Fujiwara Minato Episodes

1: School Life 20 Years Ago

Minato: There's no sign of these aradama, huh.
Yukari: That's true. But there's no mistaking they're in the area...
Kagari: .........
Minato: Wanna take a break? At this rate, we'll be worn out by the time we do find them.
Yukari: Don't. This amount of exercise shouldn't be enough to tire any of us, should it?
Kagari: ...
Minato: But the weather's so nice... Yawwwwn, 'scuse me.
Kagari: Get your act together, Minato-senpai! Why are you so unmotivated?
Minato: Ehh, but I've got lots of motivation...
Kagari: Start taking this seriously.
Minato: I am though. Ah, the spectrum meter found something!
Minato: C'mon, Yukari, Kagari!
Kagari: Ah, stay with us, Minato-senpai!
Yukari: Sigh, Minato... Let's go, Kagari.
Kagari: ...Right.
The next day.

Yukari: Finally, there you are. So you were sleeping out here.
Minato: Nnn... Morning, Yukari. The sun feels so good. Wanna join me?
Yukari: Sigh, I already expect this from you, but... Kagari is still upset, you know?
Minato: Ehhh, but I beat the aradama and everything...
Yukari: While you ran off on your own. What did Kagari tell you yesterday?
Minato: Uh... That I had no motivation. Is that really how it seems?
Yukari: I wouldn't say you aren't serious, but you do appear too apathetic.
Yukari: Suppressing aradama is an important duty. Just knowing what you're capable of... I can understand how Kagari feels.
Minato: You're kind of putting me on the spot here.
Minato: I said it yesterday, but it's not like I'm not motivated. I'm taking this seriously.
Minato: I guess it's just hard to tell from how I act?
Yukari: Then make an effort to show it, if even just slightly more.
Minato: I'll give it my best shot.
Minato: Anyway, that's gonna be starting soon, isn't it, Yukari!
Yukari: That... The inter-league tournament?
Minato: Yeah! I wonder who's gonna be participating this year? We'll get to fight girls we wouldn't normally get matches with!
Minato: I already can't wait!
Yukari: ...Try putting that enthusiasm into your duties.

2: What I Like

Minato: Excuse meee, anyone around...? Alright! Let's get cooking!
Minato: Hmhmhmm~.
Minato: Mmm~, the cup yakisoba's good to go! Just have to wait 3 minutes now!
Minato: Nobody can fight on an empty stomach.
Minato: It's tough training with Yukari, so I've gotta eat up first!
Minato: ...Still not ready?
Minato: One minute......... Two minutes...
Minato: It's a little early, but whatever!
Minato: Pour out the water, mix in the sauce... Mmm~! That smell!
Minato: Time to dig i--
Yukari: Minato... Are you in here?
Minato: Geh, Yukari!
Yukari: How nice of you to greet your friend with "Geh".
Yukari: Knowing you, I assumed you had forgotten our promise to train together... But that reaction says otherwise.
Minato: D-Did I remember, or maybe I forgot, who can say...
Yukari: It doesn't matter now. Let's go; I have some strict training for you.
Minato: Hang on! It's my fault I was late to training! But, before we go... Give me enough time to eat this!
Yukari: I knew I smelled something... Is that cup yakisoba?
Minato: Freshly made, nice and steamy, cup yakisoba! So please... Let it slide just this once, Yukari.
Yukari: I do know how you feel. Cup yakisoba is the best when it's freshly made.
Yukari: It loses its taste after it cools down.
Minato: Then...!
Yukari: However, that doesn't change your promise. Our training should be most important to you right now, shouldn't it?
Minato: Ugh, I can't deny that...
Minato: (What should I do; at this rate the yakisoba will cool off and quickly lose its flavor...!!)
Minato: (And I don't want to eat any gross yakisoba! If it comes down to it...!)
Minato: Yukari... Sorry about this!
Yukari: Mrgh! ...(chew chew)
Minato: Alright, now's my chance...! (slurrrrrrrrrp)
Yukari: (gulp) ...What are you doing, Minato?
Minato: Ahaha... I thought you'd forgive me if I gave you a bite?
Yukari: You can't call shoving it into my mouth giving me a bite.
Minato: But it was good, right?
Minato: Have you ever had cup yakisoba since that time in middle school... When you ran away from home?
Yukari: Actually... I've been eating it often.
Minato: Seriously!?
Yukari: Secretly, when I could hide it.
Yukari: It's difficult to tell anyone I'm eating cup yakisoba.
Minato: No way... Then, next time we train together, we should get cup yakisoba too!
Minato: We'll stick with that!
Yukari: ...Good. I'll look forward to it.

3: The Inside Story of the Enforced Regulation

Minato: Is this Shikishima Bank? Somebody's supposed to be holed up in there.
Policeman: Yes, but... Ah, did you hear about it on the news? You shouldn't be here, it's dangerous. Run on home.
Minato: Uhh, I caught some of the news, but I'm the toji who came on behalf of the Special Sword Administration Bureau.
Policeman: Huh? A toji? J-Just wait right here!
Police Inspector: You say you're the toji the Special Sword Administration Bureau dispatched...?
Minato: That's me.
Police Inspector: You seem a little young...
Minato: Well, I am a toji, so that's pretty normal. I'm Fujiwara Minato, a 2nd year at Renpu Middle School.
Minato: I've been sent here on behalf of the Special Sword Administration Bureau to resolve the Shikishima Bank Siege Incident.
Police Inspector: They sent a middle schooler here to fight!? Has the Special Sword Administration Bureau lost their minds!?
Police Inspector: They could have at least gotten a high school student...!
Minato: A high schooler's just 2 years older; it's not that big a difference. And besides, the police are the ones who asked for a toji, right? That's what I heard.
Police Inspector: The man in there is armed. We can't let a kid like you go anywhere near!
Police Inspector: In the 30 hours since the case started, there's been one casualty after another. We can't afford to stand by and let another happen.
Police Inspector: We'll request a change of personnel right away. Sorry it turned out like this just after you got here, but please go home.
Minato: Ah, you don't have to do anything like that.
Police Inspector: What?
Minato: I'll be finished here in a minute.
Minato: Mannn, it was pretty crazy back then... They kept saying "Go home, middle schooler!"
Kagari: ...Sigh, of course they did. Do you understand what happened after that, Minato-senpai?
Minato: What happened? Well I got a little famous, right? It's not that big a deal, Kagari.
Kagari: Not a big deal... We're talking about the Shikishima Bank Siege Incident, you know!?
Kagari: Do you have any idea what a thrashing the media gave the police for sending a middle school girl in there!?
Minato: Ohh, that.
Minato: I'm the one who said I was going in, so they were really barking up the wrong tree there.
Kagari: The police were hardly clear of blame either, when it seems they were hoping the criminal would let his guard down if a child came after him.
Minato: But the police officer there was really worried about me, you know?
Kagari: Likely because the officers at the scene hadn't been told what their superiors were planning.
Kagari: ...Did you know that, as a result of that incident, a regulation was put in place saying the Special Sword Administration Bureau could no longer intervene in any non-aradama related cases?
Minato: Really?
Kagari: ......Sighhhhh.
Minato: Please at least try to consider the repercussions of your actions, Minato-senpai...

4: Amusement Park

Minato: We're at the amusement park! Yukari! Yukari! What do you want to ride first?
Yukari: You're getting too worked up, Minato.
Minato: But we finally got to come to the amusement park! What's the point if we're not getting worked up?
Yukari: ...Is that how this works?
Minato: That's exactly how it works!
Minato: So, so? What do you wanna ride, Yukari? I think we should try the rollercoaster!
Yukari: I'll leave it up to you. We can ride that first.
Minato: Alright-!
Minato: That was great-! Wasn't it, Yukari!
Yukari: Yes, and because it's designed for the general public, it didn't put much burden on your body.
Minato: Yukari... Is that really all you have to say about the rollercoaster?
Yukari: When you ask me like that, I'm not sure what kind of opinion I'm meant to have.
Minato: Hmm... Yukari, do you have fun at amusement parks?
Yukari: I'm not sure how to respond to that. I don't often come to places like this.
Yukari: So I'm not sure how to have fun here either.
Minato: Huh? But don't you start getting excited just being at an amusement park?
Yukari: Do you?
Minato: You do!
Minato: Alright, today is a holiday, and you aren't here to do an inspection. Got it?
Minato: Which means nobody's stopping you from having all the fun you want!
Yukari: ...I see. You're right, Minato. Please teach me how to have fun at an amusement park.
Minato: Sure thing! Just leave it all to me!
Minato: I'll give a lecture on how to enjoy every square inch of the amusement park!
Minato: First off, we're getting back on the rollercoaster! While we're riding this time, try letting out a big scream!
Yukari: A scream... I'll try it.
Minato/Yukari: KYAAAAAA------!!
Yukari: Amazing. All I did was scream, but it was so much more exciting this time...! I suppose it's something you can't understand until you try it yourself.
Yukari: What will we ride next, Minato?
Minato: Okay, next up is a classic, the teacup ride! Come on, Yukari! I'll show you all kinds of exciting things to do!
Yukari: Good!

5: Getting Along

Minato: Kagari, come sleep with me!
Students: They're sleeping together!?
Kagari: ...Minato-senpai, please refrain from saying things that others will misunderstand.
Minato: Misunderstand what? We're friends, aren't we? Remember, we went to that hot spring together.
Students: Hot spring!!
Kagari: Along with Ema-senpai.
Minato: Whatever, just come take an afternoon nap with me! I found the perfect spot.
Kagari: I'm not going to.
Kagari: ...
Minato: ...
Kagari: Minato-senpai, just how long do you plan on following me?
Minato: Hey, I have something to take care of over this way too, okay?
Kagari: ...
Kagari: You also have some business in the training hall, Minato-senpai?
Minato: Wait? You're going to the training hall, Kagari? Me too! I just felt like getting a little exercise, you know.
Minato: Then this is where we part ways.
Minato: Wait!? You just said, "you also have business", didn't you!?
Kagari: You must have misheard me.　
Kagari: I have work to do now, as Yukari-sama's attendant. I'll speak with you later.
Minato: Hey!
Minato: ...Nng, she's so stubborn! But that just gets me more fired up!
Minato: Yukari! I'm here to mess around!
Yukari: ...Minato, do you think this is a playground?
Kagari: Minato-senpai, now you're even bothering Yukari-sama...! What are you doing here!?
Minato: I told you, messing around. You should join me, Yukari. You're gonna work yourself to death keeping this up.
Yukari: I wouldn't say I've been working myself that hard.
Kagari: That's enough! What are you thinking, dragging Yukari-sama into this!
Minato: I just wanna get along with you, Kagari.
Kagari: ...!?
Yukari: ...So she says, Kagari. Why not go along with her?
Kagari: But...
Minato: Then, how about this! Kagari and I'll have a match, and the loser has to do whatever the winner says.
Kagari: ...That's ridiculous.
Minato: Don't be like that~!
Kagari: ...Fine, I know you won't give up anyway. But if I win, I'm going to ask you not to follow me around anymore!
Minato: If you win! Alright, you're on.
Yukari: ...Fufu, they get along so well.

Minato Joins - Part 1: The Sea and Mountains in April

Minato: Yeaaaay! It's the sea, it's the sea~! Even though it's still spring back in Kamakura, it feels like summer out here. Now if we could just find someone selling shaved ice, this'd be perfect~.
Kagari: Minato-senpai, I'm sure you're aware, but we came here to suppress aradama. Not to sightsee.
Yukari: Kagari is right. We need to eliminate the aradama first.
Minato: I knowww...
Yukari: Don't sound so depressed; it'll affect our mission. Here, cheer up. If we finish quickly enough, we should have spare time for recreation.
Minato: Oh yeah! In that case, we just gotta take 'em out quick. Alright, aradama, bring it on, wherever you are!
Kagari: The spectrum meter is reacting... They seem to be up in the mountains.
Yukari: We'll head there at once!
Kagari: That's strange... The spectrum meter lost track.
Yukari: Did they temporarily retreat somewhere? Until it picks up the signal again, we should find a safe spot to rest.
Minato: Hmm~, finding a safe spot's a good idea, but... Where are we, anyway? It looks like a dead end up ahead.
Yukari: We must be deep in the forest now. We should turn back the way we came.
Minato: Huh? That's weird. I swear we just passed by here...
Kagari: It feels like we've been walking a great distance, but what if we've been walking in circles the whole time?
Minato: Ehh!? Does that mean we're lost? When you're lost in the mountains, you're supposed to...
Minato: If we walk along a stream, it should lead us to a more open area, right?
Kagari: I see, a stream... I heard the faint sound of running water just a moment ago; there should be one nearby.
Yukari: Wait. It sounds like a good idea in theory, but what if following the stream led us to a waterfall or rock face? We wouldn't be able to progress.
Yukari: If we carelessly follow the stream down, there's a possibility we could only waste our energy and put ourselves in a more precarious position.
Minato: When you put it like that, you might be right.
Kagari: How are we meant to find our way down then...?
Yukari: If you have the stamina for it, ascending to the mountain's summit will increase your odds of finding a path back down.
Minato: Huh. You know, even though we're the same age, it feels like there's nothing you don't know, Yukari. I have a lotta respect for that.
Kagari: The polar opposite of Minato-senpai, who was about to irresponsibly send us down a stream...
Minato: What'd you say!?
Aradama: KIIIIIEE!
Yukari: So they showed themselves...
Kagari: And there's a lot of them too. How to efficiently deal with them all...
Minato: I've got a good idea for that! Come on, follow me!
Kagari: Minato-senpai? To where?
Yukari: ...I get it. Kagari, follow after Minato.

Minato Joins - Part 2: Playing in the Water

Kagari: Minato-senpai, the aradama are chasing us; are we not going to fight them?
Minato: Don't worry about them for now; just follow me!
Yukari: We reached the stream. Kagari, we're going to run along it for a little longer.
Kagari: Eh? But what about the aradama?
Minato: Keep following and wait and see~! Let's go!
Aradama: KIEEEEE!
Aradama: GUOOOO!
Minato: Nice, the aradama all came after us. Okay, Yukari, Kagari, it's time to get to work!
Yukari: Understood! We're beginning our attack. TAAAAAAAH-!
Minato: DORYAAAAAAAA-!
Kagari: (So the plan was to lure the aradama along the stream and wipe them out all at once... I should join in..)
Kagari: HAAAAAAAAAH-!
Aradama: Kiiiie...
Minato: Awesome, that's all of them wiped out! My plan went perfectly~!
Yukari: That was some quick thinking, confining the aradama here with the stream. Well done, Minato.
Minato: It was your advice before that made me come up with it. If we were really in an pinch, I thought we could drop down the waterfall.
Kagari: (The judgment to immediately apply information you had just heard as tactics in battle... It pains me to admit it, but Minato-senpai is good...)
Minato: Now we can get back to the path... Oh yeah! We were lost, weren't we?
Minato: Grr, and I thought we could play in the ocean after finishing the aradama this fast-!
Yukari: Calm down, Minato. I told you before. At times like these, we only need to ascend the mountain.
Minato: Ehh, but we've been running around so much, and you want us to keep climbing? I'm too tired to move an inch-! I just wanna head down the mountain and fool around already-!
Kagari: If you have the energy to spare fooling around, you can make your way up this mountain. Go on, follow Yukari-sama.
Minato: Fineee...
Minato: Ahh~, finally, back at the beach-! I wasn't sure if we'd really find a way down after climbing to the top of the mountain, but Yukari was right like always~.
Kagari: And we even found the shortest path right to the beach... Minato-senpai's desire to fool around must have been strong enough for the heavens to answer.
Yukari: At any rate, we made it safely down the mountain, so feel free to use our remaining time here as you wish.
Minato: Yesss-! Last one in the water's a rotten egg!
Kagari: In the water? It's still only April. And none of us brought bathing suits...
Minato: Just go in like this? We're all covered in mud from fighting the aradama, so we can clean off while we're at it!
Minato: See, come on in, Kagari. Take this!
Kagari: That's cold-! Now you've done it, Minato-senpai. I'll show you...
Yukari: It's cold...
Kagari: Yu... Yukari-sama! I'm terribly sorry! I only meant to splash Minato-senpai, but...
Yukari: Now that I'm this wet, you leave me no choice. I'll accept this challenge.
Minato: That's the spirit, Yukari! This is how things ought to be! Kagari, Yukari, let's get this started-!

[Mahouka - Minato: Start]: Three Lost People

Honoka: Heeeey! Kanami-? Mihono-?
Honoka: ............
Honoka: Nnnn, they're not answering, Shizuku.
Shizuku: Yep. There's no mistaking it.
Shizuku: We're lost.
Honoka: Of course we are... Sigh. And just when they were finally able to take us out sightseeing...
Shizuku: We probably weren't separated that far from them. We should meet up again soon.
Honoka: Yeah, you're right... Okay! Let's look for them!
???: Sorry, I couldn't help but overhear you. You're lost, right?
???: If it's alright, want me to help you look?
Honoka: Are you sure? Umm, you're...?
Shizuku: Who are you?
Minato: Me?
Minato: Actually, I'm lost too. I came here with two friends of mine, but somehow I got stuck on my own.
Honoka: Oh, I see. Since you have an okatana, you must be a toji... Wait? Isn't that okatana...?
Minato: What, Chidori?
Shizuku: Someone we know has the same okatana.
Minato: Someone you know...?
Minato: You sure you're not mixing it up? Chidori's my okatana.
Honoka: Really? But, maybe there's another one of that okatana...
Minato: There isn't one.
Honoka: Huh?
Shizuku: Honoka. We must just be just mistaken.
Honoka: ...That's probably it, Shizuku.
Minato: ...Hey, what's this girl like? The one you think has Chidori.
Honoka: Umm... She's bright and cheery... Ah, she kind of feels a bit like you.
Minato: Hmm...
Minato: Alright. In that case, like I said before, I'll help you look for them. I want to meet this girl too.
Shizuku: You sure?
Minato: Sure thing!
Honoka: But, you're lost too, aren't you?
Minato: I'll be fine. I figure I'll see my friends soon enough, and we might run into them when we're looking for your friends too.
Honoka: I got it. Then, let's search together!

[Mahouka - Minato: End]: Ideal Dream

Minato: Hmmm, we aren't finding anybody.
Honoka: You're not wrong...
Honoka: We've been looking for a while now, but, where could they have gone...
Shizuku: Honoka.
Honoka: What is it, Shizuku?
Shizuku: The koi are swimming up. Do you think they want food?
Honoka: What do koi eat, anyway?
Minato: Koi are omnivores, so they'll eat anything.
Minato: ...By the way, I've never seen your uniforms before. Where's it from?
Minato: It's not a school from around here, right?
Shizuku: It's the National Magic University Affiliated First High School.
Honoka: Sh-Shizuku!? Was it really alright telling her?
Shizuku: We already told Mihono and the others, so why bother now.
Honoka: Ah... You have a point.
Minato: ...Magic?
Honoka: Yes, though you might not believe us...
Minato: ...Well yeah, I'm honestly not sure I believe you.
Shizuku: But, it's true. This world is a dream, and Honoka and I come from a different world.
Minato: ...A dream?
Shizuku: That's right.
Minato: A dream... Wait, but... Then, is that what's going on?
Honoka: Is what...?
Minato: You said you knew somebody who has Chidori, right?
Honoka: Ah, yes.
Minato: Then, maybe that's the real one.
Honoka: What do you mean by that...?
Minato: I'm saying, I'm pretty sure mine's just a dream.
Shizuku: What are you saying, all of a sudden?
???: Minato-senpai! Where are you-?
Minato: Ah, looks like I found a friend of mine. Then, seeya.
Minato: I think you'll definitely run into yours soon too.
Honoka: Um, what was your name...
Honoka: ...She's already gone.
Mihono: Honoka-saaan! Shizuku-saaan!
Honoka: Ah.
Kanami: Thank goodness, we finally found you! We were looking all over for you two!
Honoka/Shizuku: ......
Mihono: What's wrong?
Shizuku: Kanami, tell me your okatana's name.
Kanami: Uh, it's Chidori...?
Honoka/Shizuku: ......
Honoka: Shizuku, that means...
Shizuku: Yep. We might have seen a ghost.