1. I thought that when I grew up, I could reach more and more.Copy !req
2. The fruit beckoning from the highest branch.Copy !req
3. The beautiful shell hidden in the sand. If I could only stretch out my hand a little more...Copy !req
4. But... As everyone passes through the junctures of their life,Copy !req
5. they no longer stretch their hand out to the sky, or crouch to the earth.Copy !req
6. Embarrassed, they ignore what they'd desired for so long.Copy !req
7. Will you reach out and grab me, grown up as I am?Copy !req
8. Come on, everyone's watching Cosmos vs. AlienCopy !req
9. Their battles are always marvelousCopy !req
10. He commands a fleet, but he's really been an alien since before he was bornCopy !req
11. The distance between "micro" and "macro" is so importantCopy !req
12. At least when it comes to misunderstandings in space treatiesCopy !req
13. If it's this or be the second coming of Adam and EveCopy !req
14. Everyone's probably better off how they are nowCopy !req
15. Come on, take a closer lookCopy !req
16. Come on, be a little more eagerCopy !req
17. Come on, let's hold hands gentlyCopy !req
18. Come on, put a smile onCopy !req
19. Talk and talk, gossip up a stormCopy !req
20. But soon it's more than just a jokeCopy !req
21. Cross the mountains, cross the valleysCopy !req
22. Get to the planet he lives onCopy !req
23. Come on, everyone's watching the captain, the queen, and the aceCopy !req
24. Yes, the missile counterbarrage is readyCopy !req
25. But the man aiming has really been an alien since before he was bornCopy !req
26. Now, the cosmos is spaceCopy !req
27. It's just one wide sweepCopy !req
28. The cosmos's sugary tasteCopy !req
29. It's just one sweetCopy !req
30. Just a pinch of magic when you're together with herCopy !req
31. Just a pinch of sugar and you can have herCopy !req
32. Radius of the baseCopy !req
33. Ric's open-air classroom has become a part of everyday life on the riverbank.Copy !req
34. And that's how it works.Copy !req
35. Do you get it, Nino?Copy !req
36. Yeah, I get it!Copy !req
37. Come on, call on someone other than Nino!Copy !req
38. You student-fucker!Copy !req
39. You need to forget anything Star taught you.Copy !req
40. Anyway, if you have any questions then go ahead and ask.Copy !req
41. Teacher! I have a question!Copy !req
42. Let me hear it.Copy !req
43. Do you have a girlfriend?Copy !req
44. Radius of the baseCopy !req
45. Why are you asking that kind of absurd question?Copy !req
46. Jeez, why are you so serious?Copy !req
47. Amazoness!Copy !req
48. Episode 157 "The New Student is Amazoness"Copy !req
49. So this is the amazoness you met in Saitama?Copy !req
50. A black ship!Copy !req
51. See!? I Told you she was real!Copy !req
52. And look, the tengu are here too!Copy !req
53. She's so big!Copy !req
54. Awesome! She really does exist!Copy !req
55. There really is an amazoness!Copy !req
56. Great...Copy !req
57. You're glad I'm here?Copy !req
58. Yeah, I guess, in an rather positive manner of speaking.Copy !req
59. I see...Copy !req
60. You're the man who drew a winner from our treasure, Master Softee, in one try!Copy !req
61. Wow, you type fast on your phone!Copy !req
62. Huh, a text? That's unusual...Copy !req
63. Sending...Copy !req
64. Sending...Copy !req
65. Sending...Copy !req
66. Hi, this is Amazoness!Copy !req
67. You're soooooooo awesome!Copy !req
68. Let's go out!Copy !req
69. I may look like this, but I hunt my own food!Copy !req
70. No, looking like that makes it obvious!Copy !req
71. And I always turn a lot of heads when I go for a stroll!Copy !req
72. I'm more impressed with the guts of anyone whose head you don't turn!Copy !req
73. C'mon!Copy !req
74. Go out with me!Copy !req
75. No way!Copy !req
76. Uh, I mean, I already have a girlfriend!Copy !req
77. See? Her!Copy !req
78. Her blowgun!?Copy !req
79. Stop it!Copy !req
80. I won't let you hurt—Copy !req
81. A lace handkerchief!?Copy !req
82. She's crying!?Copy !req
83. Sorry!Copy !req
84. Oh man, she may look tough, but that was way too harsh!Copy !req
85. Don't apologize...Copy !req
86. Can I keep coming to school?Copy !req
87. Amazoness...Copy !req
88. This girl... Maybe she's a lot more feminine than she looks?Copy !req
89. Now that I've fallen for you... I want to be with you..Copy !req
90. Once I've got my teeth in you, I'll gnaw you to the bone!Copy !req
91. Like a piranha!Copy !req
92. All right, see you tomorrow, Teacher.Copy !req
93. That's a damn scary example!!Copy !req
94. Episode 158 "Love Borne on Song"Copy !req
95. Thus, we find that...Copy !req
96. She's here again today.Copy !req
97. She even brought the tengu along.Copy !req
98. Deep distress
Gathering clouds
Touch-and-go
Gasping for breath
ForsakenCopy !req
99. Hey, Ric, she seems pretty hot for you.Copy !req
100. Why don't you take her out?Copy !req
101. Quit joking around! I have Nino!Copy !req
102. Deep distress
Gathering clouds
Touch-and-go
Gasping for breath
ForsakenCopy !req
103. Plus, she's not my type!Copy !req
104. I don't really like women that big...Copy !req
105. Amazoness, are you texting me again? I told you, no phones in class!Copy !req
106. Amazoness! Amazoness! Cute, sweet Amazoness!Copy !req
107. What's wrong with you guys? Quit it with that weird song!Copy !req
108. I'm... scolding... Amazoness...Copy !req
109. Scolding me? About what?Copy !req
110. Your... phone...Copy !req
111. No, wait, isn't your skirt a bit short?Copy !req
112. Her skirt? You mean that snake skin armor?Copy !req
113. Really?Copy !req
114. Deep distress
Gathering clouds
Touch-and-go
Gasping for breath
ForsakenCopy !req
115. Don't worry, Teacher! When I'm in front of other men I cover it with my shield!Copy !req
116. Idiot! Stop making fun of your teacher!Copy !req
117. Wait, he's going along with it?Copy !req
118. Hypnotism successful!Copy !req
119. I see. That must have been rough on you.Copy !req
120. So you've been too ill to attend school until now?Copy !req
121. I understand. Just looking at your delicate form...Copy !req
122. He's calling that delicate?Copy !req
123. What the hell is he talking about?Copy !req
124. I can't believe she's luring Ric in by pretending to be sickly!Copy !req
125. It must have hurt so bad.Copy !req
126. But don't worry.Copy !req
127. Teacher is on your side.Copy !req
128. Teacher...Copy !req
129. Come on, Ric! Get back to teaching!Copy !req
130. Don't be so rude, P-ko!Copy !req
131. What shall we do if she's blown away on the wind like a dandelion puff!Copy !req
132. A puff?Copy !req
133. All right, if you're so weak, then why not wear warmer clothes!?Copy !req
134. What are clothes!?Copy !req
135. The things you're wearing on your body.Copy !req
136. But this is all I have...Copy !req
137. Don't you at least bundle up in winter?Copy !req
138. No! I can't stand that!Copy !req
139. It would so totally tear me apart...Copy !req
140. I want to protect you...Copy !req
141. Walking around barelegged in winter just isn't healthy!Copy !req
142. Episode 159 "Surging Love"Copy !req
143. Girls' Emergency MeetingCopy !req
144. It's just weird!Copy !req
145. Look at Ric's eyes when he looks at Amazoness!Copy !req
146. Really? Doesn't he always look like that?Copy !req
147. Nino!Copy !req
148. That's why it's weird!Copy !req
149. When he looks at me or anyone else like that, he's usually—Copy !req
150. Like this!Copy !req
151. Or that!Copy !req
152. He's looking at her the same way as he looks at you!Copy !req
153. Plus he's spending all his time with her lately!Copy !req
154. That's not true. He always comes to me for dinner.Copy !req
155. Really?Copy !req
156. Oh, Ric!Copy !req
157. Good timing!Copy !req
158. I was just about to bring you dinner...Copy !req
159. Oh, sorry, Nino.Copy !req
160. One of my students made me something today .Copy !req
161. Will you look at that? It's full of stuff from Saitama.Copy !req
162. We were laughing about it earlier. Isn't it so totally super-neato, though?Copy !req
163. Oh, whoops, I'm talking like her.Copy !req
164. Oh, well then.Copy !req
165. Teacher! Eat up or it's gonna get cold!Copy !req
166. Sorry. See you later!Copy !req
167. C'mon! I'm gonna eat it for sure! Don't get so worried!Copy !req
168. But it's awesome!Copy !req
169. Oh well. I can't do anything about it.Copy !req
170. Nino?Copy !req
171. Okay, Ric's dinner. You can go back home.Copy !req
172. Nino, didn't you already cook that?Copy !req
173. Anyway, if you can't take it, you don't have to hold it in!Copy !req
174. Huh? A date at the river mouth?Copy !req
175. Yeah, we haven't done it in a while.Copy !req
176. All right! Let's go!Copy !req
177. How about this afternoon? I'll come get you around one.Copy !req
178. Really? I'll be waiting!Copy !req
179. See you!Copy !req
180. Come on, I know you're happy, but—Copy !req
181. A date with Nino! I'd better not be late!Copy !req
182. Hello?Copy !req
183. Amazoness has been arrested for shoplifting
OOPARTS, and she's being held at Amazon County Jail?Copy !req
184. Yes. At Machu Picchu—Copy !req
185. What about her parents?Copy !req
186. Her father died when she was young, and her mother's never home because she's busy hunting.Copy !req
187. Then she's all alone in jail?Copy !req
188. Yes, but it should be fine. Maybe a night there will teach her a lesson.Copy !req
189. I just thought I'd tell you, since you're her teacher.Copy !req
190. Wait!Copy !req
191. She only shoplifted because she's lonely!Copy !req
192. I'll be right there!Copy !req
193. One o'clock...Copy !req
194. Amazoness! Why did you do it!?Copy !req
195. I thought that if I shoplifted maybe someone would pay attention to me!Copy !req
196. Amazoness! Don't be so silly!Copy !req
197. I'll be there your whole life!Copy !req
198. Then... I want you to promise me...Copy !req
199. Seven o'clock.Copy !req
200. Nino!Copy !req
201. What's wrong? You're late!Copy !req
202. I have something important to tell you.Copy !req
203. Today...Copy !req
204. At Amazon City Hall.,.Copy !req
205. We got married!Copy !req
206. Love shouldn't be a roller coaster.Copy !req
207. Episode 160 "Expressions of Love"Copy !req
208. I see. You're late because two got married.Copy !req
209. MilkCopy !req
210. Milk. Chair.Copy !req
211. ChairCopy !req
212. MilkCopy !req
213. ChairCopy !req
214. MarriageCopy !req
215. That's a great idea.Copy !req
216. This poor girl is all alone. I have to protect her.Copy !req
217. So I can't be with you anymore.Copy !req
218. Nino! Break up with me!Copy !req
219. She's going to slap me!?Copy !req
220. I don't care! If this is how I need to atone...Copy !req
221. Nino! Slap me as many times as you want, my body will endure!Copy !req
222. Man, you're crazy.Copy !req
223. I... have received... Nino's feelings...Copy !req
224. Like that's enough to show you how I feel.Copy !req
225. If I wanted to express all my feelings with my fist,Copy !req
226. I'd have to punch you like that at least a hundred more times!Copy !req
227. Well, well, I thought there was a fuss over here.Copy !req
228. A fight? Are Ric and Nino breaking up!?Copy !req
229. I can't believe you'd be so violent!Copy !req
230. Plus, didn't you hear him? We're already married.Copy !req
231. So what!?Copy !req
232. So what?Copy !req
233. You've got some guts.Copy !req
234. All right, let's see just how much you care.Copy !req
235. It's a duel!Copy !req
236. Perfect!Copy !req
237. Nino!Copy !req
238. You can't fight a warrior race like that! You'll get yourself killed!Copy !req
239. No! Nino!Copy !req
240. This is how much I love Teacher!Copy !req
241. Oh yeah? Well this is how much I love him!Copy !req
242. Then I love him all the way out to here!Copy !req
243. I love him all the way out into the river!Copy !req
244. Then my love for Nino is as big as a hundred Tokyo Domes!Copy !req
245. Thus began the girls' earnest battle, intense enough to give Star flashbacks to Kameari's disease.Copy !req
246. Episode 161 "Resilient Emotions"Copy !req
247. This much!Copy !req
248. You won't beat me!Copy !req
249. I love him twice as much!Copy !req
250. Man, what does Nino like about this retard anyway?Copy !req
251. Who'd dump her for that she-ape, anyway?Copy !req
252. Nino..Copy !req
253. What, change your mind again?Copy !req
254. Cute, cute Amazoness!Copy !req
255. Delicate, beautiful Amazoness!Copy !req
256. Amazoness... You're the goddess of beauty...Copy !req
257. You must be the ones doing this to him!Copy !req
258. Whoops, looks like you saw through us.Copy !req
259. But you'll keep it a secret, right?Copy !req
260. I mean, it is lucky for you.Copy !req
261. If our "Plan to Support Amazoness in Love" pays off, you'll end up with Nino.Copy !req
262. Amazoness, Amazoness! Delicate, cute Amazoness!Copy !req
263. I'm so happy I can be with you...Copy !req
264. My ex, Nino... She's plenty popular.Copy !req
265. Even without me, she won't be alone. I don't have to protect her.Copy !req
266. What's that annoying noise?Copy !req
267. What's this big circle...Copy !req
268. My love can't just be measured by size...Copy !req
269. Judging by height, it's this big!Copy !req
270. Then... Then I...Copy !req
271. Amazoness!Copy !req
272. Don't overdo it! You mustn't run like that!Copy !req
273. Wait, what, she's really that weak!?Copy !req
274. Are you okay!?Copy !req
275. What? You're too healthy!Copy !req
276. If you were a little more sickly, maybe Teacher would want to protect you!Copy !req
277. Ric's sickly with asthma.Copy !req
278. So I protect him.Copy !req
279. Elsewhere...Copy !req
280. In the red corner! The Kappa Wall!Copy !req
281. In the blue corner! Recruit Fuji!Copy !req
282. All right! I won't lose!Copy !req
283. I'll have you tapping out in a second!Copy !req
284. Do your best, Teacher!Copy !req
285. Ric's dreams turned to the Spring sumo championship.Copy !req
286. Episode 162 "Echo! Song of Love!"Copy !req
287. Mayor... Don't treat me like I'm just practice...Copy !req
288. Hey, his dreams are getting pretty weird.Copy !req
289. The breadth of Nino's feelings, times the height of Nino's feelings, equals...Copy !req
290. The volume of Nino's feelings.Copy !req
291. I see.Copy !req
292. Hey, you! You're a pro singer, right!?Copy !req
293. Help out with our hypnosis song!Copy !req
294. That's right! You're better off if Ric hooks up with Amazoness!Copy !req
295. So help us—Copy !req
296. Help you? Fuck that.Copy !req
297. Love isn't just some botamochi falling off the table!Copy !req
298. Nino's busier than either of us...Copy !req
299. It's lonely here with just the two of us.Copy !req
300. Then I'll make more of me, Teacher.Copy !req
301. Wow, awesome! A hundred Amazonesses!Copy !req
302. Now there's more going on over here.Copy !req
303. But...Copy !req
304. What, shall I become legion?Copy !req
305. No...Copy !req
306. No... What I need...Copy !req
307. What I need is—!Copy !req
308. Not a legion of Amazonesses, but one Nino!Copy !req
309. Die in a fire!Copy !req
310. Wh—what!?Copy !req
311. I've been having a terrible nightmare!Copy !req
312. He broke the hypnotism with his own strength!Copy !req
313. Really!?Copy !req
314. Teacher...Copy !req
315. A bridal dress...Copy !req
316. So it was all true!?Copy !req
317. Amazoness!Copy !req
318. I'm sorry! I said I'd be with you for the rest of your life, but really, I love—Copy !req
319. Stop it! That's enough!Copy !req
320. I understand... I lose...Copy !req
321. Amazoness...Copy !req
322. But...Copy !req
323. Thanks for today, okay?Copy !req
324. Amazoness!Copy !req
325. Did... Did I...Copy !req
326. Did I just think she was cute for a second!?Copy !req
327. No no no no! I have Nino!Copy !req
328. Ric!Copy !req
329. Nino! I'm sorry, I've done something horrible!Copy !req
330. It's okay. Don't worry about it.Copy !req
331. Just... Why don't we get married?Copy !req
332. Nino?! Really!?Copy !req
333. Come on!Copy !req
334. A wedding!Copy !req
335. Ummmmmmm...Copy !req
336. Does this determine our future?Copy !req
337. What?Copy !req
338. It's our wedding!Copy !req
339. Um. No.Copy !req
340. And, upstream on the Arakawa...Copy !req
341. Feel the burn!Copy !req
342. It's working!Copy !req
343. What hard work!Copy !req
344. Billy-ish Boot CampCopy !req
345. Amazoness, unwilling to give up on her love for
Ric, bought a Billy-ish Boot Camp to increase her strength.Copy !req
346. Looking back at the end of my journey,Copy !req
347. as the days I long for passCopy !req
348. I see you wrapped in your red coat,Copy !req
349. playing without waiting for winterCopy !req
350. Farewell, mazelike days , I'd thank you if I realized daysCopy !req
351. Oh, oh, goodbye daysCopy !req
352. Looking forward at the beginning of my journey,Copy !req
353. I take a deep breath so I won't have to stopCopy !req
354. We're both swimming upstream toward tomorrow,Copy !req
355. Swaying side to side like fishCopy !req
356. Pain? No thank you days, sadness? No thank you daysCopy !req
357. Oh, oh goodbye daysCopy !req
358. Episode 163 "Arakawa Gag Contest"Copy !req
359. The Kappa wizard!Copy !req
360. Appears!Copy !req
361. Kaaaa—Copy !req
362. Ppa!!!!!Copy !req
363. Wait, you did it!?Copy !req
364. What the hell are you doing!? You blew the platform to smithereens!Copy !req
365. Why did you do it, Mayor!?Copy !req
366. Why? I'm sick of gags.Copy !req
367. Mayor! Can we get sick of school and quit?!Copy !req
368. Ooh, me too!Copy !req
369. What's the difference between "love" and "weird"?Copy !req
370. The bottom part of "love" is a heart, and the bottom of "weird" is—Copy !req
371. Wait, don't people normally compare love and romance!?Copy !req
372. Next time, 9 Bridge×2!Copy !req
373. People get weird when they fall in love!Copy !req
374. When did you become so mature!?Copy !req
375. Illustration: Kinu NishimuraCopy !req