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The new term starts today.

As well as...

the first day in our classroom as third-years.

Well, I need to know what class I'm in, at least.

Ah, Icchi. You ended up in the same class.

-What?! -As me.

-Is that all? -Aren't you happy?

I avoided thinking about changing classes.

I mean...

Even if Yamada and I end up in different classes...

It's still a small world...

I ONLY CHECKED MY OWN NAME IN THE NEW CLASSROOM NOW

Kyotaro!

Keep a proper distance!

Sorry, I mixed you up.

-With Rin-chan. -What?!

Wait, that's way, way, way, way too obvious!

Being careful of our distance in public.

That's the challenge for this new school year.

That said, being careful even though we're not dating...

-We're in the same class again! -Isn't that weird?

I swear, you're close as ever with everyone around you.

Exactly.

Getting touchy-feely with just about everyone.

Thanks for the backup.

With the boys as well!

Rub, rub.

-What? -Nothing.

Ah, Nya!

Huh?

Actually, I'm...

What?

In the same class!

Yeah.

I figured, since your name comes right after mine.

Yamada and Yoshida are pretty close.

-Yay! -Yay!

Cut it out...

Chi!

I... might have been held back a year.

Don't avoid reality just because you weren't on the list for class 1.

That's not it!

I wasn't on any of them!

Does that mean you transferred schools without knowing it?

What?!

Nothing we can do about that.

-Nope. -Don't say that!

FACULTY ROOM

Kobayashi?

Um, hold on...

Ah, there you are.

You're in class 1.

-I'm so glad! -It was my mistake.

Let's go back to class.

You... You totally did that on purpose!

-Chi, your indoor shoes. -I know it! Don't you agree?!

Don't you think so?!

Oh, what's up, Ichikawa?

Not happy about something?

No, it's just...

I hope you weren't just trying to be nice.

See, Supervisor?

Didn't I tell you he'd be fine?

Well...

So this is our new classroom.

Aren't you happy after how long it took?

-We're back! -Welcome back.

Ru and Yuka-chan's here, too!

-The girls' basketball team... -I'm so glad!

Moepi!

Oh, Kan-Kan!

We're in the same class after a year.

Yurine's here too!

Oh, we went to karaoke together.

Moepi! Kan-Kan! Serina!

-Kan-Kan! -Moepi!

-Kan-Kan! -Serina!

-What's the big deal?! -Pat, pat, pat!

What's this?

STAY BEHIND

CLASS 3-1

I'll be your homeroom teacher for the year!

I'm Moriya, and I'm more than full of energy!

Well, whatever.

I should just enjoy this small world we're in.

RIP.

I've been waiting. While looking at girls' panties.

What do you want?

How's class 1, Ichikawa?

Did you make any friends? Did you see any panties already?

Or accidentally grope some bosoms?

I'm not in a slightly dirty romcom.

Must be nice being in class 1!

Not only Yamada, but Hanzawa-san's there too!

As well as Ando, the former de facto leader of class 2.

All the girls at the top of the hierarchy are there!

Are you a tutorial villager explaining things?

Okay, Ota and me from class 2 are gonna ask you about class 1 after school today.

-Including whether you saw any panties. -What?

-Should we join a club? -I mean, we are third-years now.

-Third-years, huh? -It still hasn't sunk in.

Step, step, step. Bam!

Why did you tell me to stay behind?

Oh, right. You see...

I've wanted to give you this for a while.

Happy birthday!

No, no.

It's a wallet chain.

But you know...

There's three classes, but like half of old class 3 is here.

I guess.

We got along better with the old class 2 folks.

And you know...

Is Yamada-san dating that Ichikawa guy?

-Who knows? -Say no!

Even if they are, is that bad?

It's not like Anna is banned from dating or anything.

Of course it's not bad!

I wanna go all out celebrating stuff like that!

Last year in class 2, we had a couple who were into each other,

and the entire class put on a flash mob,

and their confession ended up being a huge success!

It was a blast watching them sing and dance in the school festival play too!

I wanna pull that off again!

That sounds like absolute hell.

I hear those two broke up over spring break...

What? Really?

Maybe we didn't celebrate enough?

Come on, Kan-Kan.

A flash mob, really?

CONGRATULATIONS!

Sounds funny.

We prepared a load of confetti as well!

-What about party crackers? -Hey!

Yeah.

A party ball might be a good idea too.

Are we dating?

That's what she asked.

Yeah...

Oh, forgot something...

I'm not gonna back you up anymore!

Well, Ichikawa?

Did you see any panties?

My underwear was seen instead.

Class 1 is so nice.

Was Sekine in class 1 too?

Huh? Who cares about her? Who cares about her?

Who do you like best, Ichikawa?

Why do you assume I have a choice?

What do you think about your new class?

It still hasn't sunk in yet,

but it feels nice to have guys from the other classes be jealous.

This guy's a nasty piece of work.

I'm in class 1 too.

Wait, you were?

I went to go talk to Hara-san in class 2 during all our breaks.

They got split up, huh?

Hara-san looked a little prettier after waiting those 45 minutes.

Is she your girlfriend who moved to the big city?

I'm okay with Hara-san adjusting to a different class too...

A new fetish...

You must be happy, Ichikawa.

You get to be with Yamada-san.

Well, I guess...

-Why? -Ah! Well...

-Yamada-san's a real looker? -You don't think that, do you?

Well, I do get along the best with her.

Did I not want to make up a weird lie just now because...

-Huh? -I'm going this way.

Let's hang out after school sometimes!

I think of Adachi as a friend?

Only sometimes?

Step, step, step, step, step...

Bam!

You sure are busy.

The new school year's begun.

NURSE'S OFFICE

At it again, Kobayashi?

Or not?!

I'm stretching in my mind.

Ah, your mind, huh?

-Next person in line! -I see...

Time to put my mind to it.

Sucking your stomach in won't do anything.

Today is the first physical evaluation of the school year.

It was no good!

-As for my results... -Don't worry.

Show me yours too!

I didn't look!

I said not to get too close in public.

It's because you spoke so loudly!

This party-loving girl who wants to put on a hellish forced confession event...

She's the last person I want knowing how I feel about Yamada.

I don't want her pushing me to forcefully confess.

Are you two...

A thing?

"Thing" here apparently means being especially close.

No.

Ah, you know.

Remember what Moriya-sensei said?

April's the month to talk to people you haven't spoken to much before!

I want all of you to make 100 friends!

It's for our grades. See?

Oh, yeah.

I haven't talked much with Yamada-san either.

Ah, that's true.

You can call me Kan-Kan!

-Can I just call you Kanna? -Why?!

I want to use a different nickname than everyone else!

-It's long, but it's so silky! -Ba-dump.

Don't capture her heart so quickly!

Pet, pet...

I call her Kanna already.

Sorry...

Sorry that Yamada's being overly familiar.

I was friends with Hanzawa-san back in grade school.

Been a while.

Is she your ex or what?

Okay, how about Panda then?

Okay, my butt! You're scary!

I'll call you Yamadah then.

-Oh! Sure! -You're fine with that?

-Yamadah! -Panda!

-Yamadah! -Panda!

-Yamada! -Panda!

I didn't say the last letter yet.

I'm all alone, as always.

LIBRARY

What are you up to?

Just thinking about how I can reach the top shelf now.

You've grown a lot.

I've grown 6 centimeters since last year.

That's amazing!

When I was in fifth grade, I grew 15 centimeters in one year.

Can you not say things like that?

Well, I'm not done just yet.

Oh, an athlete's interview!

What?

I want to leave a record of your current height.

It's all saved as data.

I don't mean that...

-I know! -What?

I heard they used to mark children's heights on the columns of houses.

Ichikawa, stand by this column.

Wait... You can't write with that.

That's permanent ink.

This one's water-soluble!

Wait, if you use a place everyone sees, it'll get erased right away.

That's true!

Okay, stay still.

Around here...

There!

Feel a little guilty.

Measure me too!

Take out the books from the top shelf.

I thought you could get them yourself.

I'll bring a chair.

KYO

Did your voice finish changing?

Huh? Yeah...

Okay, done.

-Well? How much of a difference is it? -Ah, wait...

ANNA

Spin, spin, spin...

To be honest, before...

I didn't really want to grow up.

That's what I thought, but...

Now, I want to get a little closer to you.

Physically, that is.

I'm fine with that...

No, I meant my height.

Sorry.

I want to tell her myself.

Yamada.

Before this love...

is discovered

by anyone...

else?!

No response?

Is she the type who's not into romance?

Well, it's not like we were doing anything.

Was I being too self-conscious?

-Hey... -Huh?

What were you trying to say?

What?

Ouch.

Ouch.

That scared me!

Oh, she dropped something.

DEEP SEA ENCYCLOPEDIA YURINE HANZAWA

A book about deep-sea fish?

Her name's on it. It must be her own book.

I'll return it to her.

The next day.

-Okay! Step right up! -Our first seat change as third-years.

I don't care where I sit. More importantly...

Yurine Hanzawa.

She's best friends with that party-loving girl who's enemy number one.

Well, from her stoic look, I don't think she'd tell everyone or make fun of us.

The protag seat!

-Yamada-san. -Yeah?

I have bad eyesight, so can we switch?

Sure!

Hup...

Yeah.

No, you really don't need to do that!

I don't like it when people set the stage for me like that!

Strangers...

I need to pretend we're strangers.

No, don't.

Stop grinning...

Anna Yamada's next to me?

Not bad, I guess.

-Gross! -The start of a Shojo manga!

Hey, let me see your textbook.

No, thanks.

Our distance has shrunk to nothing...

Now I'm dragging it back apart...

SORRY

This sucks...

Yamada left early today, so I didn't get to talk with her at all.

What if I try to keep a distance too much...

and we actually end up growing apart?

Maybe Yamada's sick of it already.

Of my distrusting act.

She still hasn't returned Hanzawa-san's book?

Fine, I'll do it.

This letter... it's Yamada's handwriting.

I'm writing this because I think you might be mistaken.

I'm very good friends with Ichikawa, but we're not dating.

As of today, April 10th.

But that's not why I'm writing this.

Ichikawa's really shy, you see.

He always thinks about other people, so much that it hurts to watch sometimes.

He backs away when you approach him, a lot like a cat,

and I've slowly, slowly built up my current relationship with him.

That time and distance, to me, is really special.

So... that's why you don't have to try and be considerate.

I'd be happy if you just left us alone.

One day, I'll be the one to...

I shouldn't read any further.

Good morning!

Morning.

LIBRARY

The distance we've built.

It's more important than anything else.

-Sorry for butting in like that. -It's okay.

You see...

I want to know what love is.

Is it different than friendship?

Or looking up to someone?

It's a good thing, so why can't you celebrate it?

Why did those two from last year break up?

Did we... do something wrong?

Ichikawa!

See you.

Hanzawa-san! Let's become friends on LINE!

I'll teach you everything I know!

-I... I can't do that! -What? Huh?

No matter who, be careful of your distance.

Why?