"New Year's Eve 15 years ago, it seems that father abandoned his hobby music band's performance, in which he's participated every year, and sprinted for his dear life." "I was named Sawako, which was written using the same letter as 'Sawayaka' (Fresh)." "The 'Tatami Room Child' was a ghost that made people happy." "In my childhood," "I was really happy to be likened to the 'Tatami Room Child'." "Just like the real 'Tatami Room Child', though I tried to be helpful to everyone by doing one good deed each day..." "Sadako?" "It's Sadako!" "During junior high," "I had the misfortune to have the name 'Sadako' stick to me." "I couldn't sleep last night." "We're nervous on our first day of school, right?" "Not that." "Ring was on tv, and Sadako was really scary!" "Excuse me...this..." "You dropped it." "Sadako!" "Sorry!" "Whenever I talked to someone, why did they always look scared while apologizing?" "Ah." "Excuse me." "If it's Nishi High School, it's that way." "Thank you." "It has a strange shape." "Look." "Kazehaya!" "Good morning!" "Let's go!" "See you!" "Good morning!" "Morning, Shota!" "Ah!" "I got lost." "Kazehaya, here!" "Here!" "Kazehaya shoot!" "Nice shot!" "Kazehaya, that was cool!" "Kazehaya, do it here, too." "Kazehaya, sorry, but here too would be good." "Here too." "Here too!" "I like Joe." "He's such a slick, though." "Ah, Nagashima-san asked how you were doing." "Nagashima-san from the baseball club?" "Kazehaya!" "Kazehaya!" "Kazehaya-kun, come here." "It's terrific so you have to listen to it." "Got it!" "I will listen." "Hey, that girl is really cute!" "Ah!" "That's Kurumi-chan, right?" "Those two really match, right?" "They do." "They do." "Kazehaya!" "Right!" "It seems that Sadako can place a curse." "They say you'll be cursed if you look into her eyes for 3 seconds." "Seriously?" "With her like that, it's possible." "Wow, isn't this Sadako's curse?" "You made a mess again!" "You're gonna get scolded, Joe!" "Scolded!" "Scolded!" "Scolded!" "No way!" "What the heck?" "I'm not!" "Sadako!" "Good morning" "I'm sorry!" "It seems like over the summer holidays you can have a free trial." "It's free?" "Sorry!" "Why don't we ask our fortune if she has spiritual powers?" "But, talking to her is hard." "Kuronuma-san always looks like she's angry." "Really?" "Morning!" "Good morning!" "Good morning, Kuronuma!" "Good mor" "It's Kazuichi-san!" "Alright, alright!" "Hurry up and get to your seats!" "We're gonna start homeroom." "I'm gonna roll call." "Ando!" "Here." "Ishi." "Here." "Uehara." "Here." "Kendo." "Here." "...though I really didn't believe it, it's happening just as they said." "What is it?" "Because of Sadako." "Kuronuma Sadako." "If you meet Sadako's eyes for 3 seconds, something bad will happen." "What are you saying!" "Kazehaya, don't you believe it?" "I see..." "So, I can't meet their glances." "I have to collect your notebooks, so please bring them here." "Ichido-san, please take mine too." "Kuronuma-san, I'll just place it here." "Then, I too will put it here." "Thanks." "Yes." "Mine too." "Please take care of it." "Hold on!" "What are you doing?" "Hurry up!" "Thank you very much." "You're awesome." "Eh?" "Are you talking to me?" "Shota, lend me your ear for a second." "Is it true that something bad happens when you meet Kuronuma's eyes?" "There's nothing like that!" "You really don't understand students." "You can't get mad so quickly like that." "Kuronuma's easy to misunderstand...but..." "She's a nice girl." "Oh." "Hmm?" "Ohh." "You..." "About her..." "If you're worried about Kuronuma, then see for yourself." "Because you're the homeroom teacher." "Excuse me." "That is true." "Ah, starting from next week is the summer's holiday." "I didn't get a girlfriend." "Me too!" "Me too!" "Kazehaya!" "I'm taking this." "Here!" "Everyone listen!" "Next Sunday, we'll do a courage test." "Write your name if you want to come." "I hope everyone shows up." "Everyone..." "Do you want to go?" "Let's go!" "If Sadako goes, I'm sure the real one (ghosts) will come out!" "I'm scared though, but it looks fun!" "No doubt about it." "What should I do?" "I can't summon ghosts." "If I had ideas," "I could have helped." "Kuronuma!" "Kuronuma." "Look at me." "Eh?" "1" "2" "3" "What." "Nothing happens." "Shota told..." "Kazehaya told me to see for myself." "Eh?" "Kazehaya-kun did?" "What do you think about him?" "What do I think?" "Kazehaya-kun... is always refreshing and..." "Huh?" "Refreshing?" "He is?" "Yes!" "I mean," "I'd rather say he is made of freshness." "Hey!" "What do you mean by that?" "Kuronuma, he thinks we were talking bad about him." "Eh?" "Pin, what are you doing?" "Bye!" "Mr. Refreshing!" "Made of freshness?" "Um..." "It is a... compliment." "But," "I'm not that refreshing." "No, you are." "Even your family name." "Kuronuma, too." "But it means black swamp." "Your name Sawako is written with the characters "Sawayaka" (fresh) and "Ko" (child), right?" "See." ""Participants of courage test" "Kuronuma Sawako"" "Kuronuma, you always ran away." "I thought you hated me." "Hated you?" "That's a... misunderstanding." "Then why don't you tell people what you really think?" "Come to the courage test, okay?" "Eh?" "You looked into Sadako's eyes for 3 seconds?" "Did I look into her eyes?" "You idiot!" "You guys should stop spreading such nonsense!" "Spend your youth..." "Hm?" "Teacher?" "What's wrong?" "It's Sadako's curse!" "It expired!" "Everyone will definitely be frightened if she came out as a ghost." "Definitely." "Do you think she will do?" "Her just standing there would be scary." "It's scary." "Would she do it?" "Can I be a ghost?" "Huh?" "I mean..." "I feel bad for everyone." "I can't summon a real ghost." "I want to be helpful for everyone." "Let me... be a ghost." "Please." "She's quite good." "Sadako, you're doing a good job." "Yoshida-san, Yano-san." "It's from us." "Here." "Thank you very much." "Hey, next..." "Why don't you try it like this?" "Try this." "Is it scary?" "So scary!" "It'll definitely work!" "Good!" "Oh, Kazehaya." "You came." "Kuronuma..." "You should have told me you were coming." "I'm the organizer, you know." "I thought you didn't come." "I'm really sorry." "We're gonna get going." "See you, Sadako!" "Do your best!" "For the drink... thank you." "Why don't you take a rest?" "Aren't you scared being alone here?" "I... quite like" "the night, so..." "Also, I'm... really happy" "I could be the ghost." "Happy to be a ghost?" "It makes everyone pleased." "That's why I'm happy." "Wow!" "Come and see, Kuronuma." "I wonder why... it looks more beautiful than usual." "We're gonna announce the result for yesterday's courage test!" "The punishment... goes to Kazehaya!" "You didn't reach the goal." "You knew?" "Kazehaya, come here." "The punishment is..." "Yes." "The right to dating Sadako for a week!" "Really?" "That's so silly." "Sadako made a move on you, didn't she?" "They just happened to be together!" "Yeah, what do you mean by this?" "!" "Hey, come on." "It's just a punishment game." "Why don't you date her just for a week?" "If this is the punishment game, then you're really being rude to Kuronuma." "What's wrong?" "It's just a joke." "It's not funny." "Kuronuma is a girl." "Kazehaya... don't tell me that you like Sadako?" "!" "Why doesn't he deny that?" "Why doesn't he deny that?" "Kazehaya really...?" "That's not like you, Kazehaya." "Kazehaya, think of your image." "No way!" "Kazehaya can't be..." "Kazehaya-kun..." "That's enough!" "Um..." "It's a misunderstanding." "Kazehaya-kun was... just being nice... to me... like he always does to everyone." "So... it's a misunderstanding." "Why?" "Why?" "Kuronuma!" "Kuronuma?" "They are sorry for goofing around too much." "I'm sorry." "You were just being nice to me, but it caused you trouble." "It's no trouble at all." "Do you remember?" "The entrance ceremony day." "Here... you told me the way." "Since that day..." "I...about you..." "I remember." "Because... ever since that day..." "Kazehaya-kun... you've been my admiration." "Admire?" "I admire you." "Kazehaya-kun... you're always bright and refreshing." "I also... want to be like you, Kazehaya-kun." "I've always... respected you." "Respect?" "I still respect you now." "I really do." "So..." "Thank you very much." "When... will it reach you?" "This feeling I've felt from that day..." "This feeling that has... grown so big." "'Kay." "New term, new seating arrangement." "Now gather at the front!" "Make three lines!" "Get in line, quick!" "Kuronuma, you go first." "Here." "Sadako's the first?" "Why?" "But I'm here first." "Why?" "What about the curse?" "Be quiet!" "Just do it however you want it next." "Got it?" "I wanna avoid sitting around Sadako." "Masahima-sensei from the class next door got jinxed, right?" "And Pin got a stomach ache, didn't he?" "Sadako's seat is number 30." "Ah, sorry." "I'll pass on that draw." "Kazehaya?" "Kazehaya's sitting there already." "I won't pick the draw either." "Yeah, me too." "Why are you here, Ryu?" "'Cause I've always sat here." "Huh?" "I don't get you." "So scary!" "Why are you making that face?" "I'm so happy." "If I don't do this, my tears will flow... but crying would look very bad." "I am... sincerely happy... to be able to sit here." "Itadakimasu!" "Itadakimasu!" "Itadakimasu." "Yum!" "Eh?" "Kuronuma, you're not eating?" "This is... the first time I didn't go straight home." "My heart is full..." "Eat up, or it will go cold." "Itadakimasu." "Ryu, what about the baseball practice?" "It finished early." "You must be tired." "Why's Sanada-kun here?" "'Cause this is his house." "Eh?" "Grandma, miso please." "Alright." "Kurosuma?" "Who's Kurosuma?" "It's Kuronuma!" "Ryu, you can never remember names!" "These three were together in primary and junior high." "Yoshida and Ryu have known each other for even longer than that." "We're childhood friends." "You could say that... we're stuck with each other!" "She's like a brother to me." "Hang on, then who's older and younger?" "That's not where you should be concerned!" "Eh?" "No way!" "Sadako just smiled!" "Why don't you make that a habit?" "When I'm nervous, somehow I turn to be like this." "When you're nervous, you make a scary face?" "Why's that?" "Chizu-chan!" "Whaddaya think, Ryu?" "Thanks for the meal!" "Thanks for the meal!" "I'm full." "Yano-chin, see ya." "Sadako, see ya." "Bye." "Kazehaya, aren't you going this way?" "No, I'm gonna drop by the convenience store." "Your house is this way?" "Yes." "Then I'll walk you home." "It's alright." "My house is really far away." "Ah, so...sorry." "It's fine." "I'm home." "The orchestra practice went longer." "Welcome back, Dad." "Ah, I'm home now." "I'm starving." "Thank you." "Hey, what about Sawako's dinner?" "I've had ramen before coming home." "She said her classmates invited her." "Sawako made friends?" "What kind of kids?" "Well, there might be boys involved." "Eh?" "One more time." "Let's do it once more." "Calm down..." "It's gonna be difficult, huh?" "One more time, please." "Okay, Sadako." "Here we go." "You can do it!" "Get ready now." "Umm, here." "My gratitude for the practice." "Really?" "Thank you!" "Thank you." "Seems like our class will have tough opponents for the sports festival." "I'm sorry." "But I will... do my best not to drag everyone down." "Oh, thanks!" "Here you go." "I'm sorry." "What a shock!" "Sadako got the ball for me." "No way, Sadako?" "!" "Are you okay?" "I'm scared." "I wonder how we can stop that gossip about Sadako?" "Um..." "How about writing a news paper saying that you won't get cursed dealing with me?" "Then we quietly deliver it to everyone's houses..." "No, that would be classified as terror paper!" "Why don't you use that label instead?" "If you can tell ghost stories, they might be excited." "Ghost stories?" "Oh!" "Yep." "Just memorize scary stories and tell everyone." "Whoa, you gusy are practicing for the sports festival?" "I'm impressed." "You just watch, Pin." "My miracle shoot!" "Hey, Yoshida." "I'm counting on your for the sports festival." "But I'm not counting on you for the mid-term test next week." "Don't get bad marks!" "Crap!" "I forgot about the test." "Morning!" "Morning." "Morning." "Um, here..." ""To Yoshida-san." "Summary for the Mid-term Test." I thought it might be useful." "Great!" "Sadako, thank!" "Yano-chin, look at this!" "Amazing!" "You're really thinking of studying for the test?" "Shut up!" "I'll definitely study this time." "Good morning." "This is so easy to understand." "Sadako, you must have written this all night long." "What's that?" "Show me." "Here, look!" "Wow." "All hand-written." "That must be tiring." "No, not at all." "I just thought that it might be useful for Yoshida-san." "I'm happy." "Sadako, thank you!" "Ryu, that's Sadako's seat." "Get moving!" "Thanks a lot!" "Let's get Ryu to treat you." "What's that all of a sudden?" "Kuronuma, how about teaching that to everyone?" "Eh?" "That'll be helpful, right?" "Yeah, that's good!" "Kazehaya." "Ah, Kurumizawa." "Good morning." "What's up?" "Well," "I've made that questionnaire assigned to the sports festival's committee." "If you need to, do you wanna use it?" "Wow, that's a big help." "Thanks." "Hey, where are you going?" "I'm a bit sleepy, so I'm going to wash my face." "You're Kuronuma-san, right?" "Yes." "Great!" "I've wanted to talk to you." "To me?" "My name's Kurumi." "Nice to meet you." "Yes." "Nice to meet you." "Okay, 10 minute break!" "Okay." "After the break let's check the sports festival questionnaires." "Okay." "By the way, Kazehaya..." "Yeah?" "Have you bought Martinez' latest album?" "Yeah, I bought it the other day." "Really?" "Can you lend it to me?" "My allowance's a bit tight this month." "Kazehaya, are you listening?" "Oh, sorry." "What was that again?" "Martinez' latest album." "Okay." "I'll bring it next time." "Oh, that's good!" "Sadako, keep it up!" "The test... is the day after tomorrow." "I wonder if Yoshida-san is using my note or not." "Did you hear the gossip about Yano and Yoshida?" "Yeah, I heard about the dark rumours." "Anyway, don't you think Sadako is mean?" "If Yano and Yoshida keep hanging out with her, their image would go down." "That means she brings down Kazehaya's image too." "Definitely." "Kazehaya should have just ignored her." "Yes, you're right." "He should have just ignored Sadako." "Bow." "Sadako, let's go." "Let's go." "Wanna go for ramen?" "Again?" "Why not?" "Come on, let's go for ramen!" "Not again." "Eh?" "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry?" "What's wrong with Sadako?" "Dark rumors?" "What's that?" "Are they really that bad?" "Yoshida... was a delinquent and she joined a gang!" "Really?" "And Yano was a slut who had a hundred men in junior high!" "Pretty bad, huh?" "That's bad!" "Eh." "Let us share that gossip, too." "Who started such interesting rumours?" "Um..." "Spill it." "Who was it?" "Sadako." "I heard it was Kuronuma Sadako." "There's no way Sadako could have said that." "If she could say such things, she would have done better than now." "I thought so, too!" "I thought so." "Hey, Kuronuma!" "Have you seen Yano and Yoshida?" "No, I didn't." "Why's that?" "You're friends with Yano and Yoshida, aren't you?" "We're not friends." "You're not?" "!" "I thought you were." "Sadako?" "Did you study?" "No, I didn't." "We're in trouble!" "This is bad." "Ah, Sadako." "Excuse me." "Hold it right there!" "Let go!" "I've gotcha now." "Huh?" "You've gotta help me with the sports festival prep." "Why should we?" "It's mid-term test time!" "Damn!" "Pin got in the way." "Sadako..." "What did she mean by we're not friends?" "But what can you say when asked if you're really friends..." "So what was that?" "!" "Friends... when can we call someone a friend?" "Hey." "Let's hear what she really thinks." "Okay." "Morning." "Hey." "Sadako." "I'm going to ask something important, can you please honestly answer it?" "Um..." "Sadako, what do you think about us?" "Eh?" ""How..."" "We both like you." "Do you like us?" ""Like..."" "Rather than 'like'..." "Ah, today's English exam was really hard for me!" "For me too!" "I think the 5W1H might have been in the questions." "It's not good being seen together." "You'll be okay." "Should I console you?" "Shut up." "Again with the meat bun?" "It's red bean paste bun!" "You haven't changed." "Still coming here when you feel down." "I'm not really feeling down." "It's not about the 'Yankee' rumor, right?" "I don't care about those rumors!" "It's Sadako." "When we asked her whether she likes us or not, we couldn't get her reply." "And here I always thought she liked us..." "Was I too conceited?" "Sadako, why couldn't she say she likes us?" "She probably doesn't like you." "You mean she hates us?" "!" "Probably." "Is that what you call consoling?" "!" "But, it could be because of other reasons." "Other reasons?" "If Kurosawa tells you 'whatever'," "I'll console you then." "It's Kuronuma." "Ah!" "Yano!" "Why are you still here?" "The tests are finally over." "Go home!" "Go home!" "I have to go to the library for a bit..." "Sure you're the library type?" "It's because of you." "Huh?" "If you didn't get in the way, we and Sadako..." "I don't understand what's going on but..." "don't put the blame on others." "Putting the blame on others won't solve anything." "There's lots of unreasonable things in this world." "In the end, you have to do something yourself." "Even if it's... really my fault!" "Yoshida-san..." "Yano-san..." "You're using those stones to practice, right?" "Where are Yoshida and Yano?" "You're not together with them?" "Wait!" "Why are you avoiding me?" "We can't." "If you're seen being with me..." "What is it?" "I won't understand if you don't tell me properly." "If you're seen together with me..." "Because of me..." "Everyone's..." "Everyone's image will be destroyed." "Why?" "Why is that?" "Perhaps, is it because of the rumors?" "I actually... want to be together with Yoshida-san and Yano-san." "But..." "I don't want to burden them." "Be a burden or not..." "It's not up to Kuronuma to decide." "It's our decision." "We... don't care about the rumors." "Kuronuma... if it were the other way around, what would you do?" "If for unknown reasons, me, Yoshida, and other avoided you?" "I wouldn't want that." "Yoshida and the rest probably think the same too." "Pass it to me." "A pass... won't be received well by others... if you don't seriously think for it to reach them." "Sadako's drawing is really poor." "That girl, just for me she went through all that trouble." "I went to the library today." "Sadako's book of ghost stories." "I thought I'd choose for her." "Yano-chin." "And then I noticed that Sadako borrowed all of them once already." "She's really naive!" "When we were eating ramen with everyone, Sadako really laughed, didnt she?" "Yeah she laughed, she laughed!" "That really surprised me." "That girl... she was so used to being avoided so she thought it was an ordinary thing... even though she's actually a good person." "That's why I can't leave her alone." "Is that so?" "I... to be used to being alone and not be able to understand your own feelings..." "I can understand a bit of how that feels." "So when Sadako laughed properly, somehow, it made me really, really happy." "Yano-chin, you thought about that kind of thing?" "You too... thought about her that way." "What are you saying!" "Even between us, there are so many things we don't know about." "If you don't ask you cannot undersand th other person's feelings." "Sadako's feelings too." "We're always thinking about Sadako, aren't we?" "This is what friends are." "Our feelings, just like how we talked just now, let's tell her!" "Um..." "Yoshida-san..." "Yano-san..." "I... might be an annoyance to you, but... rather than just classmates..." "I was really shocked, but she's said to take money for dates." "School girl prostitution?" "So she really made guys give her money?" "They really did it, Yano and Yoshida." "Just by their looks you could tell." "You're right." "That's Yano and Yoshida for you." "That's... a misunderstanding." "It's Sadako." "Like I said... that's... a misunderstanding." "Yano-san and Yoshida-san are... really nice people." "How exactly?" "They're just a delinquent and a slut!" "You're wrong!" "What you said just now, please take it back!" "Yano-san and Yoshida-san are... really, really kind people." "You're too noisy." "Kuronuma?" "Where are Yano and Yoshida?" "I saw Chizuru in the classroom..." "Why?" "If they don't solve it themselves, it's meaningless." "Yano, Yoshida!" "Kuronuma's doing her best." "Eh?" "Please take it back!" "The things you just said..." "Please don't say bad things about them." "You're the one who said it." "You're the one who spread bad rumors about them!" "Me?" "You used them to get close to Kazehaya, right?" "It was a bit weird for those two to hang out with you, but..." "You're wrong." "You're wrong." "You guys don't understand anything!" "Yano-san and Yoshida-san... how kind... they treated me." "How much they care for me." "How much I..." "Excuse me, let me through!" "Yano-san and Yoshida-san... rather than just like... rather than just like..." "I love them!" "She spreads the rumors and you're still going to save her?" "She did not!" "It's not her." "Rather it was you!" "It was you who made the rumors spread around!" "Not us." "Wait." "What you said... please take it back!" "Alright." "I take it back." "They understood..." "They really understood!" "Yano-san!" "Yoshida-san!" "Sadako..." "That doesn't matter." "We better disinfect it properly." "I didn't notice it at all." "I was desperate..." "You're an idiot." "Why did you do that?" "I've... always given up." "I always wanted to be friends with everyone..." "I was thinking that it's okay to give up." "But..." "Yano-san and Yoshino-san..." "I won't give up on you two no matter what." "If we're seen together weird rumors will start" "and it will hurt you." "But..." "Sadako." "You thought we would be hurt by the rumors?" "And you thought we would be hurt by being seen together with you?" "I really didn't know what I should do when you were hurt." "But..." "No matter what I was doing, the misunderstandings arose." "That's why I... wanted to be together with you two." "Yano-san and Yoshida-san..." "I want to be friends with you both." "Ah, I'm dirty." "Sadako, you cannot get used to being alone." "Sadako, you know what?" "Being friends..." "Even before you noticed, it happened." "We became friends already." "Sawako." "Sawako." "Here!" "Sawako!" "Stop!" "Seriously?" "Safe!" "Gosh, it was dangerous..." "Even you are useful sometimes." "What's that all about?" "You're playing on your own feelings too much." "Moreover, you end up hurting others." "I said it's okay." "Ryu's awesome as well." "He hit it all." "But the homerun just now, we should win, right?" "The game's still on, so we can't tell yet." "Sawako-chan!" "Can I have a minute?" "Yeah." "Chizu." "Huh?" "The girl who called Sawako, who is she?" "Kurumi?" "I don't really know her." "I never talked with her, I only heard from Kazehaya." "Kazehaya's friend?" "Sawako-chan, you're my friend, right?" "Yeah." "I have a favor to ask you." "I have someone that I like." "Could you help me?" "If I can be of help in anyway... of course I'll help." "Thank you!" "You see..." "The one I like is..." "Kazehaya." "Eh?" "I have to go." "Let's continue next time, okay?" "Thank you, Sawako-chan." "What is it?" "I'm sorry." "But I cannot help you after all." "Why?" "You said you would." "We're friends, right?" "Kazehaya-kun is... like a special... person to me." "You mean, you're thinking of going out with him?" "Going out... to where?" "When you said he's special... it's not of the feelings of love, right?" "Feelings... of love?" "What's I'm saying is... my feelings are different." "Just what do you mean by special?" "Is it because he's gentle towards you?" "If you say it like that..." "Sawako-chan, because you don't talk to other guys, you think that Kazehaya is special to you." "Try and talk with other guys more." "For example... that's right, Sanada!" "Sanada-kun?" "Furthermore, his seat is close to you." "Try talking to him more." "If you do that, maybe you'll think of him as a special person too." "Excuse me..." "Kurumi-chan said you'd be here." "She told me to come." "You're Kura..." "Kuronuma Sawako." "Yes!" "So what do you want to talk about?" "Talk about..." "Talk about?" "You know, Sawako-chan was so cute today." "Eh?" "During the game, she was watching Sanada only." "Sanada was quite the hero, wasn't he?" "As you'd expect from the rising star of the baseball club." "Love relationships..." "Do you know what this is?" "I don't think I understand." "A special feeling uncomparable to anything else." "How do you know if it's special?" "It's special even before you realize it." "That's what I always felt for Chizuru." "Keep it a secret for now." "It's really..." "It's really, truly amazing!" "I listened to the album yesterday and now I remember all the lyrics!" "Oh, really?" "Wait, Kazehaya!" "Sorry." "I couldn't control myself." "Kuronuma?" "Do you like Ryu?" "I like him." "Ah, but this type... it's not anything special." "I like him as a classmate..." "I see." "Phew." "Sorry." "But!" "I think Sanada-kun is really cool!" "And that he's a good person." "It's okay." "Sorry." "It's a sure thing." "This was in your shoe locker?" "Yeah." "'Please come to the gym at 12:00." "Kuronuma Sawako.'" "It's not her writing style, is it?" "But Kuroiwa came." "It's not Kuroiwa, it's Kuronuma." "Somehow, it smells fishy." "Eh, Sawako then?" "Went somewhere." "Shota dragged her." "Kazehaya did?" "He came, too." "With a girly girl." "A girly girl?" "Kurumi-chan, you're trying to pull Sawako and Kazehaya apart, right?" "Why would I?" "I saw you." "When you put this in Ryu's shoe locker." "So what?" "Too bad." "It didn't go well, did it?" "Sawako's such an honest and straight forward person, unlike you." "Wait!" "Um..." "I don't understand what you're talking about." "I thought it was weird even before this." "The Sawako rumors that happened in the toilet, and ever since, the rumors were a bit different." "Come to think of it, it didn't have to do with ghosts and supernatural stuff, did it?" "Yep." "Somehow, Kazehaya got tangled in it." "That's why, it's a given that it's a girl who likes Kazehaya that did it." "Right, Kurumi-chan?" "Chizu-chan, Ayane-chan." "What's wrong?" "Sawako." "This girl tried to trap you." "Eh?" "Is that so?" "!" "Kurumi was the one who spread the rumors in the toilet." "That's... a misunderstanding." "She wouldn't do things like that." "Because..." "Kurumi-chan is a friend." "She even told me important things." "You're really annoying!" "That part about you is annoying." "I never thought of you as a friend." "The one who spread the rumors was me." "What about it?" "Why did you do that kind of thing?" "Because Sawako-chan was in the way." "She kept hanging around Kazehaya." "Why couldn't you just keep to yourself?" "!" "Hey!" "Apologize to Sawako!" "It's fine." "I'll tell Kazehaya everything." "Go and tell him!" "I'm fine with it!" "Let's go." "Chizu-chan, Ayane-chan." "Please don't tell Kazehaya-kun." "Even if she said she's fine with it..." "I'm sure she didn't mean it." "Sawako, what are you saying?" "Are you still..." "Okay." "If you say so." "Yano-chin." "Sawako, where are you going?" "Actually I came... to say something to Kurumi-chan." "I still haven't told her what I want to say." "What?" "Um..." "My... feelings towards Kazehaya-kun..." "I think he really is special to me." "Same as you, Kurumi-chan." "It's quite nerve-wrecking... to tell that to a friend." "I've told you we're not friends!" "I've always been in love with Kazehaya for a long time." "Don't compare it with your feelings for him." "Since we were in Junior High," "I've always put an effort to get Kazehaya to like me." "I did my best to get into this school and the circumstances now are better." "I thought I could finally confess..." "But all of this is meaningless..." "If he doesn't love me back then it's all meaningless." "I know it." "I know that Kazehaya doesn't love me." "I know that." "Because I've been watching him all this time." "After all, I can't be as honest and straightforward as you are." "I really hate you!" "With this, I disband the committee for the sports festival!" "You've all worked very hard!" "Good job!" "You've done well!" "Kazehaya, good job!" "You, too." "Bye bye." "Kurumizawa." "Yes?" "Sorry." "I took off halfway through the clean up." "Did you not hear about me?" "Eh?" "About what?" "What?" "I'm curious now." "Kazehaya." "I..." "I like you." "Up until now..." "You're the one I've always liked." "Sorry." "I have someone that I like." "When I confessed," "did it make you at least a little happy?" "I did make me happy." "Thank you." "Kazehaya, you really don't have the eyes for women." "This cute girl" "won't appear before you again." "You guys, which one suits me?" "I wanna look a bit mature for once." "It's very unusual for Chizu-chan to be looking at these books." "Well, it's New Years soon." "Soon?" "It's only early November now." "So, you really like New Years." "Chizuru-chan, you know, is going to spend New Years with her unrequited love." "Oh well, unrequited love... it's a fact." "We've been together since we were kids." "So he only thinks of me as part of the family." "For once I wanna show him my feminine side so he'll change his mind about me." "Eh?" "So then..." "Um..." "The person you like, could it be..." "Yes?" "It's lunch break now." "Okay." "Your boyfriend?" "Yes." "Yano's boyfriend this time is a university student." "You're so mature." "I'm sorry, Chizu." "I can't go shopping with you today." "Eh?" "To Kuronuma From Kazehaya" "Today, after school, I'll be waiting for you at the gate." "Kuronuma." "Hey, Kazehaya." "Yoshida?" "So, we're going to go shopping with Chizu-chan." "Is that so?" "Sorry, Kazehaya, but I asked her first." "But if it's okay with you," "Chizu-chan said that you can come with us too." "Which one is better?" "This?" "Or this one?" "Both of them are nice." "Since a boy is here, let's ask him." "Kazehaya!" "Which one is better?" "That one." "Really?" "Sawako, you try it." "It's a bit pricey." "But maybe I can splurge a bit." "Kuronuma," "I just remembered I have things to do, so I'll leave first." "Yoshida, I'm leaving first." "See you!" "Okay!" "Thanks for today." "Um..." "I wonder if it's okay to ask you who is the one you like." "It's Ryu's... brother." "Eh." "Sanada-kun's brother?" "Yes." "Even though he lives in Tokyo now, he'll come back every New Years." "Dad, you're practicing really hard." "Only one month left until the concert." "When the concert is over, the three of us will celebrate your birthday together." "The concert's pamphlet." "Hey Sawako." "I've been meaning to ask you," "It's getting colder these days and night comes earlier." "How about you go to school by bus during winter?" "I will be fine." "You can't help being worried about Sawako." "Right, Dad?" "Because you're a girl." "You wanna get a commuter pass for the bus?" "Yes." "Because it gets dark by then, my dad will worry." "Then give me your student book." "Ah, yes." "I'll stamp it later." "Please do." "My student book..." "did you lose it?" "Did I throw it away?" "Don't worry." "We can get a new one for you." "Eh, but..." "I'm troubled." "It's important to me." "Don't say that." "If you show this, you'll get a student discount." "Kuronuma, don't get too fixated on material things." "The most important thing is the inner content." "In short, it's your heart." "Your heart!" "Got it?" "I'm off to see the club!" "Ah!" "She's here!" "Why are you guys..." "We waited for you." "We were thinking of going to eat ramen together." "Ah, but today I already promised my dad to come home early." "Is that so?" "Then, next time?" "I'll walk you home, Kuronuma." "It's okay." "From today onward, I'll be taking the bus." "So, we won't be going home together anymore?" "Sawako's house is so far." "It can't be helped." "See you tomorrow." "See you tomorrow." "See you." "We're going." "See you tomorrow." "See you." "Morning." "Morning." "Good morning, Kuronuma." "Good morning." "Hey, um..." "On next Sunday, we're going to have a look for the venue of the Christmas Eve party." "Why don't we go together?" "On Sunday?" "If you tell your father beforehand, he'll permit it, right?" "I will ask him!" "Good morning!" "Good morning!" "What were you talking about?" "What is it?" "The venue for the Christmas Ever party..." "Next Sunday... we're talking about going together." "Count me in!" "The other day, I found a really good restaurant near the station!" "Chizu." "How about you, Ayane-chan?" "I have a date with my boyfriend on Sunday." "Really?" "You know, that place is so close to the station and got good reviews for being delicious." "And the food..." "They have this mega potato thing in a bucket!" "It's this big..." "As I thought, you're here." "Well..." "I thought that you'd be early." "Um." "You're coming to the party, right?" "I can go?" "Of course!" "I'm happy!" "But our family has always been celebrating Christmas Eve together." "But," "I'll try asking them!" "Also..." "After the party..." "Ah!" "Kazehaya!" "Hey!" "Have you decided on what to do?" "No, I haven't thought about it yet." "Maybe magic." "No, not magic show." "You really shocked me." "Ah!" "Sawako, Sawako!" "Yano's in trouble." "Let's go see her." "Ayane-chan is?" "Kazehaya, sorry." "We can't join you guys to karaoke." "What happened?" "It can't be helped." "It's women's problems." "Joe, you know the karaoke's place, right?" "Yeah." "I'm counting on you." "Sawako, let's go." "What's with that?" "What should we do?" "Then let's just go there by ourselves." "Yeah, let's go!" "I thought because he's a university student, he'd be more mature." "He called so many times to make sure I don't cheat on him." "But he often stood me up on our dates." "It's just too much of a hassle." "I've reached my limit." "I'm fed up now." "Does that mean...?" "Ah!" "Toru!" "It's you, Toru!" "Toru!" "Is that..." "Ryu's brother." "It's not even New Years yet." "Why?" "We're off now." "Chizuru." "Chi, she's the woman I'm going to marry." "Nice to meet you." "I'm Katayama Haruka." "Nice to meet you." "If we add tambourine it'd be great, right?" "Yeah, that's great." "And what if the girls fall for Joe?" "Don't say that out loud!" "Will my feelings reach her?" "It's delicious!" "Hey, won't you just stop?" "Excuse me!" "Yes." "One more please." "Yes!" "Things are just tough." "Like you, Yano-chin..." "You've got to put up with that guy." "It fine if we don't talk about my troubles." "Sawako, too, why are you making that scary face?" "Because Chizu-chan is in so much pain." "I'm sorry that I'm crying like this." "It's over now, both tests and love." "Well, there's winter break!" "You've got supplementary classes during winter break, right?" "I don't wanna do it!" "I won't go to the party." "I want to settle things with my boyfriend." "Actually, me too." "Because Ryu asked me to help with the shop." "He just doesn't understand a girl's feelings." "Sawako, have you told your father?" "About the party." "Not yet..." "You should!" "It's tomorrow!" "You go to the party and have fun with Kazehaya." "Today, I surely will tell father." "Kuronuma." "Kazehaya-kun!" "Kuronuma." "Will you go out with me?" "But today I have an urgent matter..." "Not like that." "I want you to be my girlfriend." "Eh?" "This..." "Let's go here after the Christmas Eve party." "Not with everyone." "Just the two of us." "Two of us." "I... on Christmas Eve..." "I want to be together with you." "But...go out..." "I can't..." "I mean... that..." "I never thought about it." "I'm sorry." "Yes?" "Hey!" "I hope everything's okay." "Huh?" "One girl looks like a delinquent and the other has make-up on." "Sawako." "I heard you didn't go to the Christmas Eve party?" "That's right." "The other guys said Kazehaya wasn't in his usual mood." "Did something happen?" "What's wrong, Sawako?" "If you only cry, we won't understand." "What to do?" "Sawako's crying." "Why?" "I don't know." "What are you going to do?" "Now that you mention it, Sawako's not in good mood during Christmas, right?" "Kazehaya-kun... asked me to go out with him." "I like him so much, but to go out with him, somehow makes me anxious." "Um, I... just couldn't think." "You rejected him?" "Why?" "I'm very..." "I'm very happy, but... being told like that by him... is enough for me." "Kazehaya properly confessed to you, right?" "Why can't you answer him properly when he confessed to you?" "Chizu." "The truth is, you always don't think much about you." "It's just that you don't trust yourself and you don't believe him when he said he likes you." "Which means you also don't believe us when we say we like you." "Calm down, Chizu." "He conveyed his feelings properly to you, right?" "What about you?" "Have you conveyed what you really feel to him?" "Kazehaya is a guy." "And he's quite stubborn." "No matter happens, he'll just make his own conclusion." "It might be difficult, but..." "Even it it didn't work out, it's better if you convey your feelings." "He's going to be busy helping his family, but he said he'll come to the shrine during the New Year's countdown." "Right?" "We'll meet that night at eleven o'clock." "But...on New Year's Eve..." "New Year's Eve Countdown Concert" "When the clock strikes we'll have the fireworks up." "Sawako will come, right?" "Yeah." "Kazehaya!" "Oh, you look good in that robe." "That's our Fresh Boy!" "This amazake smells so good." "I'm not your Fresh anything." "I'm going home." "Eh?" "You do the rest." "Eh, you're going home?" "Kazehaya." "Can I have a moment with you?" "What is it?" "Excuse us." "What's wrong, Sawako?" "You're not feeling well?" "I heard you confessed to Kuronuma?" "Why do you know about that?" "From Chizuru." "I see." "That's right." "She doesn't look well." "That girl, she's the type who thinks about others more than herself." "What kind of person is she?" "Eh?" "What do you mean?" "Just tell me." "Kuronuma is... a girl who always looks down..." "She always gives her best." "She's innocent." "her heart's easily touched." "She's honest and straight forward." "She always thinks of others before herself." "I..." "Have I not thought about how Kuronuma feels?" "Look at this." "What are you guys doing here?" "Pin!" "The Vice Principal asked me to clean up and I found this." "Why don't you return it?" "Here." "Why should I?" "And whose is it?" "Kuronuma." "And this important paper..." "also found in that." "I guess it's like that." "Kuronuma's feelings." "Try and understand her." "Okay?" "Okay?" "What, Ryu?" "That's enough." "Hey, come on." "It's just getting to the good part!" "Let me go." "Sawako." "What's up?" "When I received the call that you were being born... it was also around this time before the concert." "I caused trouble to others, but I really wanted to see you." "I just abandoned the cymbals and dashed out." "I was so happy when I saw you." "I was really happy when I saw you more than anything." "Oh, but I was also happy when I first met your mother." "Dad." "I... have someone that I want to see." "It has to be tonight." "When we meet... even if it might not work out..." "I want to properly tell him how I feel." "Then... you have to go." "When you really want to see someone... you can just abandon everything else." "Sorry." "Thank you." "Excuse me." "Sawako!" "Where's Kazehaya-kun?" "He's on duty dishing out the drinks." "Chizu-chan, Ayane-chan." "Thank you." "Where's Kazehaya-kun?" "Kazehaya?" "He already left." "Kurumi-chan." "Stupid, what are you doing here?" "If you're looking for Kazehaya, he's with Sanada in the back of the park." "Ah." "Thank you." "10 10" "9...8..." "He's not here." "Wow!" "That's amazing!" "Beautiful!" "Kazehaya-kun." "Kuronuma." "Kazehaya-kun." "Um..." "Thank you... that's not it...um..." "I...about you... about you..." "It's okay, just say it slowly." "I..." "I..." "Kazehaya-kun..." "I like you." "Me too." "I have always... liked you, Kuronuma." "It's like a dream." "I've finally reached you." "Ah." "Sorry." "I couldn't wish you a happy birthday." "I'm so thankful to be with you at the start of this new year." "I hope we'll be like this from now on." "Kuronuma!"