02x03 - Shall We Go and Get You Changed?

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Why does it matter?

So what if you're a tool?

It's been a while since I've dreamed that.

This is the worst.

Good morning, my sweet brother!

Though I say "good morning,"
it's about the time of day you'd hear

"Uki Uki Watching" blaring from the TV!

To know that you're a late riser…

How very unexpected,
or perhaps it's a given.

Incidentally, I slumber when I wish…

-This is the worst.
-…and rise when I wish!

Oh, we shall thus continue to discover
different aspects about each other!

I'm deeply moved!

I promise to spend every waking moment
I have today with you! I swear it!

-Bye!
-You just said you'd stay with me!

Oh, I see now! Did you feel
that lonely when I left your side?

Let's go! In celebration of the foundation

of brotherly love we established,

let us share a meal
of barbecue short ribs!

I said, stop!

Hey, can we eat the peaches yet?

I thought a gift of peaches today

would be suitable to follow
the crab I brought previously.

Go on! Savor its flavor while lavishing
your gratitude upon me!

Thank you very much!

-Peel mine while you're at it.
-Okay!

Don't boss her around for crying out loud!

But what can I do?
My fingers will become sticky

with peach juice if I peel it myself.

Enough of your self-centered jabber!

Aya, worry not. Eat this peach I peeled.

Gure, my heart is already
satisfied by your love.

I'm going to kick you out!

Oh, come now, Yuki. Don't you get tired,
reacting to every single thing?

Yes, completely exhausted.

I'm done! Go on and try it on.

What the heck did you do to it?

MY BROTHER IS MY LIFE

What's this? What's with this embroidery?

It's a representation of my pure oath
to never ever leave Yuki's side.

You didn't have to embroider
weird words on my clothes!

Your brother poured his overflowing love
into that embroidery. Treasure it.

Don't say that when you were roaring
with laughter seconds ago.

Not three people exist in the world

who can embroider this well
given such a short time.

Should you not believe me,
come visit my shop someday.

I'll go.

-What?
-What?

I said that if I can…

…I'd like to go visit your shop sometime.

I want to try to understand you better.

Yuki is trying to change
his relationship with his Ayame, too.

-Did you hear that, Gure?
-Yes!

Yuki! My brother, Yuki, is tearfully
begging to come visit my shop!

I'm not tearing up.

Today is the best of all days!
No one can compare!

-Hang on--
-Keeping it to myself just won't do!

Listen, Tori! Yuki…

-Stop it!
-My brother, Yuki--

Indeed, I am honored. You are
most welcome! Come visit this Sunday!

Tohru, you must come along.

A princess must always be
by her prince's side.

What?

Which means you need not come, Kyonkichi!

What are you doing barging into my room
spouting nonsense? Get out of here, perv.

It's decided, so I must make haste
in preparing for your arrival!

Farewell to all!

Sorry, Honda. You don't have to
come if you don't want to.

Don't worry. If it's no trouble,
may I accompany you?

Of course.

I've actually been wanting to go!

I've been wondering what a shop
that sells nurse and maid outfits is like!

Nurse and maid outfits? What the heck?

Is this the correct store?

It should be…

I'm starting to get
a bad feeling about this.

Well, I had a bad feeling
about this from the start.

Really? I'm sure it will be fine.
The storefront looks lovely.

And the sign has a charming design.

That! It's that sign's shadiness
that makes me even more uneasy.

Let's go in.

Okay!

A craft store?

Sorry, we're closed today…

What?

Mine! About hemming this…

Yuki!

I can feel it coming.
I don't know what it is, but it's coming.

Oh, forgive me. I was adjusting the hem
of this wedding dress for a client.

Can you use a man's measurements?

But of course! A man requested this.

A man will wear it?

Everyone has a secret garden hiding
one, two, or even three things

they cannot tell others.

So what kind of shop is this?

It's quite simple.
In addition to selling handicrafts,

this shop serves customers
looking for tailor-made clothes.

And naturally, as the shopkeeper,
I hand-make the requested clothes myself.

I fear no style of clothing.

Here is but a small sample
of my finished work.

This is what Hatsuharu told me about!

Wow, you're marvelous, Ayame!

Indeed, I am marvelous!

Well, Yuki? I'm ready for you
to shower me with praise!

-Go on now!
-Why is it always those kinds of clothes?

They're the most popular.
Maid outfits are number one.

They're popular?

Absolutely! Perhaps you're too young
to understand, but these are all…

…a man's romance!

Maid, nurse, waitress, secretary,
sailor outfit, cat or bunny ears!

Too many to name them all,
but all men let their dreams run wild

and yearn for that romance!

There's no sin in letting dreams run wild
while keeping one foot in reality.

The yearning to peep in on
bathing women is also a type of romance!

That's a crime!

It sounds lively here.

I thought something happened when
you suddenly said we'd be closed today,

but I see it was because
your little brother was coming.

Yes, you look just like the manager.

It's nice to meet you.

I'm Mine Kuramae, an employee here.
I make clothes, too!

Oh, nice to meet you--

Is your outfit the uniform for this shop?

What? Nope! I wear this
because I like it! Cute, right?

It's very cute!

By the way,
I've been curious since earlier…

…but you over there!

What? Yes?

Nice to meet you, I'm Tohru Honda--

Tohru, are you interested
in wearing clothes like these?

Oh, so it begins.

So what begins?

Shall we go get you changed?

When Mine sees cute girls, she has
a habit of wanting to dress them up.

Please wait, Kuramae!

What would you like to see Tohru wear?

-I personally think something refined--
-I said wait!

Mine! Don't you think that would be best?

What's that?

You mean, that?

She would look so attractive in that.

-Let's go, Tohru!
-Wait!

I look forward to seeing her in that.

She was bound to fall into Mine's grip.

What can we do? Mine's human, too.
She won't do her any harm.

Now those brothers
can talk alone for a while.

Call me a busybody,
but will you help me out?

Yes!

I hope they can talk without fighting.

Oh, but fighting is good! It means they
acknowledge each other's presence.

What the manager is
most afraid of is "nil."

Oh, I'd rather them not get
into a bloody fist fight, though.

We don't want blood-stained merchandise.

They fight because they
recognize each other's presence.

Yes, that might be how it works!

Now that aside, let's get you changed!

Am I really going to try something on?

Most certainly!

It's just us now. It must be a revelation
from Heaven telling us to take our time

to have a thoughtful,
thorough conversation.

Whatever.

Oh, yes, aren't parent conferences
happening soon? I happened to overhear.

You're not about to suggest that you come
instead of our parents, are you?

Excellent! That's exactly right.
Amazing, Yuki. Are you telepathic?

Who let him overhear?

It was an accident.
I didn't do it on purpose.

Do you think it's tasteful
to bring a gift in this situation?

Is a bouquet of roses the norm?

It's fine. I'll get our parents to come.

However, you're not in contact
with them, is that right?

And you dislike those people.

It's not that I dislike them,
I just don't expect anything from them,

and I don't want anything from them.

Those people sold me
for their own benefit,

sold me like a tool…

…I don't expect a thing from them anymore.

But if I invite them to the conference,

they might try to control me again.

It would be annoying and aggravating.

That's all.

I'm the same as them, then.

In exchange for living freely,
I as good as sold you, too.

Yuki, that's enough!
Why are you being so naughty?

Yuki! I'll slap you!

I'm cruel.

Yuki! Stop right there!

I'm insensitive to pain.

It was the first and last time
you reached out to me…

…reached out to me for help.

Your hand trembled…

…and I easily shook it off.

Are you sad? You must be sad.

Back then, I neither loved nor hated Yuki.

His existence was "nil."

I first felt the fear when I imagined
Yuki acting the same way towards me

when he came to visit.

I understand the desolation
in being treated with indifference.

Even if I understand now, it's too late.

But there's no use running away.
I'll ask our parents to come.

I just haven't chosen a career path yet,
so I want to decide and tell them outright

before they can give
their own absurd suggestion.

I still don't know what I want to do.

I see.

Perhaps it's best that I attend the
parent teacher conference in their stead!

Were you even listening to me?

Worry not! If I attend, it matters not
if you've decided on a career path or not.

They can just interview me instead!

Why would they interview you?

Oh, my! Then I must recount the tale

of how I came to be in this lyrical
and most romantic profession.

No need.

You see…

…I wanted to try creating something.

Even as one who exudes noble
and graceful charisma,

I still have times when
I lose confidence in myself.

That's when I want to create
something more than ever.

Did you and Ayame make all of these?

Yes. Mostly the manager, though.

That's amazing. Ayame really loves
making clothes, doesn't he?

He claimed that it could've been
cooking or gardening,

but dressmaking just happened to suit him.

And that he wanted to determine that

he had the power to create something.

That's what he said.

I wanted to know if I could create

something tangible with my own hands…

…something that wouldn't exist
unless I made it.

Perhaps I wanted to be needed

by something
that wouldn't exist if not for me.

Yuki.

I don't know what they'll say,

but your own feelings
are the most important.

It'll be okay. You're not just a tool.

Even I have someone who will
stay by my side, as do you.

It'll be okay.
You're not as alone as you think.

You'll be the next student council
president, right? Gure told me!

It must be due to my influence
on you as your older brother.

Not even close.

A younger brother grows up chasing
after their older brother, after all.

I told you that's not the reason!
I did it because I didn't want to do it.

What does that mean?
What a perplexing way to behave.

It would be, for someone like you.

Just as this shop is perplexing to me.

Our ways of thinking are too different.

We just fundamentally
don't see eye to eye.

Yes, you're absolutely right about that!

Don't agree so readily!

Let that not discourage you.
A journey of a thousand miles

begins with a single step.
Don't be reluctant to make the effort!

You should put more effort into it.

How rude.

Despite what you may think,
I'm a diligent worker.

What am I supposed to do then?

Sorry.

I was just so happy. You get so worked up.

You respond to my emotions with your own.

What does it matter
if we don't see eye to eye

or if we disagree with each other?

I was born having what you lack,
and you were born having what I lack.

I really value the weakness

and kindness that you have.

And I'm sure that you revere my noble

and graceful charisma
that's equal to none!

Seriously, why is he always like this…

Oh, I get it!

Manager, am I interrupting
your conversation?

Oh, is she done changing?
Come. Don't be shy.

Do you see now?
Don't be shy and come on out, Tohru!

How do I look?

Excellent! Tohru's look is definitely
the lovely and pure type

that walks a white dog
holding a white lace parasol!

That's right! Reading poems while
sipping tea by white-laced curtains.

Yuki, go ahead and compliment her!

What?

What's this? She's all
dolled up for you. How spineless.

Then I shall give you a kiss of delight.

Don't you dare!

He struck me!

Well, you sure deserved that.

Sheesh.

Nevertheless, Tohru is quite adorable.
I laud your excellent efforts.

Oh, I am most honored.

So were you able to interact
with your brother a little?

I wonder. I'm not sure.

I may be the only happy one today again.

Honda, I understand
a little more about my brother.

He basically says and does
too many unnecessary things.

If I don't accept that as a fact
when interacting with him,

I'll just get dragged along in
the conversation and get worn out.

I'm kind of sad now that I said it aloud.

But I'm glad that I came.

I got to see you dressed up so cute, too.

Oh, no! I'm not at all…

Don't hide.

This is romance.

The emotion budding within your heart
at this very moment is a man's romance!

Men's hearts really are swayed
by a single outfit!

It's okay. I understand.
I understand very well!

I dub this wonderful day as
your first "Romance Day"--

Cut it out!

We should celebrate with sekihan rice
for such a joyous occasion.

I must make preparations immediately!

-Will you just listen to me?
-They ended up fighting, huh?

Shall we watch over them?

-You only think about yourself!
-I must report this to Gure and Tori!

-It is a day to be remembered, after all!
-Don't do it!

-Why do you report everything to them?
-Yes!

And what is a "Romance Day"?
It makes no sense!

It'll be okay.

You're not a tool.

You're not alone.

Not anymore.

Then do you know what happened?

Yuki saw Tohru in a cute dress,
thus marking his first Romance Day!

Oh, Tori! Did you imagine
Tohru in a dress just now?

-You must not! Don't do it!
-Don't put me on the same…

-Don't for the sake of Yuki's special day!
-…level as Shigure.

"I Got Dumped…"