02x02 - Onii Confessed to You, Didn't He?

[bunniefuu]

Umino-tei Diner

Sniff, sniff.

Sniff, sniff.

It's been so long!

I wonder how Nagi-chan's doing!

Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no!

There you are!

You two, chill out!

Hiro-chan's been abducted!

Episode 2: Onii Confessed to You, Didn't He?

Next up...

It's a bit of a walk, but I want to
show you to one of my favorite shops.

I'll pick out something
that'll look good on you.

Huh?

Wait...

What is this?

If you're going to abduct someone, take me!

My dad can pay all the ransom money you want!

It's not like that, Erika-chan.

Sorry this is so sudden.

Thanks for everything.

Wait, Hiro-chan!

Hiro-chan's mom?

That's not an abduction, is it?

It's not?

She wouldn't get abducted by her own parents.

But they just came up to her
and stuffed her into the car.

They just came to bring home
a runaway. That's all.

I was under the impression that she was
here with her parents' permission.

It's pretty lonely now that
she's suddenly gone.

I wanted her to tutor me more, too.

There's no challenge anymore.

Challenge?

Come to think of it...

She did say she was running away
from home to avoid her fiancé.

So that's what that was.

Now all the pawns are in place.

This is a chance to turn it all around!

What are you talking about?

You mean it's time for Hiro-chan
to meet her fiancé?

So when she said...

Thanks for everything.

She meant we aren't going to see her anymore?

What do we do, Nagi-kun?
I won't stand for this!

I won't let that happen.

I'll see you later.

Wait, Nagi-kun.

What you're about to do is going
to change Hiro-chan's destiny.

Are you still going?

There's no reason not to.

Meguromyoujin

Okay, but now that I'm actually here...

Relax.

We can talk it out.

Be polite.

Be earnest.

I'm in love with Segawa-san!

Please reconsider the engagement!

If you so insist...

Umino-kun...

I love you!

That's it!

Pardon me!

Gifts

Sorry?

Wrong place.

Hello!

May I help you?

Diner

Segawa-san...

Where are you?

Is this not the place?

Wait, Segawa-san!

Umino-kun...

Why...

Let's go, Hiro.

Okay.

I won't run away from fate.

Face it head-on!

Fate is yours to determine yourself!

Umino-kun...

Could you please change my fate?

National High School Entrance Prep Exam Results | English | Math
Overall 1st | Segawa Hiro



I came in second?!

I've made first place in every exam
for the past fifteen years! How?!

Segawa Hiro...

Who is this guy?

I'm Segawa Hiro. I came from
Kakinokizaka Middle School.

Pleased to meet you all.

She's a girl?!

I can't believe she'd come to
the same high school as me.

I'm taking first place in the
first midterm coming up!

Term 1 Midterm Exams
Year Ranking [overall]



Segawa-san was first again!

Full marks in all five subjects. Holy crap!

She's godly.

Wow, I respect her so much.

I've never felt so defeated.

Umino-tei Diner

Magnetic
Reversi

Onii-chan, let's play.

I'm busy preparing for finals.

Finals?

Study

We just had midterms.

You've done nothing but study
ever since you started high school.

Do you really want to become
even more of a loner?

Shut up.

If you hate playing with me that much,
I'm never going to invite you again!

You suck, Onii!

"Onii"?

I'm taking first place next time.

Term 1 Final Exams
Year Ranking [overall]



But why?!

She's next level.

I heard she's the only one
who got that trick question right.

And that's the trick question that
made me miss getting full marks.

Segawa-san's always alone, though, isn't she?

It was the first time I'd met one of my own kind.

No way.

She wouldn't want to be compared with you.

What?!

I doubt she even sees you as a rival.

Those kinds of people
aren't interested in others.

They're too busy thinking about themselves.

Ah, I guess you're the same in that sense.

I'm going to defeat her.

You seem like you're having fun
these days. I don't like it.

Today's the post-break exam.

I studied six hours a day
for this during the summer.

I worked hard to hone my scholastic abilities!

I'm nothing like I was in the first term!

Nurse's Office

That's from two days ago.

There's nothing my gut can't handle.

It's that tonkatsu I ate this morning!

I totally underestimated it.

I'm going to be defeated again...

We've lived the same number of years and
went to school in the same environment.

Why can't I beat her?

You can't, Segawa-san!

I'm going back to class.

You have a fever of 39 degrees.

You ought to go home early.

I'm fine.

I have to take the exam.

I can't get first place otherwise.

Post-Summer Exam Results
Overall 1st Segawa Hiro


No wonder I keep losing.

You took the exam with a fever.

I thought that was amazing.

That you must be putting in
incredible effort behind the scenes.

You knew?

She talked!

Yeah. At the nurse's office
on the day of the exam.

I was fighting a stomachache that day,
but I couldn't make it.

Please don't talk to me again.

Huh?

Don't talk to me again!

I should probably apologize, right?

Yeah, I'll apologize.

She told me not to talk to her, though.

What happened to her?

Holy crap.

She's godly.

From that day on, Segawa-san changed.

I think that was the moment
I fell in love with her.

I don't get it.

Did someone call my name?

Sachi-chan!

Sachi-chan!

Sachi-chan?

Sachi-chan!

You're a ghost!

Sachi-chan.

Ai-chan?

The bus is late.

It is.

What do we do now?

I guess we go as far as we can.

Yeah.

What a surprise, though.

I thought you'd have more
than 1,000 yen on you.

Not that I have any on me, either.

I'm sorry! I never thought
it'd turn out like this!

I can't believe I grabbed her hand and ran off.

What have I done?

I have no regrets, though.

Anyway...

I sure am hungry.

When did you get back?

I had no idea.

You moved to China, didn't you?

To Shenzhen in Guangdong Province.

Welcome back, Ai-chan!

You've grown so tall.

She's totally changed, huh?

Right? Especially her outfit.

This is for work.

What kind of work?

That's a secret.

She's already working?

Ai-chan's always been mature.

Here you are.

Your favorite, katsudon.

You used to have it all the time.

You even paid with your own pocket money.

I'm a regular.

How are your mom and dad?

About that...

My family dissolved.

What do you mean by that?

We lived in China for seven years.

But my father went to Singapore
and my mother went to France.

And I chose to live in Japan,
so our family decided to part ways.

We had a difference in direction.

You make it sound like a band breakup!

What kind of family does that?

I'm happy you're back, though, Ai-chan.

You used to play with our kids
when you were little.

And you're a big sister to Nagi,
being a year older.

That's right.

Speaking of Nagi-kun, how is he?

Oh, get this!

Yum!

It's important to have a full stomach, huh?

Right?

We don't even have enough
for bus fare for two, though...

Here.

The rest is yours.

You can finish it.

I'm fine with just the fries!

That's not enough.

We don't know when we'll
come across any food next.

But this is her leftovers, which means...

It's an indirect kiss with Segawa-san!

I eat it!

I drink it!

You're really digging in, Umino-kun.

Well, yeah, it's a celebration.

A celebration?

Amano Erika
Nagi-kun, where are you??

I might have to rely on Amano-san right now.

The truth is...

I was thinking you might come help me again.

Segawa-san...

You remember what happened that day?

Don't talk to me again!

Yup.

I remember.

So, then... is it because of me that you changed?

Do you ever wonder why I feel
like I need to be at the top?

Well...

To lose my fiancé.

To lose him?

I love our shrine.

It has a 1,300-year history.

It's tough finding someone to succeed it.

For as long as I can remember,
I was told that I was engaged.

And I just hated it.

I get it.

I don't need to be engaged.

I can protect the shrine myself.

For that, I needed to keep getting first place
and show my parents what I was made of.

She's so badass.

And yet, you showed up.

There's another reason I want
to be in first place at school.

I didn't want anyone to come
near me, since I have a fiancé.

Uh-huh...

Yet here I am, getting close
to her despite being engaged.

We'd have to say goodbye someday.

I wouldn't be able to bear that.

I had no idea you were so prone to loneliness.

Really?

I'm not.

So cute!

So the reason you changed back then was...

To ward off people like you.

So I made up my mind.

You wouldn't leave me alone if I was
number one at only one thing,

so I'd be number one in fashion,
sports, and friendships, too.

I'd put myself so far ahead
that no one could come near me.

That's what it was?!

It was all to get away from me?

But that ended up drawing people closer to me.

And I realized I liked that, too.

I started liking school.

Not to mention...

I'm taking you down in the next exam!

You came to me anyway.

Maybe that means...

Don't talk to me again!

...my fate had already changed that day.

You mean...

You there! No living your youth!

I am the romance police!

Erika-chan? Why?

You noticed my message?

Just come with me.

Come on!

Swapped at birth and engaged?

That's why he doesn't live here right now.

I see.

Isn't that a shock?

Who would have thought, right?

Nothing's impossible in this world.

That's what I believe.

That's true!

Y'ain't wrong!

That isn't a shock to them?

I am his fiancée.

I apologize for my fiancé's behavior.

Nagi-kun's normally a stubborn worrywart.

But sometimes he exhibits an
excessive degree of initiative.

It's incredibly difficult.

Umino-kun's shrinking.

You have to think about those around you.

Dead.

To think you two were engaged, though...

You didn't seem like it the last
time Hiro brought you over.

I didn't know anything about
their relationship at the time!

It's true, though.

We don't tell anyone at school.

Besides, it was my parents who chose
who I was going to marry, so I was resisting.

Oh, it was?

Erika-chan...

I was so upset at first, I wouldn't
talk to my dad or even my fiancé.

But I realized that wasn't right.

I wasn't resisting.

I was just running away.

I wasn't even facing the issue
of my engagement.

Hiro is my precious only daughter,
but she's also the successor of this shrine.

It's only natural that I'd be so strict,
so that she'd understand.

Makes sense.

But that's because I want her to be happy.

The two of us need to talk
it through more, too, huh?

Mom...

I apologize for the trouble we caused.

Thanks a lot for today.

You helped me realize I was just running away.

I thought it was a bit sassy of me
to talk to your mom like that,

but I'm glad I could be of use.

Unlike a certain someone.

Erika-chan.

I'm glad you're here.

Thanks.

Let's go shopping again.

Yeah.

This is so awkward.

You, too, Umino-kun.

All I did was make a mess.

True.

That's so annoying. What's wrong with you?

I feel so stupid.

I kind of tried to elope,

but then my fiancée saved the day,
and her mom had to apologize.

That's not true.

You're so strong, Nagi-kun.

If I were you, I would have
died of embarrassment.

You did good today.

Relaxing

Corn Potage

Hot corn soup in the middle of the summer?

It's actually not bad, though.

Nothing beats a freezing-cold cola!

You got cola for yourself?

It says it's relaxing, so...

It took until today for me to realize...

I wasn't even thinking about it, but I was
relying on you as soon as I was in trouble.

I don't think I could have recovered
if I were on my own now, either.

So, well...

Now you get it.

You're hopeless without me.

Don't boast.

You want to go to Onii's place?

I'll just visit to say hi.

Sounds good.

Not that it's my place.

Great.

I want to see how Onii reacts, too.

Come to think of it, Onii confessed
to you seven years ago, didn't he?

Can I give you my answer to your
confession the next time we meet?

That was hilarious.

An elementary school kid asking someone out.

Yes.

I have some thoughts about that.

She remembered?

Nagi-kun's childhood friend?

Yeah. She said she wants to see Onii.

You had one?!

Ai-chan?

Nagi-kun.

No, Nagi-chan!

You've grown up exactly as I thought you would.

"Nagi-chan"?!

Why are you here?!

I'm here to give you my answer.

You confessed to me the day
I moved away, remember?

Yeah, but that was a long time ago...

Jeez, Nagi-kun's hitting on everyone!

It's not like that!

I'll give you my answer.

It's fine!

That was so long ago.
You can forget about it.

But...

there's a reason I came back to Japan.

I've come back to marry you!

Marry me?!

Whew, I finally said it.

That's a weight off my shoulders.

Episode 3: That, but Times A Hundred

"That, but Times A Hundred."