Wow, it's windy.
Today is the first winter wind.
The first winter wind, huh?
I don't like going out on days like this.
Yunocchi, sorry.
I'm late.
Coming!
It's so cold!
They said it's the first winter wind.
I want to be in my warm and cozy room now.
Where did Hiro-san and Sae-san go?
Did they leave without us?
Moshi moshi pan de keshite asa gohan?
Excuse me, did you erase your breakfast with bread?
Okuchi ga burakku ariena gurei
Your mouth is black, impossibly grey.
Keshigomu kawari guzzu
Goods used as an eraser.
Kinoo no aidia wa mu~n... ima hitotsu
Yesterday's ideas were, hmm... now just one.
Mo sukoshi tatchi tsuyome ni dorou
Touch it up a little more, strengthen your drawing.
Omoshiro fuetayo
The fun just increased.
Ieei! rabu & piisu fuu
Yeah! Like love & peace.
Poppun ga shoubu manmaru furawa katto
Poppin' match. A perfectly circular flower cut.
Waai! daisuki na koto ga aru yo ne
Yay! With my favorite things
Tanoshiku sugoseru suitch
I can happily switch.
Rappappa~
Ra pa pa~
Marude efude kara hibi ga umareru doriimu
Every day seems like a dream from a paintbrush.
Geijutsu da bakuhatsu da moete afuro
It's fine art! It exploded! A burning afro!
Arara dekichatta areba dekichau ne
Oh, I did it. If I can do that
Chikyuu no e wa guriin de guddo?
The picture of the earth will be green and good?
Hai soko ni sundemasu yo hidamari desu
Yes, I live there. It's Hidamari.
It's so cold.
Let's hurry up and go to the classroom.
The wind was really strong.
Oh?
Hiro?
It looks like I got a letter.
Sae?
So exciting!
Could this be what they call a confession of love?
Miya-chan, how was the kanji test?
Hmm, terrible.
How do you write "winter wind"?
"The tree withers" is okay, I think.
I thought so.
That's good.
Hey, look outside.
The wind is howling.
Whoa, it looks really cold.
I'm glad we don't have physical education today.
It looks like the principal is teaching the next class.
Yuno! Miyako!
Big news!
Sae-san, what's wrong?
Hiro's love letter!
What?
Um, well...
It was a huge shock!
I didn't realize it was like that.
I felt my face growing all pale.
So this is what it's like to have all the blood in your face suddenly disappear.
It happened this morning?
Yeah, it was in her shoe locker.
Well, how did she respond?
What will you do, Sae-san?
What will you do?
You've got it all wrong!
Hiro received it. It's not from her!
Well then,
the Palace of Versailles is located twenty kilometers outside of Paris.
Much of the royal family lived in this palace.
This was during the time of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, right?
They didn't have toilets or sewers!
Also, during the same time in France...
You don't know?
Well, of course...
The next person to visit during free period buys a large serving of curry?
But it'd be useless if we bet on the same person.
Why was she so wound up?
Does Sae-san know him?
It could be a love triangle.
Sae-san! A large serving of curry!
What? What's that about?
Uh, don't mind her.
Anyway, the guy is a third year art student.
Hiro and I don't know him.
I was wrong about that.
What?
Well, never mind.
He invited her to the roof during lunch.
They're meeting on the roof during lunch?
Hi, everyone! You're all together!
Yoshi...
Sae-san, are you discussing something in the first year classroom?
Why don't you tell Teacher about it?
Uh, no! I just came to visit!
No need to be shy about it!
Even if you're discussing something private about a friend!
It really is nothing!
I should go back.
I wonder what it feels like to get a letter?
Do you think it's one of them?
The guy who sent Hiro-san a letter.
I'm not sure.
I don't know any of the third-year boys.
One hour left.
I'm getting a little excited.
Do you think Hiro-san will go?
Of course she will!
It's a love letter, after all.
Also, they're meeting on the roof.
But what will she say?
That's up to Hiro-san.
No way!
S-Sae-san...
I can't believe he invited her up to the roof!
By the way, where's Hiro-san?
I didn't ask her to come with me.
It's not like I have any right to give her my opinion on it, either.
I'm so anxious!
I wonder what happened with that letter?
I want to ask her, but I don't want her to know I've been eavesdropping.
Everyone!
What are you all fired up about?
Could you be talking about love?
Miss Yoshinoya, don't you have class?
Teacher just loves talking about that!
Hey, hey, won't you please tell me?
Miss Yoshinoya, what happened to preparing for your next class?
Don't pull a teacher's skirt!
Ah, they're playing soccer outside.
I've never seen Sae-san like that before.
Is she really that surprised about what happened to Hiro-san?
After all, it's so sudden!
That must be frightening.
When I first saw you in the hallway...
my whole world suddenly exploded with color!
I felt my heart leap in my chest.
Yes! Like I had the essence of Fauvism within me!
Who is it? I can't see his face!
Right!
Next, I'll explain Cubism.
Cubism, founded by Pablo Picasso, was...
What was that?
Okay, it's a little early, but class is dismissed.
Yunocchi, let's go!
Where to? The roof?
No, no, it's lunch time.
Oh, then let's go...
Every little thing gets to me...
Sae-san!
Oh, Miyako, Yuno, you're early...
We're not early!
Aren't you the one that's early?
Ah, they must be meeting right now...
I wonder what kind of person he is.
The letter was really pretty.
That must mean he's serious, and not a bad person, right?
Putting a love letter in a shoe locker is like something out of girl's manga.
He must be a romantic.
He invited her during lunch.
He must be hungry.
So then...
Ah, Sae-san, go ahead.
Oh, no, it's nothing.
I wonder what Hiro-san is going to say.
Are they going to start dating?
That would never happen!
No way!
What makes you say that?
Despite the way she looks, Hiro is pretty childish.
She isn't interested in romance at all.
But what if he asked her out in a really nice way?
Yeah, you never know.
He might be know a lot about art history.
I just know it!
There is absolutely no chance!
Oh...
When I say I know, I do!
Seriously!
Childish...
How do you know that?
How can you say you know anything?
Romance doesn't always turn out the way you predict it.
She isn't here right now.
This fact proves that you're mistaken.
What are you talking about?
Why don't you apologize while you're ahead?
Apologize? What do you mean by that?
Uh, Sae-san!
Is it alright to eat this?
Uh, yeah, probably...
People in olden times had troubles too.
Because Miss Yoshinoya cannot be found, I will take emergency action.
Class is dismissed for today.
Everyone, please carefully examine your attitude in life.
Just because school has ended early doesn't mean
you can go to inappropriate places or behave in an inappropriate manner.
Do you understand?
Inappropriate?
Could that be Hiro-san?
It couldn't be, right?
Ah!
It's over!
Yunocchi, want to go to the second-year classroom?
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.
I wonder how lunch went.
They probably kissed.
Ah!
Kissing! Does that mean their lips touched?
Like, they attached at the mouth?
Well, that's a little...
I get it! Then, as they say in the west...
Mouth-to-mouth!
I think that's a little different...
Sae-san, Hiro-san!
Huh?
So, what happened with the thing?
What thing?
Ah, the letter from this morning?
M-Miya-chan!
I refused mid-morning.
What?
I wrote him a note and had someone from my class deliver it to him.
So, you never saw his face?
Nah...
Since I had already decided to turn him down...
Seeing each other would have only made it harder.
Hiro...
I tried to explain that part carefully, so I think he will understand.
She's so mature...
Then what was I so excited about until now?
Hiro-san, that's very mature...
Right?
Sae-san?
Uh, that's right!
Ah right, so that means it's over, huh?
I guess Sae-san didn't know either...
Wasn't it a tough decision?
Well, I don't know him at all.
Also, I'm happier just living relaxed and free for now.
Oh, I see...
I see.
That's all it was.
Sae, were you worried?
Did you feel alone?
That's not the point!
Actually, I was thinking maybe that dating him would help you grow as a person!
Really?
O-Of course.
Oh, I see.
I was feeling lonely.
It seemed like Hiro was going away...
Thank you for worrying about me.
I was only thinking about your future!
I'll put on some tea.
That reminds me.
Miss Yoshinoya didn't come to homeroom.
That's what the principal was mad about.
I know where she went.
She was in the school?
Yeah.
I saw her while I was leaving.
Miss Kuwahara, what's wrong?
Oh, hello.
Well, you see...
Miss Yoshinoya!
She has a really high fever.
It looks like she has been on the roof since lunchtime.
Uh, the roof?
Oh, no...
Eh?
I can't stop thinking about you...
It won't work.
Please! Just go on a date with me!
I'm telling you, we simply can't.
Is she alright?
I'm a teacher, and you're a student.
They won't allow it!
But, my heart is wavering...
Teacher!
I wonder what she was doing.
There was supposed to be a staff meeting today.
Please, don't make me hesitate!
Just hold on until we get to the infirmary.
I just hope you don't catch a cold.
Uh, yes...
That's what happened.
Is that so?
She was mumbling something.
I wonder why she was on the roof.
Eavesdropping!
So that means Miss Yoshinoya was the only one who went up to the roof.
I'm feeling a little tired.
So we didn't go anywhere in the end.
Even though we got the afternoon off.
Yeah, since it's so cold.
I think I've had enough excitement for one day.
So, I heard Sae visited you whenever she had time.
Yeah.
The guy is a third-year art stu-
Meeting on the roof during lun-
Someone Hiro and I don't kno-
Sae-san, why do you keep visiting during breaks?
Well, I just don't know what to say to Hiro.
Oh, Sae...
You should've just asked me normally.
I thought you were mad for some reason.
You just kept disappearing every so often.
I didn't see you during lunch, and then you left early.
Uh, yeah, I'm sorry.
I couldn't understand what made you so mad at first.
Why were you so frantic after I got a letter?
F-Frantic?
That's what it seemed like to me.
This morning you looked like you were about to collapse.
Really? Was it that bad?
Were you in shock?
Well, it was just so sudden!
What's happening now?
Eh? Sae-san, have you ever received a love letter before?
W-What are you asking so suddenly?
Of course I have!
In your shoe locker?
In my shoe locker.
Afterschool.
Over the phone.
On a train platform.
Oh... I just remembered that you're actually very experienced...
That's right, I've gotten one too.
What?!
Once when I was little, I was singing at some store and an old guy I didn't know gave me some change.
He said, "You're really cute!"
That's dangerous!
"Use it to eat something nice," he said.
And then I dropped it when I was putting it in my pocket.
Miya-chan, that's quite a story.
Yunocchi, what about you?
Probably not, right?
Well, for me...
When I was in kindergarten, there were these four brothers in my neighborhood.
They were all big and yelled really loud.
It was scary.
After that, I wished that he would always be with me.
Yuno-san's first love? Who was it?
My father.
What the...
That's so like you, Yuno-san.
Eh? But now that I think about it, I've never had someone confess their love to me.
It can be scary if it happens suddenly.
If it were me...
What?
Ah, umm, if Miya-chan was the one who got a letter...
I was thinking about what I would do.
Ah, that's not going to happen.
Actually, what kind of boy would confess to Miyako?
Uh, I don't know about that...
I'd like food instead of a letter!
I thought so.
But it would be scary if rice suddenly appeared in your shoe locker.
Well, that's just it.
Everything that happened today would be great for your novel!
Who would want to read such a classical modus operandi in this day and age?
Modus operandi? Isn't that for criminals?
Not at all!
Isn't it refreshing because it's a classic?
Maybe I should've gone ahead with it, after all.
Then it might've helped Sae with her work, as well.
I've done something I might regret.
I don't need that!
Besides, dating someone for impure reasons is just wrong.
Then, it'd be okay if it was pure?
But it would be weird to date someone you didn't know, right?
It wouldn't be too late if you get to know each other a little better first, right?
I wonder what the boy who gave you the letter is like.
It's not like I haven't wondered about it...
You should've tried dating him anyway.
That's totally not like Hiro!
Anyway, artistic boys are always weird or stupid!
Then who would be okay?
That would be a rich, handsome...
And not completely honest.
And completely honest.
Also, he should be kind, yet manly.
He should be athletic and really smart.
But he has a hobby he doesn't tell anyone about.
What's that?
He likes sniffing people's socks.
Or maybe his favorite food is salmon skin.
That's a weirdo!
Anyway, how about some tea?
My stomach is rumbling.
I want to eat something.
Oh, no! It's already dark out!
We've been talking all this time without going shopping.
Really. The wind let up, anyway.
What should I make?
Since we didn't go shopping, all I can make is yakisoba.
Yes! Yes!
I'd want a wife like Hiro-san.
Miyako, no one's forcing you to get married.
What kind of home would Miya-chan keep?
I can't even imagine.
I will cross over to the new continent, and make my name reach up to skyscrapers!
Hmm, that might suit you.
I can't even imagine doing housework.
I can only see myself in a career.
Even Sae will get married someday.
Yeah, falling totally in love unexpectedly...
And before you know it, they'll marry because she gets pregnant.
What are you saying?
And... People like Hiro-san are always consumed by their work.
What? You think I'll be too old to get married?
And before you know it, you'll be twice as old as Miss Yoshinoya.
And how old is that?
About 17...
More like 34!
I wonder if Miss Yoshinoya will get married.
More importantly, who would marry her?
There's about a 500% chance of that not happening.
So, it's just like a water-absorbing polymer.
See, it can absorb one thousand times its weight in water.
I got it!
Ah, I'm tired from talking so much.
Me too.
I'm tired from going up and down stairs so much.
That's right.
How about Yuno-san?
Huh? Uh, no! I couldn't eat another bite!
That's not what I meant.
I was thinking that you might be tired from taking part in all the commotion.
Not at all!
I've just been thinking about various things.
About meeting some wonderful person someday.
Yeah!
Ah! But it could be dangerous to find a love letter!
The principal will scold you.
Why the principal?
Well, in homeroom he came by and he was mad.
"Please carefully examine your attitude in life," he said.
That was probably about Miss Yoshinoya.
I don't know why I thought of this, but...
Do you think Miss Yoshinoya knew about the letter?
Who told her? Or...
So much happened today...
It's kind of like a drama.
At least, there was the same uproar and excitement.
Uh, it's cold...
You're cold blooded.
Good morning!
Ah, good morning!
If you were up at the same time, we could've left together.
No way!
Yuno and Miyako got love letters?
I'm the only one that didn't get one!
Ah, we're exchanging letters.
Since then, there's been a real letter boom!
Don't do something so misleading!
Kiete itsuka wa hakanai sora e ue e koe
I'll disappear and one day cross over the top of the empty sky and say,
Awa ni natte kieru
"I'm going to turn into a bubble and disappear..."
Kieru
Disappear
Kieru...
Disappear...
Kieru
Disappear
Soregore no basho e
To each person's own place.
Hirameki hishimekiau
An insight... gathering together...
Yugoshite
Uniting.
Kono karada wa hitotsu de
This body is whole.
Hitutso no you de mugen de
It appears to be whole... infinite.
Kobore ochita shitzuku wo ima kakagete miteru yo
I'm watching the droplets that have overflowed, which I have just now raised up.
Mebae doraibu hashire sky
Awakening drive... run through the sky...
Hadashi no-mama
While barefoot.
Hora me wo tsumutte
Look, close your eyes.
Hitsuridashita niji no hashi eyukou!
Let's go to the rainbow bridge that has begun to appear!
Mebae doraibu terasu spark kudakita hoshi
Awakening drive... a shining spark... a broken star...
Sora ni chiribame
Spreading across the sky.
Ochiteku hitokakera no yume wo te ni tsukanda
I grabbed ahold of the falling fragments of a dream with my hands...
Hikari wo
The lights...