Miss Emanuella.
That's quite enough.
Why can't you sing along with everyone else?
You're causing problems for everyone else.
Wait!
What's wrong? You can't get down?
You're all right now.
You don't have to be scared.
There you are.
Thank you.
So you're the one who saved her.
There was, undoubtedly, a picture of Emi in the album.
The Lucky Prince
Emi, who isn't related to Ponta whatsoever...
The school turned into Italy,
and the uniforms turned into swimsuits.
Why on earth did Emi ask the cat god for this?
Tsutsukakushi didn't show up. I wonder if she's still mad...
What? Your little sister disappeared?
You know, Yaji-san.
It's been two nights since she ran away.
I can't even sleep,
so I've been looking for her all this time.
Um, but isn't Emi your little sister?
Emi? Who's that?
Yaji-san's always been the only little sister for me.
If you have time, could you look for her, too?
S-Sure.
See ya...
Sounds like the wish to be Ponta's little sister has been canceled.
Emi might have something to do with Yaji-san disappearing...
I might just have to ask her myself.
But who knows if she'll give me a straight answer...
And I'm worried about Yaji-san.
She might help me if it's for an animal.
Wait, I have a favor to ask you.
Darn it...
No! Go away!
Y-You'll be sorry if you do anything bad to me!
You can't move, so just stay still.
You really will be sorry!
I'll untangle you in a sec.
Why... Why do you always do weird things?
For once, I didn't do anything.
You're the one who runs away when I get close.
I'm not running away.
Let's stop this.
Let's just get along like we used to.
I-I'm acting like I always do...
I just... don't want to get near you.
I want to make up with you.
I'm lonely without you around.
Quit worrying about whether or not to come near me,
and let's just go back to how we were.
The thing with the Captain was a misunderstanding.
It's not me the Captain wants to get close to.
It's someone else.
Someone else?
She's mistaken me for someone who's
like my younger brother, sort of...
Anyway, it's not me the Captain likes.
I see...
But Tsutsukakushi-senpai's misunderstanding could still
become something other than a misunderstanding...
Even if it's not Senpai, someone else could...
Huh? Someone else what?
I understand what you want to say.
If you can sincerely show me that you want to make up,
I don't mind going back to how we were.
Sincerely?
For example, the prince kindly
gives the princess a kiss...
K-Kindly shakes the young peasant girl's hand...
If we can make up by shaking hands, gladly.
So, what's this favor?
I'll help with Yaji-san.
I'll ask the local stray dogs, too.
S-Stray dogs?
Yes...
Woof! Grrr... Bark, bark, bark!
See? They understand quite a bit if you try.
She's gone beyond human...
And what should I do?
You don't have to worry about me.
You go do your thing.
See you later, Yokodera-kun.
The sparrow can't refuse the prince.
And that's why the sparrow...
Tsu-chan,
you're super psychedelically tone deaf.
What a waste. You've got such a pretty voice.
Tsu-chan's song is a Rafflesia!
Emanuella-san, even if I am tone deaf,
I can draw, I'm a good cook, and I give massages every day.
I'm a utility player.
So it's okay.
There are a lot of aspects I'm beating you in.
You think so?
I think I'm better at sports than you, Tsu-chan.
I'm better than you.
I'm much better than you. Hands down.
U-Um...
We can compete and find out for sure.
Then it's a showdown!
Ready... go!
Glub, glub, glub, glub...
Yay! Yay! Yay, yay, yay!
Glub, glub, glub, glub...
Yay! Yay! Inner tube, yay!
The ocean's so wide...
It's cold!
They're a good match...
I can't even tell which one is the grade schooler...
Inner, inner, inner tube! Yay, yay!
Who...
won?
You got here at about the same time.
Tsu-chan was stronger. I gracefully admit defeat!
I see. Next time, Emanu—
Emi-san, practice harder so you can win.
Hey, Yoto-oniichan, did you have fun?
Yeah, I did.
I'm satisfied, too.
So, I think it's okay to cancel this wish now.
Everyone wants to go to the pool...
Canceled!
And the teacher was like...
Tsu-Tsutsukakushi...
Well, well.
Y-You know, every time I see you,
it's like you've grown unbelievably bigger...
I was totally satisfied with the pool.
Then, once you're satisfied with the other wishes,
you'll cancel them, too?
Huh?
You figured out everything I prayed for?
Yeah.
No one was supposed to figure it out so fast.
That's not what I heard.
That's not what you heard? From who?
And what are you going to do with the culprit once I tell you that?
Punish them?
I'm not going to do anything.
However, if you were the one who made Yaji-san,
Ponta's rabbit, disappear...
could you cancel that as soon as possible?
Ponta's really worried.
What? Yaji-san's missing? Oh, no!
It wasn't you?
No.
You were that choir girl, right?
With Ponta and Yaji-san and...
Yoto-oniichan, you finally remember?
I can't remember really well...
But you and I weren't that close, right?
How... can you say that?
This is totally boring! I don't like boring!
There used to be this older boy I was close to.
When we had to move back to Italy because of my dad's work,
we made a pinky promise.
He promised that when I came back to Japan, he'd play with me.
But I'm ready to quit. I'm tired.
Emi?
Please, Yoto-oniichan.
This is my final wish.
The day after tomorrow, the day of the sports festival,
I want you to play with me.
And then I'll give up.
Give up what?
You really are a pumpkin.
I can't wait for the sports festival!
Thank you! I found Yaji-san.
Oh, really?
You asked Azuki-san to help you, right?
Azuki-san found her, and a girl named Emi brought her to me.
Huh?!
Why did Emi...
And when I saw her face, I remembered.
The girl you were talking about was her, right?
The bad-mouthed, rambunctious girl.
She came back from Italy.
She was really looking forward to the sports festival.
You don't remember?
You were a lot closer to that girl than I was.
Ponta remembers who Emi is?
Remember how Yaji-san would run off into the chapel yard,
and we'd go look for her?
You were always having fun talking together.
Anyway, thanks again.
Later.
Yeah...
Why don't I remember?
Fire!
P-Perfect timing.
There's something I wanted to ask you.
The older boy you were close to that you mentioned yesterday...
What was he like?
If you want to be friends with him again,
I'll help you out.
Are you saying that seriously?
Of course.
I knew you were stupid, but I didn't think you were a jerk!
You're always going to be a pumpkin!
I'm bored with everything!
I'm canceling everything!
To the cat god: reset everything!
Make it so all the wishes never happened!
Ha! There's nothing you can do for me, pumpkinhead!
Wh-What's gotten into you all of a sudden?
Why were you making wishes to the cat god anyway?
Didn't you have a reason?
I don't like being bored, so I just prayed for random stuff.
About you and your lame self, about the swimsuits...
Th-The 100% smile...
You prayed at random?
It's just a convenient god, anyway.
The cat god is not some kind of convenient tool!
You don't realize that there are people who are
troubled and lost, who make wishes unconsciously, do you?
They're nothing like you who make wishes with no thought.
What are you...
Listen, Emi. Wish or no wish,
the really important things won't change.
Why... You say that nothing important will change...
Why?! You're the one who completely,
utterly forgot your promise to me!
You crazy pumpkin!
You rotten pumpkin!
You stupid, half-witted eggplant-head!
Emi...
With your stupid pumpkin face and your stupid pumpkin pants...
Your mom's a jack 'o lantern!
Choir... Promise... Why can't I remember?
Senpai.
Are you all right?
A lot has been going on...
Has the evil girl taken advantage of you?
That girl is no good. No good. Do you understand?
I'm sorry...
But Emi canceled all her wishes,
so there shouldn't be anything to worry about...
No, it's not finished yet.
What's not finished yet?
The school still looks like Italy.
But... Why?!
I saw Emi cancel all her wishes right in front of me.
Then, is this Steel-san's...
I have found you, Yokodera.
Captain.
I'm going to Italy next month.
What are you talking about?
Someone from a school there saw our school looking like Italy,
and now they're interested in becoming our sister school.
I have been chosen to be the first foreign exchange student.
Then, this is your...
No, I've canceled my wish about Italy many times.
This...
is not my wish.
Then...
Whose is it?
Emi...
It's no use. We can't find an entrance.
That's nonsense! Look harder!
Y-Yes, sir!
It's that girl from before.
I wonder what she intends to do now.
I want to talk to her. No, I need to talk to her.
I'll do something about it.
There's an entrance here?
I happened to see her going in from here.
Thanks. Sorry for depending on you all the time.
If it's something you want, I'll do whatever.
Yokodera-kun.
Emi!
Stay back, pumpkin!
Don't do anything rash. Let's talk.
I always thought about all the things I wanted to tell you
as soon as I got back to Japan.
I had been looking forward to it for so long...
You... You really didn't care about me at all.
You acted like a nice older boy,
but you were just playing along with the stupid little kid.
You even forgot your promise so quickly!
Please, don't cry—
That's right...
When I went to the chapel looking for something...
I tried to cheer up a girl who had been scolded by a nun.
It's no use. I can't remember clearly.
Hey, am I the only thing you forgot about?
Aren't you forgetting about something even more important?
For example... the girl who smiles the 100% smile?
100%?
Not the one you prayed to the cat god about?
No. I heard from them that they were borrowing
the smile from the girl you liked.
The girl I liked?
What was that?
Have you successfully resolved everything, Yokodera-kun?
It's thanks to me again.
Do you know of the Lucky Prince?
It's a very happy story.
A prince helps everyone along with a sparrow,
and then dies satisfied.
But what happens to the sparrow?
It helped the foolish prince,
but in the end, its own wish wasn't granted.
I wonder if the sparrow was truly happy.
It's always about helping the prince and the people.
But what about the sparrow?
The sparrow helped the prince more than anyone,
yet why didn't the prince even consider the sparrow?
Well? Why is that?
Who... are you?
It's me, Yokodera-kun. Your friend, Azuki-chan.
The Azuki Azusa I know doesn't talk like that.
Darn.
I wonder if I should be greeting you with a thank you.
You went through a lot at the Tsutsukakushi family's storehouse.
Even I was on the edge of my seat.
The cat god?!
Why are you in Azuki Azusa?
Because she wished for it.
She wished to become her new self.
Azuki Azusa wished for it?
I don't usually show myself,
but there are times when I take over for her.
For example, the rabbit incident.
Why are you doing this?
To use Azuki Azusa like that...
Hey, now. I'm only helping her.
If she asked me to cancel it, I'd do it without hesitation.
I am entirely impartial. So for you to not thank me...
to criticize me, no less, is laughable.
That's a lie.
I asked for everything to be canceled,
so why does the school still look like Italy?
That wish is your wish, but not your wish.
That's Yokodera-kun's wish.
Yokodera-kun's wish brought you here,
and you then wished for the school to look like Italy.
And then, Tsutsukakushi Tsukushi
becomes a foreign exchange student,
and happily goes off to Italy.
Meaning you were just a tool to make
Yokodera-kun's wishes come true.
What are you...
Wait. Why would I...
Oh, that's right. You don't remember.
So you have no idea why.
You prayed many years ago
for Tsutsukakushi Tsukushi to be able to go to Italy when she grew older.
What...
If you doubt me, ask me to cancel it.
I'll also get rid of the tool you brought here, though.
Stop messing around!
You... You can just get out of here!
You prayed. You prayed in front of me.
I have heard your wish.
I shall go off somewhere as you wished...
Along with Azuki Azusa.
But, Yokodera-kun, is that all right with you?
If you cancel the wish,
the tool's wish will go away,
and she'll disappear from here.
And Azuki Azusa might be saved.
The prince who made the sparrow suffer time after time
is just going to sacrifice her again?
You're just dealing with a tool.
You can't show the sparrow some sincerity even once?
Sincerity to Azuki Azusa...
For example, the prince kindly
gives the princess a kiss...
Onii-chan?!
I cancel.
That's all you need to do.
You make the right choices in the end.
That's what makes you, you.
I have heard your wish to cancel the wish.
And now, the school will no longer look like Italy,
and I will make the tool, Emi, disappe—
F-Fool— What are you...
Huh? What? Wh-What? Hentai... kiss?
Well? How's the sports festival?
G-Get away from me, pumpkin!
Don't kiss in front of others!
E-Eventually I'll come to you, so wait for me.
I can't today, but maybe tomorrow,
or the day after tomorrow, or the day after that...
I have a feeling we were able to make up.
Senpai.
Would you like some?
Sure. What about you, Emi?
I-I guess I'll have some...
Munch, munch, munch...
Such delicious-looking ham, ham, ham...
To Have Felt the Longest
Next time: "To Have Felt the Longest."