
Rika: So, this is Ohara-kun's apartment.
Takuya: Here.
Takuya: You can use these slippers.
Rika: Oh, don't make a fuss.
Takuya: They're yours to use.
Rika: I went and bought some camouflage supplies.
Takuya: Camouflage?
Rika: Items couples would be likely to use.
Rika: I thought we'd use these to change this into a couple's apartment.
Takuya: W-Wow.
Rika: Let's hurry.
Rika: This is a checklist of items.
Rika: Please arrange them as you see fit.
Takuya: "Operation Love Nest"?!
Takuya: Honjoji-san doesn't mess around.
Rika: A doorplate for the entrance!
Takuya: Matching toothbrushes and cups at the sink, check!
Takuya: I placed the paired cushions on the bed.
Rika: Got it. Where's your cat?
Takuya: He's in the adjoining room.
Takuya: That's where he spends most of his time.
Rika: I see.
Takuya: We first met during rookie training, and that was in...
Takuya: Singapore.
Rika: My favorite kind of pancake is banana, and yours is strawberry and hazelnut.
Rika: We're planning to honeymoon in Tahiti or the Maldives.
Takuya: Profile confirmation, done.
Rika: Agreed.
Rika: Next are photos to decorate the apartment.
Rika: I collected reference images from the internet.
Takuya: W-Wow!
Takuya: Well...
Rika: I think that's good.
Takuya: You know,
Takuya: this is like the day before an event.
Rika: That it is.
Rika: Like a cultural festival from our school days.
Takuya: Is this what your cultural festivals were like?
Rika: Well, I was always a tree in a stage play.
Takuya: It was more less like that for me too.
Takuya: It's easy to really get into the tree role.
Rika: And it has so much depth once you do.
Rika: So, preparations are complete.
Takuya: He can show up anytime!
Takuya: There he is!
Takuya: Hello!
Rika: Welcome!
Gonda: Hi, Ohara-san!
Itsuki/Komiya: We're here too.
Takuya/Rika: Three of them?
Itsuki: Okay, one more time.
Gonda: Congrats on getting engaged!
Komiya: I bought lots of drinks!
Takuya: Th-Thanks.
Takuya: This is going to run long, Honjoji-san.
Takuya: Isn't this a state of emergency?
Rika: It's okay. Just do as we practiced.
Takuya: So, Gonda. What did you want to discuss today?
Gonda: Yeah, about that, Ohara-san.
Gonda: Please teach me how to get hitched!
Takuya: Huh?
Gonda: I want to get married too, but it's not going well at all.
Gonda: I thought I'd ask you for some pointers.
Itsuki: Gonda is on seven online dating apps.
Komiya: You use that many of them?!
Gonda: Cut that out, Keisuke-san!
Gonda: Komiya-chan heard you!
Itsuki: Give up on those apps.
Takuya: What's happening here?
Itsuki: Oh, date photos.
Gonda: That's in Yokohama.
Komiya: How long have you been dating?
Takuya: Since rookie training.
Rika: Everyone, help yourself to snacks!
Itsuki: Honjoji-san is...
Gonda: ...smiling!
Komiya: It's like she's filled with happiness!
Gonda: This'll be one legendary marriage.
Itsuki: I still can't believe no one at work realized.
Rika: I-I need to use the restroom.
Itsuki: Learn while you're here, Gonda.
Gonda: I'm ready for my training, Master!
Takuya: I wish someone would teach me.
Takuya: I'm not sure what I should say.
Takuya: Suddenly I'm surrounded by everyone, getting peppered with questions.
Takuya: Is marriage that great?
Takuya: I said I would get married, and I put on a ring, but that's all.
Takuya: I haven't changed at all.
Takuya: Is marriage...
Takuya: Is marriage really that great?
Komiya: It is amazing!
Gonda: It sounds snide when you talk like that, Ohara-san!
Gonda: You should just be happy about it!
Komiya: That's right!
Itsuki: They speak the truth.
Komiya: Thanks for having us.
Itsuki: Thank you for today.
Takuya: See you.
Gonda: Ohara-san.
Gonda: Between you and me.
Takuya: Wh-What?
Gonda: I've actually got my eye on Komiya-chan.
Takuya: What?
Gonda: I'd be happy for any support you can offer!
Itsuki: Let's go get some ramen, Gonda.
Gonda: Ow, ow, ow.
Komiya: Marriage would be great.
Takuya: You mean Gonda really only came over to get some advice?
Takuya: Then who was it that made that call?
Takuya: I'm home.
Rika: Welcome back.
Takuya: Th-Thanks...
Takuya: I came back through the door on autopilot.
Rika: I will never play host again.
Takuya: Agreed.
Rika: I feel the same way as you, Ohara-kun.
Rika: I don't understand why everyone celebrates so much because we're getting married.
Rika: It's not like it's their marriage.
Takuya: Apparently, it looks like we're glowing to all of them.
Takuya: Like lights.
Rika: I bet it's the ones who can see that light who will get married.
Rika: I can't see it at all.
Rika: And I probably won't, down the road.
Rika: That's not the sort of life I'm leading.
Takuya: Uh, but... I have a feeling you can see the light without getting married.
Takuya: I have Kama, and when I come home from work, and he and I eat and watch TV,
Takuya: I feel like I'm glowing then.
Rika: That's what glowing is?
Takuya: It might be something a little different.
Takuya: But it's enough for me.
Takuya: Honjoji-san, do you have anything like that?
Rika: I think so. When I come home and look at maps.
Takuya: Do you enjoy that?
Rika: I do! Maps are so interesting!
Rika: Places like Eboshi Island in Fukushima are a page of nothing but ocean,
Rika: and one little island all by itself! Also—
Takuya: That would be glowing.
Rika: I-I'm not... glowing at all.
Rika: W-Well, I'd best be going.
Takuya: R-Right. See you tomorrow.
Rika: My chest feels tight.
Rika: It's because I'm not used to being around a man.
Rika: It'll be no big deal, soon enough.
Rika: It's not like I'm in junior high.
Takuya: Honjoji-san was wonderful today.
Takuya: Whoa, don't get all weird now.
Takuya: We're just working together on this.
Takuya/Rika: I can't get the wrong idea.
Rika: The new package is done.
Rika: Now I hope the tickets sell well.
Rika: I'm quite confident in this one.
Rika: "The Hawaii not everyone knows."
Rika: Two weeks after the engagement announcement, the mood at work has finally calmed down.
Rika: I am concerned about that phone call Ohara-kun got, but there's been no follow-up.
Rika: In any case, I'm surviving!
Rika: I'll believe in myself and keep at it!
Koichi: Hey, excuse me. Is this JTC?
Rika: A customer?! Damn!
Rika: It was careless of me to come out here. I'm bad at dealing with customers!
Rika: Welcome. Are you planning a trip?
Koichi: Ah, thanks.
Rika: Please take a numbered ticket from here, and have a seat over there.
Koichi: Ah, thanks.
Rika: This guy looks angry.
Rika: I hadn't spoken to a customer in a long time.
Rika: Excuse me. No counter looks likely to open up, so I will help you.
Koichi: Ah, thanks.
Rika: Where are you thinking of traveling?
Koichi: Well, here.
Koichi: My card.
Rika: Ohara?
Koichi: My son Takuya is employed here.
Rika: What?!
Koichi: Listen, between you and me.
Koichi: I happened to hear that my son is going to get married,
Koichi: but he hasn't said a word about it to me.
Rika: Ohara-kun's father?! What's he doing here?!
Rika: Did Ohara-kun tell him?
Rika: No, that can't be.
Rika: How then? I wonder where his father heard it.
Rika: I didn't...
Rika: I didn't think about family-related stuff.
Koichi: Miss, do you know anything about this?
Rika: I-I'm afraid I do not.
Koichi: Well, if you'll pardon me.
Koichi: Uh, please don't let my son know I was here.
Koichi: Here, have one of my company's products.
Rika: Ohara-kun's... not here!
Rika: I wanted to talk to him, too!
Rika: He's out of the office.
Rika: I ended up lying to his father.
Rika: Even though the whole thing's my idea.
Rika: Things just escalated so rapidly.
Rika: Ohara-kun's from Kumamoto Prefecture!
Rika: His father came all the way here?!
Rika: I-I feel so bad about this.
Rika: Is it okay to just let him leave?
Rika: No, that's no way to behave!
Rika: I'll go tell him everything!
Rika: That we aren't really getting married!
Rika: He's still here!
Rika: He and his son both have a slouch!
Koichi: I can't put up with this.
Koichi: Takuya's sure to bring ruin to the Ohara family.
Rika: E-Excuse me!
Rika: Um, Ohara-kun is currently out.
Rika: I'll give him a call.
Koichi: No need to trouble yourself.
Rika: It's no problem. Please come wait over this way.
Rika: I've got to get away from the office.
customer: I'm glad it all worked out all right.
Rika: I want to talk to him, but what do I say when things are this tense?
Rika: Um, earlier you mentioned Ohara-kun ruining your family.
Rika: What does that mean?
Koichi: It's problematic if he arbitrarily goes and decides on something important like marriage.
Koichi: Marriages require a range of preparations.
Koichi: That includes preparing the dolls.
Rika: Dolls?
Koichi: Takasago dolls, on display during the betrothal gift exchange.
Koichi: Those are essential.
Koichi: Then there are the decorative knots, the red sea bream served whole, and kimono and sake.
Koichi: Much has to happen, starting with the gift exchange.
Rika: Exchanging betrothal gifts.
Rika: I hadn't planned to take it that far, so it never crossed my mind.
Koichi: I also have to notify the group.
Rika: Group?
Koichi: The local assembly.
Koichi: We live out in the country in Aso, so there are a number of things to do locally.
Koichi: Bonds run deep out there,
Koichi: so when a wedding happens, we invite neighbors and coworkers.
Koichi: It will mean two hundred people, all told.
Rika: T-Two hundred?!
Koichi: And we reserve a hot spring resort.
Koichi: The festivities go all day and late into the night.
Rika: For that long?
Koichi: During this, we do dances like the Ushibuka Haiya.
Rika: U-Ushibuka Haiya? What kind of dance is that?
Koichi: The local firefighters put on quite a good show.
Rika: Why are firefighters at a wedding?!
Koichi: Then finally, we toss the bride into the air.
Rika: Toss...?
attendees: Heave ho!
Rika: What?!
Rika: Wh-What a big event.
Koichi: That's an Aso-style wedding.
Koichi: Takuya is my eldest son. If his wedding isn't done properly,
Koichi: our family will lose face!
Takuya: Wh-Why?
Takuya: Honjoji-san and Dad are together?!
Takuya: We're in trouble.
Takuya: We're in a lot of trouble.
: --------------- EP 03 ---------------
Koichi: If his wedding isn't done properly, our family will lose face!
Takuya: Honjoji-san!
Rika: Ohara-kun.
Koichi: Takuya, it's been a while.
Takuya: Y-Yes, well...
Rika: Um, Ohara-kun.
Rika: I need to talk to you about work.
Rika: Sorry, this way. This way.
Rika: This way.
Takuya: Sorry I took so long.
Rika: Let me bring you up to speed.
Rika: It looks like your father heard about the marriage somewhere and came straight here.
Takuya: Where could he have heard that?
Rika: I don't know.
Rika: But he doesn't seem to have realized I'm involved.
Takuya: In that case, I'll tell him it's an unfounded rumor
Takuya: and send him on his way.
Takuya: Sorry for the trouble.
Takuya: Sorry about that.
Koichi: Sure.
Takuya: Um, Dad, did you hear some weird—
Koichi: Takuya, wait.
Koichi: Miss, feel free to return to work.
Takuya: Huh?!
Rika: I can't simply turn him away.
Rika: I need to tell him this is my lie.
Koichi: I'm sorry for making you listen to all that foolishness.
Takuya: Foolishness?
Rika: I-It wasn't foolish.
Rika: He let me know all about Kumamoto weddings.
Rika: They sound like very grand events.
Koichi: I'm sorry, what I said wasn't true.
Koichi: That was how things used to work.
Koichi: It's all become much simpler now.
Koichi: Not many people are getting married to begin with,
Koichi: and our population continues to dwindle.
Koichi: Things are inconvenient and plain out in the country,
Koichi: and young people leave for the big city.
Koichi: What can you do?
Takuya: This again...
Takuya: At least I haven't had to hear it in a while.
Rika: E-Excuse me.
Rika: Aso is not plain. I think it's a special place.
Rika: There are so many people living in the caldera, and trains even run through it.
Koichi: Oh, you know a lot about it.
Rika: I've been wondering what it's like ever since I saw it in an atlas.
Koichi: Do you always have that with you?
Rika: Yes, ever since I was a child.
Koichi: Yes, this route map!
Koichi: Diesel locomotives run through the paddy fields.
Koichi: Aso is beautiful this time of year.
young Takuya: Yay!
Koichi: I often used to take my kids to watch the sightseeing trains.
Koichi: They'd watch all day, never losing interest.
Koichi: While waiting for trains, they'd catch frogs in the rice paddies.
Koichi: Takuya was an expert at that.
Koichi: He'd catch lots of them in no time.
Rika: Oh? Ohara-kun had a mischievous side?
Rika: That's unexpected.
Koichi: I remember it well.
Koichi: On the way home, the paddy-field breeze felt cool,
Koichi: with the evening sun shining on the crater rim.
Koichi: It truly was beautiful.
Koichi: But when people aren't around,
Koichi: the mountains and the paddies quickly turn into wilderness.
Koichi: That's the way of things in the country.
Koichi: Aso is where I was born.
Koichi: I have to protect it.
Rika: I feel like I understand what he's saying.
Rika: Any place seems like home once you've been there long enough.
Takuya: I've long known what Dad's trying to say.
Takuya: But what am I supposed to do about it?
Takuya: Don't throw stuff about weddings and the countryside in my face.
Koichi: Takuya.
Koichi: Before coming to Tokyo, I heard from the Kumamoto JTC that you were getting married.
Takuya: I-It's spread that far?!
Rika: Fear the almighty rumor mill!
Koichi: Oh, that's right. I heard your fiancée's name too.
Koichi: Let's see, what was it again?
Koichi: I think, H-Hon... Honjo—
Takuya: Dad!
Takuya: All right already. I'll come back to Aso this weekend.
Takuya: We'll have a long talk about... me getting married.
Rika: Ohara-kun, a-are you really going back to Kumamoto?
Takuya: Yes, and while I'm there, I'll tell them it's all made-up.
Rika: You'll go just for that?
Takuya: Yes, and there are a number of other things to discuss.
Rika: Something tells me the problem has gotten bigger again.
Rika: I shouldn't be intruding when it comes to his hometown and family.
Kurokawa: Where've you been, Ohara? Do you have time to talk?
Takuya: Yes, ma'am.
Kurokawa: This is a big ask, but could you act as attendant for someone?
Takuya: Attendant? Me?
Kurokawa: A Liechtbourg princess is currently visiting Japan,
Kurokawa: and get this, she wants to tour Tokyo incognito on her last day here.
Kurokawa: We've been asked to show her around!
Takuya: Why me, though?
Kurokawa: Well, this princess...
Kurokawa: It seems... she can't keep her hands off the men.
Kurokawa: She takes male attendants everywhere she goes, and she requested one this time too.
Takuya: But the princess is married, isn't she?
Kurokawa: She is, but I guess she has her reasons.
Kurokawa: I want her to have a proper guide, though.
Kurokawa: The other guys seem likely to just have a good time with her.
Kurokawa: But you, Ohara, are harmless on that front.
Kurokawa: Plus, you're getting married!
Takuya: Huh?!
Kurokawa: Liechtbourg is super popular, and all the travel agencies want a piece.
Kurokawa: The future of JTC rides on this attendant gig.
Takuya: Y-Yes, ma'am.
Kurokawa: Meet me in Asakusa tomorrow afternoon.
Komiya: What?! Attendant for the Liechtbourg princess?!
Itsuki: Why Ohara-san? He's in the Planning Department.
Gonda: Is he going to be able to handle this?
Itsuki: If he messes up with a princess, it'll be a big problem.
Gonda: Talk about a major responsibility.
Takuya: Princess Claudia von Liechtbourg, age 28.
Takuya: Her husband is extremely rich.
Takuya: It's the world's tenth-smallest microstate,
Takuya: and its main industries include dairy farming and tourism.
Takuya: I haven't been an attendant in years, so why me?
Takuya: And I'm nervous that the princess looks like a celebrity party girl.
Takuya: I also have to go back home to the country.
Takuya: What'll I do about Kama?
Takuya: I've got so much to think about, my head's going to burst!
Rika: I feel bad for Ohara-kun having to deal with a celebrity.
Rika: Maybe there's some way I can help out.
Rika: What am I thinking?!
Rika: Help someone else do their job? Who do I think I am?!
Rika: What the heck's gotten into me?
Takuya: They look like they fit the bill.
Takuya: Are they with the princess?
Claudia: Hello.
Claudia: Are you my attendant?
Claudia: I am Claudia.
Takuya: Huh? Princess Claudia herself?!
Takuya: I thought she'd get out of one of those cars.
Claudia: JTC.
Claudia: JTC?
Claudia: Um, I'm sorry. "JTC"?!
Takuya: I'm fully prepared. Got to remain calm!
Claudia: What is your name?
Claudia: "JTC"?!
Claudia: Let's get going, then.
Takuya: U-Um, Princess!
Takuya: None of your people are coming along?
Claudia: Do we need them to?
Claudia: Those people are here for the princess.
Claudia: Right now, I am simply Claudia.
Claudia: I don't want to talk about such things.
Takuya: I-I beg your pardon.
Takuya: Crap, I said something thoughtless.
Takuya: Today, I need to focus on letting the princess enjoy herself.
Takuya: Got to get out of Planning Department mode or I'm in trouble!
Takuya: Princess.
Takuya: Do you have any requests for today?
Claudia: Yes! Of course I do!
Claudia: I want to encounter something fabulous.
Claudia: Something I can't see anywhere else!
Takuya: In other words, she has no plan.
Takuya: The first challenge is here already.
Takuya: But I was expecting this.
Takuya: I just need to suggest some places I have in store.
Takuya: Here we go then, Princess.
Claudia: Wonderful cat statues!
Claudia: What an adorable place!
Takuya: In Japan, these cats are symbols of business prosperity and marriage ties.
Claudia: Marriage ties! Splendid!
Claudia: Oh, great!
Claudia: Votive tablets!
Takuya: This was a success. I'm glad I trusted my gut.
Claudia: She's famous on social media for being a cat lover.
Claudia: She walked right past the Kaminarimon and ignored it.
Claudia: She's not into famous tourist attractions.
Takuya: Which means, from here we should go—
Kurokawa: Ohara! Where are you right now?!
Kurokawa: The princess isn't here, and they're making a fuss!
Takuya: Oh, well, the princess is with me.
Claudia: Oh, please wait, kitty!
Takuya: Oh, I have to keep an eye on her! Got to go!
Kurokawa: Ohara?!
Kurokawa: He's with the princess?
Kurokawa: Will they be okay?
Kurokawa: Will they?
Claudia: Everywhere in Tokyo is wonderful.
Claudia: It's like a giant jewelry box.
Takuya: Much appreciated.
Claudia: I'm sure the next place will be like a glittering amethyst.
Takuya: That's another challenging request.
Takuya: But I'm confident this next place is absolutely unusual.
Takuya: The question is whether she'll like it or not.
Takuya: Everything's going to depend on this one.
Takuya: What do you say to somewhere high up, Princess?
Takuya: Are we going to go up that tower?
Takuya: No.
Takuya: It's more unusual than the tower.
Takuya: People worldwide desire to go there, but few can.
Claudia: Splendid!
Claudia: A school rooftop!
Takuya: Princess, did you watch Japanese animation when you were a child?
Claudia: Yes!
Claudia: Sailor Witch!
Takuya: Yes, this is a familiar locale in that anime.
Claudia: Oh! This place is wonderful.
Claudia: It reminds me of my childhood.
Takuya: Japanese schools are actually a popular spot with foreigners.
Takuya: Because they all grew up watching Japanese anime.
Takuya: Princess, I also prepared this.
Claudia: Oh, a uniform!
Claudia: I'm a student! Wow!
Takuya: I didn't think she'd put it on just like that.
Claudia: JK!
Komiya: I wonder how the princess attendant gig went?
Gonda: Neither Kurokawa-san nor Ohara-san have come back.
Gonda: It's closing time already.
Itsuki: Maybe Ohara-san...
Itsuki: and the princess found a room somewhere.
Itsuki: I hear she likes the men.
Gonda: Hey Keisuke-san, not a good idea!
Itsuki: I'm only kidding.
Rika: Good idea or not, Ohara-kun isn't my lover or anything.
Rika: I have this page open for work research.
Rika: It doesn't matter to me at all.
Claudia: Magi-Magi!
Claudia: Magical Charge! Sailor Witch Super!
Takuya: Yay.
Claudia: Super has a different pose than the original series.
Takuya: So, it's nighttime now. Maybe we should head back?
Claudia: Nighttime!
Claudia: Oh, I had so much fun.
Claudia: Thanks to you, today turned out to be an important day for me.
Takuya: I-I don't think it went that well.
Takuya: But I'm glad she enjoyed it.
Takuya: I'll finally be released.
Takuya: It was so stressful!
Claudia: Takuya.
Claudia: There's one last place I'd like to go.
Claudia: Please take me to your apartment.
Rika: For some reason, here I am at Ohara-kun's apartment.
Rika: Even I have to wonder what a person like me is thinking.
Rika: I just h-have something I'd like to give him.
Rika: He's probably still doing the attendant gig, so I'll put it in the mail slot.
Rika: It doesn't fit. What now?
Rika: It would be easier to understand if I leave it in front of his door.
Rika: Huh?
Rika: He must be done with the gig.
Claudia: Takuya! Please go!
Claudia: Oh wow!
Rika: Hold on! Peeping?! What am I thinking?!
Rika: I'll just leave.
Claudia: I love it. Wonderful!
Rika: Princess Claudia?! Why's she in a school uniform?!
Itsuki: Maybe Ohara-san and the princess found a room somewhere.
Komiya: I heard she likes to party.
Gonda: Celebs are incredible. And this, despite being married?
Rika: No, there's no way.
Rika: But this gig was supposed to be about sightseeing.
Itsuki: Maybe Ohara-san and the princess found a room somewhere.
Rika: No! No! No! Today was supposed to be about sightseeing!
Itsuki: Maybe they found a room somewhere.
Rika: Ohara-kun doesn't seem like that kind of person.
Claudia: Takuya! There's someone there!
Takuya: Huh?
Takuya: There's no one there.
Claudia: Oh.
Takuya: It's a walkway outside. People pass by.
Claudia: Oh, right.
Claudia: I want to thank you, Takuya.
Claudia: I really like your place here.
Takuya: M-Much appreciated.
Rika: It doesn't matter.
Rika: I'm leaving.
Rika: There must have been some unavoidable situation.
Rika: He has to do what the princess requests.
Rika: But Ohara-kun could have dropped me a line.
Rika: W-Well, not that he's obligated to do so.
Rika: And I chose to come here.
Rika: But is there any need to let her into his apartment?
Rika: Ohara-kun doesn't like having people over.
Rika: I mean, I know she's a princess.
Rika: Enough! Why am I thinking about this?!
Rika: And on my hands and knees!
Rika: I'm no good at thinking through these things...
Claudia: Takuya, what is this room?
Takuya: Princess! Not that room!
Rika: Sorry to intrude.
Takuya: Honjoji-san?! What brings you here?!
Rika: W-Well, I'm... not so good at thinking about these things.
Rika: You have trouble with this sort of thing too, don't you?
Takuya: Uh, yes. But—
Rika: Please consider complications like this off limits.
Takuya: U-Um...
Rika: So, please stop letting other women into your apartment.
Rika: All right?
Takuya: S-Sure.
Claudia: Oh! You must be Rika-san!
Claudia: I finally get to meet you!
Takuya: I tried contacting you a few times, but the princess was insistent about meeting you.
Rika: I-I'm sorry!
Rika: I didn't notice and caused all this confusion!
Takuya: It's okay. I should have just called you.
Rika: I barged in here based on my own delusions.
Rika: What a humiliating thing to do!
Rika: I want to leave.
Rika: I want to go straight home, forget all this, and go to sleep.
Takuya: Princess, I can't take you to my place.
Takuya: I-I'm engaged to someone.
Claudia: Takuya said he could show me his place if you were there too,
Claudia: so I had him invite you to join us.
Claudia: He truly is a faithful person.
Claudia: He really takes you into consideration as his fiancée.
Rika: D-Don't use words like "fiancée"!
Takuya: It just sounds so...
Claudia: I see now.
Claudia: So, this is how a regular married couple live.
Claudia: I'm actually thinking of leaving the Liechtbourg royal family.
both: What?!
Claudia: I'm going to be candid with you two.
Claudia: I have a lover, and we swore long ago to spend our futures together.
Takuya: And they're not your current spouse?
Claudia: This is my beloved.
Claudia: This person is your lover?
Claudia: Yes, her name is Marie.
Claudia: The love we share for each other is genuine.
Claudia: But I also have my position as princess to consider,
Claudia: and I started a family for my country's sake.
Claudia: I believed it was the right thing to do.
Claudia: But as the years go by, I've started to think
Claudia: about the meaning of marriage.
Claudia: Even if I weren't married, it changes nothing for the country or its people.
Claudia: So I want to pass the years with the one I love.
Claudia: Two people who love each other share their lives together.
Claudia: I want a simple and genuine marriage like that.
Claudia: Like the two of you.
Rika: I-I see.
Claudia: You're like a lovely couple right out of a story.
Claudia: You inspire me with love and courage.
Rika: You exaggerate!
Takuya: W-Well, that's...
Claudia: I spend all my time around men so I don't worry Marie.
Claudia: Because of that, they say I fool around with men and party all the time!
Claudia: Men try to hit on me everywhere I go, it's such a pain!
Claudia: I can't stand it!
Takuya: Now it all makes sense.
Claudia: Someday, I'd like to be happy like you two,
Claudia: not as a princess, but as a person.
Claudia: Today meant a lot to me.
Claudia: Thank you.
Rika: Um, is it okay not to tell her the truth?
Takuya: I think it's fine.
Takuya: She'd probably reach the same conclusion no matter what we say.
Rika: I'm sorry about today.
Rika: Please forget all about it.
Takuya: Uh, you didn't do anything you need to apologize for.
Takuya: Was there some reason you came over?
Takuya: You hadn't looked at your smartphone.
Takuya: Did you come here to do something else?
Rika: It was this.
Rika: I thought I'd give it to you.
Takuya: A frog-shaped stone?
Rika: Your father was talking about frogs, so I thought I'd give you this.
Rika: Collecting stones is a hobby of mine.
Takuya: Th-Thank you.
Rika: I came here to give him this silly thing and wound up humiliating myself.
Rika: I'll never do it again.
Rika: W-Well, if you'll excuse me.
Takuya: S-Sure.
Rika: Oh, what if my face was all red?
Rika: I'll hurry home and forget all about this.
Takuya: Honjoji-san.
Takuya: She does the cutest things.
Takuya: If I were to marry her...
Takuya: I'll take good care of this.
Claudia: Let's become happy together!
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Takuya: Sis...
Takuya: Knock it off.
Takuya: I don't answer her calls, so now it's a barrage of texts.
Takuya: She has no idea what I'm dealing with.
Takuya: But how could she?
Takuya: It's Thursday already.
Takuya: I really do have to go back to Aso this weekend.
Takuya: I'll go home, see everyone, and tell them the marriage thing is a total lie.
Takuya: Otherwise, things will get messy.
Takuya: But what a bother.
Takuya: Isn't there some way I can do this without going home?
Takuya: The frog stone Honjoji-san gave me.
Claudia: You're like a lovely couple right out of a story.
Takuya: No, no, no!
Takuya: I'm sorry, Princess.
Takuya: That's not... That's not what we're like!
Takuya: And how do I still feel so good when all she did was give me a stone?!
Takuya: This thing amounts to nothing.
Takuya: But I wonder why Honjoji-san bothered to come all the way here.
Rika: So, please stop letting other women into your apartment.
Takuya: Maybe...
Takuya: Maybe she came to warn me because I'm not sticking properly to the fake marriage plan?!
Takuya: What am I saying, I don't want to go home?
Takuya: I need to do everything I can!
Takuya: This plan belongs to us both!
Rika: I've been afraid to do anything since that day.
Rika: It's like, whatever I do, I'll make the situation worse.
Rika: There go those memories again.
Rika: Why did I say such a thing?
Rika: It's Friday already.
Gonda: Well, the data has spoken.
Rika: I wonder if Ohara-kun's going home to Aso.
Gonda: The aquarium is a better dating spot than the zoo.
Rika: I'd like to ask, but...
Rika: Maybe I've been stressed for so long it's making me crazy.
Rika: I've never been this close to someone, and all my thoughts are nonsense.
Gonda: Oh, that reminds me!
Gonda: Ohara-san, aren't you going back to your folks' place this weekend?
Isojima: Back home?
Kitagawa: The two of you?
Gonda: Is it that whole "meeting the parents" thing?
Rika: Huh? H-How does Gonda-kun know about this?
Rika: I haven't told anyone, so who did?!
Kitagawa: Meeting the parents never goes well, does it?
Isojima: It sure didn't for me.
Isojima: After all, my belly was huge when I met mine the first time.
Rika: W-Wait a minute.
Rika: I have to respond somehow.
Rika: But I don't know Ohara-kun's plans.
Rika: Besides, I...
Rika: The way I've been...
Rika: If I speak up now,
Rika: who knows what terrible things I'd say?!
Takuya: It's nothing!
Takuya: I'm just going back to deal with boring stuff.
Takuya: Now, go on. Back to work.
Kitagawa/Isojima/Gonda: Aw, darn.
Isojima: I was going to ask him all sorts of questions once he got back.
Takuya: Honjoji-san, I'm going to make the trip alone.
Gonda: Yeah, really.
Takuya: Don't worry, I'll be sure to stick to the plan.
Rika: Yes?
phone voice: I hear he's going to visit his family.
phone voice: Of course, you're going to go with him, aren't you, Honjoji-san?
Rika: Uh, to whom am I speaking?
phone voice: You're getting married, so it's only natural you'd go together.
phone voice: I'm watching you.
Senmori: Kama-chan, how've you been?
Senmori: Settle down!
Senmori: You don't have an exam today.
Senmori: You're staying at the Senmori Clinic Hotel!
Takuya: Thanks. Please look after him.
Takuya: I'll come get him tomorrow.
Senmori: Sure thing.
Senmori: Good thing the hotel wasn't booked up.
Senmori: I bet Kama-chan's happy too.
Senmori: This is the number-one cat inn in Kanto.
Senmori: But you don't usually travel. Where are you going?
Takuya: W-Well, to see my family.
Takuya: This time it was Honjoji-san who received that call.
Takuya: Who is it? Someone at work?
Takuya: I'm supposed to do this alone, but now we both have to go, thanks to the call.
Takuya: But I can't see what they're after.
Takuya: Is it a threat or an obstruction?
Takuya: Or maybe...
Takuya: No, one problem at a time.
Takuya: What to do once we get to my parents'...
Takuya: I'll go home, and tell them the marriage is fake.
Takuya: Then we'll get them to help by not telling work about our plan.
Takuya: This way we can safeguard the plan,
Takuya: and it'll just look like she went with me to meet my family.
Takuya: It'd seem unnatural to come back the same day.
Takuya: We'll stay a night at a business hotel in Kumamoto, then return to Tokyo.
Takuya: That'll do it.
Senmori: Will you be paying by card?
Takuya: I've got to pay for Honjoji-san's hotel charge and plane ticket.
Takuya: And I need to thank them for covering our shifts at work.
Takuya: So much money...
Senmori: It's too expensive?!
Takuya: Oh, no! I didn't mean that!
Senmori: Ohara-san, you seem tired.
Takuya: M-Maybe I am.
Takuya: I've been dealing with a lot lately.
Senmori: Is that so?
Senmori: I'm afraid I don't have any medicine for humans here.
Senmori: All I can do is cheer for you.
Senmori: Go! Go! Ohara-san!
Senmori: You can do it, Ohara-san!
Takuya: Huh?
Takuya: She's a good doctor, but an oddball.
Takuya: Kama, I don't want to leave you behind either.
Takuya: This is so we can keep living together.
Takuya: This plan belongs to me, Honjoji-san, and you.
Takuya: All three of us!
Rika: I'm a little relieved now that we're both going.
Rika: Because the truth is, I owe them an apology.
Rika: But I have yet to figure out how to apologize.
Rika: I had better get ready.
Rika: What should I wear?
Rika: I have no idea.
young Rika: Hey, is this okay?
young Rika: Is it okay?
young Rika: Hey, are these clothes okay to wear there?
young Rika: Are they, Mommy?
Ritsu: You can decide what clothes to wear, can't you?
young Rika: But when I decide, it looks bad.
Ritsu: That's not true.
Ritsu: Just wear what you'd like to wear.
Ritsu: Rika-san, you should be more confident.
Ritsu: You're a very smart girl.
Takuya: It's about that time.
Rika: Sorry to keep you waiting.
Takuya: N-No problem!
Takuya: W-Wow, Honjoji-san in travel mode.
Takuya: Why did I show up wearing a backpack?
Takuya: Don't get the wrong idea.
Takuya: This is a trip to tell them it's a lie.
Takuya: But it sure does feel like she's going to meet her future in-laws.
Rika: Kumamoto, huh?
Rika: Was this a good outfit to choose?
Rika: But I have no idea what's a good outfit for revealing a lie to a coworker's family.
Takuya: Um, have you ever been to Kumamoto?
Rika: I have.
Rika: Several times, when I was a child.
Takuya: Were those family vacations?
Rika: Something like that.
Takuya: Why'd she react like that?
Takuya: Did I ask a weird question?
Takuya: It's not like me to make conversation like this.
Rika: Uh, Ohara-kun!
Rika: Do you want to hear about my family?
Rika: I've heard all about you, but I haven't talked about myself at all.
Takuya: Y-You don't need to feel obligated.
Rika: Not at all! But it might come up in conversation at some point.
Takuya: Then I would like to hear.
Rika: O-Okay, I will talk about my family.
Rika: Although, I'm not sure what to say.
Rika: It's not an especially engaging topic.
Takuya: What was your childhood like?
Rika: My childhood?
Rika: Not much different from now.
young Rika: I'm home!
Rika: My father wasn't around,
Rika: so my mother and I lived by ourselves.
Rika: My mother had to go on business trips all over the place,
Rika: so I was often the only one at home.
young Rika: Fukuyama.
Rika: I spent most of my time alone looking at maps.
Takuya: You really haven't changed much.
young Rika: Fukuyama, Fukuyama.
young Rika: Fukuyama in Hiroshima.
young Rika: Found it!
young Rika: It's the fifth time for Hiroshima.
young Rika: That's far away. How would you get there from Tachikawa?
young Rika: Mommy.
young Rika: Me.
young Rika: Mommy and I are departing Tachikawa!
young Rika: Our destination, Fukuyama in Hiroshima!
Rika: I passed the time playing like that.
young Rika: It's Mount Fuji!
young Rika: You can see it now!
young Rika: It sure is tall.
young Rika: Wow, Mommy! Look how tall it is!
young Rika: Honjoji residence.
young Rika: Oh, Ms. Aki.
Aki: Sorry, Rika-chan. I'll be over as soon as I'm off work.
young Rika: It's okay, I ate some strawberries.
Aki: I really am sorry!
Aki: I bet you're lonely, always at home by yourself.
Aki: Shame on your mommy! She should spend more time at home.
young Rika: I'm not lonely at all.
young Rika: Mom's working hard for her job.
young Rika: And I'm good at minding the house.
young Rika: Now, how far did we get?
young Rika: Oh, right! We're at Fukuyama already!
young Rika: Yay, we've arrived! It's Fukuyama!
young Rika: It has a harbor!
young Rika: It has mountains, and islands, and wow! A castle, too!
young Rika: I like this city! I wonder what it's like!
young Rika: Wow, you can see the ocean!
young Rika: It's amazing, Mommy! Let's go to the hotel next!
young Rika: I wonder what route we'll take!
Rika: P-Pretty boring topic.
Takuya: No.
Takuya: It isn't boring at all.
Rika: O-Oh, okay.
Takuya: Here I am. Home.
Rika: Uh, best of luck to us both.
Rika: I'll do everything I can, too.
Takuya: Yes, let's get this done.
Rika: Right.
grandmother: Taku-chan.
Takuya: Grandma?!
Takuya: Grandma?!
grandmother: Bless my soul! You're back in Kumamoto!
Takuya: Y-Yeah.
grandmother: Been a long time, ain't it?
Rika: "Grandma"?
Takuya: Um, this is my grandmother. On my father's side.
Takuya: What brings you here?
grandmother: I was bringin' melons to the airport.
grandmother: You know Ogata-san? He said he'd sell some here for us.
grandmother: Oh listen here, you need a lift?
Takuya: Huh?
grandmother: Ain't you goin' home to Aso?
Takuya: W-Well, yes.
Haruko: Mom, we're here!
Ikuko: Haruko, Izumi. Make yourselves at home.
Izumi: Huh? Where're you going, Dad?
Koichi: To your grandma's to help with shipping.
Koichi: Takuya'll be here by the time I'm done.
Haruko: Speaking of which, what time is Taku-chan getting here?
Izumi: Beats me.
Izumi: I tried callin', but he didn't answer.
Izumi: I also texted, but no response.
Haruko: If he's gettin' married, he coulda let us know sooner than this.
Ikuko: Maybe he don't wanna talk to his scary big sisters.
Haruko: Aww, we ain't scary.
Izumi: Tokyo's way scarier than us.
grandmother: How many years since you been back this way, Taku-chan?
grandmother: By the way, who's that with you?
Rika: U-Um, my name is Honjoji.
Rika: I'm Ohara-san's, um, coworker.
grandmother: Well ain't you the cutest thing!
Takuya: Knock that off!
grandmother: Oh yeah, I plumb forgot!
grandmother: Ain't you gettin' married, Taku-chan?
grandmother: Don't tell me she's the lucky lady?
grandmother: Koichi mentioned it a number of times.
grandmother: Said Taku-chan had himself a wife-to-be and was comin' home.
Takuya: What?!
Rika: Um, that whole story is a lie!
grandmother: What?!
Rika: We aren't going to get married.
Rika: I'm sorry for any trouble it's caused everyone here.
Takuya: That's right. It's not like that at all with us.
grandmother: Sounds like you got a lot on your plates.
grandmother: We're here. Have some melon or somethin' before you go.
Takuya: But, we need to get to the house.
grandmother: You can spare a minute.
grandmother: You used to be thrilled to come by.
grandmother: We grow fruit here.
grandmother: Would you like some to take home?
grandmother: We're gettin' these ready to ship.
grandmother: Your grandpa's got a strained back now.
grandmother: I've been workin' on this by my lonesome.
grandfather: Aww, it hurts!
Takuya: I'll help you box them.
grandmother: Oh yeah?
grandmother: Well then, maybe I'll go snip some melons.
Takuya: Sorry, Honjoji-san. This won't take long.
Rika: Excuse me, ma'am.
Rika: Is there anything I can help with?
grandmother: You bet. Wanna try snippin' melons?
grandmother: Ever done it?
Rika: No, never.
grandmother: Aww, anybody can do it.
grandmother: But not in those clothes.
grandmother: You go ahead and put this on.
Rika: Okay.
grandmother: Sorry. It's none too stylish.
Rika: It's fine.
grandmother: You snip with the clippers.
grandmother: But not too close to the fruit.
Rika: All right.
Rika: I've come to reveal a lie, and somehow, I'm harvesting melons.
Rika: It's hot.
Rika: This is such nice scenery.
Rika: Come to think of it, this is an ancient caldera.
Rika: Where magma once flowed, people are living and farming,
Rika: and even trains pass through.
Rika: Human activity is amazing.
Rika: Oh, whoops.
Rika: This is no time to be captivated by the terrain.
Takuya: Long time no see, Grandpa.
grandfather: Aww, it hurts.
Takuya: Is your back okay?
grandfather: Aww, it hurts!
grandmother: Bet you're tuckered out.
grandmother: Try some melon. Here.
Rika: All right.
Rika: It's good!
grandmother: Sure is!
grandmother: We put a lotta hard work into our melons.
Rika: Your fields are magnificent.
grandmother: Are they? I'm so used to seein' 'em.
grandmother: Used to be fields all over the place here.
grandmother: Grapes, melons, strawberries, everywhere.
grandmother: But it's shrunk down a lot now.
grandmother: And people used to work so much, they nearly never went inside.
Takuya: Grandpa, you want to watch TV?
grandfather: Aww, it hurts.
grandmother: Just so much less now.
Rika: I see.
grandmother: You don't gotta hide it, hon.
grandmother: You two actually are gettin' married, ain't ya?
grandmother: I can tell.
grandmother: Wisdom comes with age.
Rika: Ma'am, please listen! We really aren't going to get married!
grandmother: Because Taku-chan said he was comin' back to Aso.
grandmother: It'd be hard for him to announce he's gettin' married anywhere else.
grandmother: The men in our family are bad with words, and stubborn to boot,
grandmother: which is a pain when things get complicated.
grandmother: This land's important to Koichi, but he mustn't be unreasonable.
grandmother: Taku-chan should just ignore his complaints.
grandmother: He's so awkward. Must make things hard for you.
Rika: I'm the same way, so I can't comment.
grandmother: But listen here, hon.
grandmother: Try to always get along with Taku-chan.
grandmother: I reckon y'all got things you can't talk about,
grandmother: but if he's happy, then I'm happy.
grandmother: It was easy to tell when I saw his face.
grandmother: He really does care for you.
grandmother: You take good care of him.
Rika: U-Um, ma'am! It's not like that!
Rika: It's not like...
grandmother: Hon?
grandmother: Oh no, heatstroke! Someone help!
grandmother: Taku-chan, come quick!
Takuya: H-Honjoji-san!
grandmother: I'll ring Dr. Whiskers.
grandmother: You get her inside.
Takuya: A-All right.
grandmother: Carry her gently. Gently!
Takuya: U-Um...
Takuya: Um... Um...
Takuya: You're gonna be okay!
grandfather: Aww, it hurts!
Takuya: Sh-She's heavy!
Takuya: My back's gonna break!
grandmother: The doctor said he'll make a house call!
grandmother: Taku-chan, you can go in through here!
Takuya: A-All right. Open it for me, Grandma!
Takuya: Dad?!
: --------------- EP 05 ---------------
grandmother: Try to always get along with Taku-chan.
grandmother: You take good care of him.
Rika: U-Um, ma'am! It's not like that!
Rika: It's not like...
grandmother: Hon?
grandmother: Oh no, heatstroke! Someone help!
Takuya: H-Honjoji-san!
grandmother: I'll ring Dr. Whiskers.
grandmother: You get her inside.
Takuya: A-All right.
Takuya: You're gonna be okay!
Takuya: Sh-She's heavy!
Takuya: My back's gonna break!
Takuya: Dad?!
Koichi: T-Takuya!
Koichi: What are you doin' here?!
Takuya: Never mind, we need to lay her down!
grandmother: Be gentle about it!
both: Gentle...
Koichi: Everyone's waitin' for you at home!
Takuya: I was going to contact you.
Koichi: This lady... Didn't I meet her the other day in Tokyo?
Rika: What happened to me?
Rika: Someone's touching me.
Rika: Don't, I'm all sweaty.
Koichi: What's going on? What's she doing here?
Koichi: I heard you were comin' on account of the wedding!
Koichi: Hold on, is she...
Takuya: U-Uh...
grandfather: Aww, it hurts.
Koichi: Did you call your Aunt Kyoko?
Koichi: I know you haven't seen her lately, but she looked after you when you were young!
Takuya: Dad, listen!
Takuya: I ain't gettin' married!
grandfather: Aww, it hurts.
Koichi: Huh?!
Takuya: I know I caused problems by not fessin' up until now.
Takuya: I'm really sorry.
Koichi: This is gonna take more than a "sorry."
Koichi: You got any idea how much—
grandmother: Grandpa's sleepin' in there! Bring her in here!
Koichi: Any idea how much I've been runnin' around over this?!
Takuya: Th-That's why I apologized!
Koichi: You coulda told me it was a lie in Tokyo!
Koichi: Oh, Takuya. Keep her head supported.
Takuya: Oh, g-got it.
Koichi: You've always taken too long to do stuff.
Koichi: It was the same story with swimming!
Takuya: Swimming?! That was back in grade school!
Koichi: And with curry!
Takuya: Curry?!
Koichi: When you eat curry, there's always rice left over.
Koichi: You never plan ahead!
Takuya: How's that even related?
Koichi: You add too much sauce! It ain't unlimited!
Takuya: Quit goin' on about the sauce!
grandmother: I put out a futon!
doctor: It ain't heatstroke.
doctor: If anything, she's tuckered out.
doctor: Just let her get some rest.
grandmother: Thank you so much, Doctor.
Takuya: I'll apologize to everyone at home.
Koichi: If you say so.
Koichi: Takuya.
Koichi: It's high time you stopped livin' life so half-assed.
Koichi: Don't let me down!
Koichi: I don't live my life half-assed.
grandmother: It's all my fault!
grandmother: 'Cause I had her snippin' melons! Sorry!
Takuya: It ain't your fault, Grandma!
Koichi: That's right, don't you fret!
grandmother: I really am sorry.
Takuya: Like the doctor said, she's all right.
family members: Huh?!
Izumi: You're not gettin' hitched?!
Haruko: You're kiddin'! I bought a present and everything!
Takuya: I know I caused trouble for you two and Mom.
Takuya: I'm sorry.
nephew: It's Taku-chan!
Izumi: We jumped to the wrong conclusion?
Haruko: But a fake marriage, though. It's like a TV show.
Ikuko: Guess I cooked too much food, then.
Haruko: Fess up, how in tarnation did all this happen?
Izumi: Yeah, yeah. Tell us.
Izumi: What's this coworker of yours like?
Ikuko: Should we go check up on her?
Takuya: N-No, don't worry about it.
nephew: Taku-chan, how long'll you be here?
niece: Taku-chan, let's play!
nephew/niece: Taku-chan! Taku-chan!
niece: Let's play!
Ikuko: Sorry, they're always so noisy.
Takuya: I'm just glad they were in a good mood.
Ikuko: Say hello to your grandma for me.
Takuya: Will do.
Ikuko: Your dad'll probably be mad for a while, but I'll get him to simmer down.
Takuya: Sorry.
Ikuko: Never you mind.
Ikuko: That young lady's important to you now, ain't she?
Ikuko: You'd best look out for her.
Takuya: Yeah, I know.
Ikuko: Hang in there!
grandmother: Welcome back, Taku-chan.
grandmother: You done talkin' to 'em?
Takuya: Yeah. How's Honjoji-san?
grandmother: Still asleep, looks like.
grandmother: She sure was tired.
Takuya: I'll leave her be until she feels better.
Takuya: We can leave anytime.
grandmother: I'm gonna turn in for the night.
Takuya: Me too. Today was exhausting.
grandmother: I put out a futon upstairs.
Takuya: Thank you. Good night.
Takuya: I can still feel Honjoji-san's warmth.
Takuya: I'm in the same room as her?!
Takuya: Why, Grandma?!
Takuya: I-I need to move this futon somewhere else.
Takuya: No way am I sleeping here!
Rika: Huh? What happened to me?!
Rika: Ohara-kun?!
Takuya: Uh, look! This futon isn't what you think!
Rika: H-Have I been asleep this whole time?
Takuya: Yes, you collapsed in the yard this afternoon.
Rika: What?!
Takuya: Are you all right?
Rika: Yes, I'm much better now.
Rika: Uh, what happened with you going back home?
Takuya: Oh, that.
Takuya: I already went and apologized to everyone.
Rika: Huh?
Takuya: So, everything is fine now.
Rika: No, I'll apologize to them too!
Takuya: No, you can just take it easy.
Rika: The only thing I accomplished was taking a nap.
Rika: Talk about awkward.
Rika: Tomorrow, I'll go apologize properly.
Rika: That sounds like a lot of frogs.
Takuya: That's a country night for you.
Rika: Um, is it okay if we go outside for a while?
Takuya: Oh, sure.
Rika: It's so dark.
Takuya: That's a country night for you.
Takuya: It gets very bright when the moon is out.
Takuya: A-Are you okay?
Rika: I-I'm fine!
Takuya: It's a tree frog.
Rika: He's good at catching them.
Rika: Tell me, were you the one who carried me this afternoon?
Takuya: Yes, my father and I did.
Rika: I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
Rika: I was immersed in what I was doing.
Rika: I got so into cutting melons, I lost track of everything.
Rika: That must have been why I collapsed.
Rika: Maybe I enjoyed it more than I realized.
Rika: Meeting you has taken me to some curious places.
Rika: I've been on plenty of trips, but never one like this.
Rika: Although I probably shouldn't be having such thoughts.
Takuya: U-Um...
Takuya: You gave me that stone before, the frog-shaped stone.
Takuya: I placed it in front of my TV.
Takuya: I'd never been given that sort of thing, so it made me... happy.
Takuya: When I look at the stone it... always makes me think of you.
Rika: This peculiar experience.
Rika: A trip only two people can take.
Rika: Maybe...
Rika: Maybe this is... marriage.
Takuya: Uh, that's why I'm...
Takuya: I'm glad you—
Rika: So many frogs croaking.
Takuya: It is the countryside, and all.
Rika: L-Let's head on back.
Takuya: Y-Yes, let's.
Takuya: Oh, I'll... move my futon out of that room.
Rika: R-Right. Thank you.
Rika: I didn't sleep well.
Takuya: Uh, that's why I'm...
Takuya: I'm glad you—
Rika: What was Ohara-kun going to say after that?
Rika: I wish I knew.
Rika: No, no, no.
Rika: You're overthinking this!
Rika: It's not a big deal anyway, no.
grandmother: Good morning, hon.
Rika: Oh, good morning.
grandmother: Breakfast is ready.
Takuya: Good morning.
Rika: Ohara-kun?
Rika: G-Good morning.
Takuya: Uh, sorry for all the mess yesterday.
Rika: I'm sorry too.
Takuya: How are you feeling?
Rika: I-I'm fine.
Takuya: Uh...
Rika: I really am fine!
Rika: I-I'm just not quite done getting ready.
Takuya: Oh, I'm sorry!
grandmother: Leavin' so soon?
grandmother: Sorry you had such a rough spell.
Rika: No, it's okay.
grandmother: I'll send you some melons. Y'all come back now, hear?
Rika: I appreciate your kindness.
Takuya: We're really going to my parents' place?
Rika: Yes, I'm going to apologize too.
Takuya: It takes about 20 minutes to walk there.
Rika: I don't mind at all.
Takuya: All right, then.
Rika: He has bedhead. His hair is all fluffy.
Rika: Looks like it'd feel nice to run my hands through it.
Rika: Cut that out. I didn't come here to think about things like that!
Takuya: Um, Honjoji-san.
Takuya: It's this way.
sisters/Ikuko: Huh?!
Izumi: Honjoji-san...
Ikuko: ...from JTC!
Haruko: You made a special trip here?
Rika: I'm truly sorry for all the fuss I caused.
Ikuko: Oh, not at all.
Ikuko: Looks like it's my son who caused you the fuss.
Rika: N-No!
Ikuko: I heard 'bout that horrible job transfer.
Ikuko: Where was it? Aizuwakamatsu?
Rika: Anchorage.
Izumi: It's a hell of a plan.
Haruko: Sure is.
Izumi: That's Tokyo for ya.
Ikuko: Where would you like to go overseas?
Takuya: Can she handle them?
Izumi: Taku-chan, why're you just standin' there?
Haruko: I could go for an overseas job transfer.
Takuya: Huh? Oh, well...
Ikuko: You came all this way. Why not show her around Aso?
Ikuko: Doesn't your return flight leave tonight?
Rika: Oh, but I haven't gotten to apologize to his father.
Haruko: Sorry about that. Our father went to work again today.
Ikuko: He's too embarrassed, bless his heart.
Izumi: But what's worth seein' in these parts beyond the scenery?
Rika: Th—
Rika: The volcano museum!
Ikuko/Haruko/Izumi: Y'all have fun!
Rika: I'm sorry. It ended up sounding like I was insisting.
Takuya: That's okay. I'm glad there was somewhere you wanted to go.
Rika: I've actually been wanting to go for a while now.
Takuya: The Aso Volcano Museum.
Takuya: I don't think I've been there since a grade-school field trip.
Takuya: Looks like there isn't much fog today.
Rika: It's wonderful!
Rika: I can suddenly hear the Bochi Komori theme song!
Takuya: Bochi Komori?
Takuya: Oh, that show where they walk around towns.
Takuya: I've watched it plenty myself.
Rika: Right.
Rika: That soothing melody that makes me want to travel is playing right now in my ears!
Komori: This is Bochi Komori.
Komori: Today, we're here in Aso.
Komori: Thousand-meter tall mountains tower over this world-class caldera,
Komori: and there seems to be plenty worth seeing.
Rika: Let's go ahead and get to it, Komori-san.
Komori: You got it.
narration: Mount Aso is an active volcano, with smoke rising from it this very moment.
narration: We've been told nobody is allowed in on certain days,
narration: but things seem fine today.
narration: So, let's start in on today's episode of Bochi Komori.
Takuya: Honjoji-san?
Takuya: Uh, Honjoji-san?
Takuya: Excuse me.
Takuya: Honjoji-san?
Takuya: Sorry, please come back!
Takuya: This is a good view of both Mount Naka and Kusasenri.
Rika: The entirety of Kusasenri is in the outer caldera.
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: And the pond on the east side is in the inner caldera.
Rika: It's what they call a double volcano.
Takuya: D-Double?
Rika: The inner caldera was formed when a lava dome blew off,
Rika: and part of it still remains as Komatate-yama Hill.
Rika: That's the reason this mountain has bilateral asymmetry.
grade-schooler: Wow, check out the view!
teacher: Hey!
teacher: Come on, you're botherin' the other patrons!
teacher: I really need you to stop!
Rika: I-I'm sorry.
Takuya: It's okay.
teacher: Please, I'm begging you.
Takuya: Okay! Listen, who here can be quiet?
Takuya: Hey, good for you. You did a great job being quiet.
Takuya: Way to go.
Rika: Ohara-kun?
Takuya: I thought back to our rookie training.
Takuya: It's a trick for leading grade-schoolers.
Takuya: All children are eager for praise.
Takuya: So, if you start by praising the ones who quiet down,
Takuya: the rest should follow their lead.
Rika: D-Do all of you know about the Kicking Myth?
Rika: A god broke Mount Aso by giving it a hard kick.
Rika: Or so the story goes.
grade schooler: Say what now?
Rika: I-It's said that...
Rika: i-it happened to the south, at Tateno Crater Shallows.
grade schooler: Tateno Crater Shallows?
Takuya: Have you heard of a place called Tateno?
grade schoolers: Yeah! I have!
Takuya: It's called that because after the god did his kick,
Takuya: he fell over and said "Taten no." ("I can't get up.")
grade schooler: You're kiddin'!
grade schooler: That's a dad joke!
grade schooler: Crazy!
grade schoolers: Bye bye!
grade schoolers: See ya!
Takuya: Are you tired?
Rika: Huh? N-No.
Takuya: Looks like my sister will take us to the airport on her way home,
Takuya: so this was perfect timing.
Rika: Right.
Takuya: This trip was kind of hectic the whole time. Sorry.
Rika: No, it's fine!
Rika: His hair looks really nice to touch.
Rika: Meeting you has taken me to some curious places.
Rika: This peculiar experience.
Rika: A trip only two people can take.
Takuya: I'll go let my sister know we're here.
Rika: All right.
Takuya: Nao?
Nao: Takuya?!
Takuya: What're you doin' here?!
Nao: Right back atcha! When did you come back to Aso?!
Ikuko: Oh, Nao-chan. You're here.
Nao: Hi there, ma'am!
Nao: I finished another new one.
mother/sisters: Really? Show us!
Ikuko: It's so purty!
Ikuko: Look, Takuya. Nao-chan made this plate.
Takuya: You really became a glassmaker?
Nao: For three years now. You didn't know?
Takuya: That's amazin'. You've always been good at everything.
Nao: R-Really? Thanks.
Takuya: Nao, I came here with a coworker.
Rika: U-Um, hello.
Takuya: Her name's Nao. We've been neighbors since we were born.
Nao: I-I-I'm Miyama Nao!
Nao: Pardon me for not greeting you sooner!
Rika: I'm Honjoji. Nice to meet you.
Nao: Did my standard Japanese sound okay?
Rika: Huh?
Takuya: What're you gettin' all respectful for, Nao?
Nao: Don't be so condescendin', Takuya!
Nao: Bein' in Tokyo makes you mister big shot?!
Takuya: What are you, a child?!
Nao: Your hair's as crazy as ever!
Takuya: Yeah, well so's yours!
Ikuko: You two're too old for this tomfoolery.
Nao: Knock that off!
Rika: Well, well.
Rika: I should have known.
Rika: I was imagining something beyond my station.
Rika: I don't get to have any dramatic tales.
Rika: Rein it in, already.
Nao: Honjoji-san.
Rika: Yes?
Nao: I'd like you to be my friend!
Nao: I'm going to a workshop in a place called Katsushika soon.
Nao: That's in Tokyo!
Takuya: Huh? You're comin' to Tokyo?
Nao: Yep!
Haruko/Izumi: What?
Ikuko: You're goin' there too, Nao-chan?
Nao: So, Honjoji-san.
Nao: Lookin' forward to seein' ya there!
: --------------- EP 06 ---------------
Takuya: Is it good, Kama?
Takuya: This Nyaru's only sold in Aso.
Takuya: Now do you forgive me for leaving you by yourself?
Takuya: And you know, Kama, something's bothering me.
Takuya: On the way back, Honjoji-san was very distant.
Takuya: No matter what I said, she remained curt.
Takuya: Of course, that's the way she was in the first place.
Takuya: I'd thought maybe...
Takuya: Maybe we had started getting along a little better.
Takuya: After everything we've been through.
Takuya: What made her turn so cold?
Takuya: D-Did I do something bad?
Takuya: Is it something my family said to her?
Takuya: Or were things already like this from before?
Takuya: I can't figure it out.
Takuya: Uh, that's why I'm...
Takuya: I'm glad you—
Takuya: I'm glad I didn't finish saying that.
Takuya: She might have disliked me even more.
announcer: Bochi Komori!
announcer: Today, we're going around the city of Atami with Komori-san!
Komori: These slopes are great.
announcer: That they are. Atami has many of those sloping hills you love, Komori-san.
Takuya: Uh, that's why I'm...
Takuya: I'm glad you—
Rika: Looks like it'd feel nice to run my hands through it.
Nao: Bein' in Tokyo makes you mister big shot?!
Takuya: What are you, a child?!
Rika: Sure enough, no dramatic tale for me.
Rika: Getting carried away with my imagination, it's so embarrassing.
Rika: I even presumed he felt the same way.
Rika: What a ridiculous fantasy, looking back on it.
Rika: I should stop thinking these weird things.
Rika: I'll switch it off.
Rika: Switch it off.
Kurokawa: Good morning!
Kurokawa: The summer fair is finally starting.
Kurokawa: This year, we're putting our efforts into domestic travel.
Kurokawa: Let's get some tickets sold!
everyone: Here's hoping for the best.
Shinshi: Cancellations begone! Cancellations begone!
Isojima: Shinshi-san's started his cancellation-prevention chant again.
Saito: Does that help at all?
Shinshi: A travel agency's biggest threat is cancellations!
Shinshi: We must use every means at our disposal to avoid them!
Kurokawa: Shinshi-kun is right! Let's all chant!
Shinshi: Cancellations begone! Cancellations begone!
everyone in line: Cancellations begone! Cancellations begone!
Kurokawa: That's the way!
Takuya: Oh, good morning, Honjoji-san.
Kurokawa: Once more!
everyone: Cancellations begone! Cancellations begone!
Rika: Yes, good morning.
Kurokawa: I can't hear you!
Gonda: Lunchtime!
Isojima: Shinshi-san, what a lovely box lunch!
Shinshi: Yes, well, my wife makes them for me every day.
Gonda: Wow, she does a heck of a job!
Isojima: I've never made one for my husband. Too much trouble.
Shinshi: I'm grateful to my wife. I'm so fortunate.
Gonda: Wow, you hype her up.
Isojima: That's winning at life.
Gonda: His devoted wife makes him lunches.
Gonda: Seems like everyone around me's all happy!
Gonda: I want to eat a lunch made by my own wife!
Takuya: So, why am I your drinking buddy tonight?
Gonda: Don't be that way. Give me some advice, Master!
Takuya: I'm not your master!
Takuya: I want to go see Kama!
Gonda: Master, what should I do to make Komiya-chan like me?
Gonda: She never seems to look my way.
Gonda: Women look at people's faces when they like them.
Takuya: Th-That's not always true.
Gonda: Yes it is!
Gonda: I want Komiya-chan to gaze at me!
Takuya: Hey, Kama.
Takuya: Honjoji-san wouldn't look at my face today.
Takuya: I guess maybe I did something after all?
Takuya: You only look at my face when you want something.
Kurokawa: Hey, what's going on?!
Kitagawa: Hello, this is the JTC Kinshicho Branch.
Itsuki: The tickets haven't come in?!
Komiya: Haven't the documents been delivered?
Gonda: Hello, this is JTC.
Komiya: Uh, yes, the one in charge of that is currently out.
Komiya: I'll check on that soon, and get back to you.
Itsuki: The person who handles that hasn't come in today,
Itsuki: so we'll deal with it as best we can!
Kurokawa: Where is Shinshi-kun?! Has anyone seen him?!
Itsuki: Ohara-san, have you seen Shinshi-san?
Takuya: No, I haven't.
Itsuki: We haven't been able to reach him all day.
Itsuki: All the group tours he's handling are stuck in limbo.
Itsuki: George-san! Don't just look at Aloha, help out!
Takuya: Shinshi-san failed to show up for work?
Takuya: But he's a model JTC employee.
Rika: Yes, I apologize.
Rika: The tickets were obtained without a problem.
Rika: Please rest assured on that point.
Takuya: Things are kind of going off the rails.
Rika: Yes, they are.
Gonda: Women look at people's faces when they like them.
Takuya: Does she dislike me?
Takuya: Things were definitely different before we went to Aso.
Takuya: Why'd they turn out like this?!
Hideo: Excuse me! Sorry to bother you when you're busy!
Hideo: M-My name is Shinshi Hideo!
Hideo: I'm looking for my father! Has he come to the office?
Isojima: Shinshi-san's son?
Gonda: He came all the way here to look for him?
Itsuki: Shinshi-san's seriously gone missing?
Komiya: Your father hasn't come in.
Komiya: You haven't seen him, Hideo-kun?
Hideo: Uh, no.
Komiya: What's happened to him?
Hideo: Um, last night, Papa and Mama got into a fight.
Hideo: Then Mama said she was getting a divorce.
Isojima: A divorce?!
Kitagawa: And now he's missing? No way.
Gonda: You don't think he skipped town, do you?
Itsuki: Shouldn't we be calling the police?
George: Hey!
George: Shinshi-kun is just fine.
George: His young child came all this way. We mustn't make him worry.
Itsuki: George-san...
Gonda: S-Sorry.
George: Hey, Ohara-kun.
George: Go with the boy, and look for Shinshi-kun.
Takuya: Me?!
George: You're a suitable choice. You're young, and kind.
George: I'll cover your workload.
George: Send me anything regarding the missing tickets.
Gonda/Itsuki: O-Okay!
George: Will that do, Kurokawa-san?
Kurokawa: Yes!
Kurokawa: Okay, everyone back to work!
Kitagawa: What's gotten into George-san?
Itsuki: All he usually talks about is Hawaii stuff.
George: Mai hopohopo, sonny.
George: That guy will help you look.
George: Oh, that was Hawaiian for "Don't worry."
Takuya: R-Ready to go then, Hideo-kun?
Hideo: Sure.
Takuya: The Shinshis are getting divorced?
Takuya: But he seemed so happy yesterday.
Takuya: Is this a huge responsibility I've got right now?
Takuya: I'd better find Shinshi-san, fast!
Hideo: Excuse me, sir!
Hideo: I have some clues.
Hideo: My father had a business-card file on his desk.
Hideo: Maybe there's a place in here he goes!
Hideo: I called our relatives, but he wasn't with any of them.
Takuya: This is one clever kid.
Takuya: No, he's actually desperate to find his father.
Takuya: Let's check them one by one.
Hideo: Okay!
Takuya: What's your mother doing?
Hideo: She won't come out of her room.
Takuya: Gotcha.
Takuya: What's she doing neglecting a kid as young as him?
Takuya: Yes. Ah, I see. You haven't seen him.
Takuya: Sorry, I know you're not open yet, but I'd like to ask about something.
Takuya: Nothing here, or here.
Takuya: Wh-What's wrong?
Hideo: Are we really going to find Papa?
Takuya: Let's take a short break.
employee: Thank you for waiting, here's your Kid's Combo A.
Takuya: Um, is a hamburger all right?
Hideo: Yes, thank you.
Takuya: Hideo-kun's a lot less peppy than he was.
Takuya: What do you say at times like this?
Hideo: Maybe Papa's not coming back home.
Hideo: We all got along so well yesterday morning, too.
Hideo: Yesterday was better.
Hideo: I want to go back to it.
Takuya: I don't even understand what marriage is.
Takuya: How could I possibly understand divorce?
Takuya: I can't do anything for this kid.
Koichi: It's high time you stopped livin' life so half-assed.
Kurokawa: You still haven't found him?
Takuya: No, but we did try nearly all the leads we have.
Kurokawa: Where could Shinshi-kun have gone?
George: Ohara-kun? It's me.
Takuya: George-san?
George: You know that Hachiman shrine in Fukagawa?
George: There's a gloomy bar nearby.
George: Try going there.
Takuya: Fukagawa...
George: Right, people with no place to go tend to gather there.
George: It has feng shui for depressed dudes.
Kurokawa: Feng shui for depressed dudes?!
Takuya: "A bar in Fukagawa." That's not enough to help me—
Takuya: Found it.
Itsuki/Gonda/Komiya: Ohara-san!
Takuya: Guys.
Gonda: George-san told us about this, so we came too!
Itsuki: Wonder if Shinshi-san is in there.
Takuya: Komiya-san, stay out here with Hideo-kun.
Komiya: Huh?
Takuya: I don't think he should go in there.
Komiya: A-All right.
Takuya: Sh-Shinshi-san?
Takuya: E-Excuse me, Shinshi-san?
Takuya: That's him, isn't it?
Shinshi: Hey, fellas. Sorry I'm late.
Shinshi: I'm a little busy with something.
Shinshi: I'll come to work as soon as I erase this document.
Shinshi: I'm having a hard time getting it done.
Shinshi: This is supposed to be a good eraser, too.
Shinshi: There must be something wrong here.
Shinshi: What is with this paper?
Shinshi: Am I going to lose everything thanks to something like this?
Shinshi: I'm not going to let it negate my life.
Shinshi: Put me back into the life I know.
Shinshi: Put me back into my normal life!
Takuya: Shinshi-san, please wait!
Gonda: Shinshi-san!
Hideo: Papa!
George: How'd it go?
Takuya: Shinshi-san took off running.
George: Then let's all look for him.
Takuya: Shinshi-san!
Komiya: Hideo-kun, let's stick together!
Komiya: Your father will be okay!
Hideo: Papa!
Takuya: Oh, Shinshi-san!
Takuya: Shinshi-san?
Itsuki: Shinshi-san's turned into a gorilla!
Takuya: Now what do we do?!
Gonda: There he goes!
Takuya: Sh-Shinshi-san!
Gonda: Please stop!
Gonda: Shinshi-san!
Takuya: The police are gonna get involved!
Gonda: I'll lure him with a banana!
Takuya: Shinshi-san is human!
Itsuki: Maybe a gorilla calls for a tranquilizer gun.
Gonda: There he is!
Takuya: Shinshi-san!
Hideo: Papa! Papa!
Komiya: Honjoji-san!
Hideo: Papa!
Rika: Hideo-kun, stop!
Hideo: Papa!
Rika: Let's stay like this a little longer.
Rika: Your father will be right back.
Takuya: Shinshi-san!
George: Yah!
Takuya: George-san...
Itsuki: The gorilla...
Gonda: ...has stopped!
George: A gorilla would just be a target for humans.
George: Let's get you home, Shinshi-kun.
Takuya: Are you okay?
Shinshi: No, I don't want to go home.
Shinshi: If I do, misery's waiting for me.
Shinshi: I want to be a gorilla!
Shinshi: I've had enough of being human!
Shinshi: If I knew I'd feel this way, I wouldn't have gotten married!
Shinshi: I wouldn't have gotten married!
Hideo: Papa!
Shinshi: I'm sorry I lost control.
Shinshi: That I panicked.
Shinshi: Last night, I went out to buy a present since our wedding anniversary is near.
Shinshi: Then she said she wants a divorce.
Shinshi: My wife and I had never so much as had a fight.
Shinshi: I thought we were a 100% ideal couple.
Shinshi: Now it's like nothing makes sense.
Kurokawa: It's here again this year!
Kurokawa: The JTC Inter-Branch Display Contest!
Kurokawa: This year's theme is the sea!
Kurokawa: As a diving enthusiast, I refuse to lose this one!
Kurokawa: Let's all make an incredible display!
Kurokawa: Go Kinshicho!
Kurokawa: What's wrong with everyone?
Kurokawa: Let's see some more energy!
Itsuki: Of course we're going to be gloomy after seeing last night's shocking scene.
Isojima: A full-grown adult turned into a gorilla, you know.
Isojima: Is that what divorce drives a person to do?
Itsuki: Who knows?
Itsuki: So, how's Shinshi-san today?
Isojima: Taking the day off. Maybe it's family meeting time.
Saito: I wonder if they'll really get divorced.
Komiya: He seemed so happy, and his kid is adorable.
Komiya: I would never have expected a divorce.
Saito: His wife didn't have to bring it up around their anniversary.
Isojima: I'll say.
George: His wife might have been putting up with a lot.
George: Maybe Shinshi-kun wasn't able to see beyond his own happiness.
George: Being married sure isn't easy.
George: Sometimes 100% happiness for one partner
George: means a lifetime of toil for the other.
Gonda: Think something happened in George-san's past?
Saito: He was uncommonly fired up about this whole thing.
Isojima: But it's true that sometimes men aren't very considerate.
Isojima: Presents are nice and all, but do some of the chores.
Kitagawa: That happens. They tend to only want to do big things
Kitagawa: with no thought about our circumstances.
Isojima: Is it like that for you too, Kurokawa-san?
Kurokawa: Huh? W-Well, I guess?
Itsuki: Hey now, it's turning into it being all the men's fault.
Itsuki: I don't understand guys who're still married after being told that stuff.
Itsuki: I'll pass on that.
Itsuki: Right, Gonda?
Gonda: No! I'm jealous of Shinshi-san!
Gonda: He's a lucky guy!
Itsuki: In what way?
Gonda: You can only get divorced if you're married.
Gonda: Talking about divorce sounds like bragging when I can't even get married.
Itsuki: What kind of thinking is that?
Itsuki: You should be careful too, Ohara-san.
Gonda: Hey! He only just decided to get married!
Gonda: Don't jinx him.
Takuya: I'm going to go get some tape.
Saito: Okay.
Takuya: I'm not sure I get it anymore.
Takuya: Even Shinshi-san has trouble, and he's always kind and respectable.
Shinshi: Put me back into my normal life!
Takuya: What the hell is marriage?
Takuya: What the hell is a normal life?
Rika: Oh, thank you.
Takuya: H-Hi.
Rika: Thank you.
Takuya: Honjoji-san is still distant today.
Takuya: Uh, what is this?
Rika: A canoe. I made it.
Takuya: A canoe?
Rika: For use in the display.
Rika: I hope Shinshi-san doesn't have to get divorced.
Rika: Hideo-kun wants his parents to get along.
Takuya: Oh, is she talking to me?
Takuya: H-How should I respond? Um, um...
Takuya: I feel like I'll mess up no matter what I say, so I'm too scared to speak.
Rika: Thank you.
Takuya: S-Sure.
Takuya: Sort of feels like everything's back to square one.
Rika: I'm not sure how to talk to Ohara-kun anymore.
Ritsu: Rika-san, as of today it's going to be just you and me.
Rika: Switch off.
Rika: Switch it off.
Nao: Hey! Rika-san?!
Nao: It is you!
Nao: Rika-san, I need help!
Nao: It's me, Miyama Nao!
Nao: From Aso!
: --------------- EP 07 ---------------
Nao: Thank goodness I found someone I know!
Rika: Y-You're...
Nao: I moved to Tokyo today, but I can't find where I live!
Nao: The streets are too complicated!
Rika: Yes, Tokyo's streets are challenging.
Rika: Do you know the address?
Nao: This is it!
Rika: Sumida, Hikifune, 2-1...
Rika: Huh?!
Nao: What?! My apartment is in the building next door to yours?!
Rika: So it seems.
Nao: Wow!
Nao: Rika-san, what a nice building you live in!
Rika: It's average.
Nao: Thank you, you saved me!
Rika: No problem.
Nao: This is the workshop where I work.
Nao: Please come by, if you like.
Rika: Right.
Rika: Comet Glass Studio...
Rika: She was so cheerful.
Takuya: So...
Takuya: I've got to go do some out-of-office work.
Rika: Oh yeah.
Rika: Maybe I should tell Ohara-kun I ran into Miyama-san.
Rika: Or not.
Rika: I'm sure he knows by now anyway.
Rika: A glassmaker, huh?
Rika: I wonder what kind of person Miyama-san is.
Rika: Oh, so this place is a glass workshop.
Nao: Master!
Nao: Here goes.
Hoshi: Pick up the pace.
Nao: R-Right.
Nao: Yeah!
Hoshi: Still not good enough.
Nao: Awww!
Rika: Talk about tense.
Nao: Rika-san!
Nao: You stopped by!
Nao: You should've said hi!
Rika: Oh, um. I thought it would distract you.
Nao: Not at all!
Nao: Oh, I know. Want to have a drinking party later on?
Rika: Drinking party? No, I—
Nao: Listen, can we do it at your place?
Nao: Let's drink up together!
Rika: My place? I've never had anyone over.
Nao: I've been wanting to talk with you.
Nao: Oh! I'll bring some Kumamoto goodies with me!
Rika: Uh, no...
Nao: Please!
Nao: I've never been in a big city like this! I'm so anxious!
Rika: Well, as long as I have time to clean first.
Nao: Yay!
Nao: I'll bring some mustard lotus root.
Nao: Cheers!
Nao: Good stuff!
Rika: Such power...
Nao: So, this is your apartment, huh?
Rika: I've never let anyone into my apartment.
Nao: Wow!
Rika: It feels so unusual.
Nao: Look at all the stones!
Nao: Do you remember how I said I'd like you to be my friend?
Nao: And then I run into you the day I move to Tokyo! Talk about fate!
Nao: Let's party hard today!
Rika: So much beer.
Rika: Is this the Kyushu way?!
Nao: I made these beer glasses.
Rika: That's impressive.
Rika: They're curious colors, sort of blue and green.
Nao: You get it, huh?
Nao: There's stone blended into this.
Rika: Stone?
Nao: That's right. Stones from Aso.
Nao: When I was young, I spent nearly all my playtime at mountains and rivers.
Nao: There was nowhere else to play,
Nao: and I was fearless.
Nao: I'd see how far upstream I could follow a brook.
Nao: And that was the only way you could get to this one swimming hole.
Nao: It was my little hideout.
Nao: I used to spend lots of time there after school let out.
Rika: That sounds nice.
Rika: Sounds like the kind of place Totoro might show up.
Nao: For reals!
Nao: But it was grey herons that showed up, not Totoro.
Nao: You hear all sorts of sounds when you're there.
Nao: The water in the river, birds calling.
Nao: The leaves swaying on the trees.
Nao: My glass uses stones from that mountain stream.
Rika: Is that so? It really is pretty.
Nao: I still have a long way to go.
Nao: The glass won't do what I want it to.
Nao: My witch of a teacher is always mad.
Nao: I have no idea which way to go.
Nao: It's been nothing but frustration since day one.
Nao: But what can ya do!
Nao: I'm here for training, 'cause I suck!
Rika: She really is a cheerful girl.
Rika: And very cute, as I noticed in Aso.
Nao: Did anythin' irritate you today, Rika-san?
Nao: Does anythin' ever get under your skin?
Rika: U-Um...
Rika: A corner of a map I bought yesterday was folded.
Rika: There's that.
Nao: That's all?
Rika: I try not to dwell on things too much.
Nao: That's very grown-up of you!
Rika: Also, that bookstore doesn't have many maps in stock in the first place.
Rika: I'm not saying they have to be in love with them, but...
Rika: Also, the travel show I enjoy came to an end.
Rika: Because of a cast member's scandal.
Rika: It's just horrible.
Rika: Also, when I take a walk, there's this dog that always accosts me.
Rika: It's so scary.
Rika: Also...
Nao: Now you're on a roll!
Nao: Oh, that reminds me.
Nao: You and Taku-chan ain't gettin' married.
Nao: His family told me.
Nao: They said, "Taku-chan and Rika-san got 'em a phony marriage plan."
Rika: That's right. The two of us are just co-conspirators.
Nao: There's really nothin' between you, then?
Rika: That's what I'd like to know!
Rika: I'd like Ohara-kun to be clear about things.
Nao: Rika-san?
Rika: He says things that are vaguely suggestive.
Rika: Yet I had no idea he was so close to someone so cute.
Rika: I don't understand human emotion at all.
Rika: Because I've never been close to anyone.
Rika: If there's nothing there, I'd like him to come out and say so.
Rika: For starters, are you and Ohara-kun really...
Rika: Wh-What am I trying to say?
Rika: The marriage is a fake plan anyway.
Rika: We're not even in a relationship.
Rika: Me, a coworker, asking Miyama-san
Rika: if she and Ohara-kun are really just childhood friends, would be...
Nao: Rika-san? Rika-san?
Rika: Oh, nothing.
Rika: Has Ohara-kun always been so vague?
Nao: Heavens, no.
Nao: One time, Taku-chan came to that secret spot I told you about.
Nao: We got so wrapped up in playin' that day,
Nao: it was dark out before we knew it.
Nao: I couldn't tell how to get back home, and I was set to start cryin'.
Nao: That's when Taku-chan showed me a lightnin' bug.
Nao: It perked me up.
Nao: Thanks to him, we made it back home safe and sound.
Nao: My parents were awful mad after that,
Nao: but Taku-chan stood up for me.
Rika: Oh yeah?
Rika: It's quite hard to imagine that from Ohara-kun today.
Rika: Whatever, I guess it doesn't matter.
Nao: Oh, in that case...
Nao: Let's ask him point-blank about what you were saying!
Rika: Huh?
Nao: You want him to be clear about things, don'tcha?
Nao: Sure you do!
Nao: Best to ask him about it then.
Nao: Hello, this is Nao. Is this Taku-chan?
Rika: What?!
Nao: Bet you're surprised, huh?
Nao: I'm at Rika's place, drinkin' with her.
Nao: Huh? Didn't I tell ya I was comin' to Tokyo?!
Nao: Taku-chan, get over here right now!
Nao: Rika-san's got a bone to pick with you!
Nao: Get here at light speed, got it?
Rika: U-Uh...
Nao: Huh? The address?
Nao: Figure it out yourself.
Nao: Rika-hyan, Taku-chan's coming over!
Rika: It's too sudden!
Rika: M-Miyama-san?!
Rika: Please wake up.
Rika: You called Ohara-kun, didn't you?!
Rika: Ohara-kun's coming over, then.
Takuya: What's going on?
Takuya: U-Um, it's me, Ohara.
Takuya: I got some strange phone ca—
Rika: Hello...
Rika: I've been waiting for you, Ohara-kun.
Takuya: Something's clearly off here.
Takuya: Is Honjoji-san drunk?
Takuya: Nao?!
Takuya: Hey Nao, wake up!
Takuya: What're you doing?!
Takuya: Come on, wake up!
Rika: Leave her be! She's sleeping.
Takuya: Okay.
Rika: Please have a seat. I have something to ask you.
Takuya: S-Sure. What is it?
Rika: That night in Aso, what were you going to say to me?
Takuya: What are you talking about?
Rika: You don't remember?!
Rika: You know, that sentence you didn't finish.
Takuya: Uh, that's why I'm...
Takuya: I'm glad you—
Takuya: Oh, that's right.
Rika: Can you remember the words?!
Takuya: U-Um...
Takuya: Oh.
Takuya: It was "I'm glad you and I got to take a walk."
Rika: That's all?
Takuya: Yes.
Rika: I'm a fool.
Rika: I imagined all sorts of things.
Rika: Things I wanted it to be.
Takuya: Um, have you been mad recently because of me?
Rika: I wouldn't say I'm mad.
Takuya: Sorry, I'm not very good at conversation.
Takuya: I always thought I couldn't wait to grow up.
Takuya: When I was little,
Takuya: I thought I'd get good at doing all sorts of things when I was older.
Takuya: But the further I get into adulthood, the less sense the world seems to make.
Rika: That's right.
Rika: I don't understand human emotions.
Rika: It's the same as with my parents.
Rika: Something I thought was glowing with light
Rika: suddenly goes completely dark.
Ritsu: Rika-san, as of today it's going to be just you and me.
Rika: I didn't want Hideo-kun to go through the same thing.
Rika: Not that there's anything I can do regarding that.
Rika: That's why I have them turned off.
Rika: If I turn off my own feelings, I won't be let down.
Rika: And yet I can't seem to!
Rika: It's your fault, Ohara-kun! Why must it be this way?!
Rika: You say strange, wishy-washy things, so they won't turn off.
Rika: They won't turn off at all.
Rika: You and I are just co-conspirators!
Rika: Isn't that right? Be clear about this!
Rika: I want to switch it off!
Rika: What do you want to do?!
Takuya: I...
Takuya: I want to go out with you.
Takuya: Please be my girlfriend.
Rika: H—
Rika: Hngahh!
Rika: Wh-What just happened?
Rika: Things just went totally bonkers.
Rika: A-A-All I wanted to do was complain a little!
Rika: And suddenly, he's talking about dating!
Rika: I-I-I can't! I could never!
Takuya: I opened my mouth and insanity came out!
Takuya: She already hates me these days, so why'd I go and say that?!
Takuya: Now this whole plan is dead in the water.
Takuya: And I still have to sit across from her at work from now on!
Takuya: This is horrible!
Rika: No, there's no way anything like this could happen.
Rika: This is a hallucination.
Rika: It's a beer-induced dream.
Takuya: This has gotten incredibly embarrassing.
Takuya: Maybe I can pretend I never said it.
Takuya: I could say it's all a joke.
Takuya/Rika: I guess that's being unrealistic.
Takuya: It's not like I can take it back.
Rika: No getting around it, this is reality.
Takuya: U-Uh oh. Honjoji-san is angry.
Takuya: Lethally so.
Rika: Why does he want to go out with the likes of me?
Rika: I have no idea.
Rika: I have such limited experience with things like love and dating.
Rika: I can't imagine what it would be like.
Rika: Love and I...
boy: Honjoji.
boy: What're you looking at?
grade-school Rika: Kokura.
boy: Can I look too?
grade-school Rika: Sure.
boy: I'm gonna play outside. Bye-bye.
grade-school Rika: Bye-bye.
male student library assistant: Honjoji-san, did you finish the library assistant newsletter?
junior-high Rika: Yes.
Rika: Ugh.
Rika: No matter how much I look over my own life,
Rika: I can't find any real mixed-gender conversations.
Rika: And they only got scarcer as time went on.
Rika: I was okay with that.
Rika: I mean, I'm human, so it's not like I've never imagined love at all.
Rika: But for it to suddenly appear now, so huge and out in the open...
Rika: It isn't something I can handle!
Rika: Ohara-kun, I truly am a boring person.
Rika: I'm sure being with me would disappoint you.
Takuya: Come on, how long will she stay silent?!
Takuya: What is she waiting for?
Takuya: Honjoji-san hasn't budged in ten minutes.
Takuya: Why isn't she responding?
Takuya: Is she just going to ignore what I said?
Takuya: This has to be a no.
Rika: I just can't do it. I'm too scared.
Takuya: What if she actually already has a boyfriend or something?
Takuya: I didn't think of that possibility.
Rika: Maybe Miyama-san will wake up.
Rika: Isn't there some way out of this?
Rika: I can't stand the tension!
Takuya: Wake up, Nao! That can be my excuse to leave!
Takuya: I can't stand the tension!
Rika: But is that a good idea? Is that really what I want?
Rika: He looked so seriously at me when he uttered those words.
Rika: I may never experience anything like this moment again.
Rika: Yet here I am, drunk as a skunk. Talk about irresponsible.
Rika: I suppose it's how I've let all sorts of opportunities pass me by.
boy: I'm gonna play outside. Bye-bye.
grade-school Rika: Bye-bye.
Rika: I've got to say something. Something.
Rika: It can't end with me just saying nothing.
Rika: Um, um...
Rika: What do I say?!
Rika: Just say something! Anything!
Takuya: Please! Say something!
Takuya: How long has she left me hanging?!
Takuya: I'm at my limit.
Takuya: If it's "no," then just say it!
Takuya: Say something, I'm begging you!
Nao: I couldn't eat another bite.
Takuya: Now I've really done it.
: --------------- EP 08 ---------------
Rika: Morning...
Takuya: Please be my girlfriend.
Rika: I'm sober now, and it's as vivid as ever.
Rika: I've got to go to work.
Rika: Ow!
Rika: Ow, ow!
Rika: Ow, ow!
Rika: Ow, ow...
Rika: Ow, ow, ow...
Rika: What's going on? I'm sore all over.
Rika: Ow.
Rika: Ow, ow.
Rika: Ow, ow, ow!
Rika: Is this from all that tension yesterday?
Rika: I'm the woman whose muscles ache when she gets asked out.
Rika: It's pathetic enough to make you cry.
Rika: I wonder what Ohara-kun thought.
Rika: Looks like he's off today.
Rika: What a relief.
Nonoyama: Good morning, Komiya-san.
Komiya: Good morning. Sure is hot.
Nonoyama: Whoa, look.
Komiya: Shinshi-san?!
Isojima: H-He dyed his hair blond?!
Komiya: What possessed him to do that?
Rika: I can't let things stay like this.
Takuya: I keep asking myself why I went and did that.
Takuya: I want to do yesterday over again.
Takuya: I bet I could reload if this was a game.
Takuya: S-Stop that, Kama.
Takuya: It must be because I haven't spent enough time around women.
Takuya: I lost my mind.
Takuya: Sounds like a junior-high excuse, though.
Takuya: No, wait.
Takuya: It could be Honjoji-san was planning to give me an answer.
Takuya: Yeah, she's a quiet person. Thirty minutes of silence might be business as usual!
Takuya: Did I leave too soon?
Takuya: No, there's no way.
Takuya: This is me trying to twist things around.
Takuya: Wh-Who's there?!
Rika: Ohara-kun, I'm sorry about last night!
Rika: I'd like to go out with you!
Takuya: No, no! That's not going to happen!
Takuya: Who is it?
Gonda: Hi there, Ohara-san!
Takuya: Gonda... What do you want?
Gonda: Sorry to bug you on your day off.
Gonda: I need to talk with you about something, Master.
Takuya: Gonda.
Takuya: Give up on Komiya-san.
Takuya: Office romances are a terrible idea.
Gonda: Master, you're not doing so hot.
Takuya: I told you, I'm not your master.
Takuya: I don't understand romance or women at all.
Takuya: I'm the one who needs some coaching!
Gonda: It's not about Komiya-chan today.
Gonda: It's about an app!
Takuya: An app?
Gonda: Right, a dating app!
Gonda: I've gotten into this lately!
Gonda: At first I thought these things were worthless junk.
Gonda: But, oh, the encounters you can have!
Gonda: A woman's heart? I know all about that now!
Gonda: I know all about it!
Gonda: All about it! All about it!
Takuya: Y-You serious?
Gonda: What? You doubt me?
Gonda: Want to join me, then, Master?
Gonda: Today, I'm meeting up with someone from the app. You should come along!
Gonda: I do know all about it, but I'm a little insecure about meeting up with a woman.
Takuya: Huh?
Takuya: What?!
Takuya: G-Gonda, that's you?!
Gonda: Nice pic, huh?
Gonda: I've spent sixty thousand on this dating app!
Takuya: Sixty thousand?!
Takuya: These apps cost that much?
Gonda: That's a typical amount.
Gonda: Everyone's going all-in on apps right now, so it costs that much to get in the door!
Gonda: Everyone at work who got married recently got started with an app.
Gonda: Like Yoshimura-san at the head office and Imai-san!
Takuya: Oh, they did?
Gonda: Yes, they just don't mention it.
Gonda: I think it'd be fine if they did, though.
Gonda: So many people use them.
Gonda: The era of drinking parties and mixers is behind us.
Takuya: Oh yeah?
Takuya: Oh, but don't you have your sights set on Komiya-san?
Gonda: You bet.
Gonda: But that's like a dream.
Gonda: I'm not getting any closer to being with her, but I'm getting older all the time.
Gonda: The one and only asset I have is youth!
Gonda: I don't look like much, and I don't get paid much.
Gonda: No one's eager to marry a guy like me.
Gonda: I want to find a companion while I'm young at least.
Takuya: So, why am I here with you?
Gonda: Because, Master, I'm in a bad slump.
Gonda: At first I tried contacting cutie after cutie, but they didn't give me the time of day.
Gonda: Then, when I tried sticking to my own league...
gloomy woman: I can see spirits. It's true.
Gonda: Almost all of those women were kinda scary.
Gonda: I've lost all my confidence.
Takuya: What happened to all that energy you had?
Gonda: Here's where I'm at now.
Takuya: You're wearing that on a date?
Gonda: Oh, it's not a date today.
Gonda: This is a happi coat for an idol group called Ambitious Seven.
Gonda: I'm a huge fan.
Gonda: There are communities on the dating app.
Gonda: I met this oddball girl who's an Am7 fan,
Gonda: and we ended up geeking out over them.
Gonda: Then we decided to do an offline Am7 thing,
Gonda: and this happi coat is so she'll recognize me.
Takuya: That's something you do on a dating app?
Gonda: She's older than me, and sometimes idol otaku can be unhinged.
Gonda: Master, if she seems dangerous, get me out of there.
Takuya: That's what I'm doing here?!
Takuya: That's what modern romance looks like?
Takuya: Well, I'm no different from Gonda.
Takuya: My salary's low, and I'm not attractive.
Takuya: And youth won't last forever.
Takuya: I'm not the sort one wants to marry.
Kaori: Come on, let's go!
Kaori: I've got something to say!
Kaori: Mikki sure is the cutest!
Gonda: I finally found you, Princess!
both: Mikki! Mikki!
both: 10^40! 10^44! 10^48! 10^52!
both: 10^56! 10^60! 10^64! 10^68!
both: Mikki's so cute!
Gonda: Kaori!
Kaori: Gon-chan?!
Kaori: Anyone who can keep up with the Mikki Mix on demand
Kaori: is one cringey Mikki fan.
Kaori: Well, that's how it goes.
Kaori: Am7 Mikki fans are weirdos.
Gonda: Kaori!
Gonda: You don't look anything like your profile image!
Kaori: Oh, that?
Kaori: Apps can be scary and all.
Kaori: You can't go revealing everything up front.
Kaori: But I couldn't help wanting to talk Am7 with you, so here I am.
Gonda: Th-Thank you for that.
Kaori: Aw, stop talking like that.
Kaori: Just talk like you do in the community.
Kaori: We already know each other's true nature.
Gonda: Th-That's true.
Takuya: I'm going home.
Gonda: Wow, these outfits!
Kaori: This takes me back! Let's get photos!
Kaori: I love how Mikki's the only one with a ribbon!
Kaori: So cute!
Gonda: She didn't have this ribbon at first.
Kaori: No way, she always had it.
Gonda: Nope, she added it later.
Gonda: I saw all their live shows from that era, so I know all about it.
Gonda: You didn't see them all, did you?
Kaori: But I had to work!
Gonda: Now you see I'm the bigger fan?
Kaori: Don't let it go to your head, Gon.
idols: One! Ten! Hundred! Thousand! Ten thousand!
idols: 10^8! 10^12! 10^16! 10^20!
idols: 10^24! 10^28! 10^32! 10^36!
idols: 10^40! 10^44! 10^48! 10^52!
idols: 10^56! 10^60! 10^64! 10^68!
idols: Mikki's so cute!
Kaori: What, it's this late already?
Kaori: Wow, we were talking forever.
Gonda: It's kinda like being back in school.
Kaori: But I've got somewhere to go after this. Sorry.
Gonda: Oh, okay. That's cool.
Gonda: Maybe if you have time again...
Kaori: Hey, Gon-chan.
Kaori: Let's talk over the phone tonight.
Gonda: Huh?!
Kaori: I want to talk more with you about Am7.
Gonda: Okay, sure.
Kaori: Really? Okay, I'll give you my number.
Gonda: It's okay if I call?
Kaori: It's fine. I've got time starting at about 10 PM every night.
Kaori: Oh wait, I never paid for the karaoke.
Gonda: Don't worry about it.
Kaori: No, I insist.
Kaori: Apps are amazing. I've never had this much fun.
Kaori: Talk to you tonight.
Gonda: Totally. Apps are amazing.
idol: Thanks for coming to our show!
Takuya: Looks like Honjoji-san's off today.
Gonda: Master, get a load of this.
Gonda: I talked with Kaori on the phone again yesterday.
Gonda: That's three days in a row!
Gonda: We talk so much together!
Gonda: It feels like we've been friends for years!
Gonda: Never would have happened if we'd met normally!
Gonda: Apps are the best!
Takuya: Good for you.
Takuya: Suddenly, Gonda's got a fulfilling life?
Gonda: Master.
Gonda: I'm going to do it. I've decided!
Gonda: I'm going to marry Kaori!
Takuya: Huh?
Gonda: I'm going to marry Kaori!
Gonda: What do you think, Master?
Takuya: I'm not sure how to answer.
Takuya: Why are we hanging out so much?
Takuya: Don't you think you're a little hasty?
Takuya: You still don't know what kind of person she is.
Gonda: Oh yes, I do!
Takuya: I want to tell him not to rush into this.
Takuya: But I rushed into it myself, so what right do I have?
Gonda: Marry me, Kaori!
Gonda: Maybe I should be less direct than that.
Takuya: I'm not really sure, but wow, that energy.
Takuya: Hey, Gonda.
Takuya: Why do you want to get married so badly?
Gonda: Is it weird to want to get married?
Takuya: Well, not many people around me do.
Gonda: You know, I was poor when I was a kid.
Gonda: Oh, please don't tell Keisuke-san about this.
Gonda: He'll turn anything into a joke.
Takuya: S-Sure.
Gonda: My father was a little problematic.
Gonda: He was in loads of debt, and all my parents did was fight.
Gonda: My big brother and I were close, though.
Gonda: I don't have many good childhood memories.
Gonda: I ate lots of ramen and such back then, and now I love it.
Takuya: You eat too much.
Gonda: I was a big dummy who was no good at school,
Gonda: but thankfully I managed to land a job.
Gonda: My brother works for the government.
Gonda: Not bad, huh?
Gonda: I guess that's why I yearn for a proper home life or something.
Gonda: It doesn't have to be anything special,
Gonda: but I want to marry someone I love, be blessed with some cute kids,
Gonda: and enjoy life.
Gonda: I have a feeling I could do that with Kaori.
Gonda: Having kids would be great. I'd be such a loving father.
Takuya: You have some romantic ideas, which surprises me.
Gonda: I said it because it's you, Master!
Gonda: It must sound gross, coming from a guy who looks like me.
Gonda: Yeah, I could never hope to...
Takuya: Give it a shot, Gonda.
Takuya: I've got your back.
Gonda: Oh yeah, you bet.
Gonda: I'm gonna do it.
Kaori: Gon-chan, what's up?
Gonda: Kaori, could we meet up now?
Kaori: Tonight? Sorry, weekdays are no good for me.
Gonda: Please! The sooner the better.
Kaori: Well, okay, if it's quick.
Kaori: Thanks for waiting, Gon-chan.
Kaori: What's wrong?
Gonda: Kaori, let's date and eventually get married!
Kaori: Do you mean that?
Gonda: Of course I do! Of course.
Kaori: Gon-chan, come with me.
teacher: Oh, Ema-san. Hello.
Kaori: Sorry I'm a little late.
teacher: Mok-kun, look who's here for you.
Kaori: Working while raising a child isn't easy.
Kaori: Gon-chan, you still mean it?
Kaori: Because I'm a single mother.
Kaori: It's okay, don't force yourself.
Kaori: See ya, Gon-chan.
Takuya: Single mother?
Gonda: It doesn't bother me at all.
Gonda: I-I might have panicked for a moment, though.
Takuya: So, what'll you do?
Gonda: What'll I do? Well...
Gonda: I've got to talk to Kaori again.
Gonda: I can afford to support a child.
Komiya: Gonda-san.
Komiya: You seem kind of down today.
Gonda: N-Nothing's wrong.
Komiya: No? Okay.
waitress: You can get drinks over there.
Gonda: Sure, thanks.
Gonda: Kaori sure was affectionate with her kid.
Gonda: What look did I have on my face back then?
Gonda: Kaori...
Ichika: Gon-chan?
Ichika: Gon-chan?
Gonda: Y-Yes.
Ichika: You look just like she described you.
Ichika: I'm Ichika, a friend of Kaori's.
Gonda: Her friend?
Ichika: Right. She and I use the same day care.
Ichika: And so, Kaori said she couldn't come today.
Ichika: I'm sorry.
Ichika: I have a message from her.
Ichika: She said, "Don't worry about it."
Ichika: She also said, "Thank you."
Gonda: Does she not like me anymore?
Ichika: Huh?
Ichika: I'm not really sure.
Ichika: Were the two of you dating?
Gonda: No, it wasn't like that. Uh...
Ichika: But listen, Gon-chan.
Ichika: It's a big decision, letting someone meet your kid.
Ichika: I'd use my kid to scare away a guy who won't take a hint,
Ichika: but Kaori's not that sort of person.
Ichika: Sorry, Gon-chan.
Ichika: I guess it's not my place to say.
Gonda: Master, I'm going to stop talking about marriage and stuff.
Gonda: When it comes to marriage, I was all talk.
Gonda: I wasn't ready at all.
Takuya: I doubt anyone can be ready for that stuff.
Gonda: Kaori had faith in me, and I flinched.
Gonda: I really regret it.
Gonda: I went and hurt Kaori's feelings.
Gonda: I'm the worst!
Takuya: No, Gonda. You're amazing.
Takuya: Truly amazing.
Takuya: Have I ever taken Honjoji-san into consideration this much?
Takuya: Enough to move me to tears?
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Gonda: Master, I'm going to stop talking about marriage and stuff.
Gonda: When it comes to marriage, I was all talk.
Gonda: I wasn't ready at all.
Takuya: I doubt anyone can be ready for that stuff.
Gonda: Kaori had faith in me, and I flinched.
Gonda: I really regret it.
Gonda: I went and hurt Kaori's feelings.
Gonda: I'm the worst!
Takuya: No, Gonda. You're amazing.
Takuya: Truly amazing.
Takuya: Have I ever taken Honjoji-san into consideration this much?
Takuya: Enough to move me to tears?
Takuya: You should talk to her again for real.
Takuya: It's what I'll do too.
Rika: I can't bring myself to call him.
Rika: How should I respond?
Takuya: Please be my girlfriend.
Rika: The more time passes, the more thoughts fill up my head.
Rika: I really should have answered him then and there.
Rika: If I even can answer him.
Rika: Oh!
Rika: Another day's liable to end with no resolution!
Rika: I need to call him before I get home, or else!
Nao: Rika-san!
Nao: I'm sorry for inconveniencing you the other day!
Nao: I've been waiting for you to come home!
Rika: Nao-san.
Nao: First I invite myself over, then I pass out!
Nao: I can't remember a thing!
Rika: Um, exactly how much do you remember about that night?
Nao: Let's see.
Nao: I remember having about three drinks.
Rika: That was so early on.
Nao: So, what happened after that?
Rika: That's a good question.
Nao: Huh?
Rika: I'm not sure what I should do.
Ritsu: Rika-san, I want you to live as you see fit.
Ritsu: A life of freedom!
Rika: I'm not good at making decisions.
Rika: I've spent so much of my life not making them.
Nao: Rika-san, do you want to try glass-making?
Rika: Huh?
Nao: My studio offers hands-on workshops.
Nao: You're welcome to try one for free, as my apology for the other day.
Nao: Glass-making will make all your troubles disappear!
Rika: Glass-making?
Nao: Rika-san, come on in!
Rika: Uh, I've never worked with glass before.
Nao: No worries, I'll teach you how.
Nao: We're getting it ready, so hold tight.
Nao: Oh, this is my mentor.
Hoshi: Name's Hoshi.
Nao: I made some of those.
Nao: But she made some of them too.
Rika: It occurred to me before, but your work is very beautiful.
Nao: You can do it too, Rika-san.
Nao: You can, you can!
Nao: Let's have some fun!
Nao: Time to get started.
Nao: The glass can reach 1300˚C, so I'll do the dangerous parts.
Rika: A-All right.
Nao: The glass is inside here.
Rika: Wow, that's incredibly hot.
Nao: Now it's time to blow.
Nao: Blow slowly, so you don't run out of breath.
Rika: Right.
Nao: Go for it.
Nao: Very good!
Nao: Next, blow gently at first. When I give the signal, blow hard!
Nao: Now!
Nao: Yay! Success!
Nao: Here.
Rika: Th-The tension and heat are intense.
Nao: Rika-san.
Nao: Next, we'll make the base.
Nao: Are you doing okay?
Rika: I'm good. Let's keep going!
Nao: Okay, time to make the base.
Nao: You press a wooden paddle against the glass.
Nao: The trick is to move your hands in sync.
Nao: Forward, back. Forward, back.
Rika: Okay.
Rika: Move my hands in sync.
Rika: Move my hands in sync.
Rika: Move my hands in sync.
Nao: That's the way! Well done, Rika-san.
Rika: Move my hands in sync.
Rika: Move my hands in sync.
Rika: Move my hands in sync.
Nao: Okay, great work!
Nao: I'll handle the finishing touches, so feel free to take a break.
Rika: Th-Thank you.
Rika: Nao-san's amazing.
Rika: I was frazzled the whole time, thinking I'd mess up.
Rika: It might be the first time I've felt such nervousness.
Rika: But I sort of feel refreshed.
Rika: Who knew becoming absorbed in something could feel so good?
Rika: I don't understand human emotions.
Rika: It's the same as with my parents.
Rika: That's why I have them turned off.
Rika: If I turn off my own feelings, I won't be let down.
Rika: Becoming absorbed and turning off.
Rika: They're not the same thing.
Rika: Hope for nothing, expect nothing.
Rika: If I switch them off, I won't make Mom worry.
Rika: But by ceasing to put my feelings out there,
Rika: I wound up becoming someone who can't decide anything for herself.
Ritsu: Rika-san, be more confident.
Ritsu: You're a very smart girl.
Ritsu: Rika-san, I want you to live as you see fit.
Ritsu: I want you to live as you see fit.
Rika: "Live as I see fit." Easier said than done.
Rika: There's no changing my personality at this point.
Nao: Thanks for your patience!
Nao: It's done, Rika-san!
Rika: I-It's considerably lopsided.
Nao: It's still amazing for someone's first time!
Nao: Right, Master?
Nao: That means it's very good.
Rika: It does?
Nao: There's no 100% right answer with glass.
Nao: You just have to make what you like.
Nao: I think your glass is nice, Rika-san.
Nao: Please use it!
Rika: All right.
Nao: Okay, I'll deliver the glass once it cools.
Rika: Thank you for this.
Rika: I wonder what I'll use the glass for.
Rika: Okay, let's do this.
Ritsu: Rika-san!
Rika: Mom!
Ritsu: It's been a while.
Ritsu: Sorry to keep you waiting.
Rika: I only just got here myself.
Ritsu: This is a nice café. Do you come here often?
Rika: Y-Yes.
Rika: You have a lot of bags.
Ritsu: I do. I have a consultation after this.
Ritsu: For interior consults, it always makes an impression if you have the goods on hand!
Ritsu: That's why I bought loads of stuff overseas.
Ritsu: I aim to always land the contract!
Rika: Sounds like your interior coordinator work is going well.
Ritsu: Here's a souvenir for you. I bought it in Belgium.
Rika: Th-Thank y—
Ritsu: Wait, I'm not sure it's your size.
Ritsu: Rika-san, stand up so we can check.
Rika: Uh, r-right now?
Ritsu: Of course.
Ritsu: Ah, perfect! Good.
Rika: We didn't need to do this here.
Ritsu: I knew it would look good on you!
Ritsu: This is genuine cashmere.
Ritsu: I figured it would have to be good, so I wanted you to wear it.
Rika: Th-Thank you.
Ritsu: Thank goodness!
Ritsu: I wasn't sure what I'd do had it not been the right size.
Rika: As always, Mom has incredible vitality.
Rika: I thought about asking her for a little advice, but no, I'll pass.
Ritsu: And so, Rika-san.
Ritsu: Oh, a hot soy latte, please.
Ritsu: How are things lately?
Rika: I'm managing, one way or another.
Ritsu: Oh, that's good. I've been concerned.
Ritsu: A travel agency is hard work, and I hear the pay isn't so good?
Rika: R-Right.
Ritsu: Why not go it alone, like me?
Ritsu: I think you could do well as a freelance ticket agent.
Rika: R-Right.
Ritsu: You probably wouldn't have the corporate headaches.
Ritsu: I bet it'd be great!
Rika: L-Listen, Mom.
Rika: I think I'd like to keep at it the way I'm doing it.
Ritsu: You've given it thought, and that's what counts!
Ritsu: It's your decision to make. It's your life, after all.
Ritsu: Rika-san, it's important to set goals.
Ritsu: Not dreams, goals.
Ritsu: If you accomplish goals one by one, you can achieve anything!
Rika: Mom's been driven like this for forever.
Rika: And she's amazing for raising me on her own.
Ritsu: Excuse me.
waitress: Yes?
Ritsu: Would it be all right if I took some photos here?
waitress: Oh, sure.
Rika: Mom's always facing forward, always right.
Rika: But it doesn't seem like I can be the same way.
Rika: I have no wild dreams and no friends.
Rika: Simply looking at maps is enough to make me happy.
Rika: And content.
Rika: I can't become the kind of person she wants me to be.
Ritsu: By the way, Rika-san.
Ritsu: Aren't you going to get married?
Rika: I'm afraid there's no sign that will happen.
Ritsu: Oh, no?
Ritsu: I thought maybe you already had someone in mind.
Ritsu: I failed at marriage and caused you a lot of hardship.
Ritsu: That's why...
Ritsu: you can't mess up your choice of partner.
Ritsu: You can't mess up... You can't mess up...
Ritsu: You can't mess up...
Ritsu: But don't mind me.
Ritsu: If it's someone you choose, I'm sure they'd be wonderful.
Ritsu: If you find someone like that, be sure to introduce me.
Ritsu: I mean it. You have to!
Ritsu: Oh yes, Rika-san.
Ritsu: Don't you think this sofa and table are just to die for?
Ritsu: Your apartment could use—
Takuya: Sure enough, no answer.
Takuya: Why?
Takuya: I want to go out with you.
Takuya: Wait, how can I even ask "Why"?
Takuya: Of course she doesn't want to answer!
Takuya: I'm the one who caused this, so what am I saying?!
Takuya: I wonder if she's taking days off when I'm at the office to intentionally miss me.
Takuya: But time-off requests are submitted at the end of the month,
Takuya: and these sorts of coincidences aren't so uncommon.
Takuya: If I try calling her again, it'll just seem annoying.
Takuya: And we've already been getting those suspicious calls as it is.
Takuya: Hello!
Takuya: Oh, Doctor.
Takuya: Thanks for calling.
Takuya: Kama's immunizations?
Takuya: Well, what should we do?
Takuya: Yes, that's right. Yes.
Ritsu: Thanks for today, Rika-san.
Rika: You take care too, Mom.
Ritsu: I'll be in touch.
Ritsu: Be sure to believe in yourself.
Ritsu: You can do anything you want to, girl!
Rika: R-Right.
Ritsu: Bye.
Rika: It's been a while since I've been showered with Mom power.
Ritsu: Hello?
Ritsu: My daughter said nothing's going on.
Ritsu: Is that story about her getting married really true?
Rika: Ohara-kun tried calling me.
Rika: Twice, at that.
Rika: I was so preoccupied with Mom, I didn't notice at all.
Rika: B-But then, I didn't think he would call me.
Rika: I also barged in like a barbarian when I failed to notice his text.
Rika: Here we are again.
Rika: I at least need to return his call.
Rika: What do I say?
Rika: "Sorry I didn't notice your calls?"
Rika: Or "Sorry I never gave you an answer from that night?"
Rika: Or...
Ritsu: You've given it thought, and that's what counts!
Ritsu: Rika-san, you're a clever person.
Ritsu: Clever person... Clever person...
Rika: Or maybe "I'm sorry I'm such a foolish person."
Rika: I wonder what Ohara-kun sees in me, anyway.
Rika: I'm sure he must have the wrong idea.
Rika: So, in other words, this unusual fake-marriage situation
Rika: is making him see a false image.
Rika: Yes, it's misattribution of arousal.
announcement: Akihabara, Akihabara.
Rika: I'm sure he'll be disappointed once he gets to know the real me.
announcement: Thank you for riding.
announcement: This is Akihabara.
Rika: I mean, I'm no big deal.
announcement: This train stops at every station.
Rika: So, what did he see in me anyway?
present-day Rika: It was the same that time.
present-day Rika: We were classmates, but he and I had never really talked.
high school Rika: Why the heck did he send a text like this?
high school Rika: Did I do something worth asking me to meet up?
high school Rika: Don't tell me he's going to say he's into me?!
high school Rika: No, there's no chance.
high school Rika: There isn't even a remote chance it's like that.
high school Rika: But in that case, is this a prank?!
high school Rika: Some kind of joke?!
high school Rika: Maybe it's some new kind of scam!
present-day Rika: I was so scared, I wouldn't leave the house for three days.
present-day Rika: Good timing or bad, it happened to be a string of holidays.
present-day Rika: Calls came in every day.
present-day Rika: I holed up and hardly even ate anything.
high school Rika: Then, after the holidays...
Rika: The one who asked me to show up
Rika: had waited for hours all three days in the sweltering heat,
Rika: then ultimately collapsed with a bad bout of anemia.
Rika: It was no prank, no joke.
Rika: And of course, not a scam.
Rika: That's right.
announcement: Asakusabashi, Asakusabashi.
Rika: This is how big a fool I am.
Rika: I can't decide for myself.
Rika: Hope for nothing, expect nothing.
Rika: But why must I confirm this sort of thing this late?
Rika: I've known since long ago just what I amount to!
Rika: I had come to terms with that,
Rika: so why must all these thoughts run through my head day after day?
Rika: Why must Ohara-kun bother calling me?!
Rika: Why must he say he's interested in me?!
Rika: This nonsensical love and marriage stuff is distressing me!
Rika: I need to break these chains of love immediately!
Takuya: H-Honjoji-san?!
Takuya: Wh-Why? Um...
Rika: Ohara-kun! We should go on a date!
Takuya: Huh?
: --------------- EP 10 ---------------
Rika: Why must Ohara-kun bother calling me?!
Rika: Why must he say he's interested in me?!
Rika: This nonsensical love and marriage stuff is distressing me!
Rika: I need to break these chains of love immediately!
Takuya: H-Honjoji-san?!
Takuya: Wh-Why? Um...
Rika: Ohara-kun! We should go on a date!
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: Tell me what day you have off next. Let's go then.
Takuya: U-Um...
Rika: We're going on a date! Is that okay?!
Takuya: Yes... It's okay.
Rika: Thank you.
Rika: I'll tell you where it will be later.
Rika: Bye.
Rika: Oh, I'm sorry I couldn't take your calls.
Takuya: I was right in the middle of despairing over whether she had ignored my calls,
Takuya: and then, suddenly, a date?
Takuya: C-Could this be her response to me asking her out?
Takuya: But if so, that exchange was strangely tense.
Takuya: And in the first place, why here?
Takuya: I think that's—
Rika: That's the Hamura Intake Weir.
Takuya: Honjoji-san!
Takuya: Oh, you're wearing leather shoes?
Takuya: I did message you to dress for ease of walking.
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: I'm about to do a tour of the Tamagawa Aqueduct.
Rika: If you get bored, you're free to leave.
Rika: Here I go.
Takuya: What?!
Rika: I'm done being considerate and trying too hard.
Rika: I won't let romance mislead me anymore!
Rika: I'm going to be my usual self today.
Rika: Once he sees my typical behavior outside the office,
Rika: Ohara-kun should realize he has the wrong idea.
Rika: And then, I'll return to my calm life.
Rika: This is the real-life me.
Rika: Now, Ohara-kun.
Rika: Prepare to be completely disappointed!
Rika: Wow, the Tamagawa brothers!
Takuya: What is happening?
Takuya: Honjoji-san seemed so angry yesterday.
Takuya: But she was also talking about going out on a date.
Takuya: This seems like a strange mood for a date, though.
Takuya: "The Tamagawa Aqueduct.
Takuya: A waterway stretching from Hamura to Yotsuya,
Takuya: dug by the Tamagawa brothers during the Edo period."
Takuya: So, Honjoji-san.
Takuya: Why are you doing a tour of the Tamagawa Aqueduct today?
Rika: Because they covered it on Bochi Komori.
Komori: Welcome to Bochi Komori.
Komori: Today, we've come to the Tama River's Hamura Intake Weir,
Komori: the starting point of the Tamagawa Aqueduct.
lady announcer: Komori-san, who knew there was a place like this in the Tokyo Metropolis?
Komori: You said it.
lady announcer: It's amazing!
lady announcer: The dammed-up water is flowing forcefully into the Tamagawa Aqueduct over there.
Komori: Ah.
lady announcer: Now, for today's topic.
Komori: "How did the Tamagawa Aqueduct benefit the city of Edo?"
Kusanagi: Perhaps some of our viewers learned about this in grade school social studies.
Kusanagi: The Tamagawa Aqueduct was constructed in 1653 to deliver water to the city of Edo.
Kusanagi: Today it's been designated a national historic site.
Kusanagi: And believe it or not, it's still used as a water supply to this day.
Rika: I'm a fan of that show,
Rika: so on my days off, I often visit locations they feature.
Takuya: Gotcha. I saw that episode of Bochi Komori too.
Rika: Yes, you did say when we went to Aso that you're also a fan.
Rika: I saw the Tamagawa Aqueduct frequently when I was in school,
Rika: as I lived in Hachioji.
Rika: I would walk along the river terraces around here.
Rika: And I'm looking forward to today.
Rika: How about it, Ohara-kun?
Rika: That's a very boring day off, if I do say so myself!
Takuya: I'm impressed.
Takuya: I've watched the show, but I never go visit the locations.
Rika: You know, I wonder if he saw last week's episode.
Rika: The one about Hakone!
Rika: No, no. I mustn't lose focus.
Rika: Act normally, act normally.
Takuya: What was that all about?
Rika: This flow is still being used as a water supply.
Rika: Oh, the Tachikawa terrace.
Rika: From here, the Tamagawa Aqueduct crosses two cliffs
Rika: and goes up over the Musashino Plateau.
Rika: That's incredible engineering!
Rika: G-Good.
Rika: As I expected, he's bored.
Rika: He can leave anytime!
Takuya: This is the everyday Honjoji-san.
Takuya: Hey, Honjoji-san...
Takuya: Uh, Honjoji-san.
Takuya: It's about lunchtime.
Rika: The Kodaira Observation Point.
Rika: From here, Tama River water passes through pipes,
Rika: and is conveyed to the Higashi-Murayama Purification Plant.
Rika: This is where the natural water flow ends.
Rika: The low aqueduct bridge.
Rika: This is the only place you can go right down to the aqueduct's waters!
Rika: I can't wait!
Rika: Although from this point onward,
Rika: the flow is reclaimed water from wastewater treatment.
Rika: This water once supported the daily lives of the people of Edo.
Rika: You route water through empty wilderness, and people gather around it.
Rika: It creates a whole new landscape.
Rika: A single waterway creates a world.
Rika: So amazing.
Takuya: It sure is.
Rika: What, you're still here?!
Takuya: Oh, sorry.
Takuya: I was looking up stuff about the Tamagawa Aqueduct and just responded on autopilot.
Rika: I-I was totally lost in my own world.
Rika: Wait, what?!
Rika: Was he watching while that whole fantasy played out?!
Rika: I mean, I wanted to show him the everyday me,
Rika: but I didn't want him seeing this.
Rika: Uh, you must be bored.
Rika: You don't have to force yourself to tag along.
Takuya: W-Well, I'm enjoying it.
Takuya: It's the first time I've ever seen you having so much fun.
Takuya: Um, you really do love maps, huh?
Takuya: In fact, am I getting in the way of things?
Rika: Oh, no! No!
Rika: Th-This can't be.
Rika: There's no way he enjoys this.
Rika: It's just a typical day of mine. Nothing special.
Rika: There can't be a person like this.
Rika: Ohara-kun, are you actually human?
Rika: Or... are you some kind of phantom?
Rika: What in the world are you, Ohara-kun?
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: You're weird for thinking this is enjoyable.
Rika: All I'm doing is looking at waterways and surveying cliffs.
Rika: I'm just having my own fun.
Takuya: Uh, well...
Rika: I can't understand myself when I'm with you like this.
Rika: And so...
Rika: please make this the last time we see each other.
Rika: I'll take responsibility for the Alaska transfer.
Rika: So let's put an end to this.
Rika: That's what I wanted to tell you today.
Rika: I'm afraid of who I am when I'm with you.
Takuya: I see.
Takuya: Then, this is it.
Rika: Yes.
Rika: Huh, what's going on?
Rika: I feel like crying.
Rika: What is this?
Rika: It's always the same.
Rika: I'm turning off my feelings again.
Rika: Because I don't want to be disappointed.
Rika: I don't want anyone disappointed in me.
Rika: So I always turn them off.
Rika: Is it right to do it this time too?
Rika: It's not. It's not right at all!
Rika: The truth is... The truth is...
Rika: I want to be with Ohara-kun!
Takuya: Should I just turn around and go?
Takuya: I always do this. I always just accept it!
Takuya: How long am I going to be afraid?
Takuya: I don't even have anything.
Takuya: I can't just leave.
Takuya: I can't... just leave!
Takuya: I can't lose someone important to me!
both: Whaaaaaaaaaa?!
Takuya: U-Um...
Rika: I need a moment.
Rika: Ohara-kun, how about we reevaluate?
Takuya: Reevaluate?
Rika: That's right. So many overly unexpected things have happened.
Rika: Oh, this doesn't mean I'm angry.
Rika: We weren't even friends to begin with.
Rika: We were coworkers with differing seniority and fake-marriage partners.
Rika: Am I right?
Rika: Mere coworkers don't barge into each other's homes...
Rika: or go for nighttime walks in Aso.
Takuya: T-True.
Rika: And yet, somehow, that's how things played out.
Rika: Do you know why?
Takuya: Um... Now that you mention it, I'm not sure.
Rika: I'm not sure either.
Rika: That's why I planned today's date—to simplify it all.
Rika: Yet you claimed this plain old date was fun.
Rika: When I suggested we don't see each other again,
Rika: we instead held each other's hands and gazed at each other.
Rika: How did we end up kissing?!
Takuya: I-I'm not really sure why.
Rika: You can have this map.
Rika: Sorry, but please walk the rest of it alone.
Takuya: Huh?!
Rika: I'm going home to think.
Rika: Oh, this doesn't mean I'm angry. Honest.
Takuya: Honjoji-san, you're amazing.
Takuya: How can you be so calm?
Takuya: We went and kissed!
Rika: W-We went and kissed!
Kurokawa: Yes?
Kurokawa: Ohara and Honjoji, you say?
Kurokawa: Yes, I see.
Kurokawa: Understood.
both: G...
both: G-Good morning.
Takuya: Um, after you.
Rika: No, after you.
Takuya: Um...
Rika: Okay then.
Gonda: G'morning!
Gonda: You two look great together this morning!
Gonda: Hope I'm not intruding.
both: Not at all, go on in.
Komiya: Good morning.
Isojima: I didn't get enough sleep.
Saito: What's going on with this booking?
Gonda: I submitted a request.
Itsuki: Five items, finalized.
Gonda: Thank you for that.
Nonoyama: Honjoji-san, please process this.
Rika: All right.
Rika: Ohara-kun.
Rika: Please confirm these hotels.
Takuya: Oh, sure.
Rika: Thank you.
Takuya: Will do.
Takuya: Is this the Las Vegas Bellagio?
Rika: Yes. Um, let's see.
Rika: Bellagio starts here, and from here, it's Caesars.
Takuya: U-Understood.
Takuya: It's no use. No matter what I do, I keep thinking about yesterday!
Rika: Calm down, calm down! You're at work!
Rika: No, there's no calming down!
Rika: Not when the one I kissed is right in front of me!
Rika: A full-grown adult can't let something like this shake her!
Takuya: R-Right, I'm not some junior high student.
Takuya: Oh no. If we're a mess, everyone's going to realize something happened between us!
Takuya: Oh.
Takuya: But we were doing the whole fake marriage thing in the first place.
Kurokawa: Honjoji, Ohara. You got a minute?
Rika: Yes.
Kurokawa: I have something important to discuss with you two.
: --------------- EP 11 ---------------
Takuya: An in-depth report?
Kurokawa: Right.
Kurokawa: To recruit new graduates, we're putting together a JTC company intro as an online project.
Kurokawa: And it's called...
Kurokawa: Our Worthwhile JTC Life!
Rika: Our Worthwhile JTC Life?
Takuya: What is that?
Kurokawa: You've started living together, yes?
Kurokawa: I want you to chronicle your home and work life as a blog on the site.
Kurokawa: That way, people will know JTC is a company that's all about husband-and-wife work teams.
Takuya: Seriously?
Kurokawa: Oh, of course, only to the extent that you can.
Kurokawa: It doesn't have to include anything about kissing or making out.
Kurokawa: Well, no need to make a big fuss over it.
Kurokawa: Just be natural.
Takuya: A web-based report? Talk about sudden.
Rika: We're better off not doing it.
Rika: For some reason, Kurokawa-san thinks we're living together.
Takuya: But what if this is a trap?
Takuya: To find out if our marriage story is true or not.
Rika: Kurokawa-san suspects us?
Takuya: That I don't know.
Takuya: But I'm sure someone is watching us.
Takuya: We received those weird phone calls multiple times.
Rika: I think that makes it all the more dangerous.
Rika: We keep getting into all these unexpected situations.
Takuya: That's true.
Rika: To put this in sumo terms...
Takuya: Sumo?
wrestler: Dosukoi! Dosukoi!
Rika: In your mind, you're only going to take one step forward,
Rika: but somehow you end up falling out of the ring.
wrestler: Dosukoi!
Takuya: That makes so much sense.
Rika: If you're not careful, you could end up all the way out in Tokyo Bay.
Takuya: Tokyo Bay?!
wrestler: Dosukoi!
Rika: If we live together and blog about it, there's no telling what might happen.
Rika: That's why giving up might be an option now.
Rika: I'll take responsibility for the Alaska transfer.
Takuya: So, you're going to give up and go to Alaska?
Takuya: I don't want to go there,
Takuya: and I don't want you going there either.
Takuya: I say we do Our Worthwhile JTC Life!
wrestlers: Dosukoi! Dosukoi!
Rika: The truth is, I think we should do this project too.
Rika: But let's calm down and think about this.
Rika: If we take on this project, it might mean we have to live together.
Takuya: It would come down to that?!
Rika: Kurokawa-san is already under that impression.
Rika: In that case, your apartment is highly likely to be where it happens,
Rika: in terms of living space and societal aspects.
Rika: And I'm also concerned about Kama-chan.
Rika: We have to be able to maintain his lifestyle expectations.
Rika: I'm not good at snap decisions, so please allow me some time.
Takuya: Yes, all right.
man: Whoa, scary!
woman 1: This is Benkei Nana Modori?
woman 2: Looks like it'll fall.
Rika: I never get bored of looking at this rock.
Rika: It looks like it could fall at any moment, but it's been like this for ages.
Rika: I'm sure it won't work.
Rika: But...
Rika: things have been messy,
Rika: and so many things keep happening. It's like a deluge.
Rika: We even kissed.
Rika: Even now, I don't have my feelings sorted out.
Rika: I'm sure if I live with someone now, it will mean a mountain of shame.
Rika: But even if it won't work, I want to try.
Takuya: I want to go out with you.
Rika: Ohara-kun has reached out to me again and again.
Rika: I have to make a decision!
Rika: Are you ready, Ohara-kun?
Rika: Here I go.
Rika: I'm taking the plunge!
Rika: Right into your world!
Takuya: Come on, "allow me some time"?
Takuya: It's been five days already, Honjoji-san!
Takuya: Then again, this isn't unexpected.
Takuya: One minute she can't stop talking, then she suddenly goes silent.
Takuya: She went straight from a kiss to situational analysis.
Takuya: I can never predict her next move.
Takuya: I'm gradually reaching the point where nothing can faze me anymore.
Takuya: It's amazing what you can get used to.
Takuya: Honjoji-san.
Rika: I know I took a long time.
Rika: Let's do it!
Rika: Our Worthwhile JTC Life!
Rika: And so, I have this.
Rika: Guidelines I made for today's project.
Rika: I call it the Stay Within Bounds Plan!
Takuya: The Stay Within Bounds... Plan?
Rika: In order to safely create this JTC cohabitation report,
Rika: I put together a draft plan concerning ways to prevent any and all trouble from occurring.
Rika: It's just like traveling.
Rika: The same way a trip has an itinerary,
Rika: you and I need a plan since we're bad at socializing.
Takuya: Th-That tracks.
Rika: Let's go over this together and decide how to approach the online report.
Takuya: All right.
Rika: This isn't going to inconvenience Kama-chan?
Takuya: Oh, it's fine right now.
Takuya: Kama is in his favorite room.
Rika: These are the three basic rules.
Takuya: Uh, about this "Raise your hand before taking action" one—
Rika: I wish to speak.
Rika: In this way, we raise our hand and announce it before any action.
Rika: I think this can protect against unforeseen accidents.
Takuya: Um, in that case...
Rika: Don't forget the hand.
Takuya: Oh, right. I wish to speak.
Takuya: Does this cover how we act inside this apartment?
Takuya: We aren't going to do this at work, right?
Rika: I wish to speak!
Rika: That's right.
Takuya: It kind of seems like prison.
Rika: In broad terms, the goal is the same.
Rika: As for where to cohabitate, when taking optics and Kama-chan's care into account,
Rika: I still think your apartment is the way to go.
Takuya: I agree.
Rika: During this time, should we equally split the rent and utility bills?
Takuya: Uh, that's...
Takuya: Oh. You have your own apartment, so you needn't bother!
Rika: Yes, but...!
Takuya: Don't worry, it's okay!
Rika: Let me at least help with utilities!
Takuya: No, no, no.
Rika: Yes, yes, yes!
Takuya: Raising our hand each time is going to get tiring.
Rika: That it is.
Rika: Let's forgo it when we're having an ongoing conversation.
Rika: All right, I will now set up the tent.
Takuya: Tent?
Rika: There are two people and a cat in this apartment.
Rika: We have to make sure this isn't a burden, especially for Kama-chan.
Rika: I will live in the tent, except when we're working on the report.
Rika: As for where it wouldn't be inconvenient for Kama-chan...
Rika: I will set up next to the window here.
Takuya: R-Right.
Takuya: I-I wish to speak!
Rika: Yow!
Takuya: U-Um, for today, what should we do about dinner?
Takuya: Are you hungry?
Rika: Right, dinner...
Rika: What were we going to do about dinner?
Takuya: I'll go buy something.
Rika: Huh? Don't trouble yourself.
Takuya: I was going to go shopping anyway.
Rika: I'll leave that to you, then.
Takuya: R-Right, I'll get going.
Takuya: I-I can't handle the tension!
Takuya: Are we really going to live together?!
Rika: It's bigger than I expected.
Rika: This has to be an inconvenience.
Rika: Let's see, what's left for us to consider?
Rika: K-Kama-chan!
Rika: The true head of this household!
Rika: Unless we get his permission, there'll be no report or anything!
Rika: He's a timid one.
Rika: I mustn't pay any attention or show any affection.
Rika: Hold still, hold still.
Rika: Kama-chan, I mean you no harm.
Rika: I won't interfere with you one bit.
Rika: Does this mean I've been accepted?
Rika: Or not?
Takuya: I-I'm home.
Rika: W-Welcome back.
Takuya: So, Honjoji-san.
Takuya: I'm about to cook dinner. Would you care to join me?
Takuya: Cook?
Takuya: Oh.
Takuya: Cook?!
Takuya: Uh, yes! What do you say?
Rika: Oh no.
Rika: We should have figured out where this line was ahead of time.
Rika: Right now it's an experiment to see how independent we'll be while living together.
Rika: Unless we firmly draw the line on where our boundaries are,
Rika: things will gradually erode, and unforeseen things will crop up!
Rika: Just like the other day.
Rika: But he's suddenly taking care of me.
Takuya: Oops. Maybe she doesn't want to eat something someone prepared.
Takuya: She bought her own food the last time she ate here.
Takuya: Uh, it'll just be a simple dinner. You don't have to feel obligated to eat it.
Rika: Oh, not at all!
Rika: I'll have some! I certainly will.
Rika: Things are falling apart already.
Rika: I guess there's no avoiding it, though.
Rika: What?!
Rika: It's only been 15 minutes.
Rika: You can make this much that quickly?
Takuya: I usually prepare in advance, so there wasn't much to make.
Takuya: Sorry that the rice was microwaved.
Rika: Uh.
Rika: Um, can I open a window?
Takuya: S-Sure.
Rika: I might smell like sweat after putting up that tent.
Takuya: What was that all about? Does my apartment smell?
both: Time to eat.
Rika: Th-This is very good!
Takuya: Thank you.
Rika: I've never tasted anything like this. Is it ethnic?
Takuya: It uses duqqa.
Rika: Duqqa? You mean the Egyptian condiment?
Takuya: That's right. I bought it at a bazaar in Cairo.
Takuya: I like collecting spices.
Takuya: I buy some every time I travel, so I have a lot of mystery spices.
Rika: Wow, I didn't know Ohara-kun had such a hobby.
Rika: When I travel, all I pay attention to is the terrain.
Takuya: When I make things like spiced curry, I enjoy mixing these in different ways.
Takuya: Like making potions when you're a kid.
Rika: Making potions? What is that?
Takuya: You didn't do that when you were little?
Takuya: You make medicine by mixing things like pepper and leaves.
Rika: So, that's the kind of kid he was.
Rika: Wow, he has all sorts of spices.
Rika: He's been to a range of countries.
Rika: These are pretty. What are they?
Takuya: Aren't they? They're chili peppers from Brazil.
Rika: Th-The meal was great.
Takuya: Oh, yes, it was.
Rika: Boundaries, boundaries.
Rika: And now, I'm faced with a big problem.
Rika: I need to go to the bathroom!
Rika: I'd also like to brush my teeth after eating.
Rika: And change into something more comfortable!
Rika: But I can't do those things here!
Takuya: How goes it? I'm willing to do the dishes.
Rika: Th-Things are fine.
Rika: I can't use the bathroom with him so close by.
Rika: O-Ohara-kun, listen!
Takuya: Yes?
Rika: I'm going to drop by my place.
Takuya: Huh?
Rika: I'm done with the dishes. I won't be gone long.
Rika: See you then.
Takuya: Now's my chance to use the bathroom!
Takuya: I was so nervous.
Takuya: This is how it feels to live together?
Rika: Is this going to go on indefinitely?
Rika: I didn't realize living alone...
Takuya: ...could seem so relaxing.
Rika: I'll exhaust myself if I have to run home for the bathroom every time.
Rika: Maybe I'll do it at a convenience store.
Rika: Let's see, things to decide on when I get back.
Rika: There's so much, it's overwhelming.
Rika: I've returned.
Takuya: Oh, welcome back.
Takuya: Honjoji-san, I was wondering.
Takuya: What will you do about bathing?
Rika: B-Bathing!
Rika: I'd have to undress here.
Rika: Not happening! I couldn't even manage to use the toilet!
Rika: But not bathing could be a problem.
Rika: And I'm already sweaty from putting up the tent and running to and from home.
Rika: Plus it's hotter than expected inside the tent!
Rika: Might as well go home again.
Rika: But I just got back, so to go home right now would be weird!
Rika: I-I can't decide!
Takuya: Oh, um! I'm not saying you have to bathe here!
Takuya: U-Uh oh. Did I say something weird just now?!
Takuya: How should I have phrased it?
Takuya: I don't know, I've never been in this situation!
Takuya: I didn't mean anything weird by it!
Rika: I-I can't decide!
Takuya: Oh hey, how about a public bathhouse?
Rika: A bathhouse!
Takuya: There's one a short walk from here.
Rika: All right, I'll do it there.
Takuya: Hang on a minute!
Takuya: I'll go too.
Rika: Ohara-kun...
Rika: I'll go buy toiletries, then.
Takuya: Right.
Takuya: I couldn't bring myself to send her to a public bath while I use my own at home.
Rika: I was going to pretend to go to the bathhouse and drop by home instead,
Rika: but now I have no choice.
Rika: So, you can feel free to leave as soon as you're done.
Takuya: Sure, all right.
Rika: I'm sure he left already.
Rika: You waited for me?
Takuya: Uh, well, I thought maybe I should.
Rika: Oh, thank you.
Rika: Someone was waiting for me. That makes me happy.
Takuya: Honjoji-san sure is pretty.
Rika: Oh.
Takuya: Sorry.
Rika: After this...
Takuya: ...what happens next?
Rika: Is something going to happen?
Takuya: Is something... going to happen?
both: Something like...
Rika: Well...
Rika: Good night.
Takuya: I can't sleep!
Takuya: It felt like something was going to happen between us!
Takuya: And yet, nothing did.
Takuya: I can't wake her up. What am I doing?
Rika: I can't sleep.
Rika: Part of me wants something to happen, and part of me doesn't!
Rika: And I'm starting to fry inside this tent!
Rika: It has great insulation!
Takuya: No way, there's no way I can send this!
Takuya: What would I do if she saw this and went, "Huh?"
Takuya: H-Honjoji-san, what's this supposed to mean?!
Rika: I sent that because I couldn't stand the tension.
Rika: Now how do I reply?
Takuya: Does this mean "Let's talk," or does it mean "Stop rustling around?"
Rika: I wonder how he interpreted it.
Rika: It wasn't a big deal or anything.
Rika: "Never mind. Good night."
Takuya: "Talk to you again tomorrow."
Takuya: No, not that. Not that!
Rika: Um, um...!
Rika: Is the tent making it too difficult to sleep?
Takuya: Was I making too much noise?
Takuya: Augh! I'm making her fret over me!
Rika: Augh! What I texted was overbearing!
Rika: I got impatient!
Takuya: It's not like that.
Takuya: It's not, it's not!
Takuya: May I join you in there?
Rika: May I join you out there?
Takuya: C-Can't press it!
Takuya: Honjoji-san?!
Rika: I'm sorry. It's so hot in there I thought I would die.
Takuya: Please, cool down outside!
Rika: Th-Thank you.
both: Grown-up romance is such a hassle.
Takuya: Every little thing seems so important, I can't make any decisions.
Takuya: If we...
Takuya: If we went ahead and got married, maybe we wouldn't have to worry so much.
Takuya: That's right.
Takuya: Would it be so wrong if we did get married?
Rika: Good night.
: --------------- EP 12 ---------------
Kurokawa: Looking good!
Kurokawa: Our Worthwhile JTC Life!
Rika: Thank you.
Kurokawa: You look so happy, it makes me enjoy it too!
Kurokawa: Must be your upcoming-wedding aura.
Takuya: N-Nothing like that.
Takuya: Would it be so wrong if we did get married?
Takuya: Once I start thinking about that, it's all I think about.
Takuya: I wonder what Honjoji-san thinks about it.
Kurokawa: Okay, keep this up for another month.
Takuya: Y-Yes, ma'am.
Takuya: Well, let's keep at it.
Rika: Uh, right.
Kurokawa: Didn't I tell you?
Kurokawa: Those two aren't in a fake engagement.
Mamaru: I'm not the one who said so.
Mamaru: The head office wanted to make sure.
Mamaru: They said you never know with young people.
Kurokawa: And I say again, it's not fake!
Mamaru: I guess that means it'll be this kid.
Kurokawa: Does it really have to be one of ours?
Mamaru: Make up your mind already!
Mamaru: Somebody has to go there!
Mamaru: I mean, I know nobody wants to go anywhere cold.
Mamaru: But we also can't open an empty branch, now can we?
Mamaru: All we need is your okay to go this route, so could you finalize things soon?
Gonda: What?! Me, go to Alaska?!
Isojima: Looks like it.
Gonda: W-Wait a minute! It's been decided?!
Kitagawa: Well, it's a rumor anyway.
Isojima: But that's what someone at the head office said.
Gonda: But I haven't even been told yet!
Itsuki: What's a good farewell gift? A down jacket?
Gonda: Give me a break, Keisuke-san!
Gonda: Th-This can't be true, can it?
Gonda: It's not true, right?
Takuya: Gonda?
Rika: Going to Anchorage?
Takuya: What am I doing turning a blind eye?
Takuya: I must have known it would turn out like this!
Takuya: Thanks to our false plan, somebody else will be going to Anchorage.
Takuya: Sending Gonda away now seems unthinkable!
Takuya: Should things end this way?!
Rika: Ohara-kun, you think the rumor about Gonda-kun is true?
Takuya: There's nothing wrong with this scheme.
Takuya: Honjoji-san's plan is perfect, and we needed it at the time.
Takuya: I just didn't bother to imagine...
Takuya: It's not just Gonda. Nobody should have to go in our place!
Takuya: I didn't see it at all.
Takuya: I'm not the only one who'd be inconvenienced.
Takuya: Everyone's the same.
Takuya: They're all living their lives the best they can!
Takuya: It was thanks to this scheme that I picked up on that.
Takuya: Thanks to Honjoji-san.
Takuya: Kurokawa-san, do you have a minute?
Kurokawa: Ohara?
Takuya: There's something I want to tell you.
Takuya: I'm going to tell her our marriage is a lie.
Takuya: I'll put an end to the whole thing.
Kurokawa: Tell me what?
Takuya: You know, something like this happened before.
Takuya: The day the pool opened when I was a kid.
Takuya: On the way home, there was a grilled squid food truck.
Takuya: It was free to use the pool on its opening day.
Takuya: But my mother made me bring some money, just in case.
mother: Don't go spendin' this on food or nothin', now.
Takuya: But...
mother: Taku-chan.
young Takuya: Mom!
mother: You have fun at the pool?
young Takuya: Yep.
young Takuya: U-Uh, today, you hadta pay to get in, so I spent the money.
mother: Oh.
mother: What's that on your mouth? Looks like sauce.
young Takuya: Huh?
mother: Takuya.
mother: I'm not angry because you bought food.
mother: That was bad too, but why'd you lie about needin' the money?
mother: You knew you'd done a bad thing, and you tried to hide it.
mother: That's what I have a hard time forgivin'.
father: Takuya, do you know full well why you got in trouble?
father: Tell me in your own words.
young Takuya: Uh, I went to the pool with my friends.
young Takuya: After, there was this grilled squid.
young Takuya: Uh, I bought some with Mom's money and ate it.
young Takuya: A-And then...
young Takuya: I lied to Mom and said that I spent it on the pool.
Takuya: It wasn't so much that I bought the food.
Takuya: It was that I lied to cover it up that made me cry from shame.
Takuya: I haven't grown up at all, have I?
Takuya: Kurokawa-san.
Takuya: I'm not getting married at all.
Kurokawa: Huh?
Takuya: I-I was lying.
Takuya: I didn't want to go to Anchorage, so I faked an engagement.
Takuya: I gave no consideration to anyone else.
Takuya: I deceived everyone!
Takuya: I truly am sorry!
Takuya: I'll be the one to go to Anchorage!
Kurokawa: Okay, I hear you.
Kurokawa: Come with me now.
Kurokawa: In here.
Takuya: Honjoji-san?
Kurokawa: As it turns out, she told me the very same thing earlier.
Kurokawa: That your marriage wasn't real.
Kurokawa: And that she would go to Anchorage.
Kurokawa: Looks like neither of you knew about this part.
Kurokawa: In other words, you both wanted to avoid going to Anchorage so much,
Kurokawa: you lied about getting married?
Takuya: That's right.
Kurokawa: I couldn't tell one bit!
Kurokawa: Looks like you were stressing big-time over this.
Kurokawa: But you don't need to worry anymore.
Kurokawa: I'll go to Anchorage!
Rika/Takuya: What?!
Kurokawa: Don't make a fuss.
Kurokawa: I've already told the head office, so you two won't have to go anywhere.
Kurokawa: So, back to work!
Kurokawa: Carry these!
Kurokawa: Make it snappy!
Takuya: Kurokawa-san's going to Anchorage?
Rika: This settles things... but that's not okay!
Itsuki: Please donate funds for Gonda's down jacket.
Gonda: Keisuke-san! It's still not a done deal that I'm going to Alaska!
Isojima: Oh, but Gonda-kun's a big guy. Wouldn't a sweater be enough?
Kurokawa: Sorry to drag you out here.
Takuya: It's fine.
Kurokawa: I figured you might be concerned.
Kurokawa: About the fact that I'm going in your place.
Takuya: Very concerned!
Rika: Without you, what will become of the Kinshicho Branch?
Kurokawa: Our branch will be fine.
Kurokawa: Everyone there is outstanding.
Kurokawa: And besides...
Kurokawa: Right now I'm excited!
Kurokawa: Because I get to go on another journey!
Kurokawa: I used to spend all my time traveling.
Kurokawa: Asia, Africa, Europe—all over the world.
Kurokawa: I love the sea, and I've seen so much.
Kurokawa: Isn't it the same for you two?
Kurokawa: You came to this company because you love traveling.
Kurokawa: But now I'm married and running a branch.
Kurokawa: I help others travel, but I no longer do it myself.
Kurokawa: I spend every day in meetings, managing projects and figures,
Kurokawa: and I make my employees do unpleasant tasks.
Kurokawa: Once I get home, I'm a good wife and daughter-in-law.
Kurokawa: I have to balance work and home life.
Kurokawa: I treat myself with one trip a year to the Maldives.
Kurokawa: It's not that I hate that arrangement.
Kurokawa: It's just, it occurs to me...
Kurokawa: There's a clear, straight road stretching out ahead of me.
Kurokawa: I walk along it, taking care not to step off of it.
Kurokawa: This is my life now?
Kurokawa: No, it's not!
Kurokawa: I need more adventure than that!
Kurokawa: Taking every path, overcoming every difficulty.
Kurokawa: All in the name of seeing things I've never seen in places I've never been.
Kurokawa: That's the joy of living!
Takuya: Uh, but is your family on board with this?
Kurokawa: Well, we did start out as travel companions.
husband: Huh?! You're going to Anchorage?!
Kurokawa: Sorry, I've got to go develop Alaska.
husband: It's kind of a relief.
husband: It's like you've been stuck on the straight and narrow since we got married.
husband: I thought I might be holding you back.
Kurokawa: What a thing to worry about!
husband: I'm jealous. Maybe I'll go to Alaska too.
Kurokawa: You're welcome anytime.
Kurokawa: And so, other than my husband's family, no worries.
Takuya: I-Is that so?
Kurokawa: Thanks for coming out here with me.
Takuya: Kurokawa-san said all that, but does it really have nothing to do with us?
Rika: That I don't know.
Rika: But it seemed like she was telling the truth.
Takuya: "Things I've never seen," huh?
Takuya: I get that now.
Takuya: We've been on the biggest journey of our lives these past two months.
Rika: Well, there's no longer any need for our plan.
both: Thanks for all you've done.
Takuya: Thus, our journey came to an end.
Rika: Maybe it's for the best that this plan is over.
Rika: I doubt it would have worked until the end.
Rika: It isn't good to go on lying indefinitely.
Takuya: That's true. Let's put an end to the lies.
Takuya: And let's think about what happens next.
Rika: All right.
Takuya: We'll need to tell everyone at work that it was a lie.
Rika: Yes, we can inform them tomorrow.
Takuya: Should we tell anyone at the head office?
Rika: I think we'll have to tell Mamaru-san.
Rika: Although I expect it will be rather awkward.
Rika: Is it all right if we go together?
Takuya: O-Of course it's all right.
Takuya: Let's do that.
Rika: Cost of the two cushions: ¥4180.
Rika: The globe we got for the blog cost ¥3460.
Takuya: Do we include the water bill?
Rika: Let's add everything and calculate it.
Rika: What do we do with the table, light, etc. we used for the blog?
Takuya: Anything we aren't going to use, I'll sell online.
Rika: That was relatively easy to sort out.
Takuya: Well, it was only two months' worth.
Rika: It almost feels like a dream.
Rika: I suppose actual marriage is a lot harder.
Takuya: Yes, I'm sure it is.
Takuya: Even if it's fun for a short time, being together all the time must be too much.
Takuya: You have to be attentive to each other constantly, and it's much easier to be alone.
Takuya: I feel like I'd spend an eternity fretting.
Rika: I'd be worried about work and money too.
Rika: And you'd no longer have time for yourself or be free to go out whenever you want.
Takuya: Married couples probably also have different values,
Takuya: and there's bound to be lots of arguments over little things.
Rika: Hanging out with family is troublesome too.
Takuya: It's annoying when everyone says "congratulations,"
Takuya: and we can do everything by ourselves as it is.
Takuya: The more I think about it, the more I reach the same conclusion.
Takuya: It's fine not to get married.
Rika: Yes, it feels like it's nothing but risk.
Rika: It takes so much effort to live on your own as it is.
Rika: So, to have to support someone else?
Rika: Marriage is all an illusion.
Rika: Well, the trains will start running soon.
Takuya: Right.
Takuya: A straight road continues on and on.
Takuya: I just keep on walking, taking care not to leave that road.
Takuya: This is my life...
Takuya: Honjoji-san!
Takuya: Honjoji-san!
Takuya: U-Um, we're just coworkers. Not even friends.
Takuya: But can we get married anyway?!
Rika: Y-Yes, we can!
Rika: We aren't even going out, but can we get married?!
Takuya: Yes, we can!
Takuya: Nothing amazing's happened to us like in a TV show, but can we get married?!
Rika: Yes, we can!
Rika: Maybe we didn't have any fated encounter or anything, but can we get married anyway?!
Takuya: Yes, we can!
Rika: Please just tell me one thing.
Rika: Do you love me?
Rika: I do so many weird things, and I'm always regretting it.
Rika: I have no confidence in myself.
Rika: But the truth is, there are many things I want to do and talk about with someone.
Takuya: I do love you, Honjoji-san!
Rika: And I... love you, Ohara-kun!
Rika: I was thinking marriage was the finish line.
Rika: But it's really a beginning, isn't it?
Takuya: That's right.
Takuya: You can begin at any time.
Takuya: And so, Honjoji-san. Once again...
Rika: You can call me "Rika."
Takuya: Okay.
Takuya: R-R-R...
Takuya: R...
Takuya: Rika-san, will you marry me?
Rika: Yes.
Rika: Let's start over again!
Takuya: Yes.
Rika: So, Ohara-kun, first things first.
Takuya: Oh, so I'm still "Ohara-kun."
Rika: Let's go apologize to everyone at JTC.
Takuya: Right.
both: We apologize!
everyone: What?!
Komiya: You weren't getting married and now you are?!
Kitagawa/Isojima: Say what now?!
someone: Do we say "congratulations" to this?
Saito: Oh, so happy!
someone: Why not?
someone: How about another party at Bau Bau?
Takuya: No, pass on that!
Gonda: Congratulations, Senpai!
Gonda: We don't have to worry about Alaska anymore, and you'll see!
Gonda: I'll find my own happiness!
Shinshi: For now...
Shinshi: For now, I'll say "congratulations."
Shinshi: But the day may come when that word becomes a curse.
Kurokawa: All right!
Kurokawa: Let's knock it out of the park again today!
Kurokawa: Go on, take your seats.
Takuya: Hello?
voice: So, you're really getting married.
voice: I knew from the start things would turn out this way.
Takuya: Why do you make these calls?
voice: I thought you were telling a silly lie.
voice: That's all.
voice: But then, this does seem appropriate for you two.
Takuya: You couldn't be more right.
voice/Itsuki: Sorry to cause you any anxiety.
voice/Itsuki: And also, congratulations.
Takuya: Thank you.
Takuya: It's Rika-san! Asakusa Station!
Takuya: R-Rika-san's glowing!
Takuya: She's going to be... my wife.
Takuya: Rika-san!
Rika: Ohara-kun's... glowing!
Rika: He's... going to be... my husband.
Takuya/Rika: Bliss.
Rika: Today, I was the attendant for a foreigner in Chiba,
Rika: and a farmer we visited gave us produce.
Takuya: That's a lot!
Takuya: Okay, I'll carry it to your place.
Rika: I'll carry half.
Takuya: Don't worry, I've got it.
Rika: I called him out here for something trivial.
Takuya: She called me out here for something trivial.
Takuya/Rika: Bliss.
Rika: Oh, then Ohara-kun, I'll treat you to tea as thanks.
Takuya: I appreciate that.
Takuya/Rika: Bliss.
both: Here we are, just having tea.
Rika: Ohara-kun, can I do my Today's Five Minutes bit?
Takuya: Go for it.
Rika: A new island has emerged near Iwo Jima!
Rika: It's so cool that the island
Rika: is made of volcanic products like lava flows and rock lumps.
Takuya: Wow.
Rika: What's more, just when it seemed activity had stopped
Rika: and the waves and such would make it shrink,
Rika: signs were seen that it would become active again!
Takuya: Far out.
Rika: The Hawaiian Islands were formed by volcanic activity and plate movement,
Rika: but when you think about it, how much lava must have to erupt to form islands that big?
Rika: By the way, Indonesia also has many volcanic islands.
Takuya: Oh yeah?
Rika: He seems to have so much fun listening.
Rika: I feel like I could keep talking forever.
Takuya: Rika-san talks about such interesting things.
Takuya: I feel like I could keep listening forever.
Takuya/Rika: Bliss.
both: This rules.
Rika: I love how Ohara-kun walks so casually on the side next to the road.
Takuya: I love how Rika-san always takes Kama into account.
Rika: I love Ohara-kun's unruly hair!
Takuya: I love Rika-san's profile!
Rika: I love how broad Ohara-kun's shoulders are!
Takuya: I love listening to Rika-san's footsteps!
Takuya: I love seeing our shadows walk side by side!
both: I love how we can just be together like this.
Takuya: Rika-san, since we're here, let's cut through the park.
Rika: Sounds nice.
Rika: Um...
Takuya: Rika-san.
Takuya: Sorry, I was just now leaving.
Rika: Good morning, Ohara-kun.
Takuya: Good morning, Rika-san.