Hold it.
Takemitsu Shinzou, I presume.
Who goes there?
What do you think you're doing in that outfit?
I'm sure you are aware of the school uniform regulations.
Oh, pardon!
This is the usual garb for a samurai...
Two-week suspension from extra-curricular activities!
You will submit a written letter of apology by tomorrow!
You art no teacher, and thus have no right to pronounce such things!
If you have a problem with my beliefs,
then we'll settle this by arms!
I don't know your "policies" or whatever.
The teachers here are lax about the rules, but I won't let this slide.
I'm a member of the Student Council!
I have all the rights I need.
Episode 5: The Ghost of the Incinerator
Now Saving
Huh? The Spider Society?
Sket-dan Now accepting requests
Yes. They seem to be an underground group
that has been blackmailing students from this area.
Underground, huh?
The heck? Someone should catch these guys, and quick.
However, as the victims won't give their names, the crimes aren't coming to light.
Information Requested about the Spider Society
Even their existence hasn't been proven to be more than a rumor.
What a bunch of lies!
You hear urban legends like this all the time.
Oh yeah, today's Wednesday.
Throw out trash to the incinerator Monday, Wednesday, Friday!
It's your turn, Himeko.
Go throw out the trash.
On Trash Duty
I d-don't want to!
Huh?
Hey, come on... We can only take out the trash every other...
I said no!
Fine, then.
Switch, I'll give you 100 yen if you...
Understood!
Sheesh, you're cheap. I was just kidding.
It's not like you to go against the rules.
Just go and do it, okay?
Absolutely no way!
But, why?
Because there's a... a...
There's a ghost!
A-A-A-A-A...
A ghost!
Oh hi, Yuuki-san.
What, you know her?
Accept it...
There are ghosts...
For real...
Switch-kun, today, yes today, I will have you realize it...
She's coming!
Please don't come in like that!
She is Yuuki Reiko-san, a member of the Occult Club.
#31 in class 2-A.
She has deep knowledge of all dubious subjects, such as ghosts, ESP, curses, and the like.
I once got into a scuffle with her over whether or not ghosts exist.
W-What were you thinking?
You never change, Switch-kun.
You still wander around, unable to break out of the bounds of "science".
Lord Satan must be laughing!
Scary!
I do not desire to resume our war of words here.
I'd rather not see you groveling before me, at a loss after your crushing defeat.
Silence, you!
Heaven will punish you!
I wanna go home...
Ēloïm, Ēloïm, Essaïm...
So, I came to talk about this incident today.
Huh? The Ghost of the Incinerator?
It is one of the seven mysteries of this academy.
There is a column in the Academy Times which introduces them one at a time.
Oh, there is?
But sheesh... Today, first it's those "spiders" and now it's another fishy story...
Ten years ago!
A male student, a nervous wreck from entrance exams...
Don't go using my voice to put in unneeded sound effects, Switch!
But somehow, he didn't die.
Almost by instinct, he lumbered, barely conscious, toward the incinerator.
But it was locked that day, and he couldn't open the gate...
He wasn't able to get inside, and when he was discovered the next morning...
I said, stop using me for your reenactment film!
Ever since then, at that very location...
There have been witnesses claiming they've seen a ghost hovering over the flower beds.
Exactly like this.
Ghost?
Let's have at 'im!
I'll give him a taste of my special knuckle p-punch!
...you say when you're shaking like a leaf!
Shut up!
Is this the reason you didn't want to go throw out the trash before?
Ooh, looky here! The almighty Onihime's actually got a cute side to her!
Oww!
It hurts! It really hurts! I mean, seriously, man, it hurts! Come on!
Bossun, you fool... You fool...
Foolishness!
There are no such things as ghosts in this world!
I only believe in reality which is backed up by hard data!
It's only a matter of time before that smirk is wiped off your face.
Why, you ask?
Because the one who took that picture...
...was none other than myself!
Yes... It was last Tuesday...
I was staked out nearby, after taking interest in the article in the Academy Times,
thinking I could perhaps take a picture of the ghost...
And then...
Wait, you were scared, too?
Then, as if in a daze...
I brought the camera to the Newspaper Club, and this is the result.
So? Now do you believe in the existence of ghosts?
This argument is truly pointless.
But, say I found a witness who contradicted you...
Sounds interesting.
But can you, I wonder?
Can you, Sket-dan?
I'm out! I want no part of this!
And you two, stop fighting!
Then I request this of the Sket-dan:
Investigate the Ghost of the Incinerator and explain the truth behind what I witnessed!
But, like I said...
We don't want to be a part of this.
We accept!
Hey!
Don't just decide things like that, you idiot!
I'm the leader, remember?
What's wrong with you? I'm gonna destroy that computer!
Don't worry, I'll do the investigation myself.
Information gathering is my specialty.
Fascinating!
Then, I will go get even more proof!
You're on!
I gladly accept!
Duel!
Wait, do they...
...actually get along really well?
"Come to this place after school tomorrow, alone."
"If you don't, we'll spread this picture around."
...so that's how it is?
And, why are we tailing him?
Our Nervous Hearts are One! Our Nervous Fight Will Save the World!
Every Sunday at 8:30 AM on TV Souchou! Everyone please watch!!
Don't you think this is gonna be interesting?
Aren't you curious about how he's gonna gather info?
If her skirt was like, 2 cm higher, I could almost see,
but after I got my camera ready, her manager jumped in front...
Spying on our friends is excitin', you know?
Not really.
Maybe another time.
Oh, sure I know Miss Yuuki Reiko.
She might be in a different field, but she and I are both hard-core.
I can feel a common bond between us.
Like we're both newtypes...
Personally, I'm quite convinced she's one of those archetypes
where, when you put some makeup on her natural face, she instantly changes completely!
Plus, someone like me who loves long black hair moe,
I really wish she'd cosplay as a goth loli.
Goth would suit her so well, wouldn't it push her even farther away from moe?
It'd totally be moe!
I can't believe there's anyone who wouldn't get excited by goth lolis!
G-Got loli?
He's got lollipops?
Anyway, getting back to the point...
Right, the Newspaper Club.
A girl named Shimada-san there is Miss Yuuki's friend.
2-F, Shimada Takako.
The hot-blooded reporter from the Newspaper Club who loves a scoop.
Yes, that's her.
Now that I think about it, she'd be perfect for a nurse outfit...
Got it. Thank you very much.
Some other time, then.
By the way, Mr. Usui...
Did you get that thing I asked for?
Of course. There is nothing I cannot find.
Limited Edition
Yes! This is it!
The limited edition figure of Futari wa Nervous's Marriage Blue
and Maternity Blue's Ultimate form!
Mr. Usui, you're awesome!
Bingo.
In exchange, I'm counting on you to help the next time I need information about the school.
Sure thing! I'll be glad to help. Nya!
Yes, yes...
He said "nya".
I heard it the first time...
Newspaper Club Let's Read!
That's right, I'm the one in charge of the "seven mysteries of the academy" column.
Well, it's not a big column, so honestly, there hasn't been much reaction to it.
But Reiko at least seems to have taken an interest.
Yuuki-san brought you that picture, yes?
Yeah...
I told Reiko to go around with a camera searching for mysteries, and if something happened, to bring it to me.
Once I took a look at the data, it was such a great shot!
Anyway, I hear quite a lot of talk about you going around, Usui-kun.
Like, how you're handsome and know everything, and are a really interesting person.
Thank you.
Can I interview you for the newspaper next time?
No, thank you!
Then, when can I?
120,000,000 years from now.
What's with that?
You'll likely give up after 8000 years.
Switch is actually pretty popular.
Just as reticent as ever, you are...
For some reason, I can't forgive him for that from deep within!
Now that I think about it, there are rumors Yoshi also saw a ghost.
By that you mean Shimizu Yoshie-san?
No. The one that's my classmate.
Yoshinari-kun?
I definitely saw it-nari.
That was without a doubt a spirit manifested in this world... In other words, a ghost-nari!
It was silently hovering above the flower beds with both feet off the ground-nari.
Then, suddenly, everything was covered in light from the sunset,
and I got out of there as fast as I could-nari!
That punch perm must be makin' Yoshi punch-drunk!
Seriously?
All of the guy's friends are complete weirdos...
When was this, exactly?
It was last week, on Wednesday evening-nari.
I remember it well. It was when I went to take out the trash for the Calligraphy Club-nari.
I see. Thank you very much.
Ooh, I got mail!
Why now, of all times?
Got time to kill?
I know you've been tailing me.
He's looking this way!
Damn it!
God damn him... He pisses me off.
So in the end, I only found two witnesses: Yuuki-san and Yoshinari-cchi.
When I consider the spread of the rumors, I think there might be others...
What's with you? Are you angry or something?
Enough!
Ghosts exist, I knew it!
Stop this stupid fighting and hurry up and exorcise it!
I'm gonna make you guys disappear from this world!
What did I do?!
Don't worry, it's just everyone being mistaken.
And Switch being popular is also everyone being mistaken!
Take a look at this picture!
How do you explain it?
How is it just floating there?!
If you can float, then float for me right now!
Sure I can float... My head's in the clouds during class all the time.
You can stay up there the rest of your life, damn you!
Just calm down, okay?
Leave the picture for now...
What is it, Bossun?
Hold it a sec...
They're on!
You okay?
Switch, look something up for me.
I know the identity of the ghost!
Next: Bosun's Hint!
The incinerator!
This is plagiarism!
Do you believe, or not?
Whoa! That's going too far!
The next day, Thursday
What are you doing here?
What, you ask?
I thought the ghost might appear again if I waited here.
I see. Then, why don't we wait together?
We'll wait for the ghost that will soon appear.
I see...
So, about when did you see the ghost, Yoshi?
It appeared!
The ghost appeared in front of the incinerator!
What? It did?!
Narinari?!
I-I-It's here! It's actually here!
T-Take a look, Switch-kun!
A ghost?
Over there...
It's floating!
But that can't be!
That can't be, you say?
You mean you didn't believe the article you wrote?
It spoke...
The true identity of the ghost is you...
Shimada Takako!
Takako? What's going on?
Weren't you just floating in the air?
It's a trick.
Although it takes a little setup, it's an illusion anyone can do.
You cut a slit through one of your pant legs, so that you can stick your leg out.
Side!
Rear!
Then it looks like you're floating from the back.
FYI, Switch made these last night!
Wow, that's impressive!
H-Hey, wait a second!
I had no idea! I mean, who could tell a trick like that...
It's not just the trick!
I noticed there was something wrong with the picture!
See? The gate is open in the picture that was in the newspaper.
But that lock is only open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Which means this isn't the picture that Yuuki-san took on Tuesday!
Plus...
That's the camera from before...
Right. You borrowed it from the Newspaper Club, right?
I asked them a favor and they let me take it.
Your pictures were all blurry and couldn't be used.
You were taking them while extremely frightened, after all.
That's why you retook them the next day using the self-timer, Shimada!
The ghost that Yoshi saw was Shimada that day.
The light was the flash, I bet.
Takako... It was you?
I always wanted to write a front-page scoop...
My articles were always pushed into the corner, and no one ever talked about them...
But Reiko... She really got into my seven mysteries column.
Plus, she loves the occult, so I couldn't help but give it a shot...
G-Ghost?!
Yeah! I hear there are people that actually witnessed it!
Right about five in the evening...
Camera... Where's a camera?!
I didn't plan on deceiving her at first.
But when I saw her like that, I just got pulled more and more along...
Since you couldn't use the pictures that Yuuki-san took, you retook them yourself.
I'm sorry, Reiko.
I'm really, really...
I will never forgive!!
There she goes!
...is what I want to say, but...
Fine. Let's let bygones by bygones.
Reiko, thank you!
Oh hey, Reiko-san's a nice person! She's not scary at all!
If it were me I'd beat the living crap out of her!
You're way too scary!
Next time, I'll find a scoop all by myself, really!
Well, I also have times where I let my passion make me take things too far.
Switch-kun...
I'll accept defeat, this time.
I have been defeated by your information gathering skills, and the Sket-dan's teamwork.
But one day I will make you accept it!
I'll pull you in!
Drag you into the world of the occult!
Fine by me.
Then I will simply keep gathering information that contradicts you!
I think they get along.
Let's leave 'em alone.
Welcome to the Spider Society.
Kaimei Academy second-year, class D...
Dejima Kiku-chan, was it?
A newcomer of ours...
Hashiba.
...has told us all about you.
You are a butterfly caught in our web.
If you resist, we'll spread this around.
Which is better? Supplying us with a little pocket money,
or having your school life turn into a living hell?
I'm sure you know the answer...
Say something, hey!
So scared she can't speak, is it?
What's this?
Why, you...
W-Who are you?
I am the Vice President of Kaimei Academy's Student Council, second-year Tsubaki Sasuke!
You have attempted a serious crime against our students.
I'll catch the lot of you here, all at once!
What proof do you have?
If you resist, we'll spread this around.
Which is better? Supplying us with a little pocket money...
Hand it over!
Don't you care what happens to this girl?
My eyes!
Don't underestimate us!
Y-You!
Here, you can have these back, Daisy-chan.
The frames are still warm.
W... W... Wha...
Well then, shall we...
...introduce ourselves again?
Student Council, General Affairs, third-year, Shiba Michiru!
The council's secretary, second-year, Asahina Kikuno.
So you know, her nickname is Daisy.
You needn't say things which are unnecessary.
Then, that picture was...
We just pretended to shoplift.
Thanks for completely falling for it.
You bastard!
D.O.S.
Drown. Out in a. Sewer.
Ooh, scary.
Good work, everyone.
I brought snacks!
There's more of 'em!
Student Council Treasurer, second-year, Unyuu Mimori.
And I'm just a rank-and-file...
Why are you lying?
President!
That's me. Agata Soujirou.
I think you people have gone a bit too far.
Give yourselves up without a fight.
We are the Kaimei Academy Student Council!
Student Council
And that ends that.
We'll leave the rest to the juvenile division of the boys in blue.
U-Um...
I'm from the Academy Times! Can I ask you some questions?
Carefully now, Bossun...
Carefully...
Be really, really careful...
Shut up, already!
Finished!
Awesome, Bossun!
You'll totally be in the Guinness Book of World Records!
I name it the Tower of Bossun!
Lame...
Hurry up, Momoka... Take a picture!
Yes, Ma'am!
Bossman, let her in the picture!
Bossman? But I made it!
Silence!
The Tower of Bossun!
It's fallen to pieces!
Who did it?! Who?!
The Student Council.
You are the Sket-dan, yes?
I am Tsubaki Sasuke, from the Student Council.
I'm the leader of the Sket-dan, Bossun!
Stop copying me!
And you stop copying me!
This isn't Sketch Dance!
Heh, heh, heh. You two seem pretty similar.
President, don't compare me to someone like him!
That's my line!
Well, in that case...
We'll battle it out!
Next time: Even Onihime Has Tears in Her Eyes.
Hey, don't go deciding that!
You want our special pose?
Here we go... We are the Student...
Don't copy us! DOS!
We're the academy support group!
Sket Dance!