Devilish Taste
Hey, Maeda...
You know how they say pets tend to look like their owners?
This kid looks nothing like me, right?
Quite true.
I can't possibly tell her, but when she was napping on this sofa the other day...
She looked just like it.
I'm going to be late for the meet-up.
Where are you headed today?
I'm working on a social studies group presentation with Olivia and Kasumi-san.
See you.
Hanako-sama...
Uh...
You're just so charming today, you almost knocked me out.
I know, right?
Kasumi.
Did you wait?
No, I just got here about ten minutes ago.
We haven't met each other in plain clothes before.
You're right.
You look so grown-up in a long skirt.
D-Do I?
You look nice, too, Olivia-san.
I'm just wearing a tee-shirt and shorts.
I know, but...
I feel like you need a certain amount of confidence to pull off that simple look.
I wonder how Hanako's going to come dressed.
She might show up in a yukata or something.
I can see that.
Or wearing brand clothes head-to-toe.
She's rich, after all.
I'm here.
Hana—
—ko.
Sorry, it took a while.
Hanako...
Did you bang your head on the way here?
What?
What is that supposed to mean?
I mean, you couldn't dress like that if you're in your right mind.
What's this?
This isn't quite like the prêt-à-porter they sell at the mall.
It's a one-of-a-kind haute couture piece by an up-and-coming designer.
Haute couture!
Ohtokchuure!
Ohtokchuure!!!
It suddenly sounds like a lame world history mnemonic.
I like it. It's very you.
Huh?
This is the Harajuku fashion that's in style right now.
She's totally got the wrong idea.
Okay, why don't we start our assignment?
Okay.
Yes.
First, want to order something?
Watermelon
Glance...
Uh oh...
I can't focus at all.
What's up with her?
Jeez, I have no idea.
I-I'm sorry!
Oh, did it jab me?
Hey, teach me how to do that, Kasumi-san.
Pen spinning, you mean?
I think you kind of spin it around the base of your thumb.
All right.
What the heck?
It's so hard!
You don't spin your whole arm.
It'll spin on its own if you push your middle finger towards your thumb.
That's it.
Keep that up for a while and you'll be able to do it.
All right.
This time!
And so then...
Hot!
Fire!
It's the devil!
There was a girl who looked like the devil who flung something at me!
Didn't you see her?
She looked like a demon, with horns!
N-No.
Hey, Olivia...
I'm going to grow out of Harajuku style now.
I told you, that's not Harajuku style.
Asobi Asobase
Loaded Questions
Olivia.
You're late.
G-Good work on cleaning duty.
You were kind of out of it today.
Hey, guys, I have something important to tell you. Hear me out.
There's a boy in this school.
Oh, sure.
Come on, I'm serious here! It's true!
How am I supposed to react to that?
Is something wrong?
Well...
I was sleeping last night, and there was some noise from the window.
That's not true!
I can't sleep...
We need to confront fate.
I took a peek, and there was a couple fighting.
What are you even talking about?!
Seriously, I don't get it. Why are you suddenly breaking up with me?
I love you, man!
I'm sorry, but I can't lie any more.
I have what you have on my lower half.
#%^(*&@...
I thought that's how you'd react.
I'm sorry.
Wait!
I love you, even if you have one!
This is so nice!
It's the kind of thing Kasumi likes, isn't it?
And I was like...
Hang on a second!
Wait, Kasumi. Don't butt in while I'm telling a story.
No, I have to make things clear!
But you like that kind of thing, don't you?
That's a cross dresser!
It's like BL, but not!
That's outside of what I can accept!
You're such a pain.
I'm not a pain at all!
So that's when I noticed something huge.
That girl...
She was wearing our uniform.
I'm scared.
No, er... It must have been a mistake.
I know what I saw!
She's definitely among us, like an alien!
W-Was there anyone who could have been suspicious at this school?
Could it be... her?
Gulp...
Takayanagi-senpai from third year is a bit suspicious, don't you think?
Now that you mention it...
She does seem a bit manly.
Right?
She's the captain of the swimming club, but she's suspicious, right?
Olivia!
She can't be, if she's in the swimming club!
Why did you even mention her?
And then there's...
Her.
What? Who's next?
No, believe me, the next one is really suspicious?
Wh-Who?
Oka-san, from Class 2-4!
She's just creepy by a different measure!
Man, I think you just made a mistake.
Maybe he borrowed his sister's uniform or something.
That could be it.
Um...
Wasn't there someone from our class who's always
changing in the washroom for Phys Ed class?
O-Oh yeah.
She's always sitting out during swimming class, too.
She's suspicious.
I heard she's allergic to chlorine.
And you're talking about her, right?
She doesn't seem that way at all.
Sh-Sh-Should we ask her, just in case?
Yeah.
U-Um, Aozora-san...
Th-There's no way!
She's Aozora Tsugumi-chan, the cutest girl at school!
But...
How are we even going to ask her?
Could you really go up to her and be, like, "Are you a guy"?
Hey, w-want to play a game?
A game?
It's a game where you have to guess why I talked to you.
O-Olivia starts talking like a fake foreigner when she's nervous, I guess.
Sure, that sounds fun.
Nice!
Good job, Olivia.
Now we have a reason to talk to her.
Yes!
Okay, Aozora-san, I'm going to start with a problem.
Ask me questions about it.
I'll answer either "yes," "no," or "irrelevant."
Okay, here I go.
I-I couldn't sleep last night.
Why could that be?
Does that have something to do with why you talked to me?
Y-Yes.
Wait, Aozora-san talks with a male first-person pronoun?
I think that settles it right there.
She could just be a bokukko.
We don't know yet.
Were we really noisy in that argument?
Y-Yes.
Could you hear what we were saying?
N-No.
Olivia!
Why are you hesitating?!
Sorry, she scared me a little.
How much did you hear?
U-Up to the part about you being a...
Staaaaaaaare.
No!
I can't stand this tension anymore!
I know why you talked to me now.
But that's a mistake.
I just told a lie because I kind of wanted to break up with him.
Although it didn't work out.
O-Oh, I see.
Sorry, I had the wrong idea.
Scary...
But why do you always change in the washroom for Phys Ed?
I mean, I'm embarrassed to change in front of everyone else.
S-So cute.
So fake!
Hanako was the only one for whom her animalistic sense of danger kicked in.
Asobi Asobase
Maeda's Curse
Oka-san...
I'm very sorry,
but you're the only one left in the Supernatural Phenomena Science Club.
If you don't find people by the end of the term,
I'll have to downgrade you to a circle for next team.
W-We'll provide 10,000 yen in club fees, even as a circle.
Th-That was scary.
What can I do?
Two of them graduated, one transferred, and the last one was teleported.
I wonder if there's anyone around who's interested in the occult.
Here we go.
Kokkuri-san, Kokkuri-san, are you there?
Pastimers Club
If you are, move to "yes."
Yes
Who put that weird patch on my pants?
Ma
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da
Damn it, I knew it!
I moved it thinking it would be Maeda-san.
I'm so glad everyone thought the same.
I thought it'd be Maeda-chan, too.
Okay, Olivia, is there anything you want to ask next?
Let's see...
Um... that...
I-I'm sorry!
We were just messing around!
You're Kokkuri-san, right?
No, she's from Class 4.
No, err...
Do you like the occult?
No, not really.
Huh?
What?
Want to play with us?
Okay, just a little.
Hey, now that I get a better look, it's Oka-san from Class 4.
You don't need a good look to see that!
Yes.
I'm a member of the Supernatural Phenomena Science Club,
also known as the SuperSci Club.
But I'm the only member right now.
We'll end up being downgraded to a circle next term, unless things change.
We'll be the same as the Pass Club.
Huh?
We aren't even recognized as a circle right now, are we?
Oh, hey, do you know of any occult-ish games, then?
Occult-ish games, huh?
Let's see...
One-person hide-and-seek.
How does that work?
Do you have any plushies or anything?
Does this work?
Okay, I'll give a quick explanation.
You're supposed to do this at night,
but since this is just a game, let's ignore that part.
Cotton
Step one...
Pull the cotton out from inside.
Nails Rice Red string
Two...
Replace it with rice and nails, and sew it back with red string.
Three...
Tie the left over string around it, and give him a name.
What would you like to name him?
Maeda, then.
Let's make a team with the four of us.
Okay, Team Pass Club.
First to be it is Team Pass Club.
First to be it is Team Oka Ken.
Huh?
Did she just take over?
Okay, now we put this in the sink.
Girls
Let's go to the washroom, everyone.
Is there a TV anywhere?
Oh, I get 1seg on my phone.
Close your eyes for ten seconds.
Girls
And come back, and...
Found you, Maeda.
Maeda's it now.
Now, let's go hide with a cup of salt water.
Where shall we hide?
How about under the club room table, then?
Pastimers Club
Oh, man...
This is so fun.
Wh-What?!
Hey, what part of this is occult?
From what I heard, the doll will come looking for us or something.
No way!
This is one of those curse things!
Wait up.
If we're going to go look for him, we have to drink the salt water together.
Okay, okay.
We each just need a sip.
We need to leave some to throw onto the doll.
Girls
Maeda!
Wait, is it actually gone?
Oh, no.
We have to find it quick.
Or it's going to look for us forever.
Someone!
Has anyone seen a turd with a box cutter stuck in it?!
A turd with a box cutter in it!
H-Hanako-san!
Olivia-san, are you okay?
I was playing it cool, but I'm mad chicken with horror, dawg!
Okay, I got it.
You're so scared that you go out of character, huh?
Sorry, I'm late.
Pastimers' Club Club Notes
Sensei!
Have you seen Maeda?
N-Not today.
Sensei!
If you see a turd with a box cutter in it,
it's Maeda, so say "I found you!" and set it on fire!
I wonder if she's been snorting too much Ha**yturn powder.
Sensei, Olivia-san...
How do we run away from poo?
Olivia-san, want to come to the nurse's office with me?
I shouldn't have played one-person hide-and-seek!
Is that that cooking show on TV?
My life is over!
Who the hell leaves a turd in the sink? Jeez.
We're such good people, fixing the drain.
Asobi Asobase
Sex Ed
Hey, where should we go today?
Sorry, I'm meeting up with my boyfriend after.
Really?
Oh, is it that guy who hit on you before?
Yeah, we ended up actually going steady after that.
Good for you.
I'm going to Maihama Sea with my boyfriend next week.
Lucky.
I think I'll beg him, too.
Do it.
In fact, why don't we make it a double date?
That sounds awesome.
Pastimers' Club
I want a boyfriend.
Why?
Why?!
A girl's gonna want a boyfriend or two, you know?!
Isn't it too much trouble?
It's not too much trouble!
I want to go to Sea with my boyfriend!
Hanako...
Why don't you go with Maeda-chan if you want a guy?
What fun is there in going with Maeda?!
I want a boy my age!
Okay, okay.
Kasumi.
You're late.
I had day duty.
What were you guys talking so excitedly about?
Boyfriends.
Huh?
Shouldn't you be talking about something a little more meaningful to your lives?
S-Sorry.
But you know, Kasumi-san, you say that, but...
I know your type is the first to get married.
Who gave you that data?
I don't know if you can have a boyfriend, though, Hanako.
What's that supposed to mean?!
You have a dirty personality.
To have a boyfriend, you have to be, more, floaty.
I see.
Floaty, huh?
Your opinion, as someone who doesn't have a boyfriend,
isn't worth more than a poopy sheet of toilet paper that's gone down the toilet.
But I'll take it into consideration.
Ouch!
That's what I'm talking about!
All right, I'm going to be the world's top boyfriended woman!
Wait, was that the scale of what we were talking about?
What do you even want to do with a boyfriend, anyway?
Um...
This might be a bit early, but...
This is so embarrassing.
I want to hold hands and walk together.
And then I want to get married at about 25 and have two babies.
Do you know how babies are made?
O-Of course I do.
They're made when you French kiss, right?
Do you even know what a French kiss is?
It has the word "kiss" in it, but it's something that isn't actually, right?
No, it's kissing.
Really?
Then what's Frenching?
Um...
Oh, I know.
Maybe it's a corruption of "frontal cocks kisses."
So...
If you kiss with his cock out, you'll have a baby.
I get it.
Hold up!
That's totally wrong!
It has nothing to do with full frontal anythings!
To have a baby, you...
You...
You dock.
This is why I hate men!
What was that?
A robot transformation?
Okay, can you use these dolls to explain how to make babies?
W-With dolls?
Okay, then.
Um...
I'm sorry, this is the best I can do.
I don't know what I'm doing anymore.
What is this?
What's even going on?
The guy gets on top of the girl.
What does he do on top?
The person on top sends radio waves from his brain to hers.
"Create child."
"We spawn child."
That's horror!
That's totally horror!
Pastimers' Club Club Notes
Guys, sorry I'm late.
Sensei, I'm glad you're here.
There's something I want to ask you.
How are babies made?
Huh?
Didn't you learn in health class?
Oh, dear.
Well, you see...
The man...
The man's thing goes there, and...
I can't explain it out loud.
I don't know, either.
Aww.
What can you expect? She's not married.
They're so easily convinced!
I wish someone would explain using these dolls.
I can, as long as I don't have to explain in words.
But you said you don't know.
The answer just suddenly came to me.
So...
The way my friend explained it the other day...
Oh my gosh, it was the best.
It was like...
A circus?
My friend said it felt really good.
Sensei...
You could have just kept it normal.
Sensei, I don't get it.
Okay, I'll make one that's easier to understand.
Seeing this, I feel like...
I don't really care to have kids anymore.
Tuition's expensive and stuff.
Yeah.
I-I kind of want one.
Will there ever be a solution to the declining birth rate?
Japanese Pastimes, Please
Hey! I've seen this at some kind of museum!
Sex Ed Dolls
The Hakone Open-air Muse—