The girls and I just met Yuma's kid sister, Momoka...
...who has the sweetest personality, and who's gorgeous like a teen idol!
Not only that, she could see right away that I'm actress material!
Actually, I don't know about that...
Anyway, Ayano and Yuma, who were once almost too close for comfort...
How could you? How could you, Yuma?
Just because you're envious of me for having a boyfriend...
...that's still no reason to start a horrible rumor about me so that...
...Shimotakatani would break up with me!
The two had a HUGE clash!
Ah...this is quite serious, no?
And Yuma turned tail and fled from the scene!
I believe the storm hasn't quite passed yet!
Anyway, let's get on with the story... with a bang!
If you look up at the sparkling lights of the sky...
Will your overflowing tears start sparkling too?
I want to see you with a sparkling smile on my face.
Let's leave yesterday behind.
When did I start looking down all the time?
I had no time to see the different colors of the seasons.
Every time I take a deep breath, the wind blows through my heart.
Come on, let's spread our arms.
If we all dream a big, sparkling dream...
...will all the time we spent worrying disappear?
I want to get there with sparkling eyes...
...to reach that faraway future.
GIRL'S HIGH
10th Grade - Bamboo Class
For gosh sake, what in the world was Yuma thinking, anyway?
You think it's because we kept going on and on about how pretty Momoka is...
...so poor Yuma got mad?
Could be...
She doesn't look it, but Yuma might be...
...more sensitive about things like that than we thought.
Oh, well, at least now you're back to not having a boyfriend!
Just forget about all that stupid stuff. We'll do Girls Night Out and have a blast!
Sorry to disappoint you, but I haven't been dumped yet!
Huh? You haven't?
I explained everything to him, and that cleared up the misunderstanding.
Tsk!
Hey! Did you just go "tsk"?
No, I didn't...I didn't.
Yes, you did!
I didn't!
I know you did!
I did not, I said! You did!
RIFT.
Momoka...
Just what do you think you're doing, pulling a stunt like that?
What do you mean?
Don't give me that!
I thought it was weird when you came up to us, but now I know the reason.
I don't give a damn if you hate me.
But you have no right to get my friends...
...involved in a stupid fight between sisters!
What are you talking about, Big Sister? You've got it all wrong.
I just wanted to get to know your friends, see...that's all there is to it!
I have no idea what happened between you and Ayano and the others.
But if you're trying to pin the blame on me...
...I find that really annoying, you know!
What the hell! A little misunderstanding like that...it'll get cleared up in no time.
Since nobody pays any attention to you but guys, you'll never understand.
Friendship between girls lasts forever!
No way am I gonna let it get destroyed so easily!
Why are you being so stubborn? When it's already on the brink of collapse?
Chemistry Lab
Anyway... Chemistry Lab
In other words, this compound here...
Look...Suzuki, Sato...
There's so much hostility between you two today.
Is something going on?
Nothing is going on!
Please don't mind us, Mr. Odagiri, and continue with the lesson.
B-But as your homeroom teacher, I can't just ignore...
Just leave us alone. Would you just hurry up and get on with class?
All right, all right.
Uh, um, as I was saying, in other words, this compound here called carbon...
But Yuma...why won't you talk to me?
Why won't you explain to me what happened?
What? Is that really true, what you just told me?
No question about it. That's exactly what happened.
There were such bad vibes between Ayano and your big sister again today.
I never dreamed my sister would do such a thing...
I'm so sorry, Ayano!
Oh, don't be! It's not as though you're to blame, Momoka.
Listen, Momoka, have you noticed anything different about Yuma lately?
Something different about Big Sister?
Look, we already know Yuma's a freak, so you don't have to tell us that...
Kouda! You just sit back and keep your mouth shut!
Now that you mention it, she seemed really stressed out...
...for some reason lately.
I don't know why, but she was even a little cold towards me...
Stressed out?
She'd come home from school, always in a bad mood.
And she wouldn't tell me what was wrong when I asked her.
So now I'm thinking that maybe this happened because she was so stressed...
...she just snapped.
Then, do you think there's no question, it really...
...was Yuma who started that terrible rumor about Ayano?
Just because she was jealous of her for having a boyfriend, it seems a little harsh.
Her friend found herself a boyfriend, whereas she's still all alone...
But still, if you ask me...
Huh?
Hey, what's up with that, Eriko? I was just getting to the best part!
Can't help it. I mean, Momoka is such an incredible liar!
What? Liar?
It wasn't Yuma who started that horrible rumor about Ayano.
It was you. Right, Momoka?
Eriko! What a terrible thing to say!
I only told you what I saw...
It's been over a month since Ayano and Shimotakatani started seeing each other.
So why would all this happen the very next day after we told you about them...
...well, Momoka?
Eri...
Well, that...that was just a coincidence!
Big Sister's stress just happened to...
More importantly, though...
We've only known you for 3 days, Momoka...
...but I've been friends with Yuma for 3 years, all through middle school.
Isn't it easy to guess which one of you I'm going to believe?
Hey! I had it all figured out from the beginning, you know.
Yeah, as if!
I...I'm going to go apologize to Yuma, okay?
Eriko!
Huh? What's up, Kouda?
There are times when I just wonder whether you're intelligent, or a moron!
Hey, you! Kouda!
So you're another of those self-righteous types?
After all the trouble I've gone to behind the scenes, you wrecked it all...
...because you couldn't read between the lines.
It really pisses me off, you know.
Oh, yeah?
I hate people like you the most! You're just like Big Sister!
There's one thing you should know...
The first time I met Yuma, we got into the biggest fight you ever saw.
So maybe you and I can get to be friends someday, too!
Who in their right mind would want to be friends with a loser like you?
Wow, sisters can be totally alike in some ways, after all.
Come on, I already told you I don't care!
Since my kid sister was the one behind all this, I'm partly responsible, too.
But, Yuma! That's not going to make me feel any better!
Yuma! As a token of apology, here's a special energy drink!
I'll set up another dating party. So let's call it even, all right?
When I become an actress, I promise...
...I'll reserve the best seat in the theater for you!
Jeez! Could you get off me, for god's sake?
Oh, don't be like that, Yuma baby!
You-you gross me out!
I know!
Next time we go swimming, Yuma, I'll shave your bikini line for you!
Huh?
Uh, that's one thing I'm seriously gonna take a pass on.
Okay, then, how about this? Enough already!
So what? I'm only losing to Big Sister in the number of girlfriends we have!
So anyway, the celebrities on the late-late show were slipping all over the place!
Really? I wish I'd seen it too!
Well, it's great that Yuma and Ayano made up...
...and things are all back to normal now, but...
There's something about this that really bugs me.
Eriko, what do you mean, bugs you?
Well, since Momoka's much prettier and all...
...you wouldn't think she'd have a complex.
So why is she so hostile towards Yuma? Know what I mean?
Come to think of it, you do have a point.
Well, it's a sister thing after all, so...
...there are probably reasons we'd never understand.
Even so, it is a little unnatural.
Excuse me, my young ladies!
There's something we'd like to ask you.
ERIKO / KOUDA There's something we'd like to ask you.
ERIKO / KOUDA Would you mind coming with us?
Oh! Hey, you come back here!
What? You want to talk to us about Momoka Suzuki?
That's right. Just tell us a little about her...
...what she's like at school, stuff like that.
What she's like? How should we say it?
Right?
That girl has the worst reputation ever!
Her reputation's...
...the worst?
At first, she seems really friendly.
But it doesn't take long for her horrible personality to show!
All she cares about is boys. We hear she knows lots of guys in high school!
She only talks about how popular she is and steals someone else's boyfriend.
So nobody at school talks to her anymore!
Hey, didn't she say something about getting a new boyfriend the other day?
Yeah, she did!
I forget if his name was Nagasawa or Nagayama, but it's so annoying!
We're like, why don't you just shut up and do whatever you want!
I don't know, it's getting more and more confusing, isn't it?
You think she's venting all her stress from being an outcast at school on Yuma?
Mmm...
She has all the boyfriends she needs...
...there's no reason for her to take it out on Yuma, though!
You're right about that, but...
Huh?
The train's late, isn't it, Shimotakatani?
If only this station was an express stop, we'd have gotten on long ago...
No, it's all right. After all, we're still young...
...we have an Unlimited Local Railway Pass for love!
We should take the local train, and go slowly, step by step!
Ayano!
Don't get impatient! Shimotakatani...
We have our Lovey-Dovey Train... and there's no end of the line!
CUT IT OUT!
Some people are worrying their heads off about Yuma, you know!
You two are the ones who caused this commotion!
What the heck do you think you're doing?
Why don't you take your one-way Super Express...
...and beat it to Siberia, Alaska or Kotesashi!
I see...
So that's what Momoka's classmates are saying about her...
You've known Yuma since you were both in grammar school, right, Ayano?
So that means you knew Momoka, too, right?
Yes, when we were little, we played together sometimes.
But then Yuma started talking less and less about Momoka.
When Momoka didn't come to our middle school...
...I did think it was strange.
But I had no idea that she was going to Shimomura Middle School.
You think she didn't want to go to the same junior high as Yuma?
What happened between those two, I wonder?
Yuma and Momoka used to be really close when we were younger.
Whenever somebody picked on Momoka, Yuma would always come running...
That's it, you creeps!
If you pick on Momoka, you'll have to deal with me!
She was so heroic, even way back then, that Yuma.
Anyway, there's nothing we can do but wait and see a little longer...
Nobody told me that's how I should feel.
What did I do, acting on my own...
Friendship between girls lasts forever!
So much for friendship between girls!
One more push and it would've been destroyed!
Hey, Momoka! Enough is enough, dammit!
How loud does the music have to be? Dumbass!
Hey! I'm listening to that!
Would you mind not turning it off without asking?
Yes, hello?
Oh, Nagasawa?
I was just thinking about giving you a call!
Oh, nothing, I wasn't doing anything just now.
Oh, please, Nagasawa! Is that what you were thinking?
Has it already been 2 years since that day?
Don't make me say it over and over!
I just don't want to go to the same middle school as you, Big Sister!
What are you talking about?
It's right in the neighborhood, so you might as well just come to P.S. 2.
It'll be a lot more convenient for you, too, if I'm there.
No way! I'd rather die than go there!
No way am I going to the same middle school as you, Big Sister!
I wonder why she couldn't stand the idea of going to the...
...same middle school as me.
What is it? What do you want from me?
Are you Momoka Suzuki?
Wait a minute, did you use Nagasawa's name to send me this e-mail...
...asking me to come here?
That's right.
You know why we called you out, don't you?
Whatever. Just come with us. We know just the place!
I know we're class monitors today, but...
...does he have to make us go to all this trouble?
Huh?
Hime...now, now! Huh?
This is so lame!
Why am I wasting my time like this, worrying my head off about that little moron?
She's just my kid sister!
She's just...my kid sister...
Don't mess with us!
Nagasawa is Aiko's boyfriend, you know.
Having a little twit like you running interference...that's all she needs!
He told me himself, you know...
You wouldn't leave him alone, so he had no choice but to hang out with you!
No, that's a lie! He's the one who started hitting on me!
What a pain in the ass. You're making it sound like Nagasawa lied!
I won't let you get away with that kind of thing!
I don't think it'll be enough to just throw a scare into her.
Wanna use these?
What the hell do you think you're doing?
Picking on a weakling! Is that your idea of fun?
Weakling?
Does that mean I'm...a weakling?
That I'm a weakling who needs Big Sister to protect me all the time?
Hey, you! Are you listening?
How can you space out like that?
Don't you realize what kind of situation you're in?
Or are you so scared you've lost your mind?
You really piss us off, a little pest like you getting your hair all permed!
It doesn't look good on you at all!
Whoops! I actually cut it off!
Oh, jeez! That's really pushing it!
Now I'm gonna give you a really nice cut.
That's right! We all want to be beauticians, after all!
Ha! I didn't know that!
Okay! Hello there!
I'm Eriko!
I'm Akari!
Together, we're called...
Together...we're called...
Um...
What was it again?
Uh, we have no idea...
...what you call yourselves!
Eriko...Kouda...
Oh, my! Kouda, would you look at that?
High school girls capturing a middle school girl, and they're threatening her!
My, my! How frightening!
Whatcha talking about? My, my! How frightening!
Hey, Eriko! What's up with that all of a sudden?
Sorry! My mistake!
OK. Just be careful.
Whatcha talking about? OK. Just be careful.
Come on, what do you think you're doing?
Whatcha talking about? Come on, what do you think you're doing?
Oh, boy, I messed up again.
You did that on purpose! I know you did it on purpose!
Whatcha talking about?
Aren't you supposed to stop after the third time?
Whatcha talking about?
It was all my fault, please forgive me...
Hey...hey, what's the big idea, you two?
Wait a minute...do you know this kid?
Well, I guess we'd have to say...
...she's our friend, right?
We're just about to start cultivating our friendship!
After all, she's Yuma's little sister, right?
What do you mean, friends? Just stay out of our way, got that?
Well, we're not gonna get in your way, but...
She'll be here any second now... our star performer!
Momoka!
Big Sister...
Ouch...
You three...
I don't know what my kid sister did to you...
But since I slammed her one instead, could you let her off the hook now?
All right, fine.
Let's go.
All right, I guess I'll be going too.
Dammit...
I'm never going to thank you for this, got that?
Damn you...acting like you're my avenging hero!
I never asked you to bail me out, not once!
But you've been doing it for years... always, always...
Every time you bailed me out...
...every time you stepped in to protect me, Big Sister...
...don't you know how pathetic that made me feel?
Big Sister...
Dumbass!
I still can't stand you, Momoka.
Same here! I hate you too, Big Sister! I hate you more than anything in the world!
Hey, Eri, did you notice it, too?
Huh?
Even when she's telling her how much she hates her...
...Momoka still always calls Yuma "Big Sister" no matter what!
That reminds me! Hey, you with the huge forehead!
Huh? Are you talking to me?
I don't want you to get the wrong idea, so I'll tell you...
There's no way in hell that you're EVER gonna become an actress, got that?
Too bad!
Too bad...too bad...too bad...
The minute people find out who she really is...
...she's gonna sink as low as she can go, huh? That kid...
You and I may overdo it sometimes, but crying when you want to cry is all right.
I can be confident for no reason It's okay, 'cause I'm included in your life.
Nobody told me that's how I should feel...
What did I do, acting on my own?
My heart may understand, but my heart won't let me do it.
Because I'm not running at the same speed as everyone else.
As long as we're deceived by "the right way to be happy"...
...or the meaning of the word "ready-made", we'll never be together.
You and I may overdo it sometimes, but crying when you want to cry is all right.
I can be confident for no reason. It's okay, 'cause you're included in my life.
Oh, man! Would you just back off?
Why are you so pissed? Because you said you are so popular...
...I just asked you to introduce me to some guys you think would be right for me!
A cricket or a grasshopper would be right for you, Big Forehead!
Hey, hold up! How dare you speak to an upperclasswoman like that!
I'm calling you Big Forehead because you have a big forehead!
Hey, you! How dare you say that to a future movie star!
I already told you, you'll never be in movies, much less be a star!
I will!
Next Episode
This is Ayano. The long, hot summer is finally upon us.
Here I am at the pool with Eri and Yuma!
Wait! What's my darling Shimotakatani doing here?
Ayano...this must mean it's destiny after all!
I think so, too...I really do! Actually, I'm the one who invited him.
Next episode of Girl's High...
An Example of the Terrible Consequences of Hitting on Your Own Students by Mistake.
Ayano, don't tell me someone's gonna hit on you!
Oh, my! I made him worry about me!