01x07 - Episode 7

[bunniefuu]

[♪ opening theme song playing]

[girl] This is really good.

[boy] Yes,
it's my most treasured possession.

I don't have any friends,
but SASUKE No. 2 always cheers me up.

[girl] Don't say such sad things.
I don't have any friends either. [laughs]

[boy] What is that?

[girl] Just like you treasure that manga,
I treasure this.

My bass guitar.

Someone I really, really, really love
plays one too.

Like this. [plays bass guitar]

[boy] Sounds strange.

[girl] You don't get it at all.

Come to our school festival.
I'm playing in a band with my big bro.

In return for showing me SASUKE No. 2,
I'll show you how great this is.

[narrator] Welcome to the Takebe Festival.

Something good may happen
if you run into Kobayashi!

Wait! Wait a minute.

I'm way too good at making takoyaki.

-[Hirai] I must be a genius!
-Sorry, I just cut the octopus.

Hey, why are you already making them?

Hirai, I didn't put octopus in those.

Hey, Hirai. Can I have some takoyaki?

[narrator] Without octopus.

Is empty takoyaki okay?

If so, I'll give you these for free.

Thanks. I'll share them with Kiri.

Right, right. Kiriyama, huh? [chuckles]

[Hirai] The other day, Kiriyama was asking
Yayoi Fukunaga for her phone number.

[Murai] Was he?

[Kiriyama] That uniform
is Midori Girls High, right?

Can I get your number?

[Hirai] I wondered if he was interested
in Yayoi, but then I remembered.

The ex he'd been dating
since middle school

goes to Midori Girls High, doesn't she?

Oh, right.

[Hirai] He asked Fukunaga
to bring her to our school festival.

-[Murai] I don't think she'll come.
-[Hirai] What?

[Murai] He got an inferiority complex
and cut her off.

Dang, how do you know so much?

See you later.

[Hirai] What the hell?

[man] Look! It's Kobayashi!

[Hirai] Yayoi's here.

Excuse me!
I brought the dango you ordered today.

Yuuka, thanks for running the info booth.

-[man] Kobayashi, Kobayashi, Kobayashi!
-Murai!

I heard you'll be doing some
hand-to-hand combat today. Good luck!

Yep. Here, have one.

[Yuuka] Yay!

Thank you kindly.
Huh? It's got no octopus in it.

All right, good luck.

Hi there. Have the snacks
for the stage performers arrived yet?

[Yuuka] You mean these?

[Kiriyama] What? The dango isn't here yet?
The show is about to start.

I'll check with the info booth.

-Kiri.
-Murai! What's up?

[Murai] I came by to say good luck.

Here, have one.

OM

[Kiriyama] Is this from
Hirai's food stand?

[Murai] Yep.

[Kiriyama exclaims] It ain't got
no octopus in it!

[Murai] This again.

Is the show starting soon?

[Kiriyama] Yeah, but we're having
trouble right now.

The dango we need for the play
hasn't been delivered yet. We're screwed.

[man] Kobayashi!

THINKR

Are you using real dango?

You're doing Momotaro, so kibi dango?

[Kiriyama] Well, in the script,
they feed it to a cat,

so we need something
shaped like dango for cats.

Maybe you can use takoyaki instead?

[Kiriyama] What?

[Murai] That takoyaki
has no octopus in it,

so it should be okay.

No green onions, either.

You can wipe the sauce and mayo off.

Whoa. Hirai actually did
something useful for once.

Say, Kiri. I won't say who,
but someone told me what you're up to.

I'm worried
that you might get hurt again...

but I hope Ruka comes.

[Kiriyama] I'm gonna kick your a*s, Hirai.

There's no way she's coming.
You know that, don't you?

[Murai] But...

Anyway, take this.
My lucky earring, Karasu-Tengu!

This thing is amazing. I leave it to you.

You have to beat Tetsuko's brother!

Thanks, Kiri!

FRIENDSHIP

[woman] Did you get the dango yet?
The cast is ready to go.

Yeah, I think we can make takoyaki work!

Oh! Hi Murai, how are you?

-Who's that?
-Huh? It's Hitomi.

[Hitomi] I'm playing the lead role!

GREEN ROOM
FOR STAGE PERFORMERS

[student] My first opponent's
a guy from Course A.

[student 2] No fair!

I'm up against the gorilla from Course S.
I'm doomed.

[retching]

[student 2] What's wrong with you?

The performers are all down with
a mysterious illness?

[Ohsumi] A classmate just passed by
the green room

-and saw something straight out of hell.
-[phone ringing]

[Ohsumi] Sensei, your phone.

Wait a minute. Where is Murai?
Wasn't he in the green room?

I don't know.

It's Murai. He should be fine no matter
what he eats. Sensei, your phone.

I'll go check on him now.

MAO TANAKA
MOBILE

The food stand is yours, Four-eyes.

You better make a huge profit
by the time I get back!

[Ohsumi] Your phone's ringing,
you old hag.

[Tanaka] Murai, please be alive.

Otherwise, what was the point
of submitting that stupid proposal

and dealing with those festival committee
crazies by [redacted]!

Is my student here?

[man] Kobayashi again!

What does he look like?

[Tanaka] He's a thin guy with
short blond hair.

That guy was taken to the nurse's office
in critical condition.

It's over.

Chairman Nakajima, if it's food poisoning,
we need to cancel the festival.

Let's tell the principal...

[Takaomi] We've lost half our members,

but we'd like to hold the main event
with those remaining.

It'd be one thing
if this were a food stand,

but it seems
the cause was some mysterious dango.

We, the committee members,
will do our best,

but you, the organizer,
must decide whether to do it or not!

So you're foisting this off on me.
But there's nothing to be done.

-Effective immediately, we'll cancel the...
-Excuse me.

Get your butts ready, kids.

You said it!

Now you're sounding like
a proper Take-Gaku teacher!

[Takaomi singing] Take-Gaku!
Take-Gaku! Take-Gaku!

Murai, weren't you taken
to the nurse's office?

And why are you with my brother?

I got lost and you weren't answering
your phone, so he brought me here.

As his future brother-in-law,
I simply did what was expected of me.

Hey, you little brat!
What did you just say?

As your future brother-in-law,
I simply did what was...

Why the hell are you acting
like my sister's husband?

-You have to beat me first...
-That is why...

I come before you again today,
to win you over once and for all!

[both] Damn, he's ripped.

Get outta here, onigiri!

Sorry for becoming ripped.

I was blessed to have the best coach ever.

-Is this guy crazy?
-Look who's talking.

-Dude, do you love my sister that much?
-Yes.

Me too. My sister is adorable, isn't she?

Yes, enough to drive me crazy.

Good answer.
I'll be waiting for you in the finals.

I will arrive on the wings of the wind.

[Takaomi] Welcome to Takebe Festival!

I'm the chair of the festival committee,
Takaomi Nakajima!

Come on, I wanna hear you

-heckle 'em to your hearts' content!
-[girls cheering]

Don't think you'll come out
of this alive...

Okay! Let me give a quick overview
of the event.

[Yuki] First, players must fight unarmed.

Second, if a fighter leaves the stage
or cannot rise to their feet,

they will be eliminated.

Third, the fighter who wins
the preliminary rounds

earns the right
to challenge the Hyper Champion.

GOLD

[Yuki] Now, please welcome
the Hyper Champion,

an alumnus of our school,

and Tanaka-sensei's older brother,
Mao Tanaka!

Hello.

[audience cheering]

[Kiriyama] So, how does that work?

I'm wearing body makeup
on top of a binder.

I use it a lot to cosplay male characters.

[Kiriyama] What a crazy technique.

Anyway, after the first performance,
let's go cheer Murai on.

Kiriyama, get onstage.

[Kiriyama] Hiya!
I'm the director, Kiriyama.

Thank you all for coming.

This play will make you
want to slap your mom...

[Yuki] Finally, the player
who defeats the Hyper Champion

will receive a pair of tickets
to Destinyland.

But you'll have to find your own date!

All right, my stupid speech is over.

-It's time for the annual Takebe Festival!
-[Takaomi] That's my line!

-Let's have a...
-...blast!

-[audience chanting]
-Presenting Damn Cheat Momotaro.

-[audience] Go home! Go home!
-The Takebe Martial Arts Tournament!

Enjoy!

[audience] Murai in Love!

Having boosted his muscle score
from the fifties to the eighties,

Murai, parenthesis, age 17, parenthesis,

will now defeat the Hyper Champion.

[Murai] I am ready.

What's up with him?

[student 1] Yo, Goody Two-shoes
from the college prep course!

[student 2] You're gonna be a punching bag
for those of us in Course S.

No, you'll be my punching bag.

I can't wait to see Murai with blond hair.

We're totally lost.
How do we get to the school field?

[Hirai] I'm on my way there,
so you can follow me, Yayoi.

Shinri Hirai.

[Hirai] Why're you using my full name?

[Yayoi] Why're you using my first?

TAKE FREE

[Hirai] I told you my first name,
so it's only logical I call you Yayoi.

I don't get it. Pervert.

What're you so pissed off about, freak?
You want me to kiss you again?

Hilarious. Almost as funny as your grades.

Anyway, who is this beauty?

If this is Kiriyama's ex, she's so pretty
that I'd end our friendship right now.

You're a real idiot, huh?
Just so you know...

[male student] There you are!

You're Hirai from class 2-3, right?

What a deep voice. Who're you?

You steal my girlfriend
and that's all you have to say?

I can't remember
which one you're talking about.

[Yayoi] You jerk.

I got her back, though.
Did you enjoy your summer break alone?

[grunts] So that's why she dumped me.

GRAB

-Wait, what's going on?
-[male student] Take him.

-Hey, shouldn't you help him?
-Nah, it's fine.

[Takaomi] College prep course maverick
Murai is advancing to the finals!

Looks like those gorillas from
the sports course were all bluster.

Hold onto your seats
as we gear up for the finals!

KNOCK KNOCK

I'm trying to concentrate now.

[Murai gasps] Sensei!

A little intense, no?

I am in a combat mindset right now.

I'm about to beat up my brother-in-law
so I can eat your cheek.

Do you think I want to flirt with a woman,
even you, before such a decisive battle?

Well, I certainly do.

[Tanaka] Don't.

I'm here to warn you.

My brother is a catastrophic class
of superhuman.

Unless the goddess of victory
smiles upon you, it will be tough.

Sensei, are your ears still pierced?

[Tanaka] "Still"?

Yes, I wore earrings up until last year.

Let me put this on you.

[Murai] There she is.

My goddess of victory.

[audience cheering]

[Hitomi] That's a wrap
on our first performance!

Good job!

The audience's
freaked-out expressions were priceless.

[man] Kobayashi!

They were totally bewildered!
I couldn't get enough!

[Kiriyama] Good job, kitty!
Did you enjoy Hirai's takoyaki?

[cat] Jump.

Cling.

Ignore.

[Kiriyama] Kitty!

-[Yuuka] Dango for cats?
-[man] Kobayashi!

[Yuuka] I gave the dango that was
delivered here to the stage performers.

If people eat that stuff,
the side effects'll turn them into cats!

Not my problem!
Where are the snacks for the stage?

-Hell if I know!
-Excuse me. How do I get to the main...

Oh, Yuuka?

Yayoi...

Long time no see.

Are you still stalking Murai?

Before I react to that,
let me ask you one thing.

[Yuuka] What's that paper bag?

It was in the Lost and Found box.

Give it back.

[Takaomi] The final round is upon us
much sooner than scheduled!

Now, will it be Mao Tanaka, once feared
throughout this school as "Fire Tanaka"?

Or rising star Murai
of the college prep course?

Which will the goddess of victory
smile upon?

As promised, I got here quickly.

[Mao] You're late. And you're gonna lose.
I won't let you have my sister.

I will no longer ask for your approval.

I will steal her instead!

[cat] Meow.

-Shut up.
-[Kiriyama] I haven't said a word.

I know what you wanna say.

I'm a little turned on.

I didn't expect that.

-[male student] Hirai, where are you?
-Crap!

[male student] You can't be keeping
your guests waiting.

If you make lots of money,
we can call things even.

-[man] Kobayashi!
-Guessing you got yourself into trouble.

Serves you right!

[Hirai] I wanna go see my best friend's
match! Do something, Kiriyama!

[Kiriyama] Come on.
Quit sulking and cheer up.

BLUSH

Please come to our maid cafe!

Tsutsumi's so cute!

[Tsutsumi] Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I'm well aware. Oho?

We're happy to serve couples!
Please stop by our maid cafe.

Sure.

By the way, your ex is here.

You told Murai, didn't you?

Why are you keeping it a secret?

-Hey.
-I'm shocked.

Hey.

[Yayoi] Sorry, am I interrupting?

-Rei?
-What?

[Rei] Yup.

My little brother.

[Hirai] Yayoi, you're the only one for me
after all.

Don't touch me.

[Kiriyama] For real?
I follow you on social media!

[Hirai] The genderless model, Rei?

Are you really them? What're you doing
out here in the middle of nowhere?

'Cause I heard Murai is cool.

Say "uncle."
You've done pretty well so far.

[in English] Never give up.

[in Japanese] Guess I'll have to
physically

throw you off the stage.

Out of the way, out of the way!

-'Scuse us! That's our bestie there.
-Murai!

[Mao] Someone catch him.

[Takaomi] It's settled!

Mao really is in a whole other league.

[Kobayashi] Not so soon, Nakajima!

His fingies!

-Am I still good to go?
-[Kiriyama] Oh, for sure.

Really?

[Kobayashi] Of course!

If you let him keep fighting,
you'll be more popular, Nakajima.

Show us some class, Chairman.

You better let him keep fighting,
for your sake!

All right, he's still in this!

[in English] Never give up!

[in Japanese] Persistent.

Win by whatever means necessary, Murai!

If you can't win in combat,
use your head, you top student you!

Kitty is rooting for you too!

Kitty?

[Murai] Hirai. It's you, right?
Can I borrow the kitty for a second?

Kitty, you're so adorable.

I don't care about
the final round anymore.

[Murai groans and grunts]

[Mao] Hey, the hell?

[Murai] I have a huge weak spot
for cats. [kissing]

I always hug them like this
to recharge my batteries.

[Mao] It really is adorable.

[Tanaka] Seriously?

[body thuds]

[Murai] That was dirty, wasn't it? I know.

But...

I want to win!

Are you crazy?

I probably am.

[Takaomi] It's over!

-[audience cheering]
-[Takaomi] The winner is Murai!

Hell yeah!

[Tanaka in English] Yes!

GOLD

[Murai in Japanese] What's this?

[Mao] It's something
the coolest guy in the world gets.

-[Murai] Thank you.
-[Mao] For what?

Since I met you,

I think I've become stronger.

I just did what I had to do
as your future brother-in-law.

Wha?

-[Murai] Big Brother! Big Brother!
-Come on, don't get carried away.

[Murai] Sensei.

Tanaka-sensei.

Are you in there?

I waited for you out there
for a while after the award ceremony,

then I went to every women's restroom
one by one, saying the same thing.

How many restrooms have you checked?

-Oops.
-This is the fourth!

Please let me eat your cheek.

What? Here? Absolutely not.

Then where can I do it?

I can barely resist it anymore.
I feel like a cowboy in a rodeo...

[Tanaka] Quit talking nonsense.

You promised me, didn't you?

Damn it!

But at school?! That's so inappropriate,
the thought alone might k*ll me!

[Tanaka] Don't cry!

If the location is the issue,
how about here?

[Tanaka] Destinyland?
If someone as cold-hearted

as me stepped foot in that place,

it'd freeze over instantly.

Besides, there's no way
we could go to a theme park alon...

Tanaka-sensei! Where have you been?

Four-eyes.
How'd things go at our food stand?

Thanks to me, we sold out in no time!

We made a huge profit!

[Ohsumi] Now we can buy
good educational materia...

Sorry, you are...

Huh? I'm Ohsumi. We're in the same class.

What? I don't recall...

[Murai] Ohsumi,
since all we ever do is study,

why don't we use the profit
to go to Destinyland?

As a wrap party for Course A.

If we need good educational materials,
my family can donate them.

The legendary date spot for couples?
Will I be popular if I go there?

I think you will.

[narrator] Manipulation.

Deal. Please be our chaperone, Sensei.

This is a request from the student
who sold out the food stand, Sensei.

[Tanaka] So now you're a tactician?

IDIOT

[Yuuka] Huh?

[Hitomi] I hate you, Kiri-chan!

[Kiriyama] Sorry, I'm so sorry,
so sorry, so sorry...

I wanted to see
Murai's heroic performance!

I thought you were looking
for the kitty as well!

[cat] Don't cry.

[Kiriyama] The match was over
in the blink of an eye.

I mean, I can't believe
you didn't take a video.

Are you kidding me?
Don't you wanna watch it over and over?

I took one. Right when Murai won.

[camera shutter clicking rapidly]

Let me take burst shots of your screen.

Murai really is cool.

Look at that jawline. It's perfect.

-Kiri-chan, delivery.
-Don't forget his nasal bone, Rei.

-You're a true fan!
-Hey, hey, hey.

You gotta show that to me, Rei.

[girl 1] Hirai's brought his girlfriend!

[girl 2] So cute!

I'm not his girlfriend.

[girl 1] You're not?

-She will be my girlfriend.
-You don't get to decide that.

Do you hate me that much?

I don't hate you.

Of course she hates you!

Oh, come on.

Let me give you a friendly warning.
Stay away from Shinri Hirai.

Yeah? Thanks.

[Tsutsumi grunts]

I decide what makes me happy. Not you.

-[girl 1] Girlfriend...
-[girl 2] More like dream girl.

Will you marry me?

[Mao] Acchan, Murai,

I'm gonna head out.

Before I go, there's something
I want to tell you guys in person.

I'm getting married.

You're kidding.

[Mao] I'm not.

What's she like?

[Mao] She's kind of like you
from a little while ago.

Since you gave me that gold medal,

I decided to be your hero
for the rest of my life.

But that ends today.

Listen, you guys
are teacher and student for now,

but that'll eventually come to an end.

Just like I'm no longer your hero.

Big Bro... That's not true.

[Mao] So...

I'm counting on you, Murai.

Yes, sir!

[Mao] About the wedding, can I seat him
with the rest of the family?

-Of course!
-Don't be ridiculous.

[Mao] Acchan's opinion aside,
you're my brother-in-law.

-[Murai] That's right, Sensei!
-[Tanaka] Don't be ridiculous!

[♪ closing theme song playing]

NEXT TIME
EPISODE 8