Asobi Asobase: Workshop of Fun (2018) s01e09 Episode Script

1
Troubles of a Fake Foreigner
Okay, let's call it a day.
We're going to have a quiz next class.
Be sure to memorize the
words we worked on today.
Seriously, those two never say
a word when we're in class.
And thanks to that
Olivia-san.
Hey, have you gotten used to Japanese yet?
S-Slowly.
People still think I don't
speak Japanese fluently.
She's gotten a bit better
than in the beginning, right?
Yeah, yeah.
Oh, and there's something I wanted you
to help us with from class today
Again!
N-Native English and exam English
might be a bit different.
Really?
So you're better off asking the teacher.
Okay, we'll do that.
Thanks.
Hanako! Hanako! Hanako!
Olivia
It's break time. Let me sleep.
Wait, wait!
Talk to me more!
People have gotten used to the
idea that I'm not fluent in
Japanese because you're always sleeping!
Who cares?
Is there something wrong with that?
There is!
This whole thing about me
being deficient in Japanese
has made my entire school life a total pain!
Could you please tell
everyone the truth, Hanako?
How?
How?
Like, go into that group of
popular girls and be, like,
"Hey, did you know? Olivia-chan's
apparently totally fluent in Japanese."
Casually start spreading rumors.
They'd probably make it spread really fast.
Asking me to do that is like asking me
to jump from this second-floor window
and land cleanly on my butt.
What does that even mean?
It means it's impossible.
I wish she wouldn't use an example
that seems weirdly possible for her.
Just help me out, please! Do something!
Jeez, now break time's over.
And then what happened?
Functions of the female body
I shouldn't have come up with such an idea
N-Nice to meet you.
I can't wait to get to know everyone better.
N-Niced to meeted you.
I tensed up and said that totally wrong!
Okay, Olivia-san, please take
that empty seat over there.
Okay.
Oh, Honda-san, since she's your neighbor,
I want you to teach her about the
school after classes are over.
Th-Thank you.
I refuse!
I refuse 3
Wait, I meant to say I'll give you refuge!
I swear! Believe me you must!
Why are you speaking so broken, too?
I-I may be inadequate, but I shall show
you around the school after classes.
Your Japanese is very good, Olivia-san.
Th-Thank you
This girl could be fun.
I found me a new toy!
I was so stupid for thinking that!
Now everyone in class thinks that's who I am!
Olivia's broken English act is funny.
I wouldn't mind her keeping it up.
But I guess if it's messing up her life,
I should probably clarify things for her.
I just came up with a good
way to start a rumor!
Olivia actually speaks really good Japanese, apparently!
This is it!
A pass-it-down letter!
I'll just send it around and
pretend it didn't come from me!
I'm so smart!
Hey, I just got this letter.
Read it and pass it down.
She could just use LINE if
she wants to spread rumors.
Huh, I never knew.
Really, huh?
Hey, read this and pass it down.
Hey, I never knew.
I think I'll try talking
to her normally next time.
Wait, Olivia-san sits in front of me, so
Read this and pass it down.
What's this?
Wh-Who wrote this?!
Olivia-san's worked so hard
to maintain her persona!
Who the hell is trying to ruin it for her?!
Olivia actually speaks really good Japanese, apparently!
Like that other time
You get perfect grades on
your English exams, right?
N-Not really.
Normal English and exam English
aren't always the same.
Note: This is all she ever says
This is all she ever says.
Really? For example?
L-Like
Godzilla.
That one's Japanese to begin with.
Although you can make perfect sense of that.
My eyes hurt!
I have an owie in my eyesies!
Sorry, I'm going to go poo!
O-Okay.
"Olivia-san's pretty awesome!
She actually sounded like a foreigner."
or so they said.
And it's that character she put on that
gave her a good amount of personal space.
If people find out she's fluent in Japanese,
and she ends up fitting in with everyone
Oh, sorry, the basketball club invited
me, so I'm headed over there.
And then the Pastimers Club will be
I'm jealous of the popular kids.
Hell no!
I don't want to end my precious middle
school life just staring at her melted face!
I like things the way they are!
I like things the way they are!
I need to put an end to this letter!
Olivia actually speaks really good Japanese, apparently!
Should I not pass it down?
No, if it stops at me,
I'll end up taking the heat.
All right, I'll rewrite it.
It should all work out
if I play stupid later.
I have to make her seem like an
unapproachable, highly-sought-after princess.
Um
There.
Hey, could you read this and pass it down?
Um, is this
You there.
What is that?
Um
Let me see.
Olivia is apparently fluent in Japlish!
Olivia is apparently fluent in Lincos!
Japlish
Lincos
Amazing.
O-Olivia-san
Is this true?
It's gotten even worse!
I-It's not!
It's a lie!
Oh, it's not true?
Too bad.
Everyone, passing letters
around during class is banned.
Okay.
Pastimers Club
Why did you deny that earlier, Olivia?
Seriously.
I made you seem like a princess.
Huh?
Asobi Asobase
A Dutchey Wife
And so, Olivia-san
will be representing our class in the
school English speech contest next week.
Applause, please.
My life is over.
What do I do?!
C-Congratulations.
I'm screwed!
Death is my only option!
You had unanimous support thanks
to the president's endorsement.
Why didn't either of you stop them?
Well, I thought I should, but
But everyone seemed happy, so I
couldn't bring myself to bring it up.
I didn't have the courage.
I'm sorry, Olivia-san.
It's okay, I get it.
Don't be so hard on yourself.
Olivia-san
Why didn't you say anything, Hanako?
Er, I did think I should stop them, too,
but seeing the situation you caused
for yourself get so out of hand
I was so busy trying not to laugh,
I couldn't do anything else.
You're like a peanut-brained animal
that got caught in its own trap.
I'm not forgiving you!
Pfft
What do I do?
Please, what do I do?
I think you should start studying now.
Th-That's right.
You still have time.
Yeah.
An honest effort never betrays you.
Let's start now.
Guys
I don't want to study!
I don't want to do it!
What is this kid, stupid?
Hey, but it's better than doing nothing.
It's no use!
It would only really take
me from a one to a 1.5.
A one can never become a nine!
That's such a trashy thing to say,
but I understand the reasoning.
I want to take a shortcut.
A week!
I need a way to become fluent in a week!
I-I'd like to know, if there's such a way.
So I do have no choice but to die!
Hang on.
Let's use my ultimate weapon, then.
Calling Maeda
How may I serve you, Hanako-san?
Stop popping up like that! You're
going to give me a heart attack!
Well, I do spend my life adhered to you.
Wait, you aren't that surprised
this time, Kasumi-san.
Well
I could see him.
No wonder you were sitting at a weird angle!
I heard your discussion.
Oh, yeah, so could you help?
Also, creepy.
Understood. And not creepy.
And then what happened?
What's this?
A cutting-edge android, built by
upgrading the robot Kouichi-kun,
which Hanako-sama destroyed before.
Olivia-Newton-Einstein.
Huh?
What's up, Olivia?
Aren't you impressed?
Um, so
Its face is a lot like
the one Dad used to have.
Your father?
He got in a huge fight with Mom about it.
What was it?
A derby doll?
I don't think it looks alike.
You know of it, Maeda?
Yes.
Your grandfather had several.
It looks like those ones?
Not at all.
I absolutely didn't scan the faces of one
of your grandfather's secret sx dolls.
Wait!
Why didn't you put more effort
into making it, Maeda-chan?!
It's your grandfather's favorite one.
Hey, it looks enough like you, though.
Hanako!
So how functional is it?
Hanako-sama, say something to it in English.
H-Hello.
Whoa!
It's actually Olivia's voice!
Yes.
Your grandfather is fluent in English,
so I asked him to speak, and I
modulated it with Olivia's voice.
How are you?
That's amazing! It's so fluent!
It pronounces "six" perfectly!
Wow, Hanako-san, you can
actually understand it!
Can you talk to it about anything?
I've programmed it with all the words
Grandfather knows, so yes, to an extent.
Sorry I'm late, everyone.
Huh?
What's this?
Sensei, look, isn't it awesome?
Grandpa and Maeda built an Olivia
that speaks perfect English.
Huh.
But aren't you competing, Olivia-san?
No way.
I don't want to study.
This is good enough.
It'll make everyone happy.
B-But you might get better
if you work hard enough.
The hell! This person's so vulgar!
D-Does it know any proper words?
I've only programmed it with the
slang that Grandfather knows.
Did you just say slang?!
Then we should be able to program it
with this speech really quick, right?
Right.
We can start programming it
with decent words, right?
That's right.
The android's become self-aware!
It's asserting itself!
What do we do?
What do we do now?
I'll die.
Olivia looks like the android!
Okay.
You don't have to.
Calm down.
So what do we do now, Sensei?
We only have one option.
And so they had the best
English-speaker in class take over.
Huh? Olivia-san hurt her throat?
And I have to take over?
Sure.
We should have done this to begin with.
Asobi Asobase
Genetic Engineering
Faculty Room
I'm sorry, Sensei!
I won't do it anymore!
Please let me have it back.
This is the fifth time you said
you wouldn't do it anymore.
School policy forbids you from
bringing manga into school.
I'm confiscating this.
I've also contacted your parents.
You already did?
Yes, I called your home.
But Mom and Dad are both at work.
Your older brother responded
as your guardian.
He said he'd be here later to apologize.
Pastimers Club
Your brother's coming to school?
Yeah.
I never knew you had an older brother.
I can't help buying manga magazines along
with lunch at the convenience store.
You could leave it in the club
room and read it during lunch.
I can't help it. I keep
wondering what happens next.
Olivia's brother, huh?
I wonder what he's like.
He's hot! He must be hot!
I have such high expectations.
Crap, I can't calm down!
He probably looks like DiCaprio.
Hey, does your brother have
a girlfriend or anything?
I don't think he does.
Score!
Is he in high school?
Nah, he's quite a bit older than me.
He graduated early from
Mom's and Dad's college.
He has two PhDs.
That's amazing.
I never understand half of what he's saying.
But he's so fun. I love him.
I like that you two are so close.
Really?
Yes.
I've never felt like that
way about my sister.
My brother's never said anything
like that about me, either.
Olivia's brother
This could be good!
He probably has a good personality,
if she's so attached to him.
I wouldn't mind having
Olivia call me "Onee-chan!"
I'd like two children or so.
Hanako, 14-years-old, currently
hammering out her wicked life plans.
Hello?
You're here already, Onii-chan?
You're at the gate?
The guard won't let you in?
Okay, I'll come get you right now.
Okay, so I'll be back.
We'll come with you.
Right, Kasumi-san?
Olivia's brother is probably as good as 2D,
so just think of him as an anime character.
I see.
So, like, guard x Onii-san.
That's it.
Caressing, entangled,
squeezing, getting squeezed
There he is.
He's with the guard over there.
Onii-chan!
Olivia!
Strike down this barbarian!
Onii-chan!
This guy's really your brother?!
That's what I kept telling you.
You pedestrian fool.
My apologies.
Oy vey.
This is why I despise the lower world.
What's the "lower world"?
What is this?
What is this?
H-Hanako-san, uh
This might be a rude thought, but
Are those two even related?
That's it!
Olivia!
Wait up, Hanako-san!
You can't just ask her directly.
It might be a delicate situation.
But
All right, fine.
I'll ask her subtly.
Hey, hey, Olivia, did you adopt
him from Akihabara or something?
Hanako-san!
Wait, did you think we aren't related?
People say that a lot these days.
What a silly question.
We are indeed bro and sis.
But the color of your hair
Flaunt not your ignorance, child
with no knowledge of Mendel's law.
You would not be at all surprised
if you were to consider our
father and mother's genes.
Behold, my pure blue eyes,
same as my sister Olivia.
He's right.
So, where be the faculty room?
It's upstairs.
I'll take you there. Follow me.
What's wrong, Onii-chan?
Are you tired?
No, I'm fine.
The scent of middle school
girls is so powerful,
it gives me a tingle where
I took an arrow to my knee.
Praise be to raw middle schoolers.
Oh God, he's so gross!
And then what happened?
Faculty Room
It is an honor to be in your presence.
I am but Olivia's humble older
brother, at your service.
Why does he talk like that?!
Right
So you're Olivia's brother,
from the phone call earlier.
Huh?
He seemed a lot more normal on the phone.
Is the magazine confiscated from
Olivia still well in your keep?
Oh, this one?
Weekly
Young Chokotto Comic
Olivia-san brings it with her, no matter
how many times she's told not to.
I sincerely apologize.
I intend to give her a more
powerful scolding going forward.
So may I ask that this
magazine is returned to us?
No, I can't do that.
For mercy's sake
But, uh
For mercy's sake!
I absolutely must read the rest of Mahou
Shoujo Pretty Kiss on Chokotto Comic!
I must find out if Pretty
Kiss' friend, Frenchy Kiss,
who was captured by the evil
Erotica Army, is safe or not!
It was as though the silence had
frozen in place for all eternity.
"Why not buy another copy?"
"Couldn't you buy a copy online
if you're too embarrassed to?"
Those were the words that had been
awaiting release at my throat,
but having seen him here,
at his younger sister's school,
kissing the floor as he pleads,
it was no longer clear to me
that it would be appropriate.
These must have been the thoughts
flowing through our minds that day.
Excerpt from "Hanako's Magnificent
Life," Hakusensha Publishing.
All right, fine.
I'll give it back.
Sensei probably didn't want to
have anything to do with this.
Play
And then what happened?
Good for you, Olivia-san.
Faculty Room
Yeah.
Sorry, though, Onii-chan.
Such humiliation is in fact a
treat, for Pretty Kiss' sake.
Besides, I got to make acquaintances
with raw middle schoolers.
It's not terrible, descending to
the lower world once in a while.
Miss Hanako, Miss Kasumi, may I ask
that we exchange LINE contacts?
It's too awkward to say no!
All right, fine.
I have an old school phone,
so I don't have LINE.
No fair, Kasumi-san!
That evening
Hanako-san, good evening,
this is Olivia's brother.
Thank you for your help this day.
Olivia's onii-chan's messaging me already.
"Hello, no problem."
It is as though I am dreaming, having
met such a beautiful woman as you.
My sister is still immature.
She may well cause the two of
you much trouble going forward.
If there is ever anything you need,
please feel free to come talk to me.
Even if the whole world becomes
your enemy, I shall be your ally.
The next day
Hey, your brother's pretty
badass when he's in the phone.
"In the phone"?
Want to see more pictures
I got of him in my phone?
Don't show me his whole body!