Yamada? What's wrong?
Your hair hit my eyeball.
No way! Sorry!
Are you okay? It got in your eye?
Let me see it.
Which eye?
I'm fine.
I'm sorry, Yamada!
You apologize, too, Runa!
I'm... sorry.
I'll tie my hair up, okay?
Um...
I'm heading back home for now.
What?
Because I didn't bring over
any of the tools I need.
Oh, but—
I'll be right back.
Isn't it a hassle going back and forth?
- I really feel bad now.
- It's all right.
I live nearby.
IDIOT
UGLY
I don't mind if they bully me.
As long as I have you, Akito.
Let's always be together,
even after we're grown up.
I can't promise you that.
Episode 07:
You Want To Feel at Ease?
Welcome!
BROWN RICE TEA
Would you like a bag for that?
BROWN RICE TEA
Yes.
You always buy this one.
It's really good, isn't it?
This brand of tea?
Uh... yes.
I like this tea, too.
Thank you very much!
Excuse me!
I-If you don't mind...
can you tell me your name?
The uniform you wear...
you go to Tousei Academy, don't you?
I graduated from there myself.
I've been wanting to talk to you
for a while now.
Sorry, but I'm in a hurry.
Of course you are.
PARDON ME...
Why is she looking at me like that?
I mean, I am in a hurry.
What would I talk about
with a convenience store employee?
You're always like that, you know that?
I don't get it.
It's not my thing.
It's probably better to stay away.
I'm back.
No one's here.
YAMADA
NAP TIME AFTER A MEAL
She looks so happy sleeping.
I'm going to work quietly.
OUT OF ORDER
Close call.
Sorry.
I'll tie my hair up, okay?
YAMADA
What?!
OW
Mr. Yamada?!
Huh? Huh? Huh?
Why are you here?
Why? Seriously? Huh?
I'm your fan!
Yeah, he looks familiar.
What are you doing here?
Well, it's complicated.
Complicated how?!
Can you be more specific, please?!
What a drag.
No way. Don't tell me
you're really with Akane.
Let me introduce you.
This is my new boyfriend!
No, I'm not.
No, I don't think so.
Now that I've really thought about it,
that had to have been
Akane's little charade.
She always wants
to make herself look good.
And besides, I'm checking all
your social media postings every second!
It's business as usual!
No sign of a girlfriend!
Just like it's always been!
Hey, I'm not misreading you or anything,
so please don't worry!
Hey, actually, I came by today because
I wanted to return something to her.
I don't see her on campus at all,
and I don't have any way
of contacting her anymore.
These are the containers for all
the lunches she's made me and her plates.
See, I never did get around
to giving them back to her,
so now I've got a whole pile of them.
Just counting the lunchboxes,
I've got around five.
So I thought the least I could do
was to return them.
LUNCHBOX TOWER
Isn't that way too much?
Well, I'm sure she doesn't want
to look at me anymore.
But when I finally started clearing
all this stuff, it got me thinking.
I made you lunch!
I started worrying if she was all right.
If I could see her doing okay,
it would give me peace of mind.
I think she's doing just fine.
Is that what you want to see?
Do you want peace of mind?
I think...
I'll leave now.
Sorry I was only thinking of myself.
Please don't tell Akane that I was here.
Just say that the lunchboxes
appeared out of the blue.
I'm counting on you!
Right.
I'll be rooting for you
during your next tournament!
STARE
Huh?
Um...
How long have you been there?
Uh... these lunchboxes...
FULFILLING HIS PROMISE DESPITE THE FACT
THAT IT'S CLEARLY GOING TO FAIL
just appeared.
Hey, that's really a stretch, you know!
It's funny to hear you
saying that with a straight face!
Thanks for dealing with him for me!
Uh...
Um, let me give this back to you.
Hey, it must have fallen out
without my noticing!
Yes. I took it off.
Huh?
I took it off. While you were sleeping.
Oh.
Really?
You did, huh?
Yes.
Sorry about that.
What? Why?
NOT THAT I MIND...
I don't know.
For some reason...
I wanted to do it.
I'm not sure why.
What—What are you talking about?
It's Eita.
Thanks for getting back to me.
Yes.
Okay, can I tell you
which parts I don't have?
Hey, hold up a sec.
I'm gonna write it down.
Let's see.
What's going on?
BIRTHDAY: MAY 9 AGE: 20
GENDER: FEMALE
Ms. Akane Kinoshita, right?
Any preferences regarding shifts?
As long as I don't have class,
I can take any shift.
Well, that's what I like to hear!
Since your school is nearby,
the commute will be easy, right?
Yes!
We get a lot of business here, so I'd
like you to come in as much as possible.
Is that okay?
LACK OF MONEY
Yes! I'm going to give it my all!
A part-time job at a convenience store?
I didn't know
you were interviewing for that.
Just short-term.
It's the shop near campus.
You know, the one along the road
with the long-haired manager?
Oh, that shop, huh?
Let me know when your shift is set.
I'll come check you out.
Yeah, drop by!
But why the part-time job?
Didn't they fix
your broken computer for you?
Yes, they did, but Eita—
my guildmate
swapped out some parts for free,
but I think they'd be pretty expensive
if I bought them.
Oh.
I just don't feel right
about not paying for anything...
so I'm going to ask about that
when I log in later.
You're going to ask about it in-game, huh?
That's right.
Well, I guess since they helped you out,
you're going to have to thank them.
Momo!
Hey, they're calling me.
I'm on a group date now,
so I'll be going now.
Let's sit down and talk another time.
Okay!
You've been in the ladies' room
too long, Momo!
The guys are waiting for you!
Sorry! I got a call from a friend.
A friend?
Akane. She says she
just got a part-time job.
Oh, right, Ms. Kinoshita.
Come to think of it, she never comes
to our group dates anymore.
She's busy
with her online games right now,
so let's just give her some space.
All right! Today's the day
I'm going to find my prince!
DONE WITH GROUP DATE!
ANOTHER DAY WITHOUT FINDING MY PRINCE!
DONE WITH GROUP DATE!
ANOTHER DAY WITHOUT FINDING MY PRINCE!
CRYING
Oh, no.
Momo's ideal man is taking
his sweet time to appear, huh?
JUST OUT OF THE BATH
COTTON FACE MASK
If you give up now,
it's game over!
But to find your ideal man
the moment you meet,
does that happen in real life?
SYSTEM: AKANE LOGGED IN.
Hey!
Hey! Rurihime!
Akanecchi!
Long time no see!
Hello, hello!
THE TYPE WHO COMES TO HER SENSES
This is Eita, right?
NATURAL
Ooh!
What have you been up to?
I was having a guild meeting
with the sub-master just now!
What? The sub-master?
Where is he?
I'VE NEVER MET HIM!
- Over there, see?
- Huh?
There!
Hey, so tiny! The sub-master's tiny!
He's a member of the Micronests!
When they're not in combat,
they're extremely tiny!
People tend to joke about them,
but you can train a Micronest
to become strong!
Right, Mr. takezo?
IT BECOMES HUGE
DURING A BATTLE
Hello, Akane!
I'm Takezo Kamota.
My character name is "takezo"
spelled out in English.
Huh? Mr. Kamota?
Tsk tsk tsk!
In here, we call him Mr. takezo!
Oh, that's right! Sorry!
Since Mr. takezo usually
doesn't leave the dungeons,
it's pretty rare to see him
in the guild hall, right?
He's adorable, but if you zoom out
even a little, Mr. takezo disappears!
I know, right?
Oh, by the way.
There's something
I wanted to ask you, Rurihime.
What is it?
About how much were the repair fees
for the computer
you fixed for me the other day?
Akane > About how much
were the repair fees
for the computer you fixed
for me the other day?
Akane > About how much
were the repair fees
for the computer you fixed
for me the other day?
Rurihime > That's a secret.
What? Why?
Rurihime > That's a secret.
Akane > What? Why?
Akane > What? Why?
Rurihime > Those parts were
all secondhand, so no need
to worry about them, okay?
I can't let you do that.
What?
What should we do, Mr. takezo?
I can see where you're both coming from,
so that's a hard one.
How about we compromise
by asking her to take part
in that plan we were just discussing?
Oh! Yes, that sounds good to me!
Plan?
Oh, my gosh, it's Yamada-senpai!
- What?
- No way!
Should we talk to him?
What? What should we say? Um...
Bring up games, maybe?
Right, what was it called again? F-P...
Hey, someone showed up.
Yo.
Yo.
Taking out the trash? Looks heavy.
As usual, the girls
can't take their eyes off you.
If you would just enter the pageant,
you'd win big time.
But you turned them down again this year!
What a waste!
But the pageant committee
still hasn't given up hope, you know.
They asked me to talk you into it.
I bet if you ever started dating,
there'd be girls in tears.
There'd be a schoolwide riot.
So?
Nothing.
You free today?
Wanna play when we get home?
OKAY
Yamada!
Huh?
Your phone's been ringing nonstop
in the classroom!
Thanks.
Seriously, what was that?
Can't you be a little friendlier?
You know, like this. "Thank you!"
Like that?
Nonstop means it's
from Eita, I guess?
"Thank you so much, my kittens!"
Or maybe...
It was vibrating on your desk,
making too much noise...
WORLD HISTORY
so I put a towel under it.
Sorry about that.
Thank you very much, Tsubaki.
I watched the livestream
of your match yesterday.
Your aim was too sloppy.
Your reactions were too slow.
You've gotten rusty.
Since you're slacking off
by playing that MMO,
you're not a good FPS player anymore,
are you?
It was an overseas server last night,
so the lag was crazy—
Don't blame the connection.
Right.
GUILD NOTICE
This year, our guild, Chocolate Rabbit,
will once again be taking part in the upcoming
Tousei Academy Culture Festival. We would like you
to obtain tickets for each participating member,
who are as follows...
Eita Sasaki
Runa Sasaki
Takezo Kamota
& Akane Kinoshita [our sponsor]
Sponsor?
What are you playing? FOS?
Yes.
Is it fun?
Yes.
Hmm.
Wh-What's this?
It's an external GPU.
GPU? IT'S BIGGER THAN MY PC...
Don't disconnect it
when you're playing games.
- The whole time?
- Yes.
THE WHOLE TIME...
Hey, but it feels like it got faster.
It feels really snappy.
Why?
You fixed that for me, too?
You're amazing, Yamada!
All I did was swap out the parts.
Those parts were mostly leftovers
that Eita had on hand.
And it's faster now,
because aside from the GPU,
I also switched out the previous-gen CPU
and doubled your RAM
and swapped out your hard drive
with an SSD.
I don't get it, but are you saying
it's like a different machine inside?
Well, you could say that.
Thanks, Yamada! I owe you one!
No, no.
YOU ARE TRULY A GOD...
LATER
Today, at our "Welcome Back, Akanecchi"
private event,
the three of us will be
going on a Dungeon Raid Tour!
Let's do this!
THIRD MEMBER
I-I'm looking forward
to doing this with you!
You don't have to get
so nervous, all right?
At your current level, you won't have
any trouble clearing today's dungeon,
so don't worry!
We'll be throwing
our full support behind you!
Mr. Kamota, you're so kind,
both in-game and in real life!
Your avatar is somehow so you.
I think I like it!
Okay, you guys, come on!
To the dungeon! Go!
- Right!
- Right!
All right! I'm going to try
to be as useful as possible!
GPU
Whaaat?!
HE'S TRULY A DEMON GOD...
Talk about a huge gap.