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Please watch TV animation in a well-lit room and be careful not to sit too close to the screen.

Please watch TV animation in a well-lit room and be careful not to sit too close to the screen.

Please watch TV animation in a well-lit room and be careful not to sit too close to the screen.

Please watch TV animation in a well-lit room and be careful not to sit too close to the screen.

Please watch TV animation in a well-lit room and be careful not to sit too close to the screen.

Please watch TV animation in a well-lit room and be careful not to sit too close to the screen.

Please watch TV animation in a well-lit room and be careful not to sit too close to the screen.

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A synopsis of what's happened!

This is our older sister, Miyazawa Yukino. Freshman!

Man! Sis, middle school sweats are so dorky!

To most, she seems to be gifted with both intelligence and beauty.

Oh! You're wonderful! Miyazawa!

Though she was raised in a middle-class family,

she seems to be intelligent, cultured, and graceful.

But actually, putting on a show is her real purpose in life,

and she's a masked woman who acts the perfect model student in public!

But the other day, Sis made a huge mistake

and her other personality was revealed!

This man is the real super model student, Arima Souichirou!

Excellent grades, good at sports,

with a good personality that everyone likes.

In addition, his family is a long line of doctors since the Edo Era.

A real thoroughbred.

However, he's also a terrible scoundrel!

Having grasped Sis's weakness, he made her help him with his work!

What a schemer!

In addition, she falls in love for the first time...

and gets into a really messy crisis!

Sis finally loses it after thinking in circles by herself!

But...

at the end of the mess, they make peace!

Both of them share their secret as reputable model students,

and on the surface, it looked like things were going well...

How...ever!

What's wrong?

Does it hurt somewhere?

Why did I suddenly remember that?

I'd forgotten about it for so long.

His Circumstances

I think Arima is acting strange lately.

Oh? You're still here.

Work?

Yeah. You, too?

Yup, but I just finished.

If it's a lot of work, want me to help?

Today's a half-day anyway.

That's okay. I'm mostly done anyway.

I have to go to club soon.

Later, Miyazawa.

Oh, okay.

He's acting strange after all.

He's acting distant somehow.

What could it be?

We'd been so friendly until just last week.

Two weeks ago

Hey, Miyazawa.

You wanna study together sometime?

Our school has a lot of exams, you know?

I thought it'd be efficient if we cooperated.

Splendid! It's the greatest!

I see. That's splendid.

The cooperation part is beautiful.

Oh, I can see it now.

You're thinking about getting good grades without having to work for it.

A palace!

It's like a house from the television show that visits mansions!!

You're exaggerating.

Wow, it's so spacious. So rich!

Dad, Mom, this is Miyazawa from my class.

Hello, welcome.

Well, I didn't know Souichirou had such a cute classmate.

My, not at all.

I hope the two of you will always be good friends.

We'll have some cake later.

Girls are such a joy to entertain.

Souichirou, come down for tea at three o'clock.

With Miyazawa, of course.

Okay, Dad.

Your feigned modesty skills are really amazing.

Sometimes, it really scares me.

Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!

It's the fruit of strict training!

But your parents are wonderful.

You're very lucky.

The next week

My house... it's cramped, so don't compare, okay?

I told you to forget about the house.

I'm home.

Oh, Yuki, a frie...?

Hello.

A... A man!

Man

Man Man

Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man

A... A man!

Man Man

Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man Man

A... A man!

M

A

N

What?! A man?!

Father

A man!

Father

Father

Father

Unforgivable!

A maggot bastard trying to get close to our princesses!

I'll kick him out!

Nice to meet you.

I'm Arima Souichirou.

Please take care of our daughter.

What're you trying to pull?!

Yuki sure has good taste when it comes to looks.

Or maybe she doesn't acknowledge anyone who's not as good as her?

She never had any interest in boys to begin with.

I bet she sees most boys as paper dolls.

Yup, that woman can be as cold as a demon

when it comes to things like that.

I'm surprised you allowed it, Father.

Well, you know...

A perfect guy like that might never appear in Yukino's life ever again.

I see. Basically, "keep" him, huh?

Parents are so calculating.

But you know, I heard Aririn's family runs a big hospital.

No way! Really?!

Then if we say our daughter is a friend,

you think they'd give us a discount?

All right! Let's all go together and try sometime!

Not soundproof at all.

But we're all healthy!

Not soundproof at all.

Miyazawa, I don't mind, so...

Why is this family so stupid?!

Run!

That was pretty embarrassing, you know?

But it was fun in its own way.

Until then, we'd laugh often and hang out together a lot.

At the start of this week, he suddenly became cold,

and he won't talk to me much.

Did I do something?

For real?

Arima.

Oh? What?

Um... I was told to hand this to you.

Thank you.

He's different from before.

This is...

...rejection.

Why?!

Because until last week, we were friends!

Why did it become like this all of a sudden?

I've become a coward.

I don't understand why it became like this so suddenly.

Then, I realized for the first time...

that I am ignorant.

All I ever did was polish the surface and pretend to be a model student.

I had never sincerely dealt with people,

so I don't know what to do at a time like this.

I'd never spoken from the heart.

I've never been in an argument.

Because I'd never taken off my mask.

Because I'd deceive people with my mask and never expose myself.

To think that I would realize I had nothing now.

And? Sis, you're depressed?

It's because you did something you normally don't do, like self-hatred.

After all, you're not immunized against your own weaknesses...

or against the existence of a boyfriend.

After all, you've never bothered with it until now, right?

It's a good thing that you're finding out

about all these things with Arima.

That's right. I've learned various aspects of myself.

What about Arima?

Well, talk to us whenever you have a problem, Sis.

Anything, but money.

That's right. What does Arima do when he's got problems?

Well, unlike my family, he's got such respectable parents.

Guess I don't need to worry.

Please excuse me.

Souichirou.

Yes?

The young lady you brought home the other day, Miyazawa right?

Yes, she was a very composed, nice young lady.

That was the first fun tea party we've had in a long time.

Yes, very.

So, Souichirou, you don't have to mind us.

Bring her over again.

Yes, sir.

That's true.

What about Arima?

Arima's got parts where he's like a normal high school student, too.

Why didn't he ever show it to anyone?

Except in front of me.

If I think about it, I don't understand.

If it isn't for image like me, how can he be so perfect like that?

Isn't it exhausting?

Are you happy?

Did I do something to make him mad, after all?

Too many things come to mind

But you know, there is that.

He probably must be regretting confessing to me so thoughtlessly.

Miyazawa Yukino's true colors!

And I'm actually like this, after all.

In the end, that would spoil things.

It... It couldn't be...

that he's realized that I'm secretly in love with him?

Boulder

Boulder

Boulder

Somehow, this seems to be the most likely!

Boulder

To be blunt, does he think that it's a bother?!

But then... he should just say so!

Arima.

You have something you want to say to me, don't you?

Say it!

About what?

Don't play dumb!

You've been ignoring me recently!

I hate things like this!

Won't you just tell me straight?!

It's nothing.

Why're you running away?!

I won't know unless you tell me!

Shut up!

Leave me alone!

That is all the memory I have of my parents.

Just that.

Now, why don't you come with me?

Liar.

You said that we were friends.

You said I was fine the way I was.

Emotions are a difficult Thing to read

Emotions are a difficult Thing to read

Chapter

Oh, it's no good!

No good, no good, no good, no good!

I don't get it, no matter how much I think about it!

Wow, I guess in high school,

there are homework problems even Sis can't solve.

No matter how I think of it, I can't understand what that Arima is doing!

In the end, I can't guess why.

But, the result is clear.

That means, in the end, as the Code of Hammurabi says...

Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, ignore for ignore!

This is it!

There's nothing else but this!

This isn't a kid's fight, you know.

And she's so good with schoolwork, too.

Outta my way!

You're in the way, move!

Hey Miyazawa, could you tell me the translation for this?

Oh, my! Won't you ask Arima about these things from now on?

It seems that unlike me, he's very good at schoolwork.

Ho Ho Ho

Heh.

Silence

Miyazawa's acting sort of weird today, you know?

Yeah, Arima, did you do something?

Snub

But I guess even she has bad days.

Guess she's also human after all.

Steel and concrete.

And a rainy scene...

makes me remember the memories that were buried deep within me.

What's wrong?

Does it hurt somewhere?

Oh, you wet your pants.

If I answered "Yes", what will she do to me?

You were afraid all by yourself, right?

The hand that should have slapped me, gently patted my head.

My new mother changed my pajamas.

My new father held me when we went to bed.

A strange feeling...

Why do my tears well up so?

Why does my heart feel so sad?

Steel and concrete.

And a rainy scene makes me remember

the memories buried deep within me.

It presents me with fear and peace,

happiness and worry, all at the same time.

Together with the memory of those parents.

And Miyazawa, too...

How was I around her?

Miyazawa.

Humph!

So what?! I'm gonna ignore you now!

Oh, Miyazawa!

Humph!

Danger

Danger

Danger

Danger

Danger

Danger

Danger

Danger

Danger

Danger

Danger

Danger

Danger

It's so uncool.

Why is it that I can't do these things right?! Really!

So I'm an ignorant child and a cop-out!

Here.

I can't win against you.

You're just so reckless.

We...Well, excuse me!

Leave me alone!

I'm sorry.

It's the normal... Arima.

I have a past

that I don't want to be touched.

You touch it without knowing it.

You were a very inconvenient person for me.

I realized that, so I tried to get away.

And it wasn't even your fault.

I realized when I went to your house to study.

I thought all over again how different it was from my home.

I thought, "Oh, so a normal family is like this".

You see, I'm an adopted child.

My current father is the eldest brother of my real father.

He's my uncle.

I really love my current parents,

but I couldn't say everything and rely on them like you do.

You made me realize that.

You see, my real parents...

seem to have been really hopeless people.

Stealing and blackmailing were second nature to them.

In the end, they left behind their debt and mysteriously disappeared.

Leaving me behind.

They must have been the shame of the family.

When I was taken in by my current family,

there was a time when all our relatives gathered.

They must have thought that a child wouldn't understand.

They said to my face,

"A child born of such parents won't amount to anything."

So, I had to become a flawless person.

No matter what.

Even at the cost of my pride.

And for my parents who raised me.

I was satisfied with the me I'd made that way.

Until I met you.

Why was it you?

At first, I thought I liked you because you were like me.

But, the more I knew you, the more of me followed your lead.

I really didn't know the me that was like this.

In time, one thought floated to the top.

Could it be that what I'd always believed to be me...

was only a fake that I'd created with effort?

Maybe within me, there's another me. The real me.

I thought that, and I thought that it was bad.

I wasn't supposed to realize that.

You peeled away my masks, one after another.

You were light to me.

You were a light that shone on the darkness.

Just by existing, light makes it clear where the darkness is.

There is a darkness within my soul.

To be honest, I hated you.

That's why I pushed you away.

Why?!

You were able to notice your real self, right?!

Then why don't you become honest?!

Why do you try to hide it?!

What if he's the worst person possible?!

If I took after those parents through my blood...

I'm afraid of my bloodline!

I cannot become a worthless person!

For my father and for my mother!

You love your current parents, don't you?

But Arima, as long as you're straining yourself like that,

you'll probably never be able to become a real family.

Real family and friends love you, even when they know your flaws.

Oh, I love this person.

This person who hurts himself in order to protect those he loves.

Miyazawa...

Wha...What did you do that for?!

This is the real Arima.

Don't worry, you aren't worthless.

I like this Arima better.

What did you think I'd do?

You think I'd give you a smooch? As if I'd do something like that.

The real Arima probably wanted to be let out.

He probably wanted to peel away the mask and put his face out front.

And he found me.

The thing hidden within you

must have noticed what I was hiding within me.

It's an amazing thing.

Have more confidence!

You're a good guy!

I've decided!

I'm going to throw away my mask of a model student.

From now on, I'm going to live just for me...

in order to come to like myself.

What about you?

I'm glad I met you.

Me, too.

What did the two of us do after that?

Well, of course, we're completely true friends.

Our slogan right now is, "Live true to yourself".

But...

Arima!

That hurts!

Pretend not to see

Pretend not to see

Pretend not to see

In the end, there's a thing called public image,

Pretend not to see

and no one tries to look reality in the face.

At times like that, we laugh together.

It's just that, I've become oddly self-conscious of my love.

These are days when my heart wavers.

Oh, I should have caught him when he confessed to me!

Well, I guess we'll be friends for a good while.

But, abruptly, while we were talking, Arima said...

That's right, there's one thing I really like about my current self.

You became a weird person more and more,

but my feelings didn't change.

I loved you... all along.

To be continued

What is it that you're looking for?

sagashi mono wa nan desu ka

Is it something that's hard to find?

mitsukenikui mono desu ka

And you looked in your bag and your desk

kaban no naka mo tsukue no naka mo

sagashita keredo mitsukaranai noni

but you can't find it

madamada sagasu ki desu ka

Do you still intend to keep on looking?

Won't you dance with me instead?

sore yori boku to odorimasen ka

yume no naka e yume no naka e

Wouldn't you want to, wouldn't you want to

ittemitai to omoimasen ka

go off into a dream?

yasumu koto mo yurusarezu

Without even being allowed to rest

warau koto wa tomerarete

and being stopped from laughing

crawling around and crawling around

haitsukubatte haitsukubatte

ittai nani o sagashiteiru no ka

What in the world could you be looking for?

sagasu no o yameta toki

When you stop looking

mitsukaru koto mo yoku aru hanashi de

it's often the case that you find it

Let's dance. Wouldn't you want to

odorimashou yume no naka e

ittemitai to omoimasen ka

go off into a dream?

A synopsis of what's to come!

Lucky Sis, she's been confessed to once again.

But sadly, she's so nervous, she lets her second chance escape!

Now, Sis, can you confess your feelings to him?!

Next time on His and Hers: Her Difficult Problem!

Her Difficult Problem

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