Dear Kirio-kun,
I like you.
Will you go out with me?
Miki-chan, I'm so happy to hear that.
But I didn't realize...
...that liking someone could be this...
The truth is, I've always liked you, too.
...painful.
Ekoma Metropolitan High School
So, Kirio-kun.
Lounge
What do you usually do on the weekends?
Oh, you go for walks? How lovely!
S-sounds just like you.
That's nice.
Mhm, mhm!
Hey, Kirio-kun.
Listen, if you aren't busy this coming Saturday...
Do you want to hang out?!
I want to crawl in a hole.
What?
You were the one who suggested we practice, Aimi-chan!
"I want to invite him to hang out sometime,
but if I tried it now, I'd get too nervous and throw up!"
I know, but...
I didn't think it would feel so hollow.
Hey, don'tcha think this would work a lot better
if one of us pretended to be Kirio-kun?
I think I oughta just be myself.
Are those song lyrics?
I mean, come on!
I can't pretend to be Kirio-kun 'cause I'm not worthy!
But you won't get any practice this way, Aimi-chan.
Let's try taking turns!
Go on, Kirio-kun. Sit over there.
I have to go first?
Ugh...
Think of it as your first step towards Kirio-kun.
Fine, I guess you're right.
All right, here I go.
Oh, uh...
I-I'm Kirio.
It's, um, nice to meet you.
What, is he at a job interview?!
A job interview? Shut up, of course not!
Well, you could've fooled me.
I mean, that wasn't even close to the way Kirio-kun normally acts.
It caught me off guard 'cause it's like you weren't even trying.
Do you have to be so nitpicky?!
Tsk, Aimi-chan.
You really should spend more time observing Kirio-kun.
Excuse me?! I observe him plenty!
This whole situation makes me nervous.
If you're so smart, then why don't you try it?
Huh, Kirio-kun?
Sure thing.
Oh my god, that's him!
Incredible! You're incredible, Nami!
You look exactly like him!
Kirio-kun during class, right?
Yup.
Wait, can you do more impressions of him?!
Sure.
"Oh, uh... yeah."
That's him!
"Er, my bad. Um... We're on page 136, right?"
That's him!
That was really cute.
Kiri-
Huh? Wait, what did you just- What?
What was really cute? I don't- Huh?
What was up with that comment?
I've never heard him say that.
Nami, did you, like...
get hit on by Kirio-kun or what?
Hm, not really.
It's just what I imagine he'd say.
What?! Hey!
Switch with me!
I can be the real Kirio-kun, too!
Check it out!
"Hiya, I'm Kirio!
Sorry, Nami-chan! I'm in love with Aimi-chan!"
Who the hell was that?!
Ugh, I knew it! I can't be Kirio-kun!
It's impossible... I can't even imitate him!
How come?
'Cause he's, like, a god.
Hm? Where are you going?
Forgot my lunch box in the classroom.
W-wait up.
C'mon, Aimi-chan, cheer up.
I'm not in a bad mood.
I just don't think we should be treating Kirio-kun so lightly, is all.
It's obvious that he lives on a higher plane of existence than we do.
I don't think that's true. Technically, we are classmates with him.
That's all we are.
I can't even hear him fart next to me.
Fart?
Kirio-kun... farts?
Come on, Nami. What do you take Kirio-kun for?
I mean, you're the one who called him a god.
Gods are allowed to fart, too.
If anything, it would be a divine act. Their farts would be gold.
So what would you do?
If Kirio-kun farted and it was louder than a bomb going off?
I'd cry tears of happiness.
You'd be happy?
Well, if it was louder than a bomb,
that would put it at seven hundred million decibels.
With a fart that loud,
I'd feel close to him even if he were far away,
and that's something special.
But if Kirio-kun were next to you, your eardrums would burst and you'd die.
No, I wouldn't.
I just told you, we don't have that kind of relationship.
My point is, only a select few get to hear Kirio-kun's farts.
Like a significant other?
What?!
Are you tryin' to say Kirio-kun has a girlfriend?!
I don't want to believe it,
but we can't rule it out completely, can we?
If he's been dating her since middle school or something,
we wouldn't even know.
Dammit!
We don't know the first thing about Kirio-kun!
If only we had a legit reason to talk to him.
Oh, maybe we could ask what his favorite color is.
How would you keep the conversation going?
No, I meant something different.
Like that!
W-wait...
This is Kirio-kun's desk, isn't it?
Did he forget his jacket?
This is what I meant, Aimi-chan!
If we return it to him, it'll give us an opportunity to-
Be quiet a sec.
S-sorry.
Wouldn't want anyone to hear us, huh?
That's not it.
We might get our spit on the artwork.
Nami, do you have any idea what we've got here?
One of the Kirio-kun's extremely valuable personal belongings.
Before we take it to him,
we oughta have the courtesy to show our appreciation first-
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Nami! What are you doing, messing around with that?!
I'm gonna go return it to Kirio-kun.
What?! But that's not fair at all!
We need... We need to be unbiased!
Let's play Rock, Paper, Scissors!
The winner gets to take Kirio-kun's jacket back to him!
If you insist.
Get ready!
Rock, paper, scissors! One, two, three!
Uhh...
You're the first person I've seen use two hands in Rock, Paper, Scissors.
Huh? That's how we've always done it in my family...
Really?
Ugh, this isn't working! We're back to square one!
All right, all right. Let's try somethin' else.
Whoever can write the most things
they like about Kirio-kun in sixty seconds is the winner.
Okay. There's no way to cheat at this one.
I wonder which of us has stronger feelings for him.
Get ready...
Go!
small intestine
eyes
ears
nose
mouth
hair
bones
stomach
lungs
heart
liver
kidneys
pancreas
large intestine
midgut
small intestine
You can't earn points just by listing his organs, Aimi-chan!
What?
I love all of him and that includes his organs, so I don't see the problem!
nice
cool
Well, I won by a landslide, so I'll return his jacket.
See ya, Nami!
I'm off to get close enough to Kirio-kun to hear his farts!
Wait a minute!
Aimi-chan, this... this isn't right.
This whole time we've been caught up in deciding who wins and who loses.
Aren't we supposed to be friends?
No.
We're rivals.
If you're going to fall in love with someone,
you have to be prepared to fight for them.
You think we can be friends and work together
even though we like the same person?
Get real, Nami.
Aimi-chan!
C'mon, wait a second!
I can't stand the thought of-
Watch out!
The truth is, I've always liked you, too.
I'm so happy!
Tanaka-senpai!
Who are they?
Oh crap, they're about to kiss!
Looks like they're not moving anytime soon.
What do we do, Aimi-chan?
Guess we gotta work together.
Dear Kirio-kun,
I like you.
But I didn't realize that liking someone could be this painful.
Falling for the same person or whatever...
Yeah, it's a total disaster.
But if we're together...
No, because we're together...
'Scuse me.
I'm sorry about this, but we're just gonna scooch on by.
...there are some things we can do.
Aimi-chan, to the reft!
To the what?
Ah, I got it!
Nice, now let's go!
You sure?
This is a rare opportunity for you to get closer to Kirio-kun.
It'd freak him out if someone he's never spoken to brought it to him
outta the blue.
Shouldn't push our luck.
I'm tellin' you, the timing's not right yet.
Oh, okay.
A memento.
No one's gonna mind, right?
Send it to me later!
Hey, Aimi-chan.
Let's play Kirio-kun shiritori on the way home.
Huh? Oh my god, you're a genius.
'Kay, I'll start.
"Kirio-kun."
Aimi-chan, you messed up already!
Oh, here it is.
Thought I left it in the classroom.
What is that?
eyes
ears
nose
mouth
hair
bones
stomach
lungs
heart
liver
kidneys
pancreas
large intestine
midgut
small intestine
nice
cool
Creepy.
Episode 1
Dear Kirio-kun
Ekoma Metropolitan High School
"The lush, verdant mountains and the fiery red flowers..."
I forgot to mention this earlier...
I went on a date with Kirio-kun yesterday.
What? What do you mean, Aimi-chan?
He invited me out after club activities, and we went to a café.
The melon soda Kirio-kun ordered...
had ice cubes the size of soccer balls.
The ice cubes exploded and pelted the employees.
Then, all of a sudden, the setting changed.
Are you talking about a dream?
This teeny-tiny, fluffy monkey was munching on a castella cake...
You are talking about a dream!
Wait up, Aimi-chan!
Oh jeez, you scared me!
I thought you really went on a date with Kirio-kun!
Yeah, when pigs fly.
Y'know, come to think of it, you always walk home with me.
There's no way you'd walk home with Kirio-kun.
Oh.
That reminds me. You were in my dream, too.
Huh?
I was?
You kinda just tripped and fell over nothing.
How come my part was boring?
But anyway, Aimi-chan...
Shouldn't you be more focused on your waking hours?
Oh, save it.
I don't want to hear it from a slacker like you.
Slacker?
I'm putting effort into dreaming of Kirio-kun.
I don't interact with him IRL,
so dreaming of him is the best I can manage.
What's so wrong with taking that seriously?
Aimi-chan...
Have you been saying your mantras before bed, Nami-chan?
You're going to dream of Kirio-kun.
Kirio-kun
You're going to dream of Kirio-kun.
"Slacker"?
Fine.
I'll admit that you're working hard.
But what's more important here:
You dreaming of Kirio-kun...
or Kirio-kun dreaming of you?
What are you getting at?
If you appear in his dreams,
then that means he has to have a crush on you.
What?!
So, you should do something to make a strong impression on him
so that he dreams of you!
I'm not totally following your logic, but that's a brilliant idea!
All right! I've got a plan of action!
I'm gonna puke in front of him.
Nightmares! You'll give him nightmares!
It doesn't matter so long as he's dreaming of me!
No!
I meant getting excited together over a shared interest or-
That won't be enough to leave a lasting impact!
W-wait! I'm telling you, it's a bad idea!
Hold on a minute, Aimi-chan!
Is that a...
A teeny-tiny, fluffy monkey munching on a castella cake...
Stop that, Mamo-chan!
Don't eat food off the ground!
Come on back over to Mommy!
What? Seriously? A monkey?
And it's eating a castella cake?
An old lady walking a monkey?
H-hey, what are the chances that the dream you had was...
a prophecy-
Nami...
You fell over.
Oh my god, Kirio-kun's really going to ask me on a date today!
Aimi-chan, let's go have a takoyaki party.
What?! Get off me!
No! I won't let your date with Kirio-kun become a prophecy!
Give it up, Nami!
"Fortune favors the bold," or whatever!
Aimi-chan! Weird melon soda or delicious takoyaki?!
You can only pick one!
I'll drink my big-ass melon soda with Kirio-kun, thanks!
Hm? Oh.
Sometani-san!
And... Miyoshi-san, right?
Huh? Oh, uh... yeah.
Still haven't gone home yet? What are you up to?
The teacher called Aimi-chan to her office...
So you waited for her?
That's so nice of you, Sometani-san!
U-uh, hey, Kirio!
Perfect timing.
Ask 'em about the thing.
Wait, what?
A...
A thing?
Huh?
K..Kirio-kun...
Is there something you wanted to ask me?!
Um... yeah, I...
Have you ever counted the number of moles on your body?
Momose.
Seriously?
You know Coach is just gonna give us another earful.
Listen, Nami...
I want cheese in mine.
The takoyaki.
Cheese, it is!
Aimi-chan
Made it ho
Made it home
To my dearest...
Kirio-kun.
Made it ho
Made it home
I like you.
Ouch...