"The first encounter is that was great." "you could do it." "you know." "goldfish or boys." "Just kidding." "Let go!" "Ah." "A fight." "Let's go." "Ah." "Cute... blah!" "you know." "Huh?" "What's so great about it?" "man." "Spain." "Spain is an awesome country." "For lunch... you take a break for about 3 hours." "you watched Channel 8 yesterday too." "I didn't." "I just think that Spain is awesome." "Is it?" "I expect that from Kouta-san." "Yo..." "Spanish!" "they expect you to play basketball." "How unreasonable." "Impossible." "taking a nap." "Ah!" "We're in the same school." "nice." "The first encounter is chance." "The first encounter is chance." "The second encounter is fate." "The first encounter is chance." "The second encounter is fate." "If this is true..." "Didn't expect that we'd be in the same class in 3rd year." "isn't it?" "right?" "let's change." "You're the one who's delighted." "no more things like fights..." "Ouch." "Ouch ouch...." "What are you doing?" "You're actually happy right?" "be honest." "Happy." "I'm happy." "Right." "make it 5 people to a team." "Yes." " I'm so glad Mei's with us." " Yeah!" "let's go." "Nakagawa-san right?" "I'm Takemiya Mei." "Why don't we be in the same team?" "okay?" "Eh?" "What?" "you guys already know each other?" "Yeah." "This guy's terrible." "Taka is fine." "what I love to eat at my set-meal place at home is curry and rice." "And my favourite band is... the Muscle Girl Squad." "Really?" "!" "Imagine finding one here." "Eh?" "Don't tell me you're into the Muscle Girl mania too?" "What's Muscle Girls?" "meeting you guys here." "That hurts." "So..so..sorry." "Ball goes to Player Mei." "Player Mei to Player Yuri." "To Player Mia." "Back to Player Mei again." "Mm." "there's still no one that will be a good substitute player." "A splendid feint and shoot!" "You did it!" "She's pretty good." "Here!" "Acha" "A lousy player." "That was a magnificent face catch." "Sorry." "isn't it?" "I'm okay." "Will it leave a scar?" "It's alright." "It's alright." "It won't scar." "Ah!" "The Nosebleed Club?" "A face catch." "That looks painful." "take off your shoes." "Eh... the foot opposite to the side the nose is bleeding." "Then it will stop." "See." "Here we go." "It's.... okay." "I don't have a nosebleed." "Ah really." "But ice it properly." "Because it will hurt if it swells." "Thanks." "he wasn't scared at all." "He doesn't look like a delinquent who loves fighting though." "No wonder he knows his first-aid treatment well." "Wait wait..." "I'm... scared of fighting. discussion is the best option." "I'm against violence." "You should say that." "Ha?" "No such thing." "you're good at basketball." "That's because I always accompany my sister to her basketball practice." "I see." "Takahashi." "right." "let's have a match!" "Mm!" "Let's go!" "Akai Ito Episode 3 The Pair Who Met By Chance" "Raw: gryzze" "Translation: unleashthegeek Timing / Typesetting: grumpy" "Takoyaki Bingo. 2 votes." "Endless Maze. 5 votes." "Fortune-telling Hall. 22 votes." "Then it's decided." "applause." "committee chairman." "Decide on the students in charge." "Yes." "okay." "Yes." "the ones who will be in charge now." "By lottery." "Please line up in order." "Yossha." "I'll be too busy to call Senpai." "senpai." "Do you really love the older guys that much?" "different from you." "a kid like you wouldn't get it." "Ho..." "Saying things like that." "you won't be so free spouting nonsense like that to us." "Ha?" "us guys." "So we're going to get a Chief to make sure everyone's pumped up for the live performance." "Let's get one." "screaming "Wah!" "Kyaa!" "Wah!" "Kyaa!"." "What a riot." "That's right!" " You should lie down if you want to talk in your sleep." " We're not talking nonsense." "This will be our aim." "Pulling out!" "it's out." "Eh?" "Don't tell us?" "Failure." "Oi!" "What a shock...." "Maybe we should use carrot and stick." "The two of you hit the jackpot huh." "Hit or should I say miss." "show some enthusiasm." "Fortune-telling Chief." "That's a leading part." "That's right." "And I ended up the Stage Chief." "we'll help out." "I never thought that Sara would want to be a dancer for our band." "Thanks a million." "Let's do it." "I'm going." "Oi!" "Natsu." "okay." "Okay." "I got it." "Just do it!" "Mei..." "Come watch our band practice." "I'll let you eat curry." "Curry?" "Ah..." "I'll treat you." "Really!" "?" "I'll go." "I'll go." "Huh?" "Eh?" "We can't come?" "it's okay." "come too!" "I have something to take care of so I'm going back." "you don't like going out with us?" "There's things I have to do." "See you." "Oh." "Bye-bye." "See you." "This is my house." "so this place is called Taka?" "No wonder." "I'm back." "Dad." "Customers." "come in." "sit..." "Mei." "Mm?" "Drop by whenever you're hungry." "I'll cook up a storm for you." "Mm." "Please." "Here." "Curry." "Help yourselves." "Itadakimasu!" "Itadakimasu." "Delicious." "Mmm!" "Eat the leeks too." "Thank you very much." "we can eat that later." "Okay." "I'm doing the laundry." "Mm." "call me." "Ah." "I'll take care of it." "By any chance? you're both going through the special training." "What for?" "As dancers." "Dancers." "You don't expect Sara to do it on her own." "Right?" "Sara." "Ouch." "Ouch...." "Ouch." "Suddenly my stomach..." "Let's do it... together." "you two." "She's serious." "Accept it!" "Yes." "let's eat." "We are here to cure ourselves from drug dependance and to return to society. and please listen to the voice of your comrades. please begin." "Until last year..." "I weighed 90kg. in the bus or trains... and I felt like I was being laughed at." "At that time..." "I came across a weight-loss drug on the internet." "it was true." "a lot of weight." "Drinking it... made my ears buzz... and my head ache." "I thought I was going to die." "I was afraid I might get fat again." "Very afraid..." "Afraid." "Mari-san." "Thank you very much. please." "I'm Natsumi. this is already my fourth time here." "They always helped me out." "it ended up only in heart-break." "they really give you comfort." "So perhaps..." "I thought I should just stop living at this point." "But..." "I think you have to find the purpose of your life... in yourself." "there is someone... waiting for me to come home from the bottom of his heart." "you're going to be the fortune-teller?" "Mm." "That's great." "Sounds fun." "Really?" "Is Morisaki-san treating you well?" "Mm." "Is there something bothering you?" "don't keep it to yourself...." "It's nothing." "Don't worry." "Really?" "That's good then. everyone has to be in charge of a flower-bed. it's called gladiolus." "I planted it a while back." "The bulb is the variety that grows to maturity slowly in the soil." "It takes 2 years just for the flowers to bloom." "So it will bloom for the first time this year." "I'll get to see the flowers again." "I don't want to think that." "The same thing over and over again." "I'm such a useless parent." "I'm sorry." "But this will be the last." "I will stop taking drugs." "Mom." "Mm?" "Take your time." "Take your time and get yourself well." "Thank you." "This is hopeless." "I'm hitting a wall." "Taka..." "You don't want to do Takaki Boo?" "isn't he?" "Mei?" "Takaki Boo..." "That's wrong!" "Eh?" "Listen." "Turn your head to the right too!" "Yes." "Together." "4." "She's so demanding." "Are we ever going to make our breakthrough?" "Rolling!" "Eh!" "?" "Not again." "Your friend is here." "Yo!" "We've been waiting." " Natsu!" " Sorry I kept you waiting!" "Did you properly 'Just Do It' your club activities?" "Excuse me." "Natsu." "club activities are part of school life." "Soccer is my only strong point anyway." "Just having a strong point is good enough." "What?" "It's like saying I don't even have any strong point." "You have one?" "None." "curry." "thanks." "I'm starving." "Tea." "Thanks." "It's really good." "Eh..." "There's carrots." "You hate carrots?" "Hate them." "I'm not a horse." "That's bad." "Doesn't matter if you like or hate them." "You're still growing." "they're very nutritious." "Good for eyes too." "full of Vitamin A too." "Hey Yuri..." "I've been thinking about this for a while now..." "Yuri..." "You're like the school-lunch auntie." "What!" "I am not happy at all!" "Hurry up and eat!" "Just joking." "Don't look so scared." "Eh?" "Where's Atsushi anyway?" "he had something to do." "he's always doing things by himself." "No way." "Really?" "Yeah." "Very happy." "But you said you weren't just busy with part-time work?" "Um yeah." "Sara..." "What do you think?" "you rascal." "Why did you get chosen as Stage Chief?" "you know." "This is too much to complete." "you're going to lose your finger." "Eh?" "Lose my finger?" "Atsushi." "I brought supplies." "Who's that?" "Who?" "Morisaki-san." "How are you related?" "An old friend of my mom's." "He's looking after me now." "Why is he looking after you?" "Some adult circumstances kind of thing." "What am I going to predict?" "Let's do romance prediction." "Ah." "That's a good one." "Something like "You are linked to the person you're fated with by a red thread"." "Ne!" "That's true." "You want to hear the story about the red thread?" "I want to hear that!" "will tell the story." "The tale of the red thread originated from a famous China folklore." "It is a heart-rending love story between two people bound by fate." "a man walked a mountain road to meet his fiancee." "an old man appeared." "The old man is from the realm of the dead so he is said to be able to see the red thread tying people together." "What's realm of the dead?" "The world you go after death." "The old man said to the man" "The fiancee you're on your way to meet now is not fated with you." "You are linked by a red thread to that baby." "And he pointed his finger at a baby that happened to pass by. the livid man struck them all down." "Eh?" "He just killed them off like that?" "However..." "The man and his fiancee were not linked by the red thread. the man came upon his fated encounter." "This partner of his was the baby from that time back." "The baby who had narrowly escaped death has grown into a beautiful woman." "the pair met again and fell in love." "Mei-chan... you're here." "What are you reading?" "about the story Morisaki-san told us just now." "It's a tale from 1000 years ago. it is by chance." "it is fate." "both will come to know of each other's pasts." "And the truth causes them anguish." "Then they choose to part. we will meet again." "Believe in this." "A love you choose to part from... no matter how much you love each other huh? who have you been mailing from just now?" "Don't tell anyone else?" "Mm." "I'm mailing the legend of the red thread to 'myself of tomorrow'." "'Myself of tomorrow'?" "Mm." "What is that?" "It's like a diary. then mail it to myself." "I store it under the folder "To myself of tomorrow." "Eh." "A mail to yourself." "But... to save something so as not to forget it." "I understand that feeling." "Really?" "Mei-chan." "thanks for waiting." "It's only a week to the culture festival." "Mia..." "Don't fall in love when you see me strumming the guitar." "Don't worry." "I will not be the least interested." "Ah." "Is that so?" "Mia loves only the older ones." "Yuri." "Same for me beating the drums." "I won't be taken in." "will you?" "Yes." "understood." "I'll get someone to do it." "Yeah." "I asked Murakoshi-san personally." "So don't worry." "Ah." "Okay." "Got it." "See you." "Ah." "Panda-san's not here." "Stupid." "What are you doing?" "Go look for it." "by any chance?" "My friend told me I'll be able to get by without much sleep." "And it can make me focus better too." "Preparing for exams?" "Is that so?" "Working so hard to the point there's no time for anything huh." "But is it dangerous?" "This is perfectly safe." "It's just like a supplement." "This thing..." "It's just something to make you believe in your own strength." "It's a supplement to make you believe 'I can do it!" "'" "Good luck in your exams." "Actually it's 5." "3 will do." "don't say a word to police." "Buying Panda-san is a secret." "I'll know right away." "Yes." "Fortune-telling Hall." "Set up by Class 3-1." "Please visit." "Fortune-telling Hall." "What's with this outfit?" "look ridiculous huh." "Not at all." "You look like a diviner." "Is that a compliment?" "Oi!" "What is this?" "This get-up?" "Which character are you?" "This..." "Oi!" "For real." "Fortune-telling Chief." "Doesn't look like one at all!" "I am definitely not doing this." "Don't run." "it's too late now." "camera..." "Please stand still." "click." "our band's performing in 2 hours." "Make sure you come and see us." "I'm going to sing a message song that will make your heart flutter." "What?" "I wonder." "let's go." "Let's put our spirits in it." "What character is he playing?" "Oi Taka." "Let's go." "Let's prepare." "This is it!" "It's in 2 hours." "Make sure you come." "I got it." "Do your best." "I will." "Wait for me!" "Give it back." "This is Miyavi's..." "Thank you." "Mm." "Mei." "Troubled?" "call me." "It'll be helpful." "Oi Sara..." "Can you really do this?" "you have to have the sense for it." "It'll be fine." "Well Sara... that's not what we want... right?" "U..understood." "She understood." "Sara." "You're going to make us really cool right?" "I'll make you cool." "Alright then." "Sara." "Get The Party Started Chief." "Will you find a boyfriend?" "Blue 121 next." "Yes." "Come in." "Welcome." "This way please." "Thank you for waiting." "You will get married when you're about 40." "It's coming..." "You will have a cat..." "Birthdate please." "1st October 1991." "I see." "Ah." "Your guardian spirit is there." "Eh?" "!" "It's your grandpa." "Grandpa?" "Where where?" "A person with overhelming love and concern for you." " Super." "That's true." " Amazing." "That's impossible." "Amazing." "Super." " Great." " Amazing." "It's all true." "Excuse me." "Do you know Nishino Atsushi-kun from Year 3?" "The third years are one floor up." "Thank you very much." "Bubble art." "Please drop by." "Doing well huh." "Looks like it." "Loads of people from morning..." "Uwa?" "!" "even getting chosen as a Chief." "It suits you." "Wow." "Isn't she cute?" "Super cute." "No way..." "A girl from Seiya Girls is here!" "Is she dating someone here?" "It's so pretty!" "I want to wear that uniform too!" "A-kun?" "Nami." "Nami?" "!" "How are you?" "Nami?" "Mm." "Why are you here?" "Mm..." "Sorry Mei." "I'm going out for awhile." "Mm." "This way." "Why so slow?" "Please wait a little longer." "I've been waiting for a long time now." "Yeah... hurry up." "Mei." "Go call A-kun." "Mm." "Oi." "The band's starting." "Let's turn Japan into India!" "by Muscle Girl Squad spicy stuff turbaned man." "That I saw in Ooenji." "Invite me away." "Into the flow of the Ganges river." "Far away tonight fever rolling!" "Let's just do it!" "Far away tonight fever" "Natural high!" "I'm gonna fly!" "Gonna fly!" "Japan into India!" "Make it!" "I see..." "So A-kun's with Morisaki-san." "Aa." "Morisaki-san is a good man." "I thought there wouldn't be anyone who will understand the feelings of a kid whose parents are involved with drugs." "But that man is different." "what's wrong?" "Did something happen?" "I'm... all alone now." "What do you mean alone?" "You know what?" "My dad... he commited suicide." "Suicide?" "He was worn out from many things." "'Sorry.' That's what he wrote in the suicide note." "It must be hard on you." "What are you going to do now?" "I'll stay where I am now." "My mom has a new family already." "I don't want to bother her." "you'll be all by yourself." "It's alright." "I'll be given an allowance." "my mom wasn't in the house anymore." "I got used to it." "I'll definitely get used to it soon." "Nami." "But can I come see you again?" "Thank you." "Sara?" "Sara?" "Are you okay?" "She burned herself out completely." "she won't get up right?" "Is she gonna be okay?" "that's why." "Ice coming!" "Move aside!" "She needs that rather than oxygen huh?" "Oh!" "Get The Party Started Chief has woken up!" "It's like you risked your life for it huh?" "Really." "Thank you." "Things were really livened up because Sara worked so hard." "It was a BIG success." "Thank you! where's Mei and A-kun?" "Ah." "They missed our dance." "No way." "Yeah." "What a waste." "Mei..." "Where's everyone?" "They went to see the band." "Oh I see." "That girl from Seiyo Joshi just now." "A-kun?" "Ah... a childhood friend." "Sorry." "Bailing out halfway." "It's okay." "This isn't coming off at all." "Ouch." "It got into my eyes." "What were you doing..." "The fortune-telling was a big success huh?" "I'm not sure about that." "Why was it that popular?" "that's right." "shall we do yours too?" "Take a seat." "Ah... you were cheating." "Of course!" "I can't memorize all this you know." "Mei's birthdate?" "29th February 1992." "Eh?" "My birthday comes by only once in 4 years." "right?" "29th February..." "Have you ever met anyone with the same birthday?" "Same birthday..." "I think I did meet someone." "When was that?" "when I was younger I think?" "Was there anything special about that day?" "Hey..." "Asking all these questions." "Do you know something?" "Mm." "Maybe." "What was special about that day?" "Snow." "It started to snow." "It was my 8th birthday." "I met a boy in front of a cake shop." "He told he had the same birthday as me." "That boy is... good work." "Yo." "Good work." "Ah!" "Here she is!" "Why didn't you come to see us dance?" "Sorry." "How did it go?" "I feel like I discovered something new about myself?" "What's that?" "I'll let everyone eat curry." "And Sara-san was awesome." "Why didn't you come see us?" "What a waste." "I'm glad we did it." "Comment: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:00.00,Default,0000,0000,0000, Then is it still fate if we missed each other?" "From unleashthegeek  grumpy:" "Happy New Year!"