Today I start leadership training!
It's an overnight workshop for all of the school's new
class and event representatives!
Tanaka
Asleep? Is he sleeping in?!
Hey, Kou! Wake up!
Did he wake up and go back to sleep?
I went out of my way to call you and wake you up, so—
You're awfully tenacious...
Oh, no!
Why are you naked?!
Oh, no! No!
Th-Th-This isn't the reason I came here, okay?!
Huh? You idiot...
You think I'm throwing myself at you?
You kept screaming. It was bothering the neighbors.
B-But you're naked!
I was about to take a shower.
I jumped to the wrong conclusion. So embarrassing!
A shower? Now?
We don't have time for that!
It's fine.
Come in and wait.
Don't be so relaxed!
That hurt.
Kou's bare skin. I touched it...
A-And it was so smooth...
Aren't you a little too fussy with your skin?
Huh? It's so neat and tidy...
Youichi Age 4 Kou Age 4 Kou Age 3 Youichi Age 3
I'm ready.
R-Right!
But you got ready really fast!
Cooking
Let's go.
Shuuei Line - Sakigatani Station
See? We made it in time, without rushing.
Just barely, though.
Kanagawa Shuuei Line
At times like this, you want a little more leeway, just in case...
Oh.
What is it?
I can't believe you forgot your bag at my house!
Sorry!
What's wrong with you, Kou?! Run faster!
You're the one who made me carry your bag!
The train's here!
We can't make it. Let's wait for the next one.
Don't you dare give up!
We made it!
Um... the meeting place is...
I think... Osakigaoka Station...
Isn't Osakigaoka in the other direction?
Oh, no! I accidentally got on the usual train to school!
And this is an express. It won't be stopping for a while.
I'm sorry, Yuuri!
Hello, Futaba-chan? Where are you?
I'm sorry! I guess you've all met up already, right?
Tanaka-sensei.
Yeah. Yeah.
I know it's useless to say it to you,
but they've got to shape up!
I'm sorry! Really sorry!
We can't wait any longer!
Have them look at the map and find the site themselves!
D-Did you hear that?
Sorry...
Yeah...
I'm already exhausted.
That's my line.
Kou, you can sleep if you want.
Huh... you mean it?
Yeah. I'll wake you when we get there.
If you would, thanks.
Guh. I really can't believe it.
You people...
Promise this will never happen again!
Yes, sir.
Now get changed and get to lunch!
I'm very sorry.
Darn it.
You know, it's really embarrassing for us
to have both class representatives arrive late.
Yeah... I'm sorry.
Kou.
They want you to compose a written apology for being late.
Hand it in before lights out.
What?
You, too, Yoshioka.
Right...
Jeez... apology for what?
Mabuchi-kun, when you cause trouble,
it makes trouble for Tanaka-sensei, too.
I think you should be more careful.
Oh, don't worry about him.
I am who I am. It doesn't have anything to do with my brother.
So you made someone totally unrelated to the incident apologize for you?
You brat.
No...
Rotten brat.
Murao-san...
Th-That reminds me!
I was sure surprised when you offered to be an event representative, Murao-san!
You like this kind of thing?
Not especially.
Then why did you volunteer?!
It sure is rich to see someone so uncooperative lecturing others.
Hey!
You shouldn't talk to girls that way.
The vibe's getting really bad here, you guys!
I'm done.
What?
What's going on here?
Futaba-chan! Let's do our best, okay?
Yuuri...
Thank goodness! At least Yuuri is a sweet girl.
I'm done.
I am finished, too!
If you're not gonna eat that, I will.
I left it especially so I could eat it later...
That guy... do you think I'll let this insult stand?!
Who are you?!
So, anyone have any opinions?
Murao-san?
Nothing in particular.
Yuuri?
Um...
Kominato-kun?
Oh, so tomorrow's orienteering?
Kou...
LAWLESS
ZONE
These people, seriously!
Come on, give your opinions!
The question is "What's the purpose of school events?"
We have to do this! We might get picked to read ours aloud!
Just write whatever.
What class shall I pick, eh? Let's see...
Okay, class 2-2.
U-Um...
Futaba-chan...
You wrote something, right? I'll just read that.
Happy memories!
What's wrong? Get to it.
Leadership Training Qualities of a leader: - Decisiveness - Assertiveness - Responsibility - Communication
Okay.
Um... the purpose of school events.
By setting targets and goals that can only be achieved by a group,
you foster a feeling of belonging to that group.
By doing this, you get everyone to share a sense of commonality,
Incredible!
He can recite things he doesn't even believe so smoothly off the top of his head...
and in that way, bring them together. Or something.
Not bad. Okay, next...
Wait a minute.
I'm not sure I fully understood that.
So annoying...
Why is it important to bring people together?
Huh? Because, you know...
There are things you can only achieve together.
Happy memories!
Kou?
So that...
So that someday, when you look back,
the people you experienced it with will see it as a "happy memory"
with the same warmth that you do.
That's nice, too.
Okay, you can sit down.
Why do you look so shocked? You're the one that wrote it.
Yoshioka.
Did you write your apology?
You haven't written anything yet. You can just write whatever, you know.
You really are incredible, Kou.
How so?
You just rattled it off so easily... while I'm struggling so hard...
I end up spinning my wheels and it just backfires...
I wish I could be more like you.
Why can't I do it? It's so frustrating.
You shouldn't feel frustrated.
It's not easy for me. I'm just half-baked.
Maybe it looks easy for me because I don't care.
The fact that it makes you depressed to do that
is proof that you want to do something.
So...
S-So... I think you're a lot more respectable than I am.
Kou... you're not respectable?
At the very least, I don't have a problem doing things half-baked.
The familiar nape of the neck...
But the things he's saying... like a stranger...
I don't mind being like this.
I feel like I want to cry.
How did he become such a stranger to me?
I want to know...
I want to know everything that happened to Kou in the three years I didn't see him.
I want to know.
How have those things affected Kou?
What are you doing?
I-It was an impulse.
Listen...
Do you...
...love me?
Kou... does wanting to know more about him mean that I love him?
But Kou as he is now... I don't know...
I-Is that something you ask about yourself?!
You're awfully sure of yourself!
You idiot! It's because you started nuzzling up against my hair!
I don't feel that way about you, you know.
I thought maybe I did something to give you the wrong impression.
So I was just checking.
I feel the same way! I don't love you at all anymore, Kou.
It's just...
I knew you back then,
so I'm curious about how you're different now, I guess.
I guess... the girl I was back then can't accept it...
You've changed, too, you know.
Stop searching for the old me. It's seriously annoying.
That is, you're pretending to move forward,
but you're just clinging to the past.
You're so incompetent.
Wh-What was that?
I knew it... Kou as he is now...
I don't love him at all!
Hm?
Hmph!
So stupid.
What's wrong? You fighting?
No!
Fighting? You're like boyfriend and girlfriend!
Who'd date that idiot?
I can't tell if you're getting along or not.
Right?
I'm going to clean over there.
What was with that?
I think she hates you.
So you guys really are close friends, right?
My cupcake... he will pay.
RAGE
I'm fine here.
Murao, you should clean with the others.
They have plenty of people.
I'll help you.
Murao, you have to join the others.
If you want to say you're fine by yourself, at least do it
after you've put in effort to make a place where you belong.
I am making that effort.
Murao. I'm a teacher.
As long as you're a student, I'll never be that far away.
But we can't get any closer than this, either.
That's what I've always said, remember?
Murao.
Go and join the others.
Um...
Stupid Kou!
How does he manage to make me so angry?
You're so incompetent.
That's right. Because he was right.
He was, but the reason I'm working hard now is to change that.
So, all I have to do is keep working hard!
Okay! I've got to make up with Kou!
Ah! Kou!
Um... well...
Is that a love confession?
It's a love confession!
What's with him? He calls me incompetent,
but there he is, grinning over a girl confessing her feelings to him!
What?
S-S-Sorry!
You a second-year girl?
That was really forward!
Uh... no...
You're cute.
Oh, no! Third-years!
Hey, you confessing to me?
Huh?!
She's confessing to me, right?
Idiot! It ain't you!
It ain't you, either!
Um... actually...
Then who is it?
It's me!
No, me!
I'm sorry. She's my girlfriend.
Oh... no...
We weren't after her or anything.
Really? Bye, then.
What were you doing, idiot?
It was... a chain of events...
What sort of events?
But Kou, you...
What did I do?
Sorry. It was a groundless protest.
By the way, how long are you gonna hold my hand?
A little while longer. Try to bear with it.
I... don't mind, actually...
I just thought if anyone saw you, it might make trouble for you...
Because... if your girlfriend... or something... saw it...
She might get the wrong idea or something...
It's fine. I'm not dating anyone.
Oh, I see. Hmm...
That's fine then, I guess.
Hmm... I see.
I feel relieved somehow.
Huh?
Even one word from Kou can make me feel annoyed, or relieved...
That doesn't mean I love this new Kou, though...
Next Episode . . .
Let's get out and go!
Yo, yo, yo!
Super orienteering!
We're gonna score a lot of them points!