Okay! Let's start "Hayate No Gotoku!"
Tonight I, Chef Hayate Ayasaki,
will try to whip up a special curry dish
with summer veggies.
Let's begin...
Hey, hey, Hayata-kun! Hayata-kun!
What is it, Segawa-san?
Is the curry gonna be spicy?
It'll have a kick to it.
I can't eat spicy food! Could you make it mild?
Okay, I'll make it mild...
Whoa, wait a sec!
Curry has to be spicy.
But I can't eat spicy food!
I'd rather have hayashi rice.
Nobody asked what you wanted!
Let's do sushi instead. Sushi!
The fancy stuff! The really fancy stuff!
What's sushi got to do with anything?
Anything goes?
Then I want omelet rice.
I'll start cooking some salisbury steaks.
They'll be done in about 20 minutes.
Don't cook whatever you want!
What about my curry?
And my sushi?
No sushi.
Yes. I'm doing that, but...
What? Um, no... Please be patient.
I, Ruri Tsugumi, will get...
...the black camellia.
What do I need to do to get closer to my big sister?
Where'd you come from, Tsugumi-san?
I scaled the wall!
What are you, a cat?
I think it'll be difficult for you to get closer to her.
Why? I'm so cute!
So cute! Cute! Cute!
You asked why it'll be difficult.
Don't ignore my cuteness!
Miss Nagi has...
...no interest in you.
She's improved in this regard,
but Miss Nagi still hates dealing with people.
She doesn't even notice
people who don't interest her.
I couldn't care less if you're my sister or not.
I get it. Then...
She'll become someone who'll interest me?
So she said. Then she scaled the wall and left.
Is she a cat, or something?
As you said before,
I wonder what her agenda is.
Why she wants to get closer to you.
To be honest, I don't sense any malice from Tsugumi.
But I do have a bad feeling.
A bad feeling?
Yeah.
I feel like I'm about to lose something really precious.
Lose something... precious.
Everyone has something precious.
Something they love and long for.
Something special that nothing else could replace.
But when you try to protect this precious thing,
you end up losing something even more important.
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You want to become someone who'll interest Nagi?
Yes. You're my big sister's friend, right?
What can I do?
Let's see...
Maybe you can play video games with her.
Video games?
Dondoko Quest VIII
This just came out today.
I bet she'd like it.
I'll take it home and play it with my big sister...
Wait, wait.
What?
Pay up! It's 7,350 yen.
It's not free?
No, it's for sale.
Even though I'm a kid?
Doesn't matter.
Can't I borrow it and return it later...
I said no!
Don't lose heart now, Tsugumi.
If you can get closer to your sister for 7,350 yen...
Okay, I'll take it!
Thank you!
Now I can get closer to my sister.
Do you have the console?
Um, you are...
I'm Kayura.
I live in the same apartment building. I'm friends with Nagi.
What console?
For the game.
You need the corresponding console to play that game.
What? How much is that?
About 20,000 yen.
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I'm set now, right?
Why are you getting mad at me?
One more thing...
What?
Another game came out today...
...that I think Nagi would like better.
You think this one would be better to help me get closer to her?
Yup.
Chiharu always recommends adventure games.
Humph.
But Nagi likes FPS games like this one.
And how much is it?
6,800 yen.
Thank you!
I didn't think I'd spend so much, but it's fine!
Now I can get closer to my sister...
Hey, Tsugumi-san.
Hayate Ayasaki!
Good timing. I finally did it.
Oh, Miss Nagi already has those games.
She said they were both crap.
I don't believe this!
That Nagi.
Calling a roleplaying game that's just a remake with nothing new a crappy game is fine...
But to say that of the latest FPS,
one can only conclude it's an excuse for her sucking at it.
What?
Um...
Well, maybe if you only read manga,
it would make you like high intensity stuff.
All the light novels you read are full of nudity, Chiharu.
Why you!
Light novels are fine that way!
They're just printing what the readers demand.
Just responding to demands makes something worth producing?
Diversity is important!
I read all kinds of manga.
Look at "Crimsons."
The main character is a salmon.
It makes you think.
You're acting all literary now?
What? What's wrong with being literary?
What's important is the entertainment factor.
The barometer is sales.
What?
Come on, you two.
Don't get so upset. It's only manga and light novels.
"Only"?
You know, Nagi's the one at fault here.
I'm gonna let her have it!
Bring her over right now!
What?
If this continues, I'll never get closer to my big sister.
And?
What do you want?
Well...
It's about the games that came out today.
Right, they're crap.
Don't call them crap!
If you play to the end, they're kinda good...
I did play to the end.
Don't lump me, Nagi Sanzenin,
in with your typical otaku.
Whether it's a video game, anime, or manga,
I only rate them after I've played,
watched, or read the entire thing!
Even though I might initially think, "Whoa, talk about a total letdown!"
I only call a game crap after I've finished it!
Whoa!
That's why I get the game the day before...
Skip school, stay home, fake illness,
stay up all night, and don't even bathe,
as I play continuously!
Scum.
I kinda knew this, but...
She's such scum, it's almost refreshing.
So that's why you didn't go to school yesterday or today?
Right.
Please go to school.
It's gonna be hard to get closer to this one.
I... I have to get closer to my big sister,
even if she's scum.
What? Scum?
Did you just call me scum?
You did, didn't you? Didn't you?
I did not.
Humph. Whatever.
Since I'm here in Akiba,
I'll get something and go home.
What are you getting?
Hm, I think I'll go look there.
Connecting
Theater
Part A
Fumi-chan. Say "pizza" ten times.
Okay! Pizza, pizza, pizza, pizza, pizza,
pizza, pizza, pizza, pizza, pizza.
And what's this?
Tempest.
Wrong! It's your elbow, but whoa! Tempest?
Connecting
Theater
Part B
Isumi-san. Say "pizza" ten times.
Okay. Pizza, pizza, pizza, pizza, pizza,
pizza, pizza, pizza, pizza, pizza.
And another ten times.
Pizza, pizza, pizza, pizza...
Faster!
Pizza, pizza...
Enunciate!
Pizza, pizza, pi...
Where are we?
It's a used PC and game store.
I've been thinking lately
that I need to play old games
to really grasp the history of it all.
Like... this.
"Silver Ghost."
It's a simulation roleplaying game from the '80s.
Usually roleplaying games have like, what,
four characters in the main party?
Or they're just all in a horse carriage.
Uh, yeah.
But here you can have 15 characters walk together, all lined up.
I like the slow, bit-by-bit action.
I think it's cute.
Huh? I see.
I've been thinking I want to play these
to understand the history of video games.
Take the PC version of the game "Ys II."
The instructions were written
by the guy who wrote "Fortune Quest"!
It's an excellent game that can be enjoyed for the reading as well.
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I wish they'd release more old anime on Blu-ray.
Like Gowappa 5.
What's this awkward robot?
How dare you!
This is Gordam, the heavy-duty robot goliath
that the Gowappa members ride in Gowappa 5.
It's groundbreaking because the robot can barely move any of its joints.
Then how does it fight?
He's super strong!
He crushes enemies one by one
even though his joints barely move!
I see.
Even though she's useless as a human, her eyes are lighting up...
Well, she really loves this stuff.
No, Nagi.
Wh-What do you mean, Kayura?
There's a Gowappa 5 DVD box set.
So there's not much point in a Blu-ray.
More importantly, when's the DVD for "Laserion" gonna be released?
It's not in "Super Robot Wars" either! And what about "GoLion"?!
Well, who cares about those?
It doesn't do any good to watch old anime.
Why you!
Apologize to the God of Anime!
Don't shun those shows just because you don't like them!
They're into the same things...
so why can't they get along?
Deeply sinful, indeed.
If you find something both of you like...
...then you might be able to be friends.
Of course! That's a good idea.
So tell me, which one is good?
What, me? Um...
I'll show you a cute anime that I like:
The original "Minky Momo" series.
This one.
Oh! It's so cute!
Right?
Or, for an old standby, there's "Space Runaway Ideon."
Something newer would be "Madoka Magica."
And "Dog of Flanders" is also good.
Uh huh.
And...
The anime Hayate-kun is recommending...
are all ones where the main character dies at the end.
Is he okay?
I'll take em' all!
Please!
That'll be 123,000 yen.
Um, how about we spread that over 24 payments.
Are you trying to go into credit card debt?!
Wait! You're going too far.
But if I don't do this, I'll never get closer to you, big sister.
Just buying everything you're told to isn't the way to go.
Think! There are other ways.
B-But...
Besides, don't you think I like
things besides video games and anime?
Like what?
Um... Well,
like manga.
It's the same thing!
Right. Manga is cheaper and easier to get hold of.
Which manga should I read first?
Oh dear. We've just flipped a weird switch.
What to read first?
Well, that's a given.
Of course.
Yes...
Doujinshi Game
Comic V
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V Tachibana
Sigh. I'm so bored.
Welcome!
Oh, it's you guys.
Hey, Wataru-san and Saki-san.
Long time no see.
Listen, Tsugumi. The thing you should start with is...
Hey, it's the Jump manga!
Cuuuuuut!
Ow!
Don't worry about famous titles.
Millions of others have already read those.
I'm sorry...
Listen up.
The series that all manga lovers must read first is...
Hoero Pen
...all 100-plus volumes by Kazuhiko Shimamoto!
Yikes, 100 volumes? That's not easy.
I'm still talking! Shut up and listen!
Y-Yes!
Listen.
Hoero Pen
The core of what makes
manga fun is found in all of Shimamoto's work.
Pay special attention to "Hoero Pen," and the
previous work, "Moeyo Pen," is even more indispensable.
But!
This is what many people miss.
The new version of "Moeyo Pen" doesn't have
the live action parts like the Bamboo Comics version.
But the Bamboo version lacks the postscript.
So...
If you want to read the complete "Moeyo Pen,"
you have to read both the new version
and the Bamboo Comics version!
Sorry, we don't carry either.
You idiot!
You call yourself a bookstore?
Get them!
You made a mistake, Nagi.
What?
Shimamoto's masterpiece is "Nine in Adversity"!
Equally satisfying is the world's first Original Laserdisc Anime
"Honoo No Tenkousei!"
Sorry, I don't carry them, either.
Why? They've been made into a movie and an anime!
I told you two...
If you're to read anything, it's "Honoo No Ninja Man."
That exists?
What? Of course it does! It's one of his best!
I can't believe you haven't read it!
Didn't it get canceled in the weekly comics?
So what if the readers of Shonen Sunday didn't get it?
You've heard of it!
Never mind that. You have to read "Aoi Honoo."
That's too famous.
Shimamoto's stuff is more...
I just want you to know
that we don't have "Ninja Man" or "Aoi Honoo."
Order them!
Disgraceful.
How can they fight over the same artist?
Good question.
Cashier
New doujinshi arriving daily
You know what?
I'm gonna find one that I like.
Good idea.
Hm, which one?
Oh! They're really colorful.
Excuse me, but that's...
There's lot of thin books here.
Adult Area This area is for adults only. Must be over 18 to purchase items beyond this point.
Why don't you guys carry more
of Shimamoto's works?
Um...
What's wrong?
Um, the little girl just wandered...
...into the thin books.
What?
I tried to stop her.
No! Even I'm too young to read that stuff!
Tsugumi's way too young!
I think I saw this book in my big sister's room.
I'll definitely get this one.
And...
Tsugumi!
You can't go...
No Under 18
Tsu-Tsugumi?
I... I don't care, but...
...is this what...
...otaku are into?
Um, no! Well, maybe, yes.
I-It's a misunderstanding! Or maybe not...
You're definitely losing your dignity as a big sister.
What's that?
Oh, all right. I'll take one.
Thank you!
Hey, Tsugumi-san.
Do you know the author of this doujinshi?
No.
But I read it in my sister's room
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and I thought it was good.
Why? Is the author famous?
Uh huh. Uh huh.
Well...
Yes! Right!
That's exactly what's special about that!
Come over right now and I'll give you
a special look at my prized collection!
That author... might have a bestselling manga one day.
Huh?
These salisbury steaks topped with grated daikon are so tasty.
They're even good with demi-glace sauce.
Anything that's made with love is delicious.
That's right.
Everyone has different tastes.
What's important is the love that's put into it.
We have different opinions,
but that's just the flip side of love.
Is this some kind of weird, lightly veiled commentary
about this week's episode?
Um... No!
Ow, ow, ow!
Look forward to the next episode!