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Please keep what I'm about to sing

Just between us, okay?

The truth is, I want to keep my desires hidden deep in my heart

A secret, a secret

I want to take shortcuts

Never getting soaked by the rain

Never getting knocked over by the wind

Even if that's being devious, smile

Even if I'm a coward, play with me

I don't want to feel sad

Never getting soaked by tears

Never feeling at my wit's end

Just smile and think I'm insensitive

Only tell me about fun things

See, there are faces I want to see and voices I want to hear

When I wake up I trumpet my joy:

Good morning! Let's have another fine day!

"Princess Jellyfish" Good morning! Let's have another fine day!

"Princess Jellyfish"

Dear Mother,

I've been having fun lately.

I found a neat place in the neighborhood.

It's a no-boys-allowed domain of maidens.

Actually, I guess it's more like a "den of geeks"?

Shu, your uncle will be here soon. Where's Kuranosuke?

I'll go call him down.

Are you ready yet, Kuranosuke?

I'm coming in!

Hello there, dear brother!

"Enchanted"

Kuranosuke, do you understand who's coming to this luncheon?

Of course I do! Uncle Saburota, right?

You intend to meet him dressed like that?!

Why not? After all, I used some extra padding as a service to the old guys!

Shu! Kuranosuke! Your uncle is here!

Okay!

You... You... What's with you? What's going on in your head?

It's just bizarre to suddenly start cross-dressing

the minute you get to college!

Hiya! It's Masaharu Fukuyama!

Oh no, he's already here!

His jokes are as lame as ever.

- Go change clothes! - Nah, it's fine! Anyway, thanks to my cross-dressing,

I've made friends from a whole new genre.

I believe in the underlying strength of all my countrymen!

"Japan's Underlying Strength" I believe in the underlying strength of all my countrymen!

You see more and more of these commercials lately.

I wonder if there's an election coming up?

What I want to know is, what nation would have a balding prime minister?!

Tap the underlying strength of your hair follicles first, I say!

H-He's related to someone in the area, isn't he?

Yes, I told you, it's Koibuchi!

"Koibuchi" Yes, I told you, it's Koibuchi!

"Koibuchi" Prime Minister Negishi is Koibuchi's wife's brother.

Prime Minister Negishi is Koibuchi's wife's brother.

You saw them on TV before, remember?

After all, they've been a family of politicians since before the War.

Tsukimi, what's the matter?! There's ectoplasm coming out of your mouth!

Thank you for taking time from your busy schedule for us.

- Uncle! I saw your commercial! - Why am I always dressed like this lately, you ask?

For two reasons:

First of all, because a politician is the last thing I ever want to be!

So it'll be easier on me later if people think I'm some kind of deviant!

- Leave everything to Shu-Shu! - I want to leave the family birthright to this guy

and live a life of freedom!

Kura-pyon!

What a cutie-pie you are!

Hey, Kuranosuke's pretty good-looking, isn't he?

Y-Yeah... though he's a bona fide man...

- Oh, my Kura-pyon! Kura-pyon! - Kuranosuke! Give it a rest!

Aw, what's the big deal? It's cute, isn't it?

I dolled myself up for Uncle!

D-Dear...

Such a cutie-pie!

Get out of my sight this minute!

Thank goodness!

Like hell do I want to do lunch with some old fogeys on such a nice day.

You look especially fashionable today.

Thanks!

Man, I'm impressed Shu can stand to eat

while they're giving those boring lectures about politics.

Hello!

Kuranosuke, when are you coming tonight?

Oh, what's tonight again?

I told you, Koji's doing an event in Shimokita!

Oh, right...

You're coming, aren't you?

I'll pass.

Why?! You up to something else?

- These days it's just no fun hanging out with them. - Sorry.

They only ever talk about music and fashion and sex.

The clouds look like jellyfish...

Yeah, her jellyfish talk is a hundred times more interesting than that stuff.

Wow, I didn't know you had to take them out of the tank

every time you fed them.

Say, what do you feed them?

J-Just normal cultured zooplankton.

E-Er, may I ask you something?

Today's theme? You could say it's "French Lolita crossed with Flapper."

No, I mean, it's about the fa-fa-fa...

Fangirl?

No, not "fangirl"...

I-I've been told that your honored f-family does i-important work...

Work?

Oh, Meat.

Hey, you! Would you mind not calling people "Meat"?

Where's the meat today? Where's the Matsusaka beef?

Isn't there any, Meat?

B-Banba! We have anmitsu today!

Anmitsu?! From what shop?!

This way! This way!

Chieko! Chieko!

Yes, yes, it's the anmitsu from Kinozen that you love so much!

- Mayaya bought it for us on her way home from a Three Kingdoms dojinshi event! - 3,800 yen? That's expensive!

Wow, there's even green tea Bavarian cream!

- Hey, can I ask a question? - Anmitsu! Anmitsu!

- Calm down, Banba... - What do you all do for a living?

I mean, jellyfish food and tanks are seriously expensive,

and the anmitsu at Kinozen is 680 yen!

I thought maybe you were students, but you never seem to go to school...

Clara here!

Coming in at #1 on this week's "Top Five Things You Shouldn't Ask the Sisterhood":

"Top Five Things You Shouldn't Ask the Sisterhood" Coming in at #1 on this week's "Top Five Things You Shouldn't Ask the Sisterhood":

Coming in at #1 on this week's "Top Five Things You Shouldn't Ask the Sisterhood":

"What do you do for a living?" Coming in at #1 on this week's "Top Five Things You Shouldn't Ask the Sisterhood":

"What do you do for a living?" "What do you do for a living?"

How old are you, anyway?

Are those your only questions, wench?

Well then, let me answer the first:

We of the Sisterhood have a respectable source of income!

It's...

Yes?

...our allowances!

I-Is that really something you should put on your game face to say?

Our parents are the baby boomer generation,

said to boast the greatest wealth in all of Japan's long history.

"Wealthy Baby Boomers" said to boast the greatest wealth in all of Japan's long history.

"Arrival of the Bubble Economy" said to boast the greatest wealth in all of Japan's long history.

"Arrival of the Bubble Economy"

"The Frenzied Masses"

"The Frenzied Masses" And we, the boomer children,

"The Frenzied Masses" were forced to live our youth in the "lost decade" after the bubble burst,

were forced to live our youth in the "lost decade" after the bubble burst,

"Burst" "Lost Decade" were forced to live our youth in the "lost decade" after the bubble burst,

were forced to live our youth in the "lost decade" after the bubble burst,

"Job Shortage" were forced to live our youth in the "lost decade" after the bubble burst,

were forced to live our youth in the "lost decade" after the bubble burst,

"Ice Age of Hiring" were forced to live our youth in the "lost decade" after the bubble burst,

"Ice Age of Hiring" pushing us into a horrifically tight labor market

"Ice Age of Hiring" "Self-Support" and making it impossible for us to earn enough to support ourselves on!

"Ice Age of Hiring" "Self-Support" "Impossible" and making it impossible for us to earn enough to support ourselves on!

And making it impossible for us to earn enough to support ourselves on!

Therefore, there is no shame

in receiving economic support from the previous generation..!

You can stop, Mayaya! We know! We all understand!

Wait, boomer children? So that means you're all in your thirties?!

Y-You would ask a woman her age?! How rude!

I'm eight.

Banba was born in a leap year.

Yep. February 29th. So I'm still eight.

So, to summarize...

This is like a lair of jobless thirtysomething NEET chicks with afros?

What kind of summary is that?! And no one said we were jobless!

I work from home stuffing direct mail envelopes.

Chieko runs an all-made-to-order online shop.

We're also assistants to Ms. Juon Mejiro, the popular BL manga creator.

Furthermore! As Chieko is the daughter of our landlady,

she is charged with this building's care in place of her mother,

who flies to Korea at a moment's notice in pursuit of Bae!

- Bae as in that Bae? - That's the one!

These are natural curls.

Therefore! We are! Most definitely! Not!

NEETs!

It's so weird how pissed off they got...

Did I really say something that bad?

Yes.

Really?

Oh, hey, you were asking me something before. What was it?

Um... I saw your f-father and your brother on TV.

Yeah, they're on all the time these days, huh?

Wearing really lame ties, too.

Wh-Why is the son of a politician dressing like that?

You want to know?

Tsukimi, when I really look at you...

Wanna come to my place?

It'll be our little secret.

Let's have some fun.

It's commercial time!

Clara!

It's the second half!

Tequila!

First things first: Take off... those... rags!

Let your hair down!

Pluck your eyebrows!

Shave!

And the second reason I dress the way I do:

I want to live in the fashion world, not the political world!

Finishing Makeup!

Kuranosuke, are you home?

Uncle's on his way out. Change your clothes and go...

Hey!

Hold it right there!

S-Sorry I slammed it open so hard...

That's that, then.

Roger Dodger.

It's another cutie-pie!

No... No! I don't want to look like this!

If the Sisterhood sees me like this, they'll brand me a traitor

and stage my ritual humiliation on the Otome Road in Ikebukuro!

Yeah.

Kuranosuke, could you come over right now?

My outfit and my makeup just aren't working at all!

Nah, I'll pass for today.

What?!

You guys might not be enough for me anymore.

Huh?

See, I've discovered that polishing the diamond in the rough

is a hundred times more fun!

- What's that supposed to mean?! - And so, Mom, the time has come to put my skills to the test!

I'm sure even the freaky spinsters of Otaku Land

want to be pretty too, deep down.

After all, they were all born princesses.

I was wrong, Mom. He's not a princess at all.

"Fake Boobs" I was wrong, Mom. He's not a princess at all.

"Fake Boobs" He's an evil sorcerer.

"Fake Boobs" Why would he do this to me of all people?

Why would he do this to me of all people?

To be frank, I can only assume it's some new form of bullying.

"No Boys Allowed"

"No Boys Allowed" Good, there's nobody around...

Good, there's nobody around...

"Shockingdom!!"

What happened, Banba?! Who did this to you?!

Among men, Lü Bu; among horses, Red Hare!

- Chieko! Chieko!

- Mayaya, that hurts. - Chieko! Chieko!

A Kijimuna has invaded our Nunnery!

"Wrong Wei" A Kijimuna has invaded our Nunnery!

Clara!

What's all this fuss about?

Tsukimi! What happened to your face?! You look like a Chinese hopping vampire!

Heh, she totally does.

Then those clothes must be part of your cosplay!

She stood up!

- Your fangs shall never pierce my carotid artery! - Mayaya, that hurts.

I won't let you get away!

Wards! Get some wards!

Mayaya, you're stepping on Banba's hair.

Th-That was close...

Glasses... I know I have an old cracked pair...

Here we go, the ones I bought in high school.

A... A ghoul?

Sheesh, Tsukimi left her glasses and her clothes here.

Kuranosuke, th-there's something I want to ask you...

Um... About before... H-How...

How do you feel about the sales tax increase?!

I'm against it.

I see.

Kuranosuke.

What do you want?!

About before... How do you know that girl? I mean, woman?

Is she a friend from school or something?

You've got a crush?!

Well, fancy that! So she's your type, then?

N-No! What are you talking about?

Want me to introduce you?

In exchange, tell me Mom's address.

You know it, don't you, Bro?

Tell me. I want to see her.

That again? I've told you before: I don't know.

By the way...

...she's a virgin!

She's a really great girl, you know.

These days you rarely meet people so earnest, so sweetly innocent.

Or to put it another way, "socially reluctant."

Her hobby is art.

She only draws jellyfish.

She's a fine lady.

Though she's also a NEET nun.

I really think she'd be the perfect politician's bride.

Bride...

She lives right nearby!

You know, in that retro building that looks like it's from the late '20s.

Do you mean Amamizu-kan, on Block 3?

Hey, I'm impressed you know the name. Leave it to a Diet secretary!

No, it's because the redevelopment proj...

Here, she forgot these. Her glasses and clothes.

Bro, you go deliver them for her right now!

While she's still wearing makeup!

Her name is Tsukimi, written like "moon" and "sea."

"Tsukimi"...

"Tsukimi," eh?

We're here.

"Shu-Shu's Delusion Time Begins!"

Why, if it isn't Kuranosuke's older brother!

You forgot these.

You came all this way to deliver them?

Please, come inside. I'll make some tea!

I've always wanted a chance to talk with you.

Tsukimi...

Evil spirit, begone!

H-His brother?! Wait, I think I just ran by him...

Why is he here?

You came all this way to deliver them?

Th-Thank you very much.

Um... those are for a lady named Tsukimi, who lives here...

Yes, that's right. Thank you.

Girls! I made some nice dokudami tea!

- Snack time! Snack time! - Oh, yay! Dokudami! Dokudami! That'll drive the chills out!

Today we have the snack that Rakuten ranks #1: The green tea roll!

Rolling! Rolling! Green tea rolling!

Snack time! Snack time! Snack time!

Dokudami featuring a green tea rolling!

What is this place?

Say, didn't I see a suspicious man in a suit outside?

Must've been a salesman or a canvasser.

Ugh.

We should tear that place down for redevelopment ASAP.

If the younger brother is a flashy flower hat jelly,

the intellectual older brother

is the "cool" character of the jellyfish world: Sanderia malayensis!

Th-They could be twins!

Huh, but the human brothers don't look anything alike, do they Clara?

Welcome home! How'd it go?

Did you get to see Tsukimi?

The only ones there were a bunch of creepy wackjobs.

Was one of them a braided girl with glasses?

Yes, she was particularly creepy.

Damn, so the spell had already worn off.

About before...

What do you intend to do if you meet Lina?

I'm not going to do anything you'd have to worry about.

I just want...

I just want another look inside Mom's closet.

Mom, people say that falling in love makes a girl beautiful,

but does that mean she'll stay grubby forever if she never loves anyone?

What about the girls of the Sisterhood?

"Nun" What about the girls of the Sisterhood?

What about the girls of the Sisterhood?

They aren't in love with any flesh-and-blood men,

but they are in love with the Three Kingdoms, trains, and dolls.

When his eyes met mine... could I have?

- I knew it! You didn't use makeup remover when you washed your face! - Mom... Why is it that girls have to be pretty?

- We're redoing it! - Mom... Why is it that girls have to be pretty?

I don't want to be pretty! I really, really don't!

I really want you to realize that you're gorgeous

Why haven't you realized it before this?

It's like you've lost your heart

I want you to realize it right away, right away, I want you to understand

I want you to realize it right away, I want you to realize your beauty

Because you're so very beautiful

I want to convey that to you

Your loveliness, forever and ever

I'll be so happy if you'll just realize your loveliness

I care about you, you know

Please, realize your beauty