Arata has always been alone,
...living in a home without warmth, and spending time alone at school,
...beside him has always been nothing but solitude.
But after meeting Nika, he became less isolated thanks to her smile and kindness.
I have had my first kiss with Arata!
Arata!
What's up?
Shall we go home together?
Yes.
Arata, can we go out somewhere if you are free tomorrow?
That's fine.
Really?
Yeah, there is nothing planned and I would be just alone at home.
Arata, if you are ever lonely by yourself, call me anytime!
Whenever you feel alone, I will always be by your side!
Yeah.
From now on, we can always be together,
Let's go!
...or so I expected.
Switch Girl - Episode Six
Since we had a kiss the other day, maybe we will go further today!
I have the danger-day knickers on and took care of unwanted hair! Looking good!
Isn't that Miss Nika!
Miss Nika on a day-off! And Kamiyama too!
Why are you here? You bastard!
Out with Miss Nika on a Da~
There is no way it's a Date!
But it is a Date!
Right you are, it would not be!
After all, Kamiyama is pretty introvert!
Don't call him introvert, so rude of you!
What's with you, if you are so against it I won't take you!
Take him where?
[ Tokyo district where anime,manga and video game fans gather ]
To Akiba! A-KI-BA!
That being said, do you also want to go there?
I am~
Can't be helped!
Even I cannot easily refuse when that face of yours is so easy to read.
Let's go, Kamiyama!
Don't go! I'm begging you, leave it!
It's a special case, OK? Well then Miss Nika, we are off!
I've had it!
In this case,
Shall I come along too?
I'm free today, and it sounds like fun.
Come along!
My long-awaited date!!
Look at that! I'm taking a photo!
Kamiyama is surrounded with some filthy boys!
I wonder where they are going! Let's see!
You have got time as usual, Boss!
So many people!
Just like garbage, but with people.
Nika?
Girls! What are you doing around here?
Azu wanted to go buy something and we tagged along!
By the way Nika why are you hanging about with the nerds?
How to say it, by course of events?
Then why don't we all wander around in Akihabara?
Together? Can't oppose to that!
Attention, everyone! Akiba search, here we come!
Bura Tazawa starts here!
[ Reference to "Buratamori" a kind of walk exploration TV program with Bura Tamori ]
[ Bura Tazawa ]
Did they actually (look)?
Look, so much fun!
It's nice around here isn't it!
Move!
First stop is the weapon shop!
[ weapon shop ]
Miss Nika, please step in!
You, hurry up!
Where did Tamiya disappear to?
Resistance power 10,000 - Blade Excalibur!
[ sword blade - Excalibur ]
What? Resistance power 12,000 - famous sword, Masamune!
[ famous sword, blade by Masamune ]
Masamune?
Next stop is this way!
Cute!
Welcome home, Arata!
What are you doing?
Nothing, really!
[ Akihabara Annex - K-books - Akihabara Main Building ]
[ I wish for tender passion ]
Little too soon for such hobby!
I'm sorry!
Listen, Kamiyama!
Compared to some dead fish like you, nerds have passion!
[ left "moe" reading means "burning" right one refers to a specific manga term]
Instead of an unfitting character, we have got our own!
Yeah.
It's sudden, but let us check your degree of "geeky-ness"!
[ Geeky-ness Check ]
Question 1!
When you hear "layer" what comes to your mind first?
A - The beauty term, "layer".
B - An abbreviation of "cosp-layer". Which one is it?
Question 2!
If you see a person pulling luggage, what do you think of?
Are they going on a trip, I wonder?
[ Comic Venue ]
Are they going to an event? Which is it?
Question 3!
When you buy a comic, you take off the cover.
A - Why would you do that?
B - "Of course!" Which is it?
[ For the sake of preserving the cover ]
Those, who answered all "B" have the qualities of a geek!
All "A".
I'm disappointed in you!
Provocation?
Give me a break!
Where on earth have they gone?
Besides that, this Akihabara must be an impressive person!
What is it?
Are you not often told you look like Smash Angel, Itama Yoshiko, from Sushi Angel Brilliant Venus?
Sushi? Itama? What are you talking about?
She looks like her! Let me take one!
The next one is... would you even know I wonder?
Azu!
In here~
Hang on!
[ Last month of Pregnancy Warrior - Pregnant Man DVD release commemoration event ]
Azu, don't just run off by yourself!
By the way what is a "Ninfu"?
[ Nymph = A greek mythological spirit, a kind of fairy ]
It's a spirit.
As expected, Arata, you are clever!
This novel creates a hero, that is a thousand times better than in any other hero stories.
It's a story about the importance of life, the love between parent and child, and the virtue of the main protagonist!
Is that so?
Azu is speaking!
[ Long Life ]
Despite being a man, and a hero,
...watch this mysterious person, pregnant man!
[ There is a baby on board ]
Pregnant?
[ ninFU- Nymph / ninPU - Pregnant ]
Is that a "PU"?
Everyone! The limited first edition comes with a maternity record book!
And in a special picture you can see the baby's progress inside the stomach.
With this,
It hurts so much my hips could break! Must be labour pain!
Call the midwife-man!
Excuse me, my helmet keeps dislocating.
Can I have some sticky tape?
Masamune?
What are you doing?
Oh, Nika!
What do you mean, part-time job!
You are not Pregnant Man at all!
Azu!
Boss, we bought a dress!
And a changing-set too!
Here? Fine I guess.
Here we come!
I'm ready.
Voila'!
Isn't that good!
This one?
That would be, The Grilled Meat Beauty, Hyper Orange Belly Meat!
Fits well! Can we take a photo?
Please!
Please! Whoa!
[Popularity Return ]
[ Shindere Café Extreme ]
Shindere Café,
...extreme?
It's that, insn't it! They are extremely rude then suddenly sweet by addressing you like "my dearest brother".
This place is somewhat different from a normal extreme café.
Hey!
Why do you just come in as you please?
Forgive me!
It's cold outside, so close the door quick!
Somewhat different? This is pretty average.
Excuse me! Water please!
What?
Is this fine, my dearest brother?
Yes, thank you very much!
Can I order?
Whoa!
Order? What do you think I am? You bastard brother!
At least bring your own drinks with you, idiot!
Bring own drink? Is this not a café?
Please let us place an order!
If you want to drink that much, hop your head up and down like a grasshopper and beg, you insect brother!
Hey, isn't that a bit too much?
My sister, is this satisfactory?
If you go that far, I guess you can have some sewage water.
Excuse me, can we play a game~
Who do you think you are?
I'm kind of worn out.
That was intense.
Yeah.
Ah, it's my sister.
Hello?
Hello, Nika?
Are you with Arata now?
Yes, why?
Just now there was a weird woman in front of the building, asking all sorts about him.
Thought I should let you know.
About Arata?
Arata!
Long time no see, Arata.
Do you know her?
Wait, I want to speak to you!
I don't have anything to say.
Get lost.
Could she perhaps be ~
I live in Sendai now.
I broke up with that man.
Dad is busy with work as always, right?
Arata, would you come live with me?
You must be joking!
Don't act like a mother now!
I heard it from your dad.
Looks like he is going abroad.
What?
But you are still in high school, and you have friends here, so I think it would be best if you lived with me.
I spoke to your dad abou~
Shut up!
What are you saying now, showing up like that?
You are nothing like a mother.
Don't ever show your face to me again!
I'm begging you, let's tal~
Hands off!
Arata!
Arata, wait!
Arata, where did you go?
Arata!
I told you before, that I had no mother.
She left with a man when I was in middle school.
Since then, I have always been alone.
Arata!
-Yummy? -It is!
I'm glad!
Arata, what would you like to eat today?
Curry rice!
Again?
That's what we had the day before yesterday.
But mum's curry is so delicious!
Arata!
Let's go home!
Leave me alone!
I won't.
Like I could!
Arata,
...let's go home together.
What?
What happened?
Don't tell me it broke down?
Hey! Anyone!
Is there no one there?
No good, there is no network!
I'm sorry.
It's my fault.
It's not at all.
Arata,
...if you want, you can tell me anything.
But you don't have to.
I want to support you.
I want to support you!
Even though I want to forget, I cannot.
That day.
That day?
Back then, I was still 12 years old.
I'm home.
I saw an unfamiliar pair of male shoes.
When I walked in I felt I shouldn't.
Something fell in my room.
Mum?
Following the noise, I heard faint resemblances of breath.
Beyond that door,
...I could not make another step forward.
Her face was like nothing I ever seen, and she was hugging an unknown man!
The face of my mother that I have seen for 12 years,
...was nowhere in there.
Neither me nor dad knew,
...that she had always had a mask on.
That's why,
...I will never forgive her!
I don't think of such woman as my mother!
Arata!
But I think,
...you should face your mother!
You see,
...she is the only one mother you have!
Even if you hate or love her, there is only one of her in this world!
So,
...however long it takes,
...I want you to face your mother one day.
I will be there by your side!
I am,
Arata, you are not alone.
Because I am always beside you!
It's alright,
...the day will come when you will understand each other.
It's alright, you will be fine.
You heard that talk about dad going overseas.
Yeah.
I will probably go with him.
Yeah.
If I end up going with him,
...then I will have to leave this town and school.
Yeah.
Is that all you say?
If I opened my mouth I would not be able to hold my tears from flowing.
Thanks for a lot until now.
Nika!
This is the first time you called my name.
Kaneko Yukino?
Present.
Kamata Yu?
Present.
Kamiyama Arata?
Kami~
Kamiyama is still absent?
It's been four days already.
Nika, do you know anything?
I could not even answer him.
Thinking that opening my mouth would make me break down crying,
...I could not say anything.
[ Kamiyama ]
Has he gone abroad already?
That reminds me,
...I haven't even told him I loved him!
Arata!
Why are you crying?
Arata!
I left behind something precious so I came back.
What?
I have realised,
...that somewhere inside me I have started to like,
...this town, this lifestyle, and the people at school too.
Moreover,
...there is someone I want to be with.
I thought you left with your dad!
I thought I would never see you again!
I told my dad I wanted to stay.
Really?
Yeah.
Really?
So,
...I will be here.
Forever.
When drinking,
...it's tastier without a cup.
When eating ramen,
...you eat from the pan.
Under the bed,
...unknown items are.
When the shampoo runs out,
...you follow this procedure.
When your skin is dry,
...you transport oil from your T-zone.
When you do your business,
...you deodorise your own bottom.
When shopping,
...you reserve items for the moment of price reduction.
At food tasting,
...you escape without paying by pretending to call your parents.