A Battle That Must Be Won
Pastimers Club
Issei no se, two!
I lost.
You owe me a drink.
Oh, fine.
Uh...
I don't think we should do that kind of thing.
What kind of thing?
L-Like, penalties where the loser gets ordered to go do stuff.
I don't think it's good.
You tried to make me teach you English at first, too.
N-No, I'm just saying it's bad to order people around to go do stuff.
I don't mind, though.
No!
Hanako-san, it always starts off simple, but it can escalate before you know it!
Pout
Oh, shoot.
Kasumi-san's just being nice, Olivia.
It can get out of control and become vicious, you know?
I-I never had that kind of intention.
I just wanted to make it fun.
But... Sorry.
Well, I killed the vibe, too.
Then you can choose a penalty, as long as it's not ordering people to go do stuff.
Mweeeheehee
She seems so happy.
Oh, hey, there's a game penalty that's customary where my Mom and Dad are from.
A penalty from your parents' country?
Yeah.
What's the penalty?
The loser has to sniff the winner's armpit.
What the hell?!
Is that really a custom where you're from?!
It's not just something your family does?!
No, it's not.
It's a traditional thing in our culture.
No way, I swear, it's only in your family.
You can't turn it into something so grand.
I-I can't object to culture.
Yay.
Kasumi-san's a slave to culture!
Okay, let's play issei no se.
Fine.
You first, Hanako.
Issei no se... three!
Yay, I win.
What are you talking about?
In this case, the winner takes the penalty.
Fine, I'll sniff Kasumi-san's first.
I-I'll pass.
You can't.
You have to let Hanako take her penalty.
Sniff
It doesn't smell!
You're okay, Kasumi-san. You didn't smell at all.
O-Okay.
Okay, next!
Sniff Sniff
Apocrine sweat glands!
Huh?
What's apocrine?
Uh... You don't need to know if you don't already.
Huh? Why is Hanako-san making that motion?
Now I know why my cat grinds its nose when Dad farts.
It's when it's extreme.
It's when it's extreme!
D-Did I smell bad?
Huh? No?
No, I can't tell her!
It's a fact too cruel for a lady's gentle heart to take!
Meow.
I'm pretending to be a kitty.
Oh, really?
That was totally not a "meow" pose.
Okay, round two.
Oh, but no raising two fingers and
saying "one" or raising one finger and saying "six."
I have to win...
I have to win this battle!
Kasumi-san, let's form an alliance.
The two of us both raise two fingers so we'll have at least four.
Then, if we say either two or three, we won't lose.
R-Right.
Let's go with that.
I'd rather not get sniffed anymore, either, if I can avoid it.
Issei no se... three.
Issei no se... two!
Issei no se... five!
D-Dodged a bullet.
Kasumi-san, it's okay if Olivia has to take the penalty.
Is she...
...on to us?
No, but if we don't guess right, it doesn't matter.
Issei no se... three!
You got it, Kasumi.
Hanako-san...
She's not raising any!
U-Unbelievable.
The friendship of a girl is more fragile than a microscope slide.
Yay, you're taking the penalty, Kasumi.
You don't want to get sniffed, do you, Hanako-san?
Grinding your nose is a good life lesson.
Here you go, Kasumi.
U-Um...
Err...
I'm going to go buy drinks for the two of you.
So please spare me.
Asobi Asobase
Puppets
This is a shopping scene.
"Can I try it on?" is "Can I try it on?"
Uh oh.
The candy I ate during break period still hasn't melted.
I can't chew it down now.
But I guess it should be okay as long as I don't get picked.
Let's see...
Let's have you translate this to English.
Honda-san.
Okay.
It's like she's doing it on purpose.
I have to keep it under my tongue.
I'll take you...
Why does she have her jaw out?
It's...
Clop
S-Stay calm...
Suck it in as you say "how much?" and put it back under your tongue.
Clank
H-Honda-san?!
Are you okay, Honda-san?!
Faculty Room
Please don't eat candy during class.
Okay.
That was a close one.
Yes.
I'm sorry.
I came to work at a girls' school because I was afraid of boys,
but girls are scary, too.
I avoided boys because I'm afraid of them, and now I'm still single.
Almost all of the teachers at this girls' school are women.
I don't have a chance to meet anyone.
I wonder if I'm going to die alone.
I get worried these days.
Hey, Sensei, can I go to my club?
Right.
You're in the soft tennis club, right, Honda-san?
No, I left the soft tennis club recently.
I'm in the Pastimers Club.
Pastimers?!
Pastimers Club
M-May I come with you?
So I brought Sensei with me.
Th-Thanks for having me.
Um...
Did it become such a big deal that a piece of candy nearly killed her?
To be fair, I thought her mandrake shriek would kill me, too.
Huh?
Oh, no, it's not about that.
The candy thing's fine now.
You study pleasure seekers in this club, right?
Huh?
Er, yeah.
D-Do you do marriage matchmaking?
Err, no.
Marriage matchmaking? Middle schoolers?
So what do you do, then?
Kendama.
Hagoita.
We played issei no se, too.
That sounds fun.
She seems blatantly disappointed.
A-Are you looking to do matchmaking?
Oh, err...
Y-Yeah.
Cute.
Squee!
I've been at girls' schools ever since preschool.
I thought it'd be okay, since I had fun being around girls.
And then I realized I'm older than my mom was when I was born.
Were you spirited away or something?
Yeah, maybe, for, like, twenty years.
So long!
I thought maybe pleasure seekers at a girls' school
might know of some amazing ways to find boyfriends.
But it's a bit too late now, huh?
Not at all.
Let's get you an awesome lover.
Are you sure about this?
We can't even make it to a mixer.
Are you sure we can find a boyfriend for someone else?
Olivia-chan just talked out of her ass.
So what kind of person do you like?
Masumi-sama!
She's going nuts!
Do you know that person?
I love shoujo manga!
Oh, I see.
I'm in love with the idea of being given a bouquet of
purple flowers by a man strutting out of a Porsche.
And I absolutely adore good-looking engineer men with superpowers
who watch over Earth from the moon.
Can we even find someone like that on planet Earth?
I-I heard people meet each other online these days.
Online?
I don't know if I can do it.
Someone hijacked my e-commerce site account the other day.
I think I get it now.
Oh, I'm on Twitter.
Really? Let me see.
Hang on.
Here.
A tight muse with a love for world peace
I like your profile picture.
Would she get angry if I said it looks just like her?
Wh-Whoever made this is a genius.
Praise me more!
Oh, she made it?
Want to make one, too, Sensei?
I can do it for you right away.
Okay, this is my email address.
What about your password?
"I want to get married."
There, done.
Single Sensei
There's nothing here.
I can't see.
We have to post some stuff.
Come to think of it, Sensei's an English teacher.
I need to take advantage of this opportunity.
C-Could you add this line to the profile?
Huh? Sure.
Let's take a picture of you, then, Sensei.
Here, hold onto this.
And make yourself look seductive, like in a fancy Hollywood movie.
Flash <3
That'll do it.
By the way, what is this?
A titty spinning top that I found at the flea market the other day.
Wait, please don't use that photo.
I already made it your profile picture.
How did it turn out?
Single Sensei @CHISATO30 I'm the Pastimers Club supervisor <3 Planning to post the club's activity reports BTW, looking for a boyfriend
Huh?
Pastimers Club supervisor?
We know her password and email address, so we can post on it, too.
Yeah.
Let's write tons of fun stories from the Pastimers Club.
Wait, is it just me, or has my account been hijacked?
We'll be in your care, Sensei.
Huh?
Is "Thank you, so will I" the only acceptable reply here?
Asobi Asobase
Betting My Life
Student Council Office
Okay, now that you have five members, we'll recognize it as a club.
Please use the vacant room on the third floor as your club room.
Um...
Actually, there's a club called the Pastimers Club using that room.
Huh?
Say what?
I haven't heard about this.
Then...
I'll have the Pastimers Club people leave.
Pastimers Club
I want to go outside.
Where outside?
Shibuya.
That was quick.
You should go hang out there on Sunday.
You don't get it!
You don't get it, Sensei!
That's not the point!
It has to be an extracurricular activity!
I wonder if there's a local history museum or anything in Shibuya.
And I want to go for a manicure or something on the way home.
You won't get in in your school uniform.
Sensei!
I'm serious about this!
Doesn't it sound super pleasure seeker-ey to go for a manicure in uniform cosplay
after an extracurricular activity?
I don't think you're much of a pleasure seeker,
trying so openly to get permission from your teacher.
Hanako can't hang out at the entertainment district without some kind of reason.
Higuchi-sensei, please come to the faculty room.
They're calling.
I'll be right back.
And then what happened?
Sensei, are you—
Student Council President?
Did you need something?
Um, may we speak?
What's up?
I have to explain properly.
Only a peaceful resolution is in line with my philosophy.
Would you please leave?
D-D-Did we do something?
We haven't caused the school any trouble yet!
Yet?
Huh?
Weird, they're confused.
Maybe I didn't say it right.
I have to say it more nicely.
Umm...
If anything, it's because you aren't doing anything.
You haven't submitted your request form to use this classroom, have you?
I-I forgot.
Are you kidding me?!
Um...
Could we get permission now, then?
Y-Yeah!
We'll submit the form now!
I'm sorry it's late!
President, the form! Now!
Give us the permission form, por favor!
She's trying to win her over by force.
Actually, there's a group that submitted their form just earlier.
Who?
Please don't provoke them too much when you enter.
Please, come in.
The members of the Shogi Club.
Th-They're acting the part!
Such a gloomy bunch for such a spectacular entry.
What's going on?
This place is going to be the Shogi Club's room from now on.
No way!
Please use another room!
I need to respond with compassion in situations like this one.
I'm sorry, there isn't a single other classroom available.
This person's completely heartless!
I'm sorry, guys.
It's all because I forgot to submit the form.
Kasumi-san...
W-Wait, President, hear me out!
Sure, go ahead.
Shogi's that sport where you fire lasers from your bum.
It's not safe to do in a classroom.
Huh?
You can take a break, Hanako.
Huh?
Was that not it?
That's a sport that actually exists inside Hanako-san's mind?
Um...
Hold on, President.
Leave this to us.
Members of the Pastimers Club, why don't we settle this with a pastime?
If you win, feel free to use this room.
And if we win, we'll have you leave this classroom.
President...
A-All right.
That's the spirit.
You can go ahead and choose a pastime.
President, President!
You may all be flustered over this sudden turn of events,
but let's take them down on their own turf and achieve ultimate victory!
Say what?
This president's good at pep talks.
So we'll play shoe launching.
I'll explain the rules in detail now.
Whoever launches their shoe furthest from this line is the winner.
What rules? She just repeated the name of the game.
I avoided brainy games for your sake.
Y-Yay.
Rock-paper-scissors.
Okay, I'll go first.
Okay.
I think we can win.
I'm sorry, I'll commit seppuku now.
Hanako-san, that might be one way to die, but it's not seppuku.
I-I'll do my best.
That was godly!
Godly? Thank you.
I-I lost to that?
I'll go now.
Launch it into outer space, Kasumi.
A godly kick, Kasumi-san!
I let out a weird sound.
I'm sorry, President.
Don't worry.
Here comes Olivia!
Olivia for the win!
You never said no swings.
P-President...
If that's how you want to play...
You never said no bikes.
This person's amazing.
President!
Pastimes are serious business, Pastimers Club.
You must risk your life for your pastimes.
Y-You win.
Are you okay, President?
Can we stop by the hospital?
I'll follow you for life!
And so the Pastimers Club was pummeled into the ground.
But because the Shogi Club president had compound fractures all over her body
and was forced to be home-schooled,
Pastimers Club
the other members of the Shogi Club gathered at the President's place for their meets.
I think we took it too far, don't you think?
Yeah, we took it too far.
They were way too athletic to be in the Shogi Club, huh?
Asobi Asobase
Japanese Pastimes, Please
What's today's game going to be?
Hide-and-Seek
Hide-and-seek.
Hide-and-seek?
Said to have originated from a "kakurebou" at an unknown village.
Kakurebou is a ritual whereby one is deemed an adult
if they are able to hide from the bears in the forest for a night.
Back to the forest you go.
There, there.
Because bears are the messengers of the gods, it is forbidden to hurt them,
and one may not bring weapons to the ritual.
There, there, good boy.
One generally enters the mountains naked for this ritual.
I'm spoiled for marriage!
The Meiji government decreed this ritual banned due to the many lives it cost,
but there are records of it having been done into the early Showa era.
Or something.
Asobi Asobase