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01x14 - Walls exist to be overcome!!

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "A Couple of Cuckoos". Aired: April 24, 2022 – September 23, 2025.*
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Nagi Umino is a 17-year-old second-year high school student who learns that he is not the biological child of the family that raised him.

01x14 - Walls exist to be overcome!!

Post by bunniefuu »

By the way

Could you help me with studying?

I cannot.

Just hear me out.

I really need to get a decent

grade on the next exam.

Why do you care now?

You can always just use Dad's power.

Or even if you got a crappy grade,

you could still get by.

That won't work this time.

Why not?

They want me back home if

I b*mb the makeup exam.

What?!

I hereby begin our briefing.

Comprehensive

Japanese

Here's the situation.

Our army has been defeated spectacularly by

the overwhelming force of the

Megurogawa Academy exams.

We must perfect the exam material by

Monday and conquer the makeup exams.

We have orders to withdraw from

this position should we fail.

Anything you want to say, Sergeant?

Would you mind leaving if you're

just going to d*ck around?

My motto is to have fun with anything I do.

How about a commemorative photo, Sergeant?

No pictures!

So anyway, help, please.

It's your own fault.

How are you so patronizing?

I'm just desperate.

But why do they want you

back home all of a sudden?

They were my first exams since

I transferred, remember?

Class 2-A Amano Erika Year ranking (total) 242/242

I tried my best

But this school goes so much

faster than Orpheus.

Erika, I'm sure you understand.

If you can't keep up, you need to come home.

They're pretty concerned

that I ranked last.

I'm sure they are.

I feel like your school's got too

many smart people, Nagi-kun.

The lectures are so hard.

I have no idea what's going on.

The exams are next level, too.

That's because you haven't been studying.

How was it at your old school?

This is the first time I ever ranked last.

My tutor's exam question

predictions were dead-on.

Not that I have a tutor anymore.

Why did I transfer to this school, anyway?

I wonder why.

How odd.

Please stop looking at me.

Just so you know, I'm busy studying, too.

I expect you to focus.

Yessir, Sergeant!

We're starting with math.

Mess around, and I'm

discharging you immediately.

Yessir!

Nice, nice!

Look this way!

Perfect!

What are you doing?

Sachi-chan wanted to study with us.

I have entrance exams, too.

Do you have a problem?

You don't look like someone dealing

with entrance exams to me.

Just stay out of our way.

Okay.

Sir! Sergeant!

I'm lost.

Already?

2: A regular hexagon ABCDEF is inscribed inside

a circle of radius 1. Given Θ is 2π

1) Prove, if true, that

sin 3Θ + sin 2Θ = 0.

2) Find cos Θ.

3) Find α.

4) Find the length of line segment AD.

This problem here.

The answers are in the key,

along with explanations.

Look at that first.

Hear me out, you sergeant from hell.

That's insulting.

What is pi?

Seriously?!

I get distracted when

problems like these come up.

Pi is the circumference ratio.

It's roughly 3.14.

Say what?

Why is it 3.14, anyway?

New Middle School Mathematics

which is why this infinitely long number

that comes out of this hexagon

is shortened to 3.14.

I see!

So, what were we doing?

Also, why is this 3.14

thing abbreviated as "pi"?

If we're going to use symbols,

why can't we just make it a cute emoji?

Erika-chan, you can always work on

another problem when you get stuck.

Right, Onii?

Yeah. That's probably for the better.

Makes sense.

Okay, next.

Done!

Modern Literature

Question 1: Describe how "I"

would have felt

in the underlined text.

Let's see.

They felt squee

They felt squee!

How about English?

Wait, I'm googling it now.

Next!

Chronology

There's nothing to get confused

about in history, right?

Nagi-kun

Now what?

I'm still thinking about pi.

Why is it that symbol?

I think I'm getting in the way,

so I'll go back to my room.

You aren't in the way.

Wait, hold on

It's already been three hours

since we started studying.

Isn't that awesome?

Excuse me, but are you even trying?

What?!

I'm totally staring down the questions!

It's been three hours and you haven't

finished a single problem properly.

It doesn't seem like you're trying!

Well

I want to study so I can beat Segawa-san.

Oh, really? Fine.

Forget it, then. I'll just go home.

Suit yourself.

Wait

Hey, Onii!

I get it.

There's no way I can pass the makeup test.

Dad knows that.

He's using this to make me come home.

I bet.

I've strived to become

independent since I met you.

But this is how it ends.

It's my fate to have to do as my parents say.

Erika-chan

Fate, huh?

I guess

If Amano-san has to leave,

Sachi and I will be going home, too.

It's been two months since

I came to this place.

It was really uncomfortable at first,

but I guess when I went home

last time, it felt nostalgic.

I liked this desk, too.

And the bed.

Guess I'm going back to sleeping

in a futon on the tatami mats.

It is what it is, I guess.

Wait, Sachi, you're still awake?

Yeah.

I'm sleeping here tonight.

Why's that?

Erika-chan's studying.

Victory

Victory

Oh, she is?

Why don't you teach her properly?

You saw her.

Besides, she's intent on going home.

There's nothing I can do.

You're the one who's intent on going home!

What's the problem?

It's not like you're never

going to see her again.

Onii, you jerk.

You know how Nagi-kun takes

everything he does really seriously?

He's really hardworking.

I'll help you out.

I get distracted when

problems like these come up.

3.14, my a*s.

You fundamentally don't know how to study!

Wait, who said you could come in?

To hell with the circle ratio!

Stop thinking like a scholar!

The makeup exam is made up

of questions from the exam.

In other words, memorization!

We're doing this.

Let's do it!

A-Actually, I told you I'm done.

You're studying hard for

Hiro-chan, aren't you?

I can't keep dragging you down.

I don't suck enough to get dragged

down by the likes of you.

The likes of me?!

Besides, why are you studying?

I thought you were going to

accept your fate and go home.

You don't want to, do you?

Don't try to spare me.

Just tell me the truth.

You want my help so that you

don't have to go home, don't you?

But that's

Your problems are my problems.

You're my fiancée.

I'll change fate.

Change fate?

You're so grandiose.

You'd better take responsibility, then.

Leave it to me!

For the next two days,

you are under my purview.

You are a sergeant from hell!

Answer either yes or yes!

Y-Yessir!

Not "yessir"! Yes or yes!

Yes, sir!

Good, that's it! Once more!

Yes, sir!

Guess I'll borrow Onii's room.

No looking at your phone

the moment I turn away!

No eating snacks!

No sleeping!

Focus!

You're too mean. I can't.

Why are you here, Umino?

Don't mind me.

Now, as for your makeup exam

Well done.

Nagi-kun!

I did it, Nagi-kun!

You did it, Amano-san!

Yes!

Sir.

That was unfortunate.

Erika

I passed the makeups!

I heard your daughter won't be returning.

Unfortunate?

No.

All is well.

Congratulations on passing the exams!

Thanks!

I'm so happy.

You're really amazing, Erika-chan.

I know.

It's a piece of cake,

once I put my mind to it.

Like hell it's a "piece of cake"!

I pulled two straight all-nighters for you!

Not only that, I wrote two

custom textbooks for you!

I marked your work, monitored you

so you wouldn't fall asleep,

provided rations, managed your schedule

That was all me! All me!

I was the one who passed.

Yeah, but still!

Thanks, though.

I've never been so happy

about an exam result.

I hate being so nervous about an exam.

Who cares? She passed.

So now, it's festival time!

What? You're going to celebrate for me?

No, we're not.

There's a festival by my place this weekend.

I was thinking of inviting you

if you passed the exams.

My parents get really gung-h*

about it every year. It'll be fun.

Gung-h*?

Festival?

Samba!

VamoLá!

Tequila!

That sounds fun.

What kind of festival?!

You're going, too, right?

Of course I'm going.

My attendance is mandatory.

Mandatory?

Monshiro-cho Shopping District

Umino-tei Diner

Original Yakisoba

Bonito Flakes

Huh?

Yakitori

Hey, Dad, where's the sliced cabbage?

Didn't Nagi put it in the fridge?

Wasn't it in the kitchen?

Get a grip, everyone.

We haven't even cut the cabbage yet.

No way!

Hey, Nagi-kun, Sachi-chan.

Helping out again this year?

Good on you.

It's mandatory.

Step right up!

Check us out!

Umino-tei Diner

Original Yakisoba

There, that should do it.

I know we do this every year,

but we sure are fast.

Did you go say hi to the

neighborhood association yet?

No, not yet.

Original Yakisoba

Cotton Candy

Takoyaki

Could you watch the shop? Thanks.

Okay.

Yeah.

By the way, Erika-chan said she'll be

late because she has to get ready.

Mm-hm.

You have to take this more seriously, Onii.

It's my precious weekend.

Plus I was too busy helping Amano-san

last week to do my own studying.

Mom said you're free

once you meet your quota.

Really?!

Umino Family wisdom:

Walls exist to be overcome!

Let's sell, Onii.

Yakisoba

500 yen each

All right!

Shaved Ice

Thanks for waiting.

That'll be 500 yen.

Here you are.

Umino-tei Diner

Original Yakisoba

Three coming up, Onii.

Roger.

Sorry, could we get another

pair of chopsticks?

Yakitori

Cotton Candy

Sure.

Good teamwork.

You're a nice couple.

Sorry.

Here you are.

Thanks.

See you.

Bye-bye.

What are you doing? Be careful.

Hey, Umino-kun?

S-Segawa-san?!

I thought it was you.

Why are you

And your yukata

Does it suit me?

Yes.

My shrine is one of the

sponsors for this festival,

so I'm helping.

How about you?

This is my house.

Wow!

I didn't realize you lived at a diner.

It's just a plain old diner.

Segawa

I'd like to come by sometime.

Please.

I've heard that name.

Segawa Hiro

Are you interested in

so-called "dates"?

The person who went on a date with Onii!

Segawa Hiro

Are you interested in

so-called "dates"?

Hi, who's this?

Oh, she's my sister.

Her name's Sachi.

Nice to meet you, Sachi-san.

I'm Segawa Hiro, from Umino-kun's class.

I've been in your brother's care.

Come on, Sachi, that was rude.

Hey, Sachi!

Sorry. You must be busy.

Sorry, Segawa-san.

Hey, Umino-kun

Would you like to walk

around the festival later?

Yeah!

Okay, see you later.

A date with Segawa-san in a yukata!

I thought we were going

to go with Erika-chan.

I never promised that.

Where'd that come from?

Forget it.

Why are you so mad?

I'm not mad.

Umino-tei Diner

Original Yakisoba

Hello, one yakisoba, please.

Coming up.

Yakisoba

500 yen each

Come on, Onii.

We're never going to reach our

quota if you don't keep up.

You want to go hang out, don't you?

Y-Yeah.

That'll be 500 yen.

Mom, Dad

Please be sure to eat

it before it gets cold.

I can't figure out what my

sister's thinking these days.

You'll love it.

Monshiro-cho Shopping District

Cotton Candy

Buttered Potatoes

She's like Namie-chan when she was younger.

Stop.

Really?

No, really, she's an angel.

Sold Out

You're so cute, Sachi-chan!

You, too.

Thanks for lending me one.

I don't have a yukata, so I appreciate it.

I'm glad, then.

I wanted to make up for all the

trouble over the makeup exam.

It took such a long time to get ready.

Wanna hang out around

here until Mom calls us?

Okay.

Where's Nagi-kun?

I brought one for him, too.

Forget Onii.

Just let him do cleanup.

Okay.

I wish I could have helped out at the shop.

You do?

Meguro Myoujin

We would have sold out

faster if you were there.

Are you sure?

I'm sure.

Hiro-chan.

Why? Why?

Why are you here?

I could ask you the same thing!

Huh? She's

This is Sachi-chan.

She's my sister.

What?

Umino-tei Diner

A festival date with Segawa-san

She's cute, huh?

She's your sister?

I can't wait.