These days, no matter what I'm doing Saikin boku wa nani o suru koto ni mo
His face keeps popping up Aitsu no kao ga dete kuru
Twenty-four hours is chock-full oftime Niijyuu-yoijikan to iu gisshiri no ijikan mo
But he's tied it all up Aitsu ga shimete shimatta
Now, I'm gonna start working Saa shigoto o haijimeyou
But he always gets in my way Dakedo aitsu ga ijama o shite shimau
I'm a really, really, really, really hard worker Bari bari bari bari no shigoto ningen desu
No matter what I'm doing, Nani o suru no mo aitsu no koto
I can't help but think about him... kangaete shimatte boku ga
...and my mind is filled with him aitsu de ippai ni naru
I ijust can't do anything now... Tonikaku ima wa aitsu ga ite kurenai
...unless he's there for me to boku wa nani mo dekinai
He's always there inside... Aitsu ga boku no naka ni
...me, me, me, me, me, me, me iru iru iru iru iru iru iru
Wow! The sky is so blue!
I know. It's a beautiful autumn day.
Ran, let's go.
It's so hot! What's with this heat?!
It's October! Get real!
I'm thirsty! Gimme something to drink!
It's hot!
Shade It's hot!
Shade Talk about exaggerating. It's hot!
Shade Talk about exaggerating.
Let's go to Shibuya Center and get shakes or something.
Farewell, Hachi.
It feels like summer's back today.
This summer was short, so it's perfect.
That's true.
Huh? Ran?
Let's hear you go one better, lady! 500 yen!
N-No, this is 1500 yen after the discount, so...
No! 500 yen! You gotta let it go for 500 yen!
Look at this beautiful Iuster!
500 yen coins are the best!
Inventory Clearance Big Red Tag Sale
She's so pushy...
Ta-da! I got a sunflower swimsuit!
Majorly cheap! It's mad cute!
Gals gotta have bikinis, after all!
Mad Cute = Extremely Cute Gals gotta have bikinis, after all!
Mad Cute = Extremely Cute
But, it's autumn already...
And I'm gonna swim lots and lots!
There you go, swinging it around again.
The pools and the ocean are all at "the end" already.
R-Ran?
That reminds me, they built a Iuxurious hotel in Nikotama...
And Second Place said they have a super huge indoor pool.
Really?!
Yeah...
So simple.
So, it's called World Ocean Paradise, huh?
That's WorPara for short.
Then, how aboutwe go for a swim atWorPara right now?
Oh, there's no helping you...
Yay!
Her mind switches gears so fast.
It's like the speed of sound.
Kotobuki!
Mami-rin ¦ Lovey-Dovey > Falls For Yuya
"Mami-rin! Lovey-Dovey! Falls For Yuya!"
Mami-rin ¦ Lovey-Dovey > Falls For Yuya
Hey, Kotobuki! Damn you, how dare you do this to us?!
What the heck?! That hurts!
Shut up! What the heck?! That hurts!
Shut up! What the hell did I do?!
Chop! Chop! What the hell did I do?!
Chop! Chop!
There they are. The Tan Face Trio.
Oh?
One, two...
Chop! Chop!
Whyyou! How dare you brainwash Rika?!
Chop! Whyyou! How dare you brainwash Rika?!
Who's Rika?!
Shut up! It's your fault!
Stop it!
Because ofyou... Rika's...
Stop! Because ofyou... Rika's...
Rika's...
Beautiful white skin!
G'morn! Beautiful white skin!
Beautiful white skin!
Superfreaky! Super pale face! It looks so bad!
Blah, blah. Saywhatever the hell you want.
Rika, are you seriously going to graduate from being a tan gal?!
What about our youth spent going to the sun-salo?
I finally came to a realization.
Both ofyou, take a good look!
These girls have empty heads, but they all have boyfriends!
Holy crap!
Now that you mention it...
Do you know why?!
It's the world's greatest mystery!
Why?! Why?!
That's because...
That's because...!
...they have beautiful white skin!
So, that's it! So, that's it!
As long as you're a tan gal,
the only guys you'll attract are lame-faced show boys!
Being a pale gal is totally more advantageous!
Th-That might be true,
but which is more important to you? Boys or friendship?
Boys.
Boys Boys.
Boys
Looks like the Tan Face Trio is having a teary-eyed breakup.
I'm a little sad to see them go.
This autumn, I'm gonna go the mat gal route and get a GL guy.
Mat Gal = Mature Gal This autumn, I'm gonna go the mat gal route and get a GL guy.
Mat Gal = Mature Gal
You all better make sun-block lotion a must, too.
Later!
Oh, Rika!
Beautiful white skin!
Come back, Rika! Beautiful white skin!
Come back, Rika!
Man, I wanna go to the pool!
What the heck am I doing?
Before I knew it, I looked around and I'm the only one who's single.
I ijust can't give up on her completely...
I wonder ifI'll always be Second Place in Ran's heart...
Bastard! I've had enough of you mocking me, Mami Honda!
What the heck? I just went out to eat with another girl for a bit!
"A bit" my ass, you moron!
Guys like you deserve to be exiled from Bukuro.
Take him away!
Let's go!
Forgive me, Mami-rin!
Dumbass. Forgive me, Mami-rin!
Oh?
We don't see you here often.
You got some business in Bukuro?
Uh, hello...
Come to think of it, there are farfewertan gals around lately.
Yeah, nowthatyou mention it, I guess so.
They might be kind of a rare breed now.
Tatsukichi's naturally dark, so I'm a tan face all year round!
So anyway, that's enough gal analysis.
Let's go to the pool, man! The pool!
Okay, Tatsukichi?
Of course, it's okay!
AIright, it's settled! We'll go for a swim at WorPara!
Ook! Have you been para-para dancing?!
I have, I have!
Oh? Second Place isn't around.
He went to Bukuro to buy reference books today.
She didn't notice until now?
Poor Second Place...
It mega pisses me off.
She's awfully worked up.
She's always like this after she's had a fight with a guy.
What the hell? You're still here?!
I'll have you know, I'm totally pissed to the max right now.
Ifyou don't get your butt outta here, you're gonna get hurt.
Show boys like you especially piss me off, on sight!
Show boy?!
You're annoying, so get outta here!
Wha...?!
You're not getting away with what you just said!
Don't say I'm a show boy or that I'm annoying based on my looks!
That's my line!
You're totally off base ifyou think gals equal loose girls!
Don't think every guy in the world is like that!
Guys are all the same!
Ifyou don't let them have sex, they waste no time turning to other girls!
So that's what that guy's problem was?
That's awful.
Isn't it, thought?
Gals especially tend to be misunderstood.
Poor thing...
I'd care more about the spiritual connection myself.
That's so touching.
Guys like you are hard to find.
Oh, I know!
Here's something for you.
It's a free complimentary ticket to World Ocean Paradise.
I work at the pool, so come by to unwind and have fun.
I'll keep an eye out for you.
Later.
Cheer up, okay?
If he wants me to come that badly,
it'd be all right to humor him and go, right?
Whoa! That mental gear switch was as fast as Kotobuki!
Complimentary tickets, huh...
I know!
I'll invite Ran out with these...
...and we'll be all alone in the empty autumn pool!
What're those?!
All-you-can-eat beef bowl tickets?!
Hey, complimentary tickets to WorPara!
And they're free! Hey, complimentary tickets to WorPara!
And they're free!
With these, we could swim all we want for no charge!
Free... No charge...
Woohoo! Let's go, Second Place!
Yes! I'll finally get the date with Ran that I've always wanted!
AIright! We're all gonna swim our butts offtomorrow!
Yeah! Yeah!
And I'll wear this bikini! No, the only people going are Ran and me...
I can'twait! No, the only people going are Ran and me...
There you go, swinging it around again!
Thankyou, brother!
Datchu!
Oh, my little dream...
Thatwas way boneheaded.
Honda Residence
Miss, how do you plan to pass the daytomorrow?
What? No real plans...
But, it is a precious Sunday...
Tomorrow is Mami Honda's chance to get a once-in-a-lifetime GL guy.
Yay! Pool!
It's really big!
AIright! Let's go for the slider, first!
Of course!
We just gotta go for it!
Woohoo! Woohoo!
I'll pass.
Wow!
Ook!
Ahh!
Yay!
Ook!
Ahh!
Yahoo!
Ook!
Ahh!
Take that!
Oh, no! No! Ran!
Whoa! I'm so dead!
Whoa! They even have a waterfall!
That's impressive!
It's more like an amusement park than a pool.
This place has all sorts of pools, right?
Let's swim our butts off in one after another!
Yay!
First up is the Versailles Pool!
Super Iuxurious!
Ook? Super Iuxurious!
The Jungle Pool!
Ook, ook!
The all white pool!
Antarctic Pool
The Antarctic Pool, huh...
Antarctic Pool
The Egypt Pool!
Only sand?
This feels nice...
Hey, it's not like tacking-on the word "pool" makes it one!
But, this is fun!
And it's good for your beauty, too.
You said it!
This is paradise.
We gotta be grateful to brother for giving us the free tickets.
Yeah.
Speaking ofwhich, I wonder where Second Place is?
Oh, yeah. He's working part-time here, right?
With this many people around...
What's the commotion about?
Detective Masato!
Detective Kotobuki!
We've finally cornered the suspect!
You are completely surrounded!
Give up this futile resistance!
No, YOU guys throw down your weapons!
What?!
Look what I've got!
Ifyou want to save Pippo, get me a billion yen and a getaway boat!
Detective Kotobuki!
We can't risk Pippo's life...
The junior detectives aren't so tough!
So long, junior detectives!
Detective Masato, now's our chance!
Roger!
Lethal Cross Attack! Lethal Cross Attack!
What?!
Case closed! The junior detectives are...
...here to protect world peace!
Datchu!
But on the court...
Embarrassing.
Me, too.
I feel like I can sympathize a little...
As their older brother and sister, yeah...
Get down!
Ook!
What?! What is it?!
Look!
Brother...
Second Place and Mami-rin...?
Why are they together, just the two of them?
Thanks for the complimentary ticket.
And for this, too.
It's nothing!
More importantly, have you cheered up?
I forgot that idiot in three minutes.
And it looks like I might've found a new love already.
Really? I envy how fast you've rebounded.
My love isn't going to be requited.
Has he got a crush on me?!
I wonder what they're talking about.
We can't hear them from here.
Yo.
Maybe in the end, I've got no choice but to give up...
You know, the girl might be waiting foryou to tell her howyou feel.
That'd be great, but...
She's brilliant.
I feel so blinded by her...
She's my ideal that I'll never have...
Aw, you're too kind...
And she hasn't noticed how I feel about her, either.
She's probably just playing dumb and trying to tease you.
Take the plunge and trytelling her howyou feel.
That's really not the case.
After all, she's lovey-doveywith Tatsukichi.
Huh?
Ook.
Tatsukichi...?
Me, me, me, me, me, me, me! Me, me, me, me, me, me, me!
D-Don't tell me...
...the girl you like is Kotobuki?!
Yeah, it's Ran.
Huh? Didn't you know?
Damn you, Kotobuki!
You called?
Hey, so you've shown up, you bitch!
Ran!
I demand you have a showdown with me right now!
Oh, Ran!
I'll prove to you that I'm the cooler gal!
Watch carefully now!
What? Uh, okay...
I don't get what's going on, but I'll take on any fight you pick with me!
What's this, a Number-One Pale Gal Championship?!
We'll accept that challenge, too!
Who the hell're you guys?! You guys are super in the way!
Whoa, when in the world...?
The Tan Face Trio's become the Beautiful White Skin Trio?
Let's start the dead serious match...
...with our spirit as women on the line!
Sure! That's just what I wanted!
Go Kotobuki Shibuya Hachi Go, go, Ran! Yeah!
Ikefukurou
Don't lose! Don't lose, Mami!
There's a weird momentum building behind this...
Yeah... Yeah...
Round one! Underwater breath holding battle!
Start! Start!
Ho, there's the Beautiful White Skin Trio!
They've dropped out already, datchu!
Amazing! 2 minutes, 40 seconds!
They both got the same time!
I was under for 0.5 seconds longer!
Round two!
High-dive battle!
Start! Start!
With beautiful technique, she gets full artistic marks!
Here goes Ran Kotobuki!
Ran-pyon, you're the best!
Just like her personality, a wild and magnificent dive!
I can't jump off something this high...
You jump first.
What?!
You went pale first, so you jump first, Rika!
What?! You saying you can't do what I say?!
I've got the No. 1 shortest hair, so I go last!
Hey, you just said "No. 1," yourself!
You said "No. 1"!
Hold on a second! You said "No. 1"!
Hold on a second!
Ooh, it looks like there's some trouble up there!
Whatthe hell?! You guys are gutless!
Like I care!
Is this the world's first group high-dive performance?!
What the heck was that?!
That wasn't even competitive!
Round three! Jungle battle!
The gal who brings back the hidden treasure deep in the jungle wins!
Mine!
Not so fast! Mine!
Not so fast!
Goal, datchu!
It's anothertie.
For real?
We're never gonna settle this at this rate!
AIright then, let's do a freestyle endurance race!
Whoever gets tired and puts a foot down loses!
That's just what I wanted!
W-Wait!
We're doing it, too!
Do they get along...?
Or not?
Mami-rin's pretty good.
I can't believe she's competed at the same level as Ran all this way.
She's not number one in Bukuro for nothing.
What the heck are they doing?
Oh, Otohata.
Who knows? I have no idea.
Piece of cake!
Damn it!
We're...
...finished.
Kotobuki Mami
Hey, it will be an hour soon.
Shouldn'twe make them stop?
Easy win!
Ran's still going strong,
but Mami-rin looks like she's struggling.
Getting a GL guy is a gal's dream.
And a GL guy deserves a cool gal.
So, I'm going to win, no matter what!
Yuya, you work here, don't you?
Take responsibility and make them stop.
Oh, yeah... You're right.
You know, Mami, maybe you should think about giving up...
Shut up! You know, Mami, maybe you should think about giving up...
Shut up!
But, ifyou keep pushing yourself...
You gotta be kidding me! Leave me alone! But, ifyou keep pushing yourself...
You gotta be kidding me! Leave me alone!
What does it really matter anymore?
Who wins or who loses...
You don't get it, do you?!
I can't afford to lose this competition!
I understand. I understand, okay?
What?
I really understand how you feel, okay?
You understand?
For real?
Ran's amazing, but I think you're a cool gal, too.
Yay! It sorta looks like I won!
A guy couldn't help but get a crush on me, right?
Yup, yup, a guywould.
I see. So you got a crush on me.
Then, I'll say it, too.
A nice guy like you is wasted on Kotobuki.
They call you Second Place and stuff,
but you've totally got first place in my heart.
First place, huh?
No one's ever said that about me.
Huh? A crush?
Ifyou've got a crush on me, I guess I've got no choice.
I'll be your girlfriend.
In exchange, no cheating ever!
Okay?
What?!
So, starting now, Yuya and I are gonna be lovey-dovey.
Remember that!
What?! What?!
Wow! Wow!
Datchu!
No way! No way!
For real?!
Oh!
That's... Oh!
That's...
G-Girlfriend? And the boyfriend?
Who's... with who...? Me?
Aw, you're acting all shy!
What? What? Who's Second Place's girlfriend?
I... am.
Right, man?
WHAT?!
No way! For real?!
That's right!
W-Wait a minute, Ran!
This is some kind of mistake and...
Congrats Mami ¦ Second Place
Awesome! Congrats!
Congrats Mami ¦ Second Place
Why? What? How come?
Congrats Mami ¦ Second Place Congrats, datchu!
Congrats Mami ¦ Second Place
Why?
Why are theythe only ones that getto be lovey-dovey?
Butwe got beautiful white skin...
Shibuya Station
Hey, hey, I got the photos from the pool developed.
I wanna see!
What the heck?
You guys ended up going back to the way you were?
The world's full of pitiful excuses for guys anyway!
We're all about standing out,
rather than being cutesy with beautiful white skin anyway.
I'm gonna forget about boys and kick them outta my way!
Tan face solidarity! Tan face solidarity!
They sound kind of reckless and desperate.
Oh, look at this one!
Second Place and Mami-rin look good together somehow.
You're right.
You're a smooth operator.
Seducing Mami-rin like a real pro.
You sly bastard!
I-It's not like that.
Because the person I really like is...
Me, of course, right?
Mami-rin!
Yuya, what are you doing here?
I told you to meet me at the west entrance!
So... this is the west entrance...
The west entrance at Ikebukuro!
Now that you've become the boyfriend of Mami Honda,
you belong to Bukuro, too!
Come on, we're leaving.
What? No way!
This can't be happening!
Take care! This can't be happening!
Buh-bye!
Come visit Shibuya once in a while!
We'll miss him.
Women are strong, aren'tthey, Ototchi?
More like...
...scary.
Someone, save me!
I hate it, you're always laughing Daikirai anata itsumo waratte ite
And so strong and cute and popular Tsuyokute kawaikute ninki-mono de
I hate it, I'm so dull and slow Daikirai watashi guzu de noroma de
And no one needs me... Dare ni mo hitsuyou to saretenai
You're smart and always so perfect Atama mo yokute itsumo suki ga nakute
People probablyijust make fun ofme Watashi nado kitto baka ni sareteru
To be honest, I want to try talking to you Hontou wa hanashi-kakete-mitakute
I want to become friends with you Tomodachi ni naritai to omottete
I was so envious ofyou Urayamashiku omotteta anata ga
And my shoulders would tremble as I cried alone Hitori kata furuwasete naite ita yo
Tell me, are you alone and afraid, too? Nee anata mo hitori obieteru no
Is everyone miserable and weak? Minna miijime de yowai no kana
If only I had more courage Motto yuuki ga atta nara
I would have given you a hug Watashi anata dakishimeteta
Next Super GALS! Mami-rin's all happy. It's spring.
Next Super GALS! Spring's finally come for Mami-rin.
Next Super GALS! Walking through town with Yuya, the cold autumn wind is no bother at all.
A warm spring breeze is blowing through her heart.
Lovey-dovey again as usual, on a date at the flea market.
Mami-rin acts coy and asks for a gift.
Yuya tearfully gets her a present.
One little extension for her head.
It becomes Mami-rin's most precious treasure.
But the precious present is stolen by mysterious men!
Who the hell are these guys?!
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