Godai as a teacher--
I can't imagine it.
Teaching at an all-girls school? I'd love to do it myself.
Don't get involved with your students.
Are you really qualified?
It's none of your business!!
Leave me alone!
C'mon, teacher. Loosen up.
That's right. They'll hate a crabby teacher like you.
Cut it out!!
M-Manager.
Have we done something wrong?
Godai starts student teaching tomorrow!
That's why we're here to cheer him on.
Here. Have a drink.
It looks to me like you're just bothering him.
Isn't he teaching at your alma mater?
Uh-huh.
Where your husband was?
Right.
W-What?
That's right.
They turned you down as a student teacher at the rural school?
Well, I sent in my application too late.
All right. I'll put in a good word for you.
R-Really?
Leave it to me.
That's how I got Soichiro into teaching.
Mr. Otonashi is a trustee at an all-girls school.
The very school...
where the manager and her husband had met.
That's where I'll be student teaching.
I'm off!
Bye!
I hope he'll be all right.
He didn't sleep at all, did he?
He'll be fine. He's still young.
But it takes quite a bit of stamina to keep high-school girls in line.
SOICHIRO OTONASHI
Uh... I will be your Earth Science teacher.
My name is Mr. Otonashi.
He seems like a quiet guy. I wonder if he'll be okay?
Mr. Otonashi, do you have a girlfriend?
N-No...Women...don't seem...to be
attracted to me.
--What an answer. --You're so mean to ask.
So--
Shall we...start the class?
Oh, boy.
Hey! Be quiet, everyone!
Thank you...very much.
Sure. It's my job as the class president.
I see.
Mr. Otonashi, our class is always like this.
I think you better speak more loudly.
I'll keep that in mind.
He didn't seem like a teacher...
My Soichiro.
I'm here to introduce Mr. Godai, a student teacher.
Quiet down, ladies.
Please, Mr. Godai.
Y-Yes.
U-Uh...
M-My name is Yusaku Godai.
F-For the n-next two weeks--
Hey! Be quiet, everyone!
Th-Thank you.
Sure. It's my job as the class president.
I see. Class president. She's pretty cute.
S-So, I'll be conducting your literature class.
Question!
Mr. Godai, do you have a girlfriend?
Quiet! Let him answer.
So? Do you, Mr. Godai?
U-Uh...Well...
Let's see... A girlfriend...
How can I put it... Well...
Don't have to take it so seriously.
You should have more confidence.
I'm sorry. I was overwhelmed.
Male teachers are a novelty here, so the girls get excited.
He seems so naive.
There's something charming about his scrawniness.
He's got sort of a melancholy look.
Melancholy? That's not it.
He's just gloomy, that's all.
These girls are crazy.
Is this normal at an all-girls school?
Because there're few men?
Is that why the manager--
Mr. Otonashi.
I wonder what Soichiro...
...her husband, was like?
The yearbook!
Manager!
Her photos are everywhere. She must have been popular.
Oops!. I came to see a photo of her husband.
We got another lame-o.
Our school must be a magnet for loser male teachers.
Why can't we get someone cool for once?
Yagami, would you please go get the slides for the next class?
All right.
Otonashi...Otonashi.
There's quite a few teachers.
Oh no...!
SOICHIRO OTONASHI
Why couldn't he just ask the slide monitor?
Oh?
Mr. Godai?
What's he doing in a dark place like this?
I'm such a fool...
dwelling on someone who's been dead.
W-What did he mean by that?
Who died?
Uh-oh. I'm getting sleepy.
You're--
I'm Yagami.
Tears?!
Oh!. I was just yawning.
I was up all night last night.
Were you watching all this time?
No.
Please...
Yes?
Don't tell anyone you saw me here.
Sure. It'll be our secret.
Looking through a yearbook, tear-eyed?
His girlfriend must have passed away.
She must have gone to this school.
No wonder he's a melancholy man.
Are you serious, Yagami?
I thought you had no interest.
You said he's just gloomy.
I've changed my mind.
You did, huh?
It only took you half a day.
Bye!
Well then, good luck to you.
Thanks!
See ya!
Mr. Godai!
Bye! Cheer up!
W-What was that?
Boy, that hurt.
I guess high-school pranks haven't changed much.
Kyoko! There goes Mr. Otonashi.
C'mon! Hurry! He's leaving!
--Kyoko, you chicken! --Scaredy cat!
How childish I was then, trying to express my feelings like that.
But...
I wonder what kind of girl did this?
[''Kokoro'' by Soseki Natsume] After that day, I began to visit Sensei at regular intervals.
I found him always at home.
And the more I visited Sensei...
the more eager I became to see him again.
Okay. Good.
Takada, please read from there.
Yes.
Despite this, however...
there was no great change in Sensei's manner towards me.
W-What? She keeps staring at me!
W-What?
Hey! Are you really serious?
I didn't know you like the "loser" type.
He's not a loser.
He's coping with a tragic past.
Huh?
What tragic past?
Oh, nothing.
Well, if you're serious, Yagami,
you better do something while he's here as a student teacher.
I know.
I want make him happy over time.
Mr. Godai!
Going home already?
Y-Yes. You, too?
Great. We'll walk with you halfway.
Huh?
Welcome back.
H-Hi.
No way! Isn't this a boarding house?!
I can't believe it!
There still ARE boarding houses.
Are they students from your class?
Y-Yes.
Hello!
You've made quite a few friends.
N-No. They just followed me here.
Hey! Who's that?
She's beautiful.
She must be a tenant here.
Why don't you have them come inside?
May I?
That's up to you! It's your room.
I-I guess so.
Why is Mr. Godai acting nervous like that?
Would you like to come inside for a little while?
Really? Can we?
Well, then.
Thank you!
Why is Godai acting nervous like that?
It's a mess, but make yourselves at home.
A mess? There's nothing here.
I-I guess.
This room has absolutely no personality.
High...school...girls...?
Snake man!!
Mr. Godai, who's this?!
Don't make eye contact!!
Yotsuya! You know--
Godai, are you kicking me out?
I only came to say hello.
Thank you for looking after Godai.
N-No problem.
I'm like an older brother to him.
Really?
He couldn't do anything without me.
Don't be ridiculous!
--Yes? --I brought some juice.
So you're Godai's students?
Bringing girls home on your first day? Way to go, teacher.
Akemi!
My gosh. That's totally see-through.
How slutty.
Is Mr. Godai all right here?
Huh?
Here you go.
You shouldn't have, Manager.
So she's the manager.
Why's he so nice to her?
By the way, Godai...
I think I got that red heart out of your dress shirt.
Thank you so much.
Wow! The manager does the tenants' laundry here?
No. Godai gets special treatment.
She's unfairly nice to Godai.
That's not true.
Do you manage this place alone?
You have a husband, don't you?
She's a widow!
A widow?
If she's a widow she's available, right?
It's suspicious.
I agree.
A widow and her tenant. How cliché.
And she does his laundry? That's not normal.
They're an item.
I'm sure.
What're you gonna do, Yagami?
Are you going to give up?
Why should I?
You're just assuming that they're an item.
But...
What matters is how Mr. Godai feels.
Besides, she's a widow!
Of course a high-school girl is way better than a widow!
Why?
Who says?
I don't know!
How dare she, anyway?! I put that heart there!
Please! If it works out I'll treat you to anything!!
I want you to capture the perfect moment!
Mr. Godai.
Yes?
Um... I have to talk to you.
W-What is it?
Thanks for having us yesterday.
No problem. I didn't have much to offer.
I have strange neighbors.
Mr. Godai!
Are you mad that we went to your place?
N-No. It was fun.
Really?
Yeah.
Yay! I'm so glad!
--Did you get it? --Got it!
Not bad for a Polaroid.
Right?
What're you gonna do with it?
I have a plan.
Express Delivery!
Yes! Thank you.
For me?
What could it be?
I get it.
A proclamation of war.
As it says here,
the author lived an idealistic individualistic life
and later in life, he wrote about the human egoism.
And in the last years of his life, he changed his views.
He abandoned all his ego and tried to view the world--
What are you doing, Yagami?!
We'll both be in trouble if someone sees us like this!
Am I that unattractive?
Next: "Barefaced Attack! Operation Seduction"
High-school girls today are pretty bold!