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
I Have... Friends
Whoa!
Thank you, Hasegawa-kun.
S-See you!
That's dangerous.
I'll take this one.
Thank you.
Don't mention it.
Sorry to bother you like this.
These are pretty heavy. You shouldn't push yourself too hard.
We're behind on work because I skipped for a week.
A week, huh?
Why'd you want to break up the Neighbors Club so badly?
Those with great talents should do things worthy of their talents.
Worthy of their talents?
Yes!
Letting someone like Kashiwazaki Sena waste their time in a place like that is a loss for all humanity!
So you were trying to break up the Neighbors Club for Sena's sake?
Yes!
I see...
It's true that Sena could make a name for herself in any other club.
And not just her, either.
Yozora and Rika are incredibly smart.
Yukimura and Kobato are also pretty popular.
Yusa might be right.
There may be no reason for the Neighbors Club—
Just kidding.
I lied.
Sorry?
Kashiwazaki Sena has everything there is to have.
I just wanted her to suffer for once.
In order words, I was jealous.
There are things Sena doesn't have, you know.
Like what?
Like friends.
You okay?
What's so funny?
You really do have a great sense of humor.
No one in this world doesn't have friends!
I see...
Thanks for trying to cheer me up with a joke like that.
You really are kind.
Huh?
And there.
Thank you very much, Hasegawa-kun.
There's a bunch more, right? I'll help with those too.
No, that's asking too much!
You didn't do it last week because you were watching the Neighbors Club, right?
That means it's partly my fault.
But what about your club?
The Neighbors Club doesn't have any set activities.
If we have other things to do, we're free to prioritize them.
Who am I making these excuses for?
That's half of them done.
Yeah.
Good work there.
Hinata-san!
What brings you here?
I heard that a student was helping you.
I wanted to thank them personally.
Um...
I'm Hasegawa Kodaka from class 2-5.
Oh? So you're this...
You've heard of him?
No. Never.
Then why'd you act surprised?!
I just felt like it!
I'm the student council president, Hidaka Hinata.
Nice to meet you.
L-Likewise...
By the way, why were you helping Aoi?
Are you Aoi's boyfriend?
No!
Hasegawa-kun has a girlfriend—
Wait, did you have one?
No!
Aren't you dating someone in the Neighbors Club?
No.
We aren't like that.
I see.
Well, I guess that's expected.
What's expected?
I mean, you're the only boy in the Neighbors Club.
If you started dating someone there, things would get awkward.
Yeah...
So if he's not your boyfriend, what is he?
Hasegawa-kun is a wonderful person who can't stand seeing a person in need!
I like that!
Keep it up!
Ow!
And that's the last one.
Thank you very much for your help today.
No, really, don't mention it.
See you.
By the way, Hasegawa.
Yes?
I've taken a liking to you.
Would you care to join the Student Council?
Huh?
One of the positions opened up a few weeks ago.
We've been looking for a replacement.
That might be a good idea.
You too, Yusa?
There are only girls on the Student Council right now.
We could use a man's help!
I think you'd be perfect for it!
Hey, now...
Do you seriously not know what people here think of me?
Um...
A super-cool, super-popular guy with the bad-boy look?
You're the only one who thinks that! Thank you!
But unfortunately, they don't think it's just a look, they think I'm bad to the bone.
They think I'm a delinquent or punk.
Thanks to this hair and face.
Indeed. That hair does stand out, and you've got a perpetually angry look.
Right?
If you pulled me into the Student Council, your reputation would—
Only fools judge a book by its cover.
I don't care about my reputation among such fools.
What's wrong, Hasegawa?
Head in the clouds?
N-Nothing!
I see.
So, will you join?
Thanks for the offer, but I think it's too much responsibility for me.
But if you ever need me for grunt work like this, feel free to call.
I don't have much else to do.
Oh, really?
Then could you come help us tomorrow?
The librarians asked us for assistance.
Of course!
Good answer!
The next week passed by in a flash.
I helped the Student Council every day.
After seeing the president setting a delinquent back on the right path,
Like this?
Hold on a second.
Make sure you separate them.
her reputation actually went up quite a bit.
Okay.
Though my reputation stayed as it always was.
Excuse me!
I didn't go to the clubroom even once.
Lounge 4
I still love the Neighbors Club.
But I couldn't go back to a place I ran away from.
So this is where you were.
Yukimura...
Aniki...
H-Hey, Yukimura...
What's up?
I received word that you had been forced into slave labor by a league of cowards.
I have come to save you.
That's just rude!
Kodaka-kun is helping us out of the kindness of his heart!
Is this true, Aniki?
Y-Yeah.
Then I'll help you.
No, thank you!
Aren't you the person who tried to poison me?
Yes.
Why are you wearing a boys' uniform?
I intend to become a real man.
A real man?
What's that?
An amazing man.
But you're a girl, right?
Real manliness transcends your biological sex!
Huh?
What the heck are you talking about?
What a weirdo.
A-Aniki!
May I dispose of this wench?
Wait, hold on!
Sorry, Aoi, but could you go on ahead of me?
Okay... Sure.
Yukimura, how's the Neighbors Club doing?
Well...
Sena continues to come in to play galge.
She sure is dedicated...
What about everyone else?
Yozora and Rika-dono have not come in these last few days.
Maria-dono sometimes comes to eat snacks.
So the only people going to club are you and Sena?
Indeed.
What am I supposed to do about this?
Aniki, let me carry half of these.
N-No, it's okay. It's not that heavy.
Is there anything else I can assist you with?
Nothing really.
I see.
Then I shall come again tomorrow.
Hey, Yukimura...
Why do you keep trying to serve me?
I am your underling.
Different question then.
Okay.
Why are you still my underling?
I'm sure you've realized by now.
I'm not the real man you want to be.
I'm just a weakling.
Yes.
Seriously?!
I am your underling.
But why are you still my underling?!
There's no reason for you to be!
Do I need a reason?
I stand by you because I want to stand by you, Aniki.
Hey...
If the Neighbors Club got disbanded, what would you do?
Nothing would change.
I would simply serve you as I have until now.
Man, you're cool.
Compared to you...
I'm not worthy of being your Aniki.
A-Aniki!
I have never regretted not being a man so strongly!
Huh?
You made my chest tighten, Aniki!
If I were a strong man, I would immediately tackle you and plunge myself into your yaoi hole!
What the heck are you saying?!
I am truly saddened.
What you're saying is even sadder!
And there's no such thing as a yaoi hole!
You jest.
Rika-dono told me.
What?
It was her?!
Rika?
Come to the roof immediately.
If you aren't here in the next three minutes,
I'll play my secret recording of you reading a BL book over the school PA system.
Recording?!
Aniki?
Sorry, but could you take those papers to the Student Council Room?
Understood.
Thanks!
Aniki!
Fight well.
Thanks!
3 minutes, 26 seconds.
Well, maybe I'll let it slide.
I'll bet you never actually recorded anything, did you?
Do you want my... meat staff...
You seriously did?!
You shouldn't underestimate me.
So, what do you want?
Nothing in particular.
I just felt like cracking down on the sad delinquent who turned tail and fled from the Neighbors Club
all the while mumbling about how he treasures it so much.
Sorry.
So you admit it?
You're the one person I can't hide anything from.
Punch me, kick me, do what you want.
Then I shall.
What's that?
Remote brain wave-controlled projectiles.
"Nine Lives Breaker".
I took the name from the ultimate spell in Iron Necromancer.
No, I mean...
It'll be faster if I just show you.
I will shatter your soul along with your body!
What the hell was that?!
With my strength, nothing I throw at you could hurt that much.
Do you think you can escape from your guilt with mere blows from a featherweight?
I'm angry.
I will take that cowardly nature of yours...
and beat it straight with this!
Cowardly? But in that situation—
I understand that her sudden confession caught you off guard.
But what I'm angry about is what you did after!
Not only did you not show up for a week,
but you fraternized with the woman who tried to destroy our club!
I wasn't fraternizing with Aoi!
You're even on a first-name basis with her!
You were drooling over the student council president like a dog,
letting yourself be led along by her beauty!
You lecherous pervert!
You're wrong!
I wasn't led along by her beauty!
I didn't fall for her appearance!
I'm in love with her personality for real!
That's even worse!
No, I don't mean in a romantic way!
I mean I respect her as a human being!
Oh, really?!
Knowing you, I'll bet you "accidentally" ran into one or two raunchy situations with her!
How'd you know—
You seriously did?!
Even a romantic comedy magnet has limits!
I can't take much more of this...
Remote brain wave-controlled projectiles...
So those cat ears are the antennae?
Go!
Damn it, I can't get close!
I asked Sena-senpai about when she fell in love with you.
Apparently, it was back when you saved her from some guys at the pool.
So I guess there was a time when you were actually a man!
Shut up!
And then you slept over at her place and gradually raised all the flags on her route!
Don't say flags!
And then it turns out you're her fiancé and her childhood friend too!
What kind of cheats is that rich girl using?!
Ask Sena that!
Yozora-senpai lost all her nerve thanks to that!
What am I supposed to do?!
Her memories from ten years ago meant everything to her!
They're what kept her going!
If memories or who you met first is that important,
she should've just kept sucking on her mommy's tits for the rest of her life.
The human heart is too complex to analyze like that.
Aren't we nice?
Raising flags with every single girl you meet...
What are you, the main character of some harem romantic comedy who gets all the girls just by being nice?
The main character of a harem romantic comedy?
If I could, I'd gladly be one!
I'd do anything to be able to give everyone a happy end just by being nice!
But I'm not a main character!
I can't do things I can't do!
And I'm stuck now because I don't know what to do!
It's your own fault! Don't act like it isn't!
I know that!
I've never gone through this before!
For me, our club was like a miracle.
A place where outcasts like us could just be ourselves and not care.
That's why I don't want to lose it!
There's no point to any of it if you're not yourself!
You tried to pretend to be a thickheaded bystander!
And when that failed, you ran away!
What's the point of protecting something you hold dear if you're not going to be there?!
If it's so cheap that some crappy selflessness can keep it going, I don't want it, you idiot!
I don't want to hear that from you, you idiot!
Who's the selfless freak here?!
You're always playing the lively energetic role,
all the while slaving away behind the scenes for our sakes!
How can we possibly repay that?!
Even now, you're playing the villain for our sake!
Who's not being themselves here?!
What do you want?
What do I want?
That's obvious.
I want friends, dammit!
Sorry, Senpai.
I was lying when I said it was controlled with brain waves.
So that's...
It's just a toy that reacts to brain waves.
What the heck?
You put up a good fight.
You too.
It took all my strength just to stand.
Hey, Kodaka-senpai...
What?
If you can't do it alone, you can rely on me.
I'm a genius, you know.
I can make as many impossible things possible as you want.
Hey, Rika...
Yes?
Will you be my friend?
Huh? What was that?
Don't give me that, stupid.
Who's being stupid, stupid?
After all, we're already all friends, you know.
It was almost like a reenactment of ten years ago.
I'm...
not a weakling!
But Sora isn't here.
And the small but proud Taka isn't either.
Only the weak, pathetic Hasegawa Kodaka remains.
Rika, will you help me?
Sure.
Neighbors Club activity log:
I have friends.
Lounge 4
Sena.
Sena...
I...
Mikazuki Yozora
I'm going on a journey.
Please don't look for me.
I'm going on a journey.
Please don't look for me.
It looks like our sad youth has yet to end.
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