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I'm Kazuki Shikimori, and I'm seventeen years old.

I attend Aoi Campus, a school that is full of nothing but first-class magicians,

but I'm a less than ordinary, worthless, failure of a man

that girls don't even look at.

All of the sudden,

three beautiful girls came calling on a guy like me.

But what their target was...

my genes!

You can use magic three more times.

Oh yeah. I still can use magic three more times.

Kazuki!

Err, I only have three more.

Yuna?

Actually, the other day I got my father to send some

"medicine that might end up increasing magic" to me.

Your father, the one that's an archaeologist?

That's right, he was one of Dr. Akai's students.

Yes!

It should be arriving at Dr. Akai's office about today,

so I'll drop by the nurse's office around lunch.

Sure...

It'd be nice if the medicine has an effect.

Yeah.

Kazuki.

I'm going to go to Dr. Akai's office, so please go ahead and eat without me, okay?

Okay, then, I'm off!

Now then...

Huh? Yuna?

You know, right, Shikimori?

It's the long awaited class B traditional lunch gambling time!

It's a rock-paper-scissors competition where you bet your lunch!

It's a rock-paper-scissors competition where you bet your lunch!

The one who wins, is, of course...

Can horde all of the lunches to himself!

What's the good of doing that?

Even if you win, you can't eat it all, after all...

Naive, aren't you?

When you've horded all of the lunches,

you can sell them off to your friends at an absurd price.

You can sell them off to your friends at an absurd price.

If you do that, then you'll be a rich man before you know it!

It's the moment that friends become enemies.

Getting rich quick wouldn't be far-fetched.

Of course, you're going to do it too, right, Shikimori?

Since it's Yuna's homemade box lunch,

I'll increase the number of bets you can make, especially for you.

What's all this commotion about?

Even the desks have been put away.

Well, well, how about the two of you?

We're actually about to...

For now, I'll leave it at 'No.'

Oh, I see...

All right, we're going to start!

Yeah!

They never change, do they?

First is rock,

Rock, paper, scissors!

By the way, it seems Yuna left earlier, but...

All right!

Now that you mention it, she did seem like she was in a hurry.

Oh, actually she said that her father had sent some

"medicine that might end up increasing magic" to Dr. Akai.

That...

might...

It might.

All right!

Now, then, who's next?

Dr. Akai?

Huh?

I wonder if he went to lunch.

There it is!

This is Father's...

This is...

empty?

There's nothing in it.

What'll I do?

What can I say to Kazuki?

One more time!

We won't let you quit while you're ahead!

All right! Just keep on coming!

Even still, Yuna's late.

That's true. And we've eaten our lunch.

Should we try going to the nurse's office too?

What?

It might be better than staying in here.

Right now, I am truly invincible!

Shut up!

It looks like the time for me to unleash my 48th special technique has come!

That's true. Shall we go?

That's true. Shall we go?

Rock! Paper! Scissors!

Rock! Paper! Scissors!

All right! 40 consecutive wins!

Aren't there any people left who can stand up to me...

Who's that?

Where's Kazuki Shikimori?

I wonder where Yuna went?

I wonder where Yuna went?

And Akai isn't here, either.

Maybe the two of them went somewhere together?

This is...

Ah, Shikimori, right...

I think he'll be back real soon.

More importantly,

how about a match, Yuna?

Doesn't Yuna seem kind of strange?

Really? She looks even more beautiful than usual to me.

More importantly, my lunch...

You guys are still going to go for it, right?

There's no still about it,

I don't have any more food left to bet.

Same here.

No more food, right?

What?

You couldn't mean...

The forbidden...

Anything goes rule?!

Exactly.

However!

Your betting is limited to the uniforms you're wearing right now!

Sender, Kentaro Miyama...

It looks like this is the package in question after all.

But it is already empty.

I wonder where it could have gone...

Oh, it might be that she's thinking that she doesn't want to

restore your magic back to the way it was or something.

That can't be it, Kuriko.

Yuna would never do something like that.

Oh my, you certainly do defend Yuna quickly.

Is she that special to you?

Er, no... that is...

I'm joking.

This is no joke!

You're pretty good, Yuna!

For me to have ended up losing so much more than winning.

Yuna is being strangely agreeable,

and I thought about doing this and that to her if things went well, but...

But!

The real match starts now!

Kazuki Shikimori is too late.

Oh, Yuna!

Relax! I'll finish off this match later.

What? Wait!

Please hold on, Kuriko!

Oh, but we're a young man and woman in bed, just the two of us.

What are you saying to wait for in this situation?

You can't...

There are three young men and women.

You don't get jokes, do you?

Ow...

Yuna!

And I gave him such high hopes too.

I bet Kazuki is waiting for me.

What'll I do?

I really should go and apologize properly.

Yuna! Where did you go?

Really. We've been waiting for you this whole time, you know.

And what about the medicine you mentioned?

I've been looking for you...

Kazuki Shikimori!

Kazuki.

Yuna?

What's wrong, Yuna?

Stop it.

A worthless guy like you has no right to use my name in such a familiar manner.

Yuna, what's wrong with you?

It's true that Shikimori is a worthless guy, but...

That's how he usually is, right?

Hold on, Kazuki, why are you getting depressed?

These kinds of things are always being said about you, right?

It's rather late for this.

Or is it that much of a shock to have Yuna say it?

What? No... that is... that's not it...

Stop saying such wishy-washy things!

Kazuki Shikimori...

Right here, right now...

I'm going to turn a guy like you...

into ash!

Get back!

Kazuki!

Girls, you mustn't!

It's not... an earthquake?

It looks like she's gone.

Yuna...

And then, she'll pretend to put out rock, but put out scissors!

And then switch that to paper!

She'll pretend to do that, but once again it'll be rock.

No, wait, once again it'll be a switch of a switch,

and again it will already be switched and rock!

She'll pretend it's that, but it'll be scissors after all!

No, rock, no, no, it'll be paper...

At this rate, it's going to be hard to get Yuna's uniform.

Thinking carefully about it, I may have given her too much of a handicap.

I guess I'll have to use one of my trump cards here.

Hey,

maybe it's her actual ability and not a handicap you're giving her?

I think you'd understand that, even if you don't think about it.

Rather, Nakamaru, if you give back our clothes and our food,

we'll help you out.

The most deceptive of techniques...

Is what we'll teach you!

I don't need the help of separated trash!

Hey, what do you mean by trash?

It really would be best for me to watch her movements using the usual moves.

That's right. I will be properly recycled and reborn as a plastic bottle!

The surefire "First is rock, then suddenly put out paper" technique...

That's not the issue here, now is it?!

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Heya, Yuna. Did you find Shikimo...

Shikimori will come for me soon enough.

Before he does, I thought I would finish you off first.

That suits me fine!

Again?

I came here fearing the worst...

Who did it this time?

Even the made-to-order bed that I purchased

in order to foster the love between myself and Miss Iba...

Dr. Akai!

Miyama.

I heard a loud noise coming from here earlier.

Oh! What happened here?

That's what I want to know.

Oh, by the way, Miyama.

Kentaro contacted me recently...

That's...

What?

Oh, I'm sorry.

You see, you weren't here a little while ago, so...

You opened it...

I opened it.

Doctor?

What have you done?

How is it?

Her shoes are still here, so it looks like she's in the school.

She wasn't over here, either.

The classroom is pretty much the only place left for her to be.

Shikimori!

I am sure that there is some reason...

that is, why Yuna...

I do not think that what she said earlier is what she really feels.

In other words, do not worry about it too much!

I think that's what it is, too!

Thanks, Rin!

I was not particularly...

Miyama, you haven't been coughing or sneezing, have you?

You don't feel groggy or anything?

No, why do you ask?

If you're all right, then that's fine.

There's probably no problem.

That small bottle definitely was sent by your father, Kentaro, but...

Yes, which is why I...

No...

That was research material intended for me.

Research material? But...

At first glance, it probably looks like there was nothing in it,

but there were pathogens inside of it for my research.

Pathogens?!

A retro magic virus.

That's what it's called.

It's not as if actual bacteria was inside of it.

What was inside of it was what would be called a demon or a genie or something.

In other words, this is a cursed item.

And furthermore, it's one of the most powerful among the ones that have been identified.

What's going to happen to me?

This one's special characteristic is to take the form of the person it first directly contacts,

in other words, the person who opened the bottle and then start taking action.

The troublesome thing is that it has the opposite personality of the original person.

That means...

That means the more you love someone, the more she will hate them.

That's right, I heard about the medicine for Shikimori.

But it looks like it was a love potion designed for monkeys.

Kentaro wanted me to tell you he's sorry about that.

Monkeys...

More importantly, the problem right now is

that there is another you that exists somewhere nearby.

A you with a personality and intentions completely opposite of yours.

It is likely that the other you will probably try to make Shikimori turn into ash.

Kazuki?!

If you believe that you want to save him, then...

Kazetsubaki and friends are here too.

If you have their help, it should be all right.

But there is one thing I am worried about.

What's that?

They wouldn't be able to hurt you, right?

The other you also possesses a great deal of magical power.

Hopefully they will be able to deal with her somehow, but...

Wait!

There's still more!

First you start with rock...

That rocks!

She's too strong!

Rather, she's too sexy.

He's too weak.

The game's over, isn't it?

All right, then, just as you promised...

It couldn't be!

Yuna!

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Just what it looks like.

More importantly, has Yuna been here?

More importantly, has Yuna been here?

If you're looking for Yuna, she said that she was going to the roof a moment ago.

The roof!

Let's hurry!

What in the world was that?

Kazuki!

I'm telling you, everyone went to the roof...

Yuna? Didn't you just...

The roof.

I've been waiting for you, Kazuki Shikimori.

Playtime's over.

This time I'm going to turn you into ash.

Yuna, you...

Yuna, why...

Shut up!

All you have to do is behave yourself and turn into ash!

That's the other me...

Yuna...

Please cut it out!

Even jokes have limits.

I said that...

playtime is over!

Kuriko! Rin!

Kazuki...

And this will end it.

Huh, so you're planning on becoming ash by your own hand?

Interesting.

If you want to stop me, then try and stop me.

What's the matter?

You mustn't...

I won't forgive you for hurting Kuriko and Rin any further.

Even still, Yuna, I can't...

Kazuki!

Shikimori.

You've come this far and you're still hesitating?

You really are hopeless!

Stop it!

Get away from Kazuki!

There are two Yuna's?

That person isn't me!

It's all my fault that all of this has happened!

That's why I...

Yuna!

You remember Keyaki Otomura's case, right?

Yes.

It was an illness that our power couldn't do anything about,

there's a strong chance that a retro magic virus was the cause.

The fact that this changes into the form of the person who directly contacts

it isn't a big problem.

The problem is afterwards, when the person who made direct contact with it

starts to come down with symptoms similar to a cold.

What happens?

As the symptoms progress, one's magical power declines along with it and before long,

they turn into white ash.

It couldn't be...

Are you all right?

Yes. More importantly...

Kazuki Shikimori!

That girl is also the same as me.

Deep inside, she's laughing at you.

There isn't a single person that takes you seriously.

Think about it. What appeal do you have?

You can't even use your magic to its fullest.

Kazuki, I...

I know.

Right?

In the end, you're a person that doesn't deserve to live.

So just quietly...

I know!

That Yuna and the others don't think that!

What?!

You're not Yuna!

Oh, right there, that feels great!

Your healing magic really is the best, Rin.

That's because it's one of the Kamishiro family's secret techniques.

Oh, it feels good there too!

I'm sorry, Kazuki.

Huh?

You used your magic again.

Yeah, but that's all right.

But...

With this, you have two uses left.

That's what it ended up becoming.

And so, what about the aforementioned medicine?

That is, you see...

apparently it looks like it was the wrong medicine.

I'm sorry. I wasn't able to be of any use.

Oh, that's right!

Today's box lunch was really tasty!

We'll call the magic I used today my gratitude for that.

Kazuki...

Are you all right?

Yes!

No fair.

Maybe I'll make a box lunch and get your genes too.

No, that's not what I meant.

I've also been practicing making box lunches since that one time.

No, you see, that's not what...

And so, I opened it.

I can't believe that you would do such a thing, Yuna.

You cannot judge a person by their looks.

I'm telling you, that wasn't me!

I wonder...

Err... the next episode of Maburaho is "He Disappeared"

Huh? I wonder if I've caught a cold.