I'm thirsty...
Jeez, why do we have to help clean up here?
You are the "Happy Help Squad", aren't you?
Our club name isn't that positive!
Thank you for helping out! Onee-san bought drinks for everyone.
You're a lifesaver!
This is...
rice vinegar
soy sauce
sesame oil
Onee-san bought one for you, too! Here you go!
Uh... Oh. Thanks.
Onee-san, these are seasonings.
I suppose it is possible to drink them...
Huh? It looks like Onee-san messed up again...
Dibs on this cola!
Wait!
D-Did you just...
...drink that?
You drank it?!
Nothing's happening...
You're not shrinking...
Chuu-san, what is this?!
It's an experimental drug I'm working on...
Thankfully, he seems fine.
Thankfully, my ass!
It's dangerous leavin' stuff like that around!
Well, if you're going to be like that about it,
I could say that Bossun's in the wrong for just picking it up and drinking it.
You need to be more careful.
Wha...?! Look...
Don't go puttin' your weird drugs in a friggin' cola bottle!
Huh? Bossun's face...
There was an effect!
Episode 55: The Man Who Was Called Laughing on the Outside, but Origami on the Inside
His feelings and expressions are all mixed up?!
Yes. I won't know for sure without looking into it further...
...but at least we know that Bossun smiles when he gets angry now.
Understood?
Don't give me "understood"!
What are you gonna do about this face?!
Hurry up and bring me back to normal!
Alright, alright!
Did you just laugh?!
What are you laughin' at?! I'm dead serious!
I can't help it, this is too hilarious!
You don't look mad at all!
But Onee-san thinks you have a charming smile, Bossun!
Come on, smile some more!
I'm tellin' you, I'm pissed off!
Are you really angry?
It seems to me you should be a little more nervous...
I'm totally angry!
At the moment, Bossun, there is no drug to cure your symptoms.
I'm sorry, but I'll have to make one up.
Seriously?!
What kind of tension is that?!
Your face doesn't match your words at all! That's creepy!
Whose fault is that?! I was surprised just now!
His expressions really are all mixed up.
Anyway, that drug is still a work in progress, so there's a lot I don't know about its effects myself.
In order to make a drug that'll turn you back to normal,
Smiling Face
Angry Face
Indifferent Face
Surprised Face
I've first got to find out exactly which expressions are going with which emotions.
What a pain. Maybe we can just leave you like this...
No, we can't!
You shouldn't say things like that, Chuuma-sensei.
There's nothing else for it.
The three of us will help investigate the rules of his change in expressions.
Of course we will!
You heard them.
Got it, Bossun?
Yeah. I suppose there's no other choice!
Let's do it!
What's this?
Maybe a serious face...?
This is gonna be a pain in the ass...
Let's go over what we already know.
Angry
When Bossun is angry, he laughs.
Smiling
Surprised
When he's surprised, he looks bored.
Indifferent
Serious
And when he's being serious, he looks embarrassed.
Bashful
Poor guy...
If the opposite also holds true...
...we should be able to express it with a diagram like this.
Oh!
Switch, you're awesome!
What? What was that?!
What was what?!
I was just happy, is all.
That was happy?!
Normally, "happy" is associated with a smiling face...
Happy Feeling -> Angry Face
...so according to my hypothesis, he should've looked angry...
Hmm... I'm not sure that was an angry face...
Alright, Bossun, try and give us your best hearty laughter!
Like I can suddenly laugh like that!
He's laughing!
No, he doesn't mean to.
I told you, this is ticked off!
What a nuisance...
And it's starting to tick me off!
Laugh, Bossun, laugh!
Try thinking of something really funny!
That's easy for you to say, but I can't!
Himeko, people are actually more likely to laugh if you tell them not to laugh.
I see... I suppose you're right...
Okay. Bossun, I'm gonna do something hilarious, but hold in your laughter.
No matter what happens, you can't laugh! Clear?!
Crystal clear.
Onizuka...
and Usui's...
...short sketch!
"Love Letter".
U-Um, Usui-kun...
What is it, Onizuka-san?
P-Please take this letter!
For me?!
No, it's for Jackie Chan.
Oh, for Jackie Chan...
Hey, you trying to stick me with the postage for some fan letter?!
How was that?
He's crying?!
What are you cryin' for?!
Exactly what part of that sketch was a tearjerker?!
I'm not crying! I'm bored!
Were you touched by Onizuka-san's feelings?!
As if! I've never seen a sketch as boring as this!
It appears that he cries when he's bored...
He's crying up a storm...
How bored can you be?! Man, this pisses me off!
Okay, I got it.
I'm gonna make you laugh, no matter what it takes!
Short sketch!
"Tickling"!
Forget about the sketches!
Just cut to the chase and tickle me!
That's it, dumbo! I'm gonna tickle you, Switch!
Tickle-tickle-tickle!
Tickle-tickle-tickle-tickle...
Laugh
What kind of face is that, Switch?!
That's creepy! Stop lookin' like that!
If you're gonna laugh, do it right!
Hello...
Actually, I'm going to try an omiai again...
And you want our help, huh?
Yes, that's right-son.
Well, that last omiai didn't work out...
Himeko, do you have any good ideas?
Oh, I know! Switch, do you have any new inventions?
Hmm... There must be something...
Sensei, leave it to us!
This time for sure, the Sket-dan will help your omiai succeed!
What the hell kind of face is that?!
Face?
What am I supposed to do about it?! I wanna get back to normal more than anyone!
In the first place, I'm the victim here!
So that's what it is-son!
When you were talking to me seriously before,
you looked unforgettably bashful...
And when you got angry, you had the most beatific smile...
You're trying to tell me that it's always important to smile, right-son?
I understand! Actually, I've secretly been practicing my smile-son!
Omiai, here I come-son!
I don't know what just happened...
Me neither...
What? Are you surprised?
No, I'm at a loss.
It's hard to communicate when his emotions and expressions don't match.
That's why I've prepared these.
Um... Switch-san, what are they?
As you can see, they're signs with types of emotions written on them.
Since it's apparent my hypothesis didn't accurately predict your condition.
New Emotion-Expression Correlations
Crying At a Loss Surprised
Bored Laughing At a Loss
It seems your emotion-expression sets aren't simply reciprocal.
So let's go back to the drawing board and investigate the correlations one at a time.
Roger!
Bossun, as we're talking, raise the sign that matches your emotion.
Understood?
Laughing
Alright already! Enough with that!
Good, just like that.
What are we doing here?
Bossun, you're an idiot!
Angry
What's that?!
And so, we continued to investigate Bossun's expressions...
"Gon... You were the one who always came by?"
Gon didn't stir or open his eyes, but only nodded weakly.
Hyouju's matchlock slipped from his fingers and fell to the ground with a thud.
Gon, the Little Fox
Wisps of blue smoke still trailed from the barrel.
The end.
Crying
Look, he's crying!
He's got a cool expression, but he's crying!
I believe this is his serious face.
Crying
Okay, another one down.
Serious
Now if we can nail this last one...
Here we go!
Serious
Yo, Bossun, you handsome devil!
Always lookin' good!
Surprised
No one could rock that red hat like you do!
You should hear what the girls say about you.
"Bossun's a cutie!"
A leader you can count on!
Our hot leader!
Our wavy-haired prince!
S-Stop!
Embarrassed
Alright, he's embarrassed!
I was right. He looks angry when he feels embarrassed.
I mean, I know how you guys feel,
Now we've got all of them charted.
but you really don't need to lay it on that thick.
Shut up!
Compliment me a little more!
You've had enough!
Let's report our findings to Chuu-san.
Ah-hah... So it's like one big loop.
Yeah, looks like...
Alright, I just have to mix this...
Yep!
Okay, Onee-san will lend a hand, too...
W-What the...?!
S-Sorry. Onee-san is fine.
Right... Be careful.
Ah, well...
Yes!
Crying
I'll finally get back to normal!
Thanks, everyone.
Although it's funny having you like this...
Well, drink up, Bossun.
I don't think it'll explode.
At a Loss
I think he's got his doubts...
I don't blame him.
Don't worry! He worked really hard to make this for you, Bossun.
Have faith in Chuuma-sensei!
Serious
Yeah, you're right. No point in hesitating now!
Here I go!
Chug it!
Bossun!
D-Did it work?
Let's test it out.
Hey, Bossun! All the girls are sayin' that hat is lame!
Leader with a short fuse!
Ugly-ass chief!
Messy-haired Prince!
That's enough!
Angry
He's cured!
Yes! He's back to normal!
Bossun! Thank God!
Hey! Hey!
Thanks!
I couldn't have done it without you guys!
Huh?
Thank goodness there was a way...
Huh?
Now it appears that his expression has frozen in place...
He hasn't noticed it yet.
Y'know, for a while there, I didn't know what would happen to me.
I'm just glad to be back!
He's got the worst luck...
O-Onee-san thinks Bossun's angry expression is charming, too...
Finished!
What's that?!
A monster from some video game?!
That's no monster!
It's a crane.
A crane... Man, you really suck at this...
Come to think of it, why do we always fold origami when we have free time?
Look... To make a crane...
You like doing it, too!
You line up the corners and sides just right...
Make sure you get a nice crease.
Rub your nails down the fold.
You should make folds in both the front and back.
Be calm and thorough as you correctly move through all of the steps...
And there's your crane.
That's really good!
This guy really knows his origami!
Of course! When I get serious about something, this is the result!
That's Bossun all over.
Hold on, then! Hold on!
Bossun, next fold a rabbit for me!
A rabbit?
Why are you so excited about it?
I just have to follow this book's instructions?
Hello? Oh, Mom...
You're gonna be home late tonight?
Okay, got it. Sure.
Yeah, Rumi and I will scrounge around for something to eat.
Yeah. Okay. Okay. Sure. Bye.
Here. Rabbit.
Are you a genius?!
Hah?
"Hah?" No, that's just freaky!
How could you casually fold it with one hand, like it's nothing?!
Even being skilled should have its limits!
Oh yeah?
"Oh yeah?" No, that's not normal!
Look at the one Switch folded!
This is what anyone would expect!
What the hell is yours?!
It's too neat!
He folded his the same way, but the quality is totally different!
I'd kill for this rabbit!
Let me have it!
Sure, go ahead.
I'm not gonna lose! I'm not losin' to you like this!
Let's fold! Let's all fold!
Let's fold! Let's fold!
What is this, kindergarten?
Let's decide on the theme.
I'm thinking "monkey" would be a good choice. How about it?
Um... Fine, whatever.
Okay. Monkey it is.
This'll be a free-folding competition.
'Cause if you look at instructions in a book, it doesn't show how good you really are at folding.
You with me?
Yeah. That's fine.
That's a good idea!
And when all three of us are done, we'll each show ours off and vote to decide the best!
Alright, enough with the rules already...
Okay! Then let the origami contest begin!
I'm all fired up!
So everyone is done, right? Then I'll go first.
For all 17 years of my life, I've been clumsy.
That's what I've been called for as long as I can remember.
But I've proved something to myself today.
I have good taste!
Entry number one!
Created by the "Folding Princess", Onizuka Hime!
Monkey!
Gross!
Parent and child!
Two of them?! There are two here?!
Where's the little one?!
Here.
I can't see it! I can't see any of it!
Where are the ears?
Here.
It certainly is a remarkable piece of work.
I-I can't understand it...
Okay, Switch, you're up next.
Leave it to me.
To be honest, I'm pretty confident about this.
It's adorable!
What is this?! I bet we've got our winner!
You flatter me...
I love it!
Wait a second!
This is just a face! And you drew on it with a pen.
Naturally!
How could anyone use origami to make the whole thing, like the body or the eyes?!
Don't overestimate origami!
I put everything I had into it.
Not even Bossun will be able to win so easily now!
I've got great expectations for Bossun's work.
Well, there's a huge hurdle in front of him.
I wonder what he's got for us...
This...
What?! Are you serious?!
It's a monkey! There's a real monkey in the house!
It's a monkey! A genuine monkey!
What the hell?! How did you fold this?!
Y'know, I don't really remember...
First, I pictured how a monkey looks...
And as I was doing it, stuff just came to me, like, "If I folded it here, it'll be three-dimensional"...
You're a genius!
And it looks like it's eating something...
Yeah. While I was working on it,
I got the idea of making it a monkey eating some kind of fruit from a tree, so I put that in.
You're a genius origamist!
So Nakatani-san from Class A is raising a hamster...
Huh...
Hamsters are really cute when they're eating.
I know, right? When they stuff those cheeks full of food...
That reminds me! I'd better feed Hoosuke.
Hey, Hoosuke...
There are two Hoosukes?!
Saaya, that one's origami!
Origami that Bossun folded.
Say, why don't you show Saaya some of your origami magic, Bossun?
Well, if you insist. I'll show you how it's done.
You too, Saya...
O-Okay...
You do it like this, see?
Then like this...
Then this...
How?!
What happened?!
I just folded it normally...
Th-There's nothing amazing about that!
Just the opposite. It's so amazing, it's scary!
Alright!
Let's tell everyone about Bossun's origami!
And through Himeko's publicity efforts,
the rumors steadily spread across the school...
Huh! Bossun really is good with his hands...
I know, right?!
Well, these were really easy to do...
You've folded a lot more than these, right?
I'd love to see more, wouldn't you?
Yeah. And I think the Manly Kindergarten kids
would get a kick out of seeing them, too.
Do you take requests?
There isn't anything that Bossun can't fold into existence!
Oh, no! I would be too bashful to be your model!
Well...
Bossun's origami ability bloomed...
Hey! How did you do that?!
That's wonderful!
He made one original creation after another!
Mr. Usui, this is even better than I dared hope for...
This part, too, it's like they say,
"Taking the smallest pains gives you the biggest results."
It's like I can see all the effort that was put into it.
As long as you're happy with it.
Wow. He's made a lot more...
He's creating at an amazing pace.
A cat! How cute!
And the quality of this praying mantis is first-rate!
That's... Yabasawa-san!
Hello.
That last omiai didn't go well, either...
I've completely lost my self-confidence...
You can't let it get you down, Sensei.
It's game over only if you give up.
But I've failed a number of omiai now.
I have a feeling the cycle will repeat itself over and over...
J-son-sensei...
Y-Yes?
Listen. In origami, by laying down the pre-creases,
the final forming will go smoothly, and turn out beautiful.
You make a fold, then unfold it back the way it was,
adding in another crease.
Perhaps it feels like you're repeating the same thing over and over,
and not getting anywhere...
But I'm sure that experience, those pre-creases...
...will form into a beautiful piece of origami that only you can create, J-son-sensei.
Y-You're right! There's no sense in brooding about it-son!
Th-Thank you-son!
Then...
Take this...
What a wonderful story...
What, now he's spiritually enlightened?!
Anyway, there really isn't anything that Bossun can't make.
You're incredible, Bossun.
I bet you could go on TV with this!
TV?
I'm not interested in stuff like that.
I just follow my fingers' commands
and bring to light the form that's already there.
That's too bad. Right when I have some interesting information...
What is it?
There's going to be a major origami contest soon.
Hey, that's great!
Origami Contest
Now Accepting Entries
Flat-Surface Division Original Works Division
You've gotta enter!
I'm not interested.
There's a cash prize.
In the amount of... one million yen.
Not interested...
Your fingers are honest, anyway...
Aim for the win!
You're really goin' at it, huh, Bossun?
What's your entry gonna be?
No, that's not it!
There's no way I'll be able to win with trash like this!
Right now, I couldn't fold my way out of a paper bag!
That's an interesting way to put it...
The deadline is 5pm today.
You're not done yet?
No, not yet!
I haven't reached a level of quality that I'm satisfied with!
If I could just hit upon a new origami technique...
Get down here, God of Origami!
Talking like that doesn't do you any good!
You're working yourself too hard.
Your cellphone's lost its charge, so we can't even get through to you...
I don't have time to worry about that crap!
Right now, origami is all I can think about!
Whoa. Have you always been like this?
This is funny in its own way, but...
Sorry, but would you two go on ahead and wait for me at the contest hall?
I'll join you as soon as I finish this piece.
Bossun...
Understood.
Switch, tell me how to get there and I'll jot it down.
Get off at Kobukuro Station,
then go south down park street, turn south by the post office,
turn left at the third light, and the hall is right there.
It takes about 40 minutes from here.
Okay, gotcha.
Well, we'll be waiting for you there. Good luck!
Gotta calm down and focus...
I'm running out of time, so this is my last chance.
Here we go...
They're on!
Bossun's power of concentration and sensibility
will have to be summoned faster and pushed higher than ever before.
And when they at last go beyond their limits...
...Bossun's hands will begin to shine like a shooting star...
...and he'll breathe life into a single sheet of paper.
I did it... and it's magnificent!
In that moment, the God of Origami descended upon Bossun.
"Pegasus Galloping Through the Heavens" is complete!
Victory is in the bag!
There's no time!
Um, the hall is... Where's the map?
Huh? Where'd the map go?!
C-Calm down!
I know I wrote it down earlier...
That paper is...
Origami Contest Entry Reception
Bossun sure is late...