Hiratsuka Shizuka
Message (1)
That should do it.
I just have to send a reply, later tonight, saying something like, "Sorry, the battery died,"
or, "It seems I was out of range for a bit" and it should be fine.
If I reply like this, then she can't blame me.
Source: me.
In middle school, when I'd pretend to be brave and e-mail a girl,
40% of the girls would reply like this.
Incidentally, 30% wouldn't reply,
and the remaining 30% were from some foreigner called Mailer Daemon.
It's Hiratsuka Shizuka.
To confirm you got the message, please contact me.
Hikigaya-kun, concerning the matter of the service club's activities during summer break,
I have something urgent to discuss with you.
Please contact me immediately.
Perhaps you're still sleeping?
I've been e-mailing and calling you for some time.
You've seen them, haven't you?
Hey, you've seen them, right?
Answer the phone
That's terrifying.
I feel as though I've glimpsed part of the reason Hiratsuka-sensei can't get married.
Just how much does she like me?
It's creepy.
And scary.
hi no michiru kono heya sotto toki o matsu yo
陽の満ちるこの部屋 そっとトキを待つよ
Within this gleaming, sunlit room, I lazily watch as time flows by
kizukeba ukande nagameteru hako
気づけば俯瞰で眺めてる箱
By the time I notice, I'm looking down from above
onaji mesen wa naku
同じ目線は無く
But no one else looks at where I am
itsushika kokoro wa hakushoku futoumei
いつしか心は白色不透明
Too fast to stop, my heart had turned a solid white and all opaque
yuki ni ochita hikari mo chiru
雪に落ち た光も散る
It drops into the snow, scattering its radiance
kumo kara koboreru tsumetai ame
雲からこぼれる冷たい雨
Frigid rain plummets down from stormy clouds above
me o harasu no wa tooi harukaze dake
目を晴らすのは遠い春風だけ
My eyes will only open for distant spring breezes
azarea o sakasete atatakai niwa made
アザレアを咲かせて 暖かい庭まで
Watch as we bloom azaleas all across the warm garden
tsuredashite tsuredashite nante ne
連れ出して 連れ出して なんてね
Take me away, take me away, I'm just kidding
shiawase dake kaita otogibanashi nante nai
幸せだけ描いた お伽話なんてない
There's no such thing as fairy tales where everyone's always happy
wakatteru wakatteru soredemo ne
わかってる わかってる それでもね
I understand, I understand, but even then...
soko e ikitai no
そこへ行きたいの
I wish I could get there someday
In any case, even though it's summer vacation,
there's something strange about not being able to relax.
I finished my summer homework!
Good job.
Onii-chan, I studied really hard.
Well, I guess so.
I thought it'd be nice to give myself a reward for working so hard.
Are you an office lady from Marunouchi?
Anyway, I need a reward.
So, you have to come with me to Chiba.
Your logic is amazing.
That's the kind of leap that would win in a human bird contest.
Is there something you want?
I can't buy anything too expensive.
There's only four hundred yen in my wallet.
You can't buy something cheap either.
I don't want anything in particular.
Just getting to go somewhere with you would be enough.
Ah, that was high in Komachi points.
Annoying...
Going out is fine, but change your clothes.
If I let you go out like that,
the eyes of every guy walking down the street...
...will wash over you like a laser pointer.
Oh, that was pretty high in Hachiman points.
Ugh, that siscon act is seriously gross.
I don't know what you want to do in Chiba,
but if you just want to walk around together, I guess it's fine.
Oh! Thank you!
Then you should change into something easy to move around in too, Onii-chan.
All right, let's go!
Chiba Chiba Chiba Chiba Chiba...
Now, let's hear your excuse for not answering the phone.
Well, it's fine as long as you're safe.
I tried various tricks and eventually got in touch with your sister.
I feel relieved.
Both her e-mails and her way of confirming my safety are scary.
Anyway, did you need something?
We're about to go to Chiba-
Going to Chiba, right?
So you haven't read the e-mail yet.
Huh?
Hikkii, you're late!
Eh, what are you guys doing here?
"Doing?" Club activities.
Yui-san, yahello!
Komachi-chan, yahello!
Is that sort of greeting popular?
It makes you look stupid, so knock it off.
Yukino-san, Yahello!
Ya-
Good afternoon, Komachi-san.
I'm happy you called me too!
It was sneaky of them to use my love for my sister to draw me out,
but the sneakiest one of them is my sister.
Hachiman!
No, actually I foresaw this...
...and pretended to be drawn out.
It turned out all right.
From today on, I believe in God.
Totsuka-san, Yahello!
Yahello!
What's that? It's so cute.
It should become more popular.
Well then, let's go.
Everyone climb in.
Umm...
Why did you get on the highway when we're going to Chiba Station?
Rather, let me ask you,
since when were you under the impression we were going to Chiba Station?
Impression or not, normally when you say "going to Chiba"...
You thought we were going to Chiba Station?
Too bad!
It's Chiba Village!
I'm just that cruel.
Why is she so excited?
I just remembered,
"Chiba Village" is where we used to go for middle school camps.
Hayama!
Hey, Hikitani-kun!
What are you guys doing here?
Looks like everyone's present.
I'd like you all to do some volunteer work for a little while.
Volunteer?
As part of the service club's training,
I'd like you all to work as support staff for a summer camp.
Lastly, let's greet the nice young men and ladies who'll be helping us.
Thanks for helping us!
If you need anything, please come to us any time!
Let's make lots of great memories at this summer camp!
I look forward to working with you!
Um, why did you invite Hayama-kun and the others?
Because we were short handed.
I used points on their grade reports as bait to recruit them.
This should be a good opportunity.
You guys had better find a way to work successfully with a different community.
Getting along with that side is impossible.
You're wrong.
There's no need to get along.
I just said, "work successfully."
Without opposing them or ignoring them,
find a safe and smooth way to deal with them.
That's called "adapting to society".
Now then, orienteering start!
Well, your first job is support during the orienteering.
Work together, and keep an eye out for trouble.
Whoa, elementary schoolers are like totally young!
Us high schoolers must be like old dudes, eh?
Knock it off, it makes me seem like an old hag.
But back when I was in elementary school,
high schoolers really seemed like adults.
From my perspective, high schoolers still feel like adults.
Except for my brother.
Hey, I have an absurd number of adult-like traits.
I mumble complaints, I tell dirty lies, I do underhanded stuff.
Hikkii, your image of adults is really sad.
Hey, what are those kids doing?
I'll go see.
Don't worry, it's just a rat snake.
Onii-san, you're awesome!
You're fine touching it?
It's fine.
They don't bite, and they're not poisonous.
Even if it doesn't bite, I still don't want to touch it.
Right?
Just as stand users are drawn to other stand users,
it seems loners have the power to sense other loners.
Onii-san, where's the checkpoint?
I wonder where.
Help us look for it!
All right, I'll help for this one,
but you have to keep it a secret from the others.
Yay!
As expected of Hayama, his community power is high.
Sharing a secret must be a technique to work successfully with others.
Onii-chan, this is serious!
What is?
If you're up against a good-looking guy like that,
your chance of winning is zero!
It's a dangerous signal!
Shut up, leave it alone.
Certainly, this is serious.
Hikitani-kun, you have an amazing sub aura,
because you have a "worthless sub" feel.
If you were attacked by Hayama-kun, you seem like you'd fall immediately.
I... I see.
I'll be careful.
Did you find the checkpoint?
No.
That so?
Well, let's look for it together.
What's your name?
Tsurumi Rumi.
I'm Hayama Hayato.
Nice to meet you.
Maybe it's hidden over there?
See that just now?
He invited her really naturally,
and he got her name effortlessly.
A feat you could never accomplish if you tried your whole life.
However,
I can't say that's a terribly good way of doing things.
I knew it.
Even amongst elementary schoolers, things like that still happen.
Elementary schoolers don't change when they become high schoolers.
The reason being they're still the same humans.
That ought to do it.
You seem strangely accustomed to this.
Back in my college days,
I'd have barbecues with my circle all the time.
While I was lighting the fire, the couples would go make out...
Tch, now I'm in a bad mood.
The boys will go prepare the fires,
and the girls will gather the ingredients for the food.
Okay!
With this, the boys and girls have been separated.
Isn't this due to bitterness from your past?
Are you okay?
Considering that sixth graders will be cooking rice outdoors, this is an appropriate menu.
Amongst the people who make curry at home,
idiosyncrasies will emerge.
The curry my mum makes has all kinds of things in it.
Like atsuage.
Yeah, totally!
Like putting chikuwa in it.
Y-Yeah...
Don't act so friendly all of a sudden.
I might think we're friends.
Mums' curry can be like that!
The other day there was a weird leaf in it.
My mum's pretty spacey sometimes.
Could that leaf have been a laurier?
What, a lolie!?
The Curry Fairy
Lolie-tan
6 years old
My leaf got in the curry!
I'll say this just in case,
laurier refers to the leaf of the bay laurel.
A laurier isn't a tissue!?
All that's left is to wait for the fire to pick up.
If you're free,
why don't you look around and see if you can help the kids?
Well, I don't often get the chance to talk to elementary schoolers.
Shall we go?
I'll watch the pot.
Don't worry about it, Hikigaya.
I'll look after it.
Do you like curry?
I concur.
When speaking to a loner,
you should try to do so secretly, behind closed doors.
To make sure they don't feel ashamed in front of others,
maximum consideration is required.
Not really.
I'm not interested in curry.
Good answer.
If you answer positively,
those around you will think you're getting carried away.
If you answer bluntly, you'll be seen as arrogant.
In this case, a strategic withdrawal is the only option.
Since we've gone to the trouble,
why don't we add a secret ingredient?
Who wants to add something?
Me!
I think fruits would be good!
Like peaches!
Is she stupid?
Indeed, they're all idiots.
Well, in this world, it seems the majority are like that.
It's good that you realised early on.
Aren't you also part of that majority?
Don't underestimate me.
Even when I'm among the "majority" or a crowd of people,
I'm an outstanding, talented person who can stand alone.
You're just about the only person who would go so far to boast like that.
It's disdainful beyond astounding.
If it's beyond astounding, wouldn't it be normal to respect me?
Name.
Huh?
What about a name?
I'm asking your name.
Normally, wouldn't you tell someone your name before speaking to them?
When asking for another's name, first you give your own name.
Tsurumi Rumi.
I'm Yukinoshita Yukino.
That one is Hiki...
Hikiga...
Hikigaeru-kun perhaps?
Why do you know my nickname from fourth grade?!
In the end, they dropped "Hiki" and were just calling me "Kaeru."
Hey Kaeru, going home already?
It's Hikigaya Hachiman.
This is Yuigahama Yui.
Tsurumi... Rumi-chan, right?
Nice to meet you!
Somehow, those two feel different,
from those people over there.
I'm different too.
From them.
"Different" how?
They're all so childish,
so it doesn't really matter if I'm alone.
But I think memories of your friends in elementary school are important.
I don't need memories.
When I enter middle school,
I can just make friends with people some place else.
Unfortunately, that won't be the case.
The children leaving you out will also enter that school, correct?
If so, the same thing will happen again.
This time, the people in this new place will join them.
I knew it... that's the way it is.
I've done something truly stupid.
What happened?
We've excluded people a number of times.
However, it would always end eventually.
When it did, we'd start talking to them again.
Somehow, that's just the atmosphere that came about.
Going along with it, before I knew it,
it was my turn to be excluded.
It's not like... I did anything in particular.
Will middle school also be like this?
I wonder if she's okay.
Is something troubling you?
One of the girls is being isolated.
Poor thing.
That's wrong.
You don't understand the true nature of the problem.
Isolating yourself or being alone isn't, in itself, a real problem.
The problem is when you're forcibly isolated through ill will.
And what would you guys like to do?
I want to do everything possible for her.
"Everything possible" huh?
That's beyond your ability,
wouldn't you say?
Yukinoshita, what about you?
You mentioned that "this also counts as the service club's training."
Does the matter of this girl also count as part of our club activities?
I made your job as a support volunteer of the summer camp part of the club activities.
Based on principle, it seems right to include it in that category.
Is that so.
In that case, if she's seeking our help,
I'll work to resolve this using every means at my disposal.
And, do you think she's asking for your help?
Well, I don't know for su-
Yukinon.
I don't think she could say it even if she wanted to.
Rumi-chan said so herself, right?
"I did the same thing too."
Maybe she thinks if she's the only one who gets helped,
it wouldn't be fair.
Everyone's probably in an environment where they can't talk or get along even if they want to.
Is anyone opposed?
Very well.
In that case, you guys can think about what you should do.
I'm going to sleep.
Y'know, that girl's pretty cute.
Shouldn't she hang out with the other cute girls?
She should just try talking to them.
They'll get along.
Problem solved.
That's it!
Yumiko, you've got mad skills!
I know, right?
That's something only Yumiko could do.
I think creating a foothold, like Yumiko said, is the right way.
However, based on the information we have,
there could be a high hurdle preventing her from talking to them.
That so?
Hey!
What is it, Hina?
It's fine if you have a hobby to live for.
When you devote yourself to a hobby, you go to events and stuff.
This should open up various chances for companionship.
I think she'll find where she truly belongs.
She'll realise that school isn't everything.
I've made friends thanks to BL!
Huh?!
There are no girls who don't like homo!
Even Yukinoshita-san-
Yumiko.
Can you go get some tea with Hina?
Okay!
Come on Ebina, let's go.
Ah, I'm still in the middle of my missionary work!
As I thought, if we don't come up with a way for everyone to get along,
the problem won't be solved.
Everyone, huh?
That's impossible.
There's not even a fragment of possibility.
Hey, Yukinoshita-san, what're you saying?
What do you mean?
After we thought of a way for everyone to get along,
where do you get off saying stuff like that?
I don't really like you at all, but because we're on a trip,
I've been dealing with it.
Now now, Yumiko.
My, it seems I've made a surprisingly good impression.
I hate you however.
Yukinon, restrain yourself.
But Rumi-chan's personality seems kinda harsh,
fitting in will probably be hard.
Sure, she seems to give off a bit of a cold feeling.
Rather than cold, it's like she totally looks down on everyone.
It's 'cause she has that condescending attitude that she gets left out.
Like a certain someone.
That's just your persecution complex.
Since you're aware of your own inferiority,
do you not feel as though others are looking down on you?
See, it's 'cause you say things like that-
Yumiko, stop it.
Hmph!
Hachiman...
I sure don't feel like sleeping now.
Who is it!?
It's me.
...Who?
Why are you asking the same thing as before?
Just once should be enough for an acquaintance.
What are you doing at this hour?
You should be taking an eternal sleep.
Could you please stop sentencing me to death with words that are supposed to sound kind?
Were you looking at the stars?
Miura-san came at me a little.
After thirty minutes of arguing, I defeated her and brought her to tears.
It got awkward, so I left.
I didn't think she would end up crying.
For now, Yuigahama-san is comforting her.
Is one such as Yukinoshita weak against tears?
What, now I'm the one barking.
We have to do something about that girl.
For some girl you don't know, you're awfully motivated.
Up until now, it's been nothing but people I don't know.
It's not as though I want to help people because I'm acquainted with them.
Besides... doesn't she somehow remind you of Yuigahama-san?
How so?
Perhaps...
I think Yuigahama-san experienced something like that too, and also...
...Hayama-kun has probably been concerned this whole time as well.
There something with you and Hayama?
We just went to the same elementary school.
That and our parents are acquaintances.
His father is the legal advisor for our company.
You know, associating with your family sounds difficult.
I suppose so.
You made that sound like you have nothing to do with it.
That's because all that publicity is my sister's role.
I'm... just a substitute.
Even so, I'm glad I came today,
even though I thought it would be impossible.
Huh?
Why?
It's about time we went back.
I see... bye.
Yes, good night.
kirari aoi sora de hikatta
キラリ 青い空で光った
Glittering, soaring up in the azure sky
Airplane kanata no sora no kanata made
Airplane 彼方の空の彼方まで
An airplane flying all the way to the horizon
mune ni tsumatta
胸に詰まった
Tucked away in my heart
nanika ga sawaida
何かが騒いだ
Some feeling began to awake
iitai kimochi wa tojikome
言いたい 気持ちは閉じ込め
Locked away-the feelings I want to express
ienai kotoba ni henkan suru
言えない コトバに変換する
I can't speak-I have no words for what I feel
saigo made boku wa sunao ja nakute
最後まで僕は 素直じゃなくて
I can't be honest with myself, just like every time before
tsunagareteta ito wo waza to
繋がれてた糸をわざと
I let the thread that runs between the two of us
motsuresasete
もつれさせて
Tangle with itself
kirihanashita
切り離した
And then I cut it loose
hikoukigumo ga nijinde
ヒコーキ雲がにじんで
The airplane's contrails fade away
kieteshimau mae ni
消えてしまう前に
Until they've completely vanished
aitai to ieteta nara Wow
逢いたいと言えてたなら Wow
I should have told you, "I want to be with you". Wow
owari no nai setsunasa kara mo
終わりのない切なさからも
I long for the day when I can escape
nukedaseteita no kana
抜け出せていたのかな
From the endless pain I must endure
mata kimi to futari bocchi
また君とふたりぼっち
You and I, alone, just the two of us
Hello Hello, Alone
To the heavens!
Could the "magician" be a ghost?
Go now! Don't stay!
Roar! I'm gonna eat you!
Begone evil spirit!
What's that? A ghost cat?
Seriously? That's totally scary.
Go now! Don't stay!
I thought you were a ghost.
I thought you were a ghost. Since you have dead eyes.
Begone evil spirit!
Since you have dead eyes.
Begone evil spirit!
Wait!
Agh! What is it?
That...
Go now! Don't stay!
That...
Hm?
Because, I'm fine with onmyouji stuff too.
Because, I'm the type that's also good at onmyouji stuff.
At any rate, they will know the truth.
Next time, "At any rate, they will know the truth."