Stop the first-year students from causing havoc?
Yeah. He said we could have our yakisoba bread stand
at the cultural festival if we do that!
Shibutani Keigo from the athletics festival boycott incident.
Fukazawa Saeko from the final exams group-cheating incident.
And finally, Asano Ren,
who is causing disturbances brawling with students from other schools.
They don't look like such bad kids to me.
Yeah. It appears they were all originally popular and respected.
It's hard to believe students like that would suddenly cause all this trouble.
Yeah. So who else should pop up but...
Takigawa Noa. The next witch.
Huh?
Not to mention, we have identified her power as the opposite of Sarushima's.
Her power is to see the past of whoever she kisses.
Hey! This is all going unusually well!
This Takigawa woman could have gotten hold of their past insecurities
and be making them do all these awful things.
But why does President Yamazaki know all this?
Oh, my. What are you saying this late in the game?
You guys?
Witches are succeeded by others within the school.
It isn't so strange for the president to know about them.
The president should have been
in charge of the second volume of the notebook until just recently, as well.
Until just recently?
The clubhouse storage room.
It sounds as though the notebook was already gone
when the student council had everything cleared out.
That's Takigawa Noa's doing as well.
That's convenient for us in all sorts of ways!
I'm gonna go shut Takigawa Noa down right now!
How did it come to that?
If we fulfill this request from the student council,
we'll get permission to hold a yakisoba bread stand,
and we'll get our hands on the second volume of the notebook in the process, too?
You got it!
Are you planning to go kiss her without planning anything again?
Nope. I'm gonna show her just how terrifying upperclassmen can be!
Episode 8 "You're So Annoying"
What in the world does a second-year want with us?
This is that Yamada guy everyone hates, right?
I don't have any business with you guys.
I'm here for the woman up on her high-horse behind you!
Huh? What could it possibly be?
Give me a minute, would ya?
Yamada-senpai, was it? What business do you have with me?
Act innocent all you want. It's pointless.
I've heard all about the incidents the first-years have caused.
What a bother. Why am I under suspicion?
Those three are the ones who did it all.
Wha?
I tried to stop them, but they wouldn't listen to what I had to say.
This woman's planning to play dumb to the bitter end?
I'll just have to do it by force, then!
By the way, Senpai.
I have a question for you.
What do you think of younger girls?
Huh?
The truth is, I'm interested in older guys.
U-Uh, i-it's not like there's anything really wrong with younger girls.
Oh? Could it be you've fallen in love with me, Senpai?
Huh?
Wh-What's with this girl? Don't tell me she's got a thing for me?
Wait, if she does...
Takigawa. In that case, kiss me.
If I copy her power and get my hands on her weakness instead...
What's that all about? You're gross.
Huh?
Heck, I just teased you a little. I wasn't serious. You're seriously annoying.
H-Huh?
So you got shut down instead and came crawling back?
Sounds like a fairly daunting witch.
Looks like it would be faster to talk some sense
into those three Takigawa is manipulating, instead.
True.
What will you do, Yamada-kun?
That woman!
I'll definitely kiss her next time!
Hey, could you give it a rest already?!
What was that?
Damn you...
Girl's Bathroom
Lying in wait for me here of all places to try to kiss me? You're seriously gross!
Don't show yourself before me ever again!
Shaddup! You think I'll back down that easy?
I guess I don't have a choice...
Hey, Takigawa, I've got a proposal for you.
Would you let me into your group?
You're scheming something fun again, aren't you? I want you to let me into your gang.
Huh? What are you talking about?
It's pointless for you to try to get close to me that way.
In fact, you're annoying and gross.
Oh, is that right? But I see through everything.
Including that you can use witch powers.
Too bad for you, but I'm in the Supernatural Studies Club.
I'm well-informed about stuff like that.
I don't think it'd hurt anything to let me into your group—
Oh, dear! You should have mentioned that sooner, Senpai!
H-Hey!
What the hell's with you? Hey!
What're you—
Do you happen to know about the other witches, Senpai?
Huh?
Oh, so you do!
No, wait a second.
Just as you wish, I'll make you into one of us.
In exchange, please tell me about the witches, okay?
What's with her?
S-Something's... Something's weird about this!
We'd better not, after all. Pretend this whole talk about joining you never happened.
Sorry about this.
Supernatural Studies Club
If that's the situation, I guess it was a resounding failure.
Yeah.
Shibutani from the soccer club
insisted that he boycotted for his own, personal reasons.
On top of that, he says Takigawa is simply a good friend.
The same as us, huh?
The same goes for Fukazawa-san.
I'm sure Takigawa Noa is keeping their mouths shut with her witch powers.
So, what about on your end? Were you able to get revenge?
No, it ended in failure.
Still gross, huh?
Shut up!
Anyhow, let's disband for today.
Yeah, you're right.
Listen, there's something I'd like the three of you to do.
Yeah. The look in her eyes changed the moment I mentioned the witches.
What is she after, then?
There you are!
We've got a big problem! Hurry to the clubroom!
Wh-What is this?
Who the hell would do such a thing?
They got us good. The first volume of the notebook is gone!
What? Really?!
For real? Who would take that?!
Here.
Thank you!
But... was this really the best option?
What are you talking about? This is all for you.
I know, but...
That doesn't mean we have to get anyone expelled over it.
Can we even become witches in the first place?
It'll be all right, because—
Damn you, Yamazaki! What are you hiding?!
Tell me what that woman is really after!
Otherwise I'm washing my hands of this whole case!
Understood. I'll tell you everything.
Takigawa Noa from class 1-C has but one objective:
The Legend of the Witches
to eradicate the other witches from this school.
Eradicate the witches?
Yamada-kun,
you know that the witches hand down their powers within this school, correct?
There's one more thing you should have noticed as well.
One more thing?
That students with worries or troubles are the ones who obtain the witch powers.
Yeah, more or less.
Takigawa Noa first gets her hands on
students' shortcomings with her power to see the past,
then gets them to cause trouble.
And she is plotting to get those students with troubles
to inherit the powers and become the next set of witches.
What was that?
She has already gathered both volumes of the notebook.
In which case, next up would be...
Shiraishi and the others?!
Good answer.
All right, all cleaned up.
Are you guys all right?!
Don't surprise me like that, Yamada!
Us witches are her next target?!
That's right.
That woman's going to try to eradicate the witches from the school this time!
"Eradicate" how?
Doesn't it mean exactly what it sounds like? Like expulsion, for example.
No! Urara-chan can't be expelled!
That frickin' four-eyes! Why didn't he tell us this at the very start?!
Hell, he knows way too much!
That's what it means to become the student council president of this school.
So, what will we do?
Whatever we do, Urara-chan, Odagiri-san,
and also Otsuka-san and Sarushima-san might be targeted, too.
Maybe we should put our Supernatural Studies Club activities on hold for a while...
No. It's just a matter of time until Takigawa figures us out.
Which means we're gonna set a trap of our own!
We can't! That would put the witches in danger!
I'm fine with it.
Huh?
After all, Yamada-kun will be in danger, the same as me.
Besides, I'm kind of excited.
Huh?
Now that that's settled!
This is sudden, but a good idea just hit me.
Excuse me.
If I recall, you are...
I have something to talk to you about.
Come on in.
I have something I'd like to discuss with you, too. Take a seat.
No. There's no need for me to sit.
I did it.
I successfully switched bodies! N-Now!
Sweet!
What the heck's going on?
Hurry and take that girl away!
That was close.
It was just like you said, Miyamura.
Better resign yourselves, problem students!
Serves you all right!
I can't believe Yamada and Shiraishi already switched bodies!
It sounds like you thought you could get Shiraishi-san expelled
if you switched bodies with her and raised some trouble, however...
Too bad! We were a step ahead of you!
Now that the tables have turned,
it won't do you any good to do what Takigawa tells you.
What do you mean?
Noa is our friend. She's not making us do anything.
That "friend" who's making you trash our clubroom and assault Shiraishi?
Takigawa-san's not to blame!
We're not getting anywhere.
It's underhanded, but it looks like we have no choice but
to take these guys hostage and convince Takigawa.
In that case, I've got a good idea.
Do you guys need something from me?
Wha? She found out already?
What part of this was a "good idea"?
You all suck too much at switching bodies!
Do it right!
We don't want to hear that from you!
Darn.
A-Anyway! It's just as you see, Takigawa!
The Supernatural Studies Club has those guys locked down!
Quit trying to get witches expelled!
No.
What?
Did you think I'd give in that easily? You're such an idiot.
What was that?
Cut it out.
However...
I will make you a deal.
I'll give back the first volume of the notebook. In exchange, give those three back.
Those three are my precious friends.
A deal? I refuse!
In that case I'll give you the second volume, too!
You shouldn't have any complaints about—
No deal!
Why?!
You're after the notebooks, right? If I give them to you—
I'm positive I told you. Stop trying to get the witches expelled!
That's our only demand!
No!
What?!
I made you a deal because that's a condition I simply can't accept.
You're so annoying.
Why you...
Seriously gross.
Oh, is that so? Looks like negotiations have fallen apart, then!
Damn that woman!
So, you came back?
Uh, well, yeah...
What are you thinking?
We could have taken back the notebook, too!
This is because of that stupid pride of yours!
What do you mean "stupid"? Our goal is to stop Takigawa's bad behavior!
But that was unexpected. I thought they were being manipulated by her.
On the contrary, it's hard to believe she feels for them so strongly
she'd trade the notebooks for them.
Maybe we should use the charm power to bring them over to our side?
Stop!
Anything but that. I'm begging you.
But as long as you won't back down, we've got no other choice.
I understand. We'll give up on the witches from now on.
Fukazawa, you...
If you let us go back, we'll try to persuade Takigawa-san.
I don't want her to be all alone.
Are you all really okay with this?
We are.
All four of us being together is better than being alone.
I see. That's fine with me, then.
Let's go.
Hey, Noa.
There's one thing I wanna ask you.
What? If you're going to confess your love, my answer's no.
Of course it's not that!
Then what?
I doubt this,
but there's no way you were planning to control the whole school with your power,
were you?
Indeed. It may have been something like that.
Huh?
Too bad, we just had a little bit further to go, too.
In that case you guys really are dull as hell.
You caused all those problems and even made everyone hate them in the process?
I mean, isn't that right?
Those guys were all popular to start with, even without the witches' powers.
Don't screw with me!
Do you really think those three caused those problems because they wanted to?!
Huh?
I already know what your power is. Go ahead and take my power, then!
This is the truth!
Supernatural Studies Club Clubhouse Storeroom
The Seven Wonders of Suzaku High School
[4] The Power of Trauma
She's still pretending she hasn't noticed.
Darn, at least panic a little!
Say, how about we leave her and just go home?
What was that disgusting dream just now?
Former Self-Study Room
You've got some nerve, showing me all that.
Now you understand, right?
The meaning of the "truth" I mentioned.
Yeah.
In the beginning I simply thought it was your past. But that wasn't it.
What I saw was a harsh past nobody would want to remember.
In other words, your power is the ability to see dreams of traumatic events.
What are you doing here?
A number of hours passed with you
[4] The Power of Trauma The power to see the traumatic past of the person you kiss in a dream.
locked in the storage room before a patrolling teacher came by.
If it were me, I definitely couldn't do it.
Yes, that's right.
But things are even more terrible for those three.
They really didn't cause those incidents.
They were framed, and then everything turned out this way.
I see. So that's how it was.
Hey, are you listening to me?
But you know, you don't have to worry about that anymore.
You couldn't help wetting yourself.
I think it's impressive you held it so long, myself. If it were me...
A-Are you a moron?!
Did you come here to tell me that on purpose?! You are atrocious!
N-No.
Well, we'll all keep getting along from now on, just the four of us.
Please don't get in our way again.
Oh, damn!
Why do things have to turn out that way?!
Of course that isn't what I came here to say!
I'm telling you I'll help you!
You can't help wanting to save those three, can you?!
In that case... please say that from the very beginning.
Shut up. You wanted to do this from the start, too.
I've been looking for a way to save those three all this time,
ever since I kissed them.
And yet... And yet, I couldn't do a single thing for them!
So, please...
Yamada, save them...
What is it you want to do for them?
That's obvious. I want to get them back to where they originally belonged.
Where they originally belonged?
I thought they could go back to being the focus of the school
if they were able to obtain witch powers.
But when you upperclassmen put a stop to our plan,
I was finally able to realize something.
Huh?
Those three were popular to begin with.
If they're not by my side,
they should be able to go back to where they belong anytime.
Are you okay with that?
I do have a witch power, after all.
Senpai?!
Sae-chan?
You guys? What're you up to?!
Shut up!
Nobody believes what we have to say!
We never did anything,
yet everyone in the school treats us like problem students!
Stop, Keigo! Stop, Ren!
That's enough! We've gotta lead our school lives together now, all four of us!
Some punk who didn't know a damn thing 'til a while ago
better not act like he's the boss of us!
You're the ones who made me act this way!
It's because you guys are this way!
Because you're so damn wishy-washy! Isn't that why Noa is suffering?!
We already knew that without you needing to tell us.
But we don't know what we should do...
I don't know that either.
But for now, why don't you just do something that will get Noa to smile?
Suzaku Fest
We were given permission to run the food stall without an issue.
And it looks like the misunderstanding
with that group of three first-years ended up being resolved.
That's what's most important, but...
What's the meaning of this?
Well, um, you know... Hey, don't cling to me!
Aw, but I've totally fallen for you, Senpai!
What?!
I-Idiot! What're you talking about?!
Okay, Senpai. Let's go home together!
N-No, wait a second. Hey!
Honestly, what does he think our clubroom is for?
Darn! Even though it's Yamada...
You said it!
There might be a different ability lurking within Takigawa-san's power.
Huh?
I mean, it touches the most delicate piece of the heart, right?
I told you not to cling to me!
Senpai, please walk with me properly.
For both the one who is touched, and the one who does the touching.
Both parties transmit their feelings and are able to open their hearts to each other.
It's also that sort of power.
I'm sure those two might be similar in some ways...
Let's see. For today's date we should go shopping in the morning.
We'll see a movie, have lunch at a cafe...
Hey, Noa!
Next time on Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches: "I'll Definitely Change the Future."
Change our plans for today first!