Come on, Mizu...
Are you going to that sketchy club room again?
It's just a club room.
I wonder if Uchimaki-kun's already there.
Wh-Why would you care?
Today's horoscope for Aquarius, type A:
"The club room is the perfect place to confess today."
Wow, to be young, huh?
N-No way.
It's Uchimaki-kun we're talking about.
"After a string of pleasant happenings,
he'll carry you princess-style and give you a kiss."
G-Give me a break, Sayaka.
If only that were an actual horoscope, huh?
Wait, what were you looking at this whole time?!
This Art Club Has a Problem!
Case of the Art Club President's Murder
Whoa...
Art Club
Dude, what are you—
Wh-What's this puddle of blood?
Sorry, I was working on this, and...
Jeez...
Painting pictures really is a bad idea.
How can the president of an art club say that?
Well, just get that cleaned up before Usami gets here.
She'll be pissed.
U-Uchimaki,
just to make sure, i-is this...
It's Usami-san's piece.
You were so happy, though, Mizu.
Usami-san?!
No, I wasn't.
Crap!
I'll buy some time. Do something about this!
That's dirty!
Get lost!
Bye-bye.
Jeez.
Uchimaki-kun, what are you doing?
Why, Usami-san. What a coincidence, seeing you here.
Er, it's the club room. Of course I'd see you here.
What are you talking about?
Hey, I can't get in!
Uh, yeah... You can't go in right now.
Why not?
Well, see... How do I put it...
You're acting fishy! Move!
Hey, wait...
What the hell are you doing, President?
Wait, is he...
I knew it.
The moment he stands up, she's gonna find out.
And if she does...
There's no choice. I'll have to play along.
I'm sorry. I didn't want you to have to see this.
Paint.
The president's so useless.
Jeez, that's such a tasteless prank.
Come on, President. Are you going to sleep forever?
Get up already.
Be calm. Let's just be calm about this.
Sorry, I got carried away.
First, the murder weapon...
The killer must've taken it with them.
There's nothing at the scene that fits the crime.
You're still going with that? Seriously?
We have to preserve the crime scene.
Please don't enter this area.
This is stupid.
You two go ahead and play murder mystery all you like.
I have to finish my piece.
O-Oh, really?
The competition deadline is coming up tomorrow.
Tomorrow?
We have to submit something, or the club will be shut down.
Shut down?!
Hey, Uchimaki-kun,
have you seen the painting I left here?
I haven't seen it.
Really?
Um...
Oh, yeah!
I think I saw something that looked like a canvas on the shelf.
What? Why would it be there?
It must have been Colette-san.
You know, she's a bit weird, right?
Fine, then.
There we go. Where is it?
I think it's pretty far in the back.
Look carefully.
In the back?
President, President!
What's your plan now?
I have a bigger emergency.
What do you mean?
I seriously need to take a leak.
Whoa, hey, Uchimaki, what are you writing?
Just let me go to the restroom!
Hold it.
That's mean!
Hold it.
The drawing isn't necessary!
Hey, Uchimaki-kun?
Yes?
Did you really see it here?
I can't see anything.
I can.
What? Where?
No...
I mean your panties again.
Are you all right?
Y-Yeah...
I-Is he carrying me princess-style?
Which means...
"He'll carry you princess-style and give you a kiss."
A really deep kiss!
A kiss... a kiss... a kiss—
Usami-san...
Y-Yes?
Usami-san.
You're heavy.
Ow...
Get off, you guys.
Y-You're heavy.
A-Are you okay, President?
My stomach...
Did we hurt it?
No, Usami's picture is digging in...
Huh?
What did you just say?
Sorry.
We'll have to settle for Uchimaki-kun's art in the competition.
No way.
I don't want my precious waifu displayed like a side show.
Don't worry. They're putting only the winning pieces on display.
What's that supposed to mean?
This matter is already settled.
First Prize
Third Prize
13th Painting Competition Second Prize
Gessha Middle School Art Club Uchimaki Subaru-kun
Unacceptable.
I know. How did I not get first prize?
Good Child, Bad Child, Lost Child
Wh-What made me like Uchimaki-kun?
Yeah.
You've gotta talk about crushes at a sleepover, y'know.
So? What made you like Uchimaki-kun?
Wh-Why does it matter?
If you don't want to say, we can always talk about this.
I thought I hid that!
So?
You won't make fun of me?
I won't.
Really?
Really.
I think I first noticed him
around last November.
But back when he'd just joined the club...
Hey, Uchimaki-kun!
You used up all the paint that was here, didn't you?
Should I not have?
No, but we're all sharing that paint,
I guess... Well, we didn't get along.
so you could have at least said something.
Sorry.
But look at all the waifus I painted with it.
Forget it.
President, may I go buy some new paint?
Sure.
Is there anything else we need?
A sofa.
Sleeping in a chair hurts my back.
We aren't buying anything to enable your slacking.
Oh, by the way, I heard there've been some suspicious people in the area.
Be careful.
Really?
So, Uchimaki, you should go with her.
Me?
That's not necessary.
Uchimaki-kun looks wimpy, anyway.
That's rude.
Check this out.
You're skinny!
Oh, leaving already?
Sensei.
Oh, you haven't met, have you?
He's our advisor, Koyama-sensei.
My name is Koyama, even though I'm big.
I'm Uchimaki, of Class 1-4.
We were going out to buy paint and stuff.
I see.
Okay, be safe, and be good to each other.
We bought a lot.
It's easier to buy it all at once, right?
Have some consideration for the one carrying it all.
You're a guy. What did you expect?
See, this is why I can't stand 3D girls.
Oh, excuse me...
Have you seen a little girl, about four years old?
A little girl? I haven't.
Is something wrong?
Well...
I looked away for a moment, and she disappeared.
What does she look like?
She's about this tall,
and she has long-ish hair in braids.
She's wearing a white cardigan and carrying a heart-shaped bag.
Her name is Moeka.
Moeka-chan!
I wonder where she went.
Yeah...
Someone suspicious...
Totally suspicious!
Surely that isn't the suspicious person in the rumors...
Uchimaki-kun, look next to her!
Around four years old, braids,
white cardigan, heart-shaped bag.
That's the lost girl!
My, what a cute bag.
Is it?
It's just a school backpack.
No, I'm talking to this girl.
Hey, you're Moeka-chan, aren't you?
Your mom was looking for you.
Mommy?
Yup.
You should come with us to find your mom.
Colette
Wait a second!
Something's really fishy here.
You're one to talk.
Might you two be the suspicious people in the rumors?
Suspicious?
It means bad people.
Bad... people...
Hey, don't give her the wrong idea!
No excuses.
Think about it. "Mommy's looking for you"
is the oldest trick in the kidnapper's book.
It is now 5:30.
Elementary school children should proceed home.
I must return...
Huh?
To my planet.
Huh?
Bye!
Hey...
She's gone.
What a weird girl.
Yeah.
Okay, let's go.
N-No.
I'm not going with bad people.
We aren't bad people!
She just had the wrong idea...
Um...
What do we do?
Why are you crying with her?
Because...
Fine, then.
Usami-san, let's use this.
Why?
Just watch.
Done.
Here. Who's this?
It's Mommy!
Huh? Are you Mommy's friend?
I guess you could say that.
So let's go see Mommy, okay?
Okay, let's go.
You're good at drawing, Onii-chan.
I'm in the Art Club, you know.
"Art Club"? What's that?
It's a club where you draw lots and lots of cute girls.
Ow.
What was that for?
Nothing.
Seriously, I don't get it.
Hum-hum...
"Hum-hum," nothing.
It's not cute when 3D girls do it.
Wha—
That was uncalled for!
After that happened,
I decided maybe he's not a bad person.
Oh, well.
Goodnight, Uchimaki-kun.
Eek! Eek!
It's cold...?
Love Letter Panic
Huh? A l-love letter?
Yeah.
I got a love letter.
It was in my shoe locker when I got here this morning—
What are you doing, President?
It's blinding.
Your happy normie life is blinding.
Cut it out.
I'm nowhere near a happy normie.
Should you say that about yourself?
But there's more than one girl with a crush on you.
I'd say you're a happy normie.
More than one?
I got only one love letter.
No, man, I'm telling you because there's someone else.
Right, Usa—
Anyway, Uchimaki-kun,
why did you bring that in here with you?
To brag?
Oh, right.
I was going to ask you what I should do about this.
Don't ask me, of all people!
This is my first time getting anything like this.
Oh, really? Oh, really?!
By the way, have you ever written anything like this?
N-No.
I don't think so.
Yeah, of course not.
This brat...
Wh-What the heck?
You don't even need to worry about that.
I'll throw one in your face someday! Be ready!
Huh?
Oh, nothing! Never mind!
A-Anyway, Uchimaki-kun,
you will reply to that, right?
Of course I will. It's common courtesy.
I see.
Have you already decided what to say?
Yes. I'm going to say this...
What?
"Know your role, you 3D-er."
Absolutely not!
Huh? No good?
You'll traumatize her!
I thought it was pretty sugar-coated, actually...
It's not! It's totally blunt!
So the point is, you're turning her down, right?
Obviously.
She's 3D.
Have some common sense.
What? Me?
You're the one who needs to have common sense in how you turn her down.
How, for example?
For example...
I see...
You already like someone, Senpai?
I do.
There's already a char—
person that I like.
So I'm sorry.
He was totally about to say "character I like"!
Seriously, though,
that was such a cliché rejection.
He's not lying, though.
Senpai, is it someone
who goes to this school?
U-Um...
How should I put it?
She's grilling him.
Do you think she knows he's a freak?
Just nod "yes"!
Nod "yes," Uchimaki-kun!
So then, um...
Is it Usami-senpai?
Huh?
Wh-Why?
You two are always together.
So I thought, maybe it's Usami-senpai that you like.
Nod "yes"!
Your goal's changed...
Nah, it's nothing like that between us.
Really? I was certain—
Please, it's really not like that.
Usami-san's just someone from my club.
I turned her down gently thanks to your advice, Usami-san.
Thank you.
Sure. Good for you.
All right, I'm going to draw some more waifus tomorrow.
I guess we're back to where we were.
Uchimaki-kun?
That girl...
Bye-bye.
So cute...
Cute?
It's love at first sight.
You notice how he keeps drawing little girls?
So I figure he might be a pedophile.
So I asked him, straight up.
And he said...
He said?
"Of course not! Come on!
I'd be a total predator if I actually tried to waifu elementary school girls."
But drawings are okay?
I've heard people like that get hooked over time, though.
In other words, Uchimaki could
turn into Lolimaki one day.
Come to think of it,
Uchimaki-kun was nice to that four-year-old.
It can't be...
Lolimaki?
Usami-san, did you see that?
That strap was so cute!
That's what you meant?!
I guess I'm relieved, though.
I'm home.
Welcome home.
What's wrong, Onee-chan?
I got shot down.
Hey, something scary happened to me today.
What happened?
A weird man was staring at me.
Say what?
We have to tell the police!
What was he like?!
Um...
He had a bag on his neck,
a star on his chest...
What else?
He had light hair, and he was grinning.
He's totally a predator!
What else?
He was wearing the same uniform you wear.
Really? A predator at my school?
Preview
Oh, it's Uchimaki-senpai.
Aww, don't mention it!
It's okay. As long as I have this photo, you'll always be with me.
The kind that can't fly!
Opportunistic!
For a club president, you sure are useless.
My trust in you two is wavering right now.
T-Time for a magic show!
Things are terrible here!
You've become so impressive.
It's this!
Episode 3
Looking for a Bob Kiss
On the next This Art Club Has a Problem!
"Looking for a Bob Kiss."
See you then!