I knew you were a cold person with no sense of honor,
but not to this extent!
I'm just gonna wash them.
It's anything but "just"!
You guys are trying to put my friends through the third cruelest torture imaginable.
Just curious, what are number one and two?
Number two is arguing with an imbecile.
Number one is the fact that the imbecile happens to be my assistan-
How cowardly of you to catch me off guard!
Alice's neck is her weak spot.
You try too, Fujishima-kun.
As if!
My friends and sheets aren't even dirty to begin with.
Look!
It's as spotless as the shining new moon!
But... it's summer.
The sweat from your sleep...
Why don't you try sniffing it, then?
What?
No, no, no.
I-I can't do that.
You brought this up.
You have the burden of proof.
Now, tell me.
What does it smell like?
S-Stop!
What are you doing?
The Fourth?!
Hi.
Are you here to make a request?
No.
I'm here to borrow the Gardening Club.
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Kamisama no Memochou
Unlimited Translation Works Presents
Kamisama no Memochou
Dareka no tame nara waruku wa nai keredo
誰かのためなら悪くはないけれど
I wouldn't mind if this is for somebody's sake
Riyuu rashii mono wa kyou mo mienai
理由らしいものは今日も 見えない
But I still see nothing resembling a reason for it
Aimai na riaru ten to ten wo tsunagu hikari
曖昧なリアル 点と点をつなぐ光
In this uncertain reality, the light connects one dot after another
Kiesou na yume wo sotto nigirishimete miru
消えそうな夢を そっと握りしめてみる
I'll try holding onto my fleeting dreams for once
Bokutachi no koe ga kimi no iyasenai kizuato ni todokeba
僕たちの声が 君の癒せない傷痕に届けば
If our voices can reach out to your permanent scars
Nagareteku kumo no hayasa e to
ナガレテク 雲の速さへと
With the speed of the drifting clouds
Oitekarenai you ni sakebu kyou no echuudo
置いてかれないように叫ぶ 今日のエチュード
I will scream today's etude so you won't leave me behind
Kanaetai shizuka na zetsubou no saki ni
カナエタイ 静かな絶望の先に
Beyond the quiet despair I wish for
Atarashii hajimari e no peeji
新しい はじまりへのページ
The page to a new beginning awaits
Sono te wo totte
その手をとって
I'll take your hand
Kimi ga nozomu kara doko made mo yukou
君が望むから どこまでも行こう
Let us go anywhere you wish
NEET Investigation Firm
A promotion for an indie band?
Yeah, the girls are really popular online.
They're a girl band.
Who would've thought the Hirasaka Group would involve themselves in show business?
Don't make it sound like I'm doing this for fun.
We can't survive by doing shady stuff forever.
Gardening Club.
Y-Yes?
We're having a concert in town at the end of August.
I'd like you to handle publicity for us.
Me?
You're in charge of everything related to promotion.
My group's members are useless for this kind of work.
But still...
Why don't you give it a try?
I'll help you with what I can.
Oh, sorry for butting in.
I don't mind, so long as I can borrow the Gardening Club.
Yay!
Okay, let's talk about your compensation first.
How businesslike, as expected of someone from Kansai.
Kansai has nothing to do with this.
You NEETs are just too loose with your money.
Absolutely not!
Who's going to do the housework in my office?!
It's not like he won't have the time to come here.
He did his assistant work even during the school year, right?
He's not my assistant...
He Knows About Me
You start tomorrow.
Let's go, Hiro.
Oh yeah, Alice.
You shouldn't make Narumi-kun sniff it.
Why?
Well, you've been in contact with your sheets this whole time,
and your stuffed animals are like extensions of your body, right?
So?
How would you feel if Narumi-kun sniffed at your body?
N-Narumi!
Have you no shame?!
You just realized?
I assume you've washed her sheets and stuffed animals.
Uh... she's gotten into a really bad mood, so not all of them...
Do you realize that your only value here is to help Alice?
Huh?
I thought you left.
I didn't mention this to Alice,
but something's fishy about this job.
There may be trouble.
They already had promoters before.
They were scum from the Yanagihara Group, a bunch of Yakuza guys.
The band cut their ties with them and offered us the job through Hiro.
The Yanagihara Group won't act directly, though.
That sounds pretty dangerous.
Alice?!
How could anyone almost drown in a washing machine?!
That was the greatest crisis of my life.
The ever-expanding Sahara Desert.
Emperor penguins that have lost their habitats.
The aerial bombing of the Middle East.
The world's sorrows I've failed to prevent flashed through my mind.
Geez, what were you doing?
Laundry, obviously!
I...
I-I realized there's a huge moral problem...
...with leaving someone as impudent as you in charge of things that come in contact with my body!
Uh, well... it's not like I sniff at them one by one.
You'd better not!
Liril!
Handle With
Care!
Handle With
Care!
Handle With
Care!
Handle With
Care!
Handle With
Care!
Handle With
Care!
Don't look inside.
Yes, sir!
We'll do our best!
Get going already!
And so, the walking tour plan along the Yamanote Line began.
We went to DJs who might help us
and took pictures of prospective concert sites.
Why don't we work with these guys?
They signed with a major label.
Not gonna happen.
Where next?
Why don't we include a sample CD with the flyers?
Give me a budget estimate.
I'm going out for a while.
Leave once you're done too.
The ripping is bad, and I can't find the right button for the eye.
Tell her it might take some time to fix.
It's hard to believe he can sew at a pro level from his appearance.
Boss, do you have a minute?
What?
We got a phone call from a club in Ikebukuro.
Some dude won't stop asking their staff about us.
An underling from the Yanagihara Group?
No, they said it was just a kid, not a Yakuza.
There shouldn't be any groups around that know us and still want to stir shit up.
Yeah, you crushed every last one of them.
Idiot, back then I was...
Gardening Club.
You should be careful too.
Run at the first sign of danger.
I will.
Did you make this, Fujishima-kun?
Yeah. What do you think?
It's easy on the eyes. I like it!
Sorry I can't help you today.
It's okay, I'm just taking pictures.
You can't take pictures here!
I already have permission!
What did you say?
We called you yesterday!
Get me four whiskeys with water.
Stop running, punk!
Calm down.
Let's have a toast and go back to being friends.
I don't remember being your friend!
Actually, me neither.
From where do I know you again?
Oh, do I owe you money?
We haven't forgotten!
You broke the noses of some of our friends for life...
...Hirasaka!
Hirasaka?
Come on, it's been five years since I returned to Tokyo.
Do you even remember who the prime minister was five years ago?
Stop spewing bullshit, you bastar-
Oops, my leg moved on its own.
Are you okay?
Why, you...!
Ah! I'm sorry!
Are you all right?
Did I spill some on you? It looks like I did.
I'm so sorry. I'll pay for your shirt.
So let's go!
Don't push me!
Wait, damn it!
Bastard!
Don't you run away!
Narumi?
You're Narumi?
I'm Renji.
Renji as in "next money is in the east."
That's why I came back to Tokyo.
TL Note: Tokyo means "Eastern capital."
Anyway, you really saved me back there.
Uh...
I wasn't trying to save you.
It was the other guy, if I had to pick.
You'd normally raise your shades to your forehead if you want to take them off for a while.
You wouldn't lower them to your neck.
You were going to headbutt him, weren't you?
You've got keen eyes!
Hey, please stop.
My fists fly before I realize it.
That's why I wanted to live more elegantly.
I vowed to settle things without raising my fist, no matter how angry I get.
And so, I've turned to kicking and headbutting.
Let's go.
You'll pay for my shirt, right?
Shopping with someone else's money is the third happiest thing imaginable.
Number two is having meals with someone else's money.
Number one is going to a certain mouse's theme park with someone else's money.
No way...
Come on, I came all the way to Tokyo.
Let's go there, Narumi.
Now? Do you even know where it is?
It's in California, right?
What did you come all the way to Tokyo for, then?
This guy made me pay for three shirts.
This one's on me.
Order whatever you want.
Are you sure?
Haven't you heard the saying that every encounter is precious?
According to some guy.
I lose stuff pretty quickly.
It's usually my fault though.
My memory is pretty bad.
I'm pretty loose with my money too.
I lost all my friends in Tokyo.
So, I learned my lesson.
It's impossible to recover what's been broken beyond repair.
I'll definitely make friends with people I meet from now on.
It's not impossible.
Well...
I don't think things like that can be broken beyond repair.
It happens. I've broken it myself many times-
Never.
You're a strange one.
Why would you say that to someone you just met?
In that case, why don't we put it to the test and become friends?
But I'm one hell of a scumbag.
I'm perfectly fine with doing terrible things.
If you insist our friendship won't be broken, then let's try...
Wait, uh...
A friend isn't something you can become as a test.
You've got a point there.
Maybe it doesn't have to be a test.
We can just...
They just don't give up.
He forgot it.
Embroidery...
...of fireworks?
I hope you didn't peek at or grope my clothes in the laundry bags.
Good.
But how am I supposed to hang them to dry?
I'll do it myself.
You'd touch them if I let you do it.
That's true, but...
I'll get going, then.
Today, too?
You're in a hurry to leave today, too?
Yeah, ask Ayaka if something comes up.
"If something comes up," you say?
Aren't you my assistant?!
You're just going to abandon important duties like opening DoKupe for me?!
Pushing your work onto Ayaka just so you can slack off...
That's preposterous!
Even phytoplasma are more independent than you!
Uh, does it have to be me?
I'll learn how to do everything from pulling the bathtub plug to folding pajamas!
You'll be jobless when you return.
Go and attend an unemployment benefits seminar at Hello Work!
I don't remember getting employment insurance...
Narumi, I heard you're going to Ueno.
Uh, yes.
To check out a club.
Great.
Can you pick up an apron I ordered on the way?
Sure, where is it?
Kita Senju.
This distance isn't what I'd call "on the way"...
I'm telling you, I can't punch the appliqué through because it's too detailed.
How about using a laser cutter?
Ribbons
Min. 50cm Purchase
Can I attach it using cross-stitching?
I can't believe I came all the way here for the finishing touches...
The... Fourth?
You-
Why are you...
Er... um... h-huh?!
Uh, I'm here for Min-san's-
Why did you come here?
How did you know about this store?
Like I said, Min-san asked me to...
Master did?
Don't tell anyone about this store. Got it?
I'll kill you if you do.
I got it.
Finish your business and get lost.
What are you doing? Come back in.
Thank you.
I couldn't find a suitable eye for Alice's teddy bear.
So I came to Yoshiki-san's place to get the supplies.
"-san"?!
I'm glad Hina came all the way here.
"Hina"?!
There are many kinds of fabrics you can't get anywhere else.
Nah, you'd find them elsewhere if you looked.
Who cares? I'll shop wherever I want to.
Fujishima-kun, right?
You can just call me Narumi.
Hina doesn't have many friends.
He's either with his accomplices or his subordinates.
So a friend-like acquaintance like you, Narumi-kun, is valuable to him.
Stop it, Yoshiki-san.
Gardening Club isn't anything like that.
We've just exchanged a few favors and ended up sharing sake.
You shared sake?
He's not a group member, right?
It was a vow of brotherhood.
You're friends, then.
We're not.
We're just sworn brothers.
That's more than being friends!
Don't say more than is necessary!
It was mainly you and Yoshiki-san doing the talking.
Hina, stop that.
Did you know, Narumi-kun?
Hina may look tough now,
but he used to cry and ask me to lend him money when he couldn't get anything from the claw cranes.
I didn't cry. Shut up.
He also couldn't handle his alcohol well when he was younger, so he cried.
I said I didn't cry.
Oh?
Gardening Club.
I'll beat you up until you forget later.
Yeah, it's me.
Oh, yeah.
You came here for Min-san, right?
I changed the fabric.
It looks pretty much the same, though.
I think it's really good.
Gardening Club.
Come.
Tell the club you're missing the appointment.
I'll apologize myself later.
They came without notice and told us to show them our staff room.
We refused since they didn't have an appointment, then...
They claimed to be from the Hirasaka Group, didn't they?
Yes.
What does a Hirasaka Group member want from me?
You can badmouth me later.
I need you to do something for me now.
Sign: Hirasaka Group
I've analyzed the security camera's footage.
The emblem on their T-shirts was a perfect match.
However, the suspects aren't group members.
Yes.
A bunch of spare T-shirts were missing from the storage room.
Where are the keys for this lock?
I'm holding them.
What about the spares?
There are none.
There have to be.
I said there are none.
There were no signs of lock picking.
But again, an expert like me is capable of picking the lock without damaging it.
Therefore, the culprit is either you or me!
You can go now.
Is that how you treat me after a free analysis?
This is why I can't stand you relics of Imperial Japan.
By the way, I couldn't get a hold of Tetsu.
Do you know where he is?
Tetsu-san hitchhiked to Niigata to see the summer horse racing.
Just when I need him.
Well, I'll let you know when I manage to contact him.
Good work, Big Bro!
Oh, it's just the midget.
What is this? Survival training for desert operations?
Why are you all topless?
Sir! It is our responsibility the T-shirts were stolen!
We've returned ours to the boss!
We won't be wearing them until we catch the thief!
Look, Aniki!
We applied sunscreen in the shape of the emblem,
so we'll eventually look like we're wearing black T-shirts from the tan!
Take care of these guys if anything happens to me.
Please, no!
Do you still intend to continue with the job the Fourth gave you?
Yeah.
You're a mammonist blinded by the daily wage.
Well, I'm not doing it for the money...
Feel free to neglect the chores around the agency.
It's not like you were formally hired or anything.
Uh...
I do care about you, too.
Wh-What did you say?!
Why are you suddenly babbling such nonsense?
I mean, you said I shouldn't neglect you...
That's not what I meant!
Next time...
At least tell me where you're going.
Sure.
I'm going to Ueno tomorrow since I couldn't go toda-
Ueno?
Acupuncture
Clinic
That website was designed by you?!
It's good.
It's really good!
Thank you.
Why don't you refine the band's logo, too, while you're at it?
Oh, but I'd like you to keep the bird.
The Japanese thrush.
It's the motif in our total concept.
The logo was designed by our drummer,
but the font is kinda... you know?
We don't want to come off as trashy or pop-like just because we're a girl band.
Take a picture of a capybara in the zoo!
You have spare time between your meeting with the design studio and your visit to the club, right?
Snap the photo close enough so I can see even the texture of its fur!
You can even pet it on my behalf!
Only an hour left.
Large Capybara
Small Capybara
Also, don't forget to buy a capybara doll.
Please give me the receipt.
Um, N-E-E-T...
Oh, NEET Investigation Firm?
Kill me now.
Llamas feed on grass, tapirs feed on dreams,
and capybara feed on the sorrows of insignificant people like me...
...in order to live.
Life's so meaningless.
As if.
Narumi?
Renji-san?
Rojiura ni wa kurai kurai tomori
Dark, dark illumination in the back alley
路地裏には暗い暗い灯り
Soko ni tsudou hamushitachi no you
Just like the flying bugs gathered there
そこに集う羽虫たちの様
Mogaku bokura wa crying crying tomo ni
Crying, crying together as we struggle
もがく僕らは crying crying 共に
Himeta omoi wo kusuburaseterun da
Our hidden feelings are smoldering
秘めた思いをくすぶらせてるんだ
"Nani wo sureba ii" sore ga wakaranai
I don't know what we should do
「何をすればいい」 それがわからない
Mugen no imi osoreteru
I fear the meaning of eternity
無限の意味恐れてる
Shibirekirashita ryou no ashi ga tachiagare to segande iru
My numb legs are imploring me to stand up
しびれ切らした両の足が 立ち上がれとせがんでいる
Subete sadame da nante
"Everything is fate"
すべて運命だなんて
Kami no rakugaki da marumete suteru sa
It's just God's scribble. I'll crumple and toss away that page
神の落書きだ 丸めて捨てるさ
Tatta hitotsu no saeta yarikata
It's the only wise thing to do
たったひとつの冴えたやり方
Itsumo mune ni daite
With that thought always in my heart
いつも胸に抱いて
Yoake niramitsukeru yo
I'll scowl at the dawn
夜明け 睨みつけるよ
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