02x05 - Feelings That Won't Go Away

[bunniefuu]

"I'm his girlfriend."

I can't say that.

I should go home.

I really want to see Kizuki.

Ouch.

I shouldn't have worn new shoes.

Buying chocolates in a rush

and acting like a girlfriend,

I look like an idiot.

All that fuss for nothing.

Found you.

Kizuki…

What're you doing

coming to this place all alone?

I've never seen him this furious.

What should I do? I made Kizuki mad.

Sorry. I wanted to see you.

I was going to give you this
and leave right away.

I'm sorry for causing you trouble.

Don't do things like this.

The coach told me
a girl was looking for me.

I immediately knew it was you.

I ran around looking for you,

worried that you might get lost.

You weren't answering your phone.

Don't make me worry like that!

The person you like feels the same way.

You're living in the happiest world.

What would I do
if something happened to you?

Kizuki…

I want to kiss you.

I understand now.

Being a girlfriend

means becoming
the most important person to someone.

Kizuki, you smell like the pool.

And that's the most amazing miracle.

[2030]

[Falling for You After School]
[Vampire Boys' Dorm]

[Haruka Magazine]

Senior Nishino.

You look gloomy today.

People won't like seeing that.

Sakura…

What do you want?

Actually…

Never mind. I don't want to hear it.

I don't want to take apology sweets
to Mitsuharu-sensei with you again.

Please?

I'm having dinner tomorrow
with friends from my job hunt.

But I messed up
and didn't invite enough people.

Senior Nishino, please come!

I'm not going.

But you're always working.

And you don't have a boyfriend, right?

Well, right…

See?

I came to see you.

I'll put an end to it.

Huh? Are you mad?

This conversation is over.

Now get back to work.

No!

You're my last hope!

The bouquet for
after the graduation ceremony is ordered.

[Congratulations to the Seniors on Graduating!]
Thanks.

[From the AO High Swimming Team, 1st-Year and


Is this from the seniors' send-off meet?

I'm so glad Senior Saito
came back to the team.

But…

Last year, club activities
never fully resumed,

and all the high school tournaments
were canceled.

Is it appropriate to congratulate

the seniors?

Congratulate?

It feels complicated, right?

After all, even you were devastated
when the competitions were canceled.

But this season,
most official competitions will resume.

The seniors can't compete.

But I can.

Just because of a one-year difference.

The traditions and spirit
the seniors built

[Graduation Ceremony]
will be carried on by us.

We will take each step forward.

We sincerely wish all our seniors
embarking on their new journey

the most promising future.

March 10, 2021.

Student Representative, Shin Kashiwagi.

The graduates will now exit.

Please give them your applause.

Is it appropriate

to congratulatethem?

Senior, give me your necktie!

I'm so sad.

Ready.
- Yeah!

Well done.
- Keep working hard after I'm gone.

You're welcome to visit anytime.

Senior Saito.

Huh?

Kizuki, everyone…

This bouquet is from all of us
on the swimming team.

Thanks.

What's wrong? You all look so gloomy.

Starting tomorrow,
I won't be wearing this uniform anymore,

and I won't be coming to Ao High.

Can you believe that?

Graduation feels like the "Ao High student"
version of me disappeared.

Senior Saito…

Alright.

Let's go to the pool.

Huh?

But renovations start next week.

I know.

Everyone, let's all go to the pool!

Hey, Kizuki's childhood friends!

You guys come too.

What?

We're going too?

Everyone, get in!

There's so much graffiti in the pool!

[Ryuta, Shunsuke
The Men Who Will Be Legends in the Future]

[So Sad… High School Is Over]

Write whatever you want.

The renovation next week will repaint
everything, so it'll all get covered up.

Really?

Yeah.

The Principal approved it.

Third-year students can write thoughts
as a graduation keepsake.

Okay!

Airu-kun, what are you writing?

Love?

It's a secret.

[Long Live the Koigahama Highlanders]

Hey, Mizuho!

Stop drawing weird faces on my message!

[Be a Manga Artist]

This is your portrait, Shugo.

Cute, right?

I'm cuter in real life.

Take a closer look.

Not bad. I'll take a picture.

Shin, what are you doing?

Go write your own thoughts.

Here.

I'll pass.

Airu, lend me the light blue pen.

Here.

What should I draw next?

[Break the Meet Record of My Own]

[Beat Senior Saito's


Why aren't you writing anything?

Holding back because I can't compete?

It is quite frustrating.

Some kind of unknown pandemic.

Why do we have to leave
with memories like that?

Give me back my high school tournament.

Give me back
my last summer of high school.

Senior…

If I heard the send-off meet
was canceled last year,

I'd probably scribble
something like that to vent.

But now it's different.

I thought when I looked back
on high school,

[High Ranking]

I'd remember

winning races or setting
new personal bests.

[Beat Senior Saito's]
winning races or setting new personal bests.

[100m Freestyle Time Before Summer]
winning races or setting new personal bests.

But what I remember now

is the time I spent with you all.

When my time plateaued,

you all kept encouraging me.

After practice,
we chatted about silly things.

And after Kizuki joined the team,

he almost beat my freestyle time.

That feeling of panic,

I suddenly remember it all.

Not everything is gone.

My heart is full of important memories.

[The AO High Swimming Team Is My Youth!]
[No Regrets! Saito Ryosuke.]

I'll keep swimming in college too.

Because after I couldn't swim,
I realized how much I truly love it.

Kizuki.

You have to make it to the finals
of the national high school tournament.

If you make the finals,

I can brag to everyone that
I used to compete against you in high school.

That way, my third year
will have been worth it.

Okay.

Nishino-san.

Huh?

Yes?

That time you yelled at me at the bus stop

has become an unforgettable memory
of my youth.

Thank you.

Way to go, Saito!

Show them the spirit
of a third-year student!

Saito's still passionate as ever.

Senior Saito, that sounds super cheesy.

Please forget about it.

It's cold!

What are you doing?

Help!

Congrats on graduating, seniors!

Stop it!

Stop!

Stop it, hey!
- Congratulations!

Wait!
- Congrats, seniors!

Congratulations on your graduation.

Now's the time!

Wait, stop it!

Are we being tested by the gods?

It's so cold!

It's not over yet.

Shin!

Hey!

When the scenery
before your eyes vanishes,

can you stand up again with hope

and recognize what truly matters?

Hey, Shin!

Can you enjoy

the one and only present?
- Go for it!

Hey!

It's freezing!

[I Won't Give Up.]

[2030]

Senior…

Senior Nishino.

Hey.

Please don't zone out,
show some enthusiasm!

Are you sulking
because one of the guys is late?

Do shoujo manga editors
have a lot of romantic experience?

Huh?

That's not true at all.

Senior Nishino hasn't had
a boyfriend in three years.

So this is what you meant for a dinner
with friends from job hunting.

But Senior Nishino is amazing at her job.

The creators she's worked with
all became professional manga artists.

The manga artist she's currently managing
is about to start a major serialization.

That's cool.

You're saying too much.

You two are so close.

The credit isn't mine.
Those manga artists are very talented.

Unlike me,

getting scolded by my boss all day…
- I drag through each day like this.

The time I spent with Kizuki

will never come back again.

Look at this face.

So cute.

I'm a bit tipsy.
I'll go outside for some air.

Senior, are you okay?

Yeah.

That should be enough.

Finally.

Senior, this is the place.

We're terribly sorry we're late.

I brought my senior
who was going to eat alone.

Why…

Mizuho?

Why have I

encountered Kizuki again?

Cheers!

Cheers!

Mr. Hazawa works in the overseas
department at a food company?

So that's why you go on
business trips overseas so often? Cool.

Going on business trips overseas
frequently must be tough for your girlfriend.

Hey, Sakura, stop prying.

Senior, sorry.

She says whatever comes to her mind
when she sees a handsome guy.

Oh my, he's handsome from every angle.

Calm down first, Sakura.

You are teasing me, right?

Let's go together next time.

Sure, I'd like that.

May I ask whose birthday it is?

She's over there.

Huh?

This is…

Senior Nishino,
your birthday just passed, right?

This is a belated celebration.

Happy birthday.

This is wonderful.

Alright.

Senior, make a wish
and blow out the candles.

My wish right now…

My wish…

What should I wish for
when blowing out candles?

Only the birthday person
gets to make a wish?

Isn't that obvious?

I didn't realize it back then.



I want to be Mizuho's boyfriend.

Let's head out.

Huh?

Senior Hazawa, when did you…

What… what is this?

Miss Nishino is my type.

Because she resembles my first love.

Senior, no way.

So cool.
- I'll remember that.

Don't worry.

Kizuki…

I'll stay by your side.

I'll keep working hard.

So watch me closely.

No matter what happens

in the future, I won't regret it.

Because I've made up my mind.

I'll be your first

and your last boyfriend.

It hurts.

It hurts so much, Kizuki.

Let me go!

Let go of her!

Shugo!

Shugo?

Where have you been these three years?

Do you have any idea
how much Mizuho suffered?

Apologize to Mizuho!

Shugo, wait!

Watch out!

[Episode 18: I've Always Loved You]