There are some moments you can never forget.
The beginning of summer in my first year of middle school.
After class.
A sudden shower.
It came down... pretty suddenly, huh?
Yeah...
Sakisaka Shrine Festival
Tanaka-kun! Are you going to the festival?
Eh?
I don't know if Yumi-chan is going.
I wonder if I should ask her, you know?
Here. Use this.
You'll catch a cold.
Dry off with that.
A gym uniform?
It's okay. I haven't worn it.
Except once.
Huh?! Then you have worn it once!
Fine, then! I will use it!
Sure, use it.
Thanks...
Tanaka-kun was in the class next to mine.
He was short and soft-spoken.
Like a girl.
Thank you...
Are you going to the summer festival?
Huh?
Did you make plans with your friend?
Not yet...
7:00!
At the clock in Sankaku Park.
Hey!
What's with you and Tanaka?
You're telling me it's nothing? C'mon, tell me everything!
Stop being so annoying!
This is why I hate boys!
I just...
...hate all boys!
7:00. The clock in Sankaku Park.
I waited and waited, but Tanaka-kun never came.
Huh? Tanaka changed schools?
Yeah. I heard he moved over summer break.
He didn't tell me anything!
Huh? Not even you, Naitou?
He was embarrassingly awkward.
Uncertain.
He always seemed to be fumbling his way through everything. But...
...I really did love Tanaka-kun.
Even now, Tanaka-kun has a place in a corner of my heart.
Sometimes I think...
...I want to go back to those days.
It's been three years since then.
I, Yoshioka Futaba...
...have managed to make it safely...
Mom! I'm late!
...to the third term of my first year of high school.
Oh, no!
Futaba, good morning!
Yeah!
Morning, Chie-chan!
You can have this back. Thanks.
Sure!
Seriously? Girls need to be more careful with their things, you know.
You're totally lacking in feminine appeal.
Don't call me stupid, though.
I do this on purpose!
Really, Futaba...
But that's the stuff that makes Futaba so fun!
Hey! Morning, Asumi!
Unlike the likes of that.
Makita, good morning.
Good morning...
What do boys see in that sort of girl?
She's not even that pretty, if you look at her face.
It's all about the aura she projects!
Makita Yuuri... is she really okay with this?
All the girls in the class hate her.
She's completely isolated.
Futaba pisses me off.
I couldn't stand it anymore after my second and third years of middle school.
She just plays innocent in front of guys.
She's so stuck up.
Just because she thinks she's cute.
I didn't want to be alone.
She's awful.
So I made a decision!
For my high school debut, I'd press the reset button,
and create a brand new Futaba!
So the other girls wouldn't hate me,
I brought my feminine appeal down... down... down!
Full-Packed Kalbi Bread
I'm so starving! I need to eat now!
You sure eat a lot.
Incredible. You do this every day, Futaba.
Tanaka!
Want some gum?
Hey. You need to call me "Sensei."
You want some or not?
Sure.
Could this be... love?
Huh?
Suspicious!
She shows no interest in boys, but she reacts to Tanaka-sensei!
D-Don't be ridiculous! No way!
It's a joke, you know.
You're not cut out for love, Futaba.
Seriously. It's not possible.
Hey. You ever think Yoshioka in Class 2's pretty cute?
No! Stop that!
Yeah. But Yoshioka's so...
Go on! Watch this!
Hey!
What are you doing?
Yeah... can't go with that.
Right?
Didn't you hear what they said?
Futaba, if you were more careful with your womanly assets,
you'd totally be popular with the guys.
Huh?! Like I care about that!
I'm awful around boys, anyway.
As long as I have you two, I couldn't care less about boys—
Unattractive bread.
Tanaka-kun...?
Futaba? Let's go.
There's something I forgot to buy.
Huh?
Sorry. Go on without me.
The voice... the height...
It's all wrong...
And I didn't see his face...
So why... did I assume that was Tanaka-kun?
Mabuchi!
Mabuchi! You hitting the school store?
"Mabuchi"?
Me, too! Me, too!
Not him...
Good thing I didn't call out to him!
The Impostor Tanaka-kun.
When our eyes met, he smiled, didn't he?
The rubber on his school slippers was blue.
So he's a first-year, like me.
Kanagawa Shuuei Line
But... seriously...
What made me think that was Tanaka-kun?
It's not like I'm following you or anything!
This is my neighborhood!
D-Darn it!
I mean... I'm really not following him.
I'm going this way, too.
Huh? Wait a minute. What?
This guy lives in the same neighborhood as me?
It came down... pretty suddenly, huh?
It is!
Ta—
Tanaka-kun?
I'm Mabuchi, actually.
Huh?
I'm sorry! My mistake!
It came down pretty suddenly, huh?
Then you really are Tanaka-kun!
I'm not Tanaka-kun anymore.
Now I'm Mabuchi Kou.
My parents divorced. I changed my name.
His voice... height...
Even his name changed.
And yet...
The boy in front of me now...
...is the first boy...
...I ever loved.
I guess you didn't notice me in the first two terms at all.
I figured you'd notice me eventually,
but I can't believe it took you this long.
It's hilarious.
Is this always how he acted?
I recognized you immediately, of course.
Even though you've changed into that.
Into "that"?!
You used to be so quiet. You've really changed.
Th-Then you could have said something to me, you know!
You've changed a lot, too, Tanaka-kun!
Like I said, I'm not Tanaka. I'm Mabuchi.
Scary! Who are you?
I know I'm not one to talk, but...
Well, anyway.
Want a reunion hug?
C'mere.
No! I'm not doing that! And don't say "c'mere!"
Oh, that's right.
You hate boys, right? You always have.
It seems like you still do.
I just hate all boys!
Yeah. I hate them.
I always have.
But...
...you were different, Tanaka-kun.
I've always wanted to say that.
Really? I see.
Yeah.
I felt the same way.
I...
I... loved you, too.
The happiest days of my life...
I can go back!
We can't go back to that now, though.
Things aren't like they were in those days.
I'm different. You're different.
Which means that's in the past.
He's probably... telling me to forget it.
Don't cry. It's annoying.
Dummy.
So long.
But... despite the cruelty of his words,
there was something lonely in his expression.
That's what it seemed like.
Back then, I thought...
After summer vacation was over,
I'd have a proper talk with Tanaka-kun.
I'd have lots of chances.
But...
We can't go back to that now, though.
Things aren't like they were in those days.
I'm so depressed! What's with this?!
School Store
An pan, croquette roll, danish roll...
Full-Packed Kalbi Bread Cream Danish
That's a lot...
You think? All this bread. Turns you off, huh?
So? Who cares if it is?
"I just overeat to try to reduce my feminine appeal..."
That's what I'd like to say.
God, I'm so pathetic!
Excuse me! I'll take these!
Ma'am, I'll take this!
Right! Here you go.
I'm sorry, we just ran out of bags.
Wait a minute while I set out some new ones.
Nah! I don't need a bag!
Oh, really?
530 yen, then.
Yes, that's right.
Let's see. Find Chie-chan and...
Wait a minute!
You haven't paid for those, have you?
But I just paid...
Don't lie to me.
They aren't even in a bag.
Ah! Futaba?
Oh... that's because...
Don't pull that! We've had a lot of this lately.
No, I wasn't...
Futaba?
Asumi! Chie-chan!
What are you doing, Futaba?
You can't do this!
Eh?
You can't just not pay!
That's not what I'm doing!
If you pay now, I won't tell your teacher.
No! Please...
She paid for those already.
Ma'am.
Eh?
She paid for those already. Right?
Oh! Yeah, she paid me.
Oh? What, really?
Honestly.
Go ahead and go, then.
Hey. That's not right.
You need to apologize, old hag.
"Old hag"?!
You were in the wrong. Apologize.
I am so sorry!
Right. It's okay.
Hey! Futaba!
Tanaka-kun! Wait up!
What?
Th-Thanks.
For telling her that I paid.
No problem.
It was obvious she was in the wrong.
Yeah. I got really mad at first.
But since you got mad for me, I feel satisfied.
That's all it takes to satisfy you?
You're pretty cheap.
Huh?
That's why your relationships with your friends are cheap, too.
All you're doing is playing at friendship.
It's ridiculous.
It might look ridiculous to you, Tanaka-kun.
But... I need to do it!
So? It's not like I care. It has nothing to do with me.
He helps me, then treats me cruelly.
I don't understand him.
Is this person really Tanaka-kun?
Oh. Also...
I'm Mabuchi.
Tanaka Kou is gone now, okay?
Like me, he's changed.
The Tanaka-kun from those days...
is gone forever.
We can't go back...
to those days.
Next Episode . . .
Why are you all by yourself?
What happened to your friends?