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[Kawaii Monster]
♪ Happy, lucky, wonderful ♪
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All together now!
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♪ Happy, lucky, wonderful ♪
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♪ Happy, lucky, wonderful ♪
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- Make it cute!
- ♪ Happy, lucky, wonderful ♪
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- Make it super cute!
- ♪ Happy, lucky, wonderful ♪
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- Say, cute!
- Cute!
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- Cute!
- Cute!
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- Yeah!
- Yeah!
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- Super cute!
- It is so cute!
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Look! Cute!
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So cute...
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- Sorry for the wait.
- Cute!
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Cute...
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Kusakabe? What is it?
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Huh? Are you a staff member doing cosplay?
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No, it's an undercover investigation
in the name of a gap part-time job.
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What? Undercover investigation?
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Excuse me! Could you take a picture for us?
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Sure. Go ahead.
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Say cheese!
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Here you go.
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Well, Miss, would you like to
be in the photo with us?
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That's true. She is cute.
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- Come on! Let's take a photo!
- No, I'm... Well...
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- Let's take a photo!
- Alright. Alright. Alright.
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I'll take it. Come on.
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Okay, do a cute pose!
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- Cute... Wait.
- Ready, set.
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So cute!
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What?
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I mean, why am I like this...
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I want to do it! I love it!
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I just can't stop loving it!
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Then just do it!
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I'm in 'let's do this together' mode.
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I'm in 'let's make it a huge hit' mode!
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I'll do it!
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I'll do it too!
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Are we going to do it together?
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I'm going to do consulting, right?
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Do it?
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Do it.
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Do it.
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Probably, I'll do it.
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[Seo Design]
So, Mr. Seo, at your request,
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- starting today, I will be consulting...
- No, no, no.
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My request? You said you wanted to do it.
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You said you wanted to do it
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- while bursting into tears.
- Well...
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It's liquid. Just some liquid
coming out of my eyes.
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That's enough.
Anyway, we're doing this, right?
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Well, though you're the one
who brought it up.
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[Consultant Agreement]
This will be a formal consulting agreement.
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But before that,
there's something I need to tell you.
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I have no experience being passionate about
or absorbed in something.
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I've never even liked a character before.
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Perhaps because of that, I don't have
any sense of what 'cute' means either.
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So I'm currently infiltrating various
cute-related facilities to investigate.
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Like this.
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I mean, you want to consult
without even understanding what cute is.
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That's some nerve.
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Even if I don't understand cute,
by looking at characters and goods,
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I can understand the target, aim, cost rate,
and other business elements and numbers.
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So you don't need to worry about that.
Or rather, I hope you can trust me on that.
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I have a policy of not trusting people.
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Okay, but for the sake of
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- smooth business operations...
- My grandma used to say that
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never trust anyone
who tells you to trust them.
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- Well, she's right, but...
- Now then!
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[Consulting Fee]
Impress me with your results!
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What? What! What?
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- What!
- Well, with this,
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I'll be ordering you around
to my heart's content.
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- But you don't have any work...
- And whose fault do you think that is?
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I'm sorry. Let me confirm here.
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I struggled with it too.
My savings are practically nothing.
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But I swapped my usual big, cheap bread
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- for this small, cheap bread...
- It's not enough.
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- What?
- It's not enough.
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Oh, but I don't know
the market rate for consulting.
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But it's kind of like
a video streaming subscription, right?
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For a six-month contract,
it's 30 million yen.
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You're a hyena! That's hyena-ism!
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That said, that figure is
for major corporations.
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And there's also the matter of Takai Create.
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So first, let me compensate you for that.
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After that, you can pay me
based on the results.
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Alright, I've also prepared a job for you.
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A bakery called Oyama Bakery
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[Oyama Bakery]
is commemorating its 50th anniversary.
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They want an original character for the shop,
and they'd like you to design it.
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Alright, though I don't really get it...
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Understood. Well then, please sign here.
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A written pledge?
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Well, just some rules from me, too.
Common sense, got it?
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Don't talk about Merry in front of me.
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Don't talk about Omishima.
Don't talk about Cynical Molco.
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Don't tell anyone that liquid
came out of my eyes.
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If you tell them, you're fired.
And when I say fired, I mean fired.
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All right. And with that,
our contract is sealed.
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Mr. Seo, before I begin consulting,
I have one important question.
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What is our goal?
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What do you want to do?
What do you want to create?
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If we are to create a new character,
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I think it will also be
connected to that concept.
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Please think it over carefully.
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What's our goal?
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Goal...
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What's our goal?
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Cynical Molco is very popular, isn't it?
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Thank you very much.
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We are quite surprised ourselves.
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How can one create such a hit product?
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[Merry President, Takumi Omishima]
You just called it a hit product,
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but we do not think of
our characters as products.
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[This is where a new era begins]
They're more like our children.
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Like our children.
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This one is like a child to me.
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It's okay.
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Please trust me...
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The same goes for Molco.
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With the initial settings and designs
you came up with,
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it didn't seem like they would sell well.
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So I made some adjustments.
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As a result, it became
an unprecedentedly huge hit.
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That very ruthlessness is
what made them evolve.
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And I believe that evolution
is what led to this hit.
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Evolution?
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- Well...
- He doesn't get it.
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He doesn't get anything.
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- Well, no...
- He killed it!
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This guy killed it!
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- Cheese! Yeah!
- Let's do a heart too.
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Cute?
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Molco!
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Hey, that plushie will get wet. Here.
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Because Molco, who's usually all "hmph,"
goes "hmph" at the very end.
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Then everyone goes "hmph,"
and I go "hmph" too.
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I see. "Hmph", huh?
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Hey, your nose is running.
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Molco.
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Molco.
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Oh, sorry, you're studying.
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No, it's fine.
I was just thinking that it's love.
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Love...
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Oh, no.
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Oh, it's getting late.
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- Aren't you sleepy? You okay?
- I'm not sleepy.
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Oh, yeah, I think I'm okay.
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S-S-So, how is it? The world of
creating characters as a business?
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Well, it's tougher than I thought.
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First, the producer or project leader
decides what kind of character to make,
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and who to target.
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Next, a character designer
creates the design,
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and while they devise the name
and setting, the character...
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Well, anyway, it's tough,
and only a handful succeed.
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But basically, manga, anime, games,
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they are also
character creation businesses, right?
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Well, but those at least
have some predictability,
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since they're already popular.
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But succeeding with
a so-called mascot character,
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like Hello Kitty, is quite difficult.
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Oh, but isn't Cynical Molco like that too?
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Well, the success of that character is
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[Character Business Revolution]
thanks to this person's acumen,
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[By Takumi Omishima]
or rather, his ability to sniff out a hit.
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This one is like a child to me.
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It's okay.
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Please trust me...
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Wait a minute!
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Hmph, hmph, hmph.
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Who are you?
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- Mol...
- Molco!
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- Mol...
- Hmph.
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Hmph, hmph.
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- Mol...
- Stop!
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Mol...
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Stop it!
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Molco!
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Good morning.
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Hmph, hmph, hmph.
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Hmph, hmph, hmph.
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About that goal business.
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Yes?
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My goal is vengeance for Full Tummy Molco,
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who was killed
before it ever saw the light of day!
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V-e-n-g-e-a-n-c-e.
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Vengeance!
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Vengeance?
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[Episode 2]
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[Hello, Ms. Anna Kusakabe.
Need me to check anything for you?]
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[What does it mean, aiming for vengeance?]
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Vengeance is an illegal act in modern times.
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What is this exchange?
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Is it done? The vengeance plan?
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Sorry, not yet.
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I mean, my specialty
is management strategy support
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- and operational efficiency...
- Is it done?
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The vengeance plan.
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I'll do my best.
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[Vengeance! Chushingura]
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Ms. Kusakabe?
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Oh, you're from Merry.
Well... Mr. Hirose, right?
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Yes.
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Molco's autograph session
is happening in the back right now.
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- It's Molco!
- Hello.
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Here.
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- Thank you.
- Thank you.
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By the way, are you still
working with Mr. Seo?
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Yes. I'm officially working with him now.
I'm the consultant.
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I see. That's good.
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Oh, yes. Well...
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I wanted to say again, I'm truly sorry
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for all the trouble I caused
at the competition the other day.
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It's fine. That ended up
being canceled, anyway.
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Could it be that
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- it was because of the mess we caused?
- No, no, not at all.
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In the end, nothing really clicked,
so nobody ended up qualifying.
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But is that okay?
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The shopping mall is going to be built,
and it needs a character...
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That's true.
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So, I contacted
the organizing company a while ago,
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and now among the higher-ups...
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they're saying that they'd like
Mr. Seo to draw it again.
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- Mr. Seo?
- Hey! Wait, wait!
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♪ Se, se, se, yoi, yoi, yoi ♪
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♪ Chitter-chatter, chitter-chat ♪
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Excuse me.
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♪ Chitter-chatter-chat ♪
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Sorry for the wait.
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[Vengeance Plan]
Here is the vengeance plan.
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This is from the other day...
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Creating a character for
the shopping mall to be built in Nerima.
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The client says they want you
to draw the character again.
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However, when the character is announced,
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they want to prominently feature your title
as the designer of Cynical Molco.
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- And we'll need Merry's permission...
- You want me to...
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If you're serious about this...
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you're hell-bound.
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The official name of this project is...
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the Shopping Mall Character Project,
Volume Two.
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- It's Volume Two!
- Two?
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Volume One is the character creation
for the Itabashi shopping mall,
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and the creator is...
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[Merry Co., Ltd.]
Merry.
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If the Nerima character you create
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becomes more popular than
Merry's Itabashi character...
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It'd be successful vengeance!
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The fee is high, and if you establish
a track record on a big project like this,
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it will certainly be advantageous
for you in the future.
252
00:14:04,133 --> 00:14:07,033
Even though you just broke
one of the rules around here...
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[Don't talk about Merry]
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I forgive you.
255
00:14:14,033 --> 00:14:17,992
Just watch. I'll make Nerima defeat Itabashi.
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Defeat it!
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I'll make Nerima defeat Itabashi!
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[Nerima Official Anime Character: Nerimaru]
♪ I was supposed to do ♪
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[Itabashi Tourism Character: Rinrin]
♪ Proper consulting ♪
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♪ Seeking vengeance at a shopping mall ♪
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♪ I was supposed to do cute consulting ♪
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♪ Vengeance, in Nerima, against Itabashi ♪
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00:14:45,700 --> 00:14:54,133
♪ An amateur girl who
doesn't know the right answer ♪
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♪ An amateur girl oozing anxiety ♪
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[Oyama Bakery]
Oh, hello. This is Oyama Bakery.
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Thank you for your patronage.
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- Hello.
- Hello.
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00:15:09,733 --> 00:15:12,467
Well, is it done yet? Our character?
269
00:15:12,467 --> 00:15:16,033
Well... the deadline
hasn't passed yet, right?
270
00:15:16,033 --> 00:15:21,600
I'm sorry. No, I was just
curious about how it's going.
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Vengeance...
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00:15:24,433 --> 00:15:27,033
Vengeance.
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00:15:28,900 --> 00:15:32,320
The designer is working on it right now.
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I see, I see!
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[First 50 visitors get a free]
Well, it's our first time having
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[original Oyama character keychain]
an original store character.
277
00:15:36,736 --> 00:15:39,533
Well... I'm just really excited about it.
278
00:15:39,533 --> 00:15:42,560
Can you imagine an original
character for Oyama Bakery?
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00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,500
That's exactly why I'd want to get one.
280
00:15:45,500 --> 00:15:48,600
Well, you see,
it's our 50th anniversary coming up.
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I was thinking we could give them out
to our regular customers and kids.
282
00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:53,700
- Right?
- Yeah, I want one.
283
00:15:53,700 --> 00:15:57,536
Understood. We'll do our best
to meet your expectations.
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Excuse us.
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00:15:59,136 --> 00:16:02,792
Vengeance... Vengeance...
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00:16:02,967 --> 00:16:06,867
- Vengeance... Vengeance...
- Well, Mr. Seo?
287
00:16:06,867 --> 00:16:09,152
Mr. Seo!
288
00:16:09,152 --> 00:16:11,300
What? Why are you shouting all of a sudden?
289
00:16:11,300 --> 00:16:14,433
The Nerima project is fine,
but what about the other job?
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00:16:14,433 --> 00:16:17,767
The bakery, right?
What, you thought I hadn't done it?
291
00:16:17,767 --> 00:16:20,667
- No, it's not that...
- You surprised me.
292
00:16:20,667 --> 00:16:24,936
I thought maybe you didn't trust me. Yikes.
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Vengeance.
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00:16:44,467 --> 00:16:46,016
It's done.
295
00:16:46,016 --> 00:16:47,367
Good morning.
296
00:16:47,367 --> 00:16:50,620
I drew it. The Nerima one, I drew it.
297
00:16:50,620 --> 00:16:52,433
What do you think? Is it cute? Cute, right?
298
00:16:52,433 --> 00:16:56,433
Well... It's a bit different from
the image the client is looking for.
299
00:16:56,433 --> 00:17:01,300
What? Different? What?
Where? Where is it different?
300
00:17:01,300 --> 00:17:04,333
More importantly, the deadline for
Oyama Bakery is approaching.
301
00:17:04,333 --> 00:17:06,432
- How's the progress?
- I'm...
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00:17:06,432 --> 00:17:08,767
I'm the type who doesn't want anyone
to see my work in progress.
303
00:17:08,767 --> 00:17:11,424
Is that so? But I will see it.
304
00:17:11,424 --> 00:17:15,968
Wait! You really don't trust me! Wait!
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00:17:15,968 --> 00:17:17,233
[Oyama Bakery]
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I'm clicking now.
307
00:17:21,633 --> 00:17:24,633
Is this...
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Is this hijiki seaweed?
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00:17:27,300 --> 00:17:31,008
I'm really sorry.
Please give us a little more time.
310
00:17:31,008 --> 00:17:33,400
No, it's fine.
311
00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:35,440
Guess the designer really cares that much.
312
00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:38,720
What? There isn't any Oyama Bakery keychain?
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00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:39,744
- There isn't?
- There isn't?
314
00:17:39,744 --> 00:17:42,784
No, no, no, that's not true! There is! Right?
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00:17:42,784 --> 00:17:46,376
- Look forward to it, okay?
- Yes!
316
00:17:58,667 --> 00:18:01,152
Hello, this is Kusakabe from
Horai Consulting... No, I mean...
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00:18:01,152 --> 00:18:03,784
I finally drew it.
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00:18:03,967 --> 00:18:07,067
- The one for Mr. Oyama?
- I drew the Nerima one.
319
00:18:07,067 --> 00:18:11,136
Want to see? I'll send it. There, I sent it.
320
00:18:11,136 --> 00:18:16,967
Well... Is that thing on its head a helmet?
321
00:18:16,967 --> 00:18:19,600
It's a hat. A hat.
322
00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:23,433
So, what do you think?
Is it cute? Cute, right?
323
00:18:23,433 --> 00:18:28,940
Well... I'll gather some more
information about Nerima.
324
00:18:28,940 --> 00:18:31,100
We can incorporate that
and adjust the design a bit more.
325
00:18:31,100 --> 00:18:33,180
Adjust? Why?
326
00:18:33,180 --> 00:18:34,400
Why is an adjustment necessary?
327
00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:39,340
Well... just to be doubly sure.
To aim for something more solid.
328
00:18:39,712 --> 00:18:40,733
All right, fine.
329
00:18:40,733 --> 00:18:44,424
By the way, what about Oyama Bakery?
330
00:18:47,744 --> 00:18:50,344
[Seo Design]
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00:18:51,467 --> 00:18:52,600
Good morning.
332
00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:55,767
I drew it. I drew it! I drew it!
333
00:18:55,767 --> 00:18:58,700
Oh, great! Then I'll take it
to Mr. Oyama right away...
334
00:18:58,700 --> 00:19:01,767
What do you think?
Cute, right? This is the idea.
335
00:19:01,767 --> 00:19:04,240
Send it. Just send it to them.
336
00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:06,267
I can't send this.
337
00:19:06,267 --> 00:19:07,360
What?
338
00:19:07,360 --> 00:19:10,833
Because it's Chushingura, isn't it?
339
00:19:10,833 --> 00:19:14,400
It's even more Kuranosuke
than Kuranosuke Oishi himself, isn't it?
340
00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,576
[Vengeance! Chushingura]
How and where is it Kuranosuke?
341
00:19:16,576 --> 00:19:19,784
Anyway, I can't send that.
I can't just send it to them like that.
342
00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,700
Fine, then.
343
00:19:21,700 --> 00:19:25,767
Wait a minute! Wait, wait!
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00:19:25,767 --> 00:19:27,267
[Send]
I'm clicking!
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00:19:27,267 --> 00:19:28,992
[Sent]
Ah! It's done...
346
00:19:28,992 --> 00:19:32,600
You sent it? Kuranosuke? You sent Kuranosuke?
347
00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:36,500
With this, vengeance...
348
00:19:38,933 --> 00:19:42,784
Mr. Seo? Mr. Seo? Seo...
349
00:19:42,784 --> 00:19:47,560
Hey, wake up! Oyama Bakery. Oyama Bakery!
350
00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:50,040
Molco...
351
00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,367
[Sinful Chestnut]
I am truly sorry.
352
00:19:52,367 --> 00:19:56,767
In three more days... No, two more days,
we'll be able to finish it.
353
00:19:56,767 --> 00:19:58,400
Please.
354
00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:00,840
Ms. Kusakabe.
355
00:20:01,167 --> 00:20:06,433
I'm sorry, but I'm going to ask someone else.
356
00:20:06,433 --> 00:20:10,600
I really want to make it in time
for our 50th anniversary.
357
00:20:26,432 --> 00:20:30,312
[Oyama Bakery
has terminated the contract with us]
358
00:20:43,952 --> 00:20:44,952
[Latest Video: Getting Close to the Real Face
of Merry President Takumi Omishima!]
359
00:20:44,952 --> 00:20:46,952
[His Resolve as a Leader
and Passion for Merry]
360
00:20:49,088 --> 00:20:54,133
This week, we'd like to ask you
about your social circle.
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00:20:54,133 --> 00:20:55,552
[Merry President, Takumi Omishima]
This is Ms. Kumi Sakoda,
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00:20:55,552 --> 00:20:58,208
[Kitchen Sakoda President, Kumi Sakoda]
the president of that hot topic right now,
363
00:20:58,208 --> 00:21:00,288
[Kitchen Sakoda]
Kitchen Sakoda, isn't it?
364
00:21:00,288 --> 00:21:03,400
I heard that you're very close.
365
00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:04,880
That's right.
366
00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:09,700
We have a mutual acquaintance
who introduced us.
367
00:21:09,700 --> 00:21:12,672
She's a very powerful person.
368
00:21:12,672 --> 00:21:16,520
We want to spread the charm
of Kitchen Sakoda to the world.
369
00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:22,528
Why was she with Omishima...
370
00:21:22,528 --> 00:21:27,232
- Welcome.
- Lunchtime, dinnertime,
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00:21:27,232 --> 00:21:30,464
enjoyable days with family and friends.
372
00:21:30,464 --> 00:21:34,080
- Welcome to Hot! Hot!
- Hello, good morning.
373
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,740
Hey, there's something I want to ask you.
374
00:21:37,740 --> 00:21:41,600
Oh, I'm in the middle of something
right now. Perhaps tomorrow?
375
00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,700
What are you in the middle of?
376
00:21:43,700 --> 00:21:45,992
It's a trade secret.
377
00:21:46,176 --> 00:21:48,456
So, tomorrow, then.
378
00:21:48,672 --> 00:21:52,968
There are juicy meat dishes available...
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00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,616
Hot! Hot!
380
00:21:55,616 --> 00:22:01,000
You see, humans unconditionally
find round things cute.
381
00:22:03,233 --> 00:22:05,033
I knew it.
382
00:22:05,033 --> 00:22:07,580
Meeting secretly with Merry...
383
00:22:07,580 --> 00:22:11,072
When you reach my level, you will know...
Is something wrong?
384
00:22:11,072 --> 00:22:15,380
No, I just felt something like
murderous intent.
385
00:22:15,380 --> 00:22:16,480
What?
386
00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:22,056
Meeting secretly with Merry...
387
00:22:25,433 --> 00:22:27,700
- What?
- Is something wrong?
388
00:22:27,700 --> 00:22:31,600
The company behind the Nerima
shopping mall wants to meet.
389
00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:32,960
What?
390
00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,860
[Neri-Morusuke]
391
00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:46,632
It's great, isn't it?
392
00:22:47,467 --> 00:22:51,133
This edgy vibe is just brutal.
393
00:22:51,133 --> 00:22:54,120
It blows right past all the rules.
394
00:22:54,533 --> 00:22:56,400
It really strikes a chord!
395
00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,467
It means...
396
00:22:58,467 --> 00:23:03,016
Let's go with this for Nerima.
397
00:23:05,220 --> 00:23:06,500
Thank you very much.
398
00:23:06,500 --> 00:23:07,744
No, thank you.
399
00:23:07,744 --> 00:23:09,700
- What do you think?
- This is the only way, right?
400
00:23:09,700 --> 00:23:11,733
You said it.
401
00:23:11,733 --> 00:23:14,667
I'm sorry.
402
00:23:14,667 --> 00:23:18,100
I really don't understand.
403
00:23:18,100 --> 00:23:24,008
What are characters, anyway?
404
00:23:25,376 --> 00:23:27,400
Fired.
405
00:23:27,633 --> 00:23:29,733
Huh? Neck?
[*"Fired" and "neck" sound close in Japanese]
406
00:23:29,733 --> 00:23:32,060
Oh, Kuranosuke's?
407
00:23:32,060 --> 00:23:33,600
Dismissal.
408
00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,200
Dis... Dismissal?
409
00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:39,900
Because I realized I can manage on my own.
410
00:23:39,900 --> 00:23:42,467
Also, a consultant who doesn't
understand cute is a burden.
411
00:23:42,467 --> 00:23:45,056
Above all, I can't trust you.
412
00:23:45,056 --> 00:23:48,296
You're secretly connected to Omishima.
413
00:23:50,833 --> 00:23:52,936
Dismissal.
414
00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,867
Zapaan!
415
00:24:00,867 --> 00:24:03,333
How do you feel? Did it wash away?
That cloudy feeling?
416
00:24:03,333 --> 00:24:06,200
No, it's stuck. It's clogged in my throat!
417
00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,160
Excuse me! A large Zapaan shochu
with sweet potato!
418
00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:09,840
Another shochu, and another one of this too.
419
00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:11,616
- Okay. Coming right up.
- But how did he know about
420
00:24:11,616 --> 00:24:12,767
Mr. Omishima and me?
421
00:24:12,767 --> 00:24:15,267
Hey, isn't it okay already?
422
00:24:15,267 --> 00:24:17,480
You're fired, so that means
you're free, right?
423
00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,833
Want to go to Yamashiroya sometime?
424
00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:23,200
Do you know that place?
They have lots of cute stuff!
425
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,864
How about it? This Sunday?
426
00:24:28,267 --> 00:24:31,112
Sunday's not great for me.
427
00:24:34,100 --> 00:24:36,400
- Thank you for your patronage.
- Mr. Oyama, excuse me. I'd like to switch.
428
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,400
- Oh, okay. Please go ahead.
- Alright.
429
00:24:56,416 --> 00:24:58,784
Vengeance.
430
00:24:58,784 --> 00:25:01,384
Vengeance.
431
00:25:02,267 --> 00:25:04,933
Vengeance.
432
00:25:04,933 --> 00:25:07,400
Vengeance.
433
00:25:10,460 --> 00:25:12,200
Do you have a minute?
434
00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,240
- Hey! Hey!
- No way!
435
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:16,224
I said, no way! I don't want to,
not even for a minute!
436
00:25:16,224 --> 00:25:17,568
Understood. Then, is five hours okay?
437
00:25:17,568 --> 00:25:18,967
What are you thinking?
438
00:25:18,967 --> 00:25:21,800
Then six hours... Seven hours.
439
00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,167
Why is it increasing?
440
00:25:23,167 --> 00:25:27,967
- Your face is like The Shining...
- Eight hours... Nine hours... Ten hours!
441
00:25:27,967 --> 00:25:31,040
Eleven...
442
00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:32,640
What?
443
00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,488
Oyama Bakery is celebrating
its 50th anniversary.
444
00:25:35,488 --> 00:25:38,100
Welcome.
445
00:25:38,100 --> 00:25:40,584
It's Oyama Bakery.
446
00:25:42,267 --> 00:25:45,152
- We're handing out balloons.
- Can you see the poster?
447
00:25:45,152 --> 00:25:48,400
[Original Oyama Character Keychain]
It's Oyama Bakery's 50th anniversary.
448
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,000
[Canceled]
Canceled...
449
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,067
Why?
450
00:25:52,067 --> 00:25:55,633
I heard they looked for another designer
after that, but couldn't find one.
451
00:25:55,633 --> 00:25:58,400
And the AI designs didn't click either,
so in the end...
452
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,216
We're having an event today. Please go ahead.
453
00:26:01,216 --> 00:26:05,033
I still don't understand what is cute.
454
00:26:05,033 --> 00:26:07,872
And I'm an amateur in the character business.
But I do know this.
455
00:26:07,872 --> 00:26:09,056
You came! Take it!
456
00:26:09,056 --> 00:26:13,000
- Come on. Take the balloon.
- What? No character keychains?
457
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,600
I'm sorry. It can't be helped.
458
00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:19,560
- Balloons are nice too.
- We prioritized our own selfish feelings.
459
00:26:20,267 --> 00:26:23,048
We didn't face Mr. Oyama properly.
460
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,520
And for someone,
461
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:34,056
we robbed them of a chance
to encounter a lifelong love.
462
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:38,760
It's done.
463
00:26:39,433 --> 00:26:42,024
What are you drawing?
464
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,888
You're good! Amazing!
465
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,672
Good!
466
00:26:54,016 --> 00:26:56,832
Sticker. Put a sticker
on your favorite bread.
467
00:26:56,832 --> 00:26:59,133
Mr. Seo?
468
00:26:59,133 --> 00:27:00,864
- Hey!
- Oyama Bakery is celebrating
469
00:27:00,864 --> 00:27:02,880
- Mr. Seo!
- its 50th anniversary!
470
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:07,133
- We're a delicious, delicious bakery!
- Excuse me.
471
00:27:07,133 --> 00:27:10,733
I'm Seo, the designer, and this time...
472
00:27:10,733 --> 00:27:14,336
No, no, no... No, it's not that...
That kind of thing...
473
00:27:14,336 --> 00:27:16,032
You see, there are children here.
474
00:27:16,032 --> 00:27:19,648
No clue what the Oyama
character keychain looks like.
475
00:27:19,648 --> 00:27:21,568
Can I borrow a pen?
476
00:27:21,568 --> 00:27:23,936
- I like the bread one.
- Stop it.
477
00:27:23,936 --> 00:27:26,833
- Or that...
- All kinds are good.
478
00:27:26,833 --> 00:27:28,864
Can I have a balloon?
479
00:27:28,864 --> 00:27:30,920
Sure.
480
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,090
Impressive!
481
00:27:41,850 --> 00:27:44,110
So good!
482
00:27:50,933 --> 00:27:52,736
Here.
483
00:27:52,736 --> 00:27:55,800
It's old man Oyama! Old man bread loaf!
484
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:57,088
Awesome!
485
00:27:57,088 --> 00:27:59,360
Draw one for me too! An old man hot dog.
486
00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:01,888
- Great drawing!
- Next, draw me a melon bread, too!
487
00:28:01,888 --> 00:28:03,933
- That's good.
- Look, look!
488
00:28:03,933 --> 00:28:06,336
It really is amazing, isn't it?
489
00:28:06,336 --> 00:28:08,488
Awesome!
490
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:11,600
Here you go.
491
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,433
- Old man!
- Old man hot dog!
492
00:28:14,433 --> 00:28:15,744
Can I draw these too?
493
00:28:15,744 --> 00:28:17,184
- Hold on.
- Oh, okay.
494
00:28:17,184 --> 00:28:18,752
Amazing.
495
00:28:18,752 --> 00:28:21,460
- Awesome.
- Amazing, amazing.
496
00:28:21,460 --> 00:28:26,088
Characters really are amazing, aren't they?
497
00:28:27,133 --> 00:28:32,367
They turn something ordinary
into something special.
498
00:28:32,367 --> 00:28:36,904
And both the receiver
and the giver become happy.
499
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,160
Well...
500
00:28:46,067 --> 00:28:48,808
About Mr. Omishima,
501
00:28:50,567 --> 00:28:53,416
I should have told you properly.
502
00:28:53,967 --> 00:28:59,533
Of course, he was just a client
from my consulting days,
503
00:28:59,533 --> 00:29:02,760
but I just thought it
might be better not to mention it.
504
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,256
But...
505
00:29:06,533 --> 00:29:09,960
that might have been
a selfish judgment on my part.
506
00:29:11,567 --> 00:29:13,824
I'm sorry.
507
00:29:13,824 --> 00:29:15,880
Forget it.
508
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,424
Excuse me.
509
00:29:21,504 --> 00:29:24,392
We're not done talking yet.
510
00:29:28,667 --> 00:29:30,984
Well...
511
00:29:33,152 --> 00:29:36,872
[Mi! Berry Good!]
512
00:29:37,167 --> 00:29:39,700
So,
513
00:29:40,533 --> 00:29:43,048
does that mean this character
is also no good?
514
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,467
Yes.
515
00:29:45,467 --> 00:29:47,600
You just said it earlier.
516
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,933
Characters turn something ordinary
into something special,
517
00:29:50,933 --> 00:29:54,024
and make both the receiver
and the giver happy.
518
00:29:54,944 --> 00:29:57,352
Would you be happy to receive this?
519
00:30:01,667 --> 00:30:04,552
I want to redo it.
520
00:30:06,180 --> 00:30:09,233
So, you know, make that kind of contact.
521
00:30:09,233 --> 00:30:12,467
- But I'm fired...
- As some people say,
522
00:30:12,467 --> 00:30:16,800
once trust is lost, it takes
several times more, whatever,
523
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:21,992
to restore it, or something like that.
524
00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:24,424
So...
525
00:30:24,576 --> 00:30:27,656
Do... Do your best.
526
00:30:31,872 --> 00:30:34,312
I'll try contacting them.
527
00:30:34,464 --> 00:30:36,867
[Seo Design]
528
00:30:36,867 --> 00:30:39,167
- They said okay to the redraw.
- I see.
529
00:30:39,167 --> 00:30:42,220
But the client likes
the current Kuranosuke idea,
530
00:30:42,220 --> 00:30:45,224
so we need to propose something
that's even better than that.
531
00:30:49,952 --> 00:30:53,096
Let's see, Nerima...
532
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:55,800
Nerima...
533
00:30:57,568 --> 00:31:00,392
Nerima...
534
00:31:01,900 --> 00:31:05,768
[Revised Character Design]
We need a little more impact.
535
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,367
Something like a sense of incongruity.
536
00:31:08,367 --> 00:31:10,240
Incongruity.
537
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:13,400
Understood. I'll revise it immediately.
538
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:15,432
I'm looking forward to it.
539
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:20,467
And regarding the character
for the Nerima shopping mall,
540
00:31:20,467 --> 00:31:23,433
it seems Mr. Seo has been chosen to draw it.
541
00:31:23,433 --> 00:31:25,500
Oh?
542
00:31:25,500 --> 00:31:27,624
Mr. Seo?
543
00:31:31,808 --> 00:31:34,533
[Specialties, Edamame, Nature, Green,
Nerima, Daikon Radish, Komatsuna, Blueberry]
544
00:31:34,533 --> 00:31:37,667
I'm back.
545
00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:44,100
Hello? Yes, this is Kusakabe.
546
00:31:44,100 --> 00:31:48,968
I'm terribly sorry. Really, I'm truly sorry.
547
00:31:52,233 --> 00:31:54,833
Cancelled?
548
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:57,664
So I'm not allowed to redraw it?
549
00:31:57,664 --> 00:31:59,700
No.
550
00:31:59,700 --> 00:32:02,590
It seems that the plan
to have you draw the Nerima character
551
00:32:02,590 --> 00:32:04,808
has been scrapped entirely.
552
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,680
- Why?
- They just said that
553
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:11,240
it was a decision from above.
554
00:32:27,533 --> 00:32:32,072
Hello, Fuchinobe?
There's something I want to ask you.
555
00:32:44,736 --> 00:32:48,328
[Hirose]
556
00:32:52,544 --> 00:32:53,600
What?
557
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,500
Oh, Mr. Seo? I'm glad you answered!
558
00:32:56,500 --> 00:32:59,016
Actually, right now...
559
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,167
It's been a while, Mr. Omishima.
560
00:33:35,167 --> 00:33:39,667
Yes, it has been a while.
Please, right this way.
561
00:33:50,333 --> 00:33:53,080
Are you Horibe? The one working
the gap part-time job?
562
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:54,080
Well, wait...
563
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,120
You, of all days, late today?
564
00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:59,233
- No, I'm not Horibe...
- Anyway, hurry up.
565
00:33:59,233 --> 00:34:01,467
President Omishima is already here.
566
00:34:01,467 --> 00:34:03,000
- What?
- Come on! Hurry!
567
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,000
- What?
- Come on!
568
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,000
[Limited-Time Cynical Molco Course]
569
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:09,536
This is amazing.
Collaborating with a restaurant like this.
570
00:34:09,536 --> 00:34:14,567
Officially, it starts tomorrow,
but today is a special occasion.
571
00:34:16,128 --> 00:34:18,440
Excuse me.
572
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:28,200
This is Cynical Molco.
We will be serving your meal shortly.
573
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,733
I think you need a bit more training.
574
00:34:34,733 --> 00:34:36,872
Excuse me.
575
00:34:38,208 --> 00:34:39,733
Are you okay?
576
00:34:39,733 --> 00:34:41,233
Yes, I'm fine.
577
00:34:41,233 --> 00:34:43,600
So hard. So hard. So hard.
578
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,696
Dressing up in mascot costumes is so hard.
579
00:34:45,696 --> 00:34:49,500
It's okay. It's okay. It's hard.
580
00:34:51,733 --> 00:34:54,867
Being here reminds me of eight years ago.
581
00:34:54,867 --> 00:34:57,733
I was launching an electronics company,
and you were my consultant.
582
00:34:57,733 --> 00:34:59,904
Of course, business was booming.
583
00:34:59,904 --> 00:35:02,833
We made a good team, didn't we?
584
00:35:02,833 --> 00:35:07,167
Never imagined I'd run into
my old partner as a rival
585
00:35:07,167 --> 00:35:09,067
in the character creation business.
586
00:35:09,067 --> 00:35:10,933
Rival?
587
00:35:10,933 --> 00:35:13,080
But we're just a team of two people.
588
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:17,640
I'm not so foolish as
to let my guard down around you.
589
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:23,867
In that case, the rumor
might not be false, then.
590
00:35:23,867 --> 00:35:25,367
Rumor?
591
00:35:25,367 --> 00:35:30,144
Well, the character creation for the Nerima
shopping mall that we were in charge of
592
00:35:30,144 --> 00:35:32,680
was suddenly canceled.
593
00:35:34,100 --> 00:35:35,840
I've heard about that.
594
00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:37,533
Of course you have.
595
00:35:37,533 --> 00:35:40,200
Because Merry is the replacement.
596
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:44,352
It pains me to say this,
but it was a request from the client.
597
00:35:44,352 --> 00:35:47,688
There's also one more groundless rumor.
598
00:35:47,833 --> 00:35:51,067
About the character for the Itabashi
shopping mall that your company is handling,
599
00:35:51,067 --> 00:35:53,184
I heard that was also
initially a competition.
600
00:35:53,184 --> 00:35:56,433
But just before the second round of judging,
601
00:35:56,433 --> 00:35:58,467
the competition was abruptly canceled,
602
00:35:58,467 --> 00:36:02,376
- and the replacement was...
- Us, right.
603
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:06,767
Well, both were requests from the clients.
604
00:36:06,767 --> 00:36:09,000
Well, it is just a rumor.
605
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,860
But even if it were true,
606
00:36:12,860 --> 00:36:15,080
is there a problem?
607
00:36:15,936 --> 00:36:18,056
No.
608
00:36:18,300 --> 00:36:21,704
It's not against the law.
609
00:36:25,184 --> 00:36:27,496
Excuse me.
610
00:36:28,933 --> 00:36:35,600
However, as a rival in the same industry,
611
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:37,760
I do have one piece of advice.
612
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:42,233
Oh? Please, by all means.
613
00:36:42,233 --> 00:36:47,208
Mr. Omishima, your way of doing things...
614
00:36:56,333 --> 00:36:59,240
is killing these little children.
615
00:37:00,767 --> 00:37:03,296
And in the Itabashi competition,
616
00:37:03,296 --> 00:37:07,688
didn't you also kill the children
created by all those designers?
617
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:14,152
I'm sorry, my apologies.
618
00:37:14,267 --> 00:37:17,867
I never imagined that
you would be influenced by Mr. Seo.
619
00:37:17,867 --> 00:37:24,233
That someone like you would call
a mere product a child.
620
00:37:25,067 --> 00:37:29,367
I know, right? I share the same opinion.
621
00:37:34,567 --> 00:37:37,033
But
622
00:37:37,033 --> 00:37:43,667
our way of thinking
isn't always the right answer.
623
00:37:43,667 --> 00:37:46,333
Mr. Seo makes me realize it.
624
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:49,200
Yes?
625
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:54,760
When he's in front of something he loves,
he stops hearing other people's voices,
626
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:59,528
forgets to eat,
and loses track of day and night.
627
00:37:59,968 --> 00:38:04,433
With just that, he attains a happiness
that could reach the heavens,
628
00:38:04,433 --> 00:38:06,888
and if it's taken away,
629
00:38:07,033 --> 00:38:10,696
he'll stake his entire life to get it back.
630
00:38:12,867 --> 00:38:18,267
If a man like Mr. Seo
says that this is his child,
631
00:38:18,267 --> 00:38:21,960
then maybe that's just the truth.
632
00:38:23,267 --> 00:38:25,960
At least, I want to
633
00:38:26,067 --> 00:38:29,576
believe in what Mr. Seo is saying.
634
00:38:31,833 --> 00:38:36,267
- Is that your advice?
- No.
635
00:38:36,267 --> 00:38:43,528
My advice is that I don't want you
to be overconfident, like I once was.
636
00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:49,384
All right, thank you for the meal.
Goodbye, then.
637
00:38:51,633 --> 00:38:55,367
Ms. Kusakabe, you seem to be half asleep.
638
00:38:55,367 --> 00:38:57,576
So...
639
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,600
How about this?
640
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:12,667
Did that wake you up a little?
641
00:39:12,667 --> 00:39:14,167
How far will you go?
642
00:39:14,167 --> 00:39:16,633
Oh, you still seem to be dreaming.
643
00:39:16,633 --> 00:39:20,133
So shall we have a contest? Let's see...
644
00:39:20,133 --> 00:39:22,967
Seo Design, with you as the consultant,
and us, Merry,
645
00:39:22,967 --> 00:39:27,000
competing to see who can create
a new star character first.
646
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,933
Let's gather the media
and make it a flashy event.
647
00:39:29,933 --> 00:39:35,533
Of course, the loser will have to
withdraw from this industry.
648
00:39:35,533 --> 00:39:37,700
What do you say?
649
00:39:37,700 --> 00:39:41,800
We'll do it. We'll absolutely do it!
650
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:44,600
If it's come to this, then it's vengeance!
We're going full Kuranosuke on you!
651
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,833
Just Mr. Seo and me,
not 47 warriors, just two guys.
652
00:39:47,833 --> 00:39:51,867
We're coming for your head, no, Merry's head!
653
00:39:51,867 --> 00:39:53,633
Interesting.
654
00:39:53,633 --> 00:39:57,667
So, in six months,
let's see whose head will...
655
00:39:57,833 --> 00:40:02,000
Oh, a head! Hey!
656
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,632
That saved us an explanation, didn't it?
657
00:40:10,304 --> 00:40:13,467
Mr. Seo, let's do this.
658
00:40:13,467 --> 00:40:15,267
With the blade of our new character,
659
00:40:15,267 --> 00:40:19,267
- we'll take this giant salamander's head!
- I am absolutely not doing it!
660
00:40:19,267 --> 00:40:21,200
Not doing it?
661
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:24,456
How much more will you insult Molco?
662
00:40:26,467 --> 00:40:28,300
I won't forgive you.
663
00:40:28,300 --> 00:40:30,667
No matter what, I will never
forgive you, of all people!
664
00:40:30,667 --> 00:40:33,500
That's right. Let's do it!
665
00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:35,712
- Let's take his head!
- I am absolutely not taking his head!
666
00:40:35,712 --> 00:40:36,733
We won't take it!
667
00:40:36,733 --> 00:40:39,600
What? But what about vengeance?
668
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:44,072
I won't take vengeance for Molco!
669
00:40:46,592 --> 00:40:48,840
Wait for me, Molco.
670
00:40:49,067 --> 00:40:52,488
I won't let anyone put a stain on you.
671
00:40:55,424 --> 00:40:59,624
If you run away now, won't it be
the same as when you left Merry?
672
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:13,128
Let's compete, Mr. Seo.
673
00:41:14,633 --> 00:41:17,416
You don't understand anything.
674
00:41:18,067 --> 00:41:20,904
It's already settled.
675
00:41:22,900 --> 00:41:29,992
This match is my win by default!
676
00:41:37,500 --> 00:41:40,008
Remember that.
677
00:41:52,100 --> 00:41:57,736
Mr. Seo, why? Why not get vengeance?
678
00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:06,833
I mentioned this before.
When I was a kid, I got teased a lot.
679
00:42:06,833 --> 00:42:09,216
They told me it was weird
for a boy to like cute things.
680
00:42:09,216 --> 00:42:14,208
What? That's not weird at all.
What era are you from, the Showa?
681
00:42:14,208 --> 00:42:15,767
Well, but actually,
682
00:42:15,767 --> 00:42:19,620
for a boy to be crazy about
cute things is pretty rare.
683
00:42:19,620 --> 00:42:22,408
Kids can be cruel.
684
00:42:23,033 --> 00:42:25,033
That's true.
685
00:42:25,033 --> 00:42:29,576
And I used to get pretty down about it.
686
00:42:31,567 --> 00:42:34,440
But Berry was always there for me.
687
00:42:36,233 --> 00:42:40,704
Berry never says anything
that gives me a solid push on the back,
688
00:42:40,704 --> 00:42:43,400
like encouragement or anything.
689
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:46,920
Of course, unlike Cynical Molco,
690
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:50,380
she also didn't say things
to brush people off.
691
00:42:50,380 --> 00:42:55,016
She just said "Berry Good".
692
00:42:59,567 --> 00:43:03,944
But with those words...
693
00:43:10,467 --> 00:43:16,680
I know it's kind of late,
but I feel like I've finally figured it out.
694
00:43:16,900 --> 00:43:21,448
What I like,
what I want to create. That's it.
695
00:43:22,020 --> 00:43:25,416
And that's the "cute" I believe in.
696
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:31,100
Thinking about it,
maybe I should be the furthest away from
697
00:43:31,100 --> 00:43:35,600
all that win-or-lose stuff from earlier.
698
00:43:35,733 --> 00:43:37,768
So...
699
00:43:40,067 --> 00:43:42,920
I won't let cuteness be a competition.
700
00:43:48,067 --> 00:43:51,267
I will hate that giant salamander
for all eternity.
701
00:43:51,267 --> 00:43:53,992
- But...
- Cuteness
702
00:43:54,333 --> 00:43:56,840
won't be a competition.
703
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:00,700
Yeah.
704
00:44:00,700 --> 00:44:04,400
And, at that restaurant,
705
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:09,067
you went "Bam!" to that
giant salamander for me.
706
00:44:09,067 --> 00:44:12,500
How should I put it...
707
00:44:12,500 --> 00:44:17,216
I'm... just... t-t-thank...
708
00:44:17,216 --> 00:44:20,667
Thank... Thank... Thank...
709
00:44:25,067 --> 00:44:27,767
- Thank...
- How about we go with that?
710
00:44:27,767 --> 00:44:30,100
The thing about our goal.
711
00:44:30,100 --> 00:44:33,920
Free from winning or losing,
with no heavy message or weird twists.
712
00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:37,233
And yet, it supports someone.
It just supports them.
713
00:44:37,233 --> 00:44:40,767
Let's create a character
with that kind of concept.
714
00:44:40,767 --> 00:44:43,240
Just supporting.
715
00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:50,133
Let's just make what you've always loved!
716
00:44:56,733 --> 00:44:59,367
As expected of me.
717
00:44:59,367 --> 00:45:01,533
- What?
- It's obvious, isn't it?
718
00:45:01,533 --> 00:45:03,456
You've got that
"I thought of it myself" face,
719
00:45:03,456 --> 00:45:05,120
but that was pretty much all me.
720
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:07,808
- Well, you're not wrong, but...
- Brazenly taking credit.
721
00:45:07,808 --> 00:45:10,579
You are really the successor of hyena-ism.
722
00:45:10,579 --> 00:45:14,433
And you committed
another violation, didn't you?
723
00:45:14,433 --> 00:45:17,056
[Touch the cute here, and you're fired]
Bringing out Molco without permission, huh?
724
00:45:17,056 --> 00:45:22,312
Well, this time it's a special exception.
725
00:45:23,776 --> 00:45:27,200
I'll forgive you if you go buy this.
726
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:29,567
[Very Popular Daitaidou Nikanaru]
It's a detergent called Daitaidou Nikanaru.
727
00:45:29,567 --> 00:45:32,064
It's supposed to be good for
stains on stuffed animals too.
728
00:45:32,064 --> 00:45:34,567
Well, maybe next time.
729
00:45:34,567 --> 00:45:36,500
No, now, okay?
730
00:45:36,500 --> 00:45:38,900
I have to get the stain out.
731
00:45:38,900 --> 00:45:40,800
Now? Now?
732
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:41,888
But it's already nighttime.
733
00:45:41,888 --> 00:45:43,300
And besides, I don't even know
where they sell it.
734
00:45:43,300 --> 00:45:46,667
You know what?
If you're sorry, just go look for it.
735
00:45:46,667 --> 00:45:49,333
And if you're not, you won't.
Now which is it?
736
00:45:49,333 --> 00:45:53,960
You'll go! You're sorry! Go! Run, run!
737
00:45:57,139 --> 00:46:01,472
I think I can somehow manage!
738
00:46:01,472 --> 00:46:04,392
Just supporting.
739
00:46:12,416 --> 00:46:15,296
Make it happen!
740
00:46:15,296 --> 00:46:17,768
I'm fed up!
52725
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