Yoshimizu Kagami Theater
Year 3, Class B?
Kuroi Sensei!
Yeah, yeah...
Spin Spin Sushi
Open
One Plate 135 yen
Thanks for the meal today, Sis!
Hey, ask me any time!
That was good, huh?
I know!
Doesn't it kinda make you happy when the egg tastes good?
The gas price's up 2 yen from yesterday...
Darn it, I should've filled up the tank...
Why do people who spend so generously...
...care about a single yen of difference when it comes to gasoline?
The Yonder Here
Koko ni Aru Kanata
I hear they're adapting the book I lent you a while ago into a game.
I won't be buying it, though.
You're behind the times, Kagami!
I reserved the limited edition as soon as they announced it!
I also bought the anime DVD box set and related goods!
You're more addicted than I am.
It's pretty common to turn into a bigger fan than the person who recommended it, right?
Yui-neesan bought a car because of such an influence.
A car!?
Yeah, I lent her a racing-themed manga to her.
I sure was surprised that time.
The energy some people put into a hobby is scary...
Yesterday made it three wins in a row, right?
Yep, it's the start of a miracle!
If they continue their streak,
the playoffs and the Japan Series are within their reach!
What are they talking about?
I believe it's about pro baseball.
They're gonna charge ahead!
It's one of Sensei's interests.
That's what baseball's all about...
Speaking of baseball...
They say the famed poet Masaoka Shiki...
...enjoyed baseball very much.
I hear he played as a catcher until he was too ill to continue.
Apparently he took his childhood name of Noboru,
and wrote it differently so it read No-bouru!
No-bouru = 野球 = baseball
By the way.
The winners in the Major Leagues are called "world champions," right?
Talking about the Japan Series reminded me.
That's right.
Even when it's only among American teams!
They should beat our team before they claim the world, am I right!?
She sure is excited...
It actually smells pretty bad...
That is true!
There you are!
Kagami, Miyuki-san!
Oh, Konata.
Help me with these problems.
How unusual.
You having a question with schoolwork.
Some of these problems are very difficult.
It's 'cuz they're problems from an arcade quiz game!
I'm not too good with academic stuff...
Yet again...
Put more effort into your studying!
You're test-prepping, after all.
I may be like this here,
but over there, I'm labeled a "sage!"
Well then,
you should just enroll in that whatever-Academy of yours.
So anyway, I'm a little sleep-deprived.
How long were you playing?
You said you always sleep at 11, Miyuki-san?
Yes.
That's so early.
Oh, I see...
Babies grow up in their sleep
...so I was thinking when I looked at Miyuki-san,
but although you sleep a lot you haven't grown much, Yuu-chan.
...that's what Sis said!
It was bothering me already...
That night, around 9 o'clock
I apologize for calling so late.
This is Kobayakawa speaking.
Is this Iwasaki-san's residence?
May I speak to Minami-chan--
Oh, she's asleep already?
Did she always sleep so early...?
Pittan,
moji-pittan!
You're singing quite merrily!
Yes, I can manage that.
I'll be alright.
I'll tell that to my father as well.
Yes, after the ground-breaking ceremony.
Yes, that's right.
What?
No, of course not.
Oh, there you go again...
I'm still underage!
No! It's not like that!
Well then.
You know, Kagami...
What?
They can't see the gestures that you're doing.
I know that!
It's habit, just habit!
When I'm on the phone, I'm too focused on the conversation that I have to pause my gaming...
But then my empty hand feels a bit lonely...
Yeah, I know.
So last time,
I was cleaning the floor the entire time I was on the phone.
With the roller thing.
Those things are oddly addicting, right?
Like random sketching or other simple tasks.
But...
You tend to lose interest as soon as you hang up the phone.
Seeing the carpet is only clean around you is kinda depressing...
Why don't you just finish the job?
The enthusiasm fades away with the conversation!
So you just abandon it, then.
That guy's quite smelly, don't you think?
I mean, it might be fine once in a while, but...
Look, **cky!
Po***!
Yeah, I did that...
When I was in elementary school.
Geez, are you a little girl?
Oh, yeah...
Speaking of things we used to do as a kid,
We stirred up yogurt,
and called it, "Bread factory!" Remember?
Bread factory?
Huh--
You don't know?
No.
Hey, what was that?
Bread factory?
Don't be embarrassed and tell us!
Shut up!
That game I lent you back in first semester...
Someone else wants to play it, so I need it back.
Alright.
That dinky one?
Yeah.
Which reminds me, I lent several to her, too...
I guess I'll ask for them.
But you sure are amazing, Hiiragi.
Why's that?
I found some games the other day and I don't know who they belong to...
I'm impressed that you remember.
Hey now...
And there's some that I lent out, but I don't know to whom...
Just how careless are you?
Now, now.
There's gotta be a Law of Forgetting Lenders and Borrowers!
It's a universal truth.
Yeah, right...
Yes, hello?
Hey Hiiragi!
It's me, Misao.
Hey hey.
What's--
Damn...
That Potemkin...
What, did something happen?
Oh, it's nothing...
Sorry, sorry.
So, why'd you call?
About that...
Oh.
What was it?
I don't know!
Something very important...
If it's important, don't forget it.
I looked at the Autumn Jumbo lottery results,
but I didn't win anything.
Guess it's always hard to win.
I sent in a lot of postcards, but I lost all the prize drawings.
Is that so?
Too bad.
When you lose this badly, you start to suspect the ticket sellers and the editors are doing something shady, right?
Konata!
You shouldn't doubt people like that!
I can't do it...
I think I'll go to sleep for tonight.
Gonna head to the restroom first.
They're gonna say I talk to myself too much,
but that's totally irrelevant!
I was really sleepy,
so why do I become wide-awake after telling a weird gag like that?
The next day, at midnight
I can't do this at night...
I don't feel too sleepy yet, but I should go to bed while I'm dozing...
It's cold!
I was really sleepy,
so why do I become wide-awake because of this coolness under the covers?
And the next day, at midnight
I can't go on.
Since it's warm tonight, I wonder if I can fall asleep quickly?
My feet feel really hot and I can't sleep!
How does this happen?
Does it only happen to me?
Now's the season when yaki-imo tastes good!
yaki-imo: roasted sweet potato
But, uh, Kagami...
Oh I know.
I know, so don't remind me.
Want some?
Thanks.
But it'll make you fat.
And you say it anyway...
But I can't help it!
If I make eye contact with the vendor,
it's rude not to buy one, don't you think?
You know that look, that "Will she buy one?
I'll be hurt if she doesn't" look!
I know what ya mean.
When you make eye contact at Comiket, it's hard to put the book back!
You just keep talking even when people don't understand you...
I'm talking about when you're hanging around an artists' circle.
If you pick up a book in front of a seller,
don't you feel bad if you leave without buying it?
But you return it anyway, don't you?
There's been an increase in light novels adapted to anime lately.
Seems like it.
Even the novel I lent you the other day,
they've made it into an anime three times already.
And the new volume should be coming out soon.
I saw the anime but I haven't read the novel yet...
It's full of words and it makes me tired...
That excuse again...
Don't those games that you always play use many more words?
That's probably true, but it's so strange...
If they released them in a game format like that, it would help me out...
Hey!
Anyway,
I wonder when the fourth set of anime's gonna start.
Um... what?
Is that some sort of joke?
Yuu-chan, what are you trying to do?
T-The lid always ends up crooked...
Oh, you're one of those people...
A little clumsy, I guess.
I do it so often.
Here.
It's these cute flaws that you share with Miyuki-san.
Thanks!
You're amazing as usual, Sis.
Sis, what do I do!?
Now I can't open it...
Oops, I put my usual strength into it.
What a bothersome kid...
You can't open the bag?
Hand it to me!
Thanks, Sis!
Huh?
Should we just tear it open from the jagged part?
No!
H-Hold it!
I'll open it properly so just wait!
Fire....!
It's okay.
Let's open it with from the jagged side or with scissors.
No! That hurts my pride as if I lost!
Sis, a mosquito?
Doesn't it irritate you just knowing that something's there?
Even before you're bitten.
As long as it's there, you can't help but take it down.
That's the instinct of a hunter!
So I was thinking...
If Yuu-chan or I were approached by someone in our year,
does that make the guy a lolicon?
They're in the same grade, so perhaps not...
But there might be a bias towards appearance in your case, so...
If you were a 30 year-old who looked like a grade schooler...
Then you might even say the guy prefers older women...
This is quite a deep problem.
It's hard to come up with a strict definition.
I see you really are my father.
If it was Kagami, she'd just end it with, "Who cares!"
So what about you, Dad?
Mother
You fell for a woman like Mom,
Daughter
and you dote upon a daughter like me,
so that means you're a lolicon, right?
Hey now, wait a minute.
That's a little inaccurate.
I not only like younger girls,
but I like normal girls too,
so "I am also a lolicon" is correct.
Basically, it depends on the character we're talking about.
You fail at life either way.
Well then,
you're always sticking around close to me,
but if I were a boy, would you have acted the same towards me?
Of course!
Alright!
I totally get it.
Aren't ya lucky I'm a girl?
I think the bath's ready.
Maybe you should go first, Yuu-chan.
Okay!
If it's alright with you.
He got rid of her for his appearance's sake.
Hey Dad.
About Mom...
She was short,
you knew her since childhood,
and she was like a character from a gal game, right?
You think so too?
She was cute since she was young...
I understand why you fell for her,
but why did she decide to marry you?
I said, "You didn't give me a chance,
and that's why I grew up to be a gal-game-loving man!"
And she accepted pretty easily...
You're the worst!
But it's the truth.
That's intimidation!
Oh, but it's not like that's the only thing.
When you were born, she was really happy...
This mole,
could it be from you, Sou-kun?
Her eyes are just like yours, Kanata.
She definitely looks like she's our child.
But I wish she'd grow up to be different from us.
I hope her height won't be like mine,
and her personality won't be like Sou-kun's...
You're harsh...
But why'd you suddenly bring up Kanata?
I don't know much about Mom.
Konata.
Are you lonely without Mom?
Not really.
You're as lively as two people,
and there's Yuu-chan now, too.
I see.
Kanata...
Konata's growing up to be a very good girl.
Tiny and eccentric
Though she's not as normal as you wanted...
Hey, Konata.
Please don't die before me, okay?
I don't have any intention of that at the moment.
Good, good.
Kanata passed away young,
but at the end, she laughed and said how happy she was.
I'm still lonely as the one who stayed behind,
but I want to be like her at the end.
Laughing...
So how do you want to die?
Let's see, like death-by-moe?
You're never gonna have a proper death, Dad!
Oh yeah,
I went and bought a camera for my work today...
It's been a while since I returned here.
Leave me alone already!
Come on, just one more shot!
I wonder what those two are up to...
I was in the middle of a game!
Yeah, yeah.
Say cheese!
Geez, Dad!
Alright, let's go for one more!
That's enough...
And Dad, you're way too close to me.
You're too cold, Konata!
They're just souvenir photos with the new camera.
Wasn't this for work?
Don't be so stiff,
As usual, Sou-kun.
one more picture!
I've had enough...
You never cared about others' circumstances, did you?
You're so pesky.
Take this!
Ow ow ow, that's harsh, Konata.
You really haven't changed.
But you know...
You're starting to feel like Kanata when I hug you...
It makes my heart beat!
Wha--
Let's not make such shady comments so openly!
I see what Mom had to put up with...
What did you say?
Really.
Dad might act that way,
but don't turn to bad behavior!
Oh yeah, Konata.
When you clear that game from the other day,
teach Dad how to do it too, okay?
Alright.
It's surprisingly difficult.
But...
I bet I made a wrong selection at some point,
Since they're playing games together,
At least they're good friends!
but I've just been having trouble getting to this one character's erotic scene!
Wait, wha--!?
What are you allowing your own daughter to play!?
Is this really okay?
Are you teaching her the right things, Sou-kun?
Hey...
Why did Mom decide on Dad?
What?
I mean, you're an old perverted lolicon otaku.
Typically, people wouldn't pick you.
So you'd say that much...
That's hard to explain fully...
Really.
But let's see...
She's right...
Kanata always had a strong intuition.
You were like this all the time.
He always makes me nearly forget...
...why I chose this man...
Even for a failure like me...
Kanata
...to spend a life together.
There was one thing that I was always confident about.
What?
The one thing that you were always confident about?
What's that?
That I'm the man who loved Kanata the most in the whole, entire world.
That's it.
You can't match that...
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He accepts my good parts and my bad parts.
He shows me all his good parts and his bad parts.
The place that I feel most at ease...
The place that lets me feel most at ease...
...I guess.
Alright, now that we've piled on the memories,
here's one more shot!
Let's take some with Yuu-chan later, okay?
Being unable to be there at that place now...
It's okay, I bet it's not just one more...
...it's a little frustrating.
You bought this for hobby, didn't you!?
Sheesh.
What are you talking about?
Dad was just testing it out before using it for the interview.
But...
Geez.
Just as Sou-kun and Konata exist within me,
if I live on within them, too...
I'll continue to look on.
Hey, look!
Here we go.
May these two, who brought me so much joy...
Cheese!
...remain blessed with happiness.
I wonder if they'll be surprised.
D-Dad!
This photo...!
There's someone's shadow or something on it...
An actual spirit photograph...
What?
H-Huh?
The bath's available...
Yu-- Yu-Yu-Yu-Yuu-chan!
W-Wait--
L-L-Look at this!
What, what?
What's the matt--
D-Delete it,
we've gotta delete it,
delete!
We're gonna be cursed!
S-Stop!
Don't erase it!
Wait!
We can't just delete it,
I think we have to burn it!
Don't burn it!
Now that I speak to her often,
I kinda see her differently.
...but Minarin still seems a little scary, you know.
But she's really nice!
Hey, she's back!
Minami-chan, welcome back!
Thanks.
Those two are really friendly with each other.
That means...
Yutaka, your tie was bent.
S-Sister...
No, no!
Once again looking at my friends like this...
Maybe something's stored up inside me...
Three,
two,
one,
start!
So, did you find 'em?
What? Nowhere to be found?
And you can't grab their managers?
So they ran away...
Well, they're fired, anyway.
Um...
Besides, I was worried about this show in the first place!
It's spinning...
I mean...
Excuse me...
I actually turned down the job in the beginning!
But the power of politics, you know, grown-up matters.
Um...
It's spinning!
What's spinning?
Me?
You?
The earth?
No, I mean...
Then what?
The tape! The camera's recording!
You idi--
Stop it!
"Isono!"
"What is it, Nakajima?"
Please listen to my song.
This t--
This time, it's a medley version!
One, two, three, four,
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My Wasuremono A Man's Way of Life Shikaider's Song
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You didn't change after the whistle!
You just went with Shikaider...
Why?
You should've switched!
Next Episode
Well then, on the next Lucky Star...
I'm Soujiro.
I'm Kanata.
Well Sou-kun, I'll head off now.
Are you leaving?
What?
Yes...
Take me with you.
I can't perform an out-of-body experience,
but I can learn!
Sou-kun, you're talking about anime and manga again, aren't you.
See you again!
Kanata!
Next time -- "A Delicate Line"
Sou-kun, there's turbulence and I can't fly well!
Hey now...