VS AMBIVALENZ 2nd ; EP.15.5 Nexus Drama [ENG Translation]
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Taiyo: What do we do? Maybe we should’ve brought some kind of gift?
Kazu: Why would we do that?
Futaba: I get it.
Futaba: It’d take some courage to enter a room this tense empty-handed.
Futaba: Like, I’d rather have brought some kind of gift along, at least…
Subaru: Oh? Taiyo and Kazu…
Sakuya: You too, Futabacchi, what’re you up to?
Futaba: Hello, everyone.
Cion: You aren’t going in the lesson room?
Kazu: We want to, but not with this atmosphere.
Cion: Huh?
Subaru: Don’t tell me…
Futaba: Take a look inside for yourselves.
Cuc: Wah~ Is everyone playing a staring game? You lose if you laugh?
Cion: It doesn’t seem like a very peaceful gathering.
Cion: Jintaro is…
Cion: Kind of frozen, isn’t he?
Kazu: Big Bro Nagomu is blinking 3 times more than usual.
Futaba: Auguri-san keeps opening and closing his mouth…
Futaba: It looks like he’s not sure what the right thing to say is.
Rey: Hum. Meaning?
Mio: A-A-A-A-Are they fighting~~!?
Taiyo: Mio, lower your voice! They’ll hear you.
Mio: Awawa… Sorry.
Sakuya: Sorry.
Everyone: Huh?
Sakuya: Errr, as you can see, there is sooome sort of trouble? Going on between us XlamV…
Sakuya: But don’t you worry, it’s aaall good!
Sakuya: You just leave it to Big Brother Sakuya~
Subaru: Sakuya…
Cion: No, but even if you tell us not to worry…
Kazu: That’s impossible. They look this close to hitting each other, you know?
Kazu: Besides, it’d be bad news if a fight broke out with those two childhood friends staring daggers at each other.
Kazu: I’ll have to make sure to get Big Bro Nagomu out of there, too.
Futaba: I don’t know what happened, but is there no way for us to help?
Cuc: Cuc will scold them both!
Sakuya: …
Rey: … What do you wish to do, Frivolous Lad?
Sakuya: Hm?
Rey: Shall we intervene?
Sakuya: … Well…
Issei: We can’t keep glarin’ at each other forever.
Everyone: !
Issei: Ya can keep turnin’ a blind eye and pretendin’ things’re convenient for us…
Issei: But that won’t be the end of it.
Issei: There’s all kindsa people out there, so instead of just sayin’ we’re aware we can’t be liked by everyone and leavin’ it at that…
Issei: We’ll become so overwhelmin’ and powerful no one’ll be able ta complain.
Issei: “At least have enough backbone to be able to say that”... Ain’t that what ya wanted ta say, Lion?
Issei: I’m sorry it didn’t get through ta me.
Issei: I shoulda thought ‘bout how ya felt instead of gettin’ worked up, too.
Issei: So, with that said…
Issei: Wanna make up?
Lion: …
Nagomu & Auguri: …
Lion: … My bad too.
Everyone: Ohhh~
Subaru: To think you’d be able to apologize honestly… Incredible, you’ve grown, Lion.
Nagomu: Whoa. When did you get here, everyone…?
Taiyo: Sorry. We all thought this might be a good time to come in.
Nagomu: Oh, we’re sorry, too. We must’ve made it hard to do so.
Kazu: There is absolutely no need for you to apologize, Big Bro Nagomu.
Kazu: Lion and Issei are at fault for making you feel so troubled.
Lion: Ah?
Mio: You did well, Issei~
Issei: Well, I figured this’d never end if I didn’t give in.
Sakuya: Woah, I’m sensing some mockery in that statement…
Auguri: Sheesh! That silence was painful~
Futaba: You did well too, Auguri-san.
Cion: That’s the first time I’ve seen Jintaro stay silent for 5 minutes.
Jintaro: PHWAH… I even… forgot to breathe…
Cuc: Did everyone made up?
Taiyo: Seems like it. I guess that means… the case is closed?
Mio: So, um… Why were you fighting, anyway…
Sakuya: ‘Kay, ‘kay, your attention, everyone!
Sakuya: Now that Issei and Lion have made up with no issues...
Sakuya: Here you go.
Taiyo: Oh! Those are…!
Sakuya: Sakuya-kun’s homemade cookies, made with looots of love~
Auguri: Uwah~ Homemade cookies!
Sakuya: Let’s have some to celebrate everyone getting along.
Futaba: So they’re reconciliation cookies.
Cuc: They look yummy! Are there Cuc’s cookies, Cucookies too?
Sakuya: I made lots, so eat as many as you want.
Kazu: So we did have a gift after all.
Subaru: Thanks. I feel like you’ve been treating us a lot lately, Sakuya…
Sakuya: It’s just the stuff I make on PunPun Cooking, so you don’t need to worry about it.
Taiyo: Let’s dig in!
Jintaro: SOOOO good!
Issei: We can’t not take some, since they're reconciliation cookies ‘n all, yeah?
Lion: Tch. Just hurry up and hand it over.
Sakuya: Woah, woah, woah, is that how you’re gonna play it~?
Sakuya: Oh, here. One for you too, Your Highness.
Sakuya: Eating something good cheers you right up or something, right?
Rey: …
Rey: Yes. I shall have one.
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Producer: Okay, that will be all for XlamV.
Everyone: Thank you very much.
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Jintaro: Woo! We’re done!
Subaru: Good work, everyone.
Auguri: I’m wiped~ I’ll relax in the bath today~
Auguri: I’ll burn some incense too~
Issei: Good plan.
Lion: Your muscles loosen up after a bath. Don’t forget to stretch.
Auguri: Yes, yeees. I knooow!
Subaru: I think I’ll go back to the office.
Nagomu: Huh? Do you have more work to do?
Subaru: I’m just dropping off some documents.
Jintaro: I’ll drop by grandma’s house!
Nagomu: We’ll take a taxi back, then.
Nagomu: What about you, Sakuya…
Sakuya: Yeah, me too–
Sakuya: Huh?
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Moriya: Your guest has arrived, Rey-sama.
Rey: So you’ve come.
Sakuya: Uhh, thank you kindly for your invitation…
Sakuya: What the hell is this!?
Moriya: These are the dishes Rey-sama has been trying his utmost to create since early dawn.
Moriya: Although, most of them are burnt to a crisp…
Moriya: Starting from the left, they are gyoza, grilled fish, and rolled omelette.
Sakuya: Woah~ They’re as deathly black as Taiyo-kun’s burnt pancakes~
Rey: So they are. However, I followed the recipe to a T… Why did this happen?
Moriya: If I may be so bold as to offer some words of advice…
Moriya: You followed every step perfectly, however, you made a single mistake.
Rey: What!? My perfect self… made a mistake?
Moriya: The heat level, sir.
Rey: The heat level!?
Sakuya: C’mon, what’s with this exchange?
Sakuya: ‘Course the food burned because of the heat!
Sakuya: Actually, Your Highness! What happened to all the step-by-step cooking lessons we had at the Internat!?
Rey: I have no idea, myself. I was able to do it with no problems whatsoever at the Internat.
Sakuya: Then why did this happen…
Rey: I have no clue.
Moriya: I do not know.
Sakuya: Ah.
Sakuya: It’s my fault, isn’t it~
Rey: Hm?
Sakuya: I figured you’d have a hard time adjusting the heat, so I used to adjust it myself bit by bit.
Rey: Is that so.
Moriya: Then, is it fine for me to state that you are at fault for this catastrophe, Sakuya-sama?
Sakuya: What makes you think I would be!?
Rey: Hold now, Moriya.
Rey: It is not as though the Frivolous Lad meant any harm.
Rey: There is no need for you to get so worked up, Frivolous Lad.
Sakuya: I really can’t keep up with this comedy act…
Rey: Who do you think I am? Failure is merely the prelude to success.
Sakuya: Meaning…?
Moriya: There is a single dish he was successful in cooking.
Moriya: Allow me to show you to the dining room, Sakuya-sama.
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Sakuya: Here I go.
Rey: You may eat.
ーSakuya eating
Rey: Your thoughts?
Sakuya: Uh, so, this imitation crab fried rice…
Rey: ……
Sakuya: It’s so good…!
Rey: Is that so.
Sakuya: It’s got a rich flavor, and the grains of rice are all separate…
Rey: The imitation crab fried rice crafted by these hands must be as beautiful as I myself am.
Sakuya: … Uh, so, I guess it’s a little late to ask, but why did you call me here?
Rey: You cannot tell?
Sakuya: A meeting to show off your cooking?
Rey: Indeed.
Sakuya: Why me?
Rey: The very same reason you provide for everyone else.
Sakuya: …
Rey: Eating well cheers you right up, no?
Sakuya: I think you’re wrong about something? I’m feeling great.
Rey: Just how long do you intend to keep adjusting the heat level?
Sakuya: !
Rey: It is important to observe those around you and act accordingly to maintain the balance.
Rey: However, sacrificing yourself for that cause is wrong.
Sakuya: …
Rey: After all that trouble was resolved earlier, everyone was able to breathe easy.
Rey: The only one whose smile was hiding a shadow was you, Frivolous Lad.
Sakuya: … Was it that obvious?
Rey: Indeed.
Sakuya: …
Sakuya: If I could’ve maintained the balance, that kind of thing would never have happened.
Rey: Avoiding conflict is not the correct path.
Sakuya: I know. But if I can avoid it, it’s better that way.
Rey: Do you not have trust in your friends?
Sakuya: That’s not it!
Sakuya: …
Sakuya: … No, maybe that is it.
Rey: …
Sakuya: When you asked what I wanted to do, I got really nervous all of a sudden?
Rey: And why is that?
Sakuya: You and I are…
Sakuya: No, XlamV and illuvista are different groups.
Sakuya: That’s why I know I can’t ask you for help, but…
Sakuya: Despite that, I wanted to get your advice.
Rey: I will listen now. Speak your thoughts.
Sakuya: Ueghhh…
Rey: You still hold your tongue with things like this?
Rey: I am shocked beyond words with you.
Sakuya: Hold on a sec! I’m sorting out how I feel right now! Don’t rush me!
Rey: Very well.
Sakuya: …
Sakuya: Ready?
Rey: Hit me.
Sakuya: First of all, I’m frustrated that I can’t carry myself well around the other members, even though I’m the oldest.
Sakuya: Even when there was trouble, I couldn’t do anything in the end.
Rey: …
Sakuya: Even when I went to the Internat as a mentor, all I did was suspect Meguru.
Sakuya: I wasn’t able to do anything mentor-like.
Sakuya: I should be doing my job well, but lately I can’t stop feeling like my position is at risk.
Rey: Is that so.
Sakuya: Haha. Man, I’m sorry for doing nothing but complaining, ‘kay?
Rey: Was the fight caused by what was posted on social media?
Sakuya: !
Rey: I had a feeling it was.
Sakuya: … You knew?
Rey: I am well aware of the statements degrading XlamV for the sole purpose of praising illuvista and fun4re.
Sakuya: …
Rey: How naive.
Sakuya: Huh?
Rey: When we debuted, there were a great many posts saying the same thing about us as well.
Rey: Such things like “No matter what kind of group the idols that lost the vote will join, they’re no match for XlamV.”
Rey: Or “ Can’t they just take the jobs XlamV doesn’t want to do?”
Rey: Attempting to count them would take an eternity.
Sakuya: …Is… that so.
Sakuya: I had no idea.
Sakuya: Well, I knew that people would probably think that way, but that’s…
Sakuya: I’m sorry. I was acting like I was the only victim…
Rey: It is out of love.
Sakuya: …? Love?
Rey: It is only natural that just as we feel frustration because of each other, so would our fans.
Rey: And those feelings all stem from their love for us.
Sakuya: …So you’re saying to forgive them? Is this really something that simple?
Rey: It is certainly not that simple.
Rey: However, I know that love is something that takes a different form depending on the person it comes from.
Sakuya: …
Rey: A hundred people will have a hundred different forms of love. Not a single one will take the same shape, and not will be equally accepted.
Sakuya: … I know that.
Sakuya: But we’re idols, so…
Sakuya: I want to respond to as much of that love as I can.
Sakuya: But is that impossible?
Sakuya: What should I do, then?
Rey: Cherish yourself.
Rey: For as much love as you are given, you must love yourself just as much.
Sakuya: … That’s it?
Rey: Simple, is it not? Though you seem as though you think you cannot do so.
Sakuya: … You’re surprisingly hard on me.
Rey: I am.
Rey: There is not a soul that is able to love themselves as perfectly as I.
Rey: Yet it seems to be more challenging for you than any other.
Sakuya: Uegh…
Rey: And so, if it really is so difficult for you…
Sakuya: ?
Rey: I do not mind if you rely on me from time to time.
Rey: For I am your one and only, irreplaceable rival.
Sakuya: …
Rey: Just how long do you intend on feeling so blue?
Rey: My absolutely splendid cooking will grow cold.
Sakuya: … Thanks for the food.
Sakuya: I’ll try not to adjust the heat anymore.
Rey: A fine resolution.
Sakuya: I gotta leave it to you.
Sakuya: In the end, I know that you won’t ever get good at fried recipes if I never let you make them for yourself.
Rey: Hm? Are you talking about cooking?
Sakuya: You’re absolutely no match for me at housework after all.
Rey: You will regret it if you look down on my potential.
Sakuya: Are you really saying that to Sakuya-kun, a regular guest on a bunch of cooking shows?
Sakuya: I’ll take you up on your challenge, but you sure?
Rey: You are not worthy of my fear!
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Taiyo: It seems like Sakuya is okay.
Subaru: I see. I’m glad.
Taiyo: That’s Rey for you…
Subaru: Yeah. It is.
Taiyo: ? Subaru, are you feeling a little down?
Subaru: Huh?
Taiyo: I just have a feeling!
Subaru: …I knew that Sakuya was pushing himself.
Subaru: It wasn’t just me. Everybody else did too.
Subaru: But we weren’t able to get his true feelings out of him.
Subaru: That’s why we left things up to Rey, but…
Subaru: I was just thinking that even though we’re in the same group, I wasn’t able to do anything…
Taiyo: Hmm…
Taiyo: Isn’t that just how it is?
Subaru: Huh?
Taiyo: Those two are rivals who’ve always been competing for the same color.
Taiyo: Being members of the same group is kinda different…
Taiyo: There’s things that are hard for me to say to fun4re, but that I can talk to you about. The opposite is true too.
Subaru: … That’s true.
Taiyo: Right?
Subaru: Thank you. I feel a bit better somehow.
Taiyo: That’s good!
Taiyo: *Sigh*~~
Subaru: ? What’s wrong?
Taiyo: I got thinking about season 2’s candidates.
Subaru: Where did that come from?
Taiyo: It’s just, the friends you make competing in an audition together really are special.
Taiyo: Special to the point that you might not meet anyone else like it for the rest of your life.
Subaru: Yeah. I think so too.
Taiyo: But…
Taiyo: I wonder how they’d feel if they found out there was a spy mixed in with them.
Subaru: …
Taiyo: Even on social media, the people that withdrew from the Vivalenz audition are being criticized for joining other auditions and all sorts of things.
Subaru: There were articles in CLAP about it, huh.
Taiyo: And… all of that… um…
Subaru: There might really be a spy involved.
Subaru: Though we can’t come to any conclusions, of course.
Taiyo: … It’s not just a misunderstanding, huh.
Subaru: Inamoto-san and Shinonome-san said that they’re certain that Atarashi has a spy.
Taiyo: … But it’s really him?
Subaru: Based on his behavior, he’s the most suspicious.
Subaru: Although I don’t want to believe it…
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Atarashi: So sorry for suddenly contacting you.
Atarashi: I’m well aware that you’re quite busy.
Atarashi: But if you don’t share the next assignment with me, we won’t be able to do anything either.
Atarashi: Oh, no! It’s not your fault.
Atarashi: I know that I’m asking the impossible of you, you know.
Atarashi: It’s just that the seeds I planted on social media recently haven’t been bearing as much fruit as I expected…
Atarashi: Goodness, if only it wasn’t for those fans their social order…
Atarashi: Oh, nothing, it doesn’t concern you.
Atarashi: Yes yes, that’s right. I know, I know. But–
Atarashi: I cannot forgive any more mistakes.
Atarashi: Now then, today, won’t you tell me about your next assignment?
Mio: (We brought in a huge screen so we could all watch the stream together and even got juice and snacks, but things just kept getting crazier and crazier and we didn’t have enough.)
Mio: (We ordered pizza delivery, sushi delivery, and fried chicken delivery, and just when we were talking about what to order next, something crazy bad happened…)
Mio: (This isn’t the time to be ordering food anymore~!)
Mio: (What should we do~!? If this is gonna drag on, maybe we really should order something while we can~!)
Subaru: Monet was just pointing at Atarashi, wasn’t he…?
Sakuya: Don’t tell me, the spy we’ve been looking for is Monet-kun, and we were right that it was under Atarashi’s orders?
Nagomu: So Monet-kun is the spy…
Kazu: But if he’s the spy…
Mio: Then it wasn’t Hiromi…?
Issei: Huh? I’ve been sayin’ it’s Monet-kun the whole time, though?
Mio: Huh?
Issei: Huh?
Mio: Huh?
Issei: Huh?
Mio: Huh? No no, all you said was ‘that one’ back then, I totally thought you were talking about Hiromi.
Issei: No, no, that “one”? I wouldn’t be talkin’ so casually like that about someone older.
Cuc: How did you know it’s Monet?
Issei: I mean, he was the only one who spent so much time alone, yeah?
Shinonome: Since when were you a detective?
Issei: The truth’ll always prevail for each person!
Nagomu: If a truth prevails for each person, won’t that make too many truths?
Kazu: Hey, I’m probably bringing this up too late, but why does Atarashi even need to plant a spy in the Internat?
Lion: Who knows. Since he’s the head of the agency, asking for a report should get him anything he wants to know.
Rey: Indeed. Rival companies aside, there is no reason to send a spy to an agency you have under your control.
Lion: And yet…
Sakuya: So basically, it’s not under his control.
Sakuya: Or, it is under his control, but he needs a spy to report the things that aren’t included in the regular reports.
Shinonome: President Inamoto did go with the candidates to the Internat in order to protect them from Atarashi and to prevent information from getting out as much as possible, after all.
Cuc: He doesn’t have information? And just because of that he spied?
Nagomu: You’re smart, Cuc.
Nagomu: Regardless, I think Atarashi is planning something with the audition in the Internat.
Rey: Mmm… Argh! I need to know the rest! Resume the stream posthaste!
Lion: Cut it. You won’t accomplish anything by hitting the screen.
Shinonome: Exactly. Cut-kun can’t go against Atarashi’s orders.
Shinonome: We have no way of knowing what’s happening in the Internat from here.
Rey: Mmm~~ Curses!
Rey: In that case!
ーTapping phone, phone rings
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Atarashi: Oh my, saying that I asked you to…
Atarashi: Why would you do that, Monet?
Atarashi: We had to stop the stream because of you.
Kyouya: Monet-san… Go on, please…
Monet: Yeah. That’s right.
Monet: I’m the spy.
Everyone: …!
Kyouya: That’s…!
Jintaro: You’re the spy…?
Auguri: I can’t believe it…
Mikera: Then… Don’t tell me the reason our assignments overlapped with other auditions’ is because…
Shimba: Because you leaked the details?
Akashi: Why did you do such a thing…?
Cion: But how did you contact him?
Futaba: Th-That’s right!
Futaba: The moment candidates enter the Internat, their belongings are strictly inspected, so there should be no way for you to carry any means of communication.
Luvnosuke: Don’t tell me! You put a transmitter in the back of your mouth like Rey-senpai did and communicated like that!?
Monet: … The phone.
Kyouya: The phone…?
Kyouya: The phone we got shouldn’t be able to contact anyone outside…
Atarashi: I installed a special communications app on it.
Atarashi: It won’t be on the screen if you unlock the phone normally, but if you enter a PIN code, it appears and opens a line of communication with me.
Jintaro: Damnit! I KNEW you were the mistahmind!
Cion: You mean mastermind.
Inamoto: So you were the one pulling the strings.
Atarashi: Oh please, you make it sound so bad. I didn’t do anything bad.
Atarashi: This was all part of my business strategy. Although I don’t expect you all to understand that.
Jintaro: Whaddya say…!?
Riam: Shit! Were we just dancing in that guy’s palm!?
Meguru: Monet, why did you choose to aid him…?
Akashi: Did we do something wrong…?
Akashi: Did we hurt you somehow…?
Monet: No. It has nothing to do with you all.
Monet: I agreed to become a spy before I was even accepted for the audition…
Kyouya: What happened back then, Monet-san…?
Meguru: We’d be grateful if you’d be willing to tell us the truth.
Monet: Right…
Monet: There’s no need to hide it anymore, is there…
Monet: I went to a certain training school…
Monet: I made friends… Found a place to belong…
Monet: I wanted to debut with them…
Monet: But… They left me…
Monet: They told me we weren’t friends…
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Monet: I turned the solo debut down.
Monet: I want to be with you all.
Monet: I don’t want to give up until we all debut together.
Trainees: …
Monet: I mean, we’re supposed to be the best of friends–
Trainees: We’re not friends anymore.
Monet: Wh–
Trainees: You’re not our friend anymore, Monet.
ー
Everyone: …!
Monet: I didn’t know what to do…
Monet: I think I became too desperate…
Monet: And that’s when an instructor told me about this audition…
Monet: That’s when I met him…
Everyone: ……
Monet: I figured I wouldn’t care what’s going to happen…
Monet: That’s why… I did what he told me to…
Monet: I thought no one would complain if I did…
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Monet: I’ll do what you told me to. Then no one will be able to complain, right?
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Kyouya: Monet-san…
Jintaro: What the hell’s all that about, Atarashi!
Auguri: Right!
Auguri: That’s the same as taking advantage of Monet when he’s down!
Futaba: Why would you need a spy in the first place–
Atarashi: I needed a spy. Inamoto wouldn’t confide in me the details of the assignments, after all.
Atarashi: He made all sorts of excuses and kept me out of the loop, you see.
Inamoto: The risk of a secret leaking is proportional to the people that are aware of it.
Inamoto: If two people are aware of it, the risk of it being leaked is quadrupled.
Inamoto: If three people are aware of it, it becomes 9 times more likely to be leaked.
Inamoto: Even within an affiliate company, it is best to keep knowledge of confidential information to a minimum.
Atarashi: That’s why I planted a spy.
Atarashi: If I were to leak the assignments and other auditions put them to use before you, it’d look as though VS AMBIVALENZ’s planning skills are more than lacking, wouldn’t it?
Atarashi: If your assignments kept changing, you would wear yourselves out, and your performance would suffer.
Atarashi: The appeal of VS AMBIVALENZ would decline, and its power as a form of content would be lost.
Atarashi: Eventually, all the projects would compete with one another, leading to a major decline, and the entire concept of an audition competition would become a thing of the past.
Atarashi: And that is my final goal.
Atarashi: You see, I believe talent is a thing that should be recognized properly.
Riam: Recognized properly…?
Atarashi: From dancing, to singing, to performing, and all other forms of expression. Sometimes precisely, and sometimes boldly…
Atarashi: Being an idol requires the ability to always be able to provide the appropriate feeling for any given situation.
Atarashi: But what is this? A voting influenced by the emotions evoked by a communal living situation and overcoming the troubles that occur within it has no right to be called an audition!
Atarashi: An evaluation that makes light of evaluating one’s talents is an insult to auditions!
Atarashi: This kind of competitive audition should up and disappear!
Everyone: …
Jintaro: You’re still saying that kinda—!
Cion: President Atarashi.
Cion: Was it a coincidence that you picked Monet to be your spy?
Atarashi: Whatever do you mean?
Cion: It seems too convenient for him to have just fallen into your hands.
Cion: Aren’t you the reason Monet was rejected by his friends at the training school?
Atarashi: You make it sound so dreadful.
Atarashi: Look—
Atarashi: All I wanted was to save a poor, talented child from being buried under all those talentless nobodies.
Monet: …!
Atarashi: You can’t expect people who ostracize their more brilliant teammates out of jealousy to have any kind of talent.
Atarashi: Those instructors who sold their finer subjects for a bit of pocket money aren’t all that great, either.
Atarashi: Monet. That training school was not where you belonged.
Monet: That’s…
Luvnosuke: So, you’re saying you bribed them to betray Monet!?
Hiromi: That’s awful…
Hiromi: Wait… Don’t tell me, the rival pairings too…?
Hiromi: And the way we ended up with 10 of us when there were originally 16…!?
Atarashi: I pulled 6 of you out at random and sent them over to a different audition.
Atarashi: I figured things would get hectic here and I could burn this whole thing down if I got things all lively over where they are.
Akashi: But that’s…!
Futaba: So you really were behind those 6 dropping out.
Jintaro: You didn’t think they’d be flamed on social media after changing auditions!?
Auguri: Yeah! You should’ve known that would happen if you gave it even a second of thought!
Atarashi: Defamation on social media?
Atarashi: If they had the talent to back themselves up, they’d be able to put a stop to that.
Atarashi: And if they can’t, then it just means that’s all they’re worth.
Cion: Just what do you take people’s futures to be…!?
Atarashi: Their futures?
Atarashi: That’s each individual person’s own responsibility to take.
Atarashi: All I did was talk to them.
Atarashi: If they took my suggestions, that’s on them, is it not?
Monet: Then… I’ve just been being played with this whole time…
Monet: I see… That’s how it is…
Kyouya: Monet-san.
Monet: I’m so stupid… I really am…
Monet: Because of me, you all…
Kyouya: It’s not your fault. You didn’t do anything wrong.
Monet: No… I did something horrible to you all…
Monet: I betrayed you all… The same thing happened to me…
Monet: And yet…!
Meguru: Monet. You were driven into a corner through his underhanded schemes.
Meguru: There is not a soul here who would condemn you for that.
Akashi: Exactly. You did nothing wrong, Monet.
Atarashi: Correct, he didn’t.
Atarashi: If anything, he was absolutely useless as a spy.
Atarashi: The only information Monet leaked was for the first assignment, and even then it was the same things that I had gotten my hands on in advance through my own personal channels.
Atarashi: After that, he didn’t send even a single thing to me.
Atarashi: He’s a failure as a spy.
Kyouya: Then, you mean…
Mikera: Monet didn’t actually do anything?
Monet: I don’t really know why myself, but…
Monet: I couldn’t let myself leak any information…
Monet: I was just supposed to do what I was told to, but…
Monet: I couldn’t do it…
Kyouya: I see…
Kyouya: Then, you’re a lot like me, Monet-san.
Monet: Huh…?
Kyouya: That just means that this audition here with everyone has become an irreplaceable safe place to belong for you too, right?
Kyouya: …It’s the same for me.
Monet: You… think so…?
Kyouya: Yeah. So much so that you can’t bring yourself to betray us, even unconsciously.
Kyouya: Besides, if that wasn’t the case, I doubt you’d be able to sleep as soundly as you always do.
Monet: …
Hiromi: Monet-kun…
Hiromi: It hurts to be betrayed, doesn’t it…
Hiromi: It was so frustrating for me too, and I wanted to get my revenge…
Hiromi: But while being here, I came to really care about all of you.
Hiromi: I wondered if it was really okay for me to be so close with everyone…
Hiromi: Thinking that way was painful…
Monet: Hiromi…
Monet: …Is this… where I belong?
Monet: Am I… allowed to think that…?
Riam: Don’t go askin’ stupid questions.
Shimba: Yeah. You’ve belonged here since day one.
Monet: …!
Kyouya: Yeah.
Kyouya: And that’s because you’re my rival.
Cate: Everyone’s accepted you from the start!
Luvnosuke: What they said.
Mikera: C’mon, you’re saying all this now?
Akashi: Of course!
Meguru: Indeed.
Monet: You all…
Atarashi: Hahaha, what a wonderfully inspiring scene.
Atarashi: This is what the VS AMBIVALENZ Theatre is all about, isn’t it.
Atarashi: How absolutely revolting.
Everyone: …!
Atarashi: No matter how much you all flaunt your bonds, it’s pointless.
Atarashi: The audition has already ended—
Rey: It most certainly has not!
Atarashi: …!?
Rey: Rey Kisumi of the First Generation of VS AMBIVALENZ stands before you!
Lion: We heard what you were saying.
Taiyo: We won’t forgive you for making light of everyone’s earnest feelings!
Subaru: We will not let you cancel this audition!
Cuc: We won’t!
Issei: We can’t just sit pretty ‘n watch without liftin’ a finger as their seniors, yanno.
i havent isseied in so long .h elp
Futaba: Why are you all here?!
Rey: We had Moriya prepare a car and came racing over.
Rey: He holds a Class A license for his driving technique, after all.
Rey: We got here in a flash thanks to him.
Mio: (UWAAAAH~~!?)
Mio: (I was sure we were following the speed limit, but we got here unbelievably fast!)
Mio: (Not to mention he was driving a van big enough to fit all of us!)
Mio: (Just how on earth did he do that~~!!)
Rey: When there was an emergency with our shooting schedule, it was Moriya who took charge of driving the studio bus.
Rey: This much is mere child’s play for him.
Jintaro: “We heard your what you were saying”—
Jintaro: WAIT, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING FOR!?
Auguri: Things got real bad, you should’ve gotten here way sooner!
Kazu: We couldn’t really cut in…
Nagomu: It looked like things were taking a turn for the worse, so we weren’t exactly sure when to show up…
Subaru: We didn’t want to rudely interrupt the conversation.
Sakuya: Right, right. So we figured it would be best to wait ‘till everything was out in the open.
Sakuya: Especially with all your scheming.
Issei: Well, what we heard’s pretty much what we were expectin’.
Cuc: No scheming, absolutely no! Cuc is everyone’s ally!
Shinonome: President Atarashi. We absolutely cannot accept your way of doing things.
Taiyo: No matter what happens, we’ll protect all the candidates here!
Atarashi: And how, exactly? This little charade of yours hasn’t amounted to anything.
Inamoto: No, it has.
Atarashi: Oh?
Inamoto: We won’t know for sure unless we continue till the end and see the results.
Inamoto: Those results will surely become sustenance for everyone’s future careers.
Inamoto: For that reason, I wish to see this audition through to the end.
Inamoto: Both for the sake of these candidates, and for the sake of the Glanz who have supported them all this time.
Atarashi: Hmph. If you’re going to say all that, then fine.
Atarashi: If you continue the audition, I’ll allow you to have the final concert live-stream.
VS AMBIVALENZ 2nd ; EP.18 Emerald Shadow’s Wahrheit FINAL PART [ENG Translation]
video form on youtube | official vsa channel’s video
Cate: ……
Luvnosuke: Hey, Riam.
Riam: What?
Luvnosuke: Don’t you have anything clever to say at a moment like this?
Riam: Huh? What the hell do you mean, anything clever?
Luvnosuke: C’mon. You’re always spouting lyrics as if you’re a lyric-writing god.
Riam: I’m not tryin’ to look like I’m a—
Mikera: Quiet down, you two! You’re being too loud.
Mikera: Cate will hear you.
Shimba: Well. Who’d have thought his rival is the ████ who’s been ███████ our audition’s assignments.
Shimba: Cate's not the only one who would—
Mikera: Dumbass, dumbass, dumbass…!
Riam: You’re the loudest one here…!
Shimba: Sorry. Didn’t think we had to keep hiding this even now, so I couldn’t stop myself.
Akashi: Shimba-san, your honesty is very charming, but as far as I’m concerned, after working so closely with everyone for the past year, I think there are things you’re better off not running your mouth like that about…
Luvnosuke: *Sigh*… What a headache.
Mikera: Um… Cate?
Cate: ……
Cate: Huh? Huh?
Mikera: You okay, Cate?
Cate: Ah, oh… Yup…
Everyone: ……
Meguru: We’ve returned.
Shimba & Mikera & Akashi & Riam & Luvnosuke: !
Akashi: Meguru-san… How is Hiromi-san…?
Cate: …!
Meguru: ……
Meguru: He does not seem willing to say anything yet.
Monet: He won’t eat either…
Kyouya: The food we left him this morning was still in front of the room where we left it.
Kyouya: I imagine he’s drinking water, at least…
Akashi: This is worrying…
Mikera: It’s been three days…
Mikera: A gossip site revealed Hiromi’s past, Inamoto-san and the mentors asked to speak to him, and we haven’t seen him since.
Shimba: They haven’t locked him up in there, have they?
Riam: He shut himself in there, apparently.
Kyouya: That article… Is it true?
Kyouya: We couldn’t read it from our phone…
Luvnosuke: Yup.
Luvnosuke: Well, I got the gist of it from the Glanz’s reactions.
Luvnosuke: Sounds like Hiromi worked at a TV station, ████████████, and ended up shutting down a project.
Luvnosuke: I guess it said that he’s doing something similar to the audition this time.
Akashi: If…
Akashi: Hypothetically speaking, that is.
Akashi: If that story is true…
Akashi: Why would Hiromi-san do such a thing…?
Cate: …!
Riam: Yeah, good question.
Luvnosuke: Does Hiromi have anything to gain from ████████████ in the first place?
Luvnosuke: Aren’t the risks from being found out, like, crazy high?
Shimba: Well, lo and behold the results.
Monet: Maybe…
Monet: Hiromi is going through something devastating and has become desperate…
Monet: And that’s why he tried to make a mess of the audition.
Monet: Or something…?
ー
Hiromi: ……
Hiromi: Good morning!
Talent: Good morning. You’re in high spirits again today.
Boss: Weren’t you working late yesterday?
Boss: How come you’re here so early today? Is everything alright?
Hiromi: I rented an apartment near the studio, actually.
Hiromi: I’ve been able to get more sleep than before.
Boss: You sure are motivated.
Hiromi: I like this job. I think it’s my calling.
Talent: It makes me happy to hear that from someone so young. I have high hopes for you!
Hiromi: Thank you very much!
You traitor!
Don’t you dare show your face in front of me again!
ーKnocking
Hiromi: !
Inamoto: May I come in, Hiromi-san?
ー
Mikera: Cut it out, guys!
Everyone: !
Mikera: Think about Cate! He’s got to hear you guys make all these assumptions about his rival!
Luvnosuke: Ack, sorry, Cate!
Akashi: I’m sorry! We jumped into an insensitive conversation!
Riam: Sorry. We didn’t consider your feelings… Wait.
Riam: Where’d he go?
Meguru: He was here up ‘till now…
ー
Cate: Hi… Hi-Hiromi…
Cate: Um.
Cate: Um. Hiromi, I…!
Cate: I…
Cion: Cate?
Cate: Ah…
Cion: Oh. You are Cate, right?
Cion: You don’t have your hat on, so I couldn’t tell who you were for a second.
Jintaro: Hey, what’s up? What’re you doing here?
Auguri: Can’t you tell?
Auguri: He came here ‘cause he’s worried about Hiromi! Right?
Futaba: That’s right. Hiromi-san is Cate-san’s rival, after all.
Futaba: Of course he would be worried.
Cate: Ah… Ah…
Futaba: I’m sorry! Did we scare you by talking to you out of the blue?
Cate: ……
Cion: … Why did you take your hat off?
Cion: I thought that you can’t talk well when you’re not wearing it.
Cate: !
Cate: Huh… H-How do you…
Cate: Oh… From the Documentary Drama…?
Cate: I see. It even showed that…
Cion: … Is there something you can’t tell Hiromi unless you’re not wearing it?
Cate: …!
Jintaro: … Ohhh, I see.
Jintaro: Go on, then. Go talk to Hiromi with all you’ve got!
Cate: Huh…?
Futaba: We also have something we’d like to ask Hiromi-san about.
Futaba: But it seems that’ll be a little difficult right now…
Cion: But he might listen to you since you’re his rival, right?
Cate: His rival…?
Cate: Cate… Is Hiromi’s…
Auguri: Could it be…
Auguri: That you’re worried that Hiromi doesn’t really think of you as his rival?
Cate: ……
Jintaro: C’mon, where’s your self-confidence?
Jintaro: What’s important ain’t what he thinks of you!
Jintaro: It’s what you think of him! Right?
Cate: …!
Cion: It’ll be okay.
Cion: Your words will definitely reach your rival.
Cate: …!
Cate: Hiromi…
Cate: Hiromi, can you hear–
Cate: Are you listening?
Cate: I hope you are…
Cate: There’s something… I have to tell you, no matter what…!
Cate: You know, I… Um… I…
Cate: Um…
Cate: I want to be your Chipi-chan, Hiromi!
Jintaro: Ch-Chipi-chan…?
Cion: Shh. That’s his hat.
Cate: … When I was a kid…
Cate: The grandparents that raised me didn’t like kids…
Cate: They scolded me saying that I’m too loud a lot, and I got worse and worse at talking to people…
Cate: But when Chipi-chan came…
Cate: And we started singing and talking together, I managed to say what I wanted to bit by bit again…
Cate: It’s thanks to Chipi-chan that I can talk like this again…
Cate: That’s why…
Cate: I think I understand, why you can’t talk right now, Hiromi.
Cate: There are times when you just don’t know what words to use, right?
Cate: There are times when, the more you think that you just have to say something, the harder it is to speak, right?
Cate: Actually, I don’t really care why you did what you did, Hiromi.
Cate: Because I!
Cate: Because I believe in the Hiromi I’ve been looking at this whole time…!
Cate: That’s why, no matter what it is you want to talk about…
Cate: I’ll become Chipi-chan and hear you out…!
Cate: No matter what happens…
Cate: My rival will always only be you, Hiromi…!
Cate: ……
Jintaro & Auguri & Cion & Futaba: ……
ーDoor opening
Everyone: !
ーHiromi collapses
Everyone: !
Cate: Hiromi!
Cate: Are you okay?
Inamoto: It appears he’s become anemic.
Inamoto: I will take him to the infirmary—
Hiromi: I’m alright.
Hiromi: More importantly, I have to talk to everyone…
Cate: Hiromi…
Cate: Were you listening to me?
Hiromi: Inamoto-san had left the door slightly ajar…
Cate: …!
Hiromi: I’m sorry, Cate-kun…
Hiromi: I didn’t know what to say to you all and locked myself away for too long.
Hiromi: In the end, I caused you to worry for no reason…
Cate: Nuh-huh.
Hiromi: I’m sorry. I know you believe in me…
Hiromi: But I’m actually not deserving of your trust…!
Cate: Hiromi…
Hiromi: While the audition has been going on, I…
Hiromi: ██████████████████…
Cate: …!
Inamoto: …
ー
Hiromi: I’m truly sorry about all of this.
Everyone: ……
Hiromi: I’m aware that no apology will ever be enough.
Hiromi: I’d at least like to tell you the truth about what was written on that gossip site myself.
Shimba: Sure. Let’s hear it.
Meguru: Yes. We all want to know your reasons.
Hiromi: Thank you…
Hiromi: Everything began back when I was still working at my company before this…
Hiromi: Oh, the gossip site said I was working at some kind of TV network, but it was actually just a small filmmaking company.
Hiromi: We did work with TV networks fairly often, though.
Hiromi: Working as an assistant director was hard, but it suited me.
Hiromi: I thought that getting to be of use to others in the entertainment industry I loved so much was my life’s calling.
Hiromi: I love this job. It’s what I was born to do.
Talent: It’s great hearing that from someone so young. I’ve got high expectations for you!
Hiromi: The talent who complimented me was someone I’d been looking up to since I was a student.
Hiromi: I felt like I had to work even harder because of that.
Hiromi: The two of us became close while working together, and even became good friends outside of work as well.
Hiromi: We’d take care of everything we were given, and things were going smoothly.
Hiromi: …Until something happened.
Friend: Hiromi! Is that really you?
Hiromi: Oh…!
Friend: Do you remember me? We went to the same vocational school.
Hiromi: Yeah, it’s been ages! How are you?
Hiromi: I ran into an old friend by chance, and he was super interested in my job.
Hiromi: I think… I might’ve gotten a bit carried away back then.
Hiromi: I wasn’t thinking at all about what he was feeling, or any ulterior motives he may have had behind his compliments…
Hiromi: In the end, I recommended him to my company since he had quit his job a bit before that.
Talent: Huh, so you’re Hiromi-kun’s friend.
Friend: It’s a pleasure to be working with you!
Hiromi: I’m looking forward to working with both of you too.
Talent: Yeah, same here. Any friend of Hiromi-kun’s is a friend of mine.
Hiromi: I slowly started feeling more and more uneasy, but it still took me by complete surprise.
Hiromi: Good morning. About today’s schedule…
Talent: Oh, thanks. I already heard from your friend, so don’t worry about it.
Hiromi: Oh, alright! I’m looking forward to working with you today!
Hiromi: I’m sorry to bother you! We have a meeting after this…
Talent: Huh? You didn’t hear?
Talent: I thought your friend told you about the schedule changes.
Friend: C’mon, Hiromi! Didn’t I let you know about it yesterday?
Friend: Did you miss it ‘cause you didn’t get enough sleep?
Hiromi: Wh… Oh, you did?
Hiromi: I’m sorry.
Friend: This guy’s a bit of an airhead.
Friend: I’m sorry about him~
Talent: Yeah, no worries, I’m no match for you after all.
Friend: Really~?
Hiromi: ……
Boss: Fudoura, the higher-ups loved the mini talk corner you put together!
Boss: They said they’d love to work with you again.
Hiromi: Really!? Thank you so much!
Friend: ……
Talent: Oh-ho. You’re really soaking up all that praise.
Hiromi: Ah…
Boss: That’s right, he worked very hard on this—
Talent: But didn’t you actually finish this project thanks to the support you had from the people around you, especially that friend of yours?
Talent: Are you sure you should be taking all the credit for this?
Hiromi: …!
Hiromi: I-I’m sorry.
Hiromi: Wait!
Friend: ? What‘s up?
Hiromi: Um, you see… This might sound a bit weird, but…
Hiromi: Were you talking about me to him?
Friend: Him…?
Friend: Oh! That artist you like so much?
Friend: No, I wasn’t.
Hiromi: Oh… I see.
Friend: Oh, but…
Friend: See, he did say that he was a bit worried with how you keep buttering up to anybody and everybody.
Hiromi: Wha…
Friend: Be careful. If he gets the idea that you’re a poser, it’ll spread through the company like the plague.
Hiromi: Ah… Right.
Friend: You two are working together on the next project, yeah?
Hiromi: Huh? Oh, yes.
Friend: That thing’s super top secret, huh?
Friend: Even when he got wasted he wouldn’t say a word about it~
Friend: What’s with that? We get along great as coworkers, don’t we?
Hiromi: Don’t say that. If things were leaked, it’ll spread way outside the company.
Hiromi: Huh? Where’s my laptop…
Hiromi: There it is. Why is it over here…?
Coworker: Oh, your friend was borrowing it.
Coworker: He said he was having trouble connecting his to the printer.
Hiromi: Huh?
Boss: Hey! Fudoura!
Hiromi: Ah–Yes! Did something happen?
Boss: You… Do you have any idea what you’ve done!?
Hiromi: Huh…?
Hiromi: Did you know?
Hiromi: After being exposed to a feeling of unease for a time, you get used to it.
Hiromi: That’s why you don’t do anything until something really bad happens.
Hiromi: …All that’s nothing more than an excuse, though.
Hiromi: Wait!
Hiromi: It was you, wasn’t it?
Friend: What was?
Hiromi: The information leak! You did it, didn’t you?!
Friend: Hah? Do you have any proof?
Hiromi: But…
Friend: By the way, did you see his social media?
Friend: He didn’t drop any names, but he definitely made that post knowing it was you.
Friend: Look.
You’re a traitor who steps on the kindness offered to you!
Don’t show your face in front of me ever again!
Friend: He really hates you. Well, guess that’s only natural.
Friend: Don’t you think people who get cocky and act all modest, talking like what they’re doing is nothing special in front of someone whose life is falling apart are just disgusting?
Hiromi: You…!
Friend: How unfortunate. Don’t think for a second that you’ll get to work in this world again.
Hiromi: Wha…
Friend: On another note, how about we strike a deal?
Friend: You could make some extra cash by selling info to a different company.
Friend: You’re gonna be fired either way, so that doesn’t sound so bad now, does it?
Friend: This’ll just be take two. You’ll just have to do the same thing again.
Hiromi: …!
Hiromi: That’s the truth behind what was posted on the gossip site.
Everyone: ……
Cate: Then, the person who █████████ wasn’t you?
Hiromi: Yes, I can assure you it wasn’t.
Hiromi: But I didn’t have any solid proof that it was him, either.
Hiromi: That’s why I had no choice but to accept being fired…
Hiromi: I’m sorry. I didn’t think this would be how this would all be brought to light…
Luvnosuke: I see… It was rough, huh.
Luvnosuke: —But, you know!
Cate & Hiromi: !
Luvnosuke: Whyyy would you go and do the same thing to others if having it done to you hurt you so bad?
Hiromi: Huh? The same thing?
Riam: If you’d told us just a little earlier…
Riam: Well, I get that it’s tough, though.
Akashi: It’s difficult to talk about yourself.
Mikera: The deeper the wound is, the harder it is to talk about, huh.
Shimba: That’s desperation for you…
Hiromi: Huh? What are you—
Kyouya: Don’t tell me… Things turned out to be exactly as Monet-san said they were…!
Monet: ……
Meguru: Hiromi, is that truly the ‘thing you must do’?
Hiromi: …! Wait a second, what are you guys even talking about?
Jintaro: Whaddya mean… Aren’t we talking about how you’re the ████████████████ about the audition assignments to someone outside?
Hiromi: ███ ?
Futaba: Hurt by your old job, you ████████████ about the assignments in the same way that things went down in the past…
Futaba: Isn’t that what you were telling us about?
Hiromi: It’s not!
Hiromi: It’s true that I was asked to leak other plans, but I turned that down!
Hiromi: I cut off contact with him too.
Hiromi: And not just him, I haven’t been in contact with anyone else involved.
Everyone: ?
Auguri: Then the information on the gossip site…
Hiromi: Please hold on. That site wrote that I was ████████████ ……!?
Jintaro: Didn’t we tell you?
Hiromi: You did not…! I thought it only wrote about my past…!
Inamoto: I apologize. That was a mistake in communication on my part.
Cate: T-Then Hiromi didn’t ███████ at his old job or █████ the audition’s ██████…?
Hiromi: I didn’t! I didn’t do either of those things!
Cion: Then what did you mean when you said ████████ earlier…?
Hiromi: ! That was…
Hiromi: At some point, I started wanting revenge.
Cate: Revenge?
Hiromi: I’d get into the entertainment industry, I’d become even better than him, I’d get even more famous than him…
Hiromi: Then, someday, I’d reveal everything…
Hiromi: I wanted to talk about this whole thing somewhere…!
Inamoto: And that’s why you’re participating in this audition?
Hiromi: Yes…
Hiromi: Ah, I mean, becoming an idol was a dream of mine back when I was a kid, but I gave up on it for a time after growing up, but…
Hiromi: I was influenced by that when I got into the film industry, too…
Hiromi: Even then, I really am awful.
Hiromi: All of you genuinely want to become idols, and I’m here in the middle of you all with this kind of motive…
Everyone: …
Meguru: I see. So that’s what you absolutely had to do.
Everyone: *SIGH*~~~~~
Luvnosuke: Also, even if you do want to become an idol and get famous, isn’t any kind of motivation fine? Revenge aside.
Hiromi: Huh…?
Riam: You said it.
Riam: There’s a ton of guys out there who want to come out on top over someone else.
Riam: Revenge aside.
Mikera: That’s true. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel that way too.
Mikera: Revenge aside.
Shimba: For sure. You gotta have a bit of rebellion in you.
Shimba: Revenge aside!
Kyouya: Thank god… I’m so relieved… Revenge aside.
Akashi: I know, right! Revenge aside.
Hiromi: Wh, huh… You’re really against it, huh…
Inamoto: I don’t recommend it either.
Inamoto: Depending on what happens, there is a chance that you will yet again be hurt in the same way that you were in the past.
Inamoto: Although I cannot be completely against it myself.
Cion: No one here wants to see you be hurt.
Hiromi: …!
Everyone: ……
Cion: And that doesn’t just go for you. It goes for every one of you candidates too.
Cion: Even if one of you really was a ████.
Cion: We weren’t trying to find that person in order to catch them.
mmmmmmm
Cion: …We wanted to help them.
Cion: We wanted to get them out of the situation that drove them into a corner.
Hiromi: …Help…
Cate: Yeah, me too.
Hiromi: Cate-kun…
Cate: Whether you’re a ████ or not, I’m on your side.
Cate: I mean, you’re my one and only rival!
Hiromi: …!
Hiromi: Thank you.
Hiromi: I was able to talk to everyone about everything thanks to you.
Hiromi: It’s because you became my very own Chipi-chan and had my back…
Hiromi: You really are my one and only rival…!
Futaba: !
Auguri: Sheesh, Futaba, you’re such a crybaby.
Futaba: You are too.
Futaba: Really though, I didn’t think we’d get to see such a moving scene live…!
Luvnosuke: IKR~~ The Vivalenz DocuDra is god-tier~
Futaba & Luvnosuke: !
Futaba: I always thought that I would get along with you…!
Luvnosuke: Me too, I’ve always wanted to talk to you…!
Auguri: Huuuuh, why are you two having such a passionate handshake~ I’m jelly~
Cion: Well, it’s all good. The situation’s been resolved.
Jintaro: Huh? Whaddya mean?
Jintaro: You mean there was never a ████ that was ████████████ after all?
Inamoto: It seems to be the ca–
Monet: There is one.
Everyone: !
Monet: They’re here.
Monet: The spy you’ve all been looking for.
Kyouya: Monet-san, what are you say–
Monet: I—
Auguri: The ceiling is lowering!
Futaba: Someone’s coming…!
Jintaro: That’s…!
Cion: …!
Atarashi: Hey, everyone. It’s been a while. Are you doing well?
VS AMBIVALENZ 2nd ; EP.14 Dark Night’s Verrat FINAL PART [ENG Translation]
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Issei: Seems almost everyone’s done decidin’ on their self-promotion…
Issei: But these two seem to be havin’ a hard time.
Monet: You've made me understand that I’m different from you to a sickening degree.
Monet: And that irritates me…
Kyouya: Thank you! Thanks to you, I remembered!
Kyouya: For me, it’s got to be death metal!
Inamoto: I believe he wrote that Kyouya-san is prohibited from performing his death growl.
Kyouya: My voice… is gone…!?
Monet: You’ve been betrayed, haven’t you.
Monet: By death metal, your only place to belong.
Monet: You’re the same as me.
ー
Cate: When using a knife, you need to make your left hand resemble a cat paw~
Cate: Here, give it a try. Meow~
Mikera: I know. What about the shape? How should I cut them?
Cate: Triangles, strips, diced, anything’s okay~
Mikera: … Like this?
Cate: Woah, you’re super good!
Mikera: Hey, do you think I’m 5 or something?
Mio: (Ehhh~ What’s with the atmosphere here? It’s releasing negative ions into the air~)
Mio: (I’m being healed~)
Issei: A cat ‘n a bird are cookin’. How funny.
Mio: (Don’t say it like that~!!)
Hiromi: Oh. Are you two cooking?
Meguru: Radish and honey, and I see a bottle in the corner as well.
Meguru: It is not difficult to guess what it is you’re trying to make.
Cate: We thought we’d take some honey radish syrup to Kyouya!
Cate: We got the recipe from Sakuya-senpai!
Hiromi: Is that so? You two are very kind.
Mikera: I’m not being kind.
Mikera: Kyouya’s singing is a weapon for us, so we ought to support him!
Cate: Mikera is a veeery kind and thoughtful kid!
Mikera: I told you to stop treating me like a kid!
Meguru: Hum. I will make him some porridge, then.
Cate: Woah~ Kyouya’s going to be really happy~
Hiromi: … I start feeling kind of weird when we’re like this here in the Internat.
Cate: What do you mean?
Hiromi: How can we be so kind to each other?
Hiromi: Someone might betray us someday.
Everyone: …
Mio: (… Hiromi?)
ー
Monet: No reading.
Monet: You subconsciously work your vocal chords even when you’re reading silently.
Monet: That’s why both reading and lip-syncing lyrics are a no-go.
Kyouya: But…
Monet: You don’t have a phone either, and I understand that you’re bored because you’re not even sick, but no.
Kyouya: You’re talking a lot though…
Monet: Shh.
Kyouya: Okay…
Monet: I’m happy right now, you know.
Monet: I was irritated because I thought you’re different from me, but I understand now that’s not the case.
Kyouya: You and I… what?
Monet: You’re the same as me.
Monet: You were betrayed by what you like, and have nothing left.
Monet: You’re a hollow existence…
Kyouya: …
Monet: In the end, both of us have nothing but what other people gave us.
Monet: We have nothing of our own.
Kyouya: …
Monet: Isn’t that right, Kyouya?
Mio: S-Stooop!
Kyouya & Monet: !
Monet: … What is it?
Issei: Sorry ta interrupt while you’re talkin’.
Issei: But attackin’ someone who can’t fight back ain’t admirable.
Mio: Th-That’s right!
Monet: …
Mio: This might be the kind of situation where we’d ask what even happened, but no matter the reason, saying such hurtful words isn’t good at all… Um…
Monet: You guys don’t get it anyway.
Issei & Mio: …
Monet: You two have so many things… You can’t even begin to understand how we–
Kyouya: No!
Monet: !
Kyouya: I’m not like you, Monet-san!
Monet: …
ーKyouya coughs
Mio: Are you okay, Kyouya!?
Issei: Ya shouldn’t raise yer voice so suddenly.
Monet: …
Monet: I see.
Kyouya: …
Monet: I understand… I’m sorry.
Kyouya: Monet-san…
Issei: I thought this before too, but ain’t Monet-kun especially mean to Kyouya-kun specifically?
Mio: I thought so too.
Mio: Usually it feels as though he doesn’t really care about anyone, but it’s like, he’s being selfish only with Kyouya…
Mio: (It’s pretty much how Issei is treating me right now!!)
Issei: … He’s actin’ spoiled, eh.
Kyouya & Mio: ?
Issei: Is he tryin’ to see whether you’ll accept all his flaws ‘n shameful parts… or somethin’?
Mio: …
Issei: Hm? Why’re ya blushin’, Mio-kun?
Mio: Ough…
Inamoto: To all candidates, I have an announcement regarding your next assignment.
Inamoto: Please gather in the Center Hall at once.
ー
Shimba: What? You postponed the release!?
Inamoto: Yes. All promotional videos will be released simultaneously as soon as you are all finished with your preparations.
Kyouya: …
Akashi: Understood! We will polish our ideas even more with the time you’ve given us!
Riam: Kyouya, don’t go lookin’ like they’re sendin’ you to war.
Riam: Anyone could’ve gotten sick.
Luvnosuke: No one thinks you’ve caused trouble, so chill.
Luvnosuke: If anyone dares to bad-mouth you, I’ll give them a piece of my mind!
Monet: That’s right… You don’t have to worry, Kyouya.
Kyouya: …
Monet: I’ll win, anyway.
Kyouya: !
Monet: I’ll win in the end anyway, so it doesn’t matter what happens with your video.
Everyone: !
Hiromi: Wh-What’s gotten into you, Monet-kun?
Shimba: Hahaha! He said it!
Luvnosuke: H-He sure did~
Riam: Aren’t ya gonna give him a piece of your mind, Ainosuke?
Luvnosuke: Nope, nope!! What’s with these sudden vibes!? Too scary!!
Inamoto: Monet-san.
Monet: What?
Inamoto: This is not just about Kyouya-san.
Inamoto: The postponement was also decided by taking your actions into account.
Monet: … What do you mean?
Issei: Ya also haven’t decided what ta film, have ya, Monet-kun?
Monet: …
Issei: I’ve been curious fer a while now, but why’re ya takin’ part in this audition, Monet-kun?
Issei: It ain’t gettin’ through to anyone with the way you’re actin’ right now.
Mio: Hey, you don’t have to corner him like that…
Monet: …
Mio: But I’ve been wondering too… kind of…
Mio: I think the Glanz supporting you would also like to know your true feelings, so…
Monet: Because…
Monet: I don’t have anything.
Monet: No special skills, or things I like…
Monet: I don’t have… Any of those!!
ー
Kyouya: … It’s good.
Shimba: Good to hear! Keep drinking!
Akashi: I think you’re meant to drink honeyed radish slowly.
Shimba: Huh? Really?
Kyouya: Thanks, you two.
Kyouya: I’m sorry for constantly worrying you.
Akashi: Kyouya-san, your voice sounds like it’s going back to normal.
Kyouya: Yeah. And my throat doesn’t hurt anymore either, so I think I’ll be fine.
Kyouya: … Um, about Monet-san…
Riam: I’m comin’ in.
Kyouya: Riam-kun…
Shimba: What’s up? Did you come to hang out?
Akashi: Are you looking for applicants for a rap battle?
Riam: ‘Course not!
Riam: … It’s Monet.
ー
Issei: Can’t find ‘im anywhere.
Issei: There shouldn’t be that many places ta hide here, though…
Mio: Yeah…
Issei: What’s up, Mio-kun? If this’s about Monet-kun, he was also on strike yesterday…
Issei: I don’t think ya needa worry so much ‘bout ‘im.
Mio: …
Issei: Miiiooo-kun.
Issei: I can’t always read yer mind, so couldja tell me?
Mio: Eh, ah…
Mio: I’ve kinda been feeling like I’ve seen Monet before…
Mio: But whereeee~~
Mio: I’m so close to remembering, but also not at all! It’s driving me crazy!
Mio: Think with me, Issei!
Issei: Why?
Mio: It might help us figure out where Monet’s hiding!
Issei: Ya think so?
Mio: Think!
Issei: Yeah, yeah. I can’t win with ya, Mio-kun.
Issei: But ya know, if ya just saw him on the street one day, I can’t help ya there.
Mio: That’d be a bit too predestined.
Issei: If ya just saw him somewhere, couldn’t it be the trainin’ school ya went to?
Mio: No, no, I’d remember him immediately if we went to the same…
Mio: AHHH!
Issei: That scared me.
Mio: That’s right! The training school!
Issei: Huh?
Mio: I saw him at a presentation! He was a junior at my training school!
Issei: F-Ferreal?
Issei: I doubt ya’d forget such a pretty face even if ya only saw him once…
Mio: No, I did remember his face being super pretty, but his attitude was entirely different.
Issei: How so?
Mio: He was like! Angelic!
Issei: Ferreal~?
Mio: Ferreal!
Kyouya: Is that true!?
Mio: Wah!
Kyouya: What you said just now!
Kyouya: Ah, no, I’m sure it is.
Kyouya: Um, in that case, could you look into it a little more?
Mio: L-Look into it?
Kyouya: Did something happen to Monet-san back then?
Kyouya: Maybe you could ask his friends from the training school.
Mio: Huh?
Mio: Welll, you seeee… I’m not really in close contact with the school…
Issei: But it ain’t like yer totally estranged from it, right?
Kyouya: That’s right! There must be someone you still get along with!
Mio: …
Issei: There ain’t anyone?
Kyouya: I-I’m sorry…
Mio: … Ehehe…
Mio: (Yeaaah! That’s right! Don’t underestimate how introverted I am!)
Issei: Anyways, it’ll be hard ta learn anythin’ through Mio-kun.
Mio: Sorry I couldn’t help…
Kyouya: … I thought I could learn a little more about Monet-san.
Issei: Kyouya-kun, why’re ya so concerned ‘bout Monet-kun even though he’s been so cruel ta ya?
Mio: (I’m super curious about that too!)
Kyouya: … I don’t know.
Kyouya: I’m not sure why, myself…
Kyouya: But I…
Kyouya: I…
ー
Monet: I won’t be able to choose anything, anyway.
Monet: Because I’m empty…
ーFlashbacks
Instructor: Um, Monet Suirenya.
Instructor: First, could you state why you applied to our training school?
Monet: … I was invited.
Instructor: Huh?
Monet: I came because someone scouted me and said I’d be suited to become an idol.
ー
Instructor: Okay, we’re wrapping up the lesson here!
Trainees: Thank you!
Instructor: Your performance has been getting better lately, Monet.
Instructor: You seem to be taking practice more seriously too. What changed your mind?
Monet: … I found a place to belong.
Trainee A: We did it! The four of us are debuting together!
Trainee B: Monet! Let’s work hard together!
Trainee C: We’re the strongest of friends!
Monet: Yeah! The four of us can do anything!
ー
Monet: I didn’t hear anything about this…!
Monet: We were supposed to all debut together…!
Monet: For me to debut solo…
Monet: It’s not like I want to become an idol…!
Monet: I just want to debut with my friends…!
ー
Monet: I turned the solo debut down.
Monet: I want to be with you all.
Monet: I don’t want to give up until we all debut together.
Trainees: …
Monet: I mean, we’re supposed to be the best of friends–
Trainee A: We’re not friends anymore.
Monet: Wh–
Trainee A: You’re not our friend anymore, Monet.
ー
Instructor: Would you join VS AMBIVALENZ’s second audition, Monet?
Monet: …
Instructor: You’ll definitely be accepted.
Instructor: Your singing and dancing have gotten so much better…
Instructor: It’d be a shame if you just gave up now.
Monet: … I understand.
Instructor: ! Are you sure?
Monet: Yes. I’ve had enough.
Instructor: Hm?
Monet: I’ll do as I’m told.
If I do so,
No one will be able to complain, right?
ーFlashbacks end
Monet: !
Kyouya: Monet-san.
Kyouya: Did you have a scary dream?
Monet: Kyouya…
Monet: Why…
Kyouya: Ainosuke-kun told me you might be here.
Kyouya: Sounds like there were people who hid here during the 1st season.
Monet: … Is your voice back?
Kyouya: Mikera-kun and Cate-san made honeyed radish for me.
Kyouya: The recipe Sakuya-senpai taught them is amazing, isn’t it.
Monet: You seem pretty happy.
Kyouya: I am…
Kyouya: I’m happy they took the time to make it for me.
Monet: You’re so simple.
Kyouya: …
Monet: You don’t know when everyone will stop being so kind.
Monet: It’s just like your death metal.
Kyouya: … I told you how I didn’t fit in at school, right?
Monet: …
Kyouya: After graduating middle school, I decided not to go any further than that and became a freeter instead.
Kyouya: But I couldn’t fit in there, either.
Kyouya: I hopped between a bunch of part-time jobs, but in the end I just shut myself in at home.
Kyouya: The only thing I looked forward to was going to see my big bro’s death metal band practice…
Kyouya: When I said I was interested in death metal, everyone in the band was happy. That I was obviously my big brother’s younger brother.
Kyouya: I wanted to make everyone happy, so I started working on my death growl.
Monet: …
Kyouya: But then, my big bro suddenly forbade me from doing my death growl.
Monet: Why?
Kyouya: … Because death metal is his thing.
Kyouya: It’s not something I found.
Kyouya: I…
Kyouya: I couldn’t find something that only I liked.
Kyouya: I think my big bro managed to see through that.
Monet: … Why are you telling me this?
Kyouya: I wonder…
Kyouya: You’ve been saying horrible things to me, and I’m angry at you, but…
Kyouya: But…
Kyouya: You’re my rival, Monet-san.
Monet: What do you mean…?
Kyouya: Umm, you know the kanji rival is written with?
Kyouya: It has the character for “love” in it.
Kyouya: But it also has the character for “enemy”.
Monet: …
Kyouya: Meguru-san told me about it before.
Kyouya: I’m bad at kanji, so… Wait, no.
Kyouya: Anyway, I was thinking…
Kyouya: I want us to have that kind of rivalry too, Monet-san.
Kyouya: I don’t want our interests to clash, or anything…
Kyouya: I want us to become two worthy opponents who like each other, but still clash from time to time…
Monet: Are you going to answer my question?
Kyouya: Urgh… I’m not answering it, am I.
Monet: …
Monet: Well, that’s fine.
Monet: Petit. Just like you.
Kyouya: Puh…?
Monet: … I didn’t want to become an idol.
Kyouya: Huh?
Monet: I wanted to make the friends I made at the training school happy.
Monet: I just thought I’d do my best for the other members…
Kyouya: … How did that turn out?
Monet: … We’re really bad at recognizing our own feelings, aren’t we?
Kyouya: …
Monet: What part of death metal attracted you, Kyouya?
Kyouya: Huh?
Kyouya: … I thought it was cool.
Monet: How so?
Kyouya: Urgh… Umm…
Kyouya: Death metal songs are usually about death, or Hell, so people always think it’s dark or scary, but…
Kyouya: I really liked that…
Monet: Huh. Why?
Kyouya: Umm, umm… Because…
Kyouya: Because even in death, there’s a new beginning.
Monet: A new beginning…
Kyouya: Yeah…
Kyouya: I will overcome the today I regret, and throw away my old self, and start a new day…
Monet: …
Kyouya: What about you, Monet-san? Why do you like naps?
Monet: Because with a rival like this, I could win even with my eyes closed.
Kyouya: Ouch.
Monet: And…
Monet: Because I have to think when I’m awake.
Monet: But if I sleep, then the day will end quickly, right?
Monet: And then…
Kyouya: A new day will start?
Monet: …
Kyouya: We really are the same.
Monet: … You think so?
Kyouya: Oh, are you still mad that I said we’re not?
Monet: Who knows.
Kyouya: Huhh…
Monet: But…
Monet: I think if I’m with you, then the rest of this audition won’t be so boring.
ー
Inamoto: What is it that you wish to speak with me about, Monet-san, Kyouya-san?
Monet: I don’t really understand my own feelings yet.
Monet: … But.
Monet: … I will face them.
Monet: That’s why. Issei-san, Mio-san.
Issei & Mio: !
Monet: I want you to help me… Please.
Issei: We finally get ta act like mentors.
Mio: Rely on us lots! Let’s think together!
Monet: …
Monet: Merci.
Mio: (Ehhh~~ He’s so cute!! My heart!)
Inamoto: And you, Kyouya-san…
Kyouya: For me… It has to be death metal, after all.
Kyouya: I want to use my death growl.
Kyouya: It’s important to me…!
Kyouya: Almost as important as how much I’ve become attracted to idols through this audition…
Kyouya: That’s why, even if my big bro says I can’t, I’ll…
Inamoto: Understood.
Kyouya: Huh?
Inamoto: I will relay to you what your brother has told me.
Kyouya: My big bro…?
Inamoto: Kyouya-san, despite your brother’s protests, you have practiced your death growl to the point of injuring your throat…
Kyouya: … Ah.
Inamoto: He stated that you practiced so desperately, almost as if you believed your place to belong would disappear had you done otherwise.
Inamoto: It was hard for your brother to watch you do so.
Kyouya: …
Inamoto: Do you still feel the same way?
Kyouya: … I don’t.
Kyouya: Even after my voice was gone, everyone stayed by my side.
Kyouya: Death metal isn’t a tool for me to use to find a place to belong.
Inamoto: … Understood. I take it there is no further reason to worry, then?
Kyouya: Yes.
Mio: Thank goodness~ I’m so glaaaad~
Issei: Are ya his mom?
Kyouya: Monet-san, let’s do our…
Monet: Zzz…
Kyouya: Wait! Don’t sleep!
Monet: I’ve been thinking a lot lately.
Monet: So I’m sleepy…
Monet: Zzz…
Kyouya: Agh, please! Wake up!
Issei: He’s got guts, eh.
Issei: Well, everythin’ else aside, I’m glad this ended well.
Issei: Right, y’all?
Riam: Oi! They caught us!
Akashi: That’s strange. My “The Walls Have Ears, The Door Has A Gap Below Production Model Specs 3.5” has a special framework that allows it to run under the floor so the cables won’t stand out.
Meguru: A cable you’ve never seen before on the floor still stands out, I see.
Kyouya: Everyone…
Shimba: Alright! I’m sure you’ve got lots to say!
Shimba: But let’s put the eavesdropping behind us!
Shimba: We were all just worried about you two.
Shimba: And now you’re both going to properly work on the assignment.
Shimba: Meaning! This is a happy ending!
Hiromi: He’s trying to force them to forget about it…
Inamoto: Everyone…
Inamoto: You seem to have made a habit out of eavesdropping.
Inamoto: We shall have a good, long talk later.
Luvnosuke: Hiyehh!! Is he FR angry!?
Meguru: Ohhh, will we be scolded?
Mikera: Why are you happy about that?
Cate: I’m so, so glad we found Monet~
Monet: I’m sorry for worrying you, everyone.
Shimba: Hahaha! All’s well that ends well!
Issei: … Hey, Mio-kun.
Mio: ? What is it?
Issei: I’m sorry.
Mio: … Huh?
Issei: I’ve been actin’ like a brat.
Issei: I gotta do some self-reflectin’.
Mio: Huh? What, what, what? You’re apologizing!?
Mio: Issei is? Apologizing!? To me!? I’m scared!!
Issei: Mio-kun, is this mouth on your face lettin’ everythin’ out again~?
Mio: Eep!
Mio: I’m shohy~!
Luvnosuke: But y’know~ What happens with Monet and Kyouya is none of our business, but we still caused all this ruckus.
Luvnosuke: Aren’t we all a bunch of softies?
Monet: Probably–
Monet: Mmm…
Luvnosuke: Are you FR sleeping RN!?
Hiromi: … Right.
Luvnosuke: ?
Hiromi: How long will we be able to stay like this…?
VS AMBIVALENZ 2nd ; EP.2 Kratzspuren of Light FIRST PART [ENG Translation]
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Please understand that there may be cases where the video footage becomes distorted.
Luvnosuke: This is the lesson room…
Luvnosuke: The bedrooms…
Meguru: The bathroom is rather large as well.
Luvnosuke: The laundry room is here too…!
Luvnosuke: And this is the dining room…
Riam: To think that this kinda place is underground—
Luvnosuke: Amazing! This is the Internat from the Documentary Drama!
Hiromi: That’s what you’re surprised by, huh?
Luvnosuke: This is that Internat, you know?
Luvnosuke: This is a holy pilgrimage, you know?
Akashi: Holy?
Akashi: Is this a place affiliated with some particular religion?
Shimba: Hahaha!
Shimba: Do you want someone to snap back to that?
Mikera: The interior design’s been renovated quite a bit.
Luvnosuke: IKR…
Luvnosuke: Even though there was no need to renovate anything.
Luvnosuke: I wanted to take a selfie with the past candidate’s scratched up walls and stained floors…
Kyouya: I’d rather things be clean…
Luvnosuke: Hah?
Kyouya: !?
Luvnosuke: Kidding, kidding, it’s just a joke♡
Luvnosuke: C’mon, it’s about time we did that.
Riam: That?
Luvnosuke: We’re in the dining room, so it’s that, you know, that!
Cate: Woahh~!
Cate: The kitchen, it’s huge, huuuge!
Luvnosuke: Yes! There, there!
Luvnosuke: I wanna see over there too!
Riam: What’s with this skit?
Akashi: These are the lines Cuc-senpai and Taiyo-senpai said at 1:23 in episode 1 of the VS AMBIVALENZ Documentary Drama.
Meguru: You are quite knowledgeable about this.
Akashi: I did exhaustive research of all relevant information regarding the audition I was to attend in advance.
Akashi: This much is simply common sense.
Riam: Huuh?
Mikera: …!
Mikera: Hold up, you definitely went too far there.
Akashi: Huh?
Kyouya: There are some things that you shouldn’t say even if they’re true.
Kyouya: My big brother told me that.
Mikera: You should know that if you saw the first documentary drama, right?
Mikera: Both the candidates for red and white got into fights because of seemingly innocuous comments like that, so we have to be careful.
Meguru: Hoh…
Meguru: So the documentary drama covered those sorts of contents.
Meguru: That seems rather interesting.
Riam: *Sigh*…
Riam: Common sense…
Riam: Common sense, huh.
Everyone: !
Riam: Well, guess that’s true too.
Riam: Coming here without doing any research in advance is probably crazy of me, huh…
Everyone: …
Riam: ?
Riam: What?
Mikera: Well…
Mikera: I just didn’t think you’d accept it so readily.
Riam: Huh? Why?
Akashi: You’re more honest than I expected for someone who does hip-hop.
Mikera: Hey, I’m telling you, you really need to filter yourself!
Mikera: Not to mention, you’re being way too prejudiced against hip-hop!
Riam: No, seriously.
Riam: What’s with you, you’ve been naggin’ us since we got here.
Luvnosuke: That’s your fault.
Luvnosuke: You threw all those lyrics into the self-introduction video, of course we’re gonna think you’re a hugely annoying weirdo!
Riam: A weirdo, you say… I could say the same thing about you!
Luvnosuke: Hah? Who are—
Luvnosuke: !
Luvnosuke: I can’t, that’s no good.
Riam: ?
Luvnosuke: The kind and considerate Ainosuke-kyun will teach you all about it.
Luvnosuke: The final audition of Vivalenz is streamed online as a documentary drama.
Luvnosuke: This was kept secret from the participants during S1.
Luvnosuke: However, it’s different for S2.
Riam: What’s different?
Luvnosuke: You’re so slow.
Luvnosuke: We already know that they’re streaming a documentary drama, don’t we?
Riam: HUH!?
Riam: This is being live streamed!?
Meguru: Oho! So we are being streamed right now?
Luvnosuke: Though I guess there’s some people here who didn’t know…
Luvnosuke: Anyways!
Luvnosuke: That is to say that it can’t be made under the same conditions as S1!
Riam: So, why—
Shimba: In the first season, since the candidates didn’t know they were being streamed, Glanz could decide on how to vote after seeing them act without pretense.
Shimba: But…
Mikera: In the second season, given that we already know about this, we can keep showing off only the sides of ourselves that we want people to see.
Kyouya: Um, meaning…
Hiromi: Meaning that we can keep parts of ourselves hidden.
Hiromi: The hidden sides of our personalities that would be inconvenient to reveal in this audition, for example.
Riam: Hidden sides…
Luvnosuke: Well, that’s pretty much it♡
Cate: It’s okay⭐︎
Cate: We can just talk about fun things!
Cate: Cate can do it!
Meguru: Speaking of which, from where to where exactly will we be streamed?
Akashi: What do you mean… from where to where?
Kyouya: In the bath!?
Kyouya: In the bathroom…!?
Akashi: Using the restroom aside, going into the bath would…
Akashi: Depend on the situation, I suppose.
Luvnosuke: I welcome them recording my bathing with open arms⭐︎
Luvnosuke: It’s all fanservice⭐︎
Inamoto: There is no need to worry.
Cate: HIYEH…!
Kyouya: Since when…
Luvnosuke: Amazing!
Luvnosuke: It’s the Vivalenz classic where Inamoto-san appears out of nowhere!
Luvnosuke: Seeing it happen in the flesh makes me so happy~!
Mikera: Huh.
Mikera: You’re happy about that…?
Inamoto: I’m grateful.
Inamoto: By the way, everyone.
Shimba: ?
Shimba: Why’re you pointing at our feet?
Hiromi: !?
Hiromi: Wh— Are you okay?
Monet: Zz… Zzz…
Hiromi: He’s sleeping…?
Mikera: Huh? Since when?
Mikera: He was awake when we got here, right?
Cate: Poke, poke…
Cate: Heyy, wake up, wake up!
Monet: !
Monet: The documentary drama!
Monet: I watched all of it…
Monet: Zz… Zzz…
Mikera: C’mon…
Mikera: Don’t go back to sleep after you've managed to wake up…
Mikera: Hey, you over there.
Mikera: Kyouya.
Kyouya: !
Kyouya: Me…!?
Mikera: This guy is your rival for the black position, yeah?
Mikera: Do something about him.
Kyouya: Like what…
Shimba: Alright! Stand up straight!
Shimba: ‘Kay, you take him!
Kyouya: Please walk properly…!
Hiromi: The scarlet duo are great at managing the situation.
Cate: Riiight~
Cate: Cate is great at chatting!
Hiromi: Hahaha…
Meguru: Hiromi and Cate, you two are emerald, yes?
Meguru: It seems you will get along rather swimmingly.
Hiromi: Umm…
Hiromi: What exactly do you mean by that?
Meguru: I mean exactly that.
Meguru: Do you disagree?
Cate: Nope!
Cate: Cate and Hiromi will totally be great friends!
Cate: Meguru and Akashi, you navys will totally be great friends too!
Akashi: Great friends?
Hiromi: Great friends… Well…
Hiromi: Is that okay?
Cate: Do you not wanna be friends?
Hiromi: It’s not that I don’t want to…
Akashi: It’s okay for us to not get along in the first place, so there’s no need to be friends with anyone.
Akashi: At the end of the day, we’re rivals, after all.
Cate: Oh…
Meguru: Hm, I see.
Meguru: So that’s how my rival plans to approach our situation.
Inamoto: I do apologize.
Inamoto: May I return to the topic at hand?
Hiromi: Oh, I’m sorry.
Hiromi: Please, go ahead.
Inamoto: Thank you very much.
Inamoto: Just a bit ago, you were worrying about what exactly would be streamed in the documentary drama, but please do not worry.
Inamoto: Not all happenings here will be streamed.
Inamoto: Please look here.
Inamoto: This is Cut-kun, a highly efficient editing AI developed by REISEN Productions and Tailwind Office.
Cut-kun: All sensitive material will be cut in a flash!
Cut-kun: I’m Cut-kun!
Cut-kun: The footage will get distorted sometimes!
Cut-kun: At your service!
Inamoto: Thanks to having watched the first season in advance and understanding the nature of these documentary dramas, you candidates might hold back in your behavior.
Inamoto: The solution to that is—
Cate: Cut-kun…?
Inamoto: Correct.
Inamoto: This editing AI, Cut-kun, was trained using the first documentary drama and social media information without sparing any expenses.
Inamoto: That is to say, Cut-kun is a specialized editing AI responsible for properly cutting out sensitive circumstances from the VS AMBIVALENZ Documentary Drama.
Inamoto: The only parts that will be broadcasted will be the information necessary for Glanz to use for their votes.
Mikera: So, you’re saying that we don’t really need to wear a mask and we should just behave like we normally do?
Inamoto: Precisely that.
Luvnosuke: The heck, I was worried for nothing.
Hiromi: Yeah.
Akashi: Worry?
Akashi: You mean to say that you have some kind of side you don’t want people to see, Ainosuke-san, Hiromi-san?
Hiromi: Huh? No, that’s not…
Luvnosuke: What a nasty way to ask that.
Luvnosuke: I don’t have anything like that.
Akashi: I didn’t mean…
Akashi: I apologize.
Akashi: It seems my wording was improper.
Shimba: Well, I doubt anyone would think to appear double-faced, yeah?
Mikera: Not worrying about it might be the best we can do.
Mikera: Like Inamoto-san said, sensitive things will cut themselves out.
Riam: Well…
Riam: That’s true.
Inamoto: Moving on, this is for you all.
Meguru: ?
Riam: A phone?
Luvnosuke: That’s…!
Inamoto: Your lives as idol trainees will, essentially, be made public through social media posts.
Inamoto: This phone is for that purpose.
Meguru: Only one?
Inamoto: Yes.
Inamoto: You all will share this one phone.
Riam: And what about my phone? The one you took at the entrance.
Riam: You’re still not gonna give it back?
Luvnosuke: LMAO~!
Luvnosuke: That’s the stuff you ask when you don’t know anything, huh~?
Riam: HAH?
Luvnosuke: Ah, sorry. Go on, go on.
Inamoto: Allow me to explain.
Inamoto: While you are here, all contact with the outside world apart from your activity on social media is prohibited.
Kyouya: Huh…!
Kyouya: Even calling and texting…!?
Riam: EVEN STICKERS!?
Inamoto: Yes.
Meguru: Hahaha!
Meguru: Is that not practically imprisonment?
Kyouya: Huh, so the final audition is that kinda thing?
Kyouya: We can’t contact the outside world…
Luvnosuke: Haa~~~ This is the best!♡
Luvnosuke: Even though the people are different, to see this historic back-and-forth in person…
Luvnosuke: I’m sooo glad I joined Vivalenz!
Riam: What are you on about? You’ve been making a racket this whole time.
Luvnosuke: Soz, soz♡
Luvnosuke: As an otaku, I can’t NOT comment on how this is going down.
Luvnosuke: Then after this, wouldn’t it be great if we all get together and decide on chore duties and make pancakes when we’re hungry and trip on the wires and get covered in flour and then have a fight?
Inamoto: That brings back memories.
Inamoto: It happened just as you said.
Riam: Chore duties? Covered in flour?
Meguru: Has it already been set in stone that we will fight as well?
Mikera: What’s it called when that happens, again?
Hiromi: Oh, like when you leave someone you just met behind?
Hiromi: If I’m not wrong, that’s…
Monet: A canon event…!
Monet: ZZzzz……
Mikera: That’s it…!
Hiromi: It’s a little different.
Luvnosuke: Oh! What should we do about the commemorative photo?
Luvnosuke: Y’know! You took one with everyone, right?!
Luvnosuke: Saying Ambivalen—Z!
Inamoto: Before that.
Shimba & Mikera: ?
Inamoto: Would you all gather in the Center Hall once more?
ーGLITCH
Riam: ?
Riam: What?
Luvnosuke: To think someone like you would be my rival.
Riam: What’s that mean?
Luvnosuke: Oh, nothing.
ーGLITCH
Luvnosuke: But I’m glad~
Luvnosuke: My opponent is one of the losers, so I have a huge advantage.
Riam: You…!
Riam: You sure it’s fine to talk about that?
ーGLITCH
Riam: Isn’t this conversation being streamed?
Luvnosuke: It’s fine.
Luvnosuke: Cut-kun will do something about it, yeah?
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Luvnosuke: Ahhh, now that I know stuff is gonna be edited and that my rival is a non-otaku, I feel like I’m the only pick for this~
Luvnosuke: The orange position is all mine♡
Riam: …!
ーGLITCH
Inamoto: Thank you for gathering here once again.
Inamoto: I will now tell you all about a special event we have prepared exclusively for VS AMBIVALENZ 2nd.
Inamoto: There is someone who we would like to introduce to you all.
Shimba: What the, the ceiling…!
Hiromi: It’s lowering…
Cate: There’s someone there…?
Luvnosuke: !
Luvnosuke: The people you want us to meet are…!
Riam: Seriously…!?
Subaru: It’s nice to meet you.
Subaru: I’m XlamV’s Subaru. I was a candidate in VS AMBIVALENZ 1st.
Taiyo: Heya!
Taiyo: I’m fun4re’s Taiyo, I was also a candidate!
Shimba: Previous candidates, you say?
Mikera: Why are they here?
Subaru: We’re here to serve as mentors for all of you new candidates.
Monet: Mentors…?
Inamoto: Mentors are meant to become role models to guide new talents and young people, play a role in their individual growth, and offer mental support.
Inamoto: The original candidates from the first season have been called here to serve as guides for your way forward.
Riam: CALLED HERE!?
Riam: Why on earth are you doing whatever—
Luvnosuke: Why on earth would you do such a–
Luvnosuke: Ah, no…
Luvnosuke: What I’m trying to say is…
Luvnosuke: Why on earth are you surprising us like this all of a sudden?
Luvnosuke: Ehehe…
Subaru: We apologize for catching you off guard.
Subaru: We look forward to working with you for this short time.
Taiyo: We’re looking forward to it!
Taiyo: Oh, right!
Taiyo: Futaba asked me to take a picture of you guys!
Subaru: Are you going to take it?
Taiyo: Oh, is that bad?
Inamoto: Leave it to me.
Inamoto: Now then, let’s do it.
Inamoto: VS AMBIVALEN…
Everyone: Z!
ーGLITCH
Luvnosuke: Why… Why is that person here?
Riam: Why… Why is that guy here?
ーGLITCH
Luvnosuke: He’s the one…
Riam: That’s the only guy…
ーGLITCH
Riam & Luvnosuke: I absolutely didn’t want to meet…
VS AMBIVALENZ 2nd ; EP.17 Emerald Shadow’s Wahrheit MIDDLE PART [ENG Translation]
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Cate: ……
Mikera: Let’s take a break, guys.
Luvnosuke: ……
Cate: ……
Meguru: Cate.
Cate: Huh? Wh-What?
Meguru: You do not seem very focused. Did something happen?
Luvnosuke: Oh, I see it. I thought so too.
Luvnosuke: What’s up? Wanna tell us~?
Cate: Uhhh. Nope, it’s nothing.
Cate: Sorry.
Kyouya: Um.
Kyouya: Cate-san, is the sudden assignment change bothering you?
Cate: Oh, uhh…
Cate: Yeah, actually. That’s it.
Kyouya: I know, right.
Kyouya: I’m pretty curious about it myself.
Luvnosuke: Eh, it’s fine. Who cares.
Luvnosuke: We ended up doing the same assignment they did in S1, so I’m pretty hyped, y’know?
Mikera: No, of course something like that would make you anxious.
Mikera: I get how you feel, Cate.
Cate: … Y-Yup.
Cate: I wonder why they changed it…
Mikera: They said it’s because it overlapped with another audition’s assignment again…
Kyouya: … But that’s not a coincidence, is it?
Kyouya: This is the second time that’s happened.
Meguru: At this point, it would be fair to assume that somebody is intentionally leaking the information.
Kyouya: No, that can’t be. Don’t joke like that, Meguru-sa–
Meguru: ……
Kyouya: You’re not joking, are you…
Meguru: Who comes up with the assignments, in the first place?
Luvnosuke: Inamoto-san.
Luvnosuke: He comes up with them and tells the mentors how he wants them done, apparently.
Kyouya: Why do you know that?
Luvnosuke: Huh? Any Vivalenz otaku would ask on day one, obvs.
Luvnosuke: I just had to know who came up with these ultra emotional assignments.
Kyouya: I don’t know if it’s that obvious…
Luvnosuke: Well, if someone’s FR leaking info, I’d never forgive that.
Luvnosuke: It’d desecrate the sanctity of the audition.
Meguru: Yes. Very true.
Meguru: Doing so while we are so earnestly fighting would dampen the excitement of the audition.
Kyouya: ……
Mikera: What’s wrong, Kyouya?
Kyouya: Oh, it’s nothing.
Kyouya: None of us would do that… right?
Everyone: ……
Kyouya: … I’m sorry. I was just thinking that I hope that’s not the case…
Luvnosuke: No, no, ‘course not. What would be the point?
Kyouya: You’re right.
Kyouya: We all want to debut, after all.
Kyouya: There’s no point in doing something that’d derail the audition…
Meguru: On the other hand, what if there was a point?
Kyouya: Huh?
Meguru: What do you suppose that would be?
Mikera: ……
Mikera: Like… By leaking information, they’d have a guaranteed spot to debut in another group?
Meguru & Luvnosuke: ……
Mikera: Ah! Wait, don’t take it so seriously.
Mikera: This is just a thought experiment! You know, a hypothesis.
Kyouya: R-Right.
Luvnosuke: Trueee. But, you know, if someone like that does exist amongst us…
Luvnosuke: I’ll fuckin’ kill them.
Everyone: …!!
Meguru: Someone amongst us who could have a different goal… Hum.
Cate: ……
Hiromi: As for me–
Hiromi: I have something that I have to do.
Cate: Huh…?
Meguru: Is something wrong, Cate?
Cate: N-Nope! Nothing at all!
Meguru: I see.
Meguru: … Something he has to do… Was it?
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Cion: Jintaro and I will take a look at the lyrics, then.
Auguri: Can you handle all that, Jintaro?
Jintaro: ‘Course I can?
Jintaro: Those guys’re just using pretty words. They gotta put more oomph into it.
Futaba: Then Auguri-san and I will look over their choreography.
Cion: Yeah. Let’s do it like that.
Jintaro: Sure hope they won’t switch things up last minute again.
Everyone: ……
Jintaro: Anyway, we looked over everyone.
Auguri: … Did anyone stand out?
Cion: No. There were no reactions.
Futaba: It’s not like they’re wiretapping the premises…
Cion: … I do sort of wish that was the case.
Auguri: I guess that means the ███ — no, the wolf is within the family after all…
Jintaro: You mean they’re a candidate, yeah?
Futaba: But…
Cion: It’s just a possibility we can’t rule out.
Futaba: But they’re all working so hard to debut…
Cion: They’re the ones whose backgrounds we know the least about, after all.
Auguri: It’s not like their resumes will tell us everything about their pasts…
Jintaro: Why not just ask ‘em one by one and make ‘em spill the beans?
Auguri: Are you an idiot?
Auguri: What would we do if the culprit isn’t one of the candidates?
Jintaro: Can’t we just apologize super earnestly?
Auguri: That won’t cut it!
Futaba: That’s right!
Futaba: I think it would hurt them if we suspected them, whether one of them is the culprit or not…
Cion: … Creating that kind of tension might just be what the other side wants from us, too.
Jintaro: Aghhh, this sucks.
Jintaro: Are we just supposed to watch, then?
Everyone: ……
Auguri: Doing nothing when we know there’s a problem is wrong too, isn’t it?
Jintaro: Huh?
Auguri: Futaba, what are the candidates doing now?
Futaba: They’re split into two groups for practice.
Auguri: Okie-dokie. I’ve got a good idea.
ー
Auguri: Gooood morninggg.
Cion: Why are we going into the candidates’ rooms?
Auguri: C’mon! Keep it down!
Cion: ??
Auguri: You know that wake-up prank thing they do? When they sneak into people’s rooms!
Cion: That only works because they’re sleeping…
Auguri: You’re sooo grumpy. Futaba, are you filming?
Futaba: Yes!
Jintaro: Bwuh? You’ve even got a camera with you?
Futaba: Yes. I think it’d be better to be transparent about sneaking into their rooms, and if we manage to get any good footage, it’d make the fans happy as well.
Auguri: It’d be plain trespassing without the camera, after all~
Cion: How simple-minded…
Futaba: Oh, but no touching their personal spaces or belongings!
Futaba: We will only explore their common areas and only if required! As stated by the compliance terms!
Cion: How old-fashioned…
Jintaro: What’s that even mean?
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Cion: Uh. What’s with all this silver?
Auguri: It’s a bling-bling necklace. Rappers wear these.
Futaba: Are those Riam-san’s?
Cion: Does he need so many?
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Jintaro: What’s with this crazy amount of supplements?
Cion: They’re all nutrients that help with growing taller.
Auguri: Mikera’s, huh?
Cion: There are lots of theories flying about, so hopefully he takes them in moderation.
ー
Jintaro: Wargh! What’s this! A stupid long strand of black hair is slipping out!
Jintaro: Is it a ghost!?
Jintaro: Ah, uh, no. It’s Kyouya’s, huh?
ー
Auguri: Ow! Owww!
Auguri: I stepped on a screw! Is this Akashi’s!?
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Jintaro: There was nothing special. Just about what we’d expect.
Futaba: I got some interesting footage, so I think things turned out alright.
Auguri: No, but wasn’t it such a waste that Hiromi had absolutely nothing?
Auguri: You have to leave something lying around for the variety of it all!
Auguri: That’s just how it is!
Futaba: There are people like that in real life too, though.
Futaba: Being a bit of a clean freak is also a personality trait.
Jintaro: Nahh, maybe he’s just chicken?
Cion: … A bit of a clean freak, huh.
Cion: To the point where no trace of him can be found, huh?
Cion: Because he doesn’t know when he’ll be found?
Cion: … Or maybe…
Cion: So that he can disappear at any time?
ー
Monet: Zzz…
Shimba: SECONDS!!!!
Hiromi: Sure thing, wait just a second.
Shimba: THANKS!!!!
Everyone: ……
Akashi: I-Is it just me, or are things here a little strange…?
Shimba: You think?
Riam: Yeah, man. The other practice group’s kinda stiff, or somethin’.
Akashi: Yes, I thought so too.
Riam: Oi, Ainosuke. Did somethin’ happen with y’all?
Luvnosuke: Hm? Nothing really. Right?
Kyouya: Oh… Yeah.
Kyouya: That’s right.
Riam: Really? Something’s fishy.
Mikera: Really, really. Nothing’s wrong.
Mikera: Right, Cate?
Cate: … Huh?
Riam & Mikera: ?
Cate: Ah… Yup, that’s right!
Cate: No one here would leak info outside!
Everyone: ……
Shimba: ? Yeah. Obviously.
Riam: Whaddya mean?
Cate: Ah…
Cate: S-Sorry…
Hiromi: I see. I more or less get what’s happening now.
Akashi: Huh?
Hiromi: He means that the assignment might have changed because one of us here leaked information.
Riam: What?
Akashi: One of us…?
Mikera: Hold your horses. It’s just a what if. A theory.
Mikera: We weren’t talking about it like it was absolute.
Riam: … I don’t like this. Are you suspectin’ your friends?
Kyouya: Th-That’s not it.
Riam: Then what is it! How could you suspect the friends you’ve been workin’ with all this time even for a second!
Meguru: Riam. Calm down.
Riam: How d’you expect me to calm down!
Luvnosuke: Ahhh! What a pain!
Luvnosuke: Alright. No point in hiding it anymore.
Kyouya: Wait! Ainosuke-kun!
Luvnosuke: Just show yourself if one of y’all is a traitor!
Luvnosuke: I won’t forgive you if you ruin this sacred audition!
Riam: I’m tellin’ you! This whole thing’s bullshit!
Riam: Focus on the assignment!
Mikera: … What?
Mikera: What do you mean, it’s bullshit!
Mikera: How do you expect us to not think about any of this and concentrate!
Cate: Ah, ahhh… It’s Cate’s fault…
Cate: Because Cate said something he shouldn’t have…
Hiromi: That’s not it.
Cate: Hiromi…?
Hiromi: Wait a second, you guys.
Hiromi: Let’s say that something did get leaked. What’s the problem?
Hiromi: All that happened was that the contents of the audition were changed.
Riam: Hah?
Hiromi: Oh, but I’m sure it’s causing an unimaginable amount of trouble for management, so I’d like it to stop, of course.
Luvnosuke: What are you on about? This means the initial screening wasn’t done properly, you know!?
Luvnosuke: That’s just insane!
Hiromi: I understand how much you cherish this audition, Ainosuke.
Hiromi: But this isn’t something for us to be fighting about.
Luvnosuke: …
Hiromi: No matter what assignment we’re given, we just have to overcome it.
Hiromi: The winners will be the people who are left standing at the end, no matter what assignments we have. That’s what I think.
Mikera: Are you fine with that?
Mikera: Can we really just set it aside if one of us really is a traitor?
Hiromi: Yeah, I think so.
Mikera: I’m not really convinced, but should we just keep going with that mentality?
Hiromi: Yeah. I mean, even if there was someone leaking information amongst us, I don’t think I could bring myself to hate them at this point.
Mikera: …!
Riam: Hiromi…
Hiromi: No matter what their reasons are, it’s a fact that the time we spent working hard together to get this far was real for them too.
Hiromi: There’s no changing that fact.
Luvnosuke: …
Hiromi: I care about you all too much to suspect you.
Hiromi: I’m so glad that it’s us ten here in this audition.
Cate: …!
Hiromi: If I wanted to doubt you guys, I’d do so. Once you start doubting, there’s no end to it.
Hiromi: But even then, I think believing is a choice you can make consciously.
Hiromi: So I choose to believe in you all.
Hiromi: Oh, but that’s only if anyone here actually did that, of course.
Kyouya: Um, I…
Kyouya: I really get what Hiromi-san is saying…
Mikera: …Yeah, I guess so.
Mikera: Sorry. I think Hiromi is right.
Mikera: We’re supposed to be united right now.
Riam: My bad. I got carried away.
Luvnosuke: Me too… Sorry about that. Uh.
Luvnosuke: I love this audition, so I just…
Hiromi: …
Kyouya: Um, that’s Hiromi for you… His words really resonated.
Hiromi: …Come on, you’re embarrassing me. That was all just lip service…
Kyouya: Not at all. Please don’t be so humble.
Kyouya: Your honest feelings towards this audition came across properly.
Hiromi: …
Hiromi: I’m not being humble. It’s laughable, really.
Hiromi: What am I even saying…
Shimba: Well? Have we all made up? C’mon, let’s eat!
Monet: …Huh… What happened?
Akashi: Y-You really slept through all that chaos…
Kyouya: No, it’s nothing, Monet-san.
Jintaro & Auguri & Cion & Futaba: …
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Jintaro: There really can’t be a sp… No.
Auguri: A wolf.
Jintaro: A wolf!
Futaba: …Yes, I think so too.
Futaba: They’re already proper, upstanding idols!
Jintaro: Sounds like we can stop trying to track down the culprit now.
Jintaro: No matter what kind of obstacles they run into, they just gotta push through!
Futaba: Huh? I don’t think we can do that yet…
Auguri: Right, right! We’ll just have Inamoto-san give them tooons of feel-good assignments! What
Futaba: Huuuh?
Cion: …
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Cate: …
This is why I didn’t want to adopt him!
You say that, but we’re the only relatives he’s got left!
Tch, we’ve got no obligation to take in that kid when his parents just up and left him.
What can we do!? We have appearances to keep up too.
Shut up!
Just shut the hell up already. You’re giving me a headache.
… Don’t talk, Cate, okay?
Whenever you talk, I—
Cate, it’s okay.
Let me hear your voice.
Cate: Uu… Uu…
Cate: Yeah, it’s okay.
Cate: I can still… talk…
ーKnock
Cate: Ah…
Hiromi: Are you in there, Cate-kun?
Cate: Ah—Y-Yes! What’s up?
Hiromi: I wanted to check up on you. I was worried.
Cate: Huh?
Hiromi: I mean, you were acting a bit strange earlier.
Hiromi: Were you able to say everything you wanted to?
Cate: …Chipi-chan.
Hiromi: Huh? What was that?
Cate: Hiromi, you’re so nice.
Hiromi: Huh?
Cate: I’m okay. Thanks to you, I’m okay now.
Hiromi: Really? I’m glad, then.
Cate: I was really moved by what you said.
Cate: Um, to be honest, Cate suspected you just a little bit.
Hiromi: Oh, don’t worry, it was bound to happen.
Cate: I’m really sorry! Cate was weak!
Cate: Cate trusts Hiromi!
Cate: Cate wants to trust you!
Hiromi: …Cate-kun.
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Jintaro: Is there something on your mind, Circle Specs?
Cion: Huh? What do you mean?
Jintaro: You’ve been lookin’ like you want to say something for a while now.
Cion: Wow, I didn’t expect you to pay that much attention. I’m alright now, though.
Auguri: What’s this? What’re you talking about?
Cion: Hiromi basically said it all.
Everyone: ??
Cion: Well, see, what we have to do is—
Hiromi: Excuse me, is now a good time?
Auguri: Yep yep, come on in.
Hiromi: I’m sorry for bothering you this late.
Cion: …What is it?
Hiromi: I wanted to check in about tomorrow’s schedule…
Cion: Okay, got it. I’ll talk with you about it.
Futaba: …He’s so reliable.
Auguri: For reals~ He makes it hard to believe Jintaro’s his senior.
Jintaro: Shut up! You two haven’t changed either!
Futaba: Ahaha, that’s true.
Auguri: If anything, it’s more like Hiromi’s so composed that it’s like he’s part of the production team.
Jintaro: For sure! Like a do-it-all production guy!
Futaba: Right? He seems like a skillful assistant director.
Cion: Can you be a little quieter? We’re trying to talk over here.
Futaba: Ahh! I’m sorry!
Hiromi: Ahaha, it’s okay. What are you getting so excited about?
Jintaro: Well, we were just sayin’ how you seemed like a capable assistant director.
Cion: Isn’t that a bit rude? Don’t you think so, Hiromi?
Hiromi: …
Cion: …Don’t tell me you actually were one?
Hiromi: …I did a bit of that as a part-time job.
Jintaro: For real!?
Auguri: Seriously!? I knew you had that vibe!
Futaba: That’s why you’re so calm about everything!
Cion: …
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Hiromi: …
What have you done, Fudoura!
Look, isn’t that…
Yeah, the guy they’re saying leaked info…
And here I thought he was a good guy…
We’ll have you take responsibility.
Don’t think for a second that you’ll get to work in this world again.
How about we strike a deal?
You’ll just have to do the same thing again.
That doesn’t sound so bad now, does it?
