For some reason, our super lives have become reality
genjitsu wa nantonaku suupaa na watashitachi no nichijou
A mysterious fortune has befallen us
hashiridashita misuteriasu foochun
Don't laugh, I can really feel my arm being overtaken
warawanaide ittemita ma ga sashita
We're trapped just on the verge of change
kawarisou de kawaranai no wa
Why is that?
naze darou ne
My powers have awakened, but my feelings remain in slumber
mezameshi chikara mezamenu omoi
Be still, my other self!
katte ni abareruna!
Everyone wants to try it at least once
dare demo hontou wa suki kamo ne
Putting on a show and acting cool
oogesa de kakko yoku
Try time and again until you get it
naritai naritai narikireru
and your heart will shine
kokoro tte suteki
It's everyone's dream
shounen shoujo no doriimu
For some reason, our super lives
genjitsu wa nantonaku suupaa na
have become overlapped with reality
watashitachi no nichijou no oobaa rappu
Just wait, and you will find
matte itsu no manika
that life is a lot more fun than before
sore sae mo tanoshindeiru yo
Somewhere within these exciting secrets
dakara tokimeita himitsu no naka de
why do I suddenly have the urge to hold you?
fureaitakunatta nee doushiyou?
I wish to shower you with kind words
yasashii kotoba kakete agetai
And yet, it's way too late
sonna koto ima sara de aa
But I'll still try, I love you
muri kana ai rabu yuu
Episode 2 Misconception
A-Z Lecture on Nicknames and Aliases!
Listen up, everyone!
What matters most is your own feelings.
Nicknames and aliases don't have rules!
You're free to choose what you like. Free!
Hey, Kanzaki!
Are you even interested in doing this?
No. Of course I'm not.
Why do we all have to take part in a boring event like thinking up nicknames?
You fool!
Because we all agreed to do it together!
What do you mean by "we all agreed"?
You just tempted Chifuyu-chan to your side,
and created a situation where none of us could refuse.
Hmph... Regardless of my methods, what's decided is decided.
And if you're going to do something, you should give it your all!
In any case, Chifuyu-chan seems to be having fun.
Yeah, this is pretty fun...
Once you try it, it's kind of interesting.
Fine.
Since arguing any further with Andou won't help, I'll give it some thought.
So long as you understand.
Now then, Hatoko, are you finished with yours?
I have confidence in this one.
Red Hatoko
Ta-da! Red Hatoko!
Huh? Just adding a color in front isn't enough?
First Word Red, Black, Jet Black, Gold
No, using a color for the first word is orthodox,
but yours is too straightforward.
Anyway, it's out!
Then... Blue Hatoko!
Blue Hatoko
That's the same!
Red Hatoko
What? But all my top ten are colors.
Blue Hatoko
Yellow Hatoko
White Hatoko
Dark Green Hatoko
Pink Hatoko
Gold Hatoko
Brown Hatoko
Ultramarine Hatoko
Are you a colored pencil?!
Light Green Hatoko
That comeback analogy wasn't very clever.
You're strict on jokes, aren't you?
Oh, I thought of a good one!
Play-Along Straight Man Hatoko
Play-Along Straight Man Hatoko!
I don't think you could pull off being a play-along straight man.
Huh? That's not true! I can do it!
Wait, of course I can't!
Play-Along Straight Man Hatoko
Then my nickname will be Play-Along Straight Man Hatoko!
Uh... Sure, why not? You seem to be enjoying it.
Oh, looks like you're also done, Sayumi-san.
I'm not very confident, but...
Konayukihime (Powdered-Snow Princess)
Konayukihime.
I get it!
It's a play on words with "Shirayukihime."
Konayukihime (Powdered-Snow Princess)
Or I could leave it as is, and go with "Snow White."
Snow White (Shirayukihime)
So your pattern is to apply different readings to the kanji!
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden.
Sleeping Beauty (Sleeping Beauty)
Sleeping Beauty.
This might fit Chifuyu-chan more than me, huh?
True.
Senran no Utahime (War Diva)
Senran no Utahime.
Nice! They're all great!
Thank you very much.
It's impressive that you've already mastered the main points.
By the way, Sayumi-san, you usually seem pretty mature,
so I thought you'd use terms like "Witch" or "Queen."
It's surprising that you picked all cute ones.
Cute
C-Cute?
Are you the type that admires princesses and such?
Huh?
Sayumi-san, where are you going?
The bathroom.
Huh? What?
You tripped a land mine.
Huh? Where?
You've done it now, Ju-kun.
Seriously?!
Um...
I'm done, too.
Ah, yes, yes! Then, next is Chifuyu-chan!
Mikan (Strawberry)
Mikan.
How is it, Andou?
Hmm... I don't think it's quite right.
Huh?
Andou, you said we were free to choose.
Huh?
You said we were free to choose.
Ah, um...
You are, you are! You can be free!
"Mikan" is great!
Mikan Mikan (Strawberry Daifuku)
Mikan Mikan!
Why do you say it twice?
Mikan Mikan (Strawberry Daifuku)
I'm imitating your "Dark and Dark."
Oh, okay...
Did you have any ideas other than "Mikan"?
I do.
Father (Mother)
Father.
That looks like a complicated family...
Demon Lady (Former Mother)
Demon Lady.
What happened between you and your mother in the past?
Adulterer (Father Late Getting Home)
Adulterer.
I'm sure that's not true!
His work just ran late!
Homewrecker (Father's Friend at Work)
Homewrecker.
I'm sure she's just a coworker!
Try to trust your father!
Chifuyu-chan, that's enough with the family ideas.
Let's pick the one you like most.
This one. "Pineapple."
Pineapple (Sweet and Sour Pork)
I love the pineapple in sweet and sour pork.
I see.
From now on, call me "Pineapple."
Right... Sure.
Okay, I thought of one.
O-Oh... Okay.
Endless Paradox (Paradox Witch Who Sneers at Twilight)
Endless Paradox.
I-I just tried to think of something good, okay?
I used your lecture as reference to come up with a chuuni one you might like. That's all.
You win!
I win?
I have nothing more to teach you.
You have my blessing.
I don't need your blessing!
Master!
Master
Don't call me "Master"!
Master!
Master (Shishou)
Don't give it another reading!
Okay, a round of applause, everyone.
Pardon me.
I see your club's as loud as ever...
I could hear you from all the way outside. Tone it down.
My, Kudou-san...
You came all the way out here just to warn us?
No.
Andou Jurai, I have business with you today.
Huh? Me?
Andou Jurai, allow me to answer your letter...
To answer your love letter, here and now!
Huh?
I love you, too! Let's go out!
Um...
Kudou-san, what do you mean by that?
Didn't you hear me?
Then I'll say it again,
though it's slightly embarrassing.
I love you, too! Let's go out!
Hold on a minute!
What are you doing, all of a sudden?
Wh-Why would you c-confess to this idiot?
What are you thinking?!
Hmm, Kanzaki Tomoyo...
By any chance, do you love Andou?
H-Huh?
N-No way.
I'd rather turn into a lesbian than fall in love with a dark past personified, like him.
I see.
Then I don't think you have any right to complain.
Outsiders should butt out.
Andou! What's going on here?
Kudou-san just said something about a love letter, but don't tell me you—
No, no... I don't know what's going on, either!
Why are you lying, Andou?
I found the letter from you in my shoe locker.
See? See? See? See? See? See? See?
What? You thought it was a love letter? I-It wasn't!
What are you saying? How is this not a love letter?
How is that a love letter?
Huh?
"Kudou Mirei-dono,
In our last battle, I tasted more than enough of your power.
Thy power has pierced mine heart!
Therefore, I bestow thy sinful title upon thee: Grateful Lover.
— The Conqueror of Chaos, Guiltia Sin Jurai, AKA Andou Jurai."
Andou, I think I can imagine, but what did you mean?
I was trying to let Kudou-san know, by letter, the name I devised for her power.
Right, that's what I thought.
Kudou-san, how did you interpret this letter?
How? No matter how you read it, this is a love letter.
If you analyze this difficult wording one line at a time,
it can be read, "Please go out with me. I fell in love with you at first sight."
"Thy power hath pierced mine heart" is brilliant!
It's such a straightforward expression of love.
And "Grateful Lover" written with the kanji for "Greed" clinches it.
He calls me "lover," as in the one he loves.
Yes, that's what I don't get, Andou.
I, Kudou Mirei, was touched!
I can understand the "Greed" part,
but you made the reading "Grateful Lover"?
Writing it entirely with archaic expressions
Why someone in love?
to hide his embarrassment...
That's not it.
And trying to further obscure it
It's not "Lover," or someone in love.
It's "Robber," someone who steals.
with a strange name makes him so cute!
Well, I don't mind that myself.
Then why not use a normal term like "Hunter" or "Thief"?
In fact, it'd be more accurate to say "I like it" than "I don't dislike it."
Why give her such a confusing power name?
Hey, talking about "like" and "love" and such is starting to embarrass me!
Well, I had a good reason...
Anyway, now that we know why this happened,
But, well, if you really wanted, maybe I could say it once...
we should correct Kudou-san's misunderstanding.
Um, Kudou-san?
Hmm? Oh, Andou...
You don't have to address me so formally anymore.
You can just call me "Mirei."
What?!
In fact, you just have to call me "Mirei."
Mi... Mi-Mi-Mi-Mi...
And I'd like to call you "darling." Is that okay?
Da—
Hatoko! Hatoko, say something!
Huh? Since the student council president took the time to visit us,
I just thought I'd brew some delicious tea.
No! No, no, no, no, no!
You can't steal Andou!
Hmm? You're Satomi-sensei's niece...
No, no! I won't hand over Andou!
I'm not trying to...
"No" means "no"! No!
A-Anyway, Kudou-san...
Please consider this again with a clear mind.
If you start dating this dark past personified,
you'll waste your entire youth.
Hmm, you've been arguing with me since the very beginning.
Do you regard me as an enemy because my breasts are bigger?
If that's the case, I can only say you're too shallow.
Does a woman's caliber grow smaller with her breast size?
Wha— Huh?
From what I see,
yours are small, even among the literature club's small-breasted members.
Though they're larger than Chifuyu-chan's, just barely.
J-Just barely?
I don't know how having small breasts feels, but don't let it bother you.
A woman is worth more than her breast size.
So don't pay it any attention.
Be sealed within a gap in time, and continue to roam there for eternity!
Naïve!
You were careless, Kanzaki Tomoyo.
Your power to stop time now belongs to me.
Um, Kudou-san...
I'm sorry, but could you return that to her?
Closed Clock is a power that belongs with Tomoyo.
Kudou-san?
Oh! M-Mirei?
Yes! If you say so, I will, darling! I will!
Goodness, you should be grateful to the generosity of my darling.
Take that!
Both of you, calm down!
This is a rather amusi— troubling situation.
Let's get something to eat.
Why is the student council president here?
No idea... Maybe something happened?
Oh, darling!
I came to visit.
Darling, are you heading to your club?
Y-Yes, I am...
Oh, okay!
I was thinking we could start going home together.
But unfortunately, I have student council work, too, so we can't.
I also have to make up for skipping yesterday.
That's too bad.
I'll be going, then.
Right! Let's go to the literature club room together!
After I see you to your club room, I'll head to the student council room.
Won't that just be extra work for you?
I want to spend as much time together as we can... I shouldn't?
No, it's not that you shouldn't...
Great!
Oh, right, darling...
Could you give me your e-mail address?
I meant to ask yesterday, but there were so many interruptions.
Oh, sure...
This is my address.
"mirei_jurai_foreverlove"...
I was thinking about you so much last night, I couldn't sleep.
So I changed it!
Darling?
Oh, I see. You're so happy, you're speechless.
Literature Club
Well, darling, good luck in your club today.
I know there are lots of cute girls in the literature club,
but you mustn't cheat, okay?
Right...
Then, see you tomorrow.
I'll e-mail you tonight!
Literature Club
Seriously, what am I going to do?
Wh-What? What's wrong with you all?
Nothing.
H-Hey... Tomoyo, did something happen?
Who knows?
Why don't you ask yourself?
Okay, um...
Jerk Jerk
Hey, other me! Can you tell me?
Can you answer me? What am I, really?
Who told you to talk to your inner self?
Huh?
You came to our club room with Kudou-san just now.
It's pretty unpleasant to watch you flirting together in public like that.
We weren't flirting!
And you don't seem that displeased about it!
Kudou-san is pretty and has a nice body.
Wait, are you jealous?
H-Huh?
Wh-Wh-Why should I have to be jealous of Kudou-san?
Oh, not of Kudou-san. Of couples in general.
People who are single tend to be jealous of couples.
Huh? That's what you meant?
What did you think I meant?
I-I don't know!
I don't get it...
Oh, Hatoko, can I also have some tea?
Silent.
H-Hey...
Silent.
Why do you keep saying "silent" out loud?
I, Kushikawa Hatoko, am presently ignoring Ju-kun.
So please don't speak to me.
But, Hatoko...
Presently ignoring... Please don't speak to me.
But you can't ignore me if I don't speak to you.
Huh? What do you mean?
Ignoring someone is only possible if they try to speak to you first,
and you pay them no attention.
Huh? Huh?
Then, what do I need to do to ignore you correctly, Ju-kun?
Why are you asking me?
Think it over yourself.
Huh? Huh? Hmm, all right.
I'll think about it.
Chifuyu-chan, are you upset, too?
Chifuyu-han is not talking to An-san today.
So today, on behalf of Chifuyu-han, Lissun will respond to An-san.
Ch-Chifuyu-chan?
Just so you know,
you shouldn't underestimate Chifuyu-han just because she's a kid.
Give it back...
Andou, give Lissun back.
We both know what it means for a man and a woman to da—
Andou! Lissun!
Would you cut it out?
I'll beat you into a pulp!
Chifuyu-chan, you messed up. You messed up.
Hatoko, Andou's being mean...
Then, Chifuyu-chan, let's ignore Ju-kun together.
Yes. I'll ignore Andou.
That's right, just ignore Ju-kun!
Ignore
Um, Sayumi-sa—
Die
Die.
Oh, my mistake. Good day, Andou-kun.
No, no, no... How in the heck does "die" come out as a greeting by mistake?
My, you're right.
How rude of me.
Allow me to restate it.
Why do you continue to exist, Andou-kun?
Freeze!
This isn't like you, Sayumi-san.
You aren't the type to use such easy, direct insults.
Well, it makes me want to bully you a bit
when you act like you're trying to show off your lovey-dovey mood.
Kudou-san's doing that on her own...
I know that.
Er...
The others know that, too.
But we don't like it, and that's that.
We need to do something about it soon.
I never thought Kudou-san would be the type to lose herself that much over love.
You're right.
Anyway, let's devise some kind of plan.
This problem is beyond what Andou-kun can handle by himse—
No.
That's not necessary.
I'll settle it myself.
After all, I sowed the seeds for this.
I'm really sorry.
Uh, you mean...
The letter you sent me wasn't a love letter?
Yes.
"Grateful Lover" was a name for my power,
and you meant to put "Robber," not "Lover"?
Yes.
So it was only a coincidence,
not something you'd planned?
I'm sorry.
I lied because I wanted to look cool.
Th-Then you didn't send that letter because you wanted to go out with me?
I did not.
I'm sorry for sending a letter that made you misunderstand.
And the e-mail address...
I'm truly sorry!
Raise your head, Andou.
A man shouldn't bow his head so easily.
So that's it...
After hearing it, I suppose it's ultimately my fault for misunderstanding,
and getting carried away on my own.
I should apologize for troubling you.
And I'm really not bothered at all.
I'm not hurt over it or anything.
So having you apologize this way just makes it harder for me...
I mean, from the start, I never liked you that much, either.
I just thought I'd try going out with you since you confessed to me.
I'm sorry for doing something misleading.
You don't have to apologize.
It isn't as though...
I'm hurt at all!
Apologizing so many times like that
makes it seem like I am,
so I wish you'd stop...
Oh, right... My curry asked me to buy ingredients to make mother,
so I should hurry home.
Meat and snakes... Dried tofu, meat, and onions,
and dried tofu, meat, and fish-paste cake...
Kudou-san...
I really am sorry.
You made a woman cry.
Well, this was for the best, right?
If you'd let it go any longer,
Kudou-san would've just added more to your dark past,
so you were right to clear it up while the wound would still be shallow.
I hope you're right...
Although you started it all,
Kudou-san half brought it upon herself, too.
So you don't need to beat yourself up that much for it.
What? Are you trying to cheer me up?
Wha— N-No!
I'm not beating myself up that much.
I just, as a man, feel pathetic for hurting a woman.
That's what people call "beating yourself up."
Hey...
That reminds me... Can you tell me why?
Why?
For the name of Kudou-san's power...
Why did you choose a confusing word like "Robber," instead of "Hunter" or "Thief"?
Oh, that? Promise not to laugh?
What? If it's a funny reason, I'm going to laugh.
I wanted the character count to match.
The character count?
All the names of our powers
contain kanji accompanied by katakana readings, right?
Yeah.
And I made the readings' character counts match.
Did you notice?
I did notice, but wasn't that only
because you wanted them to look good listed next to one another?
I thought your chuunibyou was just making you worry about silly details.
The main reason
was because I wanted a strong sense of unity.
Unity?
The kanji count in names of powers is often unified in media...
But not many works unify the character counts of their readings.
I wanted us
tied together more strongly than any other party in the world.
And I felt we had to be.
So I wanted a strong sense of unity.
I get it...
So you named it "Grateful Robber" to match the character count.
We were a group of five,
but Kudou-san was alone.
The hurdles we overcame together...
She had to conquer them all by herself.
So I wanted her power name, at least, to match ours.
To show that she was one of our friends, too.
But it seems like it all had the opposite effect.
That isn't true.
Your chuuni letter may have caused a misunderstanding with Kudou-san...
But I think about a tenth of your deeper feelings
always reach the person you're trying to express them to.
You think so?
I do.
A-Anyway...
If you've learned anything from this, restrain your chuuni a little!
Better yet, why not graduate from it?
Don't call me "Chuuni"! Hmph!
No matter how much this world may change,
I shall always remain myself.
Yeah, yeah.
You go, Chuuni.
Title: I hope we'll still be friends Andou, I'm sorry about today. Even though my misunderstanding was responsible, it was also awfully embarrassing for me, so please forgive me. That aside, I've taken a liking to the name you came up with for my power, so I'll use it from now on. — Mirei
If you can confirm it with your eyes
hitomi ni utsuru mono nara
then everything points to fatalism?
are ya kore unmeiron e
Don't make me laugh
kojitsukechau
A philosophy based on logic and inverse relationships
rikutsu to hanpire na firosofii
falls apart in the face of common sense, you bad boy
kizukeba mata nichijou oitekebori de Bad My Boy
Logic and gossip are all mixed up now
rojikku goshippu gochamaze
Let it go, spin around, but for how long?
Let it Go Merry Go doko made?
Wait a minute, can't you explain a bit more?!
nee chotto mou chotto setsumei shite yo?!
This is my glimmering heart's request
kirameku tokimeki rikuesuto
You're making a face like you're shouldering the world's fate
sekai no shukumei wo seotta kao de
Please wipe that fantasy from your brain
esoragoto ga kokoro kara sukuriin auto shite
Or so I say, but I'm attracted to you for some reason
demo demo dokoka hikareacchau no wa
Why? Is it the magic of magnets? I'll just leave it at that
Why? N to S no majikku? soyuu koto ni shitageru
You'd better thank me, my d-d-d-darling!
kansha shite yo ne? da-da-da-darling!
Get ready, here I come
toriaezu aki mo sezu
I'll chase you forever until you love me!
Ch-Ch-Chase Ch-Ch-Chain You Gotta Love Me!
I know it...
I know there must be
one destined person in this world who understands my sensibility!
You're a romantic, aren't you?
Next time, on When Supernatural Battles Become Commonplace:
Rendezvous Point
Rendezvous Point.