Hello.
I'm Izumi Segawa, a first year at Hakuo Academy.
I'm a class representative.
If you like, please call me Class Representative Red: Red Izumi.
Izumi Segawa
And this is the class vice-representative, Blue,
and this is Black.
The three of us together are Izumi Segawa and the other two.
And the Other Two
Why are you treating us like that?!
And "the other two"?!
Well... that's what the cue card says.
How could this be?
"The other two" is just mean!
Well, we always show up together, so why not introduce us as a group?
Yeah, but...
So on that note...
We're Izumi Segawa and the other two! Nice to meet you!
You're still using that?!
Hayata-kun, I've recently stumbled upon a secret.
A secret?
Yes, and a big one.
I see...
You know Izumi and Miki, right?
Yes, they're always with you.
It's about them.
Please don't drink my milk.
The milk doesn't matter!
Do you even intend on listening?!
Why are you yelling at me?! Give me back my milk!
You don't have to get that angry over milk!
This is just a cute young girl playing around!
Okay, okay. So, what is the secret?
The three of us are always together, yes?
Yes.
We're often lumped together as a group because of that,
and recently, people have been calling us "the idiot trio."
I have the feeling people are lumping us together into one idiot.
You didn't realize this until just now?
I understand.
Then, from now on, we'll take
care to call each of you an idiot individually.
W-Wait! That's not the point!
I don't mind the three of us being a group!
I just don't like all three of us being seen as equally idiotic!
Because I'm smarter than those two idiots!
What?!
Well, it's true! I'm the smartest one of us!
What are you saying?! I'm smarter!
I'm not stupid either, you know!
You're both stupid!
This is a pointless battle.
Who are you calling stupid?! I'm not stupid!
Then why don't you all compare test scores
and decide who is the "King of Idiots"?
That's a bad idea!
Yeah! Test scores can't measure whether you're smart or not!
Let's not do that.
Then... how are you going to decide who's smartest?
I have a great idea.
For what it's worth, we're all in the video research club.
So we should have an interesting video showdown!
An interesting video...
...showdown?
Yes. We'll each film an interesting video
and upload it to a video site.
The number of views will decide the result!
One who is truly smart should be able to
film a video that will catch everyone's attention.
I see.
That is a great idea!
Then, let's get started right away!
The one who gets the fewest views, the King of Idiots,
has to do a punishment game with Hayata-kun at the winner's command!
All right!
Wait! What do you mean, a punishment game with me?!
Hey, come on!
It's okay. Don't worry, Hayata-kun.
Despite appearances, I'm confident that I can win first place.
As thanks for always taking care of me,
I'll protect you, Hayata-kun!
Segawa-san...
I'd rather you thanked me some other way, though.
Huh? Huh...?
So, what kind of video would be likely to win?
Well...
Ta-da!
A plant growth log!
That thing where I shoot a few frames each day,
and when played in sequence,
you can see the plant growing little by little!
I've actually been shooting it for a while already.
It'll grow big soon,
so when it's finished growing, I know it'll make an interesting video.
It's still a bit small, though.
Y-Yeah, you're right...
It'd be nice if it would just shoot up for me...
Eek! I pulled it off!
What do I do, Hayata-kun?! What do I do?!
You really are the King of Idiots, Izumi.
What?!
You two have no clue what videos need to become popular.
What videos need...
...to become popular?
Yes. In short...
They need cute animals and deep emotion!
Listen.
There's no one in this world who wouldn't cry seeing
a movie where the animal dies after doing its best.
Well, that may be true, but...
And in the same way,
there's something called "lovable animal moments"
that would make any human emotional.
Lovable moments?
Oh... But, Miki-chan, you don't have any pets.
I don't need to have any!
Because some are about to be born now!
What?!
Born?
Behold!
I bought these eggs and incubated them at
95 degrees for three weeks.
They'll hatch into chicks soon.
I'm going to spend lots of time filming them!
Eggs that you...
...bought?
Did you buy those eggs at the supermarket?
That's right.
And to ensure that they're born strong,
I chose eggs from expensive Miyazaki free-range chickens.
What? Then...
Oh, right. You think it will take a long time, don't you?
Shows what you know.
Chicken eggs take exactly three weeks of incubation to hatch.
And today is that day.
So I know they'll be born today!
But, supermarket eggs are unfertilized...
so even if you incubate them, they won't hatch.
What's unfertilized?
They're eggs laid without mating.
Since the chickens didn't mate, the eggs can't hatch.
They have to be fertilized to hatch.
So these eggs that I've so carefully incubated...
They're just rotten eggs.
Just... rotten eggs?
I never thought she'd know so little about it...
Even I knew that much.
We're flying!
Don't throw rotten eggs at us!
Really... This is why you two are idiots.
Risa!
Listen well.
The standard of smart videos is none other
than the Rube Goldberg Machine!
Behold, my machine!
Wow, that actually looks genuine!
I've been putting this together
bit by bit while studying for my exams!
Just study for your exams!
All I have to do is press this switch,
and at the end, it launches balloons.
I'm going to set up the camera,
so you can all just watch with envy!
After...
After I was willing to get a failing grade to make this...
D-Don't worry!
It'll work next time!
It turned out none of us could shoot a decent video.
But...
You all learned something today, right?
You're all equally idiotic.
Hey, yeah!
All three of us...
...are idiots after all!
Is that what you expect us to say?!
Shonen Sunday
Hayate, something smells. What happened?
I was made a fool of.
Hey...
What's wrong? Are you bored?
No. I just remembered something important.
Something important?
Supplementary classes in session!! Textbook pages 62-65 There will be a test!! Memorize this stuff already, idiots! Yukiji
I was thinking, after what happened yesterday,
and on my birthday this year,
and considering this episode's subtitle...
People don't fuss over me.
Oh.
I see.
By the way, what happened on your birthday?
I'll never forget it.
Asakaze-san,
happy birthday.
Oh! Thanks, Hayata-kun!
Well, then.
Hold it, Hayata-kun!
Huh? What is it?
My present! Where's my present?!
You gave presents to Hina and Izumi, didn't you?!
Why don't I get one?!
Th-That was to express my gratitude to them.
Are you saying you have nothing to be grateful to me for?!
Actually, there are things I'd rather you apologized to me for...
What?!
What do you mean, what?!
I said "what?!" because I want to know "what"!
You don't have any idea?!
Of course not! I have nothing to apologize for!
I get it.
I did bring something, so here.
Well, then! Why didn't you do that in the first place?
Here.
What is this?
A four-leaf clover.
I found it this morning while I was cleaning, and thought it would suffice.
I pressed it, so use it for a bookmark.
Bye.
I won't accept it!
Memorize this stuff already!
I see. You're right, he definitely wasn't fussing over you.
You see?! He treats me totally differently than he does her!
Still, you probably shouldn't pester him for that any further, Risa.
What? Why?
What is it, Miki? Why are you being so quiet?
Because the difference...
The difference...
...is probably a difference in popularity.
It's that different?
Yeah.
Who are you calling?
The best person to ask about popularity is someone who's popular.
Hello?
Hey! Is that you, Hina?
There's something I need to ask you!
How can I become popular?
Wait, aren't you in your supplementary class now?
Stop playing around and study.
She scolded me...
She sure did.
Okay! Then I'll try the next one!
Stop before they get mad at you too!
Supplementary classes in session!! Textbook pages 62-65 There will be a test!! Memorize this stuff already, idiots!
Shouldn't you just study already?
Huh? How to become popular?
Yes! I thought you would know, Nagi-chan!
Well... Doesn't being a popular girl mean being cute?
Oh! Th-Then, how can I be cute?
I'm always reading romance manga in Sunday myself
to study up on cuteness.
You study with Sunday?
I think a girl's cutest moment...
might be when she's blushing.
Making Huge Waves!!!!!!! Color Centerfold
The sweetest development the world has ever seen!
Hearts Aflutter! Kamchatka Inferno 120%
Of course! Blushing!
Hina and Izumi do get embarrassed and blush all the time!
That must mean you lead a life of shame.
What does that mean?!
So if I can just make it to the Gandhara known as blushing,
I can be cute and popular, right?
Thanks, Nagi-chan!
So, have you all memorized the material yet?
Oh! You came at a great time, Hayata-kun!
Wh-What's going on?
Supplementary classes in session!! Textbook pages 62-65 There will be a test!! Memorize this stuff already, idiots! Yukiji
I have a favor to ask!
What's something so embarrassing, it would make you blush?
Huh? Something so embarrassing, it would make me blush?
Maybe the time I was half-asleep in class
and called the teacher "Mom"...
Do you have anything, Izumi?
What? Me?
I bet Izumi has lots of them.
They ignored me...
In middle school, I was kind of half-asleep, too...
Be quiet in the classroom!!
and I went to school in my pajamas, with a kid's backpack on.
That was embarrassing.
You really do live a life of shame.
Why a kid's backpack?
No idea.
Your life of shame has made me realize...
Stop calling it a life of shame!
I just came up with the absolute worst of all Izumi's shames!
Oh! What is it?!
The unusually high frequency of her panties being visible!
Her panties?!
What are you remembering?!
You're right. Her panties are visible all the time.
Damn that little bitch!
Who are you calling a bitch?!
However!
Knowing this means I have no choice but to experiment.
Experiment? You can't mean...
you're going to strip here?!
Yes. With Hayata-kun here, it's the perfect time.
Wait! Are you stupid?!
Girls who blush are seen as cute and popular.
I'll trust that theory.
Now, Hayata-kun!
Lift Izumi's skirt all you like!
Why does Hayata-kun have to lift my skirt?!
Aren't you the one who wants to be popular, Risa-chin?!
Yeah! What are you saying?!
What do you mean, what?
It's an experiment to see whether a blushing girl is cute!
If I take mine off, I can't see how cute I look when I blush!
I see. That's true.
So I'll have the panties-showing pro, Izumi, do it for me!
Don't call me a pro!
Okay, Hayata-kun, lift that skirt!
You really are an idiot, aren't you?
Th-That's right.
If the other option is having Hayata-kun lift it...
then I'll lift it myself.
Huh? What's wrong with you three?
Thank you, Izumi. So this is Gandhara...
I've seen the true talent of a pro.
Huh? Huh?
Now I understand why you're so cute and popular.
Uh, thanks?
Regardless,
I'd like to get this supplementary test started.
Did you memorize everything?
No!
Not yet!
Um...
I'm home.
Your face is red. What's wrong?
Nothing...
I was just thinking, a grade school kid
who saw this would probably develop some weird fetish...
Commercial Connecting Theater
I'll get you!
Catch me if you can!
Why can't we study like Hina?
It's unfair.
Perhaps it's an issue of concentration?
No! Unlike you, we just have too many things to do!
Such as?
Like watching videos online of snakes swallowing sheep whole...
Baa~
And watching videos of huge tigers raised by dogs!
Arf!
Student Council President
Sounds like an issue with concentration to me...
Commercial Connecting Theater
Maybe I'll dye my hair pink...
So this is the video of a snake swallowing a sheep whole?
Nature really is something.
Oh, this is the video of a huge tiger raised by a dog?
It's cute!
First Semester Midterm Exam
Hinagiku Katsura
Izumi Segawa
Miki
Risa Asakaze
Why?!
I told you, it's a difference in concentration.
Here, class rep. Hand these out.
I only printed one per student, so don't lose any.
I wouldn't lose something like this. You must not trust me.
Nope, I don't trust you.
Anyway, I'm counting on you.
Darn that Katsura-chan,
so quick to treat me like some careless kid...
What a cute kitty! Where did it come from?
You're so cute!
No! No! I have a job to do!
I have to hand these out to everyone.
There's only one copy per student,
so I have to keep hold of them.
It's finally over!
Ready to go home?
Not forgetting anything, are you?
If I am, it's okay. I've got Hayate.
Still, who loses handouts just walking from the faculty room
back to the classroom?
B-But the wind caught them before I realized it...
But shouldn't you have noticed that?
You really are careless, Izumi.
Well, from now on, just try not to do anything careless
that can't be taken back.
Good luck with your punishment of cleaning up.
See you tomorrow.
What?! You guys aren't going to help me?!
Fine then. I'll clean the classroom by myself.
Oh, no! Someone forgot a video camera!
Whose is it? Is it Miki-chan's?
It's not broken, is it?
Oh, good. It turns on.
That was close.
But I wonder if it's really okay...
If it is, I'll have to pay for it...
I'll just check to make sure it records.
Oh, good! It recorded!
This is fun!
Good evening, everyone. This is Cliff Peppler.
How fun! This is really fun!
Oh, it's just the cat from before. That scared me.
If anyone sees this, I'll be too embarrassed to come back to school.
B-But it's not like anyone's going to come now,
so maybe I'll shoot a little more.
Now I'll do my Kotetsu-kun impersonation.
Yeah! Trains and Ayasaki really are the best!
Oh! There's Ayasaki!
I'll take a picture! Snap! Snap!
Yeah! Trains and Ayasaki really are the best!
Oh! There's Ayasaki!
I'll take a picture! Snap! Snap!
My Kotetsu-kun impersonation really sounds like him!
Guess we really are siblings!
Trains and Hayata-kun are all he ever talks about!
How funny!
Wh-Why did you call me out here all of a sudden?
If you keep being so quiet, I'll get embarrassed, too...
Y-You shouldn't just hold my hand like that...
Uh, where should it go from there?
Oh, I know!
D-Don't... If you suddenly take my hand like that...
Hey... Your face is too close...
You shouldn't do that out of the blue...
What? One more time?
But... Just because we did it once...
You're being too bold!
N-No... No more...
N—
...ta-kun...
Whoa! Where'd you come from, kitty?!
You scared me...
Thank goodness only the cat saw that.
Whoops! I'm done cleaning, so I should head home!
Oh, so the camera was yours after all, Miki-chan.
Yeah. I forgot it when I left.
And if you realized it, you should've brought it to me.
Yeah... Sorry.
Wait, you didn't film anything weird while
you were alone in the classroom, did you?
What?! N-No, I didn't!
Y-You don't have to shout...
Oh, sorry...
But I didn't do anything...
Did I delete the stuff I recorded?
Huh?
If she sees that, I'll...
Miki-chan! It's not what you think!
That's weird.
The SD card is gone.
Did you take it out?
W-Well, I don't know much about machines...
Thank goodness! The card was missing!
Even if it was an spontaneous decision,
what happened with this?
Here we go, Miki! Nice Cutie!
All right, Risa! Cutie Mate!
Hey!
No fair! Why did you two do it yourselves?!
Well, it was our turn...
Okay, you can do it with me!
Nice Cutie!
Cutie Mate!
Hey!