Friend #1: Thanks for the food! Friend #2: Where to next? Friend #3: I haven't had enough to drink yet. Friend #2: Have you heard about the new joint that just opened up near here? (Kubo walks into the elevator) Friend #3: Hey... you going home already, Kubo? Kubo: Uh, yeah. There's a match tomorrow. Friend #2: Well, catch you later. Friend #3: He's the only guy we know who takes the tennis club seriously. (Friends leave, elevator goes down to another floor, otaku get on) Hino: Miyoshi, do a Gundam parody again with me, will you? Miyoshi: But it's a little difficult without material. Hino: Switch on. Miyoshi: Oh wait! Tanaka hasn't caught up with us yet. Iyama: What a slowpoke. Sato: Guess what I got! A Harlock sticker!!! Hino: Huh? Really? Let me see it! (Shows sticker) Sato: My friend's making them in his circle! Hino: Eh? Really? That's news to me. Iyama: (quoting) "One does not care to acknowledge the mistakes of one's youth." Sato: But still, could you believe how packed the last Comic Market was? Miyoshi: True, true... wall-to-wall clueless no-nothing beginners! Hino: Yeah, like that girl in the Minky Momo costume! Tanaka: (off-screen) Hey folks, 'scuse me, sorry... Miyoshi: Captain! All crew members present and accounted for. Hino: Very well! Launch! (Tanaka gets on elevator) Miyoshi: Roger! Auxiliary engines engaged! (Tanaka notices Kubo) Tanaka: Huh? Well, Kubo! If it isn't Kubo! Kubo: Eh? Tanaka! I haven't seen you in ages! Tanaka: Not since high school! Kubo: Yeah! What are you up to these days? Tanaka: I'm in the Manga Research and the Jack-of-all-Trades Circle. Kubo: Huh? Iyama: Say... art thou a friend of our liege, Tanaka? Kubo: Huh?End scene 1.
Tanaka: (dressed as Char Aznable) Hey Kubo! Kubo: What the...?! Tanaka: Yo! Kubo: Ta...Tanaka?! Why on Earth are you dressed like that? And what are doing here at my school? Tanaka: We made a deal so we can sell our fanzine here. The finest.. "Matilda Ajan!" Buy one, pal! Kubo: A fanzine? Tanaka: Yep. Kubo: So you've got to dress like that to sell your magazines? Tanaka: That's not it at... (interrupted by Sato shouting) Sato: (dressed as Lum) Hey Tanaka! Our "Artesia" sold out this morning! Tanaka: What? Are you serious? I'm jealous! Man! Our 'zines aren't selling at all! Kubo: Er... WHAT is she? Tanaka: Eh? Who, Sato? You met her the other day, didn't you? Sato: How do you do? Kubo: Er.. but this isn't what she looked like before. Tanaka: Of course not! She's costume playing! Sato: Yup. Kubo: Cos... costume play? What's that? Tanaka: What, you don't know what costume play is? Sato: It's when you make a costume of your favorite character and wear it. It's really fun! Kubo: A costume, you say... (stares at Sato) Er... is she a student here? Tanaka: It doesn't matter, does it? Just buy one of our fanzines, okay? I'll even throw in a set of Zambot 3 blueprints as a bonus. Iyama: Hey, wilt thou buy one or not? Otaku #1: (quoting) "Ah, what a delightful youth." Otaku #2: Our club's "she-male" fanzine is really good! Otaku #3: (quoting) "During the next thirty minutes your soul will leave your body... ...and will enter this mysterious dimension." (Laughter)End scene 2.
Tanaka: SLAM! Miyoshi: Target-scope open! Raise video targeting right by twenty degrees! Disengage safety lock! (opens door) Tanaka: Welcome, comrade. This is our homeland! (off-screen) Did Mr. Tsunumaki pull another all-nighter? Miyoshi: Yeah. Tanaka: Hey, Kubo! What's the matter? C'mon in! Hino: Ah, Tanaka. Who've you got there? Tanaka: Let me introduce you! This is Mr. Hino. He's our special effects and science fiction specialist. Hino: How do you do? Tanaka: The guy with the flat-top in the corner is Mr. Miyoshi. Miyoshi: Hi. Tanaka: A pro-wrestling and idol specialist... ...he knows techniques that could down a Yakuza in ten seconds flat. The girl next to him is Miss Honda. (she waves) She's an expert on "pretty boys" and alcoholic beverages. And there's Mr. Iyama... a military and games expert. Iyama: Hello there. Tanaka: And the guy sleeping in the doorway is Mr. Tsunumaki, our night-owl. His nocturnal habits allow our circle to run twenty-four hours a day. Add me, the anime specialist... and Miss Sato, our brilliant illustrator, and... ... ten years from now... ...THE INDUSTRY WILL BE OURS!!! (Silence) Honda: So, who's he? Tanaka: Huh? Oh yeah. Let me introduce him. This is Kubo, the guy we met the other day in the elevator after the party. Kubo: Hello. Honda: Oh, the one who plays tennis! Miyoshi: Tennis? What's a city boy like him doing here? Kubo: "C...City boy?!"end scene 3.