Who would've thought the Japanese teacher would win the lottery and quit?
Data says 78% of people would like to hit financial independence and retire early.
But...
Soon running out of money and going back to work comes with the FIRE experience.
My seed fund!
What is this, an unHappy Meal?
I wonder what the new teacher will be like.
"I would hope they like tomes."
I hope they're nice.
I'd like them to have common sense and know how to conduct a class.
Uh, that's the bare minimum for any teacher?
You realize it's a new character in this anime?
Oh, then maybe we should expect someone who put all their points into Japanese.
Someone who's such an expert at Japanese that they speak only in kanji?
I think that's called Chinese.
Top Nation
"A patriot, with the hairstyle to match."
Estimated 37% probability of sporting a samurai topknot.
Top Knot Nation
"Question mark?"
Howdy, Japan school people!
I hail from America, the home of the brave!
Y'all can call me Miss Naddy!
Never mind, we got Perry in the house!
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I thought we were getting a new Japanese teacher?
yukiko nozawa...
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yukiko nozawa...
Oh, uh...
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Golden twintail girl!
Huh? Uh...
I'm Inda Karane.
Thank you, Ninja Karane.
I said Inda.
You're pointing out how I look more like I teach democracy than Japanese, yeah?
Can you blame me, given your getup and all?
It ain't good to judge a gun by its holster.
Who said American teachers could only teach English? The founding fathers?
Does the Constitution say teachers gotta dress prim and proper?
That mindset's older than the trees in this marketplace of ideas!
I came from the land of the free to teach you how to be free!
Just teach us Japanese!
Wow, you school people go to town fact-checking teachers.
You freedom of speech excellently!
Also, what is with your nonsensical English?!
My English too native, my steak too juicy,
for you Japan people to get.
How 'bout I turn you into steak?!
Th-There, there.
Thank you, Japanese school boy.
Oh, no problem.
Um...
Hey, eyebrow boy.
It's Aijo Rentaro.
Krrrack!!
Uh, Aijo m'boy, you...
You're staying with me after school for extra lessons!
Why?!
E-Er...
Your eyebrows are too distracting! They're like the freeway.
What does that mean?
Don't ask me. My Japanese is N6 level.
Aren't you our Japanese teacher?!
Go back to your country!
U-Um, Naddy-sensei?
What can I get started for ya?
The hero's united state of mind? His hot-blooded father's passion?
N-No, I'm not talking about the question.
Don't you think you're sitting too close to me?
That's an unproblematic no problem.
The Department of Redundancy Department!
We like to get all up in your face in America!
O-Okay, but this is Japan!
Aijo m'boy, do you not like this one-on-one lesson with me?
I-I don't not like it...
You're so cute, Aijo m'boy!
S-Sensei!
Ooh, Japanese boy going wild!
O-Ow.
Hugs are a dime a dozen in America.
I see you're a shy li'l boy.
N-Naddy-sensei?
This is just how we say hello.
But that one was a bit exceptional.
Seems to me that I've taken a lovin' to you, Aijo m'boy.
Listen, I get it.
You're school people, and I'm a teacher.
This love is a threat to justice everywhere.
But it don't matter! We're free to live our lives any way we see fit!
And our hearts are free to love how they want!
So, Aijo m'boy,
please go out with me.
Naddy-sensei...
Aijo m'boy...
You're actually Japanese, aren't you?
You know enough Japanese to be a Japanese teacher in Japan.
I thought maybe you studied really hard because you loved Japanese culture,
but you seem to be more into freedom and burgers,
and your English is quite, uh, unique.
But I wasn't sure until just now.
"Love confessions" are only a thing in Japan and a few other countries.
Americans don't really do what you just did.
R-Right.
I've never been in love before, and it made me blind.
It was a first amendment moment for me.
Look, you can drop it now.
Naddy-sensei... No, what is your name?
Who are you really?
There's no way out of this.
I'm the eldest daughter of the Yamatos, Yamato Nadeshiko, twenty-four.
My English is so awful, I failed to become an English teacher.
I'm 100% locally sourced Japan-made Japanese, born and raised in Japan.
He knows.
Oh, so Naddy's short for Nadeshiko?
Yes. Not Nadia or anything like that.
How'd you become a teacher here?
I'mma be a teacher!
I forced it.
Wait, cute! Hired!
Hahari-san!
I said I came from America, and I was actually there for five minutes yesterday.
She flew the talk!
He knows... I'm busted!
How is playing the koto too hard for you?
And you call yourself the heiress of the great Yamato family?
You're a disgrace to all Japanese!
Stay in the storehouse until you learn your lesson!
But it's so hard to move in a kimono.
I don't even like playing the koto.
Why must I be forced to wear a kimono every day?
Why must I be forced to take these lessons every day?
Because I was born heiress of the Yamato family?
Because that's what it means to be Japanese?
She slammed the door so hard that things fell off the shelves,
and she tells me to close doors softly all the time?
American Film (The Devil)
Oh, Superman is very strong!
U-Unthinkable!
These kids are watching TV and...
Eating pizza!
Clutching a massive bowl of popcorn!
Drinking a two-liter bottle of Cola Cola!
I had no idea people were allowed to be so free.
And they're wearing shoes indoors!
What is with your hair? And your clothes?
You're a disgrace to the Yamato family—to all Japanese!
Never show your face here again!
F...
F*ck you.
He knows...
I'm Japanese, and I dyed my hair and dress like this!
He would never want an embarrassment like me as a girlfriend.
Uh, I-I'm sorry.
You don't have to talk about it.
I just wanted to get to know you better since we'll be together from now on.
I'm sorry.
Huh?
A-Are you sure?
I'm a Japanese girl posing as an American. Don't you find it shameful?
What's so shameful about that?
You're honest about who you want to be and aren't afraid to express yourself.
I think that's wonderful!
Please, I would love to go out with you!
Aijo-kun!
Th-Thank you kindly. I also...
Is that really how you want to say it?
Go on, Naddy-sensei.
To me,
M'boy...
Aijo-kun is...
To li'l ol' me...
big-heartedness personified,
He is Captain...
a man as big as the land of freedom itself!
America!
Aijo m'boy, I am Captain America!
And there you have it.
May I have your permission to welcome Naddy-sensei as my newest girlfriend?
You?!
What a group of freethinkers.
You love and are loved freely and true to yourselves!
Y'all could be love textbook peoples!
Mm, indeed
Mm, indeed!
You take any and all compliments, huh?
But free as you are, you're all dressed the same. Such a waste.
Meanwhile, I'm a Times Square billboard for the U-S-A spirit!
Show me what you're like when you've set yourselves free!
Hey, that sounds fun! I'll order any outfits you ladies want!
And so, they sat down to contemplate what they'd look like at their most free.
I'm done.
How are you so fast at everything?
Let's see what you call freedom, Eiai m'girl!
Human hands can't draw lines that straight!
Banned!
Based on what?!
This is too square! No freedom!
You know what, I agree!
Me next.
gulp...
Banned!
How about y'all?
The girls love me as I am, so I'd prefer to stay this way.
Hahari-sama assigned me this maid outfit.
These clothes maximize my stealth.
No!
That can't be called freedom! Let your hearts run wild!
Banned!
But I'm your employer!
Truth to power!
She's tough on others and herself.
But I refuse to give in!
I drew this with all my heart!
Banned!
Ouchy!
Double or nothing!
All-in?!
Your naked desires!
Desires?!
No defense! Only attack!
Attack?!
Banned!
fssh...
What is freedom?
I don't understand!
"You dropped yer glasses, missy."
Where does she get off banning what we want?
It feels more like a new teacher joined the group, not a new girlfriend.
Banned!
The Next Day
Your new outfits came in!
Next-day delivery?!
Don't you know? Money can make the impossible possible.
Why'd you go back to your villain look?
Back when she still had common sense.
Let mommy change your clothes!
Dress-Up Time
Why are you coming at me? Kurumi-san's over there!
Don't send her after me!
Meme got dem massive Meme-ries.
Huh? Wh-What?!
Meme-san has fled!
So this is your liberated look?!
Cool your jets, kid.
Drawing Lots for Reveal Order
I can't reach it!
What is your deal?!
I have the honor of going first.
A walking Sanrio!
A-Adorable!
I'm going into cardiac arrest!
P-Please, you flatter me.
It comes with a tail that wags in response to her mood!
Are you trying to kill me?!
This is Mei-san at her most liberated!
Isn't it wonderful, Naddy-sensei?
hmph...
Hmph.
You still think that's not free enough?
"Let me pick up where she left off."
A walking princess!
Yeah, princesses do that.
I see.
So this is how it feels to wish to take someone to Jazzneyland.
Yeah, it's called being a parent!
hmph...
Hmph.
Okay, I'm next.
A wittle powice officer!
Cute officer! Arrest me for cute crimes!
"We can only hope that line isn't foreshadowing."
M-Me next, I guess.
A macaron fairy!
Wow, Kurumi-chan! You've wanted to wear cutesy dresses like that all along?
A-Actually...
I saw a clothes iron yesterday and have been craving macarons since.
Well, I'm glad you didn't start craving irons.
It's made from real macarons.
Hunger over all, huh?
Let's keep the train going! I happen to be next!
Ta-dah, indeed!
JRPG final boss?!
Eat me... All. Of. Me.
Flashergh!
Form and function.
Racer swimsuit!
O-Ouchy.
That dude from Star of the Giants!
blub...
Glug...
Formalin?!
Relax. Kusuri made it not so harmful to humans.
*Please don't try this at home.
So it is harmful?!
It make pee a little yellower.
Like vitamin B?!
I'm next.
That's Mimimi-senpai!
Such beauty!
I want to be confident like she is.
You needn't say any more.
It's all right. I understand.
Mimimi-senpai!
You wish to be like me in all my glory, don't you?!
Mm, indeed
Mm, indeed!
Mimimi-senpai!
But you are most beautiful yourself! When will you teach me your secrets?
B-B-But I'm not beautiful!
She has fled once again!
It's my turn now.
du-dun!!
Gum-Gum Guy?!
To keep my dear family happy, I'll become King of the Protectors!
Hngh!
But why the pre-timeskip outfit?
Well, I can't use Haki yet.
But you're planning on it?
Wouldn't surprise anybody if he did.
What's the matter? It's your turn, Karane-san.
N-Nothing.
I don't feel too good. I'm going to the nurse's office.
Quit stalling to get more screentime! It's not happening!
I'm not you!
Cutesy-Girly!
My, Karane-san! Aren't you just the most adorable thing?!
Shaddup! Don't look at me!
You're the cutest in the world, Karane!
Shaddup! Buzz off!
Even her punches are cutesy!
"She nailed it so perfectly, he feels no pain."
O-Okay, Hahari, you next!
I-I mean, we got to see all of you being so adorable.
I don't want to ruin it.
Get a taste of what your daughter did to me!
Hahari-senpai!
U-Um, if I were free to be anything I wanted,
I thought it would be nice if I could be a highschooler again with you.
B-But this is too much!
What are you talking about? You look so cute!
You can still pull off highschooler, aye!
More than you, at least.
You're a highschooler just like us right now, Hahari-san!
You look lovely, Hahari-san!
Mother...
Deep down, Hakari thought,
"What is this, a skeevy establishment with cosplay?"
But she read the room and kept it to herself.
Okay, that's everyone.
Wh-What'd you think of our liberated selves, Naddy-sensei?
Hmph!
Surely at least one of us was free enough for you.
Whoops!
I couldn't believe my eyes.
You've come so far from hiding yourselves behind those school uniforms.
Y'all aren't just a group of freethinkers anymore.
You're the Freedom Avengers!
It was hard keeping the tears at bay!
She was so strict, but she's acknowledging the work we put in!
Coach Naddy!
You mean teacher!
Y'all put up the best fight.
Very wonderful freedom. Much thanks.
No, we should be thanking you.
"You helped us be our best selves."
It was fun, like them costume competitions on TV, aye!
I-If you hadn't been so strict with us...
...we never would've realized what we really wanted to be.
Right.
I never knew it was so hard to set your heart free.
We never even realized that we'd been putting a lid on our desires.
Uh, I'd say you guys lived pretty freely.
Thank you too, Naddy-sama.
Oh, y'all peoples have hearts of gold rush!
I want you to see this.
Birthday: 2/11/XXXX
Yamato Nadeshiko
Who dat?
That's my old driver's license.
"Yamato Nadeshiko"? You're Japanese?
I thought you really wanted to keep that secret, Naddy-sensei.
Y'all showed me a wonderful vision of freedom.
And this is my way of showing I want to be part of your family!
Coach Naddy!
Teacher!
"You look great."
You too, Shizuka-senpai.
Want one?
Yes, thank you.
Can mommy have a bit too?
This is all for Rentaro-kun.
Kindly refrain from training with me.
A weight's been lifted off my shoulders. I feel even more freedom than ever.
Huh?
It was a thriller night keeping my Japanese identity secret.
I never thought this brand new day would come.
It's all thanks to you for seeing through my secret
and telling me I had nothing to be ashamed of.
Oh, please.
Rentaro m'boy...
Naddy-sensei...
Our hats are keeping us destiny's children apart.
Squee!