Why are you in my room?
I see.
You have such a deep reason, huh?
Don't slide toward me!
If you're an alien, hurry up and go back to space.
They won't come to pick you up?
Have you been abandoned?
Do aliens need oxygen to survive?
Sounds tough.
Why do aliens all love the Earth so much?
Well then they should go to a country where everyone is pretty.
She really annoys me...
ni-nensei baka wa hitori
２年生 バカは一人
2nd year of high school, there is an idiot,
koko no machi no sora miageru
ここの町の 空見上げる
Looking up into space from this.
sabori gakusei pajama kiteru
サボり学生 パジャマ着てる
A truant student wearing pyjamas,
natsuyasumi ga kozu ni chuutai
夏休みが 来ずに中退
Not waiting for summer break, the student quits school.
chikyuu de uchuujin nante adana demo
地球で宇宙人なんてあだ名でも
Even being nicknamed an alien on Earth,
uchuu no machiawase shitsu ni wa motto hen na anata ga ita no
宇宙の待ち合わせ室にはもっと変なあなたがいたの
in the waiting room in space, an even weirder you was there.
jushin shiteru kana to setsuzoku shite miru to
受信してるかなと 接続してみると
I wonder if you are receiving this; I thought I'd try connecting.
minna ga sakeru naka de pachikuri miteiru anata ga ita kara
みんなが避ける中で ぱちくり見ているあなたがいたから
Because while everyone else was avoiding it, you were there watching.
telepathy kimochi ga denpa ga chigakutemo
テレパシ気持ちが 電波が違くても
Even if these feelings I am transmitting telepathically are the wrong wavelength,
kitto ne nanika tsukande kureteru
きっとね 何か掴んでくれてる
I'm sure you will catch something.
anata no koto ga suki
あなたのことが好き
I love you.
jushin shite kureru no kana to, shinpai mo shiterun desu
受信してくれるのかなと心配もしてるんです
I wonder if you will receive this from me; I'm starting to worry.
nandakanda de soba ni ite kureteru
なんだかんだで側にいてくれてる
You're with me no matter what happens.
anata ga suki
あなたが好き
I love you.
kitto anata shika jushin dekinai no
きっとあなたしか受信できないの?
I'm sure you are the only person that can receive this.
『A Strange Moment for the Girl Bound to the Ground』
Episode 3
Niwa-kun, what are your interests?
Interests? I'm interested in deep sea creatures, I guess.
Deep sea creatures?
Like shrimps and crabs?
Yeah.
I can't help but dream about them.
At least, when compared to dreaming about outer space,
the fact that they are nearby yet mysterious is very nice.
Are there any cute ones?
Like ones that'll make you say, "I've caught one!"
There are are some disgustingly cute ones.
Disgusting, huh?
At least leave the "cute" in there.
After we changed seats, I barely talked to Maekawa-san any more.
I got separated from Ryuushi-san as well.
However, at lunch time, Ryuushi-san would come running over,
and we'd eat lunch together.
Overall, my school life is has been going pretty smoothly.
Putting it figuratively, this would be a bike's front wheel.
While the problems and troubles at home would be the back wheel.
One in every three days, it'd be by bike.
The other days, Erio goes alone by foot.
We'd go down to the sea where she was found floating without her memories, and look for traces of extraterrestrial contact.
Is is really that scary to have amnesia?
I guess it really would be scary.
It's almost the same as being dead, after all.
Once in a while, I would run into the cosplaying Maekawa-san at night.
Erio would always head back home first.
What do you think about the existence of aliens?
Aliens?
Did you get infected by Touwa?
No, I'm just curious.
Hrm, let's see...
I don't think it's much different from religion.
There are those who believe in it,
and then there are those who benefit from it.
Both rely on the fact that they are worshipping and relying on something that can't be seen.
That's how I feel.
Hrm... I see.
Are you sure this isn't about Touwa?
Maybe just a bit.
She offered to show me around the city,
so we ended up talking about meeting up on a day off.
Morning!
Ah, it's so hot...
Yo.
Um...
What nice casual wear you have there.
Ah, this?
Sorry.
Morning practice took too long.
I didn't have time to go home and change.
It's really embarrassing, but I didn't want to be late, either.
Nah, it's fine. I don't mind at all.
Where's your bike?
I ran here.
Why?
If I'd biked, I would've had to wear my helmet.
Ah, yeah.
It would've messed up my hair, so I ran.
What a cutie!
Oh!
You're doing great today!
Even faster than walking speed!
Niwa-kun, I don't understand you sometimes.
Oh yeah!
Oh! You're like a circus man!
Niwa-sama, party of two?
Here!
Let's see, quite a bit of calcium colour.
But that doesn't seem like it would be very popular with children,
so add some cute carrot juice!
Drink number one complete!
Drink it right away!
Who, me?
It'll be good.
I'll give it a taste, then.
Was it not sweet enough?
I'm not very good with carbonated drinks.
Eh? I'm sorry!
You should have told me.
But failure is the mother of success.
So, that means the mother must fail first, or else nothing will be born.
All right!
This time I'll make Niwa-kun's mouth shoot laser beams!
How long will that take?
In order for success to be born, there needs to be a father, too.
A happily married couple〜
Ryuushi-san, do you have special skill of some sort?
It's Ryuuko!
Something I'm good at, huh?
I can throw a 10 yen coin and- Never mind.
I can use string and- Hrm...
Sometimes I only have to pay the child fare-
Idiot...
I don't have any...
No, I do! Forget that just now!
You don't have to push yourself...
H-How roode!
I mean, how rude.
There is something I am good at!
A lot of things!
Ah, I know.
When I was in primary school, my teacher praised me for being the best in my class at growing Cyclamen flowers!
You must have planted a lot of flowers seeds.
TL note: Makoto is making a joke on how "seeds" are pronounced "ryuushi" in Japanese.
The joke is that I was actually planting Hyacinth flowers at the time, though.
Well, then. Here, here.
Mind if I ask you one more thing?
Sure, sure.
Ryuushi-san,
What do you think "mysterious" stands for?
Hm...
Wait.
I'll use the serious part of my brain.
I've got a conclusion!
Please.
It's something like this!
Sorry for the wait.
I have two tomato salads here for you.
Those are hers.
Enjoy.
Aw...
Indeed, you certainly seemed mysterious to the waitress.
That's not it.
There's still more.
Seeing things with your eyes, hearing things with your ears, or saying something with your mouth.
I think they are all mysterious.
We learn about how it all works in science,
but to be honest, it doesn't feel real.
And then, even the things we use every day...
I have no idea how a phone works, for example.
I don't know why a bicycle goes so fast, either.
When I look at it like that,
I begin to wonder just how much I really understand.
Yet somehow, I am still able to live on.
I think of how many mysterious things must have come together to give me life.
I sometimes thing about that while lying in bed, and I get really amazed.
I bet.
Nah, I'm embarrassed at how little I know.
Thank you very much.
Ryuushi-san, you pass!
I passed?
Yay!
Afterwards, she showed me around the various places near the station.
Hooray!
It was a very fulfilling way to spend a day off.
See you!
Want to get in?
Or would you like to ride it?
It'd be too embarrassing for me to use such a primitive tool, so I'll pass.
Why don't you just fly?
It'd be easier than walking, right?
Ah, but you can't fly, right?
Even though you're an alien.
You'll just fall in the river again, bike and all.
You wanted to believe that the memories you lost are out there somewhere, didn't you?
"Aliens must exist. They're the ones who took them."
However, you weren't able to fly.
Your dream of being an alien was shattered.
That's why you began wrapping yourself in a futon, right?
And claimed the reason you couldn't fly was because you couldn't ride a bike.
She's covering up her inability and clinging to weak excuses.
This is something that can't be denied.
But hiding behind aliens for that strikes a negative chord in my heart.
Aren't you going to explain yourself?
I have no words for non-intelligent life forms.
I see.
Mako-chan, let's play!
How old are we supposed to be?
It's fine.
Mako-kun is still just a child.
I wasn't talking about myself...
Hm, deep sea creatures.
What did you come here for?
Mako-kun and I seem to be drifting apart lately,
so I thought maybe we could talk for a bit.
I don't think the two of us have ever got into a fight even once.
See?
That attitude of yours.
Mako-kun is so cold.
Fine, there's something I want to ask.
What is it?
I can't tell you my three sizes, though.
What were the circumstances behind Erio's birth?
Hey, Mako-kun...
Yeah?
I'm not wearing a bra right now.
And that's related somehow?
There's nothing to say about it, really.
You know how when you play around mixing different kinds of flavours at the drinks bar,
and you get this odd, yet mysteriously tasty drink all of a sudden.
What the heck were you doing?
The theory that I was abducted by aliens and given a child is pretty popular among my descendants.
You were just playing around, weren't you?
Okay, I'll admit it.
You're the father.
Shut up.
Come here and play with me, my dear!
Come on, hurry up!
Be quiet.
What are we going to play? There's nothing to do here.
But Mako-kun is here.
Let's play Old Maid.
I'm really good at it.
So we're really just going to play...
Want to bet something?
If Mako-kun wins, I'll grant you any wish you desire.
What if I told you to bring me a young girl's panties?
My, Mako-chan is so bold!
I said young girl...
If you want something like that, you can just grab as many as you'd like from the room next door.
Mako-kun is so weird.
Yes, that's right!
I'm weird!
So, allow me so say this, then.
Your brain is seriously messed up!
Here you go.
And?
De Lorean!
TL note: This is a lame pun. "And?" is pronounced as "De?" Hence, De Lorean.
Tell your spinal cord to shut up!
What do you want if you win, then?
Let's see.
Break up with your current girlfriend.
I can't do something that's beyond my power!
Kyaa~! It's Meme-tan's victory!
Thirteen losses in a row... How did this happen...?
You approved of the cards I brought.
You let me cut and deal.
Those are the two reasons why you lost.
So you were cheating...
Well, then.
Come here.
Let's talk.
Eh?
So, what did you want to talk-
If you're taking care of Erio just because she's pretty, then...
...give it up.
Hm? Mako-kun?
No, um... You hugged me all of a sudden, so...
Ah, your heart is pounding.
I'll say it again.
If you're taking care of Erio just because she's pretty, then give it up.
If you're doing this out of curiosity,
it's better if you don't get any closer to her.
Did you come here just to tell me that?
Yes, that's right.
I'm advising you to leave her alone.
Even if you say that...
Why?
There are other girls you're interested in, right?
Or could it be that you're only interested in Erio?
I don't have any romantic feelings for her or anything.
Why do you go with her, then?
Because I'm curious.
And it just sort of ended up that way.
That girl wants, as much as possible, to be alone.
You just have to respect that.
So that's why you've been trying so hard to ignore her.
That's right.
But you care about Erio, don't you?
That ball chair must have cost tens of thousands of yen.
It's not enough for a mother to just buy things for her child.
Auntie seems like a pretty good mother to me, though.
If I wasn't already prepared to raise her when she was born,
then that already makes me a bad mother.
To be honest, I don't remember when I conceived her.
My memories of being pregnant are quite hazy.
Before I knew it, that child was in my house.
That's how I felt.
Why did you choose to hide Erio from all your relatives?
I didn't want them to say bad things about her.
She's a child of unknown origin after all.
I went a bit off-topic, but...
...there's absolutely no need for Mako-kun to shoulder Erio's burden.
Have my words convinced you?
I'll think about it carefully later.
Let's sleep together.
Go to sleep, already.
What time do you think it is?
I thought Mako-kun might be lonely.
Not at all.
The one who's lonely is you, isn't it?
You may be right.
Hm. This is quite...
I didn't put any make make-up on,
so I don't think there'll be much to smell.
Your head's going to turn into takoyaki.
Takoyaki: Soft grilled snacks with octopus inside.
Warp?
What happened to the sounds your footsteps are supposed to make?
I was hiding in Erio's room.
I went to check up on her.
And then I find Mako-kun doing this!
I made another mental note,
to add to the list of reasons why I should kill myself.
Meanwhile, my weakness was completely exposed.
Science Room
She was a normal, pretty girl before starting high school.
She went missing in June.
Even she doesn't know why.
She was found floating in the sea six months later, in November.
She's insecure because she has no memory of what happened.
She blames it on aliens as a way to escape from reality.
She became so obsessed with it that she began to think of herself as an alien.
She tried to fly off the bridge on a bike.
And so she ended up as a NEET with a bizarre way of eating pizza.
NEET: Not in Education, Employment, or Training; A worthless shut-in.
Erio relies on her belief in aliens to give her comfort.
Aliens
She is able to use aliens like that.
She might not actually believe her delusions from the bottom of her heart.
Memory
On the other hand, there is nothing that can be done about her lost memories.
If Erio can't somehow recall them,
there is nothing I can do about it.
Aliens
So, this means that the only thing I can do within my power is to crush her belief in aliens.
I'll destroy these illusions!
No, never mind.
I'm not that kind of hot-blooded character, after all.
TL note: This is a reference to Kamijou Touma from Toaru Majutsu no Index.
Meme-san told me to not be get involved just because of her appearance.
Truth be told, that's exactly why I'm being lured in.
It's important to listen to the words of elders.
It's rare for an adult's advice to be incorrect.
My mind is telling me that, too.
But the reality is that I've become involved with Erio,
and so I think about her.
A self-proclaimed alien;
self-proclaiming she can fly;
self-proclaiming that she's investigating humans...
Touwa Erio, who, in reality, is nothing she claims she is.
I can't stand it.
I can't stand that she believes in aliens in such a pessimistic way.
The mysterious should be something that gives hope.
Like how when I think of the deep sea,
I start dreaming of undiscovered creatures.
It should be something like that, which pushes you forward.
That means having to leave one's own past behind.
For Touwa Erio, who's only using it as a means to protect her own past,
she's a failure as an Earthling.
However, she's not an alien.
Therefore... Therefore...!
I don't give damn about the future!
But I will wipe out all that I can't stand right now.
All right. All right. All right. All right!
Let's go flying right now.
If you fail, you'll have to become an Earthling.
I remember now.
This bike is the same model as the one used in E.T.
Even so, I don't believe that this thing will be able to fly at all.
I'll fix this bike up because I want to, not for anyone else's sake.
This flight is something I desperately want to do as well.
I won't let "bad equipment" be an excuse.
Let's go get obliterated by Earth's forces of gravity properly.
Hey, E.T.
Sit in the basket.
It'll put you in a better mood, right?
If you can fly, then you can go back to outer space...
...in the same way.
It's still as slow as ever...
I'll ride at full speed towards the cliff.
When Erio begins to fear for her life and beckons,
I'll slow down and turn away.
Then, I'll take the path home and give her a Earthling Certificate or something.
This is a chicken race...
...until Erio admits defeat.
Ah- It's heavy...
Hey, wait!
At this speed, I really won't be able to stop.
The breaks aren't working!
If I crash, we'll die for sure.
Should I stop? Should I use my feet?
Of course I'll use my feet. This isn't good!
My shoe is gone! It's not slowing down at all!
Going downhill is like this scary.
It's even scarier than steamed buns.
Now that's it come this this, I'll pray.
Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!
I'm Makoto! I'll stop it! I'll stop time!
TL note: This is a reference to Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo.
Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!
Fly? The sea... The guard rail...
Ahhhh! Damn it all!
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
Let's just do this!!
I can't...
...fly!
We're flying!
We're still flying!
We're falling!
Why?
I'm an alien. I should have been able to fly.
But I definitely flew.
Just a little bit.
Three miles.
pH.
Was it not enough?
I'm an Earthling?
Why?
No, I understand, but... I don't get it.
Just what do you understand?
To make things easier, I guess I'll be playing the bad guy.
Hey, fake alien.
How's the taste of Earth's sea water?
This taste of salt is terrible.
What horrible hospitality.
You can't fly at all.
Forget outer space. You couldn't even reach Enoshima.
This is my secretary's fault.
I had nothing to do with it.
It doesn't change the fact that you failed.
I don't mind, even if it was all my fault.
What was the point of this?
Does there have to be a reason or motive?
Of cours-
Let's all get along!
That would be ideal for humans.
Let's just accept this situation and be rid of all this hassle.
Liar.
Let alone getting along,
I'm really hurt!
My only sliver of comfort was destroyed, and I'm freezing.
And Cousin's smug look on his face is completely against galactic policy!
There's no such thing as a wholesome relationship where people don't hurt each other.
I don't understand.
More like, we haven't even done anything yet.
Let this be our first meeting.
I'd like to get along with this beautiful girl who's come back to Earth.
If your lost memories frustrate you and cause you to suffer,
then I'd like to listen to your complaints.
The purpose of today was to get us to this point.
In order for us to get along,
we'd have to get to know each other better, first.
In other words, self introductions are important.
I-I... Tou-
Hey, I'm not done yet!
Hey, Earthling.
Tell me your name.
Tou... Tou...
Touwa Erio.
All right.
I'm Niwa Makoto.
Let us get along.
Okay.
kaze hiku no, kaze hiku no
風邪引くの 風邪引くの
I'll catch a cold; I'll catch a cold.
ofuton nakute samui
おふとんなくて寒い
It's cold without a futon.
ofuton hagasarete samui
おふとんはがされて寒い
It's cold when the futon is pulled off.
yoake ni anata ga kuru
夜明けにあなたが来る
In the morning, you come.
anata ga waratteiru
あなたが笑っている
You have a smile on your face.
kitto boku ni wa mienai to omotteiru
きっと僕には見えないと思っている
You must think I can't see you.
sotto te wo nobashite
そっと手を伸ばして
You slowly extend your hand out.
ittai nani wo suru tsumori?
一体何をするつもり?
Just what are you trying to do?
kaze hiku no, kaze hiku no
風邪引くの 風邪引くの
I'll catch a cold; I'll catch a cold.
netafuri wo shite sugosu
寝たふりをして過ごす
I pretend that I am asleep.
sukoshi dake atatakaku naru
少しだけ暖かくなる
It's become just a bit warmer.
tonari de anata ga nemuru
隣であなたが眠る
You are sleeping next to me.
urusai negoto wa mushi shite
うるさい寝言は無視して
I ignore your annoying sleep talk.
kasanaru odeko ni kisu shite
重なるおでこにキスして
I put my lips to your forehead and kiss it.
Cousin's current score total.
First date with Ryuushi-san: +3
Having my first hug taken by Auntie: -5
Running off in the middle of class: +2
I cannot fly: +5
Current adolescence score total: +1
Stepping over the crossroads of trauma and glory;
going missing, and then being hospitalised.
『Broken right arm. Time to full recovery: 1 month』
Next Episode: Broken right arm. Time to full recovery: 1 month
If there are hospitals, there are nurses!
TL Note: Yet another lame pun. "Aubergines" are pronounced "Nasu" in Japanese, while "Nurse" is pronounced "Naasu".
Not aubergines!