"These days, no matter what I'm doing Saikin boku wa nani o suru koto ni mo" "His face keeps popping up Aitsu no kao ga dete kuru" "Twenty-four hours is chock-full of time Nijyuu-yojikan to iu gisshiri no jikan mo" "But he's tied it all up Aitsu ga shimete shimatta" "Now, I'm gonna start working Saa shigoto o hajimeyou" "But he always gets in my way Dakedo aitsu ga jama o shite shimau" "I'm a really, really, really, really hard worker Bari bari bari bari no shigoto ningen desu" "But I was already under his spell Dakedo boku wa mou aitsu de seiha sareteta" "No matter what I'm doing, Nani o suru no mo aitsu no koto" "I can't help but think about him..." "kangaete shimatte boku ga ...and my mind is filled with him aitsu de ippai ni naru" "I just can't do anything now..." "Tonikaku ima wa aitsu ga ite kurenai ...unless he's there for me to boku wa nani mo dekinai" "He's always there inside..." "Aitsu ga boku no naka ni ...me, me, me, me, me, me, me iru iru iru iru iru iru iru" "(Super Friends)" "What're you doing, Aya?" "What?" "Oh, just thinking that it'll be a year soon." "A year?" "Since I became super friends with you and Miyu." "Oh, right!" "Ran, I..." "Huh?" "Miyu looks sort of troubled." "Crap!" "What's going on, Miyu?" "Is there some problem?" "Uh, oh, no, it's no big deal." "He was a really pushy salesperson and I had a hard time getting him to go away." "Then, that man was a salesperson?" "Yeah, he was." "Then that's fine, but you have a habit of keeping problems to yourself." "If there's anything, don't hold back and tell us, okay?" "That's right." "After all, we're super friends, right?" "Thank you, Ran." "Aya." "Heartbreak Painful " " Miyu's Place to Call Home" "I'm home!" "Man, I'm hungry!" "Mommy, food!" "We have a guest?" "I saw the shoes at the entrance, but I had no idea there were people other than Naka Teach wearing lame, ratty shoes like that." "You shouldn't say things like that, Ran!" "Huh?" "Because, that is exactly who our guest is." "What?" "!" "No, my only wish is for Kotobuki to become a fine second year student." "This is all for her own good." "I was hoping I might be able to count on her parents' cooperation as well." "In other words, to put it simply, what you are saying is..." "My daughter has been doing nothing but goofing off and if she fails even one more test, she has no chance of advancing to the next grade!" "Is that it?" "!" "N-No, no, it is not my intent to meddle in how you educate your daughter." "Um, that is..." "Who's there?" "!" "Crap!" "Don't do it!" "It's been a while, but here's one of Taizo's Giant Swings of Rage!" "You think a future police officer can get away with repeating a year?" "!" "Don't just decide my future, you stupid old man!" "Today, you will be subjected to a police interrogation!" "I'm not telling you anything!" "Your mother back home is sure to be crying, too!" "Mommy's in the other room!" "Mark my words, Ran, you will advance to the next grade, no matter what!" "Hah!" "Like hell!" "I'd rather repeat a year than study!" "Enough!" "If you don't advance to the next grade I'll cut your allowance." "What?" "!" "And a curfew of 5 o'clock." "N-No fair!" "(Allowance Cut, 5 o'clock Curfew)" "Dear, there's been a crime!" "What?" "!" "See you later, Kiyoka!" "Justice is calling me!" "Dear, you've forgotten your pocketbook again!" "W-What is with this family?" "!" "I'll have to be the one to do something about this." "I am a teacher!" "H-He's gotta be kidding me!" "Like hell I can stand to have my already measly allowance cut!" "A 5 o 'clock curfew?" "!" "Get real!" "Since it's come to this..." "Since it's come to this..." "(Long Life)" "No matter what..." "I have to get her into the next grade..." "There's no other choice!" "(Tengu Bank)" "I don't have nearly enough." "Miyu's not giving up over something like this." "Isn't that majorly dicey?" "!" "To start with, Naka Teach is gonna give me supplemental lessons..." "But there's no way that's gonna be enough, right?" "So, Aya, would you help me study?" "Sure." "If that's the case, I'd be happy to help out." "Thanks, Aya!" "But one failing grade and you're out, right?" "Isn't that pretty rough?" "More like, Ran studies way too little." "Shuddup!" "Well, see you tomorrow." "Work, Miyu?" "Yeah." "Sorry I can't help out, Ran." "Don't worry about that." "Have fun at work." "Thanks." "Miyu seems so busy." "I wonder if the scholarship isn't enough..." "Okay, Kotobuki, let's start the supplemental lessons." "Alright!" "Bring it on!" "Ran's getting fired up about supplemental lessons..." "Her enthusiasm sure is different when her allowance is at stake." "(Beat the Tests)" "I Ro Ha Ni" "I Ro Ha Ni" "I Ro Ha Ni" "I'm so tired..." "You only studied a little bit." "Ran-pyon and I are one in body and spirit." "I repeat a year if I get another failing grade, too!" "In other words!" "Ran-pyon and I are lovers destined to be together, after all!" "I love you!" "Kiss, kiss, kiss me!" "Hey!" "Don't get carried!" "Ran-pyon." "What?" "We're technically boyfriend and girlfriend, right?" "We've been together for quite a while now, so don't you think we could move up on the lovey-dovey index soon?" "Like how?" "Like every day we smooch!" "Or..." "Ran-pyon!" "Tatchin!" "And have lovey-dovey conversations along those lines!" "Tatchin?" "!" "Like hell I'm engaging in stupid conversations like that!" "Ouch!" "Ouch, ouch!" "What're you, a woman?" "!" "Man, my stomach hurts!" "Ook..." "Am I really Ran-pyon's boyfriend?" "It can't be that there's someone else Ran-pyon likes, can it?" "Otohata, you like Ran, don't you?" "Yeah, I like her." "Aya." "Aya!" "W-What?" "Break time's over." "Bear with me and help me study for a little longer." "O-Okay, sure." "Later, Tatsukichi!" "Second Place!" "You guys better study a little, too!" "Ran told us to go study!" "I hope there's no storm coming." "Thank you very much." "We finally get to breathe a little." "I know you have exams to study for." "I'm sorry for making you help out." "But that goes for you, too." "I'll be fine." "I'm studying at the same time that I'm helping out Ran." "You can't do that." "If you let your grades slide, you won't get in." "Get in?" "Where?" "The college preparatory class." "You're going to college, so of course, you'll be moving into the preparatory class, right?" "I haven't decided yet..." "More importantly, Miyu..." "Aren't you hiding something?" "What are you saying?" "I'm not hiding anything." "You're working at the burger place..." "Oh, Aya." "That sly way of talking..." "You're starting to sound like Ran." "Welcome back." "Thank you, both of you." "You can take a break for a while." "We're gonna go out for a bit." "Yeah, go on, get outta here." "I don't have time!" "No time at all!" "Man, this is so hard!" "What the hell is this "go-sato-kiri-naka"?" "!" "What the hell is this "go-sato-kiri-naka"?" "!" "(Go Sato Kiri Naka Gori-muchuu = To be lost in a fog)" "You might be kicked out of your place?" "!" "What do you mean, Miyu?" "The truth is, the rent hasn't been paid for 3 months." "What?" "The landlord wants us out if we can't pay it all by next month." "So that man... was with the landlord..." "Then, you got that job to raise the rent money?" "But, I thought your mother paid the rent..." "She's irresponsible." "But..." "If you just call her now and get her to pay it..." "I don't know... where to get in touch with her." "I only talk to her whenever she happens to drop by." "And she hasn't been back these last 6 months." "I see..." "So, I'm holding down a couple jobs at the same time right now, but I don't know if I'll be able to pay it all by the end of the month." "Let's go home soon!" "Okay!" "Bye-bye!" "See you later!" "Bye-bye!" "Later!" "See you again tomorrow!" "Have you told Yamato?" "But he's your fiance, so you should discuss it with him..." "I know." "But if it's a problem I can resolve on my own, I want to do it myself." "Besides, that apartment is a special place for me." "Miyu was all alone for a long time." "My family was scattered and no one looked out for me." "But, even so, that place is my home." "There's never anyone waiting for me there, but it's the one place that I can be myself." "So, I have to protect it." "That apartment with the "Yamazaki" nameplate." "Miyu..." "Please, Aya, don't tell Ran and Yamato." "Alright." "But instead, I'll help you out." "Aya..." "If there's two of us, we should definitely earn enough in time." "But..." "Don't worry about it." "After all, we're super friends, right?" "Thank you, Aya." "What?" "!" "That's too cruel, Aya!" "You're telling me to study on my own?" "!" "No one would have this much trouble if it's doable on your own!" "Ran, um..." "I see!" "Fine!" "You're gonna abandon me, huh?" "!" "I had no idea friendship meant so little to you!" "If that's how you're gonna be I'll hold a grudge against you!" "I'll curse you!" "I'll die and haunt you!" "I'll haunt you every night at your bedside and dance para-para all night long looking balefully at you!" "Damn it!" "You're being melodramatic." "Shut up!" "My allowance and my curfew are a matter of life or death to me!" "Come on, calm down." "Huh?" "What's this?" "I summarized the areas that are likely to be covered in the finals." "Start by memorizing everything in here and do the practice problems, and you should be okay." "I thought it'd be more efficient to narrow down the points." "A-Aya!" "You're a true friend among friends!" "What happened to haunting her?" "Alright, Kotobuki, let's begin the supplemental lessons." "You got it!" "I'm sorry for making you do this with me, Aya." "I told you not to worry about it." "Besides, if things go according to our calculations, we should earn 3 months' worth of rent by the specified date." "Let's do our best, Miyu." "Yeah." "You're so annoying!" "Towa-rin, do something about this guy!" "Oh, dear." "No interfering with her studies, Kokopon." "Hey, where's Miyu?" "She said she wanted to take some time off." "Exams are coming up, so I guess it can't be helped." "I see." "Ran, where are you going?" "I'm getting nowhere with my studies here, so I'm gonna go somewhere else." "With the cake set and orange juice, that comes to a total of 950 yen." "Man..." "Well, I'll be counting on you." "Okay!" "We'll do our best!" "It looks like we'll make it in time somehow." "Yeah." "Today's wages should manage to get us there." "Okay, let's do our best and aim to sell out!" "We are Shibuya's flower shop girls!" "Would anyone like some flowers?" "!" "Three, please!" "I want five!" "In that case, I want ten!" "Then I'll take a hundred!" "Maybe we have a gift for selling flowers...?" "I don't get it." "I don't get it at all." "This is getting seriously dicey." "I might be doomed without Aya, after all." "Rei-pyon!" "Rei-pyon!" "Lend me a hand!" "I refuse." "Just lend me a hand!" "It's an emergency!" "Emergency?" "So that's it." "(High School Classical Japanese I)" "You want me to tutor you?" "Bye." "I had no idea friendship meant so little to you!" "I misjudged you!" "If that's how you're gonna be..." "I'll hold a grudge against you!" "I'll curse you!" "I'll die and haunt you!" "I'll haunt you every night at your bedside and dance para-para all night long looking balefully at you!" "What?" "You're acting creepy." "Alright, I'll tutor you." "What?" "!" "For real?" "!" "On one condition." "Oh, fine, I'll treat you." "What?" "Really?" "Yeah, for real." "I wish I'd watched it." "I got it on video." "Oh, it's Rei!" "What?" "!" "Where?" "!" "Where?" "!" "Hey, is that girl Rei's girlfriend?" "But, I was pretty sure Rei's girlfriend was..." "Hey, it's Ran Kotobuki!" "That's right, Yamato." "Yeah, I just got off work." "Don't worry." "I'll be sure to study for my exams, too." "Anyway, about the next break coming up..." "Miyu?" "What's wrong, Miyu?" "Oh, I'm sorry, Yamato." "I'll call you back later." "Miyu?" "What... are you doing?" "I came to get my stuff." "But now that I've packed things up, there's almost nothing of mine here." "As for the overdue rent," "I got them to just take the security deposit and call it even." "That landlord was so damn persistent." "That's not what I was asking!" "Miyu's been waiting all this time!" "I was thinking we had a lot we needed to talk about..." "But you're packing?" "So, you're planning on leaving for good this time?" "!" "How perceptive of you." "But..." "Then, what am I supposed to do?" "!" "What are you to do?" "I'd been working for a long time by the time I was your age." "After all, my mother abandoned me, too." "Listen." "If you cry like there's no tomorrow and turn on the charm, even a stray cat has a chance of being taken in." "A stray cat..." "That's right." "At the very least, that's how I've survived." "If all you do is wait for your mommy cat, you'll just end up dead, after all." "There's nothing for us to talk about." "You and I have separate lives, so live yours as you please." "I don't know that we'll see each other ever again." "Wait..." "Wait!" "I'll leave the key." "Wait!" "MOTHER!" "Don't take this from me..." "Don't take any more from me..." "My home..." "Don't take it away from me!" "Miyu." "Are you okay, Miyu?" "You sounded weird on the phone, so I came as fast as I could." "Yamato..." "Yamato." "Yamato!" "I see." "I had no idea." "I've lost my home..." "Get a hold of yourself, Miyu." "You've got a home, right here." "Here?" "You do." "Right here, in my arms, holding you tight." "Yamato..." "Miyu..." "Miyu..." "Yamato!" "You did good hanging in there, Miyu." "You tried to overcome this by yourself somehow, right?" "I'm proud of that strength in you." "But, it hurts me a lot more to be in the dark about how you're suffering." "You're not alone." "Lean on me more." "I exist for you, after all." "Yamato!" "Miyu's home is right here." "I've got a real good picture of what's going on, but..." "(Miyu's Handbags, Miyu's Accessories) ...why's Miyu moving into my room?" "!" "(Miyu's Stuffed Animals, Miyu's Videos, Miyu's Books, Miyu's CDs)" "It's just until she finds an apartment nearby." "And it's for your friend, so it's okay, right?" "Right?" "Right?" "I guess it can't be helped." "But in exchange, you better help me study for my exams." "Okay!" "Yay!" "We gotta start cleaning things up right away!" "Alright!" "Oh, Yamato, that's not right." "That goes over here." "Man, Bro's being all spoony." "Oh, sorry." "Man, Bro's being all spoony." "I see, so you're staying in Ran's room." "It's only temporary, though." "Aya." "What is it?" "You've been kind of down lately." "Did something happen?" "If you feel like it, talk to me." "This time, I'll help you out." "Actually..." "What?" "!" "Otohata really said that he likes Ran?" "I guess it's more like I made him say it." "He said this to me, too, but I have a tendency of crushing my own hopes." "Maybe you're just painting yourself into a corner, even though Otohata has no intention of breaking up with you." "That's hard to say." "I don't really know." "But Miyu, I want you to keep this a secret from Ran." "Okay, but..." "Because I mean, I don't want to make trouble between Ran and Tatsukichi." "That makes sense." "Okay, I understand." "Hey, did you hear?" "Ran Kotobuki stole Otohata away from his old girlfriend!" "Did you hear?" "Ran's new boyfriend is none other than Rei Otohata!" "I hate it, you're always laughing Daikirai anata itsumo waratte ite" "And so strong and cute and popular Tsuyokute kawaikute ninki-mono de" "I hate it, I'm so dull and slow Daikirai watashi guzu de noroma de" "And no one needs me..." "Dare ni mo hitsuyou to saretenai" "You're smart and always so perfect Atama mo yokute itsumo suki ga nakute" "People probably just make fun of me Watashi nado kitto baka ni sareteru" "To be honest, I want to try talking to you Hontou wa hanashi-kakete-mitakute" "I want to become friends with you Tomodachi ni naritai to omottete" "I was so envious of you Urayamashiku omotteta anata ga" "And my shoulders would tremble as I cried alone Hitori kata furuwasete naite ita yo" "Tell me, are you alone and afraid, too?" "Nee anata mo hitori obieteru no" "Is everyone miserable and weak?" "Minna mijime de yowai no kana" "If only I had more courage Motto yuuki ga atta nara" "I would have given you a hug Watashi anata dakishimeteta" "Next Super GALS!" "A lot happens in life, it's a long road." "Students wander along an uncertain road." "Even the finals I agonized, groaned, and suffered over are done!" "I'm scared about the results, but I'm feeling excited!" "Or I should be, but there's a vague sense of foreboding for some reason." "Aya's acting kind of standoffish and even Tatsukichi's being irritable and restless." "What the heck happened?" "What?" "!" "Otohata likes me?" "!" "Yeah, right!" "What?" "For real?" "Next time on Super Gals Ran Kotobuki," "Misgivings of the Heart Stirring " " Cold Spring Breeze" "Don't you miss it!" "That's an ironclad rule for gals!"