What?
Really?
Eh?
Kawai
Yuuko! Go and take a bath!
Right!
What is it? You're still in here, dad?
Starting tomorrow, you'll finally be a senior.
The new students in the club will formally join tomorrow.
So you'll be taking on the role of mentoring them?
Eh? Why'd you say it like that?
I'll definitely become a good senior student that will take care of them, so that they will love me.
A good senior student, eh?
W-What is it?
Well, you need more than their affection.
Well, in any case, keep it up.
That's strange.
Seniors and Juniors
Starting tomorrow, I'll have to try hard as a senior at school.
As Kawai-senpai, eh?
I'll show you how to do it, so pay close attention, okay?
Wow! Amazing! Wonderful!
How cool!
Like that, you see?
Hmm? What's wrong, everyone?
No, it's nothing. We were just thinking about how you were cool and how great you are.
A-Actually, I've decided to join the percussion section because of you.
O-Oh no! You're embarrassing me!
Like that, perhaps?
Hehe!
Huh? There's no footmat.
Oh no, it's freezing!
Geez.
Mother! Dad is disgusting!
Eh?
The footmat was soaking wet!
He even left his dirty clothes behind.
From now on, I'm taking a bath before him!
Don't say that.
He likes to have a bath first. He's tired when he gets home from work. Okay?
Eh? I'm also tired from school!
Don't argue with me.
I'm not arguing! Even if Dad is older, he can't do this!
I definitely don't want the junior students to respect me because I'm older!
Anyway, listen well to the senior students' self-introduction.
Music Room
Umm... Well, I'm Kawai, a second grader.
I'm in charge of the percussions.
Nice to meet you.
Do they seem nervous?
They're embarassed. How cute!
Hmm... Our Junior students don't seem to be very energetic.
Nothing we can do about it. They're nervous in front of us.
What? Don't be so nice! They'll underestimate you!
You think so? I don't think that's the case.
Hey, you over there! No whispering!
I'm a second year student, Takahata.
I will be very strict with you, so keep that in mind.
Your role is to listen to whatever we say!
Got that?!
Yes.
Taka-chan is quite strict.
Hey, hey! Big Sister, do juniors enter your club?
Yup.
Are you tough on them from the start?
What do you mean?
Did you tell them to shut up and listen to you? Was the atmosphere like that?
No, no!
After all, our Puppet Show group doesn't really have an atmosphere like a sports club.
But our club doesn't have a sports-like atmosphere either.
Well, in the first place, they're beginners...
If they don't listen to us, they'll never know what to do about puppets and such.
That's why they need to listen attentively.
I suppose they won't underestimate me if I go easy on them.
That's what I think!
Taka-chan!
Do you have English lessons today?
No, we don't.
Gah! I forgot the textbook today!
I wonder if Maririn and her classmates have it...
I didn't understand yesterday's class at all.
Eh? No way, you didn't understand that?
I didn't wanna participate at all...
Weren't her instructions awful?
Give me a proper greeting.
S-
Sorry!
Good morning.
Let's go!
Geez. They're being so sloppy.
T-Taka-chan!
But greetings are expected from first-year students, right?
T-They may not know that very well yet.
Be kind and let them off for today, okay?
No way. You're too soft.
I told you that they'd underestimate you, didn't I?
She says that, but she was pretty rebellious back in the first grade.
Before you complain to others, look at yourself!
After all, I want to be nice to them.
Pass the ball!
One, two!
Ah! Over here!
Hey hey!
Music Room
First-year students, gather round for a bit.
Let's see...
There seem to still be some people who are unable to greet us seniors when we meet in the hallway,
but keep in mind to do so as much as possible.
Senior!
What is it?
Um... Toriyama-san, was it?
It's Karasuyama.
Oh. Sorry.
So, what is it?
About the greetings, there are some seniors who don't do it either...
Wouldn't it be better for the person who notices first to call out?
Um... Just like you don't recongnise all of us yet, we still don't recognise all of you yet.
So, I think it shouldn't be that we juniors have to say it first,
but that it'd be better if whoever notices the other first does the greeting.
I agree. It'd be nice if the seniors did it as well.
I don't see the reason why we always have to do it.
B-But, it's always been done that way, so they want you to protect tradition, okay?
W-Well, that's the way it is.
Yes.
Oh. What's wrong, Yuu-chan? You're awfully early.
Eh? No, just a little.
Look here! Stop fooling around.
Isn't it time for you to start practicing your sections?
For drums, we'll practice our rhythm.
We practiced how to hold our sticks yesterday, right?
Now, keep your elbows still, and keep in time with the metronome...
Okay? Like this. Do you understand?
Right, let's try number 12 together.
Um... Are we just supposed to hit the desk?
No way.
We're not even allowed to touch the real drums?
U-Um... It's important training in order to learn rhythm. We also did nothing else at the beginning.
It seems silly.
It's true that we thought the same thing last year.
Like I thought, our juniors sure are impertinent.
When we were told what to do, we just shut up and did it, even if we didn't know what it meant.
But this year, they are against us all the time.
You know... It's kinda sad to say it that way.
Again, you are going back to being weak.
Starting tomorrow, we gonna have to be even more strict with them.
I wonder if it really is like my father said, that we need more than just affection.
Yuuko! Yuuko!
Yes?
What is it?
Put them the right way.
What? Is that all?
It's very important!
How will you grow up to be a lady if you do stuff like that?
You're so annoying. You also have a bad habit of rolling up your smelly socks and throwing it aside.
What... are you talking about?
When you take off your socks, they are rolled up.
Mom has to unroll your super-smelly socks one by one in order to do the laundry.
This and that has nothing to do with each other!
Yes, they do! Don't forget about your own bad habits!
What did you say?
Don't act conceited!
I'm not acting conceited!
That's why you'll be the section leader for the rest of your life!
Geez, what a useless father.
Do you have a moment, Yuuko?
What is it?
You said a little too much earlier.
Why? It's true, isn't it?
About the incident with your shoes - he's not angry at you, but he was only thinking for you.
I don't think it was like that.
That's why he said it.
He said that because you didn't understand.
He is your senior in life.
Even though it is true that he has remained the section leader for so many years,
it makes him sad to hear it from his own daughter.
As for the footmat, he is more meticulous that he dried his feet completely before exiting.
I see.
Please take a bath now.
Okay.
Pretty sad, isn't it?
It seems sad that they said that.
Am I just like the first-year students?
I wonder...
Nice shot!
Nice shot.
Somehow, it feels very heavy.
First-year students, please copy what we seniors do, okay?
Right.
You need to have the fighting spirit, or we cannot succeed.
Hiroshi-kun...
Oh no! We'll be late!
If we don't get ready, Takahata-senpai will scold us again!
Huh?
What's wrong?
You see, this year's first-year students are a little different from us.
Taka-chan called them conceited.
That could be.
It is true that they look conceited.
Is it the same with your club?
Well, the juniors in my club aren't like that...
but they may be getting bullied.
But I thought they weren't conceited.
It's not really that they're conceited,
but when you become a second-year student and a senior, you sorta wanna bully the first years...
Sorta like revenge for the last year, right?
It wonder if that's true.
Well, that's the tradition.
Tradition, eh?
But I hate that.
The bad things happened to us last year...
I definitely don't want to do those same things to the juniors!
I see. I guess that's true.
As I thought, Hiroshi-kun is amazing.
I ought to become like Hiroshi-kun.
That's why I decided from the start to become a good senior.
Well, let's both work hard, Kawai-senpai!
Yup!
Thank you very much, Naganuma-senpai!
Music Room
It's already time for the meeting to start!
They're already done preparing!
Oh, right... Second-year students don't have to prepare.
Oh my! They're not supposed to sit down before the seniors.
Hey!
Why are you sitting down?
Well...
We thought you weren't coming.
Don't grumble!
Seniors have priority for using these chairs, so why don't you just kindly keep them tidy?!
Why are you looking at me like that?!
No... It's nothing.
Of course there's something! If you take all the good places before us, what will we do?
You're just first-year students and you are so conceited!
We're not conceited!
Don't talk back to me!
Geez! What's with these first-year students?
Right now, you should just shut up and obey what we tell you.
Understood?
Yes.
This meeting is postponed for thirty minutes.
All of you think about what you did.
She's so mean. She didn't have to say that much.
U-Um... Takahata-san said some things without thinking,
but she's really doing it for everyone's benefit.
In this case, just accept it, okay?
Keeping what the seniors tell you is important.
If you say so, let me tell you this...
I saw you talking with a senior from the soccer club earlier!
It's not good to come late because of that!
I can't accept it just because you are a senior.
W-Wait! That's a completely different issue!
No, it isn't! It's unfair for the second-year students to be allowed to do whatever you want,
and for the first-year students to only obey your every wish without talking back!
I-I didn't say that!
But what Takahata said earlier is exactly what the club rules say.
Kawai-senpai, do you think she is really thinking about us?
If you were in our position, what would you do?
That's...
Please answer me!
If you fail to answer, we will not obey you.
What are you talking about?
You won't learn anything if you don't get any instructions from us.
We are thinking about you.
Don't complain all the time.
Taka-chan...
Yuu-chan. What happened in there?
Y-Yuu-chan?
I don't know why, but I ended up crying because sorrow after sorrow had piled up on me.
I failed to take Hiroshi-kun's advice, and I was so angry at myself.
It's just like she said.
I wonder if I have to be a strict senior.
Yuuko! It's dinnertime!
Coming!
I almost gave up because the new employees this year aren't any good.
Is that so?
They can't even greet us properly even when they are all university graduates.
There's something wrong with Japan's education system!
I guess...
Even though they can't do anything without direct supervision...
All they do is complain!
He said the same things as I did!
W-What is it?
I wonder if I've gotten all old already.
What are you talking about?
Sometimes we get angry and say some things harshly without thinking. Don't you agree?
How come your comments sound so mature?
Just a little, eh?
Is it tough to be a senior?
You shouldn't get angry with your juniors.
You have to scold them!
Isn't it the same?
Scolding and getting angry are different!
Scolding means not losing your cool and correcting their mistakes.
Correcting their mistakes?
But I get angry at you quite often.
Well, the most important thing is to do what you have to do properly.
The boss who only throws his weight around is not respected by anyone.
I mean affection alone is not enough.
I see. That's right.
Before thinking about the relationship between seniors and juniors,
I must improve my own behavior and then I can tell them what to do.
Is there something on my face?
Hey, Dad.
Even if you remain as section leader for your lifetime, I still love you, Dad.
Still, you're a great person after all.
Flattery won't get you anywhere.
Dear Taka-chan,
In the end, I have decided...to have a strict attitude towards the first-year students―
Just kidding, I'm just following what Hiroshi and Father did.
Good morning!
Good morning.
Sorry about yesterday. I got angry and left hurriedly.
No, don't mention it, we also feel sorry.
It's all right, but training will be strict.
Yes!
Good morning, Yuu-chan!
Good morning.
Takahata-senpai!
Good morning!
'Morning.
Well, please excuse us.
They can do it if they try.
But why did they change so suddenly?
I don't know how long this relationship will continue, but anyway, I'm glad.
When I became a senior, I finally realized...
It is quite tough to be a senior.
But as I thought, I will try hard.
I want to be a good senior, right?
Next Episode Report:
The smile of the girl next to you...
An ordinary junior; she is nothing special.
But I don't like it. There's something wrong.
You talk with her about club activities.
Just ordinary chatting; it's nothing special.
But I don't like it. There's something wrong.
The person standing over there is a part of you that I don't know...
The time you two spend together.
I feel a little lonely because of that.
Next time: Jealousy
Jealousy
Please look forward to it!