01x07 - To Your House

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It's scorching!

Really feels like summer now.

Sure does.

We're almost at Gotoh-san's house.

About time! Thanks for leading the way.

No problem. I can't wait to get there.

Me too! It's a nice change of pace!

We hardly meet up

outside of Starry, after all!

That's true! I wonder

what Gotoh-san's place is like.

She did say that a cramped cardboard box

felt like home and put her at ease.

No way! Her home is like a cardboard box?

Doesn't she say the darndest things!

This will be fun!

It will! I have some snacks

and a movie we could watch.

Have you already

forgotten what we're here for?

Of course not! We'll be discussing

what t-shirts to wear at our gig, no?

Yup!

If only Ryo-senpai could make it.

I did invite her.

Apparently, her grandma's

condition took a turn for the worse.

What!? Will she be alright?

She's absolutely fine.

This is the tenth time

it's happened this year.

The way the guitar kicks in here is sick.

Does that mean…

It's okay,

her grandma's alive and kicking!

She shouldn't lie about it though!

-Some classmates recently

-Let's hang out.

invited her to hang out after school.

Sorry, my beloved dog Pes

has to go for surgery.

-What!

-She's never even owned a dog before!

Never?

That's right.

Then there was the time

her long-lost twin made contact with her.

Or when her father had amnesia

after getting into an accident.

She's full of these dumb excuses.

To think she could tell all these

colorful lies without any remorse…

That's so like her!

Who doesn't love a queen b*tch?

You and your Ryo mania are beyond help.

We're here! This is the place.

WELCOME! DEAR KESSOKU BAND. MAY

YOU HAVE A MOMENT TO REST YOUR WINGS…

This… is it, right?

Our band name is on the banner.

Does Gotoh-san run an inn?

I don't know, but it sure looks

like a normal house to me.

That's what I thought.

Oh well!

Bocchi-chan, we're here!

Hello!

I'm coming!

Yeah!

I liked dark, cramped spaces

So I'd bury my face deep in my hood

My eyes resented the heartless world

But yearned for love

I liked being soaked by the rain

Because my face looked better clouded over

I pretended to be afraid of the storm

While waiting for the sky to burst

Strum through the light's distortion

I want to make thunder roar

Drum beyond the pain

What can I do?

This fierce pounding is out of control

Strum in a harmonizing quartet

I want to cause a revolution

Drum in a lamenting forte

What can I do?

My savage nature is beyond wild

Someone's sure having fun.

Yes.

I screwed up…

Isn't this great? She's been looking

forward to this as much as we were.

-Yeah.

-Kita-san's kindness is like an arrow

through my screwed up heart.

Come in.

Okay.

Don't mind if we do.

Here's a little gift.

Please enjoy it with your family!

Oh, umm. Thank you.

FANCY, SHINY, SMELLS NICE

I feel the presence of

something fancy in the bag.

I brought a movie too!

Come on now,

we're here to talk about our t-shirts!

Instead of wearing what we each want,

having matching clothes

has a sense of unity?

Feels more like a band?

Don't you think

it would give that impression?

Plus…

You sure don't live up to your band name.

We're definitely

getting comments like that!

-In here.

-Got it? We're not here to party!

WELCOME! TO THE GOTOH HOUSE PARTY PEOPLE

Pardon me. I have some cleaning up to do.

On second thought,

a little fun won't hurt!

Yeah, I agree!

I'll fetch some drinks.

Make yourselves at home.

Thanks!

She sure went all out

with the decorations.

But I don't see any guitars, effectors,

or anything else.

True.

I kind of imagined

her room to be more rock.

SEAL

Does that count?

Talismans are pretty rock.

I wonder if there is

other rock-themed stuff around.

Ouch!

Huh, why is there a heap of our PR photos?

SEAL, REPEL, VANQUISH

I don't really get it,

but this feels like hard rock.

There are large prints too.

This photo was all over the room.

Seems she really liked it.

But Mom made her take them

down because they were a literal eyesore!

Those talismans were from

when Sis was possessed by a ghost!

That concludes my explanation!

Are you her sister?

You're right! I am Futari Gotoh.

Pleased to meet you!

The dog's name is Jimihen.

Would barley tea be good enough?

Should I have gotten something fancier?

-You're so adorable!

-You're so adorable!

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Play the Munions song on your guitar.

I'll be sure to learn how to

the next time I come over.

It's a promise! When will that be?

This situation…

Aren't you a friendly boy?

They're getting along so well

that there's no place for me to intrude.

Hey there, Bocchi-chan.

Gotoh-san?

My communication skills are below that

of a five-year-old and a dog!

She's frozen up again.

What are you doing here, Futari?

Where are Mom and Dad?

They went shopping.

I have an important meeting right now,

so could you please play with Jimihen?

That's so boring!

I don't mind her sitting in.

Me neither.

No!

I can't be my usual

merry self with her around!

Is that how you saw yourself around us?

Please go play with Jimihen. I beg you!

Aww!

The ice-cream in the freezer is all yours.

Well, if you insist!

You sisters get along so well.

Which part of that exchange

was them getting along?

Let's get to

deciding on our t-shirt design!

Draw whatever you want in these.

-Okay!

-Okay.

We could go for

the plain logo on a plain tee look,

but I would like to have something

we could sell as merchandise too!

Nijika-chan has yen signs in

her eyes over merchandise sales!

Any idea that stands out will be adopted!

Alright! Let's do this, Gotoh-san!

Yeah.

I have to show them

that I can be dependable too!

Trying to look serious in

that getup is having the opposite effect.

Are you saying

she actually has friends over?

Tangible, real friends?

-Yup!

-They aren't all in her head?

Yup!

I'm done.

Oh, let's see it.

SEIZE THE LAURELS OF VICTORY!

"Win it! Fight on! Kessoku Band" The

concept is friendship, effort and victory!

What is this, sports day?

Don't you think it's cute?

Hold up, what are we supposed

to be winning? Our gigs aren't contests.

-We… win in spirit!

-Come again?

Think about it, wouldn't

wearing this make us feel united?

Any thoughts, Gotoh-san?

Class solidarity.

Is she reliving some

terrible sports-day related trauma?

Sports day.

The number one traumatic

school event of any introvert.

As studied by

the Japan Introverts Association.

A wicked festival

that strips the unathletic of their worth,

branding them as annoying baggage.

A form of sl*very where we're coerced

to make banners and practice cheering

not just during class, but also after.

One for all! All for one!

One for all! All for one!

A whole month of living for

this one event is virtually t*rture!

All for one!

Gotoh-san's turned to goo.

It's a hot day, after all.

THIS WAY TO SPORTS DAY

-No cooperation! No life!

-Sports day…

-The true terror of this event is…

-No cooperation! No life!

No cooperation! No life!

Today's Bocchi Time

continued past the commercial break.

Did I say something I shouldn't have?

Oh Kita-chan, you diabolic vixen!

Please come back to us, Gotoh-san!

-Introverts will always be a nuisance.

-No cooperation! No life!

Even if we harmlessly stood out of the way

-we'd be scorned for being uncooperative!

-No cooperation! No life!

The crime of being a wet blanket

is punishable by death!

UNITY

No cooperation! No life!

See, they really exist!

Hello.

Thanks for having us over.

I'm so touched. To think

Hitori would ever have friends over.

Eat up.

-We will!

-Thank you so much.

You're the ones Hitori formed a band with?

Yes.

To be precise, I invited her to join us.

Is that so?

What did I tell you?

Music brings people together!

Right, Jimihen?

I hope she hasn't been giving

trouble by going off on a tangent.

It's no trouble at all!

Yeah! She's a funny girl.

I see.

All done.

The more I stew over sports-day

the more my introversion eats me inside.

The fried chicken is ready.

Wow, it looks so delicious!

One is garlic soy sauce

and the other is salted koji.

Help yourselves to the

lemon and chili powder.

Thanks for the food!

Dig in, Kita-chan.

Okay.

When I heard she invited friends, I

thought it was a hallucination or fantasy.

However, we have the photo to prove it.

That's harsh.

Even so,

it's easy to edit pictures these days.

Edit?

Just so we're clear, are you from

one of those rent-a-friend services?

We're true blue bandmates!

That's a relief.

-I just had to be sure.

-It's undeniably something I'd do.

But still, is this how

my parents think of me?

Bocchi-chan's like

this with her family too huh?

She couldn't sit still

waiting for today to come.

Said she had to

practice decorating her room

and kept repeatedly

taking the decorations on and off.

She also thought

you might want to play Twister,

so she rehearsed all by herself.

Mom, Dad! Please don't spill the beans!

I'm so glad we went shopping just in case.

Let's make this

a special day for the family.

It'll be Friendship Day!

Friendship Day! Friendship Day!

Come on, stop that!

That reminds me.

About the job she started recently.

It's at a venue run by my sister.

Bocchi-chan is in charge

of drinks and customer service.

Customer service?

-I must be dreaming!

-Having friends over…

-is a strange feeling.

-Amazing how music inspires such growth.

Ah, we must be in your way. Sorry, we'll

leave you youngsters to be by yourselves!

We'll be over there.

WELCOME! DEAR KESSOKU BAND. MAY

YOU HAVE A MOMENT TO REST YOUR WINGS…

Hey Kita-chan, what's this?

It's a highly recommended

movie that'll make your heart flutter!

I've been meaning to watch that.

How about we watch it together then?

Let's do it!

Nice idea! Sounds fun!

Yay!

-Fun! Fun!

-What is this?

-Fun! Fun!

-I suddenly find it hard to join in.

Yeah!

Typhoon Neoguri continues to

develop and is expected to weaken

as it passes through

the southern Sea Of Japan.

LOVE ME LOVING YOU, KISSES OVER FLOWERS

We spent the day on a movie and games.

Twister and President was so much fun!

It was! I enjoyed myself a lot, but…

Right, we still have

to come up with a t-shirt!

Huh?

Oh no! Gotoh-san is having another moment!

Let me guess.

That heart-pounding teen flick

sent her into another dark flashback.

-Heart-pounding teen flicks.

-So it's my fault again?

The number one traumatic

movie genre for any introvert.

As studied by the Japan Introverts--

Bocchi-chan, we don't

have time for this. Get a grip!

No average girl would have two guys

-Gotoh-san?

-falling for her.

-We've lost her.

-If a girl that cute is your average girl,

-Ryo sent over a couple of design ideas!

-then what does that make me?

Let's have a look! I'd love to see them!

Come on Bocchi-chan, you have a look too!

What's this?

Curry?

Now it's sushi.

I don't get it.

What should I have for dinner?

Think for yourself!

RAMEN COMBO MEAL 1000 YEN

Curry would be nice!

You don't have to reply to her!

You finally came back down to Earth?

Yeah.

I'd like you to have a look at my design.

DRAWING PAD

ZIPPERS, TORN, CHAIN

How is it?

Holy crap, it's so lame!

Is it too fashionable?

That's the kind of peculiar font

middle school boys love wearing.

I suppose these would be

distracting when we perform.

In every sense of the word.

What are those zippers and the chain for?

The zippers are for storing picks,

and the chain can serve as a guitar strap.

That's surprisingly practical!

Does that mean we're going with this?

I wonder?

Is this what you normally wear?

Oh, no. My mom buys my clothes for me.

Is that so?

Not that I've worn any of them

since they're not my style.

Aww, come on. I want to see them!

I'd love to see you wear

something other than a sweatsuit!

Won't you put them on? Pretty please?

Do us a favour!

Please!

I can do that…

Hurray!

TOURISM GOODWILL AMBASSADOR

Oh… my god…

You're the cutest!

Amazing! Smile for the camera!

No photos, please.

I knew it. Bocchi-chan's a cutie.

It's easy to forget when

she's frequently being a weirdo!

So umm… can I change now?

Not yet!

I know, let's put your bangs up!

You'll look better that way!

Are you growing them out?

No… I just never had

the chance to go to the salon.

In that case, allow me to fix you up!

No thanks, I'm good.

No need to be humble.

Bocchi-chan's withering away!

Her body couldn't handle the sudden

stress from having her face fully exposed!

She's… dead.

We'll have to find another guitarist.

What's the matter?

My head is suddenly spinning!

The room now feels gloomy

and the air is harder to breathe.

It's in my lungs!

Oh no, it's getting to me too.

I can't. Strength… is… disappearing…

We've been… cursed… by Gotoh-san…

Girls, would you like some dessert?

It's the sweets that you gave us.

I'm sorry for always trying to

overcome things through sheer positivity.

Forgive me for being a shitty guitarist.

Sorry for being so cute.

They've become losers like Sis!

Dear, fetch the salt!

Should we call the exorcist?

NIJIKA: YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN NOW.

What the heck?

A FEW DAYS LATER

And so…

Since we had no good ideas,

we'll have to stick with mine.

Ta-dah.

KESSOKU BAND

Incredible! Did you do this yourself?

I'm pretty good at designing things!

Couldn't Nijika-chan

have done that from the start?

Bocchi-chan.

Bet you were thinking that I could

have done that from the start.

She's psychic!

I think I'm getting

a grasp on how you think.

Nice, now you can tell

we're from the same band.

It's a great look!

Helps that we're also stylish.

So true. Face this way!

This is fine too.

Our gig is the day after.

We'll be able to show off our hard work.

Seems that a typhoon is approaching.

What?

-What!

-No way, I didn't hear about that!

The summer skies are fickle.

Damn it.

What'll happen to our gig then?

Shall we hang some paper dolls?

Good one! We'll do just that!

Everyone, ten each!

Okay!

Oh, but it seems

that it won't affect the Kanto region.

Really?

Crisis averted.

Now we can look forward to the day.

Our new song is turning out well too!

-Umm…

-It sure is!

We all k*lled it!

Alright, let's get practicing!

Excuse me!

How about we make

those paper dolls just to be safe?

Good point! Better safe than sorry!

Indeed.

I'll grab some tools.

Okay!

I haven't done this

since elementary school.

-My pessimism makes me…

-Sorry, my long-lost quintuplets--

-consider the worst.

-You're trying to weasel out of this!

Everything alright?

Yes!

We'll be fine… right?

Typhoon No.8 has

taken an unexpected course…

CONCERT DAY

I sleep

With big problems weighing down on me

Though you can't beat that feeling

Of being loved, it's true

When I awaken from cold dreams

My body feels numb

You shine so brightly

It could make me a shadow

It's time to take that step

Though there's nothing certain about it

It carries my childish heart into tomorrow

It's time to blast out the thoughts

Rattling around in my brain

And live, to its fullest, a life

I've been taking advances on for so long

But I also love the days I spend

Lying around, doing nothing

So I know I'm going to go see you

Before it all disappears some day

Tune in next week!