Again?
That idiot.
Oh? Himura-kun.
Amamiya-sensei.
What's wrong? You've got such a scary look on your face this morning.
That's right. Don't you think that turning your misplaced anger toward artistic creation is also a part of youth?
Good thing I met you here.
I have no intention of entering the art club.
You're so cold.
I want to borrow your artistic talent.
I've told you many times already, I have no interest in art.
I'm busy, so please excuse me.
Oh? Brother.
What are you doing in a place like this, Brother?
Brother? You're still calling me-
What? It's Yuuko, eh?
I'm trying to dig into an untapped gold vein right now.
By gold vein, you mean Yuu-kun, brother?
Amamiya-sensei is your bother?
Didn't I tell you?
My current name is Amamiya.
Amamiya Yuuko.
Amamiya... Yuuko...
What? You two are acquaintances?
Too bad.
I'm interested in this unexpected relationship between you two, but I'll have to ask the next chance I get.
Well then, students. Please continue your pursuits of knowledge.
Anyway, make sure you study like a proper student, okay?
Special Student-san.
Cut that you, you-
Hey, Yuuko.
What is it?
What happened to your indoor shoes?
Who knows? When I opened my shoe box this morning, they were gone.
You can't do anything about what you don't have.
Hey!
Yes?
Go to the staff room! You can borrow a pair of slippers there.
Thanks. You're kind, aren't you, Yuu-kun?
Wait here!
Here. Put these on.
Oh, my. It would've been fine if you hadn't bothered to get them.
If you were injured walking around like that, I'd feel bad.
Is that so? I'm happy, though.
Thank you very much, Yuu-kun.
Kuze-san, are you out of the house?
I'm Sumire from next door. Is Kuze-san in?
Excuse me.
Himura-kun. Can I smoke this until it burns out? I just lit it.
I don't mind.
There's no other places I can smoke freely.
So, what do you need me for?
No matter what you say, I won't join the art club.
It's about Yuuko, eh?
Before I came to take charge of her, she lived at an orphanage.
Were you there too?
Yes.
It's mysterious how strangely attached she is to you. In other words, were you childhood friends?
We were never that close.
Soon after the earthquake, she left the orphanage.
Now we get to the the main problem.
Could you personally tell Hirono-san not to be naked in the art room, please?
Complaints have been directed towards me.
I also thought that she might listen if the words come from you.
Excuse me.
W-Wait, Himura-kun.
This looks exactly like the one in Japan...
Someone's going to get angry if you sit up there.
Who will?
Uh, God?
There's no such thing in this world.
Then why are you in a church?
There are a lot of things in the world of an adult.
It sounds like you're saying that there's nothing in the world of a child.
You're right. There might have been a lot more things in the world of a child.
You don't remember?
Yup, I've forgotten.
Even then, an adult is just a child that's gotten bigger.
You're Renji's cousin, eh?
How do you...
I know just about everything that has to do with this city.
Really?
More or less.
Then, do you know Kuze Shuuichi, the musician?
Yeah.
To be honest, Kuze-san had a promise to play with me today, but he's not at home and I don't know where he is.
I'm looking for him. Do you know where he is?
I'm not keeping track of Kuze.
Didn't you say you knew everything?
I'll give you a piece of advice.
Don't get too deep with him.
If you get too deeply involved, prepare yourself.
Hey, Kuze.
You're knowledgeable about the girls in the school, right?
How rude. I'm knowledgeable about the girls outside the school too.
Do you know any first years? Preferably someone that's tight-lipped.
Getting a favor off me before I leave to study abroad isn't a bad idea.
If you're going to put it that way, it's more like you're turning the favor.
What's wrong? Was there some kind of trouble?
Yeah. There was something that bothered me.
What are you guys conspiring about?
Oh, Nagi.
What are you doing over here?
I saw you guys hiding here and talking, away from the eyes of others, from the art room.
Someone would get the wrong idea about us if they heard that.
We were just confirming our friendship.
Right?
Then let me in on this friendship, too.
Don't worry. I'm not trying to brag, but I'm pretty tight-lipped.
It's more like you don't have any friends to gossip with, Nagi.
Sorry. That was my bad.
I forgive you.
You forgive someone right after they apologize, don't you?
I'm bad at prolonging troublesome things like drama.
Basically, I'm on the look-out for Yuuko when she's in class.
I'm counting on you to do it without standing out.
Roger. I don't want to see a cute girl looking sad either.
What's up, Nagi?
Hey!
Wait, Nagi!
Where are you going? Hey!
What's wrong, Nagi?
That.
Yuu, give me a piggyback ride.
Okay. Can you move a bit to the right?
Hey, Nagi, why are you barefoot too?
It's obvious, isn't it?
I was sketching up until just now.
You came down without even putting your slippers on?
Yeah, I was in a rush, so I only threw on this white robe.
Get off! Get off right now!
Stop swaying, Yuu! Just a bit-
They're probably Yuko-chan's, right?
It's not "Yuko-chan", it's "Yuuko-chan".
Names that are longer than two characters are hard to say.
How did you know they would be here?
I've also... lost my slippers before, a long time ago.
I see.
There's only one thing I can say:
There's no one who would put slippers in a place like that if they didn't have some evil intention.
And there's only one thing I can say:
Hurry and get those to her.
Trains don't come to this station.
U-Um... Long time, no see!
I'm sorry?
Chihiro-senpai, right?
Yes, I'm Shindou Chihiro...
Uh, I'm Hayama Mizuki.
When I was younger, I played with Kei-senpai, and we've met, too...
Do you remember?
Mizuki-chan?
Yes! I'm Mizuki-chan!
You've grown so big!
Yes. I've somehow involuntarily gotten bigger already.
I see! So much time has passed already.
You've also gotten bigger, haven't you?
You're very lovely!
Unlike Kei-senpai, you've got an enchanting mysteriousness that makes me fall in love!
In love...
Basically, you're beautiful!
That's not true.
It is true!
In other words... Can I hug you?
Our reunion is so precious, so a hug is-
Okay.
Yay!
Squishy, Squishy. Soft!
Such a good smell...
I'm being recharged by your energy!
I'm so happy.
This is bad. My nose is going to bleed.
How dare that Renji take you for himself!
It's definitely a waste for you to be with him.
That's not true. I'm the one that's always causing trouble for him.
I'm a bit shocked.
Seeing both Kei-senpai and you have someone good makes my heart hurt even two, three times more.
Ah, when I mean Renji's good, I mean it in a different way.
Mizuki-chan, are you heartbroken?
No, its nothing a huge deal.
I just couldn't meet the person I wanted to meet.
I understand.
Not being able to meet the person you want to make your heart is tightening up,
Even if it's only for a while.
Where did you go, Kuze-san?
What if he's trying to avoid me?
Maybe I was a bit too hasty.
I might have self-destructed.
Please wait a second.
Is that your diary?
Yes. I would definitely write anything precious down in here.
Kuze-san... I think...
It's here.
As I thought... It's true.
What's wrong?
U-Um, it's nothing.
It's absolutely not nothing, that reaction of yours!
Is it a secret? Is it private? Off-the-record? A hidden job that I can't know about?
No, it's nothing like that...
Then, what is it?
Um...
Mizuki-chan, do you like Kuze-san?
Eh? Um... Asking me so straight forward is...
Liking someone is something that can't be helped.
Mizuki-chan, are you helpless?
I'm not helpless, but I think I'm going to be, so I'm scared.
Is that so. Then there's no other way.
This is about Kuze-san.
You look horrible, Kuze.
Yeah, this is the worst.
She came here just now. She was looking for you.
I see.
Is that the reason for your appearance?
If it's you, then you should understand, Himura.
Even if it's a joke, I must not let anyone say they love me.
Did someone say that?
Thanks to her the dream became unnecessarily frightening.
I'm going to end it tonight.
Are you going to do it?
Yeah. This is my last regret.
Is that so.
If I don't settle it all...
I need to thoroughly zero everything out.
I'm going to die, after all.
Later.
Have a safe trip, Kuze.
This is...
Kuze-san is going to die?
It's a special case of neurosis.
Renji.
Half a year ago, in the middle of a concert, he had heart spasms and collapsed.
And it seems like there's nothing that can be done now.
Is that true?
Yes. Since there's nothing that can be done anymore about it...
He told us not to mind it.
To treat him the same as we did before.
Kuze-san asked us to do that.
Kuze-san... Even with such circumstances, he still accompanied me.
But still, I...
No. He'd rather not have others be so considerate.
But!
Mizuki-chan, some people do their best to try and act normal.
It's another way of living.
Oh? What's wrong, Himura-senpai?
What are you doing here by yourself?
Here.
Did you purposely go looking for these?
I found them by accident.
Thank you.
Perfect. With this I can marry the prince, right?
What? Staying behind?
Hey...
Isn't it pretty interesting?
Those assholes.
You're swearing now.
What are you being so calm for?
Why are you angry, Himura-senpai?
Is it because you love me?
I'm not in the mood to play along with your jokes!
A joke is a joke, no matter how serious things are.
For me, this is something that always happens.
Always?
It's not that hard.
Speaking of which, it's a medium level of bullying.
There's no difference between medium and well-done bullying, is there?!
Well, those girls are at an age when they have a lot of problems,
so they need to relieve a little stress.
Doesn't a lonely, miserable girl like me look like the ultimate sandbag?
That's right. It's no good anymore.
Liar.
Mizuki-chan.
Chihiro-senpai?
This is a message from Himura-senpai.
Himura-san? The one from the church?
If you want to hear Kuze-san play the violin, I recommend you go to the beach tonight.
It's Himura-san's principle to not encourage others,
but he thought it'd be good to only tell you.
He thought that this might be your last chance.
Kuze-san!
Unsightly, isn't it?
Mizuki-chan? Mizuki-chan!
Stop it! It's useless!
Mizuki-chan!
I did it, Kuze-san!
Show me your hand.
Give me your hand!
You idiot!
I'm sorry.
I...
I'm still not good enough.
You're still alive.
Please.
It'll be all right. Everything is fine, so...
Bullying isn't completely bad.
What do you mean?
I can go home together with you, Yuu-kun.
You told me not to get close to you, too.
I remembered. Don't get close to me, after all.
That was a joke. Let's go.
Jeez.
What's wrong, Yuuko? What are you doing?
Looks like I have absolutely no luck with shoes.
Let's go.
Where to?
You said earlier that those girls were accumulating some stress, didn't you?
You already know the culprits, don't you?
I can't say anything careless in front of you, can I?
Let's leave it alone.
It doesn't matter.
This isn't good. It's too vicious.
It's not something you should be angry about.
Why does it bother you that much?
Because it's dirty!
It's cute, isn't it? Something like this.
Something like this?
What are you basing that on?
That's because...
That's what humans are, right?
Engraved feelings.
A sin that will not disappear.
Ef - a tale of melodies.
Turn.
Can you hear it? The true melody.