02x10 - Liberation

[bunniefuu]

You and I

have the same biological father.

Could you tell me

about your father?

DNA SIBLING TEST REPOR

Half-brothers.

These things really happen, huh?

It's not something we can talk about here.

I want to put him to bed too.

Let's go somewhere else.

Where?

My place?

You even did a DNA test.

So, you had a hunch?

Who's your mother?

I can't tell you.

I see. Someone in show business.

Same as me.

Do you know Airi Himekawa?

Yeah.

She played the female lead

in a morning drama. Ages ago.

Oh, here it is.

Happened when I was about five.

My mom committed suicide with her husband.

Your father is Seijuro Uehara.

He was a third-rate actor.

Suicide?

He's dead?

You're about 17, right?

Our father was married

before you were born.

Apparently, he liked messing around

with talented women.

Maybe he felt inferior

about his lack of talent

and was trying to deceive himself

by sleeping with talented women.

No one knows

the real reason for their suicide anymore.

But I can guess.

As a child, I also hated my father.

Is that why you use your mother's name

for a stage name?

Yeah. My real name is Taiki Uehara.

It sucks. My womanizing nature

seems to be hereditary.

Watching you fool around with

Arima and Kurokawa fills me with despair.

I'm doing no such thing.

Yes, you are.

You better make up your mind.

Or you'll end up like our dad.

That's not funny.

Any other questions?

I'll answer them.

No. No more questions.

Then let's drink again.

It feels strange.

Even if it's just a half-brother, to have

a blood relative show up out of the blue

On top of that, we're both actors.

Hilarious.

But don't start calling me

"Bro" or anything. That'd be creepy.

I won't.

Hey, Bro! Staying out all night?

You're a delinquent! Unbelievable!

What?

Nothing.

I was at Mr. Himekawa's place.

Nothing to worry about.

Oh, the guy who played Blade.

I guess it's fine

if you were having male bonding time.

I'll introduce him to you one day.

Huh? Really? Why?

You're so weird.

Our father had died a long time ago.

There's no way to avenge Ai anymore.

Then what am I supposed to do?

My revenge

ARIMA

-Hello

-Where did you disappear off to?

Akane had left too. Did you two

No. I went to a different bar

with the director and Himekawa.

Oh, is that right?

Geez, don't confuse me like that.

You idiot!

Dummy! Good night!

Did you get home safely?

Remember that a minor

shouldn't drink alcohol.

Don't drink

even if grown-ups tell you to, okay?

These girls are so

Is it okay?

Is it really okay

for me to be free?

To be happy

like a normal person?

Do you want breakfast?

I'm making fried eggs.

Yeah. Thanks.

Our channel is about to hit

20 thousand subscribers on YouTube.

Oh, still only that much, huh?

We need to work harder.

A million subscribers is a long journey.

You're supposed to praise me!

It's 20 thousand! Give me some credit

for doing whatever I can to get this far!

But it's only 20 thousand, right?

Geez! Do you not see

how impressive that is?

Listen. There are about 300 thousand

YouTube channels in this country.

75% of them have a thousand subscribers

or less, making zero profit.

It's an exploitative society

worse than the Middle Ages,

where the top few percent

monopolize the wealth!

And we have made it in the top 10%.

Do you understand how amazing that is?!

You brats, don't talk about getting

a million subscribers if you don't get it!

It's a huge wall where only

0.1% of all channels can get past!

You can only get to the top by climbing

over countless numbers of corpses!

Still, our income this month is

a few hundred thousand yen, right?

If we deduct the agency's share,

pay the video editor,

and divide the rest amongst us,

all we get is pocket money.

Working part-time would pay better.

Well, that's how it is now.

This is how it'll be

until we become more popular.

For the time being,

B-Komachi Channel's finances aren't great.

We have to do whatever we can.

And so,

let's take a room tour video today!

A room tour video?

Isn't that the one

where you show everyone your room?

I've seen a lot of them.

I'm not doing that!

What kind of person

enjoys showing off their room?

We may be out of ideas, but it's over

once you start selling your private life!

What? Come on, let's do it.

If you film a room tour video,

everything in it

can be claimed as expenses.

Let's film it right now.

Here, this is the latest handbag

from Ch.

It was about 90 thousand yen.

This is a water-cooled gaming PC

I bought for game streaming.

But I've never used it.

It was about 300 thousand yen.

The chair is from Her ller and

You bought some expensive stuff, huh?

I paid for it myself, so it's okay. Right?

In order to be a first-class entertainer,

you need to own first-class products!

In this industry,

it's over if they think you're cheap!

Surprisingly, Kana seems to be

the materialistic type.

Let's take a taxi.

But not the privately owned ones.

For a struggling actor,

you sure live in a nice apartment

Well, I do have my savings

and I invest too.

All celebrities should live

in apartments with double auto-lock.

After all, the scariest thing about being

in this profession is weird fans.

If we have the money, that is.

Anyway, you told me

about a good tax-saving method.

I'll make sure to film it

when I'm buying a car.

Tax-saving?

A lot of YouTubers make videos of them

buying expensive stuff, right?

They're doing it to

write them off as business expenses.

What a horrible reality.

I'll help you out

if you want to film a room tour video too.

But I don't buy expensive stuff.

You say that now, but you'll regret it

when you file your tax returns.

You'll learn the pain of paying taxes

when you're older.

I'll think about it.

Hey, could you film my kitchen

and other rooms as well?

Sure.

RUBY'S ROOM

Should I take them down?

I'm her child.

That's a secret I'm taking to my grave.

But Ai will always be there inside of me.

Is it okay to hide that?

The right thing to do as an idol is

I wonder what he would say

I bet he'd just brush me off saying

I should do what I want.

Doctor.

I named our group "B-Komachi"

for two reasons.

One is to take over and fulfill

Mama's dream.

Another reason is

Huh? What do you mean?

We suddenly lost contact

with Dr. Amamiya a few years ago.

He's considered missing.

There's no way he won't notice

the name "B-Komachi."

I'm sure he's watching over me somewhere.

Now that the room tour video is done,

let's move on to the second part of the

YouTube boosting plan! A music video!

A music video!

It's the easiest way to earn more viewers.

I want at least one video with

over one million views on our channel.

Then we can use that video as a sample

and promote ourselves.

This is it.

Sounds like fun.

But it'll be expensive, right?

Don't worry.

My friend runs a design company

in the countryside.

And they'll give us a friend discount

if we sh**t the video over there.

We can go sightseeing too.

So it's k*lling two birds with one stone.

You can thank my personal connections.

Yay! We're going on a trip!

But I can't go

until the stage play is over.

Of course, I'll take that into account

when I'm planning the schedule.

We'll sh**t the video in one day

and go on a two-night three-day

relaxation trip. How's that?

A relaxation trip after Tokyo Blade.

That's nice.

Huh?

And where are we sh**ting at?

Um, it's Miyazaki.

That's far.

It's a nice place.

We're not done yet!

Boosting plan part three!

Let's make an original song!

We've been getting by

singing old B-Komachi songs until now,

but they're songs from over a decade ago.

We need a new song

for the current generation!

But

President! What happened

to the song you commissioned?

You said you commissioned it a while ago.

Who did she ask anyway?

I didn't tell you

because I wanted to surprise you all.

But for the new B-Komachi's

first original song,

I asked Mr. Himura, who wrote

many of the original B-Komachi's songs.

What? Mr. Himura?

That popular singer.

He wrote so many hit songs.

The man who wrote "STAR☆T☆RAIN"?

-Oh, wow!

-It's gonna be a great song!

That's right.

Ai might've been involved

with musicians too.

I have to get in touch with Himura and

BODIES FOUND. COUPLE'S SUICIDE?

No.

I don't have to do that anymore.

Something wrong?

Nah, nothing.

I'm glad you got a good songwriter.

Have fun.

You seem a little different.

Do I?

Yeah, you seem more gentle.

It's nice. I like it.

Yeah?

I want to sing it! I want to sing it!

The thing is

I asked him to finish the song

by the end of last month,

but he hasn't sent it to us yet.

What?

Ah, I bet he's not taking us seriously.

The longer they've been in this industry,

the less they care about deadlines.

They postpone it to the very end.

I know he's busy

so we can't really pressure him.

So wait a little longer.

No. Let's pester him.

Still, we should be grateful

he's even writing a song for us.

I've been sending him emails.

No! Call him right now!

-But

-No, no, no!

I said no!

The president's being pressured.

She has a soft spot for Ruby.

-You don't have to rush

-Yes, we do!

Idols can only be idols

for a limited amount of time.

If we take it slow,

we'll soon be out of time.

Senpai might go back to acting

when the time comes.

When the time comes, Memcho will also

turn 30.

I have five years!

I still have five years left!

Then we only have five years.

Ruby, I know you mean no harm,

but stop stabbing her with words.

Don't use adult logic here.

We're running with all we have.

There's no time to slow down.

Fine.

Let's give him a call.

Yay!

Hello? Oh, hi ma'am.

The song?

I'm a little stuck at the moment.

It's the first song for the new B-Komachi.

I don't want it to be half-baked.

I have a lot on my plate right now,

so when I have the time to work on it

Okay, let's do this.

I'm writing such mediocre songs.

NEW B-KOMACHI

STARTING OVER

CHALLENGE

A NEW STAR

Damn it.

It's not done?

Yeah.

It could be big shot syndrome.

Big shot syndrome?

When you're young, you can write songs

with your impulse and passion.

But big shots have written

hundreds of songs in their long career.

They've already spat out

everything they want to say.

It's not a slump,

but a serious lack of motivation.

He has nothing

he wants to write about anymore.

I have to work on it, but my motivation

Maybe it's about time I quit.

But even if I did, there's nothing else

I can do besides music.

MIYAKO SAITO

A MESSAGE FROM ONE OF THE GIRLS

MIYAKO SAITO SHARED

DEARMR.HIMURA.mp4

Mr. Himura!

I'm Ruby from the new B-Komachi.

I've been singing the song you wrote,

"STAR☆T☆RAIN", since I was little.

I knew the dance moves

even before I joined B-Komachi.

I'm really happy

to be able to sing your song!

I know you're busy,

but I'm really looking forward to it!

Take care of yourself and good luck!

That's all from Ruby!

Creators are simple creatures.

Something like this

can light up his fire again.

Just seeing the face of the person

who'll sing his song

and knowing who he's writing the song for.

All right, then.

Let's write them a masterpiece.

The Tokyo Blade stage play

has come to an end.

My schedule is empty for now.

I suddenly have a chunk of free time

and I know I should use it

to prepare for my future.

But I don't know what I'm supposed to do.

You look so lifeless.

You wanna go to Miyazaki with us?

Oh, for the music video sh**t?

Yup, you're free anyway.

You're unemployed now that the play ended.

I'm still an actor. Plus, I'm a student.

Senpai thinks it could be

your relaxation trip after the play.

Miyazaki, huh?

Come to think of it,

I haven't been there since then.

You're right.

I'll go.