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L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Opening
Lowain's heart is beset by tempestuous storms when a most lovely customer, Katalina, shows up at a restaurant. He calls her out to a night in town to confess his feelings for her.
In days to come, he would describe this meeting as destiny.
Lowain: Yo, here's your order.
Lowain: What do you think? Good, right? Take a while to really savor the flavor.
This young man's name is Lowain. He spends his days cooking and waiting tables at a small restaurant on a remote island.
But in a single moment, his whole world is about to change.
Lowain: You leaving now, miss? How was your meal?
Katalina: Delicious, thank you. Although this place is rather, well... lively.
Lowain: Heh, yeah, I guess that just shows how popular we—Whoa!
Katalina: Hm? Is something wrong?
Lowain: (Now I get a good look at this woman...)
Lowain: (She's totally beautiful! A perfect ten!)
Katalina: Hm?
Lowain: Hey, hold on, miss! Uh, my shift ends in a couple of hours; do you think you could come meet me then?
Knees knocking, sweat pouring down his back, Lowain's trembling hands note down the time and place of the meeting.
After finishing work Lowain attempts to compose himself by discussing his feelings with his workmates.
Lowain: So I met this girl, right? Her name's Kat or something. Anyway, she's smokin' hot!
Lowain: For real, my heart totally skipped a beat. It was like love at first sight, dude!
Elsam: Like, whoa! What's up with you, Lowain? Never thought I'd hear you say somethin' like that.
Tomoi: Seriously, dude. Like, if this girl's got Lowain crushing hard, I've gotta see her for myself!
Lowain: Kat... Will she really show up?
Elsam: Of course!
Tomoi: She's gotta!
All Three: Right?
All Three: Totally!
Lowain and the bros arrive at the appointed place and set eyes on the woman who will have a profound effect on their future.
Katalina: ...
Lowain: Pssst. (There she is!)
Elsam: (Whoa, seriously? That's her?)
Tomoi: (Dude, she's a knight! Look at all that armor! She'd sooner kick your butt than go on a date with you!)
Lowain: (Shaddap! Just hang back here, okay, guys? Don't get in my way!)
Elsam and Tomoi: (You got it!)
Lowain: Kay, here I go.
Lowain: Hey there! Hope I didn't keep you waiting.
Katalina: Ah, Lowain. What did you want to talk to me about?
Lowain: Y'see... Whoa, hold up a sec. Man, that's really something...
Katalina: Hm? What's the matter?
Lowain: Heh, it ain't nothing. I was just surprised at how beautiful the night sky looks tonight.
Katalina: It certainly is a wonderful sight. But surely you get to enjoy this all the time...
Lowain: Yeah, sure... But lately it seems all the more dazzling.
Lowain: I think that must be because of you, Kat.
Katalina: M-me? I'm sorry, but I don't quite understand...
Lowain: Just chill for a sec and listen. I want to tell you my honest feelings.
Lowain: I've loved you from the moment I first laid eyes on you.
Katalina: What! L-love?
Elsam: (Whoa, this is uber tubular! I've never seen Lowain get this far before!)
Tomoi: (F'real! I'd never be able to keep it together after saying that kind of mega deep stuff, dude.)
Lowain: Kat... I mean, Miss Katalina Aryze. Will you be mine?
Katalina: W-what? I-I'm sorry, but I'm currently on a journey...
Lowain: Yeah, I know that. So how about I join your crew? I'm a pretty good cook, you know.
Lowain: And, Kat, I wanna be there for you every morning with a handmade breakfast!
Katalina: Oh, Lowain, my hero...
Lowain joins (Captain) and the crew in their adventures, while he and Katalina embark on an adventure called love.
The empire? The island of the Astrals? For the love of a good woman, there is no hardship Lowain would not overcome.
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 1: Shoulda Done It This Way, Bro - Episode 1
Lowain discusses with his bros what he could've done better to not get dumped by Katalina. He then has a daydream where he gallops in to her rescue when a ruffian comes bothering her.
There is a cafe on the corner of a busy shopping street in Port Breeze...
It is neither trendy nor outdated—just a nondescript cafe. The scents of weak coffee and melted butter waft out onto the street.
In a corner of this cafe sits three young Erunes. Idle chatter blooms elegantly between them like flowers reaching for the dawn.
Lowain: Let me make you soup... for the rest of our days!
Lowain: Think she'll respond well to that?
Ah, I can almost picture her melting to my tender voice!
Ah, I can almost picture her melting to my tender voice!
Elsam: Bahaha, I think that's a soup-er wild fantasy. It's all in your head, lover boy!
Tomoi: Hahaha! You're settin' yourself up for failure, man. Another day, another failure—I'm calling it.
Lowain: Huh? I thought it was a good plan... If you're so wise, why don't you tell me what to do, Cupid?
Elsam: Kat, she's an impregnable fortress—like, way outta your league, bro. If you screw it up, we'll get kicked outta the crew!
Tomoi: Yeah, we have a good thing going on here!
Hey! Waiter! Can we get some water?
Hey! Waiter! Can we get some water?
Despite being turned down by Katalina once already, Lowain and the bros have recouped and are looking to the journey ahead.
A portion of the crew has taken a request on the island. In the meantime the boys while away the hours in their own special way.
Lowain and the boys are on standby, chilling in a cafe, waiting for (Captain) and the crew to return.
Lowain: I got it! Maybe a gift is a good tactic! Yeah, girls love flowers and stuff, right?
Elsam: No, no, no, no, no! That is the worst idea ever in the skies, dude! Romantic and mushy... bro... not cool.
Tomoi: You said it! A woman's heart is a puzzle, my friend. A riddle in a maze...
Lowain: What are you on about? Maybe I should put up a suggestion board for you two and your lessons in love.
Elsam: Kat has a delicate heart—you can't just be pullin' her to and fro, like bam, bam, bam all the time, dude.
Tomoi: Dudes! She's a knight! With armor! Tough as nails, no doubt. She ain't got time for sensitive and delicate petals like us!
Lowain: I'm for sure puttin' up that suggestion board... Please submit your ideas, which are obviously sooo much better than mine.
Lowain: Well? I'm waiting... Where are all your super awesome ideas? I'm not going to get anywhere sitting around speechless like you two!
Elsam: Well, the first step is, y'know... Something that's more... actions than words... Just not soup, okay?
Tomoi: Totally! Actions speak louder than words 'n' all that! We men gotta show that we're dependable!
Lowain: I can feel that, bro. But... what can I do to show that?
Elsam: Oh, oh, oh! I got it!
Tomoi: What, what, what? Spit it out!
Elsam: Be a knight in shining armor! Like Prince Charming, y'know! Kat would love that, right?
Tomoi: Oh. Oh? Oh! Like, so when Kat is in trouble, you're like, boom, and you rush in to save her!
Tomoi: Oh, help me... Somebody, anybody, save meee! Then she hears a horse galloping toward her—the sound of her savior!
Elsam: Totally!
Tomoi: Hahah! We'll need to get you a horse, bro. Can't be Prince Charming without a white stallion!
Lowain: Dudes, how could I ever have doubted you? I could totally imagine that happening!
Lowain: A knight in shining armor...
Back where the two lovebirds met, Katalina is waiting for Lowain when a rough-looking man approaches her.
???: Heh heh heh! What are you doing out here all alone, fair maiden? Maybe you'd like to come and see how I shine my horns?
Katalina: Sigh... How many times do I have to tell you? I'm not interested.
???: But wait! Your cuteness has blinded me! I must show you the lustrous and glorious radiance of my horns! Come on!
Katalina: Eeek! What treachery is this! Let me go, beast!
???: But my horns are so smooth and ostentatious... Look, look, looook! Oh no, one of my perfectly polished horns has scratched you!
Katalina: Somebody! Anybody! Save me from this villainous fiend!
Lowain: Fear not—I will save you!
Katalina: My prince, Lowain!
Lowain: Release this goddess from your filthy grasp, pitiful creature!
???: What? A knight in shining armor? But I have to show her my breathtakingly effective horn-care routine!
Lowain: How dare you touch this princess! Your horns are not even smooth... Release her at once before I mash you, potato-punk.
Potato-Punk: Why you—You're not gallant at all; you're limp like a wet leaf! Leave this place, or I'll make salad out of you, lettuce-boy.
Lowain: Try it, potato-punk!
Potato-Punk: Go on then, lettuce-boy!
Lowain: Potato!
Potato-Punk: Lettuce!
Lowain: Potato!
Potato-Punk: Lettuce!
Elsam: Potato!
Lowain: Lettuce!
Potato-Punk: Potato!
Lowain: Lettuce!
Tomoi: POTATO!
Potato-Punk: LETTUCE!
Lowain: POTATO!
Potato-Punk: LETTUCE! I'm going to shred you!
Lowain: Bros, activate!
Elsam: Leave it to us!
Tomoi: You're in trouble now!
All Three: Cavalry! Chaaarge!
Potato-Punk: Oh my potatooo!
Lowain: Hurraaay!
Now, Kat, take my hand and I'll whisk you away!
Now, Kat, take my hand and I'll whisk you away!
Katalina: My knight in shining armor, my Prince Charming!
Katalina, blushing, takes Lowain's hand and is pulled up onto his horse. Her arms wrap around him as they ride into the sunset.
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 1: Shoulda Done It This Way, Bro - Episode 2
Lowain realizes that rescuing Katalina from an icky, yucky monster, rather than a ruffian, might be more plausible. The vivid scene plays out in his imagination with him being wiped out in a second.
The sun sets over the cafe. The bros are polishing the details on Elsam's idea of how Lowain can profess his love for Katalina.
Lowain: Yeeeah! It's so mushy and romantic... Don't it just make ya heart flutter.
Elsam: Whoop! There's no girl who wouldn't fall for you in that situation, dude! Well, I'd be totes surprised if there was.
Lowain: Anyway, this plan to make Kat mine is for sure the best horse of action. I'll just wave my sword about... and save the princess!
Elsam: Hehehehehe, wave your sword about sounds funny...
Tomoi: Hahahahaha! What're you on about, you goon! You can't say that in public!
Tomoi: Hahahaha, hahaha, haaa... Right then, Prince Charming, I just have one little worry...
Lowain: Go ahead, bro.
Tomoi: Y'know, the plan relies on you saving Kat from that potato-punk guy... What if she deals with him herself before you get there?
Tomoi: I mean it's totes likely, bro... She's splatted loadsa dudes... She does it all the time... So, like... where does the prince bit fit in?
Lowain: That's deep, man. Real deep.
Elsam: Ahaha! Okay, then let's—Wait... huh? I don't understand. Can you explain it again?
Tomoi: You guys are idiots, man. The answer's simple...
Tomoi: We find a dude stronger than Kat... and then Operation White Stallion would be a go! She'd fall for you instantly!
Lowain: Hmm... It's a good idea in principle.
Elsam: But where would we...
Tomoi: Y'know, now that I think about it...
All Three: Major problemo!
Lowain: Aww man, we are such dunces; why didn't we think of this earlier... Bummer, dudes.
Elsam: Word. I mean, what sort of enemy is stronger than Kat?
Lowain: A mega-vicious monster? Or maybe an uber-gross primal beast?
Tomoi: Horns! Horns are a must have! Pointy stabby ends, demonic-looking... Totally vicious!
Elsam: I think a big snake'd do the trick for me. I've hated those long, slithery pests since I was a kid. Totes gross.
Lowain: Dudes, they are both mucho scary... horns and snakes...
Back where the two lovebirds met, Katalina is waiting for Lowain when a rough-looking man approaches her.
Potato-Punk: But my hooorns...
Katalina: Humph, what a persistent jerk.
Katalina: So where is that Lowain? He mentioned having to take care of something first, but...
Icky Yucky Monster: Hissss! Grooaar!
Katalina: Huh? Why in the skies is there a monster in the middle of town?
Icky Yucky Monster: Hissss! Grooaar!
Katalina: Ahh! It's just too big and icky and yucky! I can't defeat it alone!
Lowain: Fear not—I will save you!
Katalina: Lowain! Don't come over here! It's too dangerous! Run!
Lowain: That's my line! Now step back, Kat!
Katalina: W-what? This is no ordinary monster! Do you really mean what you say?
Lowain: Of course! I said that one day I'd lay my life down to protect yours, and I'd like to keep that promise, my princess.
Katalina: Huh? But... why?
Lowain: Shall we talk after I have slain this foul beast, fair maiden?
Katalina: I understand, Lowain... I'll leave this to you!
Lowain: So you are the vile fiend that has sought to lay hands on my fair Kat?
Icky Yucky Monster: Hissss! Grooaar!
Lowain: You think you can stand in the way of Cupid's arrow? It'll take more than the likes of you to stop the power of my love! Bring it!
Icky Yucky Monster: Hissss! Grooaar!
Lowain: Ooft!
Katalina: Err...
Lowain, who has been brought down with a single blow, rolls around on the ground groaning while Katalina looks on skeptically.
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 1: Shoulda Done It This Way, Bro - Episode 3
Lowain fails to imagine himself defeating a monster that even Katalina cannot handle. But when Tomoi recommends that Lowain kick the bucket trying to protect her, his imagination kicks into high gear.
The cafe is lit by the soft glow of lanterns. Lowain is pointing out flaws in Tomoi's plan of how to profess love to Katalina.
Lowain: Dude, that sounds way too far-out scary for me...
Elsam: Well, if you're gonna be a naysayer, what do you think we should do?
Tomoi: Are you for real? It's crazy to send him out there to be splattered into Lowain-smoothie instantly, right?
Lowain: Yeah, maybe we need to think a bit more real-life, y'know?
Lowain: Kat must have some sorta monster she doesn't like that I can deal with... But I can't think of a single one.
Elsam: No, no, no! It's obvious, bro—she just doesn't have a weakness...
Tomoi: Dude, we need to think outside the box. Maybe like a fox attack... or a knife-squid with spider legs?
Lowain: You're both useless! Can't you try and think of a sensible plan for once!
Elsam and Tomoi: Huh?
Elsam and Tomoi: Oh...
Elsam: Aww man, I thought my idea was gnarly... but y'know: don't hate, congratulate.
Tomoi: No way, bro... More like: it wasn't great, commiserate.
Lowain: How about: it's fate, commiserate!
All Three: Get a date, commiserate!
Tomoi: Whoa! I totally just got hit with a flash of inspiration, bros!
Elsam: What, what, what! Tell me—I'm listening!
Lowain: Dudes, let's get on it! Three, two, one... Planning time!
Tomoi: What about... Y'know, like, protecting a woman from getting hurt 'n' stuff is, like, super cool, right? But...
Elsam: Oh yeah, oh yeah? Are you saying... maybe the opposite would work too?
Lowain: What are you talkin' about dude... Getting my butt kicked is my big chance?
Lowain: Love through sympathy!
Lowain, having suffered a devastating injury, is being cradled by Katalina, his head in her lap. She calls out to him desperately.
Katalina: Lowain! Lowain! Are you okay? I'm here—hold on!
Lowain: Heh... I slipped up...
Katalina: I told you to run... Why did you... Why did you try and face that icky yucky monster alone?
Lowain: I told you before... I promised I'd lay down my life for you...
Katalina: Y-you did it to protect me?
Lowain: Katalina Aryze, the day fate brought us together was the day my life changed. I raise my glass to you... Cheers.
Katalina: All this time you...
Katalina: Oh, Lowain! I love you too!
Lowain: ...
Katalina: What? Is this a joke? Open your eyes... Lowain? L-Lowain!
Katalina: Nooo! Loowaaaiiin!
Lowain, unfortunately, is dead. But the love and courage he showed that day would stay with Katalina for eternity... probably.
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 1: Shoulda Done It This Way, Bro - Episode 4
Elsam and Tomoi cry out over Lowain's demise despite the tragedy occurring only in his delusional mind. To cheer them up, Lowain imagines calling out to (Captain) to save them from the monster.
The cafe is nearing closing time for the day when the bros are revisiting the love confession plan in which Lowain dies overenthusiastically.
Lowain: What! That doesn't count! She can't fall for me if I'm dead!
Tomoi: Dude, you totally can... I think even I'm falling for you... Nooo! Loowaaiin!
Tomoi: Bwhahaha, that's it! You're just gonna have to kick the bucket!
Lowain: Then sorry, bros! I'll see ya on the other side, my love for Kat... eternal.
Lowain: Yeah! Finally, Operation White Stallion will be a success! Isn't that right, Sammy!
Elsam: ...
Lowain: Huh? Why've you got your head on the table like that, Sammy? You sleepy?
Elsam: No, it's not that...
Tomoi: Sammy? Huh? Hey? Wha—You're crying?
Elsam: Sniff... N-no, I'm not!
Tomoi: Yeah, you are! You can't hide those tears! What's up, bro?
Elsam: It's just... Lowain dying... Sob...
Tomoi: Ha! Really? It's not really gonna happen, y'know! We're just talking make-believe, dude!
Elsam: Hic... J-jerk!
Tomoi: I get it! I get it! I'm sorry, bro! So anyway, let's get something warm to drink—
Elsam: Sob... L-Lowain... de-dead...
Tomoi: Okay, okay, you can stop now... My bad, I didn't realize you'd get all teary-eyed over it...
Tomoi: Really, man, turn off the waterworks already... C'mon, Sammy!
Tomoi: You're gonna set me off too...
Elsam: Sniff... I-I can't...
Tomoi: Sob... D-damn it!
Lowain: Dudes...
Lowain: ...
Lowain: Hahahahaha! I never knew you two were so in touch with your emotions!
Lowain: No tears over me allowed! Maybe my joke went a little too far... Plus, there's an easy way to beat that scrambled-up snake monster...
Elsam: Huh? But I thought the whole point was that you couldn't beat it?
Tomoi: Totes, man. You think you're some kinda superhero or somethin', Lowain?
Lowain: You dudes need to just trust a bro. Hope you're ready for this.
Lowain: So after I get hit...
Lowain, having suffered a devastating injury, is being cradled by Katalina, his head in her lap. She calls out to him desperately.
Katalina: Lowain! Lowain! Are you okay? I'm here—hold on!
Lowain: I told you before... I promised I'd lay down my life for you...
Lowain: Katalina Aryze, the day fate brought us together was the day my life changed. I raise my glass to you... Cheers.
Katalina: All this time you...
Katalina: Cheers, Lowain.
Lowain: Yeah! Cheers to us!
Elsam and Tomoi: Yeah!
Lowain: Tonight we're sendin' out a special song for all of you listeners in the sky out there!
Lowain: Are you ready? Team Lowain featuring (Captain) in the mix. All together now!
Tonight it's fate!
Tonight it's fate!
All Three: Well, I'm your knight (oooh, knight). I can also be your prince (Prince Charming)!
And it's true, that for you, I'm fallin' (in looove)!
And it's true, that for you, I'm fallin' (in looove)!
All Three: Flyin' high with the captain (high, high, in the sky).
Givin' monsters a slappin' (bye bye, your end is nigh). Let's soar, everybody!
Givin' monsters a slappin' (bye bye, your end is nigh). Let's soar, everybody!
Lowain: And that's all we got for you, folks!
Ready, bros? Three, two, one...
Ready, bros? Three, two, one...
All Three: Duuude!
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 1: Shoulda Done It This Way, Bro - Episode 4: Scene 2
Lowain and bros liven up, clamoring over how strong and reliable (Captain) is. With no clear resolution on how Lowain could have confessed his love for Katalina better, the day comes to an end.
Lowain and the bros come up with a way to defeat the monster and breathe a sigh of relief.
Lowain: Phew, it's down! That's our captain for you!
Elsam: Y'know, I totally feel safe with you guys. I knew we were gonna crush that monster a hundred percent!
Tomoi: Respect!
Elsam: Hey, Lowain, you finished being a jerk now? Y'know, saying you're gonna selfishly die on us...
Lowain: My bad, I think you're right. Biting the dust in front of Kat ain't gonna work. That's the kinda thing a wuss might do.
Lowain: Besides, we swore to be bros until death do us part.
Elsam: Haha, you bringing that old thing up again?
Tomoi: What old thing?
Elsam and Tomoi: Beats me!
All Three: Beats us!
All Three: Totally!
It hardly seems like the bros will find a solution any time soon, but that does not deter them from chatting late into the night.
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 2: Guide to Love - Episode 1
Lowain and bros leaf through an issue of Guide to Love and focus on a feature describing the top three qualities in a man, with results surveyed from a hundred female skyfarers. This leads to an on-the-spot dating quiz.
Lowain and the bros are at their favorite cafe, filling the air with trivial conversation.
Tomoi has brought a magazine of some kind and is asking the other two questions from it.
Tomoi: Time for the final question... Imagine going on your first date with a girl you like. Where would you go?
Lowain: Gotta be 'Guste! Those islands... Sun, sea, and sand, baby!
Elsam: The beach? You like to be bold, huh? Unlike Tommy here.
Tomoi: H-hey, shut up, dude!
Lowain: You don't get it. If you plays things safe, you won't get anywhere with the lucky girl. Me, I wanna get to know her.
Elsam: Ahaha! Listen to him lecturing us!
Lowain: I'm not lecturing. I'm just... passionate about it, y'know? Anyway, what about you, Sammy? Your ideal first date.
Elsam: Hmm... I guess, like, shopping in town? Picking out some clothes together or something?
Lowain: What kinda boring date would that be? You won't get anywhere like that, dude.
Tomoi: And now it's time for the results. All right, Lowain, your ideal girlfriend is...
Tomoi: The cheerful and easygoing friend turned girlfriend! A comfortable romance developing from a long-standing friendship suits you.
Tomoi: That's what it says.
Elsam: Ahaha! That's, like, the total opposite of Katalina, dude!
Lowain: You're not meant to take these things seriously, stupid! Nobody can figure us out with a few questions, dude.
Tomoi: Hey, don't lump me in with you!
Anyway, for Elsam...
Anyway, for Elsam...
Tomoi: Huh? What's this legendary older woman?
Elsam: That's what I wanna know. But if she's legendary, she's got to be quite the respectable woman.
Tomoi: Like an old lady?
Elsam: What? No, it means a mature woman with a great job, who can take care of you and stuff. Something like that.
Lowain: Trying to make sense of that thing is hopeless. Where did the magazine come from anyway, Tommy?
Tomoi: Dunno, just found it on the bookshelf over there. It's called the Guide to Love.
Lowain: It's a bunch of garbage, dude. It's not going to help you get a girlfriend. Love's not something you can study for.
Elsam: Oooh, looks like it's time for another lecture! Okay, professor, tell us what it takes to be popular!
Lowain: When the time is right.
Elsam: What's that supposed to mean? Come on, dude! We're your buddies... Wait, you have no idea what you're talking about, do you?
Lowain: You doubt me? I can't impart Lowain's Love Coaching to just anyone, y'know.
Elsam: Haha! Fine, I'll pay you then. How much?
Lowain: You can't buy love, dude!
Elsam: And there it is! The classic bluff! Maybe I should be the one coaching you!
Tomoi: All right, all right! I have some good news for anyone feeling a little unpopular...
Tomoi: For this month's issue of Guide to Love, they've asked a hundred skyfaring women to list the top three qualities they look for in their ideal man!
Lowain: Skyfaring women? A hundred of them revealing their secrets? Isn't that kinda awesome?
Lowain: Ugh... But this magazine looks totally dodgy.
Elsam: Right? I wonder if they actually asked all these women...
Lowain and Elsam: Hey, give it back!
Tomoi: Ahahahaha! You guys were totally dissing it just now!
Lowain: Tomoi, my brother! I was wrong!
Elsam: Tomoi, my brother! I was just embarrassed!
Tomoi: All right, number three on the list...
Tomoi: Will be revealed in a special love quiz!
Lowain and Elsam: Huh?
Tomoi: A quiz, dummies! A guess the three items on the list sorta thing... You're the ones claiming to be some love coaching master and disciple, right?
Lowain: Huh? Fine! I hope you're ready for this. I'll show you what I'm made of!
Elsam: I'm nobody's disciple! I'm gonna win this, and then I'll be the master!
Tomoi: Whatever! Anyway, starting from number three...
With their pride on the line, both men demonstrate their own relationship philosophy in the unexpected quiz.
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 2: Guide to Love - Episode 2
After Lowain and Elsam repeatedly fail to guess the third best ideal quality in a man, Tomoi decides to tell them the answer: decisiveness. Lowain then imagines himself being incredibly decisive in front of Katalina.
The setting sun shines into the cafe as Lowain and Elsam compete in the love quiz, faces grimly serious.
Lowain: Oh, got it! Wait... actually, no...
Elsam: Hmm... Number three is tricky, huh?
Tomoi: Come on, you can't think about this all day! Give me your answer, dude!
Lowain: Cooking! They can't say no to a man who can cook, right?
Tomoi: Bzzzt! Wrong! It certainly helps, but no. The clue is in the skyfaring women part.
Tomoi: Surely you can think of things more important to skyfarers?
Elsam: I know! Being able to fly!
Tomoi: What? How many men have you seen that can fly? Come on, it's something more... psychological!
Lowain: Oh, a good personality!
Tomoi: Too vague! It wouldn't be much of a quiz if that was on the list.
Elsam: Mentally... stable?
Tomoi: Seriously, dude? That's your answer?
Lowain: Agh... Hang on, it's just on the tip of my tongue!
Elsam: Yeah, me too!
Tomoi: You two are hopeless. All right, the correct answer iiis... decisiveness!
Tomoi: Skyfaring women appreciate a man who can make a quick decision in a life-or-death situation, it says.
Lowain: Huh? What kinda answer is that? It's too obvious, man!
Elsam: Right? In fact, it was the first thing I thought of. It's, like, one of the fundamentals, man.
Tomoi: Then why didn't you just say it? We're basically skyfarers, right? And we'd be pretty useless if we couldn't make up our minds.
Lowain: Decisiveness, huh? Now that I think about it...
Lowain: Yeah, decisiveness...
Somewhere on the Auguste Isles, a new couple is enjoying a brief vacation.
Katalina: Ahhh... I'm glad there are some free seats. I'm just so tired after all that swimming.
Lowain: Totally. Man, I'm starvin'! Why don't we order something? Here's the menu.
Katalina: Thank you. Heehee, everything looks delicious!
Katalina: Hmm... I think I'll have some of this first.
Katalina: Ah, wait... Maybe some of this might be better instead. Although...
Katalina: Hmm...
Katalina: I'm sorry! I just can't seem to make up my mind... Would you mind ordering for me?
Lowain: No problem! How about squid stuffed with rice? You can't go wrong with seafood at the beach.
Lowain: And then some salted grilled chicken! After sweating out there in the sun, I bet we could use something salty.
Lowain: And let's have a strawberry snow cone for dessert! Eating it after something salty will really bring out the sweetness.
Katalina: Yes, let's go with that!
(What a decisive man...)
(What a decisive man...)
As Lowain demonstrates his decisiveness, Katalina feels her pulse quicken, and she gently clasps her hands over her chest.
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 2: Guide to Love - Episode 3
Tomoi reveals the second alpha male quality to be open-mindedness, leading to bickering among the bros. Back in Lowain's mind, he sets out to fish a grand catch just for Katalina.
Beneath the light of the cafe's lanterns, Lowain describes his image of decisiveness.
Lowain: Something like that, y'know?
Elsam: Ahaha! That has nothing to with skyfaring, and it's definitely not life or death, dude.
Lowain: Food is totally a matter of life or death! Argh... I really wanna go to 'Guste!
Elsam: Yeah... I miss fishing in 'Guste!
Tomoi: Can't you two beach brains wait until summer to think about that? We've gotta talk about the next thing on the list!
Lowain: Enough of that alpha male stuff, Tommy bro! 'Guste is where it's at, man!
Elsam: That something-or-other bonito fish thingy is so tasty. What was it called again?
Tomoi: You have the attention span of a gnat. Here, let me give you a hint. Like number three, it ends with -ness.
Lowain: Wildness!
Elsam: Flying-ness!
Tomoi: Wrong and wrong! Not even close. And, Sammy, don't tell me you're one of those guys who wants to fly?
Lowain: I don't know. I think he's scarier than that. He's one of those guys hiding a dark secret!
Elsam: Huh? I don't get it. All guys want to fly, don't they?
Tomoi: I don't get you... Anyway, time's up. Give me your answers.
Lowain: Stop teasing us. Oh, is it neighborly-ness?
Tomoi: That's too vague again. Like, learn from your past mistakes, dude!
Elsam: Oh, I know! Is it... powerful-ness!
Tomoi: Wrong again. And anyway, strength goes without saying, doesn't it?
Tomoi: All right, game over! The correct answer is... open-mindedness!
Tomoi: When your job is as tough on the heart as it is on the body, you want the comfort of an open-minded partner, it says.
Elsam: Open-mindedness?
Lowain: Huh? I didn't even think of that. What sorta ideal guy are we even talking about anyway?
Tomoi: Uh, the kindhearted type, I guess.
Elsam: Shoulda just said kind then. Nobody asked for all these long words, dude. Oh, what about ol' Eugen?
Elsam: He's personable—he doesn't sweat the details, y'know? Is that open-mindedness?
Tomoi: Sounds about right. Rackam is totally like that too. Humors you when you're selfish and stuff.
Lowain: Yeah, I get it... Kind, easy-going, spoils you...
Lowain and Katalina wait at a beach house for their food to arrive.
Lowain: Aw, this is gonna be good. I can't wait!
Katalina: Heehee, me too. But with so many customers in here, we might have to wait a little longer.
Lowain: Oh, isn't that ours over there? Excuse me, waiter! Over here!
Potato-Punk: Here you are: stuffed squid and grilled chicken!
Lowain: Thanks! Mmm... I love the smell of fresh squid!
Katalina: Shall we dig in?
Huh? Wait a minute...
Huh? Wait a minute...
Katalina: Eeek? I-it's moving! The stuffed squid is still alive!
Katalina: Ugh, how awful. Let's call the waiter and have it cooked again.
Lowain: ...
Katalina: Huh? What's wrong, Lowain?
Lowain: Kat... I think we should let this little guy go.
Katalina: What?
Lowain: I know it's hypocritical, but now that I've met this squid, I want him to live!
Lowain: I just... thought that would be nice, y'know?
Katalina: I understand, but he must be pretty weak. I'm not sure we can return him to the sea like this.
Lowain: It's okay! I'll take the rice out of the squid and stuff the grilled chicken in. That'll give him the strength he needs to go on!
Lowain: All right, I'll go and free him!
Katalina: Heehee... He's so kind.
Potato-Punk: And here's your dessert. Strawberry snow cone!
Katalina: Oh, thanks!
Huh? What is this?
Huh? What is this?
Lowain: Ahh, that was a refreshing swim! Oooh, are those our snow cones?
Katalina: Yeah, but it's just a block of ice. Let's call the waiter and have them shave it properly.
Lowain: Mmm... it looks good! Digging iiin!
Katalina: Wh-what an easygoing man!
Katalina: Oh, I'm sorry! I haven't eaten anything yet...
Lowain: Oh, of course! Want me to order another squid? Or do you want something else?
Katalina: Hey, Lowain... can I maybe ask a favor of you?
Katalina: I heard a rumor that there are some mysterious fish lurking in the waters here. They're supposed to be unbelievably tasty.
Katalina: And so I was kind of hoping I might be able to...
Lowain: Say no more, Kat! What kind of man would I be to deny you?
Katalina: Thank you... You're so open-minded!
Lowain: All right! I'm gonna go catch those fish and bring 'em right back for ya!
Lowain: Heave-ho!
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 2: Guide to Love - Episode 4
The true number one quality remains a mystery as the corresponding text in the Guide to Love has been scribbled out and replaced with macho. Lowain finds this unforgivable and sets out to destroy all machos within his mind.
The cafe is about to close as Lowain describes his image of open-mindedness.
Lowain: Something like that, y'know?
Elsam: So you... return a squid to the sea...
Tomoi: And then you eat a block of ice...
Elsam and Tomoi: If you think about it with an open mind...
All Three: Yeeesss! That's open-mindedness!
Lowain: All right, now it's time for number one! Triple points for this one—am I right?
Tomoi: Ahahahaha! What kinda convenient rule is that? Well... the difficulty for number one is... Huh?
Tomoi: Macho?
Lowain: Hey, don't give away the answer, dude!
Wait, macho?
Wait, macho?
Elsam: Ahaha! What kinda stupid number one is that? Give it here, Tomoi!
Elsam: Ah, it really does say macho? But something about the letters looks kinda weird.
Tomoi: Huh? Ugh... Looks like another customer wrote it in themselves. They've scribbled over the real number one.
Lowain: Aw, what a bummer... There's no way the number one would be macho. It's just bad taste, dude.
Lowain: Like, showing off your muscles and stuff? It's totally ungentlemanly.
Tomoi: Right? You gotta be natural.
Elsam: Yeah, natural is the opposite of macho. They're like mortal enemies!
Lowain: Right! Macho is like...
Lowain and Katalina are at the beach house enjoying their delicious fish when they hear a scream.
Elsam: Waaah! It's a macho! A macho is here!
Tomoi: Damn it, this is bad! Everybody, run! There's a macho here!
Katalina: W-what? Why is there a macho here? Lowain, let's get out of here!
Lowain: This must be fate...
Katalina: Lowain? What are you talking about?
Lowain: Kat, have you ever heard of a macho hunter?
Lowain: I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I'm descended from a long line of macho hunters. I grew sick of it, so I turned away from the path.
Lowain: But it's no good. If I don't root out the machos from this world, there can never be peace.
Katalina: Lowain... Don't tell me you're going to fight that macho!
Lowain: It's time to settle this. Elsam, Tomoi, are you ready?
Elsam: Heave-ho, heave-ho!
Tomoi: Heave-ho, heave-ho, heave-ho!
All Three: Heave-hooo!
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 2: Guide to Love - Episode 4: Scene 2
After purging the world of machos, Lowain and bros come to realize that the true number one alpha male quality is wealth. They turn their eyes away from such realistic expectations as the evening passes.
As Lowain and bros finish telling the tale of how they purge the world of machos, they feel strangely satisfied.
Lowain: And so the world was peaceful once more...
Elsam: And they all lived happily ever after...
Tomoi: The end.
Lowain: Sigh... Still, doesn't it make you wonder what the real number one was?
Elsam: Oh, I know! If I drip some of this juice on it, the ink might wash off. Look!
Tomoi: Hm? Sammy, dude, you genius! It's come off!
Tomoi: Let's see... L...
Elsam: Likeable?
Tomoi: O...
Lowain: Lo? Oh, I know: loyal!
Tomoi: A... Ah, it's: loaded.
Lowain: Agh... Figures...
Elsam: So they want a decisive, open-minded...
Tomoi: Rich dude?
All Three: Ugh... Of course they do...
They leave the magazine on the bookshelf, continuing their silly conversation late into the night.
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 3: Relivin' the Good Ol' Days - Episode 1
Everyday life at the Albion Military Academy plays out in Lowain's imagination. His cheeks widen into a grin when he gets to the most stimulating encounter between transfer student Lowain and student council president Katalina.
Today the bros are at the same old cafe, exchanging trivial banter.
This time they are performing impersonations of the crew members.
Lowain: Katalina! I'll make the food for you all by myself!
Tomoi: I ain't pretendin' to be no girl!
Lowain: Katalina! Leave it to me, the super mighty warrior!
Any version of Rosamia is a crew member
Tomoi: (Sammy's been in the toilet a while... I wonder if he's feeling all right. I'm gettin' kinda worried 'bout the dude...)
Tomoi: Ooh, my mask is controlling me... I must drink his juice while he's gooone!
No version of Rosamia in crew
Tomoi: Great apples of fire! Slap my tail and call me a lizard! Or don't!
Elsam: Phew! Man, these toilets are crazy. The lock's, like, totally broken and stuff...
Lowain: That's awful, Katalina! I'll mend the locks all by myself!
Any version of J.J. is a crew member
Tomoi: Yo! The toilet lock's broken. I ain't even jokin'. It ain't no use a-pokin', 'cause that toilet door has spoken, yo!
No version of J.J. in crew
Tomoi: Blazing sky apples! Before we mend the toilet lock, we better take care of these monsters, (Captain)!
Elsam: Um... what? Anyway, it's cool; I already told the owner and all.
Lowain: I see! Then let's go pick mushrooms together, Katalina!
No version of Mimlemel in crew
Tomoi: Well, now, if it isn't the deserter, Lieutenant Katalina! You wretches won't escape me this time; I'm of noble birth, I do say!
Lowain: Katalina, I can do everything. I'm a super mighty warrior!
Elsam: Whaaa?
Elsam: Lowain, bro, don't tell me that's... a Farrah impersonation?
Lowain: You got it! So what do you think of my fawning-junior-officer impersonation skills?
Elsam: Um... Fawning-junior-officer skills?
Lowain: You just don't get it, do you, man? Kat and Farrah, they're all buddy-buddy, right?
Lowain: So I've been practicing her! I think I got, like, her whole worship-the-superior thing down in the last few minutes, see?
Elsam: That's just... weird, dude! Like, you with her personality and stuff. Totally. So what was yours, Tommy?
Tomoi: You don't get it?
Elsam: Nah, needs work, dude. But anyway, Farrah's worship-the-superior thing is kind of, like, her charm, right?
Lowain: Huh? What's this, what's this? A new theory?
Elsam: I can't explain it exactly, but, like, she's got the whole idolizing-Kat thing about her down perfect. Seriously, dudes.
Elsam: I guess if you spend your youthful days together, you get to have a special relationship...
Elsam: Even if you practice your idolizing now, Lowain, she's not gonna fall for you at this point, dude.
Tomoi: Bummer. Smart-thinking, Sammy... She's gonna be on best terms with the dudes and dudettes from her hometown.
Lowain: Seriously? Ah man, an' I thought I was on the right track there and all.
Lowain: But what exactly is their junior-senior relationship anyway?
Elsam: Hm... do you reckon they trained at Pommern School?
Tomoi: Bwahahaha! Dude, you mean, the Albion Military Academy.
Tomoi: But they're different ages, so I guess they know each other from their time in the imperial army.
Elsam: Oh yeah? Bummer. Those two have, like, always been together!
Lowain: Ah, I got it, man. So I gotta be in the same school as her, so, like, she can be my mentor!
Lowain: School, man... Those were the days...
Lowain: If I went to the same school as Kat, I could spend my youthful days with her...
In Albion Citadel there is a prestigious military academy famous for turning out talented young knights.
In town a young man is pushing through the crowds in a hurry.
Lowain: Huff... Pant... I can finally see the school...
Lowain: Did I make it in time? It'd be, like, totally uncool if I was late on my first day at a new school!
Lowain: Ungh!
???: Eek!
Lowain: Yow! Hey, what's the big idea, man?
???: Same to you! What kind of person just ploughs through a crowded area like that?
???: Ugh... this isn’t the time for petty bickering. Take care next time. I'm off!
Lowain: Hey, that's totally unfair! I'm just as late as you... Man...
Lowain: Huh? What's that? Somethin' shiny's fallen on the ground under the bridge...
Potato-Punk: Silence!
Today, I'm introducing the new transfer student to you all. Get up here, Lowain!
Today, I'm introducing the new transfer student to you all. Get up here, Lowain!
Lowain: Whoa... Chill, teach. Yo, dudes, I'm Lowain.
Potato-Punk: Hey, who gave you permission to speak! Showing up late for your first day as well... Rather impudent, aren't we, boy?
Katalina!
Katalina!
Katalina: Yes sir.
Hmm?
Hmm?
Katalina: Y-you're that guy from...
Lowain: Huuuh? Oh, you're...
Farrah: What is it, Katalina? Do you know this transfer student?
Katalina: Uh, well... I wouldn't say I know him, but...
Potato-Punk: Katalina. As the student council president, you show him around.
Katalina: Y-yes, sir. But actually, you see, I...
Potato-Punk: You have a problem with that? As the student head, you're the only one who has the school's master key, right?
Katalina: About that... I...
Lowain: Scuse me, Miss Student Council President.
Lowain shows her a glimpse of the key he picked up at the place they had met earlier.
Katalina: Eh? Th-that's...
Potato-Punk: What is it? Do you have some excuse for not being able to show him around?
Katalina: No, it's fine, sir. There's no problem.
Lowain: Heh heh... the pleasure's all mine!
Katalina: Oh, Lowain...
After their unconventional encounter, the youthful days of Lowain and Katalina are spent together in a whirlwind romance...
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 3: Relivin' the Good Ol' Days - Episode 2
Elsam grows jealous of Lowain's imagined paradise of school life with Katalina. He figures two can play the mind game and envisions the love blossoming between bad boy Elsam and student council president Katalina.
The afternoon sunlight floods in through the shutters as Lowain narrates his fantasy high school days in Albion.
Lowain: And after that? Well, dudes, Kat thanks me and we end up havin' lunch together.
Lowain: The overly formal student president having lunch with the upstart new boy? Hah, just wait'll you hear the ruckus this causes...
Elsam: Haha! Lowain, the wild new transfer student! I knew you'd come out with something like this!
Tomoi: The sweet romance between the bookish student head and the flashy transfer student... Dude, it's, like, opposites totally attract.
Lowain: You don't get it, Tommy. Adolescent love ain't sweet... It's bittersweet, man.
Tomoi: Bwa ha ha ha! I have no idea what you're talkin' about, but I'm uber-jealous, dude!
Elsam: Sounds kinda dumb. I mean... the student president? Why would you guys even get together?
Elsam: Is this like one of those, you know, stories where she leaves the dude to join the army. And what is a student president anyway?
Lowain: Yeah, I don't really get it, but Kat said that's what she used to be before. It's, like, the head of the student council?
Tomoi: Sounds kinda neat, but leader of the whole council... Man... That's like being the captain or something. Way outta your league.
Lowain: Well, that's the kinda stuff she did, I guess. Lookin' after other students, teachin' Farrah the sword and all.
Elsam: Hmmm... sounds like a pain...
Lowain: Well, it's my fantasy. I bet that's how it was...
Elsam: Man... I'd love to see her fawn over me like that...
As the bell rings signaling the end of school, the students prepare to head home on their separate routes.
One of the hall monitors calls out to a delinquent student.
Farrah: Elsam! Wait one moment! You haven't handed in your homework again!
Elsam: Aww maaan... Yeah, yeah, tomorrow, tomorrow.
Farrah: That's unacceptable! You'll go home after you've done it. Do you want to be a dropout?
Elsam: Nah, that'd be a downer, but... like, today's not possible, y'know?
Farrah: Grrr! Think about how embarrassing it is for the people who have to collect homework for the teacher!
Farrah: Accept it! You're not going home today without finishing it! I swear on my title of hall monitor!
Katalina: Cut it out, you two. What's the problem?
Farrah: Oh, Katalina! Just listen! Elsam hasn't done his homework!
Katalina: His homework? Elsam, why is this?
Elsam: Doesn't matter... It's none of your business, Miss Snooty Student President.
Farrah: Wha? What kind of attitude is that! You're asking to be punished!
Katalina: It's all right, Farrah. Elsam, is there some problem you're not telling us? If you let me, I can help.
Elsam: I... I said it's fine already.
See ya tomorrow!
See ya tomorrow!
Farrah: Grrr! How dare you!
Katalina: Elsam...
Farrah: Forget him, Katalina! Let him get expelled if he wants!
Katalina: ...
As the student council president, Katalina is concerned about Elsam's attitude and decides to go after him.
Katalina: Did I lose him? I could have sworn he went this way...
Katalina: Huh? That's...
Elsam: Heeey! Have you been a good kitty?
Abandoned Cat: Meooow.
Elsam: Heh heh heh... here ya go, today's din-dins!
Elsam: Sorry it's all, like, cheap stuff. I get my pay from my part-time job tomorrow, so I'll buy ya some totally tasty grub next time!
Katalina: An abandoned cat? So he's been working in his spare time to pay for its food?
Abandoned Cat: Meooow.
Elsam: Hahaha! Stop it. That tickles, little dude!
Katalina: Elsam...
Staring silently at Elsam's carefree smile, Katalina is surprised at how envious she feels of the cat in that moment.
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 3: Relivin' the Good Ol' Days - Episode 3
Lowain and Elsam bicker over how the Katalina in their minds should be. As if arbitrating, Tomoi exclaims that having rivals is perfectly normal and now pictures himself as a teacher in love with Katalina.
The cafe is lit by the soft glow of lamps. Lowain and Elsam are bickering in a lively fashion.
Lowain: Hold it right there, Sammy! She's my student council president, dude!
Elsam: Aww c'mon, like, can't I have a fantasy now and again? I love Kat too, man!
Lowain: All right, dude. I see how it is. You can have Farrah then. I permit it. Make the most of it now, y'hear?
Elsam: Dude, dude! Are you, like, her father or something now? You can't just delegate like that!
Tomoi: Bwahahaha! If you ask me, you guys sound like a married couple. Just listen to you bros, like a couple of banterlope.
Lowain: Ugh...
Elsam: Humph...
Tomoi: Anyway, bro, even if it ain't Sammy... You've gotta admit that having a love rival makes it all the more realistic.
Tomoi: I mean, this is Kat we're talkin' about. Everyone's gonna be fightin' over her, right? Not just the likes of you dudes.
Lowain: What's that supposed to mean? The likes of us dudes? We're the wild transfer student and the kindhearted delinquent...
Elsam: Y-yeah. If ordinary guys, like, knew we were after her and stuff, they'd totally back off straight away.
Tomoi: Hah, what's with that confidence? You're acting like it's kindergarten or somethin'!
Tomoi: Listen up, boys... A true rival is something like this...
In a dorm in the Albion Academy, Katalina and Farrah are leafing through all the cookbooks they can find.
Katalina: Hmm... This one seems a little too gourmet... We'd never be able to afford it with the budget...
Farrah: You're right... It's certainly an unreasonable demand. Asking the student council to host and organize the guest party.
Farrah: Even though it's the established custom, our budget's so low this year. The teachers just don't get it.
Katalina: You shouldn't say that. It's our job to find a way around things like that.
Farrah: Wow, Katalina! You're so clear thinking! You're right. I'll search for more cookbooks!
Katalina: Sigh... But she has a point... How are we going to manage this?
Tomoi: Yo, Kat, what's up? Saw Farrah in a bit of a rush just now... You got problems with the party prep or somethin'?
Katalina: Oh, Mr. Tomoi, sir... Well, yes, I'm afraid our budget is a little tight this year...
Tomoi: Aha. Thought that might be it. Welp, I'll just have to help ya out then.
Katalina: Huh? B-but, sir... isn't it against the regulations for staff members to help—
Tomoi: Yeah, you're right. Okay, so let's do this then, Miss Kat.
Ahem-hem!
Ahem-hem!
Tomoi: From this day forth... I proclaim us two officially buddies. So lemme help you out personally, okay? Of course, this is our secret!
Katalina: S-sir? Is this... your true self?
Tomoi: Heh...
And if it is, Kat?
And if it is, Kat?
Katalina: Sir... heehee. Thank you so much! Well then, if you'd care to help with this...
Katalina would find in Tomoi a gentle and understanding nature not found in her peers, something that could blossom further...
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 3: Relivin' the Good Ol' Days - Episode 4
The bros become rivals fighting over Katalina in their minds. The shocking realization that their most dangerous rival is actually Vira hits home hard.
It draws close to the cafe's closing time. Lowain and Elsam continue to bicker, now with Tomoi also.
Lowain: That's unfair, man! How come you're a teacher, huh? That's, like, against the rules.
Elsam: Totally.
Tomoi: Bwahaha! Like I said, rivals come in all shapes 'n' sizes. Deal with it, dudes!
Lowain: What the heck? That has nothing to do with it! I'm gonna become the student council vice-president!
Elsam: Hah, so am I! That seat next to Kat is mine!
Tomoi: Me too, me too!
Lowain and Elsam: I thought you were a teacher?
Lowain: Better get ready for the student council elections, Sammy. No matter what tricks you try, wild transfer student's gonna beat ya!
Elsam: Don't be stupid. I'm the kind-hearted delinquent, you know! My victory is, like, assured and all, dude.
Tomoi: Argh! It was a mistake makin' myself a teach...
Tomoi: Anyway, what's with this student council election anyway?
Lowain: You don't know, dude? It's a vote. To pick the new roles, y'know?
Tomoi: I know that. But Kat's, like, already the president, right? Why would they host a separate poll for the vice prez?
Lowain: Ahh... yeah, I guess they would usually be elected together. I could just be, like, elected an honorary member or something then?
Elsam: What the heck is that? You're just after Kat, dude. That's just, like, lame and underhanded. I demand a recourse election!
Tomoi: Bwahaha! It's called a recall election, idiot. So you trump the current vice prez in the reelection, and... wait...
Lowain: Someone who is after Kat...
Elsam: And has the credentials to be the student council vice president...
All Three: Vira?
Lowain: Whoa, whoa, whoa! If we try to knock her outta the election, she'll knock us out... like, literally!
On the student council's orders, Lowain's gang has been dragged out from its haunt in town and is greeted by a female student...
Vira: Good evening. I'm the vice president of the student council, Vira Lillie.
Lowain: Y-yo, what's up? So, yeah, what did you want us for?
Vira: Well... it's nothing major... I'd just like to talk with you guys about something...
Elsam: Ahaha... talk... with us?
Tomoi: Um... Vira, you do realize I'm a teacher 'n' all here...
Vira: Heehee, of course. And thank you so much for consenting to this.
Vira: As you are no doubt aware, in order to train our students here in Albion, we release monsters into the streets to roam freely.
Vira: And the student council plays a leading role in selecting and distributing the creatures in question...
Vira: Unfortunately due to a regrettable error on my part the other day, I seem to have accidentally let out an unwanted species...
Vira: Accordingly I'd like to request you three to take care of things.
Lowain: But wouldn't it be, like, so much faster if you took them on directly, Vira?
Elsam: Yeah, what he said!
Tomoi: Um... has everyone forgotten I'm, like, s'posed to be a teacher now?
Vira: No need for modesty... If you intend to take the seat of vice president from me, this is the least you'll have to put up with.
Vira: Well then, I'll leave you boys to it.
Monster: Graaagghh!
All Three: Aaah!
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 4: Imperial Help Wanted - Episode 1
The bros chat about the top professions for being a hit with the ladies. When they spot a recruitment ad for imperial soldiers, Tomoi imagines himself deep in love with the imperial prime minister, Freesia.
Lowain and the bros are at the usual cafe, busy with their usual banter.
The topic of conversation for the day is what kind of job will make them popular with women.
Lowain: Anyway, however you slice it, Rackam is a popular guy.
Tomoi: Agreed. Working as a helmsman is definitely a plus point with women. He's got this wicked look when he takes the wheel.
Tomoi: And V—
Lowain: Hold it! No mentioning Vira, remember? Augh... Just when I thought I'd forgotten about her...
Tomoi: Haha! How paranoid are you? I was gonna say Vyrn, dude. Vyrn. That little guy totally has a way with women.
Elsam: Oh, and what about knights? And knight captains? They're no joke when it comes to popularity!
Vane (Event) is a crew member, Lancelot (Event) is a crew member
Elsam: Yeah, like Lancey... He's got the looks and that White Dragon thing going on, right? Even my heart skips a beat when he's around.
Lowain: Siegfried's not bad either, man. He's totally the kind of dude you can look up to.
Vane (Event) not in crew, Lancelot (Event) not in crew
Elsam: I wish I could be a knight. Imagine it... Knight Captain Sammy!
Lowain: Huh? Dude, Sir Elsam is way more knight-y than Sir Sammy.
Continue 1Tomoi: Hmm... But y'know what I think? Royalty definitely tops the popularity charts.
Seruel is a crew member
Tomoi: Like Seruel! That dude is just all elegance. Plus when he's in his armor, he totally has that knight thing going on too, right?
Elsam: A knight and a prince! True royalty is pretty hard to beat.
Tomoi: He wears a tuxedo sometimes too. He looks like a total gentleman in it!
Elsam: Oh yeah, I've seen him in that! That tux is totally radical. What's with the whole bare-skin-under-the-armpit thing though?
Tomoi: That's part of the appeal, stupid! I guess it's just beyond the comprehension of a pleb like you.
Elsam: Ahaha! Don't act all high and mighty! You're just as much of a pleb as me.
Seruel not in crew
Tomoi: Like a king, y'know? And in my kingdom, nobody says a king can't marry a commoner! By royal decree I command you all do as you please!
Elsam: Ahaha! King Tomoi!
Continue 2Lowain: Hmm... But back on topic, we're never gonna be knight captains or princes, man. Let's focus on reality.
Lowain: Like, y'know... a job that'll give you instant popularity, or something to broaden your appeal.
Elsam: You're good with kids, and you're not a bad cook, right? How about some kinda servant job?
Tomoi: That's good news for you, Lowain, dude. You can pick something like that from over there.
Lowain: Huh? From the help wanted ads?
In the direction Tomoi points, there is a bulletin board inside the cafe, with a range of help wanted advertisements pinned to it.
Elsam: Lemme see... The weapon shop, the secondhand shop, the Knickknack Shack... Oh, the bakery is hiring too.
Tomoi: You can cook, so the bakery would work, right? You could make us a fancy breakfast.
Lowain: No, I want a job to impress women, not something that's totally the same as my job now!
Tomoi: Okay, fine! Here, look... a serious job! The Erste Imperial Army wants you!
Elsam: Ahaha! An imperial soldier? Yeah, you'd make a great imp, dude!
Lowain: Heh! All right, men! Are you ready to join your captain and take out the enemies of the empire?
Tomoi: Hey, don't shout at the ad. The soldiers in the picture might hear you, dude.
Tomoi: Wait, isn't that a picture of Pommern?
Elsam: I didn't know the imps needed job ads. They're always popping up; I thought maybe they just sprouted out of the ground like weeds.
Elsam: What do women see in imperial soldiers anyway?
Lowain: Hmm... They have a bad reputation, but I heard the pay is good. I guess if you have money, you can take someone on exciting dates.
Lowain: Hmm... I wonder what they get paid? Let's see...
Lowain and the others crowd around the bulletin board and peer at the recruitment ad.
Lowain: What? Seriously? They make how much?
Elsam: Wow, that's a lot! Ah, and look at the fine print too. There's a trial period, and they pay your medical expenses.
Tomoi: Whoa! No fair! Would experience as a helmsman get you special treatment? There are positions with the prime minister too, right?
Lowain: Huh? What's that about the prime minister?
Elsam: Freesia, right? She's kinda cute. You mean, like, riding on an airship with her?
Tomoi: Hmmm... Riding on an airship with Freesia, huh?
Lowain: You know, if you were on an airship with Freesia...
Elsam: On an airship with Freesia...
All Three: You might have a chance with her!
Lowain: Hey, wait! We shouldn't be getting starry-eyed over the enemy! She's definitely good looking though.
Elsam: What! No way! You're kinda right though...
Tomoi: Freezie...
Lowain and Elsam: Huh?
Tomoi: If I could work under Freezie...
A young commander stands aboard an imperial airship as battle rages against the enemy.
Tomoi: Ahahaha! Look at that rain of cannon fire from the starboard side! Things are heating up!
Tomoi: Hmm... The port side is looking a little sad though. Maybe I should send some partygoers that way.
Potato-Punk: Commander Tomoi! The enemy is headed this way. Should we intercept them?
Tomoi: Intercept? Uh, sure. Anyway, we don't need to destroy them—just scaring them off should be fine.
Potato-Punk: E-excuse me, sir... I also have a message from the prime minister. She wants you in her cabin after you've won the battle.
Tomoi: Sure. Must be some new orders, huh?
Tomoi: Excuse me! You called, Prime Minister?
Freesia: Commander. Congratulations on your latest victory. Please, take a seat.
Tomoi: But, Prime Minister, this is your private cabin! For me to sit with you as though we are equals would be scandalous!
Freesia: Sit. That's an order.
Tomoi: Yes, Prime Minister!
Freesia: Here are your orders. Set a course north to rendezvous with the supplies unit. Get the equipment in order and have the crew rest.
Tomoi: As you command, Prime Minister!
Freesia: Oh, and when we're in here, you don't need to call me Prime Minister.
Tomoi: Yes—
Er, pardon me?
Er, pardon me?
Freesia: When we have resupplied, plot a course west to regroup with the scouting unit on standby. Oh, and you can call me by my name.
Tomoi: Understood, Lady Freesia!
Freesia: Stop being so formal.
Tomoi: Okay, Freezie!
Freesia: Good. Now, that's it for your orders, but tell me, Commander: what do you think?
Tomoi: Um... huh? I dunno. I guess it's good? To let the crew rest and stuff.
Freesia: Sigh...
Freesia: That's not what I meant, Commander. I'm asking what you think of me.
Tomoi: W-what? Um... I, er...
Freesia: Stop fooling around. You're the finest officer in the empire. Don't pretend you haven't seen right through me already.
Freesia: Answer me. This is an order from your superior.
Freesia: But don't even think about deceiving me. If you lie just to make me feel better, I'll have you court-martialed.
Tomoi: Freezie...
Freesia: Tomoi...
Suddenly Tomoi pulls Freesia into a hug, feeling in that embrace the anxiety and shyness that lies beneath her icy words.
And so begins a romance more dangerous than any battle they have faced so far.
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Enslaved to yet another delusion, Tomoi ignores Lowain and Elsam who have already moved on to another topic. He elopes with Freesia and they flee for their lives from the empire.
The setting sun shines into the cafe as Tomoi fantasizes about Freesia.
Tomoi: Freezie, stop... I'm still on duty...
Lowain: Er... Hey, Sammy, does Tommy like women who boss him around or something?
Elsam: Who knows? Now that you mention it, I don't think he's ever really told me, y'know.
Elsam: He was just all, I like girls that I like, dude, with a smug look on his face.
Any version of Helnar is a crew member
Lowain: Yeah, I remember that. But then Vyrn said afterwards that he stole the line from Helnar.
Elsam: What? Hah, that's Tommy for you!
No version of Helnar in crew
Lowain: Yeah, I remember that. I bet he stole the line from somebody else!
Elsam: Haha! I think you're right, dude!
Continue 1Elsam: Oh, right! Did you hear about that garbage incident?
Lowain: What, that time Tommy got taken out with the trash because he was sleeping in a box?
Vaseraga is a crew member
Elsam: Right, that's it! Vaseraga didn't want him to catch a cold.
Elsam: So he puts Tommy in this wooden box and covers him in a blanket!
Lowain: Haha, nice one, Vaseraga! I could kiss him!
Vaseraga not in crew
Elsam: Right, that's it! He was covered in a blanket... Hey, Tommy, tell him what happened!
Tomoi: Huh? Ugh... not that story again. Dude, I'm busy eloping with Freezie!
Lowain and Elsam: Huh?
Tomoi: Huh right back at ya! Here's the lowdown...
In the backstreets of the imperial capital, a pair of star-crossed lovers are hiding as they catch their breath.
It had been Tomoi's suggestion to elope so that Freesia might be released from the heavy burden of her position.
Tomoi: Pant... Wheeze... We've come so far, and they still haven't given up?
Freesia: You fool, the empire will never let us go. I know too many of their secrets.
Freesia: It doesn't matter where we go. They will follow us to the bottom of the sky.
Freesia: That's what I would do in their position.
Tomoi: Whoa! Those soldiers must love their jobs if they'd follow you to, like, the bottom of the sky!
Freesia: Stop joking around. You're being chased here too, you know!
Tomoi: Oh, sorry...
Freesia: Sigh...
Freesia: I've had enough of you. Get out of here. I'll manage by myself.
Freesia: That's an order, Commander.
Freesia: (He's not privy to any of the empire's secrets. If he's alone, the military won't bother following him...)
Freesia: (Go forth and live your life, Tomoi!)
Tomoi: I'm sorry, but I can't follow your orders.
Freesia: W-what do you mean? I want you gone because you're a nuisance!
Tomoi: Freezie, did you know that when you lie, one of your ears droops?
Freesia: !
Freesia: ...
Freesia: Can't you just leave me alone?
Tomoi: No way! I'll follow your orders for the rest of my life!
Freesia: You fool. You just disobeyed me. I'll have you thrown in jail.
Tomoi: Go ahead. Punish me.
Freesia: You're really... such a fool...
Tomoi: Ahahahaha! All right, let's get to the port!
On the run once more, the star-crossed lovers slip past their pursuers and make plans to set sail on a ship of their choosing.
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 4: Imperial Help Wanted - Episode 3
Tomoi's daydream continues. Just as he and Freesia are cornered by imperial troops, Lowain and Elsam show up with the Grandcypher to rescue them.
Trying to outrun the empire, the star-crossed lovers somehow manage to reach the port.
Tomoi: Huff... Puff... Can we... rest a minute? We've made it this far at least.
Freesia: That's fine, but what are we going to do next? There are no ships here.
Tomoi: Hmm... Well...
Potato-Punk: Heheheh... I guess the commander here doesn't amount to much after all.
Freesia: No... They're here already?
Tomoi: Hm? Well, look what sprouted. I'm gonna peel you and serve you with butter!
Potato-Punk: Ahaha! I see you haven't lost that smart mouth. But it's too late! You're already surrounded.
Potato-Punk: We're not monsters though. Hand over the prime minister and we'll let you live!
Tomoi: What are you going to do to Freezie?
Potato-Punk: Execute her, of course. We have to make an example of someone who defects with imperial secrets.
Potato-Punk: Mwahahahaha!
Tomoi: You might have a long shelf life, but you're already rotten inside!
Freesia: Tomoi, forget about me! It's too late...
Potato-Punk: Heheheh! Even the strongest officer in the empire has to run out of steam eventually!
Freesia: There's an airship descending! Is that the Grandcypher?
Lowain: Sorry, dude. I totally overslept!
Elsam: Ahaha! Anyway, get aboard the Grandcypher, you two!
Potato-Punk: No... How could he have pulled this off?
Tomoi: Ahahahaha! Don't underestimate the empire's smartest officer! Come on, Freezie!
Freesia: Yes! And thank you, Tomoi...
Tomoi: I don't need your thanks, Freezie. Just order me to protect you, and it's done!
Freesia: Tomoi... From this day forward, make sure you always protect me! That's an order!
Tomoi: Understood!
Potato-Punk: Damn it! Soldiers, prepare to bombard the ship! We'll send it falling from the sky!
Tomoi: Hah! The only falling I'll be doing today is falling in love!
Lowain: Hahaha! Dude sure has a way with words. In a weird sorta way.
Elsam: Right? I have no idea what he just said!
Tomoi: Shut up and help me clear out these ground troops!
Lowan and Elsam: Yes sir!
All Three: Aye, aye, sir!
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 4: Imperial Help Wanted - Episode 4
As the trio gets ready to leave the cafe, Lowain spots a recruitment ad for the Order of the White Dragons, and his delusions start up again.
As closing time draws near, Tomoi wakes from his nap to the sound of Lowain's laughter.
Tomoi: Huh? Ugh... I totally fell asleep, dude...
Lowain: Finally woke up, huh? You were mumbling away in your sleep. Dreaming of Freezie, were you?
Tomoi: Probably. Freezie might be a bit of an ice queen on the surface, but she's warm on the inside, y'know?
Tomoi: Hmm... Lowain, your daydreams are contagious. What time is it anyway?
Lowain: Shaddup. It's later than it was five seconds ago. Isn't it time we leave?
Tomoi: Yeah... If we don't get back to the inn, we'll get locked out.
Elsam: Aw, but I just ordered.
Elsam: And, Lowain, you haven't picked a job that'd make you popular yet. You should think about that while we're here, dude.
Lowain: Yeah, you're right... But I think something with substance would suit me best.
Tomoi: Whoa! Is that what you got out of our conversation today? What do you even mean by substance anyway?
Tomoi: Hm? Hey, dude, look at this!
Tomoi stares intently at the board and points to one of the ads with a trembling hand.
Elsam: Oooh, here we are! An enrollment test for the Order of the White Dragons!
Tomoi: Aw, that's perfect! You could join the Order of the White Dragons...
Lowain: And then if you became captain...
All Three: You might have a chance with Isabella!
All Three: Wahooo!
And so Lowain and his bros continue their silly conversation by the bulletin board late into the night.
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 5: 500 Year Difference - Episode 1
The bros picture their own perfect date plan on a city tour with Yggdrasil. However, only in a fool's paradise is it possible for a giant primal beast to enjoy touring around a city.
Today the bros are at the same old cafe, exchanging trivial banter.
This time they are playing a game which involves calling out the names of the primal beasts in succession.
Elsam: Tiamat!
All Three: w00t! w00t!
Tomoi: S-Slyph!
All Three: w00t! w00t!
Lowain: Aaa... Albacore!
All Three: w00t! w00t!
Elsam: P... P...
Poseidon!
Poseidon!
All Three: w00t! w00t!
Tomoi: Leviton... I mean Levitathan—
Elsam: Game over! I'm callin' hesitation there, man. And you fumbled your words. That's three losses in a row now, dude.
Tomoi: Sh-shut it. Don't forget I have the highest win rate so far. Right, Mr. Nine-Consecutive-Defeats?
Lowain: Hold on, waaait a sec. That's eight consecutive defeats. Let's not forget the legendary comeback at the thirty-second tournament.
Elsam: All right, ready to begin the forty-fifth grand tourney for the primal beast name game, guys?
Lowain: Meh... I think I'm done with this, dudes.
Tomoi: I feel ya, man. I'm pretty beat myself. Actually I was already tired by the tenth round, but I was, like, whatever, y'know.
Lowain: You got some serious perseverance there, Tommy man. I was bored by the fifth round.
Tomoi: Wow, that's quick. To be honest, I was makin' a few of those names up, an' you dudes didn't even call me out.
Lowain: Really? For real, dude? Like, which ones?
Tomoi: Like, you remember the one I said at the start of the last round: Zunboboranch?
Lowain: That was a primal beast, right? I swear we fought something like that on Fremmy Island?
Tomoi: Nope. Totally made it up, dude. An' you totally didn't notice.
Tomoi: Yawn... So isn't there anything interesting to talk about?
Elsam: Well, if you insist... You guys mind if I, like, say something a little out there?
Lowain: Oho? You're too self-conscious about this stuff, man. Don't think, just say, y'know?
Elsam: Erm... Well, you know...
Elsam: Yggdrasil's a primal beast, right? Aren't you kinda, like, interested in her?
Tomoi: Huh? Dude, is there anyone in the skies who wouldn't be curious about primal beasts?
Elsam: That's not what I meeeaan, dude! Y'know, aren't you... interested in her?
Elsam: I mean, like...
Elsam: Don't you think Yggdrasil's kinda cute, dudes?
Lowain: Whaaa? Whoa, whoa, whoa...
Tomoi: You serious, dude? Callin' a primal beast cute?
Elsam: All right, all right, it's gross. I'll drop it...
Lowain and Tomoi: She's totally cute.
All Three: Cuuutey!
All Three: Awww yeah! w00t! w00t!
Elsam: Phew! You dudes had me worried. Yggy is a real cutie! Am I right, or am I right?
Tomoi: Oh yeah, you bet! I was totally thinkin' it when I saw her. I was all like, this is kinda wrong, but duuude to myself, y'know?
Elsam: Gahaha! I wonder how old she is anyway?
Lowain: Like five hundred? I dunno, but I guess she was born around, like, the time of the War or something?
Elsam: Man, she's older than me? She looks so cute, but she's really an older woman?
Elsam: Hey, hey! What do you think her hobbies and favorite, like, cuisine 'n' stuff are? Think we should ask Lyria?
Tomoi: Wouldn't Rosetta know more about that? I mean, they're practically roommates, right? I bet she has an awesome kitchen garden!
Elsam: Wahaha! 'Cause she lives in a forest, right? That's why, right?
Elsam: That means we gotta have somethin' in common, so... Whoa, we better brush up on our veggie garden knowledge, bros!
Tomoi: Hold on, wouldn't it be the other way round? She lives in a forest, so she likes town stuff? Love's always that way, right?
Lowain: Town stuff? But, like, primal beasts are—
Elsam and Tomoi: Yggy in town, huh...
One afternoon Elsam and the others invite Yggdrasil out to show her around a certain urban town.
Elsam: What do ya think, Yggy? This is a town where humans live!
Yggdrasil: ...
Tomoi: Is there anything you wanna do? We'll give you the lowdown on anything you want—just say the word!
Yggdrasil: !
Lowain: Hahaha! Over there, huh? I had a feelin' you'd take an interest in the clothes shop.
Potato-Punk: Welcome! We have the latest fashions on display!
Elsam: Oh, this one looks good. I bet it'll fit you, Yggy!
Yggdrasil: ?
Tomoi: Don't sweat it. It'll suit you for sure!
'Scuse me, can we try this on?
'Scuse me, can we try this on?
Potato-Punk: You'd like to test the size, sir?
Hold on! There's no way I'm sellin' anything to this girl!
Hold on! There's no way I'm sellin' anything to this girl!
Elsam: Wha? What's with that attitude, dude?
Tomoi: Hey, whoa now. You can't discriminate against her just 'cause she's, like, a primal beast, man!
Potato-Punk: ...
Lowain: Like, show some diplomacy, dudes.
Mr. Shopkeep, you're a professional, right? You should know you can't just choose your customers!
Mr. Shopkeep, you're a professional, right? You should know you can't just choose your customers!
Potato-Punk: Don't mess with me! As if we'd have a size to fit her! Her head's practically in the clouds!
Yggdrasil: !
Elsam: Oh, wait! Yggy... Yggyyy!
Yggdrasil runs off in tears. Elsam and the others follow close behind, unable to think of anything consolatory to say between them.
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 5: 500 Year Difference - Episode 2
Taking Lowain's advice, Tomoi forgoes the delusion of the perfect date with Yggdrasil. Elsam, on the other hand, daydreams he has fallen head over heels in love with Yggdrasil and professes his love for her.
The cafe is bathed in shafts of golden sunlight. The bros are crestfallen after Lowain points out the reality of the situation.
Elsam: I can't believe it, dude...
Lowain: Let's just leave it be. Fact is, they're not compatible with us people...
Tomoi: I understand. It's kinda painful, but I can't, like, counter your powerful logic, bro.
Lowain: Sorry, dude. It's tough for me to accept too.
Sammy, how 'bout we play another round of that primal beast name game?
Sammy, how 'bout we play another round of that primal beast name game?
Elsam: I can't do it, man!
Elsam: I ain't gonna give up on her! It's just not right!
Lowain: It makes my blood boil, dude, but what can ya do about it? She can't live like we do, y'know?
Tomoi: Don't lose your cool, man. Just give it a little time at least.
Elsam: Don't, like, betray me and all, bro! You were worked up yourself just now! We can't let the height difference get in the way!
Elsam: I... I won't have it, bros! I'm not givin' up on Yggy, ya hear?
Yggdrasil is staggering about in the interior of the forest, lost in grief.
Yggdrasil: ...
Elsam: I'm sorry, Yggy! I should never have invited you into town!
Elsam: L-look... you know those clothes? They don't matter, y'know? You look best in the clothes you're wearing now.
Elsam: I mean it! Next time I'll show you somewhere even better! I'm sure you'll like it, Yggy...
Yggdrasil: !
Elsam: ...!
Listen to me, Yggy!
Listen to me, Yggy!
Elsam: I... I'll become a great man for you!
Yggdrasil: ?
Elsam: I mean, uh, that is... I'll eat loadsa meals like crazy, and I'll become a giant-sized man...
Elsam: And... one day... I'll become so giant that I'll be able to embrace you! I promise, totally!
Elsam: So please... Please live with me... Yggy!
Yggdrasil: !
Yggdrasil takes Elsam's hand in her palm silently, breaking into a smile for the first time.
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 5: 500 Year Difference - Episode 3
Elsam's daydream of life with Yggdrasil is short-lived as residents of the neighboring town come into the forest looking to destroy her. Elsam throws himself into the throes of battle to protect her.
A short while after Elsam's declaration of love, he and Yggdrasil are heading toward their new home—a giant wooden house.
Elsam: All right! I've picked loadsa nuts 'n' berries for us.
Yggdrasil: ...
Elsam: Gahaha! Don't mention it. Anyone in my place would do the same.
Elsam: Okay, well, I'll leave you to prepare the meal! I'll be in the back garden if ya need me!
Yggdrasil: ?
Elsam: C'mon now, I'm not tellin' ya. It's a secret, remember? Well, see you in a bit!
Elsam: Phew! This axe is crazy heavy, man...
Elsam: Man, this curved part is gonna be tough... but I just gotta make it look neat!
Lowain: Yo, bro! How ya been, Sammy, my man?
Tomoi: Wowee! I swear this house gets bigger every time I see it, dude. It's, like, practically a castle. Or some kinda mountain—I dunno.
Elsam: Whoa, dudes. Like, send word before you turn up in the future, yeah?
Lowain: You live in the middle of a forest, dude. Send word how? By wood pigeon or somethin'? Anyway, what's with the axe?
Elsam: I'm makin' a spoon. It's kinda like her birthday present.
Tomoi: Birthday? Didn't know primal beasts even had those.
Elsam: Yeah, well. It's, like, my fantasy, dude. Anyway, we were talkin' about it earlier, and I decided her birthday would be tomorrow!
Lowain: Oho! Nice one, Sammy. She'll love ya for that!
Tomoi: Dude, you guys have, like, this freakin' cool lifestyle going on. What the heck, man! Uber-jealous here.
Elsam: Heh heh...
Oh, but don't let her catch on or anything, yeah? I'm gonna surprise her tomorrow!
Oh, but don't let her catch on or anything, yeah? I'm gonna surprise her tomorrow!
Lowain: You idiot—we know that. But look, how ya gonna make a curved shape with just one axe?
Lowain: Whoa! What in the skies was that, dude?
Tomoi: Sounded like someone firin' a gun. But there aren't many monsters in this forest...
Wait, it couldn't be...
Wait, it couldn't be...
Elsam: Yggy?
Yggdrasil: !
Potato-Punk: I've found you, monster! You think you can just do what you want in this forest? Hah!
Potato-Punk: Fire, you lot! Don't let up; let her have it!
Yggdrasil: ...
Potato-Punk: It's not working? Darn, target a more vulnerable spot!
Yggdrasil: !
Potato-Punk: It's working! Keep firing! Burn its lair to the ground!
Yggdrasil: !
Yggdrasil: !
Potato-Punk: Aaagh! Wh-what is this thing?
Elsam: Yggy?
Lowain: Hey, look here, potato-punk! What's the big idea, huh?
Potato-Punk: Just doin' our job... The forest's been losin' trees lately, and people are runnin' outta lumber, so we were called in to clean up.
Potato-Punk: An' then we found this place... Looks like this monster's been fellin' the trees around here for wood.
Tomoi: For wood? But that's...
Elsam: It's my fault, dudes. I was such an idiot to do this...
Yggdrasil: !
Elsam: Ugh! It's no use. I can't understand what she's sayin' anymore! And she'll never go back to normal...
Elsam: Arrrghhh!
Yggdrasil ravages the surrounding area in a rampage, and it seems like no one will be able to stop her.
Elsam: Yggy... Yggy... no...
Lowain: Sammy... don't tell me you've given up now?
Lowain: When you said you were gonna become a great man, was this what you meant?
Elsam: Wha... But, like, what am I supposed to...
Tomoi: Lowain and me, we both respect ya, dude.
Tomoi: It was you who got over the whole height difference before... so we know you can overcome this too, man.
Elsam: You guys...
Yggdrasil: !
Elsam: Heh heh heh... All right, enough of your lectures already. You better not be late for the party tomorrow!
Elsam: Yggy! Just wait—we're gonna get ya back to normal!
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 5: 500 Year Difference - Episode 4
Lowain and the others grow uneasy at the crew and Katalina's long absence since departing for their assignment. But as the bros were instructed to stand by, they spend another day idling away.
Elsam: Snore... Snore... Uh, whassat?
Lowain: Wake up, Sammy, man. They're closin' shop soon.
As the cafe nears closing time, Elsam blinks his eyes groggily as he is shaken awake by Lowain.
Elsam: Guh...
Wh-what happened to Yggy?
Wh-what happened to Yggy?
Tomoi: Hahaha! Look at you droolin', dude. Lemme go grab a dish cloth or something.
Elsam: Sorry 'bout that, man... Right, it's nearly closin' time, huh?
Lowain: Yawn! Today was so borin'. Whaddya wanna do tomorrow?
Elsam: Meh. What's keepin' (Captain) and those guys, anyway? What kind of assignment was it again?
Lowain: Something about investigatin' a cave. They'll be back before long.
Lowain: Duuude... I wanna see Kat soon...
The bros prepare to leave, and their chitchat continues well into the night.
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 6: True Love - Episode 1
When a deafening explosion leaves the town in utter ruin, Katalina shows up and explains the trouble encountered at the cave. Vira, having seemingly gone mad, comes attacking with monsters.
It's the same cafe as always. Today Lowain and the bros are again filling the air with trivial conversation.
It seems that finally their topics on conversation are running out, and they are slumped floppily in their chairs.
Lowain: Heeey, Tommy, how long have we been here?
Tomoi: How long? You asked me that, like, five minutes ago...
Elsam: Where are those guys... (Captain) and the others? Being on standby is not fun, dudes.
Elsam: Maybe that assignment they took had them go super deep into the cave or somethin'?
Tomoi: Nah, bro. They said they were just doing a simple investigation...
Elsam: I dunno, man... but maybe they ran into some mega-bad monster on the way?
Tomoi: Nah, bro! There aren't any monsters strong enough to beat the captain and the others. Not gonna happen, dude.
Elsam: What about... like, maybe they fell into a trap or somethin'?
Tomoi: Naaah, bro. Y'know how those guys are all, like, super observant and stuff. They would totally notice a trap.
Elsam: What about... Maybe they're having a party?
Tomoi: No way, man. If that were they case, there's no way they wouldn't have invited us! We're totally the party peeps for sure!
Elsam: Humph, if you're just gonna, like, pooh-pooh my ideas, man... Tell me why haven't they come back yet then.
Tomoi: Hmm... Then maybe they ran into some ultra-bad monster on the way?
Elsam: Hey, I said that before!
Tomoi: No, you didn't. You said mega-bad, not ultra-bad...
Lowain: Sigh... I wonder if Kat's okay... She should be fine though, right... I mean, it's not like a big explosion will—
Lowain: Ahhh! What in the skies was that? Did you let one rip?
Elsam: As if, idiot! That totally made me jump, dude.
Tomoi: Hey, hey, hey! We don't have any time to sit around being surprised! We should go and see what's up in town!
Lowain: Aw shoot, something seriously messed up must've gone down here. Everything's totally smashed to pieces...
Elsam: Oh man... this is no laughing matter! Do you think it was a primal beast?
Tomoi: I dunno, man... What should we do, Lowain? Maybe we should head back to the G. Cyph for now...
Lowain: No! We need to help the injured! Let's take them to the cafe; it's safe and—
Katalina: You guys! Thank goodness you're safe!
Lowain: Kat! What's going on here?
Katalina: I'll tell you later! Right now we need to get off this island!
Lowain: Huh! W-why! Do you know something? Is this to do with that assignment you took up?
Katalina: ...
Katalina: We discovered some ancient ruins in the cave we were investigating.
Katalina: We found a mysterious device and spent days trying to figure it out, but...
Katalina: Ugh, with a thing as dangerous as that, we probably should have just left without touching it...
???: Hehe, I've found you at last!
Katalina: Vira!
Vira: The device is dangerous, you say? I think that your understanding of it is a little lacking, Katalina...
Vira: We have imagined that the people of old used this device for war, but might it not be used for the opposite purpose too?
Vira: For love...
The device is a way to bind us together—to make us one.
The device is a way to bind us together—to make us one.
Katalina: You can't just drop this idea on everybody all of a sudden! I'm sorry, but I don't understand, and I'm not even gonna try!
Vira: That's a shame. But you know, I don't think you need to understand it...
Lowain: Hey, hey, hey!
Lowain: Duuudes, chill out a little! I hear what you're saying—
Vira: Silence, pest... No, you're worse than that, vermin!
Vira: You three are the cause—the very reason Katalina is being driven mad!
Elsam: Hey, Vira. Why you always gotta be so mean, dude?
Tomoi: Nah, bro, she's super mean!
Lowain: Naaah, super-duper mean!
Vira: Heeheeheehee...
Ahahahaha!
Ahahahaha!
Monster: Grooaar!
All Three: Super-duper-ultra-mega mean!
Katalina: Argh! Let's get it, Lowain!
Lowain: Y-yeah!
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 6: True Love - Episode 2
Lowain follows the trail of light left behind by Vira and Katalina, arriving at the cave that Katalina mentioned earlier. Spurred on by his quixotic sense of adventure, Elsam and Tomoi follow along to rescue Katalina.
Lowain: Pant... Wheeze... Why would you do that, Vira?
Lowain: But we did it! Kat, c'mon. Over here!
Lowain: Huh? Where did she go?
Vira: You really are an idiot to fall for such a simple distraction!
Katalina: L-Lowain...
While Lowain and the bros have been dealing with the monsters, Vira has captured Katalina, a warped smile on her lips.
Lowain: Kat!
Vira: Now to exterminate you rodents... But taking Katalina back to my secret lair of love comes first!
Katalina: Lowain, run! (Captain) and everyone have been captured too! Go get help from Sieroka—
Vira: There's no point even trying! Bye-bye!
Vira chants an incantation, after which they both disappear into the sky in a trail of blazing light.
Lowain: Kaaat!
Elsam: Dude, Lowain! Wait up, man! Kat said to run aw—
Tomoi: Damn! He's already gone! Well, we better follow him!
Lowain: Pant... Wheeze... This cave... huff... deep down...
Elsam: Hey, hey, Lowain. Try and chill a little, dude. No good just running in all guns blazin'!
Tomoi: Totally. Someone ought to get hold of Siero...
Lowain: ...
Lowain: I'm a butthead for askin' you this, bros, but can I rely on you not to say anything? I wanna do this on my own.
Elsam: Don't be rash, dude! What do you think you can do alone?
Lowain: Maybe save Kat from the bad guy? Or should I say bad girl?
Tomoi: Bro, what does it take to get through your thick head! Kat wanted you to run, not to help her!
Tomoi: We couldn't help even if we tried!
Lowain: Hahaha, you don't know that! Besides, this is my chance to be Prince Charming, so I'm gonna take it!
Elsam: Huh? You're still on about that...
Tomoi: You're an idiot! A complete idiot!
Lowain: You're both jerks! Fine, let's ask Siero!
Elsam and Tomoi: Wait!
Lowain: Huh?
Elsam: You can't be Prince Charming without a horse, dude!
Tomoi: Operation White Stallion is a go! Lowain's gonna be the stuff of legends when this is all over!
Lowain: Dudes...
Lowain: Let's save the damsel in distress together!
All Three: Totally!
Having made up their minds, Lowain and the bros rush into the deep dark cave.
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 6: True Love - Episode 3
The bros free (Captain) and crew from a prison inside the cave, only to discover that Vira has plans to use a device hidden deep within the ruins to control Katalina's every action. Armed with a clearer picture of the situation at hand, Lowain and bros advance further into the depths of the cave.
The cave that Lowain and the bros are progressing into gradually opens up into an artificial structure, leaving the boys amazed.
Lowain: Whoooaaa! This cave is, like, off the chain, dudes.
Elsam: I feel ya, bro... These are ancient ruins?
Tomoi: Hmm, I guess so? But which way should we go? There's tunnels all over the place...
???: Huh! Lowain? Is that you?
Lowain: Farrah? Hey, guys, Farrah's here!
Elsam: On the other side of that door?
Hey! Farrah! Are you okay?
Hey! Farrah! Are you okay?
Farrah: We're all fine! The captain's also here! We can't get out; we don't have the key!
Tomoi: The key? I don't see anything like that here. Dudes, we gonna find that key!
Elsam: Ah, it's stuck on the pillar! Hold on a sec...
Farrah: Phew, thanks! You guys really helped us out back there...
Lowain: Hahaha! Is Kat with you? Kaaat!
Farrah: Erm... we were gonna ask you the same thing. Haven't you met up with her?
Lowain: Huh? We haven't seen her ever since she got captured in town. I wonder where Vira's keeping her...
Farrah: C-captured! That's terrible! It must be that device!
Tomoi: Erm... That device have anything to do with, like, ancient tech by any chance?
Elsam: We don't really know anything... All we do know is it spells trouble!
Farrah: About that device...
Farrah: It transforms people, molding them into puppets...
Lowain: T-transforms? Molds them into puppets?
Farrah: While we were investigating, Vira started attacking us all of a sudden...
Farrah: She must have plans to use the device to manipulate Katalina! We can't let it happen!
Tomoi: Oh man... We all know Vira is head over heels in love with Kat! What's she gonna do with her though?
Elsam: Beats me... But I don't get it. She was already on such good terms with Kat, so is doing that really necessary?
Lowain: Farrah, can you move? If you can, show us where the device is!
Farrah: Of course!
In order to put a stop to Vira's treachery, Lowain and the bros push deeper into the ancient ruins.
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Chapter 6: True Love - Episode 4
Vira activates a mysterious switch turning Katalina into a killing machine named Katapillar. Lowain, determined to fight for the love of his life, takes a stand.
Lowain and the bros arrive at the inner sanctum of the ancient ruins.
Lowain: Vira!
Vira: Welcome, welcome... I see you're still alive! And, oh, if it isn't Farrah and the others too!
Farrah: Give us back Katalina! Otherwise we'll—
Vira: Never forgive me? Please resent me as much as you wish.
Vira: Katalina's company alone will make me complete. Ah, my Katalina—I'm going to give you a fresh start! We shall be together now and for all time!
Vira: Start by saying hello to everyone, dearie!
Katalina: Why did you come here...
Farrah: K-Katalina!
Tomoi: Whaaat?
Elsam: Dude, talk about a transformation!
Lowain: Kat!
Katalina: Lowain, don't look at me.
Vira: Hehehehe! The beginning of the end, a fitting reward for the one who caused this all—the man who appeared and ruined everything.
Elsam: Lowain caused it all, you say?
Lowain: ...
Vira: I noticed, you see... How Katalina gazes at him, how her expressions soften, how her attitude changes...
Vira: There's no use denying it... Little by little I could see Katalina's heart being moved by the affection of this man.
Vira: Ah, it's so unfair, so repulsive, so filthy! I cannot forgive his transgressions!
Tomoi: Whoa, whoa, whoa. What are you on about?
Katalina: ...
Vira: Heehee... Heeheehee... Finding this ruin was so fortuitous. To be able to turn someone into a weapon you can control... it's... perfect!
Vira: She moves where I want and says what I want to hear! The perfect Katalina, my Katapillar, has been born!
Vira: Mwahahahahaaa!
Katalina: Lowain... I told you to run...
Katalina: Even as I am now, you still wish to date me?
Lowain: Hell to the yes! I'll keep your tanks topped up daily, shine your plating...
Katalina: ...!
Vira: What!
Lowain: But what fuel do you take? Does Siero sell it, I wonder...
Katalina: Oh, Lowain...
Katalina: (I am but a machine, but this man... he still moves my heart...)
Katalina: (He does love me!)
Katalina: Lowain, I lov—
Lowain: Kat?
Katalina: Lov... Lov... Lov... Lov... Bzzzt.
Vira: Heeheehee, it's like I said! She says what I want her to say! Now, Katapillar, tell me you love me!
Katalina: I love you. Vira. I love you.
Lowain: What! That’s not love!
Vira: Mwahahahaha! My doting Katapillar, won't you help me take out the trash?
Vira: Here, let me activate your ancient, beautiful destructive capabilities as Katakilla!
Katalina: Lov... Lov... Lov... Bzzzt.
Katalina transforms into a weapon and starts firing missiles in all directions, causing the entire cave system to shake.
Lowain: Kaaat!
Elsam: Not cool! She's shelling everything!
Tomoi: She's, like, running rampant! Hey, Vira! What are you doing? The whole cave'll collapse, and that'd totally be a bummer, dude!
Vira: Whoops! Did I press the wrong button? Katakilla, aim for the ringleader!
Katalina: Bzzzt! Squichy-clunk, squichy-clunk!
Farrah: Katalina...
Lowain, it's no use! We need to get out of here!
Lowain, it's no use! We need to get out of here!
Lowain: Damn it!
Lowain: Huff-huff... I'm not sure my legs are up to all this running.
Elsam: Whoa! It feels like the whole island's gonna fall apart!
Tomoi: Well, the ship's hit the fan! Farrah, what in the skies do we do now?
Farrah: We need to contact Siero and assemble the sky's greatest team of skyfarers and agents before it's too late!
Lowain: We should get back to the G. Cyph, dudes... The Katakilla will be here soo—
Vira: Heeheehee! Oh, there's an accelerate button too! Of course there is, my precious Katakilla.
Lowain: Damn you, Vira!
Vira: You can't halt the path of destiny! Katakilla, destroy them!
Katalina: Whirrr...
Lowain: Kat!
Katalina: Bzzzt! Squichy-clunk, squichy-clunk!
Katalina: ...
Katalina: L... Lo... wain?
Lowain: Huh!
Vira: Katakilla! Why are you hesitating! I commanded you to attack! Attack! Attack!
Lowain: Hahaha! Farrah, dude... I'm sorry, but I don't think I'll be going back to the G. Cyph.
Lowain: I need to finish this with my own two hands. If I always run from love, I'll never be able to hold on to it.
Farrah: Lowain...
Vira: Katakilla! You are my ancient battle Katapillar! Obey me!
Katalina: Lov... Lov... Lov... Bzzzt.
Lowain: Katapillar, is it now? It's been a long time since I got mad, but...
Lowain: Her name is Kat! And she's my one true love!
Elsam: Dude, I'm with you. I'm totally mad too!
Tomoi: Me three, bro!
Lowain: Bros, activate!
H!
H!
Elsam: P!
Tomoi: A!
All Three: H. P. A.!
All Three: Human Pyramid Attack!
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G. - Ending
After finishing the mission, Katalina returns to the cafe to find Lowain and bros sound asleep. She decides not to disturb the sweet dream they're having and smiles.
The bros have put an end to Vira's tyranny and stopped the Katapillar.
However, as a result of the fierce battle, the very island itself seems about to crumble, shaking violently.
Lowain: Argh, man! You guys, get back to the G. Cyph!
Elsam: You got it, dude! Wait, which way even is it? Like, everything's so messed up—I can't even tell!
Lowain: Wha? Pull yourself together, man!
Not that I can tell myself!
Not that I can tell myself!
Katalina: L-Lowain... over there... Make for that field...
Lowain: Kat? Thank goodness you're awake!
Yo, Sammy, Tommy!
Yo, Sammy, Tommy!
Elsam: Leave it to us, bro!
Farrah, (Captain), dudes, bros! Follow me!
Farrah, (Captain), dudes, bros! Follow me!
Farrah: Okay!
Katalina, don't worry; I'll help with your maintenance too! I'll oil all your cogs and tighten your bolts...
Katalina, don't worry; I'll help with your maintenance too! I'll oil all your cogs and tighten your bolts...
Katalina: Thank you, Farrah...
Farrah: You're welcome! Okay, I'll go and secure our route then!
Lowain: Have they gone? Hey, Tommy...
Tomoi: Already know what you're gonna say, bro. You want to save Vira, huh?
Vira: Ugh...
Lowain: I'm sorry, dude. It's just, I can't help but respect someone who loves the same woman as me...
Tomoi: Bwahaha! You idiot. But whatever... You better treat me to somethin' real nice later!
Katalina: Lowain, you have to hurry too... I'll catch up as soon as I reboot...
Lowain: Heh heh... Y'know, you're a bad liar, Kat. You can't move anymore, can ya?
Katalina: Heh... you knew, hmm? Looks like I don't have any fuel left.
Lowain: I thought so. Well, what if I get behind and push... like... this!
Heave-ho!
Heave-ho!
Using all his strength, Lowain begins to push the Katapillar's iron body along.
Katalina: I'd tell you to just leave me here, but you wouldn't listen anyway...
Lowain: Hahaha, I'm just so damn happy that you still recognize me!
Katalina: You know, you've kept surprising me ever since we first met.
Lowain: Oh yeah? I think I'm pretty normal though.
Katalina: Normal, huh? I see... Heehee...
Lowain: Heh heh!
Elsam: Yo, Lowain, bro! I took everyone back to the G. Cyph!
Tomoi: Hey, that's not fair, dude! Pushing Kat all by yourself? Let us in on the fun, man!
Lowain: You guys...
Katalina: Elsam, Tomoi... You know, men like you really are...
Lowain: Aw right! Let's do this together, bros!
Lowain: One, two, aaand...
All Three: Tubularrr!
Katalina: Wake up, Lowain! Come on, we're departing any minute now!
Lowain: Ugh... Ngh... Mmm...
Shafts of morning sunlight bathe the cafe where the bros have fallen asleep in their seats, as Katalina calls out exasperatedly.
Elsam: Urrggh... Katapillar... Nnnggghh...
Tomoi: Mmmnn... Nnnh... Grggh!
Katalina: Elsam and Tomoi won't wake up either. What could they have possibly been doing?
Katalina: Oh, are you the owner? I apologize on behalf of my crewmates for any trouble they have caused.
Cafe Owner: Don't worry about it. I'm actually gonna miss listening to these guys' random conversations.
Cafe Owner: Heh heh... so you must be this Kat I've heard so much about. It seems like last night was an especially tough one...
Katalina: Huh? A tough one? What do you—
Lowain: Kat... Zzz... I'll... protect ya... Zzz...
Elsam: Nnghh... can see... the G. Cyph...
Tomoi: Nnn... We made... it...
Katalina: Wh-what's with you guys? How do you manage to have the same dream?
Lowain: I love you... Kaaat...
Katalina: ...
Katalina: Heehee... You know, men like you really are...
With a wry smile, Katalina glances sidelong at the bros, who continue their self-indulgent dream with happy smiles.
But the soft sunlight glitters in promise of the time when the bros' infinite love and reckless disposition will become a reality...
Or so it seems.
L.E.T.S. H.A.N.G.
The End
The End