02x04 - The Senpai's Teachings

[bunniefuu]

WEBVTT

Oww...

Oww...

Who the heck drinks orange juice
with their mouth cut?

Shut up! Vitamin C's supposed
to help with cuts!

Don't you mean dry skin?

Protein's what you're looking for!

Thanks for the food!

That was my last one, you jerk!

I'm gonna rub this lemon
all over your wounds!
That was my last one, you jerk!

I'm gonna rub this lemon
all over your wounds!

Everyone's lively as always.
I'm gonna rub this lemon
all over your wounds!

Everyone's lively as always.

Yeah.

I'm glad Anzai-san's feeling better too.

Oh, right! Nirei!

Any word from Sakura?

No, he hasn't read my messages either.

I wonder what's going on
with Sakura-kun today.

Maybe he overslept?

At this hour?
It's almost past lunch, you know?

He seemed pretty down after the fight...

I'm kinda worried.

Let's try calling him.

Ah, hello? Sakura-san?

Thank goodness. You alright?

Huh?! Sakura-san? Saku—

He hung up on me.

Wait, is he okay?

I'm just guessing, but...

I think Sakura-san caught a cold.

He sounded pretty sick.

-What?!-

Don't you think we bought a bit too much?

Everyone's worried about Sakura-kun.

We were all practically ready
to visit him together.

Right.

Still,

I didn't expect Sakura-san's house
to be this close.

He said he was from out of town,
so I assumed he lived far away.

Maybe he enrolled here because his family
had to relocate for work?

Well,

we'll know once we get there.

Ah, this is it. We're here...

[OPEN FOR RENT]

Oh, a haunted house!

Hey, Suo-san!

Wait, this place looks like
it's for singles.

Y-Yeah, I wonder why.

It's broken.

It's not locked.

H-Hey, we can't just barge in!

Those are Sakura-kun's shoes.

Sakura-kun! Hello!

Uh...

A-Are you sure he lives here?

Pardon the intrusion!

W-We really shouldn't be
barging in like this—

Nire-kun.

From the looks of it,
Sakura-kun's alone right now.

What's worse, he's sick and can't move.

What if something were to happen?

S-Something...?

H-He's gonna die alone!

[KYAAAH!]
H-He's gonna die alone!

[KYAAAH!]

Shaddap!

Who said you could barge in
and start yellin'?!

You guys...

S-Sakura-san!

Why...

...are you guys...

W-We came to visit you!

You seem really sick.

Sorry for waking you up.

Okay, let's get you back to bed.

-Stop pushing me...
-Nire-kun, can you bring in the gifts?

Sure!

Sakura-kun, are you really living alone?

Got a problem with that?

Do you have any cold meds?

Should we get you some?

Nah...

Then how about something to eat?

I don't wanna eat...

To think a big eater like you
would have no appetite...

You're not even talking back.

Still, I can't believe he's living alone
in a place like this.

What happened to you, Sakura-san?

Nire-kun.

Can you hand that to Sakura-kun?

Oh, right.

Here, this is from everyone in class.

We were all really worried about you,
so we got you some get-well gifts.

I don't know your situation,

but you're living alone,

so please rely on us more.

Right, I've been saying that
since yesterday.

It's fine...

I've always managed stuff like this
on my own.

I'll just sleep it off...

Nothin' to worry about.

Y-You mean—

Nire-kun.

We already dropped the get-well gifts,
so let's not bother him for too long.

Let's go.

B-But...

Let's just head back for today.

O-Okay...

Well then, Sakura-kun.

Take care.

Just contact us if you need anything.

S-Suo-san!

W-Wait up!

Why are we heading back?

Aren't you worried about him?

It's not that.

I don't know what happened to him,

but from how that room looks
and how Sakura-kun's doing,

he probably was living alone
for a long time.

Then all the more reason to...

Let's say you're lost,
and you're allowed to be given one thing.

What would you pick?

Huh?

M-My phone.

I can use it to look up my location.

Right.

That's because you know how
to use your phone, right?

Yeah.

When you're in trouble, and you're given
something you don't know how to use,

it'll only make things worse, right?

In Sakura-kun's case, it's like
he doesn't even know smartphones exist,

let alone how to use one.

[Junpei Kurita:
Yo, Sakura! How're you feeling?]

I think that's what
friends are like to him.
[Junpei Kurita:
Yo, Sakura! How're you feeling?]

[Yuri Kakiuchi:
Sent a stamp — ARE YOU OKAY?]
I think that's what
friends are like to him.

[Masaki Anzai:
Be sure to rest up, alright?]
I think that's what
friends are like to him.

[Masaki Anzai:
Be sure to rest up, alright?]

That's why I figured we should
interact with him like we always do,

so he won't tire himself out
physically or mentally.

If he doesn't show up at school tomorrow,
let's visit him again.

Okay?

I get what you're trying to say...

Even so, I...

I want him to know he has friends,

that he can rely on us
and leave things to us,

that we can help him when he's in trouble.

I promised Sakura-san that I'd show him
the way until he reached the top.

Sakura-san's always
carving his own path forward.

That's why,

I want to at least be there for him
when he's in trouble.

I just want to be of some help!

Oh?

Nire and Suo!

[Get well soon~ - Kiryu]

[Some Vitamin C for your cold! - Anzai]
[This is pretty good! - Kakiuchi]

[Stay Hydrated! - Takanashi]
[Take care!! - Kurita]

I've always managed on my own.

I've always made it work by myself.

That was... how it was supposed to be...

The reason you couldn't move properly

was because you saw your friends
getting hurt, don't you think?

It's because you like them.

Cut the crap.

[Get well soon~] [Stay Hydrated!]
[Some Vitamin C for your cold!]

How can liking or hating someone
make you freeze up?
[Get well soon~] [Stay Hydrated!]
[Some Vitamin C for your cold!]

How can liking or hating someone
make you freeze up?

What the hell?

What the hell's wrong with me?

W-Wait!

Oh, sorry.

Did I wake you up?

Here you go.

Egg congee.

Just eat what you can.

Hey, don't just gulp it down!

Anyway, so you live alone?

I wouldn't have guessed anyone lived here.

At least put on some curtains?

And don't you have way too little stuff?

Are you a minimalist or something?

Sh-Shut it!

Well, I'm relieved you've got an appetite.

I bumped into Nire and Suo earlier.

Nire was really panicking.

Sheesh, that was completely unnecessary.

[SLAP]

Unnecessary?!
[SLAP]

Unnecessary?!

Everyone's worried about you, you know!

I heard you were
in another fight yesterday.

You're really something.

No wonder you got a fever.

...It's not because of the fight.

Were you stressing over

how you were freezing up
because you started liking your friends?

Here, some water!

Who the hell told you?!

You're so easy to read.

Ume told me.

I just don't buy it!

Like hell something soft and fuzzy
like that would make me freeze up.

But you really did freeze up, didn't you?

Whatever the reason,
there's no changing what happened.

Why not find a workaround instead?

A workaround?

Like relying on those around you
who can move.

Y-You're kidding.

I can handle it myself.

This is my problem.

[HMPH]

Hey, I was still eatin'!
[HMPH]

Hey, I was still eatin'!

Can you even make something like this
by yourself?

What?

All you have to do
is throw ingredients into the heat,

but you don't even have a stove,
a pot, or ingredients.

Wh-What are you...

Nire and the others brought those
while you were sleeping.

And I made this for you.

It's because of someone else

that you could rest
and wake up with food and water.

I-It's not like I can't buy my own food.

That's not what I'm getting at.

Even if you could've done it on your own,

since someone else did it for you,
you were able to focus on something else.

People can only do so much
with their limited time.

There isn't a lot I can do.

Well, I say that, but...

Letting other people do things for you
and relying on them

can be a bit scary at first.

Alright.

Hey, Kaji.

You've got a guest.

Oh, it's you.

I... wanna talk with you for a bit.

With me? About what?

About that last fight...

What's this?
So your "guest" was a first-year?

Well, look at you!

You're a full-fledged senpai now!

Shut up, you guys!

That hair...

So you're Sakura.

You sure put up—

You mean the first-year
who beat Shishitoren?

Amazing!

You even tamed a guy like that?

-Shaddap!
-Tamed...?

[Tamed…]
-Shaddap!
-Tamed...?

[Tamed…]

Let's go somewhere else.
[Tamed…]

Kusumi! Enomoto!

Yeah?

Don't let these guys follow us
no matter what!

Roger.

Let's go.

Listen herrre!

Get back to yerrr seats!

So? What did you wanna talk about?

When we were fighting with KEEL...

I...

thought I could handle it on my own.

But that wasn't the case at all.

In the end, we needed you guys
to clean up our mess.

There wasn't much I could do.

That's why I get that I gotta rely
on others and let them help me,

but...

But what?

You leave everything
to your vice captains.

Like earlier,

and fighting,

and when you go on patrol.

How can you let them handle so much?

How? How do I be like that?

Say somethin—

Shut up for a sec.

H-Hey!

Hey, where are you goin'?!

Th-The roof?

I heard that this kind of talk is best
done somewhere high and spacious.

So, why am I able
to rely on others, was it?

Because I can't do everything on my own.

B-But saying somethin' like that

is like admittin' you're weak!

I can't do something like that...

[GLANCE]

Wh-What?
[GLANCE]

[GLANCE]

[Green Tea]

You know what this is?
[Green Tea]

You know what this is?

Tea, I mean, green tea?

Right, but it's coffee inside.

[SMUG]
Right, but it's coffee inside.

Hah? What the hell—
[SMUG]

Hah? What the hell—

No matter how much I call this green tea,
the inside is still coffee.

Just because the label's changed
doesn't mean the contents have.

No sh*t.

Then isn't pretending you can do something
when you can't,

[Green Tea]
Then isn't pretending you can do something
when you can't,

the same as calling coffee green tea and
trying to pass it off as the real thing?
[Green Tea]

the same as calling coffee green tea and
trying to pass it off as the real thing?

You know you can't do much on your own.

You know you need to rely on others.

But you still can't do it.

Because you're scared.

Scared of being rejected by others.

That...

can't be...

I was supposed to have given up already.

Rejection, denial, being turned down...

I told myself I didn't care
what people thought of me.

I didn't care...

I wasn't supposed to care.

They saw what I could do from how I fought
and decided to make me grade captain.

Nirei,

Suo,

Tsugeura, Kiryu,

and everyone else...

But I...

I couldn't live up to their expectations.

If I admit that in front of them,

and even begin leaning on them...

I don't know how you think people see you,

but everyone already knows
you're scared shitless.

H-How did...

p-p-people know about that?!

Who wouldn't?

Especially if you snap like that.

Well, uh...

You know how cats and dogs snap at you
when they're scared?

[MROOOOOOOOOOWR]
You know how cats and dogs snap at you
when they're scared?

It's kinda like that.
[MROOOOOOOOOOWR]

Cats and dogs...?
[MROOOOOOOOOOWR]

[MROOOOOOOOOOWR]

I heard ghosts show up here on the roof.

Someone who sneaked up here
at night said it.

That there was a woman
in a one-piece dress standing there.

But when they checked it out
the next day...

It was just a plastic bag wrapped
around a shovel.

He just assumed it was a ghost
and got freaked out for no reason.

Right.

You assumed you'd be rejected
and got freaked out for no reason.

There's no way you can figure out
what someone else is thinking.

But even so, your friends,

when they saw the version of you
that you think is weak,

even when they saw you snap and freak out,

not a single one of them rejected you.

They're not looking at what you can do.

They're looking at you.

Despite that, you keep getting scared
of rejection even when it's not happening.

From my perspective,

you're the one who's not seeing them
for who they are.

I don't know what happened to you
that made you this way.

But I get how it feels.

That's why I'm telling you this.

Sakura-san!

Sakura-kun!

Sakura-kun!

Sakura-chan!

Trust in what you see.

Believe in them.

Tch, I've said too much.

You nailed it, Kaji!

Hey, stop it already.

You've both grown so much!

Sorry, we didn't mean to eavesdrop.

[GAH!]

I have to say, Kaji!
[GAH!]

I have to say, Kaji!

You're starting to sound
a lot like Hiragi!

[GYA?!]
You're starting to sound
a lot like Hiragi!

[GYA?!]

By the way, about your talk—

This one's on you, Umemiya.

Man, Kaji's really grown.

That was a great punch.

He should've kicked you too.

So, Sakura,

what are your thoughts
after listening to Kaji?

M-My thoughts?

There's plenty of stuff I can't do.

I mess up and look lame
a lot of times too.

But I'm not scared.

[BOFURIN]
But I'm not scared.

[BOFURIN]

That's because I know that everyone here
will accept me no matter what.
[BOFURIN]

[BOFURIN]

So I figure,

if someone else can't do something,
I'll just do it for them.

Even if they mess up and look lame...
I'll still like them.

That's how it is for everyone.

We rely on each other,

forgive and are forgiven,
and stay together.

That's why it's okay.

Believe in Kaji.

Believe in your friends.

And jump in there with all you've got!

And you can't even look him in the eye?

I'm one to talk...

So look us in the eye too.

Still, to think Kaji
would give advice to a kouhai!

Isn't that nice, Senpai?

Yeah.

C'mon, sit down.

Why are we on the roof?

Why?

'Cause this kind of talk is best done
somewhere high and spacious.

[Senpai's Teachings]

Wow, I got to see something great today!

It would've been even better
if ya didn't show up.

Alright, today's worth celebrating!

Let's call everyone and throw a party!

Alright,
time to do a schoolwide broadcast—

Stop it!

What're ya gonna do
if everyone hears about their talk?!

Ehhh? Everyone should hear about
how Kaji and Sakura have grown!

Just try it. Kaji's sugar intake's
gonna sh**t through the roof.

Why? It's not something
to be ashamed about.

Man, I'm so happy!