03x10 - Kozue Makihara Wants to Have Fun/Chika Fujiwara Wants to Unmask/Miyuki Shirogane's Culture Festival

[bunniefuu]

See, Chokiko...

had slightly misshapen ears.

And that's why she was envious beyond belief...

of girls who had beautiful ears.

If only I had ears like that, too.

I want those ears.

I want...

I want...

I want...

I want... I want! I want!

Hey, give me those ears of yours.

So, when Chokiko saw someone with lovely ears...

she'd snip them off with scissors.

KOZUE MAKIHARA WANTS TO HAVE FUN

What am I doing here?

What's wrong? Are you scared?

You're such a coward, Auntie!

TREMBLE TREMBLE

Th-There's no way around it!

I'll just have to hold your hand!

As if I'd ever hold the hand of a Shijo!

SQUEEZE

Just for today!

Uh-huh! Uh-huh!

Ah...

It's Chokiko who's making those sounds.

Everybody, hide in these lockers.

Once you're inside, put on these headphones and eye masks, and wait.

Why is that necessary?

The D Sound Horror House.

CHOKIKO'S CLASSROOM

D SOUND HORROR HOUSE

Chokiko's Classroom.

A collaboration between classes -A and -B, the first half is a haunted house...

while the second half is an immersive D sound experience.

EMERGENCY

There were many twists and turns along the way before it took its final form.

Uh...

We've made less than % progress on the haunted house.

To be honest, we're screwed.

We won't make the deadline unless we switch projects.

Does anyone have any ideas?

The only option is to shorten the route by a lot, don't you think?

Maybe turn half of it into a café?

Ishigami? Anything?

Huh? Me?

Hmm, let's see.

What about sound?

Sound?

You know, like at amusement parks.

D SOUND

Those attractions where you hear D sound.

m*rder

You mean binaural sound?

Are you knowledgeable about this, Iino?

Well, I wouldn't call myself knowledgeable.

We're talking about audio that sounds like it's in D because of the way it's been recorded.

It's so realistic, you would swear that you were actually there...

Cute...

Cuter...

As if someone were really whispering in your ear.

Cutest...

And it's utterly—

Stop, Miko.

If you say another word, you'll only regret it.

The only thing is, we'd need special equipment for that, and since we only have a week—

It's doable.

CLASS -A PRESIDENT-FOR-LIFE TABLETOP GAME CLUB KOZUE MAKIHARA

Just leave it to me, and it'll all work out!

Binaural sounds are recordings of tones that echo in a complex manner

through the ear canals and the skull.

BINAURAL DUMMY HEAD

That's why you need a special dummy head and ear-shaped microphones.

APPROX. MILLION YEN

But there's an easier way to do it.

All we need to do is place mics in Iino's ears!

Why does it have to be me?

Why do I have to submit to something like this?

I have hypersensitive ears! There's no way I can take this!

What a coincidence. I'm the same way.

Nooooo!

Stop it! Don't cut off my ears!

RECORDING STUDIO

RECORDING IN SESSION

Hold up! You're not really going to cut them off, are you?

Anyway, untie me!

If you struggle, you could mess me up, and I might really end up cutting them off.

But first things first.

Let me roast your ears with this match.

Juuust...

kidding!

Such lovely ears as yours...

No way would I burn them!

Oh my, I can't hold back any longer!

I'm just going to dig in!

How is this even necessary?

I've had enough! I quit!

Thanks for a hearty meal.

Hey, Miko, just hold on a little longer!

F-Fujiwara!

You're here, Fujiwara?

That's right!

Iino, all this time, you've been...

emitting weird sounds in front of your idol Fujiwara.

I know all about it, you know.

What that healing music of yours is like.

You love this kind of thing, don't you?

No!

I'm not that kind of weird girl!

Now, now, just be honest!

Aren't we veering off-script here?

RECORDING STUDIO

RECORDING IN SESSION

It's finally over.

I'm never doing anything like this again, all right?

Hey, my bad.

I can't hear any of what we just recorded, thanks to your screaming, Miko.

Retake, please.

Retake, please.

Nooooo!

CULTURE FESTIVAL COMMITTEE

So I got Tsubame to come with me!

Our Horror House is totally effective,

so she's going to get scared for sure! And then...

GRAB

I'll be alone with her in a closed room!

SQUEEZE

Nooooo!

This has to mean I'm in the victory zone!

Thank you very much. The exit is that way.

Everyone seems terrified, huh?

So I guess it was worth doing all those retakes.

In the end, we had to duct-tape your mouth shut to get the recording, didn't we?

Huh?

Excuse me, is there a problem?

Oh!

This is it, Tsubame.

We just have to wait in line here, and—

Huh?

WOMEN

MEN

What the...

THIS ATTRACTION IS NOT A PLACE FOR ILLICIT INTIMATE RELATIONS (THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE)

Separate lines for men and women, if you please.

If you please.

The first day of the culture festival...

No closed room for Ishigami.

Hey, Auntie...

Hold my hand...

You're still scared?

Wow!

So this is your student council room, Chika?

CHIKA FUJIWARA WANTS TO UNMASK

It's shabby compared to yours, right?

We don't even have an air conditioner or heater here.

MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT MOEHA FUJIWARA

Isn't that a good thing though?

You're setting an example by being frugal after all.

So this is the student council president's desk, huh?

Moeha, don't tell me you've got the student council president in your sights!

Well, well! You're asking for it, then!

The high school council has way more tasks than the middle school one...

- not to mention all the responsibilities— - No!

What I have in my sights...

is President Shirogane!

You're really asking for it!

Are you serious, Moeha?

When did you ever cross paths with President?

Well, I saw him for the first time during the middle school culture festival,

and he couldn't have been more my type!

I mean, I'd heard all about him from Kei.

MY BROTHER IS SO ANNOYING

She's always bragging about him, so I knew he had to be a great big brother.

TALKING DOWN TO ME AGAIN

WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS?

So I guess you wouldn't really call it "love at first sight."

But anyway, I've fallen hard for him!

J-Just take a moment to breathe, Moeha!

I assure you, he's not the normal guy you think he is.

What? What's wrong with him?

It's hard for me to explain it in a simple way.

For starters, he stinks at volleyball!

Well, although he did overcome that by practicing.

If he overcame it, then what's the problem?

H-He's a horrible singer and a horrible dancer,

but he did work hard to overcome that!

Then, so what?

You don't get it!

That's not what this is about!

He can't prep a fish for cooking!

He can't rap!

He can't blow up balloons!

But he works hard until he gets the hang of it!

Right, so if he gets the hang of things, it's all good!

It's not like that!

I mean, doesn't he get extra points for his work ethic?

I think I love him even more now!

You have no idea!

Once you have a hand in those efforts of his, you'll realize right away that I was right!

Bottom line, I don't want my little sister to suffer like I did!

But I'll never know unless I give it a try!

If you're going to be so stubborn, then you should meet him once!

You won't believe how fast your fever will fade.

Are you talking about me?

Whoa!

P-President, what are you doing here?

I thought I'd take a little break.

And who's this?

Oh, this is my little sister.

I'm Moeha Fujiwara, the vice president of the middle school student council!

Thank you for always looking after my sister!

Oh, right.

Hey, thanks for always being a good friend to my little sister.

No, please—

President!

Why don't you juggle some beanbags?

What? That's right out of left field.

Go on!

I just want to show my sister the real you!

Juggling, huh? You know, I'm just a little inept at that.

No worries!

I'm so relieved to hear you say that.

Moeha, hell is about to start now, okay?

Does hell just start so casually, then?

Okay, I'm ready to start, but—

- Moeha... - Oh!

TEA

Could you toss that bottle my way?

Uh, okay!

Wow! Amazing!

How can you just do that?

This isn't how it works!

Normally, you're all "Whoaaa!" and all "Ughhh!"

And you turn into a dead alpaca, remember?

You're the last living creature who should be expected to have that kind of dexterity!

Uh, I have no idea what you're talking about.

My grandma...

can juggle up to eight beanbags.

I'm ashamed to admit that this is the best I can do!

It's more than enough! What kind of person is your grandma?

Do something else!

SNAP

TWIRL

BAM

STOMP STOMP

Nooooo! It's not supposed to be like this!

President Shirogane can do anything! He's so wonderful!

Oh, come on!

How can you do this when you could never do the other stuff? I feel so deceived!

Whoa!

Are you all right?

Are you all right?

My Sweet Prince...

Step away from her!

You step away from my sister!

You're swamped with work, aren't you? Just get out of here already!

Now!

Moeha, feel free to make yourself at home.

Okay.

President Shirogane is as wonderful as I thought.

I didn't get a chance to give him this though.

What didn't you get a chance to give him?

RUMBLE RUMBLE

Hey! Kaguya!

Um, you see...

A Hoshin Culture Festival gift for President, perhaps?

Well...

Tainted bloodline.

Both sisters swarming around the nectar that is President...

What are you, insects?

Insects must be exterminated.

Moeha, you're still in middle school, right?

Isn't it a bit too early to be contemplating a relationship with a boy?

Um...

President himself would never date a child.

Until you've grown into a more mature, womanly body—

Until you've grown to become a woman mature in spirit, you must wait.

In the first place, you've never even met him before!

Just what is it about him that you love, I wonder!

Well...

First of all, his grades!

Because I adore intelligent people!

I see.

So you were drawn by President's potential?

Your mind is just dripping with vulgarity!

And also his face!

A female if I ever saw one! As soon as she hears of a hot male—

And those eyes of his...

Aren't they amazing?

Exhausted eyes are the mark of hard work.

You can tell at a glance that he gives everything his all!

I look at President Shirogane's face, and it's suffused with...

with humanity, which I like.

You understand him so well!

Wh-What other things do you like about him?

"C"

Um...

How he's so kind and sincere!

You understand him so well!

What else? What else?

Let's see!

The joy of sharing what one likes about one's crush for the first time

has miraculously exceeded her animosity toward her rival in love.

Well, it's just a capricious middle school girl's crush.

No need for me to get so incensed.

"CURSE"

If it had been any other girl, who knows what I would've done?

Even I have no idea.

The first day of Chika Fujiwara's culture festival...

Descent into gore, averted.

If I told her, "I slept with your big brother"...

I wonder what Kei would be like...

THE FUJIWARA FAMILY'S SECOND DAUGHTER IS SOMETHING OF A PSYCHOPATH

SOCCER TEAM KICK THE TARGET

MIYUKI SHIROGANE'S CULTURE FESTIVAL

Well, that was a long talk.

And I never did get a chance to give him this.

Giving someone a heart-shaped gift at the Hoshin Culture Festival

will bring you eternal love.

I wonder if Ishigami's plan is working out.

Wasn't that terrifying?

What do you call that kind of thing?

I hear it's called "binaural."

Oh, crap! Thanks to Iino, my plan to get up close and personal went up in flames!

BROOD BROOD

And now, Tsubame is going to head back to work!

Hey! Yu!

CLASS -A GREEN DAY

This is the project of my class! Stop by, will you?

Huh? O-O-Of course, I wouldn't mind doing that!

Looks like I made her feel sorry for me.

Good work!

I wish I could do something to thank her.

Is everyone having a blast?

Hey!

Look at that gigantic cookie!

What you see is what you get!

I baked it as a prank, but it's a beauty, don't you think?

PRIZES

GREEN DAY

Looks good!

It would be such a great gift!

Hey, Yu, have you gone to any festivals this sum—

Huh?

We have a perfect score, people!

What? That's awesome!

Was I able to save face as the second son of a toy company owner?

Are you serious? What do you mean?

I seem to have momentum on my side today!

All right!

LONG FIRECRACKERS

You can have any prize of your choosing.

Okay, then I'll take that big cookie.

There goes the giant cookie!

Yu, can you eat that huge cookie all by yourself?

No, actually...

Tsubame...

Will you accept this?

% of the students here are only too aware what it means

to give someone a heart at the culture festival.

However, the remaining %, as a matter of course...

It seemed like she wanted this, so good thing I was able to win it!

Um...

What...

does this mean?

There can only be one meaning, right?

This is...

to show how I feel about you!

PUBLIC CONFESSION

It's % a public confession!

If it's going to be a problem, I'll eat it myself.

H-Hey, it's not a problem at all!

I-I'm really happy to have it...

but...

Sorry!

Just give me a little time to think!

Oh my.

Huh?

Ishigami has a crush on Koyasu?

You never noticed?

He wasn't exactly subtle about it.

This isn't good!

If this confession doesn't pan out,

it could jeopardize the entire "Make Shinomiya Confess Plan"!

If he succeeds, everyone will be happy.

No issues whatsoever.

But if he fails,

Ishigami will most likely end up deeply wounded and dejected.

Meaning that we'll all be cheering him up

and joining him in his sorrow.

And who could confess or make someone confess with all that going on?

Self-imposed restraint on romance!

When someone in your inner circle suffers a tragedy or a breakup,

and particularly when it's a friend...

who's going through a breakup,

BREAKUP

those around that friend rush to give support, attuning themselves to the sorrow.

Creating a mode much like mourning, an air of self-imposed restraint on romance!

If Ishigami's confession goes sideways,

then the odds of Shinomiya confessing to me will be close to zero!

Even if I'm the one who confesses...

Right now, I can't allow myself to be the only one who finds bliss.

Try to read the room, will you?

At this rate, my whole plan could be destroyed!

Ishigami will have to succeed no matter what! That's all!

What do you think, Fujiwara?

Do you think his confession will work out?

SNICKER SNICKER

Not a chance!

He's asking the Madonna of the third-years!

Ishigami doesn't have a prayer!

Then, what do you think needs to happen for Ishigami's confession to succeed?

Hmm...

To determine whether you see the other person as a love interest or not,

you usually go by deducting points.

In other words, all we need to do is squash Ishigami's flaws starting now?

But that would only finally place him into consideration, really.

Since Ishigami tends to lack common sense somewhat.

And so,

THIS IS WHAT'S WRONG WITH ISHIGAMI!!

I've taken the liberty of listing all of Ishigami's flaws!

This doesn't include the fact that his bangs are annoying.

You brought all of that on yourself, you know.

At the very least, Ishigami treats me with common sense.

All right, what is this?

SULK SULK

Are you implying that Ishigami's behavior toward me is vile because I have no common sense?

Probably, but yeah, that's it.

Then let me ask you this! What do you think Ishigami's flaws are?

Ishigami's flaws, huh?

That would be his lack of confidence, I'd say.

Lack of confidence?

Whatever he does, he's hesitant,

and he's always a b*at behind when he speaks.

Oh, well, there's a direct correlation to that. What you've succeeded at.

For you, it's your grades.

For me, it's my experiences playing piano.

If you have the memory of having accomplished something,

a little humiliation doesn't bother you!

I see, so it was your piano playing that caused you to...

What you've succeeded at, huh?

Let's just hope that this turns out to be a success for Ishigami.

For someone who trashed him so relentlessly, you actually sound caring.

Lately, thanks to you-know-who, I can sound somewhat verbally abusive,

but it's not as if I dislike you all.

Well, although it's a fact that as males, both you and Ishigami are industrial waste-level.

Don't you think you're being overly abusive now?

But in terms of point-addition, you're pretty decent as men.

At least that's my personal opinion.

Well, thanks.

Well, let's just hope that Tsubame takes the point-addition approach with Ishigami.

The right thing to do is to watch over him sympathetically, right?

Agreed.

I'm counting on you, Ishigami.

If you go down, we go down.

And so...

MIYUKI SHIROGANE "MAKE SHINOMIYA CONFESS PLAN" IN PROGRESS

with various emotions swirling about,

MIKO IINO PLANNING THE CAMPFIRE EVENT

the sun sets on the first day of the culture festival.

YU ISHIGAMI WAITING FOR THE RESULT OF HIS UNWITTING CONFESSION

KAGUYA SHINOMIYA CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT TO CONFESS

CHIKA FUJIWARA "THIS COTTON CANDY IS YUM!"

THE FINAL DAY OF THE HOSHIN CULTURE FESTIVAL

Karen! What on earth happened?

- This is serious. - Huh?

The decorations...

All those heart-shaped balloons that were up...

CUPID TAKOYAKI WITH HEART-SHAPED KAMABOKO INSIDE

FRUIT CANDY YEN

CREPES

Now every one of them has vanished from this school!

As the culture festival of love and chaos heads into its latter half,

the wheels start turning!

THAT DARNED TABLETOP GAME CLUB!!

Karen jumps to this conclusion.