Collaboration Work
See you later!
I'm so late!
My name is Tadakuni.
I live a normal life, attending a normal school in a normal town.
Hey, Tadakuni!
'Sup, Yoshitake?
The hell are you eating?!
Last night's leftover curry.
That's no good.
You're obviously supposed to eat bread when you're running late.
I don't even know where to start with that!
Hm, something wrong?
For starters, you guys—
What now?
Huh?
Could this be...
A Tale of Adventure
a tale of adventure?!
Come, mobile suits.
We heroes will be your opponents.
No!
Yeah, since when do you get to be in the center?
That's not the problem!
Well,
it's 'cause I heard that Square and Sunrise were doing a collab.
This is an anime about normal everyday life!
Mobile suits and tales of adventure don't come into it!
I see.
Boring.
Don't call it boring!
tabidatsu yume wo kanadehajime
We will start singing of our dreams of a journey
saisho no peeji hiraite
and read the first page of our story
donna takara yori kagayaku mono mitsuketa
I found something that glitters brighter than any chest of gold
furikaereba hora
When I turn around
baka mitai ni warau kao ga doko made mo susumaseru
I see your face as it laughs stupidly, and it spurs me on forever
kono semai heya de kaita monogatari ga
The story I wrote in this cramped, little room
tsumugu shousetsu no puroroogu
is the prologue of our story together
oozora e todokisou na supiido de
With a speed that seemed to reach the clouds in the sky
kaji mo torazu hashittekita
I ran without ever knowing where it would lead me
tabidatsu yume wo kanadehajime
We will start singing of our dreams of a journey
tsugi no peeji wo hiraiki
and read from the pages to come
hatenaku tsuzuku yume no umi e
Not knowing if the endless ocean of our dreams
hikari ka yami ka wakarazu ni
is shrouded in darkness or light
ichido kiri no bokutachi no tabi
we look for more pages to fill our story in it
tsugi no peeji wo sagashite
as we enjoy the journey we can only go on once
High School Boys and After School
Hey, how do you get a girlfriend?
Huh?
Well, you see, in the classroom after school,
a girl is distributing handouts by herself.
Right over there.
We're doing a simulation?
Well, what would you do, Tadakuni?
Um..
Hey, I need to lock up the classroom.
What?
Oh, um, I'm sorry!
Do you need to finish that up today?
Y-Yeah, the teacher asked me to...
Jeez.
Give them here.
What?
I'll help you, so give me half.
Oh, thank you.
Suddenly!
Come now, you shouldn't be lingering in the classroom! Hurry along, now.
Wh-Who are you?!
Or perhaps you were waiting for my special lesson, Tadakyuni?
S-Somehow, a female teacher barged into the scene!
I'm doing this for you! Deal with it!
I don't care!
I'm going home. Goodbye.
H-Hey, wait!
It's Game Over, man.
There's a lot of characters, so you just have to go with the flow!
How am I supposed to go along with that ?!
Should we call it quits?
No way! Take two!
Okay, starting from the classroom!
Need a hand, President?
You're annoying.
Sorry.
I don't really need help.
You need to get to your club, don't you?
My club?
I'm not really in one...
Don't go changing the setting!
It's way more important than the acting!
Don't be so fussy!
I mean, what are we even doing?
Man, this is all messed up.
Again! From the top!
I'll help you.
Here.
It's not like I really wanted to know how to get a girlfriend, anyway...
I just kind of asked, so why did things turn out like this?
I wonder if I should leave the class president for now and handle the other one first.
Here he is!
Hey, are you free?
If you'd like, please come with me to...
He's completely different from before!
You're hopeless.
Let's give up, Tadakuni. I can't put up with this, either.
I was forgetting something important.
Class Pres!
Huh?
Come on, I'm not the class pres...
No, Pres. Just come with me!
Hey!
That's it, Tadakuni! Run!
Run, Tadakuni!
Leave behind your tsundere childhood friend!
Throw out your little sister who's unrelated by blood!
Run past that beautiful, mysterious transfer student until she fades into the distance!
Hold on to that hand,
and just, just...
keep running!
I wanted to show you this scenery.
What scenery?
I'm impressed. You should be able to get most girls with that.
But we're at an all-boys school.
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High School Boys and Skirts
Modern Japanese
Hidenori.
On the Modern Jap exam, what did you put for number four?
Does comparing answers even matter now?
Go home already, you guys!
You're always hanging around my house.
Don't you have anything better to do?
Don't yell, Tadakuni.
We've got time to kill after our final period exams, so whatever.
Fine, I'll leave, then.
Jeez.
Hey, Yoshitake.
I was just wondering... what do you think of skirts?
Let's not even go there, man.
First of all—
Don't start an argument now!
Go home already!
But it's just a roll of cloth around your waist!
It doesn't hide anything, I suppose.
No, it's a splendid piece of clothing that's been around since the Middle Ages!
Even so, you walk around with your underwear exposed!
I could never do that!
It leaves you defenseless, and it's shameful!
Calm down.
Hey, bro...
Can we borrow your sister's skirts?
Wh-What?!
Of course you can't!
I found them.
She'll kill you!
And something else, too!
You've done your training!
That's my little sister's underwear, dude!
Rest assured.
It's tit for tat.
I left my underwear behind in its stead.
You are such an idiot.
All right, hurry and put it on!
What, you're gonna wear them?!
Hey, aren't we supposed to put these on from the bottom?
She's really gonna get mad at me, so cut it out!
Oh, our leg hair! What are we gonna do about our leg hair?
It doesn't matter!
Idiot! It's fine to have leg hair!
What?!
What was that, you bastard?
What's your problem?
Stop! Stop it!
It doesn't even matter anymore, so just put them on already!
Did you really want to wear it that much, you pervert?
Calm down!
I'm just sick of trying to reply to your idiocy!
Well, I'll take this corner.
I'll be over here.
H-Hey, wait.
Are we seriously doing this?
Did you put it on?
Yeah.
Somehow.
Die!
Just go home already!
It suits you pretty well.
Couldn't you earn money doing this?
Well, not like that.
Really?
It looks good, really.
N-No way.
I'm not kidding, you look really good!
Have more confidence!
H-How's this?
That's it!
That's great, Tadakuni!
You not only changed your mind, but your personality too!
What happened to your testosterone?
Let's turn it up a notch!
What's wrong? Don't stop now.
S-Sorry!
High School Boys and Ghost Stories
I was eating at a restaurant the other day.
Where'd that come from?
I don't know what school she was from,
but I saw a really cute girl.
She was eating a fish set.
I was eating udon.
She got up after a while, but...
For some reason, on that neatly cleared bowl...
there were three chopsticks.
Don't tell scary stories!
Please stop!
Was it that scary?
Something scary that happened to me, huh?
No, we aren't telling ghost stories here.
As you already know,
I'm concerned about the hair on my nipples.
First I've heard of it.
I wasn't getting anywhere pulling them one at a time with tweezers.
That's when...
I saw the razor that my dad left lying around in the bathroom.
I thought: "I know! I'll get rid of them all at once with this!"
and this is what happened.
Ow, ow ow!
That's a painful story, not a scary story!
I wonder if nipples grow back.
Just go see a doctor already!
Something scary that happened to me, is it?
Enough of this already!
The other day, I spent the night at Kugikiho's place with some friends.
We got too crazy and drank a ton.
Well, not alcohol.
This is not alcohol.
So of course,
Kugihiko's face turned green.
I helped him out by taking him to the bathroom.
And in his puke...
Well, for some reason, there was a centipede in it!
They aren't afraid of people, so maybe it crawled in while he was sleeping?
Okay then, it's Hidenori's turn again.
Hold on.
C-Can we leave off right there?
Really?
I, uh... need to use the bathroom.
Really?
Really.
Really?
Really.
Tadakuni's sister!
Was she listening?
All right, let's get started!
At this point, there's no way I can tell them that I made it up...
See one?
No, nothing.
What's that?
My seaweed strips.
High School Boy and Female Companion
Class 2 A
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Gargling
and washing your
hands is important!
Gargling
and washing your
hands is important!
'Sup.
Tadakuni isn't with you?
Huh?
He's still not here?
Did he stop somewhere, or something?
What's wrong, Hidenori!?
Ta-Ta-
Tadakuni is...
He's what?
Tadakuni's with a girl!
What?!
Seriously?!
It's true!
Wh-What's with that?
Is he really human?
Cool it, shitheads!
Motoharu the delinquent!
Observe, men. Observe them well.
Everything about them.
Look.
It seems like a pleasant scene at first glance, but he's averting his gaze.
It's proof that the conversation got cut off.
And they're walking at different speeds.
It's proof that they don't yet know each other's pace.
Oh!
That's Motoharu the delinquent for you.
What terrifying perception.
Judging by this,
we can surmise that it hasn't been long since they've met,
and that they aren't going out.
But, that's only a matter of time.
Which means...
You know what we need to do, right?
All of you, maximize your virgin power!
Commence operation!
Sanada North High
Yo.
Tadakuni.
Hey, Motoharu.
Sorry I'm late.
I wasn't feeling good today...
It's cold today.
Do you know why?
Because your Spring ends here.
What? I don't get it.
Does your head have a loose spring?
You've realized it by now, right?
You've got nowhere to run.
Now then, who's that cute girl you're with?
Answer me, Tadakuni.
Um, thank you very much!
Oh, it was nothing.
If you keep going straight, you'll see the station.
Okay!
She was just lost?!
Well, how was I supposed to know they weren't a couple?
What the heck is he saying?
High School Boy and Literary Girl
The wind is so strong, I can't read at all.
I messed up.
I shouldn't have tried to read a book by a riverbank.
A-Awkward!
Huh? Why? Who is she?!
Why isn't she saying anything?
This riverbank is ridiculously wide, yet she went out of her way to sit near me.
I don't know what she wants. Should I break the silence?
Wait, why would I?
In any case, I don't have any clever lines to use on girls.
"What a beautiful sunset."
No, no, no!
That overused phrase wouldn't fit the mood!
No, this situation...
On this riverbank dyed in the setting sun,
she meets a lone boy reading a book...
What a fantastical situation!
Maybe she's hoping for an unrealistically romantic "boy-meets-girl" encounter?
It sure seems so.
Which means she wants me to say something cool.
But I'm only here because I have nothing to do, since both my friends are at their part-time jobs.
There's nothing special about this situation.
I'm just a normal guy reading a book to pass the time.
Whatever.
Anyway, I shouldn't betray her expectations.
All right, here comes my poser phrase!
The wind...
is troubled today.
Oh man, now I wanna die!
What the hell was that?
It wasn't even embarrassing. I just... wanna die.
Am I in for it?
No, she looks happy!
I felt my mind break down a little bit, but I said it anyways.
Now, let's hear your comeback!
But this wind is weeping just a little.
This girl's a riot!
Er, I'm sorry.
Will you give me a break?
I can't do this any more.
Well, to tell the truth,
I was a bit happy when you sat behind me.
But it looks like I don't have much imagination,
so I can't quite handle this atmosphere.
That's why I've already called them:
My rescue squad.
Come, warriors!
Destroy this barrier for me!
They're here! That was fast!
Let's go, Hidenori.
It seems as though the wind blew something unpleasant into town.
Why are you so witty, today of all days?
Don't blush. Just die.
Look, she's real happy now.
I can't take this any more. Just get me back to reality already!
You've fulfilled your wish of talking to a boy on a riverbank at dusk, haven't you?
Isn't that good enough?
I'll dispel this atmosphere and be on my way.
With a practical phrase.
Let us make haste, lest the wind ceases.
What the hell am I saying?!
Enough! I'll go as far as I can with this.
Wait!
The other member of the rescue squad, Tadakuni!
Hey, this is bad!
The potato chips at that convenience store are half-off!
Let's get going!
Read the atmosphere, man!
Why?
Well, he was reading it...
Ow! Why?
What's this?
Oh, so you wrote a novel?
I see. "A love story of a boy and girl meeting at a riverbank".
The main character uses the power of the wind.
It's surprisingly similar to the current situation.
What a coincidence.
So basically, this girl wanted to turn her fantasy into a reality...
and chose me as the protagonist, so she sat near me.
Well, that's okay and all,
but the problem is...
she gave this protagonist a particular background.
In other words, this means...
that I look like an introverted, lonely otaku?!
Sounds fine to me.
Kyou wa kaze ga
Today the wind
sawagashii na
is troubled
Demo sukoshi kono kaze
But this wind is
naiteimasu?
weeping just a little
Douyara kaze ga
It seems as though the wind
machi ni yokunai mono wo
blew something unpleasant
hakondekita you da
into town
Isogou
Let us make haste,
Kaze ga yamu mae ni
lest the wind ceases.
Hey, this is bad! The potato chips at that
convenience store are half-off!
Let's get going!
Why?
Next Time
High School Boys and the Morning Journey
and Others
Yeah, yeah.
Random stuff up next week.
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