01x06 - Alone Again

[bunniefuu]

You son of a...!

Why you...!

Now you're gettin' it!

R-run for it!

N-no way...

[Good Luck lies in odd numbers]

[Good Luck]

Holed up in my room invincible on Monday

Take one step out and everything's a drag

They're drawn to a flame shouting mayday

I wanna pretend I didn't hear them

Give up on the fair fights

First come first served is an illusion

Leave it all to the dice

But make sure to roll them well

Look, the stuff left behind after splitting things up

Sometimes it's not all that bad y'know

The stuff they have and I don't

Nonsense, I won't be asking for it

Alone & bad I'm doing great

Wait now boy, you free?

Hate grouping up?

If you're bored, wanna try your luck?

Botch & luck handle it and dance

Down & fall is not my style

Good Luck lies in odd numbers

Isn't cheating a skill of its own?

[Good Luck lies in odd numbers]

[Good Luck lies in odd numbers]

[Good Luck lies in odd numbers]

[Good Luck]

Stop! I don't wanna go to Omui!

I'm going back to the woods!

Alone Again

G-goodness! Must you truly make such a fuss?

Pulling a pouty face isn't fair!

How am I supposed to say no now?!

S-so this is the Lord's manor?

It's so huge it's making me nervous!

Is this the Lord of Omui and his wife?

Glad they look happy and all, but...

I think I'll just leave.

And just why are you heading out?

I asked you to wait while I got changed!

I just... thought I'd wait outside?

And leave while you were at it, I assume?

Leave? Would I do that?

I'm going to see you are well rewarded,
so please just stay right there!

GRRR!

Wow!

I invited you here to thank you for saving me
from those bandits...

So why can I hardly contain this anger now?

Delish! This is so good!

Ahem!

Your reward, though it hardly suffices.

Huh? Money, too?

Take it, if you would.

And since you spoke of not possessing a form of ID...

I would like you to have this.

Whoa! Is that my name?

Yes! Alongside the name of our town of Omui!

Awesome!

With it you will be allowed to come and go
from town as you please.

It's so cool!

It will also act as proof of your person. I hope
you'll use this chance to remember our town's name!

Whoa!

This dessert looks good, too!

Ngh... Will you never listen to me?

Yum! I knew it!

Even after I got all dressed up for you...

DAY 22

Like I said...

I was invited to the Lord's manor yesterday.

I wasn't sneaking out of town or anything.

That much I already know.

But why? What did you do to get invited there?

D-don't ask me...

Come on, isn't that enough?

Let's go do our quest!

'Kay! See ya!

Listen, Haruka! You aren't allowed to leave town!

Okay! Got it!

Magic crystals! Magic crystals!

Sell 'em! Sell 'em!

Shopping time!

And now they're gone!

Now there are no obstacles stopping me
from leaving town.

Because now I've got...

TA-DAAA!!

Haruka got ID!

Time to go it alone again!

But before I do...

I should buy stuff with the money I got
from uhh... Merry Mary?

Eat all the non-mushroom food there is.

And leave a note for the class rep.

Something she won't get mad about.

GONNA GO

CHECK ON THE JOCKS.

LEVEL UP

AND WAIT FOR ME.

-HARUKA

I am actually worried about the dumb jocks.

Back to the woods at last!

If any carriages are under attack, I'm not looking!

Back to the same old mushrooms.

And fish in the river.

The gobs and kobs, too.

Mhmm, this is my forest.

I'm back in my place.

Man, can't wait to get back home!

An orc? That's weird...

They're usually deeper in the woods.

Still, piece of cake!

This stuff I bought from that sketchy vendor works great.

EQUIPMENT LIST

Invisibility Cloak

[MAKES WEARER HARDER TO DETECT]

Mirror Cloak

[REFLECTS MAGIC]

MINOR MAGIC REFLECT

Power Glove

With this many items combined,

Fire Staff

[FIRE MAGIC]

Cut-proof Clothing

[CLOTHING THAT CANNOT BE CUT]

Magic Blade

[BLADE THAT GROWS SHARPER WITH MAGIC]

REQUIRED LV: 50

life in the woods should be easy.

Evade Cloak

SLIGHT BOOST TO EVASION

Spacial Staff

[GRANTS GREAT BOOSTS TO USERS OF SPACIAL MAGIC]

Still, something's up...

What's happening here?

Bloodstains?

It can't be from the nerds, right? They're isekai pros.

Must be the jocks, then.
Haven't seen them since we split.

And why haven't the delinquents left the woods yet?

ENEMY DETECTION

That's a lot of blood...

Those dumb jocks said they
were protecting the girls from the delinquents.

Did they face off with them?!

They really ARE dumb!

You idiots...

They're still breathing!

Time to use every mushroom potion I made!

Don't you quit on me!

What are you good for if not toughing it out?!

Oh, Haruka... You good?

Oughta worry about yourself.

Think we screwed up a bit...

The girls safe?

Yep. Laughing it up in town.

All thanks to you.

Yeah?

Think what we did helped the class?

Yeah. You're the best dumb jocks we've got.

Yeah? Does that mean he...?

Yep. The delinquents are dead. It all happened so fast.

Are the nerds safe?

No clue. Don't think they were attacked, but...

All right...

He's tough, though!

We couldn't even hold even against him.

He stole all the weapons we got in that white room, too.

He's a mathematical genius.

Might have been planning this all along.

But we know who he's after next.

Who?

The class rep.

She's the one with the Hijack skill, right?

SKILLS

HIJACK

CALISTHENICS

Hijack allows the user to steal someone's skills

by k*lling them.

It's a wicked OP skill.

Me and the nerds should be the only ones
who know she has it, though.

You guys figured it out?

Only 'cuz he kept asking where she was.

Must have gotten that intel somewhere.

But he lost track of her.

That's why he hit us...

...but stopped shy of finishing us.

Figured you'd seek her out for help, huh?

Yep. So we thought we'd turn the tables
and came here instead.

He's gonna follow our blood trail and show up here.

If we fight him with you, we can win!

I don't need to involve myself in this fight.

All I want to do is live in peace here.

I just wanna be alone!

But...

Fine.

Haruka!

All right!

Atta boy!

Let's do this!

I'm gonna fight alone.

What?!

We can fight, too!

You can't take him alone!

You're kidding, right?

Fine. You got it.

I take it you have a plan?

Yep. Your job is to head for town and apologize
to our class rep for being so dumb.

The hell?!

Go on now, get! Shoo!

Haruka, the rest is up to you.

Mighta been better to have them around...

But if all of us go down...

...there won't be anyone left to protect the girls.

Fighting this guy is my job alone.

Time to toughen up with what time I've got left!

Haruka! Haruka!

Find him?

Nope, no sign.

Same here.

I'm sure he'll be back.

He even left a note, right?

Yeah...

Nothing to worry about, then!

All we can do is wait and level up.

Yup.

The jocks told me all about his OP weapon skill.

Weapon skills are powerful.

But once they start they leave you open
'cause you can't cancel out of them.

If I want to beat him, I need to come up
with a new skill that'll take advantage of that weakness.

Drawn to the smell of blood, huh?

Monsters as tough as these
are usually deeper in the woods.

APPRAISAL

GOBLIN

GOBLIN

They're pretty high level...

But so be it!

Smash!

Swing!

Jab!

Still no level up. Wish I could fight something stronger...

PERCEPTION

GOBLIN KING

N-now even these things show up?

Perfect timing, though!

It's fast!

It's not gonna swing that club?

Evade

Cloak

If I hadn't combined this with an Evade Cloak
that woulda been bad.

No doubt about it.
This thing's got powerful weapon skills.

I can only barely evade them.

But if I fight back, I'm done for!

The perfect foe!

Time to try something!

PACKING

QUICK THINKING

APPRAISAL

PERCEPTION

STEALTH

SERIAL THINKING

SENSITIVITY

PARALLEL THINKING

WALKING

CONCENTRATION

DASH

Using Magic Wrap...

And combining a bunch of skills together...

For one quick swoop!

It worked! That's what I'm talking 'bout!

Even with the absolute worst skills,
once you combine them, you get something new!

That's how I've always got by!

BLOOD-LUST

Where'd that come from?!

GOBLIN EMPEROR

Level 50?!

I'm only Level 9!

I can't win head-on against this thing!

No choice but to try that again...

Stealth

Movement

Well-being

Serial Thinking

Calisthenics

Clairvoyance

Enemy Detection

Packing

Mixing all my bad skills up into a new made-up one.

MADE-UP

Looks like I can learn skills I make myself.

Time to bet it all on this!

Gotta hit it lightning-fast as soon as I make my move!

Definitely felt like a hit...

But that didn't do a thing?

It's way too fast!

This thing's using weapon skills, too!

I can't drop my guard for a second!

Gotta find an opening!

All right, that did some damage!

Is it healing?!

Time for another made-up skill, then!

Not gonna lie, this is bad...

But this is no time to wimp out.

I mean...

I'm not as beat up as the jocks were yet!

HELL YEAH!

Finally! Leveled up at last!

Level 11. Got new skills just like I wanted, too.

Made-Up

Magic Wrap

Weight

Packing

MASTER OF NONE

TAKES LONGER TO LEVEL UP,

BUT MAKES IT EASIER TO ACQUIRE

SKILLS AND RAISE THEIR LEVEL.

And now I finally get how Master of None works.

Well-being

Sensitivity

Dummy

Doubt I'm at level to match him yet...

But I got the Skill I wanted.

My Made-Up Skill handles the opening
left from using a weapon skill,

PACKING

QUICK THINKING

APPRAISAL

PERCEPTION

STEALTH

SERIAL THINKING

SENSITIVITY

PARALLEL THINKING

WALKING

CONCENTRATION

DASH

and let's me attack with no prep
as soon as I select the Skill.

I have to do this.

I'm gonna outdo those OP skills!

Knew you'd show.

Tanaka...

Hey, Tanaka!

This skill's gonna let us do as we please, yeah?

I-I think so...

Okay, Tanaka!

I'm like, dead tired.

It's all this leveling up.

We're like legit adventurer's now!

He seriously still not back, though?
Been two whole days.

I'm kinda worried...

We've gotta keep leveling even without him!

Look. Someone's over there...

Don't like the looks of 'em!

Everyone get ready!

Wait, Kakizaki?!

Really?

You're right!

Long time no see.

Glad you're okay!

Wh-why are you all so beat up?

We're fine.

If you're here, does that mean Haruka is...

He's not with you?

Right now, he's out there fighting in the woods.

All alone.

Been a while, Tanaka.

Welcome to my little place.

Damn, here I was hoping the half-dead jocks
would lead me to the class rep.

Never thought they'd come out to this creepy place.

Yeah, sorry 'bout that.

Kinda embarrassing getting duped
by some meatheads like this.

After all that work I did to fake my way
with the delinquents and control them all.

So you were planning this all from the start?

Sure was.

I was the one who used them to break the class up.

What about the other guys?
Besides the delinquents and the jocks?!

Do you have to ask? They're dead.

Enough chit-chat. Gotta make my way
to where the Hijack skill is.

No time to waste on a loser
with nothing but the worst skills.

What are you trying to pull?

Point that filthy stick somewhere else.

I won't let you.

What? Why?

What's this got to do with a loner like you?

Even loners have people they wanna keep safe!

Yeah? All right...

You get to die to me, too, then!

The sunset I saw alone was beautiful

Without telling anyone about it at all it's time for bed again

Going on not worried about loneliness

Encountering one new something after the next

Been through a lot but it's unimaginable, isn't that funny?

Might look indifferent but that's not always the case

Never learning, carefree and doing as I please

That's always the way it is, we're all our lone selves

As we pass by we trade hellos and goodbyes

Doesn't matter, just wanna enjoy today

Have a bit of fun and then it's goodnight

Sha-na-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na humming a tune

Thinking about the day I see you again

Sha-na-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na humming a tune

In the middle of my journey alone