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I did it because I thought you two were in a relationship.

Saori-dono and I?

There's no way!

Am I wrong?

You were trying to steal your rival's woman.

Hikaru-kun...

Don't disappear again...

So, what happened?

Let's have some sweets first...

Just tell me now.

I have to go to work tonight.

Actually...

Saori-dono cried.

She was drunk, angry and crying...

while talking about food samples and such,

and telling me to never disappear again.

Sorry. I don't get what you're saying.

Anyway, Saori-dono seems to be having a hard time.

After coming back from a matchmaking party that night, she...

Matchmaking party? My sister?

I saw Saori-dono suffer like that,

but I couldn't do anything.

I mean, I don't know what to do...

I see.

So, Hikaru-kun, you want to do something for her, right?

Saori-dono is my savior.

So, it's only natural that I want to repay her kindness.

She is a serious and stubborn person.

Always keeps things to herself no matter what.

If you can help her,

I will be very happy.

So, what should I do for her?

All you have to do is listen to her.

The thing about us, women, is that just by listening to us talk about our day,

you could make us feel so much better.

I see... That's what I should do, right?

- She's home. - I'm home.

Welcome back!

Why are you here?

I called her...

I'm here to invite you and Hikaru-kun. Tomorrow is your day off, right?

There will be a party at Cain-kun's house.

There is also a heated pool over there.

A pool?

I wonder which rich family he comes from.

It must be nice to have a heated pool in your house.

I don't want to go.

Why not?

I don't want to wear a swimsuit. I don't even have one!

I can lend you one.

Cain-kun invited us while he's still taking care of Naka-chan.

You can't say no.

It's time to go to work!

I should get going.

Saori-dono!

How was your day today?

What?

Were you having a hard day at work?

Why are you asking?

See you tomorrow!

Shiori must have told you to say that.

There's no such a thing.

You don't have to lie. I can see right through.

I told you it's not like that!

I just don't want to see you cry again.

As a man,

I just want to help you.

Hikaru-kun...

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Come on! Come on!

Welcome. Let me keep your coats.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Awesome.

Sister, you're finally here!

So... so dazzling!

Saori-san!

Please have fun!

Thank you.

Genji!

I've been waiting for you.

Chujo-dono, there is also a Pure Land of Bliss here.

Chujo-dono.

It's my turn.

Put an egg and a bun each.

Sounds difficult...

Which one is your date?

Neither. We're not dating or anything like that.

Really? But I heard you guys are cohabiting.

Cohab...? Um, we're living together because...

how do I say it, he's just a freeloader,

so, we're not in that kind of relationship at all.

You're really interesting, Saori-san.

Can I call you by your name right away like this?

Yes.

Hikaru-san!

You can't do business here!

Idiot! I'm not!

Hikaru, let's drink over there.

Shall we go?

Saori-san, are you having fun?

Yes, I am. Thanks.

You don't play any games?

I'm fine here.

I lost!

You like?

Strawberry or melon. Which one do you like better?

Strawberry.

Thanks.

Saori-san, you have a completely different style from Shiori-chan.

I hear that often.

They say my sister is beautiful while I look so plain.

What?

There are too many people in this world who don't have an eye for women, right?

No, no, no... you really don't have to say such a thing to me.

Saori-dono, can we talk for a minute?

Naka-chan.

I apologize about last time.

I didn't mean to hurt you.

It's just that I'd gone everywhere and ended up trying to compete with Genji.

About that? It's okay.

I thought I had to apologize properly.

I'm sorry.

There were so many things I realized for the first time after I came to this world.

I listen to women's problems every day and study hard.

You're great.

I'm not.

Looking back, I realized that men are such useless creatures.

But you're always being positive,

and giving your best to focus on what's in front of you.

You're always giving your best too.

I'm not good at all.

I came here but cannot fit in with everyone.

I wonder when I started becoming this timid.

Maybe it's because people have always compared me to my sister since I was a kid.

Shiori is an outspoken and cute girl.

Or we can say that she was born with it.

I'm like a supporting role, while my sister is the lead.

No matter what or who you are compared to,

your life belongs to you, Saori-dono.

Thanks.

What are you drinking?

Champagne.

Hikaru-kun, what's wrong?

While seeing Saori-dono and Chujo-dono together like that,

I feel somewhat hurt...

The area around my temple feels so numb.

Hey, you just gave me a nasty look, didn't you?

I didn't.

Are you having fun?

I am.

What?

I'm just thinking that you don't understand yourself at all.

Also, do you look at Hikaru-kun properly?

It doesn't matter whether I look at him or not...

I've told you many times that we're not in that kind of relationship.

You always live like this.

When doing your job or anything, you always do your very best,

but you also run away from the most important thing.

I don't want you to lecture me!

Okay. Then do whatever you want.

Hikaru-kun and I...

are living in totally different worlds.

In this day and age?

You guys are not even Romeo and Juliet!

It's more complicated than that.

Hikaru-kun...

came from the Heian period.

He's the real Hikaru Genji.

Really? And?

Aren't you surprised?

That wouldn't surprise me at all.

I just knew that he's weird for a reason.

Is that why you can't say you like him?

Can't you date someone who came from the Heian period?

Of course I can't!

You seem to be changing the subject here.

The main problem is that you're not honest to yourself.

That's true.

You are right.

I was so surprised!

No way! Hikaru-kun is the Hikaru Genji?!

What does it mean? I don't get it!

So you took that step.

Saori-dono is so late.

Do you really want to see her right now?

She's here!

Saori-dono?

Why don't you just come in?

Cake buffet...

Hello! I'm Saori's mother.

I forgot that Mom would come over!

You're home late!

Why did you guys already get along?

Welcome home, Sis!

Why are you also here?

Mama called me to come.

Right!

I came all the way to Tokyo after all. Right?

We left you your favorite chestnut cake, Saori-dono.

Thanks.

The Mont Blanc looks so yummy.

Okay, I got it.

Geez, I was so surprised!

When I opened the door, two handsome men were standing behind it.

I thought I came to the wrong house.

Handsome men, huh.

Which one of them is your boyfriend?

Neither, Mom.

Really? I heard that you're living together.

Then, is it what you call "room share" nowadays?

Mama, don't be so pushy.

Why? I'm just curious!

But that can be pretty annoying.

Good job, Shiori. Thanks!

Saori, please officially introduce them to me.

Oh, sure thing.

This is Hikaru-kun. He just got back from America the other day.

He works as a waka teacher here.

This one is Naka-chan. He's like Hikaru-kun's senpai.

I just know!

You both are from Kyoto, right?

How much does she know?

If their identities as Hikaru Genji and Chujo are exposed, it will be bad.

But how are they "exposed"? As if people will believe that.

Mom will definitely think that I have lost my mind.

You came to Tokyo to see you friend's exhibition, right? How was it?

It was so good!

Ah right. Wanna see some photos?

Well... where were they?

Aren't these the photos taken when you went to Kyoto last month?

That's right.

Look! This matcha parfait is so popular!

Your dad and I lined up for an hour for this.

And this mochi too.

In the Kyoto that I knew, I've never seen something like this.

We have to go check this out now!

You guys get very excited when it comes to sweets.

That sounds nice. Why don't you go there?

It's too far, I just can't go immediately. I have work tomorrow!

Saori-dono!

If you die without accomplishing what you want to do because you keep on postponing it,

don't you think you've lived such an empty life?

You may be right, but hearing you saying that makes me somewhat pissed.

If only there was a road that allows me to reach Kyoto on foot.

At any rate, things don't always go the way you want them to, Lord Hikaru.

Even if I want to~

I cannot reach it~

Thinking about the capital~

You can't even pluck those flowers as you wish.

To think that I'm now miles away from the capital full of flowers,

That's full of blooming flowers~

it's just so frustrating!

Isn't it so frustrating?

How nice!

You can recite a waka spontaneously like that.

I love playing the Hyakunin Isshu poem cards so much!

When I was in middle school, I even won the district tournament.

I didn't know that!

As I get older, I tend to forget things often,

but what I remembered in the past is still very clear to me now.

My favorite waka is the one by Murasaki Shikibu.

Seeing you again, at last~

But I couldn't recognize you as you were gone so quickly~

Just like the moon hidden behind the clouds~

Are you crying?

What a beautiful waka!

The woman who wrote such an excellent waka...

must be really smart and beautiful.

I really want to see her.

Well, you guys are the imaginary characters of that author.

Mama, you're so awesome!

Oh please...

That was such a good waka.

Thanks.

Saori-dono, I'll do it.

Thanks.

Were you also the one who made the previous tea?

Of course. There is no reason not to entertain my guests.

Although I am also a guest myself.

You're so hard-working.

Well, when I was in Kyoto, all my daily needs were provided by others.

But it's different now. I have to follow the custom here.

I hope Hikaru-kun could have that mentality too.

No. Just let Genji be himself.

Take a look.

His presence alone makes the atmosphere lively.

As long as he is here, everyone will be happy.

I can never come up to his level.

It seems like everyone has their own roles in life.

It may sound like I refuse to admit defeat, though.

Naka-chan, I have so much respect for you.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

So...

Are you not going to date any of them?

I told you they're just my friends.

They may be your friends now, but things can change.

No, no. It's 100 percent impossible.

I don't really want to be nosy, but...

isn't it already time to think about marriage?

Don't talk about that out of the blue!

- What's wrong? - Nothing. You don't have to come.

You guys are such gentlemen!

Hey, what do you guys think about Saori?

- Stop it, Mom! - I'm curious!

Does that mean that...

you want to know if we'd like to have another wife?

Another wife?

Are you guys married?

Really?

Why did you ask such a personal question?

Well, it's because you guys are living together!

Isn't it better to get that matter straight...

I told you we're not like that!

I'm just worried about you!

Just mind your own business!

Hikaru-kun and Naka-chan are from a different dimension than mine!

"Different dimension"?

Well, Mom. It's time to go home.

But...

You're gonna miss the plane if you don't go now.

Come on. Let's get your bag.

- Hold on... - Let's get your bag.

Take care, okay?

Sorry about earlier.

- Let's go. - Okay!

Then, I should get going too.

I see. Please send my regards to Cain-dono.

Thanks for today.

Hey! Hey! Hikaru-kun!

Bad guy!

Hey!

Hold on!

Let go of him!

Who the heck are you?

Philip-dono?!

Hide!

Damn! Where did he go?

He couldn't have gone far yet!

Lord Hikaru, I finally found you.

Who are you?

He's the one who helped me in Hawaii.

Nice to meet you.

It's dangerous here. Let's go this way.

What is this place?

It's safe here.

"Safe"?

They don't know about this place yet.

Who are those guys chasing you?

Philip-dono.

I'm glad that you're alright.

You suddenly disappeared. I was so worried.

I'm sorry.

I was being chased by some organization, so I couldn't show myself up so easily.

Why is your Japanese so good?

Philip-dono's wife is a Yamato woman.

My wife has a deep knowledge of Japanese classics, so I was also influenced by her.

When she saw Hikaru at the beach,

she was so surprised and said that he was just like the Hikaru Genji.

I was also surprised.

The person I met for the first time suddenly called out my name like that.

But our encounter is such a miracle!

The existence of multidimensional cosmology that I've been studying for so many years has been proved!

Multidimensional cosmology?

I believe that various universes exist simultaneously and in parallel with this world.

Are you saying that there are other worlds out there besides the world we're living in now?

That's right. And they coexist at the same time.

Genji, take a look at this.

There's something like this over there.

Oh!

Hikaru came to this world from "The Tale of Genji", which is one of the parallel worlds.

But "The Tale of Genji"...

is a fiction, isn't it?

Who decided that?

From their point of view, our universe might be the fictional one.

No way...

Those guys are the problem here.

- Who? - The men in black from earlier.

They think Hikaru is an alien with a special ability.

An alien?

Yes.

An alien with the ability to transcend dimensions.

They are planning to catch Hikaru and perform a biopsy on him.

That would put Hikaru's life at risk, right?

Saori-san, you can't let them catch him no matter what!

Don't you think we should solve the mystery of the dimensional jump...

and send Hikaru back to his original world as soon as possible?

Even if you tell me that...

I do wish he could go back to his world.

I even tried various methods,

but I just haven't found the right way...

Saori-san,

I think the answer to why Hikaru jumped into this world can be found in Kyoto.

Kyoto?

Don't tell me you haven't been to Kyoto yet?!

No.

Oh my God!

You should go right now!

I can't... I have my own schedule too!

There is The Tale of Genji Museum in Uji, Kyoto.

There is also a statue of Murasaki Shikibu, their creator.

There must be some clues there.

But if we go there, Hikaru-kun will be able to see his own future, won't he?

That would be too pitiful.

But I think that shock is the key to return to his original world.

That may be true, but...

how should I explain it to Hikaru-kun?

Saori-san, Hikaru believes that The Tale of Genji is a non-fiction story.

Non-fiction?

He doesn't think that he's just a fictional character.

No way...

Saori-san, I'm a researcher.

I want to solve the mystery of the dimensional jump and find out why Hikaru came to this world.

I get what you mean, but...

What have you been talking about?

Ah, we're just talking about going to Kyoto.

Then, will you go to Kyoto?

I think I will.

Kyoto...

I wonder if it still looks the same...

It probably has changed a lot.

Anyway, when talking about Kyoto, we'll think of that. Right, Genji?

Yes, Chujo-dono. Our wish will finally come true.

Off we go~

To the capital full of flowers~

That we've yearned for~

And have some of that~

Fascinating matcha parfait~

Do you still not get the seriousness of the situation?

Alright!

Let's go to where you should be!

KYOTO

We're finally here.

Is this the capital of Kyoto?

I still can't believe it...

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