1. Meow.Copy !req
2. Is that right?Copy !req
3. See? That's cute!Copy !req
4. Yes. Cat ears are your time, Fujiwara,
as to Shinomiya is me.Copy !req
5. I know, right?Copy !req
6. In other words,Copy !req
7. the time you brought was originally
Shinomiya and cat ears alone.Copy !req
8. You're scaring me!Copy !req
9. Cat ears and girls!Copy !req
10. Mutualism!Copy !req
11. There are relationships in this world
that are naturally symbiotic.Copy !req
12. Clovers and honeybees!Copy !req
13. Crocodiles and hummingbirds!Copy !req
14. Avocados and soy sauce!Copy !req
15. And cats...Copy !req
16. Cats, which a great majority
of humans love.Copy !req
17. And here we have Kaguya Shinomiya,
a graceful girl.Copy !req
18. How will the compatibility
of those two things be reflected in him?Copy !req
19. Cute!Copy !req
20. MIRACULOUS COMPATIBILITY (MARRIAGE)Copy !req
21. A marriage!Copy !req
22. KAGUYA WANTS AFFECTIONCopy !req
23. Is it really necessary to cosplay
for the welcome party?Copy !req
24. FRENCH EXCHANGE STUDENT
WELCOME SCHEDULECopy !req
25. Yes!Copy !req
26. France is the biggest cosplaying nation
right after Japan.Copy !req
27. With cosplaying, you don't need words.Copy !req
28. There's no better way
to overcome the language barrierCopy !req
29. and deepen our friendship!Copy !req
30. But still...Copy !req
31. What do you think, President?Copy !req
32. Cute!Copy !req
33. MIRACULOUS COMPATIBILITY (MARRIAGE)Copy !req
34. A marriage!Copy !req
35. Well...Copy !req
36. Cute!Copy !req
37. Not bad, I guess.Copy !req
38. No good! Whenever I look at Shinomiya,
my face tenses up!Copy !req
39. I need to calm down and look normal!Copy !req
40. That's a scary look!Copy !req
41. Not much of a reaction.Copy !req
42. It looks like this kind of thing
doesn't suit me.Copy !req
43. It'd probably look better on someone
with more charm, like Miss Fujiwara.Copy !req
44. Wh-What is it?Copy !req
45. What's what?Copy !req
46. You wear a pair, too, President.Copy !req
47. Meow.Copy !req
48. MEOWCopy !req
49. How can I put it? Um...Copy !req
50. Pointless.Copy !req
51. You don't hold back, do you?Copy !req
52. You knew beforehand
that this wouldn't look good on me.Copy !req
53. True!Copy !req
54. Cuuute!Copy !req
55. MIRACULOUS COMPATIBILITY (MARRIAGE)Copy !req
56. A marriage!Copy !req
57. What? The president just has cat ears on!Copy !req
58. The reaction of others aside,
it was a perfect combo in Kaguya's mind!Copy !req
59. What should I do?
I can't get my mouth to stop smiling!Copy !req
60. It'll be obvious to him
that I think he looks cute!Copy !req
61. What's wrong, Shinomiya?Copy !req
62. Since it's come to this...Copy !req
63. Oh, it's nothing.Copy !req
64. Skill... Biting one's tongue!Copy !req
65. But that's not a perfect method.Copy !req
66. GRIN GRINCopy !req
67. A half-grin remained on her face.Copy !req
68. SHIVER SHIVERCopy !req
69. What's the smirk for, Shinomiya?Copy !req
70. Is there something
you'd like to say about my cat ears?Copy !req
71. No, not at all.Copy !req
72. GRIN GRINCopy !req
73. They look...Copy !req
74. very good on you.Copy !req
75. That expression!Copy !req
76. As if looking at a bug!Copy !req
77. Does it mean I look so terrible
that I barely qualify as human?Copy !req
78. Miss Fujiwara,
let's take a photo of the president.Copy !req
79. Good idea!Copy !req
80. We have to preserve this moment
for future generations.Copy !req
81. She means for extortion!Copy !req
82. She'll put it away and use it
as a bargaining chip someday!Copy !req
83. Forget about it!Copy !req
84. Don't be like that.Copy !req
85. Kaguya, you, too.Copy !req
86. Me, too?Copy !req
87. Shinomiya, too?Copy !req
88. If she takes my photo,
she'll have me by the short hairs.Copy !req
89. But...Copy !req
90. at the same time, I'll legally be able
to obtain a cute photo of her like this!Copy !req
91. A balanced scale!Copy !req
92. BALANCED SCALECopy !req
93. The weight of the merit
and demerit are the same!Copy !req
94. If you're going to take it,
do it now, Fujiwara!Copy !req
95. Shirogane chooses the cute side.Copy !req
96. A side he would normally never choose!Copy !req
97. O-Oh. Take it with the 4K thing!Copy !req
98. R-Right!Copy !req
99. Damn it! She's even cuter
when I'm standing right next to her!Copy !req
100. The muscles in my face are stiffening!Copy !req
101. I can't believe that looks so good on him.Copy !req
102. No! My mouth is smiling by itself again!Copy !req
103. C-Could both of you
give me a cheerful smile?Copy !req
104. - I can't!
- I can't!Copy !req
105. I want to get closer to his cuteness!Copy !req
106. I have to burn this image into my memory
from a shorter distance!Copy !req
107. Why are you glaring at each other?Copy !req
108. If you're going to fight,
I'm going to confiscate these!Copy !req
109. NABCopy !req
110. What was I doing?Copy !req
111. I feel like I was possessed.Copy !req
112. Scary!Copy !req
113. CAT EARS ARE SCARYCopy !req
114. - Cat ears are scary!
- Cat ears are scary!Copy !req
115. FUJIWARA LOSESCopy !req
116. Results of today's match...Copy !req
117. Fujiwara loses.Copy !req
118. HENCEFORTH, ALL MEMBERS
OF STUDENT COUNCIL
ARE BANNED FROM WEARING CAT EARSCopy !req
119. Um, the welcome party is next Monday.Copy !req
120. Other than making decorations, we need
to go shopping for souvenir sweets.Copy !req
121. THE STUDENT COUNCIL
WANTS IT TO BE SAIDCopy !req
122. We probably need two people for that.Copy !req
123. We'll need a few other things, too,Copy !req
124. and enough for all of the participants,
so that's a lot of stuff.Copy !req
125. Which means giving up our day off
to go shopping.Copy !req
126. What a pain.Copy !req
127. Boy, what a pain.Copy !req
128. Who'd wanna do that?Copy !req
129. You know, Shinomiya?Copy !req
130. Well, true.Copy !req
131. We'll be in trouble
if no one wants to do it.Copy !req
132. Well, if it's really necessary, I could do it.Copy !req
133. FIDGET FIDGETCopy !req
134. Oh!Copy !req
135. Why don't we play a game,
and the losers have to go?Copy !req
136. - A game?
- A game?Copy !req
137. Yes! The banned word game!Copy !req
138. THE BANNED WORD GAMECopy !req
139. The banned word game.Copy !req
140. Yes!Copy !req
141. Here's an example!Copy !req
142. I write a word like this
and pass it to the person on my right.Copy !req
143. Hold it up and don't look at it.Copy !req
144. SIMPLECopy !req
145. That's the word that person can't say.Copy !req
146. I get it. So you don't know
what your own banned word is.Copy !req
147. Simple.Copy !req
148. You're out!Copy !req
149. Okay, let's do it for real!Copy !req
150. I pass it to the person on my right.Copy !req
151. In that case...Copy !req
152. I should write a word
that Fujiwara would be likely to say.Copy !req
153. But the second and third place people
will go shopping.Copy !req
154. FIRST PLACE DOESN'T GO
SECOND AND THIRD PLACE GOCopy !req
155. Well, a man is needed
for the physical labor,Copy !req
156. STRONGER
(THAN WOMEN)Copy !req
157. while no one knows more
about traditional sweets than Shinomiya.Copy !req
158. CERTIFIED TEA EXPERT
KNOWLEDGEABLECopy !req
159. It's just a matter of efficiency.Copy !req
160. Therefore, I need to let Fujiwara win
while I beat Shinomiya.Copy !req
161. FUJIWARA
ME
SHINOMIYACopy !req
162. CHECK-IT-OUTCopy !req
163. I'm sure Fujiwara would never say this!Copy !req
164. I'll win for sure!Copy !req
165. CHECK-IT-OUTCopy !req
166. All right, are we ready?Copy !req
167. Yo, yo, let's get started, yo!Copy !req
168. Fujiwara?Copy !req
169. When I play da banned word game,Copy !req
170. people always be choosin' words n' phrases
I be sayin', but not now, yo!Copy !req
171. I be changin' da way I speak,
so my words be different, yo! Too bad, man!Copy !req
172. No!Copy !req
173. Don't look at her!
I don't want her to lose!Copy !req
174. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo!Copy !req
175. Crap, she'll end up saying, "check-it-out."Copy !req
176. Kaguya, what ya think your word is, yo?Copy !req
177. Say "Hooo!"Copy !req
178. Say "Hooo!"Copy !req
179. Say "Hooo"...Copy !req
180. That's childish!Copy !req
181. There's a surefire way to win this game.Copy !req
182. That's by not talking at all!Copy !req
183. Say "Yay!" Say "Yay!"Copy !req
184. Shinomiya...Copy !req
185. Say "Yay!"Copy !req
186. We won't get anywhere like that.Copy !req
187. At the bare minimum,
speak enough to make it a conversation.Copy !req
188. If you insist.Copy !req
189. Fine.Copy !req
190. Inevitable behavior.Copy !req
191. INEVITABLE BEHAVIORCopy !req
192. "That person would do this."
"This person would say this."Copy !req
193. This game produces a situation that draws
the designated word out of your opponent.Copy !req
194. But how am I going to get her
to say that banned word?Copy !req
195. LOVECopy !req
196. My instinct is telling me, "You've spent
half a year trying to get her to say that!Copy !req
197. It's impossible!"Copy !req
198. LOVECopy !req
199. But wait!Copy !req
200. I can steer the conversation towards
something that Shinomiya loves doing.Copy !req
201. Fujiwara,Copy !req
202. is there something you hate?Copy !req
203. Shirogane passed
the word "hate" on to Fujiwara,Copy !req
204. a word that can easily
be connected to "love."Copy !req
205. What I hate?Copy !req
206. Let's see.Copy !req
207. People often tell me I'm not good
at reading a situation, yo.Copy !req
208. But they also say that's a good thing, yo.Copy !req
209. But when they talk about love and stuff,
they don't include me!Copy !req
210. They say I'd be sure
to step on a land mine!Copy !req
211. That's sound judgment.Copy !req
212. When I think about making problems
for people without even realizing it,Copy !req
213. it makes me sad.Copy !req
214. That's what I hate.Copy !req
215. Miss Fujiwara...Copy !req
216. I've never thought
you've caused problems for me.Copy !req
217. In fact,Copy !req
218. there are many people who've been helped
by your straightforwardness.Copy !req
219. Kaguya...Copy !req
220. Really?Copy !req
221. You don't hate me?Copy !req
222. Well, I mean... I...Copy !req
223. love you.Copy !req
224. You're out, yo!Copy !req
225. LOVECopy !req
226. Inevitable behavior!Copy !req
227. When all is said and done,
it was inevitable...Copy !req
228. that caring Kaguya would try
to comfort a depressed Fujiwara!Copy !req
229. Fujiwara read that.Copy !req
230. That was nasty!Copy !req
231. Was all that a lie?Copy !req
232. It wasn't a lie, but a bluff, yo!Copy !req
233. Of course people would include me
in conversations about love interests, yo!Copy !req
234. Since we've gotten this far,
the rest should be easy.Copy !req
235. I'll lose automatically by letting
my guard down and following her lead.Copy !req
236. She's got everything she needs to win.Copy !req
237. But...Copy !req
238. Hey, when it rains, it pours, yo!Copy !req
239. was that the truth?Copy !req
240. She said it was a bluff,Copy !req
241. but a bluff has power because
it's a pinch of a lie mixed with truth.Copy !req
242. It must be nice, having no troubles.Copy !req
243. If that's the case,
how much of it was a lie?Copy !req
244. When Fujiwara was speaking
about feeling alienated,Copy !req
245. were those words and her eyes all lies?Copy !req
246. If it's possible that they weren't...Copy !req
247. then, I'm playing this game wrong.Copy !req
248. I can't stand the idea of hurting others
for the sake of my own self-interest.Copy !req
249. That's my credo,
and this situation relates to it.Copy !req
250. Prioritizing my own circumstances
and purposely losing...Copy !req
251. That would be self-interest
and truly alienate her!Copy !req
252. The idea of going out shopping
with Shinomiya may be appealing,Copy !req
253. but...Copy !req
254. I can't betray my own conviction!Copy !req
255. Fujiwara...Copy !req
256. I'm going to get serious here!Copy !req
257. You're out, yo!Copy !req
258. Yes! I beat the president, too!Copy !req
259. Yay! Yay!Copy !req
260. Inevitable behavior.Copy !req
261. An action a person would necessarily take
given certain circumstances.Copy !req
262. SERIOUSCopy !req
263. And predicting that
is the essential point of the game.Copy !req
264. Shopping, huh?Copy !req
265. Well, we lost,
so I guess we can't complain.Copy !req
266. The banned word game is a game that
demands understanding of your opponents.Copy !req
267. Ah, dammit.Copy !req
268. I lost.Copy !req
269. We're going to buy the souvenirs.Copy !req
270. UTTER DEFEAT FOR SHIROGANECopy !req
271. Results of today's match...
Utter defeat for Shirogane.Copy !req
272. All right! I'm looking forward
to seeing what you get, yo!Copy !req
273. THE HEART THROBBING
SHOPPING ARC CONTINUESCopy !req
274. CHECK-IT-OUTCopy !req
275. "Check-it-out"?Copy !req
276. The president said we'd talk
about shopping after he got back.Copy !req
277. Oh.Copy !req
278. The day he bought a smartphone,Copy !req
279. we exchanged e-mail addresses
and phone numbers.Copy !req
280. But I've been waiting and waiting,
and he still hasn't contacted me!Copy !req
281. He has no intention
of sending me a message first!Copy !req
282. "President, I'm looking forward
to tomorrow—"Copy !req
283. What are you doing?Copy !req
284. Well, I thought
I'd send a text on your behalf.Copy !req
285. Don't! I'm not sending the first text!Copy !req
286. KAGUYA WANTS HIM TO SEND ITCopy !req
287. All this beating around the bush...Copy !req
288. Lady Kaguya, you're in love
with President Shirogane, aren't you?Copy !req
289. I have feelings for the president.Copy !req
290. Then...Copy !req
291. But I'm only interested
because he's got the elements I lack.Copy !req
292. It's definitely not love.Copy !req
293. Then, what if the secretary started
dating President Shirogane?Copy !req
294. Well?Copy !req
295. You've got it wrong!Copy !req
296. I wouldn't want the president
to take Miss Fujiwara away from me!Copy !req
297. Despite appearances,
she's my dear friend.Copy !req
298. Fujiwara
Octopus
Look! A live octopus!Copy !req
299. She's your dear friend, right?Copy !req
300. If it weighs on your mind that much,Copy !req
301. Lady Kaguya...Copy !req
302. instead of a text, why not call?Copy !req
303. C-Call?Copy !req
304. He's expecting a text.Copy !req
305. Exploit that carelessness,
and attack this way!Copy !req
306. Carelessness? Attack?Copy !req
307. It's the perfect plan.Copy !req
308. Before Lady Kaguya quibbles about it,
click-click there.Copy !req
309. Here you go.Copy !req
310. Wait! I'm not mentally prepared!Copy !req
311. SHIROGANECopy !req
312. RINGINGCopy !req
313. Hello?Copy !req
314. This is Shinomiya.Copy !req
315. President, is that you?Copy !req
316. I'm Miyuki's father.Copy !req
317. U-Um, is the president...
I mean, is Shirogane there?Copy !req
318. I am Shirogane.Copy !req
319. No, I mean...Copy !req
320. i-is Miyuki there?Copy !req
321. Oh, my son?Copy !req
322. Miyuki! A girl's on the phone for you!Copy !req
323. A girl's calling for him?Copy !req
324. Wha... You don't answer
another person's cell phone, Dad!Copy !req
325. It's me.Copy !req
326. It's Shinomiya.Copy !req
327. Oh, Shinomiya?Copy !req
328. I was calling about the plan for tomorrow.Copy !req
329. Is now okay?Copy !req
330. Sure.Copy !req
331. I'm in the tub, but that's fine.Copy !req
332. The tub?Copy !req
333. Then he's naked, huh?Copy !req
334. Lady Kaguya, right now you're talking
to someone who's completely exposed.Copy !req
335. It's muffled on your end.Copy !req
336. I-I'll call you back!Copy !req
337. No problem.Copy !req
338. My phone is waterproof.Copy !req
339. There is a problem.Copy !req
340. How about we meet tomorrow
at 11 am in front of Hachiko?Copy !req
341. Okay.Copy !req
342. We'll buy the sweets, then go to Hands.Copy !req
343. I guess that's about it.Copy !req
344. Right.Copy !req
345. STRETCH OUT THE CONVERSATION MORECopy !req
346. Well, I'll see you tomorrow.Copy !req
347. Yes.Copy !req
348. Shinomiya—Copy !req
349. What? What were you about to say?Copy !req
350. I'm going to sleep.Copy !req
351. SHIROGANE
I WAS TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHINGCopy !req
352. LOOKS LIKE TONIGHT WILL GET PRETTY COLD,
SO BE WARM AND GO TO SLEEP
GOOD NIGHTCopy !req
353. Good for you. Your first text.Copy !req
354. Results of today's match... Kaguya wins.Copy !req
355. KAGUYA WINSCopy !req
356. THE NEXT DAYCopy !req
357. It seems Shibuya Station is flooded.Copy !req
358. I'm going.Copy !req
359. The president is waiting for me.Copy !req
360. I have to go!Copy !req
361. There's no way he's there.Copy !req
362. A text canceling our plans...Copy !req
363. But it's the first text
Shinomiya has sent me, right?Copy !req
364. So I'll call that a win for today.Copy !req
365. Thankfully, my phone is waterproof.Copy !req
366. THE END OF THE HEART THROBBING
SHOPPING ARCCopy !req
367. TOOK 30 MINUTES
TO SEND THE CANCELLATION TEXT.Copy !req
368. FRENCH FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS
WELCOME PARTYCopy !req
369. We got it ready in time!Copy !req
370. Good work, everyone!Copy !req
371. Headmaster, next time,
please don't tell us so last-minute.Copy !req
372. MIYUKI SHIROGANE WANTS TO TALKCopy !req
373. Understood!Copy !req
374. Well, everyone, have a good time!Copy !req
375. Can you speak French, Shinomiya?Copy !req
376. No. Not very well.Copy !req
377. How about you, President?Copy !req
378. I AM MIYUKI SHIROGANECopy !req
379. You're not the president for nothing.Copy !req
380. I just prepared by studying the handbook.Copy !req
381. U-Um...Copy !req
382. Liar!Copy !req
383. You can speak French?Copy !req
384. Yes!Copy !req
385. My mom is a former diplomat,Copy !req
386. so ever since I was little, she drummed
various languages into my head.Copy !req
387. Wait a second.Copy !req
388. Am I the only person here
who can't speak French?Copy !req
389. COMPLETELY ISOLATEDCopy !req
390. He's completely isolated!Copy !req
391. Wh-Wh-What should I do?Copy !req
392. If they figure out
I'm the only one who doesn't speak it...Copy !req
393. President of student council
of a Japanese school can't speak French?Copy !req
394. Maybe he's just dumb.Copy !req
395. HOW CUTE...Copy !req
396. This is bad, bad for my heart.Copy !req
397. Shirogane...Copy !req
398. why do you think I suddenly asked you
to prepare a party?Copy !req
399. I must determine...Copy !req
400. whether you're truly someone
to whom this academy can be entrusted.Copy !req
401. The real test begins now.Copy !req
402. Betsy...Copy !req
403. Yes.Copy !req
404. No need to go easy on him.Copy !req
405. Make mincemeat out of Miyuki Shirogane
with everything you've got.Copy !req
406. Are you sure?Copy !req
407. Betsy Beltoise, the vice-president
of the French school's student council.Copy !req
408. Her nickname is "The Wound-licking Razor."Copy !req
409. THE WOUND-LICKING RAZORCopy !req
410. No one has ever been impervious
to her verbal attack.Copy !req
411. VERBAL ATTACKCopy !req
412. Hey.Copy !req
413. Betsy's sarcasm is like punching
someone you've just met in the face.Copy !req
414. Next, she provokes him as if simultaneously
insulting his parents and lover.Copy !req
415. On top of that,
she diminishes his characterCopy !req
416. in a way that would make
a man in his sixties break down in tears.Copy !req
417. THAT'S IT!Copy !req
418. Miyuki Shirogane!Copy !req
419. He smiles confidently in the face
of that merciless verbal onslaught?Copy !req
420. I'd be throwing up
while bowing down on the ground!Copy !req
421. You'd think he couldn't comprehend
what she was saying!Copy !req
422. My verbal assault isn't getting through!Copy !req
423. That's impossible!Copy !req
424. Betsy unleashes even stronger invective
against Shirogane.Copy !req
425. What was that?Copy !req
426. You...Copy !req
427. Oh, sorry.
You don't understand Japanese, do you?Copy !req
428. Kaguya menaces Betsy with language that'd
get the attention of the Broadcasting Code.Copy !req
429. Shinomiya?Copy !req
430. P-President!Copy !req
431. Don't get the wrong idea! That was...Copy !req
432. She... She's going to kill me!Copy !req
433. I'm sorry. I-It's okay.Copy !req
434. Japanese high school girls are scary!Copy !req
435. Oh, what did I do?Copy !req
436. Exhibition match. The Japanese school won.Copy !req
437. EXHIBITION MATCH
THE JAPANESE SCHOOL WONCopy !req
438. I bet you look down on me now.Copy !req
439. After being so foul-mouthed...Copy !req
440. This is like the old me.Copy !req
441. Like I said at the beginning,
I skimmed the French handbook.Copy !req
442. I couldn't have caught what you said.Copy !req
443. So, I have no idea
what you were saying to her.Copy !req
444. I just know you were mad
because she was badmouthing me.Copy !req
445. Thank you.Copy !req
446. President!Copy !req
447. That's one thing I...Copy !req
448. about you.Copy !req
449. What?Copy !req
450. What did you say?Copy !req
451. It's a secret.Copy !req
452. Hey, don't do that to me!Copy !req
453. It only makes me wanna know more!Copy !req
454. A secret is a secret.Copy !req
455. What did you say?Copy !req
456. Results of today's match...Copy !req
457. BOTH WINNERSCopy !req
458. It wasn't in French.Copy !req
459. Both winners.Copy !req
460. - In Latin?
- No.Copy !req
461. BECAUSE THEY SHOWED
EACH OTHER THEIR WEAKNESSCopy !req
462. - In Yiddish?
- No.Copy !req
463. - In Finnish?
- No.Copy !req