Huh?! It's five centimeters!
No! It's clearly higher than that!
It's just as inappropriate as ever!
Don't just eyeball it and complain!
If it's too short, give me an exact measurement.
Then pardon me while I take a quick hand measurement.
What are you doing, you pervert?!
This is Sakuradaimon Togo,
Klutzy
an overly dedicated, klutzy class monitor.
The Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt
The Klutzy Class Monitor and the Library Assistant
Hey, Poe,
I heard you were going at it with Sakuradaimon-kun again this morning?
I'm so jealous you two are that close.
You should just start dating already.
How many times do I have tell you? It's not like that between us.
I know, I know.
But we're still happy, okay?
That you're getting close to a specific man.
Especially when you used to become a Terminator,
assassinating every boy who made fun of you in middle school.
I didn't assassinate anyone!
She slugged them fair-and-square head-on.
Jeez, those two...
This is all Togo's fault!
That klutzy, airheaded boy...
What about me?
Where are you going, Poem-san?
I'm heading to the library.
Oh, for a nap?
Tasaki-san told me you often nap in the library.
What are you going to do if you can't sleep at night after napping so much?
That's none of your concern. What are you doing anyway, Togo?
Class Monitor
I'm on patrol.
It's my job to crack down on discipline in the school.
That so?
Now, I wonder what kind of book I should read today.
At first, I just came here to nap,
but I've gotten hooked on actually reading lately.
Oh! That one looks nice.
Excuse me.
Sorry. It's a naughty little bookshelf.
Is this the book you were seeking?
Hmm? Y-Yeah, thanks!
No, no, you're quite welcome.
I was honored to prove helpful,
Sleeping Beauty.
Th-This guy!
The way he's behaving couldn't mean...
No, he definitely is!
Library Assistant Tsukishima Seiichi
See, look, I knew it! He's one of the committee members!
Why aren't there any normal people on the committee at this school?!
Pardon my abruptness.
I'm the library assistant, Tsukishima.
You seem to be using the library properly lately,
so I was happy.
Huh?
Well, before, you used to just sleep away by the window, right?
With a pleasant look on your face.
Don't go staring at me in my sleep!
This library has a very substantial collection.
I'm sure you can discover many masterpieces you haven't read yet.
Oh, but don't I seem real out of place reading books in here?
You're worried about that?
Although... I suppose that may be true.
When you're earnestly engaged with a book,
you're as beautiful as a painting on display in an art museum!
Is that so?!
If you like that author, then I would recommend this one.
I'd love to hear your thoughts, if you'd like to share.
Tsukishima-kun, we're here again!
Tell us what book you recommend today!
Now, now, young ladies.
Let's be quiet in the library.
He may be pretentious, but he's actually doing his job.
Guess I'll give it a read.
When she read it, it proved genuinely interesting.
Tsukishima Seiichi, right?
I know him.
He was a weird dude,
but I might ask him for another recommendation.
Poem-san, I thought you were going to the library to nap.
I've actually been reading books lately!
You have?
I'm glad to learn about another side of you that I didn't know before.
Ugh, jeez! Shut up.
I know!
Would you like to meet Tsukishima?
He's in the same class as me.
I know, right?
Huh?!
That's too crazy!
No!
This obviously isn't him!
He might look similar, but that's not him!
Huh? No, it's him.
Tsukishima, pardon me for interrupting your reading.
Do you have a moment?
Huh?!
It's definitely not him!
Tsukishima, this is Poem-san.
Huh?!
She said she really enjoyed the book you recommended her the other day.
Uh, um, thanks for yesterday.
Sure.
It's definitely not him
It's definitely not him!
Huh? But he's...
What is this?
Grumble Grumble
You suddenly interrupt my reading, then start flirting with each other?
I am Tsukishima, plain and simple.
So if you understand, then please go away.
Why you!
You're interrupting. You're interrupting.
Grumble Grumble
Calm down, Poem-san!
I finally understand why you didn't know who he was.
Man, how scary!
This is the problem with hysterical women.
Grumble Grumble
Hysterical!
Huh?
Grumble Grumble
It's common knowledge among everyone in our class,
but he's actually...
Hey, Sleeping Beauty!
I'm so happy you've already read the book I recommended to you!
Tsukishima is an extreme case of "a lion at home, a mouse abroad."
Lion at home?
Lion at Home
Lion at the Library
Lion at home.
I'm sorry for startling you, Sleeping Beauty.
It's true, though.
I'm more introverted than I seem.
But when I'm in this space where I'm surrounded by the books I love,
So you're trying to say this version is the real you?
I can be my genuine self!
Look, not that it really matters, but could you stop calling me Sleeping Beauty?!
Huh? You don't like the name?
Why would I?! It's embarrassing, so stop it!
Very well. That's regrettable, but I understand.
I figured it wasn't any more embarrassing than your real name,
but I understand.
Hey, hey, hey! Your darker side is suddenly coming out!
Tsukishima, what do you mean by "Sleeping Beauty"?
Don't latch onto that!
It's just something I've been calling her.
She was always coming to the library to nap, after all.
Though that nickname might be a bit too cute for her.
Snore Snore
"Sleeping Beauty" isn't right for a girl who sleeps like a log,
snoring like crazy with her mouth wide open.
Stop!
You're lying! I don't snore!
I think!
That's right, Tsukishima! Take it back!
Even if she was snoring with her mouth wide open,
Wide Open
Snoring
it's still Poem-san!
She'd obviously still be as cute as a princess!
Princess
You need to shut up already too!
There really aren't any decent people on this school's committee!
Though Poem-chan was happier than she let on.
I know. I'll find the perfect book for you, Sakuradaimon.
I'd be grateful for that.
You know, though, Sakuradaimon,
I saw you wasting time on a patrol during lunch break.
Do you not have any friends?
Hey, hey, hey! Your dark side, dark side, dark side!
Blah blah blah
Isn't wandering the school for no reason a waste of time?
Your time would be better spent reading books.
Though there's no guarantee reading will make you more educated.
And now you've hurt him surprisingly hard, so stop it already!
Oh?
Covering for your boyfriend?
How admirable.
He's! Not! My! Boyfriend!
Camera 1
Camera 2
Camera 3
Out of the Library
Squeak Squeak Squeak
Hey, hey, hey!
Violent heroines are a thing of the past now!
You need to keep up with the times,
Want me to do that again?
or readers will drop you.
Getting involved with the crazy people on the committee is exhausting.
Hey! I'm talking about you too, Togo!
I'm sorry.
Huh? What?
Are you seriously bothered about what Tsukishima said to you?
No...
I just realized that, when I think about it, I don't have anyone I could call a friend.
That part, then?
No, it's fine.
A school is meant to be a place of learning,
It's not an issue if I don't have any friends.
I never knew you cared about that kind of thing.
Y'know...
Uh, well, despite everything I may say,
we're friends, okay?!
Got it?!
Y-You mean it, Poem-san?!
Beam!
Beam
Creepy!
Thank you so much, Poem-san!
You truly are a wonderful woman.
Yeah.
But the truth was...
She hoped to one day become Sakuradaimon-kun's special someone.
Kidding!
Don't go adding lines of your own!
Oh, you caught us?
We couldn't help ourselves with the nice mood between you.
Sakuradaimon-kun, we're friends too, of course!
Me too, me too!
Thank you so much!
I'm touched by how truly kind you all are.
He gained three friends at once.
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The Klutz and the Skirt!
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The Klutz and the Skirt!
I'm hungry. Let's hit the cafeteria.
Sure.
Huh? Where's Poe?
She vanished right after class.
That girl just disappears during lunch sometimes.
She's here.
Gone.
It's gone!
My bento box...
The Time She Spent Lunch With the Klutz
is gone!
Huh?! I didn't leave it at home, did I?!
No, Mom said this morning...
Po-chan, Mom made lunch for you today!
I'm putting it in your bag, okay?
There's no way I forgot it after that.
Meaning...
What's the matter, Poem-san?
Togo?! When did you—
It's unusual to see you alone.
Y-Yeah, sometimes, I just want some time to myself.
You seem to be a bit too troubled for that, though.
I'm hungry!
Right?
Huh?!
This is terrible!
Oh, no, it's fine. I'll be okay.
I'll get something at the cafeteria.
That's not good enough!
Your mother made that for you with love!
Let's go find it at once!
Hey! Seriously, it's fine!
It's not in the classroom?
I don't even recall taking it out of my bag.
I don't like where this is going.
Huh? What do you mean?
I don't really want to suspect our school's students of doing ill...
We should consider the possibility of theft!
No, no way!
Who would go out of their way to steal someone's lunch?!
Of course! I want to believe no one would either!
That's why we absolutely need to find your bento box!
I told you it's okay! Jeez!
First, let's think back on what you did today.
This is where you started, right?
I recall this morning as well.
Good morning, Poem-san!
I told you not to shout my first name out loud!
Can we skip our whole morning exchange?
I witnessed it myself,
and in that crowd, it would've been impossible to steal.
So the first place you headed after that was...
the nurse's office?
I slipped at the entrance, so I went to get a bandage.
Is that true, Izubuchi?
Yeah.
That woman was definitely here this morning.
I remember it well.
Health (And Dignity) Representative
What?!
"Hand over a bandage"?!
Man, you're a high school girl, and you don't carry any bandages?!
What a weird assumption.
Just give me one.
Here. Hurry up and pick one.
The panda or the bear?
So cute!
Yeah. Also, here.
Wha?!
What the hell are you doing?!
Huh?
But Ma—my parents say I have to clean it or it'll get infected!
What era is that from?!
Your knowledge is outdated!
Hey! Stop!
Just run some damn water over it!
Don't pour water on it!
I said stop!
I'm never giving that woman another bandage again.
You're stubborn too.
There weren't any students here before Poem-san arrived, correct?
Yeah, it was first thing this morning.
It seems we won't find any leads here.
Let's go to the next place, Poem-san.
Jeez, I'm so hungry now.
Checkout Desk
Yeah, that's true.
She came here early this morning to return a book.
Were any other students here?
There were.
Return Slot
Several others came to return books like she did.
No one really came close to me while I returned the book though.
I recall that as well.
I see. Hmm...
For one thing, Sakuradaimon,
isn't your outrageous idea that someone stole her lunch crazy from the start?
That's what I said at the beginning too.
No, we don't know.
There's a chance it could have been a stalker.
Hm?
Pardon me.
Like she even has one!
Squeak Squeak Squeak
No leads in the library either.
Where to next?
Next is...
It's fine. That one's irrelevant.
How can you be sure it's irrelevant?
We should investigate it to be sure.
Where is it?
It's fine.
It's not fine!
Where did you go next?
The bathroom!
Don't make me say it!
The...
The bathroom?!
You're right that our school always maintains clean bathrooms,
but even so, I'd be hesitant to take a bag of food in the bathroom with me!
Quit shouting "bathroom" over and over!
It's true that if you took it into a stall, it'd be a completely sealed area.
It would be impossible to steal it.
I was in the classroom the whole time after that, though,
so I can't think of any other places.
This corridor...
Isn't this a rather roundabout way to get to your classroom?
I like this route.
See, the hydrangeas are blooming and pretty, right?
You like hydrangeas?
I'm happy I learned about another surprising side of you, Poem-san.
Enough of that already!
Argh, it's fine already!
I'm going to meet up with the girls in the cafeteria!
You coming too?
You must not have eaten either, right?
Right.
I'm sorry I've proven useless.
Oh, Poe's here!
Sakuradaimon-kun's with you?
Come sit with us.
Where have you been, Poe?
Well, I lost a little something.
So I was retracing my steps from this morning.
Huh? Are you okay?
What did you lose?
So then you went to the nurse's office and the library too?
You must be tired.
Tasaki-san, how do you know all that?
Huh? Know what?
How do you know that we just visited the nurse's office and the library?!
Huh? Because I was with Poe all morning.
Poem-san.
What I'm about to suggest may be very shocking to you.
Sorry?
Still, I must say it!
For the sake of this school's morality!
And most importantly,
for your sake!
The one who stole Poem-san's lunch...
was you,
wasn't it, Tasaki-san?!
Huh?
Lunch?
Oh, no, it's nothing.
If you were with Poem-san the whole time,
it'd be easy to steal her lunch without being noticed!
Oh!
It seems you've caught on to me, Sakuradaimon-kun!
Roll with it!
Don't do that.
It's still not too late for you! Return the lunch you stole!
What a naive man!
You think her lunch is still around?!
Y-You couldn't have!
What a cruel thing to do!
At this rate, Poem-san...
will soon grow very hungry!
Poe, you brought a lunch with you?
Is that why you sometimes disappear during lunch?
Uh, w-well, yeah.
You could have just eaten it with us. So why?
Would Kohinata Poem-san of Class 1-6 please report to the office.
Y-Yeah...
Your mother is here.
Oh?
Ah, Po-chan!
Here! Over here!
I'm so sorry!
Mama slipped up and forgot to put it in your bag!
Okay.
I thought you might be going hungry, so I brought it over in a hurry!
Sure, Mom. It's fine.
Hello, ma'am!
Hello.
Oh my, Tasaki-chan and Akina-chan.
You two haven't come over to hang out at all lately, so I've missed you.
Mom, enough.
Oh my, and who's this?
It's nice to meet you.
I'm Sakuradaimon Togo—
Oh!
I've heard so much about you from Po-chan!
She told me there's this interesting class monitor boy.
Right?
Mom, enough!
Hey, what kind of lunch did you make for her?
My, would you like to see?
I'm quite confident about today's!
Mom! Enough!
I packed it full of Po-chan's favorites!
Po-chan ♥
I-Is this PreChure?
I had kind of predicted it would be something cute, but...
This isn't the current run either, but from 10 runs back, right?
You sure did love Chure Cherry, didn't you?
Mom! Enough!
Man, it's been a while since we've seen Mama Poe, but I like her.
It's so cute.
Come on, Poe. It's delicious! Eat up!
Poem-san, there's nothing to be ashamed of.
I watched SoulCatching PreChure! with my little sister when she was young, too!
Don't be ashamed of liking what's one of the masterpieces of the series!
Sakuradaimon-kun, you're wrong.
That's not the issue.
It's not just PreChure, you know.
Every time, she always makes me lunches of characters from anime and manga I like.
She thinks I'll enjoy them.
Mama—My mother is very busy so she doesn't do it every day,
but it's a different character every time.
How could I tell her to stop because it's embarrassing?
It's a real bother.
Jeez.
Sakuradaimon-kun, a word, please.
You truly are a wonderful, kindhearted person, Poem-san!
Those cute lunches suit you very well too!
Aw, jeez! You stay out of this!
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