I want to show you the love that is not fake
Isn't it normal to be concerned about...
...something so small that even makes me laugh?
Although I declared that is my character...
But the spirit is freer than that
Listen to me as I sing my song
As long as we can stay together
To simply believe that we will be happy
That the world goes around in a logical way
Don't say that I dream too much or that I'm too childish
I want to show you the love that is not fake
Entrance Ceremony
Okitsu High School Entrance Ceremony
This completes the Entrance Ceremony at Okitsu High School.
What a drag.
Why do we have to help set up for the entrance ceremony...
... right in the middle of spring break, anyway?
Kobayashi ... right in the middle of spring break, anyway?
We don't have much choice.
Tominaga We don't have much choice.
Tominaga Tradition says that Class A of the second year do this every year.
That's right.
Iincho That's right.
Iincho We shall give at least a little service to our dear juniors.
I suppose they sure looked fresh.
Look, Kobayashi.
Isn't that little girl totally adorable?
Wow, she's tiny!
She looks about the same size as Mika-Sensei.
Mika-Sensei Not just in height, her face looks exactly like her!
Mika-Sensei
You're right!
Come to think of it, she looks exactly like Mika-Sensei!
Mika-Sensei...
...what are you doing getting lost among the first year students?
Well, I... I...
But the minute the ceremony ended everybody ran for the door...
...and I got caught in the crush!
You are a teacher here, you know.
You really have to get it together.
Yes.
There's nothing to see here! Move along please!
Episode 1: Here Comes Class 2A of Okitsu High School
New Semester
To put it another way, in this passage the author is expressing...
... his fascination for the unknown.
Does anyone have any questions?
Quick
Yes, Tominaga?
Do you think you can...
...write a little bit higher up on the blackboard?
Teary-eyed ...write a little bit higher up on the blackboard?
Teary-eyed
If only you knew how much I wish I could.
All right.
I'm handing out some homework.
What?! I'm handing out some homework.
What?! What?!
Suetake - I don't want homework! - No way!
Serious
Suetake, are you finally taking your homework seriously?
I guess they change when they start the second year.
Uh, no. That's not it.
Being a language teacher...
...your hand writing sure stinks!
It's almost as bad as mine!
Please make sure you do your homework.
Nurse's Office
Hello, Mika-Sensei.
Matsumoto-Sensei Hello, Mika-Sensei.
How is your new semester going?
Oh, Matsumoto-Sensei.
Did something happen?
Have their attitudes changed now that they're in second year?
Well, you see...
Well!
My arms are all sore from writing on the blackboard!
Come on. I'll put a pad on it.
Mika Suzuki/Class 2A Homeroom teacher/27 years old/148cm. / Baby faced language teacher
Thank you very much!
Break
Is there something the matter with Kobayashi?
Nakamura (old man) Is there something the matter with Kobayashi?
She's always sleepy like that after a long vacation.
Kobayashi, the new semester's started.
Time for you to shape up.
I know!
Three seconds.
We'll have to ease her in gradually.
Kobayashi's still asleep?
Looks like it.
Kobayashi!
Wake up or we'll cut your wages.
What are you talking about boss! I wasn't really sleeping! No!
She's still asleep.
She sure is.
Did you spend your whole spring break working?
Yeah...
At a posh restaurant!
Excellent wages!
Now you can buy all sorts of stuff!
But on my last day I broke their most expensive plate!
I ask myself what my spring break was about.
I know, I know.
Poor Kobayashi.
Kobayashi/Seat No. 27 in 2A Likes working part time/Likes brand name goods/Frivolous person
That's overdoing it with the empathy.
And it's supposed to be spring.
Lunch Break
Wow.
The girls look so grown up now.
And compared to them...
The boys still seem like little kids!
Hm?
Like you're one to talk, Mika-Sensei.
That's a really huge bag you've got, Suetake!
Oh, this thing?
With all the stuff for my club activities...
... I need something this big!
I bet it's even big enough for me to fit in!
She's in...
You really can fit inside!
Suetake?!
I only meant it as a joke!
Hey!
You shouldn't let your size bother you.
Looking like a little girl is part of what makes you adorable.
Go ahead and make fun of me.
But you know, my body is very much that of a grown woman!
Ba-bump But you know, my body is very much that of a grown woman!
Ba-bump
Hi...
What do you mean?
Knead, knead, knead
My doctor says I have the shoulders of a forty year old.
Knead, knead, knead Oh, that's what you meant.
Knead, knead, knead
Wow! That feels great!
Feels good Wow! That feels great!
Suetake/Seat No. 11 in 2A Soccer Club/Dull and carefree/ Jock type
Yeah! That's it! That's it!
You know, Mika-Sensei.
I've really got to get to practice.
Another Day... Okitsu High School
Hey, old man.
Seki Hey, old man.
See the show on TV last night?
Yeah, I did.
People seem to call Nakamura "old man" all the time...
... but it doesn't seem like he minds.
We've called him that since elementary school.
From back then?
Yeah.
One day in the changing room, he pulled down his pants and...
That's why we've been calling him "old man" ever since then.
He's like a hero to the guys in the class!
I don't think you should be talking about such things so loudly!
Hmm?
But I still don't think it's right to call him "old man" all the time.
Come on, just look at him.
Sports Section
Horse Race
Hot Towel
See? Just like an old man!
Yeah.
But it sure must be nice to look mature!
People always treat me like a little girl!
Well, I guess there's good and bad.
When I was on the train in my regular clothes...
Please! Please! Please!
Please! Please!
I was feeling tired, so I just took the seat.
You really are an old man!
He's an old man!
Nakamura (old man) Seat No. 15 in 2A Old man/ Kind of an old man He really is an old man
I wish someone would give up their seat for me.
Hey, Mika-Sensei!
Pat, pat, sigh
Still the new semester...
Kitagawa
Wow, Seki.
Your skin looks so smooth today.
You think so?
When you're someone like me, you appreciate your own beauty.
And you take every opportunity to show it off.
Oh, so you did put on make up.
You sure like your make up. Don't you, Seki?
As a matter of fact I do, Kitagawa!
Oh! I'm afraid of my own beauty!
It's terrifying!
So, how about you and I go out together?
I'll refuse to the end of the world.
Maybe Tominaga will go out with me?
Fool... Fool.
How about Kobayashi?
Iincho?
I am so good-looking...
I can't believe how pathetic you are, Seki.
Standing there looking at yourself.
How embarrassing!
You often do it yourself.
You open your eyes wide and glance upward.
And you happen to be so cute...
...after me of course!
Am I supposed to take that as a compliment?
What a predicament.
Homeroom Time Therefore...
Homeroom Time ... I was thinking that we could switch seats in homeroom today.
Hey, Iincho!
King Game Let's choose by drawing straws! The winner decides!
Oh, wow!
I won!
How about numbers one and two sit next to each other?
I think it would probably be better if we just did a regular draw.
Seki/Seat No. 12 in 2A Loves girls/But loves himself more A dumb pretty boy type
Kudo
What's with the straws all of a sudden?
There's no logic to how Seki thinks.
After Homeroom...
Good work, Iincho!
You do such a good job of keeping the class in order!
I'm used to it.
And just the other day on the radio...
... Koro of SNYANP said...
"I think class president type girls are some kinda' wonderful!"
Koro-chan "I think class president type girls are some kinda' wonderful!"
That's why I've decided to be class president forever!
- Forever! - Um, hello?
Watabe
You're such a talented artist, Watabe!
Show off
Yes, I am amazing.
There is nothing that I cannot draw!
Then draw a picture of Koro!
Piece of cake!
Scribble, Scribble... Piece of cake!
Scribble, Scribble...
What do you think?
Wow, that sure is good!
It's so-so.
All right! I'll do another one!
I'm really impressed with you, Iincho.
You're all crazy for SNYANP...
... but still you do your studying as well.
That's what's expected of a student, after all
Oh, yes! Exactly!
I hope to study hard and go to a good university...
...and get a job at a TV station.
Then I might be able to get close to Koro!
- So that's all there is to it, huh? - And the rest will be history!
Iincho (Shizu Nagare) Seat No. 33 in 2A/Composed personality/ But loves TV idol/Crazy about Koro-chan of SNYANP
Koro! I love you!
I want you!
- Um, people might start complaining. - I need you!
Break
What did you do over spring break, Kudo?
Well, it was a tough time.
Sigh
Is there something that's been troubling you?
Concerned Is there something that's been troubling you?
If you need somebody to talk to...
No, it's not like that at all.
Suetake
It was agony not being able to see Suetake for two whole weeks!
Oh, is that so?
That Kudo's still in love with Suetake.
Well, people's tastes don't change overnight.
You didn't do your homework again, Suetake?
Sorry! I fell asleep!
Do you think you can try to talk to him, Kudo?
Tell him that he needs to do his homework!
Talk to Suetake?
I have to tell Suetake what to do...
Ask Suetake to do it.
Do it, Suetake. Ask Suetake to do it.
Do it, Suetake.
Do it!
Please!
Mika-Sensei, you can't ask me to do that!
Oh, that's perfect! Excellent!
Hello, Kudo?
You're a funny guy, Kudo.
Suetake has a tutor...
Hey, what does the phrase "to dig a grave" mean?
Oh, right.
Dig a grave
I mean, it would be dicey if "grave" became "bum".
Dig a bum I mean, it would be dicey if "grave" became "bum".
Whoa! Nosebleed!
I'm in charge of clean up, you know!
Get him to the nurse, quick!
He never answered my question.
Suetake, that's what it means to dig a grave.
Kudo is a proud man.
Kudo/Seat No. 7 in 2A Loves boys/Especially Suetake/ Nosebleed King
Suetake...
Still during the break...
We've got a maniac, a narcissist, and a boy lover.
Good grief...
You're always tough on people, Tominaga.
Now Tominaga...
...you won't be liked much if you're so hard on people.
It's okay. Boys these days are total wimps.
That's why they end up falling for someone like me.
Oh, so that's what happens?
But I'm totally not into these wimpy guys at all.
Therein lies the problem.
Complaint
- Listen you...! - Tominaga's at it again.
But the funny thing is that Tominaga is still quite liked.
Really?
That's right. She's been like that since elementary school...
... but she's never been excluded by her friends.
Shush Smile, smile
So, don't you dare do it again!
Shush Smile, smile
She's faced with nothing but idiots...
So sometimes she has to set them straight.
Oh, I understand.
After classes...
Mika-Sensei!
Oh, Tominaga! Are you in a club?
Yeah! I'm in the cooking club!
Cooking Club Yeah! I'm in the cooking club!
Oh, really?
It turns out that you can be feminine after all!
What are you making today?
Well, right now I've got some chicken and fish...
...and I'm hacking them to pieces!
Come to think of it, Tominaga...
... I hear that you're into splatter films.
You could say that.
Tominaga/Seat No. 32 in 2A Cooking Club/Aggressive personality Splatter film fanatic
Oh, wow! Thanks a lot!
I guess that didn't ruin your appetite.
Another day... Okitsu Senior High School
Kitagawa, your style's really improved since spring break!
But I haven't changed anything.
But you're so tall and it seems like you're starting to fill out!
I'm kind of jealous!
But you shouldn't be!
Actually, I have a thing for petit women.
There's just something so cute about them.
Heh...
You really think so?
Well, they're simply adorable! Just like Mika-Sensei!
Squeeze Well, they're simply adorable! Just like Mika-Sensei!
Looks like Kitagawa's up to her usual tricks.
Kitagawa, is it true you're not doing any sports this year?
I'm just not all that interested.
But that seems like such a waste.
You'd be great on the volleyball team!
Oh, come on! There're small girls on the volleyball team!
Snuggle, snuggle Oh, come on! There're small girls on the volleyball team!
Snuggle, snuggle
Kitagawa?!
Snuggle, snuggle
Well, well... Things sure are heating up.
Mika-Sensei...
I made some cookies.
Want some?
Oh, yeah! I'd love some!
Okay, here you go!
What a classic tactic.
Hop, hop
You are just the cutest thing, Mika-Sensei!
Hop, hop
So that's what she wanted.
I wish she'd just give her the cookies.
She's going to have as much fun as she can.
Kitagawa/Seat No. 26 in 2A Beautiful/Smart/Likes little girls Loves Mika-Sensei
Hop, hop
After school
Watabe...
About the manga you drew on the back of your homework...
Come on, Mika-Sensei. I did do my homework.
Whenever I see a blank sheet of paper, I get the urge to draw!
No, no.
That's not it.
If you wanted to know about what happened next, just tell me so!
Thank you!
Is that all, Mika Suzuki?
You really are good at this, Watabe.
Well, you could say that.
But it's too bad all the characters in it are girls.
No, that's what's great about it!
Staring...
- You just don't understand. - You just don't understand.
This is an announcement.
A general meeting of all the clubs is about to begin in the boardroom.
All the presidents of the various clubs should attend.
Oh, it's that time already?
Are you the head of a club?
Well, I'm clearly the only one who can head the manga club!
Watabe is popular, huh.
It's because there is only a single member in the club.
Watabe/Seat No. 18 in 2A President of the manga club 2 dimensional otaku/Good at drawing
I wish they put as much energy into their schoolwork as well.
After work...
Residence of Mika-Sensei
I'm home!
Mika, you have to make sure you don't sleep in tomorrow.
You've been getting up later and later every day since school began.
I know what to do.
I happen to be a grown up woman, you know!
I wish you wouldn't nag me!
This "grown up woman" is already 27 years old, unmarried...
...and still living at home.
How much do you think I can take?
Annoyed
Shut up!
I do have a proper job and responsibilities, you know!
Come on. That's enough, you two.
Mika, you have to get up early, so how about going to bed now?
You too, Dad?
No, no! I was just thinking about what's best for you!
Mr. & Mrs. Suzuki Dad is a softy Mom has a sharp tongue
Aahhh!
Why didn't you wake me up?!
You're so mean to me, Mother!
Oh?
Does this "grown up woman" still need her mother to wake her up?
Annoyed
Hey, Mika! Mika!
Car keys I can drive you to school.
Thank you
Yay! Thanks so much, Dad!
That man spoils her.
Mika, your bag! Your bag!
Sorry. Sorry.
Now, hurry! Or you're really going to be late!
Let's go, Dad!
All right, Mika!
All right! Time for another busy day!
End of Episode 1
DON'T STOP. DON'T STOP THE MUSIC
Running up a steep hill of frozen asphalt
I can barely catch my breath
I feel like I'm about to fall apart LONELINESS
Let's listen to Rock'n'Roll If I feel like I'm about to be jilted
I put on my headphones and crank up the VOLUME
Dance like crazy and strut along in M IDNIGHT
I don't need anything
The night is harsh
But neither tears nor lies flow
DON'T STOP. DON'T STOP THE MUSIC
Let me hear the cool numbers
It's only ROCK'N ROLL (ROCK'N ROLL)
It is indeed ROCK'N ROLL (ROCK'N ROLL)
I laugh away the silly romance put to the rhythm
I smile as I lay down low
I am dynamite
Next Time... Episode 2: Measuring and Throwing and Hitting