"Toilet-bound Hanako-kun"
"Yashiro"
We were forcibly returned from Wonder Number Three, the Hell of Mirrors,
a world on the other side of mirrors.
"Black Canyon" It's been three days since then.
"Black Canyon"
I'm glad that we made it back safely,
but I wonder about Mitsuba-kun, the ghost boy I met in Number Three's Boundary.
He was cute, but also cocky.
Still, he tried to protect me.
But because of Tsukasa-kun, he turned into Wonder Number Three.
Apparently.
--Yay! I'm gonna eat you. --I wonder if Mitsuba-kun will be safe with him there...
I'm sure Kou-kun must be worried, too.
Kou-kun told me about Mitsuba-kun as soon as we got back from the Hell of Mirrors.
He's a ghost... but he's my friend.
But he disappeared once.
I couldn't save him.
I thought I'd never get to see him again,
but, well, I did.
Who the hell are you?
Man, this is kind of hard to explain.
He may have gone with that Tsukasa guy for now...
Kou-kun...
...but I'll...
I'll figure something out, so it'll be fine!
After he told me about Mitsuba-kun, Kou-kun said that with a smile.
But...
I have found you...
...our princess.
"Apparition 12: The Little Mermaid"
The economic sparring between the Marshall Plan
"Sigh..." and Cominform over Berlin and the Korean War...
What's wrong?
Whoa, Yashiro!
Keep it down!
--What are you doing here?! --After Stalin's death, the new leader, Khruschev, criticized Stalin's methods
--I got a sudden urge to see you. --After Stalin's death, the new leader, Khruschev, criticized Stalin's methods
--What are you talking about?! --After Stalin's death, the new leader, Khruschev, criticized Stalin's methods
--and advocated peaceful coexistence with the USA.
--Do you think I'm lying? --and advocated peaceful coexistence with the USA.
--The sudden rapprochement between the USA and USSR caused consternation in many countries.
"Sigh..." --The sudden rapprochement between the USA and USSR caused consternation in many countries.
--I'm in class, so be quiet, okay? --The sudden rapprochement between the USA and USSR caused consternation in many countries.
--Okay. --The sudden rapprochement between the USA and USSR caused consternation in many countries.
--Okay. --The People's Republic of China was in an alliance with the USSR and...
--Nene-chan is talking to herself again. --The People's Republic of China was in an alliance with the USSR and...
--So? --This included Apollo Program and the Space Race in general.
--Oh! I just braided that this morning. --This included Apollo Program and the Space Race in general.
--What was on your mind? --This included Apollo Program and the Space Race in general.
--What was on your mind? --It was of course driven my scientific progress and humanity's interest in outer space,
"Scribble, scribble" --What was on your mind? --It was of course driven my scientific progress and humanity's interest in outer space,
"Scribble, scribble" --Fine. --It was of course driven my scientific progress and humanity's interest in outer space,
"Scribble, scribble" --It was of course driven my scientific progress and humanity's interest in outer space,
--I was thinking that Kou-kun might be feeling down. --It was of course driven my scientific progress and humanity's interest in outer space,
--I was thinking that Kou-kun might be feeling down. --but in the Cold War, rocket technology was also linked to missiles and...
--Why? --but in the Cold War, rocket technology was also linked to missiles and...
--"Why"? --but in the Cold War, rocket technology was also linked to missiles and...
He was friends with Mitsuba-kun.
I'm sure his friend forgetting him made him feel lonely.
Really?
Yes, really!
I wonder if we can do something to cheer him up.
Do you have any good ideas?
You're only worried about the boy, huh?
Huh?
Hey, Hanako-kun!
I was lonely when you got sucked into that mirror, you know?
Weren't you lonely, Yashiro?
W-Well, I...
Now's not the time, and...
Anyway, get off me!
"Shove" Anyway, get off me!
And here I was worried about you.
Huh?
Hanako-kun?
Oh...
He really was worried about me.
All done!
Huh?
What?
"Slide..."
"Miracle: The Ascension of a Daikon" "Crash" --Miracle! --No!
"Miracle: The Ascension of a Daikon" "Crash" --How artistic! The Ascension of a Daikon! --No!
No!
Yashiro-san, please save your makeover for after class.
Yes, sir.
Nene-chan...!
They say there's a big clock somewhere in the school, and...
Maybe different species can't understand each other after all.
"Gulp..." Nene-chan...
Wh-What have you fallen in love with this time?
An apparition.
An abalone?
Hanako-kun...
You always tease me and stick your nose in my business,
but you won't tell me about yourself.
Still, sometimes you look so vulnerable, I can't just abandon you.
I don't understand you.
Maybe it would be better if I were an apparition, too.
Well now, you wish to become an apparition?
What a delightful coincidence.
We shall grant your wish.
Who's talking to me?
N-Nene-chan...
Look down.
I am down here.
"Puffy"
It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Your Highness.
"Puffy" Yeah.
F-Fish!
"Mutter, mutter"
Are you all right?
"Quietly..."
"Dash"
Nene-chan?!
Just so you know,
I'm the Seven Wonders' boss's assistant!
Plus, I'm friends with a super strong exorcist!
I don't know who you are, but if you touch me...
"Point"
"Cling"
...you'll get worse than just burned!
"Cling" Pardon me,
but you aren't terribly convincing.
--Yeah. --It's true!
"Sway" --Yeah. --It's true!
Now, Your Highness, you may remain where you are, so please hear me out.
We have come to free Your Highness from the clutches of that loathsome School Wonder.
Yeah.
"Five" "Two" Yeah.
"Five" "Two" To free me from Hanako-kun?
"Five" "Seven" Why would you want to do that?
Has Your Highness forgotten?
You carry a portion of our mistress the mermaid's body within you.
You mean... that scale?
Precisely.
That's right.
It's because I swallowed that scale that Hanako-kun and I are...
It is our law that one who consumes
the flesh and blood of our mistress will become our next ruler.
In other words,
Your Highness, you are our princess.
Princess?!
Your Highness is simply gorgeous.
Yeah.
Humans lack discernment, but if you were to come to our world...
--Your status as a princess! --Nene-sama!
--Your extraordinary beauty! --Nene!
You could hook any man that struck your fancy!
"Harem" You could hook any man that struck your fancy!
"Harem" "Gulp..." You could hook any man that struck your fancy!
"Harem" "Gulp..." A-Any man?!
"Harem" "Gulp..." Could you tell me a little--
"Snap" Could you tell me a little--
"Thud"
"Shock" "Shock"
"Ow..."
Besides, this will be better for Your Highness as well.
"Ow..." For me?
"Mental Image" "Tremble" For me?
"Mental Image" "Tremble" --I have observed Your Highness for some time, --Yeah.
"Mental Image" "Tremble" and that School Wonder's treatment of you is simply beyond the pale!
"Mental Image" "Tremble" Yeah.
He didn't even accept the gift you so graciously gave him,
and he even treated you roughly.
Th-That was...
He refuses to say anything about himself
and simply uses Your Highness to his heart's content.
That urchin has no regard for Your Highness whatsoever!
That's not...
While she may not look it, our mistress is quite kind.
And unlike that urchin, we love and respect Your Highness.
Now please, take this.
This is the mermaid's lifeblood.
Kindly drink it.
Blood?
It will overwrite your unfortunate bond to that School Wonder
and formally establish your bond with the mermaid!
If I drink this, I can cut ties with Hanako-kun?
Precisely.
Your body will then no longer change due to water.
Huh?
Your most unfortunate Highness,
coming with us will bring you happiness.
Yeah.
We shall return for you tomorrow.
Please give us your answer then.
What should I do?
"Girls' Bathroom"
What's wrong, Haku-joudai?
I see.
So, the mermaid's at it again.
I wouldn't want to lose my cleaner.
Cut ties with someone you're interested in?
Yeah.
So that's why you've been acting strange.
It was because of love.
No!
At least, I don't think so.
What would you do, Aoi?
If the other person wasn't that interested in you?
Hmm...
I wouldn't give up!
Huh?
"Rumble" I'd rather cut off my own head than cut ties with Ao-chan.
"Rumble" A-Akane-kun?
I love you, Ao-chan!
Hmm...
Five points.
A-Aoi?!
Five... points.
That's more than last time!
Five out of one hundred.
Yes!
H-He's happy about that?
You might as well. Go for it.
Really?
This is Number Seven-sama we're talking about.
He's an inconsiderate, willful brat.
I-I wouldn't go that far.
Humans and apparitions really shouldn't mingle.
Some part of you must realize that.
Of course, that doesn't apply to a good man like Misaki!
"No. 2 Science Prep. Room"
Huh? A mermaid?
--Why not? --What?! No way!
"Zero hesitation" --Why not? --What?! No way!
I came to get you to stop me!
"Princess wanted, no experience necessary, no academic requirements."
Sounds like a good deal.
"Waah!" Listen, I'm in trouble here!
What a pain.
What do Number Seven-sama and Minamoto say?
I haven't asked them.
I think... I shouldn't bother Minamoto-kun right now.
With Hanako-kun, I never know what he's thinking.
Besides...
Sensei,
you've known Hanako-kun for a long time, haven't you?
What happened to Hanako-kun in the past?
Who's Tsukasa?
Ask him that.
Number Seven doesn't want you knowing that, at least not yet.
That's why he won't tell you.
I wonder why he won't tell me.
I guess he really doesn't trust me.
"Gya ha ha!"
It'd probably be inconvenient for him if you knew.
"Gya ha ha!" You're soft on Number Seven-sama, after all.
"Gya ha ha!" I mean, donuts!
"Gya ha ha!"
Or else,
maybe he's afraid of you finding out.
Either way, you should make your own decision.
Just make sure you don't regret it.
"No. 2 Science Prep. Room"
You heard her.
What are you going to do,
Number Seven-sama?
"Porcupinefish and Un'un"
Now then, Your Highness!
Please, give us your answer!
Yeah.
"Shove" I'm sorry!
"Shove" I really just can't cut ties with Hanako-kun!
"Shove" Wh-What did you say?!
No matter how well you'd treat me, I can't just leave in the middle of things.
Maybe Hanako-kun really is just using me,
and maybe he really doesn't care about me...
...but I want to believe that's not true.
Y-Your Highness, please reconsider!
I know! Show her the pictures!
Yes, sir, right away!
P-Pictures?
Just so.
I thought Your Highness would like to see the esteemed gentlemen who will adore you.
So, photos of handsome mermen?
H-Hmm...
I'm not really interested, but...
"Swim through a beautiful coral reef with me. Grand Duke Angelfish" "Come to me. Ambassador Goosefish" Yes! Fish prints!
"Fish"?
Wait, what do you mean?
--For a fish as beautiful as Your Highness, --Yeah.
"Wink" --For a fish as beautiful as Your Highness, --Yeah.
"Wink" --any man will be yours for the taking. --Yeah.
"Fish"? What do you--
Oh, such beauty.
What a powerful tail fin.
Yeah.
What reserved pectoral fins.
Yeah.
And those large eyes, so reminiscent of abyssal darkness.
Yeah.
Hang on, when you called me beautiful, you meant as a fish?!
Cast aside your hideous legs and come with us!
Come to the world of fishes!
N-No! I don't want to!
Are you sure?
Your Highness is rash, thick-legged, and a poor judge of males--
an overwhelming loser in the game of love!
Th-Th-Th-Th-That's not...
You poor thing.
Part of you must have realized it.
As you are now, you'll never have a boyfriend as long as you live.
"Quake, quake" As you are now, you'll never have a boyfriend as long as you live.
But no need to worry.
Your Highness was merely born into the wrong world.
Throw it all away--both the parched world of the living and your hideous legs.
If you come to our world...
--...Your Highness will be a queen! --Come to me, Nene.
"Her Highness for Life" "Ambassador Goosefish" --...Your Highness will be a queen! --Come to me, Nene.
"Grand Duke Angelfish" --...Your Highness will be a queen! --Nene-sama.
"Grand Duke Angelfish" --Put simply... --Nene-sama.
"Prince Beakfish" --Put simply... --Nene-sama!
"Top of the popularity pyramid" ...you'll be popular!
"Top of the popularity pyramid"
Popular?
Yes.
Popular!
Now, drink this mermaid's lifeblood.
Stop that.
Huh?
How nice your world is
or how bad her life is now don't matter.
Yashiro likes me.
H-Hanako-kun.
"Waah!" U-Unhand Her Highness, School Wonder!
"Waah!" Yeah.
Oh, this is a problem.
Didn't your mistress ever teach you not to take things that belong to other people?
If you get too full of yourselves,
"Soy sauce" "Sashimi" "Flutter" "Wasabi" If you get too full of yourselves,
"Soy sauce" "Sashimi" "Flutter" "Wasabi" I'll make sashimi out of you.
"Splish-splash"
Mistress!
"Shock" "Splish-splash" Mistress!
"Shock" "Splish-splash" Hey, you lot!
"Tremble, tremble"
How vexing.
"Tremble, tremble" We will never give up, School Wonder!
"Tremble, tremble" Yeah.
Your Highness, we shall return!
Yeah!
Bye-bye.
H-Hanako-kun, umm...
I wasn't planning to go, but...
You thought a harem might be nice, didn't you?
"Stare..." You thought a harem might be nice, didn't you?
"Twitch" "Stare..." You thought a harem might be nice, didn't you?
"Twitch" "Stare..." S-Sorry!
Honestly...
You have a chance to stay human,
and you go and try to turn into an apparition.
I'm sorry.
But I thought, if I were an apparition like you, I could get closer to you.
Then, maybe, I'd be able to understand you, Hanako-kun.
Although I know I probably don't mean anything to you.
You're so silly, Yashiro.
Thanks.
I wanted to tell you, but I never did.
That was... the first time a girl ever told me she liked me.
It made me happy.
O-Okay.
You know...
...I had a little brother.
I killed him, though.
Hey, Yashiro...
...do you really... want to know about me?
If you do, then one day... I'll tell you everything.
So, stay my assistant until then.
Sure.
Have you heard this rumor?
"Broadcast Room" Have you heard this rumor?
"Broadcast Room" There are stories of seven wonders in this school.
"Keep Out" There are stories of seven wonders in this school.
If you collect all the right stories,
the cursed seal will be broken, and the Seven Wonders of the Occident will attack!
Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, Mary-san, and Backbe--
Hey!
You shouldn't play pranks.
Aww...
That goes for you, too, Natsuhiko.
Wh-What did I do?
I just kind of ended up here,
but... is it okay for me to stay?
You should decide that for yourself, Mitsuba-chan.
Hey, what are you doing, shrimp?
Hmm?
I'm thinking of how we should play next.
Right, Amane?
"The Confession Tree" "He's grown a little since then."
Broccoli.
"The Confession Tree" "He's grown a little since then." Broccoli gratin.
Where's Kou?
He said he'd stay late.
Just you wait, Mitsuba.
I'll get strong soon.
Then,
I'll take you back from him!
Good luck, Kou!
Hmm?
"Kou, Eat these if you like. Nene"
Summer vegetables?
Hey, have you heard about Yousei-san?
I have.
I carry candy on me every day.
Then how about...
...the way to summon Hanako-san of the Bathroom?
I know a few things about Hanako-kun that you can't learn from rumors.
How kind he is, how dangerous he is, and...
Hanako-san, Hanako-san,
are you there?
Yes,
here I am.
Caught you.
Hey there, Yashiro.
Hanako-kun.