Today's the last day of first semester.
It feels like it flew by.
Forget that. Have you heard the rumor about the science room?
You mean...
Apparently, it's haunted.
Don't! I don't wanna hear it.
You're such a scaredy-cat.
Science Room
Let's just finish up and head back.
You don't have to be so scared.
It's not like ghosts actually...
Wh-What? What's wrong?
N-Nothing. Ghosts don't actually...
What was that about?
Summer Break
Gh-Ghost! School Ghost Stories?!
Yeah, so summer break is here.
Make sure you don't go too crazy.
Like it says in the handout,
don't sleep in until noon just because you're on break.
Hell...
Hell yeah! It's over!
Yeah!
CHEER
Hey. Don't forget to do your homework.
Okay.
Summer break, huh?
Festivals. The beach. Fireworks.
That's right. Summer's packed with events for friends.
Let's go shopping for yukatas.
And swimsuits.
Wanna go see fireworks?
Good idea.
Would you be my friend?
I thought we were already friends.
What?
Hirose actually called me his friend, right?
I still can't believe it.
Which means...
We could do that.
Hey, hurry up.
Or that.
I'm good at scooping goldfish.
O-O-Or even do that together?
Friendship is amazing!
I should start by inviting him to a café so we can make plans.
Hirose-kun, do you have a sec?
Okay! Hirose...
Sorry. I know it's sudden.
It's fine. I'm free anyway.
You've a lifesaver.
Ohmori!
Damn it.
My timing's always off.
Guess I'll stop by the bookstore today.
Lovable Lunches!
The new volume of Lovable Lunches comes out today.
Bookstore, bookstore. Booky-bookstore.
Did you hear about this morning?
Yeah. You mean the ghost in the science room, right?
The gym is apparently haunted, too.
Spooky.
One was seen in the bathroom.
You mean like Hanako-san?
Are weird ghost stories going around?
Well, I guess that's a summer thing, too.
Not that I care.
Lovable Lunches! Lovable Lunches!
Gotcha!
What?
What's going on?
Okay! Take him away!
Who are you? Hey!
Let me go!
You won't get away with...
Wh-What is this place?
Welcome to my castle.
Y-You're that girl.
We meet again, school uniform zombie.
The cult recruiter.
No!
I'm the legitimate president of the Occult Horror Club, Aokiyama Reiko.
Thanks for your help before.
Uh, no problem.
I know this is sudden, but I need your help with an experiment.
What? Wait, what do you mean by—
Inaraga adamada magatenko.
Inaraga amotegi surikimeshi.
Don't worry. This won't take long.
We're just doing a bit of demon summoning.
What? I really can't. I'm going to the bookstore.
This black magic spell requires someone like you.
You're needed for a little spot of sacrificing.
I just said I can't.
Don't ignore me!
Omnis nomnis amblan dendelen.
Cerberus, guard dog of hell, open the path for us.
Hey, quit it.
Demon from the depths of hell, hear our request.
Please just let me go to the bookstore!
Hey!
Is this the Occult Horror Club?
What? Who are you? Identify yourself.
I'm the president of the Drama/AV Club, Tamura.
The Drama/AV Club?
I'm searching for a subject for this summer's high school film contest.
I'm thinking about covering this school's current "Seven Wonders."
I'm hunting for leads,
so I came to film the Occult Horror Club.
The Drama/AV Club, you say?
Aren't you on the brink of being disbanded?
Shut up! So are you!
Now shut up and let me film!
Hey, wait!
The candles are real. The rope's high-quality, too.
You've put some effort into your props and costumes.
I never said you could film us.
Get out. You're interfering with our ritual.
What's this? LED tape from the 100-yen shop?
Sh-Shut up! We can't help that.
Our budget is tiny.
This kind of crappy quality shows up on...
You! Do you want to be in a film?
What?
Your sinister aura is perfect for the character I'm envisioning!
Please be in my film.
No, I—
I see. Thank you.
I said...
Hey!
The Occult Horror Club needs this boy.
You can't just take him.
Hey! I got that on film, you know.
Do you have any idea how hard it is to find the right actor?
No one else in this place can produce such a negative aura.
He's a once-in-a-millennium actor.
I'm taking him.
I found him first.
I won't let you have him.
Just let me go to the bookstore.
Um, could you untie me first?
Excuse me. Is Tamura-senpai here?
Ah, Ohmori. Were you successful in your scouting?
Yes. Thankfully, everyone was on board.
Wow.
This is kind of exciting.
Hirose.
Think this is real?
Huh?
Nakamura, you're in the film, too?
Uh, film?
Yeah, Ohmori asked us to be in it.
Quit it.
Sorry.
He's in the Drama/AV Club.
We don't have enough actors for our next scene, so I asked everyone.
But we still don't have anyone to play the ghost.
Don't worry. I've found someone.
It's him.
Nakamura-kun?
Nakamura?
Uh, actually, I'm not—
Your name is Nakamura? Great!
Just looking at you is giving me inspiration!
If you appear in our film, we'll win for sure.
Like I said, the school uniform zombie is ours.
He's ours.
Wow, Nakamura.
You're the star? That's unbelievable.
Um, I...
I'll do the film.
Sorry, Lovable Lunches.
I promise I'll pick you up tomorrow!
Is everyone here?
Th-This place feels different at night.
Y-Yeah.
Anyway, before that...
What are you doing here?
I thought I'd see for myself how good your horror film turns out.
I figure an amateur occultist will end up cursed by a ghost for poking fun at it.
Shut up! I'll trim those claws of yours good!
Now, now. Let's try to get along.
So what's this film about?
Oh, right.
A group of students come to a school at night to test their courage,
and at some point, a real ghost joins their group.
Confidential
Film Directed by Tamura Hanako-san the School Ghost and the Bloody Piano Script
I'm thinking of making it a mockumentary.
A mockumentary?
A fictional piece presented like a documentary.
Since you're not professional actors,
capturing your candid reactions instead of forcing you to act
will give it a realism that'll resonate with the audience.
Candid
Candid?
You'll see once we start.
We'll go in here.
What? It's open?
I unlocked it this afternoon.
Uh, should we be doing this—
Follow me.
Um, Senpai.
Did you get permission for this?
Nope.
What? What if someone finds out?
We'll be fine. No one will know.
What makes you so sure?
I said it.
What?
I-It's pitch black.
Wow, this is so scary.
Y-Yuuka-chan, if you're scared, you can hold my hand—
The atmosphere is amazing.
I-I want to go home.
Already?
We're filming locations from school ghost stories, right?
Let's see...
School ghost stories include:
"Hanako-san of the Third Stall on the Third Floor,"
"Portrait of a Past Principal With Glowing Eyes,"
and "Stair-Landing Mirror that Drags People into Another Dimension."
Those rumors are still popular?
So...
This is one of those locations. The principal's office.
S-Sorry. Give me a minute while I get the equipment set up.
I'm worried about the exposure.
Senpai, we can't stay long. We need to be quick.
The school is pretty cool at night.
Yeah.
What should we do if a ghost actually appears?
Don't, don't, don't!
We'll be fine, Hifumi.
Yuuka, stop scaring her so much. Ghosts and scary stories aren't real.
Wh-What was that sound?
W-We probably imagined it.
What? No way.
Could it be?
It's a ghost!
What?
Guys? Huh? What?
Hey, wait!
This should be far enough.
We're safe now, Yuuka-cha—
Seriously? What are you doing?
What are you doing?
Taking advantage of the situation to hold her hand?
Shut up. That's normal for couples.
You're the only one who thinks you're dating.
What? I've come up with tons of ideas for dates.
There's the pool, festivals, and...
Have you told Hamaoka about that?
I-I'm going to!
The other day, we went to the school store together.
You mean you followed her.
Wh-What was that?
You heard that weird sound besides the footsteps, right?
That was tapping. That was definitely a ghost tapping.
No way.
Huh? Where's everyone else?
Looks like we got separated.
What? Wh-Wh-What are we going to do?
I'm sure we'll run into them if we go looking.
You're right.
Too bad, Hifumi.
What?
You'd rather be with Nakamura, wouldn't you?
What? I-I don't...
I do kind of wish I was with Nakamura-kun...
But now's not the time for that.
Huh? Isn't this Hanako-san's bathroom?
What?
Precisely.
Oh, it's Aokiyama-san.
This is the bathroom where Hanako-san supposedly appears.
How long have you been in there?
Do you know how to summon Hanako-san?
If you knock three times on the door of the third stall
and say, "Hanako-san, let's play!"
you'll hear a response from inside.
Hanako-san, let's play.
No answer.
C-Can't you warn us before you start shouting?
G-Guess it's a made-up story, huh?
I can't take this anymore.
Should we try again?
D-Don't. What if she actually appears?
Oh?
Science Room
We got separated from the others.
Y-Yeah.
I wonder what that was.
D-Do you think it was...
Wait a minute. Am I alone with Hirose?
Science Room
There's a ghost story about this room.
Huh? It's unlocked.
What? Hey! Wait, Nakamura!
I-Isn't the rumor about this place that the skeleton is real?
I'm pretty sure that's just an old rumor.
Y-Yeah.
B-But what if they're real bones?
D-D-Don't say that.
S-Sorry.
L-Let's go meet up with the others.
Nakamura, do you not scare easily?
I don't know. I guess I'm okay with haunted houses.
What? Really? What about movies?
I'm pretty normal, I think.
Do they scare you?
N-Nah. I'm normal about them, too.
Oh, yeah?
I think I'll go on ahead.
What?
I knew it. Hirose's a scaredy-cat.
W-Wait. Wait.
I-It's dark. It's dangerous, you know?
Yeah, that's true.
Wait. This is crazy.
I-I can feel Hirose's movements through my belt. I can tell he's holding on tight.
I wouldn't mind if he went ahead and hugged me.
Nakamura!
Scaredy-cat.
Oh, it's just the wind. That scared me.
My stomach! I love it, but it hurts.
Th-That hurts.
Can't Hirose hold my hand instead of my belt?
PANT
Maybe I could reach for his hand?
No, I can't. That'd be creepy.
We just became friends. He'd be repulsed.
B-But my stomach...
I don't want him to let go, but my stomach hurts.
Cut!
T-Tamura-senpai?
What are you doing?
Filming you, obviously.
S-Since when?
Since the science room.
I got some good footage.
You've got something great going on.
That was close! I'm glad I didn't try to use the situation to hold his hand.
B-But...
I wish I could've held his hand.
Just kidding.
What?
No way.
Seriously? I-I never thought he'd initiate anything like this!
Isn't this...
It's that sound again.
Hey.
We finally found you.
You're lucky we're the ones on patrol.
You could've been suspended.
Unbelievable.
This had better be everyone.
Again?
That sound.
Ah, so it wasn't a ghost.
I knew it was you guys.
You were so scared.
I really thought it was a ghost.
I would've preferred a real ghost.
I expect written apologies tomorrow.
Huh?
What?!
What did you expect?
If anything, you're lucky you got off so easily.
Um, could it at least wait until after break?
No!
Of course it can't.
Also, Tamura, I'm confiscating your film.
What?
Y-You can't blame them.
All we did was walk around school and get in trouble.
Still, I guess it was a little fun.
There weren't any ghosts.
Maybe we just didn't notice them.
That's possible. I sense something suspicious.
What? You're joking, right?
Written apologies on the first day of break, huh?
M-More importantly, Hirose...
You're o-okay with still holding hands?
What if everyone sees us?
I don't mind, but—
They scared me as much as a ghost when they found us.
Ghosts would've been better.
What?
Damn it. My future masterpiece...
Get permission next time.
I know I sensed something.
Please stop!
I'd like to be in your next film, too.
What?
What? Then, I'll be in it, too.
Uh, u-um...
Th-Th-Th-There really...
There really is a ghost!