President's Office
I know.
I just want a little more time.
I'll keep my promise,
Dad.
I have high hopes for you, Erika.
The school festival, huh?
What a pain.
We gotta do omelets!
M-1 is coming up!
We can draw with the ketchup.
Is there anyone besides Umino who could be our class M-1 rep?
M-1 is coming up!
Okonomiyaki
Cat café
Ramen
Yakitori
Archery
Fortune-telling
Maid café
Yakisoba
Izakaya
Takoyaki
Beer
Chocolate-covered bananas
Haunted house
- I hope he does a good job.
- He's gonna be so nervous.
Episode 10: I Know, Nagi-kun! Let's Take Pictures for Memory's Sake!
Me? The M-1 rep?!
Allow me to explain.
M1 stands for Megurogawa-1.
Megurogawa-1
A tradition that's lasted over 50 years at Megurogawa Academy,
it is the culture festival's main event.
Main event of the school culture festival
Maximum 3 minutes
Freeform performance
Winner chosen by vote
Contestants perform freeform for three minutes,
and the winner is chosen by student vote.
I trust that you understand!
I show up for the first time in two weeks,
and everyone's already forgotten about the news article!
Mochizuki Ai In Love!
Reunited after 7 years??
And am I really being roped into this socialite normie event?!
This isn't right, President!
How could you decide while I was absent?
National Exams What to Expect and How to Study
You were chosen fair and square by ghost leg lottery.
Do your best, Nagi.
But hey, you get to represent the class in the M-1 competition.
Hey...
Okay.
I'll form a duo with you.
I mean, it's a lot to do on your own.
You don't mind, do you, Erika-chan?
Huh?
Er, sure. Why ask me, though?
Well, you know, you're engaged to him.
That doesn't matter.
Okay, then, Umino-kun, let's go for the win.
Right...
Hey, hey!
Let's pair up, Erika-chan.
Together, we can win on beauty alone.
We have the best faces at school.
It'd be a crime not to compete!
Yeah.
For real?! Yes!
You don't know, do you, Umino-kun?
Legend has it that people who pair up in the M-1 end up getting married.
It's just a legend, though.
Which means that's the reason she invited me?
Are you sure, though?
What's wrong? Lost your motivation?
That's not...
The grand prize is ten school cafeteria vouchers.
We have to do this.
Good for you.
You get to pair up with Hiro-chan.
Yeah.
I wasn't sure what I was going to do.
Thank goodness for Segawa-san.
Look at you, being so smug after all that pouting over having to compete.
Well, yeah, because I get to have secret practices with Segawa-san.
And if it all works out, I'll get ten school cafeteria vouchers.
Though, you're going to be teaming up with Shion for a while, too,
which means we're going to be enemies for a while.
You're going down!
To be honest, I wanted to pair up with you this time, though.
Oh, you did?
So this is your place, huh, Erika-chan?
Thanks for having us.
Hey, come in.
Amano-san, a moment!
What now?
Why did you bring Shion?!
He's going to find out we live together!
What could I do?
There was nowhere else to practice.
He won't find out if we don't tell him.
It's all good.
I know everything about it.
That you're engaged.
That you're living together.
It's nonsense to think you can hide anything from me.
Not in the Information Age.
So anyway, Nagi, you can count on me for anything.
Stop it!
Okay, then, let's split up and start practicing.
Have you two already decided what you're going to do?
Oh, shoot. Not yet.
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None of these are really doing it for me.
What do you mean?
I do speeches at Dad's parties sometimes.
They can't be too long or too short.
Which means...
it has to be sensational and exciting,
newsworthy and devastating, and most of all,
sensational!
You said "sensational" twice.
I'm going to have to unlock the thing.
Yeah!
To be honest, I wanted to pair up with you this time, though.
You seem to be hitting it off after all you said.
Did you want to pair up with Erika-chan?
No, that's not it!
It's just that we haven't decided on anything yet.
I was just thinking we should hurry.
Let's see...
Um... What is this?
A nininbaori skit.
No, I can see that, but...
It's a bit old-school, but that just means it'll have mass appeal.
Are we sure about this?
We're right up against each other!
All right, here we go!
Okay!
Focus, me!
Oh, sorry.
Did I get udon on your face?
Please wipe it off!
The towel!
Sorry!
No, I'm used to this kind of thing.
No, I mean...
That got my heart pounding.
This might not work.
Maybe because I've never gotten so close to you before.
I guess.
Come to think of it, me, too.
So lame.
What are you two acting so lovey-dovey for?
Hey. Yo, yo, yo.
Here I am, Erika the Rapper in the house
Erika and Shion for champion
For champion
Vision of glory
Us? Champions? Don't believe it?
All you haters are fakers
Survival of the fittest
Our position is getting M-1 number one!
Getting M-1 number one!
Boring.
D'oh!
I'm pairing up with Onii next year anyway.
Forget winning, we're going to get laughed off the stage.
There are only so many party tricks.
I thought this might happen, so I borrowed an M-1 DVD.
It has a bunch of past winners.
So we can see what all our senpai did?
I guess so.
S.58 Winner Duo name: None (Unofficial contender)
"S"? As in the year Showa 58?
This person's really pretty.
Hang on a sec. Isn't that...
It's Mom!
Which means...
that's Umino-kun's real mom?
This girl...
ends up like this?
She's not even the same person!
I'm surprised you could tell, Erika-chan.
I've seen Mom's younger photos.
Man... She's nothing like she is now.
We have a last-minute participant!
Class 3-E, Saegi Ritsuko-san!
A stone-faced woman who's never been seen smiling!
What will her performance be?
Class 3-E, Amano Soichiro-san.
Hang on...
That's Dad!
They both went to our school?
I'm in love with you.
Would you please go out with me?
What's this?! How could this be?!
We have a confession of love!
Mom...
Seriously?!
I'm sorry.
Huh? That's it?
Looks like it.
I had no idea Mom and Dad competed in M-1 and won.
Your mom works in TV, right?
She might have some good ideas for how we can win.
I never thought of that!
Holy crap!
This is your place, Erika-chan?!
You've been living in this huge house this whole time?
Nah.
I have other homes, too.
I didn't see that coming.
Oh, Mom. Welcome home.
Oh, are these your friends?
Welcome.
I never knew you went to our school, let alone that you participated in the M-1.
We're going to be competing this year, too,
and we're wondering if you could give us some hints.
That wasn't me.
Jeez, Mom, knock it off.
Come on. What fun would it be if I just admitted it?
Stop turning everything into entertainment.
Everything is entertainment!
Life is entertainment!
Is she drunk?
She's being perfectly normal.
Sure.
I wouldn't mind telling you a little.
That was in my third year of high school.
I want you to confess to me, and I'll turn you down.
I don't know what you're talking about.
You come from a rich family, right?
Meanwhile, I'm famous for being poor.
Normally, it's the other way around.
A poor guy gets rejected by a rich girl.
But swap the roles, and suddenly it's funny, right?
In other words, the powerful gets turned down by the weak!
I see.
I'll cooperate.
Really?!
The grand prize is ten vouchers for the school cafeteria!
I don't need them.
Are you sure?
I didn't know yet why I replied the way I did.
Then, on that day...
I'm sorry.
How could this be?!
A well-to-do girl just got rejected by a broke guy!
It was a huge success.
And yet...
For some reason, I was crying.
I'm so sorry!
I'll give you two of the cafeteria vouchers we won.
Forgive me! Please!
Voucher
All right, fine! Have three!
That's not it.
I was happy.
I've been so bored for so long.
I never had so much fun in my life.
S.58 M-1 Winner
It was only natural that I'd fall in love with the man
who taught me how fun life could be.
Thanks for having us!
I'll be charging a consulting fee next time.
I make a living doing entertainment, after all.
Oh, seriously, Mom.
Thanks, Mom. I know you're busy with work.
I'm glad I got to hear your story.
I'm grateful, too.
This must be the first time you've had friends over, isn't it?
Bye.
Bomb
Wait, hang on, Segawa-san!
What is this?!
Don't move.
Yes'm!
William Tell.
Or Robin Hood.
What do either of those people have to do with the bomb?
When will it go off? Who can say? It's an exciting mystery.
Huh?
There's no way we aren't winning.
Here we go.
One second!
What are they up to?
Shion-kun's going to shave his head.
Wha?
Prepare yourself!
I'm not emotionally ready.
Wait, hang on.
If I shave my head now, how am I going to go bald at the competition?
Amano-san.
Wh-What now?!
I think the two of us should pair up.
What the hell am I saying?!
What's this about?
What about Hiro-chan?
She's right.
But I...
The Amanos won before.
So I want the Uminos to win.
That's what this is about?!
That makes sense.
I do think that's better, too.
You've been distracted by Erika-chan the whole time.
No, that's not true!
Okay, how about we pair up for the M-1?
For real?!
It just means I have a new target.
Let's call it a day.
See you tomorrow.
Laters!
Right. Okay.
What are you, a rebellious teen?
You're just salty about my mom and dad.
To be honest, I don't know why I feel this way myself.
I just don't want your parents to one-up us.
You're at least part Umino, too, aren't you?
That's why I want to pair up with you.
I can't give you an answer yet.
I think you owe Hiro-chan a real apology.
She's absolutely right.
Meguro Myoujin
How come she isn't home?
What would Segawa-san be doing right now?
Kickboxing / Karate
I can't believe you knew I was here.
Well, yeah.
You broke off our duo.
Which means you want that legend of the M-1 winners getting married
to come true for you with Erika-chan, right?
No, that's not it!
It's absolutely nothing like that!
Like I said, it's kind of a family thing.
But I don't entirely understand what I'm feeling right now, either.
Okay.
You know, Umino-kun...
Too close!
You want to marry me, don't you?
Well...
Of course.
All the more reason, then.
It'll be even more hype if we go against the legend, right?
Totally!
We'll overcome the legend to be together!
Besides, what happened today made me realize...
Yes?
I get more fired up when we're rivals.
Erika-onee, have you seen my ice pop?
It was in the freezer yesterday.
How could you?!
I kept it to reward myself for studying!
There're plenty of other ones.
I want that one!
Hey, Sachi-chan...
What would you do if I vanished?
You can't make me let it go by saying that!
Umino Nagi I got Segawa-san's permission. Time for a strategy meeting as soon as I get home!
We have to win...!!
I'm in love with you.
Would you please go out with me?
Absolutely not!
Why do I have to confess to you?
And why do I have to get turned down?
There's no way!
You don't need to be so adamant.
Why would we want to do the same thing as our parents, anyway?
Okay.
Let's get back to basics.
What's the most surprising thing that happened to you recently?
Recently?
When Sachi kissed me.
We're seriously doing this?!
Of course not.
Then why would you say that?!
You're the one who asked!
Idiot! Stop it already!
Okay, what surprised me the most recently was...
I never tied you up sensually.
Of course not!
That's it, Amano-san!
Keep it down!
Seriously?
In that case...
Yes, hello?
Ai-chan? Listen...
Sachi-chan
Mm-hm.
That sounds fun.
Culture Festival
Look at the school!
This is amazing!
Wow. Look at what they've done to it.
I know, Nagi-kun! Let's take pictures for memory's sake!
No way.
Sending it to your parents is one thing,
but you're going to accidentally upload it to social media again, aren't you?
I'd never make such a mistake.
Relax.
It'll be fine as long as we do it the way we always do.
We don't do this all the time.
To battle!
Episode 11: I Found Him Attractive for the First Time
"I Found Him Attractive for the First Time."