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"Uniform" "CHARM" "Student handbook"
Nice to meet you.
My name's Hitotsuyanagi Riri.
That's " hitotsuyanagi " meaning "one willow,"
" ri " meaning "pear" and " ri " meaning "azure":
Hitotsuyanagi Riri!
Today is the Yurigaoka Girls' Academy entrance ceremony! I can hardly wait.
As everyone knows, it's one of the most prestigious Lily training facilities.
Can you believe it?
Yes,
I'm going to become a Lily!
Oh, I got a bit overexcited.
"Riri" and "Lily" kind of sound alike, don't they?
I used to get teased for that a lot,
but that's all in the past now!
Oh, sorry. I got sidetracked.
Lilies are our last hope to resist humanity's enemy, the Huge,
"When you get an alert, head for high ground!"
which suddenly appeared all over the world around 50 years ago.
We're students, but we also have a duty to fight the Huge.
"Student Handbook"
The Huge are...
That's a Huge nest.
"Danger zone: authorized personnel only"
Now, where was I?
Oh, yeah!
The Huge are super scary monsters.
They emerge from their nests and attack people.
They're our enemies.
Ah!
I took the train from my home in Koshu this morning,
but everyone else must already be moved into the dorms by now.
It seems like I'm a just little less on the ball than the others,
so I was admitted, well... from the waitlist.
But I don't mind.
Either way, I still got in!
I'm going to become a Lily and fight the Huge!
Look, I can see the academy now.
Now for my momentous first step!
I can open the door for myself.
I'll have to look after myself from now on, after all.
Oh?
How do you do?
Huh?!
You may go now.
Huh? But I just got here, and--
But I already told them that I don't require a companion.
C-Companion?!
No!
I'm a bona fide new student at Yurigaoka Girls' Academy!
Well, they say that even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond.
My name is Kaede Johan Nouvel.
I'm Hitotsuyanagi Riri!
I know you're a Lily; you don't have to announce it.
N-No, my name is Riri!
Oh!
"Yurigaoka Girls' Academy entrance ceremony"
You're Riri the Lily, then.
"Congratulations, new students"
I suppose that makes you a natural-born Lily.
No, I, uh, only set my mind on it last year.
I haven't seen you since junior high, Miss Yuyu.
Do you need something, Endo?
Won't you call me Araya?
And I'd like to try out our CHARMs to celebrate the new school year.
I'm finally here.
Or so I thought, but what's that about?
Probably a hot-headed Lily picking a fight with an upperclassman.
What?
Lilies fighting each other with CHARMs?
Lilies are still 16- or 17-year-old girls, after all.
Oh, my, is that...?!
It's Shirai Yuyu!
Farewell, Riri.
Huh?
What does Araya think she's doing with Miss Yuyu?
She's picking a fight with her, Ichi.
Shall we stop her, Soraha?
I think it might be interesting.
Shall we watch, then?
E-Excuse me!
Huh?
Was that Kaede Johan Nouvel?
Y-Yeah.
Her father is the head of the famous CHARM manufacturer Grand Guignol,
and she's also a talented Lily herself!
I-I see.
That's Endo Araya.
She's been earning her reputation as a Lily since junior high!
The other one is an aloof Lily who doesn't belong to any legion, Shirai Yuyu!
You know a lot about Lilies.
Anyone who follows the Ministry of Defense newsletter knows this much.
Oh, I'm Futagawa Fumi.
It looks like Ms. Nouvel might be planning to make a Schutzengel pledge with Miss Yuyu.
A Schutzengel, huh.
Do you look up to anyone that way, Futagawa?
Fumi is fine!
A useless waitlist admittee like me could never hope to have a Schutzengel.
Don't worry about it.
I was wait-listed, too.
Oh, I know. Hitotsuyanagi Riri.
Just Riri is fine.
Miss Yuyu!
Please move.
You're wasting your time.
In that case, I'll help you get in the mood.
She drew her CHARM!
I won't hold back.
Oh, I'm so scared.
I might get chills.
All right, that's quite enough.
I'll thank you not to start things without me.
Who are you supposed to be?
It's an honor to make your acquaintance.
My name is Kaede Johan Nouvel.
I hope that you will one day consent to be my Schutzengel, Miss Yuyu.
This is none of your business!
Or are you Miss Yuyu's opening act?
Fine by me.
If you please.
N-Not you, too, Kaede!
Huh? Riri, when did you...?
Sprightly, isn't she?
"Sprightly"?
Still, one wrong step could spell her doom.
M-Miriam Hildegard von Gropius?!
I can't believe she managed to get so close to me.
Lilies shouldn't fight each other!
Don't get in the way of my chance to shine!
I said it's wrong!
You're the ones who are in the way!
Fine. This is tiresome.
All three of you attack together.
Me, too?!
Um, no, I'm on your side, Miss Yuyu.
Oh, just look at me, Miss Yuyu!
What do you all think you're doing?!
This is no time for horseplay.
An on-campus research facility
just reported that a live Huge specimen has escaped.
We need everyone able to sortie to help capture it.
Understood.
Wait, Yuyu.
Independent action is prohibited.
Why?
We have a report that this Huge mimics its surroundings.
You must operate in pairs.
Let me see.
You, go with Yuyu.
Y-Yes, ma'am!
That won't be necessary.
She'll slow me down.
Don't you need someone to slow you down?
My fight!
Let's go, Araya.
Hey, I didn't get to fight at all!
Those without combat experience, go to the gym.
I-I'll go with you!
What?!
I want to help!
Come.
Oh, please wait for me.
Umm, my name is Hitotsuyanagi Riri.
Still, she used to be
a lot nicer.
Oh! W-Wait for me!
I wonder where Riri went.
She couldn't have gone to capture the Huge, could she?
If it weren't for Riri, I'd be alone with Miss Yuyu.
If it weren't for Riri...
Wow.
Is this damage from a battle with Huge?
The academy actively lures Huge to attack from the sea.
The landscape is a natural fortress,
which prevents damage from spreading to nearby cities.
What is this path?
It was cut through the hills roughly 1,000 years ago.
I suppose this will make a good history lesson.
I've completely exhausted myself before the entrance ceremony.
We haven't found anything, huh?
Should we go a little farther in?
Maybe it isn't in this area.
Hitotsuyanagi!
Huh?
Th-There it is!
Move, Riri!
It's not working?!
You can't even use a CHARM! What were you planning to do?
I'm sorry, I...
No, it's my fault for failing to realize how inexperienced Hitotsuyanagi is.
That's...
Be that as it may, you should still be more cautious.
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Please stand lookout for a short while.
Huh?
O-Of course.
You haven't made a pact with your CHARM yet, have you?
I'll do that for you now, albeit a simplified version.
All right.
It must hurt.
No, I'm fine.
Miss Yuyu, my blood--
That's fine.
It's simplified, but this is the proper way.
Your Magie is flowing into your CHARM through your ring.
My Magie...
It's here!
Gas?!
Don't worry; it's just a smoke screen!
Now I won't be able to show off for Miss Yuyu!
Don't let go of your CHARM until it activates.
Right.
How long will that be, Miss Yuyu?
You'll know when the time comes.
Wait!
Miss Yuyu!
I'm so sorry, Miss Yuyu.
That Huge was trying to make us hit each other.
It can't be! Can a Huge be that intelligent?
You should thank Hitotsuyanagi.
If she hadn't stopped me,
you would be sliced in two by now.
You have good eyes.
I'm from the country, so I'm confident in my eyesight.
What's that?!
Miss Yuyu!
Do it in one strike!
You can do that much, can't you?
Yeah!
Kaede!
Huh?
Riri!
Quarantine
That cut will leave a scar.
Now I'll never forget what happened today.
You changed your CHARM, didn't you, Miss Yuyu?
Two years ago, you saved me during the evacuation of Koshu.
Riri, I'm scared!
Don't stop! Keep running!
Take care of these girls!
Those are Lilies.
What's this light?
You can still run, right?
There are reinforcements just over there.
Take your friend and run straight ahead.
O-Okay.
Come on, let's run.
Don't worry; the Lilies will protect us.
Okay.
U-Umm!
Take care!
Thank you.
I knew you were a Lily from Yurigaoka,
but that's all I knew.
Don't tell me that's the only reason you're here.
Yup.
I got wait-listed, though.
Reckless through and through I see.
I can't believe I got to meet you so soon.
It's a dream come true.
But compared to two years ago, you seem kind of...
No, it's nothing.
I've got to thank that other Lily, too.
Quarantine
Hey there.
Sorry, you two.
Nice to meet you. I'm Mashima Moyu.
I accidentally let that Huge specimen get loose.
I never expected it to break through 50-cm-thick concrete.
That was careless of you.
They always defy our expectations.
These aren't easy enemies we're up against.
That's why we have Lilies, right?
Of course, I am grateful to you and this girl, Yuyu.
Not "this girl."
Riri.
Miss Yuyu.
I know.
That's why I came out here.
Oh, that wasn't a nice way to put it, was it?
I've learned my lesson. Sorry.
Kaede.
I know I knocked into you earlier, and--
Umm, you know I'm Riri, right?
Even I'm shocked.
Please believe me:
I'm really not a loose woman.
Forgive me, Miss Yuyu.
I've found the girl of my destiny.
Please, don't mind me.
Umm, uh, what?
"Yurigaoka Girls' Academy Entrance Ceremony"
"Reception"
The entrance ceremony is already over, huh?
No one's--
Everyone's here!
The entrance ceremony's about to start.
Fumi!
The acting chairman delayed it "for today's most meritorious students."
Hey there, celebrity.
Forging a pact with your CHARM and vanquishing a Huge in your first battle? Impressive.
I only got in the way.
That's not true.
You were magnificent, Riri.
That's what's written here, too.
What's that?
"Huge research specimen escapes?! Spectacularly defeated by impromptu team of two new students, one second-year!"
I printed it up!
It's an extra of the Weekly Lily News !
But why are you arm-in-arm with Ms. Nouvel?
There's a very deep reason.
Nuzzle, nuzzle, nuzzle.
Huh? Miss Yuyu?
Don't you want to watch the entrance ceremony?
It has nothing to do with me.
It does.
You've gone from being the idolizing to the idolized.
Makes you appreciate the passage of time, huh?
Please stop teasing me.
I'm happy to see that you can still be adorable, Yuyu.