"I've prepared all I can." "I just have to do it the way I practiced." "I don't ever want to feel like that again." "Finish it!" "Boom!" "Whoosh!" "kaboom!" "I'm guessing you're feeling a little better now?" "B-B-Boom!" "B-B-Blammo!" "Crack!" "Boosh!" "Excuse me..." "Nanamin!" "What can I do for ya?" "I was wondering how your work was coming along..." "My heart's just pounding!" "Isn't love wonderful?" "Love?" "the script Jin wrote!" "I thought it was an action story..." "Huh?" "Nothing." "Nanamin?" "could I borrow this script?" "Huh?" "I'd be grateful if you let me use this for my audition." "When?" "February 14th." "Valentine's Day!" "what's it for?" "so..." "I'd love you to perform it." "Use it however you like." "Thank you!" "I'm an ally of all hardworking girls!" "too!" "Boom!" "B-B-Blam!" "whoosh!" "February 14th... 1)}#16 I've Always Loved You" "Incoming Call" "Kanda Yuko good morning!" "How can you be so energetic this early in the morning?" "It's you who's not energetic enough!" "so I'll be staying... with you the night before." "okay." "You agreed!" "You don't usually accept things this easily!" "You'd show up even if I told you not to." "I'm hanging up—" "You're so cold!" "You're as cold as ever!" "Today's an important day for me." "I'm presenting my pitch." "A pitch?" "What's that?" "Does it taste good?" "it's delicious." "What?" "Really?" "Don't take that seriously!" "sorta." "huh?" "I'll share some of my energy with you." "You can do it!" "Thanks." "you look pale." "Are you okay?" "isn't it?" "after school." "Sorata." "You can do it." "Th-Thanks." "I'll give it my best shot!" "Give me a break." "Why are you getting so fired up on a cold day like this?" "good morning." "How was Australia?" "Kanda." "honestly..." "Love" "Don't worry about being perfect." "What?" "But I need to do my best..." "You don't understand." "I'm telling you to not try so hard." "but..." "The principal goes on forever." "forever." "Misaki-senpai?" "kouhai-kun." "What are you doing here?" "Huh?" "Jin-san..." "What's up?" "That's..." "What are you doing?" "No one can top my bullfrog impression!" "Don't sound so smug about that!" "don't you?" "I'll be right back." "wait!" "Hey." "aren't you coming back to Sakura Hall?" "Nope." "I'll be staying at... the former Student Council President's place until after the exams." "nobody told me this!" "I just told you." "Thanks." "I didn't agree to it!" "Sorry." "Soichiro-kun." "I see you've only got eyes for Soichiro-kun." "Of course." "He's my boyfriend." "How innocent." "I wish I could have experienced a love like yours." "Don't be ridiculous." "I'm not." "I wouldn't want to hog the precious little time... a couple gets together before graduation." "Jin-san." "That's the situation." "Let Misaki know for me." "You." "do you mind taking that bullfrog with you?" "sure..." "I'm surprised the former Student Council President... knew that was a bullfrog you were doing." "I'll do it." "Huh?" "I want to move forward!" "too!" "All right!" "and insecurity." "Aoyama Nanami" "To:" "Kanda-kun but I still want to say it..." "You can do it!" "Leave it to me!" "Send" "At least I can text her that." "I'm Kanda Sorata." "Thank you for your..." "Fujisawa." "sorry." "I've never seen anyone actually... hit their head on the mic before." "I just witnessed a rare sight." "I-I'm sorry..." "I'm telling you to not try so hard." "I'd like to explain my "Rhythm Battler" pitch to you." "It's a rhythm action battle game." "Rhythm Battler" "Genre:" "Rhythm Action Battle Game" "Players attack by pushing buttons in time with the music." "The goal is to defeat the enemy character before the song ends." "I'll explain what the controls are." "Attack by pushing the buttons in time with the music!" "Perform combos to achieve high scores!" "The combined effect of video and music makes this project unique." "he can play back... the video and upload it as a stylish music video. it has become possible to download music... how much would it cost to develop?" "and video using smartphones and mobile devices." "probably around 100 million." "What if you outsource it?" "Individuals can also easily upload..." "Probably 10 million for a prototype... and 70 million to finish it up. their own videos to express themselves." "we'd break even at..." "Particularly good videos actually receive... a greater number of views and thus garner more attention." "000 units." "000 units." "I believe these videos will do much to promote the game." "I see." "I would like to summarize my concept." "Stylishly defeating your enemies in time... with the music is the core of this project." "I hope to create a game that exhilarates the player... and allows them to share that feeling on the Internet." "A game that is both fun to play and fun to watch." "This concludes my pitch presentation." "Thank you for listening!" "Kanda Sorata-san." "we've concluded that it'd be difficult... for our company to release your game." "I see." "would you be willing to let our staff... help you polish your game?" "you've partially passed." "um... send us an email." "Game Director" "Fujisawa Kazuki we'll decide on a date for our next meeting." "Okay!" "The presentation was a huge success!" "This is all thanks to you guys!" "Thanks!" "All right." "I did it!" "Cheers!" "but I will anyway..." "Why are we having red rice and motsunabe?" "!" "Because we're celebrating!" "The motsunabe shows respect to Hakata!" "Hakata!" "I knew it was pointless asking..." "I'll serve up some for everyone." "It's like eating okonomiyaki with a spatula." "congratulations." "Thanks. but it takes time for a pitch to actually go through." "I haven't actually succeeded yet." "we'll have to plan a bigger celebration when you actually pass." "Thanks." "I'll do my best!" "Most people don't even make it to the presentation stage." "Yeah." "Aoyama." "Sure." "I hope it didn't bug you." "It really motivated me." "That's great." "Text?" "Aoyama... sent me a text telling me I could do it." "Wait." "For what?" "Who knows?" "Shiina Mashiro" "No Subject" "You can do it" "what kind of joke is this?" "You said texts motivate you." "you should be saying "Congratulations." "Your reaction was different for Nanami's text." "Of course it was." "Is this discrimination?" "No!" "You only give Nanami special treatment." "Have you forgotten that I give you special treatment every day?" "Shiina." "It made it a lot easier to explain my concept." "Really?" "Yeah." "but..." "What?" "Nothing." "Aoyama." "Huh?" "Good luck with your audition." "When is it?" "What's wrong?" "there's a favor I want to ask of you..." "Would that be okay?" "What did you want to talk to me about?" "I guess." "There's actually something I've always wanted to tell you..." "I..." "I've always..." "Always..." "I've always loved you." "I love you!" "um... um..." "I-I feel the same way." "I-I also l-l-lo..." "I can't do it!" "H-Hey!" "Don't be so embarrassed about it!" "You're making me embarrassed!" "but... remember?" "R-Right... let's take it from the top." "Sure." "What did you want to talk to me about?" "I guess." "Watching Kanda-kun and Aoyama-san together makes you feel gloomy?" "What do you mean by gloomy?" "I get this weird feeling right here." "Hold on." "What?" "This is an important time for you." "Read these and study them." "And pour all that gloom into your manga." "Pour it into my manga... this is your chance!" "gimme a break." "you say that every time." "right?" "Why don't you use it as an excuse to confess your feelings to him?" "She's right." "it means he's not against the idea." "so it'd be perfect." "no!" "It's just for my audition!" "I can't go into that with impure motives!" "You're always so difficult." "Just do it." "February 14th is Valentine's Day" "What did you want to talk to me about?" "I guess." "There's actually something I've always wanted to tell you..." "I've always..." "Always..." "Always..." "Why don't you use it as an excuse to confess your feelings to him?" "I can't!" "Wh-Wh-What?" "!" "Mashiron?" "too." "I love you!" "Please accept this!" "Valentine's Day..." "Let's move forward with this game concept." "Rhythm Battler thank you." "that illustration from your presentation..." "Who drew that?" "that's Sakura Hall's... someone living in my dorm drew it." "Sakura Hall?" "then." "You know Chihiro-sensei?" "we were classmates." "What?" "Really?" "!" "Her cousin drew that illustration!" "I see..." "Did she also work on Nyapollon?" "she helped with that." "you came to see Nyapollon?" "it was a lot of fun." "too." "You bet!" "This month's Nanohana Hall is really interesting." "Mashiro-san!" "It's all thanks to my advice!" "I'm so excited to see her!" "Good evening!" "That was delicious!" "thanks for making the joyanabe." "Good luck on your exam!" "Yeah!" "I dedicate this brain of mine to Suimei High!" "I think Suimei would be in trouble if it dropped to your level." "Onii-chan!" "this month's volume was super-interesting." "Yeah." "You perfectly captured how boys and girls... get nervous as Valentine's Day approaches!" "Mashiro-san!" "Why are you acting so condescending?" "!" "Valentine's Day is the day after tomorrow." "That's what's going through your head?" "Shouldn't you be worrying about tomorrow's exam?" "but..." "Valentine's Day is a special day when girls... are allowed to display their courage!" "nice one!" "you're on my side!" "She's making it by hand?" "I hope she gets to give it to him." "I'm home." "welcome." "Good evening." "so I folded them for you." "You didn't need to do that..." "I thought you'd be late coming home again today." "Thanks." "Should I heat up some rice for you?" "too." "Thanks." "I'll eat first." "what's your relationship with Nanami-san?" "What do you mean?" "Why are you doing all these things for Nanami-san?" "!" "Something's not right!" "Something's definitely not right!" "too." "That's because you can't do them yourself!" "There's something I've always wanted to tell you..." "I've always..." "Always... not Mashiro-san." "You both act like a couple that's been living together for two years!" "Where did you pull such a realistic number from?" "Sorata." "you're dressed too immodestly!" "Onii-chan!" "She'll attack you!" "Why aren't you wearing any clothes?" "Because you weren't there." "don't you?" "you can do it." "but I can't warp or split myself in two!" "I'm a normal human being!" "how long are you going to keep looking?" "What?" "At my embarrassing appearance." "What?" "!" "Onii-chan!" "nasty pervert!" "Don't come here dressed like that if you know how you look!" "What are you going to do if I lose my cool in front of my sister?" "!" "you're a brute!" "A real brute!" "Onii-chan?" "!" "Why are you talking like that?" "I'm all shook up!" "I'm just drying her hair." "Dry" not to stress!" "You're lying!" "It looks like you're getting intimate!" "It's nothing to make a fuss about." "We always do this." "Don't make it sound worse than it already is!" "This is too mature for me!" "I'm worried about my test tomorrow!" "Yuko." "How condescending!" "Good luck on your exam." "Thanks!" "Yuko-chan." "You can do it." "everyone." "before I forget..." "Onii-chan!" "I know." "What's this?" "but I made you some homemade chocolate this year." "so I'm giving it to you now." "thanks." "I won't lose to you two!" "good luck!" "Huh?" "Me?" "Tomorrow's Valentine's Day!" "Mashiro-san or Nanami-san?" "Dad wanted me to tell you to stop being so indecisive!" "See you later!" "you're blushing." "So he is." "What did Yuko say?" "She didn't say anything!" "How suspicious." "There's nothing suspicious about it!" "Suspicious." "They say repeating "cacao mass"... over and over will make you feel like an adult." "1)}#17 Valentine's Day is Chocolate Day" "It seems eating too much chocolate doesn't actually make your nose bleed." "Not being by Ryunosuke's side on Valentine's Day is some awful "cacao mass."