It's Not Gridman's Fault

**It's Not Gridman's Fault** (グリッドマンは悪くない, *Guriddoman wa Warukunai*) is the fifth voice drama episode of *SSSS.GRIDMAN* released alongside the fifth episode.

## Synopsis

The gang discuss where to put Junk, but it seems that nobody wants to take it.

## Script

* **Gridman**: Thank you, everyone. This victory, too, was achieved by your cooperation.
* **Borr**: I know, right? Since we're all here, how about we go grab a bite?
* **Yuta**: That's good and all, but will we be taking this Junk with us?
* **Vit**: Well, it wouldn't be nice to leave just Gridman behind, right?
* **Sho**: This Junk does take up a lot of space though... Will it even get inside the restaurant?
* **Borr**: Gridman's normal height is like fifty meters, so this is relatively compact, yeah?
* **Sho**: Well, that's... true.
* **Samurai • Calibur**: R-Rikka isn't here...
* **Sho**: Oh, looks like she just went home ahead of us. With her friends.
* "*Borr'*: Gah... So it's just us guys, huh?
* **Sho**: There's this cheap family restaurant near the south exit. Let's go there.

* **Borr**: Ugh... The place's packed...
* **Sho**: Whoa, for real... Yuta, go write a name down on the queue.
* **Yuta**: Sure. Non-smoking section is fine too, right?
* **Max**: No. Only the non-smoking section.
* **Yuta**: Yes, that — yeah... that.
* **Sho**: But really, how'd you people borrow this Junk from the shop?
* **Samurai • Calibur**: We did not borrow it, so to speak...
* **Sho**: Huh... You bought it!?
* **Samurai • Calibur**: Mm-hm.
* **Sho**: EHHH—!?
* **Vit**: It's surprisingly expensive, this thing.
* "*Borr'*: Reasonable price for us Hyper Agents though.
* **Sho**: You really forked out your own cash...? Well, who will be taking it home, then?
* **Neon Genesis Junior High Students**: Hmm...
* **Sho**: ...Didn't think about it beforehand?
* **Borr**: Definitely not me! Ain't got the space. How 'bout you, Calibur?
* **Samurai • Calibur**: I can't.
* **Borr**: Why not?
* **Samurai • Calibur**: The cats... They'll gnaw on the power cord.
* **Borr**: You've got cats at home...?
* **Vit**: Oh, yeah... My place's got pets as well, so I'm out.
* **Borr**: You've got cats too or what?
* **Vit**: Clown Loaches. Tropical fish.
* **Borr**: Just a fish tank!?
* **Vit**: C'mon, it's gonna add to my electric bills, right?
* **Borr**: Right... can't help it, huh? So, how about you take it home, Max? You did fork out the most cash and all.
* "*Max'*: I can not.
* **Borr**: Why not?
* **Max**: Its color does not match with the rest of my furniture.
* **Borr**: What kind of delicate lifestyle is that...? Alright, let's settle on the Utsumi household!
* **Vit**: Oh, yeah!
* **Sho**: Don't "oh, yeah" me, people! Of course my household can't take it!
* **Borr**: Can't you just... hehheh... put it in the living room... and treat Gridman as a family member... hehheh...
* **Sho**: Don't even think about it... pfft — Now I'm laughing too, dammit! My brother is in sixth grade, for cryin' out loud! He'd be way too hooked on this stuff!
* **Yuta**: What's going on?
* **Sho**: These people split their money and bought Junk out, so we're deciding on who'll be taking it back home.
* **Yuta**: Huh — It's bought out!?
* **Borr**: That's right. And nobody wants to take it home, so we're talking about it now...
* **Yuta**: Why're you treating it like some abandoned cat!? This is pretty mean to Gridman, don't you think?
* **Samurai • Calibur**: I-I'd take it if it was an abandoned cat though...
* **Yuta**: Stop it! He's a Hyper Agent, for crying out loud!
* **Gridman**: Sorry, everyone. All for my sake...
* **Yuta**: No no no, you didn't do anything wrong, Gridman!
* **Borr**: Alright, that's it! Let's take Junk to Yuta's place!
* **Yuta**: Huh?
* **Vit**: It'd be better for the one who combines with Gridman to have it around, right?
* **Sho**: Your parents aren't home, too. Nice timing, don't you think?
* **Yuta**: Uh... That's true and all...
* **Samurai • Calibur**: If-if you have Junk accessible within the vicinity of your daily routines, y-you can Access Flash in times of emergency.
* **Yuta**: But my place is...
* *"Borr'*: What now?
* **Yuta**: It's on the fourth floor. And the apartment building doesn't have an elevator.
* **Neon Genesis Junior High Students**: Hmm...
* **Borr**: That sounds... tough, yeah.
* **Sho**: We wouldn't be able to take the entirety of Junk up the stairs. Thinking about it, Rikka-san's place is still the best, yeah?
* **Max**: Hmm... So we should return it, after all. Junk does not belong to any individual.
* **Gridman**: Perhaps that is true. There should be some special meaning in all of us being there.
* **Borr**: The man himself is saying that, so let's take it back, yeah?
* **Vit**: Ah, wait a sec. Are used goods even returnable?
* **Borr**: Should be fine if we have the receipt, yeah?
* **Max**: Hold your horses... We do not have the receipt.
* **Everyone**: Ugh...
* **Receptionist**: Um... For the party of six...
* **Borr**: Oh, that's our queue.
* **Receptionist**: Um... G — Grid —Gridman-sama?
* **Everyone**: Ah — H-here!
* **Sho**: Write your own damn name down, man...

## Trivia

* The voice drama reveals Neon Genesis Junior High Students to be quite rich and has their own home to live in at Tsutsudjidai. Taking into account of Tsutsudjidai being a simulated city Akane built with help of Alexis • Kerib and it takes the group some time to reunite as indicated in *SSSS.GRIDMAN: Hime & Samurai*, it is likely that they discreetly hacked into the city's systems to attain their wealth and reinforce their cover as unassuming rich men. Ironically though, the fact that they bought Junk with sparse amount of money in their pockets apparently highlighted Neon Genesis Junior High Students' failure in considering their accumulated wealth's usefulness in certain situations they least expected such as Go'yavec crisis.
	+ Samurai • Calibur's residence apparently sizable enough to house several of his pet cats, which unfortunately means he cannot keep Junk lest they gnawed at it.
	+ Max has a delicate lifestyle which regrettably means he cannot keep Junk in his home due to poorly matches the colors of his furniture.
	+ Borr's residence seemed least spacious compared to his comrades, if his claim of the lack of sufficient space to store Junk there to be believed.
	+ Vit has a fish tank in his residence which maintenance so costly that keeping both it and Junk at the same time will increase his electric bill.