Our teacher's an idiot!
I hate homework!
Episode 7
The Pink Nyanbobo
It's over!
It is over, and I'm over.
You're already feeling like you failed?
Yeah, Daigo!
The time until the grades come in is
when you can have the most fun.
Being depressed would be a total waste.
I'm not sure if that's the best way to look at it...
You're right.
I guess you're right.
Let's kick it up a notch and go all out in Honchou!
Yay, agreed!
Kazu, you're coming too, right?
Sure, but where's Honchou?
It's two stops away from Yamabiko.
It's the biggest city around here,
it's where most people go on days off
to have fun or do some shopping.
Sounds like Shibuya or Harajuku.
Shibu... what?
Is that something tasty?
Anyway, we can all celebrate our finals being over!
Let's go have some fun!
I'm going to pass.
I've got archery club starting at noon.
Oh...
I guess the ban on club activities is lifted
now that finals are over?
Yup.
We have a meet soon,
so I have to focus on practicing.
Later.
Okay.
Yeah.
I didn't apologize during the study session either.
Don't mock me!
I really need to apologize for that this time.
There she is.
It looks like we're all here.
Then let's go!
Where's Hoshino's little brother?
And where's Hinata?
Ibuki said she has to meet with her archery club,
and I'm not sure what happened to Ayumu...
He said he
already promised to go sketching with his art club today.
It's good that Ayumu has found some friends
he can go out with.
That's right, Kazuma Hoshino!
You can't smother your little brother forever.
Says the girl who still asks our big sister
to sew her buttons on when they get loose.
Oh, shut up!
That happened one time!
So I guess Hoshino's little brother isn't coming.
Bummer.
Yes. Yes.
I understand.
Yes, thank you.
What did they say?
They said we'd have to wait two hours
for a karaoke booth for this many people.
What?! Two hours?!
You don't have to get all worked up about it.
Let's go kill some time at the arcade.
Looks like I win again!
Kazuma Hoshino!
It looks like I'll have to challenge you in real life.
Come outside so we can wrestle!
Yeah right!
Kasane's so good!
I did it!
Do you want to go next?
I couldn't, I'm really bad at these things.
It's really easy though.
You just have to step on the panel that lights up.
But...
Look, it's already starting!
But...
Come on, hurry up!
Like this?
Am I doing okay?
Yeah!
You're really good!
Keep it up!
Kasane, I don't know... if this is for me...
Not again!
"Love at Mount Liang Academy"?
What the hell is this?
What does it look like?
Strip mahjong.
You play against 36 beautiful transfer students
and make them take it all off.
Any girl you completely strip becomes your ally
and you can use her special powers
in the subsequent matches.
There's my tile!
Tsumo! It's a baiman!
"Tsumo": Yelled when you pull the winning tile for your hand. "Baiman" is a valuable hand.
Youshi (Yang Zhi) Seimenjuu (Blue Faced Beast)
Riki (Li Kui) Kokusenpuu (Black Whirlwind)
All right, my little Shishin!
Let me see how that Kumon dragon tattoo
wraps itself around your body.
Mahjong
Kumonryuu (Nine Tattooed Dragons) Shishin
Awesome.
Th-this is quite...
Go on, go on!
This is pretty risky though...
You got that right!
Is it okay to keep watching?
Why?! Why can I never get it?
What's wrong, Ui?
I can't get one of these!
I'm going to get more change.
I guess I can give it a try.
Oh!
Wait a minute.
This is the same thing that she had
on her bag...
Hey, you got a Bobopin!
What's a Bobopin?
It's the local cheapo mascot.
Nyanbobo's pink version.
Or in short, Bobopin.
The crane machine is
apparently the only place to get one.
They're pretty rare, you know.
Huh.
Who would've thought?
Excuse me, Kazu.
You know, Ui...
You could just buy those Yummy sticks
and it would be a lot cheaper.
Huh? What's this?
It looks like your child's development changes
according to how you respond to the quiz.
So let's try to raise our child the best we can.
Our... child?
Yes!
I'll try my best!
Failure is the mother of...
The answer is c: "success."
Seikou (success) is a homonym for sex.
S-sex?
The haiku poet Kyoshi Takahama coined the term descriptive...
The answer is sketching.
Objective sketching.
Shasei is a homonym for ejaculation.
Ejaculation?
Dead ball in Japanese would be...
Is this "shikyuu"?
Shikyuu is a homonym for womb.
In her womb!
Is something wrong, Kazuma?
You've been acting kind of funny...
Oh no, I'm fine!
I've just got to use the bathroom.
Huh?
When we got to the arcade,
everyone split up and now they're doing their own thing.
This is my chance to apologize to Hoshino.
I just need to get him alone.
Hoshino!
Oh, that reminds me!
Look at this!
It's a Bobopin!
You have the same thing, don't you?
If you want, you can...
I can have it?!
Yes... sure.
Thank you.
It looks like we finally made it...
Get ready to have some fun, people!
What are we going to eat?
Yeah, huh?
Why don't you pick a song before you worry about food?!
You're right, but they've got such a great menu here!
The HoneyTo is supposed to be really good here.
What's that? Oh, I see.
When they take thick slices of toast,
cover it in honey and
then top it with ice-cream and fruit, right?
Hey, Ui. You drooled on the menu.
Huh?
It wasn't me.
I'm so sorry.
It's just that, I can't resist honey...
I've never heard of HoneyTo before,
but just picturing crispy on the outside,
soft on the inside toast covered in hot honey
and then topped with ice cream and fruit seemed
like such a dream-food to me
that I couldn't help myself.
I can't stoooopppp...
Mighty girl, spin and fly away!
So far that you could reach the stars in the sky.
Mighty boy, you miracle...
Be bold and daring!
Let's embrace this very moment!
Karaoke
Hinata, you're distracted.
You have to focus.
Yes.
What lookout?
Remember when we first came to Yamabiko
and we got off at the wrong bus stop?
Oh, yeah.
There's a trail up the mountain close to that stop.
The lookout is at the very top of that trail.
The view from there is really pretty.
The art club went there and sketched
and ate lunch and it was a lot of fun!
If it's that nice, I'd like to see it too sometime.
We should go together!
That place is great!
A Bridge To the Starry Skies
Hoshizora E Kakaru Hashi
Damn. I got Fs in math and physics.
Don't let a few Fs pull you down, bro.
Well, how did you do?
I've got Japanese, Japanese history, and P.E.
Three Fs, huh?
No, those were the three classes I didn't fail.
That's extreme.
Well, summer classes are a bummer,
but what's done is done.
You're right!
There's no reason to get depressed over two or three
or four or five or six Fs!
Uhm... Maybe you should get depressed,
if you've got that many.
So I guess Hinata didn't fail a single class?
Yeah.
She may be flat as a board, but her grades are good.
Not sure what her boobs have to do with it.
Ibuki is really something.
She's so involved with her club and her grades are still great.
She's been going to the archery club
every day since finals ended.
They've got a meet coming up soon.
It's actually next Sunday.
Right! Then we should go cheer her on.
Yeah!
What?!
Tsumugi and Sakai aren't coming?
Tsumugi has her after school job at Yorozuyo.
And Sakai has to help in her parents' shop.
Damn it.
The boob ratio of this group has just been slashed in half!
I guess we'll just have to have Ui and Madoka fill in the gap-
Hey!
Wait for me!
Ibuki's meet should be starting soon.
You didn't all have to come down here.
It must have taken a long time.
Yeah, we didn't think it would take three transfers
and an hour and a half to get here.
I guess we missed the preliminary rounds,
but we're here for the final!
Yeah!
Ibuki, I'm cheering for you, so good luck!
Thanks, Ayumu!
But if you came to cheer for me,
you should wear the outfit
you wore at the Hikonan Race.
Oh, I guess.. that was just a special one-time thing...
And I didn't bring that outfit today.
I'm sorry, it was a joke!
Just a joke.
Oh, you.
I thought Hinata would be nervous about the finals,
but she was totally relaxed, huh?
Yeah!
She's got this one in the bag!
But...
What's wrong, Ui?
I can't really put my finger on it,
but I feel like she was trying too hard to be goofy.
Huh?
Delivering here's always so tough.
The archery competition should have already started.
I'll splurge a bit.
Good luck, Hinata.
Hinata was really close.
Yeah! If only that last arrow had hit the mark!
She made it to the last round though.
That's impressive.
What's taking her so long?
She did tell us to wait for her
in the lobby once the competition was over, right?
Oh no.
It looks like her phone's off.
I wonder why she disappeared like that.
Well, I guess I can understand.
I guess she wanted to be alone.
Probably.
She could've come over and said something though.
Hey. Ayumu.
Huh?
You have to take the mountain trail
if you want to get to the lookout, right?
Yeah.
The trail is marked, so it shouldn't be too hard to find.
Gotcha.
Can you walk home without me?
Brother!
I thought you'd be up here!
Hoshino.
What are you doing here?
What I'd like to know
is why you took off without saying anything.
Everyone was worried about you.
I guess I...
Were you upset about losing in the last round?
I was scared.
I've been involved in archery since junior high.
Until now, I always gave my best during practice
and made it to the last round in the tournament.
But at the very last moment,
I suddenly got scared thinking
"What if I miss this last shot?"
I knew I had to concentrate.
I knew I had to calm down.
But I got more and more scared
I felt like I wanted to run away.
It didn't even matter anymore if I won or lost.
I just wanted it to be over.
Then everything went white in my head
and when I came to,
I noticed I had released the arrow.
I had run away.
It wasn't the other competitors I couldn't beat;
it was myself I couldn't defeat.
I was so ashamed of that,
I didn't want anybody to see me.
That's why I came up here.
Hinata...
Finals, you suck!
This is the place to yell if something's gone wrong, right?
I'm such an idiot!
Next time on A Bridge to the Starry Skies: Episode 8
Episode 8 - Butt in with OO (blank)!
Episode 8
Butt in with OO (blank)!
Ayumu, do you know what goes in the blank?
Could it be peni-
Wa-
Penicillin?
Am I sick?
Not sure if that was quite right...
Speaking of "butt" and "in", what comes to mind?
Uhm... bi...?
Bike!
Yeah, it goes vrooom and crash!
Wait, what the hell?!
Oh yeah, that's it!
Correct.