"I have gathered you all here today for one reason." "I want all of us to overcome... the grave situation afflicting Sakura Hall together." "The subject of this Sakura Hall meeting is:" "the Shiina Mashiro-san sitting here. we were late..." "This is heaven." "I'm in hell!" "where are you? Hurry up!" "and finally arrived at school halfway through second period. so she isn't capable of leading a normal life." "We should create a system where we take turns in looking after—" "I was just thinking... don't they?" "What are you on about?" "!" "her parents did tell her... that she needed someone to look after her." "That's why we decided to have her stay in Sakura Hall." "Look after her?" "take responsibility for her... and take care of her!" "You're getting crumbs everywhere!" "you know." "You got some up here!" "He's perfect." "indeedy!" "so Kanda will be on Mashiro Duty." "What's that?" "Mashiro Duty?" "It's decided!" "It's decided!" "pointless meeting." "Ryunosuke-sama has logged out." "The dragon agrees too!" "It's unanimous." "Then..." "Meeting adjourned!" "everybody." "I need to go over to Noriko the nurse's place tonight." "wait." "What?" "I can't ignore that!" "Absolutely not!" "Sorata." "What is it?" "I hope we can be friends." "me too... kouhai-kun!" "I'll be supporting you!" "— Secretary Kamiigusa Misaki this is crazy!" "#02 I Drew a Picture" "cabbage..." "Kanda:" "Mashiro Duty" "Gotcha!" "your happiness escapes!" "Let's put it back!" "Ah." "Stop that!" "I can't be on Mashiro Duty!" "I'm planning to leave Sakura Hall soon..." "What?" "Really?" "Why?" "You're asking me why?" "Because..." "Sorata." "I-I can't believe you're dressed like that again!" "Put some pants on!" "Are you trying to seduce me?" "!" "Misaki told me you'd like it more if I didn't." "Mashiron!" "you!" "Do you have any idea how hard..." "I'm working to train Shiina?" "!" "Chihiro-chan said we've got to work hard while we can." "Imitating Mashiro gimme a break!" "I don't have time for breakfast now!" "back to your room!" "Were you planning on going to school without underwear?" "what about this cabbage?" "We'll pick up something from the store for breakfast!" "I see." "I see!" "do you have a cold?" "No..." "What was that?" "I felt a sudden chill." "Leave it to me!" "go away." "Ow!" "This is painful." "Salads are 380 yen each." "that's 760 yen..." "This is tough on my wallet." "are you ready yet?" "Thank you very much." "What's wrong?" "Shiina-san?" "What are you doing?" "I'm eating a baumkuchen." "Why?" "I like them." "we wouldn't need police!" "You have to pay for that!" "What kind of life have you been living up to now?" "I drew pictures." "What else?" "I drew pictures." "I drew pictures." "Can't you say anything else?" "!" "See you later." "Aoyama?" "Kanda-kun?" "Do you want one?" "You opened another one?" "!" "Conveni-Mart" "Thank you very much." "Sorry!" "I'm really sorry!" "don't sweat it." "so it's all good." "Anyway..." "We're talking about you." "Her name's Shiina Mashiro." "She's a second year art student who transferred in this year..." "She's living in Sakura Hall now." "You're living in Sakura Hall together?" "You two must be really close." "this is..." "Sorata is my first boy." "What?" "What do you mean your "first boy"?" "!" "What?" "!" "you..." "I'm glad Sorata was my first." "What?" "!" "Un—" "Unclean!" "Aoyama!" "I was surrounded by girls." "You're the first boy I've become friends with." "You should give the context first!" "you mean?" "forget it." "time to eat." "I'm going to get that fried rice roll today!" "your lunch is so adorable." "Huh?" "have you seen Sorata?" "No!" "What?" "Did he do something again?" "Do?" "D-D-Do?" "!" "Huh?" "What?" "What's this?" "Why are you all by yourself at lunchtime?" "Are you a pariah now?" "I could only afford one bread roll." "I'm filling up on water." "How sad!" "All my money went down the drain buying Shiina snacks!" "aren't you Shiina's legal guardian?" "Reimburse me!" "I hear you haven't... turned in your career plan yet." "Trying to change the subject won't work!" "Shiina is—" "Just put that you want to be a pilot or something." "a grade schooler?" "You should try to be more like Kamiigusa." "I can't even see it!" "You're so narrow-minded..." "I'm being ambitious!" "She's an alien." "An earthling could never act like her." "Quit whining over nothing." "Just writing the words "continuing my education"... will put the faculty office at ease." "But... but watching you makes me think it might actually mean something." "What?" "Are you saying it's meaningless for most people?" "They must do it to pick out the students... who don't write that they're "continuing education for the time being." "The only thing you need "for the time being" is beer." "What?" "See you later." "She managed to change the subject." "I got my fried rice roll!" "Woohoo!" "She just does whatever she wants." "My career plan..." "Sorata." "Where have you been?" "Look at this!" "They're in here again." "Kamiigusa-senpai and Mitaka-senpai's interview!" "That pair of geniuses are childhood friends!" "Yeah... it says. but she's actually really talented." "isn't it?" "Isn't it?" "it's amazing." "Kanda-kun!" "Someone's here for you!" "Huh?" "Sorata?" "Who's that?" "She's really cute!" "What's wrong?" "I'm going home on my own today." "Huh?" "What?" "I'm going home on my own. who knows what you'll get into?" "!" "Be careful." "Listen." "Don't eat any merchandise." "I understand." "Who's the cutie?" "you jerk!" "I'm not!" "There's something wrong with her!" "She's not normal!" "You said it." "She's abnormally cute!" "you always get the breaks!" "Stop it!" "Aoyama's definitely got the wrong idea..." "Shiina?" "where's your car?" "I took it to get serviced." "Serviced?" "I won't be seeing my beloved baby for a while." "It's hard." "Really?" "what about you?" "Is it hard being so far from Rita-san in England?" "I have Sorata." "Sorata?" "A boy." "huh?" "Ayano." "Conveni-Mart" "Thank you very much." "Welcom—" "Welcome." "uh..." "I was surrounded by girls." "Sorata is the first boy I've become friends with." "Huh?" "Wh-What are you talking about?" "I was surrounded by girls..." "That's not what I meant." "What are you..." "Sorata told me to tell you the context first." "You're kidding!" "I was just imagining it all?" "!" "Oh no!" "What am I supposed to say to Kanda-kun tomorrow?" "I... right?" "Do you want one of those?" "I like them." "You're not going to have one?" "Sorata said I can't unless I pay for it." "please." "Ayano." "okay." "Thank you very much!" "Thank you very much." "I'm home." "I wonder if Shiina made it home okay..." "Hikari." "Are you here to greet me?" "having someone like you is never a bad thing." "This is..." "The Cabbage Road of Honor..." "It's my birthday today." "Jin-san." "I had a feeling this would happen." "I was right to come home early." "For my birthday last year... Jin." "and waited for me in my room." "You have my sympathy." "But why cabbage?" "How should I know what goes on in Misaki's head?" "But you're childhood friends." "the thought process of a genius... is a mystery to ordinary men. what does that make me?" "if you'll excuse me..." "What kind of person are you... to make me open this dangerous box by myself?" "!" "so you'll be fine!" "is it?" "Probably?" "!" "happy birthday!" "Jin!" "Ow..." "Misaki-senpai..." "Huh?" "Jin!" "Happy birthday!" "Oh?" "You're tempting me!" "Cover up already!" "you're so shy." "After all the effort I took to celebrate your birthday." "anyway..." "I'll leave you guys to it now—" "Hold it." "The staff will have to eat this delicious cabbage." "won't you?" "I'm not part of your staff!" "Sorata!" "Jin!" "Happy birthday!" "No more!" "Enough already!" "I can't waste any more time." "I need to leave Sakura Hall before... my common sense is eaten away..." "What's important is the courage not to miss your chance." "– Fujisawa Kazuki but..." "Following his original theory... Ryunosuke is currently resting in a dreamlike state." "who wishes she could sleep... alongside Ryunosuke-sama." "Who can be in a dreamlike state in the middle of this ruckus?" "Shiina." "You're home..." "Come." "Shiina?" "Take off your clothes." "I want to see you naked." "Why do you want to see that?" "I want your body." "That's not an answer!" "Take them off." "I refuse." "Why?" "You're asking me why?" "Because... it's embarrassing." "I'm not embarrassed." "It's embarrassing for me!" "Ayano advised me to do this." "Ayano?" "I entered the New Manga Artist Award competition." "You won... an award?" "I didn't win. and said that the art style was good." "right." "An editor..." "Ayano advised me to do this." "You're starting from there again?" "if delicate expressions of emotion... are difficult for you... then why don't you try more extreme depictions?" "I see." "So that's why you want to see a naked man..." "Shojo manga can be pretty extreme sometimes." "will you take off yours?" "Don't do that!" "I'll take off my clothes!" "right?" "though!" "That's my only condition!" "I will take off your underwear." "You're crazy!" "Hey!" "Don't move." "It feels hard and heavy." "Your heart is beating." "That's because I'm alive." "Your pulse is quickening." "Whose fault is that?" "!" "Sorata." "What?" "!" "Hold me." "Like hell I will!" "More." "Sorata." "What now?" "Have you had sex?" "Sorata?" "I haven't!" "But you have a nice body." "What kind of reasoning is that?" "!" "My body's only like this because I played soccer... in grade school and middle school." "What about now?" "I don't play anymore!" "Can't you tell just by watching me?" "!" "Did you get injured?" "There are plenty of reasons to quit other than an injury." "I don't understand." "I wasn't good enough." "I wasn't particularly good at it. but I guess you could say I saw my limitations..." "I guess that's why I lost my passion for it." "There came a point where I stopped caring whether we lost or not... and I subconsciously learned not to try so hard." "right?" "That's enough." "Shiina?" "Huh?" "Am I supposed to just sit here like this?" "I see." "It's not interesting?" "it's not that..." "Ayano told me it wasn't." "You can get rid of it." "What?" "But..." "It's okay." "I'll redraw it." "New Manga Artist Award Entry Requirements" "Redraw it?" "Are you going to apply for the new artist award again?" "You must really like drawing manga." "Don't put your clothes on." "What?" "We're going to keep going." "wait." "What more do you have planned for me?" "I won't let you sleep tonight." "Try to sound a little sexier when you say that!" "I won't let you sleep tonight." "That sounded exactly the same!" "Sakura Hall" "Good morning." "You sure had fun last night." "I didn't have fun at all!" "did you manage to get Jin-san to eat that cabbage?" "kouhai-kun?" "Uh..." "I'll go take out the garbage." "I don't really understand their relationship... you're early." "Are you on your way to work?" "Kanda-kun!" "What?" "You're not angry anymore?" "I-I wasn't angry in the first place." "you speak... so..." "I-I-I just told you I ain't angry!" "isn't she?" "isn't she?" "You mean Shiina?" "she wants to be a manga artist." "but her work's a little strange." "though." "I guess you could say... she makes me want to cheer her on... too." "Working so early in the morning so you can become a voice actor... is pretty amazing." "I respect that." "I've got to go!" "See you at school." "Yeah!" "They really are amazing." "Both Aoyama and Shiina." "They've both found something they can be absorbed in." "I might not be as good as Misaki-senpai... but..." "I wonder if I'll be able to find something someday." "She left her stuff out." "That's a beautiful drawing." "Thank you." "Why are you thanking me?" "Because I drew that." "What?" "What?" "You mean you didn't know?" "Jin-san?" "Look at the cover." "Chihiro-chan must not have told you." "I'm sure you must've at least seen her face on TV or in magazines." "Shiina Mashiro" "Shiina Mashiro is..." "Shiina Mashiro" "The prodigal girl who has descended upon the world of contemporary art..." "Something she can be absorbed in?" What was I thinking?" "She isn't on Misaki-senpai or Jin-san's level." "Shiina is... little one." "come eat some—" "Is it good?" "Cabbage!" "I'm going to give away the ribbon.... #03 So Close And Yet So Far... (There is no actual prize for our viewers.)" "I used to wrap myself up as a prize to our viewers!" "Write to us at..."