Huh? Me and Iino, help the Culture Festival Committee?
Yeah.
Hoshin Festival!
Shuchiin's culture festival is held every year before winter break.
12/19 10 AM - 6 PM 12/20 10 AM - 8 PM
HOSHIN FESTIVAL
This year, thanks to Shirogane's efforts, they've garnered two days of festivities!
What does the Culture Festival Committee do exactly?
Proposal inspections, Public Relations, decorations, ceremony planning, venue assignment,
MIKO IINO CAN'T LOVE, PART 1
equipment management, security-related odd jobs...
The list goes on and on.
I don't know. That sounds like a ton of work.
If you don't want to do it, fine.
However, the head of the Culture Festival Committee is Koyasu.
Count me in!
All right, everybody!
FESTIVAL
Let's dial it up!
Why are they all so fired up? I really can't take this.
Hey, Ishigami, can't you tell them to cool it—
ROAR
Ishigami has been through this before.
CULTURE FESTIVAL COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING!
All right! Let's get this culture festival meeting started!
First off, does anyone have any suggestions for our slogan?
COMMITTEE CHAIR TSUBAME KOYASU
Yes, over here.
CLASS 1-B REPRESENTATIVE REI ONODERA
Great! Onodera...
Since the goal is...
to let everyone know just how awesome Shuchiin is...
IN THE BLOOM OF YOUTH! OUR POWERS ARE MAD DOPE!! SHUCHIIN WILL BLOW YOU AWAY!
SLOGAN PROPOSAL 1
What do you think?
M-Mad dope?
Nice! Very positive!
Yee-crazy-haa!
Huh?
They're just going by feeling and excitement!
Just a second, Chair Koyasu!
PUBLIC RELATIONS TEAM TEPPEI TANAKA
A slogan that only echoes the current trends is inappropriate for Shuchiin.
Thank goodness. Some people here, at least, are clearheaded.
I believe that something more highly academic would suit us.
I woke up LOL For real!? It makes no sense at all but it's totally amazing LOL Why don't we party like there's no tomorrow at the Shuchiin Festival? This! A million times this! Never have I ever been a popular otaku. Gonna catch some z's now. Good night!
SLOGAN PROPOSAL 2
I used Kyoto University's slogan as a reference.
That's what Kyoto University's slogan is like?
Yes, it is.
I'm not really sure what it means, but nice!
Crazy-haa!
E-Everyone!
This is no time to be fooling around, is it?
Let's get serious about this!
But we are being serious.
Why are you like that, Iino?
If all you do is reject values that don't mesh with your own,
you'll never get anywhere, right?
B-But we should be serious about things like this.
Then tell us what kind of slogan you have in mind.
U-Um...
W-Well...
Excuse me.
I agree that there's no need for us to go for laughs or to try to grab attention.
Let's just express what kind of culture festival we want to have!
No worries! Settle down!
Right.
For now...
let's put the slogan on ice.
Some students have questions, so let's answer them.
"We'd like to charge more for our goods."
"Please eliminate the minimum purchase price requirement."
I wonder what the problem is.
Koyasu!
Allow me to answer that!
ACCOUNTING MASARU KOBAYASHI
Temporary business permits are unnecessary
only in the case of nonprofit activities that promote community interaction.
In other words, we cannot set up stalls for the purpose of making a profit.
Impressive, Kobayashi!
So we can't raise our prices.
May I add to that?
There are plenty of loopholes.
STUDENT COUNCIL TREASURER YU ISHIGAMI
If we record them as donations or expenses, it won't matter in the end how much we profit.
I think if we can learn now just how hard price setting is, it'd be worth our while.
I guess so. Why don't we discuss prices after consulting the teachers?
Huh!
Next. "Why can't we have a crepe stall?"
Tsubame!
SAFETY MANAGEMENT DAIKI SATO
Allow me to answer that.
Okay.
As per the health center guidelines,
we can only use ingredients that have been heated right before serving.
That means no rice, raw fish, nor any canned fruit or whipped cream for the crepes.
Impressive, Sato!
Well...
May I add to that?
There are many examples of frozen whipped cream made with 100% vegetable oil having been used.
If we substitute the fruit with jam, it shouldn't be a problem.
Really?
That's actually about our class!
Hey, will you answer our question, too?
You're awesome, Ishigami!
At first glance, the meeting seemed to be proceeding smoothly.
But behind the scenes...
Dammit! Who does he think he is?
Taking away our chance...
...to look good in front of Tsubame!
Laser Death Beam!
Hey, Glasses...
It's so obvious you're trying to show Tsubame how cool you are.
I'm so gonna crush you!
A low-level one-upmanship contest among these boys then ensued!
Parading the knowledge you crammed overnight with those smug faces... Shame on you!
HOW TO HANDLE WHIPPED CREAM! WHAT ABOUT CHOCOLATE SAUCE OR JAM? WHERE TO GET DRY ICE?
Let's see. Here's the last question.
"I'd like to have a campfire."
Let's absolutely do that!
I think that's actually going to be difficult.
Fire control and safety issues.
And you yourself mentioned this in your election speech, Iino.
That the neighborhood association would no longer permit it.
But...
i-if we all make an effort—
Listen.
You can go ahead and spout your ideals, but the fact is, we're understaffed.
So who's going to handle it?
She's right.
It's not enough to just want to do it.
So that thing of yours... You're still not cured?
Want me to help you out?
I don't need you!
Listen to me!
It's true that the regulations are strict! And the neighborhood association is reluctant!
Why is that?
Because the grown-ups don't trust us!
All right, so what do we have to do in order to win their trust?
Have discipline!
The Disciplinary Committee's job is to seize trust from the grown-ups!
STUDENT COUNCIL FINANCIAL AUDITOR DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE MEMBER
MIKO IINO
So? What happened?
There was a lot of drama.
Iino said she'd handle it, and went off to negotiate with the neighborhood association directly.
THE DOCUMENTARY "CULTURE FESTIVAL COMMITTEE"
Well, I guess all those years on the Disciplinary Committee didn't go to waste.
WHO CARES ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION?!!
Let's see how tough that neighborhood association is!
A PHANTOM!? "THAT LITTLE GIRL" WHO'S CLEANING UP THE TOWN
I hear that the wife of the head of the association was always impressed by Iino's work.
THE IDOL OF ALL GRANDPAS AND GRANDMAS EVERYONE'S GRANDDAUGHTER
And that really started the ball rolling.
She got them to apply to the fire department for an emergency drill...
and she's notifying the neighborhood as we speak.
Okay.
And here's the principal's stamp of approval.
TAKASHI YAMAUCHI
Would you look at that!
Where there's a will, there's a way, huh?
Well, the thing about her...
is that she's got one heck of a will.
We promise not to cause you any inconvenience!
- Please! - Please!
We ask for your understanding and patience!
Please bear with us!
How many more to go?
32 including the apartment buildings.
Whoa, what a slog!
Onodera...
Why are you helping me?
Huh? Why wouldn't I help you?
I mean, I totally wanna have a campfire, too!
Doesn't it really get you pumped just thinking about it?
Yeah.
WHAT A GREAT SLOGAN!!
"LET YOUR BURNING LOVE REACH EVERYONE!" HOSHIN FESTIVAL!!
APPROVED!
Totally pumped.
Today's battle result...
Iino wins.
Huh...
This handwriting looks familiar.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE A CAMPFIRE
LET YOUR BURNING LOVE REACH EVERYONE!
STUDENTS WISH TO DISCUSS THE CULTURE FESTIVAL
With the culture festival around the corner,
Shuchiin's sure humming with activity!
NATURAL SCIENCE ISSUES
SOCCER KICK
I think the time has come...
for us to kick it into high gear!
MASS MEDIA CLUB ERIKA KOSE
Yes!
This is the Mass Media Club's big moment!
MASS MEDIA CLUB KAREN KINO
An interview?
ARCHERY TEAM KAGUYA SHINOMIYA
Yes, please!
It's Kaguya in the flesh!
How gorgeous!
These two are Kaguya-worshippers.
But...
I'm just a phantom member now. This is really quite perplexing.
Oh, it's Perplexed Kaguya in the flesh!
That's first-pressed perplexity that she gave us!
And as worshippers, they are a bit on the quirky side!
Oh, but we hear that you've been chosen as the archer to light the campfire.
If you could please tell us how you feel about that.
Word certainly travels fast, doesn't it?
In that case, I don't mind,
but no photos, please.
Understood!
Damn!
All right, let's begin.
Kaguya, you're known to excel at the traditional arts, performance and martial arts,
and you're a 3rd dan in archery.
In middle school, you won the national championship individual competition!
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER
A-A-A-A prodigy!
Kaguya, you're the Number 1 girl in all of Japan!
Is something the matter?
And I'm just a girl who was born a mere insect!
Please ignore her! It's a preexisting condition!
Despite all your sparkling achievements, Kaguya...
you haven't entered a single tournament since starting high school, have you?
There are reasons for that.
Oh, those sorrowful eyes!
Very well.
What's going on?
The overwhelming loneliness of being a prodigy!
If it wasn't for you!
Yes.
In the face of such overwhelming talent, we commoners can only grovel!
If this will make it better for you all...
THE WORLD OF ARCHERY
Kaguya forgave all those foolish mortals and departed the world of archery with a smile.
By that, do you mean that Kaguya is an angel?
No, wait! Perhaps she is!
Um, I really wouldn't say that.
The National High School Archery Championship will be held from December 24th to 26th.
Right during Christmas!
In other words, when she might be going on a date with Miyuki Shirogane!
But why are you so talented at archery?
I don't know if you'd call it a talent.
I just happened to make the ideal shot during my first year of middle school,
and ever since then...
I've been firing the same way. That's all.
Hitting the target is merely the result.
Oh!
What's wrong?
What? An interview ahead of the culture festival?
Sure! Why not? Feel free to watch us!
GOOD
RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS TEAM TSUBAME KOYASU
Tsubame's awesome, too, huh?
Yes!
She sure is!
So...
what should I do for this interview?
Oh, um...
Tsubame, you're also the head of the Culture Festival Committee,
so between your own class and the rhythmic gymnastics team,
don't you have your hands full?
I have my hands full, but who doesn't want to try everything they can?
If it looks like fun, you have to give it a try or you'll regret it!
One, two, three!
That goes for this year's projects, too.
One, two, three! One...
I gave them a try because they looked like fun!
Not to mention, this will be the third-years' last project.
We're going to have a blast!
You're doing a show that blends rhythmic gymnastics and theater, right?
What kind of story will you be telling?
Our play is about the Hoshin Legend.
It's Hoshin Festival's origin story.
A love story about someone who gave his heart to his beloved.
Interview me?
Not interested.
ASTRONOMY CLUB MOMO RYUJU
We haven't decided what we're going to do yet,
and even thinking about it is a drag.
Why are we interviewing Ryuju, too?
Because she's the daughter of the Ryuju-gumi boss!
I thought it'd be newsworthy—
Hey, I can hear you!
And I'm beyond insulted by you already.
Whether my parents are yakuza or not, there's no way I would ever kill anyone.
You're so dead!
- Which is it gonna be? - Which is it gonna be?
That guy talks way more than I do, so take a hike.
Th-That's...
Is that you, Student Council President Shirogane?
Oh!
He's so noble that I've sustained damage to my semicircular canals!
I guess there's no way around it.
President Shirogane, what exactly is this?
Right.
It's a prank traditionally played by the student council.
Several decades ago, the student council installed a giant ball on the roof.
Since then, we've always used guerilla tactics to place a papier-mâché gemstone-like ball there.
Really?
It's so huge! Did you make it by yourself?
Yeah.
I used to make tons of these for my side job, so I'm used to it.
He just mentioned a side job.
They say that the samurai created folk art as their side job.
REUSABLE SHIPPING BOX
Which makes President Shirogane the Last Samurai!
This is what they mean by "honorable poverty"!
We're looking forward to seeing the finished product!
Finally, can you give us your thoughts on the upcoming culture festival?
Let's see.
I'm going to get it done like a man at the culture festival.
I guess.
Like a man?
We should've seen it then.
President's resolve, buried in these words of his.
Little did we know that this would trigger that legend,
the major incident involving the entire culture festival!
A chain of betrayals.
As everyone loses sight of love,
Kaguya Shinomiya has a gentle smile on her face.
To be continued...
in the next episode, "The Dark Legend of Shuchiin."
Would you mind not adding that narration track?
Our last task is to get those problem kids interviewed.
And what is that?
It's a K6-3 helmet!
Also known as a spetsnaz helmet.
It can withstand a headshot of Kar98k!
Excuse me.
What is the Board Game Club planning to do?
CARD-PLAYING CHEATING GOODS
A game involving the entire school.
Which will be...
a fight to the death until only one of us is left standing!
A battle royal!
REJECTED
The Board Game Club's project didn't make it through.
Okay!
That's one teddy bear completed!
You're so talented, Fujiwara!
So cute!
MIYUKI SHIROGANE WANTS TO BLOW IT UP
I love it! Make me one, too!
He's been popping them all.
You're good at that, Fujiwara. Why don't you show him how?
- Please don't go there. - What?
Please don't go there!
Huh?
You have no idea what it's like to teach President how to do something, Kashiwagi!
If you're only going to be involved superficially, please just don't go there!
What's the problem with him exactly?
That...
I can't tell you.
It's not going to work.
Even if you appeal to my protective instincts with that look on your face,
I'm still not going to teach you!
Hey, Shirogane!
What do you think of my harem?
Yay! I'm a dual wielder!
Huh? Wait, Shirogane, you still haven't even made one?
I just can't seem to get it right.
Wow!
Talk about a hot mess.
Just try not to pop them all, okay?
All right! Let's try something even harder next!
Something we'll need at least three for!
President, please don't feel bad.
You can pop all the balloons you want.
But...
there's also work that anyone can do, like making the eyeball stickers.
That might be a better fit for you, don't you think?
Is that right?
Okay, I smoothed things over!
Kashiwagi...
Why would you say something that could destroy a child's potential?
Huh?
Right now, President's hitting a brick wall!
The first thing to do is to believe in him!
Pointing him in another direction can come later!
If we do it your way, he'll only grow up to take the path of least resistance!
Then, why don't you teach him, Fujiwara?
Not like I know anything about raising children.
Says the girl who does things that could produce children.
Did you say something just now?
Oh, come on!
I said I wouldn't help him out!
Don't worry, Fujiwara.
I've been through this kind of thing more times than I can count.
And I've figured it out on my own every time.
I'm going to get through this one by myself, too.
IMPATIENT IMPATIENT
DEMON
Shinomiya?
You're doing a cosplay café, right?
Yes.
I happen to be skilled with the needle.
Really?
I'm no good at sewing.
Whenever I try to sew on a button, my shirt gets all bloody.
Unusual for you to joke about it, President.
What about you? Balloons, was it?
Yeah. I kind of stink at it.
I thought I'd do it here since I keep popping them and getting on everyone's nerves.
Well, that's fine with me.
If you don't mind, Shinomiya...
Let me warn you. I really do pop them just like that.
Tell me if it annoys you.
Fine.
BAM BAM
One form of torture...
consists of repeatedly subjecting one to strong stimuli at regular intervals.
For Kaguya, who is hypersensitive, this is much like torture. In fact...
it actually is torture.
I'm finally alone with President! When I look at it in that light, this is nothing!
Dammit!
Not again!
Sorry. This is pathetic, isn't it?
Seriously, why is it that I can't even manage to do something like this?
Ordinary things that ordinary people can do easily... And I can't do them at all.
I'm so frantic not to reveal my weaknesses.
Struggling not to admit to myself that I'm incompetent.
It's so meaningless.
So that's what this was about?
I've unraveled one more mysterious thing about you!
It's always puzzled me, you know.
I've wondered where your ready wit comes from.
Hard work fosters memory, observation skills and reason.
So once you grasp a new skill, your mind learns to expand several times faster than others.
All of the hard work you've put in until now...
has made you who you are!
How lovely.
You think so?
Are you telling me that no effort is wasted, Shinomiya?
Of course I am!
I see.
President!
Are the balloons you're using the ones that were in the warehouse?
Yeah, they are.
SHOPPING TEAM PROPS TEAM DECORATION TEAM
I knew it!
How old do you think these things are?
See? It doesn't take long for balloons to degrade, okay?
But I thought it'd be a waste, so...
Always scrimping and saving!
These are the new balloons that everyone's been using!
They're made for balloon art, so they won't pop so easily.
Seriously! I was this close to teaching you from the very start again!
So you were planning to teach me again?
Well, it's not like I can just ignore you.
Since it'd cause trouble for the whole class, of course I'd help out the inept!
Well, this time, I won't have to—
Today's battle result...
Why?
Fujiwara loses.
How?
All because she couldn't hold her tongue at the very end.
Why?
Result...
POW
The same as always.
The same as always. The sa—