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Which will it be, as God in heaven says...

Two hearts in balance! Kujibiki Unbalance!

Love, dreams, yearning, don't let them stop.

The dazzling sun through the trees sparkles and dances in your eyes.

I want to gaze at you beside me always.

Do you remember? Our childhood promise.

Two hearts in balance! Kujibiki Unbalance!

Come on, predict where we'll be tomorrow.

It's just so-so, balance! Kujibiki Unbalance!

Love, dreams, yearning, don't let them stop.

Sis! Time to get up!

I'm heading out.

Please, don't be late.

Oh, yeah.

Leave this thing in the hallway where it is!

Don't put it in the refrigerator or anything!

Are you all right?

I heard ya, shut up!

See you later!

First Lot: Unbalanced Encounter

Regular Trash

Sorry, Mugio!

Here comes Happy Fortune.

What's that?

April's Fortune Top.

It says to expect a great encounter.

I don't really expect one.

That was blunt.

The fact that you're part of today's school entrance ceremony means that...

...you picked a winner at least once.

Ah, the winning lot.

But I used my luck up on that...

Please verify your passenger ticket.

Rikkyouin High School Entrance Ceremony

That seemed like a bad omen...

He who believes will be saved.

You aren't helping.

Sorry.

Entering students, stand.

Your student council president...

Sis...

Your student council president...

Here.

Congratulations on your acceptance.

In its 130 years, Rikkyouin High School has...

...prided itself on both a history and scope of 5000 students.

We expect physical, mental, and spiritual strength...

...from each of you as a matter of course, as well as good fortune.

Yoshida.

Here.

Lancaster.

Here.

Watanabe.

Yuya Kaburaki

Here. Yuya Kaburaki

Yuya Kaburaki

Everyone's present. Yuya Kaburaki

I guess no one skips class right on the first day.

In a little while there should be a broadcast by the student council.

Do what you want until then, that is all.

What about introductions?

Do it yourselves.

You're old enough not to need orders.

What, he's not going to do homeroom?

He just got here and he's gone already?

I think he's on the mark.

Huh?

The homeroom teacher.

Oh, yeah.

He called roll without looking at the list.

Yeah.

Maybe everyone just wants to believe in their own luck?

Everyone but you?

Maybe...

I'm satisfied with getting in here.

I don't aspire to any more good luck.

What're you talking about, Happy Fortune?

Quit saying that.

I need to check on something.

I wish she'd stop buying up these ridiculous things.

I mean, where, from who, and for how much did she buy it?

Even she wouldn't have gone to pick them herself, not my sister.

Let's see, it's kind of a gross brown, wrinkly...

A cap tinged with red.

Its shape is globular or irregular.

The stem is mildly white and roughly cylindrical.

It appears in coniferous forests in the spring.

With a height between 5cm and 8cm...

...and the occasional giant of 15cm, it is the shaguma-amigasadake...

...the false morel mushroom, deadly poisonous.

But there's no need to fear.

As long as you don't inhale the poisonous vapors while boiling it...

...its crispness is like a young man's spirit.

Its texture is soft like a red-cheeked maiden...

...and its flavor is like the mystery of playing in a world of magic...

Did you know that mushrooms are fungi?

Y-Yes.

The spores germinate, then become hyphae.

The hyphae combine and become primordia.

The primordia grow and become mushrooms.

It is a simple and emboldened process.

A higher life form grows without doubt or hesitation from these spores.

That is the mushroom.

Understand?

Sure...

Are you in love?

L-Love?

I am.

Good!

Please don't forget those feelings.

Then the mushroom can become your friend, your mentor, your companion.

It will always be with you.

Encounters are destiny, after all.

Destiny...

As I think you are all aware, we are about to begin the Kujibiki.

Each of you please draw one lot.

The number and letter that appear there will indicate...

...where and with whom you will fight the rest of this year.

Freshman...

Destiny... Freshman...

Freshman!

It's your turn!

Oh, I'm sorry.

508 President pool

006 Treasurer music room

027 Secretary cooking room

So we're separate...

Are you lonely?

Of course, you're the only one I know here.

Just think of the encounters that await you.

There you go again...

Once you have drawn your lot... There you go again...

...please head immediately towards your designated room.

Do your best, Happy Fortune.

Like I said...

Please move swiftly and orderly.

Are there any live ones out yonder?

Somewhat...

In that case this year should be a hoot!

The cooking room...

Once the members of each group have been confirmed...

...they will hold a practice match.

Furthermore, all seniors please referee each match.

Uh-oh!

Cooking Room

I guess this is it.

Mushrooms of the World

I'm shorry.

Uh, your room too?

Uh, but, does that mean we're...

It's all right.

I have an idea.

Uh, earlier...

Yes?

Um...

What're you doing, Tokino?

I'm sorry I'm late.

Just get in here.

Who are you?

A comrade?

027 President cooking room

027 Secretary cooking room 027 President cooking room

027 Treasurer cooking room

027 Vice-President cooking room 027 Treasurer cooking room

A comrade.

He's a comrade.

Comrade.

Comrade?

I'm Komaki Asagiri, the treasurer.

I'm Tokino Akiyama.

Um, it looks like I'm council president.

Izumi Tachibana, vice-president.

And you?

I'm Chihiro Enomoto, the secretary! Pleased to meet you!

Who ever thought it would be you first, Tokino Akiyama?

You should curse your bad luck!

Um, comrade?

Kamishakujii!

Renko Kamishakujii!

Donguriyama Elementary, the Rabbit Class, when we went on a picnic!

All because you took your time going to the bathroom with our teacher!

Until then I was the best at everything!

I was best at reciting my address from memory...

...writing my name in kanji, and addition.

Me, Renko Kamishakujii!

All because you had to take so long going to the bathroom!

Ahh, you're Pee-pee Pants Renko.

Miss Kamishakujii.

Yamada!

Y-Yes, ma'am.

Haven't I told you not to call me "Miss?"

Mistress Renko! Call me Mistress Renko!

Don't go touching me either!

Your chest gives me the creeps!

I'm sorry, Mistress Renko.

I won't forgive you!

I'll beat you down to the depths of hell!

Um, well... let's do our best then.

D-D-Don't you make fun of me!

Please enter the room, quickly.

This will be treated as an exhibition, and the score will not be counted.

You have 60 minutes, with no restriction on number of dishes.

The only rule is that you use the specified ingredient.

The winner will be chosen by the president.

That ingredient is...

Mushrooms!

However!

There're also poisonous mushrooms in here so ya'll best look out.

The match begins when ya choose your shrooms.

Are both teams ready?

Start!

Let's go!

Yamadoritakemodoki, grade A.

Tamogidake, also grade A.

We can use computers?

The only rule is that you cook with mushrooms.

But this means...

Don't worry, just watch.

We have Tokino.

This is the dokutsurutake, loaded with alpha amanitin and beta amanitin.

Also called the "Angel of Death," just one is enough to kill an adult.

Mureohfuusentake, nicknamed kurodaikoku.

Is she professional?

No way, she just loves mushrooms.

"Just"?

She is a bit excessive.

C'mon, we've got work to do.

Yamada!

Yes, ma'am!

I want you doing that too.

But I can't...

You're always so useless!

Oh, but I might be good at eating them.

Don't mushrooms only hate those who hate them?

Who in this world gives a care what you like?

No! Tokino Akiyama wants me to lose my grip now, that dreadful girl.

I just need to widen the gap in cooking.

Kenji, Suzuki!

Aye! Kenji, Suzuki!

I'll show you how to master the greatest 3-star recipe in the world!

Right now?

Ahh, Mistress Renko is amazing.

Finished!

Prepare the American lobster by cutting it in half.

After melting butter in a frying pan, saute the lobster.

Take it off the heat once it's rare, and mix in the ohmomitake.

Do you mean she remembered everything she read?

That's right, she's astounding!

The other two move so precisely from just being given directions.

They can't do this without direction.

Perhaps it's an ill effect of rote-learning education.

But what's even more astounding about Mistress Renko is...

Mistress Renko, what shall we do with the American lobster once the...

...ohmomitake flavor is absorbed?

What American lobster?

She can only remember it all for three minutes.

It's the risky 3-minute memorization method.

I don't really get it, but wow...

Hello... I don't really get it, but wow...

Hey.

Do you specialize in anything besides admiration and fascination?

Would putting plates out be asking too much?

No! I'm sorry.

Exposing mushrooms to water makes them lose their flavor, so...

...washing them quickly and wiping them with a wet cloth should work well.

I'm sorry.

How would you cook that quantity of mushrooms?

No idea?

If it were me...

I think I'd want to bring out the flavors and differences...

...between the mushrooms without adding too many things.

Grilling mushrooms, mushroom soup, mushrooms with rice.

I... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to butt in...

I agree.

I'm no grand maison chef.

I know clearly that my abilities aren't that good.

So, I would rather cook something simple...

Take care of this.

Right!

You wouldn't think this was for practice.

What, didn't you set this up?

Me?

'Cause it's mushrooms.

Impossible.

Even if I knew her special skill was mushrooms...

...what would have been the goal of planning this?

I couldn't say, maybe it's because of that freeloader of yours?

I won't ignore that.

The Kujibiki is sacred, and even you should be aware of that...

The only certainty is that the draw is strong.

What is it, Miss President?

Nothing.

Oh no!

Hot!

Ah, it's ruined.

This?

No!

Stop!

Hey freshman! Why'd you let Tokino go and eat a mushroom?

You set her off!

What?

I thought we could keep Tokino's gluttony skills in check this time...

...but I was wrong.

You've betrayed yourselves!

Take a look at your tabletop!

It's cleared! Devoid! Empty!

After all, Tokino Akiyama!

Your team is like someone who slips and falls on their own banana peel...

...then just when they stagger to their feet, they're overtaken by...

...a squall and they miss their important business meeting and...

...then so much for human relations!

That's the level you're on! It's what your future will be like, too!

Excuse me!

How many minutes are left?

Five minutes and twenty seconds.

We still have time!

What're you gonna do in five minutes?

Wash out a pot?

You're right.

The only mushrooms left are poisonous!

What's that?

Shaguma-amigasadake.

Containing monomethylhydrazine, it causes vomiting, diarrhea and death.

See?

However, if the poison is completely removed through boiling...

...there is no finer delicacy of mushroom.

That's right! In Europe it's prized as a herald of springtime!

What? What? What?

If that's how it is, I won't even let you make one dish!

Kenji, Suzuki!

Aye!

Izumi.

Time for me to do something.

Time's up!

That is potato knoedel.

Steinpilz and pfifferling have been minced and mixed in.

Knoedel?

It means "dumpling" in German.

She must have banked on the fact that the president is half German.

German?

That was good.

Tokino Akiyama, can you vouch that this food is safe?

You knew that it was possible to cook these mushrooms.

Can you say that no poison remains?

If there is any chance of danger to the president...

There is nothing to fear.

This too is a president's duty.

That was good.

Then let's hear who won.

Tokino Akiyama's team wins.

Wha-wha-wha-wha-wha-what?

We made a three-star Japanese and European feast!

How could we lose to one chincy dish like that?

Watch your tongue!

It is a question of season.

Your skill is no match for the strength of the ingredients.

This is not French or Chinese cuisine.

It is mushroom cuisine.

Akiyama's team drew out the maximum strength of in-season ingredients.

That is why they won.

A total defeat.

Don't remind me! A total defeat.

The match is officially over.

Ho boy.

It was yummy.

Oy.

Thank you.

Ritsuko.

It's you, Ritsuko, isn't it?

It's me, Chihiro Enomoto.

When did you get back?

Three years ago.

That long ago?

You were gone for so long.

I wish you'd told me.

I decided there was no need to.

If I stop being a crybaby, will you marry me?

Pink - green - yellow - blue, shining cyalumes.

Pink - green - yellow - blue, shining cyalumes.

The glittering electron particles fly...

... on the oscilloscope at the speed of light.

Ahh, it'll come across.

Ahh, even from far away.

I won't forget how excited I was...

... the first time it gradually dawned on me!

When you hold your hands up and swing it...

... the lights of our hearts will become one.

Hey Yamada, what are we going to do next time?

It won't be us, it will be Akiyama's team.

Are you telling me you think Tokino is the heroine of Kujibiki Unbalance?

No, I don't!

I'd rather think that Miss President is the...

How could you say that the council president is the heroine?

What the hell's so great about being cute, mysterious, big-breasted and...

In other words, Kujibiki Unbalance Second Lot, Sturm und Drang!

The Rikkyouin High School Student Council Executive Department.

The teachers will get involved too!