 Yoshii Akihisa : Don't kick the pear, huh? |
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 Minami Shimada : I need to go |
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Minami Shimada : to Japan. |
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Minami Shimada : It was a year ago, on the day of the entrance ceremony. |
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Minami Shimada : I had just come to Japan and didn't understand Japanese very well. |
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 EXTRA : Nice to meet you! |
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Minami Shimada : "My first impression will decide whether or not I'll fit into a Japanese school." |
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Minami Shimada : "I should make sure I don't do anything strange." |
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Minami Shimada : With those things in mind, I nervously awaited my turn to introduce myself. |
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EXTRA : Next is, Shimada Minami. |
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Minami Shimada : I'm Shimada Minami. |
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Minami Shimada : Nice to meet you. |
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Minami Shimada :
What is it? Did I do something strange? |
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EXTRA : Ms. Shimada has been living abroad in Germany. |
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EXTRA : She's only just returned to Japan, so there are a lot of things she doesn't understand just yet. |
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EXTRA : Everyone, please help her out. |
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EXTRA : It's all right, Ms. Shimada. |
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EXTRA : You'll learn kanji little by little. |
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Minami Shimada : Kanji? |
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Minami Shimada : Nice to meet you. |
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Minami Shimada :
They could've told me that I made a mistake. |
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Minami Shimada :
It's mean to just laugh without saying anything. |
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Minami Shimada :
My dad told me all Japanese people are nice, but this class is already starting to make me feel uneasy. |
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 Yuuji Sakamoto : I'm Sakamoto Yuuji from Kannazuki Middle School. |
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EXTRA : That's the legendary demon of Kannazuki Middle School! |
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EXTRA : Shit, he's in our class! |
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Minami Shimada :
Is this normal in Japan? |
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Minami Shimada :
No, Dad said Japan is one of
the world's safest countries. |
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Minami Shimada :
I'm sure I'm just getting the wrong impression. |
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 Hideyoshi Kinoshita : I'm Kinoshita Hideyoshi.
I'm glad to meet you all. |
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Minami Shimada :
Why is she wearing a boy's uniform? |
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Minami Shimada :
I'm sure she's just not used to skirts yet. |
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Minami Shimada :
There's nothing strange about that, right? |
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Minami Shimada :
Dad said there's absolutely
nothing scary or strange in Japan. |
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 Kouta Tsuchiya : Tsuchiya Kouta. My hobby is peep— |
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Kouta Tsuchiya : Never mind. |
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Kouta Tsuchiya : I'm good at eaves— |
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Kouta Tsuchiya : nothing whatsoever. |
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Minami Shimada : You dropped something. |
(0:05:40.92) |
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Kouta Tsuchiya : Forget what you just saw. |
(0:05:44.90) |
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Minami Shimada :
That's normal, right? |
(0:05:49.41) |
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Minami Shimada :
He's using it to record lessons, isn't he? |
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Minami Shimada :
I can trust what my dad told me, can't I? |
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Yoshii Akihisa : My name's Yoshii Akihisa and I'm
from Nagatsuki Middle School! |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Nice to meet you! |
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Minami Shimada : I have been deceived.
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Minami Shimada :
My dad lied to me! |
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EXTRA : Shimada, did you really live abroad? |
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EXTRA : When did you come back to Japan? |
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EXTRA : Were you born over there? |
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Minami Shimada : Everyone was looking at me curiously, as if they had never seen someone whom had grown up overseas before. |
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EXTRA : Are you good at English? |
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EXTRA : Are you going to join a club? |
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EXTRA : Do you have a boyfriend overseas? |
(0:06:35.05) |
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Minami Shimada :
What should I do? |
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Minami Shimada :
I don't understand Japanese all that well, and they're all talking to me at once. |
(0:06:39.37) |
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Minami Shimada :
How do I tell them to be quiet in Japanese? |
(0:06:43.92) |
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EXTRA : What are your hobbies? |
(0:06:46.67) |
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EXTRA : What's your favorite food? |
(0:06:48.17) |
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EXTRA : What's your bust size? |
(0:06:49.67) |
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Minami Shimada : Oh, right! |
(0:06:52.39) |
Minami Shimada :
There was a girl this morning who
silenced people with a single phrase. |
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Minami Shimada :
I can use that. |
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Minami Shimada : Shut... |
(0:07:02.57) |
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Minami Shimada : Shut? |
(0:07:03.11) |
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Minami Shimada : Shut up, you disgusting pigs! |
(0:07:04.56) |
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Minami Shimada : H-Huh? |
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Minami Shimada : I messed up on my first day. |
(0:07:16.33) |
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Minami Shimada : I later asked my dad what I had said, only to discover I'd been extremely rude. |
(0:07:23.17) |
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Minami Shimada : After that, there were none who tried to befriend me. |
(0:07:28.73) |
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Minami Shimada : Save for one, that is. |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Um, Shimada, was it? |
(0:07:36.18) |
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Minami Shimada : Yes! |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Huh, what's wrong? |
(0:07:46.45) |
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Minami Shimada : Why are you wearing... |
(0:07:48.26) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Oh, this? |
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Yoshii Akihisa : This is because, um... |
(0:07:52.54) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : I overslept this morning and I was in a hurry. |
(0:07:54.73) |
Minami Shimada :
Japanese boys wear sailor shirts
when they're in a hurry?! |
(0:07:58.71) |
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Minami Shimada :
Maybe what he said was just too complex for me. |
(0:08:02.58) |
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Yuuji Sakamoto : Hey, idiot. |
(0:08:06.75) |
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Yuuji Sakamoto : Quit your moronic babbling and get out of my way. |
(0:08:08.44) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Stop it, Sakamoto. |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Shimada just isn't used to Japan
yet; don't call her an idiot! |
(0:08:12.94) |
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Yuuji Sakamoto : I'm talking to you
, Yoshii! |
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Yoshii Akihisa : How am I an idiot?! |
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Yuuji Sakamoto : Your very existence proves it! |
(0:08:21.18) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : What?! You can't just go around judging people based on how they look or act! |
(0:08:23.21) |
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Yuuji Sakamoto : What else could I judge someone by?! |
(0:08:26.53) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Well, then you're an idiot too Sakamoto! |
(0:08:29.43) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : A hot babe talked to you this morning and you gave her the cold shoulder! |
(0:08:32.23) |
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Yuuji Sakamoto : The hell does that have to do with you?! |
(0:08:36.66) |
Yuuji Sakamoto : That dumb ass face of yours
has been pissing me off all day! |
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Yoshii Akihisa : That's my line! |
(0:08:42.83) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : How dare you call someone you just met an idiot, you damn mongoloid! |
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Yuuji Sakamoto : A guy who wore a sailor shirt his first day of school has no right to lecture me about manners! |
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Minami Shimada : W-Well then, see you. |
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Minami Shimada : I didn't quite get what they were
saying, but I instinctively realized |
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Minami Shimada : I'd forever lose the chance to have a normal school life if I got involved with them. |
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Minami Shimada :
Will I really be okay at this school? |
(0:09:09.43) |
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Minami Shimada :
I followed dad to Japan in order to stay with my sister, Hazuki, but still... I'm so nervous. |
(0:09:13.68) |
Minami Shimada :
The women's restroom is blue
and the men's is pink in Japan?! |
(0:09:23.82) |
Minami Shimada :
I would've embarrassed myself
if I hadn't paid attention. |
(0:09:28.17) |
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EXTRA : Why are two girls in here?! |
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Hideyoshi Kinoshita : Wait, I'm not a girl! |
(0:09:36.51) |
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Minami Shimada : Come here, Kinoshita! |
(0:09:38.71) |
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Hideyoshi Kinoshita : This is a misunderstanding! |
(0:09:41.46) |
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Hideyoshi Kinoshita : Why did I have to leave?! |
(0:09:44.53) |
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Minami Shimada : What are you doing? |
(0:09:47.24) |
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Minami Shimada : That's a toilet for men! |
(0:09:49.83) |
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Hideyoshi Kinoshita : What's wrong? Why are you so angry? |
(0:09:51.93) |
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Hideyoshi Kinoshita : I'm really
a guy. I didn't do anything wrong! |
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Hideyoshi Kinoshita : Hey, Shimada! |
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Minami Shimada :
I don't understand Japan very well
yet, but it's only my first day. |
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Minami Shimada :
I'm sure I'll come to understand things as time goes on. |
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Minami Shimada :
Until then, I'll take it easy and
try to get along with every— |
(0:10:12.07) |
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Kouta Tsuchiya : I-I can see... |
(0:10:15.37) |
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Minami Shimada : I
really don't understand Japan.
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Minami Shimada : Everyone was a little weird. |
(0:10:37.47) |
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Minami Shimada :
Friends... |
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Minami Shimada :
huh? |
(0:10:50.65) |
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Minami Shimada :
A week has passed since that day and classes have actually begun. |
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Minami Shimada :
Since I still wasn't used to Japanese,
I struggled with Modern Japanese class; |
(0:11:13.44) |
Minami Shimada :
whereas Classical Japanese may as
well have been from another planet. |
(0:11:19.98) |
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EXTRA : Yoshii, what is the conjugated form of "haberi"? |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Yes! |
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Yoshii Akihisa : It's "hannari". |
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EXTRA : I asked for the conjugated form of a classical word, and you replied with something from a modern dialect. |
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EXTRA : It's refreshing
to see someone get something so completely wrong. |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Eh, what? |
(0:11:40.00) |
EXTRA : Please review what we've learned
today before our next lesson. |
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Minami Shimada :
It had finally ended. |
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Minami Shimada :
But just when I thought I'd be free to leave that dull and tortuous class... |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Where are you going, Shimada? |
(0:12:07.20) |
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Minami Shimada : What is it? |
(0:12:09.88) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : U-Uh... |
(0:12:11.09) |
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Minami Shimada : I'm going home. |
(0:12:12.57) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Huh, "what a sea"? |
(0:12:14.21) |
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Minami Shimada : Wa-shi! |
(0:12:17.09) |
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Minami Shimada : Wa-ta-shi! |
(0:12:17.50) |
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Minami Shimada : Wa-ta-shi! |
(0:12:18.13) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Oh, I get it! You're heading home! |
(0:12:19.30) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Sorry, I didn't quite catch that earlier. |
(0:12:23.60) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : I thought you were talking in a foreign language since you just came back from overseas. |
(0:12:25.98) |
Minami Shimada :
With my Japanese skills still lacking, I couldn't
keep up with the pace at which he was speaking. |
(0:12:37.61) |
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Minami Shimada :
Although I tried hard to understand, I felt like my head was about to burst from the effort. |
(0:12:43.72) |
Yoshii Akihisa : I know you want to go straight
home, but you can't just yet. |
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Yoshii Akihisa : There's still home room after this. |
(0:12:53.39) |
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Minami Shimada : That's why you can't leave. |
(0:12:57.00) |
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Minami Shimada :
What's he grinning at? |
(0:13:03.25) |
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Minami Shimada :
Is teasing me about my poor Japanese really that funny? |
(0:13:05.89) |
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Minami Shimada :
Huh? |
(0:13:12.77) |
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Minami Shimada :
Is he asking what clubs I was in during middle school? |
(0:13:20.82) |
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Minami Shimada :
No, it doesn't sound like it. |
(0:13:25.84) |
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Minami Shimada :
Is he even using correct grammar to begin with? |
(0:13:28.23) |
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Minami Shimada : I DON'T KNOW! |
(0:13:41.88) |
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Minami Shimada : What should I do? |
(0:13:52.69) |
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Minami Shimada : Why won't anyone try to understand me? |
(0:13:55.48) |
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Minami Shimada : I'm trying as best I can. |
(0:14:00.40) |
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Minami Shimada : Maybe they all hate me. |
(0:14:04.04) |
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Minami Shimada : Maybe this place isn't for me. |
(0:14:10.33) |
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Minami Shimada : I... |
(0:14:18.67) |
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Minami Shimada : I couldn't fit into the class. |
(0:14:37.34) |
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Minami Shimada : I couldn't understand Japanese, which meant I couldn't make friends; I had no one to talk to. |
(0:14:42.28) |
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Minami Shimada : It was a catch-22. |
(0:14:47.53) |
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Minami Shimada : It was all because I messed up my name's kanji that first day, ever since then... |
(0:14:51.32) |
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Minami Shimada : Huh? |
(0:15:04.14) |
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Minami Shimada :
I thought this was written incorrectly. |
(0:15:06.27) |
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Minami Shimada :
Why... |
(0:15:09.76) |
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Yuuji Sakamoto : Hey, the guys from Akemono Middle are betting their lunch on a game of basketball. You in? |
(0:15:13.72) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Totally, my lunch budget is really tight this month! |
(0:15:19.93) |
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Kouta Tsuchiya : I'll help. |
(0:15:23.27) |
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Hideyoshi Kinoshita : Guess I'll join in too. |
(0:15:24.56) |
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Hideyoshi Kinoshita : It sounds kinda fun. |
(0:15:26.86) |
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Minami Shimada :
When did those guys become such good friends? |
(0:15:28.40) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Tu ne voudrais pas devenir mon amie?
|
(0:15:35.12) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Tu ne voudrais pas devenir mon amie?
|
(0:15:38.95) |
Minami Shimada :
What's wrong with this guy?
He's spouting nonsense again. |
(0:15:43.67) |
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Minami Shimada :
I don't understand Japanese! |
(0:15:48.44) |
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Minami Shimada :
What the hell's "mon amie"? |
(0:15:51.57) |
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Minami Shimada :
I'm not Monami, I'm Minami! |
(0:15:53.57) |
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Minami Shimada :
You can't even remember my name, and you're still trying to get close to me?! |
(0:15:56.14) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Tu ne voudrais pas devenir mon amie?
|
(0:16:00.45) |
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Yoshii Akihisa :
Tu ne— |
(0:16:06.65) |
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Minami Shimada : Don't talk to me you idiot! |
(0:16:07.57) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : I am a man. Are you? |
(0:16:15.02) |
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Yoshii Akihisa :
I'm a guy, but... |
(0:16:18.31) |
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Yoshii Akihisa :
Wait, don't tell me she's a guy too?! |
(0:16:20.54) |
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Minami Shimada :
He doesn't understand English?! |
(0:16:23.00) |
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Yuuji Sakamoto : She means you're annoying. |
(0:16:27.50) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Really? |
(0:16:29.13) |
Yuuji Sakamoto : Calling a pissed off girl a man,
you've sure got guts Akihisa. |
(0:16:30.80) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : That's not what I meant, Shimada! |
(0:16:35.51) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : It's not like I think you're a guy because you've got such a flat chest, it's just th— |
(0:16:37.18) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : You're breaking my arm! |
(0:16:40.42) |
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Minami Shimada : I don't understand Japanese, but I heard that 'flat chest' part loud and clear. |
(0:16:44.44) |
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Minami Shimada :
This totally sucks. |
(0:16:56.20) |
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Minami Shimada : I shouldn't have come to Japan.
|
(0:16:59.09) |
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Yuuji Sakamoto : Hey, Shimada! |
(0:17:01.20) |
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Yuuji Sakamoto : I don't know much about that guy since we just met; but that idiot's pretty interesting, don't you think? |
(0:17:04.29) |
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Minami Shimada : Id-iot? |
(0:17:11.34) |
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Minami Shimada : Id-iot? |
(0:17:12.17) |
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Yuuji Sakamoto : You should look up what he's been saying to you. |
(0:17:15.43) |
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Minami Shimada :
Idiot, huh... |
(0:17:40.78) |
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Minami Shimada :
I know he's an idiot. |
(0:17:43.33) |
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Minami Shimada : "Tu ne voudrais pas devenir mon amie?"
|
(0:17:46.58) |
|
Minami Shimada :
What does that even mean? |
(0:17:49.97) |
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Minami Shimada :
I'm sure he was just making fun of me again. |
(0:17:52.10) |
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Minami Shimada :
Fine, I'll look it up and get you back! |
(0:17:57.43) |
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Minami Shimada : Tu ne voudrais pas... Tu ne voudrais pas...
|
(0:18:04.15) |
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Minami Shimada : Tu ne voudrais pas...
|
(0:18:07.21) |
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Minami Shimada :
That's not even in this dictionary! |
(0:18:09.17) |
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Minami Shimada :
Just what was he saying? |
(0:18:13.64) |
|
Minami Shimada :
Is that even Japanese? |
(0:18:15.84) |
|
Minami Shimada :
He even got my name wrong. |
(0:18:18.01) |
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Minami Shimada :
I'm not Monami, I'm Minami! |
(0:18:20.31) |
|
Minami Shimada :
Monami...? |
(0:18:23.16) |
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Minami Shimada : I got it! |
(0:18:43.14) |
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Minami Shimada : It's in French! |
(0:18:48.58) |
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Minami Shimada : Tu ne voudrais pas devenir mon amie?
|
(0:19:16.38) |
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Minami Shimada :
It's not Japanese at all! |
(0:19:19.66) |
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Minami Shimada :
It's not German either! |
(0:19:21.61) |
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Minami Shimada :
That guy got it wrong and used French instead! |
(0:19:23.55) |
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Minami Shimada :
He really is an idiot. |
(0:19:26.36) |
Minami Shimada :
There weren't any German to
French dictionaries in the library. |
(0:19:30.60) |
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Minami Shimada : I could only translate it to English, and then to German.
|
(0:19:35.98) |
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Minami Shimada : I didn't know how it was spelled, so I'm not sure I got all the words right.
|
(0:19:40.74) |
|
Minami Shimada : But...
|
(0:19:51.24) |
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Minami Shimada : "Tu ne voudrais pas" means "could you" in English. |
(0:19:55.64) |
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Minami Shimada : "Devenir" is "become". |
(0:20:01.28) |
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Minami Shimada : It's not Monami, but rather "mon amie", which means "my friend". |
(0:20:05.38) |
|
Minami Shimada : If you put them all together... |
(0:20:14.44) |
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Minami Shimada : Tu ne voudrais pas devenir mon amie? |
(0:20:22.24) |
|
Minami Shimada : Tu ne voudrais pas devenir mon amie? |
(0:20:25.16) |
|
Minami Shimada : I'm sure he had to piece it together too. |
(0:20:37.13) |
|
Minami Shimada : Even though it was in an foreign language... |
(0:20:41.31) |
|
Minami Shimada : Even though he could hardly grasp the classical form of his own language... |
(0:20:44.58) |
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Minami Shimada : Even though he's an idiot... |
(0:20:50.64) |
|
Minami Shimada : Such a big idiot... |
(0:20:52.93) |
|
Minami Shimada : I'm
the idiot... |
(0:20:55.75) |
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Minami Shimada : Will you be friends with me? |
(0:21:01.61) |
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Minami Shimada : With me... |
(0:21:09.61) |
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Minami Shimada : Morning, Yoshii! |
(0:21:25.22) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Morning, Shimada. |
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Yoshii Akihisa : What's wrong, Shimada? |
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Minami Shimada : You know, Yoshii... |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Um? |
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Minami Shimada : Wa-shi... |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Wa-ta-shi... |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Wa-ta-shi... |
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Yoshii Akihisa : What a shit?
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Yoshii Akihisa : Sorry, did I make you mad again? |
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Minami Shimada : No! What I... |
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Minami Shimada : Hey, Yoshii... |
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Minami Shimada : Let me... |
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 Shin Fukuhara : Question 9: What is the term for the activity in which an organization solicits politicians to influence government policy? |
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Minami Shimada : Dinner parties? |
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Shin Fukuhara : Who's the king? |
(0:23:44.08) |
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Yoshii Akihisa : Next episode: Me, Romance, and Diplomacy! |
(0:23:45.52) |
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Shin Fukuhara : This will be on your test. |
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