Hey, how many pages will the quiz cover?
Um, he told us yesterday.
But seriously...
Morning!
Wait, you cut your hair?
Looks cute.
Yo, morning.
Oh, morning...
Hey, you free after school?
Uh-huh.
Mind stopping somewhere on the way home?
Eh? Where?
The usual place.
The usual place?
Count me in.
Appreciate it...
Sure.
Thanks.
Yep.
Kasuga!
Flowers of Evil
Episode 1 of 13
And then,
he suddenly got really pissed!
I didn't get pissed.
Right, Kojima?
Beats me.
Kasuga, you don't play many games, do you?
I do sometimes,
but they aren't really my thing.
Stop playing it cool!
Cut it out!
Okay, take your seats.
Come on, Yamada!
I'm a junior high school student in Ba...
Ba... B-Bangkok.
More practice, Mr. Kojima.
Next, Ms. Saeki.
Yes.
We have our New Year's Festival
on April 13th, 14th, and 15th.
We call it Songkran.
During this festival, people...
Here goes.
Thighs without any meat on them don't count as thighs.
What, you want thunder thighs?
Nice, Nanako.
That was awesome, Nanako!
Girls Changing! No Boys Allowed!!
Can I use your hairbrush?
Sure.
I put on weight again.
What? You're so skinny.
Where are you looking?
I don't see anything.
Look at my tummy.
Did you buy volume 8, Kojima?
As soon as it hit the shelf.
Wasn't it great?
Totally.
It ruled.
Let me borrow it sometime...
You always get food all over my stuff.
Oh, that's bad.
Don't make up crap.
Potato chips are the worst.
Rice crackers, too.
Oh, really?
And then, Shimoyama showed up in his sweats.
Yeah, I wonder where he got that thing.
That color is freaky.
Oh, crap!
H-Hey...
Wait!
Japanese Quiz
"A sky-throned sphinx, unknown yet, I combine
The cygnet's whiteness with a heart of snow.
I loathe all movement that displaces line,
And neither tears nor laughter do I know."
Okay!
Time's up!
Come on, pick romance...
Nah, I vote for horror.
Horror? Really?
Dude, I can't do horror.
It's too much.
Same here.
Yeah.
But fear and laughter are similar in their essences.
Huh?
What?
No way!
Both fear and laughter require an element of surprise.
Yeah, yeah. You probably read that in a book.
It's true...
It's common sense.
Makes sense.
There are some funny horror movies.
Like Army of Darkness.
See?
Hey, let's drop by Kojima's place today.
He has volume 8.
Yeah, we can grab ice cream.
You mean that cola-flavored stuff?
That stuff's good...
I could get addicted!
I need to go by the bookstore.
Again?
Don't spend all your time reading smut.
See ya!
Yeah.
I'm home.
Welcome home.
Since we're all here, we'll reveal our faces, names, hometowns,
horoscopes, blood types, chronic diseases,
favorite Edo shoguns, favorite Muromachi advisors, favorite Kamakura regents.
Do you have Breton's The Key to the Fields?
Yes, I believe I do.
I thought you might...
Good thing I didn't buy a copy.
I'll go dig it out.
Hey, Takao...
Want any more?
No, I'm good.
Didn't you have gym today?
I just stand around when we play volleyball.
Dear, there's more squid left.
Oh, then I'll have some.
"To the dearest,
fairest woman
Who sets my heart ablaze with light,
To the angel,
the immortal idol,
Greetings in immortality!
She permeates my life
Like air impregnated with salt
And into my unsated soul
Pours the taste
for the eternal.
Sachet, ever fresh, that perfumes
The atmosphere of a dear nook,
Forgotten censer smoldering
Secretly through the night..."
Takao, go take your bath!
Takao, take your bath!
Okay!
Drink your milk before it spoils.
You're the only one who drinks milk in this house.
Morning.
Morning, Azusa-chi.
When do you have math?
Third period.
Did you watch the finale yesterday?
Yep!
I cried my eyes out!
Okay, I'll return your math quizzes now.
Aoki.
Yes.
Abe.
Yes.
Ueno.
Yes.
Urabe.
Yes.
Okuda.
Yes.
Kasuga.
Yes.
Try harder next time.
Kinoshita.
Yes.
Hey, Kasuga...
What'd you get?
Gouda.
Why should I tell you?
Then what's that book you're reading?
Flowers of Evil Baudelaire
Hey, Yamada!
Huh? What's this?
"Evil"?
Th-That's not the right character.
It's the old character...
Give it back, moron!
You'd never understand the value of that book!
Wait, are you making fun of me?
Then I'm not returning it.
Shut up, stupid!
Then do you know who Baudelaire is?
Huh?
You're the only one who knows that crap.
Next, Saeki!
Yes.
Saeki got a 98.
That was our top score!
Wow!
Good job!
You're amazing, Nanako!
It's no big deal.
Didn't you get the top score last time?
Wow...
You probably go to cram school.
Nakamura.
Hey, you're supposed to respond.
Oh, yes.
And Nakamura has our lowest score!
Another zero!
What are you trying to do?
You left every answer blank.
You think you can survive in the real world—
Shut up, shit-face.
Did you just call your teacher...
a shit-face?!
Come to the faculty office after school.
Next, Numata!
Hurry it up!
She's crazy.
Pull it together!
Nakamura-san is trouble.
So yeah, what's up with her?
Huh?
Nakamura...
She doesn't scare you?
Oh, I guess?
It's impossible to know what she's thinking.
She probably doesn't have any friends.
It's creepy.
But that felt pretty good.
Shimoyama was shaking.
Well...
You couldn't pay me to go out with a girl like that.
Eh?
What's that about, Yamada?
You think you're better than she is?
You couldn't pay anyone to go out with you, either.
What?
Now look here, Kasuga...
You're no better, either!
We're in the same boat!
Wrong... I read books!
So what?
Can you understand literature?
You know...
If I had to pick,
I'd go with Saeki-san...
Huh?
You know...
I heard she's got a jungle down there.
Stop it, fool!
What the hell?
It isn't nice to talk about girls like that!
Oh?
Don't tell me... Kasuga's got a crush on Saeki?
No... It's not like that.
Ah, I see! Yes, I understand!
It all makes sense now.
Oh! I left my book at school!
I need to go grab it!
What? You're running away?
I am not! I really did forget my book!
Bye!
Sure... Right on...
Damn.
That Kojima...
He was insulting Saeki-san.
That guy could never understand how wonderful Saeki-san is.
Hell, I've had a crush on Saeki-san
for a whole year now.
She's my muse, my femme fatale.
Flowers of Evil Baudelaire
But Saeki-san
has no idea that I read books like this.
Saeki
Stupid! Stop it!
You're always reading that book, Kasuga-kun.
It's Flowers of Evil.
Sounds like something a pervert would do.
But I have nowhere to go.
Kasuga-kun... I saw you.
It's over...
There's something erotic about her.
I never realized the path of evil
would be so difficult.
In return...
You have to agree to a contract with me.
Watch the next episode, shit-face. Oshimi Shuuzou