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Spring.

That captivating season when everything appears to glow with the breath of new life.

Yes! In other words, the perfect opportunity to race up the steps of manhood—

Shiba!

Did you bring more of your library?

I've become a fan of hers.

Don't worry. It's right here.

Shibaki-senpai!

What is that?

Is it another perverted book?

No, Tanako-chan! This is...

You're going to get in trouble with Inoue-senpai again.

Heh! Inoue's not good enough to find—

Who's not good enough?

I think we'll need to inspect that package.

Kyoko!

Rurumo!

I've come to grant your wish.

You know what my wish is!

I wish for these fun times to never end!

Fine. But granting that wish will require significant magical power.

It will consume the remainder of your magical tickets.

N-No, wait! I haven't told you yet, but these tickets are my life—

Open, gate of magical power.

Huh?

That was close!

I may have been dreaming, but I nearly died!

That's right! It's spring!

100 Items to Make You Super Popular

What am I doing on this perfect day to level up another stage?

This is no time to lounge around the house!

She's totally lounging around, too!

She's so relaxed!

Rurumo, you'll catch a cold.

What?

Nothing! I just—

Kota...

This fluorescent lamp burned out.

Could you go buy a new one?

Yeah, sure! I was just thinking about going outside! Seriously!

Damn it...

The perfect day to level up, and I'm stuck running errands for my mom.

What a sad turn of events.

She really is cute.

Is something wrong?

Wh-What should we do after this?

About what?

Well, we're done with the shopping.

There's nothing else we have to do, but it'd be a waste to just go home.

Maybe we could...

grab some tea or something like that...

Why is my heart pounding? Why am I embarrassed? I'm talking to Rurumo!

Wait, was my invitation unnatural? Did it seem too deliberate?!

Hey, idiot! Why are ya unnaturally and deliberately askin' her out?

There it is! Full-on criticism!

Wh-What's your problem? I just—

"Grab some tea."

What's that?

Huh?

Allow me to explain.

Mysterious Discovery Club

"Grabbing some tea" means a young man and woman get to know each other by

going to a café and discussing supernatural entities and mysterious phenomena

while drinking tea or coffee!

Where the heck did you come from?

And why are you dressed like that?

And yer explanation stopped makin' sense partway through.

A talking cat.

Welcome to the Mysterious Discovery Club!

Hey! Let go of me, ya moron!

Will Chiro be okay?

The club president gets really serious about that stuff.

Don't worry. She'll come back eventually.

After all, she's my familiar.

Lead the way.

I will grab some tea with you.

Two house blends.

Take your time.

Why is the atmosphere so somber?

So this is grabbing some tea.

No!

Grabbing some tea means going on a date, and going on a date means...

Even if I explained it, Rurumo would never understand.

I-I hope Chiro comes back soon.

Why am I nervous? Why do I feel out of my element? I should talk like I always do.

That's right! I'm Shibaki the Pervert, the man who knows everything about girls!

Why did I watch those dating advice DVDs and read 100 Ways to Seduce a Girl?!

Do something! Say something!

Hey, so, what shampoo do you use?

Whatever's in the bathroom.

The same as you.

Well, I blew it!

Uh, do you like dogs?

Not really.

Blew it!

What's wrong? You're sweating a lot.

I, uh...

Are dates supposed to be this painful?

You're such an idiot.

Hey, wait! That's too much!

You're drinking it?!

It's bitter.

All that sugar, and it's still bitter?

Rurumo smiled?

Yeah, for just a second.

Musta been a mistake.

I've known Rurumo a long time, and I've never seen her smile.

When you put it that bluntly, I'm not so sure, but lately I've been thinking.

It's not so bad living with you and Rurumo.

So I had a thought.

Her training won't end until I use my last ticket.

So wouldn't that mean you and Rurumo could live here forever?

Something appeared out of nowhere!

Hey... Didn't that guy show up once before?

Is Rurumo in trouble?

Don't worry.

Bradkul Baroni, the jailer, just came to tell us the time.

The time?

The end time.

Trainee witches have a time limit of exactly 500 days after they're dropped on earth.

Rurumo's trainin' ends then.

500? You mean...

In 14 days, at 11:59 PM,

Rurumo and I will be taken back to the spirit world, regardless of the state of her trainin'.

So, unfortunately, yer desire for us to stay forever can't be fulfilled.

Them's the rules.

Which means...

If ya use up yer tickets before the time limit, her trainin' will be a success.

Rurumo will become a witch again.

And if ya don't, Rurumo will permanently lose the right to become a witch.

Shiba! Huge news!

What's going on, Nishino?

I... I got the key!

To the women's faculty locker room this time!

Really?

My senpai on the soccer team made another peephole.

Don't you wanna go right now?

Yeah, right now!

Hold it right there, Shibaki the Pervert.

I-Inoue!

What's that key?

Uh... I-It's my house key.

Suspicious.

I'll be confirming that!

Though my everyday life remains unchanged, I haven't forgotten.

The end of Rurumo's training is approaching.

But there's nothing I can do.

I haven't done anything for two weeks.

I wish I could burn through these tickets to make her a witch,

but these tickets are my life itself.

If I use them up, I'll die.

And Rurumo doesn't know that.

Forgive me, Rurumo.

Thank you.

Did I buy too much?

No, this is perfect.

I need to send her off with a bang.

You know what I'll do? I'll decorate her room like some sparkly mall, and...

I know! It's out of season, but I'll put up a Christmas tree.

Wait, has she ever eaten sushi before?

Maybe I'll order the good stuff. Enough for Chiro, too.

After all, tonight's their last night.

Hey, you.

Huh?

My balloon got stuck in a tree. Go get it.

Sorry, but I'm busy.

And don't "hey, you" me. At least say "excuse me."

Excuse me. Go get it.

Here.

I am in your debt.

Balloons are strange.

Not only strange, but beautiful.

They float, they're squishy, and you can get them for free.

Yeah, yeah. Later.

What's with that kid? Talking so passionately about balloons...

And where were her parents?

Whoa! You scared me!

Rurumo, don't just suddenly stop in front of people!

I dropped the cake!

What am I doing?

It wasn't sudden.

I was waiting for you.

Waiting?

This is where we first met.

Huh?

I am grateful to you.

Normally, witches are despised.

People fear and avoid us.

But you were different.

You were welcoming to me.

Rurumo?

You're stupid, but you're kind.

This year and four months were fun in ways I had scarcely known.

Rurumo, what are you saying?

I waited here for you today because I wanted you to remember

that there was a witch named Rurumo.

Goodbye.

Wait.

Wait!

Wait!

That hurts. Why did you grab me?

I get it. I was stupid not to notice sooner.

She's the one. This hardworking witch with the small face is the one I...

There's something I want to tell you.

You're the one. You're the one I...

I can't do it. If I tell her now, then Rurumo...

Don't underestimate me, Rurumo!

I'm Shibaki the Pervert, lover of women.

Why the hell wouldn't I use the tickets?!

There was never any question what my last wish would be!

Make every girl look at me!

Farewell, Mom. Farewell, Seitaro.

Nishino, Sugawara, Sakurai,

club president, Inoue, Tanako-chan, Sawashita-san...

Talk about me once I'm gone!

Say I spent my last moments drowning in girls!

Make me popular! Magic, acti—

What was that? Things were just getting good.

It's that girl!

You idiot! Pay attention!

Hey!

Jeez... I always have the worst luck when it matters.

Magic, activate!

Save that girl, Rurumo!

Got it.

God of strength in the spirit world.

Open, gate of magical power: Zalbas.

Hey...

What happened?

There was suddenly ice...

Th-Thank you.

Is the driver okay?

Thank Ko—rather, that man over there.

What's wrong? Get up.

I granted your wish.

Kota?

All tickets have vanished.

Owner's death confirmed.

Trainee Witch Rurumo, you have completed your training.

The Conclusion

Magimoji Rurumo

Kota is dead.

I hadn't been told that the contracting party would die once the tickets were used.

Was his death always the price of my promotion to witchhood?

Sorry, Rurumo.

I shoulda told ya from the start,

but if I had, ya wouldn't have used your magic.

I wanted ya to become a witch again, no matter what.

Did Kota know when he used the tickets?

Did he know it was his own life he was burning away?

Crematory

In the end, was he prepared to throw his life away?

Wait!

I haven't told him yet.

I became a witch because of him.

I wanted to thank him with a smile...

We got a message from the spirit world.

"By midnight tonight, erase the memories of all humans who were involved."

That's yer first job as a witch.

Ruru-chan, where are you going so late at night?

Thank you for everything.

I won't forget the memories I made here.

Wh-What are you talking about, Ruru-chan?

It sounds like you're saying goodbye on the day we lost Kota...

I cast a timed spell on Zaltoa.

In a few more minutes, you'll forget that I was here,

the time we spent together, my face, and even my name.

Everything.

Ruru-chan, stop it!

Please don't talk nonsense at a time like this!

I've been promoted to witch.

There are no limits on my magic anymore.

Seitaro...

What am I doing here?

Senpai...

That was a fun day.

Rurumo-san?

I've come to erase your memories of me here on Earth.

You're the last one.

Rurumo-san...

I've always wondered something. Are you actually a real...

I'm a witch.

So it's true.

There's something that's been bothering me.

I heard Senpai had a heart attack when he saw a girl with a balloon

nearly get run over by a truck.

But didn't he actually die while trying to save the girl?

He and I were bound by a contract.

In exchange for tickets of death, I used magic to grant his wishes.

His final wish was to save that girl.

Kota used the last bit of his life to save that girl.

A total stranger.

I'm glad.

He's so cool.

He could be really perverted,

but I knew he was actually a good person.

I'm glad he was cool until the very end.

Yes. I agree.

Open, gate of magical power.

Rurumo-san, will you get to see him again?

If you do, tell him he was really cool.

What an optimistic girl.

I'm glad we got to talk to Tanako in the end.

Yeah.

Open, gate to the spirit world.

Radai.

We're back.

This fabric was dyed using the berries of the godai tree in the Eastern Forest.

I'll take one, please.

I feel like a witch!

That looks great on you.

Do you think commoners like us can become witches someday, too?

Magic, activate! Like that?

Unlike us commoners, witches are divided into 13 ranks.

And who's at the very top?

The Witch Queen!

Very good.

That's a lotta training reports.

Well, we were on Earth for 500 days.

You're not cut out to be anything but a witch.

Just wear your cape and act distinguished like a witch should.

It's a... freebie.

Be calm. Be calm, my heart.

I can look back and clutch at my heart, but I can't return to that time.

Haruriri.

Welcome home, Rurumo.

Honestly, I was worried you wouldn't be able to return to the spirit world.

I mean, considering the guy you formed a contract with...

And you being... well, you.

In any case, I'm glad you're back to being a witch.

When's the official appointment?

We should celebrate.

Is he... I guess there's no point in asking.

You're here, after all.

I didn't get to thank him, or even say goodbye.

You loved him.

What? I was just acting as a trainee witch—

Want to see him?

You know what happens to the lives of those we form contracts with.

Soul crystals...

Human lives received at the end of witch training are transported to the spirit world,

purified, and turned into soul crystals.

The witch is never told its location,

and the crystal itself has no means by which to listen or speak.

But the person's mind still remains in recently-formed soul crystals.

Is that true?

I know where the soul crystals are kept.

After all, I'm a rank 1 witch.

Do you want to see him before he disappears?

It's almost time.

Unlike on Earth, at a certain time, the stars of the spirit world...

all fall at once.

Haven't seen these stars in 500 days.

They're always a magnificent sight.

I wish he could've seen them.

You loved him.

Is she right?

Is that why I feel sad?

Because I love him?

Is that why my heart won't be still?

If valuing someone means loving them, then I...

Kota, you're the one I...

Rurumo?

Let's go, Chiro.

Let's go see Kota.