Master!
Good morning!
G-Good morning!
Oh, Hitori-chan.
Morning.
G-G-Good morning.
Morning, Bocchi.
Good morning, Hitori-san.
Aru-chan, Kurai-san, good—
Hunched back!
morning!
Busy this morning, I see.
Oh, Nako-chan, good—
morning!
You still suck at saying "good morning," huh?
I have more friends to say "good morning" to.
I'm happy.
Poetic.
Oh, I can't be lingering here!
I need to chat with Peko-chan and Ito-chan, so they don't forget me!
They're not going to.
I-I'm Hitori Bocchi!
Right.
You're Hitori-chan.
I'm Kurie.
Thank goodness. You remember me.
I-I'm Hitori Bocchi!
I won't forget you!
Oh, right.
I need to speak to Aru-chan and Sotoka-chan, too.
I've never had this many friends before, so I don't know what to do.
You don't need to keep running back and forth to keep them as friends,
so stop worrying.
But where do I go then...
Well, even among friends there are certain groups.
You should go to whichever group you want to be with.
Do you know what I mean by groups?
They're making CD debuts?
How do you jump to that?
The group I want to be with...
What do I do?
Master?
Sotoka-chan, Nako-chan, what are group are you in?
Sotoka and I are in the same group.
Huh?
Sotoka and I are in the smartphone tap-tap group.
Huh?! "Smartphone tap-tap"...
Has that always been the case?
It has.
We've always been tap-tapping.
Wh-What I do to join that group?
Is it okay to join now?
I don't know.
For one thing, you use a flip phone.
Ah!
I want to join the smartphone tap-tap group.
I'll try asking my mother!
Nako, you're being mean.
What are you doing?
Punishing you.
To: Father Subject: It's Mayo. Father
From Tap-Tap to Print-Print
Oh, hello, Mom?
Listen. This is bad!
If I don't have a smartphone, I can't make friends!
Bocchi?
Aru-chan.
Aru-chan!
What is it?
What's the matter?
My mother said I have to wait until my second year for a smartphone.
Flip phones are rare now.
Aru-chan, are you in the smartphone tap-tap group, too?
Are you making your CD debut?
Huh? What?
You're not making sense.
I see. So that's what happened.
Good grief, that mean, feathered-haired Nakosuke.
Don't worry.
I don't belong to that group.
Then what group are you in?
Well, if I had to say...
I'm in the world's class vice president group!
Huh?!
There are lots of world's class vice presidents?
No, it's only one. Just me.
Wow!
Groups just form on their own.
You should just go and be wherever you're most comfortable, Bocchi.
Where I'm comfortable...
Not there! Not in there!
I really am most comfortable here.
Master!
Who might you be?
Nako!
Oh, Kurai-san.
Kurai-san, are you joining the smartphone tap-tap group, too?
"Smartphone tap-tap group"?
Yes.
I don't own a smartphone yet, though.
I don't really understand,
but I'm not joining.
Groups are just where the weak gather.
I'm going to be strong on my own.
On your own...
Besides, in just a couple months, we won't be first-years anymore.
Once we're second-years, we'll be changing classes, right?
Changing classes?
When I promised Kai-chan I'd befriend everyone in class,
did that mean the first-year class?
My third-year class?
No, that's not the issue here.
I hadn't thought about this at all.
In just two more months, everyone in class will be separated.
In just two more months...
We face the hell of changing classes!
I worked hard during first and second semesters to make five whole friends.
Nako-chan,
Aru-chan,
Sotoka-chan,
Peko-chan,
Ito-chan...
And yet...
It's almost time to change classes!
The hell of changing classes...
I've been waiting for you, young lady.
Thank you.
I'm just doing my duty.
I mean it. Thank you for doing this.
You always...
Young lady, you'll be late for dinner.
Bocchi's strategies for staying in the same class, even after changing classes!! I won't lose, wahaha!! Plan 1 - Try asking the teacher! (I'm sure she'll understand!) Plan 2 - Break the classroom walls!! (Get the teacher's permission first.) Plan 3 - All of humanity is my friend! So I'll be fine! Fine... Fine...
Did you drop this?
Oh, y-yes!
Strategies to remain in the same class through the change in classes...
Huh?
What unique strategies.
Th-Tha-Than...
Thanks, my dude!
What does that mean?
I-It means thank you very much.
I know this girl.
She's in my class.
Uh...
Ojousa Mayo (Rich Young Lady)
Ojousa Mayo-san!
Thanks, my dude...
What a nice ring.
"Thank you" is such a nice phrase as well.
It's my favorite one.
I can't run away!
Why did you move away?
Oh, um...
Is it because I read that sheet just now?
I-It's... fine!
E-Even after we change classes, I want to stay
with my friends.
I see. So that's been troubling you, then.
Yes.
Well...
Oh, then couldn't you just buy it?
Buy it?
Yes. The school.
Would that not work?
B-But I don't have that kind of money...
Then allow me to introduce you to some work.
Huh?
Young lady, the time.
Hold on.
Do you have some time?
Huh?
Oh, hello?
Yes, this is her.
Do we have any jobs even a middle-schooler could do?
Huh?
There are none?
If there are none, then please create some.
Yes, I see.
I've found something for you.
Huh?!
A part-time job folding cranes?
Yeah.
What are they used for?
A thousand-crane service.
What a shady service...
Still...
Onaka-san, good morning.
Good morning.
Is there anything troubling you?
Um, what kind of person is Ojousa-san?
Not really.
She's the daughter of some company president.
I hear her parents are always overseas on business.
So she has a lot of servants at home.
Sotoka-chan, you make those fast!
I can make shuriken even faster.
Yes, I've confirmed your delivery.
Now, here is the paycheck you've earned.
R-Really?
Of course.
Crane's Return of a Favor
Here.
Wow.
How much? How much is it, Master?
Five hundred yen!
Now, let us go forth!
To buy this school!
Right!
By the way, where do we go to purchase it?
The school store, maybe?
No way!
School Store
Unfortunately, the school's not for sale.
My, really?
You certainly can't buy it here in the school store.
I see.
Truly?
Well, of course not.
H-How much would it be?
Who knows? About 10 billion yen?
Ten billion?!
I-I'll need to work hard.
No, no...
Would five hundred...
hundred million work?
Are you a child?!
I'm so sorry, Hitori-san.
It seems the job I found for you pays very little.
N-No!
I'll work even harder,
so could I continue doing it?
Why, of course.
Let's collect more cranes.
I-I'll do my best!
If we earn 500 yen a day, then amassing 10 billion would take...
Uh, uh...
Well, I don't know how long, but we'll have graduated by then.
Well, I'm going to fold a few more.
I'm jealous.
Huh?
Every one of you has someone who is that desperate to stay with you.
I think Hitori-san knows a phrase more wonderful than "thank you."
A wonderful phrase?
Yes. Like "thanks, my dude."
I'm sure she's misunderstood a few things,
but well, whatever.
Welcome back, young lady.
Butler.
If I said you didn't need to come pick me up anymore, what would you do?
I would honor your request.
I see.
But I would feel a little lonely.
Butler...
Thanks my dude, always, always!
Let us depart.
To: Father Subject: It's Mayo. Father
Are we seriously still doing this?
Move your hands, not your mouth!
That's right!
We're going to make twice as many as we did yesterday!
Wow!
Good afternoon, everyone.
Oh, Ojousa-san.
Don't mind me. Please continue.
In fact...
Could you teach me as well?
How to fold cranes.
Y-Yes!
So you fold this here...
It's done.
Oh, it's pretty.
Way to go, Master.
You're a genius at teaching others.
So we just need to make many of these?
Yes.
Oh, right.
This is just a trifle, but you can all eat it together.
Wow, it looks delicious!
That trifle looks like it costs twenty days' wages.
Don't nitpick it.
I mean...
Continuing to do this work isn't going to help us avoid changing classes, right?
It won't?
Figure it out...
Well, at the very least, it'll be impossible to buy the school.
Then what do we do?
Master!
Even if we end up in different classes, I'll still come visit you during breaks!
Yeah.
Even if we end up in different classes, we can still be together like this.
Um...
To be honest, I tried to use my influence on the issue of changing classes, but...
But?
This school...
doesn't change classes.
R-Really?
Yes.
Thank goodness!
Then what was all our hard work for?
We should have asked Teru-chan.
Master, can we switch to making shuriken?
Farewell.
Aru-chan.
What?
Uh, m—
I can't just say, "Move."
C-Can I jump over you?
Why?
Oh.
Go on. Hurry up.
O-Ojousa-san!
Um,
well...
Th-Thank you very much!
I'm glad your worry has been resolved, Hitori-san.
Also, you taught me how to fold cranes,
so th—
tha—
No!
I can't bear it anymore!
I've always wanted to be helpful to others,
to be needed by them.
So when I saw how troubled you were, I wanted to help you.
Thank you very much.
It's not what you think.
Huh?
I...
I knew there wouldn't be a change of classes,
and while I considered telling you all that,
I decided not to, after watching you all.
You did?
Yes.
If I told you, then our time together would come to an end.
If I didn't tell you, then perhaps things could have stayed that way.
That's when I realized it.
I was only meddling in others' business so I could hide the loneliness I felt.
Loneliness?
My parents both work abroad, so I'm always alone when I get home.
And I shouldn't be interrupting their work, so I can't call them, either.
So I longed to be together with someone.
Ojousa-san...
I apologize for making you keep me company.
I had fun with you.
M-Me, too.
I had fun...
So much fun...
I had fun, too!
Bocchi.
How did it go?
I...
I want to be friends with Ojousa-san!
Wasn't that what you just went to tell her?
You've still got a long way to go, Bocchi.
What are you two saying to Master?!
"Print"? What's a print?
Well, a type of photo.
I want to use my wages from the cranes to pay for taking one with everyone.
Take one?
They're something you take?
It's my first time getting one, so I'm not sure, either.
My.
What is this conversation?
Butler, would you mind?
As you request.
You really are rich.
This is a print?
Wow!
Please pay here
Oh, so this is what it's like inside?
O-Okay, I'll use this 500 yen.
The wage we all earned...
Yes! Let's buy the print!
You don't buy it.
Only 100 Yen Coins Accepted
H-Huh?
I...
I can't use the 500 yen coin!
If you get any cuter, there'll be trouble!
It'll be fine this time, so I'm putting them in.
Select the brightness.
Brightness?
That's me!
Well, you are bright.
No, no.
Would you like to beautify your skin?
Wow!
Is this is a salon?
My, so this is one of those businesses?
Select your background.
Background?
What does it mean by "background"?
Does it want a background check?
Argh! Enough, I'll do it!
Once it's finished shooting, then we add scribbles.
It provides art lessons?!
Here, Bocchi.
This is the crucial part.
So do your best.
O-Okay.
I need to write it out and tell them.
My, what will you write?
I'll write... we're all friends.
You actually said it, Bocchi!
Ah! I-I said it!
Don't worry about it.
Friends...
Yeah...
Does that... include me as well?
I-I couldn't use...
the wages from our work very well...
but will you be my friend?
Did you all...
plan this for me?
Yes.
Everyone, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.
We're all friends.
I'll make that my new favorite phrase.
Whoa.
Figures she'd pass out.
I'm glad we even got to store it on our smartphones.
Yes.
Mayo-chan,
you should send that picture to your parents.
Huh?
Bocchi once said before
that just having friends was enough to give her courage.
Hitori-san did?
Though the one who said that is still passed out.
It's nice to know you, Mayo-chan.
Father, Mother, it's been some time.
This is Mayo.
Today, I took something called a "print" with some friends.
I'm sending you the picture.
Don't you think I've grown since last time?
Please pardon me for the selfish thing I'm about to say.
I'm lonely.
I miss seeing you, Father, Mother.
And send...
That's a quick reply!
To Mayo.
We're sorry for making you feel lonely.
I suppose we naïvely took advantage of your selflessness.
We'll make certain to return for your next break.
Thank you for saying something to us.
Father, Mother...
Also, you really have grown.
Especially...
Your eyes.
Nako
Mayo
Bocchi
Aru
We're all friends
That's what a print is.
You just don't understand it at all.
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