Red Data Book A book on endangered wild animals. It was first published in 1966 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Species considered under greatest threat have been printed in the Red List.
Kimi no koe ga I'll head toward the light
What is a Red Data Girl (RDG)? A girl in danger of extinction. The term comes from a book on endangered wild animals called the Red Data Book (RDB). The RDG is an entity with such rare and unique powers that everyone wants her for themselves.
Yobi au sono hikari e That responds to the call of your voice
Usuginu koshi ni ima sekai wo mitsumete iru I'm currently looking at the world through a thin veil of silk
Tobenai kago no naka hane wo chijimete I fold my wings in a cage with no room to fly
Kaze wataru mori e to saki tsugu hana-tachi no If I gently shake my wings in mimicry of the breath
Kokyuu wo mane shite hane wo sotto yuraseba That the wind passing through the forest inherited from the flowers,
Hora, kimi no koe ga See? Your voice
Kataku tojita mama uzukumaru kono ashimoto wo terasu yo Lightens the ground that I have been crouching over like a statue
Kizamareta mirai ga tooku mienai basho de mo Even if my preordained future is somewhere far beyond where I can see,
Osore wo nugi sutete kimi no moto e I'll shed my fears and race to you
Fure awanakute mo tsutawaru tashika na omoi ga We don't have to touch to share these solid feelings
Nan do de mo mukau tsuyosa ni naru They will continue to give us strength
Kawatte iku tame ni The strength to change
- Isn't the food good? - Yeah!
And here I told him to be here by fifteen till.
- Let's eat without him. - What?
Isn't this cafeteria reserved for the high school students?
Are you sure we can eat in here when we haven't entered high school yet?
I've eaten in this cafeteria a fair bit since middle school.
I'd drop in on the Japanese History Society, which is a high school club.
Sometimes we'd eat in here together.
That's amazing!
Sorry!
I was running late!
You're late, Manatsu!
We haven't even had the entrance ceremony yet,
and you're already sneaking into the stables, aren't you?
Bingo!
Did you shower before coming?
I refuse to introduce someone who is covered in grime!
The shower is what made me run late!
Dang, I'm starving!
Izumiko-chan, I'm sorry! Could you let him eat first?
Otherwise, this lug here won't be able to hold a decent conversation!
Manatsu-kun didn't attend the middle school here, right?
Yep. He's moving down from Nagano to serve as my partner.
Your partner?
With me here, he was exempted from the entrance exam.
He said he wanted to tend to the horses, so he stayed in the country throughout middle school.
And the second he got here, he joined the Equestrian Club instead of focusing on his studies.
I fear for the future...
What the heck?! That's all yours?
'Cause I'm physically active.
It's not fair how you can eat all of that and not get fat!
Then pick up horseback riding. The fat'll melt off.
I'm afraid I'll have to pass.
It'd just make me feel lame if I tried to compete with you in your specialty.
You're mighty quiet, uh, Suzuhara-san, right?
And whose fault would that be?!
Let me introduce myself!
I'm Manatsu Souda. My teacher for archery on horseback is in Kanagawa,
so I decided to move here!
I love horses!
I hate studying...
I-I'm Izumiko Suzuhara! Umm... I don't have any special talents.
Really? I would have thought otherwise.
No, I'm just bad at a whole bunch of stuff...
Suzuhara-san, you're great! You're so nice and round.
That's sexual harassment!
Yeah, yeah. May I get seconds?
Do whatever you want.
Isn't he incorrigible, Izumiko-chan? That's how he always acts.
At first I thought you didn't really resemble each other,
but I can see how you're twins when I look at your facial features.
Nope, we aren't twins.
Huh?
Manatsu and I are triplets.
My other brother died when we were little, so now it's just the two of us.
I think I'm going to get along great with both of them.
Mayura-san is a wonderful person!
Yeah, I've never seen Souda act indecisive.
Miyuki-kun, you know Mayura-san?
Don't call me "Miyuki" here!
It grates on my nerves after having my stupid father call me that.
I'm sorry, Mi... Sagara-kun...
So, ummm...
Of course I know her.
She's the first girl to have ever gotten better grades than me.
You might want to have her check over your homework.
If she's a better student than you, is Souda-san the top of the class?
He's the top.
Am I interrupting something?
I thought I'd run over since I didn't recognize you.
Going by how you're with Sagara, does that mean you're from the same town or related?
Our parents know each other. She's Izumiko Suzuhara.
And this is Takayanagi, a fellow first year.
Your hair is certainly long, isn't it?
Well, take care in the new trimester.
- That guy... - "He resembles Wamiya," right?
But he's a human made of flesh and blood.
I never have any luck with guys who look like that.
You decided to wear your hair down?
I'm changing my look as of today! Think it's weird?
No, not at all! You look like a proper lady.
But you can't change your personality as easily as your hair.
Maybe I should stop wearing my glasses.
Switching over to contacts?
It's not as though I'm blind without them.
I just wore them since they were a gift from my mother.
So you've been wearing non-prescription lenses?
No, I have astigmatism and I'm slightly farsighted.
That right? To be honest, I just love how you look when you're asleep.
I think you might look even cuter this way!
We're both making high school a turning point in our lives, huh?
Well, let's go!
Oh, okay.
It looks like we won't be together...
I'm in Class A, huh?
But, Izumiko-chan, you'll be with Manatsu! He's in Class C!
Did they... separate us by academic aptitude?
Even though we're in different classes,
Houjou is pretty flexible about letting students intermingle.
There are a ton of electives we can take together. Let's try to work something out later.
Okay.
Yo! I hear you're in Class A.
You must be thrilled!
If we were in the same class, the real you'd slip out!
Gee, thanks a lot!
Izumiko-chan, could you see to it that Manatsu doesn't stand out too much in class?
Uh, sure...
Suzuhara-san, did you quit wearing glasses? You look really cute!
I changed my hairstyle!
So you did! I never noticed.
But it didn't change who you are on the inside, right?
Hey, what's that supposed to mean?!
Filling in for the Student Body President,
Ichijou Takayanagi of Class 1-A will present a welcoming speech on behalf of the first years.
That's him! He was the top student for all three years in middle school!
Supposedly he's a rich kid from Kyoto.
I heard that he's going to run for Student Council.
On this serene spring day,
all 103 of us have entered Houjou Academy with dreams and hope filling our hearts.
This is a vast campus, surrounded by Hachioji's rich environment.
- With a solid curriculum, we will... - No way!
I thought I was over this.
Why am I getting so upset over being in different classes?
I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid!
This is it... Class C!
The exchange students sure stand out, huh?
They said that they're from England and Korea.
This school has a bunch of foreigners, doesn't it?
I'm so glad Manatsu-kun is in my class.
Suzuhara-san?
Are you getting sick?
Th-The guy in the back near the hall...
Ummm... That's Ricardo. He's an exchange student from Brazil.
An exchange student?
Did he do something?
No, it's nothing.
These will protect you.
Your eyes are like mine; they see too well.
Is that why?
You know, horses are big cowards.
Even though they're stinking huge, they spook over every little shadow or sound.
Suzuhara-san, I think you sort of act like them.
I can't tell anyone. Not that I'm afraid of a foreign student.
I have to overcome that preju...
There's one here, too!
I have to actually look at him!
S-Sorry! Did I startle you?
Uh, no. You're fine.
Hey, Suzuhara-san, have you heard of Modoribashi?
As in the Modoribashi in Kyoto?
No, the website.
Just about everyone in Class C knows about it.
Not me. I don't really use the internet.
We get to be missionaries!
What type of site is it?
It's like a fortune-telling site... or maybe an advice site.
At any rate, as you go through the site, you get inspiring messages.
Those messages rock! I just know you're gonna get hooked!
Supposedly Ichijou Takayanagi from Class A made the site.
What?
You can't get in without a password.
Want it?
I'm just scaring myself.
That person...
...isn't human!
Could you come to the Media Room after school today?
Could you come?
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Could you come?
Fine! I'll go, so get away from me!
Sagara-kun!
Izumiko-chan?
This an emergency?
Follow me.
A foreign exchange student, huh?
I'll admit I'm not accustomed to seeing foreigners,
but it's not like I'm responding this way to all of them.
Don't you freak out over any guy, even if they're fellow Japanese?
Are you sure you don't know why he'd want to see you after school?
Did you do or say anything suggestive?
You don't believe me, do you?
You're trying to say this is all a misunderstanding, aren't you?
That's not true.
I saw Wamiya last year, so I'm not going to refute your opinion from the start.
He said to meet him in the Media Room, right?
There is no way I can go.
I'll figure something out.
Could you figure out a way that doesn't include my going?
It isn't wise to break a promise with people like this.
But there are ways to handle the situation if you're certain he isn't human.
By the way, did you quit wearing glasses?
Uh, yeah...
"Media Room"
Thank you for coming.
Why? He looks normal now.
I'd like to ask a question.
Are you human?
Kyuukyuu nyoritsuryou. Akki, taisan!
Wh-What was that about?
It didn't work? Then you must truly be human.
Your awkwardly long hair and forgettable nature made me think otherwise.
Not that it matters.
You are going to tell me how you saw through Ricardo's disguise.
I'd say this looks like bullying.
Should someone running for Student Council be bullying others?
Did Ricardo and I actually do anything?
Aren't you the one who would get in trouble, bringing something like that here?!
I don't have a single arrow on me.
Then what are you going to do with that?
Noumaku saraba tatagyateibyaku.
Saraba bokkeibyaku.
Saraba taratasenda makaroshada ken gyakigyaki.
Saraba biginnan untarata kanman!
Wh-What was he?
Was it okay for us to get rid of him?
I let him get dispelled. I'll handle this better next time.
You gave yourselves away by letting me learn that the girl is human.
You're an ascetic and she's a medium, right? How vulgar!
What of it?
You can only use living people to do your bidding, making you a waste of my time.
Skill-wise, I'm in a whole different class.
Suzuhara, there is something on your back.
What is that?
A spirit talisman, I think...
It's obviously a spell talisman.
You should be able to figure at least that much out!
Souda?
How long have you been here?
I had planned on intervening if things started to turn nasty.
But I didn't want Takayanagi to see me here if I could help it.
You're amazing, Izumiko-chan!
I'm sure you're the first person to ever recognize his shikigami for what it was!
Thanks to you, I now know that Ichijou Takayanagi is a Shikigami User.
What is a Shikigami User?
It means he's an Onmyouji.
Souda, are you an Onmyouji yourself?
Not me!
Then why do you know so much about them?
It isn't normal for people to watch something like this while in hiding!
Sagara, you still don't get what this school is about, do you?
No one in the whole school would ask a question like that to another's face,
although they might fish around behind your back.
I thought something about this academy seemed shady...
I'll answer your question since I don't dislike you.
My expertise is in a field none too different from yours as a Mountain Monk.
Unlike Takayanagi, I can't control shiki. But I don't want to, either.
I'm sure it'd warp my mind.
I get the feeling it's already warped.
But what was he trying to do?
You can pretend I'm thinking out loud,
but Takayanagi seems to put a great deal of weight in being the top of the class.
And it irks me to no end that he's standing above me.
He pisses me off as well.
Then we've reached an agreement, huh?
Oh, one other thing.
Izumiko-chan, what was this memo for?
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I can't believe he put something like this together.
He's secretly winning people over. The rat!
No, it's a clever way to increase supporters.
Input the account and password given to you. Later, you can use your own account and password. *This fortune-telling site is only open by invitation. Anyone uninvited is not permitted access.
Decide whether or not it's clever after we see the site.
Protect yourselves!
Onbazara gini harachi hatayasowaka!
Are you okay, Souda?!
Mayura-san!
Thank goodness you're okay! I was so worried.
Oh, jeez. I told you that it wasn't worth making a fuss over.
I'm sorry. It was all my fault...
Why are you apologizing, Izumiko-chan?
Because I told you about that website. I wish I hadn't.
I'm sure Takayanagi would have targeted me sooner or later.
But to be honest, I didn't expect him to plant a life-threatening curse.
It was that dangerous?
Izumiko-chan, the curse didn't touch you, right? What a relief!
Were you the one who pushed me out of the way?
Wasn't that you, Mayura-san?
Tell me, Izumiko-chan. Which would have made you happier?
If it was me or if it was Sagara?
Please don't tease me!
No, I'm being serious.
Takayanagi referred to you two as an ascetic and a medium, remember?
What does that mean?
The medium allows the ascetic to redirect a spirit into her
when he exorcises someone who has been possessed.
In the Middle Ages, it was common for the Mountain Monk and priestess
to work together as a married couple.
As a couple?
What I'm trying to ask is if you and Sagara are a pair.
We aren't like that!
I'm willing to play along.
Mayura-san, you really are messing with me, aren't you?
Manatsu?!
Manatsu-kun, uh, this is the girl's dormitory...
Yeah, I know.
Sagara told me what happened when he got back from the hospital.
You saw Sagara?
What the hell were you thinking?!
Um, could you lower your vo...
What were you sticking your nose into?
What's so important that it's worth getting your face hurt over?
This freaking school is just a game to you!
Manatsu, you jerk!
I was so scared, I...
Mayura-san...
I've never thrown myself onto someone like this...
It's because I've never pushed myself to the brink.
Sagara-kun?
I know my timing bites, but may I come in?
What are you doing here?
He rushed over to see me and insisted that I tell him absolutely everything.
He got me worried, so I tagged along.
Did you get hurt?
It's nothing serious.
Aw, jeez. I can't believe he saw me like this...
Mayura, I'm putting an end to this tonight.
Are you up to it?
You're going, Manatsu?
I'm going to make sure he knows what he's done!
How dare he play such a cheap trick!
I approve of settling the score.
But...
Or does it hurt so bad that you can't even summon Masumi?
No, that isn't a problem.
I was just wanting to go personally.
Masumi?
Onsohahanba, shuda, saraba, tarama, sohahanba, syudo, kan.
Ontatagiyato, dohanbayasowaka.
Onhandoba, dohanbayasowaka.
He came, didn't he?
He's ready for action, isn't he?
Mayura, you get your rest! You can always see him later.
Izumiko-chan, please go with them and get a good look at Masumi.
See how our Masumi is different from a shikigami.
Suzuhara-san, this is Masumi.
Dareka ga watashi wo yobu no Is someone calling for me?
Dokoka de watashi wo yobu Someone is beckoning from somewhere
Tooku kara chikazuiteru He's approaching from the distance
Yasashii hibiki kokoro ugoki dashite The gentle sound of his voice moves my heart
Hitotsu oshiete Tell me one thing
Kono setsunai yokan no mae de Are the feelings I was still unaware of
Mada shirazu ni ita omoi ga Before this sad premonition
Hirogari kaketeru no? On the verge of spreading?
Yume mite ita jiyuu ni In the freedom of my dreams,
Tomadoigachi no mama I act somewhat abashed
Chiisa na koe de negau As I wish in a tiny voice,
Minna to issho ni warai aitai ne "I want to laugh and smile with everyone"
Could you please stop that? Don't coerce Suzuhara into doing anything weird.
Chapter 5 My First Makeup