"Japanese language:" "Zero." "Math:" "Zero." "Geography and history:" "Zero." "don't you?" "You're mean." "How did you score a zero in English when you've lived in England?" "!" "English" "What exactly have you been studying up till now?" "!" "Art." "What about math and science?" "I've never studied those." "There's no saving this one..." "Looks like you've got it rough right from the first day of summer break." "help me! but she's not ready at all!" "What about Chihiro-sensei?" "She left it up to me and went to a mixer instead." "And Shiina isn't even worried about it—" "Hey!" "What did I just say?" "!" "I need to do some storyboards for a serialized manga." "My goal is to have them ready by next month's meeting." "Did Ayano-san tell you to do that?" "Yes." "Then you'd better pass those makeup exams quick!" "Kouhai-kun!" "Let's play!" "Where did you come in from?" "!" "My own personal elevator." "Now I can come directly to this room without using the stairs." "it's a victory for technology." "And how do you get back?" "What's all this you're doing behind my back?" "What's going on?" "What's going on?" "!" "We're helping Shiina with her makeup exams." "why don't you help out?" "Just memorize the info." "What?" "!" "It's the only way..." "Huh?" "The music and art makeup exams... are the same as the original test. the school has different expectations for art students." "didn't you?" "Yes. but she can't do it in a day—" "I've memorized them." "What?" "!" "I only have to see them once to memorize them." "I imagine them as pictures." "Who was the ancient Egyptian pharaoh who rejected polytheism?" "Amenhotep IV." "What is the formula to solve quadratic equations?" "plus or minus the square root... divided by 2a." "Startling..." "This almost smells like a scam... let's play!" "We'll have a makeup-passing party!" "She hasn't passed the exams yet!" "and push!" "I've never played a game before..." "Don't just go along with it!" "I can't take it anymore." "Their level of focus is extraordinary." "they'll stay up all night." "I can't believe I lost to Shiina even though she's never played before... then?" "I don't think I can." "Chihiro-sensei told me to look after Shiina." "too." "I haven't finished my new script yet..." "I'll do everything I can." "I can't just throw it all away." "What are you going to do over summer break? so I'm hoping to finish my pitch." "Hey!" "hey!" "What do you think you're doing in here?" "!" "I can't believe you're both into gay stuff like... pouring your sweet nectar down each others' throats!" "Nectar?" "Please don't say weird things like that!" "it's time for revenge!" "What?" "You gonna let Mashiron beat you like that?" "!" "wait!" "You call yourself a man?" "!" "Jin!" "Hurry up!" "Her makeup exams start tomorrow morning!" "okay." "Misaki-senpai!" "Don't fall asleep during your test." "I'll be waiting for you in the classroom." "Okay." "It'll probably take about three hours..." "Huh?" "You Have One New Message." "One Missed Call you said you'd come home over summer break!" "Why haven't you called me?" "! my summer vacation plans will be ruined—" "Play Stop crap." "I forgot." "Go for the Game Grand Prize!" "Fujisawa Kazuki" "Huh?" "what are you doing?" "so I tagged along." "I'm just passing the time." "She still needs someone to chaperon her?" "It's been four months since she arrived here." "Let's just say we're doing some dorm buddy bonding..." "I see." "what are you doing?" "I was asked to." "You were?" "Why?" "I was late paying my rent." "They said they'd contact my parents... if I was late again this month." "Are you okay?" "don't worry." "so as of next month..." "Huh?" "Why now?" "Here." "Huh?" "Baumkuchen but you're welcome to have it." "It's okay." "I'm on a diet." "Call it payback for the chikuwa you gave me the other day." "I said I don't want—" "Thanks..." "Alarm:" "Convenience Store" "I've got to go to work." "I'll pay you back for the baumkuchen once they pay me." "See you later." "Sorata." "Are your exams over?" "You should apologize to all the students of the world... who actually study..." "I'm sorry." "Sound like you mean it!" "I'm really sorry?" "Why is it a question now?" "!" "there are people in the world... who work hard and still struggle!" "it's Jin." "Huh?" "Jin-san isn't a struggling student..." "Jin must also have makeup exams." "His grades are excellent." "I'm sure he's already been referred to our college." "Maybe he came to do the paperwork for that..." "Sorata." "Yeah?" "I want Hashimoto Bakery's ultimate melon bun." "Where did that come from?" "Chihiro said you'd buy me one if I passed my exam." "I wasn't informed of this..." "Kanda-kun..." "Wada:" "Off Aoyama:" "On Break Suzuki:" "Afternoon" "Sorry for surprising you like that." "Are you sure you're not pushing yourself too hard?" "I'm fine." "I just felt a little lightheaded." "See?" "I'm fine now. can't you ask your parents to send you some money?" "No..." "Is there a reason you can't?" "my parents are... opposed to me studying to be a voice actor." "Especially my father..." "They let me start school on the condition that..." "I pay for my living expenses... without relying on them." "I'm certain they'll haul me away." "I can't ask them for money... why don't you come to Sakura Hall?" "What?" "but the rent's cheap. and I bet they'd be happy to see you." "Sakura Hall... but... but it's not that bad once you get used to it." "And the room next to Shiina's is free." "Sorata." "Huh?" "Why won't you call me by my first name?" "What?" "!" "Where did that come from?" "!" "Call her by her first name?" "!" "I asked you to call me Mashiro." "We don't want strangers to overhear us... and get suspicious about our relationship." "Your relationship?" "!" "I mean..." "Use my first name when it's just us two." "It's not just the two of us right now!" "What's going on?" "!" "Should I be suspicious about your relationship?" "!" "Wait!" "Calm down!" "Look!" "Someone's already got the wrong idea..." "You're asleep?" "!" "I'm tired..." "You didn't let me sleep a wink last night..." "What?" "!" "you've got the wrong idea... but you did it again and again—" "Just shut up!" "you shut up!" "Me?" "!" "so my body's aching now." "K-K-Kanda-kun!" "I don't believe you!" "No!" "A game!" "We were playing video games until morning!" "she was really good at it—" "Wake up!" "Please wake up!" "I'll die!" "Kanda-kun..." "Aoyama-san?" "I've been wondering this for a while..." "Are you two dating?" "What makes you say that?" "!" "She told you to use her first name!" "And you said something about an "owner" for her... but Shiina-san went on a date with Mitaka-senpai..." "I went to a love hotel with Jin." "I ended up spending the night with Sorata... will you?" "!" "N-N-No!" "We're high school students!" "We shouldn't have anything to do with d-d-debauchery!" "there's an explanation for all of this!" "say something." "This is where you should wake up!" "I have an idea." "Wh-What's your idea?" "I'll move to Sakura Hall and find out for myself... if I have really got the wrong idea!" "I've got one of Hashimoto Bakery's... ultimate melon buns right here." "I'll give you this melon bun... if you can promise me one thing." "I promise." "I haven't told you what the promise is yet!" "Aoyama will be moving into Sakura Hall soon." "she'll see how we act every day. and pick out your panties for you! who knows what that serious Aoyama will think..." "I want to eat the ultimate melon bun." "but..." "Listen up!" "she'll be convinced that we're total perverts." "That's why I want you to promise that... you'll take care of yourself from now on!" "I will." "don't you?" "!" "Why don't you just tell her you're dating?" "What kind of warped logic is that?" "there's nothing strange about... you washing Mashiro-chan's underwear." "Even Aoyama-san would accept that." "Jin-san." "You're a genius—" "Out of the question!" "You don't usually go in for sarcasm." "I understand what you're trying to say." "Really?" "Put simply..." "Yeah." "...in order to protect our secret..." "You don't have to make it sound so suggestive." "...you want me..." "Yes!" "...to annihilate Nanami." "just tell her you're dating!" "Annihilate her?" "a warrior?" "A soldier?" "Jin-san." "We'll use my idea as Plan A." "Annihilating her will be Plan C." "Absolutely not!" "my stomach!" "Rhinoceros Removals" "Aoyama" "Now I just have to unpack everything." "Okay!" "Hikari." "It's good to see you again." "How have you been?" "It's so nice you all got to come back." "what's wrong?" "!" "Stop!" "no!" "I'm helping!" "Are you trying to play hero?" "Kouhai-kun!" "Nanamin wears things like this! the wilder they are in places we can't see." "My friend from back home gave them to me... as a joke for my birthday!" "I've never worn them!" "she even has one of these!" "too!" "Your friend has good taste." "They're so easy to take off." "This is cute!" "I want it!" "No!" "That's my best friend!" "Best friend"?" "Sorata." "You did it again?" "The tea spilled." "You mean you spilled it." "Kanda-kun!" "Mitaka-senpai!" "Close your eyes!" "What?" "you need to get changed quickly!" "wait!" "Huh?" "Th-This is your room?" "she's seen the truth already." "but Shiina's from another world." "but I didn't think she was this odd." "she can't take care of herself." "though." "Kanda:" "Mashiro Duty well..." "This is what you were talking about." "I understand." "I knew you would—" "But I can't accept it." "who could? you should be able to take care of yourself!" "I think there's a major problem... with letting a boy do all her laundry and cleaning!" "the other females in Sakura Hall... are a lazy teacher and an alien." "You're forgetting someone." "Huh?" "I will be on Mashiro Duty!" "Secretary" "Nanamin!" "I'll be cheering you on!" "Aoyama:" "Mashiro Duty" "Not like that!" "That's too much!" "You're putting in too much!" "This is hard." "You can use a computer just fine." "Because that's necessary to draw manga." "too!" "Sorata." "You can't do this. and you're attending a training school." "You can't add Mashiro Duty to that..." "I'm fine." "I've got it all worked out." "I'm sure even Shiina-san can—" "What?" "You can't just push random buttons!" "W-Wait!" "you have to turn it off." "you're going to catch a cold." "You're walking the same path I did." "I can do it!" "didn't you?" "!" "I didn't see!" "I didn't see anything!" "Liar!" "You have the look of someone who saw!" "And what kind of look is that?" "!" "Sorata." "What's up?" "Fold these." "No!" "Don't ask boys to do things like that!" "Don't help her!" "O-Okay..." "Huh?" "What's that?" "it's my game pitch. and I was thinking of submitting it to a development audition." "you... here." "it's even more important that you don't!" "You'll get in Kanda-kun's way!" "What?" "Shiina-san." "Aoyama and Shiina... look like they're getting along." "Maybe girls really do get along better with other girls." "I finished my pitch sooner than I expected." "Kanda Sorata:" "How does this look for a pitch?" "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "I just finished reading it." "there he is." "Kanda Sorata:" "How does this look for a pitch?" "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "I just finished reading it." "Kanda Sorata:" "What did you think?" "it's nowhere near good enough for the audition." "it's nowhere near good enough for the audition." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "It definitely won't make it past screening." "it's nowhere near good enough for the audition." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "It definitely won't make it past screening." "Kanda Sorata:" "You sure don't beat around the bush." "I will explain things in very simple terms so that even your disappointment of a brain can understand." "I'm not sure that first sentence was necessary." "explaining your content as clearly as possible." "Concept" "Your concept is how you plan to invoke... the kind of enjoyment you're aiming for." "Target" "Your target is the age and sex of your intended audience." "H-Hold up." "The benefits are..." "I can't take this all in at once!" "I'm outlining the most basic of basic elements here." "Sorata-sama?" "You don't need to phrase it like that." "I may have underestimated this." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "You're naive." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "You're naive." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "Stop thinking like a high school student." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "You're naive." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "Stop thinking like a high school student." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "The people evaluating your work are adults who make hundreds of millions of yen on games." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "You're naive." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "Stop thinking like a high school student." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "The people evaluating your work are adults who make hundreds of millions of yen on games." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "This isn't a kids' game." "How much more salt are you going to rub in the wound?" "!" "and one more thing... and one more thing..." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "You should include images." "and one more thing..." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "You should include images." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "It'll make your pitch much more appealing than reams of endless text." "and one more thing..." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "You should include images." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "It'll make your pitch much more appealing than reams of endless text." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "Signing off now." "and one more thing..." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "You should include images." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "It'll make your pitch much more appealing than reams of endless text." "Akasaka Ryunosuke:" "Signing off now." "Ryunosuke-sama has logged out." "it's a complete failure..." "Concept Enjoyment Plan Target Target Age Target Sex" "Corrections Include Images Ask Misaki-senpai..." "Problems Images?" "— Think hard!" "Color?" "Explain... how?" "Shiina!" "What?" "what?"!" "What are you doing?" "!" "I'm sleeping." "Sleep in your own room!" "Nanami would come to wake me up in the morning." "Have you been working on your storyboards until now?" "Yes..." "Shiina!" "Sorata." "Huh?" "call me Mashiro." "O-Okay." "Mashiro..." "Are you making any progress on your storyboards?" "No..." "Have you been getting enough sleep?" "Not really..." "Because you're not making any progress?" "I don't know... when is the magazine featuring your debut going to be published?" "On the 10th..." "Do you want to go buy it together?" "I bet you're excited." "It's the first time your manga will be in print." "I knew this would happen..." "Aoyama?" "I knew you were after my body." "What?" "I was stupid to trust you..." "W-Wait!" "Calm down!" "Look at the situation!" "What are you talking about?" "You snuck into a girl's room to—" "Huh?" "What?" "Sorry!" "I'm really sorry!" "It's fine." "anyway?" "I felt like I'd fall asleep if I went back to my room. so I need to memorize my lines..." "When's that?" "The 10th." "The 10th?" "You don't have time for Mashiro Duty." "It's okay." "I've still got a few days." "It's my turn to clean this week!" "I need to put out the garbage!" "I'll do it." "You get some rest." "It's okay!" "It'll only take a second." "You should accept the kindness of others." "Why are you being so stubborn about this?" "I'm not being stubborn!" "You're the one who should stop being so forceful!" "What are you talking about?" "so you don't need to worry!" "I don't need your help!" "How can someone who fell asleep down here say that?" "!" "You're pushing yourself too hard!" "Mind your own business!" "so it's no big deal!" "Fine!" "Do whatever you want!" "I will!" "Whoops. so I'm beat." "Maybe another time." "so just get out!" "you should stop ignoring the rules about curfews and permissions to stay out late!" "Did you have a fight?" "No..." "We didn't fight!" "Sorry you got caught up in this." "It's okay." "I never could've said all that." "Asking someone who's so stubborn why they're being... so stubborn." "Were you listening again?" "Don't forget to make up with her." "What's wrong? so I was wondering if—" "What?" "Where am I supposed to sleep?" "I guess it doesn't matter." "It's morning already... #05 The Serious Girl of Sakura Hall" "Youth is synonymous with hassle." "#06 The Blue After the Rain and pretend you forgot everything that happened." "give me a Hoppy." "Heavy on the shochu."