Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It

The. Um, I have a question. Was

there something in the lecture you didn't understand?

No, it isn't that. Why do people

in the Icarda lab group all wear lab coats?

Is that strange? No. Don't get me wrong.

They're very cool looking. It's just

everyone in the other labs just wears

their regular street clothes. So why the lab coats?

It's sort of a tradition in our lab.

They're not mandatory, but we all wear them.

And according to Yukimura, it's the only suitable armor for doing science.

That's because when we wear lab coats,

we look much smarter and cooler, too.

In psychological terms, they provide a definition of roles.

People tend to embody the persona created

by the clothes they're wearing and thus perform their jobs better.

Plus, when you dress for success, it makes

you feel more positive about things, doesn't it? I guess so.

The lab coat is a symbol of intelligence.

Therefore, donning one leads us to behave

in a manner befitting of scholars.

Speaking of which, why is it that we've

never seen you wearing a lab coat, professor?

You're right, Kanade. I can't recall a single

time where I've seen the professor wearing one.

It's not that I don't want to wear one, I do. I swear

certain person will not allow me to wear one under any circumstances.

Ha ha! Who on earth could stop you from wearing a lab coat?

It seems that way now. But before you came to study with us,

the professor wore a lab coat on a daily basis. Oh, I see.

Are. That is a wonderful proof emerita, Professor Orser.

Every meeting, he'd shred his lab coat from excitement,

so I finally forbid him from wearing them anymore.

It was a waste of our supplies.

Now I understand you're so amazing, Miss Eburata.

You're shining brightly again today, Ika. So bright

that I'm blinded to anyone else.

So how has your on going romance

experiment been developing lately? Haemocell oh yeah, that's right.

The results of the oxytocin levels in the samples

collected at the Okinawa camp must have come back by now, huh?

Well, just as I thought, investigating with the amount

of data we have will be difficult.

We failed to collect the saliva samples in time,

so we'll have to recreate the experiment.

What a shame. Well, a lot did happen on that trip. You know.

That trip. I feel shaken to my

core thinking of those events again.

Oh, no. I can't stop myself. Those memories are flooding back.

After fighting with Yukimura over such trivial things,

I ran away without even giving him a proper apology.

When Himuro disappeared, I searched desperately until I found her.

And then, like a miracle, in a place

of the highest mood value, we we.

Experienced a kiss of the highest theoretical value.

Huh? Why are these two so flustered all of a sudden?

If you don't have enough oxytocin data yet,

then couldn't you just collect more saliva and have the samples retested?

I am afraid that wouldn't work out.

Even if we recreate the experiment, it will take

too long for the test results to come back to us in time.

Well, in that case, I know of a testing

lab nearby that could get the results sooner.

Want to give it a try?

I realize you were forced to come along with us. I'm sorry.

It's fine. I was curious about it anyway.

And I don't get the chance to come

to the natural sciences department much at all.

That's true. We don't often venture onto the grounds of other departments.

There should be a specialist in saliva testing in here.

Excuse us. Please. Oh.

Welcome here. Human desires are laid bare,

whipped into a sloppy mass, and then quantified in this lab.

Now, let me see your bodily fluids.

Soy. Why are you dressed in a negligee again?

How many times have I told you

not to expose so much skin when you first meet people?

I like pretending to be a courtesan.

These people work in a laboratory. I can feel it.

That same aura of a love struck couple.

My apologies. You must be from the Ikeda lab.

Welcome to the Natural Sciences bio research lab.

I hope you like it. It's Earl

grey tea that I've had brought in from London.

Thank you. I'm sure we will. And you are.

My name is Chris Fleuret. You can call me Chris.

I must say, it's quite an honor

to meet such lovely ladies as yourselves. Oh, my.

So what brings you to our little test lab today?

Our experiment. We are attempting to clarify

the exact nature of romantic love.

Our research has led us to looking at oxytocin levels.

We've been told that your lab has

the equipment necessary to measure the oxytocin levels in saliva.

Is that accurate? Um. Your Fujiwara right? Yes.

And it's possible I often use the equipment for my own interests.

Isn't that wonderful? Did you know? Huh?

When you look at a person's saliva,

you can learn all kinds of things about them.

If you measure the levels of oxytocin in saliva,

you can begin to see the extent of that person's happiness.

Measuring chromogranin A tells you how much psychological stress that person's feeling.

Serotonin tells you their emotional stability. Estrogen

tells you the balance within a female body from testosterone.

You can read the degree of masculine vitality.

Through genetic testing, we can even sample DNA.

Saliva is chock full of information about human being.

Mhm. All these bodily fluids, they're like mirrors reflecting a person's insides.

And my craving to learn more is so bad, I can't stand it.

Now show me every little inch of your selves.

Stop it. Does everything that comes out

of your mouth have to sound so seductive?

Oh, please, Chris, I just thought it would be easier

to explain if I showed them some saliva. Well, it's not. If.

If you keep behaving in such a seductive and sexy way,

uh, then your magnetism will ruin their

experiment by elevating male testosterone levels.

And I hate when you elevate other men's levels. Oh.

You're giving off too much chromogranin a.

Don't worry, Chris, my saliva belongs to you and you alone.

Now, let's secrete some oxytocin together.

No. My testosterone levels. My testosterone. Levels.

What is going on with these two?

They're beginning to make me a little angry.

Uh, you guys do stuff like this all the time.

So let me take a wild guess.

You two are dating each other. Am I right?

That's right. It's been about four years now.

I thought so. They certainly aren't like the usual science types.

Since that's the case, why don't you

two have Chris and Fujiwara help out

with your romance experiment by becoming test subjects?

After all, they've been an official couple

for quite a significant period of time.

An interesting point. Now that you mention it.

We've yet to collect any samples relating to normal conventional love.

We have cold case love of his two dimensional girlfriend.

I could watch you sleep all night.

Ika and Kanade's. Extreme unrequited love and unrealistic fantasizing.

Ah, Takahashi, are you saying that's really how you see me.

After all this? Soyu Fujiwara and Chris

Fleuret in order to determine whether or not

we love each other and to ultimately define love,

we'd like you to participate in our research.

We'd love to. After all, I want

to collect as much saliva as I can.

Yes, yes, I agree, I am deeply interested in this research, however.

There is one thing that I find difficult to understand

your axiom. If the two of you

don't know whether you love each other or not,

doesn't that mean you don't really love each other?

What? What do you mean? Well, for

example, take the following yé yé.

Let's say that your research is brilliantly realized,

and you conclude with a new definition for love.

And as a result, you determine that what

you feel for each other is not love.

Will you simply say, oh, I see, and walk away?

I wouldn't do that.

No matter what anyone says, no matter what theorems I must violate.

I love Sui with all my heart

and no one can disprove that using science.

He's so cool. Oh, Chris. Oh, can you feel that?

My base body temperature starting to rise and it's all your fault.

Stop. Please sue me, I thank you.

You're so dazzlingly beautiful. I can't endure

with you. Oh, no. Please wait.

Stop! Anyone can simply say the words

I love you to another human being.

Clarifying the truth of the statement is

what our research is all about.

I concur, not everyone is proud or confident

in their feelings while declaring their love for people like that.

Proof of love provides necessary support.

Oh, now I see. In that case,

I should present you with some factual

proof for your research in there. And if I'm not mistaken.

The test results for the saliva we collected

right after we were snuggling should be inside that envelope.

There's no possible oxytocin. His levels were 1038 picograms per milliliter.

Even after we had succeeded in our

kiss, 746g/ml was our absolute limit.

Just how happy do these guys feel?

This is what it actually means to be a real couple.

If you touch someone you truly love,