"Huh?" "!" "Use that." "Wha—" "What was that about?" "Idiot... Why don't you write a story about those two on a date?" "Ken-san suggested I write a story about the secondary characters." "But those characters were modeled after Wakamatsu and Seo." "Should I really go ahead and advance their relationship? or that I can't imagine a date between them... 9th-X-DAY Seo-senpai gave me a movie ticket..." "What should I do?" "I think you should definitely go." "And then tell me how it went." "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Tenth Issue" "What's Strengthened Is Our Bond and Our Reins" "I thought Nozaki-senpai would try to stop me." "I guess he thinks retreating in the face of the enemy would look bad." "That's Senpai for you!" "how can I make it seem like I won?" "dear!" "What's with those peasant clothes?" "you look even more like a rube!" "This is so vexing!" "I'm just making her look better!" "What a loser!" "That's it!" "you're really dressed up today..." "You were looking forward to it that much?" "Huh?" "No!" "Here it is!" "9th-X-DAY Could You Survive?" "I heard the ending is really moving!" "it just looks like a B-movie." "That's what makes these things so interesting!" "I'll go along." "the theater's already open." "huh?" "every now and then." "do you ever wonder which armrest you should use when you're at the movies?" "All Drink Sizes Now Only!" "100 Yen Off!" "The right or the left?" "Do you?" "I've never thought about it." "This is my armrest!" "I wasn't thinking." "I know!" "I'll put my drink on my armrest to assert that it's mine!" "too." "I only bought one popcorn!" "All Drink Sizes Now Only!" "100 Yen Off!" "Waka..." "I'm glad there isn't anyone on either side of us!" "Yeah..." "I guess I won't care who's next to me!" "Bob!" "John!" "aren't I?" "almost as handsome as I am." "Don't joke around..." "Let's go!" "hang in there!" "I'll get you out." "Be strong!" "you should at least save yourself." "No!" "Cathy!" "Stop!" "How is she so off-base?" "Is she the type that sympathizes with the villain?" "You... betrayed me..." "Ha!" "You're the fool for trusting me!" "No!" "Another enemy?" "Run!" "no matter who gets killed?" "I guess it's time to say goodbye." "Yes." "We did well to come this far." "Yes..." "I never imagined Bob was a being from another planet." "Look!" "I can see our home!" "I never realized it was so beautiful." "Seo-senpai..." "Wait. won't she?" "I didn't mean to do that." "I kind of want to see that." "She's just relaxing now?" "!" "that was great!" "It was!" "Cathy's last line was especially awesome!" "Huh?" "Who's Cathy?" "The old guy dressed in all the layers?" "The heroine." "you know what was really awesome?" "Monaluppo!" "He was totally the star." "I hope he'll be in the sequel!" "There was a Monaluppo?" "Were you even watching?" "This isn't right!" "right?" "huh?" "let's go somewhere and talk about it." "Okay?" "I'm game." "blorrrp... right?" "bam!" "splat!" "splat!" "That was so cool— please stop talking!" "I shouldn't have come today..." "What's with you?" "I'll invite someone else." "That kind of bothers me in itself..." "I have a ticket to an amusement park that none of my girlfriends wanted." "I'll invite Tanaka or Yamamura from the basketball team instead." "and Yamamura has a girlfriend!" "That's the best choice." "It doubles the thrill." "I'll go!" "I'll go instead!" "Don't do that to them!" "I never should have gone out with you!" "I've had enough!" "Fine." "I'll just invite someone else." "Wh-What does that mean?" "then!" "Huh?" "What am I saying?" "I thought I hated this guy... but she gets anxious." "Yumeno-sensei?" "I think you're mistaken." "She was probably just caught up in the heat of the moment." "Nozaki-kun?" "I'm all for them..." "Do your best." "You always encourage me over the phone..." "Who are you?" "Wakamatsu?" "What are you doing?" "Hori-senpai..." "I'm actually checking out the glee club." "Glee Club" "The glee club?" "Why?" "Have you heard of the "Lorelei of the Glee Club"?" "No." "huh?" "no..." "I was just curious." "I couldn't ask you to help me—" "The Prince of the Drama Club The Romeo of the Drama Club The Oscar of the Drama Club" "Which do you think is coolest?" "Why are you trying to compete?" "shouldn't you just go in yourself?" "But I don't have any friends in the glee club." "And the members are all girls." "I'll go in." "Huh?" "Excuse me!" "Wow..." "Senpai is so dependable!" "Sorry to interrupt." "H-How'd it go?" "Maybe our next play should be a musical." "He's forgotten the original goal!" "The Next Day" "Kashima-kun?" "What's wrong?" "Chiyo-chan... the president just..." "Kashima!" "Let's try a musical for our next play! right?" "...asked me that." "Is that really a musical?" "but..." "You can manage all that?" "are you... tone deaf?" "Chiyo-chan!" "HA HA HA HA HA that's Nozaki-kun." "that's right!" "I'm tone deaf!" "aren't you?" "!" "not really." "can't you get someone who's a good singer to..." "Oh!" "Huh?" "Teach her how to sing?" "Yeah!" "Hmm..." "Seo-sama." "come on!" "sorry..." "People ask me for that kind of help all the time." "they usually give up." "Terrible way to get used to something... then?" "Another terrible way to get used to something!" "try singing." "I'll listen and evaluate you." "O-Okay." "Then..." "Smoothly flows the brook in spring..." "I have a pretty good idea now!" "That was really bad." "too! or you could give up after a year of constant practice." "Which do you prefer?" "Can't you give me a more hopeful option?" "It isn't like I want to get really good." "that'd be enough." "You could make Senpai hate musicals forever." "Or you could try to erase it from his memory." "Which do you prefer?" "It'd be faster to do something about Senpai?" "!" "Glee Club" "It's Seo-senpai... isn't she?" "maybe she's actually a decent singer." "go." "Wakamatsu?" "I just feel so bad for her!" "and she's like that?" "H-Hey..." "Hey..." "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun..." "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun." "we have play rehearsal." "Is it a musical? but one of our actors has a broken bone." "So I'll be taking his place." "Oh?" "That's unusual." "May we come and watch?" "I don't mind." "let's get started!" "Kashima-kun." "I finally get to see the president act again." "Kashima-kun looks so happy." "It's even making me feel happy." "I will avenge my father!" "Princess!" "My heart will always be with you!" "Be serious!" "next... attacks him." "Got it." "Here we go!" "Prince." "I will fight you." "right here and now." "Senpai's making such an evil face." "I'll get in trouble." "Gotta hold it in." "Glare..." "Glare!" "Rudolph." "you look like a villain." "let us have a fair fight!" "You're on!" "she's a perfect prince!" "the motions must be ingrained from rehearsing every day." "What is this?" "I'm supposed to defeat him." "Why can't I deal Senpai the finishing blow?" "what is this?" "I know I'm supposed to lose..." "I want to grab her foot and fling her into next year!" "that's enough!" "Hori-chan and the prince..." "You guys aren't a good match at all." "Maybe someone else should stand in?" "Huh?" "It isn't that easy to find a stand-in." "why don't you play Rudolph?" "Huh?" "Me?" "Yeah!" "he's the one who wrote this scenario." "Surely he understands the story and feels more affection for the characters than anyone!" "Did it always have this mob character?" "He Gave It a Try you!" "Taste my sword!" "He's incredibly monotone." "You got me..." "Floomp" "He's terrible at falling!" "I left my younger sister back in our homeland." "What will I say to her?" "Don't make up new scenarios!" "Next time..." "Lucy challenges the prince!" "Don't make a spin-off!" "Wait a second..." "I think the problem is that I'm still in my uniform." "I think I can get into the role." "then..." "Go change." "Nozaki-kun in costume!" "This was the only one that fit." "Did he have to put on that costume?" "Yeah." "huh?" "I can't even see his face!" "You want to?" "!" "He'd look like this!" "how should I hold this?" "right?" "Do it like that." "Oh..." "Rudolph!" "Nozaki-kun's gym elective was judo." "He really looks like a bear." "Don't you guys know anyone who has guts and likes to stand out?" "No one comes to mind... it'd be hard asking them for help right away." "They'd have their own things to deal with..." "I guess so... who'd jump right on board if you said the right thing..." "Huh?" "Eh?" "Wait..." "What?" "We do have that." "Huh?" "!" "You want me to act?" "You know I can't!" "Don't kid around!" "that looks great on you." "Can I take your picture?" "As I'd expect of the one I acknowledge as my rival!" "cut that out." "Wait!" "I won't play along with this!" "Are you guys stupid?" "Who would fall for an obvious ploy like that?" "!" "that stance looks even cooler!" "Huh?" "Like this?" "Whoo-whoo!" "That's our Mikorin!" "that would even overshadow the prince!" "Awesome!" "Mikoshiba!" "Keep that up!" "R-Right!" "what're you looking at?" "Oh..." "I just felt I'd seen him before." "Isn't that because he's Kashima-kun's friend?" "too." "but..." "It's just..." "He looks like someone I know better than that. who gets depressed quickly and worries a lot." "It's Mamiko!" "Looks like you've memorized most of it." "Let's run through it once." "O-Okay... but I can't help wanting to cheer." "O-Oh..." "Yeah." "Prince!" "That's right..." "That isn't Mamiko." "It's Mikoshiba." "That's cutting it close." "Not like that..." "Put your hips into it!" "Yes!" "Now take a step forward!" "That's it!" "Crush that prince!" "president?" "That's it!" "Go!" "Why don't you wear this?" "I think this one's better." "too." "Right?" "This one's good." "Whew..." "I wasn't sure what would happen." "I'm glad we found someone good to help us." "Yeah." "Kashima?" "Nothing!" "I can't believe Senpai cheered more for Mikoshiba than me." "Maybe he really likes him..." "No!" "That can't be true!" "Mami...koshiba!" "Mami...koshiba!" "He's getting his name wrong over and over." "Mami...koshiba!" "You're rehearsing with Mikoshiba again today?" "I got him to agree yesterday." "Can you come again tomorrow?" "Sure!" "he's easy to talk to." "Excuse me!" "Is Mikoshiba..." "He went back to his old self after one day." "You'll have to get him used to you again." "after all." "Let's start rehearsal." "So my boyfriend got really mad!" "I think it's partly your fault for looking at his phone." "Huh?" "But didn't he lock it because he's hiding something?" "Like cheating on you?" "You've gotta appreciate his guts." "no." "There must be something good about Senpai!" "We made up on the way home yesterday." "That's great!" "I saw him walking hand-in-hand with an older girl." "Huh?" "Why would you say that?" "Where is it?" "Where's her good side?" "Where did you see that?" "Wakamatsu has been staring really hard at Seo-senpai..." "Seriously?" "What about her did he fall in love with?" "Let's ask him sometime!" "I told you..." "There's no point in fighting over one stupid guy." "Look for someone better." "Tenth Issue End" "To Be Continued" "Next Issue please teach me to sing!" "are you listening?" "I forgot to take out my earplugs." "Huh?" "Next time:" "Rice and Salt." "What the heck does "Rice and Salt" mean?" "but look forward to it!"