Now that I notice it, you're always there next to me,
but do I actually hate you? Love you?
Or am I delusional?
When I take a look at my feelings clearly,
whether I'm a lady or a host,
it doesn't matter to me.
People fall in love for all sorts of different reasons, but...
I want to see you now,
to give your tender self cherry-blossom kisses,
and if your heart beats faster, let's let our love bloom.
Right now is more vital than the future.
The springtime of love's beauty
is the aesthetic of a damsel in bloom.
Am I dreaming?
This is Japan.
There aren't supposed to be any tropics here.
Look, Haruhi, there are birds from the south tropics here.
Pretty, aren't they? I wonder what kind of birds they're called.
Where's the exit, again?
Spending time taking it easy like this is important for us
to refine our 'round-the-clock beauty.
I don't care to spend time in such pointless activities, so can I go?
I want to study,
and I have to do my laundry today.
Where is this place, anyway?
"A little earlier..."
"15:38"
"Ouran Academy, south building, front"
--Abduction... --...complete!
Huh? What the...
--All right, take her in. --Roger!
Just a minute. No!
This is a theme park that the Otori Group runs,
"Tropical Aqua Garden."
But Kyoya-senpai, didn't you say that your family ran a hospital,
or did some kind of medical therapy work?
Well, it's a diversified enterprise, that does lots of things,
but you could say that this is related to therapy.
There are many who suffer from stress, or from feeling cooped-up,
who would like to spend time in the south tropics,
but for economic reasons or lack of time, are unable to go.
This is a convalescent theme park, to help treat those people.
The Otori Group is always thinking of the happiness of others.
This sounds relentlessly shady.
It doesn't open until next month,
but the Host Club has it reserved today on a special advance invitation.
It feels so calm.
There aren't any guests here that we have to serve, either.
It truly is a handsome young warrior's holiday,
I guess you could call it.
"Jungle Pool SOS!"
Haru-chan!
Want some coconut juice to drink? Or maybe some mango cake?
Um... sure, the coconut juice.
Okay!
Haruhi, let's go down the waterslide!
Then again, what's with the pullover?
What, this...
"Women" "Men"
"Just a little earlier"
"16:02"
"Women" "Men" "4:02pm"
"Women" "Men" "In front of the changing room"
Okay, take care of her.
Very well.
Okay, Fujioka-sama. This way.
Just a minute!
"Changing room"
Just a minute! Just a minute!
We have some swimsuits available for you in this room.
We brought all of this year's latest, that our mom designed.
You can choose whichever one you want.
Okay, Fujioka-sama, please select one.
No, I don't need a swimsuit.
Well then, I will select one for you.
Hold on, not that one. I don't want a bikini.
But you'd look so good in this one...
Oh, look.
This one would be cute.
Eh? But that's nothing more than strings, isn't it?
Senpai?
H-Hurry up and put this on.
Girls should only show off that much skin
after they get married.
So, you're not going swimming?
By any chance, can you not swim?
I think I can swim as well as the next guy,
but I'm just not very interested in this place,
and I'd rather just go home than goof around here swimming.
"Lazybones heroine"
What's so great about this overblown facility, anyway?
A vinyl pool should be all you need for playing in the water.
What's a vinyl pool?
Let's see...
They're about this big,
and you pump them up full of air.
"Plastic Pool"
Dummy.
That's called an air boat.
"Inflatable Boat"
There's no way something that small could be a pool.
Yeah.
It is a pool. Little kids play in them a lot, you know?
"Whisper"
Don't go embarrassing Haruhi.
She only has a pitiful commoner's knowledge.
Huh? But a boat is a boat.
For some reason, I'm feeling incredibly unpleasant.
Never mind that, there's something that's bothering me.
Sir, why did you make Haruhi wear that pullover?
"Gulp!"
Ordinarily, you'd think...
I want to see Haruhi in a swimsuit!
...would be the first thing you'd say.
This is unexpected.
I can't imagine it's this,
but do you think it might be because he doesn't want any punks besides himself
to see Haruhi's skin, or something like that?
Oh, is that what this is?
That would be quite underhanded of him, huh?
It'd be disgusting, all right.
Y-You idiots!
As her father, it's only natural, being her guardian, that I would do so...
After all, even wearing a swimsuit,
it's not right for a girl to expose her skin openly in front of boys.
Haru-chan!
Let's go play! They have a current pool over there.
No, I'm not swimming today. Huh?
Honey-senpai, do you not know how to swim?
Just looks cuter this way.
"I get it"
Sweet and innocent.
Tepid! Quite tepid!
"Powerful motor"
Renge-chan?
Is that rig set up everywhere?
That's an amazing get-up.
What's that pattern on your belly?
Oh, don't you know? I'm cosplaying.
Who are you?
"La-la."
La-La? The manga magazine?
A dream, risen from the abyss;
those blue eyes, lighting up young men's faces;
that tone of voice...
See? I'm Kisaragi Quon!
"Cosplay" "The real thing"
We can't tell.
We can't tell that at all.
Hey, sir, are you sure it's okay for a girl to be dressed up...
...like that?
That might be okay.
Why?
Maybe because it's cosplay?
In any case,
your understanding of Haninozuka-senpai is lukewarm!
Takashi!
Whee!
How do you mean?
It's just like he got done saying.
Just looks cuter this way.
I do not see that as being sweet and innocent.
Indeed it isn't.
Place a subject at the end of the sentence, and you'll see.
Just looks cuter this way...
...don't I?
"I look cute!"
He planned that?!
"He planned that?"
That's Haninozuka-senpai for you. Apparently, he felt threatened
in his position as the little boy type from last episode,
so he seems to be taking steps to fortify himself.
I've got to give him more credit. He is quite deep.
Look over here, everyone!
"Swimming briskly against the current..."
Look! See? Even as hard as we're swimming,
we never move forward from the same place!
"Impossible to make out."
So, what's the deal?
Is that guy really that deep?
Bulls-eye!
Sir, let's play! Water gun battle!
Me and Kaoru on a team against you, sir.
If you get it in the face, you lose, and there's a penalty game.
Hmph, who'd want to play along with that childish game?
Haruhi, let's get married right now.
We'll have our honeymoon in Atami!
"Pumping..."
You think anyone is about to let dear Haruhi marry you guys!?
Daddy will not allow it!
"Swimming against the current pool"
"The 'I-can-do-it-by-myself' way"
Taking a break? Want something to drink?
Yeah.
Take this!
Surefire sideways-leaping beam!!
That's against the rules!
--Honey-senpai! --Mitsukuni!
Mori-senpai...
Guys, we're going after Honey-senpai!
This pool is the shortest way!
Charge!
Oh, that way is...
There are alligators swimming there!
Okay, that pool is out.
Let's take this route!
They're here, too!
And here, too!
Why are there alligators here?
There can't be.
Those pools are the tropical animal area.
I guess it is dangerous to let the alligators run loose.
Although, it's the current pool's switch location that's the problem here.
I'll have to speak to the designers.
I have to thank you. I've gotten some good data here.
For what?!
"Guinea pigs?"
This is Tropical Aqua Garden's area map.
This is our present location.
To get to this point, where I predict Honey-senpai got carried away to,
we will need to go through the jungle area in the southern block.
That's a range of about 800 meters.
There seem to be a lot of indeterminate areas
in this jungle along our way.
Those are zones that are still under development.
There could be things in there even more dangerous...
...than alligators.
All right, this is a survival mission!
We have to safely penetrate this jungle area,
and rescue Honey-senpai!
This has all but become a real jungle in here.
I've been hearing lots of strange animal calls.
These animal voices...
...couldn't be the real thing, right?
I'm not too sure. In all of the work we do,
we tend to be authenticity-oriented.
As usual, Mori-senpai is poker-faced,
and I can't tell what he's thinking,
but though he may look calm, it's times like these--
Mori-senpai...
...is acting about as clumsy as you, sir.
What?!
Sure enough, he's pretty concerned.
Whoops, it must be squall time.
Mori-senpai is awfully close to Honey-senpai, isn't he?
Are they childhood friends, or something?
Those two...
...are cousins.
Huh? They're relatives?
The Morinozukas have been serving
the Haninozuka family for generations.
"Haruhi's imagination"
Although, two generations ago, they became relatives by marriage,
and the families' master-servant relationship has long since faded away.
Even so, Mori-senpai has always accompanied Honey-senpai.
It must get his blood going.
The blood of the vassals of yore, which flows through Mori-senpai.
What a great story! I'm touched!
That's what you call a great story?
I'm not sure I understand all this about his blood getting going,
but he does think an awful lot of Honey-senpai, huh?
Mori-senpai, it'll be all right.
Honey-senpai is safe.
He's tougher than you might think,
and if he gets hungry, there are a lot of bananas on the trees.
--Hey, now... --How is he going to respond to that?
Yeah.
D-Don't tell me Mori-senpai is out for my spot as Haruhi's daddy, too!
"Pit-a-pat..."
No, nobody is after that.
Not that silly in-law position.
Who are you calling a silly in-law?!
Yeah,
--it's me --Nyah! Silly in-law!
--Oh, we've got a somewhat troubling situation.--What did you call me?!
--Oh, we've got a somewhat troubling situation.--Nyah! Silly in-law!
Mori-senpai, it's not that way.
Honey-senpai is in the other direction.
No, he's this way.
"Natural instinct"
Just a minute! It's too dangerous to go alone!
I'll come with you!
Haruhi...
That's the first time he's ever called me by name.
"A little bit pleased"
Yeah, okay, at once, please.
--Silly in-law! Silly in-law! --Shut up!
--Silly in-law! Silly in-law! --Shut up, I said!
My family's private police force is going to send in a search team.
--Silly in-law! Silly in-law! --Shut up!
They're better equipped to find him than we are.
--Silly in-law! Silly in-law! --Shut up!
--Let's go back to the gate and wait.
How many times are you going to say it?!
Hey, where are Mori-senpai and Haruhi?
"Tropical Aqua Garden General Administration Headquarters"
"Otori Family Private Police"
Emergency mobilization order. Emergency mobilization order.
Kyoya-sama's friend has gone missing near the current pool.
Search target is a small young man.
Repeat, search target is a small young man.
Also, eliminate any suspicious figures without mercy.
Eliminate any suspicious figures without mercy.
Target confirmed.
"Small young man?"
"Suspicious figure?"
The target has been captured by a suspicious man.
Now taking subject into custody.
Now that I think about it,
I didn't tell them there were any other visitors.
"Completely inadequate explanation"
Oh, well.
You there! Let the boy go,
or we will resort to using force!
Oh, hold on!
The man is resisting! Ready to fire warning shots!
Takashi, Haru-chan, move!
What do you think you're doing, pipsqueak?!
No matter, get this one, too!
Don't go being so reckless.
Picking on my friends is a no-no.
"No-no!"
Haruhi!
Haruhi, are you all right?!
Ah, Tama-chan!
--Huh? --Honey-senpai!
Haruhi!
I was worried about you.
Not sure what happened here, but they seem okay.
Well, Honey-senpai was the one who did this, right?
Then he must have been holding back.
Huh? What do you mean by that?
--Huh? --You don't know?
The Haninozukas have been famous for their martial arts for generations.
"Distinguished family"
They've instructed not just the police and SDF,
but overseas military forces, as well.
In particular, Honey-senpai
has been called the most fearsome dreadnaught in the history of the Haninozuka family,
and by the time he was in middle school,
he was the national champion in both karate and judo.
"Karate & judo champion"
Incidentally, Mori-senpai also became the national champion
in kendo, when he was in middle school.
"National kendo champion"
Honey-senpai, what are you doing here?
You know what?
I reached the end of the current pool,
so I went looking for everyone.
We humbly apologize!
I am a 2nd-generation student of the Ishizuka Dojo!
I am a student of the Todoroki Dojo!
I'm from the Otake Dojo! We are in your debt!
Oh, is that right?
Yes, sir! We're so sorry! We were completely unaware
that we were looking for Haninozuka Mitsukuni-sama,
and have committed a terrible offense!
Although, accidental though it may have been,
my dojo will take pride in the day that I was able to engage you,
Mitsukuni-sama, personally, for generations to come!
"Deep"
He is deep. This goes way beyond deep.
Takashi,
you did very well protecting Haru-chan.
You didn't get lonesome without me around, right?
I wouldn't say that.
We should go to the beach next, to clear the mood.
The beach would be nice.
You idiots, Haruhi wouldn't be interested in that.
I might not mind going to the beach.
This obviously artificial location may not be any fun,
but the beach would be nice. It's pretty there.
All right, you got it!
Next, we go to the beach!
He said we're all going to the beach next.
That will be fun, huh?
Yeah.
I can run for 5000 miles, until I'm out of breath.
100 liters of adrenaline keeps the body working at full strength.
Having come this far, is it enough? How far until it's okay?
The trees that imbue the streets of this town
keep repeatedly changing their appearance.
In completely washed-out pallor, and unchanging frailty,
I want to believe in myself, as I am here and now.
With my right hand, and my left hand, held over my head,
I tear through the darkness and go!
There is no deceit!
I've made my resolve!
From the moment I make my start, the world expands.
Why, after finally coming all the way to the beach,
do Haruhi and I have to get into a fight?
Senpai, I thought you weren't going to talk to me anymore.
Haruhi!
Next time, "The Sun, the Sea and the Host Club!"
Ouran High School Host Club will be waiting for you, next week!