01x02 - Fidgeting and Wandering

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Okay, next person.

I'm Kento Yamada.

I want to have all the girls.

But I'll be monogamous if we start dating.

Nice to meet you all!

Okay, thank you.

Next is...

Iwakura.

It's time.

ORIGINAL STORY: SKIP AND LOAFER
WRITTEN BY MISAKI TAKAMATSU

Introductions?

Right.

Well, it's pretty simple.

Not something to stress about.

That's why you lost sleep?

The most important thing is to smile!

You'll be fine.
No one's asking you to tell a joke.

Smile?

Like this?

-A guy?
-No way.

But, like...

Or is this better?

I can't tell the difference!

But you're adorable either way!

Really?

Thanks for the advice, Nao.

Mitsumi Iwakura.

Born March 3. I came from
Ikajima in Ishikawa Prefecture.

Look at those bags...

It's somewhere around here.

That's far!

Did you move with your family?

I'm staying with my relatives right now.

Wow.

I tested into this school
to become a government official.

-I hope we can get along...
-Why a government official?

Why...

That's a long story...

You'll be fine.
No one's asking you to tell a joke.

Nao, you know...

I always exceed all expectations!

Because I deserve to stand above others.

JOKE

Next person.

Sosuke Shima.

I was born and raised in Tokyo.

My hobby is being active.

I don't have any real dreams
for the future.

Oh, but I'd like to be
Iwakura's subordinate.

Shima...

You really are a wonderful person!

So his name is Sosuke?

It's also read as Sato...

Satonosuke?

SATONOSUKE - FAMILY DOG

No way! What a coincidence!

His hair's the same color!

Amazing!

Hey, girl...

LOT

Next I'd like to decide on a boy
and a girl as class representatives.

Volunteers?

Iwakura. Okay.

Anyone else?

Then Iwakura
will be the girl representative.

Then the boy rep is obvious.

Shima's gotta do it!

Thank you for your support.

Good working with you.

Same here.

We should put this on the board.

I'll write it.

What?

They're kind of...

No way, this can't be happening.

They can't have something between them.

Is Shima a natural ladies' man?

Or is it all calculated?

I need to tease it out of him.

Karaoke?

Right.
We're finally done with those exams,

so I thought maybe we could go.

Nice idea!

I need to decompress!

Where's the cheapest place around here?

I've never done karaoke before.

Hey, boys, why don't you come with us?

Huh? We can go with you?

You too, Shima. Iwakura's coming.

Really? Then maybe I'll go.

Oh. Eh-heh.

Is everyone here going?

I can go today too.

I can't wait!
I haven't done karaoke in so long!

Yuzuki Murashige.

I didn't want a beauty like her
to come with us.

-Iwakura.
-Hm?

You shouldn't take everything
Shima says personally.

You know, like...

When a boy looks that good, it's normal
for lots of girls to fawn over him.

Uh... Yes?

If he pays too much attention to
any one of them, they'll get into fights,

so he'll be nice to everyone
no matter what to avoid that.

Huh...

Sorry to say this out of the blue,
but you're the one who'd get hurt.

Oh, uh, yeah. Thanks.

Yeah. She's right. I was out of line.

But I kind of wish...

she hadn't told me that.

How long would you like the room?

Two hours.

The soda fountain is over there.

Thank you.

KARAOKE PRICING CHART

Two hours means...

Huh? Iwakura, you pay after.

Is this your first time doing karaoke?

There wasn't one near home.

You have to pay upfront
at some places too.

Re...

Oh, really?

Don't take it personally.
Don't take it personally.

Shima is nice to everyone.

He's going to join a band!

Did you pick a song?

-Are you good at singing?
-Nome.

-Wait, was that dialect?
-Huh? Yeah.

I'm killin' it on the tambourine today!

Yeah. Karaoke is...

really, really loud!

Hello.

Murashige. She's really pretty.

It doesn't feel stuffy for you?

She's obviously using you
to get closer to Shima.

Making fun of your dialect
by asking what things mean.

You've figured as much, right?

I...

I didn't figure at all...

Let me know if you want to leave.
I can leave with you.

Things here are hard.

There were only eight of us
in middle school.

I didn't think relationships
could be this difficult.

You can't peer into others' hearts.

FUMINO TOYAMA

Fumi...

Mitsumi, are you doing okay?

No change since yesterday, right?

Are you home yet?

No. Right now...

I'm doing karaoke!

What? Karaoke?

I only did that once when I was little!

Yeah. It's my first time.

Oh, I'm with a bunch of people
from my class.

Sounds nice. Is it fun?

Yeah. It's really fun...

Mitsumi,

you just lied, didn't you?

No, I didn...

Nope, that's a lie.

You kind of want to go home right now.

Fumi, are you psychic?

I can tell you aren't doing
too well from your voice.

But you called me at the perfect time too.

Really? Maybe I am psychic.

She'd worry about me
if I told her I wished she were here.

Fumi...

Hm?

Do you remember how we became friends?

No, I don't remember anymore.

I thought so.

Oh, but I didn't like you much
in kindergarten.

Wh... Why?

You were always pouting.
You were kind of scary.

Even though you were really nice.

I couldn't tell back then.

Who knew we'd end up
calling each other every day.

Thanks, Fumi.

Nome.

I'll call you back later.

Gotta complain.

I'll be waiting.

Oh, Iwakura, welcome back.

Sorry about that.

I was curious, but is that pin
like a fashion statement?

What does she mean?

No, you can't assume anything.
You only met her two days ago.

You don't know what she's really like.

Yeah, it is!

Oh? Who's next?

Iwakura, go for it!

Sorry for analyzing you too, Shima.

Doo-doo-doo-doo

Keep going, Tokojiro!

Where are you going with that carrot?

Taking it there with a big jump

Doo-doo-doo-doo

Come on, Tokojiro!

Where are you going with that carrot?

When your ears hang low, see you tomorrow!

Iwakura, you're funny!

I loved Tokojiro!

I'll put in some old songs too!

I couldn't tell back then.

Is there anyone here
that I can smile with

like that one day?

I really hope there is.

I wanna get a beef bowl before I go home.

Me too. I'm hungry after all that singing.

Hey.

Give me your number?

Sure.

Um... how...

You see the "add contact" button
in your address book?

It's early in the year,
and I want to get along with people,

but I don't really like karaoke.

But it was pretty fun today
thanks to you, Mitsumi.

Anyway, I have to go now.

Huh? Murashige, you're going home?

Bye-bye!

You can't peer into others' hearts.

That's why, little by little...

Should we call it a day?

Yeah.

-Beef bowl?
-sh**t!

ALL PAST WORKS 100 YEN

Shima, do you like watching movies?

Sometimes.

Oh, I got it. With your girlfriend.

Hm... No, I wouldn't say that.

Egashira, I think
you should relax a bit more.

You'd have more fun that way.

Huh? What do you mean?

What do you mean?

Hey! Iwakura!

We're going the same way, right?
Let's go back together.

He really is just like Satonosuke.

Sato, do you...

Huh? "Sato"?

I... I'm so sorry.

Who did you mistake me for?

My family's... dog...

-A dog!
-I mean your hair's the same color!

Oh, my hair?

It's naturally super fluffy.
Want to feel it?

Oh, you went right in.

-Hey...
-Hm?

Mind if I call you "Mitsumi"?

Sure.

Iwakura, good morning!

Good morning, Kinomoto.

Ta-da!

I found a cute one after karaoke,
so I started wearing it like you!

Isn't it cute? A star!

It's cute. Very cute.

Yay! Thanks.

You got a lot of recruitment flyers.

Yeah. It seems they remembered me
after the representative speech.

Come win the high school quiz bowl
with us!

Come reflect on how
to save the environment!

All the research-focused clubs
tried to recruit me.

That sounds nice!

Have you decided on one, Kinomoto?

Yeah!

I'm joining the dance club!

So cute!

Morning, Kinomoto.

And morning, Mitsumi.

"Mitsumi"?

Morning.

Since when are you on a first-name basis?

Nice, right?

You can call me Sato if you'd like.

Heh. You're not a dog.

Hey! Did you hear that?

Oh, Egashira, good morning.

Good morning.

Club? I don't think I'll join one.
I have cram school.

You have to think if you can manage both.

I'm joining the English conversation club.

It'll help for exams,
and it'll be useful in the future too.

So, like...

Right. Going to university is
this high school's thing.

I have a calling in life,

yet I fell prey to such idle daydreams!

Mitsumi, you okay?

Y... Yeah. I'm-

Is Mitsumi Iwakura in this class?

What do you want?

Ooh!

So you're the new student
representative, Iwakura?

Yeah, I thought so!

The glimmer in your eyes is different!

Second-year and future president
of the drama club, Kanechika.

Iwakura, would you be interested
in joining the drama club?

Um, I'm Iwakura.

How elegant!

ELEGANT

Now that you mention it, it has to be you!

I couldn't see you hiding in the shadows.

On your first day in school,
you became "the barfing girl."

On your second day, you made a funny
introduction and became "the shadow boss."

You gained two nicknames
in such a short time! Incredible!

These are my props for today, but you're
funny, so I'll give you two or three more!

Thank you.

I didn't know about "the shadow boss" one.

You have a talent for being memorable.

I see...

Well? The drama club...

Excuse me, but could you stop
scaring underclassmen you don't know?

Huh?

Oh, was I scaring you?

Sorry! I was absorbed in recruiting.

Anyway, come see our show this afternoon!

You can brag about seeing
a play by a future genius playwright!

And I'm talking about myself!

This boy would look good on stage too.

Have we met somewhere before?

No, never.

Oh, really?

Well, if you'll excuse me!

He came in like a storm.

Yeah, that was crazy.

The pain of being multi-talented!

She actually believed him?

DRAMA CLUB PERFORMANCE 4:30 P.M.

Everyone's thinking seriously about stuff.

I need to think seriously too.

Everyone, assemble!

Yes!

Wow, there's like no first-years.

Yeah, they're in trouble.

Kanechika's been going on about not
having enough girls for the female roles,

so he's been wearing high heels for weeks.

Yeah, I saw that.

So that's why?

You left the house that night!

You wanted me to.

You said that to keep distance
from others, you need to be alone.

That's a baseless assumption.

Is it?

The play was a conversation
among four characters.

Frankly, I didn't really understand it,

but I thought that surprising
discoveries and ideas had to come

if I followed the simple reasoning
to its natural conclusion.

Shima!

You came to see the play?

Yeah, for a bit.

I didn't think you would.

Really?

He's a little quieter than usual?

Shima, what do you do when you're
completely stuck on a decision?

Is this about clubs?

Are you thinking about them that hard?

I try to think that tough decisions aren't
all that important in the big picture.

There aren't many things
that you'd give up everything for, right?

It's just another entrance ceremony.

Shima is easygoing and always smiles,

and he's always so nice.

Well, Mitsumi,
I'm in a bit of a rush today.

See you tomorrow.

But he has an air of loneliness...

He's a very mysterious person.

Wanna get something on the way home?

-There you are!
-How about some fried chicken?

Hey! I remember now!

You're "Kanade-kun," aren't you?

I think you have the wrong person.

No, what I mean is...

-Sorry, go on ahead.
-Okay.

I'm right, right?
My father's a huge fan of that show!

He recorded it every week!

I only watched it when I was
in middle school, but...

Was your name Kanematsu?

Maybe I need to be explicit.

I don't want anyone to hear.

You couldn't put two and two together,
but you still call yourself a playwright?

If you'll excuse me.

Oh?

Nao, I think I might not join a club.

Oh, really?

But instead,

I think I'll join the student council!

I need to start gaining
government experience now!

It must be so nice to be a high schooler!

You're so full of dreams! You're shining!

Really? I intend to be like this
until I retire.

This rolly thing feels really nice.

I know, right?