why i like nobuta wo produce

  Nobuta Wo Produce is a Japanese tv series. It revolves around 3 different characters: Shuji, Akira, and Nobuta/Nobuko. Shuji is the cool and popular guy. He is friends with everyone, except Akira, whom he finds annoying. Yet, he is the one guy in school he can talk to about his feelings. One day, Nobuta, a shy girl, comes to school. She is bullied everyday by Bando. With nothing else to do, Shuji and Akira decided to make Nobuta popular. They call themselves "the producers". As they attempt to "produce Nobuta", they ended up "producing" a wonderful friendship. In the end, Shuji ended up producing himself: an authentic self.

Shuji: Because of that girl, who seemed to have a grudge against everything in the world, and this stupid guy, who’s convinced everything in the world exists for him, my school  days, that were peaceful up until now, slowly began to get complicated.

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Shuji: Amidst all of these kids gathered together, I, the serious one, am the one who loses. 

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  Shuji: If you don’t change yourself, you’re always going to be picked on! You’re going to be uprooted like that willow tree. Is that alright with you?

Nobuta: That’s why I said, nothing will change, the world is going to be the same no matter where I go. It’s a world that I can’t live in and it just continues on and on.

Shuji: Then let’s make one… a world that you can live in. I’ll make one for you.

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Nobuta: It’s like I’ve come into a different world.

Bookshop owner: A world that I’ve made…

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Nobuta: The willow tree… it couldn’t have know that it was going across the ocean, huh?          

Shuji: If you don’t live your life, you never k now what’s going to happen.

Nobuta: They exist… places where you can live your life anew.

Shuji: Yeah…

Nobuta: I wonder if I can be a big tree? One that no one can uproot. I wonder if I can be a big tree like that?

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Nobuta: I will live my life in this world where Bando is…

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Shuji: But at this time, I really didn’t understand, in what was to come, that we would have to fight against people’s evils that were dark and deep, without reason.

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Shuji: No one in the world has confidence. Everyone is afraid. Really, everyone’s so obsessed with themselves that they have no leisure to think about others. So you don’t have to be afraid. First, forget about wanting to look good. Let everyone know that you’re there.

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Shuji: Think about the fact that you’re here… and only that.

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Nobuta: Good morning…. Good morning…. I’m right here! Good morning!

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Nobuta: I threw out that shirt and it somehow ended in

Africa. And the kid is smiling with that shirt. So you can smile no matter what you wear. You can live smiling.

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Nobuta: For me, it’s more fun looking back on it all later.

Akira: What do you mean?

Nobuta: Like with video games, they’re not fun when I’m playing them. But when I’m studying, I remember playing them, and they were fun. You probably don’t realize that things are fun until later afterwards.

Akira: I wonder if you’ll remember this, years from now.

Nobuta: Remember what?

Akira: Making dolls from early on in the morning, or picking flowers at sunset. Years from now, do you think we’ll look back and say “that was fun!”?

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Vice Principal: The festival when they were in school must have been a lot of fun. It’s a once in a lifetime thing, meeting friends, being engrossed in meaningless things.

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Writing in the mirror: The chances of meeting the person whose hand you’re holding right now i s like that of a miracle. Even when you step out into the light, don’t let go of their hand.

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Nobuta: I was digging by myself for a long time, like a mole… underground. Then suddenly, two others came up.

Akira: Two others? You mean us?

Nobuta: yeah… I wonder if in the future I’m going to suddenly meet people like this? If so, it’s not going to be so bad digging by myself.

Akira: You’ll meet them… all sorts of different people.

Shuuji: And then one day… you won’t be able to see them again.

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Shuuji: I was shocked that Nobuta and Akira, who I thought was stupid could make something like that so well.

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Shuuji: When tomorrow comes, the classroom will go back to normal. Nobuta will be bullied again and Akira will be as annoying as always. And I’ll be popular. Even though that’s s omething that isn’t supposed to change, I was worried. I, who had nothing to worry about, was really worried.

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Akira: Why did Bando choose flowers?

Nobuta: I think she wanted to do something against what everyone expected. I think she wanted to think that she too can change.

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Shuji: I was gonna make flowers fall over Nobuta. Even if I were gonna lose my popularity, I was gonna choose flowers. That was probably because I liked the two of them. I like myself when I’m with the two of them.

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Nobuta: I’m always just catching balls from you guys, right? But catching is all I can do. So one day I want to throw the ball back at you. If I could get it into your gloves with a snapping sound, it would really feel good.

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Akira: We don’t really know anything about Nobuta, do we? Do you know what Nobuta wishes for? To become popular one day and to say thank you to you.

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Shuji: And then like a regular girl, I want to see her crying and laughing about something stupid, so much that her stomach gets all twisted up.

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Akira: A 10 yen coin, wandering the street

Nobuta: To live my life smiling

Shuji: To be a good person

Yokoyama: What’s with them? Are they not taking this seriously……they are taking this seriously.

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Akira: Nobuta becoming everyone else is painful.

Shuji: What do you mean?

Akira: I want Nobuta to be only mine. To be honest, I don’t even want others to look at her.

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Akira: What you’ve been watching is Shuji’s only

Nobuta: Everytime I watch it, I like it more. There are only people in this, did you know?  So what he likes is people. It’s interesting. He looks cool and yet he loves people. He probably really cares about others. And that’s why he lies. And he holds back. When I watch this, I really see that.

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Akira: Nobuta, I love you. I like the book that you read. I like the sidewalk that you walk. I like the top floor where you are. I like everywhere where you are. I love it.

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Shuji: From tomorrow, she’s gonna hate me. From others… to be hated by others… is scary.

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Shuji: I have to say something to Nobuta. I have to smile and say something or Nobuta’s gonna be worried. I was thinking. But I couldn’t move…. When Nobuta hugged me, I understood for the first time… I’m a lonely human being.

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Shuji: Even if I fell to the bottom, life doesn’t end. As he said, life doesn’t end easily. But I still have to live on.

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Shuji: I don’t care if no one believes me. But I just want them to believe me… now, and forever more.

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Goyokudo: If you live, there’s a horrible day. But there’s also an amazing day.

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Akira: Inside me, shuji and nobuta is first. I’m second.

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Shuji: Right now, feeling that these words aren’t reaching you, guys, is scary. I’m scared to death….

Tani: It’s reaching us. Don’t worry, it’s reaching us.

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Shuji: As long as someone’s there for you, even if you go to a place that you regret, you can come back… As long as I’m here, I won’t get lost.

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Shuji: More than this, I don’t wanna become any closer…. We’re gonna be separated soon. If we become closer, we’re just gonna be sadder.

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Akira: But why don’t you care more about yourself?

Shuji: To do something for someone else, does it mean you’re not caring about yourself? I… when I’m doing something for Nobuta, I feel like I was most myself. Don’t you think so, too? So whenever she’s trying to make others happy, isn’t she the most lively?

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Shuji: I never understood what loving others meant. But because of Nobuta, I think I understand. Like eating together and having fun, seeing the same scene, and thinking I’ll never forget this moment, or laughing like crazy, at times getting worried. And thinking you wanna spend more time with them. To like others, it’s simple happy things like that. In the future if I am able to love someone, I’ll probably remember you. Everything you’ve taught me, I’ll remember. Thanks

Nobuta: I’m the one who wants to thank you. I regret that that’s all I can say. Right now, everything I’m thinking, I wish I could express it. How much I’m thankful, I wish I can express it.

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Shuji: The last scene I saw at school was Mariko and Nobuko having fun. That really really made me happy. Me and Akira, we left as if we would see each other tomorrow and never even looked up.

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Caretaker: Hey, aren’t you gonna go say bye?

Akira: Don’t want to…

Caretaker: Just cause it’s hard what the point of hiding. You’re gonna just say that nothing happened with Shuji? If you give up what’s difficult, it means you’re gonna give up what was fun, too. Is that ok?

Akira: To make it nothing, I can’t do it.

Caretaker: Then do it till the end.

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Shuji: Nobuta power… enter!