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I keep forgetting to mention this, but I'm fairly certain that the little word bubbles above scenes are supposed to mean something. Once I determined that the bubble type isn't linked to what character is where, I never bothered learning WHAT they meant.
However, I DID memorize the white bubble plus music note combination, because that means one and only one thing:
Koi Koi.
[Ogami]
It's going to be Kanna this time, huh... I've got to make sure that I won't be caught off-guard by one of your bold moves...
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[Ogami]
... like that one time we were playing Monopoly.
[Kanna]
You kinda deserved it that time.
[Ogami]
Kanna, most rational people don't dibs on the boot or the doggie by hurling the other players out the window.
[Kanna]
Captain, I'm not rational. I'm Okinawan.
[Kanna]
Besides, you didn't complain when Sumire caught you in that reverse Galactic Double Pleated Choke-hold.
[Ogami]
Well, I kind of deserved THAT for letting Kohran tinker with the game pieces.
[Kanna]
I don't know... I still think that Kohran was onto something with that mechanical cockfighting...
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[Kanna]
Right, let's hurry up and get started! Of course, you're gonna play, right?
As far as I'm usually concerned...
... there's only one correct choice here. 
[Ogami]
Let's do this, Kanna! Come on!!
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Optional Video- Koi Koi- VS Kanna:
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It was a fairly anti-climactic game. I just did what I always do...
I'd end the round the moment I scored any points whatsoever. 
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[Ogami]
Look, I'm just not the type to take chances.
[Kanna]
... you've consigned yourself to a life of fightin' demons wearing nothing but an oversized garbage can. If THAT ain't chance-taking, then what IS it?
[Ogami]
The greatest career choice in the entire universe, if it weren't for my hyper-violent co-workers.
[Kanna]
Yeah, I should probably give Maria a nice, stern warning if I were you. She's still gettin' out of hand lately, what with all that gunplay.
[Ogami]
I... uh, indeed.
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Ending the round even if I earn just one point? F.O.E.!
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The last round ended by a stroke of sheer, stupid luck. I took what I could get.
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[Kanna]
I never thought that I'd get beat down THAT badly...
[Kanna]
She's a pretty powerful opponent. Do your best, Captain!
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[Ogami]
Well, THAT was a pleasant post-game conversation, one that didn't contain needless praising, creepy overtures, or the sort of hyper-competitive, excuse-making teeth-gnashing that most sore losers engage in.
[Ogami]
Fucking hell, she's got to be plotting something.
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It's the costumes room, but... how come no one is ever CHANGING in here? 
[Ogami]
Hey, Sumire-kun. What're you up to? Checking up on the stage costumes?
[Sumire]
No... that is not the reason. I simply find this room to be a nice and quiet place, so...
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[Ogami]
What about the salon? Wasn't that a nice and quiet place where you could drink tea and all?
[Sumire]
... Kanna was hulking around up there, waiting for her next round of Koi Koi. She is the antithesis of 'nice and quiet,' Ensign.
[Ogami]
That couldn't have been THAT bad--
[Sumire]
She was lifting weights, Ensign.
[Ogami]
So--
[Sumire]
SHE APPARENTLY CLASSIFIES ME AS A LIFTING WEIGHT, ENSIGN.
[Ogami]
... okay, that'd do it.
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[Ogami]
I see...
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[Sumire]
Ensign... if you were to sell your own love... how much would you set the price at?
How much money... would it take for you to be able to love someone else?
[Ogami]
The price of love, huh...
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[Ogami]
Isn't that called 'prostitution'?
[Sumire]
... haven't you even bothered WATCHING our play, Ensign?
[Ogami]
Er... yes! Yes, of COURSE I have. Isn't it an action flick about the continuous battles between a prostitute and a penniless poet?
[Sumire]
Buh?
[Ogami]
I- yes! And from what I've seen of the props, it is an epic story, featuring a thousand rampaging elephants!
[Sumire]
Ensign, what in the world are you blathering on about? There are no battles, and there are NO rampaging elephants at all! I--
[Ogami]
Wait, so you're telling me that Kohran DIDN'T have permission to build a thousand mechanized elephants and store them in the hangars?
[Sumire]
...
[Ogami]
...
[Sumire]
... I believe that you might want to talk to her about that.
[Ogami]
I... yeah.
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Of course, the Ogami that we all know and love--
-- is a hopeless romantic.
[Ogami]
I... don't want to answer that question. You can't put a price on something like love.
[Ogami]
No! Love isn't something that you sell!! You can never set something like a price on that!
[Ogami]
Eh....?
[Sumire]
That is correct... you should not try to place a price on love.
To love someone... that should be endless thoughts rising up from the depths of one's heart.
To be swayed so easily by money... I believe that to be the height of wretchedness.
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[Ogami]
... says the woman who has her own Scrooge McDuck-ish money pool.
[Sumire]
I do NOT.
[Ogami]
Alright, fine, that was below the belt--
[Sumire]
I have a money bubble bath.
[Ogami]
... how does that even WORK? Can you even get gold and silver to bubble at a temperature that wouldn't kill a normal human being?
[Sumire]
It... it was a better idea in theory than it was in practice.
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[Ogami]
Were you... testing me?
[Ogami]
Hmmm... somehow, that's not very convincing.
Also known as one of the leads in "Love is a Diamond."
[Sumire]
Thank you very much. Thanks to you, I believe that I can now play her part well.
Now then... I shall have to excuse myself here. Please have a good night's sleep...
Curse the Japanese language and its ability to cram an incredible amount of meaning into a ridiculously tiny box!
[Tsubaki]
Ah... Ogami-san! I was just cleaning up the dressing room.
[Ogami]
That's great, Tsubaki-chan. But it must be tough doing all this by yourself- shall I help as well?
[Ogami]
Right then, I'll sweep and clean up a bit.
[Tsubaki]
Yes, please! I'll get these make-up kits in order.
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[Tsubaki]
Wait... but I'd already finished sweeping?
[Ogami]
Well, yes, I noticed. Why else do you think I would volunteer for this task?
[Tsubaki]
What!?
[Ogami]
Tsk tsk... you're still young. Someday, you'll see the importance of learning to shirk your duties like a ninja.
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[Tsubaki]
Hmmm... so this is the powder that Sumire-san is always using, huh...
[Tsubaki]
Heheheh, this is a rare opportunity- I've got to make a memo of which brand this is!
[Ogami]
Tsubaki-chan... you...
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[Ogami]
... you're stalking two people at once?
[Tsubaki]
Of course! I mean, Sumire's chapter is coming up next, so I'm sure that you'll be able to find all SORTS of way to shatter her horrible bitchiness and turn her into a well-adjusted, lovable, and demure young woman!
[Ogami]
Buh?
[Tsubaki]
Which, of course, is when I'll strike, much like I've begun taking greater and greater chances with Maria.
[Ogami]
... I, uh... good luck with that.
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[Tsubaki]
I want to put on make-up and become pretty, like Sumire-san!
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[Ogami]
Like... Sumire?
[Tsubaki]
Yes!
[Ogami]
You... want to become... like Sumire.
[Tsubaki]
Yes!
[Ogami]
But, that... I... that isn't RIGHT, that... you...
"OH~HO HO HO HO HO!! LICK MY BOOTS, MAN-SLAVE!"
[Ogami]
Dear God in heaven, I can't unsee it.
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[Tsubaki]
When you see me after I put on make-up, I'm sure that I'll even make YOU swoon, Ogami-san!
[Ogami]
Ah, aah... right.
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[Ogami]
If you can get Sumire's evil princess laugh nailed down, I'm sure you'll even be able to make me cringe in fear.
[Tsubaki]
... I'll take that as a compliment!
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[Tsubaki]
Now then, I should get going. I've still got some work left to do at the shop!
[Ogami]
See you later, Tsubaki-chan.
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[Ogami]
...
[Ogami]
Tsubaki-chan.
[Tsubaki]
Yes?
[Ogami]
... what happened to cleaning up the dressing room?
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[Ogami]
...
[Ogami]
.... sunnovabitch, she ran away.
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NEXT TIME: Swimming! Stars! ... Failure!
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