Fake?
I don't really understand what you're talking about, Saeko-san.
Huh?
Masuzu and I really are dating.
We're in love.
We're always walking home together.
We always meet up at the café.
We drink coffee,
soda,
or tea.
After that, we walk home together.
So all you do is get a drink and head home?
Are you an office drone?
Eita...
You're overlooking one thing.
Huh?
I...
Yeah?
I...
I'm really hungry.
What?!
isse no!
いっせ一の！
Ready, set!
okaeri
おかえり
Welcome home!
saa dekakeyou
さあ出かけよう
Come, let’s go out.
nukegake randebuu
抜け駆けランデブー
I'll be the first to steal you for a rendezvous!
kizuna ga daiji
絆が大事
Our bonds are precious.
koibito ga daiji
恋人が大事
Our romance is precious.
Girlish Lover
kono itami kimi no sei?
この痛み 君のせい?
Are you the cause of this pain?
mune no tokimeki uso no tsumori
胸のときめき ウソのつもり
Passing your heart's throbbing off as a lie...
ima made no pojishon wo
今までのポジションを
If our current position
koeta ashita wa dou naru no?
越えた未来は どうなるの?
crossed over, what would happen to the future?
nee motto issho shiyo! dame?
ねえもっと一緒しよ!ダメ?
Hey, let’s stay together longer! Can't we?
dame! watashi dake
ダメ! わたしだけ
No! Only I can.
yudan mo suki mo nai
油断も隙もない
You're never unprepared and show no weaknesses.
kimi to no bodaa koetai
君とのボーダー越えたい
I want to cross over your borders together!
sou motto!
そうもっと！
Yes, even more!
daitan de
大胆で
A little bolder...
chotto gouin?
ちよっと強引?
You mean more assertive?
suki wo misetai
スキを見せたい
We want to express our love!
yasashii kimi mo
優しい君も
You're too gentle.
ijiwaruna kimi mo
いじわるな君も
You're too rough.
hitori jime
ひとりじめ
But you're all ours!
kidzuite
気付いて
Notice me!
yappa yamete
やっぱやめて
Never mind, don’t!
ura hara fall in love
ウラハラ fall in love
Contrary to falling in love,
tomodachi ijou
友達以上
I want to be more than friends,
honmono miman no
ホンモノ未満の
but less than the real thing.
Girlish Lover
#11 The Excitement The Night Before a Trip is a Battlefield
That was good.
Okay, good night.
Did she just fall asleep?
Yeah, it's always like this.
She says sleeping on a desk is the best.
She says it helps her feel better faster.
Should we go somewhere else?
Don't worry about it.
She'll wake up in about thirty minutes.
But I want to go to your room.
That's not happening.
I'm just putting this out there, but my stamp isn't in this room.
W-What would I try to use that for?
How about we start our meeting already?
That's why we're here.
There's something I want to ask before we start.
What did Saeko-san mean by "fake"?
I want to know too.
What was that?
Fake... As in, not real?
I'd like to ask the same thing.
I don't enjoy being wrongly accused when I first meet someone.
More importantly, we need to talk about how were funding our trip.
Yes, you're right.
Is there any way we can get money quickly?
How about we all get a vart-time vob?
You mean part-time job.
We need the school's permission to get a job.
We don't have time to do that before the trip.
What?
As long as I'm a member of this club,
I won't let anyone break the school rules.
Besides, we could only earn so much from the jobs we could actually do.
That's not true!
I saw a poster the other day.
You get all the sweets you can eat,
and they'll pay you 30,000 yen just to listen to old men complain.
All the sweets
you can eat!!
Just for listening to old men complain, you get
30,000 yen
I wonder what kinds of sweets they have.
Don't even think about getting involved in that.
We'll just have to get Eita-kun to help out.
Huh?
Human organs seem to go for a lot.
You want me to sell myself for a trip?
There are less dangerous ways, you know.
Like what?
Like going to the family restaurant by the station instead.
Boo! Boo! Boo!
What? What's wrong with a family restaurant?
We've decided we're going to the beach.
Yeah, but...
You don't have to worry about money.
Oh, she's powered on again.
That's 'cause she finished recharging.
There's a way you can go to the beach.
However, only if you compete in this contest.
What's this?
Put your love in this summer OreDere Contest
(Love Simulation Game)
"My Girlfriend is Way Too Head-Over-Heels For Me"
Scheduled release winter 2013
Price: TBA
It's my company's new game.
"My Girlfriend is Way Too Head-Over-Heels For Me",
or "OreDere" for short; it's a publicity event for the game.
So are you a game creator, then?
That term's a bit too sophisticated for me.
I make games with lots of cute girls and cool guys that will make you want to squeal!
So that means you make gal games and otome games!
You sure know your stuff, Straight Bangs.
I hear there's a lot of indecent terminology in those games.
This won't be X-rated, will it?
I'm working on games for all ages right now.
So, the tsundere is familiar with those types of games?
I-I'm not familiar with them!
I just know about them because I'm a hall monitor!
What's it mean by "you have to be a head-over-heels girl to join"?
It means head-over-heels for someone.
In other words, you must be a girl in love.
From what I can tell, all three of you are in love with Eita.
Maidens, the lot of you.
That's enough to get you in.
I was actually having trouble getting enough people to join.
If you come out, I'll let you use the company's health resort near the event hall.
Funase Beach is also nearby.
How about it?
Yay!
The beach!
All right, you three are in.
Wait a second.
I believe I've already mentioned that I'm Eita-kun's girlfriend.
Why am I the only one you're excluding?
Intuition.
Intuition?
I create various types of characters,
and come up with just how those characters will fall in love,
so I know exactly how head-over-heels you are.
But those are just creations of yours.
Since they're creations, there are times that I need to make those fakes look real,
even more real than the real thing.
When I make a game, that's where most of my effort goes.
That's why I'm good at telling when people are really in love.
But Eita-kun's girlfriend is-
Fine, I got it.
If you're not going to back down,
how about you take a test to see how much you love him.
Boyfriend Girlfriend
For Real
Friend
Lover
Marriage
Boyfriend Girlfriend
For Real
Friend
Lover
Marriage
Boyfriend Girlfriend
For Real
Friend
Lover
Marriage
Boyfriend Girlfriend
For Real
Friend
Lover
Marriage
Boyfriend Girlfriend
For Real
Friend
Lover
Marriage
Boyfriend Girlfriend
For Real
Friend
Lover
Marriage
Boyfriend Girlfriend
For Real
Friend
Lover
Marriage
Boyfriend Girlfriend
For Real
Friend
Lover
Marriage
My company's app has gotten answers from over 10,000 users,
the majority of whom are girls in their teens and twenties.
With that much data, I don't think there would be any statistical issues.
Understood.
I'll do it.
How about the rest of you, too, Chihuahua?
I'll do it!
Question:
There's a boy in here that you have feelings for.
We'll call him A-ta-kun.
That's going to get confusing, so how about B-kun or C-kun instead?
A-ta-kun has recommended a manga to you,
with annoying comments such as "This manga's awesome! You'll love it! Here, read it!"
What would you do?
Okay, we'll start with Chihuahua.
Ei-kun and I don't really have the same taste in manga,
but I guess I'd give it a try?
If it wasn't good, I think I'd just tell him after.
Okay, Straight Bangs is up next.
If Eita asked me to read something,
I'd read it, no matter how boring it was.
Next, "tsun" girl.
Manga is dumb.
I don't read things like that anyway.
Okay, "dere" girl.
The manga could give me a chance to talk to Takkun,
so I'd totally read it!
Wait, who are you calling "dere"?!
And last up, Natsukawa Masuzu.
I would read the manga that A-ta-kun recommended, no doubt about it.
However, I'd lend him manga I recommend at the same time.
And what makes you say that?
It's important to know what your significant other likes,
but it's also important for him to know more about me,
in order to be a good couple.
I see...
Accessing...
Okay, here's the results!
The person who's the most in love with A-ta-kun is...
Ta-da!
The "tsundere" girl!
W-Why me?!
Why do I like Kidou-kun that much?!
It's not supposed to be me.
Using it as a chance to talk to him scores pretty highly.
The sweet, pure love in your heart really shines through.
No way, no way, no way, no way.
That can't be!
I don't like Takkun!
I love him!
No, I didn't mean that!
Forget I said that!
Ai-chan's going to run around outside!
Number two is Chihuahua.
I want to know why I wasn't first!
That's because it's good to tell him what you really think,
but if you're too close to each other,
then you'll end up in the friend zone,
so you need to be careful.
Third is Straight Bangs.
In your case, you have the opposite problem;
you need to try getting closer to him.
Don't just put your feelings first.
You need to have a normal conversation,
and focus on getting to know each other better.
I see! I see!
And...
I'm last?
Your answer was so perfect that it didn't feel like you were in love at all.
If you'd been dating for over a year,
then the answer you gave would have been fine.
But you haven't even been dating for four months yet,
you're both fifteen, and you're in your first year of high school.
The answer was just too perfect.
You're saying I can't be in love?
Problem with that?
Yes, a big one.
Then, you'll just have to join the contest as well.
If you win, I guess I'll just have to recognise you as Eita's girlfriend.
You're not going to regret those words, are you?
Of course not.
Then, I'll do it too!
I'll win and settle things with Natsukawa.
Eita, if I win, improve my ranking from ex to current girlfriend.
Huh?
How about we make whoever wins this contest Eita's wife?
As I'm his guardian, I'll stamp the papers.
What?!
You'll stamp them for us?!
G-Guess I'll just have to participate too!
All right!
This has really gotten interesting!
Yay!
I feel better now.
That's a lover's lunch.
I'll be able to get my work done tonight.
You might want to call it a relative's lunch instead.
Suppose you're right.
I never would have thought such a good nephew could have come from your parents.
It's pretty mind-boggling.
You're helping me out, so this is the least I can do.
No, of course I'd take care of you.
We're family.
Oh yeah, about those four girls...
Do you want to turn your life into a harem?
Or do you want to turn it into a battlefield?
Neither.
If you want a battlefield,
you'd better learn self-defense.
If you want a harem, you need to come up with a good plan,
and watch your flags,
otherwise it'll be pretty hard to get all five of them.
I already said I don't want either.
Wait, why five?
I want you to beat my route too.
No thanks.
Then, you should just pick one and go out with her already.
I am dating someone.
Masuzu.
That again?
Come on, that girl hasn't talked about her true feelings once yet, has she?
She said she was in love, but there are bigger problems...
Man, she's sharp.
What do you like about her?
H-Her face?
What else?
Her looks?
Her features?
Her appearance?
Wait.
But we really love each other...
See?
She sends me texts.
Incoming Texts
Date
Natsukawa Masuzu
Subject: Come to the Marutoku Children's Park
She's even invited me on another date.
And at the park even.
She's picking a place where we'll be alone.
I wonder what she's thinking.
Sheesh.
The world has decided that pretty flowers have poison and thorns.
Just make sure you don't get pricked.
I-I'll be back.
See ya.
Oh, this is good.
Are you doing that because Saeko said all we do is drink?
Something like that.
Is that your dinner?
Yes.
I could have made you some food.
I'm fine.
I don't really enjoy the act of eating.
Fools with love on the brain often say:
"Want to go out to eat sometime?"
"I know a good place."
They whisper vain lines to try to seduce each other,
while they shovel the mashed remains of animals and their eggs into their mouths,
and plant leaves and seeds.
Don't you think eating shows just how vile the act of love is?
But it's not good for you if that's all you eat.
It's not particularly balanced and it's bad for your health.
You'll start to lose the muscles in your jaw and your stomach will weaken;
it'll end up effecting your whole body.
I wonder why everyone likes a preachy bookworm like you.
Is that supposed to be your nickname for me?
All you do is preach to people.
You preach to me, to Mana, and to Akishino-san.
I'm sure you preached to Fuyuumi-san and won her over, too.
Don't talk like I'm the main character of some gal game.
So, what's your aunt like, anyway?
I guess she's a kid in an adult's body.
She sees everything as if it's a game.
It'd be fine if she just had love on the brain,
but love on a brain that's been corrupted by games is beyond me.
I must be losing my edge if she can tell that our relationship is fake.
You're depressed?
I was confident in my portrayal.
If I pretended to be a good girl,
most adults would just leave me alone.
It's always worked before.
I'm shocked.
I see...
Why are you getting depressed?
You don't have anything to lose if they find out this is fake.
I thought I was kinda pulling this off pretty well myself.
Besides, if everyone finds out we've been lying all this time,
I can't even imagine how they'll react...
We've made it this far, so we're in this together.
Though, if you gave me back my notebook,
I'd gladly break up with you on the spot.
Getting pretty cocky for a preaching, thieving bookworm, aren't we?
I haven't stolen anything.
Oh, but you've stolen the hearts of women, haven't you?
Not that I'm aware of!
I'm going to win that "Miss" contest,
and force everyone to acknowledge me as your girlfriend.
You're gonna help me.
Fine.
Oh, a trip?
I guess the Maiden Club's finally acting like a real club.
Mostly thanks to me, though.
I'm ending up with less and less peace and quiet as a result.
You're still going on about that?
You should be happier.
You're getting all of Hane High's cuties to yourself.
All of the guys are pretty jealous, no doubt about it.
You're jealous too?
Yeah, I guess... I guess I'm jealous.
I'm more jealous of Natsukawa-san and the others, though.
Hey, Kaoru.
Don't forget to text me when I'm on the trip.
I know.
One in the morning and one at night, right?
Yeah.
You guys really text that much?
No, it's her alibi.
It's only three days and two nights,
but people will be suspicious if I don't text my boyfriend at all.
Oh, Michel, right?
How about just dropping that whole thing completely?
You dummy.
Dropping these things halfway is the worst thing you can do.
The beach, huh?
How nice...
You wanna come too?
Thanks, but no thanks.
But...
Just for a second...
It's a mini-trip.
How is this a trip?
Don't worry about it.
Hey!
Why are you having fun over there by yourselves?!
Oh, sorry.
There's nothing to worry about.
I won't take Eita from you.
Right?
Come on!
Oh, it's from Hime-chan.
You're good friends with Hime?
Of course.
I'm her Master.
Don't teach her anything too weird.
That's rude.
I just want to turn Hime-chan into a normal girl.
Yeah, but should you do that?
She's a rival in your contest to win Eita.
It's fine, because once Hime-chan turns into a normal girl,
she won't like Takkun anymore.
Huh?
Good point.
Hey!
I'm the only one who can look after you properly, Takkun.
You should stamp the papers before the other three give up on you.
Not happening!
Is Eita bringing a swim ring?
Pretty cute.
You bringing glasses?
Huh?
Oh, goggles.
Probably a good thing to have.
How about a divine trident?
You bring it.
Bring contraceptives.
No.
I can't believe you.
The President of the Internet wrote on an anonymous message board that the man is supposed to bring them.
Who's that?
Actually, don't read that message board.
By the way, what do you use contraceptives for?
Oh, Ei-kun!
Oh, what is it?
Ta-da!
Cute, isn't it?
Look forward to it, 'kay?
You get to see me in my swimsuit!
I think the one I bought is the cutest out of everyone's.
Yeah, yeah, good for you.
Ei-kun, once we get to the beach, let's have lots of fun.
Break open some watermelons, fire off some fireworks...
I want to have a BBQ too!
Meat, meat!
You're always eating meat.
Meat at the beach is totally different!
It's gonna be so much fun!
Meat! Meat!
She's so excited...
Hey, I'd thought your relationship with Natsukawa was kinda weird.
I've always thought it felt different than a normal couple's.
Y-You think so?
What's weird about us?
Hm... I can't really put it into words,
but it kinda feels like you're acting.
I'm sure Himecchi and Ai feel the same.
But don't worry about it.
I'm going to win and save you from Natsukawa.
What are you going on about?
Oh. Anyway, I'll see you tomorrow.
Don't be late.
R-Right.
Good night.
Hello, Ai?
So they're good friends now?
Masuzu's the only one who's alone?
Good morning, Ei-kun.
All right, let's go.
Good morning!
Good morning.
You two sure got here early.
Of course, I'm a hall monitor.
Good morning.
Looks like everyone's here.
Why don't we get going?
Hey!
What's going to happen on this trip?
mirai e to futari no wonder tale
未来へとふたりの wonder tale
This is a wonder tale of two people and their future together.
senaka ni sasayakitai no
背中に囁きたいの
I always planned on showing you
mune no naka sotto misete
胸の中 そっと見せて
what's secretly inside my heart.
hontou wa ienai kikenai kara
本当は言えない 聞けないから
But I really can't tell you since I don't want to hear it
ijiwaru shitakunaru
意地悪したくなる
I just want to pick on you.
konna hazu janai
こんなはずじゃない
It shouldn't be like this.
watashi no kodou ga
私の鼓動が
My beating heart
shiranai tokimeki wo utaidasu
知らないトキメキを歌い出す
doesn't recognise the excitement that it's singing about
girigiri no atsusa de
ギリギリの 熱さで
eventhough it's about to burn up.
mirai e to futari no wonder tale
未来へとふたりの wonder tale
This is a wonder tale of two people and their future together.
hajimari ga kowai no ni tomaranai
始まりがこわいのにとまらない
I'm afraid of it starting, but I cannot stop it.
kimi no hitomi ga watashi no tame ni
君の瞳が私のために
I wonder why I would want
kagayaite hoshii no wa naze kashira
輝いて欲しいのはなぜかしら
your eyes to shine for me.
koina no? oshiete yo
恋なの？ 教えてよ
Is this love? Please tell me.
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