All right, I'm up!
youki ni kuchibue fuite
Whistling a cheerful tune
madobe no kotori to sesshon
I join the birds chirping by the window
suima ga yatte kite
When fatigue strikes
atama ga danshingu
My imagination runs wild
nan demo kan demo waraeru nichijou
Everything in life makes me smile
okimari na kishoutenketsu
Nothing really new takes place
demo demo tama ni wa piritto supaisu
But sometimes it's exciting to spice things up
aozora peintingu
Let's paint it on the blue sky
doko ikou
Where should we go?
koko ni iyou
Let's stay here
sore wa nani
What's that?
are yaritai
I wanna try that!
ima ni tokubetsu na shirushi
Let's make this moment count
tokeibari no mawashikata watashi shidai kamo
How fast my clock moves is all up to me
shiki oriori iro toridori
With a rich palette of colors from the four seasons
nonbiri na everyday
Our laid-back everyday lives can be
pasuteru bibiddo metoro
Any blend of pastel, vivid, and metro colors
jibun dake no karaaringu
Anyone can create their own coloring
sono tokidoki mune doki doki
So when your heart races in excitement
hachamecha na taiyou ni oegaki
Just draw a sun at the top
tobidasu aatishizumu
And let your inner artist take you from there
gyutto shite ii kana
Can I hold your hand tight?
suki suki suki wo sukecchi
I've been sketching everything I love
nijiiro ni somete iku yo
And painting them in rainbow colors
sore ja ittekimasu
All right, I'm off to have some more fun!
September 15th
The Photo Opportunity of Victory!
Miyako Will Win!
Swimsuit, check.
Sweatshirt, check.
Writing utensils, check.
Yamabuki High School
Swimming Competition
Program, check.
I don't want to forget anything today.
That's everything, right?
Ready to go!
Maybe I woke up a bit too early.
Miya-chan, morning!
Morning, Yunocchi.
You're up early today.
Yeah!
I thought I'd go to school early today since we have the swimming competition.
Okay. Yunocchi, hold on.
I'll go with you.
Just give me ten seconds.
There's no need to rush.
Five,
four,
three,
two,
one.
Thanks for waiting!
Let's go.
Exactly ten seconds!
Oh!
Good morning, Nakayama-san!
Morning!
Good morning, Yuno-san, Miya-chan.
Today's going to be fun.
Yeah, today's our first swimming competition!
I was so excited that I ended up getting here early.
Did you have breakfast, Yuno-san?
Yeah, I did!
Did you cook it yourself?
Yeah, I made bacon, eggs, and salad.
And some toast and tea, too.
Wow! That's a full breakfast.
Well, usually I just have toast and tea.
I woke up early today, so I had extra time.
I see. How about you, Miya-chan?
A big bowl of rice with furikake!
What a simple meal.
Yeah, so I can carb up quickly.
Oh, you've thought pretty far ahead.
But I'll probably get hungry again while we wait.
Good morning, everyone.
The weather is great today.
It's a perfect day for swimming.
I appreciate all your help today.
Oh, of course. I'm looking forward to it.
Kuwahara-sensei, I doubt anything bad will happen,
but please be on standby for any emergencies as usual.
Yep! You can count on me.
So, where's Yoshinoya-sensei?
I'm so sorry I'm late!
It took me forever to settle on a swimsuit!
You were almost late, but not quite.
Yes.
I'm fine with you choosing a pretty swimsuit, but make sure it's nothing too eccentric.
Teachers have to be role models for the students.
Remember, there's a time and place for every—
Yes, I'm aware.
So, for today I chose a swimsuit that perfectly suits a teacher!
Are you sure?
Absolutely!
Very well.
Then let's make this an enjoyable swimming competition with no injuries or accidents.
Yes!
One, two, three, four...
Let's go get 'em!
Yeah!
Oh? Yuno-san!
Ah, Nori-chan, good morning!
You're a record-keeper?
Yeah!
I can float now, but I still can't swim.
I would've participated in the pebble picking contest,
but now I can't go underwater.
So you can't participate in any events now?
That's it for the basic instructions.
You two will be taking turns shooting photos, right?
Yes.
Here you go. It's a digital camera.
This is the power button,
and this is the mode dial.
Well, the auto mode should be fine for the most part.
Got it! We'll do our best!
It can hold a lot of photos, so shoot away!
Once you've taken a picture of each event, feel free to take other random pictures.
Also, come ask me if there's anything you can't figure out.
Okay!
And this isn't waterproof, so try not to drop it in the pool.
O-Okay.
This probably costs around 100,000 yen, just so you know.
I don't want to do this anymore.
Miyako-san, how was the swimming competition last year?
We didn't have one.
Huh?
Regular
Last year, it was only among students in the regular program.
Art
And this year, it's the arts students only.
Regular
Oh, so this is arts students only.
I thought it'd be a joint event.
Then, it's Class A versus Class B, right?
Which events are you swimming in, Miyako-san?
The medley relay and the second-year girls' 50-meter freestyle.
You can show off how freely you swim in it.
Just go with the fastest stroke, please.
There's a crowd forming now.
Yeah! The spectator spots are really filling up.
Zoom in and out like this and set the auto-focus...
Where are the settings? Oh, this.
Let me see.
It has a shake compensation feature too!
I wonder how much shaking it can handle.
Say cheese!
Whoa!
100... 100... 100,000 yen!
Right.
This is your first swimming competition, right, Nazuna-chan?
Yes.
You saw one two years ago, right?
No, just a year ago.
It was among the regular students last year, but I came to watch.
I live close by anyway.
Oh, like how I am now.
Art students don't have to attend if they aren't in any event.
They're pretty laid back about that.
It's like a university cultural festival.
Maybe.
Oops!
Participation isn't mandatory, which I'd say is Yamabuki-like.
Then again, most students come anyway, which is also Yamabuki-like.
Hello, everyone.
Today is the swimming competition.
Swimmers and spectators, take care to avoid injuries and accidents, and make sure to have a lot of fun!
Everyone!
Good morning!
I wanted to feel like one of the swimmers,
so I dressed up in a school swimsuit today!
Oh.
It's borderline inappropriate.
Well, I'll allow it this time.
Now, let the swimming competition between arts classes A and B begin!
Everyone, are you ready to go?
Yep!
Today's the last day the pool will be open this year.
I look forward to seeing beautiful swimming!
All right...
Here's a demonstration!
Jump!
That must've hurt.
The next event is the first-year girls' 50-meter freestyle.
Ready...
Set...
Good luck, Nori-chan!
First place, lane four!
All right!
Nori-chan!
That was amazing.
You were so fast!
Looking good.
Oh, Yuno-san!
Yay!
Nori-chan, nice smile.
Nice. Very nice.
What's that? You sound like a supermodel photographer.
Okay, now take off something!
Then I'd be naked!
Nori-chan, congratulations! You did great!
Nazuna, you came to watch me?
Yeah!
You should've just stayed home.
It would've been a nice day off for you.
But...
I wanted to see you shine in the competition!
What's that supposed to mean?
That's embarrassing!
Sorry.
Did you take a photo of that?
Jeez, delete that!
Nori-chan, time out.
This is 100,000 yen!
The next event is the boys' 100-meter freestyle.
Yuno-san, we have to take photos of boys too, right?
Huh? Yeah, I think so.
Boys in swimsuits feel like different creatures.
It's hard to look at them directly.
So much skin is exposed.
Oh my! I shouldn't be thinking that.
I'm a record-keeper.
They're just the subjects of my photos!
I-I have to take photos.
But... But... I can't look at them directly!
Nakayama-san?
That concludes the morning events.
The afternoon events will begin at 1:30.
Wow, gorgeous!
It looks so good!
Can I take a photo of this?
Sure, but are you allowed to?
I think it'd capture a moment of the swimming competition.
Yeah, it might be a good idea.
Thank you so much!
I got a nice photo.
Can we get those photos later?
It must be a lot of work being a record-keeper!
Well then, dig in!
Let's eat!
Japanese!
Western!
Both.
Let me try the omelet.
It's delicious!
I love lukewarm fried chicken out of a lunch box!
I love everything!
We know.
Yeah, looks good!
I wanna take photos of other people having lunch too.
Let's see. I think this is the zoom.
Yes, that's the one.
Thanks, Nori-chan.
They're still too far away.
You'd need a telephoto lens to take picture that far away.
Maybe I'll go around later to take photos.
You seem to have a lot of work, Yuno-san.
Nori-chan, would you like another cup of tea?
Oh, thank you.
Nori-chan, congratulations on first place!
You were fast!
Congratulations!
Oh, thank you.
All that practice was worth it.
Everyone, your principal will be giving a demonstration now.
Please enjoy the show while you eat lunch.
The principal can swim?!
Amazing!
He's fast!
He should participate in the swimming competition too.
He doesn't have anyone to compete against.
Yeah, no one would be a match for him.
Yeah!
Kids shouldn't imitate him anyway.
That concludes my performance.
Thank you for your time.
Sae, do your best!
Thanks.
Huh? Natsume?
S-Sae!
What, you're not swimming?
That's no fun.
W-Well, excuse me!
I'm not good at swimming.
Is that so?
Do you want me to teach you later?
Don't make vague promises like that!
You're always like that!
Huh? What are you talking about?
Third-year swimmers, please take your positions.
I should go.
See you later.
Can I sit next to you?
Oh, yeah, go ahead.
Thanks!
I can get a good view from here!
Sae's up next, isn't she?
Yeah.
The next event is the third-year girls' 50-meter fly.
Sae-san's so cool.
Ready...
Set...
That was a neat dive!
She's already ahead of the rest!
Yeah!
Don't lose!
Keep it up, Sae!
Yay! A Kodak moment!
First place, lane six!
Wow! Amazing!
Oops, we were getting along.
Huh? Natsume-san is in Class B. Why is she happy?
The last event today is a medley relay among the selected teams from each class!
All right, I'm off!
Okay, good luck!
I'll be cheering for you!
Go with the fastest stroke.
Yeah, leave it to me!
Ready...
Miya-chan is on freestyle, so she's swimming the anchor leg, right?
Set...
Yeah.
The medley relay is now in its final stage!
Currently, Class B is slightly ahead!
Miya-chan, good luck!
Wow, Miya-chan is fast!
She outswam the other swimmer so quickly.
Huh?
She's doing a breath-holding crawl!
S-Shouldn't Miyako-senpai take a breath?!
Miya-chan, do your best!
Ten meters left.
Go for it!
Five meters left.
Miyako, keep going!
Yuno-san, you don't need to hold your breath.
Miya-chan, that was awesome!
Miyako-san, you won first place!
Congratulations!
Thanks, guys!
I figured this would be the fastest.
Here are the results of the medley relay.
First place, 2-A.
Second place, 1-A.
Third place, 3-B.
Fourth place, 2-B.
Fifth place, 3-A.
Sixth place, 1-B.
Good work, everyone.
I'm happy that the event concluded without incident.
Yamabuki High School
Indeed. It's a relief.
Good job with the demonstration, Mr. Principal.
The students seemed to have loved it.
Oh, it was just a small performance.
Ah, testing, testing!
Okay, all events for the day have ended!
On to the announcement of the results!
In today's swimming competition between arts program classes A versus B,
the winner is...
Drum roll, please...
Tada!
Class A!
Class B will be cleaning the pool next week for losing!
Really?
Good work, everyone!
Make sure you don't forget your belongings as you leave.
It's all done now!
It's great that we won.
Yeah! Sae-san, you did great!
So the losing class has to clean the pool?
Yeah, sorry.
We couldn't tell you about it because of a gag order.
Canned coker?
That didn't get across too well.
The third-years had a swimming competition two years ago, so we knew what the the losers have to do,
but you don't want to swim hard just to avoid cleaning the pool, right?
Oh, that makes sense!
Yuno-san, let's go return the camera.
Yeah, just one more shot.
The last photo is the empty pool, eh?
Yep! You took a lot of great photos.
It was the right choice to get 2D art students to do it!
Good job!
We'll be posting your photos on the school events section of the Yamabuki High home page.
Thank you much!
Okay, Mashiko-sensei. Please get that done by today.
What? Why me?!
Because you saw me in school swimsuit today!
I never asked you to show me.
What did you say?!
You're a terrible man!
Excuse us.
And so, Mashiko-sensei should've updated the Yamabuki High home page.
That's cool.
Yamabuki High...
School events...
Swimming competition, huh?
Oh, there's the update!
You're right!
Let me see that.
Oh, I took this picture!
Swimming Competition
Yamabuki High School's annual swimming competition was held on September 15th, this time with the arts program students. It was a very exciting event with many students participating despite the hot weather. As for the results, Class A seized victory after a series of fierce matches, while Class B brought just as much spirit and excitement to this successful event. We are already looking forward to next year's swimming competition with the regular program students.
That's a neat photo!
None of the students' faces are shown, huh?
Yoshinoya-sensei is on there.
Can I click to enlarge the picture?
Swimming Competition
Yamabuki High School's annual swimming competition was held on September 15th, this time with the arts program students. It was a very exciting event with many students participating despite the hot weather. As for the results, Class A seized victory after a series of fierce matches, while Class B brought just as much spirit and excitement to this successful event. We are already looking forward to next year's swimming competition with the regular program students.
Yoshinoya
They didn't shrink this photo at all?
Yoshinoya
Amazing...
Boobs...
That wasn't very well-thought out.
I wonder if Mashiko-sensei has the sense that Yoshinoya-sensei is a woman?
Well, I think the photo is just too large.
Like, he probably messed up the resize.
Still, I'll text Yoshinoya-sensei about it.
I bet Mashiko-chan will have a rough time tomorrow.
It was a busy day today.
I wonder how many photos we took.
Nakayama-san took some, too,
so over 100 photos?
Digital cameras are amazing!
I got beautiful photos even though it was my first time.
And the trimming and light effects allow for interesting pictures.
I kind of feel like a real photographer.
I wanna print the other photos sometime.
Will Sae-san be happy if I give her that photo?
The photo I took of everyone at lunch, too.
Oh, yeah!
It'd be nice to take photos of everyone and put them in an album.
I could ask everyone to help and give me ideas.
Don't you think that might be a good idea?
A digital camera... Maybe I'll buy a small one for myself.
I ended up not figuring out how to swim,
but I had fun being a record-keeper.
I took part in the competition in my own way!
September 15th
The End
To Be Continued
suikomaresou na kurai harebare shita asa no hi
The bright morning sun lifts my soul up to the sky
mezamashi no beru naru
When my alarm clock rings
furisosogu hikari ukete
Soaking in the sunshine
kokoro no kyoukaisen wo
I once again cross
saa kyou mo tobikoeyou
My mental boundaries
hikoukigumo sora ni mai
With vapor trails behind me
egaiteru tabi no tochuu
I find myself in the middle of a journey
omoide wa tsuzuiteru
Carrying on memories in the sky
machiawase wa mada saki e
I'm still a long way from you
mada mada mienai mukou
We'll meet far beyond the horizon
ruuru wa nai
No rules here
jiyuu ni hanatsu kyanbasu
I can let it all out on this canvas
kokoro to karada no baransu
The balance between mind and body
tenbin no ue de yureru
Keeps shifting between the two
atarashii aozora de donna yume wo miru
I can dream of anything in a clean blue sky
ima no kono basho wa
From where I am at present
mirai e tsunagaru kara
I should be able to find a way to the future
sagashite yumegumo
And so I continue searching for my dream cloud
doko ni aru no kana
I wonder where it could be
Next Episode
Do you know the scary story of Hidamari Apartments?
Slipping from the stairs and falling!
Miya-chan!
I'm scared of going to the bathroom at night!
Sae-san's screams freak me out.
I'm afraid of sweet things.
Then I'm taking your cake.
What?! Don't!
Which reminds me,
doesn't the stain on the ceiling look like a man's face?
Stop it!
I won't be able to fall asleep!
Next time: "September 17th-19th, Nazuna Meal."
"September 28th, Hyper Midnight."
We'll be waiting at Hidamari Apartments, so come visit us!