All of a sudden, you took my hand in yours
So that we wouldn't get separated in the crowd
I was so happy I couldn't squeeze your hand
Very tightly in return
That day, I realized I was in love
We started out as just friends
But now let's cross that boundary line
And take off together
I can't hold my feelings back anymore
It hurts so much I could cry
I love you so much
Listen, I can't lie to myself
Now I don't need to hold back
This is embarrassing to ask, but
Please accept everything about me
Yes, now and forever
The Greatest Bloodbath in History
What do you want?
Jeez, stop sitting at that desk all the time.
How about getting outside a little?
But I have to start getting ready for the next summer Comipa.
Flabbiness, puffiness...
Do you realize that your face has been turning into a stereotypical otaku's lately?
You think so?
It's going to be summer soon!
Yeah, that's why I'm getting ready for Comipa.
Comipa, Comipa!
What's with you today?
This is exactly why...
Okay?
It's good to see you've resolved yourself, Comrade Kazuki.
Next year's World Cup in Germany, and next month's summer Comipa...
With these two great worldwide events ahead of us,
we sacrifice the brief moments of sun in the rainy season,
What are you going to do for the cover? we sacrifice the brief moments of sun in the rainy season,
What are you going to do for the cover? in order to press forward into a secret training camp in an unexplored region.
It's going to be in color with leafing on it! in order to press forward into a secret training camp in an unexplored region.
It's going to be in color with leafing on it! This shall be our first step towards world conquest!
I can't wait! This shall be our first step towards world conquest!
Wow... This shall be our first step towards world conquest!
Wow...
Good grief!
We were supposed to be going to a totally normal, ordinary, run-of-the-mill camp,
so how'd it end up like this?
Just like Major League Ball 3 was born
through secret special training held out of the sight of the public,
through this training camp, we shall take the world in the palm of our hands!
Seriously...
Mountain Campground
Hold it, what do you mean by that?
You're not seriously saying you forgot the food, are you?
I am floored by your level of misunderstanding, my sister!
I did not forget it.
When the amount of baggage becomes bulky,
the occurrence of a slight miscalculation in loading strategies
is an inevitable result of current statistics.
Slight miscalculation? Inevitable result of statistics?
He sure brought a lot of different stuff.
Seriously, take a look at this!
There's even a toy for playing in a hot spring!
Figures Video Games Manuscript
Anticipating various situations is common practice at a secret training camp!
Figures Baseball Video Games Manuscript Anticipating various situations is common practice at a secret training camp!
Figures Baseball Video Games Anticipating various situations is common practice at a secret training camp!
Baseball Video Games Passion Anticipating various situations is common practice at a secret training camp!
Common practice at a secret training camp!! (A lie)
So you're telling me that you've forgotten our food?!
What are we going to do about it?
Did you know that the speed of light is 7 1 /2 times the circumference of the Earth, my sister?
We really don't have anything?
Nada, zilch, absolutely nothing!
So then, if we don't turn around and go back, we won't have anything to eat?
But there weren't any stores at all on the way here!
That's the ticket, bus ticket!
I poured my entire soul into selecting this final frontier!
You are here Convenience Store Final frontier!!
It would easily take three hours to reach the closest store by car!
You are here Convenience Store Final frontier!! It would easily take three hours to reach the closest store by car!
You are here 3 HOURS Convenience Store Final frontier!! It would easily take three hours to reach the closest store by car!
Not only that, it closes at 6:00 like some relic from the previous century.
Even the hot spring panda is rejected?
I think you mean "dejected" .
Huh?
What's wrong, Minami?
Oh nothing, this road just seems familiar...
Hey, Taishi! Did you just say we're lost?
What are you hearing, my brother?
What I said was, we took only one road to get here,
but before I realized it, we started traveling through unfamiliar territory
which isn't recorded in my memory, and I feel a certain ambivalence...
That's the same thing!
Hey, if we keep going this way, won't we end up who knows where?
There is no need to worry about that.
What do you mean by that?
If you want to know, just look ahead.
Mountain Campground
Huh?
Hey, isn't this the same campground we just came from?
How did this happen? We didn't go back down at all.
It seems the legend is true.
What legend?
It is a booby trap once set up by defeated warriors of the Heike clan
so that they could escape the pursuit of the Genji.
Once someone sets foot here, they must wander for all eternity.
That's right!
This campground is in an inescapable forest of wandering,
which is even compared to the dense forest at the base of Mt. Fuji!
FOREST OF WANDERING which is even compared to the dense forest at the base of Mt. Fuji!
FOREST OF WANDERING
Dense forest at...
The base of Mt. Fuji?
Inescapable labyrinth?
Even a three year old kid wouldn't believe somethin' like that these days!
Out of Area
What the heck?!
Did you really think a cell phone would connect in a dense forest like this?
Don't be so patronizing!
Sputnik!
Just great! The GPS is shot too.
What should we do? Try going back down again?
But if we move through the dense forest carelessly,
there's a danger we could get even more lost.
Mizuki, a local old guy came asking what's wrong.
A local old guy?
You mean there's actually someone around a place like this?
You must be the ones who are lost.
Yes, actually, we got lost and then...
You were careless.
You want us to tell you the route from my troop's garrison, back to the local town?
I'm sorry, but I cannot relinquish Class 1 classified information.
We understand, our destined rivals.
We must obtain the information we want through strategic maneuvers.
That is the iron-clad rule ("okite") which governs campgrounds all over the world.
Hold it, what does he mean "Soji Okita of the Campground?"
Taishi probably just made it up.
And by the way, it's not Okita, it's okite (rule).
Do you intend to declare war on us?
Indeed!
As long as you don't run away, that is.
So I guess this means we're going to have to play a survival game after all, huh?
Wrong, Comrade Mizuki!
This is not a simple survival game.
It is a sacred battle with the rule of the world at stake!
A sacred battle? With these laser gun toys?
WHAT?!
Are you saying that you see this practice system,
which is officially used by armies all over the world, and has improved sim fire,
as a mere children's plaything?
It's not?
Of course not!
It detects a beam with an optical receiving device,
and acknowledges a good shot with the warning device worn on the head.
It's the latest super-interactive virtual device.
If you think of it as a mere plaything, you will be the first to fall to an enemy bullet!
It's just a toy!
But Taishi, we're up against survival game pros.
Do we even have any hope of winning?
That goes without saying.
Comrade Kazuki,
thoughts deeper than the Mariana Trench run through my gray matter.
Thoughts deeper than...
The Mariana Trench?
You don't know your place.
I'm going to teach you real good what the fear of death is.
Comic Party Revolution
Comic Party Revolution!
Gelbe Eins to Hertz.
I can't detect Fritz in Area 87.
This is Hertz. Roger that.
Proceed to Area 89 immediately, and continue scouting.
Gelbe Eins, Roger.
In battle, victory or defeat depends entirely upon how quickly you can find the enemy.
We've polished our scouting skills through numerous actual battles.
Against us, you're just sitting ducks.
Yes, you probably do have good skills.
However! That will not be enough to win against us.
Be aware that against our secret plan, your skills are nothing more than a rusted door knocker.
You shouldn't be saying that when you just got shot in the blink of an eye.
Corpse You shouldn't be saying that when you just got shot in the blink of an eye.
Corpse
Taishi Team Corpse Storage Site Corpse
I found them. Ahead 100 meters. Two enemies.
Good. Attack them immediately.
Gelbe Eins, Roger.
So you think you're hidden, huh?
Stupid amateurs!
How cute!
Corpse
Pro Team Corpse Storage Site Corpse
Did you see that?
That is the ultimate defense,
which utilizes the enemy's psychology under the extreme conditions of battle
to neutralize every conceivable attack instantly:
the Cosplay Barrier!
Cosplay Barrier the Cosplay Barrier!
What do you mean, "Cosplay Barrier"?
But it seems to be so effective, I'm almost embarrassed.
So cute!
Did you witness our secret plan?
What do you mean "secret plan"?
Co-Comrade Kazuki! It couldn't be...
"It couldn't be," my ass. I was shot!
WHAT?!
That's so pathetic when everyone else is risking their lives...
Look who's talking!
But at this rate,
even if we could defend ourselves, we can't go on the offensive.
Don't worry! Forget your fragile-handle-with-cares!
I am already waiting for Secret Plan 2 to be put into action.
Secret Plan 2?
We'll rebuild front line defense.
Gelbe Drei, proceed to Area 86...
I can't stop!
What?!
Will he be able to stop Chisa Tsukamoto's headlong charge,
which is even compared to the out-of-control human dumptruck, Stan Hansen's rush?
All men, concentrate your fire on the out of control cart!
Damn, what incredible speed!
I can't stop!
Dammit! Dammit!
What was that?
That can probably break through the enemy's front line, but...
I just got a tinge of worry.
My, what nice tea.
CHECKERBOARD PATTERN My, what nice tea.
CHECKERBOARD PATTERN Why you...
But it's boring being a corpse!
You were the first one shot, so it serves you right!
You are wrong about that, Comrade Mizuki!
I got shot in order to lure the enemy into letting their guard down,
an ingenious plan worthy of Hakuoro!
Who shot you?
I despise you!
I want to catch you and toss you into a scorpion tank!
Take that! And that! And that! And that!
Welcome back.
Cosplay Barrier...
Certainly a terrifying strategy.
However, there is one big thing you overlooked.
That is...
What?
The Cosplay Barrier didn't work?!
You guys probably don't know this,
but our captain has absolutely no interest in girls aged over 1
To our captain, girls who are more developed than necessary
are the same as vegetables in a field.
No, they are nothing more than despicable, abominable creatures!
There you are.
Th..This is...
I was so captivated by the floatation ring,
I got dangerously close to getting too excited, but...
It seems your overly-developed body turned out to be your fatal flaw.
I've confirmed that Fritz 7 is down.
Good. There's only one left, huh?
We'll switch to surround-and-destroy maneuvers.
All men, converge on Area 85.
It seems they think they've won.
However! You do not know
how frightening we truly are.
What?
Where is she?
She's gone?
What's going on here?
Yes, the last one of us left is our ultimate weapon,
STEALTH
Stealth Aya!
STEALTH Aya Stealth Aya!
It couldn't be... A stealth human?!
Not only does she have an overwhelmingly weak presence,
she went virtually unnoticed even in the Comipa Exhibition Hall,
and she continues to have a menacingly high rate of doujinshi left unsold.
She is the invisible one-person circle, Aya Hasabe!
All men gather up and form a circle!
Yes, Sir!
Can they possibly find Aya Hasabe in this complex survival game field?
Wh..Where is she? Where did she shoot from?
I don't know!
Caught you!
A bunny?
Got you.
What?!
I lost? lmpossible...
I lost?
Thus,
the most perfect and beautiful victory in the history of mankind was accomplished.
Behold!
The great first step in our ambitions for world conquest has taken place right here!
What are you acting all high and mighty for when you're the one who got shot first?
Actually, this is the first time my troop has been so completely defeated.
You have such little presence you're almost not human.
What an incredible skill.
What the heck, that's not a compliment at all.
That's right. Aya, I think you should get angry, just a little.
No, I...
More importantly, the promise.
Oh, that's right!
All right, we won, so keep your promise.
Promise?
Did I make a promise?
What, you forgot?
You said you would tell us the way to get back to town!
Subaru is starving!
Oh! Right, we were supposed to guide you from our garrison.
To tell you the truth,
we've been wandering this dense forest for a week,
but we haven't sighted a route back down from the garrison.
Yup, yup.
So in other words...
I guess that means we're lost too.
Then you should have said that in the first place!
You saved me! You're my savior!
If you hadn't been so kind as to stop me,
Chisa would have ended up becoming another Vostok,
going around and around the Earth forever!
Huh?
Wh..Where am I?
There was a town right on the other side?
I've been kinda worried about something.
Don't it seem like we're missin' somebody?
Really?
If it's me you're thinking about, I'm right here, Comrade Mizuki.
Who cares about you?!
Let's start living together right now
All that's missing is time
Don't you think we need a place
Where we can share our smiles, our tears
And our free time?
If I was with you, I could stay there forever
I know you don't like anything complicated
But I still keep on pulling your arms
I finally found this 2LDK
A table set would be fine too
But I think a kotatsu would be better after all
The time we spend just lying around together
Is more important than it sounds
It's not easy to find
Someone you can always accept
And who will always accept you
But you are that person for me, so
Let's start living together right now
All that's missing is time
Don't you think we need a place
Where we can share smiles, our tears
And our free time?
If I was with you, I could stay there forever
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I'm super pissed off!
Next Comic Party How dare you treat me, the Comipa Queen, the Great Eimi Ohba, like some ordinary citizen?!
Next Comic Party Uh, um, Ms. Ohba?
Next Comic Party Are you saying that I, the Great Eimi, am not good enough to be Asahi Sakurai's friend?
Next Comic Party No, that's not it at all.
Next Comic Party I'm the one who...
Next Comic Party Now that it's come down to this,
Next Comic Party I'll just have to show you the Great Eimi's true powder!
Next Comic Party It's "true power" .
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Next Comic Party Let's Start by Being Friends I'm the one who's always standing in line...
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