‎I'm Akine Atagawa.
‎I look forward to...
‎getting to know you.
‎Younger sister...
‎She's Manatsu Atagawa's younger sister?
‎EPISODE 11 ‎INVERSION
‎I'm Manatsu Atagawa.
‎I used to play youth basketball.
‎Nice to meet you.
‎Back in my first year of middle school,
‎I joined the basketball team ‎after my neighbor, Sacchan, invited me.
‎Koyuki!
‎Thanks for coming.
‎Sorry I'm not Miki.
‎-I'm just happy to have you. ‎-Attack!
‎MIKI JOINED THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM
‎Is she a friend, Sachi?
‎Glad to have you on the team.
‎I'll do my best.
‎-Let's do this! ‎-We'll make a great team!
‎My seniors were kind.
‎GRADE 3 CLASS 1
‎Here.
‎The second and third years ‎will be on the court today.
‎This is a set menu ‎for the first years to practice.
‎Okay.
‎I was glad to have someone I knew.
‎Thanks!
‎Koyuki.
‎Come back soon, 'kay?
‎BOW
‎Such a cutie.
‎Stop bothering her!
‎Which is why I didn't notice it sooner.
‎-Don't do that. ‎-Why not?
‎She didn't like it.
‎What was that?
‎GIRLS BASKETBALL CLUB
‎Only the first years ‎are practicing outside today.
‎The captain gave me a set menu ‎that we can practice from.
‎Hey.
‎Who died and put you in charge?
‎At first, I thought she just ‎didn't like being told what to do.
‎But then...
‎How are we gonna get you taller?
‎CHATTER - STRETCH
‎-Isn't that stretching her neck? ‎-What to do.
‎Then I realized her hostility toward me
‎was because of my affinity ‎with the seniors.
‎Manatsu must think it's weird ‎that I'm so close with Sacchan.
‎CHILDHOOD FRIENDS - CLOSE FRIENDS
‎HOSTILE ‎"I'M BETTER THAN HER"
‎Manatsu.
‎The captain wants to see me during lunch. ‎Would you mind coming with me?
‎Thanks for coming.
‎I don't always feel comfortable going ‎to the third-year classroom on my own.
‎Why does the captain ‎always want to talk to you?
‎I'm just easy to talk to for her, is all.
‎We live nearby, and we've never had any ‎of those regular formalities to limit us.
‎I think you're the one she's got ‎her hopes set on for the team, Manatsu.
‎You think?
‎GRADE 3 CLASS 1
‎Manatsu today as well? Thanks for coming.
‎Are you Koyuki's friend?
‎Don't talk to them. Go away.
‎Yes. My name is Manatsu.
‎So we're friends now?
‎You know what?
‎You're a really great friend.
‎I had you all wrong.
‎Oh, yeah?
‎THANKS, BUT...
‎How did you get to that conclusion?
‎So just "Manatsu" from now on. ‎No more honorifics.
‎Being on Manatsu's good side ‎definitely made club activities easier.
‎Keep your chin up!
‎UM...
‎Manatsu got her chance to talk with the ‎seniors whenever she was with me.
‎-What did you have for lunch? ‎-Hello!
‎We weren't friends based on mutual trust. ‎I was just convenient.
‎So there wasn't any one particular event ‎that caused our friendship to break down.
‎GIRLS BASKETBALL CLUB
‎So of the people in our grade, ‎Hotani and Igarashi are pretty hot, hey?
‎Definitely.
‎KOYUKI'S IMAGE
‎IGARASHI ‎BOTHERS ME FOR NO REASON
‎HOTANI ‎IGARASHI'S RIGHT-HAND MAN
‎And what's your type, Koyuki?
‎I can't even imagine what yours could be.
‎Maybe someone ‎who doesn't make fun of others?
‎We're talking about looks here. ‎Weren't you listening?
‎Oh, right.
‎I have no idea.
‎Okay...
‎AWKWARD SILENCE
‎I'll see you later.
‎-See you. ‎-Bye.
‎That Koyuki girl...
‎She's kind of different, isn't she?
‎Yeah, I feel you. ‎She's kind of gloomy, right?
‎That's it!
‎And I got really annoyed at how slow ‎she was to talk just now. Did you notice?
‎-Like, gimme an answer, girl! ‎-Yes!
‎Our friendship ‎had always been a house of cards.
‎You're a really great friend.
‎She didn't mean for my personality.
‎She meant that I was convenient.
‎You sure do love your grunt work.
‎Surely you have other things to do?
‎She's eating on her own.
‎Her water bottle is so lame. ‎Like, it literally makes me laugh.
‎So it didn't take long ‎for me to be branded as the bad guy.
‎I can't take this anymore. ‎I'm going to quit.
‎I should have just quit ‎and cut all ties with her right away.
‎CLUB WITHDRAWAL FORM
‎You know what?
‎Atagawa's been really ‎coming on strong with me lately.
‎I'm not interested in anyone ‎other than the person I like.
‎It's getting annoying.
‎Manatsu likes Igarashi?
‎Do you understand what I'm saying?
‎Please go out with me, Koyuki.
‎Honestly, ‎the first thing that came to mind was,
‎"He finally said it."
‎And, "Please let go of my hand."
‎STARE
‎And, "He's acting like rejection ‎isn't even in the cards for him."
‎-And, "Why does he even like me?" ‎-Koyuki.
‎-‎All these thoughts... ‎-Koyuki.
‎I felt I needed something more ‎than simply cutting ties.
‎Which is why...
‎Okay.
‎I felt my body, my heart, ‎screaming at me to stop...
‎I'll go out with you.
‎I just pretended I didn't hear it.
‎Not again.
‎I quit the club ‎and started dating Igarashi,
‎and from then on, ‎nothing ever happened directly,
‎but the indirect harassment increased.
‎Probably because she didn't want Igarashi ‎or the boys to know what she was doing.
‎I needed something to prove ‎Manatsu was the one behind it all.
‎Morning, Koyun.
‎For once, I got here with time to spare...
‎What...
‎Atagawa...
‎Let go of me!
‎The glass!
‎Miki, you're bleeding! ‎We gotta get you cleaned up.
‎No, wait!
‎What? Blood?
‎Was there a fight?
‎Well, look at you.
‎Hiding first behind the boys, ‎and now Miki?
‎You go around with this "poor me" act ‎and you literally leech off others.
‎Aren't you ashamed?
‎Not really.
‎At least I don't go around ‎harassing people in childish ways.
‎I'd be more ashamed of that.
‎I told you. That wasn't me.
‎Who else would do it but you?
‎How should I know?
‎Plenty of people ‎pass by those shoe lockers.
‎Are you really that stupid?
‎-I never mentioned that. ‎-What?
‎Nobody ever said anything ‎about this being in my shoe locker.
‎Hey, over here!
‎Here! Over here!
‎You dug your own grave, Manatsu.
‎Come on.
‎Are you really that stupid?
‎Come on!
‎Listen, you!
‎You've got some nerve ditching the club ‎to start your own little clique.
‎We all know deep down you're just a gloomy ‎loner who can't do anything on her own.
‎Stay like that.
‎What are you smiling at?
‎What are you doing?
‎Igarashi?
‎Hey, hey, hey...
‎The hell is this? ‎What are you doing to her, Atagawa?
‎Are you all right, Koyuki?
‎That hurt.
‎Way to go, Igarashi!
‎You da prince!
‎How lovely for you, Koyuki.
‎Such sweet crocodile tears. ‎You're such a girlie girl.
‎So very "cute."
‎You play the victim ‎for your knight in shining armor.
‎You're such a poser.
‎Hey! What did you just hiss at her?
‎Let's go, Koyuki.
‎Manatsu Atagawa.
‎Akine is her younger sister.
‎Just how much does she know about me?
‎FLUFFY FLUFFY
‎I really hate this!
‎The more I think about it, ‎the more I hate middle school.
‎No, more than that... ‎I hate who I was back then.
‎You're on social media now?
‎Yeah, I just started ‎thanks to Miharu and Sora.
‎MIHARU - SORA ‎FRIENDS FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL
‎Found one.
‎So this is Manatsu's sister?
‎#SISTERS #BESTIES
‎Besties?
‎What's this? ‎Koyun and Miki. What are you up to?
‎What? Atagawa?
‎We're in the same class. ‎We chat all the time.
‎Akine says you've told her ‎some things about me.
‎What exactly have you told her?
‎Just that we've been friends ‎for, like, forever?
‎Koyun! If you and I get married, ‎you and Miki will be related. Cool, right?
‎That's brilliant!
‎Sure. Whatever.
‎I said we might even ‎get married in the future.
‎Why would you say that?
‎Well, in the end...
‎BAHA!
‎...I have zero clue ‎as to what's going on in her mind.
‎Atagawa's the "cool girl" type, after all.
‎BWAHAHA
‎She's not a bad person. Probably? Maybe?
‎Or so Yuki says...
‎I have no idea ‎how much she knows about me.
‎She could know parts of me ‎that I don't want anyone to know.
‎VARIOUS MEMORIES
‎That alone makes me feel very uneasy.
‎Please... Please don't let us ‎have to interact much going forward...
‎Of course.
‎We live in the same neighborhood. ‎Of course our school routes overlap.
‎Are the first years not doing ‎morning practice for soccer yet?
‎There's no morning practice today.
‎Okay...
‎DEAD SILENT
‎This is awkward.
‎At times like these, it's the older person ‎who should initiate conversation, right?
‎But what do we even talk about?
‎What do we have in common? ‎I don't want to talk about middle school.
‎COMMONALITIES ‎TALK ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL
‎HIGH SCHOOL LIFE
‎High school life? ‎Would that even be stimulating?
‎What do I do? ‎I'm so bad at making conversation.
‎TOO LATE
‎Morning.
‎PHEW
‎Amamiya.
‎WHOA
‎THUMP THUMP THUMP
‎Why did she react like that?
‎What a relief.
‎Now I'm saved.
‎Good morning, Amamiya.
‎Are you two walking together?
‎We just met on the train.
‎MEITEN HIGH SCHOOL
‎So you like that song too?
‎I listen to it all the time.
‎Wow. He's doing a great job ‎keeping our conversation flowing.
‎I'm sorry, Amamiya, for thinking ‎your questions were tiring back then.
‎And I'm also sorry for laughing at you ‎when you were flustered.
‎STARE
‎What? Is there something on me?
‎PFT PFT
‎No, I was just thinking I feel bad for ‎teasing you that time over spring break.
‎You only feel that now?
‎Hey, do you think you'd forget about that ‎if I push the pressure point on your head?
‎There's a pressure point that does that?
‎-It's around here. ‎-I block.
‎CHATTER CHATTER
‎Let me find a work-around. Here...
‎You're good friends, hey?
‎Not at all. She's a bully. ‎She's got dirt on me.
‎Hey, no...
‎Good morning, Akine.
‎Momoka.
‎I saw you, so I came running.
‎Wow, she looks just like a doll.
‎And Amamiya. Good morning to you too.
‎Kuriki, right? I remember you ‎from when you came to check out our club.
‎You remember me?
‎I decided not to join after all, ‎so I haven't been back.
‎That's fine. Don't worry about that.
‎Atagawa's joined, after all.
‎But I...
‎I think you'll do great, Akine.
‎She's luminous.
‎SNAP
‎I know this feeling.
‎I don't think I'm welcome here.
‎I'll just leave for class then.
‎What?
‎Well then, Amamiya. See you later.
‎See you at cheer training.
‎Why'd you do that?
‎I figured you were going ‎to just float off again.
‎HEH
‎-You got me. ‎-You're very obvious.
‎WHOOSH WHOOSH
‎You know, I kind of feel like a dog ‎being taken for walkies.
‎Shall we go for run by the river?
‎PONTA
‎No running.
‎I didn't think Amamiya would remember me.
‎Because you only went once, right?
‎I went twice.
‎All right.
‎Hey, Akine.
‎Do you think Amamiya has a girlfriend?
‎CHATTER CHATTER
‎Who knows?
‎Could you find out for me?
‎Enjoying your new class?
‎I don't like the way ‎you keep grinning at me.
‎IRREGULAR CATCH UP OVER A MEAL
‎When you're happy, Yota, I'm happy.
‎Now you look like a Buddha statue.
‎I didn't realize I was such a sticky beak.
‎I could ask the same. How about you?
‎What? No. Never.
‎HMPH
‎Now you're a wrathful deity...
‎There was one guy in middle school.
‎We dated for a little bit.
‎I tried to get to know him, ‎even if only a little.
‎I went out with him ‎assuming the love would eventually follow.
‎But it didn't go well at all.
‎I realized love ‎isn't something you can force.
‎IMPURE MOTIVES
‎And that wasn't the only reason ‎we started dating...
‎BUT SURELY YOU?
‎-But that's not the case with you, right? ‎-Don't ask me.
‎LOVE
‎Love can come in all shapes and sizes.
‎If two kinds of love don't match, ‎one person is bound to suffer.
‎WHAT? - I LOVE YOU ‎DIFFERENT TYPE
‎LIKE - LOVE ‎DIFFERENT SIZE
‎It's hard, because it's not enough ‎to just be liked, or to just love.
‎I'M THE ONLY ONE IN PAIN
‎I guess love ‎is still a long ways off for me.
‎CREEP CREEP
‎Soot, soot...
‎LIVING IT NOW
‎-That hurts to hear. ‎-‎Soot, soot...
‎-Go away! Get lost! ‎-‎Soot, soot...
‎I'm sorry.
‎GYOZA FESTIVAL ‎EVEN MORE GYOZA
‎-I didn't mean it that way. ‎-I said it's fine.
‎Those were some tasty gyoza.
‎How about gyoza?
‎But then our breath will smell.
‎They're from our school.
‎RUSH RUSH
‎Seniors. How awkward.
‎And on a gyoza date. ‎Kinda low-key cool, hey?
‎That girl just now...
‎Sorry if my breath stinks.
‎Mine stinks too, so I couldn't tell.
‎Good morning.
‎You scared me!
‎You shouldn't walk and read. ‎It's dangerous.
‎CLOSE
‎-Tsk. ‎-Don't "tsk" me.
‎What were you reading?
‎I...
‎THE CURIOUS CASE ‎OF THE PET MANOR
‎What's this? Looks lame.
‎NERVOUS WHEN TALKING ABOUT ‎THE THINGS SHE LIKES WITH OTHERS
‎Hey, I know that one.
‎I haven't read the book, ‎but I've seen the movie.
‎It's a good story, hey?
‎MELTS
‎There's another movie based on a book ‎by the same author airing on TV this week.
‎Yes. I saw that one in theaters.
‎I liked the original,
‎so I was excited to see ‎how they'd adapt it for the screen.
‎Hey, she's in a good mood.
‎Well, if you recommend it, ‎I'll have to give it a watch.
‎She seems happy?
‎She's cute.
‎But sorry in advance ‎if it's not to your liking.
‎EMOTIONS GRAPH ‎I MAY HAVE SET THE BAR TOO HIGH
‎Why so negative? It'll be fine.
‎Amamiya! Good morning.
‎Kuriki. Good morning.
‎Are you going ‎to this morning's cheer practice?
‎No, I have club activities.
‎But you're in the cheer squad. ‎Right, Koyun?
‎Yeah.
‎Koyun?
‎Good morning.
‎THE CONVERSATION DIED
‎Koyun.
‎It sounds so strange.
‎I saw you yesterday, right? ‎Outside the restaurant.
‎Yeah, you did.
‎I didn't think she'd recognize me.
‎That tall guy you were with, ‎was he your boyfriend?
‎No, we're just friends.
‎But you looked so good together. ‎I thought you were a couple.
‎I don't remember much about him though.
‎No way... Is that how people see us?
‎This is a troublesome misunderstanding.
‎Yay!
‎I mean it. ‎It really isn't like that between us.
‎We're really just good friends.
‎That sounds so nice.
‎Then do you and Amamiya ever go out ‎for meals like that? Just the two of you?
‎Just the two of us?
‎-Not really. ‎-No.
‎We could?
‎It's okay. Don't force it.
‎But I'm being serious.
‎I don't want to pry ‎into other people's private lives.
‎You can ask him yourself.
‎You're mean.
‎Is your girlfriend ‎strict about that sort of thing?
‎What? No, I don't even have a girlfriend.
‎Wow, really?
‎But you seem like you'd be ‎super popular with the ladies.
‎Don't you agree, Koyun?
‎-WE BROKE UP. ‎-AGAIN?
‎CONVERSATION FROM A WHILE BACK
‎Yeah, I think so.
‎You do seem to have ‎a lot of dating experience.
‎I do not! Not at all!
‎Methinks the man doth protest too much...
‎You're right.
‎Hey.
‎Hey, wait...
‎Is that really the impression I give?
‎And what would make him protest so much...
‎GRADE 1 CLASS 1
‎Akine.
‎LA-DI-DA
‎Amamiya says he doesn't have a girlfriend.
‎And you came to tell me because?
‎So isn't this your big chance?
‎You're right!
‎Subtitle translation by: Rychelle Brittain