2. "Miwa, is this the first time we've seen you since you cut your hair short?"
3. "Is it?"
4. "Thank you..."
5. "It looks great! So cute."
6. "Hey, check this out!"
7. "It's megu's boyfriend!"
8. "H-hey!!"
9. "Maybe I should cut my hair short, too."
10. "Though summer's almost over."
11. "I bet you're so popular at your college!"
12. "How about you, miwa? Got a boyfriend?"
13. This dynamic hasn't changed at all.
14. It's bringing me back.
15. "He's totally different from her high school type!"
16. "College girls are so lucky!"
17. "There's no chance to meet guys at work."
Ładowanie…Ładowanie…
1. "Pretend you don't have one!"
2. "Just try not to say anything if you can avoid it."
3. "Uh, um..."
4. "I don't have... Anyone."
5. "Oh, no, nothing like that..."
6. You're so bad at lying.
7. "Ah, ha ha!"
8. "Sorry, I have to go to the bathroom..."
9. "Miwa, you really are a late bloomer!"
10. "No way! The men around you must have horrible taste!!"
11. "You want to go on a group date with me sometime?"
12. I haven't felt this inferior in a while.
13. I forgot how much everyone loves gossiping about romance.
14. "Phew..."
Ładowanie…Ładowanie…
1. I was stressed about the same things back in high school.
2. "Ah!"
3. "I knew you'd be in here!"
4. "Sh-"
5. "Inu-zuka!!"
6. "It's been ages!"
7. "Shiho..."
8. "Your hair!"
9. "What's up? You cut it so short!"
1. "Just before I went to college."
2. "Ahhh, I see! I see!"
3. "Ah, um..."
4. "When did you cut it?!"
5. "Hey, inu-zuka?"
6. "Oh really?"
7. "Uh..."
8. "Wah!"
9. "You look so grown-up!"
10. "Yeah, your whole vibe is more grown-up now."
11. "..."
12. "You finally get a boyfriend?"
1. When I started high school...
2. ...I thought I'd fall in love with a man someday too.
3. "Ah...!"
4. "I get it."
5. "...so bad at sports, even though she looks athletic. It's kinda cute."
6. "Miwa's..."
7. "It's fine, don't worry!"
8. "Sorry, I'll go get it!"
9. "You can't hate her if you try."
10. "Hey, you! Freshman?"
1. "Um, I just saw you swing, and I think..."
2. "Try to stand just in front of where it's going to bounce the second time and hit it when it comes to you."
3. "...maybe you can't make contact with the ball because you're getting too close to it."
4. "Shihoo!! I'm neeext!"
5. "O-okay."
6. "Yeah! Those boys are way too flashy."
7. "Oh, man. Kumagai is so much cooler than the guys in the boys' tennis club."
8. "Thank you so much."
9. "Isn't she fine the way she is?"
10. "Hmm..."
11. "Huh?"
12. "Don't you, miwa?"
13. "I wish kumagai was a boy."
1. "Ah, you like big sisters?"
2. "She has this reliable older-sister vibe."
3. "No way, sisters in real life are super annoying!"
4. "I've always wanted to have an older sister, to be honest."
5. "How about subaru, from the boys' tennis team?"
6. But...
7. ...even thought that I might be a lesbian.
8. Back then, I'd never...
9. "Ah ha ha"
10. My big sister...
11. "Which guy on the boys' tennis team do you like?"
12. "How about you?"
13. "Uhh..."
14. "Look, I'm a fan of the boys' basketball team."
15. "So cold!"
16. "Yeah, but that was ages ago."
17. "What? Didn't I tell you I wasn't into the boys' tennis team?"
1. "Hmm, actually, hold on. I kinda see it."
2. "What, no way!"
3. "You'd make a good couple!"
4. "I like hachiya, he's nice."
5. "Hmm... Well..."
6. "Gosh, I don't know. I've never thought about it."
7. "But if I have to pick to keep everyone happy..."
8. "Ah, no, I didn't mean-"
9. "Huh?"
10. "Hey, should I go get his phone number?"
11. "We'll help you out as much as we can!"
12. I liked everyone about the same.
13. And yet my feelings for the opposite sex were the only ones...
14. ...being labeled "Romantic" by other people.
15. It was a lot of pressure, and it scared me.
1. "Hm?"
2. "Uh, um..."
3. "There's no club today."
4. "Inuzuka, right? What are you doing here so late?"
5. "Here, take a tissue."
6. "At least dry your tears."
7. "W-wait!"
8. "Sorry to bother you."
9. "I just came to get it."
10. "I left my lunch-box here yester-day."
11. "Ngh"
12. "I won't ask what happened."
1. "..."
2. "I didn't understand it at allll..."
3. "Science..."
4. "Extra sessions..."
5. "...you should be able to make it through university exams."
6. "If you understand what we just went over..."
7. "Okay."
8. "Aw, I'm not as smart as all that..."
9. "How are you so smart?"
10. "You're awesome."
11. "Yeah? Good."
12. "You made it so easy to understand."
13. "Amazing!"
14. "...since I'm a total worthless failure."
1. "Why do things like academic tests and stuff even exist?"
2. When I was a little kid...
3. "Huh?"
4. "Because if we aren't ranked in easy-to-comprehend numbers..."
5. ...I thought all grown-ups were smart.
6. "...the stupid adults in this world..."
7. But...
8. ... I've realized most adults are pretty stupid.
9. "...can't tell if the kid they're looking straight at is smart or not."
10. "They make us go along with all that-"
11. "Isn't that ridiculous?"
1. "...to talk about adults that way-"
2. "No, stop!"
3. "I thought it was pretty cool..."
5. "I'm super embarrassed!"
6. "Um, I mean..."
7. "Sorry, just forget about all that!"
8. "But..."
9. "Ahh, I'm so freaking embarrassing."
10. After that day...
11. ...I started talking to shiho more during club and after school.
12. "Eee ah ha ha"
13. "Hey, miwa, look!"
14. "Hello, shiho."
15. "Inuzukaaa!"
1. "Oh!"
2. "I'm... I'm fine..."
3. "Oh, tsubasa's there too... ♡"
4. "It's hachiya!"
5. "Do you want to go talk to him?"
6. "..."
7. I should...
8. ...try to fall in love with hachiya like a normal person.
9. I mean, my friends...
10. ...get so excited when the topic comes up, and that makes me happy.
1. Um... Wait...
2. Am I trying to fall in love...
3. ...to keep the people around me from getting bored?
4. "Hachiya's a good guy!"
5. "Why not date him?"
6. "...I-I'm not smart or good at sports, so..."
7. "Well..."
8. "It's a joke! Don't take it so seriously!"
9. "Huh?"
10. "...I was hoping that I could at least be as good as everyone else..."
11. "...at falling in love."
12. "Anyway, why are you trying to rush it, inuzuka?"
1. But I'm actually really scared.
2. Why does my love life...
3. ...have to be like my real life? Why are other people in control of it?
4. "The fact that you feel like that..."
5. "...means you're pushing against the peer pressure to play at love like an idiot."
6. "You don't need to bow to that pressure."
1. "The trick to not having your hand forced..."
2. "And I think the fact that you've gotten so much better at studying in such a short time means you are smart."
3. ""I just don't get romance!" and "You're all so grown-up, it's so cool!""
4. "...is to act like a late bloomer."
5. "Be confident."
6. "As long as you remember that, the rest is easy."
7. "Ah, can you give me the keys to the club room?"
8. "Take care on your way home."
9. "I've got something to do in the staff room."
10. "Oh... Sure."
11. "Good-bye."
1. Shiho's eyes periodically...
2. ...reflect a sort of despair for the entire human race.
3. She's popular and seems to be leading a charmed life...
4. "That car is always parked here."
5. "It makes me uncomfortable."
6. ...so why does she feel that way?
7. The next day I tried to do what she'd recommended.
8. Pretend to be the kind of girl who doesn't understand romance.
9. Although, honestly, I was a pretty bad actor.
10. But when I tried saying "I don't understand"...
1. ...I felt like I was showing my true self for the first time.
2. "I just got swept up in the whole thing!"
3. "Honestly, I don't really understand love either."
4. I felt like every day was new when I was with shiho.
5. If I was a guy...
6. ...I'd definitely ask her out.
1. My awakening came in an unlikely place.
2. "Mom!"
3. "Can I watch a tv show in the living room?"
4. "Only if you don't want dinner."
5. "You want to watch with me?"
6. "It's better on a big screen."
7. "Why not watch it in your room?"
8. "I bought you a tablet for that, didn't I?"
9. "Meanie..."
10. I can't remember what the show was called.
11. It was some high school drama from america.
12. And by coincidence, in that episode...
1. It's not like I've never heard of it before.
2. Then... I guess I must be...
3. Wait, what?
4. They're both girls... But... Oh...
5. Oh no... I hate this kind of thing.
6. That's the day...
7. ...I became aware of my love for women.