Good morning.
You're up early.
Kaori?
How many eggs are you planning to fry?
#3 Friends of Friends.
Hase-kun, which fried eggs are your favorite?
You made all these for me?
I hope one of them is the kind you like...
I can't believe each one has a different flavor.
I'm happy enough just having someone make me lunch.
Thanks for the food.
So good!
Try this one next.
Okay.
This one's good, too!
It's a lot sweeter than normal, but good in its own way.
Now this one.
I know you want me to try them,
but do you think I could savor each one a bit more?
Oh... Sorry!
Oh, I really like this one.
Let's see.
That's the seventh one, so...
That one's two eggs and eighteen grams of sugar.
When I make eggs from now on, I'll use this recipe.
Anything you make is delicious.
Thanks.
You know...
I always wanted to eat lunch with friends,
talking about how good everything tastes.
Fujimiya-san...
For it to be food I made myself
is almost too much to ask for.
If you don't mind that it's me, you could...
Eh?
Sorry! I'm going to wash my face!
I thought I was going to go crazy...
Fujimiya-san's too nice.
I shouldn't be glad she doesn't have any other friends, but...
What are you doing?
Oh, Shogo...
I thought you were with Fujimiya.
Never mind... It's a long story.
Yeah, forget I asked. I don't wanna know.
Now, try solving this problem.
Fujimiya.
Okay.
Wow...
Correct.
She makes it look so easy.
I bet she's actually celebrating on the inside.
She'll hear you.
Who'll do the next one? Let's get a boy up here.
Do you not really like Fujimiya-san, either?
I wouldn't say that.
Who a person hangs out with is their choice.
And I couldn't care less about rumors.
Until I tried talking to them myself, I wouldn't know...
Shogo...
But she just doesn't smile enough.
You're one to talk.
Fujimiya-san, do you know Kiryu Shogo, from our class?
I've seen him around. Why?
He's my friend.
Why don't you try telling him about your situation?
But...
You can trust him, so it'll be okay!
He's not too nice, he's kind of cold, and he's quick to speak his mind...
But at his core, he's a nice guy... probably.
Are you sure it would be all right?
But where is this coming from?
I guess... I thought if more people understood your situation,
it might be better.
I'm sure you'd find more solutions that way.
Shogo would never tell anyone.
Despite what I said, I'm sure he'd help you.
I see.
In that case...
Yeah!
Want to eat lunch on the roof with us tomorrow?
Huh? Why?
Actually, there's something I wanted to talk to you about.
Can't you just tell me now?
This isn't really the place for it.
It's about Fujimiya, right?
Sounds annoying. I'll pass.
I knew you'd say that, but please! It's important!
I can only ask someone as twisted as you for help.
You think that's going to make me agree?
You say that, but I know you'll come in the end.
Fujimiya-san, I brought him.
Oh, um...
Hello.
Does she have a split personality?
You're the worst!
That's the first thing you say to someone?!
But she seems completely different than usual.
Fujimiya-san, are you okay?
Y-Yeah... I was just a little surprised.
You can say whatever you want to me,
but you should be nicer to girls.
Why?
Isn't Fujimiya used to having things said about her?
I-In any case, let's have lunch.
I'm hungry.
Fujimiya-san, just act like you normally would.
Don't talk for a while.
Yeah, yeah.
Hase-kun, are you sure this is okay?
Once we explain the situation, I think he'll understand...
But for now, just pretend he isn't here.
Doesn't that make my being here pointless?
I told you, shut up!
Thanks for always making lunch.
It must be a lot of work.
Not at all.
Ah, Hamburg steaks!
I woke up early, so I gave it a try.
The eggs have eighteen grams of sugar, just the way you like.
I'm so happy...
It's delicious!
I'm so glad.
What's with the fuzzy atmosphere?
Fuzzy?
It's, like, so relaxed and sickeningly sweet...
Watching it made me lose my appetite.
You're mean!
And a homemade lunch?
Are you guys dating?
Eh?
Fujimiya-san's my friend! She's only being nice!
Don't say weird things like that, idiot!
Moving on to the reason I brought you here...
You can't tell anyone else about this.
Sure.
There's a reason Fujimiya-san's always alone in class.
I guess you could say it's pretty unique.
Fujimiya-san's memories only last a week!
Huh?
I guess that's a normal reaction...
I see.
Sounds really complicated.
Not only do your memories reset each week, but it only applies to your friends.
Well, yeah.
How long has it been that way?
Since elementary school?
P-Probably.
Oh?
There are many causes of memory loss.
Your brain may have been physically damaged.
Or you could have had an experience so shocking, you wanted to forget.
I don't know the details,
and I can't tell you the reason or how to fix it.
But it's likely that something happened when you were young.
If you only lose your memories of your friends,
then maybe something happened with your friends.
Of course, that's assuming your memory loss is actually real.
Huh?
What do you mean?
Hase, do you really believe her?
Of course I do!
We've been together a whole month—
It's only one month.
You've never thought it might all be an act?
I wouldn't...
She puts on a front in class, right?
Then it'd be easy for her to pretend to have amnesia.
Well, I don't know what's true...
But first of all, you're too trusting.
Huh?
Maybe you're too nice or just stupid.
She may be keeping a diary,
but if you never read it, you don't know what she's writing.
Also, why is Hase doing all the talking?
Just leave.
See you later.
Sorry about that.
He went too far.
Let's eat.
Have you not made up with Kiryu-kun?
We haven't really made up... Why?
Why? You want to leave things this way?
Isn't he an important friend to you?
Yeah, but...
It's nothing you need to worry about.
You're just trying to protect me because you're nice...
It isn't like that.
But it's Friday!
If you don't make up today...
Fujimiya-san, you really don't need to worry about us, okay?
If you didn't turn in your assignment today, stay after school.
Huh?
No way!
You guys don't take me seriously, just because I'm your homeroom teacher.
If you have a cell phone, call home.
Tell them you can't go home until you're done.
No teacher still does this!
Come to the detention room.
Kiryu, once you've finished the class journal, leave it on my desk in the faculty office.
Okay.
Excuse me.
What?
Y-You and Hase-kun—
Kiryu, you have an older sister, right?
Hey...
Yeah, what of it?
What? A manga?
Yeah.
The new volume came out today.
That was today?
Yeah.
When you buy it, show me.
Sure.
I'm so hungry...
Was Fujimiya smiling today?
What?
You know, she's really good at math.
When Inoue said we had to stay after, I thought I saw her look down and smile...
Seems likely.
Anyway, hasn't Fujimiya seemed weird lately?
Weird?
She just seems a little different somehow...
Really? To me, she seems as expressionless as ever.
Come to think of it, I saw her a while ago...
She was reading some kind of notebook and grinning.
Ugh, what is that? Creepy!
What are you doing?
I forgot something...
Oh?
You surprised us...
Don't just barge in like that.
Why are you still here?
Hase's still with Inoue.
That's Fujimiya's desk.
What are you doing?
This thing?
Hey, I don't think you should do that.
Are you keeping an exchange diary with Fujimiya?
Good one!
Yeah, if I saw her smiling to herself while reading this, I might think it was creepy.
Right?
But there's something wrong with people
who talk trash and laugh behind another's back, too.
Hey, what does that mean?!
What was that? He's such a jerk!
It's important, isn't it?
If you don't tell people that yourself, they won't understand.
Later.
Let's go.
I don't want to go back to where I started.
I don't want to lose a friend I care about...
That's why this notebook is really important to me!
Fujimiya-san really is strange, isn't she?
Hey!
Hey.
Come to the roof today.
You'll see that Fujimiya-san isn't lying about her memory loss.
Wh-What?
That's a Monday face.
Huh?
Fujimiya-san, will you...
What's wrong?
You've got it right.
Hey! Where are you going?!
Fujimiya-san, are you okay?
When I reached the number eighteen, my heart started pounding...
I remembered making fried eggs!
You're Hase-kun, aren't you?
I read my diary.
At that time, I didn't feel anything.
But just now...
Yes!
That's amazing, Fujimiya-san! Your memories returned!
But I only remember making fried eggs—
That's still an amazing first step!
Fujimiya-san, you're going to be fine.
Someday, you won't lose your memories anymore.
This is great... It's really great.
S-Sorry...
Ah, I'm Hase Yuki.
Um, if you don't mind, would you be my friend?
Inoue's mad because you guys are taking so long.
Shogo, were you watching?
From the middle.
Then now you know that Fujimiya-san wasn't lying, right?
Yeah.
Fujimiya-san, did you write about him in your diary?
He's...
You're Kiryu-kun. I remember you.
Huh?! Why?
What about me? You don't remember me?
No...
Why?!
Does that mean you're more important to her?
Calm down.
Have you ever remembered a friend before?
I don't think so.
Then, who do you remember?
I only remember my family...
And people who aren't my friends.
In other words, you don't think of me as your friend.
Oh, so you aren't her friend!
Hello?
Do you guys realize we're in the middle of class?
At any rate, the secret between two became a secret between the three of us.
At first, I wasn't sure what would happen.
But they seem to be getting along okay.
I'm sure we'll continue to make progress.
At this time, that was really how I felt.
Fighting with Friends.