"Can you hear me?" "Can you hear my voice?" "My name is..." "Someone said this before." "There are 7 billion people in this world." "Which of them you will meet is decided by fate." "And if one of these people becomes your friend, it's an incredible miracle." "Since the odds are one out of 7 billion." "Indeed, to me it seems an improbable miracle." "However, how many people live in this world is fairly insignificant." "As long as you live like a normal person, it's very easy to make friends." "As long as you live like a normal person." "Nevertheless, I wonder why I didn't have any friends." "Are you Hasegawa Kodaka?" "You really like to act cocky, don't you?" "No..." "I don't care who you are, but there's a rule in this town." "Give me a break." "Why must I imagine this?" "You may act cocky, but in fact you're a coward, huh!" "Let's... run away from here!" " Don't let him get away!" " Stop there!" "Damn!" "Watch out!" " Stop right there!" " Don't let him get away!" "[Boku wa tomodachi ga sukunai] [I don't have many friends]" "Ouch." "Hasegawa Kodaka, St. Chronica Academy, Class 2-5." "My father is Japanese and my mother is English." "Therefore my blond hair which makes me visibly different." "After having lived at many places since I was young, we moved here to Touya City just 3 months ago." "I'm living together with my slightly weird younger sister." "My servant, have you prepared the offerings for tonight?" "Day in, day out, the only person I communicate with is my sister Kobato." "In short, I'm introverted and terrible in social situations." "Basically, I'm scared of strangers and get nervous easily." "My hair and my eyes do the rest." "So, since I was little..." "From now on, Hasegawa Kodaka will be your friend." "So, Kodaka-kun, please introduce yourself." "Kodaka-kun?" "Are you alright?" "This gives a good impression of my young life." "And when we had just arrived in this town..." "Hey, where do you have your eyes, bastard!" "Hey, you!" "What's with you!" "What's that?" "Are you alright?" "Since that incident, rumors spread that a violent person had moved into the neighbourhood." "That's what caused everything." "You really like to act cocky, huh?" "To be true, I'm quite good at sports." "But I never fight with others." "Therefore," "I run away." "In the meantime, the recollection of this incident faded away but my introverted personality made everyone at this school feel uneasy about me." "To be true, it's hard." "It's time to run." "Yeah." "This will happen later in our story, and I'll be involved in it." "So much for my short self-introduction." "That day when we went to the theme park, someone was talking with you, right, Tomo-chan?" "Yeah." "You're just too adorable, Tomo-chan." "Huh, who's that?" " Mikazuki Yozora." " Oh yeah, you told me before." "What are you doing?" "I forgot my cell phone." "You... saw it?" "I'm asking you, did you see it?" "Yeah, I saw it." "I see." " Can you perhaps see ghosts?" " It's Tomo-chan!" "Tomo...?" "I was just chatting with my air friend Tomo-chan." "You're so dense." "You should know what an air guitar is." "This is a friend version." "Does that mean... you imagine there's a friend?" "This is not an imagination!" "Tomo-chan is really here!" "See, here!" "See?" "That girl is scary." "It makes me so happy to chat with Tomo-chan." "And I always lose track of the time." "It's so nice to have a friend." "Apart from Tomo-chan, do you have other friends?" "If I had, I wouldn't need Tomo-chan." "That sounds logical." "Well, aren't you the always lonely transfer student?" "Transfer student?" "It was 3 months ago." "Please don't call me that." "Alright, Hasegawa Kodaka." "Of course I know you." "I'm always prepared for the case a communication might arise, so I have all our classmates' names in my head." "However, it seems the opportunity for a talk won't come." "That's sad, huh?" "The always lonely Kodaka has no right to pity me." "So, now she calls me by my first name directly?" "Kodaka, have you been lonely in your previous school, too?" "Not only in the previous school." "I never had friends." "Never?" "Yeah." "Since you were little?" "Since I was little." "I see." "What?" "Nothing." "What's the reason?" "Just look at my appearance." "Plus, I get nervous when talking to others, so everyone is afraid of me." "Poor boy." "You have no right to say that." "Don't lump us together!" "To begin with, I'm not really trying to make friends." "What do you mean by that?" "I don't mind if have no friends, but I hate that they treat me like a pitiful girl who has no friends and look down at me." "Of course." "Aren't you the same?" "I hope someday I will find a true friend." "You're an optimist, huh." "Just mind your own business." "Well, don't you have any good ideas?" "To make a real friend?" "Maybe you should join a club?" " No way!" " Why?" " It's too embarrassing!" " For what reason?" "Just try to imagine." "All the club members already have their relationships, and then you suddenly show up." "It's too awkward." "You're right." "No, wait a minute." "That's it." "A club..." "See you." "What's wrong with her?" "Kodaka." "You feel shy when talking to others, right?" "But didn't you talk freely right now?" "This is how I, Hasegawa Kodaka, met Mikazuki Yozora for the first time." "I'm back." "How unexpected." "Be welcome in my residence, my servant." "I'm sorry, but that's my younger sister." "I'll forgive you for now." "Come, present your offerings to me!" "Kobato, I'm sorry for coming back late." "Are you hungry?" "Kobato is just a camouflage name of mine." "My true name is Reists V. Felicity Sumeragi." "A great ancient vampire!" "I'm really sorry for this, but that's my younger sister." "Hasegawa Kobato, age 13." "A junior high student at St. Chronica Academy." "Due to the influence of Iron Necromancer animes she always wears such strange clothes." "Of course, she has no friends either." "Look, I could talk to her without any problems." "So I wonder why I get nervous when talking to others." "Maybe I'm afraid they're making judgements on me." "Are you listening?" "I have no interest in your boring topic." "Fill up the Virgin Blood for me." "It's just tomato juice." "Hey, eat your onions." "I hate onions." "Eat it, or I'll never again cook for you." "An-chan, you're terrible!" "I hate onions!" "Only gangsters dye their hair." "My hair isn't dyed." "Well, what is it then?" "That's not your business." "It is our business!" "Stop bullying him!" "Welcome to the shopping district." "We hope you will enjoy your shopping here." "Hey, Kobato, this is dangerous." "Stand up." "Bow." "Thank you." "Hey, hey!" "Let's go to the snack counter!" "So you're here?" "Eating your bento alone on the roof." "Now I see how lonely you are." "Don't make a big affair out of it." "Come with me for a moment." "I'm just..." "Hey." "Oh my, this is weird." " What are you looking at?" " See?" " Oh my, isn't that Hasegawa?" " Oh gosh." "Here it is." "What is here?" "Our club room." "All the procedures are done." "Welcome to the Neighbour's Club." "Neighbour's Club?" "Yes." "In the spirit of Christianity we'll become our schoolmates' friendly neighbours and build our relationships." "This is a club where we can learn from each other earnestly and sincerely." "That sounds suspicious." "So, what is the function of this club?" "It's to make friends, of course." "I've never heard of such a club." "This way, we can avoid those who snub us for being alone until we actually have made friends." "I'm sure we'll find true friends in this room." "What's this?" "Why are you so confident?" "Well, perhaps you're right." "Good luck!" "Why do you act as if this had nothing to do with you?" "You're one of the members!" "What?" "I've completed your application." "You should thank me." "What are you saying?" "Come, let's put up the posters together." "You may laugh, but I think they're well done." "What's this?" "As I said, the poster for member recruitment." "But there's not written what this club is about!" "You're so naive, Kodaka." "Read it diagonally." "Recruiting friends." "Yes." "If someone really wants to make friends, they should notice the hidden message in this poster." "And what does this drawing at the bottom mean?" "There's a famous song that goes:" "Gather 100 friends and go eating onigiri at Mount Fuji." "So I drew that scenario." "But, your onigiri have legs!" "You only consider your own thoughts." "Kodaka, you must become lonely." "You are the one to say that!" "Well, there's something that just came to my mind." "What?" "Stop calling me "you"." "It's annoying and I dislike it." "I'm sorry." "Then, Mikazuki-san..." "Yozora." "Call me by my given name directly." "Yozora." "What's with that creepy smile?" "Disgusting." "Don't you have nickname?" "I feel awkward calling you by your given name." "I have a nickname." "No, I had." "But I won't tell you." "Why?" "Because nicknames are only to be used by friends." "So, put the posters up everywhere." " But I haven't agreed." " Thank you, Kodaka." "Sometimes I feel lonely." "I should give up and let things be as they are." "That's what I think." "I just should give up." "Hasegawa Kodaka." "Seems you had an argument with other students again, right?" "No, not really." "Your private conflicts with others are nothing I do care about." "But, when this happens in school, it's another story." "As the student council president, I have the duty to protect peace at this school." "From now on, no more unpleasant incidents please." "Don't run away!" "That's all I have to say." "But you have been there before, right?" "Come on, you're free, aren't you?" "Yeah, I'm free but..." "You're late, Kodaka." "Sorry." "So, this is our club activity?" "Just wait." "Our first mission is to recruit members." "As I thought, we should better give up." "There's someone!" "Really?" "Is this the Neighbour's Club?" " I want to join..." " No, it's not!" "Eh?" "Isn't there something you have to do?" "Wait!" "She's an applicant for our club, isn't she?" "What are you talking about?" "Tomo-chan, you're a bit odd, huh?" "Hey." "You really are odd." "Hey, why did you close the door?" "I'm here to join the club!" "Go die!" "Wait!" "Why did you close the door?" "Open up!" "Could it be that girl is an acquaintance of you?" "No, but I recognize her face and know her name." "Kashiwazaki Sena from Class 2-3." "The single daughter of a wealthy city council member." "Every guy is mad for her, but she's just a spoiled princess." "Eh?" "She's attractive, good in sports as well as study." "Always takes first place in academic rankings." "Damn that bitch." "I wish she dropped dead!" "Tomo-chan, you think so too, don't you?" "She's really nuts, that girl." "Why do you treat me like that?" "I said I wanted to join the club!" "If you're here to sneer at us, get lost!" "I'm not here for this reason!" "I'm here because of that friend recruitment poster!" "Huh?" "I want to make friends too!" "Look at me." "Aren't I perfect?" "I'm smart and good at sports." "As you can see, I'm a pretty young lady." "I shall bestow you the right to complain about this injustice, my plebeians." "You're just a cheap milk cow." "Huh?" "What did you say, flat-chest?" "Wait..." "Kashiwazaki-san, you said you wanted to make friends, right?" "Yes." "But you're always surrounded by boys." "They are my servants." "What I want is same-sex friends." "For example, when we have to form a group for group study or field trips, they're the friends who will team up with me." "I see." "Popular girls always get cut by other girls." "You know quite a lot for a gangster." "Will you kneel down and let me step on you?" "Or do you want to lick my shoes?" "Eh?" "..." "Why?" "Huh?" "The boys in my class do whatever I tell them." "So?" "Don't tell me you intend to play in a more erotic way?" "You're a gangster after all." "But I won't tie you up with stockings, okay?" "That's perverse!" "I guess this is what you can expect from a person who can read the hidden message of that poster." "Anyway, it's good as it is." "Now the both of you can become friends." "What?" "What are you talking about?" "I see." "You belong to different classes, so you can't form a group in class." " That's not what I mean!" " That's not what I mean!" "Why should I be friends with this milk cow girl?" "What are you saying, evil witch?" "Get lost now." "No." "Go die now." "Why must you make such a fuss the first time you meet?" "Because this bitch has a terrible attitude." "That's still better than having a brain damage." "Excuse me, I'm always the top in school rankings." "Yeah, yeah, yeah, the little milk cow is learning diligently." "You bitch!" "I'm going to tell Papa and make him expel you!" "Papa?" "How old are you?" "Don't you feel embarrassed still saying Papa and Mama?" "That's why you're a milk cow." "No, milk cow is too nice for you." "From now on, you're Meat." "Hey, Meat." "You really have a terrible attitude." "Hey, Yozora." "Gangster boy!" "Yes." "You will call me Sena." "You have my special permission." "Why?" "If you call this woman by her given name but me by my family name, it looks like I were lower than her." "Meat's thinking is really incomprehensible." "Come on!" "Say it!" "Sena." "This was a foretaste of the future." "Hey." "Oh." "It's my servant." "Are you enjoying school?" "That's not something you enjoy." "I see." " You didn't join any clubs, right?" " Of course not." "I did join a club this time." "Well, someone forced me to join it." "I wish I could have watched that." "If you're free after school, you can come and have fun with us." "If you feel lonely by yourself." "An-chan!" "Be careful!" "Be careful!" "That day, I had a dream." "Yozora and Sena were playing around like normal friends, although I know it's impossible that this will ever happen." "Taka!" "Are you alright?" "The window!" "Are you hurt?" "Shall I take you to the sick ward?" "I'm fine." "Just let me take a rest here." "Are you sure?" "Yes." "Thank you." "Then, will you excuse me now." "What are you saying?" "You were lying to me all the time!" "But you didn't decline!" " How dare you!" " Annoying!" "Shut up!" "Like I said, it's against the rules!" "What's this fuss all about?" "Didn't you agree to lend this room to us?" "That's a lie!" "This is the place where I take my afternoon nap!" "You're noisy!" "Get out if you want to quarrel!" "Shut up, Meat!" "This is my room!" "Excuse me..." "Oh, Kodaka." "Who's this girl?" "Takayama Maria." "She's a nun at this school and the club advisor." "Advisor?" "This little girl?" "Don't call me little!" "I'm a teacher, in fact!" "How old are you?" "10 years old!" "Incredible." "I'm so smart that I became a teacher at such young age." "I'm not on the same level as you all!" "Bow to me, brats!" "Shut up!" "What happened?" "This girl suddenly came and forced me to lend this room to her." "I disagreed, and then she slapped me on the cheek!" "That's terrible!" "Later, she forced me to advise this club!" "Well, I did apologize." "Let's have some potato chips and change your mood." "Potato chips?" "Are they salty?" "Yes, they have a salty flavour." "Hooray!" "Everything is okay!" "I'm in a good mood now." "Here." "High up here!" "What an attitude she has." "Excuse me..." "I'd like to join this club." "Okay, start with a self-introduction and your reason to join our club." "You're a girl, so why are you wearing a guy's uniform?" "Is it your hobby?" "A girl?" "I'm actually a guy." "You're a guy?" "I really am." "I'm Kusunoki Yukimura from Class 1-1." "So, why do you want to join our club?" "I want to be Kodaka-senpai's underling." "What?" "That's again an interesting discovery." "Why did you choose this strange gangster?" "Actually, I'm getting bullied." "Bullied?" "I thought if I'd be Kodaka-senpai's underling," "I'd learn how to become a masculine and cool guy like Kodaka-senpai." "Masculine and cool?" "That strange gangster?" "He's always alone." "The romantic and cool way he's living free like the wind, that's my ideal of a Japanese guy!" "What?" "He just doesn't have any friends." "Shut up." "In another words, you want to become tough and strong so that others will not bully you?" "Exactly." " Just like Kodaka?" " Yes." "Yozora, I..." "Kusunoki Yukimura-san." "The way you face difficulties bravely on your own resources is admirable!" "From now on, you will stay close to Kodaka and learn to be a man!" "What?" "Don't do as you please!" "Shut up, milk cow meat!" "Here, here, here, milk cow meat." "Yozora, you're an idiot!" "That's all." "Thank you." "I'll work seriously for this." "What's your intention?" "We can't afford to lose such an interesting idiot." "You're really the worst." "I'm rescuing him." "Should we just let him get bullied again?" "Alright." "Tell me, Kodaka-senpai..." "Yes?" "Can I call you Aniki (big brother)?" "Do as you wish." "You better let me carry it myself." "What are you saying!" "This is an underling's task." "Good morning." "Good morning." "Senpai!" "Yes?" "Oh!" "Aren't you the girl from yesterday?" "I'm very thankful for yesterday." "I'm Shiguma Rika from Class 1-3." "Senpai, you're Rika's savior." "So Rika owes you her life." "Was it such a deadly chemistry?" "No, it was just a fast-working sleeping pill." "It isn't harmful to the human body." "In this case, I'm not your savior." "Indeed, that drug did no harm to Rika, but if you had not passed by there," "Rika might've fallen asleep inside the science lab." "That could have happened." "And then, if by some chance an evil-doer had passed by and found Rika lying there consciousless, he could have done something terrible to Rika." "Something terrible?" "Rape!" " Rape?" " Yes." "It always happens in Rika's favourite novels." "Guys are full of carnal desires and would rape Rika non-stop, force her to all kinds of disgusting perversions..." "Okay, okay." "Rika feels so weird after imagining it." "Anyway, thanks for protecting Rika's virginity." "Rika is willing to offer her virginity to you." "No, thanks." "Don't say so please." "The moment we met, Senpai," "Rika became interested in men for the first time." "Oh, I'm coming!" "Okay." "I understand, but I've got some urgent business to do." "See you." "How shall I put it?" "She's a total weirdo." "So it seems the rumor about her is true." "You know her?" "That girl is famous for being extremly talented and a genius inventor." "Since she entered primary school she invented several drugs and computer programs and is currently a technical assistant in a company." "Really?" "Thanks." "Say, Yukimura, why are you dressed like a maid?" "As Yozora-neesan says, a true man can show his manliness no matter which clothes he's wearing." "Yozora!" "Aren't I right, Tomo-chan?" "Shiguma Rika!" "Ah!" "You are really here, Kodaka-senpai!" "What's the matter?" "Rika heard that Senpai joined the Neighbour's Club, so she wants to join too." "Join?" "!" "This is Rika's application form." " So, you're Shiguma Rika?" " Yes." "This club is formed for a noble reason." "So, there are conditions to join our club." "The reason is to make friends, right?" "How do you know?" "Rika saw a poster on the way here." "You did understand that poster so easily?" "That doesn't take much intelligence, and Rika also doesn't have a single friend." "Besides, Rika's classmates jeer at her that she's a pervert." "Seems like you fulfill the conditions." "Okay, I approve your application." "That's great!" "Now we can always be together!" "Let's do a lot of things together, okay?" "Hey, you're too close!" "Yukimura, help me!" "The relationships between the members of the Neighbour's Club are complicated." "We don't talk to each other when we run across in the corridors." "Even after school, our behaviour is unusual." "We gather at the same place, but do nothing." "And then I realized..." "We gather here in order to run away from something, to keep something secret." "This is scary." "For the moment when we will have friends, let's start to write a diary today!" "Hasegawa Kodaka." "This Neighbour's Club is only a bunch of outcasts, isn't it?" "When you gather after school, do you lick each other's wounds?" "No." "That place is your only oasis in this world, isn't it?" "What are you trying to say?" "Nothing." "I just feel pity for people like you." "Well then, see you." "Master." "How's school?" "Is it fun?" "Yes." "It's not about having fun." "Listen." "I have high hopes for you." "You better do what you're supposed to do." "I'm sorry." "Master." "Thanks for the meal." "Okay, that's all for today." "Stand up." "Bow." "Thank you." "Thanks for the meal." "What's this?" "What are you staring at me?" "Hey, boys!" "Put this in order at once!" "It looks delicious!" "Well then, let's eat!" "What's wrong, Takeru?" "What are you staring at me?" "Nothing." "Don't stare at me if it's nothing." "Hey, Sena." "What?" "Why did you join the Neighbour's Club?" "I said I wanted to make friends, didn't I?" "Did you make a friend?" "Of course not." "A friend..." "What's that actually, huh?" "If I knew, I wouldn't feel gloomy now." "I guess you're right." "By the way, your nickname..." "What?" "Meat, I mean." "Yeah." "That fool gave me a terrible nickname." "But you accepted it eventually, didn't you?" "Because this is the first time someone gave me a nickname." "Really?" "You..." "You won't tell Yozora, will you?" "I understand." "Okay, folks, let's start the club activities now." "Here?" "No!" "If someone sees us..." "Don't worry." "I've locked the door." "Can you listen to me for a moment?" "For a change, let's all together go to some place and sing karaoke." "All together?" "Karaoke?" "What's karaoke?" "At first, I planned to go singing karaoke by myself." "But I feel this is the wrong way to do it." "So you ask us to go there all together?" "All together?" "Karaoke?" "Yes." "Karaoke!" "What's that?" "Yozora-senpai, as you know, we all aren't even classmates." "This alone is reason enough to obstain from such a joint excursion." "Indeed." "Nevertheless, do you still want us to go for karaoke?" "Yes, let's go." "For karaoke." "Let's go for karaoke!" "Come on!" "No!" "Why?" "I don't want to!" "Come on." "You'll like it." "No!" "Dissolve us?" "Yes, please clear this room within a week." "What does this mean?" "Well, it has never been properly approved." "Did you think you could just continue your club activity?" "We've got permission from Sister Maria." "Sister Maria doesn't have this authority." "According to our rules, the Neighbour's Club can't be recognized as an official school club." "So you are illegally occupying this room." "Wait, what are you saying?" "What's wrong?" "Hasegawa Kodaka." "Finally, the showdown between the gangster and the student council president has begun." "Well then, fight ferociously please!" "What's wrong with that girl?" "I feel so strange when I imagine it." "UNIVERSE!" "We can use this room until the end of this week, right?" "Where else could I play this game?" "You can play it at home." "Sena-san, you really like to play games, right?" "This is not a game." "It's Girlgame." "Girlgame!" "I wish I could get into this game." "No, no." "I'm just kidding." "I can properly differentiate between reality and the virtual world." "You can get in." "Into a game." "Huh?" "This is it!" "What's this?" "This is the video game that Rika developed jointly with a hardware company named HARD." "Romancing Saga Version 1.34!" "I think I've heard of it somewhere." "Saga is the name of a prefecture." "The producer HARD is resident there." "This game, what kind of game is it?" "You could say it enables you to play Girlgame in virtual reality." "This HARD player produces electric pulses and a psychedelic gas which stimulate your brain." "And then you can get into the virtual world." "Really?" "First, let's install the data of this school and the city on the machine." "So our school will be the stage and we can feel the excitement of making friends." "You're not only a pervert, right?" "At first, Rika invented this to experience real sex." "You're really perverse, huh?" "Perversion is my profession, inventing is my hobby." "So, everyone, please put on the helmet and mask." "It's a rare opportunity, so let's play it together." "Is this safe?" "Don't worry!" "Since this is the first time," "I'll will set it to "easy" mode." "What does this mean, "easy"?" "You can do anything you want." "From this... to that!" "Anything on your mind can become true!" "That's just too good!" "Isn't this normal for you?" "What's this?" "Please be patient." "We'll start." "You will gradually feel sleepy." "Once that happens, please relax your body." "Today is July 17th." "And now, Rika's going to take you all to the virtual world of July 17th." "Are we now in the game?" "It's great!" "Exactly like in the real world." "Can you hear me?" "Yes, we can hear you." "How is it?" "Seems you are safely logged in, right?" "Every pain you feel in this world will have an effect on your real body." "So, please be careful and don't get hurt." "Oh, it's true." "What are you doing?" "Well then, please go to your classroom as usual." "Class is going to start soon." "Due to the development in countries like France, the power of the Catholic Church became stronger." "Till the end of the 3rd century, more and more churches had been built all over the Roman Empire, among them in Rome, Constantinople, Antioch, and Jerusalem." "That's it for today." "Stand up." "Bow." "Thank you." "Here." "Thanks." "Say, Kodaka, have you done the homework for the next class?" "No... not yet." "Oh gosh, I had planned to copy your homework." "Sorry." "It's okay." "Yozora!" "Are you free after school today?" "Why?" "Kayako found a shop that has delicious cakes!" "It's really a nice place." "Let's go after school!" "I'll think about it." "Bye-bye!" "For an upper-class person like me this is no problem at all." "It's a piece of cake." "Awesome!" "This is not really happening." "This game is dangerous." "People approach us as if it were normal." "However, although I made friends this way," "I feel it's humiliating and I can't get excited about it." "Somehow I'm pissed off." "Kodaka!" "Would you like to go singing karaoke with the girls from Class 2 today?" "Today, I'm a bit busy." "I see." "Okay, then next time." "Sorry." "Kodaka!" "Would you like to go singing karaoke with the girls from Class 2 today?" "Kodaka!" "What's this?" "An error has occurred." "I'll stop this at once." "My head is hurting." "What the hell has happened?" "There must be a bug in the system." "I won't play this a second time!" "Why?" "Don't you think it's fun?" "That's why you're Meat." "Such an error could become dangerous, don't you think?" "I guess we can't use this system anymore." "How long will it take to repair it?" "Probably I can finish it till graduation." "Till graduation?" "5, 6, 7, 8!" "1 ,2 ,3 ,4!" "It's unusual seeing you here." "Not really." "This is not your private property." "Well, that's right." "I guess you also feel sad because they dissolved the Neighbour's Club." "Don't talk nonsense." "Who will miss that club?" "As its foundress you shouldn't talk like that." "You may be right." "Well, it's true." "I'm the one who founded this club." "It's bullshit if I say I don't feel sad." "Yeah." "Hey, Kodaka." "What are you always watching here?" "Nothing special, just the sky." "You really never change, do you?" "Eh?" "See you." "A few days later, the Neighbour's Club has been dissolved." "Just as Saionji said, to us, that place may have been like an oasis." "We have gone back to our everyday life." "Since then, we've never again talked to each other." "It takes courage to take the first step, but none of us has such a thing." "The thing we wanted but couldn't get, it's still shining like always." "Kodaka!" "Come here for a moment." "Aniki." "Senpai!" "Long time no see." "Shouldn't we finally make sex?" "Will this ever stop!" "Rika always wears her sexy panties for you." " No." " I'm shocked!" " Take back all of your private stuff." " Okay." "Talking of it, Kodaka, did you happen to see Meat?" "No, I haven't seen her." "I heard she hasn't been in school since several days." "She doesn't seem to care for all that stuff and she still hasn't paid her club fees." "Perhaps she's sick." "Could it be..." "The HARD player in the science lab is gone." "Could Sena-san have taken it?" "I think Meat would do something like that." "Let's all go and visit her." "Alright, it can't be helped." "But only to claim it back." "Well..." "She lives in such a palace." "She's still nothing but Meat." "At your service." "My name is Stella." "What's that?" "This scenario looks familiar." "Excuse us, we'd like to meet Sena-san." "Sena-san is resting right now, but thanks for taking the trouble to come here." "Please." "We need to see her urgently." "I see." "Well then." "This is her room." "It's here!" "She used it until this happened!" "This girl's brain is nothing but meat!" "It'd be very dangerous to leave her like this." "What would happen to her." "She would never get out of the game world." "In other words, she'd stay paralyzed." " I wouldn't be sad about that." " Hey!" "Why don't we just pull off the switch?" "Stop!" "Wait a moment please!" "If we pull off the switch, we'll force a sudden reset." "I think a reset from inside the game world will be safer." "Why should we do this for her?" "What do we do now?" "Shall we go?" "Welcome to Touya City shopping district." "We hope you have a pleasant day here and happy shopping." "Whenever I hear it, I get a strange feeling." "Because it's exactly like Touya City." "Aniki, don't you hear something?" "What is this?" "Has she gone crazy?" "What are you doing here?" "We're here to take you back." "No." "I don't want to go back." "Are you a fool?" "Do you feel happy in this artificial world?" "Absolutely happy!" "Because this is my world." "We came here only for, Meat." "Go back!" "I won't allow you to get in my way." "It's time to run." "The situation is very dangerous." "You must come back at once." "Why don't we just let her alone?" "We can't do that." "Why do we have to suffer because of her?" "We're just here to claim the club fees." "Let's leave here for now." "We'll come back and save her later." "Hey, you dropped this." "Thanks." "Kodaka." "Come with me for a moment." "What's going on?" "Everything was brought back." "Even the things inside the refrigerator!" "I already took this back home, didn't I?" "Kodaka, did you do this?" "No, I didn't!" "Could it be..." "Don't tell me..." "Long time no see." "Meat?" "Are you okay again?" "What do you mean?" "Romancing Saga." "That's just a game." "I got bored of it already." "An-chan, somehow I'm scared today." "Yozora." "Kodaka, there's really something strange." "What's wrong?" "The woman in the vegetables shop who always ignored me talked to me just now." "That's..." "Isn't that a reason to be happy?" "You're so useless!" "Yes?" "Aniki, I have something to discuss with you." "Eh?" "I went back home like usual after the Neighbour Club's activity." "When I opened the door, I noticed a stranger was staying in my house." "Huh?" "Maybe I'm not mature enough to understand this." "So I thought Kodaka-aniki will know what I should do now." "I have know idea." "I'm sorry." "But..." "Eh?" "Are you really sure it was your house?" "Yes." "It's the house where I grew up." "Still, neither my father nor my mother were there, but a family named Sato-san." "Could they have fallen a victim to some crime?" "I don't know." "I suspected for a while they might have been kidnapped." "I even asked the police for help, but the officer said it has always been Sato-san's house." "So I came here to discuss it with Aniki." "By the way, how do you know where I live?" "I've tailed you many times, you see." "For now, you can stay overnight at my place." "This makes me very happy." "Damn." "Cherish your father and mother." "Never lose the faith in me." "I am your God, your Master." "I have no specific form." "You can't create God's image." "I am your God, your Master." "When you make an offer to your Master, offer in a way that I allow." "From the meat that you offer, you must not eat on that day or the next." "Burn it until the 3rd day." "Boys and girls, good morning." "Now we're going to announce the result of the student council president election." "Please gather in the main hall." "The result is:" "The new student council president is our top student, Kashiwazaki Sena-san!" "As your student council president, I'll do my very best!" "Sena!" "Sena!" "Sena!" "Sena!" "What's going on here?" "I'm afraid something horrible is happening." "What do you mean?" "The virtual world is starting to invade our daily life." "Huh?" "How could this happen?" "Sena-senpai's virtual world and the reality have been mixed together." "That's crazy!" "Sena!" "Sena!" "Sena!" "Sena!" "Okay, that's enough." "Let's go back to the real world." "How can we end this absurdity?" "By shutting down the HARD player we can force a reset." "That should bring us back to the normal world." "Sure." "Let's try it." "But it's quite risky." "What's this?" "What's this?" "Oh gosh." "What if we can't find the HARD player?" "The police said they couldn't do anything about it." "Shall we try it together tomorrow?" "Yes, thank you very much." "I said this is my house!" " It's my house!" " It's mine!" "Get out already!" "Enough of that!" "What's happening here?" "This old man is talking queer!" "Who are you?" "Do you know this girl?" "You should stop with that nonsense already." "You are talking nonsense, old man!" "What are you doing in our house?" "I told you this has always been my house!" "Look here!" "[TANAKA]" "I'm going to call the police now." "And I'm not an old man!" "Oh, Kodaka." "So, you're also facing the same problem." "Yeah." "Complete strangers are staying in my house." "It's the same in my house." "On my way home, I saw Maria standing at the main gate." "So I took her in." "The other sisters are all gone." "What's going on here?" "Kodaka!" "Kodaka, wake up!" "Yes." "Something serious is happening." "Seems it's becoming bizarre more and more." "It's so quiet out there." "Like on a weekend." "She's the one who's controlling this game." "I wonder what she has in mind, that Meat?" "That came from the direction of our school, didn't it?" "Team Red has taken the lead." "Team Blue, fight on!" "Team Red is fast, very fast." "Team Blue, don't lose!" "Is Meat somewhere around here?" "If she is, what are you going to do?" "Punch her." "And then, end this ridiculous world." "Sena-san says she wants to stay in this world." "Please let her alone." "Let go of me, Kodaka!" "We're out-numbered." "The Neighbour's Club members are here." "They want to take you back." "Look at that!" "What are you staring at me?" "I have high hopes for you." "You better do what you're supposed to do." "No!" "No!" "No!" "I refuse to go back!" "I'm here now." "I don't want to go back to the real world anymore." "The school is here, and our club room is here." "How could this happen?" "Senpai, look at this." "We've got lots of food from the supermarket." "Well, I guess this will do for a while." "A while?" "I have no intention to stay here for long." "How is the situation on the east side of the town?" "There's no living soul to be seen." "That Meat!" "I bet she's planning something wild." "Well, what shall we do if things stay as they are?" "This is completely impossible." "But at least we need a back-up plan." "What are you talking lately?" "Don't you want to leave this world?" "That's not what I mean." "Then, please mind your words." "You make me mad." "Kobato-chan and Maria-sensei are still asleep?" "Yeah, they're still sleeping." "Poor girls." "They must be very tired." "We have to find a way out quickly." "Can't you sleep?" "Yozora hasn't come back yet." "I see." "This is something very serious, isn't it?" "I guess so." "Do you really want to go back?" "Of course." "Although you'll get bullied again." "This is a completely different story." "I saw you getting bullied at school several times." "I see." "Why don't you fight back?" "Because I'm still not ready for it." "One day, I will for sure." "I see." "Aniki, if you were bullied, would you fight back?" "I don't know." "I see." "I have been rude." "I'm not only immature but also have given you a bad feeling." "Why?" "Aniki, when you see me getting bullied," "don't come and help me, okay?" "Yozora." "What are you doing?" "Nothing." "Say, Kodaka." "What are you thinking, now we're in this world?" "What will we do if we have to stay in this world?" "Who knows?" "Actually, you already know the answer, don't you?" "I..." "I think this world would be alright too." "As it is now?" "Yeah." "You really never change." "Tomorrow, I'm going to invade the school." "No matter what you think, I'm going to end this ridiculous world for sure." "Yozora." "Long time no see, don't you think?" "Now I understand." "Seems nobody is here, doesn't it?" "Sena-san!" "They kicked me out." "Huh?" "They said they wouldn't need me anymore." "What does that mean?" "Where's Yozora-senpai?" "This world, you know..." "This world..." "We have been waiting for you." "It's better if you live on in this world." "You're rough, but kind-hearted." "That's why you can't live in the real world." "Yozora, this is your world now." "Yozora's world?" "Why?" "Why isn't it mine?" " He has forgotten everything." " It's all his fault." "He has forgotten how much you helped him." "I think you're right." "Then, will you stay here forever?" "If you stay here, you won't get hurt anymore." "Aniki, somehow I feel so sleepy." "Yukimura-san!" "What will happen to us now?" "If this is Yozora-senpai's world, and her will is getting stronger and stronger, we'll be trapped in this world." "What do you mean?" "In short, we'll never get out of this world." "We'll fall asleep like Yukimura-san and the others until our life ends." "Are you kidding me?" "Why is this Yozora's world?" "Probably that's the HARD player over there." "I'm going up to the rooftop." "Senpai, please go and find Yozora-senpai." "Yozora!" "What do you want here?" "I'm here to take Yozora back." "Are you serious?" "Without Yozora-san, this world will also end." "You are wasting your time." "Shouldn't you better stay in this world too?" "I won't let you interfere with us!" "This is the world Yozora-san wishes for." "How many floors can there be?" "No, milk cow is too nice for you." "From now on, you're Meat." "Hey, Meat!" "Stupid Yozora." "It's getting boring, isn't it?" "Why don't you use your fists and fight back?" "Don't you want to hurt others?" "No, I don't think so." "You just don't want others to hurt you." "These girls live according to their heart, without lies or excuses." "But, what about you?" "You blame each and everything on others!" "It's never your own fault!" "What's wrong is your outer appearance!" "That's why others don't understand you!" "It makes me sick!" "When will you ever understand!" "It's all your own fault!" "You... don't know anything about me." "Of course I know." "I'm part of this world after all." "Okay." "Come on!" "Hit me!" "You can't protect your only friend." "What kind of man are you?" "Say you're sorry!" "Say you're sorry!" "Are you okay?" "Thanks." "I'm..." "I'm Kodaka." "You can call me Taka." "My name is..." "Yozora and me..." "You will never change!" "You will never protect anyone, Taka!" "Let's go, Yozora." "It's useless." "She won't wake up." "Instead of the reality that disappointed her she chose this world." "Yozora!" "What are you looking at?" "Nothing special." "I'm just looking at the sky." "I imagine there's something there and feel happy." "Even if I transfer to another school, I'll never forget you." "When we meet again, I'll be strong for sure." "Next time, I'll protect you." "Don't force yourself, Taka." "I'm not forcing myself." "Someone who can't protect his only friend, what kind of man is this?" "So let's be friends forever, okay?" "Yeah." "I'm Hasegawa Kodaka." "Yozora." "Let's go back." "To our original world." "It's okay." "I'll stay here." "Yozora!" "I don't want to go through even more disappointments." "Now I remember." "I remember it, Yozora." "What is it good for at this point?" "It was me..." "It's all my fault!" "I'm sorry for breaking my promise." "You will never change." "Whether it's 10 years ago or now, you can't protect anyone." "It's my fault to make you remember all this." "Yozora." "It's too late already!" "Can you hear me?" "This is Kashiwazaki Sena." "I have a message for stupid Yozora." "How long are you're going to sleep?" "Hurry and wake up now, stupid!" "I admit, it's mortiying that this world is not mine." "However, I might have deserved that." "But that you're not here is a different story." "If you're not here, who will call me Meat?" "Come back now!" "Please call me Meat again!" "Since this is the first time someone gave me a nickname." "To be true, I hate you!" "You have a bad personality and hanging eyes!" "You have a flat chest and you're bad at singing!" "Anyway, I hate you!" "I definitely won't lose to you!" "The song that you sang at karaoke, I can sing that better than you." "Listen now!" "I'll show you." "So wake up now, you damned idiot!" "I'm your friend." "I'm Kodaka." "You can call me Taka." "My name is Sora." "I'll protect you, Sora." "Taka, do you know?" "There are 7 billion people in this world." "Which of them you will meet is decided by fate." "And if one of these people becomes your friend, it's an incredible miracle." "Since the odds are one out of 7 billion." "Can we create that miracle?" "We have created it." "What's going on?" "Time is over." "This world is going to end." "Let's go, Yozora." "Sora!" "Can you hear me?" "Can you hear my voice?" "UNIVERSE!" "My name is..." "My name is..." "Mikazuki Yozora." "Guys!" "Guys!" "Wake up please!" "What a relief!" "What's going on here?" "Are we back in safety?" "In safety?" "Well, if you ask that, I think we're safe now, but since I couldn't reset the HARD player, I smashed it with this." "Where's Kobato?" "Maria is not here, either." "What are you talking about?" "Neither of them was a player." "Aniki, look!" "What's happening here?" "Rika, how many times have we played this game today?" "This is the first time today, of course." "With other words, the whole time till now we have been playing that game." "So it must have been, mustn't it?" "But Rika, Maria, and Kobato-chan were there too." "That's because all personalities in the virtual world were created by our mind." "Such a thing." "That world must have been someone's dream, right?" "Whose?" "Sena's, I guess." "Run!" "Get out of here!" "Someone said this before." "There are 7 billion people in this world." "Which of them you will meet is decided by fate." "And if one of these people becomes your friend, it's an incredible miracle." "I thought I had told you to dissolve your club!" "Please leave here immediately!" "With..." "Taka?" "Because the odds are one out of 7 billion." "F..r..i..e..n..d..s" "Yes." "As for me..." "Make friends with Taka?" "I don't have many friends."