I am Ayumu Kasuga.
I just transferred here from Osaka the other day.
Osaka Today As Well
People in Tokyo stop when the light is red, like you're supposed to.
People in Osaka keep crossin' no matter what, so it's rough.
Oh, I better cross, too.
Shoot, the light changed.
School here isn't very different from school in Osaka.
Oh...
Here!
What's that tiny kid doin' here?
Oh, that's Chiyo-chan.
The girl prodigy.
The girl prodigy?
She's only ten years old,
Here you are!
but she's studying in high school because she's a prodigy.
Thanks. I'll get it back to you by lunch.
Okay!
Wow...
Later.
Goodbye.
Oh, I know.
There was this precocious boy named Shouta in my neighborhood.
I guess she's the extreme version of that.
I think that might be a little off.
Back when I was in Osaka, people said that I was slow or spacey.
Personally, I wonder about it, thinkin', am I really that spacey?
Oh, it's all wet now.
Hey, what are you doing?
You know how you can sometimes see tiny bubbles in your eyes?
I'm in pursuit of 'em right now.
I see. Good luck.
Yeah, thanks.
Past Participle
So, here...
Past Participle
Whoa! It's a cockroach!
It went that way!
No! I hate cockroaches!
Come on! Someone catch it!
All right! Leave it to me!
Damn, it's fast!
What are you aiming at?!
You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?!
Hold it right there!
Over there?!
Yes!
Heave-ho! Heave-ho! Heave-ho! Heave-ho!
Come to think of it, who was it that screamed first?
Beats me. I wonder who it was?
Okay, okay, let's get back to class now.
Miss Yukari...
What? What's wrong?
I smashed that cockroach with my textbook.
What should I do?
Don't come! Stay away!
Miss Yukari!
Back in Osaka, I was always the slowest runner in my class.
But in this class, there's a grade school kid.
P.E. - Volleyball
Okay, here we go!
Get set!
Ready! Go!
I won't lose. I can't lose.
Chiyo-chan might be a prodigy,
but I just can't lose!
I lost...
In the end...
In the end, am I just no match for a prodigy?
You're the first one ever to lose against Chiyo-chan in a race.
Today, in P.E., we'll be doing volleyball!
Get into groups of six!
Six?!
So, this is the combination we end up with...
All right! We're aiming for the ten million in prize money!
We're coming, Wimbledon!
Yeah!
There is no such thing for P.E.!
Here goes!
Nice, Chiyo-chan!
There!
Miss Sakaki, you were amazing!
Miss Sakaki is just so cool!
That person...
Miss Sakaki, was it?
She's so cool.
Isn't she, though?! She's so cool, right?!
Okay, I'm going to aim for her, too!
What?! Aim for her?! Wait a minute! You can't...
I'm goin' to aim to be a cool girl like her.
Oh, that's what you meant by "aim".
Is that so?
But it'll be impossible for you.
All right! Here goes!
Oh, sorry! Sorry!
That hurt. That hurt a lot.
Don't worry about it.
That's not for you to say!
It seems like playing a match right off the bat is a little dangerous,
so let's pair off and practice overhead passing.
Chiyo-chan, wanna do it together?
Okay.
Chiyo-chan, here I go!
Okay, I'm ready when you are!
Then, here goes!
There!
All right! All right!
Chiyo-chan, don't worry about it!
Okay!
Miss Osaka, here I go!
There!
Miss Osaka, are you all right?!
I'm okay!
Here goes again!
There!
Chiyo-chan, you okay?!
Yes!
Here I go!
There!
Miss Osaka, I'm sorry!
Yeah!
Here goes!
Okay!
Here it is!
There!
Here goes!
Okay!
There!
This is just so...
Hiccups
You okay? You look pretty unsteady.
Hey, hey!
Back, alive and safe.
Back from where?
All right, guess I'll dig in!
Ta-da!
Fried chicken, omelet, and meat balls!
Woohoo! They're all Tomo-chan's favorites!
Well, thanks for the food!
What's the matter?
Don't talk to me right now.
Hey, hey.
What's that?
Tomo. Tomo.
Huh?
Is she happy that she was able to split it neatly?
Yomi!
What's wrong with that croquette? It's all red inside!
Oh, this?
Super hot chili pepper croquette.
You sure like super hot foods.
It looks really spicy.
Osaka, do you like spicy foods?
I'm totally no good with spicy foods.
Hey, why don't you give this a little try?
I just told ya, I'm no good with spicy foods.
You should listen when someone tells ya somethin'.
Don't worry. It's got lots of cayenne in it too.
Cayenne?
Well, you could say it's sort of like shark fins or swallow's nests.
Oh, in that case, just a little bit.
Oh, but...
You're just awful.
I thought I was gonna die.
Sorry about that.
Huh?
What? Hiccups now?
Oh, it's probably because you ate something spicy.
Is that how it works?
What should I do?
Hey.
Can't you cure it by drinking water?
Water?
Would juice be okay too?
I don't think it'll matter.
Hey, carbonated drinks sound like they might work really well.
No, no, I'm no good with carbonation.
Oh, really.
Those are stubborn hiccups.
I've heard it's good if you drink while pinching your nose.
I heard that you should drink with your ears plugged.
All right! Let's try both!
What?
Are you ready?
Yeah.
There! Go for it!
Well? Are you cured?
Dunno...
She's not cured.
Oh, I know!
I've heard drinking from a cup balanced on chopsticks works.
Is that for real?
Next hour's music class, right? Let's hurry up.
Yeah.
But...
The Brain...
Osaka, knock it off!
Let's go home!
What?! It still hasn't gone away?!
That means it's been going on for over two hours now.
Come to think of it,
I've heard you can die if you keep hiccupping for a whole day.
No way!
Miss Osaka, please be scared! Please be scared!
It's no good. That's not scarin' me at all.
Oh, yeah! I just remembered!
You can cure hiccups by smacking the person on the back like this!
Ow.
Isn't that for when you get something stuck in your throat?
Ow.
What?
Sorry about that.
No way...
As I recall, hiccupping happens because something's convulsing.
Yes, the diaphragm.
Where's that?
Right about under the lungs.
Is it here?!
That's the solar plexus!
A vital point on the human body.
Are you cured?
No good, huh?
You can cure hiccups by brewing persimmon sepals and drinking it.
Persimmon?
You sure know a down-to-earth sort of remedy.
But we don't got any persimmons.
Then, hold your breath for a while.
Ready? Start!
That was really fast!
Put pressure on the eyeballs.
Ow, ow, ow.
Pull on the tongue.
It's not going away.
Don't you have any more ideas?
Well...
Give it to someone else.
This is suddenly starting to sound hokey.
Give it to someone else...
What are you looking at?
If it really doesn't get better, you might be sick.
Maybe you should go to the hospital?
Sick? Like what?
The brain...
The brain?!
Oh!
What d'you mean, "Oh!"?!
Eh?
Because I think your brain could have some problems.
What problems?
Well, you're weird sometimes.
Are you talkin' about symptoms?
Not really symptoms, but...
You know?
Yeah.
Not being aware of any symptoms is sort of like the symptom itself...
What's that supposed to mean? I don't understand.
Excuse me, but haven't your hiccups stopped?
Oh, you're right. I'm cured.
It's happily ever after.
Thank goodness.
But I wonder why it stopped?
What worked?
Huh?
Oh, I gave it to Chiyo-chan.
I didn't think that was possible.
Okay, let's do everything we tried on Osaka from the beginning.
Yeah.
Let's see, first...
Smack her on the back and then hit her solar plexus, wasn't it?
Oh, right, right.
This can't be happening!
Brand New
Sharks are fish.
Dolphins are mammals.
That bein' the case...
Are snails bugs?
What?
I don't quite understand why it's "that bein' the case", but...
I don't think they're bugs.
Well, I don't really know, though.
I figured I was right.
After all, it'd be weird if a snail was part of an insect collection.
No, I don't think that's the issue here...
Grains of truth!
Hey, Tomo-chan.
What?
Rice are a kind of grain, ya know.
Really.
You're no good, Tomo-chan.
What?
Grains of truth!
Hey, hey.
What?
Rice are a kind of grain, ya know.
Really.
You got it all wrong.
Huh?
I wanted you to say, that's not grains of truth,
that's the truth about grains.
Oh, sorry.
I'm in the middle of class right now,
but I thought 'bout a lot of things today.
Contemplation Number 1.
Chiyo-chan's pigtails are linked to each other.
Let's experiment right away.
Wow! They're really linked!
Contemplation Number 2.
Which means, could it just possibly, maybe...
I knew it! I knew they'd be detachable!
Contemplation Number 3.
In which case, somethin' like this could happen.
I got this for a Christmas present!
Wow. What is it?
Here, I got these.
What're they?
These are...
new ones!
Osaka.
Hey, Osaka!
Oh, it's you, Miss Yukari.
I'm working here, don't fall asleep!
Yes, ma'am.
I fell asleep without even realizin' it.
Must be 'cause I thought 'bout a lot of things.
I think I'll go to bed early today.
Hey! Don't fall asleep!
Next
Azumanga Daioh
Now is the time to settle this once and for all!
We'll fight it out to see who's better,
an English teacher or a P.E. Teacher!
Better? A teacher is a teacher, we're both the same.
You're so wrong!
An English teacher is fluent in English!
And a P.E. Teacher is good at sports!
Oh, yeah?! That's why you can't find a boyfriend!
That has nothing to do with this!
It's not like you're...
Oh, look forward to Azumanga Daioh next week too!
Don't change the subject!