Thank you!
What's this, all of a sudden?
Kobato had a lot of fun at the birthday party yesterday,
so I was really happy to see her enjoy herself.
So, thank you.
Stop being so embarrassing!
Don't call it embarrassing...
Well, you know...
I guess birthday parties are actually kind of fun.
Let's keep trying to make friends we can celebrate birthdays with!
Yeah!
That party reminded me how nice it must be to have friends.
I'm fired up again!
No need to tell me. That was my plan from the start.
Understood, Aniki.
What is it, Rika?
Alright, let's get back to preparing for the cultural festival!
Right, Kodaka-senpai?
Yeah... I guess so.
At the time, I still wasn't ready.
I actually knew exactly what Rika wanted to say.
Be My Friend
Be my friend
shiranai furi shitatte
Even if you pretend you don't know
Be My Side
Stand by me
zenbu kidzuiteta yo
I know you've already realized it
mou ippo
One more step
kimi no tonari ni ikou
I'll try getting closer to you now
sono te ni datte todokisou sa
It feels like I could even reach your hand
presented by Mazui
souzou ijou da ne jetcoaster na mainichi
Every day is a roller coaster, wilder than you can imagine
hisshi de mae wo muite
Trying so hard to look straight ahead
itsumo kakenuketan da
That's how I've been running all this time
zutto tsudzuki ga shinai ne
It feels like something happens, but that's the end
bokura no jikan wa
That's how our lives go
ima shika nai kara
This moment is all we have
kono shunkan kizamitsukeyou
So let's burn it into our memories
Be My Friend
Be my friend
shiranai furi shitatte
Even if you pretend you don't know
Be My Side
Stand by me
zenbu kidzuiteta yo
I know you've already realized it
mou ippo
One more step
kimi no tonari ni ikou
I'll try getting closer to you now
te wo toreru you ni
So I can hold your hand
Be My Friend
Be my friend
miagete bakari datte
I'm always looking up at you
Be My Side
Stand by me
akogareteru ima mo
But even if I want to be more like that
mou ikkai
One more time
nando demo te wo nobasou
I'll reach out as many times as I need to
ano hoshi datte todokisou sa
It feels like I could even reach that star
My Childhood Friends Fight Too Much
Yo.
Yahoo!
Kobato-chan is such an angel!
Let me lick her!
Licky li—
Cultural Festival Suggestions
Festival Stand
Magic Show
Exhibit
Band
Speed eating Competition
Endurance Race
Standup Comedy
Cat Cafe
What's that "cat cafe" thing?
Haven't you heard of them?
It's a kind of cafe where you can play with cats while you drink.
Seriously?!
Such a paradise exists in this rotten world?
I don't want to do an exhibit here, as well.
Oh right, I heard your class decided to do one.
"The History of Tooya City" or something?
Yeah!
I proposed to do a special presentation on the omniscient and omnipotent goddess Kashiwazaki Sena,
but the other girls in the class rejected it...
Just thinking of those idiots makes me mad!
Meat's idiocy aside,
an exhibit sounds boring so let's cut that.
And... No way.
Hang on! That was a frontrunner!
For getting erased.
Good decision.
I must agree.
Your choice was correct.
You guys...
Speaking of which, Kobato...
Don't you have to help out with the middle school part of the cultural festival?
Don't you have to help your class?
What's your class doing?
It is nothing you need concern yourself with, my kindred.
If you don't tell me, I won't make pork ramen for you anymore.
You dare threaten me, the great Queen of the Night, Reisis V. Felicity Sumeragi?
Foolish mortal.
I'll also eat all the leftover meat from yesterday.
Th-That's no fair!
Then tell me.
A... movie.
A movie? That sounds fun!
A movie...
So what are you doing in it?
Unnecessary that you should—
If you don't tell me, I'll take away your games.
...part.
Huh? What was that?
...part...
Part?
The lead part, I said!
They're making me play the lead part!
The lead?!
That's awesome, Kobato!
I wanna see it! I totally have to see that movie!
Okay, okay!
Wait, should you really be hanging around here if you're the lead?
You snuck out, didn't you...
Kobato, you were given an important part to play, so you have to do it right.
There are plenty of people who can't even get a part.
Can't even get a part?
Yeah.
This is a great chance, so give it a shot, Kobato.
It means people need you, and that's a good thing.
Okay...
Good! That's my great Queen of the Night, Reisis V. Felicity Sumeragi!
Thus, I shall go.
Okay. Have fun.
Alright! Let's make a movie too!
Movie
I figured you'd say that.
I have no objections.
Well, it's only natural.
I'm fine with that.
Alright, that's decided then.
Um...
What?
Now that we've decided, what's the movie going to be about?
Leave the script to me.
No way in Hell!
If you write the script, it's guaranteed to be terrible!
What was that, Meat?
Don't you have any faith in my brilliant artistic sense?
Of course not!
I think we all remember what happened when we wrote that relay novel.
Well, I do feel guilty about my past performance, so I'll take your suggestions as I write it.
So to start with, do you have any suggestions?
First up, no rape.
Wh-What?
Don't give me that.
I knew it. You were going to do that.
It's been a while since I came here, poopyheads!
Since Maria-sensei's here too, why don't we hear what everyone has to say?
Alright. Does anyone have any good ideas?
How about a story about a transfer student who can't make any friends because everyone misunderstands him,
but eventually becomes the most popular guy in the class?
I don't want any story where I can't have a good part.
I want to eat lots of good food!
I'd like to play a samurai.
I think we have to have a hot boy-on-boy love scene.
Is this coming together to make anything coherent?
I'll turn this into the masterpiece of the century.
Look forward to it!
Who's texting me at this hour?
From: Mikazuki Yozora
Subject: Tomorrow
I'm going to see a movie for ideas on making ours. If you're free, you can come too.
All you do at a movie is sit around doing and saying nothing, so there's no reason for
people to go to see one together, but I thought that maybe if there's a movie you want
to see, I can go see it with you. If you're not interested in seeing a movie then
I'll go by myself, so don't mind me.
Can't she just ask straight out?
But I guess she's right that seeing an actual movie might be good for reference.
I guess we could all go—
Yozora
I don't wan tto gowith a bunch of peopleso youdont' ned to cal anyneelse.
She must've rushed typing this one.
Don't need to call anyone else, huh?
go tit
Whoops.
Let's see...
Kodaka.
Don't tell me you're seriously going to walk around wearing that!
Of course I am.
Let's go.
So? What are we seeing?
I don't have anything in mind.
We'll just pick one at random from whatever's showing.
You sure about this?
That's how I always do it.
Let's go with this one.
Okay...
It looks pretty plain...
You don't want to?
No, I'm good with it. Let's go.
Oh! C'est si bon!
C'est si bon!
Umph. C'est si bon!
Oh, C'est si bon!
C'est si bon.
Umph! Umph! C'est si bon.
So... got any ideas?
Hell no, you idiot!
I never imagined it would be so lewd!
Yeah...
By the way, Kodaka...
Have you ever wanted to... c'est si bon?
Huh? What was that?
N-Nothing!
Alright!
Let's hit a cafe before we go back!
Oka— Hey, there's a cafe right over there.
No, there's a shop I have to see no matter what.
We're going there.
Did she just...
Here. Here.
Come on. There.
Here.
There, you got it!
You must really love cats.
No human could ever hate a cat.
You don't have one at home?
I live in an apartment.
Oh, right. I forgot.
And even if I didn't, I wouldn't keep a cat.
Huh? Why not?
Do you remember Night?
Come here, Night!
Night!
Night?!
Night!
It's sad when someone disappears from your life without warning.
If I'm just going to get hurt, I don't want to form any bonds to begin with.
Just playing around superficially is good enough.
See you, Kodaka.
Just wait till you see that script.
Sure.
Um... Well...
Today was kind of... you know.
What?
Like ten years ago.
Yeah. It did kind of remind me of back then.
See you, Kodaka!
The script is done!
I have to say, it's perfect!
Sit down before reading.
Now we can jump right into filming!
What do you think you're wearing?
My name is Reisis V. Something-or-other—
You fake!
This is pretty good.
It's very awesome.
Did you really write this?
This is seriously good...
Are you a genius?
Really?!
Naturally.
Then it looks like this is our script.
Now for the casting...
The cast is already set.
First, I'll be the main character, Kuuya.
Kodaka will be the transfer student and Kuuya's old friend, Hirotaka.
Okay...
Meat will be the center of the class's attention who's against them to the end, Sana.
Huh?
Yukimura will be the shy boy who secretly admires the manly Hirotaka, Nobuyuki.
Okay...
Rika will be the girl who keeps pulling bad pranks on Hirotaka and Kuuya, Serika.
Okay...
Maria will be Kuuya's little sister who doesn't like him much, Mari.
I don't really get it.
Casting
Kuuya
Hirotaka
Sana
Serika
Nobuyuki
Mari
Me
Kodaka
Meat
Yukimura
Rika
Maria
Well? Perfect, right?
Objection!
What, Meat? Got a problem?
Why are you the main character and I'm the villain?
I objectively read through the script and objectively came to the decision.
Sana is flashy, and the center of her class's attention.
I hate to admit it, but you fit the bill in many respects.
While she isn't particularly likable, she's a good girl, and she gets a lot of screen time.
I think it's a pretty good part.
Well, if you put it that way, it is...
Then the casting is—
Hold it!
What, you have problems too?
Choosing the cast based on looks and behaviors is fine.
But if that's how we're doing it, Kodaka-senpai has the wrong part.
I do?
Nakagawa Hirotaka, 17-years-old, male.
Honest and manly, with a strong sense of justice.
Very social, with a sense of humor. Very popular.
Smart and athletic, tall, and a well-defined face.
Yep, that's me.
No matter how you look at it, that's nothing like Kodaka-senpai!
Damn! She noticed!
Wait, "noticed"?
Yeah, Kodaka doesn't fit Hirotaka's character at all.
Onii-chan doesn't look cool at all.
Not...
Not... cool... at all...
Why did you choose Kodaka-senpai for Hirotaka's part?
Because...
Well?
Kodaka's my childhood friend.
Oh, yeah. I forgot about that.
Exactly. Hirotaka is Kuuya's childhood friend.
That's why I chose my own real childhood friend for his part.
What's wrong with that?
N-Nothing's wrong with it, but...
So that means that if you're not Kuuya,
there won't be any reason for Kodaka-senpai to be Hirotaka, right?
Well...
Why don't we choose the cast based on a vote?
Yeah, let's do that.
Don't decide that without me!
Oh? Don't think you'll be chosen to be Kuuya?
Fine. We know how this will turn out anyway.
Based on the votes, this is the cast.
Kusunoki Yukimura: Kuuya (main character)
I'm the main character?
Mikazuki Yozora: Hirotaka (best friend)
How did this happen?
Yay! I'm the big boss lady!
Takayama Maria: Sana (class boss)
Kashiwazaki Sena: Serika (likes Hirotaka)
Wh-Why?
Shiguma Rika: Nobuyuki (admires Hirotaka)
So I'm playing a young boy?
Hold it!
How the heck did this happen?!
Hasegawa Kodaka: Mari (Kuuya's little sister)
Who voted for me to be the little sister?!
You!?
I thought it'd be kind of funny. What choice did I have?
You had plenty of them!
And it wasn't just me! There were two votes for it!
Who was the other?
Me!
Why'd you vote for that, Maria?
Well, Onii-chan's always the Onii-chan, so I thought Onii-chan not being Onii-chan might be nice.
I guess everyone's ideas on what to do got jumbled together, so everything's all weird.
But there's no way I can play a little sister...
Why don't we do a re-vote—
Huh?
Kusunoki Yukimura: Kuuya (main character)
Um... Yukimura?
Give that main character everything you've got...
Thank you! I will!
So... what about my role?
I'll change Mari into a little brother.
There shouldn't be any conflicts with the story.
What, you got a problem?
No, um...
Sorry.
Huh?
We're causing you a lot of trouble...
You're creeping me out...
Did you catch some disease or something?
Shut up!
Th-The script was good as it was, so...
Ch-Changing a little sister to a little brother isn't too much work.
R-Really?
Th-Then forget I said anything.
What the heck is this?!
The story's changed completely!
That's just your imagination.
It's not my imagination!
Who the heck is this Kotarou?!
Kotarou
Kuuya's little brother.
I know that!
I'm asking why he's Kuuya's twin!
He wasn't when he was Mari!
And he's getting more screen time and an important role in the story.
Meanwhile, Hirotaka and Kuuya's interactions turned kind of awkward...
Oh, that? Hirotaka and Kuuya weren't actually friends at all.
What?! They're best friends!
No, they weren't.
For Hirotaka, Kuuya was a friend of a friend.
He was always hanging around with Kotarou,
so they just happened to hang around as a group of three.
I feel sorry for Kuuya now...
Why can't all three of them be friends?
Kodaka, the friend of a friend...
...is not a friend.
Huh?
They weren't three friends. They were 2+1.
I've experienced that before...
Hold it!
Why'd you make Kuuya the loner?!
You could've made Kotarou the loner! Then the story wouldn't need to change!
I couldn't do that.
Why not?!
It's more natural for Hirotaka and Kotarou to be friends.
Because Kodaka's Kotarou.
And that's because Kodaka's your childhood friend?
Precisely.
Ancient history like that doesn't matter now.
What'd you say, Meat?!
You...
It doesn't matter?!
Yeah.
You and Kodaka were friends?
That doesn't matter now.
Your job right now is to fix the script.
You...
How do you think I felt—
I'm saying it doesn't matter anymore.
Quit lugging around the past and do what you need to do.
Yozora...
If only...
If only you never existed...
By now...
Kashiwazaki Sena, you idiot!
Wait, Yozora!
"If only you never existed", huh?
I hate that woman with all my soul,
but I've never wished that she'd never existed.
Yozora?
What're you doing?
I left my bag in the clubroom.
Oh.
Kodaka, which do you want?
Should Hirotaka be friends with Kuuya? Or Kotarou?
As long as the story's interesting, I don't care.
I want to be childhood friends with you.
Sorry, what was that?
Kodaka, ten years ago or now? Which is more important to you?
I couldn't choose between them!
You never give a straight answer, do you?
Then what about you?
Ten years ago or now? Which is more important to you?
Ten years ago, obviously.
So now isn't important to you?
Now I can't choose.
Right?
Yeah.
The Sky of the Rising Moon Screenplay: Mikazuki Yozora
This is great.
Something like this is nothing to me.
Kotarou's fitting into the story even better than Mari did by being two years younger than Kuuya.
I like this one.
Good work, Yozora-senpai.
This is indeed a wonderful work.
Right...
Alright. No objections now, right?
Then let's get filming!
Yeah!
Let's do this!
To battle!
I'm in it, so it's a guaranteed masterpiece!
Shut up, Meat.
I get the feeling I've seen this story somewhere before...
hikatta hazu no ano hoshi
That star that used to always shine in the sky
hikatta hazu no ano hoshi
That star that used to always shine in the sky
mayotta kumo ga jama shite mienaku naru
The clouds covered it up so I couldn't see it, I got lost
mayotta kumo ga jama shite mienaku naru
The clouds covered it up so I couldn't see it, I got lost
nani wo shinjitara ii
What should I believe?
nani wo shinjitara ii
What should I believe?
fuantei sugiru sekai de
The world is just too fickle
fuantei sugiru sekai de
The world is just too fickle
sodatta takaramono kowashikaketeta
I nearly broke the treasure that I found there
sodatta takaramono kowashikaketeta
I nearly broke the treasure that I found there
nakusu no ga kowakute
I was so scared of losing it
nakusu no ga kowakute
I was so scared of losing it
fujouri datte tameiki tsuki
I know it's crazy, I heaved a sigh
fujouri datte tameiki tsuki
I know it's crazy, I heaved a sigh
torikago de agaiteta hibi
Those days we spent clawing at our cages
torikago de agaiteta hibi
Those days we spent clawing at our cages
onaji sora wo miagetetan da
But we both looked up to see
onaji sora wo miagetetan da
But we both looked up to see
bokura wa
The same sky
bokura wa
The same sky
kimi no te wo nigitta toki
When I took and squeezed your hand,
kimi no te wo nigitta toki
When I took and squeezed your hand,
nigirikaeshite kureta ne
You just squeezed my hand back
nigirikaeshite kureta ne
You just squeezed my hand back
tsunagatta kono te wa
This pair of hands, held together
tsunagatta kono te wa
This pair of hands, held together
donna hane yori tsuyoin da
Can take us farther than if we had wings
donna hane yori tsuyoin da
Can take us farther than if we had wings
tsubasa nante nakutatte
You don't need to have wings
tsubasa nante nakutatte
You don't need to have wings
motto takaku toberu kara
We can fly even higher than that
motto takaku toberu kara
We can fly even higher than that
kitto ima nara daijoubu
I'm sure that we'll be okay
kitto ima nara daijoubu
I'm sure that we'll be okay
oozora kagayaku hoshi wo tsukamou
Let's grab hold of that star shining in the sky
oozora kagayaku hoshi wo tsukamou
Let's grab hold of that star shining in the sky
Oh! I feel so bad for Mademoiselle Yozora!
Oui! I think Yozora needs to be more accepting!
Yes! If only she could express her amour like we do!
Je t'aime so much, Stéphanie!
Je t'aime so much too, Jonathan!
Next Episode
Mayoi Neko Overheat
Next time: Stray Cats Overheat.
My crotch is overheating too!
Oh!
C'est si bon!