Another great performance from the top cosplayer, Arisu-san!
I'll have to get her to look this way.
H-Hey!
One... May I take one photo of you?
Sure!
What kind of a pose would you like?
Pose?
Um, I'll leave the pose to you.
Well, let's do this then.
S-Sure...
Nightmare...
...Impact!
What is it?
A dream, huh?
On the last day of summer vacation...
...it seemed I had come across something that would change me.
totte nante muboubi da ne?
「撮って!」なんて無防備だね
How reckless of me, asking you things like “Take one of me!”
haato no fookasu shittete
ハートのフォーカス知ってて
First learn how to focus on the heart.
shiboru, bokasu, nani shitemo
しぼる、ぼかす、何しても
Stopping down the lens, adding blur, and so on.
chikaku tooi nikurashiku itoshii
近く遠い憎らしく愛しい
Whether you're near or far, hating or loving,
shattaa de furete
シャッターで触れて
the shutter will capture everything.
kimi ni kisu wo suru koisuru renzu
君にキスをする 恋するレンズ
Kissing you, a love through the lens.
moshimo kyou wo zenbu wasuretemo daijoubu
もしも今日を全部忘れても大丈夫
Don't worry if you forget all of this today,
nanmankai mo mabatakinagara
何万回もまばたきながら
because we'll shoot pictures over and over again.
hohoemi ga kagayaki kiritotteoku yo
微笑みが輝き切り取っておくよ
I'll make sure to capture your dazzling smile.
Encounter
New semester - First day
It's the 20th of August, almost ten past seven.
Are your morning chores going well?
Even though the new semester is to begin today,
the hot days will not end yet.
Hang on, everyone!
Have a good day.
I'm going!
Nii-yan, you should hurry too!
Morning!
Morning, Maeda-kun.
Oh, morning.
It's been a while, huh?
What'd you do during summer vacation?
Nothing special, just lazed about.
I see.
Even though I met Kano-chan every day at our club activities,
I never got to see you.
Is that a camera?
Where did you get it?
Dad's buying a new one,
so I got his old one.
Wow, that's great!
A real camera!
It looks like a camera a professional would use!
Morning!
G-Good morning...
Walking to school together is so nice!
That's just the kind of school life I'm longing for!
See you at school!
Who's that?
No idea.
Hey, Maeda-kun, will you take photos of me later?
Together with Kano-chan would be fine, all right?
R-Right...
It's a promise then!
See you later!
Yeah, later...
Morning, Misumi-san!
Ah, morning, Niimi-san.
Nice to see you.
How have you been?
Fine...
Got you!
Morning, Haruka!
It's been too long since I've seen you!
Morning!
How have you been?
Miimi Haruka has a cheerful personality and excellent grades.
She's the ace of the Tennis Club and is popular in our class.
We used to run around the park together when we were kids,
but I realised we had grown apart.
Will you take photos of me later?
My encounters with the camera will change...
...nothing, of course.
New semester - The previous day
Nii-yan, can I come in?
Sure, it's fine.
Do you have any pencil leads?
Mine broke.
There are some on the desk.
You can have those.
Thanks!
Huh? Nii-yan, you're doing your homework this late?
Well, yeah.
You should probably finish it before the Bon festival.
I probably should.
What's this?
Papa-rin's camera?
Why is it here?
Because it's now my camera.
What?! Unfair!
Why should you get something this expensive?!
Dad doesn't need it anymore.
Go complain to him instead.
You bet I will!
I'll get him to buy me some new clothes!
So, have you taken any photos?
No, not yet.
Huh, why?!
Now that you got it, isn't that not kind of a waste?
You had one "not" too much there.
Isn't that not kind of not a waste or not?!
Way too many "not"s...
Hey, let's take some test shots!
Look, take a photo of me!
A photo of you?
I don't really mind, I guess...
Hooray, bunny peace!
Nii-yan, take it already!
It's a photography event!
I'm the Pretty Rabbit!
The last night of summer holiday.
As every year, I had an eventless and boring summer vacation.
It wasn't even my birthday when I got a digital, single-lens, reflex camera from my dad.
Kouga Academy.
Your average private high school, the likes of which you can find anywhere.
If I were forced to talk about its defining features,
I would mention the traditional freedoms of the school,
and the great effort put even into club activities.
Huh? What? What?!
I-I'm sorry for the disturbance!
If you see me at school, just come talk to me!
Goals for this semester
Who would've thought that someone would end up in the wrong classroom, on their first day...
Goals for this semester
Now then, I'll take attendance again.
Ichinose-kun?
Here!
Akashi-san?
Here!
Tani-kun?
Here.
So she was a student teacher, huh?
The school I had attended for about forty days hadn't really changed for the better,
and time just passed as usual.
The same classroom,
the same school uniform,
the same schoolyard.
Whoops!
I'm sorry!
Geez, that's dangerous!
It's a violation of school regulations.
However, if I had to say that something has changed,
Ah, no, wait!
The summer mandarins!
it would be that I can't help but think of everyone as a photographic subject.
There's someone there?
A photo opportunity!
Hello.
Hello...
Erm, our class will be having PE next...
Uh, how should say this...
I was looking for good photographic subjects.
Subjects?
Yeah.
Then I happened to see a girl dancing here...
I see...
What, you're Kano-chan's big brother?
You're her friend?
Yes!
Nice to meet you, I am Sakura Mai from class 1-B!
I'm Maeda Kazuya from 2-B.
I didn't know that Kano-chan had a big brother!
And I didn't know that Kano had a friend who does rhythmic gymnastics.
Kano-chan and I are really good friends!
Huh, is that so?
"The current of the flowing river does not cease, and yet the water is not the same water as before."
"The foam that floats on stagnant pools, now vanishing, now forming, never stays the same for long."
Since the summer holiday,
I felt different about myself.
Carrying a camera has made me bolder.
I've been able to avoid the boring days so far.
That's how I felt.
Hey, Dattsun!
Dattsun, don't you hear me?
Oh, it's only Nonoka...
So full of contempt!
I called you many times over!
Is that so?
But please, don't call me Dattsun.
Why not? It comes from darts.
Don't you like it?
Well, how about Billy from billiards?
Or Elly from the electric guitar you quit after playing for three weeks?
No way, digging into such old memories...
Because darts is what you were hooked on the longest, Dattsun is just fine.
Right?
So, what is that thing you're carrying around?
Some kind of new hobby?
Ah, this is dad's old one.
Huh, that sounds nice.
Have you taken many photos?
Sort of.
But you've forgotten to take some fundamental ones.
Like what?
Someone who spends her youth playing softball;
a fit, beautiful woman.
I can't see any.
You don't need to be shy!
You can take as many as you want!
If you want me to take some, just say it.
Take, take! Please!
I guess I can...
Then please do!
Why that face?
Just because I could!
See you later, Dattsun!
Yeah, see ya.
Because she could, huh?
Nice approach!
To get your models to ask you to shoot them...
...is quite impressive!
You have a bright future ahead of you.
What do you mean?
The camera, of course.
I'm sorry, but I observed you closely today.
Eh?
Did you stalk me?
You really didn't notice?
Eh, well...
You will need to expand your horizons, and observe your surroundings more carefully.
You're putting too much effort to what's clearly seen.
I see...
I'm Kudou Hiromichi from class 3-A.
I'm the Photography Club's president.
How about it?
Want to join my Photography club?
You have the right stuff.
Huh?
Behold.
In this ordinary Kouga Academy,
some put effort in their club activities, others hurry home.
That is where an everyday student life takes place.
But at this very moment,
I'm imagining a gust of wind, blowing upward!
Yeah...
Oh, the sweet sight!
Photography Club
This here is the Photography Club's clubroom.
A curtain?
The room's divided in two.
You don't need to worry what's behind that.
Well then, let's introduce our club members.
I'm Nakagawa Itta from class 2-A.
I'm your man when it comes to low angles!
Nice to meet you.
You too.
His nickname is Low-Angle Nakagawa.
Next...
I'm Azuma Takashi, also from 2-A.
My speciality is high-angle photography.
Nice to meet you.
He's called Cleavage Azuma.
Nice to meet you...
Borderline erotica is a work of beauty,
borderline erotica is a form of art!
Wouldn't you agree?
Well... I wonder...
So, where's Uchida?
Is she around?
Here...
Oh, there she is.
Let's introduce her too.
The only female member, Stealth Uchida.
Uchida Yuuko from 1-C.
Erm, nice to meet you.
I'm Maeda Kazuya from 2-B.
Let's get along.
Uchida's specialization is stealth photography.
Stealth photography?
Taking photographs without the subject's knowledge by blending in with the surroundings.
Aren't those peep-
Peeping photos are completely different!
We don't hide our cameras in bags or anything like that!
And we only photograph in public places approved by the school!
Also, when we hold a public exhibition, we ask for their permission.
I see...
What do you think?
It's an elite assembly, isn't it?
You must join.
The school-famous heroine, Niimi Haruka,
appears to be your childhood friend.
Furthermore, being able to talk with the Softball Club ace, Masaki Nonoka,
as well as with the Rhythmic Gymnastic Club's Sakura Mai...
Use that position, for the sake of our club!
Huh, so that's why...
The Photography Club is a lot of fun!
Why not document the youthful figures of the female students in a lustful manner together with us!
Ta-da!
Stop tempting him!
I'm Kurebayashi Katsumi from class 3-A.
I'm the president of the Photo Club.
Kurebayashi!
What is the meaning of this unexpected intrusion?
For a breather, you know...
Violation of airspace.
Photo Club?
What is this Photo Club?
Is it different from the Photography Club?
Totally different!
Don't mix us up with such a dubious club!
So you were listening to us?
To hell with privacy, right?
As I hate the Photography Club, I created the Photo Club after consulting with the Student Council President.
Student Council President?
That's right.
The Photo Club takes all the official photos for the school.
Which means that Photo Club is the official-
There are no such things as official or unofficial photographs!
Whatever you or Muroto say,
the Photography Club is an officially recognised club.
That's right.
In addition to not having enough members in the first place,
Ruu is a member of the Volleyball Club, so we're not an official club...
Onee-sama, I can quit the Volleyball Club at any time-
No!
Hey, Maeda-kun, wouldn't you join our club?
That would help up get closer to becoming an official club.
Huh?
From season to season, the Kikumagawa river changes its guise!
Capture that beautiful scene, together with us!
Beautiful scene?
Don't make me laugh.
No beauty superior to borderline erotica exists in this world!
We're all girls, so you'd have gorgeous, fun times!
Don't deceive him!
To where the wind blows, to where his heart leads him,
together with us...
Won't you pursue true beauty with us?
Let's pursue true beauty!
What should I do?
Can I really take photographs like that?
I mean, is it even okay?
Onee-sama, let's stop it already.
Isn't it fine with just me and the eccentric Sanehara?
He is a guy, after all...
As long as one loves photography, one's gender has no meaning.
Ruu is unhappy!
An artist is always laying his heart bare!
He has to fight against the public norms!
Maeda, accept your destiny!
Maeda, which one will you choose?!
I don't want to be forced to take risky photos.
But what should I do?
Which one should I join to put an end to this?
Now, which is it?!
Photography Club, I guess...
Hooray!
Very well!
I welcome you, our newest brave!
Uh, well, I don't realise it myself...
You're a beginner with a camera, right?
We'll teach you lots of different things.
We're kind to our comrades!
You smell the same as me.
Ah, won over by Kudou's flattery, huh?
Don't stain my reputation!
Later, Maeda-kun.
Even if our clubs are different, we both love photography.
Come talk to me whenever you want.
Sure.
Thank you very much!
Let's go, Ruu.
Okay!
I somehow ended up in a bad club...
Am I going to be okay?
You are...
What is it?
You were on the rooftop, taking photos of the sky.
Yes, well, I'm in the Photo Club.
Photo Club?
In that case, are you Sanehara?
How do you know my name?
It's, well... a long story.
Can I go now?
Ah, someone's still here.
Misumi-san?
That's Niimi-san's seat.
What's she doing?
She's crying?
Can you keep it a secret?
Keep it a secret.
K-Keep what a secret?
That I sat on Niimi-san's seat...
...and that I cried.
Don't tell her.
It's fine, but did something happen?
If I tell you the reason, will you keep it a secret?
Yeah.
kokoro no oto karuku kizamu rizumu
ココロの音軽く刻むリズム
The sound of my heart beats a gentle rhythm,
azayaka na iro kimi wo terashiyureru
鮮やかな色君を照らしゆれる
shining upon you in bright colours.
kurayami no naka tesaguri de aruku
暗闇の中手探りで歩く
As we felt our way through the darkness,
fuan wa fushigi to kieteku
不安は不思議と消えてく
our anxiety disappeared mysteriously.
shunkan saku sutorobo
瞬間咲くストロボ
A strobe light will show your chance.
te wo totte hoho ni furete
手を取って頬に触れて
As I take hold of your hand and touch you cheeks,
setsunakute ureshiku natte
切なくて嬉しくなって
I become miserable yet joyful.
sekai wa konna ni mo
世界はこんなにも
I couldn't believe the world
suteki ni kagayaku yo
素敵に輝くよ
could shine this brightly.
suki datte ienakutatte
好きだって言えなくたって
Even if I can't say I love you,
kimi no soba de kanjiru kara
君のそばで感じるから
I can feel it by your side.
sukoshi no yuuki ga
少しの勇気が
And I continue forth as I hold on
mikansei no mama kakenuketeku
未完成のまま駆け抜けてく
to this unfinished little piece of courage.
Welcome!
Welcome to the Photography Club!
Photographs are borderline erotica!
Beauty is borderline erotica!
Art is borderline erotica!
Everything is borderline erotica!
Even if a cruel light were to blind us,
and our viewfinder covered,
when the time comes, it's time for action!
Find, aim, shoot!
We keep pursuing the flowery cloth peeking from under the hem of a skirt!
Next Time
Academy Heaven
Don't take perverted photos!