Starting today, I'm your new classmate.
My name's Takanomiya Akito.
I just got to Kyoto, so I don't know my way around.
If anyone could help me out, I'd be really grateful.
Please take care of me!
"What a terrible boy."
That's what I thought the first time I saw you.
I thought you were putting up a façade.
Now that I think back about it, you were probably just trying your best in a new environment.
But that's what I was thinking back then.
Library
It's a little awkward for me to say this,
but back then I was an extraordinary student.
And my appearance gave the impression...
...that I was hard to approach.
As a result, I was admired by not only the students around me, but also the adults.
Even with all that, you...
Sawatari-kun!
What are you doing!
How could he do that to Sawatari-san?
That's the transfer student, right?
Oh, sorry.
I didn't think you'd be that surprised.
This is the obvious response when one is suddenly grabbed by a complete stranger from behind.
Calling me a stranger is pretty mean.
I'm the new transfer student-
Takanomiya Akito.
I know your name.
But that doesn't change the fact that we're still strangers.
I see.
But now that we're talking like this to each other,
we're not strangers any more, right?
Is it okay to be here?
Classes are starting.
Is this a special privilege that only you have?
Skipping class, that is.
Spit it out, already.
To follow me so closely that you're skipping class,
you clearly have a goal, don't you?
Ah... Well, it's not really a goal, but...
I want to be friends with you.
Denied.
What?
Having unneeded followers would undoubtedly upset the balance of power within the group.
I don't want to be your follower; I want to be your friend.
I knew right away.
From the minute I saw you, I knew you were someone who'd stick with me through good and bad times.
I think we'd be great friends.
So you just want friends.
Fine.
Really?
I understand your desire.
Takanomiya-kun, do you want to have lunch together?
Are you keeping up with class?
If you want to have a look at my notes, just ask.
Do you want to go somewhere after school?
Ah, um... Thanks.
Can you let me think about it for a bit?
Now, now, don't say that.
I thought something like this might happen, so I prepared two sets of notes.
Sorry, but I gotta do something...
Sawatari-kun.
Hold on a second.
Sawatari-kun.
Sawatari-kun!
Today, everyone in the class started trying to talk to me.
I see.
Isn't it great that you have friends now?
Wasn't that what you wanted?
So that really was your doing.
Calling it my "doing" makes it sound bad.
I just recommended to everyone that they should try to be your friend.
I don't know how you misunderstood me,
but I don't want to be friends with just anybody.
Only you.
I thought I said this already: I have no intention of being your friend.
Why?
Class is starting.
Go back to the classroom.
Sawatari-kun.
I won't give up.
Then that means I'll have to be ready to deal with you.
I made this bento for you, Akito-san.
Please eat it!
Hey, Takanomiya.
Want to play soccer during lunch break?
Let's have some fun!
Takanomiya-kun.
Come and join the literature club with me.
I want to make dirty doujinshi with you.
I'll go home with you today.
I-It's not like I like you or anything, okay?
Takanomiya-kun!
I'm sorry!
E-Ehm... What in the world...?
Sorry, I gotta do something...
Takanomiya-kun!
We're not done talking.
Don't go!
Sawatari-kun, is this your doing as well?
Having a harem is every man's dream, is it not?
Like I said, this isn't what I want.
Takanomiya-kun!
We're not letting you get away.
I'm serious!
Sorry.
You have the talent to do it!
Hold on!
Be my slave!
Stop trying to force me!
Isn't it stupid?
I was irritated by something that I caused myself.
But you didn't realise how I felt at all.
The next day,
and the day after that.
No matter what I did to you, you would still come and talk to me.
I was so fed up that I took a whole day off from school.
Sawatari Family
If I was at home, I could get through the whole day without seeing you.
However, I might have just been fooling myself.
Why do I have to hole up in my own home because of that boy?
Is this stupid or what?
So you really were just skipping school.
I'm glad I was able to find you before I was caught sneaking in.
I'm here to see you.
To sneak through all of the heavy security protecting the grounds...
I commend your courage and your indiscretion.
So?
Since you came here with the full knowledge that you're trespassing, there's clearly something you want.
A fight.
I came to pick a fight with you.
Certainly, I might have been impolite in the way I approached you.
But at least I was serious and sincere in my approach.
If you had openly told me your intentions, I would have given up.
But instead you used the innocent people around you to attack me in a roundabout way.
To be honest, I was shocked and pissed off.
However, I understand how you feel.
So I'll give you a chance to vent your anger.
Don't you just want to punch me in the face?
For ruining your peaceful daily life.
Don't you?
I'm warning you:
I'm not that weak.
Damn.
So I lost, huh?
Why are you laughing?
That's because no matter what anyone says,
you and I are now friends.
What I said before we fought was all a lie.
I said that because I wanted you to come at me for real.
Sorry.
I'm happy I was able to fight you when you were going all out.
After fighting that much, there's nothing left but for us to be friends.
Right?
You've been reading too much manga.
How many times do I have to tell you that I don't want to be your friend?
This isn't about whether or not you want to;
we've already become friends.
You and I.
No matter how you look at it, we're definitely friends.
Right.
I've made up my mind.
Right, right.
I see, I see.
You finally understand me.
I don't want to be your friend.
What? What? What?!
Wait a... Sawatari-kun?
I don't need friends.
I don't want someone around who just pretends to listen to me.
What I need,
what I really want,
For the me back then, this was the only thing I could think of that was closer than a friend.
is a relationship that will never fall apart, no matter what happens.
I want to be best friends.
You look terrible.
Go take a bath.
Akito.
I'll leave your change of clothes over here.
You can use this towel.
Thanks.
By the way, Sawatari-kun,
wanna go in together?
What?
You want to hurry up and get that dirt off you too, don't you?
What are you saying?
How could I do something like that?
Come on, come on.
We're both boys!
Thanks...
...for letting me use your bath.
You're...
...welcome.
It's true that my name was fairly boyish.
And I did behave like a boy.
But I didn't think you'd actually think I was a boy.
I hate myself for not approaching you as a girl to begin with.
Because that's the cause of all our misunderstandings today.
I'm absolutely sure that it all started then.
My turn to nurse you is just about over.
I have to get going.
But Akito,
I'm going to clear up all these misunderstandings one day.
Let's love the way we want, everyone is cuter!
思い通りに恋しょう みんな可愛くなれ！
omoi doori ni koi shiyou minna kawaiku nare!
All girls, no matter who they are, are all self-producers.
女の子は誰だって self producer!
onna no ko wa dare datte self producer
Let's overturn common sense. Let's question our own values.
常識がひっくり返る 価値観も怪しくなって
joushiki ga hikkurikaeru kachikan mo ayashikunatte
I have no safety margin, but I have no fear.
余裕ないけど 怖くもない
yoyuunaikedo kowakumonai
Heart pounding, halation.
ドキドキして ハレイション
dokidokishite hareishon
Is the figure in the mirror really me? How embarrassing.
鏡の自分は私なの 照れくさいね
kagami no jibun ha watashi na no derekusaine
Reborn in the centre of the world.
生まれ変わる 世界の真ん中で
umarekawaru sekai no mannakade
Hold me tight (tell the world) I love you!
抱きしめて（伝えて） 大好き！
dakishimete (tsutaete) daisuki!
Let's love the way we want and with an honest attraction.
思い通りに恋しよう 素直な引力で
omoidoori ni koi shiyou sunao na inryoku de
Let's get angry, let's run!
ムキになってみたり はしゃいだり
muki ni natte mitari hashaidari
Sudden developments (heart pounding), every day!
毎日が（こころ） 急展開！
mainichi ga (kokoro) kyuutenkai!
With this unstoppable pounding heart, everyone be cuter!
止まらないトキメキで みんな可愛くなれ！
tomaranai tokimeki de minna kawaiku nare
To a future better than we can imagine,
予想以上のミライへと
yosou ijou no mirai e to!
self produce
Onii-chan.
Are you feeling well enough to be out of bed?
Yeah.
My fever's gone down,
and my coughing stopped.
Well,
you certainly look like you're feeling a lot better.
Yes, so I'm going to take a quick shower-
Wait, Onii-chan.
Before that, we need Onii-chan to decide something for us.
Decide?
Yes. A very, very important decision.
You must decide who was the best at nursing you. The MVP!
What?
In other words,
we had a competition to see who could look after you the best.
That's right. Now hurry up and choose me.
What are you saying?
Onii-chan is obviously going to pick me.
I, his true little sister, put my heart into tending to him.
Whether or not you're his sister has nothing to do with it.
The important part is whose nursing was the most comfortable for him.
Um... Can we make how delicious the food was part of the criteria as well?
Now, Aki!
Akito!
Nii-sama!
Onii-chan!
Aki!
Akito!
Nii-sama!
Onii-chan!
Aki!
Akito!
Nii-sama!
Onii-chan!
Ah, I get it!
I get it already!
Give me a second.
I need to think.
I pick the president.
Really?
But I didn't do anything.
That's not true.
When I was rolling around restlessly in my sleep because of the fever,
you came and put a cold towel on my forehead, didn't you?
Well, I guess I did do that much.
Other than that, I really didn't do anything.
Not doing anything is best when nursing someone back to health.
I see.
If that's the case, then I accept the honour of being the winner.
Please do.
Is everyone okay with that?
A-Akiko?
Are you all right?
You don't have to be so shocked.
No, that's not it.
It's too bad that I didn't win, but...
More importantly, I'm very worried.
Onii-chan is...
The prize for this competition is the right to spend time alone with Onii-chan in the winner's room without any interference.
Well, there you have it.
Gi
My name's Ginbei.
n
da
I guess you might think I'm a boy.
ma
Let go of me!
I'm going to go protect Onii-chan!
This is the duty of his little sister!
Calm down.
While the prize is in effect, everyone except Akito and the winner has to leave the dormitory.
You were the one who came up with this condition.
That's because I thought I was going to be the winner.
Arashi
For it to come to this...
Will I be able to leave this room in one piece?
Excuse me.
What?
I've been waiting for you.
Excuse me.
Yes, what is it?
Why are you so different from your usual self today?
Do you not like it?
No, I didn't say that.
In any case, please have a sip of tea.
Here you go.
Please accept this tea.
Thank you for the tea.
No, the honour is all mine.
Was the tea to your liking?
Yes, the tea was prepared marvellously.
But, President, could you stop that?
What do you mean by that?
You're really going over the top.
It's making me feel really uneasy.
I am a member of the Nikaidou family.
This may be a room in the school dormitory,
but it also belongs to the Nikaidou family.
I see.
Does it really?
Yes, it really does.
Oh?
Is something wrong?
President, your right eye just flashed red for a second there.
And what happened to the eye patch you always wear?
I'd expect nothing less of Himenokouji Akito-sama.
You noticed it was gone.
Normally, I wear the eye patch to hide this eye.
That's because this eye holds a secret power.
With this eye, I can manipulate and control the memories of others.
In other words, I can rewrite everyone's memory...
...so that they'll think I've always been your lover.
But rest assured...
Every time I use this power, I lose a little bit of my eyesight.
When I was younger,
I used the power unconsciously over and over,
so my eyesight has already been somewhat affected.
To stop myself from using the power ever again,
I normally wear an eye patch.
I see.
I didn't know your eye patch was so important.
Yes.
That's the 8th-Grade-Syndrome-esque setting I chose for today before putting on a coloured contact lens.
What?
Oh, come on.
There's no way such a power could exist.
Um... I guess so.
This is just the beginning of the time we're going to spend together.
Why don't we have as much fun as we possibly can?
Is it true, Onii-chan?
Is it really, really true that nothing happened?
Um, how to explain?
First she treated me to some tea, told me about her eye patch,
and then-dunno why-it was flower arrangement.
Look, I made that arrangement.
Can I believe you, Onii-chan?
You spent all that time alone with the president.
Why do you doubt him, Akiko-neesama?
If Alisa got such a chance with Nii-sama,
she'd spent it that way too.
That's because you're still a kid and don't understand.
Well, neither the president nor Akito are the type to lie about this sort of thing.
It's probably true.
Agreed.
His fly was open 3cm when he went to visit the president,
and it's still in the same position now.
I think it's okay to conclude that nothing happened.
Say something when you notice something like that!
I understand.
I'll believe what you say, Onii-chan.
But just what was the president trying to pull?
Isn't it obvious?
I normally come off as extremely aggressive,
but occasionally I act extremely kind to him,
as if he were a stray cat I picked up.
It's called "gap moe".
Is that what you were going for?
And?
Exciting, yes?
Um...
Well, I did think you were quite attractive when you were acting that way.
It's good to be honest.
But man, my shoulders are stiff from all that acting.
Wait!
What is the meaning of this, Onii-chan?
Next time, I'm going to be my usual self and devour you whole, Himenokouji Akito.
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So cold...
Why am I...
...all alone here?
Somehow, I feel like I've been forgotten by the whole world.
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aru? run! arietta toki aru rabu!
ある？るん！あり得った時、あるラブ！
Love when things can be rough.
nare? run! narieeru toki, narurabu!
なれ？るん！なり得ーる時、なるラブ！
Love when things can be soothing.
watashi kono sekai ni ikiteru
私この世界に生きてる
I live in this world.
Life is love.
nichijou ha konfyujon
日常はコンフュージョン
Every day is confusing.
negawaku ba susume
願わくば "進め"
I pray that I can advance.
ashita no hajirai sutechau yo susume
明日のはじらい捨てちゃうよ進め
Throw away tomorrow's embarrassment and move forward.
yokubou no sajesuchon
欲望のサジェスチョン
A greedy suggestion.
donkan nano wa tsumi nanda yo
鈍感なのは罪なんだよ
Insensitivity is a crime.
nakama kizuna orokashii!
仲間 絆 愚かしい!
Friends, bonds, foolishness!
tsumari, koi da
つまり、恋だ
In other words, love.
aru? run! arietta toki aru rabu!
ある？るん！あり得った時、あるラブ!
Love when things can be rough...
watashi kono sekai de
私、この 世界で
...with this world.
ii yo
いいよ
I'm happy.
soppo mukinasai!
そっぽ 向きなさい!
Look away!
sukinadake mushide
好きなだけ 無視で
Ignore me as much as you want,
tsumetai hou ga deforuto
冷たい 方が デフォルト
coldness on by default.
so no hou ga moeru!
その 方が 萌える!
That is more attractive!
mukashimukashi onnanoko ha
昔々 女の子は
Long, long ago,
hitasurasura matitsudukete
ひたすらすら 待ち 続けて
girls kept on waiting.
suguni toshioita zuruku narou yo
すぐに 年老いた ずるくなろうよ!
You'll grow old soon! Let's become more cunning!
mukashi mukashi monogatari ha gaman kurabe
むかしむかし 物語は 我慢比べ
Long, long ago, stories of girls enduring,
sonna no iyada!
そんなの 嫌だ!
I don't want to do that!
sugu ni tsukamanakya shoumikigen da
すぐに つかまなきゃ 賞味期限だ
Catch me soon, or I'll expire!
aru? run! arietta toki aru rabu!
ある？るん！あり得った時、あるラブ!
Love when things can be rough.
nare? run! narieeru toki, narurabu!
なれ？るん！なり得ーる時、なるラブ！
Love when things can be calm.
watashi, ai ni nagasareru
私、愛に 流される
I'm being washed away by love.
Underwear.
I'm not wearing any.
No panties.
Breezy.
On top of that...
skirt.
The thrill...
and excitement.
Can almost see it.
Can't see it.
Right on...
the line.
Attack it.
Nasuhara.
Anxiety.
See-through.
Look, look.
Blush.
Don't look.
But look.
My feelings.
Opposite.
Next time...
on Oniai.
Eleven.
Not wearing any...