25-ji, Nightcord de./Story/Episode 13

## Episode 13

**Who am "I"?**

**Characters**

Little Mafuyu
Mom, Dad, look! I got full marks on my test! **Little Mafuyu**: Mom, Dad, look! I got full marks on my test!

Mafuyu's mother
That's great, Mafuyu. Looks like all that hard work paid off. **Mafuyu's mother**: That's great, Mafuyu. Looks like all that hard work paid off.

Mafuyu's father
I hear you've been studying hard every day. I'm proud of you, Mafuyu. **Mafuyu's father**: I hear you've been studying hard every day. I'm proud of you, Mafuyu.

Little Mafuyu
Hehehe! Thanks! I'll work even harder to make sure I do good on the next one too! **Little Mafuyu**: Hehehe! Thanks! I'll work even harder to make sure I do good on the next one too!

Junior High School Mafuyu
I'm home. **Junior High School Mafuyu**: I'm home.

Mafuyu's mother
Welcome back, Mafuyu. Dinner's ready, so come sit down. **Mafuyu's mother**: Welcome back, Mafuyu. Dinner's ready, so come sit down.

Junior High School Mafuyu
Wow, it looks delicious! Thanks. **Junior High School Mafuyu**: Wow, it looks delicious! Thanks.

Mafuyu's father
What does your homework look like today, Mafuyu? **Mafuyu's father**: What does your homework look like today, Mafuyu?

Junior High School Mafuyu
I've got some math and an essay to write about what I want to be in the future. **Junior High School Mafuyu**: I've got some math and an essay to write about what I want to be in the future.

Mafuyu's mother
Oh? And what is it you'd like to be in the future? **Mafuyu's mother**: Oh? And what is it you'd like to be in the future?

Junior High School Mafuyu
I want to become a nurse so I can help people who are sick. **Junior High School Mafuyu**: I want to become a nurse so I can help people who are sick.

Mafuyu's mother
Is that so... **Mafuyu's mother**: Is that so...

Mafuyu's mother
But if you really want to help those who are sick, there are even better jobs than that, you know. **Mafuyu's mother**: But if you really want to help those who are sick, there are even better jobs than that, you know.

Junior High School Mafuyu
Huh? **Junior High School Mafuyu**: Huh?

Mafuyu's mother
Being a nurse is wonderful, but if you're going to get into medicine, why not become a doctor instead? **Mafuyu's mother**: Being a nurse is wonderful, but if you're going to get into medicine, why not become a doctor instead?

Junior High School Mafuyu
But I... **Junior High School Mafuyu**: But I...

Mafuyu's father
That's right. You'd make a great doctor. And you're more than capable of handling the amount of study required. **Mafuyu's father**: That's right. You'd make a great doctor. And you're more than capable of handling the amount of study required.

Mafuyu's mother
If you become a doctor, you can even take care of us when we're old and gray. Hehe. **Mafuyu's mother**: If you become a doctor, you can even take care of us when we're old and gray. Hehe.

Junior High School Mafuyu
..... **Junior High School Mafuyu**: .....

Mafuyu's father
Don't worry about tuition, either. You just focus on getting into the best school you can. **Mafuyu's father**: Don't worry about tuition, either. You just focus on getting into the best school you can.

Mafuyu's mother
I'll be supporting you as well, so good luck! **Mafuyu's mother**: I'll be supporting you as well, so good luck!

Junior High School Mafuyu
Oh...okay... **Junior High School Mafuyu**: Oh...okay...

Junior High School Mafuyu
Thanks for always thinking about me, Mom, Dad. I'll do my best. **Junior High School Mafuyu**: Thanks for always thinking about me, Mom, Dad. I'll do my best.

Junior High School Mafuyu
..... **Junior High School Mafuyu**: .....

Junior High School Mafuyu
If Mom and Dad are both going to support me, maybe this is the better option. **Junior High School Mafuyu**: If Mom and Dad are both going to support me, maybe this is the better option.

Junior High School Mafuyu
This...will make them happy, right? **Junior High School Mafuyu**: This...will make them happy, right?

Classmate a
Hey, Mafuyu. Are you free tomorrow? **Classmate a**: Hey, Mafuyu. Are you free tomorrow?

Classmate b
A bunch of us from class are planning on going to that new arcade. You wanna come? **Classmate b**: A bunch of us from class are planning on going to that new arcade. You wanna come?

Junior High School Mafuyu
Oh, sure. I'd— **Junior High School Mafuyu**: Oh, sure. I'd—

Classmate c
Of course she doesn't want to go! She's the top student in our grade! **Classmate c**: Of course she doesn't want to go! She's the top student in our grade!

Classmate c
She's too busy with club and all those tournaments, not to mention studying. She never has time to go have any fun. **Classmate c**: She's too busy with club and all those tournaments, not to mention studying. She never has time to go have any fun.

Classmate a
Oh, I guess you're right. Sorry for bothering you, Mafuyu. **Classmate a**: Oh, I guess you're right. Sorry for bothering you, Mafuyu.

Junior High School Mafuyu
Oh... **Junior High School Mafuyu**: Oh...

Junior High School Mafuyu
It's okay. Maybe next time. **Junior High School Mafuyu**: It's okay. Maybe next time.

Teacher
Ms. Asahina, I read your essay. So you'd like to be a doctor? **Teacher**: Ms. Asahina, I read your essay. So you'd like to be a doctor?

Junior High School Mafuyu
Yes, that's right. **Junior High School Mafuyu**: Yes, that's right.

Teacher
That's a wonderful goal. I think you'll make a great doctor. **Teacher**: That's a wonderful goal. I think you'll make a great doctor.

Junior High School Mafuyu
Thank you. I'll be sure to study harder. **Junior High School Mafuyu**: Thank you. I'll be sure to study harder.

Teacher
Good luck. Make sure to let me know if there's anything you need help with. **Teacher**: Good luck. Make sure to let me know if there's anything you need help with.

Junior High School Mafuyu
Okay, thank you. **Junior High School Mafuyu**: Okay, thank you.

Friend a
What? You're going to be a doctor! That's so cool! **Friend a**: What? You're going to be a doctor! That's so cool!

Friend b
That's perfect for you! You're always so nice, looking out for everyone else! **Friend b**: That's perfect for you! You're always so nice, looking out for everyone else!

Junior High School Mafuyu
It's not like I even know if I'll be able to yet. I appreciate the vote of confidence, though. **Junior High School Mafuyu**: It's not like I even know if I'll be able to yet. I appreciate the vote of confidence, though.

Junior High School Mafuyu
(Everyone's so excited for me.) **Junior High School Mafuyu**: (Everyone's so excited for me.)

Junior High School Mafuyu
(If they're happy for me, that must mean this is the right decision.) **Junior High School Mafuyu**: (If they're happy for me, that must mean this is the right decision.)

Junior High School Mafuyu
(If Mom, Dad, my classmates, and even my teachers are happy, then I suppose this is right...) **Junior High School Mafuyu**: (If Mom, Dad, my classmates, and even my teachers are happy, then I suppose this is right...)

Mafuyu's mother
Mafuyu, I bought you some cake since you've been studying so hard lately. The shop is really popular, so I'm sure it's delicious. **Mafuyu's mother**: Mafuyu, I bought you some cake since you've been studying so hard lately. The shop is really popular, so I'm sure it's delicious.

Junior High School Mafuyu
Thanks, Mom. **Junior High School Mafuyu**: Thanks, Mom.

**\***Door Close**\***

Junior High School Mafuyu
Maybe I should take a break. **Junior High School Mafuyu**: Maybe I should take a break.

Junior High School Mafuyu
..... **Junior High School Mafuyu**: .....

Junior High School Mafuyu
(This cake doesn't taste like much to me. Mom said it was good, though, so it must be.) **Junior High School Mafuyu**: (This cake doesn't taste like much to me. Mom said it was good, though, so it must be.)

Junior High School Mafuyu
(But it's not just the cake. Everything tastes a little bland lately, even restaurant food and Mom's cooking.) **Junior High School Mafuyu**: (But it's not just the cake. Everything tastes a little bland lately, even restaurant food and Mom's cooking.)

Junior High School Mafuyu
I wonder if I'm just overthinking this. Maybe I should do something I like to get my mind off things for a while. **Junior High School Mafuyu**: I wonder if I'm just overthinking this. Maybe I should do something I like to get my mind off things for a while.

Junior High School Mafuyu
Wait... **Junior High School Mafuyu**: Wait...

Junior High School Mafuyu
...What things DO I like? **Junior High School Mafuyu**: ...What things DO I like?

Junior High School Mafuyu
Haha. How strange. I must just be tired from studying so much. **Junior High School Mafuyu**: Haha. How strange. I must just be tired from studying so much.

Junior High School Mafuyu
Oh, that reminds me. I still need to listen to that song everyone was telling me about yesterday. **Junior High School Mafuyu**: Oh, that reminds me. I still need to listen to that song everyone was telling me about yesterday.

Junior High School Mafuyu
They said it's really bright and cheerful. **Junior High School Mafuyu**: They said it's really bright and cheerful.

Junior High School Mafuyu
What exactly is a cheerful song? **Junior High School Mafuyu**: What exactly is a cheerful song?

Junior High School Mafuyu
I'm not sure... **Junior High School Mafuyu**: I'm not sure...

Junior High School Mafuyu
What was it I liked? What did I want to do again? **Junior High School Mafuyu**: What was it I liked? What did I want to do again?

Junior High School Mafuyu
Where...is the real me... **Junior High School Mafuyu**: Where...is the real me...

Mafuyu
..... **Mafuyu**: .....

Mafuyu
I searched and I searched. I made song after song. **Mafuyu**: I searched and I searched. I made song after song.

Mafuyu
But I still couldn't find it. **Mafuyu**: But I still couldn't find it.

Mafuyu
It's alright to give up now, right Miku? **Mafuyu**: It's alright to give up now, right Miku?