Mickey, magic is really strange.
I keep messing up and causing trouble...
...but I hope to be just like you someday soon!
Oh, Akan...
Good morning!
O-Oh, Nanaka, good morning.
Why are you spaced out so early in the day?
Uh, well...
Good morning, Akane!
Huh?
What's that?
Is that how you show respect to your elders?
Nanaka, if you get annoyed about little things like that...
...you'll never be a popular upperclassman.
Like I care if Aikawa likes me or not.
I stayed up too late reading the Grimoire.
I gotta take it easy or I won't last.
Takakura?
What?
Senior...
U-Uh, um...
Oh, Aikawa, it's you.
What is it?
Takakura...
Uh, I...
I mean, um...
I want...
I want you to go with me...
Akane, the Hiccups, and a Strange Relationship.
Chicagowa Americade ichiban ookina toshidesu.
Watashiwa ryoushinto kono machio tazunemashita.
Soshite kaimonoo shimashita.
Miss Aikawa, what's the matter?
They've stopped!
Thank you ma'am!
Oh, no...
Takeo...
Takeo and...
...Aikawa...
Nanaka, have you seen her before?
Who?
She's a strange person with really nice hair...
I see her all the time.
I followed her once, but she disappeared.
Disappeared?
Are you sure you weren't dreaming?
I wonder...
That's gotta be it.
Come on, let's go!
Hey, wait!
N-N-Nanaka!
G-Good, we're all here.
Aikawa isn't here...
Again...
O-Oh, well, never mind about Aikawa.
Why?
U-Uh, she said she had something to do at home, yeah, that's it...
Stare...
A-A-Anyway, I thought we'd use the bars to get in some...
...Aikawa, no, I mean...
...a- acrobatic flying practice, yeah, that's it!
Acrobatic flying?
Uh, but let's change plans and do independent study instead!
Okay!
Well, I have some errands to run, so I will be going.
Dismissed!
Well, it's a really boring errand, so please...
...don't concern yourself with it at all.
Strange.
Too strange, Takeo...
He stopped.
It looks like he's waiting for someone.
I never thought...
I didn't think that Aikawa was Takeo's type...
I had no idea, no clue at all!
I can't believe it...
No, I understand.
It's the way Aikawa looks at him.
It's the look of someone in love.
I've lost respect for you, Takeo!
How could you, when you have me!
I caught you!
Mizuha Miyama!
Oh, now that's a laugh!
That little wimp has a girlfriend?
It takes all kinds to make a world!
Girlfriend...
We don't know if that's true...
Yeah, what about me?
Rinbun, Kojin!
Independent study today!
Yes!
Independent Study?
Uh, Miss Aikawa, I have no idea where we are going, but...
I-I really don't know you that well...
...and suddenly you ask me out, but that's...
...it's neither here nor there but, I can't just go out with you...
...I mean we should get to be friends first...
There are proper ways for relationships to...
I'm sorry, to make you...
...take me home from school.
"Go with, you"...
Are you okay? "Go with, you"...
Are you okay?
...if that's what you meant...
...you should have said something like "do you have a minute"...
...that wouldn't have been misconstrued...
...I mean, there are better ways to put things...
I didn't really understand all that, but sorry.
Oh no, I did it again.
I see...
I haven't been able to stop hiccuping since yesterday.
And I don't have anyone I can talk to...
...so I thought maybe you could do something about it.
There's always so much going on around Mr. Aburatsubo...
That's true.
Nanaka, we can't do this...
We can't follow, it's not fair to them.
Then why did you come along?
If those two are really going out...
...then I'd be happy for them, as a member of the same club...
...I mean, I think they'd make a good couple...
Takakura is so wonderful...
...and if Akane really likes him, then I should support her...
...as her upperclassman...
And I like Akane...
They went into the park!
A typical dating activity...
He's so tasteless, as always.
Let's get moving!
Yes!
This is independent study?
Oh, here?
Yes.
Ever since you used magic here, you can't stop hiccuping?
Yes.
I had a photo shoot here yesterday...
That's good, Akane!
Real good!
Yeah, that's it, great!
Oh, yeah, that's great, baby...
And that cameraman was really perverted.
And even after the shoot he wouldn't leave me alone.
He made me mad...
...and just as I was thinking that if I used magic for...
...something like this, you would lecture me...
Akane?
I see.
And every time you hiccup, something weird happens.
Yes.
That is strange...
Um, and I'd like to ask a favor...
What's that?
I...
...can't hold back anymore.
Could you please hold my hand?
Aikawa!
Isaki apam mehinam eto caffe nam!
B-But you see...
I can't, uh...
Please!
Hurry!
Uh, well, actually, if you think about it...
Well, as a matter of a fact, in this case...
L-Like this?
More!
Harder!
More, more!
More?
Harder, or else I...
I can't stand it anymore!
Wait!
A-Aburatsubo!
W-What is going on here?
S-Sawanoguchi, Nakatomi!
W-Why are you here?
Mizuha Miyama?
You too?
I saw it, Takeo Takakura!
You've taken advantage of your position as Club President.
As Student Body President...
...and a representative of Japanese culture, I cannot allow it.
The Magic Club is dissolved immediately!
Dissolved?
What?
Of course!
And it should've happened sooner!
Please wait!
W-Well...
Takakura, uh, he was...
He's not like that...
Miss Mizuha, you should know that too...
So...
Rinbun, Kojin, we're leaving.
Yes!
We don't have time for the Magic Trick Club's silly games.
Oh, I understand.
I knew it didn't make sense, the two of you going together...
Aren't you relived, Sae?
Yeah...
I mean, no, of course not.
So you understand?
But why were you hiding this?
You could have told us.
But uh, you see...
Well, if I had told Nakatomi or Sawanoguchi...
...they'd have lectured me about using magic or something...
...like nosy in-laws.
Like in-laws?
See...
Nanaka!
And so, did you figure out how to stop the hiccups?
I have no idea.
Let's all just go home...
...and I'll look it up in the Grimoire.
Hey, there's a flying cow!
Boo!
I-I thought that would stop her hiccups.
I see.
There are a lot of ways to stop the hiccups without using magic.
Like swallowing rice, or singing the frog song while gargling?
What's that about?
At my house, we're told to drink a glass of water while doing a head stand.
A head stand?
Oh no, I'm going to fall over!
Takakura, could you hold my legs?
No, no, I couldn't!
Takakura! No, no, I couldn't!
Hurry! No, no, I couldn't!
Takeo!
Takeo, what are you doing?
If you don't hurry up and support us, we'll fall over!
N-N-N-No!
I can't look!
Takakura, hurry! I can't look!
Takakura, hurry!
Takeo, hurry!
Takakura!
Oh, stop!
I'm falling!
I, um, I shouldn't... I'm falling!
I, um, I shouldn't...
How's this?
Like this?
Is this okay?
Takeo, let's go home.
Well, you see...
I guess I'm early.
I stayed up all night looking it up, but I didn't find anything.
They're just hiccups, why can't they be stopped?
Oh, no...
I guess there's no choice.
If she keeps using magic in public...
...someone's bound to see it!
That would be bad.
No one's here yet.
Perfect.
Let's do something fun, just you and me...
Cut it out, not now!
But when else can we do it?
Cut it out, stop!
Oh, Takeo!
You're so rough!
Shut up!
Hold on...
What!
I-It's a girl's uniform.
Is this Aikawa's?
Why just her uniform?
I guess she had to take it off for some reason.
N-Not this!
Even her underwear?
In this sacred room!
This is completely unacceptable!
So, these are our neighbors!
Hey!
What kind of style is this?
Oh no, look what happened to me!
This is so cool!
More troubles when I'm so busy...
Mistress Mizuha!
W-W-W-What...
What was that?
Mistress Mizuha, hold on!
You can't...
You can't do this, Aikawa!
Looking like that...
Something's going on next door.
You can't do this to me... Something's going on next door.
You can't do this to me...
Senior...
I can't believe it...
...did something happen? I can't believe it...
Oh no...
I can't get back to the club room.
Oh well.
I'm sure that what Sawanoguchi saw was Aikawa.
We have to split up and find her.
She's got no...
...c- c-c-cloth...
...s- shoes on!
Let's hurry!
H-H-H-Her panties!
P-P-P-Panties!
Panties!
Okay!
I'm tired.
That looks nice!
Akane!
Aikawa!
Aikawa?
Hello.
Akane!
Aikawa, come out!
Come out!
Akane, where are...
That's...
Sae...
Huh?
We've looked everywhere, let's just leave her alone.
No, Nanaka!
Let's look some more.
Oh, the greenhouse!
Akane?
If you're here, answer us!
Maybe she got eaten by the venous fly trap.
Oh, Nanaka!
Here they come!
Don't worry about it.
Besides, she thinks we're nagging in-laws anyway.
But I bet Akane's really lonely and...
...she doesn't know what to do.
And even now, she could be waiting for us to come and rescue her.
You think she's that fragile?
I thought...
I mean, you too...
Okay, okay already!
I'll look for her, too.
I...
Huh?
This is just between us, okay...
Yeah, yeah.
I could never figure out how to treat Akane, as her upperclassman.
You're not the only one.
You too?
Can't you tell?
Akane is a really talented magician...
...and she's way more together than I am.
And I just happen to be one grade above her, so I have no right...
...to say anything to her, but...
...for her to think I'm a nagging in-law...
You are a nag.
I want to be the kind of upperclassman that can be counted on...
...so...
How can I go out there now?
What should I do?
What the...
Ouch.
Akane!
Don't stare like that.
I-I'll go get her clothes.
A-Akane, are you okay?
Sawanoguchi.
Yes?
Well, I wasn't lonely but...
...thank you for coming...
...I guess.
Where are you, Aikawa?
No!
Takakura, you pervert!
Pervert?
Takeo, hold on, Takeo!
Oh, here are your clothes!
Hey, Akane, what about your hiccups?
Huh?
I think they stopped when I startled myself.
What a pain in the butt.
But, there was nothing I could do.
Now, now, you two.
Are you okay, Takeo?
I'll do mouth to mouth on you.