We want to play a quiz game with you, meow!
If you win, you'll get something nice, meow!
Okay!
All right, Master, this is a quiz on the noises animals make, meow!
Ta-da!
The noises animals make?
Dogs go "bow-wow." Monkeys go "ook-ook."
Flying squirrels go "chik-chik."
Giraffes go "moo."
So what noise does a koala make?
Koa-koa?
Bzzt! Wrong!
The answer is...
Question 6: "A. Maid B. Lieutenant Colonel C. Little Devil"
No way!
It's true.
Look, Inoue! Absolute territory!
What? Is this your first time in Akiba?
Yeah. I've been interested in coming here for a while,
Akihabara
but I've never had a chance to visit.
Akihabara
Also, well... I-It's my first time going somewhere with a friend.
Cut that out!
Also, um...
What now?
Well, you see, my parents bought me this.
A smartphone?
Um... If it's okay with you...
Can we exchange contact info?
Can't you just ask normally?!
Easy Manual
Huh? But that's not in here.
Why would it?! And don't read the manual!
Please come inside!
We're holding an event!
Hey, Yukicchi...
What's up, Maririn?
Why did the job you said would broaden my horizons have to be a maid café?
Why am I wearing cat ears?!
Well, if you're going to work, don't you want to look cute doing it?
They look great on you, anyway!
Remember, this is to raise funds for a set of buzzers.
If anyone I know sees me, I'll die of embarrassment!
That'd be a pretty unlikely coincidence.
I know, but...
Lend me your glasses!
Sasajima-senpai and Jinko-san...
Isn't that the corner of Akiba that's famous for all of its electronics wholesale stores?
Oh, man! Seein' all this tech gets my heart racin'!
We're only here to get an estimate today.
Yep, this is the stuff.
How many buttons do we need?
I'd like to have at least six.
We could use this as our light.
Aw, but this one's totes cuter!
Think about our budget.
Stingy!
What goes inside the control box is more important than the buzzers themselves.
Buildin' it the normal way is no fun!
Let's give it some pizzazz!
Please just make a normal set.
I haven't been to many arcades before.
I'm kinda nervous...
We're not here to play around.
This is secret training.
After the break, we'll have a showdown between our members.
It won't be any fun if Fukami-kun wins everything.
There's actually a quiz bowl game?
I'm surprised you knew about it.
Well, when you go to arcades, you see this kinda stuff.
This is a game that lets you compete with other players over a network.
Please touch the screen to begin
Network Competition Quiz Bowl Game
Quiz Empire III
Please touch the screen to begin
It's apparently really popular.
Ooh...
They say people who compete in quiz bowl play it in video game form
more than they actually compete in meets.
You know a lot about this.
I saw it online.
Quiz Empire III
"First, create your avatar and give it a name."
Body | Hair | Eyes | Mouth | Outfit 1 | Outfit 2 | Accessories
"The more points you win, the higher your rank," huh?
Let's do this!
Confirm
Back
Confirm
Why "Boss"?
Oh, you're Boss Inoue!
Boss Inoue
Inoue Daisuke
It says "Daisuke," not Boss.
Clearing the First Hurdle
Arcade Only Match
Battle for the Province
Nationwide Match
Conquer the Nation
Select Mode
Three play modes...
Arcade Only Match
Battle for the Province
Clearing the First Hurdle
Arcade Only Match
Battle for the Province
Nationwide Match
Conquer the Nation
Let's start with the arcade only match.
Arcade Only Match
Battle for the Province
Nationwide Match
Conquer the Nation
Arcade Only Match
Battle for the Province
I'll be counting on your massive stockpile of knowledge.
Right!
Matching you with other players.
Your opponent has been selected.
Your Opponent Has Been Selected
Lieutenant Colonel Chisato Pts: 325,404 Tokyo Major Land Akihabara
Private TAISHO Pts: 0 Tokyo Major Land Akihabara
A lieutenant colonel right off the bat?!
And 325,404 points?
Incredible! I mean, the boobs, mainly!
First stage, begin!
Association Panel Fastest Finger First Quiz!
Association Panel Quiz
Fastest Finger First
Sports Use the following hints to figure out the answer
I get it.
Use the hints to figure out the answer, huh?
Modern Pentathlon
"Modern pentathlon..."
Touché
"Touché?"
First Strike
Fe
Fen
Fenc
Fenci
Fencin
Fencing
I knew it...
If you know it, buzz in!
First Strike
Again?!
Impressive quizzing, Lieutenant Colonel Chisato.
Association panels...
This is basically the same as the "fastest finger first" quiz bowl.
"Fastest finger first" questions are also comprised of several hints,
Fastest Finger Questions
The [Hint 1] of [Hint 2] that [Hint 3] is what?
and you work out the answer from them.
Association Questions Use the following hints to figure out the answer.
Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3
Association panels are the same.
The hints lead you to the correct answer as they're revealed.
The setup is the same.
Association...
Let's improve our association skills!
How about improving our fantasizing skills?
Now for the final question of the first round.
Use the following hints to figure out the answer
Cards
Cards?
Colors, shapes, numbers, origins...
Or something that uses cards as a motif?
I guess there's no way to get the answer from just one clue.
The second hint...
Literature
Huh?! On the first hint?!
A
Al
Ali
Alic
Alice
Alice in
Alice in W
Alice in Won
Alice in Wond
Alice in Wonder
Alice in Wonderla
Alice in Wonderland
Sweet!
How'd you know that?
I was caught between Alice in Wonderland and The Queen of Spades,
but I figured if it was The Queen of Spades,
the obvious "cards" hint would have come later.
But how did you get those two choices from just "cards"?
Literature
From this.
Oh, the category?
Yeah. The category is limited to start with, so that narrows down the answers.
The category itself works just like a hint.
Wow, that seems like it'd be really obvious.
Yeah, I guess so...
But what's amazing is that you actually notice stuff like that.
Inoue praised me...
Second round: Multiple Answers Tower Quiz!
Your points will stack up for every correct answer you get.
Banzai!
But if you choose even one wrong answer, you get zero points for that question.
Oh, no!
So there are multiple answers to these questions?
Arabic Japanese Turkish Chinese Spanish Portuguese
Russian Japanese French Italian English Korean
Whoa... Do you know?
Social Studies Which of the following are official languages of the United Nations?
I'm pretty sure there are six languages...
English
Chinese Spanish
French
Arabic
Russian
Arabic French Chinese Spanish English
Russian French Spanish Arabic Chinese English
All right! Perfect! We get three bonus points!
Great job!
Which of the following are Impressionist or Post-impressionist painters? Renoir | Michelangelo Munch |Degas Camille Pissarro | Picasso Van Gogh | Cezanne El Greco | Monet Morisot | Rembrandt
The next one is "Arts and Music..."
You should know this one, right?
Unlike the last question, I don't know how many correct answers there are.
Degas
I'd better be careful.
Cezanne Monet
Renoir
And then there's...
Camille Pissarro
Hurry! Time's running out!
Van Gogh
Morisot
Camille Pissarro Cezanne Renoir Monet Degas
Morisot Van Gogh Camille Pissarro Renoir Monet Cezanne Degas
Awesome! Perfect!
You beat Lieutenant Colonel Chisato!
Great!
Multiple answers...
Does competitive quiz bowl have them, too?
I'm not sure. He did say there are lots of formats...
This is great.
I get to put my useless knowledge to good use,
and I don't need buzzing techniques.
I might be a little more confident about winning this!
Manga, Anime, and Video Games Which of the following are computer game genres?
"RPG" is one, right?
It is.
Are you serious?! We blew it!
Don't worry.
If we don't score some points on the next round, it's game over!
L-Let's go for it!
What is this?
A blurred image?!
Visual questions?!
W-With these, it's best to lean back a bit and squint...
It's awfully noisy over there.
Probably just some newbies.
Those voices sound familiar...
Ah, thought so.
The first-years from Buzou, right?
Oh! You're the president of Miyaura's team...
Ashiya-san!
What a coincidence.
Sure is. Speaking of coincidences,
the opponent you guys are facing right now...
...is this guy.
Why did you tell them?!
Lieutenant Colonel Chisato Pts: 325,875 Tokyo Major Land Akihabara
Lieutenant Colonel Chisato?!
Never would've guessed I was facing you guys.
What is "Chisato"? Your username?
And your avatar has massive boobs! Are you secretly an otaku?!
Shut up!
Um, the game's continuing without you.
In the final round, you can choose your category.
Pick the one you're best at.
Wow, you're giving us advice?
It's a free service for new players.
Thanks!
Do you play this game often?
Yeah. I always keep an eye out for good questions, as well as new ones.
As long as I remember the answer and some keywords,
I can compose lots of questions later.
You go to all that trouble?
Sure do. I'm instantly on top of anything related to quiz bowl.
You've gotta be starved of questions at all times.
He said that so casually...
That line would sound suffocating if Sasajima-senpai said it!
Aw, they're all taken?
Please select two categories: Natural Science Social Studies Literature Arts and Music Sports Manga, Anime, and Video Games Lifestyle History
Category selection complete.
Why did I have to end up facing off against them in this game?
Mikuriya-kun's picked "Natural Science" and "Lifestyle"?
He's the very definition of a science nerd.
He must have picked "Lifestyle" because he thought you two would be bad at it.
"Literature" is the obvious choice,
but will the other be "Manga, Anime, and Video Games"?
Won't Koshiyama try to make this challenging?
He did win some points off of me, even if only on a few questions.
I'd rather not have to reveal my hand here...
But as long as I'm in this showdown, I'll show no mercy!
Huh?
Smartphone!
Uh?
Huh?
Card Sniping Quiz
Card Sniping Quiz!
Question
The fastest on the draw wins this battle to find the correct answer out of several cards!
Incorrect
Correct
Incorrect
If you make two incorrect guesses, you're out!
"Card Sniping"?
There's no fixed number of cards or correct answers,
so even if you get one right, stay focused right to the end.
Right!
You're blabbing too much.
Card Sniping Quiz Natural Science Question 1
Which of the following numbers is divisible by 3?
A math question?!
N-Not that one, right?
What's with all those digits?!
I don't know... I don't think that one is!
The trick to this one is that the sum of all the digits is a multiple of three.
Once you know that, it's easy to do it in your head.
Damn! He got that one!
Huh? You knew it?
Yes! Got it!
Wow!
Are you good at mental arithmetic?
Doesn't know the trick, but worked it out in his head
I'm a rank 2 with an abacus!
Okay! Leave the "Manga, Anime, and Video Games" one to me!
It's all yours!
Which of the following were game consoles released by Sega for home use?
Manga, Anime, and Video Games
SegaStation
Heh, no such thing.
Huh?
Dreamcast! Yes!
Dreamcast
Are you kidding me?!
He got it first!
Ashiya-san, he's a total otaku, isn't he?!
Well, he's on the quiz team, so he's not exactly inexperienced...
Lifestyle
"Lifestyle..."
What kind of question will it be?
I realize now, after seeing the last question,
that if you guess after seeing the whole word on the card, it'll be too late.
Inoue, think of some possible answers before the cards come up.
Why don't we try to collate the answers in our heads and match them to the cards?
If we're right, we can buzz in reflexively.
Oh... We might be able to buzz in faster that way.
I thought he was just a fountain of knowledge,
but he's theoretically analyzed the rules, too.
Lifestyle
Which of the 12 months are "long months" with 31 days?
"Long months"?
January, March, May, July, August, October, December...
This should be easy, right?
Wait, they're in English?!
So that's it!
March... That's one!
Got it!
He's fast!
I guess that would've been too easy, huh?
Just because we came up with that plan doesn't mean speed will be enough.
But...
What if I try that?
Another one to Mikuriya?!
It's not over yet!
No letters are even showing yet!
May? It's May!
The plan worked!
"Plan"?! That wasn't a guess?!
The End
Nope. I'd decided that if it took a while for any letters to show, I'd buzz in.
I see now! The number of letters!
May's the only month with only three letters in its name.
The fact that it has the fewest letters
means the part of the card where the hint isn't visible is much larger.
Oh!
So not seeing the hint is a hint in itself?
Right!
How did he notice that loophole in the rules so quickly?
It's pretty amazing to actually guess correctly like that.
Interesting.
Okay! That just leaves "Literature"!
Yeah!
Very interesting.
Literature
Which of the following Shakespeare plays is counted among the "Four Great Tragedies"?
All right! This is easy to narrow down!
I won't lose this one!
Oh, I'm good at these.
A Midsummer Night's Dream Romeo and Juliet
He got it wrong?
Sorry. See, all the machines for this game are taken.
Should middle school kids even be in an arcade?
Mikuriya, stop.
Excuse me, but those two are with us. Could you see your way to leaving them alone?
We'll give you our machine.
Come on over here, you two.
Ashiya-san!
Oh, cool. One's open now.
Thanks, man.
Let it go. If you start trouble and get reported, we'll have a real problem.
What the h—
Huh?
I was next in line.
I don't think you two understand etiquette,
you sad old men.
What did ya call us, you cosplaying bitch?!
You wanna fight us?!
Sure. If we're going to have a match, let's do it for real.
A match?
If you guys win, I'll give you anything you want.
If you win, that is.
All right!
Don't forget you said that!
Which game do you wanna play?!
Pick whichever one you're best at.
Say what?
This is probably a good time to get out of here.
But we haven't thanked that person for helping us...
I wouldn't call that "helping us."
It doesn't look like that was the intention, anyway.
A fighting game?
Instakill!
Seriously?
Aw crap!
Aw man, they ran away.
They were all talk, after all. Whatever, I'll let them go this time.
U-Um, thank you for helping—
I watched you guys playing.
Huh?
It was exciting! You're good at quizzing!
I'd love to play with you guys, too.
You're welcome to play, too, Lieutenant Colonel.
You seem to have a bit more of an edge at this.
Sorry, but we have to get going.
Let's go, Koshiyama-kun.
R-Right!
Whoa, wait a sec!
Hey...
Are you guys...
actual quiz freaks?
You take quiz bowl seriously, right?
Like, keeping an eye out for questions and stuff like that?
You're really going all out!
I bet you spend every day cramming just for quiz bowl, right?
Are you honor students at school, too?
Are you making fun of us?
Huh?
I don't care what you say about me.
I'm used to it.
But...
Is it wrong to go all out for something you enjoy?
Is it something you should get laughed at for?
It just means you like it, that's all!
Is there something wrong with being quiz freaks?!
Let's go, Koshiyama!
Oh... right.
Koshiyama...
I-I'm sorry! I said too much...
Nah, it actually brought a smile to my face.
It means you're really into quiz bowl, right?
I'm glad to have new kindred spirits.
Yeah.
What the heck was with that chick, though?
Were those wings I saw?
Yeah! I know this is Akiba, but that's just insane, right?
We're holding a quiz event!
Open: 11:00 AM ~ Today's Event: "Janken Chance" Accepting applicants until 5:00 PM
Meow Meow
What's our store's special attraction today?
"Janken"?
Ding-ding! You're corre—
F-Fukami-san?!
Maids?! Animal ears?!
M-Maririn...
Oh?
Sasajima-senpai!
Hey.
Hello.
A-All right! As we're here, let's go check out Fukami-san's maid café!
Hey, that sounds like heaps of fun!
Please don't!
Come on, Maririn. Back to work, okay?
Okay, we'll show you the way!
M-Mikuriya-kun, you're going home? Why don't you come with us?
Like hell I will.
U-Um...
What?
Well, um...
If it's okay with you, can we exchange contact info?
Huh?
Why?
Why? Because...
Um, I had a lot of fun today, s-so I was hoping we could be friends.
What kind of idiot are you?
And I'm not your friend.
More importantly, don't forget about the regular meet.
"Regular meet"?
It's a regularly scheduled competition where
quiz teams from several schools come together.
It's basically a joint quiz meet.
A quiz meet?
What's so important about the regular meet?
Mikuriya-kun said he'd get his revenge there.
A declaration of war, huh? Sounds good.
Well, that means you have a rival, doesn't it?
A... rival?
Yep.
S-Sorry!
I'm going home!
Koshiyama-kun?
Chisato-kun!
Lieutenant Colonel Chisato Mikuriya Chisato Mikuriya Prefectural High School, First-year
What?
Why did you go and say something like that?
Don't you feel bad for Koshiyama-kun?
If he got serious, he could become a lot better.
That's why I don't want to get chummy. I won't show any mercy.
Well, I look forward to next month's regular meet, then.
But Koshiyama won't be your only opponent.
In fact, there'll be plenty of others who are much tougher.
I'll be competing, too.
No matter who I face, I'll show no mercy when I'm laying the smack down.
We saw a new quiz format today: the single question with multiple answers.
Single Question with Multiple Answers
They demand broader knowledge than questions with only one answer.
Those were hard...
But if we get lots of them right, we can get lots of points!
Now, here's a question with multiple answers!
Which of these vegetables does Mikuriya-kun hate?
Bell peppers.
Carrots.
Celery.
Spinach.
You're surprisingly childish, after all.
Shut up!