Paw Pad Legends
Jeez, they're so loud...
Hey!
Gimme a snack!
Sure, if this is okay.
Snack time!
Hey! Those are mine!
Darn it, Kurumi!
Sit down and be quiet!
Aw, I can't be quiet!
We're all heading to school at sea together!
Oh! Jin!
I can see it!
Seton Academy's branch campus, Sea Academy!
Join the Pack!
Seton Academy
Unnatural interspecies relations are strictly forbidden!!
Miyubi: Dead
Seton Academy Record 8 The Beach Bard
Hello, everyone.
I'm the headmaster, Ohba.
I hope your five days here at Sea Academy will be—
Yahoo!
Wow, this school building's really pretty.
Hmph!
Hey, look!
The student uniform here is a swimsuit!
How cute!
I wanna wear one!
Hmph!
The classrooms are actually in the ocean!
Wow...
Hmph!
Their dorm is a boat!
That's so cool!
Hmph!
Whether it's by the sea or not, it's still a school full of animals.
Buzzkill...
That said, the picturesque setting makes it feel like a resort.
I wonder what the students are like!
This means...
Yeah...
It's the perfect chance to get closer to Hitomi-chan!
Hi, everyone from Seton Academy!
Welcome to Sea Academy!
I hope you have a good time here!
Is she a dolphin, too?
A beluga whale, actually.
Order: Artiodactyla; family: Monodontidae; genus: Delphinapterus...
the beluga whale.
Taxonomically, there is very little difference between dolphins and whales.
In general, species less than four meters in length are dolphins,
Dolphin 4M or Less
Whale More Than 4M
Beluga 5M
while those that grow larger are classified as whales,
but this species is considered an exception.
I, Shiraumi Kana, present to you our welcome show!
Bowie Bow
How beautiful!
Wow, amazing!
Th-The end...
That's it?!
Hey, that's no fun!
Huh?!
Er... um...
I'm sorry!
What was her deal?
What was that all about?
Well... it doesn't seem to be in the guide.
It does say there'll be a show by the synchronized swimming club
☆Last Day Show Presented By the Sea Academy Students in the Stadium • Humpback Whale Jumps • Steller Sea Lion Swallowing Salmon Whole • Walrus Performance • Sea Lion Ball Performance Finale • Bottlenose Dolphin Synchronized Swimming Club Show
on the last day...
I guess she was just putting on her own personal show?
She went through all that trouble to welcome us.
I hope she's not off by herself being depressed.
There goes that dumb dog again!
Now she's gonna say we should go and cheer her up!
Wait a minute.
If I send her to talk to the stupid beluga,
it'll be easier to get some time alone with Hitomi-chan!
Okay! Go help her, stupid mutt!
Jin!
That beluga needs a boss she can lean on right now!
A b-boss?!
And who's a boss?
I am!
Who's a reliable boss?!
I am!
All right! Go, boss!
Sounds fun! I'm going, too!
Wait, Meimei!
Combo clear!
Ranka-chan...
You think she'll be okay?
What?
You came to help me?
Yeah!
Leave everything to us!
Ranka-san, Meimei-san...
Thank you!
But how are you going to help?
Meimei's gonna teach you the secrets of putting on a show!
Just leave it all to your resident super-top-class idol.
Fengfeng...
Bring us the thing.
Got it!
Heave-ho!
Wh-What are we doing with a tire?
Take this...
and do this...
and this...
and this!
That's all?!
Trust me! It'll make everyone squeal!
As the boss, I'll take full responsibility!
* This only works for pandas
Me, too!
Uh-huh...
But our synchronized swimming club is really good.
Synchronized swimming?
Yes. They're Sea Academy's idols. A pod of bottlenose dolphins.
Their perfectly synchronized, dynamic tricks are amazing.
I wish I could swim on the same stage as them.
But they won't let me join the club.
Why not?
Because...
She...
She's standing on the water?!
The tail walk is a trick in which dolphins "stand" upright to move.
That's the synchronized swimming club captain, Bando Ruka-senpai!
Kana...
I hear you put on your own show.
Let's see... Ten kilometers up the mountain
is the Dolphin Shrine.
If we go fifteen kilometers this way, there's something called Whale Falls.
And this is thirty kilometers... forty kilometers...
Seaside School Guide Sea Academy
These are distances only an animal could travel!
We won't be able to visit any of those and be back before free time ends.
Anyway, I wonder what Ranka-chan and the rest are doing.
Huh? Just let that dumb dog be.
But we're curious, right?
Yeah!
Me, too.
She offered to help someone she'd only just met.
That's just like Ranka-chan.
We should go, too!
That girl might be able to tell us where to get some great food!
Well, then, let's go!
Yeah, let's!
Hey!
Damn it... I can't deal with this every single time!
Hey!
Why won't you let Kana join the synchronized swimming club?
Yeah! Yeah!
Meanie! Meanie! Meanie!
Kana knows the reason better than anyone.
A beluga can't keep up with bottlenose dolphins.
No amount of effort you put in will change that.
I can't allow someone who knows she'll ruin our stage into our pod,
much less allow her to perform in our show!
What's so funny?!
I'm crying!
Beluga whales always appear to be smiling.
We're through talking.
She's mean!
Kana, you don't need to be in that braggart's club!
You can be in my show.
But...
I still want to be in the synchronized swimming club.
At our entrance ceremony,
I was so moved when I saw their show
that I accidentally spouted salt water from my blowhole!
I want to stand on the stage like they do.
I want to make everyone feel as moved as I did!
Kana...
Hmph. Ridiculous.
A show put on by some animal isn't gonna make anyone happy.
Jin!
Licking dog grab!
You came to help us!
We heard what was going on.
We'll help out, too.
So basically...
You want to be in the show, right?
Then you just need to make your own talent your weapon.
My talent?
Talent? Like that thing where she blew rings?
No.
Singing!
Singing?
You know the beluga whale's nickname, don't you?
You don't?!
The beluga whale produces a variety of vocalizations,
some of which can be heard even above the water.
For this reason, they are known as the canaries of the sea.
If you show them your best talent,
you can put on a perfectly good show without jumping or splashing around.
O-Oh...
Hey, I know! Let's put on a show of our own, then!
Huh?
We'll do synchronized swimming moves to Kana's singing!
Huh?
We can present it on the last day of seaside school!
That sounds fun!
I'd like to try it!
Me, too.
Right?!
If it goes well, Ruka-senpai will have to acknowledge your talent!
Y-Yeah! I'll try my best!
Yay!
Why does that stupid mutt always drag us into these messes?
Damn it!
So...
I found school uniforms for all of you!
I wanted to try wearing one of these!
Yay!
Hey, mutt... Good job.
Okay, let's all try swimming right now!
Nice...
Wait! Crap!
Now I won't get any time alone with Hitomi-chan!
Okay, let's do some ad-libbed swimming with Kana in the middle!
Yeah!
Bweeeeh
What is this?!
What is this awful song?!
Y-You're kidding... This can't be right!
That was great for a first time!
Was it?
Wait, where's Miyubi-san?
Oh. She's dead.
I'm sorry. My singing did this.
Nah, it happens all the time.
Okay, let's try it again!
Gross. That's how the land girls swim?
That Kana hasn't learned her lesson at all.
No, but...
They might make a good opening act for us.
L-Let me see it, too!
Cowaii
Cheers!
Damn it! These stupid animals just won't shut up!
And on top of that...
I got stuck sharing a room with a male giraffe couple!
Neku, let's spend the night together again.
Why are you moving it away?!
I never sleep with the same male twice.
You liar! You were toying with me all that time!
W-Wait! Are you in love with another male?!
Sorry.
You animal!
S
Among giraffes, more than 90% of copulation occurs between two males.
Jeez...
Why do I have to be put out by a couple of giraffes having a lovers' spat?
Um, excuse me...
You're the synchronized swimming club's...
I'm begging you! Please stop Kana!
Wh-What brought this on?
There you are!
What are you doing out here?
We were worried about you!
She's completely different than she was earlier today...
I get it! She's sleeping with half of her brain!
Exactly.
The captain sleeps so deeply
that when half of her brain is asleep, her personality changes.
Dolphins and whales sleep with half of their brain at one time.
This is known as unihemispheric slow-wave sleep.
Please... stop helping Kana.
Even if she gets better at singing, she can't join our club.
Why not?
That's easy.
Belugas and bottlenose dolphins are different species,
and two different species can't sing and dance in sync.
Giving her any more false hope will only break her heart more.
So please!
I can't bear to do that to her!
Captain!
Hey, there's no need to take it that far...
You're asleep?!
For that reason, you will make Kana stop her training immediately.
Got it?
Seton Academy: Join the Pack!
Beluga whale!
Seton Academy: Join the Pack!
Common bottlenose dolphin!
Males
Well, I guess it's not my problem.
Y-You're...
the giraffe I'm rooming with?!
Let me wash your back for you.
W-Wait... So the other male he's in love with is...
Jin-san!
My brother is serious about you!
Who the hell are you?!
I'm his younger sister, Nagashika Kiri!
My brother's normally a total top,
but when it comes to you, he's the kind of bottom who'd do anything for—
Who cares?!
Please hear out my feelings...
Hear out my love.
Jin, when I look at you...
I get so turned on!
You mean that in a sexual way?!
Hell no!
That's great! You've gotten much better!
All because you stayed by my side and cheered me on!
That dumb dog's been helping her train this whole time?
But to be honest, I'm not confident at all.
Being told that singing is my talent honestly doesn't make sense to me.
Even if I get better at it,
I still don't think the synchronized swimming club will let me join...
Two different species can't sing and dance in sync.
Don't worry! Have faith in Jin!
Jin said it's your talent, so it'll be okay for sure!
Besides,
Coconut Room
Cooking Club Females
☆Boss Okami Ranka (Wolf)
Hino Hitomi (Human)
Komori Yukari (Koala)
Shishio Miyubi (Sloth)
Nekomai Kurumi (Cat)
Meimei (Panda)
all the members of our cooking club are different species,
but we get along great.
We have fun every day,
and we even won our school's Field Day together!
It's really fun being with Jin and all the others!
I know you'll have fun, too!
Ranka-san...
You really trust Jin-san a lot, don't you?
Yeah!
Jin's basically my partner, or even my husband...
Stop making up nonsense!
Oh, Jin!
Listen, all this vocal training won't do you any good.
Just stop.
Huh?
Why?! You're the one who said singing was her talent!
Yes, I did say that, but you don't sing with your throat.
You sing...
here.
Huh?
The sounds whales and dolphins produce in their nasal cavities
converge in a structure on their heads known as the "melon"
and emerge as sound.
Belugas are the only cetaceans that can change the shape of their melon.
Change... my melon?
How?
How should I know?! I'm not a dolphin!
Give it a try, Kana!
I know you can do it!
All right. I'll try!
Okay, let's start by eating some melons!
I don't think that's how it works.
What? It's not?
I wonder what I'm supposed to do...
It's not a melon?
What the heck am I doing?
Thus, their seaside camp began.
Day 2
Swimming in the Ocean
On day two, they swam in the ocean.
Big Haul
On day three, they tried fishing hands-on.
Day 3: Hands-On Fishing
On day four, they tried making sushi hands-on.
Day 4: Making Sushi Hands-On!
Last Day!
And then, on the last day...
Students of Seton Academy!
You've had a productive five days.
For your seaside school finale, it's show ti—
...iiiiime!
So many people...
Isn't it wild?
I can't do this!
Th-There's no way I can...
It's okay!
We're with you!
Ranka-san...
Why are you doing all this for me?
It's just like Ranka to not be selfish at all.
She's just an idiot.
But if the show is a success,
lots more people might want to join the cooking club.
Really?!
Oh, my.
There's the selfishness...
Now for a dream collaboration starring students from both schools...
The Seton Academy Cooking Club!
Very well. Let us witness this show of yours.
They're so cute!
The cooking club is seeking new members!
I guess that's really all they can do.
And Kana isn't even there.
She must have chickened out and given up on being in the show.
If so, it was a wise decision.
Kana?!
Way to go, Kana!
Sh-She's not bad.
And in such a short time...
B-But..
With a show like that...
They're not good enough to be up on the stage.
Captain, watching this any longer would be a waste of time.
Let's stand by for our turn.
Kana...
I'll show you what a real show is.
To make sure you don't embrace any more impossible dreams
like trying to surpass species boundaries...
I will beat you into the—
Wh-What is this excitement in my melon?
I want to swim.
You're... my right brain?!
I want to swim along to Kana's singing,
to respond to her feelings in kind...
Nonsense!
Belugas and bottlenose dolphins can't put on a show together!
Something's different about Kana's song today.
It's almost as if it's calling us...
You feel the same way, don't you?
The two of us are one.
Let's make our feelings the same.
Ruka-senpai, can you hear me?
Is that...
Ruka-senpai?!
Use your melon more!
Sing!
Okay!
Ranka-san and her friends taught me
that with my song, I can fly as high as Senpai!
She's synchronizing with my movements more and more.
It's as if...
It's as if she knows what I'm going to do next!
You girls...
Sorry. When I heard this song...
It made me want to swim, too.
Is this the power of a beluga's song?
I want my song to reach Senpai!
No, that's not it. This is...
Higher! Much, much higher!
This is... how Kana feels!
Layer our melons together more!
Wow!
Kana...
Ruka-senpai!
With you, I believe we can create a performance like nothing seen before.
I have very high standards.
Do you still want to join me?
Yes!
Congratulations!
Yay!
Encore! Encore! Encore!
I'm so glad you got into the synchronized swimming club, Kana!
Yeah! Thank you so much!
I'm sure there will be some times when things don't go well,
but when that happens,
I'll remember all of you in the cooking club and try my best!
Yeah!
Come visit us at the main Seton Academy campus sometime, too.
We'll treat you to our delicious cooking!
And be in my show, too!
What? I have to sit on a tire?
Goodbye!
Zai jian!
Keep up the great work!
Come visit us again!
See you!
Let's come again sometime, Jin!
Like hell I will!
It's so pretty.
Yeah, it sure is.
Twenty minutes left until the bus leaves...
It's finally just the two of us.
I'm going to let Hitomi-chan know how I feel!
For a long time now, I've really li...
li... li...
I'm so happy, Jin.
N-No, I...
Now, let us confirm our love for each other right away!
Jin!
Not you!
Next Time
Ranka here!
Meimei here.
I hope Kana and the others
come visit us at Seton Academy next time!
Too bad!
The next one to come here will be a groupie of mine!
Huh?!
Mating season is coming, too!
Huh?! What does that mean?!
Seton Academy Record 9
Legends of Animal Ecology