Dad, want me to rub this with salt?
Yeah, please do.
It's fine, we're imposing on you, after all.
Please, you're guests. We'd like to at least make you breakfast.
Oh yeah, how did the teachers like the mushrooms?
They loved them. They all raved about how delicious they were.
Actually, there was one teacher in particular who really loved them.
Could I get some more to bring back?
Good evening.
Hey. You haven't gone back to brainstorming yet?
I wanted to see your room, Milo-san.
If you're going to eavesdrop on me, you'd better hear the whole story first.
What's the whole story?
My dad quit his job to start up this inn.
I didn't grow up here or anything.
You can search my room all you like, but you won't find anything.
I'm not interested in the room itself.
I want to be alone in your room with you. That's all.
Will you please stop?
I'm wearing a sumo mawashi.
An extremely thin mawashi.
Please, lift me up by it and toss me to the floor!
Lift you up...
Please.
You wanted me to wrestle you, but you can barely handle a kiss!
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
No...
No!
A hot summer night...
I feel the dampness of the cool ground through my sweatpants...
I feel it directly on my bottom, as if my underwear isn't even there...
What a wretched sight I am.
The word "romance" is not yet written
In the pages of this book born of love
Why do boys make my heart beat faster?
Do my instincts desire the genetic material that I lack?
If so, then it doesn't have to be human, does it?
They might be human, but boys...
are kind of like aliens!
It's been a boring fifteen pages
But when I turned the page
I nearly suffocated on my choked breath
I can't express these feelings in words
But they're totally overwhelming me again today
I was such a proper girl, I didn't want to know about it
About the truth behind this agony
But even if I get hurt, I won't stop reading
I can't stay pure like this
I'm learning about you in these pages
Run wild, O maidens
Fight back, O maidens
Go forth knowing that pain
We don't need a bookmark
Episode 7: Jiggling, Then, After
Man, that gave me a shock!
I know we're all girls, but she walked in like it was nothing...
She sure is pretty.
Satoshi Sugimoto
Rine Audio
Satoshi Sugimoto sent you a stamp.
YOOOOOOO!!
You
alive?!
"Are you alive?"
I'm okay.
Satoshi Sugimoto
Rine Audio
Seriously?
Stop it already. I told you I'm on a trip with my club.
I can't pick up
right now.
Oh, wait, I didn't tell him.
Are there any stamps that say I'm on a trip? No...
'KAY!!
No, no, it's rude for me to get mad at just "'kay"!
I mean, one way or another, he's getting how I feel...
Still, though...
Have fun on your trip,
Sonezaki-san!
Thank you.
That was a nice bath!
Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to leave you in here to do all the work, Sonezaki-senpai.
I-it's fine, really.
It sure is tough coming up with a good urban legend.
The harder you think, the harder it gets.
Indeed.
You're not really into romance or guys, are you, Sonezaki-senpai?
I-I suppose.
I kind of agree with you.
Everyone says guys are simple, or shallow,
but that's practically an urban legend in itself.
Huh? You think so?
I do! Girls are way simpler!
I mean, there are some really complicated girls out there, sure,
but none of the girls in the Lit Club are like that.
I suppose...
And girls have way smoother skin, like, they're so soft, you just want to pet them.
So why are we supposed to fall for guys with huge pores and tough muscles?
Perhaps because living beings crave DNA that is unlike their own genetic material.
Then if I think girls are cute...
does that mean I have huge manly pores?
They might be a little big, sure.
Oh no, what should I do?!
I should probably put some lotion on!
Yeah, I really gotta...
I've got some.
Here.
Whoa, Sonezaki-senpai, you're surprisingly girly!
Until just recently, I never put anything on when I got out of the bath.
Apart from applying the cream my mother uses when her hands get too dry.
Wow, my skin's really soaking it up!
There's a part of me that responds to Momoko's prattle without a second thought.
That is because you don't know what love is!
I always thought anyone taking advantage of my romantic ignorance
and trying to sum up love or romance in a single phrase was haughty and insolent.
I thought they'd ceased to have logical thoughts.
Crazy how the whole world changes when you're in love, huh!
I know!
It's like everything's sparkling and shining!
Totally!
Fools.
But now, I...
Maybe I should have some snacks. But now, I...
But chocolate's not good for your skin, huh...
I understand. But chocolate's not good for your skin, huh...
Oh, who cares, I'm eating some!
Love finds it all too easy to follow its victim to far-off locations...
Oh, here you go, Senpai!
Huh?
Oh, thank you.
Though we might eat the same snacks...
Momoko and I won't ever share the same emotions again.
Nor this bittersweet taste.
I haven't had these in a while. They taste pretty grown-up, huh!
Like, bittersweet!
She feels the same way.
If you wear matching thongs, you'll marry your sweetheart when you graduate high school.
Huh?
That could be the urban legend.
Hongo-chan, perhaps you need a longer break?
Want some more water?
No thanks.
It's way cooler here than if we went back to that weird room.
Right.
Sorry, and thanks.
I don't understand it, either.
Kazusa's supposed to be my friend, but she still thinks of me the same way they did.
I know, I've just had bad experiences.
And as her friend, I want to support the two of them getting together.
Friends...
Supporting the two of them...
I said all that without a second thought.
It came out so naturally...
that it feels wrong.
I wonder why that is.
I wonder what she thought.
Miss Sugawara's so pretty, and she has such pretty boobs, too.
What did she think when she saw mine?
I know that Miss Sugawara would never make fun of me.
Miss Sugawara's pretty, and her boobs are pretty.
I can't stop thinking about boobs...
I'm so stupid.
I'm stupid, and my boobs are stupid, too.
Kazusa?
Huh?
What, huh?
You know you can't go sitting up like that!
Hey, uh...
Hypothetically, if you had a crush on Izumi, I'd...
I just went out for tea with him. Why does that mean I have to have a crush on him?
I-I know, but... no.
I'm just saying, if hypothetically... you know.
Hypothetically, if I had a crush on Izumi, then what?
Say it! C'mon, then what?
S-sorry! I guess I didn't really think this through!
Just forget I said it!
No!
What do you mean, no?
STOP!
Hey...
What are you fighting for?
No, we're not fighting, okay?
I was trying to have a fight.
Wha-?! Stop this!
You would hurt one another with words?
We are the Literature Club!
We know better than anyone just how powerful words can be!
And one's heart does not heal so easily from wounds caused by words!
If we don't do anything, though, nothing will be resolved.
It's alright, no need to worry.
As this is a club trip...
Things are getting lively up there.
I'm sorry, I'll tell them to stop.
Oh, no, you see...
They came down here to ask permission.
"Pillow Fight"
Thank you for hosting us in your lovely home.
We would like to participate in a pillow fight.
We will compensate you for any damages done to the pillows.
Signed, the Literature Club
They don't just have good manners. They're such nice, wonderful girls.
You think so?
In this room, ten boobs are jiggling all around.
Kazusa!
Now you've done it!
Small ones and big ones, all jiggling.
Bouncing together and having...
so much fun.
Sonezaki-senpai?
I've got it.
I have our urban legend for the festival!
Romantic Urban Legend!
At the bonfire, stand in your crush's shadow,
right where their heart would be.
Whisper "I love you" and they'll be yours!
At the bonfire, stand in your crush's shadow, right where their heart would be.
Whisper "I love you" and they'll be yours...
I know what you're thinking.
This idea is very similar to the sample idea you gave to us before.
It's basically-
The heart!
We learned a vital lesson on our overnight trip.
Love needs no cheap tricks!
In the end, love is about two hearts colliding with one another!
Hearts colliding?!
Where do you find the heart?
Many authors pursue that very question.
In the mind? In its cells?
Yet the most righteous path is the heart, that noble organ.
Placing oneself atop it, even if only in one's shadow, is a powerful expression of love,
powerful enough to give birth to a legend of its own!
I get it!
It feels like something from your club.
And it's convincing!
So...
Oh, there's one thing we forgot to tell you, though.
Someone complained about the bonfire, so we might not have one this year...
Let the Literature Club handle any compl-
We'll take care of any third-party meddlers!
Let the Literature Club handle any complaints that may arise!
Says the complainer.
Dang, the Literature Club kicked butt!
If we let this story circulate as its own urban legend...
PURITY
"Oh, will this pain in my chest reach you?
A voice inside it will not stop shouting.
I love you, I love you, I love you..."
Could you not read it aloud?
You know this is not only going to be read aloud, it's going to be dramatically read to a crowd.
I don't want to remember that I was the one who wrote these cringeworthy lines!
They have to be this dramatic to establish our urban legend, yes?
But who's gonna read it?!
True. Most people would be embarrassed to do it.
Especially repeating "I love you" in front of a crowd.
These mushrooms you brought back are amazing!
They smell completely different.
Oh, and the texture is great!
Why isn't Izumi here?
He's been a real busy bee lately.
Entering his rebellious phase?
Oh, no, not now!
I like Izumi. Oh, no, not now!
I like Izumi.
Kazusa likes me.
You're little, Izumi, so I'm gonna do all this stuff for you!
Yeah, you're way stronger!
I always saw Kazusa like an older sister, but...
Go on, throw it!
It's a bit far, don't you think?
Nah, they can do it!
It's okay, I'll throw it first!
Okay.
Pitch it here!
Go for it, Kazusa-chan!
Aw, guess it was too far.
Oh no, not quite! Aw, guess it was too far.
I wanna try!
Go, Izumi!
No way you can do it, Izumi!
I did it, Kazusa! I made it-
That was the first time I realized...
that Kazusa was a girl.
I learned something from that pillow fight.
All the weird feelings I had about Miss Sugawara and myself just... disappeared.
Just by going face to face like that, I feel like we got a little bit closer.
If I tried going face to face with Izumi...
When we were little, I always told him exactly how I felt.
I need to have no fear, like I did back then.
And just...
Hey.
How was the trip?
Good. We rode on the Shiranagi.
Wait, the green one?
That's the one that still uses the old passenger cars, right?!
I know.
Huh?
There's something only I know.
Look at that cute one!
You should get that one for Izumi-kun.
Hearing that from Miss Sugawara worried me, but...
Hold on a sec!
Huh?
Izumi doesn't just like any train.
He's really into retro trains.
And only I know that.
I bought you a Shiranagi keychain!
Will my feelings reach? Wait, really? Sweet!
If I told him how I felt, face-to-face... I'm gonna throw it.
If I told him how I felt, face-to-face... Huh? You don't have to. I'll just come get it.
If I told him how I felt, face-to-face...
and my feelings made it to him...
No, wait!
and my feelings made it to him...
She made it! I made it!
S-see you later.
Thanks.
If my feelings reached him...
I want to do it!
Huh?
I wanna read it!
That was a surprise.
I never expected you to nominate yourself.
Sorry about all the weird stuff I said to you.
Huh?
For doubting you and stuff. It must've bothered you.
So, I think I'm going to try telling him.
Telling Izumi... that I like him.
That's right. I like Izumi.
Reading
Ever since we were little, I've loved and treasured him.
The type of love I feel changed a little bit, so it was hard to tell,
but I still love and treasure him.
That'll never change.
That's why...
Hey, do you wanna go around the culture festival together?
I can't. We have four performances of our literary work,
and between them, I have to help my class with their activity.
I won't have time.
Oh, okay.
Hey, I...
There they are!
Milo-sensei! Hongo-chan!
Sorry, I'll contact you later.
Milo-sensei, I'd like your advice on the times of our performances...
I only discovered this truth the moment we met.
Love and pain go hand-in-hand.
I want to offer this pain to you.
As I shout out loud, "I love you!"
Just now, a pain pierced my chest.
The wound throbs so sweetly.
Yes.
This is the pain of love!
Fantastic!
Asking Niina to play the male lead was indeed the correct decision.
Niina's experience makes Kazusa's awkwardness actually seem like honest innocence.
Niina's the cutest girl I know, and she makes a really handsome guy...
That's just not fair.
Huh?
I love you. I love you so much.
PURITY
It's so weird.
I can't believe it's so easy for me to say it over and over again to Miss Sugawara,
especially with how I was all suspicious of her relationship with Izumi.
Still...
Think you'll be okay for the real thing?
Yeah, I've got the courage now!
Soyokaze Acting Troupe
Again.
What do you know about me?!
No, no! With more bite!
Yes, Saegusa-sensei!
You're such a good, honest girl.
Thanks, I'll try hard!
But you're so boring.
Huh?
It's Niina-chan!
She used to act here.
You told me to stop by if I was ever lost and needed advice, yes?
Yes. What is it?
I thought I was someone who could be an observer.
But I haven't been able to understand the changes in my heart.
Is that so?
Will you kiss me?
You are truly intriguing.
Come.
I feel nothing.
Did you find someone you want to kiss?
I don't know.
The boy from the other day?
I want to know of your romance.
You are on the brink of soaring away from your girlish season.
I want to bear witness to that final moment...
when that last powerful spark bursts free.
My friend has a crush on him.
Your friend?
She's the first person I've ever been able to call a friend.
I-
People were not made to belong to one another!
They can love freely,
come together freely!
You must not become a boring woman, Niina Sugawara!
God, tell me
Hey, God? Tell me...
(What is it?) Hey, God? Tell me...
(Go ahead) Hey, God? Tell me...
Do grown-ups like bitter-tasting things?
C'mon, tell me!
You always give me vague answers
(Don't get mad) You always give me vague answers
I made a video for myself ten years from now
But I deleted it right after
It takes all you've got just to live a week
Paint over the calendar
Let's get excited in this amazing weather
Cinderella in love, trying so hard to be an adult
Took off her sparkling, cramped glass slippers
Stop stretching yourself, relax, take a deep breath
That's right, I'm going to enjoy my present self
Treasure this fleeting dream
Next Episode
I want to offer this pain to you!
Oh man, I'm so happy I could die!
Thank you for the lovely evening.
No way.
I just don't get guys.
C'mon, don't be shy.
This is my friend! C'mon, don't be shy.
This is my friend! We're not friends.
If you still really like him,
That's so not fair. If you still really like him,
That's so not fair. then I'll help you!
I don't want to lie about how I feel!
I'm going to tell Izumi how I feel about him. I don't want to lie about how I feel!
I'm going to tell Izumi how I feel about him.
Episode 8:
Fucking really?
I'm so looking forward to it!