What is it? What do you want from me?
Ow...
I can't! Just a bit more...
It's morning already...?
What a weird dream that was.
Why did I dream such a weird dream?
Oh no! I got distracted by the TV...
It can't be! It's going to rain today?!
I mean...!
It's already this late!
Ah... what was I doing...?
When are you going to become a butterfly?
There's a limit on being a sleepyhead, Aomushi-kun.
Now that I think about it, Miya-chan didn't come over to my place today.
Ah, don't tell me... Miya-chan also...
Miya-chan! Wake up, Miya-chan! You'll be late for school! It'll be really bad if you are late for the exam!
Eh...? Yuno-chi, good morning.
Thank goodness. So you also stayed up late to study.
Study? Nope, it's just that I slept too much. I have slept for 12 hours.
12 hours...
Looks like we'll make it somehow.
Times like these make you feel grateful that you live right in front of the school.
Oh!
Hiro-san, good morning.
Oh, good morning.
What are those?
These? These are herbs.
Note: This is a pun on herb (ハーブ [haabu]) and harp (ハープ [haapu]).
Harp?
Wow! Hiro-san, so you started playing harp?
Huh?
Have you become really good at it?
Huh?
Exams are going to be over today. All right! I'll do my best in this!
Ah! I wonder if I brought the right tools as I left my room today since I was in a hurry.
Eh?
Ah!
This is not a normal eraser! This is...
...a kneaded eraser.
Miya-chan, did you bring an extra normal eraser...?
It's summer after all.
Uh, this would be this. And over here would be this. This would be this.
Eh?!
I-It must be a coincidence! A coincidence!
This would be this. Next would be this, I mean this. And the next one is...
Eh?!
I must be making some kind of a mistake somewhere.
It's summer after all.
All right. Everyone, please start.
Yoshinoya-sensei's art exam...
Uh, "Question 1: Who is depicted in this photo?"
Why does the art exam have questions like the Japanese Newest Record?
Oda Nobunaga.
Ko...
Komyu... what was it again...?
...moi?
It's summer after all.
"Please write down one of your favorite artists."
This is not an exam-type question... but a questionnaire-type question...
"Please write down one of your favorite paintings."
Paintings. Paintings.
"Please write down one of your favorite sculptures."
Sculptures. Sculptures...
"Please tell the principal at least 3 wonderful points about your beloved Yoshinoya-sensei."
Allotted points: 50 points?!
Uh... this is my first time seeing this...
It's summer after all.
And this is all set.
I wonder why... there are graffiti on the question booklets.
And there are a whole lot more sounds compared to when we draw seriously.
*tempted* *tempted* *tempted*
It's summer after all.
Stop. Good work. This will be all for the exams of the end of this semester.
Would the ones sitting at the back collect the papers please?
By the way, the answer sheet of the one with the lowest score will be put up at the school entrance so prepare yourself, okay?
What?!
What the?! You didn't tell us about that before!
I got scolded harshly by the principal so I won't put up the answer sheet at the school entrance.
Miya-chan, how did you do?
Not good.
Since, you see, when I thought about it being summer recess when the exams were over, I got so excited that I couldn't concentrate.
And you know...
It's summer after all.
Yep.
The blue sky!
The bright sun!
It's summer! It's summer! Go! Go! Melanin!
All right! I'll tan myself all the way!
Hm?
Oh! Are you basking in the sun as well?
How about you tan together with me?
Miya-chan? Are you there?
I'm here!
Ah!
What is it?
Miya-chan, don't tell me you were up on the roof.
That's right.
You shouldn't be in such a dangerous place like that. It'll be really dreadful if you fall off.
All right.
Were you tanning yourself?
Summer is about getting yourself dark for your health after all.
Geeze, Miya-chan, you got yourself dirty on your stomach too.
Huh?
Miya-chan, your stomach looks so cute.
Huh?
Anyway, it sure is hot.
It sure is hot.
It's hot because it's summer but I guess that's part of the fun too.
I wonder if there are any ways we can cool ourselves down.
Ghost stories! Ghost stories!
Note: This is a pun on ghost stories (怪談 [kaidan]) and stairs (階段 [kaidan]).
Stairs?
Hm... I know it would be cooler if we climb up to the highest point, but I think I would give up climbing halfway.
Are you talking about ghost stories?
Yes, stairs.
Really about ghost stories?
Like I said, stairs.
So you are talking about ghost stories!
Like I said, stairs!
Hot...
We... are... aliens!
We... have... four... arms!
Organic... carrots.
Eh? Sae-san?
Eh?!
I-It's okay, Sae-san! I do that often too so...!
Um... um...
W-What's with you two?! Coming into someone's room without even knocking on the door first!
I-I'm sorry.
The sun is strong today so we thought that the first floor would be much cooler than the second floor.
And... um... since the exams are over,
if we are going to play then I thought it would be much more fun playing with you.
Whoa! Hot!
W-Well... Hiro is busy right now since she said she wanted to work on her own project in her room.
I don't have anything particular to do today so...
And Miyako! What are you doing?!
What am I doing, you ask? I'm searching the room, since I wonder if there's anything interesting lying around.
Oh! This is!
Uh... let's see.
"'I love you, Kazumi-chan!'"
"Shun-kun stood up all of a sudden and shouted toward the setting sun over the horizon."
"Five hours passed since the set meeting time and without even using an umbrella as the rain poured, Yuusaku just stood there and waited for Kyouko."
"'Why? Why is Yuusaku so kind?!'"
Aww, Sae-san...
Ah!!!
Argh! Geeze! You made me hot for no reason now!
Pool... Let's go to the pool. How about we go to the pool?
Ehhhh?!
Pool. Pool. Pool.
Pool?
I can't go to the pool so please ask someone else to go with you.
Eh? Why? Why can't you go?
Um... it's a bit embarrassing but...
...actually I'm... a saw.
Even though that's completely different from the correct term, I totally get that idea of sinking in water.
Yep. Yep.
Oh yeah! Sae-san, wait here. I'll bring the pool over.
"...bring the pool over" ?
Tada!
Wow, what a splendid pool.
A vinyl pool... Well, I did think of something of that sort when you said that...
...but why do you have one?
When my parents told me to live by myself, they gave me this.
Aren't they nice?
Do you even need that when you live by yourself?
They said it's so I can even live in a room without a bathroom.
What kind of parents are they...?
But this pool shouldn't be a problem for even Yuno-chi, right?
Yup. This way, even I would be all right.
"All right...", you wouldn't be able to drown in this pool to begin with.
Oh yeah, Miyako, do you have a swimsuit?
I have the swimsuit from school.
If you wear that, it'll be like you are swimming at the school.
How about you, Yuno?
I have one that I bought from last year.
I see. Uh... If I remember correctly, it should be around here...
Miyako, use these. T-shirt and bikini bottom.
Wow! Thanks!
Huh? Sae-san, why isn't the bikini in a set? Did you lose the top?
Not really.
It's just that I don't want Miyako to complain, that the top is a bit tight.
Um...
Um...!
S-Sae-san, you sure have a slender figure!
Y-You think so?
Around here is good, right?
I see, Sae-san's place has a backyard. That's so nice.
It's a special privilege for the ones living on the first floor.
Well then, Yuno, can you put in the air into the pool?
Eh?!
You can't?
I... I understand. I'll... do my best!
Huh?
I wonder if it'll be all done before the sun sets.
No, no, Yuno! This! You use this to put air into it.
This is...?
Huh? Don't tell me you've never used a pump before, Yuno-chi?
Not really. Even though my house has a vinyl pool, I was little so my dad put the air into it instead.
Well, you don't usually use the pump.
You only use this for vinyl pools, vinyl boats, as well as air mats...
since blowing air directly into it would be faster for beach balls.
Well then, I'll do it.
Even though I look like this, I'm specialized in using the pump.
I'm so specialized in erecting them that they want to write it down in my background information.
Yuno, let's get ourselves changed.
Miyako, I'll leave putting air into the pool up to you.
All right.
The pump is... putting the air... deep into the pool.
Putting the air... deep into the pool... is hard work.
But... I... am happy doing this.
Um, what in the world are you doing, Hiro?
Um... going through the endurance competition all by yourself?
Hot... Didn't you say you were going to work on your own little project?
That's why I'm currently working on the "summer time endurance for my slim body" project.
That kind of project?!
Instead of talking about that, why are you guys in those clothes?
We were bathing in the water since Miya-chan has a vinyl pool.
Since it was kind of fun, we thought of asking you to join us as well but...
All right. Jump in!
Why you!
I guess it's all about hotpot in the summer.
I never heard of such a saying.
More like, you sure can eat while being this hot in here.
But don't you want to eat hotpot from time to time?
Since it's full of vegetables, it's healthy, isn't that right?
I like every kind of hotpot!
I prefer Shiochanko nabe.
Note: Nabe (鍋) is Japanese for hotpot.
For me, I like Sukiyaki.
I guess it would be Yose nabe for me.
I'm all for Kimchi nabe.
Because it slims you down?
But hotpot is all about eating with everyone.
You there! Don't eat just meat!
Ah! I got told on my hotpot manners by the server.
Now that I think about it, why is there a server for the hotpot?
If they are someone you love or admire, they are not a server but can be something else, right?
Well you can't call them the hotpot president, right?
Like I said, don't eat just meat!
Miya-chan, hotpot president would mean they're the president from the Nabe company.
Maybe hotpot lovers or hotpot elders.
Maybe president of hotpot or prime minister of hotpot?
Like I said, don't eat just meat!
Maybe hotpot forecaster?
Maybe charismic beauty artist of hotpot?
Maybe we'll call them "Hotpot is the best!" people?
Like I said...
Hot!
Just what in the world were we doing?
Come to think of it, since it's this hot today, it would be much healthier to just exercise and diet normally.
But anyway, this feels so good.
Um, when we look at the sky like this, don't you think it's like we are floating on the sea carefree?
Yea, it feels like it. This is the Bering Sea.
Why is this the Bering Sea?
Why is it not the Caribbean Sea or the Aegean Sea or a sea with a lot of greens around?
The sea... I haven't been to the sea in a while.
To me, I would rather prefer the pool than the sea. It's a bit scary since my legs can't reach the bottom of the sea.
I am a saw after all.
A saw?
Ah! *bubble* *bubble*
But why do the noodles you can eat on a ship smell so nice?
Curry rice too!
Geeze, stop talking about food already!
Ah!
This is different from what we are talking about, but I had a weird dream today.
Dream?
Yes, a red thing kept on chasing me in the dream.
That's a weird dream all right.
Dreams are a manifestation of your deep subconscious, right?
I get it! So Yuno-chi doesn't like a man in a red cape chasing her.
That's far from being the real message.
Say, is that a cumulonimbus?
It looks like it.
I always think about that when I see it every year.
It's summer after all.
Miya-chan, what are your plans for the summer recess?
Me? For now, I guess I'll pay a visit to the sea.
That's so nice. Since I'm a saw, I can't go there.
Like I said, what do you mean by "saw"?
A saw, a saw.
The evening hours.
But thank goodness. The exams are over and there aren't any subjects that I would be getting a red mark.
Ah! Don't tell me that's... a red curtain?
A red curtain (akai kaaten)...
In short, a red mark (akaten)!
That's so fearful.
Ah! This is bad! This is bad!
Aomushi-kun is...! Aomushi-kun is...!
Ah...
Eh?! Aomushi-kun got fat?
Somehow he looks so grotesque.
Wah! It flew!
Ah! Don't come over here!
Ah! It flew outside.
And now it flew into Hiro-san's room!
Uwahh!
Don't come over here!
Ow! It hurts!
Ah!!!
Say, did you make dolls to pray for good weather when you were little?
Ah! I did! Before we went hiking or before the athletic meet.
Since we are up against natural phenomenon, I thought it's useless to do such things.
Waking up earlier than usual and carrying my backpack...
Exchanging the toppings of our lunch boxes...
Ah~, just thinking about it gets me excited already.
Ah! Stop! We'll leave the rest of the conversation until next time!
Next time is October 12 - the drying agent in the storm.
We'll be waiting at Hidamarisou, so be sure to watch it, okay?