Hey, is that a UFO?
UFO?
This guy is Terasaka Rita.
He is the "Hero" of this story, in a way.
He has zero rate in self-consciousness
with how people sees him in the eyes of others.
He's a lonely guy who loves his own self.
But that feeling, in reverse, is he's actually
the acting cool type of guy.
-Terasaka, good morning!
-Morning!
Oh.
...which is such a waste.
But, Rita is not the least bit interested.
After all, this guy plays the evil character.
And this one here is just playing the passerby role.
You ask what role am I playing?
MATSUZAKI HATORI
[HEROINE]
RITA!
Hey.
I, Matsuzaki Hatori, am the absolute Heroine
that is going to be married to Rita from now on.
Wait up, Rita!
You see... If Rita is the Hero of this story, other than me,
there is no one more suitable to be his Heroine.
Why, you ask?
It's because we are childhood friends.
More than anyone else, I've always been
beside him, looking after him since then.
Right.
Ever since that day and ahead...
Is it true that you mom ran away from your home?
And with an old man, at that.
Amazing! Just like a drama!
Mom!
Old man~~~ Old man~~~
-Are you mad? Are you?
-He is mad! He's mad.
The teacher!
Call the teacher!
Stop, Rita.
Leave it be.
Those rascals does not have any standing at all.
How did I become this passionate?
It's because, during those times, I got
hooked up on Yankumi.
[YANKUMI- Refers to the passionate teacher from
a Japanese Series entitled "GOKUSEN."]
Rita... Listen very well to me.
No matter what...
I am always at your side.
The two of us were just classmates.
But that day... Love began sprouting.
At that time... I really was always longing
for someone to protect me...
It became a feeling of "wanting to protect Rita."
And so... As we grew along each other...
I knew that those feelings...
will turn into "LOVE."
Right? Can't you feel that it's the
"Truth of Love?"
Then, why don't you confess already?
I don't know any about that "Truth of Love,"
but if you're that confident, why not
confess and go out with him, already?
What a fool you are, Nakajima.
In reverse, it's in the inside.
You really don't get it, huh?
That very theory of mine.
Until the main character recognizes
the "Truth of Love..."
...the heroine must not sway.
That's the righteous way!
If you keep saying that, he'll become
someone else's and you'll regret it.
I won't have any say in it.
Oh? Oh, really now? Getting curios?
Adachi-san... We are so sorry...
Isn't that glasses girl from our class?
When those guys were about to take a smoke,
they bumped into her.
No way!
Come on, Adachi-san.
Hurry up and eat it!
It'll get cold.
ADACHI, COME ON!
ADACHI, HEY!
Stop it, you guys!
If you're gonna shout, let your voice out.
HEY, HURRY UP!
EAT IT, HEY! ADACHI!
How ridiculous.
What did you just say?
"You piece of shit.
Are you brats?"
"Stupid," I said.
Read the atmosphere!
You, bastard!
This is problematic, customers.
I want... a peaceful mood in here.
Understood.
Did you see that?
My Rita's coolness?
The one who saved the day was the old man!
The old man!
In the past, he could never leave those
"boring girls" alone when their in trouble!
He's really overflowing with kindness, right?
I really don't get where you're going in this conversation.
Want some?
Don't talk...
to someone like m---
I'll give you these tomatoes.
I don;t like them.
No.
But I won't share this meat, okay?
That's not it.
If you're with me, It'll ruin your reputation.
How stupid.
I don't care about how people perceive you.
There's naruto over there...
Don't they have a great mood over there?
Are you fine with that?
Isn't it fine?
Who are you imitating?
Nakao Akira?
In understandable terms...
The girl is playing a side character, right?
As what Rokkaku Seiji with glasses said...
the heroine won't ever lose!
In the end.... The one who will prevail...
IS ME!
That's why...
...I decided in going out with Adachi-san.
W-Why?
I was confessed to by her...
...and she seemed like a nice person.
The heck with Rokkaku Seiji.
Come on, let's go home.
Hey, I know! It's that one, right?
A plain girl clinged on to you
so you couldn't turn her down.
Right, I remember! If a girl is in despair, you just can't help
it that you want to support them! What a kind guy you are!
What are you saying?
I don't get you.
Hey, w-wait up! RITA!
Bye.
Hey... Rita, come on...
What are these?
OH?
I wonder what happened?
Your locker's full of garbage.
BOHUHUHUHUHU!
You're the worst!
I'm sorry.
Don't take them on.
Are you scared shitless?
Are you not scared shitless?
Hey...
Ouch! OUCH!
Hey, you ugly b---
If you're gonna hit me..
Go ahead.
But... If you dare lay a finger on Terasaka...
..I definitely won't forgive you.
Someone!
There's a fight!
Crap!
YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY!
GO, OLD MAN!
That was a great big help. Right?
I was so scared.
Stupid.
What did you just do?
My body... just moved by itself.
Don't do something reckless.
It's a nuisance.
Yes... I know.
Eh?
What is this?
Your hand.
Adachi-san... is a side character but she's improving.
But...
The current Adachi-san seems to make...
...a better heroine.
Sorry...
Today, I'll go home with Adachi.
Adachi-san is Rita's heroine?
Then... the me who stood still and never did
anything. What does that make me?
I'm a failure... of a heroine.
HEROINE SHIKKAKU
[No Longer Heroine]
Master...
...another shot.
You were wrong.
NA-KA-JI-MA!
...I can only drink since I
can no longer keep up with this!
This whole week.... I have been absolutely
neglected and pushed off the side!
Could be.
Healed? Why healed?
You act like an old man.
Why?
Why?
It's true.
I'm not!
You're surprisingly cute.
You look better like that.
That's not it!
THAT THIEF! SHE'LL PAY!
He wasn't yours in the first place, though.
Drink and forget.
She doesn't have to drink, though.
This is too cruel!
She's Adachi, for Christ's sake!
YOU KNOW WHAT?
Listen very well.
Adachi properly confessed under the appropriate
audition. She has then become Terasaka's heroine fairly.
Then, what about me?
You didn't take the audition!
Don't misunderstand the reason why you're not heroine!
For the brat who didn't get on stage...
You're less than a SUPPORTING CHARACTER!
You're role as Terasaka's heroine has ended.
That's why you too...
...should find a relationship where you're the heroine.
Let's go.
Stop with those pointless jokes...
You really are such a fool, Nakajima-san.
If she's aiming for my Heroine position...
...then I can just steal it back from her!
If Adachi-san has taken over the
righteous heroine role, then...
...I will strive to become the evil-heroine!
Is your face...
...alright?
What the?
What's up with this ridiculously handsome guy?
Hey, let's go?
Can I sit beside you?
What re you acting so nice for?
Just because you got a little bit cuter?
Eh?
You stopped wearing your glasses.
It looked so good on you, though.
Is that so?
I'm DEFINITELY sure you look better with glasses.
But, it's fine...
I was told by Terasaka-kun that I looked
much better this way.
So, it has began!
The love battle between the evil heroine
and the righteous heroine.
Actually, this will take three sets of stages.
Right now, this descriptions from the inside
with the fool Nakajima-san will be brought by us.
-Best regards.
-Same here
Here it is.
Oh? What could this possibly be?
It looks like she will attack Adachi-san with
childhood photos of her and Terasaka as childhood friends.
I see. She is trying to make an appeal with the bonds
they both have shared before with those albums.
How nostalgic, right?
Oh, this? I thought of showing these to you. After all,
you don't know ANYTHING at all about Rita, right?
Really lecherous.
She makes an appeal as childhood friends.
The results of her plans are riding in this moment.
This picture is cute, right?
As expected of the righteous heroine!
She shows no weakness. There is zero doubts!
That is...
Rita's jersey?!
It was the jersey she forcefully took off from him.
Just what the evil heroine would do.
That's...
...so you had it all along with you.
When I came to wash some clothes yesterday,
I couldn't find where it was.
And from this point... Adachi makes a "Kayoizuma" appeal.
[KAYOIZUMA- A wife who lives some place else but visits
her husband regularly]
Terasaka-kun is always alone at his home...
The trap she planned to set up...
backfired on her.
Even I... can change too, though.
There was also a time...
that Rita saw me in my bra.
BRA?!
The time she debuted in flashing him her bra since
she wanted to let him see it selfishly. That's all.
During that time.. Rita, really you~~
I'm sorry. Since there was something I
wanted to check, I let him wait.
Let him wait?
The Rita who's so inpatient with cup ramens?!
It's about time we go.
Do tell me more the next time, okay?
W-WAIT!
I...
It's a defeat for you, right?
Just what is up with that former ugly four-eyes?
Even with contacts, an ugly girl is still ugly.
Oh my, oh my, oh my.
About Adachi-san, huh?
After all... That girl should just realize
that she's not good enough for Terasaka. Right?
You directly agree too, right, Hatori?
Uh, well... Not really...
Isn;t she such a good girl, though?
I think you and Terasaka makes a better pair, though.
Why do you say so?
You both are such a great match.
Like, you are tied by a very deep bond
with each other?
No, no, no way.
We're just childhood friends, you know?
Well, that fugly pig-faced girl
won't look the role as Rita's girlfriend, right?
She hasn't realized it yet, you know?
Well, right...
She is Adachi-san, after all.
See? We do get along well, after all.
Let's talk again next time?
-See you.
-Bye.
What was that just now?
Like a demonic sight.
My face?
No way!
Since when was she there?
Since when did she hear our talks?
I'm sorry.
I didn't plan to eavesdrop on your conversation...
But I lost the timing to escape.
No.
It's not something you should apologize for, right?
Right.
It's over.
Everything will be exposed to Rita.
Umm...
About what happened now...
You don't have to mind about it, okay?
After all...
You like Terasaka-kun, right?
What did this bitch just say?
You've always been together since you were
still very young, right?
That's why... don't pay heed of me.
Just treat me like how you usually do... Okay?
How I usually do... huh?
And if ever... that Terasaka-kun....
...would go over to you...
...I won't harbor hard feelings against you.
What's with that?
The righteous heroine's compassion?
Like the chosen one thingy?
Stop acting high!
No, wait!
Wanna go home with us?
I won't.
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
Absolutely fine!
NO WAY!
It's always been me beside him and him beside me!
And suddenly... he goes to a place
where I can't reach him any more!
Hey!
Rita?!
You dropped this.
Who are you?!
Akiyama, though.
The one beside your cl---
Don't know!
Why? I'm Akiyama Kouji.
I don't know you.
But, this..
...doesn't have a case though.
It's irrelevant.
The me that time...
If I acted like how Adachi-san did...
Could something have changed?
I don't have anyone else other than Rita, though.
Is that so?
Of course.
To be so attached to a such a great guy like him...
He appeared again!
The ridiculously handsome guy!
So, you love him that much?
About Terasaka...
Umm...
Who must you be?
Hiromitsu Kousuke.
We are in the same class, though.
That's cruel.
Even though I saved you that other day.
Someone!
There's a fight!
Was my existence really that transparent?
Umm...
Well, speaking... Not like you're an extra, but...
Just a... a small story... in a story and like...
...you're covered or something...
...You want me to point that out, right?
Rita has been the only one for 10 years, you see.
I see.
How unfortunate.
"Then right now..."
"...go out with me."
...If I said that, I'd have no hope, right?
That was a great reaction there.
Right now...
...Was I just hit on and confessed to by this handsome guy?!
That guy already has himself a girlfriend.
It's be a waste if you still held on to him.
I'll make you forget about him as soon as possible.
Thanks, but no thanks!
My love is different from the rest!
This is a serious love where I stake my life, you know?
Which part of Terasaka-kun do you like so much?
A serious love doesn't need reasons nor theories.
Is that so?
More than you loving Terasaka- kun...
The earnest "YOU" who has continued liking
him for 10 years is the one who loves him, right?
That's not it!
I got...
...kissed.
I'm not really into love and crying-for-it stuffs.
We can at least asses our own feelings, right?
To be too attached in a relationship is just...
HIROMITSU-KUN!
Let's play!
NA-KA-JI-MAAAAA!
Yes, yes.. What's up?
Nakajima... Have you ever been kissed?
Of course.
WHEN DID IT HAPPEN?
You're just over-reacting too much.
With whom?!
With who, you ask?
With someone I liked, of cours---
Even that dim-witted Nakajima...
has already been kissed by someone she liked!
For someone like me... Who has no one but
Rita to be kissed by was stolen away so quickly!
THIS CANNOT BE!
I HAVE BEEN STAINED!
More than anyone else...
...I don't want Rita to know about this!
I have no other choice...
...but to do that last resort!
About what happened yesterday...
Let's make it a secret between us.
You came all the trouble just to seal my lips?
No way. I won't go telling people about that.
Really?
But...
Right...
In exchange for your request...
I should ask you for something too, right?
If it's within my capabilities...
Like wait... I was the one who got kissed
so why does he have the upper-hand?
Within your capabilities?
What kind of things?
Well... That's why...
You're too close!
Are you delighted?
I'm not delighted or anything, you know?
Liar.
It's written all over your face.
Hey.
That girl...
...hates what you're doing.
RITA!
Eh? What's this supposed to be?
Hatori-han, you suck at that!
For keeping quiet, you wanted
to go on a double date?!
That's why...
You're holding on to him too much.
That's why... You're too close to me!
Terasaka-kun... is so easy to read.
Glaring at us with his eyes ike that...
Rita is?
Roll the ball right over there from third
line at the right side.
You did it!
Hatori...
How's Mukku and Andrei doing?
Andrei?
My pet dog.
In our childhood days...
we both gave it a name, right?
You're place is just near here, and
I wanted to eat your mom's cooking again.
Hatori-chan, this is my pet dog.
-How cute!
-Right!
Toilet.
He's so easy to read!
Whether he's transparent or whatever...
He was the Rita I met after all.
July 16 is a commemorative day of his jealousy.
What now, Adachi-san?
It was my misunderstanding.
When I heard of your feelings for him...
that time in the toilet...
I somehow felt... depressed.
The straightforward you who has
always thought about Terasaka-kun so greatly...
I've always thought that it was a very
cool side of you.
What is she saying?
I selfishly thought of you as my
comrade-in-arms.
Com..rade?
Why would you force.... yourself to be fine
if you don't find someone else you can love too?
Hurting Terasaka-kun...
..somehow seems wrong.
Why?
Why are you blaming me?
It seems like...
...you want Rita all to yourself!
For you to be saying that...
...you're such a despicable woman.
I was just saying that I want to respect both
Matsuzaki-san and Terasaka-kun's feelin---
Then...
...break up with him.
Sorry?
In the end, it's just lip-service.
You know what that's called?
It's being a hypocrite.
It pisses me off.
Let's go, Hatori-chan.
Being forced in a kiss...
...and being kind. Just what is it?
But...
It serves you right.
Even if I want to reach out my hands...
He's far out of reach.
The me and Rita who has been together for 10 years...
It felt like Adachi-san covered it up in just a moment.
Hatori.
Rita.
Are you quitting?
You just suddenly disappeared.
Are you perhaps worried about me?
About that...
How about Adachi-san?
Went home.
What part of her do you like?
Come on, tell me.
It'll be just between me and you.
Umm...
Is it the atmosphere around he---
It's her dream...
Her dream...
She wanted to be a journalist.
She wanted to say something from herself
to the whole world.
Isn't it great?
Well...
For a person like that...
...she holds a lot in her...
Like confidence and self-will.
For now...
Everything I don't have...
...she has so much of them in her.
Rita, you really are so slow!
When you reach the convenience store,
treat me out for juice.
Hey!
What's with that?!
I can't win against her after all!
There's no way I hold a dream so
sparkly and bright like hers!
After all, up until now...
I've done nothing but watch after Rita for so long.
I'm giving up...
Right now...
At this moment.
You'll vanish completely.
Good morning...
You--with that---
WHAT HAPPENED?!
I have...
...disposed my love delusions.
Doing my utmost best...
being reciprocated with unmerited grants.
That is Love.
In order not to do any stupid things any more...
Hatori-chan... It was the best!
It's fine!...
I'll take you on!
Matsuzaki-san?
Can I have a moment with you?
What?
I have... a favor to ask of you...
You're such a hindrance.
Please disappear?
Your talks of "Heroine this, Heroine that..."
is all garbage.
Hatori!
Hatori... I'm sorry.
I...
...am happy, you know?
I would do anything for you...
...even if I have to die.
It's...
Hatori...
Please help her...
Please help her!
PLEASE HELP HER!
I have a favor... I want to ask of you.
Pardon?
This coming summer...
can you keep Terasaka-kun company?
AMIGOOO~~~
ADIOS, ADACHI!!!
I thought you made up your mind already?
Finally in high school,
my plans are going through!
Isn't that amazing?
Not really... I've dreamt about it that he will choose
me over Adachi-san.
Rita has always been the only one for me and
he's the only love for me! Isn't it great?
I thought you were going to throw off
the falling in love issue?
Don't mind the small things...
Well then, foolish Nakajima...
It's time to start thinking about our operational
plan for me and Rita!
Since it's summer vacation...
Why not go somewhere?
So it's still a hang-out plan, after all.
Hey... Lastly... I will regain him back
during the fireworks display in one fell swoop!
Little miss...
In that case...
You will definitely fail...
in that love plan of yours.
Why, Mister?
You don't have...
-...a "back face."
-Back face?
Oh. The gap, right?
Gap?
Do you have it?
NO...
What should I do?
It's simple.
Don't contact him even once at all.
DON'T WANT TO!
What do you mean you don't want to?
That's the gap!
Listen... if ever you send him persistent mails,
he won't ever come.
He'll think... "I wonder why..."
He will get curious about you...
In the time you're apart...
love will certainly bloom.
And when he can't keep it anymore,
he'll mail you and there he's looking your way.
If I do that...
then Rita will be alone by himself this whole summer.
Are you fine cleaning after her mess?
Are you trying to make an appeal to him like that?!
Good luck.
I don't want to leave Rita all alone... But.
BYE-BYE!
I LOVE YOU!
WAIT UNTIL I BECOME A DIFFERENT WOMAN!
AFTER THEN, I WILL STOP WITH THE GAP PLAN!
A little more...
A little more of disciplining myself.
That girl didn't come here?
Hatori?
We never hanged out since then.
I'm definitely sure... that a call
from him will come for me tomorrow.
First thing, tomorrow...
A call from Rita will...
It never came to me!
Not even one message.
Could Rita perhaps...
Have forgotten all about me?
Isn't this good?
"Ao Haru Ride."
For a high school girl to be killing time here...
Just how much free time do you have?
Right? We've been reading here since 12 sharp.
Hiromitsu-kun?
It's been a while.
Wait--- Why the heck are you here?
In order to see you.
At this rate...
You'll have zero memories this summer.
You're right...
Then...
Wanna go on a date?
Let's go, let's go.
YAHOO!
-Thanks for your patronage.
Yes, thank you so much.
Here.
What flavor is yours?
Strawberry milk.
Mine's Atari.
Here.
What is this? Cheating? I'm cheating?
No, I'm not!
It's not cheating since I'm not going out with Rita
and after all he just suddenly had a girlfriend himself!
Right...
This ridiculously handsome guy here just took me
out and is just treating me out for ice cream!
It's just fine, right?
I'm enjoying this moment!
Isn't it okay?
It's okay!
-Shoot the woman down.
-Blow her away.
I will beat the crap of you.
That's cold!
Stupid! Don't include that man over there!
Don't underestimate this old mister!
Kousuke!
Over there!
Crap... I called him by his first name.
Hatori.
Behind you...
That was so much fun!
Right?
I..
...think I kinda actually like you.
Then... What about it?
Have you gotten to like me too?
That was close.
He's not a scary guy, after all...
I was at the verge of being deceived.
Kousuke?
It really is you, Kousuke~~
What's with this clingy, and tactless woman?!
You made another girl cry again?
-I can't walk no more...
-You drank too much.
Right here?
Umm...
This person is a great drunkard.
She was my home tutor...
And... my ex-girlfriend.
She taught me a lot of bad things.
That unbelievable story is actually real?
In the end, she got used and neglected by the other guys.
Then...
Hey, Kousuke... Take these off.
I'm getting thirsty. Water!
Got it.
You can say anything you want....
But even now... I'm still you're favorite, right?
Kousuke...
Even if you understand how I don't have a will...
You're just happy being cared like this, right?
Even if you play around with countless girls..
In the end... since you can't forgot about me...
That part of you...
...is kinda messed up?
HEY, OLD LADY!
You referring to me?
Yes, you no delicacy old woman!
HIROMITSU-KUN IS COOL, OKAY?!
He's kind, good at sports, and he's great
with those flowery words of his! Don't get arrogant!
And also, don't you always look at him like he's
concerned and stop with your "Kousuke is mine" Appeal!
Unlike what you think of!
I'm definitely sure that you will regret
turning down Hiromitsu-kun, you old lady!
That's why... It's alright for you to have
self-confidence, Hiromitsu-kun.
You're dangerous, Hatori-chan.
That said...
FAREWELL!
What was she trying to say?
She wasted her efforts in saying such things to
me that were too tiring.
Well, you always let me choose when we
should go on a date.
It's gotten boring so you can go home.
Do what you want!
In return, after you leave, never...
I will never...
...appear in front of Emi-san, again.
I...
...am no longer interested in you like you think I am.
Right now...
...I can no longer...
...take my eyes off from that girl.
Just what the heck am I doing?
What the heck was I just doing back there?
What?
Uhh... Umm... Well..
What is it?
Tomorrow...
...wanna go to the fireworks display?
Understood.
Then, tomorrow.
Sorry for being sudden.
That was hopeless, huh?
Wait?!
He said he'd go?!
It's been a while.
The raw Rita is dangerous!
You properly came dressed in your yukata, huh?
You told me so.
Rita's voice... Rita's back...
Rita's smell...
I wanted to see you!
I wanted to see you so badly!
Here.
Takoyaki?
For me?
You like it right?
Why? You seem depressed.
Thanks.
Wait up! Hey!
Come on.
Don't get too far from me.
Somehow, Rita seems...
...to have been cautious around women.
Forward.
Your hair...
...looks great.
Eh? R-Right?!
Is the gap they said?!
You look great in your yukata.
Right...
I'll give this to you.
What I owe you for yesterday.
Ikayaki.
Hatori.
What exactly do you think about that guy?
"What," you ask?
Tell him, "It's a sceret."
A...
...sec...
...ret?
Ridiculous!
Hey, hey, hey.
You already took the Ikayaki ticket.
No.
T-T-T-Then! Then I will... go to the toilet for a while!
I'll be back in a moment. Okay, okay?
Are you messing with Hatori?
What?
Getting curious now?
You're only playing with her feelings, right?
That girl's stupid, after all.
Don't take her for granted.
She's different from all the other frivolous
girls you went out with.
And if I were serious about her...
...will you be able to accept it?
Terasaka-kun...?
Not really...
It's not like...
Don't tell me...
...you're going to mention Adachi in this issue?
What a bad guy you are...
...more bad than I ever was.
Can you stop messing around alre---
You're the one who should get a grip.
Trying to act like you're so concerned for Hatori-chan...
In the end, you're just unwilling to let go of your
position of being liked by her unconditionally, right?
Isn't that too cruel?
Your putting up...
...a facade.
Thanks for waiting!
Ehh? Where's Hiromitsu-kun?
Beats me.
Did something happen?
Wait, did he tell you something?
I don't really think that way about Hiromitsu-kun...
It's nothing much, really.
That's not good!
Next year, the following year after, and
the next years after that...
The only one I want to watch the fireworks
display with is only you, Rita!
You have always been the only one for me!
Well, umm...
What I just said now...
...did you get it?
I...
I've always never believed in your feelings.
You don't really think anything at all...
...about me.
It's a given that everyone will eventually
disappear in my sight, in the end.
Since I have nothing at all.
Mom left me.
Adachi will too...
...even you.
I am different!
Well said.
Even without me, you had a very fun
summer anyways.
-Hey, over here.
-Wait up.
I'M SORRY!
You were really lonely, right?
You were really sad, right?!
I'M REALLY, REALLY SORRY!
Lift up your head!
For leaving you all alone by yourself...
The gap! The gap! It was the "GAP PLAN" 's fault!
I was told to make a gap plan to refrain
myself from seeing you...
But, still...!
I...
Actually... during this whole summer vacation days...
I wanted to see you so badly that I couldn't help it anymore!
But all of these are just excuses, right?
Over seeing you, Hiromitsu-kun accompanied me around
and really enjoyed it myself so much...
I didn't think about your feelings, at all.
Sorry for being so selfish!
But I have made up my mind...
I won't part from you anymore.
Over letting you be alone,
or whatever it may be...
In this lifetime, I'll be stuck to you forever!
You're scary...
I am seriously conveying my words to you!
Hatori...
...were you always this tender?
This is not a dream, right?
Rita kissed me...
...right?
It's fine, I'm alright.
It was that, right?
A while ago...
It didn't hide any deep meaning at all, right?
...the kiss.
That's not it.
It's because I wanted to kiss you that's why I did.
That's why I'm in a pit.
Rita is... properly looking straight in me...
properly thinking about me.
Like I'd let this slip by!
Thank you for waiting.
My chance has finally come to me!
The God all over the world, or whoever
you are, it doesn't matter!
Please... Pretty please!
Lend me your power!
Rita... I like you!
Enjoy.
Why so sudden?
It's not sudden!
You know what? Even back before, whenever I'm
with you, I feel the most happiness than anything else.
It's so much fun, it's heart-racing, it's fluffy, and umm....
Well.. you know?
When I'm with you... what's it called?
So secure?
Right, right!
That's it!
If you're with me, I will always make you happy each day.
If someone bullies you, I won't forgive them!
I will always be with you in meaningless
or lonely times!
Hatori...
He's swaying...
Rita is definitely swaying!
If you let go of someone this cute who understands you best,
you'll regret it, you know?
I...
I'm back!
Adachi?
WHY THE HELL IS SHE HERE?!
I...
...over there..
...over there.
Rita, don't go!
This conversation is not yet over!
Sorry.
Just give me enough time.
"Time?" Don't use that word to run away from me!
Tomorrow...
Really?
I'll properly strike it down.
Strike it down?
In other words...
...that's what it means...
...right?
Heroine...
I'm finally getting the role back!
Being a heroine is the best!
This is bad, so bad!
I'll be late!
Matsuzaki!
It's still early to say that, you know?
Oh, teacher.
A great day to you.
Did something good happen?
The good still is coming today.
Hey.
Morning.
Morning.
Are you perhaps skipping class?
No way.
Then, today you respond, huh?
Did you hear it?...
from Hatori...?
Yes.
Every small description, and everything else.
All of it.
You better not be up into any lame tricks.
If you don't wanna be beaten to a pulp.
Bye.
Hey, have you heard?
About the fireworks display.
It's about Hatori and Terasaka, right?
I heard they were holding hands.
Right, right.
Hatori has it in her, right?
Right.
Those two must have ended up dating each other.
Umm...
I'm sorry.
Pardon?
It was wrong of me... to ask a favor like that to you.
What is?
Asking you to stay by Terasaka-san's side and all...
But...
Since I have come back here...
It's going to be fine.
Well, uh...
Even if you say it's fine...
Terasaka-kun's girlfriend is me, after all.
Since I am at Terasaka-kun's side...
Hey...!
Didn't you say it so yourself?
Even if I'm at his side,
you won't hold any grudge against me.
Yes, you're right.
I'm sorry...
Why don't you stop being the victim now?
You like him, right?...
Terasaka-kun, that is...
But you can't stop their bond.
...no matter what tricks you have in your sleeves.
Oh, right...
Isn't it about the time that "the tomorrow"
you said is about to end?
It's not yet five, though.
It IS already 5.
Hey, wait up.
Wait up, I said.
Adachi!
Hey, Adachi!
Today, I bought cheese and grattan...
You like that meal, right?
Aside from that, do you have other requests?
Listen to what I have to sa---
This is about what happened at the fireworks
display, right?
It has become a wide-scale rumor in the school.
Sorry...
It's okay.
You just held each others hands.
It's alright.
I'll be able to forget about it.
I...
...kissed Hatori.
That's why I'm sorry.
I... about you---
NO!
I don't want to hear anything you have to say!
But, I...
Adachi?
Terasaka-kun?
How are you feeling?
Your body?
Does it hurt?
You like him right?
But you can't stop their bond...
...no matter what tricks you have in your sleeves.
Recently...
I haven't been feeling quite well...
Just like what you told me...
...I was able to changed.
That I should not mind what people says about me...
...and that I should act just like how I am.
If ever I were to lose you, I...
I...
...won't be able to fight alone.
What did you just say?
I...
...will stay by Adachi's side.
But, yesterday you...
Sorry...
Enough with your sorry's.
Let's properly talk, okay? See?
We still have 3 hours left before the time is up.
Hey...
Hey...
You didn't like me even just a little bit, Rita?
I...
...won't have anything to do with you anymore.
I'm sorry for hurting you.
...and thank you...
...for loving someone like me.
I don't need this dramatic rain to fall on me.
HIROMITSU-kun
Everything is finally over between me... and Rita.
Really...
...it has already began right from the start.
Hey, wait up for me!
I was never supposed to lose him
and I couldn't bear the thought of being not with him.
...Now I lost it all.
So you were just in this place.
You called...
...for me, right?
You came here for me?
Your umbrella?
You said it well...
Well then...
I wonder why I'm doing this...
It's love...
...Hatori-chan.
You don't have to think of anything else.
You don't have to be in pain.
Just...
..You just have to look at me and only me.
Hiromitsu-kun caught the me who
was all empty inside.
-Come on, it's about to start now.
-About to start.
Smile in the count of three.
Oh, Hiromitsu-kun...
Need some help?
Yup.
How are you feeling?
It's alright...
I'm fine.
I'm glad...
...that you stayed behind for me.
Taradaan-daann!
-"Surprise Plan?"
-Right!
Actually, Hiromitsu-kun's birthday is
going to be in line with our school trip.
That's why as a surprise, we should celebrate... and I will give
him a present as the girl who became his girlfriend, like that?
You won't tell me anything like some hidden
plans you'd suggest or that I'm an idiot?
Since you're doing fine now and all
so it's fine if I don't have any say in that.
Hiromitsu-kun's kind since he chose
you even if it's such a waste on him.
NA-KA-JI-MAAAAA!
This is much more better than the previous issues.
In this case, I won't be hearing any talks about Terasaka-kun, right?
Of course!
I am 2000 % and sure that my heart
belongs to Hiromitsu-kun!
Is that so?
I'll be looking forward... to your surprise.
SO! It's time to think about the "Surprise Plan!"
Do you even know what a surprise is?
You foolish Nakajima...
If you're going beyond the limit... the surprise should
be just like a ceremony. We'll revise everything from the start!
Hey...
Eat it.
Understood.
-IT'S SNOW!
-SNOW!
HIROMITSU-KUUNNN~!
He's so cool!
That guy's really showing off.
-Hatori-chan, how do you find skiing?
-It's so fun!
-Let's go inside?
Right.
-Would you want to drink some tea?
-Then...
There it is! Bokutto!
I bought one like that in elementary.
I bought it when I was in still middle school.
So you really did buy one, huh?
Well, how about you?
Is there anything you want?
How about the surprise?
I couldn't choose...
I don't know what gift to give you
that'll make you happy...
But I know you'll be happy whatever I give but when I think
about it my head gets confused and I don't know what to do.
This place...
...I want to go here.
At night...
...we'll secretly escape.
Are you fine with that...?
It's decided then, okay?
Okay.
How cute...
Hey, hey, hey...
Let's buy each for us.
Doesn't it seem like what lovers do?
Somehow, right now...
I'm acting like the righteous heroine.
Then, I'll take this one.
Excuse me...
Yes?
-We'd like to purchase this...
-Okay.
Rita's mother?!
Mom, look at this.
A CHILD?!
DIAMOND?!
-I'll wrap this then, okay?
-Please do so.
GUAM?!
-Mom, we're home!
-Welcome back.
EVEN TWINS?!
WHAT'S UP WITH THIS HAPPY FAMILY?!
If Rita saw this, what would happen to him?
CRY? GET FURIOUS? OR MAYBE...
DIE?!!!
OUTSIDE!
NAKAO AKIRA IS OUTSIDE!
[NAKAO AKIRA- Japanese Actor, TV Personality]
SERIOUSLY?! WHERE?!
NAKAO AKIRA!
NAKAO AKIRA!
RITA!
RITA!
RITA!
RITA!
Rita, you come with me too.
Where? Where?
It's about time you let go of his hands.
I'm sorry.
It's nothing, really.
ROKKAKU SEIJI!
[A Japanese Actor]
-WHERE?!
-Over there, there!
He's tying his shoes! ROKKAKU SEIJI!
LET ME TAKE A PHOTO!
SAME HERE TOO!
Is that man really that popular?
Adachi.
Are you fine?
Let's sit somewhere.
So that's it.
Is it okay to make the birthday boy wait?
I'm going already.
The next time I see you again...
... is when you become Hiromitsu-kun's girlfriend, okay?
What's with that?
Hey, Hatori.
You don't have any regrets, right?
Like I'd ever regret it...
Are you doing well?
Yes.
Where are you off to?
Adachi's place.
Said she was not feeling well.
I see..
How about you?
I am...
...going to celebrate Hiromitsu-kun's birthday.
Is that so?
This feeling...
...I know.
Oh, right...
That very scenery...
It looks the same.
Well, umm...
Then, I'm off.
Bye-bye.
Adachi.
Matsuzaki-san really is so annoying...
The hell with "because were childhood friends"...
Saying not to lay hands on someone who's
committed, how senseless.
Her personality is so twisted, right?
But since she could not get in any longer,
there she goes off to a new man.
Isn't she so full of herself?
She's not fitting for Terasaka-kun...
What does she th---
Don't talk shit about Hatori!
There's no one here.
At times...
Just like this, I relieve my stress and revenge.
Disappointed?
This is my real identity now.
Do you want me to disappoint you more?
My illness was a lie.
Just feigned it.
What are you saying?
To stop you from leaving my side...
...I lied.
But, I've gotten tired already.
Terasaka-kun...
...Even the fact that I've always wanted to aim for you...
...how far should I go and stop?
It's my fault...
Since I'm like this...
I made you go through all the pain.
Oh, right this...
Here it is.
Here.
I left the one I bought today.
Actually...
There was one like this too at the hotel.
Is that so?
Thank you.
Hatori-chan.
It's my fault...
That you had to go through all of these...
YOU'RE WRONG!
You're completely wrong!
If I didn't meet you in the first place...
...I could have been always mindful
of everyone's gazes on me.
Always being the victim.
I didn't even know what love was all about.
Say it properly.
What you wanted to tell me before.
Hatori-chan...
Tell me honestly...
...about the doubts in your heart.
Right now...
...who is locked in your head?
That guy...
That girl...
He's a lonely guy who loves himself.
Even if I said she was in the way,
she'd persist to stick with me.
In high places, like an idiot saying that I like him...
She's rough and always direct and so stupid...
During elementary, she asked me out in the snow...
In elementary, I said we should
make a huge snow man...
Since we were not present in class,
we got called by the teacher...
Rita tried to cover up for me, but...
Since he sucked at lying...
so he got scolded too.
Even before, she'd always cause so
much trouble.
Whenever I was with her, I'd get annoyed at times.
During lunch...
He'd place all his tomatoes on my plate.
Even I... didn't like tomatoes that much, though.
The truth is that...
No matter where or with who she went with,
she'd get along with everyone.
She didn't need me with her.
Our friendship was always bumpy and swaying...
She cries immediately...
She gets angry immediately...
...and hitting me suddenly.
For someone like me who has nothing...
Adachi, you...
...you needed me.
Saying that you were able to change
because I was with you...
I was always...
...being pushed by Rita into the deep pit.
Even though you're the one who scooped me up
and cared for me...
I like you, Hiromitsu-kun.
But still...
Despite that...
...It doesn't disappear.
It won't disappear.
Inside me...
From the bottom of my heart...
I love Hatori.
I love Rita.
I'm sorry.
Please break up with me.
I'm sorry for doing the worst thing to you.
It really is the worst, huh?
Sorry.
I won't forgive you...
But...
Go...
...to where Matsuzaki-san is.
I understand.
More like...
I understood...
I'm sorry.
It can't be helped.
Love...
...doesn't need reasons, after all.
I...
...definitely will regret this, right?
That's why...
Even if Im regretting...
You must find someone better than me, alright?
Who...
...do you think I am?
E-Excuse me, excuse. Excuse me!
Excuse me!
Seriously?
I really did love her...
Nakajima!
WHAT?!
Where's Hatori?
Well, uh.. Hatori is...
Where is Hatori?!
Why are you even looking for her?
Ah, it's fine!
Rita?
NA-KA-JI-MAAAAAA~~!
HEY! Did you ever see Rita around?
Well, he went out just a while with some
old lady I don't know, though.
It's his mother!
They went out together.
Why didn't you stop them?
YOU REALLY ARE SUCH A FOOL, NAKAJIMAA!
Hatori!
Is that your answer?
Yes.
Who's the fool now?
RITA!
You just got back here and now you're over there!
RITAAA!
DON'T BE HASTY!
RITA!
RITA!
RITA!
RITA!
I don't care if you hate me now...
I don't care if you're with Adachi or anyone else!
But what you're doing is the only exception!
I DEFINITELY WON'T ALLOW THAT!
Rita?
No way...
I don't want this...
I definitely don't want this! No, no!
RITAAAA!
If you shout like that in this district...
...everyone will come out.
Don't do such things that'll make me hate you, STUPID!
No...
When I'm at high places...
I wonder if you'd find me.
The truth is that...
I have to be the one to find you.
Rita~~!
You...
...noticed about my mom, right?
Yes...
By the time you started shouting my name,
I already found out.
Did you cry?
I said I'm living happily.
Were you shocked?
No...
How old are you now?
18?
You've gotten big.
You're small.
About that...
I was shocked...
I was completely fine than what I ever thought.
Since I'm not alone.
Even I...
...have always had you with me.
Are you fine with that?
I'm empty, you know.
I have always hurt you...
I'm a coward, though...
That kind of Rita...
...is my hero, you know?
In this entire world...
You're the only one for me!
The most inconceivable hero, you know?
Then, you're just the perfect hero for
a failure of a heroine like me.
She's the girl who's a side character
who doesn't stand out in class...
That girl desired a heroine role in the first place...
but stopped midway and became a friend in the end.
But then...
Be it a supporting role or whatever it is...
It doesn't matter whatever you call it.
Good morning.
Good morning.
You already broke up with your girlfriend, right?
Seriously?! Then let's hang out!
I won't.
Why?
Because I have to find a better girl
who'll exceed my ex-girlfriend.
After all...
In this world, we're all our very own,
individual heroines.
HATORI!
HEY!