1. It's been two weeks...
2. Since yoshizumi ichika stopped coming to school.
Memuatkan…Memuatkan…
1. "First, I go to see ichika-san as her teacher."
2. "How about something like this, then?"
4. "If I do that, that's basically the school coming to her. When she very clearly doesn't want to go to school."
5. "You don't have to go to all that trouble, sensei."
6. "Maybe it would be better if I just came to drop off some worksheets and popped my head in to say hi."
7. "I don't want to push her away, though. Hm..."
8. "I don't think it would be that bad."
9. "Oh... No."
Memuatkan…Memuatkan…
1. "The comic for the class paper."
2. "Sorry?"
3. "So, the comic strip..."
4. "Okay. I could really use the help, that's for sure."
5. "Oh, no, no! I'm happy to do anything I can to help."
6. "I feel bad leaning on you right off the bat, okubo-sensei."
7. "Yeah, there were several kids helping out."
8. "But ichika-san really took to it."
9. "Ohhh! She did, didn't she!"
10. "Ichika-san used to draw it sometimes."
11. "No wonder you're so good!"
12. "Ohhh!"
13. "She told me she drew for her class papers a bunch in grades three and four, too."
1. Which makes sense, as they'd always been friends.
2. Nagase-san forgave her...
3. And they were able to make up.
4. In the end, yoshizumi-san felt awful...
5. And apologized.
6. But what about yoshizumi-san and nitta-san?
7. "Actually."
8. "How about we work to get ichika-san to come here rather than us going to her?"
1. "If she came to the nurse's office, she could go directly there. She wouldn't have to see anyone."
2. "But we can't rush her."
3. "We can't push."
4. "Obviously, the ideal thing would be for her to feel able to come back to school tomorrow."
5. "Sensei..."
6. "I'll also make sure to stop by the nurse's office on the days when yoshizumi-san can come."
7. "I just wonder... If I don't push her at least a little, what if she doesn't come back before graduation?"
8. "Make sure you don't force her!"
9. "I'll try asking her."
10. "Right."
11. "But."
1. "Yuka-chan!"
2. "Oh! Ikka's mom!"
3. "I haven't seen her in forever."
4. "Is... Ikka okay?"
5. "Um."
6. "Yeah."
7. "Recorder practice today?"
8. "Thanks."
9. "If she's okay to have visitors, could I come over?"
1. "What's up with that doorbell? It won't stop..."
2. "Should I call the police if it's some weirdo?"
3. "It's kinda scary."
4. I figured her mom would be home by now.
5. Huh?
6. Maybe she stopped at the store?
7. "C-come in, I guess!"
8. "Ikka!"
9. "Why are you here?"
10. "Huh? Yuka?!"
11. "Thanks!"
1. "She has to work late tonight."
2. "Your mom's not back yet?"
3. "Why?"
4. "I know, right?"
5. "It's kinda weird. You haven't been over in a hundred years."
6. "This was probably about ikka."
7. "I bet."
8. "Oh, man."
9. "So... Did she sneak out of work to come to school?"
10. She seems better than I thought she'd be.
11. I dunno if I should ask about mana.
12. "I'll make some tea."
1. "Ikka?"
2. Maybe not today.
3. "So."
4. "Well."
5. "About school."
6. "She said she'd come by the office to see you on the days you came."
7. "Okubo-sensei!"
8. "O-okubo-sensei suggested it."
9. "Would you like to try going just to the nurse's office?"
1. "Morning, yoshizumi-san!"
2. "Thank you so much."
3. "They said you can go straight in through the side door."
4. "It feels..."
5. "Weird."
6. "Ha ha ha! Does it?"
7. "Umm."
8. "So? How's your first day in the nurse's office?"
9. "Or whatever you'd like."
10. "Oh!"
11. "Oh! Uh-huh."
12. "Did you bring your homework?"
14. "You could work on that."
15. "Well, today's all about getting used to it."
1. "I just draw them sometimes for fun."
2. "Not really."
3. "Uhhh! I mean."
4. "I heard you're good at drawing comics?"
5. "Wow! You have to draw some and let me read them."
6. I want to read more of your comics, ikka.
7. I mean, they're so funny!
8. "Really?"
1. "Oh oh! My!"
2. "Oh dear!"
1. "I was just about to go see her. Did you want to come?"
2. "Would that be okay?"
3. "She was late today."
4. "N-nitta-san did?"
5. "I think yoshizumi-san would be happy to see you."
6. "Ohh. She was."
7. "I'm just going to the nurse's office for a bit!"
1. "Huh?"
2. "Oh!"
3. "Hallo! You feel up for visitors?"
4. "Okay."
5. "Okubo-sensei and nagase-san are here to see you."
6. "It was actually mana who told me you were here..."
7. "Ikka."
8. "Oh... She did, hunh."
1. She shouldn't say anything more.
2. But I feel like...
3. I-I don't know.
4. "You maybe still don't like mana."
5. "I get it, okay?"
6. The way yoshizumi-san's face stiffened...
7. The strange mood in the room, too.
8. I'm sure asano-sensei felt...
9. "Oh! I'll make some fresh tea."
10. "You girls want another cup?"
11. So I deliberately drop my saucer on the ground...
2. "It's okay. I only just got here, too."
3. "Sorry. The train stopped on my way here."
4. "I might get the steak set."
5. "That sounds good."
6. "Maybe I'll get the grill plate."
7. "Same here."
8. "Ahh, I'm starving."
1. "She's not in my class, though."
2. "There's this girl who's having trouble coming to school, the way you and kaede used to, eri-chan."
3. "So here's the story."
4. "So, um, we're actually dating now."
5. "I told you before that I fell for this married man, right?"
6. "You know, the one you said was married?"
7. "What happened with him?"
8. "Oh! That reminds me. That guy."
1. And I guess his wife realized something was up.
2. And like, I met the wife, basically.
3. "And I am for sure having the steak set!"
5. "Okay! I am going to do the grill plate!"
1. I couldn't ask her...
2. "I'm home!"
3. "Yeah. I was out for supper."
4. "With whom?"
5. "Why does that matter?"
6. "Mmm."
7. "I suppose it doesn't."
8. "You're rather late, hm?"
1. "Whoa! You're here again?"
2. "I brought offerings."
3. "Yeah, but still."
4. "What? You have tomorrow off, right?"
5. "You can't go rolling up at some woman's place when you've got a girlfriend!"
6. "Is ayano-chan my girlfriend?!"
7. "Well? Is she not?"
8. "Ouch!"
9. "It's fine. You don't do it for me, akane-chan."
10. "Sorry."
11. "But like, say that again?"
1. "You mean like, you're my girl- friend, right?"
2. "Then why don't you ask her?"
3. "I could never!"
4. "No! It does matter, though!"
5. "I mean, it doesn't matter either way."
6. "You both know how the other feels and you're happily hanging out, doesn't that make her your girlfriend?"
7. "Aah! My phone..."
8. "You absolute pain in the ass! What are you, in junior high?!"
9. "There."
1. "Ayano-chan."
2. "Will you be my girl-friend?"
3. "And you, too, akari-san."
4. "Of course I will."
5. "Please be my girlfriend."
1. "Whoa!"
2. "Ngh!!"
3. Training for the marathon started the next week.
4. Yoshizumi-san was out from school again.
1. The day of the marathon.
2. The parent-teacher conference.
3. Evacuation drill.
4. Half-day.
5. Closing ceremony.