At Miyagami Private Academy,
there is a group of beautiful girls,
who have power and authority on par with the faculty members.
MIYA
MIYAGAMI
MIYAGAMI ACA
MIYAGAMI ACADEMY
MIYAGAMI ACADEMY MAXI
MIYAGAMI ACADEMY MAXIMUM
MIYAGAMI ACADEMY MAXIMUM AUTH
MIYAGAMI ACADEMY MAXIMUM AUTHORITY
MIYAGAMI ACADEMY MAXIMUM AUTHORITY-WIEL
MIYAGAMI ACADEMY MAXIMUM AUTHORITY-WIELDING
MIYAGAMI ACADEMY MAXIMUM AUTHORITY-WIELDING BEST
STUD
MIYAGAMI ACADEMY MAXIMUM AUTHORITY-WIELDING BEST STUDENT
MIYAGAMI ACADEMY MAXIMUM AUTHORITY-WIELDING BEST STUDENT COUN
MIYAGAMI ACADEMY MAXIMUM AUTHORITY-WIELDING BEST STUDENT COUNCIL
Or for short:
Best Student Council!
Koi seyo onna no ko
Touzen ishin denshin akogare
Itsudemo onna no ko
Kekkou muri na yume mo miteru
Kimete wa onna no ko
Koushin! Hibi saishin no nagame
Koi seyo onna no ko
Kekkyoku isshou kenmei de itai n desu
Daremo ga konna hiroi sora no shita kara jibun no koosu sagashitai
Egao mo bacchiri kimacchatte
Dakara tomannai yo
Kawaii dake no hana ja tarinai
Omoikiri yume wo tobidasu jetto de shiawase wo atsumeyou
Itsumo haato no keesu wa tatta hitotsu dake
Ima wa konna ni chiisana
Romansu no kakera datte
Suteki na mirai ni rinku shiteru
Ashita wa motto kagayaku kara
A Brilliantly Clever Approach
My name is Kaori Izumi.
I'm in the 8th grade at Miyagami Academy,
and also the youngest member of the Best Student Council's Assault Squad.
The reason I came to Miyagami Academy was to get onto the Best Student Council.
Yes, I wanted to be close to the president of the Best Student Council, Miss Kanade Jinguji.
Her beauty transcends everything...
Her calm demeanor doesn't flaunt her high social standing...
Miss Kanade is the woman of my dreams...
To attend the same school she goes to...
To work with the same student council she is on
and become an executive member of the student council are my dreams.
And, someday, it'll be like...
My dear Kaori. Please stay by my side forever.
Miss Kanade, je t'aime...
Wow, that's French, isn't it?
Just like that! What are we going to do? What's going to happen?
As a pure and shy 14-year old girl, I can't imagine any more than that!
Hmm?
Rino, there's some lint in your hair.
Thank you, President. Merci!
Wow, that's French, isn't it?
Rino... Rando...
I will not forgive you!
That should be ME right there, where you are now!
And, that puppet is unforgivable!!
It's okay, Kaori.
Miss Kanade only talks to her out of curiosity, because she's just a rare creature.
If she continues to hang around with a klutz like that,
Klutz
NIf she continues to hang around with a klutz like that,
If she continues to hang around with a klutz like that,
Klutz
If she continues to hang around with a klutz like that,
I'm sure she'll be fed up with her in a matter of a few days!
Klutz
I'm sure she'll be fed up with her in a matter of a few days!
That's right! And I'll replace her.
The one who'll be by Miss Kanade will be...
ME, KAORI IZUMI!!
The abilities of Rino Rando, who has been appointed secretary, are still unknown.
Therefore, we of the Assault Squad, will keep her temporarily and determine her aptitude.
Kaori, I want you to look after Rino Rando.
What?
I'll be in your care!
Wh-Why?!
What kind of look is that? Do you have a problem with this?
No! Not at all!
Miss Rino Rando, it's very nice to meet you!
Yes. Me, too.
Nanaho, who decided on this pairing?
The president.
I knew it.
Um, excuse me! Please wait for me!
Do you want to bet on whether this Kaori / Rino duo works out?
I bet it DOESN'T work.
Then the bet's off! Game over! No contest!
Assault Squad Best student Council
I don't like inefficiency, so I'll just get right to the point.
Listen carefully.
Yes.
The main duty of the Assault Squad of the Best Student Council is our patrol.
Patrol
The main duty of the Assault Squad of the Best Student Council is our patrol.
We check over the school for any problems, and if there are any, we deal with them.
Patrol
We check over the school for any problems, and if there are any, we deal with them.
That's all. You got it?
Yes!
Don't you have to report any problems to the vice-president?
If it's a minor problem it's okay to report it later on.
It's up to each member to make that call.
I see. So in other words you could fail to resolve a big problem,
and blame Rino for it, right?
What do you mean by that?
I mean what I just said.
Because it seems that you don't like Rino much.
Why you!
Pucchan, you idiot!
Don't say such rude things to Izumi!
She's a fellow member of the Best Student Council!
That's right.
You wouldn't do anything to frame a fellow council member, would you?
Right. Even though I really would like to...
Rando, I don't really like you or hold any regard for your abilities.
But, I'd never do anything to lose Miss Kanade's trust.
Don't you ever forget that.
Uh... okay.
You're surprisingly honest, aren't you?
I'm always honest. Come on, let's go.
Oh, okay!
Cleaning Tools Storage
There don't really seem to be any problems around, huh?
Yeah.
What's up, Rino?
Ayu-chan!
Thanks for patrolling.
Just doing our job.
Wow...
What is it?
With that Best Student Council armband,
you really look like a part of the student council.
How do you like life as a member of the student council?
I get nervous being surrounded by so many amazing people, but...
President Kanade has been extremely nice to me!
Like last night, she gave me some of her homemade dessert!
It was delicious!
Wow, Rino! You must be the president's favorite!
You think so?
Why?!
Izumi? What's wrong? Where'd THAT come from?
Um, nothing.
I'm sorry for yelling...
Um, excuse me! You're from the Best Student Council, aren't you?
Yes, we are.
Please help us!
What happened?
There's been an incident in our clubroom!
An incident?
Let me handle it, young lady.
All right, let's get a move on, guys!
Hey, don't boss us around!
Puppet Theater Club
Whoa, check out this puppet!
It looks like it's alive!
Fall in love with me, and you'll only get burned, honey.
So wonderful...
I'm sorry!
Mami Aoki I'm sorry!
Mami Aoki I'm Mami Aoki, the captain of the puppet theater club.
Mami Aoki I'm in the 10th grade.
And these are the members of our club behind me.
Sachiko Iijima
I'm Sachiko Iijima. I'm in 9th grade.
Tomoko Egawa
I'm Tomoko Egawa. I'm in 8th grade.
Hazuki Oda
I'm Hazuki Oda. I'm in 7th grade.
I appreciate the introduction.
So what is this "incident"?
Well, when I came to the clubroom earlier... Look at what an awful thing I discovered!
A puppet?
Yes. This is Snake, the one who was going to play the main character in our next performance.
Our wonderful, wonderful Snake...
Look at how unsightly he is now!
Snake!
He was still right in the middle of his mission, too!
This is awful.
Yeah. I've never seen a victim as bad as him.
Izumi, we have to find out who did this...
Excuse us.
Huh? Why?!
There's no need for the Best Student Council to take action just because a puppet got torn apart.
Besides it's just a puppet. All you have to do is to fix it up to solve the problem.
You moron
You moron!
Don't just judge the size of the incident by the value of the object!
Can't you see there're people who are in pain because what they cherish has been destroyed?
This is a criminal act without a doubt!
I feel the same way, too.
Because if my Pucchan ever became like Snake, I'd...
Don't jinx me.
I'm sorry.
Izumi.
Who was in charge of the clubroom?
Me. I'm the only one with a key.
Where do you usually keep the key?
I keep it in my bag and carry it with me at all times.
Are there any spare keys?
There's none.
So that means the suspect must have taken the key out of your bag
sometime between when you came to school and the lunch break,
then infiltrated this clubroom, and destroyed the puppet...
That sounds about right...
How many people are in the puppet theater club?
All of us here, four in all.
Have you let others know that you were going to use this puppet for the next performance?
No, not yet.
So that means, the one who knows about this puppet
and would also has a motive to destroy it is...
That's right...
The culprit is among us! That's right...
The culprit is among us!
Don't steal my line!
I'm not the culprit!
We know that.
There are only four members in the puppet theater club, so we all get along very well.
So there's no way the person who tore Snake apart is among us!
You're absolutely right! That's just impossible!
Don't get swayed by your personal feelings.
Okay...
Where was the puppet kept?
In the wooden box over there. He was in there with other puppets.
Any damage to other puppets?
No.
Only Snake was destroyed...
By the way, who made Snake?
One of our club members, Sachiko Ijima.
Usually Aoki takes care of everything from making the puppets
to writing the scripts, so the rest of us are here to help her.
But for this upcoming performance we decided that all of us would take part in it.
And so you made the puppet!
Cool, you got chosen!
I was excited.
Captain Aoki showed me how to do all these different things.
I was a pain in the butt but I managed to finish it somehow...
But I can't believe something like this happened...
I'm so sad that I can't even eat!
You are eating.
I was in charge of the script for the first time.
Captain Aoki and the others told me it was a very good story...
That's why this is all so frustrating.
How did you decide who'd take care of which tasks?
To be fair we decided by lot.
Did you have any issues with your own task?
No, I didn't, and I don't think anyone else did, either.
One last question: Why don't you speak on your own?
Look who's talking.
I'm still new to the puppet theater club,
so I've been pretty much been helping the others.
So you like puppet shows!
I wasn't so interested in it at first,
but I decided to join the puppet theater club
after watching a puppet show put together by Captain Aoki.
The puppets Captain Aoki makes are all great.
Stories and acting are great, too!
I see!
Pucchan, let's go check it out sometime!
Only if we have free time.
You said you basically helped out the other members.
So you were in a neutral position, so to speak.
I'll ask you bluntly, who do you think the suspect is?
Um, well... I don't know either.
But...
But?
When it all boils down, the star of the puppet show is the puppet itself.
I was a little jealous of Miss Ijima who made Snake, but...
But I still didn't do anything! That's the truth!
Yeah, we know.
How was the quality of the puppet?
Compared to the ones Captain Aoki makes, that is.
It was done really nicely.
Let me ask you one thing, Captain.
Are you still going to perform even if this case doesn't get resolved?
I'm not sure unless I ask the others what they think...
But personally I don't think it'd be very fun to perform while things are still so foggy.
What would you do if the culprit was one of your members?
I'd have a talk.
If there's any problem I'd like to resolve it.
And I want this to be a fun club again, just like it used to be.
This is also my responsibility as club captain.
I understand.
I'm sorry, but please allow us to investigate the scene.
Could you leave the room for a while and wait with other members?
Sure.
Hey, Rino, do you know who the culprit is?
What? How would I know?
It's easy. It's the girl named Hazuki Oda.
What?
She's responsible for it.
She joined the club out of the admiration she had for the club captain,
but other club members were assigned to work on the story and puppets.
In other words, she didn't like the way things were.
N-No way!
But you know, she was the one who brought it to Izumi's and Rino's attention.
The first one to report the incident turns out to be the suspect.
That stuff happens all the time.
She's a good person! She'd never do such a thing!
Don't let her appearance fool you!
But that's true! I know it's true!
Hazuki
See, I told you.
That's the weapon.
A pair of scissors?
Anyone in the puppet theater club would have a pair!
That's right! Ayu-chan has a good point!
Take a good look at the blade.
Those are...
Threads?
What's more, they're the same color as the puppet's outfit.
This is what they call "solid evidence."
No way... How could she be the culprit?
No, I don't want her to be!
Accept the truth, Rino!
No!
If that's the truth, it'd leave unpleasant feelings in everyone's hearts!
They wouldn't be able to enjoy performing!
I know no one wants that!
I know they want to keep it fun!
So you're wrong! It's not her!
Definitely, definitely not her!
Rando, you're an idiot, aren't you?
You say stuff like that based on your emotions
but it won't solve anything.
But...
Listen to me very carefully! But...
Listen to me very carefully!
She's not a suspect to begin with.
Really?
Yup.
How can you so sure?
Would you do such a thing knowing that it'd disturb someone you admire?
I wouldn't do that. I'd never do that.
No matter how mad I am.
Izumi...
The culprit is someone else.
I know it's someone else.
WHAT?!
THE CAT IS THE CULPRIT?
WHAT?!
The cat is the culprit?!
That's right.
I saw a stray cat in the courtyard earlier.
And, there's a ventilation window on the floor of this clubroom.
The cat opened this window and got at the puppet.
Hold on a sec.
The puppet was inside the wooden box on the shelf.
Are you saying that the cat went up there and messed with only one puppet?
Smell this puppet.
Sniff
Sniff Sniff
Sniff
It smells sweet.
Ijima, the one who made this puppet, LOVES snacks.
Basically this is how it happened.
The smell of her snacks was passed on to the puppet and that attracted the cat.
Sniff
The smell of her snacks was passed on to the puppet and that attracted the cat.
Sniff Sniff
The smell of her snacks was passed on to the puppet and that attracted the cat.
That's the truth behind this incident.
Puppet Festival
That's great!
I'm really glad that none of us was the culprit.
Now you can perform, Captain Aoki!
I'll do my best to fix Snake!
Right... Let's do that.
Yes!
Sachiko, you should cut back on the snacks!
You were the cause of this to begin with!
Okay...
I'm happy that it all worked out okay!
Yeah! Everything's resolved.
All thanks to Izumi!
Of course!
After all I'm a member of the Best Student Council!
Huh?
What?
Nothing.
Thank you!
Well, let's just leave it at that for now.
Here you go!
The report was very well written and the video clip was well put together!
I'll submit them to the president for you.
Keep up the good work!
The members of the Covert Squad sure work hard.
This settles the case with the puppet theater club then, huh?
Yes. There might still be an epilogue.
Epilogue?
Maybe they'll find out why the president let Kaori onto the student council.
I wouldn't make a person that I admire sad.
That much should be obvious...
Huh?
Toy Hayashi
Huh?
You're Kaori Izumi, right?
Come to Miyagami Academy if you want.
You'll get to do all kinds of fun stuff.
There's so much you'll be able to do
that it will even make up for all that you've been unable to do up to now.
I promise you that.
I want to do that...
I want to do fun stuff!
I know you can do it.
Or rather, let's do it together!
All of us together...
That's right, it'd be pointless if it wasn't any fun.
Now I remember, thanks to Rino Rando...
The reason why I am who I am.
"I am the captain of the puppet theater club."
"Anything from making puppets to writing the scripts and performing,
I am the club captain and the best at all of it."
"I am what the other club members aspire to be."
"I'm also the one to receive acclaim for them."
"As the one who stands above the others,
I gave them an opportunity."
"But, the ones I thought were simply my sidekicks
were on the verge of developing their own wonderful talents."
"I didn't want to lose my comfortable position..."
That's why you chopped the puppet up and tried to cancel the performance!
You even framed a person who admires you!
I was... I was just...
Don't worry. I'm not going to tell anyone about this.
Really?
Yeah.
Thank you...
If you stand above others, then act accordingly!
Do your job right for the sake of those who admire you!
Have more fun, idiot.
The person that I admire is someone who's truly qualified to stand above others.
She is someone I can be proud to admire... openly and unfalteringly.
So I wouldn't even get jealous of Rino Rando.
I wouldn't do anything to make the one I admire sad. I'd never do that.
I'll live a happy life with everyone...
Isn't that right, Miss Kanade?
Rino, what would like for tonight's dinner?
Hamburg steak!
Curry and rice!
All right, I'll ask the building manager.
Yay!
All right!
I'm glad you're so excited!
Looking at your smile makes me happy, too.
President Kanade... Merci...
Whoa, that's French, isn't it?
I'm in the Best Student Council,
and I'll have an enjoyable time along with Miss Kanade...
But what is this?
This dark feeling that's coming from the bottom of my heart...
This is, like, totally unforgivable!
Having Miss Kanade all to herself!
Rino Rando, you idiot!
Kimi wa ima tanin da ne
Tagai wo shiranai deattemo inai
Kimi to itsu shiriaeru
Tsunagaritai kara oide guuzen no angel
Onaji basho ni iru dakedo kizukenai
Monooto ga suru dake de sekai ga niji iro ni natte
Unmei goto kaete iku setsuna
Furimuita kimi wo mite
Saisho no hitokoto
Soko ni guuzen no angel
This is Tsunomoto!
This is Rein! This is Tsunomoto!
This is Rein Tsunomoto!
The student council and the culinary club face each other in a cooking battle!
It's a problem, it's tasty and it's a whole lot of trouble!
Next Episode
A Beautiful Battle
Next time on Best Student Council: "A Beautiful Battle"
It's going to be Best's triumph, a win, a victory!