THE 53RD TOSEI FESTIVAL
Sorry to keep you waiting!
There she is!
Akane! You're late!
Sorry!
I got called in to work
all of sudden last night.
Then I had to work on my paper,
so I hardly got any sleep.
Seriously?
Convenience stores are so understaffed.
It's a tough job!
Hey!
You guys!
CLASS 2-B
CREPES
CUTE...
HE'S CUTE
Let's get going!
Ohh! So cute!
That person with the rabbit ears
and looking overjoyed,
is that Eita?
He's got a horde of girls snapping him.
Well, Eita's a huge fan
of these festivals.
Huh? Wait up! Wait up, will you?
I said wait up!
CLASS 3-E
COSPLAY CAFE
So this is Yamada's school, huh?
Episode 8:
If That Happened,That Would Be...
Would you look at all these stalls?
SPONSOR
Hey, Runa, is there
something you'd like to eat?
Runa doesn't want anything.
Huh?
Runa's nervous because
she's taking the entrance exam
for this school next year.
Oh.
Runa! Relax!
This could be an opportunity
to get familiar with this place!
Runa's insecure, so she can't.
CLASS 2-B
MAID CAFE
Welcome!
Yay! I want to go!
I want to go! I want to go! I want to go!
HAUNTED HOUSE
- Ohh.
- I want to go! I want to go!
- Go on, you two!
- I want to go!
Two patients are here.
I'm sending them in!
Hey...
Where should we go, then?
TAKOYAKI
SO DELISH
IN THE QUAD
COSPLAY CAFE
CLASS 3-F
Huh?
My stomach hurts.
What?
I'm so nervous, my stomach hurts!
I can't do this anymore.
If I'm this fragile,
I'll fail the entrance exams—
Okay, stop right there.
Let's go to the restroom.
Mr. Kamota and I
just exited the haunted house!
Let's meet up in about 15 minutes!
Okay.
Okay
I wonder if Yamada's
going to join us at some point?
NOT THAT I'VE HEARD ANYTHING...
I think I'll ask him.
Wait, if I ask him, he might think
that I want to see him or something.
Well, I'll find out later without asking,
so never mind!
ACCEPTED TO THE CITY ATHLETIC TOURNAMENT
CONGRATULATIONS
What a shock!
Are you all right?
It fell apart!
Oh, man, are you okay?
We'll take care of it.
Thanks!
Bring it into the classroom.
- Yamada—
- Yamada!
Kishida from Ethics class is taking part
in the first-years'
fighting game tournament,
but his moves are totally insane!
He's kind of...
HE'S SMILING...
hard to approach right now.
NOWHERE TO PUT
HER HAND
Oh, we're bringing those inside?
Let me help out.
Will he look this way, maybe?
Hey, Yamada...
Oh. There he goes.
Oh, well, it is what it is.
He seemed busy, anyway.
Of course he wouldn't notice me.
For heaven's sake...
I told them to start putting away
the boxes they were done with first,
but they're just leaving them out.
Everyone's so sloppy, right?
Tsubaki, is it all right
if I step out for a minute?
Hmm? I don't have a problem with that,
but where are you going?
Nowhere special.
She's been in there a while.
I think I'll go check on her.
Are you alone?
You noticed that I was here?
Yes. I was going to call out to you,
but then we had some trouble.
Anyway, why are you alone?
Why...
are you smiling?
Oh... it's nothing.
Runa seems to have a case of the nerves,
so she's been in the restroom.
But I'm getting worried
since it's been a while,
so I was just about to go check on her.
I can't do it.
There's no way that I can make it
through the real entrance exam like this.
I JUST CAN'T HANDLE PRESSURE
You don't have a fever, so just lie down,
and we'll see how it goes.
Yamada... what are you doing?
I'm letting Eita know—
Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!
Don't tell Eita about this!
He's so going to take me home!
I can't not tell him.
But I haven't eaten anything yummy yet,
and I haven't had any fun!
I thought you had a stomachache.
But I want to eat all kinds of food here!
That's why I haven't eaten a thing
since last night, you know!
That must be the cause!
Oh! Then I'll just go buy
some stuff for you.
I TOTALLY FORGOT,
BUT I'M YOUR SPONSOR
So that you can have it
once you're feeling better, okay?
In that case...
I want a crepe,
a cheese dog, and takoyaki.
And they were selling
pork miso soup in the courtyard,
so I want some of that, too.
And I just have to have
a limited edition festival T-shirt.
Sure, sure.
AKANE
Where do they sell
the festival tees?
YAMADA
I'll take you there.
See you later.
Yamada, is it okay for you
not to be working with your classmates?
Hey, look! Look at that!
Yes. I was going to take off
in the afternoon, anyway.
Hey, who's that?
No way! His girlfriend?
For real?
I'm glad to hear that.
It's backstage work,
so we're pretty free once it's underway.
No way, he's with someone!
I thought Yamada didn't have a girlfriend.
Oh, really?
What's your class doing, Yamada?
We teamed up with the class next door
to make a giant labyrinth outside.
Anyway...
Is that his girlfriend?
BED OF NAILS
are people totally staring at us?
- No!
- Who is that woman?
Oh, you noticed, too? Thank goodness!
Feels like a Kn*fe to the back.
I'm going to walk ahead.
- Oh, sorry.
- Hey.
Hey, Yamada! So you've been
wandering around here, huh?
I hear you're finally taking part
in the pageant this year!
So you couldn't quite escape it
for the whole three years, huh?
Yeah.
POW POW POW
Look at you! You're with a girl? Hey!
I always thought you were a perverse guy,
not caring how popular you were,
YAMADA... STAND UP
FOR YOURSELF A LITTLE...
but I'm changing my tune now, you punk!
Hey, Yamada! Yamada, hey!
Huh? I've never seen you before.
Which high school do you go to?
Oh, no. I'm a college student, and—
Older?
TOO CLOSE...
- Older?
- Older?
I see! You like older women, then?
Good for you!
Older?
You've made me really happy, you know!
Wow. He was totally
a jock-type of teacher, huh?
Well! Who knew that
Yamada, of all people,
would go
for older women?
He's my P.E. teacher.
AT A LOSS
FOR WORDS
Oh?
Yamada!
Is that person your girlfriend?
PEEP PEEP PEEP
- How long have you been dating?
- Who is she?
Do you prefer older women?
Who are they?
First years, I think?
Going by the color of their shoes.
Gotta hand it to the youth...
Um, I'm not his girlfriend.
Oh!
So you're really not dating, then?
Is that true?
Then why are you together?
Yamada! Why is that?
Who is this person?
It's not true
that you like older women, right?
RAGGED...
INTERROGATED
BY NUMEROUS GIRLS
ALONG THE WAY
We finally made it out of the building.
I'm totally exhausted.
Hey!
Oh, there's Akito, too!
We bought tons of stuff!
Runa's got a stomachache again?
Huh? Akanecchi, did you just age?
Listen, both of you! It was such an ordeal
just getting here, you know!
We got the festival tee that Runa wanted!
Let me guess, the campus was abuzz
because Akito was with a girl, am I right?
And here's a cheese dog, some takoyaki,
and also—also...
Same thing happened to Runa last year.
Well, this was no joke!
You should have seen their eyes!
It's like it was even less convincing
because I'm not his girlfriend!
WHAT DO THEY
WANT ME TO DO?
SMIRK
I wish I could have seen that.
You swaggering about
as you crush the hopes of every girl!
That's not it! It was a misunderstanding!
Well, then, if you're
going to get death stares anyway,
don't you think you might as well...
just start dating?
DON'T YOU THINK YOU MIGHT AS WELL
JUST START DATING?
Right, Akito?
Well... well...
yeah, I guess.
Huh?
- Akanecchi's so cheery. Isn't she great?
- What? What are you—
I guess so.
Her hobby's online gaming,
so you're like a perfect match.
Hey! You're so out of line—
I guess so.
All right! You're officially a couple!
Just kidding!
A-Akanecchi.
S-Sorry!
Huh?
I was just kidding!
What?
REALIZING IT WAS A JOKE,
HE THINKS HE PLAYED ALONG LIKE A PRO
Sorry! Sorry!
I was just teasing Akito, okay?
STILL HASN'T
CAUGHT ON
Oh... kidding.
That's right!
Sorry, okay?
Whoa.
I've got some shopping to do!
Runa's food!
A-Akanecchi!
Akane.
I hate you, Eita!
Don't you give me
a hard time too, Yamada!
Damn it!
Oh, crap. I was just messing with Akito,
but I ended up hurting Akenecchi, too.
You two wait here, okay?
I'm going to go apologize to her.
In a situation like that, I should have...
Don't you think
you might as well just start dating?
Right, right. That's enough joking around.
That would have been the right response.
But...
What's wrong with me?
Why am I reacting in this crazy way?
Yamada sure had a blank stare on his face.
I'm so embarrassed!
RETRO CAFE
I-I'm so sorry!
STARE...
Please walk slowly through the halls.
Yamada?
Hey! Wait.
Don't run!
Hey, Yamada. Is that person with you?
Akane!
Please just stop for now.
The stairs... it's not safe.
Don't make her run, okay?
What happened just now,
sorry about that.
My name...
you said it for the first time!
What? No, that can't be true.
But it is true!
I'm sure it's the first time!
You've gone so long
without calling me by my name,
I was secretly convinced that you
didn't know my name in the first place!
I KNOW
YOUR NAME
AS MY LEADING
HYPOTHESIS!!
That's ridiculous.
Who's that girl?
So... about what just happened...
- Yamada's with a girl.
- Are you kidding me?
Come over here with me!
Sorry to drag you to a deserted area.
I couldn't ignore
those murderous looks behind my back.
Is that what you felt?
OKAY, NO ONE'S AROUND...
Sorry about what happened before.
I had no intention of teasing you.
I knew that Eita was joking around again,
so I started to just—
H-Hold up!
It's not like I'm mad,
so let's not talk about this anymore!
What?
You're not mad?
But a second ago, you were clearly mad.
I wasn't, okay? I really wasn't!
It's just that...
I-I guess I was a little embarrassed...
so I ended up...
SORRY...
saying those things.
Huh? Sorry, which part
made you feel embarrassed?
Can you please not ask about that?
So you really aren't mad?
I told you, I'm not mad at all.
I'm glad to hear that.
All right, do you want to go shopping?
What if...
if I'd taken Eita's joke seriously and
said, "Okay, I'll start dating Yamada"?
If I'd said that,
what would you have done, Yamada?
Just—Just kidding!
Someone might actually take it seriously,
just like that,
so you shouldn't joke
about romantic stuff!
Got that?
- Yes.
- All right! Come on, then!
Something's wrong with me!
Something's wrong with me!
If that happened, that would be...
a real honor.
But for a nobody like me,
you're like a prize that I can't reach,
so I've never really thought about it.
A PRIZE THAT HE
CAN'T REACH
Yamada!
What? Are you being serious with me?
ALTHOUGH IT IS
KIND OF INTERESTING
Yes.
That's how you've been seeing me?
Yes.
What were we supposed to buy again?
Wait for me!
A crepe, a cheese dog, some takoyaki,
and pork miso soup.
Also, I think you're
a pretty fun guy, Yamada!
For real?
I'm begging you! Please enter
the pageant this year, Yamada!
No, I'm telling you, it's not happening.
Come on, don't be like that!
Just look outside the classroom!
- See?
- Not doing it.
TOSEI FESTIVAL
STARTS IN 1 DAY
Please! This is our last festival!
We want our last festival
to be the most memorable of all!
That's right!
I guess being too handsome
can be a headache, too.
And he's an awesome gamer, too.
That's cheating!
Isn't it about time
you put a stop to that?
If you say so.
I'm in!
Huh?
Okamoto, what do you think you're doing?
Hey, just leave it to me!
THE DAY OF THE TOSEI FESTIVAL
And now the moment
you've all been waiting for!
MR. TOSEI FESTIVAL PAGEANT
The guy who's refused to enter
the Mr. Tousei Pageant
for two years running!
Here he is now!
Entry number six!
Class 3-A, Akito Yamada!
Now batting for Yamada,
pinch hitter Okamoto!
Play ball!
Where's Yamada?
Take a hike, Okamoto!
No one asked for you!
Right, my favorite foods
are hamburgers and fries.
And I can't stand campers and sn*pers.
I'm Takeaki Okamoto!
Vote for me!
Let's go, Okamoto!
Come on, Okamoto!
Are you serious?
- We want to see Yamada!
- Go, Okamoto!
Make this place rock in Yamada's place!
What's a camper?
Please follow the rules for cheering!
At least buy him a hamburger later.
Yeah, you're right.
Let your big bro have some, too.
Huh!
Big Bro is hungry!
Huh!
Just one bite!
Ready? Ahh!
Creepy!
Huh?
SOUNDS LIKE A PARTY OUT THERE