< OP >
Come on, stop kidding around!
And then, you know...
Yes!
Hurry! They're going to be really mad!
Wait up!
Oh, you bought them?
Yeah, I'm wearing these new shoes today.
I'm going to be crazy fast today!
Bite my dust!
Not happening.
Sister Takayama Kate, please return to the faculty room immediately.
This one made me cry so much!
Why is he in the library?
You're late, first years!
Sorry!
Get changed and start running!
Yeah...
Don't give me lip!
Yeah...
Sena-sama, what are your orders?
I brought the movie that you asked for.
Is something wrong, Sena-sama?
I forgot my gym uniform...
Want to go to that shop again?
I was just thinking of asking the same thing—
S-Sorry!
That was so scary...
Miki-chan, are you okay?
まだまだずっとぎゅっとはじけてる
mada mada zutto gyutto hajiketeru
I’m still rolling around laughing on the floor
案外なんかはまってんじゃん
angai nanka hamattenjan
Weird, looks like you’re still going
人見知りしてる暇にはじめよう！
hitomishiri shiteru hima ni hajimeyou!
Let’s start while we’re still completely shy!
友達作っちゃって遊んじゃって いぇい！
tomodachi tsukucchatte asonjatte iei!
Make friends, and play, yay!
普通に見えて実は超寂しい
futsuu ni miete jitsu ha samishii
I look like I’m normal, but I’m really feeling lonely
妄想ならバイバイバイ
mousou nara bai bai bai
In my delusions it’s bye, bye, bye
親友ならいないないない
shinyuu nara inai nai nai
No good friends, sigh, sigh, sigh
なんの不自由なく、だけど足りない
nan no fujiyuu mo naku, dakedo tarinai
I don’t have problems, but then I don’t have enough
リア充から遠い遠い遠い
riajuu kara tooi tooi tooi
Popularity far away, way, way
親友ならいないないない
shinyuu nara inai nai nai
No good friends, sigh, sigh, sigh
残念同士で集まったら
zannen doushi de atsumattara
But when unfortunates come together
Ａｈ 予想ができない展開を
Ah yosou ga dekinai tenkai wo
Ah, stuff that you just can’t predict
地雷を踏んだ
jirai wo funda
Stepping on social landmines
ソワソワ絶対ずっとのぞきたい
sowa sowa zettai zutto nozokitai
Man, man, I totally want to peek
後悔なんかしたくないって
koukai nanka shitakunai tte
I’m telling you I don’t want to regret
つまんないプライドなんて
tsumannai puraido nante
Take your cheap pride and
捨て切っちゃって 振りきっちゃって
sutekicchatte furikicchatte
Cut it off, throw it away
残念からしてみたら
zannen kara shitemitara
If you look at it from the unfortunate
案外なんかはまってんじゃん
angai nanka hamattenjan
Weird, looks like you’re still going
ぶつかってどぎまぎあって
butsukatte dogimagiatte
Fighting with each other, getting nervous with each other
みつけよう！
mitsukeyou!
Let’s find it!
友達作っちゃって遊んじゃって いぇい！
tomodachi tsukucchatte asonjatte iei!
Make friends, an play, yay!
捨て切っちゃって 振りきっちゃってＹＥＳ
sutekichatte furikicchatte YES
Cut it off, throw it away, yes!
HA
GA
NA
I
どうだいどうだいそこんとこ
doudai doudai sonkontoko
How’s that? How’s that? You get one word
M A Z U I P R E S E N T S
「We Can't Make Friends (´・ω・`)」
Come on, Kyou-kun, you worry too much!
But that was seriously scary, you know!
Oh stop it...
Huh? Whose voice is that?
Are they on the phone?
You always say that!
Wait, isn't she...
She's in my class...
I think it's Mikazuki... Yozora?
But the Mikazuki I've seen never talks or laughs like that with anyone...
She always looks unhappy, and always radiates this aura of unhappiness.
I've never seen her talking to anyone.
But...
No, wait, she isn't holding a cell phone.
What does that mean?
Who is she talking to?
Is she even talking to someone?
A lone girl in a classroom as the sun sets, talking to someone who can't be seen...
Didn't this happen in that light novel I was just reading?
After finding out her secret, I get caught up in a battle with things which should not be in this world...
And in the end, I...
fall in love with her...
Oh, that reminds me, Tomo-chan—
Now she's back to normal...
She was pretty cute when she was laughing...
What?
Um... can you see ghosts or something?
Huh?
There's no way ghosts exist.
But you were just talking to someone—
You saw that?!
I was just talking to my friend!
My air friend!
Air friend?
What's that mean?
Exactly what the words say.
You know what an air guitar is, right?
This is the friend version of that.
In other words, you were talking as though you had a friend there?
Not "as though". Tomo-chan really exists.
See? Right here!
We were just talking about when we were in middle school, and we went to the amusement park.
A bunch of guys tried to hit on us, including a certain new, hot teacher.
That setting was—
You just called it a setting!
I didn't! It really happened!
How much of it really happened?
"When we were in middle school".
Then basically 100% was made-up!
At least say that you didn't make up the amusement park part!
What's so fun about going to an amusement park by yourself?
So now you admit you were alone!
No. Pretend I didn't say that.
Tomo-chan is really cute!
She's lost it. I have to do something about this...
Whenever she goes to the amusement park,
weird guys flock to her, but she puts up with it—
What are you staring at?
I was just thinking you should actually make some real friends if you want to talk.
A real friend, not an air friend.
I would have done that long ago if I could.
I know how you feel.
Come to think of it, you're that transfer student who's always alone, aren't you?
I've been here a month already.
I'm not really a transfer student anymore.
What's your name?
Hasegawa Kodaka.
Someone like you doesn't have the right to be lecturing me about friends, Kodaka.
Using my first name right off the bat?
You've been here a whole month and you've got no friends?
You must be one lonely guy.
I don't want someone talking with air friends telling me that!
Don't make fun of Tomo-chan!
She's cute, smart, athletic, popular,
kind, well-spoken, a good listener, and...
and...
and she'd never betray me.
I know.
But I can't help it!
I don't know how to make friends.
I wonder how someone makes friends...
You didn't have any at your last school either?
Of course I did.
What about now?
They told me they'd mail me...
It sounds like a very one-sided friendship on your part.
Oh, shut up.
Hey, what about paying people to become your friends?
That is so pathetic.
Like, 1000¥ for spending a week with you at school.
A contract lover—
No, a contract friend?
I like the sound of that.
Yes! Exactly like a contract!
How about just making friends normally?
I see it in dramas and stuff, but I don't really get it.
Does a friendship become official the moment you both consent to and acknowledge it?
Even for two people who've never spoken before?
And if they don't speak to each other at all after that consent, are they still considered friends?
Well, I'm more or less in the same boat as you as far as answering those questions.
And it's not like I'm desperate to have friends, anyway.
I just don't like being looked down on as that sad person with no friends.
I see...
I get where she's coming from.
It's true that in today's society, people think having no friends is a bad thing.
But that's not really right, is it?
I'm fine being alone.
I'm perfectly happy with just having a fake friend at school.
Even so...
I feel I want to find a real friend.
What about joining a club?
I refuse.
Why not?
This is June of our second year.
Interpersonal relationships within the clubs were formed long ago.
It would be beyond embarrassing to join a club as a new member this late in the game.
That's true, I guess...
Imagine a new member who has no interest in teamwork or skill in the sport and only cares about making friends.
Who would welcome someone like that?
That's true...
Their reason to join isn't good, and they have no actual skills...
And most importantly, they would mess up all the existing interpersonal relationships...
That'd be pretty bad.
That's it! A club!
Huh?
See you later, Kodaka!
1 Month Ago
Oh, my hair?
Well, you see, my mother was from England and—
What? Half? Well, sure, you could say that.
Thanks. It was sad, but as they say, time will heal.
My father had to move overseas for his job.
The first day after transferring to Saint Chronica academy in Tooya City,
I got on the wrong bus and, as a result, was late.
When I finally got to school, I was about ready to cry.
The Crusaders found themselves under attack by Saladin's Muslim forces...
Excuse me.
I'm the transfer student.
Yes?
Hasegawa Kodaka.
Asada-sensei?
He assaulted—
A delinquent transfer student?
Look at his hair!
Oh, my textbook.
Here!
Thank—
By that afternoon, the rumor had already spread...
that I had extorted a textbook from the girl next to me.
It's been a month since then, and I still haven't been able to recover from that incident.
See you later, Kodaka!
Kodaka, huh...
It's been a long time since anyone called me that.
And this algebraic equation must have real roots.
As a result...
Is that...
...how she always spends her day?
Kodaka, come with me.
Mikazuki talked to him!
To the transfer student??
Huh?
Hey! Wait!
What do you want, all of a sudden?
I've finished the paperwork.
Paperwork?
To make a new club.
If I can't join an existing club, then I just have to make my own.
Well, sure, if you start a new club, the relationships start from zero, too...
Wait, what kind of club did you start?
The Neighbors Club!
Neighbors Club?
Yes.
Under the guidance of our Lord,
to become good neighbors of and deepen friendships with all students of the school,
and with wholehearted devotion, adapt ourselves to any situation to develop character.
You think they'll accept your application with that kind of drivel?
This school is committed to service.
You can get away with just about anything by saying "The Word of God".
Religion is simple.
And what will this "Neighbors Club" do?
Try to make friends, of course.
In order to avoid the looks of pity from those around us when we make counterfeit friends,
we can attempt to find, as you call them, "real friends".
I never thought of that.
Well, good luck.
Why are you talking like an outsider?
You're a member.
You left before I came back, so I turned in your club application, too.
Be grateful.
Like hell!
And so, we will begin our club activities now,
club member Kodaka.
Wait just a second...
A lounge in the chapel...
Can we really use this?
Our moderator says we can, so we can.
And will this moderator show us how to make friends?
That would be impossible.
Our moderator is one of the sisters, Maria-sensei.
She doesn't have any friends either.
Why'd you choose someone like that for our moderator?
I have trouble talking to people who look like they have friends.
What is with you...
Firstly, getting members.
What the heck is this?
It's a poster.
We're going to post this on the billboards around school now.
This?
I can't figure out what the heck this club is about by reading it...
Weak, Kodaka. Read the text diagonally.
Diagonally?
"Recruiting friends"...
You see?
Man, that is one lame trick...
It's not a trick.
Only someone who really wants friends will see the secret message in the poster.
Not just that.
I also drew the scene about finding 100 friends and eating rice balls on top of Mount Fuji as per the famous song on it.
Even if they can't read the message, they would know what this picture means.
Y-You think so?
Now then, we're going to put these up.
Okay. Next.
You know, I don't really want to be friends with someone sad enough to find the meaning in this poster...
You think everyone has the same sense as you? What an idealist.
You're one to talk!
Stop addressing me with that "you" tone while talking to me.
It's pissing me off.
F-Fine.
Um...
Mikazuki-san?
Yozora.
Just call me Yozora.
Okay, fine.
Y-Yozora...
Don't you have a nickname or something?
I'd rather call you by that...
I do.
Or did.
I did, but I won't tell you.
Why?
Because nicknames are things that friends call each other.
Thanks for waiting!
Man, I'm tired...
Now then, we begin our real activities tomorrow.
I don't think anyone would want to join this club after seeing that poster...
It looks like we already found a new club member.
What?! We just posted those things a minute ago!
This is the Neighbors Club, right?
I'd like to join—
Wrong room.
Yozora??
Now then, let's begin club activities.
No wait, that was someone wanting to join!
And she's a girl too, so she'd be perfect for you!
What nonsense are you spouting this time, you dirty blond delinquent?
I already have a friend like that. Right Tomo-chan?
Hey...
Why did you shut the door on me?!
I just wanted to join—
Popular people can go die!
Wait, do you know each other?
No, we do not.
Kashiwazaki Sena, second year, class 3.
She's the only daughter of the board chairman of this school.
She's always followed around by a gaggle of boys swooning over her.
A disgusting creature who puts on the airs of a rich lady.
So she's the board chairman's daughter, huh...
The instant boys see a girl with blond hair and big boobs they go fawn over her.
It's disgusting.
That's not what I meant...
On top of those looks, she's a great athlete and has top-class grades.
She's had the top score on every exam since last year.
Even popularity should have limits!
She needs to die!
This is a hopeless case...
What the hell?
What kind of treatment is this?!
I just want to join this club!
If you're here to mock us, I must decline.
I'm not here to mock you!
I saw the poster you put up!
I just want friends too!!
I mean, I'm perfect, right?
Smart, athletic, and as you can see, a stunning beauty.
Those are nothing but milk udders.
Oh? Did the washboard have something to say?
I'm not small or anything, myself.
Half-assed boobs like that are pretty much the same as having none.
If one were to kill everyone with larger boobs, their own boobs would be the largest, comparatively, right?
Perhaps I should adopt that as the first item on my master plan—
Uh... you mentioned you wanted to make friends...
That's right.
You're constantly surrounded by guys, aren't you?
Those are just doormats.
What I want are friends.
Specifically, friends in the same year.
For example, friends I can group up with for home economics or during school trips.
"Well you're popular with the guys, so why not group up with them?"
is what I get told all the time, so I need friends!
Now that you mention it, I guess a girl who's too pretty and popular would be alienated by the rest of the girls...
You're pretty smart for a delinquent!
Bend over so I can step on you.
Why do I have to be stepped on by you now?!
The boys in my class love it when I step on them.
Wait, don't tell me you're expecting more?
You pervert!
I'm not a delinquent or a pervert!!
What are you looking at?
But isn't this perfect?
Now you can both be friends!
What??
Why do I have to be friends with that?
I don't want to be friends with that either...
How can you two be on such bad terms on your very first meeting?
You have turned-up eyes too!
My turned-up eyes are cute, unlike yours...
Want to grab something to eat?
How you drop dead then?
How about the Mof in front of the station?
You're the one who should die.
Actually, just get out of here.
The inauguration of the Neighbors Club.
1 new member, for 3 total members.
The irony is that if you just look at the numbers, it seems like it's going really well.
Oh, I watched that drama I borrowed yesterday, and it was so funny!
Like how?
It turned out that the people the heroine thought were her friends actually weren't!
Ah 上んない想像理想の現実逃避
Ah nobonnai souzou risou no genjitsu touhi
Ah, I’m in denial about how my ideals just don’t happen
今更どっちだっていいけど 友達作り
imasara docchi datte ii kedo tomodachidzukuri
I don’t really care about that, for now I’ll just make friends
一人寂しい奴だと 蔑む視線が気になるんだ
hitorisabishii yatsu da to sagesumu shisen ga ki ni narun da
I don’t like those looks of pity thinking I’m all lonely
上面だけ集まったら それでいいと思っているうちに
uwadzura dake atsumattara sore de ii to omotteiru uchi ni
But just when I thought having fake friends would be fine
あれよ あれよ だから常にソロと
are yo are yo dakara jou ni soro to
It happens, it happens, so that’s why I’m always alone
カーテンのどんな奴等に
ka-ten no donna yatsura ni
Those people on the other side
My best 乱されて行く 頭くる時に響く響く
My best midasareteyuku atama kuru toki ni hibiku hibiku
Keep screwing up my best, and it pounds inside my head
私の胸密かに癒せ ピュア純ご覧の意味で
watashi no mune hisoka ni iyase pyua jun goran no imi de
Heal this pain inside my chest, purely, as the words suggest
My heart 伝えられない
My heart tsutaerarenai
I can’t say how I feel
残念なのは私なのか
zannen na no ha watashi na no ka
Am I really the unfortunate one here?
もやもやをかき負けずで
moya moya wo kaki makezu de
These feelings getting all worked up
置きざりにされた乙女心
okizari ni sareta otomegokoro
My pure heart left standing there
あの日からぼやってる
ano hi kara boyatteru
It’s been fading in and out since that day
早く見付出して迷子の心
hayaku mitsukedashite maigo no kokoro
Hurry and find it, my lost heart
They continued arguing after that.
It's your fault for having such a terrible personality!
It's better than your terrible brain!
My grades are top in our year!
Well isn't little miss cow just great at studying now.
I could call Papa and have you expelled.
Isn't it a little embarrassing to be running off to Mama and Papa at your age?
Why don't you just quit this club?
It's my club.
Since when has it been yours?
Next time: There is no God in an Electronic World (ﾟ Дﾟ)
You sync up just for that bit?!