1. - Gotcha!
- Gotcha!Copy !req
2. Summer. It's the season of love.Copy !req
3. Stop it!Copy !req
4. Is burning a young lady's bare body
the sun's mischief?Copy !req
5. Is the quivering of asphalt
a heat haze mirage?Copy !req
6. A boy and girl
bare their hearts to each otherCopy !req
7. and are invited to take the next step
in a male-female relationship.Copy !req
8. The curtain comes up
on a summer vacation like that.Copy !req
9. Half a month has passed!Copy !req
10. During that time,
nothing in particular has happened.Copy !req
11. I screwed up.Copy !req
12. I totally screwed up.Copy !req
13. Was that a sigh?Copy !req
14. If you sigh like that,
happiness will flee in all directions.Copy !req
15. President Shirogane
says he's at home right now,Copy !req
16. so if you loiter around outside,
you may see him.Copy !req
17. Don't talk silly, Hayasaka.Copy !req
18. As if I would engage in stalker-like—Copy !req
19. He says he's at home?Copy !req
20. Hayasaka, since when have you been
in contact with the president?Copy !req
21. Oh, I'm not.Copy !req
22. He was grumbling about it on Twitter.Copy !req
23. Twitter?Copy !req
24. What's that? No, I've heard of it!Copy !req
25. Twitter...Copy !req
26. I think Miss Fujiwara does it.Copy !req
27. Twitter... Twitter...Copy !req
28. Well, I'm going to take a bath.Copy !req
29. Again?Copy !req
30. FEMALE EMPLOYEES'Copy !req
31. She gets to do that?Copy !req
32. There.Copy !req
33. Hayasaka! Come quick!Copy !req
34. Wh-What is it?Copy !req
35. The Internet is broken!Copy !req
36. It must be the major incident
of the century.Copy !req
37. So, I tried to start doing that thing,
you know, Twitter...Copy !req
38. but the letters are garbled!Copy !req
39. The letters are not garbled.Copy !req
40. Password.
Can I use my bank password?Copy !req
41. No.Copy !req
42. Hopeless at I.T.Copy !req
43. HOPELESS AT I.T.Copy !req
44. When it comes to technology,
Kaguya prefers to be analog.Copy !req
45. She can do mental arithmetic,
but cant use a calculator.Copy !req
46. When she looks into something, she'll use
a map or encyclopedia instead of googling.Copy !req
47. She does use the Internet once in a while
to check the weather or news headlines,Copy !req
48. but never leaves the confines
of the search engine site's top page.Copy !req
49. She's about as tech-savvy as the old man
who runs the candy shop.Copy !req
50. Like this?Copy !req
51. Yes. Now you have an account,
Lady Kaguya.Copy !req
52. I printed out the accounts
of the other student council members.Copy !req
53. For example,
this is the secretary's account.Copy !req
54. She clearly spends a great deal of time
tweeting and no time at all studying.Copy !req
55. All she does is travel abroad.Copy !req
56. And this anime icon is the treasur—Copy !req
57. Not interested.Copy !req
58. The best thing to do is play around
with it until you're used to it.Copy !req
59. Okay.Copy !req
60. Well, I'm going back to my bath.Copy !req
61. This job is exhausting.Copy !req
62. The only way I can take it
is by washing my fatigue away like this.Copy !req
63. Lady Kaguya doesn't understand.Copy !req
64. She should appreciate me more.Copy !req
65. Hayasaka! Come quick!Copy !req
66. Jeez.Copy !req
67. Lady Kaguya,
would you stop barging in on—Copy !req
68. I've been banned from Twitter!Copy !req
69. I'm surprised you even know
about being banned.Copy !req
70. THIS ACCOUNT'S TWEETS
ARE PROTECTED.Copy !req
71. L-Look!Copy !req
72. I can't see it! Why?
Did I do something wrong?Copy !req
73. President Shirogane
has a protected account.Copy !req
74. Protected?Copy !req
75. It's because some trolls will flame you
no matter what you post.Copy !req
76. This goes to show that the president
is on his toes about privacy.Copy !req
77. My main account is protected, too.Copy !req
78. You'd better be very careful, too,
Lady Kaguya.Copy !req
79. In other words,Copy !req
80. think of your account as your house.Copy !req
81. With normal accounts,
the front door is wide open,Copy !req
82. so visitors can come and go
as they please.Copy !req
83. But cautious people
keep their front door locked,Copy !req
84. and only visitors
who are given a key can come in.Copy !req
85. Then, where do you get a key?Copy !req
86. That's simple.Copy !req
87. If you click this "Follow" button,Copy !req
88. a request for approval
will be sent to President Shirogane.Copy !req
89. If he agrees,
you'll then be able to see his tweets.Copy !req
90. I imagine he'd okay any request, as long as
their profile shows they go to Shuchiin.Copy !req
91. But... But I... But I...Copy !req
92. There's no way I can do that!Copy !req
93. After all, it would mean...Copy !req
94. President! Please open up!Copy !req
95. I want to know more about you!Copy !req
96. I want to know what you think about
and what you usually do!Copy !req
97. BAM BAMCopy !req
98. You want to know about me that badly?Copy !req
99. You're that interested
in my 140-character monologues?Copy !req
100. That's cute.Copy !req
101. Like that, right?Copy !req
102. Is this a new kind of stupidity?Copy !req
103. You really think
of the most useless things.Copy !req
104. Are you mad at me, Hayasaka?Copy !req
105. Mad? More like I'm wondering...Copy !req
106. how long you're going to make me
stand around half-naked.Copy !req
107. Sorry.Copy !req
108. If you won't do it, Lady Kaguya, I—Copy !req
109. Wait! Wait!Copy !req
110. Hold on!Copy !req
111. I'll do it when I'm good and ready!Copy !req
112. I wonder what the president
tweets about.Copy !req
113. What is he doing? What does he like?Copy !req
114. How is he spending his summer?Copy !req
115. But...Copy !req
116. But...Copy !req
117. That's it! I'll protect my account, too!Copy !req
118. - Then, if the president follows me—
- Wake up and smell the coffee.Copy !req
119. You've never succeeded
with that pattern before. Not even once.Copy !req
120. In the end,
she wasn't able to send the request.Copy !req
121. Lady Kaguya is stubborn to a fault.Copy !req
122. They both are hopeless.Copy !req
123. If either were open about their feelings,
they could both be happy.Copy !req
124. But I envy them.Copy !req
125. I wish I loved someone like that.Copy !req
126. As if...Copy !req
127. Hayasaka! Come quick!Copy !req
128. Results of today's match...Copy !req
129. None.Copy !req
130. KAGUYA AND SHIROGANE DIDN'T MEET UPCopy !req
131. Please! Enough already!Copy !req
132. Japan!Copy !req
133. I loved Egypt.Copy !req
134. I wish we could've stayed there
a little longer.Copy !req
135. The ta'amiya and kushari were delicious!Copy !req
136. You're just thinking about food!Copy !req
137. Maybe you wanted to stay longer, Sis,Copy !req
138. but I couldn't wait to get back to Japan!Copy !req
139. Why?Copy !req
140. After all...Copy !req
141. My name is Saburo Odajima.Copy !req
142. I'm an insignificant middle manager.Copy !req
143. My hobby is frequenting ramen shops.Copy !req
144. Welcome.Copy !req
145. I came to a neighborhood shop today.Copy !req
146. The most popular item on the menu
is pork bone broth ramen...Copy !req
147. but that's not for me.Copy !req
148. I get the inconspicuous one
all the way at the end.Copy !req
149. Soy sauce pork bone. Thin.Copy !req
150. How about the noodles?Copy !req
151. Firm.Copy !req
152. That is this shop's optimum combination.Copy !req
153. The way I ordered
shows I'm in the know.Copy !req
154. Welcome.Copy !req
155. It smells wonderful!Copy !req
156. Well, well, a cute customer...Copy !req
157. Maybe she wandered in
thinking this was a cake shop.Copy !req
158. What can I get you?Copy !req
159. Um,Copy !req
160. soy sauce pork bone ramen, thin broth!Copy !req
161. Impossible!Copy !req
162. Did a girl like this suddenly calculate
this shop's optimum combination?Copy !req
163. Is it a coincidence? No.Copy !req
164. This isn't the kind of shop a young woman
would enter alone this late at night.Copy !req
165. Could this woman be one of "my people"?Copy !req
166. What about the noodles?Copy !req
167. Um,Copy !req
168. super-firm!Copy !req
169. Super-firm?Copy !req
170. Like a sheep,
she chose the fad level of firmness.Copy !req
171. She's just an average girl after all.
I worried for nothing.Copy !req
172. I overestimated her.Copy !req
173. Here you go.Copy !req
174. All right, then. I'll teach this girl
the real way to eat ramen.Copy !req
175. First, you note the scent
of the soup itself.Copy !req
176. The idea is to appreciate
each scent in turnCopy !req
177. starting from the fragrant
red pickled ginger.Copy !req
178. Of course, the owner is fully aware of that.Copy !req
179. I'm delighted at his consideration,
placing the ginger farthest away.Copy !req
180. Next, the taste.Copy !req
181. Letting the air mix in while you taste it.Copy !req
182. I use my brain completely,
sharpening my senses of smell and taste.Copy !req
183. And then, the noodles.Copy !req
184. I bite off a small amount,
as if making sure of the flavor,Copy !req
185. and enjoy it as it slides down.Copy !req
186. Here you go.Copy !req
187. Thank you for the meal!Copy !req
188. Finally, the chaser.Copy !req
189. In order to enjoy the delicate flavors,Copy !req
190. I drink water to wash away the soy and salt
on my tongue, resetting my palate.Copy !req
191. This makes all the difference.Copy !req
192. This is one set.Copy !req
193. Repeating the set over and over
is what we call the "water cycle."Copy !req
194. Now, what about you, young lady?Copy !req
195. Mini-ramen?Copy !req
196. Little bits. Little bits. Little bits.Copy !req
197. She really is just an ordinary girl.Copy !req
198. GOBBLE...Copy !req
199. Looks like she's enjoying it.Copy !req
200. Well, I can't really look down on her.Copy !req
201. Mini-ramen,
where you eat it all in each bite,Copy !req
202. is the ultimate form
of the "one is all" philosophy after all.Copy !req
203. Little bits. Little bits. Little bits.
Little bits! Little bits. Little bits!Copy !req
204. But by taking little bites like that,
the noodles will stretch out and swell up.Copy !req
205. Swell up?Copy !req
206. Super-firm! Super-firm! Super-firm!Copy !req
207. Is that why she said, "Super-firm"?Copy !req
208. Did this girl calculate
that the noodles would stretch out?Copy !req
209. Slurp, slurp, slurp!Copy !req
210. Moreover, using that small utensil
is perfect for mini-ramen!Copy !req
211. It can't be!Copy !req
212. If this was all calculated...Copy !req
213. The metro's four ramen kings...Copy !req
214. Jinbocho's Mashimashi Mama,Copy !req
215. the Hermit of Sugamo,Copy !req
216. even J. Suzuki of Koenji...Copy !req
217. THE METRO AREA'SCopy !req
218. JINBOCHO'SCopy !req
219. J. SUZUKI OF KOENJICopy !req
220. So, she possesses the sense
of situational assessmentCopy !req
221. equivalent to the monsters
of the ramen world!Copy !req
222. Not yet.Copy !req
223. That's right. She's not there yet.Copy !req
224. It's kind of sad.Copy !req
225. It's the wall that can't be overcome,
and it's owing to being a woman.Copy !req
226. - Garlic!
- Garlic!Copy !req
227. Unfortunately, avoiding that scent
pegs her as a wannabe ramen connoisseur.Copy !req
228. She's a fake!Copy !req
229. Looks like she finished
eating the ingredients.Copy !req
230. What is she gonna do now?Copy !req
231. There's no more to spoon out!Copy !req
232. What's she gonna do?Copy !req
233. Is she gonna go for it?Copy !req
234. She's gonna go for it?Copy !req
235. She went for it!Copy !req
236. She overcame the wall of womanhood!Copy !req
237. I have to give her props!
She's earned my respect!Copy !req
238. She's definitely "my people"!Copy !req
239. A ramen connoisseur!Copy !req
240. Don't tell me!Copy !req
241. Even the soup?Copy !req
242. Too much salt!Copy !req
243. You're drinking garlic, too!Copy !req
244. But...Copy !req
245. It looks delicious!Copy !req
246. there was a time in my life, too!Copy !req
247. Thank you for the meal!Copy !req
248. When did I become such an old man?Copy !req
249. That's it! Run!Copy !req
250. That youth is the radiance I lost!Copy !req
251. I'm young and starving!Copy !req
252. Keep running!Copy !req
253. Thank you!Copy !req
254. Boom!Copy !req
255. You...Copy !req
256. Result of today's ramen match...Copy !req
257. Fujiwara wins.Copy !req
258. WHERE IS YOUR SWITCH?Copy !req
259. My ramen switch is on!Copy !req
260. Since summer vacation began,Copy !req
261. three weeks have passed.Copy !req
262. Nothing of note
has happened during that time.Copy !req
263. Days of studying, working, eating,
taking a bath, sleeping, and that's all.Copy !req
264. This has become
a boring summer vacation.Copy !req
265. The festival at the end of vacation
is the only planCopy !req
266. he and Kaguya made to see each other.Copy !req
267. Other than that,
they haven't exchanged a single text,Copy !req
268. let alone go out together.Copy !req
269. The high hurdle of asking the other person
to go out and do something funCopy !req
270. is still insurmountable.Copy !req
271. It wasn't supposed to be like this.Copy !req
272. I wonder what Shinomiya's doing now.Copy !req
273. It wasn't supposed to be like this.Copy !req
274. Why has it come to this?Copy !req
275. The reason, Lady Kaguya...Copy !req
276. is that, all your plans are based on the premise
that the president is going to invite you.Copy !req
277. You've been too naive.Copy !req
278. Hayasaka, why are you looking
at your lady's notebookCopy !req
279. so brazenly and without permission?Copy !req
280. Why don't you just ask him
to do something?Copy !req
281. Don't be ridiculous!Copy !req
282. It'd look like I wanted to do something
for fun with the president!Copy !req
283. That's exactly right.
I mean, you're not even refuting me.Copy !req
284. TO: KAGUYA SHINOMIYACopy !req
285. Shi-no-mi-ya...Copy !req
286. What-are-you-doing...Copy !req
287. DELETE THIS MAIL?Copy !req
288. Am I some blushing girl?Copy !req
289. Write, delete, write, delete!Copy !req
290. What is this, your first love?Copy !req
291. It is his first love.Copy !req
292. That's it! I'm done! I'm through!Copy !req
293. LOOK! A LIVE OCTOPUS!Copy !req
294. No matter how much you read that,
it won't make new messages appear.Copy !req
295. Did that message make you so happy
that you've saved it all this time?Copy !req
296. The president's first text to you.Copy !req
297. You were thrilled when he made
the first move there, weren't you?Copy !req
298. You can't forget it, huh?Copy !req
299. Get off my back!Copy !req
300. I don't think that at all,Copy !req
301. so stop trying to analyze my heart!Copy !req
302. I'm going out.Copy !req
303. Where are you going, Bro?Copy !req
304. Grocery shopping for dinner.Copy !req
305. In your school uniform?Copy !req
306. Well, I may stop at school on the way.Copy !req
307. The school isn't on the way.Copy !req
308. What I'm doing now doesn't make any sense.Copy !req
309. But I thought, "What if," and...Copy !req
310. Nice and cool.Copy !req
311. I want to see him...Copy !req
312. Well, of course not...Copy !req
313. - I wish summer vacation weren't so long.
- I wish summer vacation weren't so long.Copy !req
314. BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T MEET UPCopy !req
315. I don't have any summer memories.Copy !req
316. Look! Look!Copy !req
317. But that's not a problem.Copy !req
318. I've never gone on a family vacation.Copy !req
319. But that's okay...Copy !req
320. because everyone treats me
like I'm special.Copy !req
321. I've never gone to see
a fireworks display.Copy !req
322. But that's all right...Copy !req
323. because even the little lights
I see from out my window are pretty.Copy !req
324. LET'S MEET UP IN FRONT OF
THE MOAI STATUE TOMORROW!
I CAN'T WAIT!Copy !req
325. I've never gone shopping
with a group of friends.Copy !req
326. Yeah. Like this one?Copy !req
327. So, I felt a mix
of anxiety and anticipation.Copy !req
328. But it would be okay.Copy !req
329. The people I was going with
were good people.Copy !req
330. They were all very nice.Copy !req
331. But it's okay.Copy !req
332. I'm used to it.Copy !req
333. I can't do what I want in this life.Copy !req
334. TOMORROW - I'M SORRY.
I CAN'T GO SHOPPING TOMORROW.Copy !req
335. "My father suddenly summoned me
to the main house in Kyoto, so I have to go.Copy !req
336. Don't worry about me. All of you
should go on and have fun, okay?"Copy !req
337. That's what she says.Copy !req
338. What should we do?Copy !req
339. In this case...Copy !req
340. we put it off!Copy !req
341. The whole point
is for all of us to go together.Copy !req
342. Good! You're right!Copy !req
343. I'll call Kei and let her know.Copy !req
344. That's right.Copy !req
345. I'm blessed.Copy !req
346. I've got friends and a distinguished family
that anyone would envy.Copy !req
347. I'm blessed with a resourcefulness
that anyone would be jealous of.Copy !req
348. Anyone would conclude that the amount
of my happiness and sorrow are about the same.Copy !req
349. So, blessed as I am,
it's only logical that I should suck it up.Copy !req
350. F-Father!Copy !req
351. Oh, you're here?Copy !req
352. Good.Copy !req
353. He summoned you
all the way here for that?Copy !req
354. Drop dead, asshole.Copy !req
355. My father has never said
"good night" to me.Copy !req
356. I don't remember him
ever saying "See you later,"Copy !req
357. "Good job" or "I love you" to me either.Copy !req
358. But it doesn't hurt my feelings.Copy !req
359. Because it's always been this way.Copy !req
360. By this point, nothing he does
makes me feel one way or the other.Copy !req
361. It's okay.Copy !req
362. In deference to my family's status,Copy !req
363. people around here
behave a certain way toward me...Copy !req
364. with great caution...Copy !req
365. as if there's no problem...Copy !req
366. like I'm a creepy
traditional Japanese doll.Copy !req
367. But I don't mind.Copy !req
368. After all, I'm going
to a fireworks festival tomorrow.Copy !req
369. I CAN'T HEAR
THE FIREWORKS, PART 1Copy !req